Comic books April 1945

Cover by Bert Whitman. Stories and art by Bert Whitman, Sol Hess and Chad. A collection of Whitman's comic strip about female reporter Debbie Dean and her adventures in pursuit of the truth. Debbie finds trouble when she investigates mob connections to the career of boxer "Scarless" O'Hara. Also, a comics version of the famous Edgar Allan Poe mystery, The Murders in the Rue Morgue. Plus a Simp O' Dell strip by Sol Hess. Debbie Dean; Simp O' Dell; The Murders in the Rue Morgue. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Sprang. Stories by Don C. Cameron, Jack Farr and unknown. Art by Dick Sprang, Jack Farr, Howard Sherman, George Roussos and Louis Cazeneuve. Batman and Robin go undercover to locate crooks responsible for robbing the home of Casper Thurbridge and trail them to Paradise Jungle, a home for hobos, and discover Thurbridge there in "The King of the Hoboes!" by Don C. Cameron and Dick Sprang. Plus: Three-Ring Binks in an untitled story by Jack Farr; Slam Bradley in "Audacious Alibi!" with art by Howard Sherman; Air Wave in "Sound Effects by Air Wave" with art by George Roussos; and The Boy Commandos in "The Trial of Field Marshal von Augen!" with art by Louis Cazeneuve (not by Simon and Kirby, despite the listed credits). Also: 2-page text story "A Slide for Life" by Alton Black, and Scuffy the Tramp half-pager with art by Lit-Win. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 40, 1st Printing - "The 4 False Weapons" by John Dickson Carr. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

"Cargo Unknown" a Doc Savage novel by Kenneth Robeson.

April 1945. "Cargo Unknown" by "Kenneth Robeson"; "The Major Sweats it out" by Baker O. Shelton Jr. ; "Where a Strong Man Finds It" by Ted Stratton; and "The Speaker Who Didn't Speak" by C. Paul Jackson. Digest size, 5-5/8" x 7-3/4"; black and white; 130 pages. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Charles Sultan. Stories and art by Otto Eppers, Joe Beck, Ruben Moreira and Raphael Astarita. An early comics anthology published by Harry Chesler, featuring superhero and adventure stories. Reporter/detective Lucky Coyne, whose gimmick is a Two-Face-like coin, investigates a series of mysterious murders in Jonathan Mansion. Mounties track the deadly Kurulak brothers through the Canadian north, in a "true" adventure of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. When his assistants are abducted while investigating a delusional old woman, The Echo checks the house and discovers hooded vampires. Plus a one-page humor strip featuring "Private Chesler" (the same last name as the publisher, Harry Chesler). Dynamic Man; Laughing at Life; Lucky Coyne: Loser's Luck; Yankee Boy: Odor of Guilt; Manhunters --Guardians of the Law; Ima Sleuth; Jungletown Showboat; The Echo; Private Chesler; Mr. E. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 4, 1st Printing - "Satan Comes Across" by Bennett Barlay. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

True Crime Cases. Photo cover. 8.5" x 11.5", 68 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Canadian True Crime Magazine. 8" x 10.5", 64 pages, B&W

Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Invisible Scarlet O'Neil" by Russell Stamm; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; "Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; and "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff. "Hot Wires" text story by Jack M. Greene. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

"Carousel" a short story by August Derleth, and "Lefty Feep Gets Henpecked" a short story by Robert Bloch.

