Comic books September 1947

Cover art by Reed Crandall. Thunder Bird starring Blackhawk, pencils by Crandall, inks by Chuck Cuidera. Untitled stories starring Torchy (script and art by Bill Ward), Dogtag (script and art by Bart Tumey), Prudence (script and art by Michael Senich), Ezra (script and art by Harry Sahle), Choo Choo (script and art by Gill Fox), and Will Bragg (script and art by Paul Gustavson). 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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.

Stories reprinted in (and cover art reprinted on) Fun Time (1953) #1. Contains funny animal stories. In order of appearance: "Pat and Mike"; "Funny Bunny"; "Pete the Peke"; "Nutty Squirrel"; "Marmaduke Monk"; "The Fox and the Stork, an Aesop Fable"; and "Tuffy Bear". "Chestnuts Gathered by Nutty Squirrel" joke pages. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Johnny Craig, his first published work for EC. Origin of Moon Girl (see also Happy Houlihans # 1). Moon Girl stories also include "Invaders From Venus," "Prince Mengu and Moon Girl Versus Satana, Queen of the Underworld" (first appearance), and "Smuggler's Cove!" Sheldon Moldoff art. 44 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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September 1947 (4709) - Mountain Boys mini calendar/pamphlet from the year 1947. These were distributed by many different companies across the country. Each mini includes an illustration and caption featuring Paul Webb's Mountain Boys comic strip characters and opens to reveal a newspaper style centerfold giving news on the Boy's home and the colorful characters who reside there. On the backside is an advertisement to rebore your engine so that the pistons can run smoothly.

Jane Powell cover and feature article. Also articles and features on James Mason, Dick Powell, Richard Basehart, Van Johnson, William Holden, John Huston, Lana Turner, Danny Kaye and more. Full-page movie ads include The Hucksters, Down to Earth, Wild Harvest, Possessed, Arch of Triumph, Body and Soul. Profusely illustrated with photographs. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Mike Suchorsky, Jack Keller, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Teen comedy from the unlikely duo of comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. As if Swifty Chase didn't have enough trouble with girls, the arrival of House-Date Harry, who always has a master plan, throws everything into chaos. Artist Fran decides to set her devotion to art aside for one night, and has a most unusual date. Spinster sisters Tabby and Birdie Rosebud, "the 70-year-old teenagers," accidentally hypnotize a hypnotist, then catch fleeing criminals in their ancient jalopy. Swifty Chase: My Problem Date; Ginny: Bathing Beauty Contest; Lindy Hopp: Dancing Lessons; The Square Fairy Godmother; Ultra Violet; The Rosebud Sisters; Unusual Dates; Dippy. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $16.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 24, Issue 36 - September 6, 1947. 8.5" x 11", 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $26.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 24, Issue 37 - September 13, 1947. 8.5" x 11", 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $16.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate.

Volume 24, Issue 39 - September 27, 1947. 8.5" x 11", 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

First issue in the series (continued from Sub-Mariner). "Trapping the Bank Butchers," "Masked For Murder," "The Man Who Winked at Death," "The Case of the Grinning Killer," and "Terror of the Unholy Three." Carl Burgos art. Syd Shores cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $20.00 or Best Offer View scan Centerfold detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Tom Hickey. Stories and art by Walt Kelly, Tom Hickey, Don Lang, Gil Turner, Charles Hedinger and Vive Risto. Based on the popular movie shorts also known as Little Rascals, Dell's Our Gang Comics featured early work by Pogo's Walt Kelly and other cartooning greats. In a story by Kelly, the gang borrows a houseboat from Mr. Swanson. But Swanson's crooked rival Lester conspires to take over the houseboat for himself while the gang has it. Tuffy and Jerry make a special cake for Tom. Our Gang; Flip 'n' Dip; Tom and Jerry; Barney Bear and Benny Burro; Wuff the Prairie Dog; Johnny Mole; Pictopranks. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $210.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #2086560015

