Comic books December 1946

December 21, 1946. Fiction and non-fiction stories with illustrations. 8.5-in. x 11.5-in.; black and white; 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

December 28, 1946. Fiction and non-fiction stories with illustrations. 8.5-in. x 11.5-in.; black and white; 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Ellis Chambers and others. Lil Pan, son of the Greek god Pan, has adventures with mythical creatures. Numbering continues from Rocket Kelly (1944) #5. Nobody appreciates the music Pan plays on his pan pipes; Educational pages about the natural sciences and biology; Pan visits a deserted island that turns out to be an atomic bomb test site. Lil Pan: The Pipes of Pan; Lil Pan in India; Natural Science; Tommy Tot Goes to School; Natural Science II; America of Bygone Ages: The Age of Mammals; Lil Pan at Bikini; Roscoe Bear: One Shot Lodge. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $19.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Staple rust. Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.

Volume 20, Issue 4 - December, 1946. 6.75" x 9", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Margery McKay (sometimes credited as G. Whiz). Stories and art by Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Fran Striker, Charles Flanders, Roy Crane, Robert Storm, Mel Graff, Carl Anderson, Chic Young, Bob Dunn, Joe Musial, Tom Sims, and Bela Zaboly. Lee Falk's adventurer Mandrake the Magician gets top billing in this anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Blondie wants Dagwood to do more around the house; Little Acorns focuses on kids' dreams. Mandrake the Magician; Jan and Aloysius; High Spots; Buz Sawyer; The Lone Ranger; Secret Agent X-9; Henry; Little Acorns; Popeye; Blondie; Dollar-A-Dither. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $13.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate.

Add to cart Good $5.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream Front cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Dec 1946. Cover paintings by Arnold Kohn. Detective stories include the short novel "Nemesis" by William P McGivern, the novelet "Death's Bright Red Lips" by Bruno Fischer, and other stories by Alexander Blade, Ken Kessler, Larry Holden, Berkeley Livingston, and Leonard Finley Hilts. Interior illustrations by Robert Fuqua, Brady, Sharp, and Rod Ruth. 7-in. x 10-in., black and white, 178 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Numbering continued from Comedy Comics (1942 Timely) #34. Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. America's glamour girl, Margie, stars in: "The Fickle Female's Football Frolics!"; "Blue-Print Blues!"; "A Peach of a Speech!"; and "Margie's Merry Men!" Also in this issue: Ruffy Ropes in "Foiling the Foul Fouler!"; Janie 1-pager "Her Big Date!" (and her first and only appearance); 2-page text story "The Upset!"; and Peggy in "Hectic Havoc at the Hotel!" 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Pete Costanza. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Bill Woolfolk, C. C. Beck and Pete Costanza. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. The Marvel Family visits Shazam on the Rock of Eternity to make a stand against the personifications of Sin, Terror and Wickedness. Captain Marvel Jr. pursues a strange idol that inspires revenge. Sivana's latest invention puts the then-new device of radar to evil uses. The Marvel Family Reaches Eternity; Peewee Pete; Captain Marvel Jr. and the Idol of Vengeance; Kanvasback Kenny; Mary Marvel in Fools Paradise; Judge Smudge; Fear; Captain Marvel and the Radar Fiend. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Charles Nichols. The Mother Goose Robberies starring Human Torch. The Strange Dr. Feerce starring Sub-Mariner, art by Carl Pfeufer. Vanishing Spies starring Miss America, art by Ken Bald. One in a Million text story. Death at the Wheel starring Young Allies, art by Gustav Schrotter. The Case of the X-Ray Eyes starring Angle, art by Carmine Infantino. 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories by Otto Binder, Bill Woolfolk and Howard Boughner. Art by Jack Binder and Howard Boughner. Superhero action with Mary Marvel, long-lost sister of the original Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Susan Kent, better known as Bulletgirl, visits Mary Batson for her graduation. But when the villains Dr. Riddle and The Weeper set a deathtrap for Susan, Mary Marvel leaps into action. Mary gets involved in the search for Captain Clighs Treasure. Mary Marvel and the Riddles of Death!; Dizzy Daisy; Vita Min; Mary Marvel and the 5 Terrors; Finders Keepers!; The Horrid Hermit; Freddy Freshman: On the Road to Adventure; Vita Min Gets a Kick out of This; Mary Marvel and Captain Clighs Treasure. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Issue #7 - Dec.(?) 1946. Assume reprints partial contents of Mary Marvel Comics #7. Canadian edition published by Anglo-American Publishing Company. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 21, Issue 1 - December, 1946. 6.75" x 9", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Howard Boughner and others. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Action girl Nyoka meets tigers in the jungles of India. Radar the superspy tracks war profiteers. Captain Marvel, Jr. battles a master of zombies - not the George Romero kind, but the Haitian voodoo kind. Plus a full-page comics-format ad for Mary Marvel fashions for girls (dresses, not the costume). Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Zombie Master; Lumber Jack: Small of Him!!; Nyoka in India; Whippersnappers: Exercise; Trader Tom: He Drives Us Crazy; Marooned; Bulletman: The Terrible Trio!; The Tragedy of Joe Miller; Whippersnappers: Dental Drolleries; Radar: The Merchant of War!. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Marvel Comics, in its Timely incarnation, produced the early issues of this first series featuring the Terrytoons mouse superhero. MM soars into action when a dragon threatens the people of a small village - or is it just misunderstood? Cats try to distract Mighty Mouse from their mice-gathering activities by pretending to be in danger, but that's bound to backfire eventually. The Dragon Roars!; Krazy Krow at the Museum; Oscar Pig; The Cats Who Cried Wolf! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Text articles, plus 8-page Patsy Walker comic story. Photo cover. Cover price $0.10.