Volume 7, Issue 2 - April, 1945. Cover by R. E. Epperley. Stories include "Escape from Doom" by John Wilstach, "Carousel" by August Derleth, "The Incomplete Angler" by Raymond Chan, "The Singing Skulls" by Don Wilcox, "All Kinds of People" by Leroy Yerxa, "Change for the Bitter" by Lee Francis, "Lefty Feep Gets Henpecked" by Robert Bloch, and "The Conquerer" by Charles I. Marks. Illustrations by Malcolm Smith, Robert Fuqua, Rod Ruth, Virgil Finlay, Brady, Julian S. Krupa, and Ned Hadley. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 212 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Chad Grothkopf. Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf and Bill Brady. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). Millie convinces Hoppy to take dance lessons, but he's partnered with Susie the elephant, who loves to jitterbug. Billy the Kid and Sheriff Oscar get help from the Moon itself to capture Pecos Pete. Fuzzy Bear gets a job as a driving instructor, and then crashes his own car. Plus a PSA for wartime paper recycling. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Captain Marvel Bunny Becomes a Jitterbug; Fuzzy Bear's Driving School; Oscar's Song and Color-Me-Up Page; Billy the Kid and Oscar; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck; Uncle Don Bed-Time Story: Silly-Itis; Willie the Worm and Sammy; Billy the Kid and Oscar; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: The Keepers of the Winds. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Bryant. "The Merry Maze of Murder" starring Doll Man, pencils by Dan Zolnerowich; Merry Hart spends fortunes building practical jokes and tricks to shock or scare her guests. "Cannibal Cuisine," art by Al Stahl; Blimpy (aka Rufus Rastas Sassafrass O'Brain) vs. T. Abercrombo Gitch and Throckmorton. "Musical Sheriff of Murder Gap," script and art by Vernon Henkel; Swing Sisson vs. Pistol Pete Martin. "The Land of Poker" starring Perky and the Joker (not the Batman villain), script and art by Sid Lazarus. Untitled Mickey Finn story, script and art by Lank Leonard. "A Battle Over Silk Stockings?", art by Irving Tirman; Spin Shaw vs. Admiral Shanso and the Japanese. "The Japanese Hypnotist" starring Rusty Ryan, art by Bill Quackenbush. 60 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Flash stars in "The Fire Bandits," written by Gardner Fox, art by Martin Naydel. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "Adventure of the Man who Quit Too Late" by John B. Wentworth and Frank Harry; Johnny Thunder in "Cousin Howie" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; "The Story of Benjamin Franklyn" by M.C. Gaines and Don Cameron; Victory Puzzles activity page; and Hawkman in "The Man with the Magic Monocles" by Fox and Joe Kubert. Cover art by Naydel. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "OSWALD THE RABBIT, No. 67." Cover art by Dan Gormley. Untitled Oswald the Rabbit story, script by John Stanley, art by Lloyd White; Oswald and Toby fall into a deep hole at the top of a mountain and end up in a strange land; Oswald and Toby are jailed when Toby accidentally picks the last flower in the kingdom. The Secret Six, script by John Stanley, art by Lloyd White; D. J. Rarebit, the president of a large company, is threatened by "The Secret Six"; He hires Oswald to impersonate him in hopes that the gang will "knock off" Oswald and think it was him. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "MOTHER GOOSE AND NURSERY RHYME COMICS, No. 68." Cover art by Walt Kelly. The Mother Goose Birthday Party, script by Charles H. Herman, art by Walt Kelly; Mother Goose has a birthday party and invites a large number of nursery rhyme characters. An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog, script by Oliver Goldsmith, art by Walt Kelly; A man gets a dog, which bites him; But it's the dog that dies, not the man. Various nursery rhymes with art by Walt Kelly, including Mary Had a Little Lamb, Three Blind Mice, and The House That Jack Built. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "FAIRY TALE PARADE, No. 69." Cover art by Walt Kelly. The Enchanted Head, art by Arthur E. Jameson; A prince has been placed under a spell so that only his head remains. Tiny Folk and the Giant, script and art by Walt Kelly; Gold-seeking dwarfs sack the village of the tiny folk; The tiny folk find a giant who sends the dwarfs flying far away. The Giant with Three Golden Hairs, art by George Kerr; A fairy declares that the son of a woodsman will marry the King's daughter. The Three Wishes; A fairy grants three dwarfs their fondest wishes, but they find that trouble and sorrow come along with the wishes. Back cover art by Walt Kelly of The Fairy Ball. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "POPEYE AND WIMPY, No. 70." Cover art by Bela Zaboly. Untitled Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye strips, art by Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ]. Olive climbs a tree looking for Cupid, but is knocked off by an irritated bear. Geezil tricks Wimpy with "invisible" hamburgers. Popeye and Wimpy try to cheer Swee'pea up. Swee'pea decides he wants soup for breakfast. Olive wants to be a hostess at Popeye's "spinburger" stand. Olive tries to make Popeye jealous by dancing with everyone but him. Olive gets a job as a waitress at Rough-House's restaurant. Popeye tries to cheer up Swee'pea after the Navy refused to accept him. Geezil, in a fit of generosity, offers to pay Wimpy's hamburger bill. Wimpy disguises himself so that he can be hired as a counterman at Rough-House's diner. Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strips from the early 1940s. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 79 No. 4 - April 1945. Fishing and hunting articles with photos. 8-in. x 11-in. 48 pages B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Vol. 4 #4 - Apr. 1945. Single-panel gag cartoons. 10 1/2-in. x 13-in., 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by John Giunta. Stories and art by Manny Stallman, Inez Karma, Schertz, Jack A. Warren, and Gerald Altman. One-shot comics anthology from Spotlight Publishers. Amateur detectives Mr. and Mrs. Lane investigate when Mrs. Lane gets a note from her old college professor, telling her that he's going to be murdered. A violent pre-Code WWII story about the US Marines trapped on Moro Island. Adventurer Steve Strong is sent to investigate the eruption of Mount Monsuvious and gets trapped in an active crater. Good-girl bondage cover by John Giunta. Murder at College; Cookin' with Laughing Gas; Tugboat Danny and Bilge; Little Mohee and the White Beaver; Funifties; A Touch of Murder; Moro Island; Simple Seaman, Steve Strong on Volcano Island. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Spring, 1945. Glamour and pin-up photography. 8.5" x 11.25". 68 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Edited by Joseph Greene. Cover by Mac Raboy. Written by Ken Crossen (as Richard Foster). Art by Mac Raboy. The Green Lama Bombs Tokyo!; The Lama decides to intervene when he learns that the Japanese have learned how to make Hitler's robot bombs, and they are using them against U.S. forces in the Pacific. Written by Joseph Greene (as Joseph Verdy). Art by Jerry Robinson. A Bull in a China Shop!; The Champions are hired to settle a bet between two men re taking a bull into a china shop to see if it would do any damage, unknown to them that it's a ploy to steal valuable jade. Written by Bruce Elliott. Art by George Roussos (as Perry Williams). The Right Bottle!; An aging actor tells Mac Erc that he wished could be forever young and live forever...Angus decides to grant the request to him and two others, but with a bit of a twist. Written by Bruce Elliott (as Walter Gardner). Art by Mort Lawrence. The Sky's the Limit; Masters becomes involved with a gambler who has just lost his gambling ship, due to a fire, but invites others to play a high stakes card game, intending to kidnap them and hold them for ransom. Ad encouraging readers to join the Green Lama Club, art by Mac Raboy. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