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $59.95 or Best Offer View scan Centerfold detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Add to cart FR 1.0 $39.95 or Best Offer View scan Cover coming loose at staples, 4" cumulative spine split, major cover tears. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Gladys Parker. Stories and art by Gladys Parker and Ed Kleis. Mopsy, one of the first female-centric comic strips, by pioneering female artist Gladys Parker, combines an Ever Meulen art style with pantomime-style gags and good-girl art. Mopsy's dad suggests she get a job to earn some money, but with clothing, supplies and business-school tuition, he's paying far more than she's earning. This four-page story by Parker is original to this comic, not a reprint from the strip. Mopsy adds new meaning to the phrase, "paint yourself into a corner." Mopsy tries to photograph a high-diver, but she needs to hold still. Mopsy returned to comic-book pages a year later in Mopsy (1948) #1. Mopsy; Virgil Stagg. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Fagaly. Shield G-Man Clubn bulletin. "The Mix Up," art by Bill Vigoda; When Archie is sent to the drugstore, he gets his Dad's indigestion pills mixed up with his Mom's shampoo and hair tonic, and Jughead's glue. Untitled story, script and art by Bill Woggon; Eddie McCracken gets into trouble when a mannequin he is taking to Katy Keene gets confused for a real woman. Katy Keene ad. "Drugs For Death," art by Irv Novick; The Shield and Dusty the Boy Detective investigate a narcotics ring. Untitled story, script and art by Bill Woggon; Talbert Twiddle and his dog Fido go duck hunting. "Sink or Swim" starring Archie text story. Untitled story, art by Red Holmdale; Gloomy Gus takes the body of a swim instructor whose students have a habit of holding him underwater. Untitled story, script and art by Joe Edwards; L'il Jinx's parents try to get L'il Jinx to learn the violin. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Plainest Clue" a short story by Ray Cummings.

Volume 31, Issue 4 - September, 1947. Hollywood magazine. Cover Photo features Jennifer Jones taken by Paul Hesse. Includes articles on Hedy Lamarr, Elizabeth Taylor, Glenn Ford, Susan Hayward, Shirley Temple, James Mason, Claudette Colbert, and many others. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 130 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.25.

Men's interest magazine devoted to pin-up photos. 10" x 13", 46 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $21.00 View scans