University of Missouri student magazine, published by the journalism fraternity. UM humor and student life. This issue has art by Mort Walker, who later created Beetle Baily. 8.5" x 10.75". B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Cover pencils by Reed Crandall, inks by Chuck Cuidera. Untitled stories starring Blackhawk (pencils by Crandall, inks by Cuidera), Torchy (script and art by Bill Ward), Dogtag (script and art by Bill Tumey), Ezra (script and art by Harry Sahle), Choo Choo (script and art by Gill Fox), and Will Bragg (script and art by Paul Gustavson). 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $14.00

Sam Singer cover. Contains funny animal stories. In order of appearance: "Marmaduke Monk"; "Nutty Squirrel, It's About Time!"; "Pete the Peke"; "Harry the Horse, Help Wanted"; "Nutty Squirrel, When Knighthood Was in Flower"; "The Dog and the Bone, an Aesop Fable"; "Nutty Squirrel, 'The Commutor'"; "Harry the Horse"; "Marmaduke Monk, The Great Lover"; "Carrottop Cabot, The Rhyming Rabbit"; "Nutty Squirrel"; and "Tuffy Bear". "Monkeyshine Heroes Are Made, Not Born" text story by Joe Blair. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bob Lubbers. "Big Town," script by Claude Lapham, art by Bob Lubbers; A newspaper editor goes on an anti-crime crusade, but gets carried away; Based on the 1946 movie starring Philip Reed and Hillary Brooke. "Here With the Breeze," script by John Graham, art by Al Walker; Funny animals make motion pictures; Illustrated in a vertical style like a filmstrip. "Johnny Danger of the Screenland Patrol." "A Tree Grows in Hollywood," art by Mike Peppe; Bio of Peggy Ann Garner. Untitled Captain Stand-In story, art by John Celardo. Untitled Mitzi of the Movies story, art by Fran Hopper. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $17.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

1946. Movie news and gossip magazine. Heavily illustrated. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 102 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $8.80

Cover by Sheldon Mayer (credited as Bud Fisher). Stories and art by Al Smith (credited as Bud Fisher), Sol Hess, W. A. Carlson, Manning Stokes, Pete Costanza and C.C. Beck. DC reprints the comic strip that defined the comic strip, featuring the original tall-and-short comedy duo. Also featuring the "topper" strip Cicero's Cat, and other strips from bygone days. Jeff is eager to agree when a beautiful woman mistakes him for a movie star, until he finds out what she wants. Mutt wants a stable income, as long as he doesn't have to work for it. Plus a Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie and the Wolf Hunt," with art by Shazam creator C.C. Beck and a cameo by Dick Tracy. Mutt & Jeff; Cicero's Cat; Simp O'Dill; Pearls and the Pauper. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Bryant. Sorceror Si, the Mountain Witch Doctor starring Barker, script and art by Klaus Nordling. The Greeks Had a Word For It starring Steve Wood, art by Al McWilliams. Untitled stories starring Windy Breeze (script and art by Jack Cole), Granny Gumshoe, Lassie (script and art by Bernard Dibble), and Intellectual Amos (script and art by Andre LeBlanc). Compliments of the Jackal starring Sally O'Neil Policewoman. Death To the Loser starring Quicksilver, art by Bill Quackenbush. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $15.00 View scans Paper: Cream Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $7.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Staple rust. Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.

Volume 13, Issue 1 - December, 1946. 6.75" x 9", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Vol. 2 #13. Single panel cartoons and pinups. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 30 pages, B&W.