State of California, Department of Corrections: The Guidance Center of the Adult Authority (1945) was distributed at the San Quentin State Prison 60 years ago. This was an instructional digest-size comic book giveaway. It illustrated a 9 step program for inmates on how they will be prepared to re-enter society. 12 pages, B&W, newsprint interior with card-stock cover, 7-in. x 8.5-in.

Stories and art by H. C. Kiefer and Charles Voight. Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. Adam changes to Atomic Man to save Sally Allen after an elevator accident. Rudy Rawls, copy boy on the Daily Herald, fights crime using the power of journalism and the name...Copy Boy. Buck Saunders seeks the Fountain of Youth. Junior Rangers; Copy Boy; Buck Saunders; Carrot Topp; Plane Silly; The Strange Little Man; Atomic Man. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Historical and religious illustrated stories. Newsprint, 8-in. x 11-in. 16 pages, full color

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Volume 3, Issue 6 - April, 1945. Gloria De Haven photo cover. Long running magazine that features song lyrics, celebrity gossip, articles, and fan letters. This issue features songs from motion pictures such as; "Ziegfeld Follies", "Winged Victory", "Sing Me a Song of Texas", and many more. 8.5" x 11", 18 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.

One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dave Tendlar. Stories and art by George Carlson, Dave Tendlar, Ben Levin, Woody Gelman, and Sophie Ferstadt. Kids' comics featuring the whimsical fables of beloved artist George Carlson, praised by Harlan Ellison as a "comic of the absurd." A Red-Hot Messenger and a Blondish Blonde try to keep the Bandit Baron from stealing the Polka-Dot King's crown. Another rare PSA (in maze form) by Carlson about saving paper for the war effort. Princess Panatella Murphy soars to the rescue when The Pie-Faced Prince swipes the Royal Ferry, which is then re-swiped by the Green Witch and Rajah Razzo Razzh-Berri. An especially amusing issue for Carlson fans. Bingo's Frolics in Fairytale Land; Jingle Jangle Tales: The Polka-Dot King and the Cranberry-Plated Crown; The Rock-Away Horse; Aunty Spry; Chauncey Chirp and Johnny Jay; Collecting Waste Paper; Animated-News; Tommy and the Cuckoo; Hortense the Lovable Brat; The Pie-Faced Prince of Pretzleburg; Professor Beanhead and His Protege Bosko. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.