Men's interest magazine devoted to pin-up photos. 10" x 13", 46 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Men's interest magazine devoted to pin-up photos. 10" x 13", 46 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Men's interest magazine devoted to pin-up photos. 10" x 13", 46 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Men's interest magazine devoted to pin-up photos. 10" x 13", 46 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Men's interest magazine devoted to pin-up photos. 10" x 13", 46 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Allen Simon. "Fuel for the Human Machine," script by Morris Nelson Sachs, art by Don Cameron; The story of nutrients: describes how to test for starch, sugar, protein, and fat, introduces minerals and vitamins. "Eating for Health," script by Morris Nelson Sachs, art by Don Cameron; Discoveries of vitamins A, B1, C, D and G (B2, riboflavin). "Watching the Stomach at Work," script by Morris Nelson Sachs, art by Don Cameron; Dr. William Beaumont investigates digestion with the help of an opening into the stomach of Alexis St. Martin. "The Body's Chemical Laboratory," script by Morris Nelson Sachs, art by Don Cameron; Professor Cy Ence gives some children a guided tour of the human digestive system. "The Work of the Blood," script by Morris Nelson Sachs, art by Don Cameron; A doctor explains blood circulation to young Tom. "Stretching the Food Calendar" text story by Morris Nelson Sachs. "Man's Unseen Foe," script by Morris Nelson Sachs, art by Don Cameron; The story of germs (bacteria and viruses). "The Battle Against Bacteria," script by Morris Nelson Sachs, art by Don Cameron; Fanciful description of how germs enter the body and how phagocytes and antibodies fight them. "Fighting Germs with Germs," script by Morris Nelson Sachs, art by Don Cameron; The story of vaccination and inoculation, discovered by Jenner (smallpox) and Pasteur (rabies). "The Conquest of Yellow Fever," script by Morris Nelson Sachs, art by Don Cameron. "Modern Medical Magic," script by Morris Nelson Sachs, art by Don Cameron; Synopsis: The story of the new germ killers: Robert Koch (internal sterilization, a failure); Paul Erlich (atoxyl, salvarsan); Gerhard Domagk (protonsil); Constantin Levaditi (sulfanilamide); Alexander Fleming (penicillin). "Life Saving Sleep," script by Morris Nelson Sachs, art by Don Cameron; The story of anaesthetics: a fictionalized story of the discovery of the use of ethyl ether as a surgical anesthetic. 44 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Kids' comics from Magazine Enterprises. The tiny pixies who live in the town of Pixerary face danger from gigantic wildlife and rival pixies, but luckily they have their own superhero, The Mighty Atom. A reprint of Mighty Atom (1957 M. E.) #1. The pixies play a prank using the telephone; The Pixies build a motorboat from a saucepan and an eggbeater, but the Waterbugs want to steal it for themselves; The Mosquito Mob attacks the Pixie newspaper, which is about to publish a mosquito-busting expose. The Blue Mystery; Piracy on the High Seas; The Mosquito Mob; 'Round the World; Rub-a-dub-dub; Pixie Play-Land Pool; Shoot the Works; Pic-Puzzle Page. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $299.95 or Best Offer View scans Restored (see item notes) RESTORATION. Staples replaced. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Add to cart FR 1.0 $199.95 or Best Offer View scans Brittle. Heavy tearing and chipping at bottom edge throughout (does not affect readability). Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by J. F. Byrne. Stories and art by George Evans, Walter Palais, Joe Doolin, Frank Doyle, Maurice Whitman, and Murphy Anderson. The first true science fiction comic, Planet Comics featured classic space opera with square-jawed heroes, rockets, rayguns and bug-eyed aliens of every stripe. In the Lost World, Hunt and Lyssa find the skeletal remains of the United Nations and a would-be world conqueror; Futura encounters gigantic insects and monsters after crashing in a swamp; Mysta of the Moon battles the Jovian batmen. Dramatic Mysta cover by Joe Doolin. The Lost World; Futura; Mysta of the Moon; Auro Lord of Jupiter; Planets for Sale; Life On Other Worlds: Uranus; Space Rangers; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Zero Hour" a short story by Ray Bradbury.

Fall, 1947. Cover by Allen Anderson?. "Zero Hour" by Ray Bradbury, plus other stories by Emmett McDowell, Erik Fennel, John Barrett, V. E. Thiessen, A. A. O. Gilmore, Bryce Walton, Vaseleos Garson, William Oberfield, and J. Harvey Haggard. Illustrations by Vincent Napoli, Herman Vestal, M. Elkan, Hardison, H. W. Kiemle. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 130 pages. Cover price $0.20.

Cover art by Jack Cole. The King of Zing!, script by Joe Millard, art by Jack Cole; Plastic Man must stop the King of Zing! Case of the Counterfeit Counterfeit!, script by Joe Millard, art by Jack Cole. Feud State, script by Jack Cole; Woozy Winks gets in the middle of the feud between the Dratfields and the McNoys. Paint Hides a Killer text story with Plastic Man. Cauldron, script by Jack Cole, pencils by Jack Cole, inks by Alex Kotzky; Mr. Cauldron uses black magic to kill his victims. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Cole. It's An Ill Wind That Blows the Hat starring Plastic Man, script and art by Jack Cole. Honeybun story, script and art by Paul Gustavson. Specks story, script and art by Michael Senich. The Greencrest Country Hotel starring The Spirit, art by Lou Fine. Candy story, script and art by Harry Sahle. Candy story, script and art by Harry Sahle. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Men's interest magazine focusing on true crime, and police cases. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 76 pages, text, with B&W images Cover price $0.25.