Comic books August 1947

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $22.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Good $10.00 View scans Paper: Off white Foxing. Soiling. Heavy water damage.

Volume 38, Issue 3 - August, 1947. 6.75" x 9", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $1,250.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4397472010 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Jack Byrne. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, John Celardo, Charles Sultan, Lily Renee, Matt Baker, and Howard Larsen. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Paul encounters female pirate Hong Kong Hattie and her pet leopard on Crusoe Island; Professor Broussard travels back in time to the era of King Richard to prevent a murder; Art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker as Glory Forbes investigates bogus mink coats. Firehair; Glory Forbes; Sky Rangers; Crusoe Island; The Santa Fe Trail; The Werewolf Hunter; Tiger Man. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 51, No. 304. August 1947. 5.5" x 7.5". 176 pages. Black and white.

Cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Art by Bob Fujitani, Dave Berg, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Another crime comic from the prolific studio of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, this one featuring crimes throughout history as well as the standard gangster tales. Sometimes listed as Real Clue Crime #18. No issue # on cover; Vol. 2, issue #6 in indicia. Cons plan a jailbreak. High-class Eddie Bentz is secretly a criminal mastermind. The story of serial killer H.H. Holmes, featuring some truly disturbing Kirby art. Also, a humorous one-pager by future MAD artist Dave Berg. Brain-Man of Crime; Gallus Mag; Jailbreak; Hick Town; Windy; Get Me The Golden Gun; Let Me Plan Your Murder. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $33.60 View scan Water damage, cover oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover pencils by Fred Harman. News From Red Ryder Ranch text article, script and pencils by Fred Harman. Red Ryder, pencils by Fred Harman. Zane Grey's King of the Royal Mounted featuring Telecomics. How to be a Cowboy starring Red Ryder, pencils by Fred Harman. Three-page text story, Little Beaver's Bad Man. The Kiyotee Kids. Panamint Patty, pencils by Dan Gormley. Photo back cover (Red Harmon, creator of Red Ryder). 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $1,081.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #3877912003 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Paul Gattuso. Stories and art by Ralph Mayo, Paul Gattuso, Joe Beck, Otto Eppers, Gus Schrotter, Joey Cavallo, Anthony Cataldo and George Tuska. Superior takes over publishing of the humor and adventure anthology from Chesler / Dynamic. This issue features unpublished stories left over from the Chesler era. Diminutive, Shadow-like superhero Black Dwarf investigates after two of his agents find a shooting victim on the street. This story features the slang wordplay the strip was noted for, with lines like "He's cold cuts already, and his leather is empty!" The Gay Desperado follows stories of the "flaming hoss" and finds sinister doings afoot. Lady Satan's magical powers appear to be no match for the walking dead. The Black Dwarf and Lady Satan were listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. Black Dwarf; Gay Desperado; Prehistoric Pete: Pete's Toll Bridge; Calling All Cars; Lady Satan; Sky Chief; Escapade Behind an Eight Ball; Lucky Coyne. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

True stories of crime most foul fall victim to the pages of this short-lived vintage true crime magazine. Here, you will find tales of greed, jealousy, revenge, thievery, and murder....all true, all told in the words of the detectives who worked the cases. 8.5" x 11", 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

August, 1947. Squarebound, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Pat Adams, J.L. Keene and Ellis Chambers. Humor comics from Fox Feature, featuring funny animals, teen hijinx and the like. Restaurant manager Sam orders Walter the waiter to discover who's stealing the silverware, and the trail leads to Gilroy the Magician; Red Kamphor the skunk builds a homemade airplane; A fake Pied Piper brings mice to town and Greek godling Li'l Pan investigates. Ivan the Terrible; Walter the Waiter; Cosmo Cat Gets Trimmed; The Kamphor Airlines; The Pied Piper; Zoo Town; Jerry Jingle Learns To Be Tidy. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $8.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

"Who'll Ride With Me" a novelette by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, the founder of DC Comics.

Stories by Evalyn Fuss and others. Art by Matt Baker and Jack Kamen. Cover by Jack Kamen. The first comic book featuring Leslie Charteriss adventurer Simon Templar, better known as The Saint, timed to coincide with the concurrent Saint radio show starring Vincent Price. Lucky Dale, Girl Detective, takes a dangerous ride on a police helicopter; Pilot Prop Bowers runs afoul of a corrupt citrus king; Jewel thieves target a wealthy society matron until The Saint steps in. Also featuring a bondage cover by Jack Kamen. Empty Graves; Lucky Dale; The Devils Stooge; Foo Shampoo; Prop Bowers; Fact or Fancy?; The Saint Versus the Sinners. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue #219 - August 1947. Movie magazine with a twist: current movies are retold in text and movie stills. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 90 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Women's magazine with articles and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W.

Cover art by Harry G. Peter. Secret of the Menacing Octopus starring Wonder Woman and Slinky Slocum, script by William Moulton Marston (signed as Charles Moulton), art by Harry G. Peter. A Whole Town Broke the Law starring Little Boy Blue, art by Frank Harry. Willy Nilly story, art by Frank Harry. Ton O'Fun humor page by Harry Lampert. The Magic of the Blue Lama starring Sargon the Sorceror, art by Paul Reinman; The Blue Lama leads a collection of evil sorcerers banded together to defeat Sargon once and for all. Wildcat--Former Crime Fighter, art by Mort Meskin. Promotional ad for Hi-Jinx #1. Note : First appearance of original Huntress (Paula Brooks). Cover price $0.10.

August-September 1947. A complete Shadow Novel "Svengali Kill" by Maxwell Grant, "Never Marry Murder" by Peter Reed, "Death is a Blonde" by Talmage Powell, "Best is Best by Miriam Allen de Ford, short story "Nobody Robs the Bank" by Julius Long. Illustrations by Cartier, 5 3/4-in. x 7 1/2-in; black and white; 162 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Aug. 1947. Movie magazine with gossip, articles, reviews and news. Features on Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Maureen O'Hara, Cecil B. Demille, Fred MacMurray and many others. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 90 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Jack Cole. Midnight story, art by Jack Cole; Midnight is searching for a stolen sapphire, but the criminal is searching for a stolen cow. Daffy story, art by Bart Tumey. Black X story. Lady Luck story, script and art by Klaus Nordling. Batch Bachelor story. Spunky story, art by Gil Fox. The Jester story; A society dame sends a false kidnapping note to attact Chuck's attention. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Burne Hogarth, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Jack Sparling, Charlie Plumb, Bernard Dibble, Ed Dodd, Rudolph Dirks, J. P. Williams, Arnie Mossler and Raeburn Van Buren. United's anthology featured reprints of early comic strips, including Tarzan, Li'l Abner and Nancy. Tarzan escapes his pygmy captors only to face the living dinosaur Goru-Bongara. Dink O'Day, bat boy of the major league team "Mohawks," makes his way to the stadium in the debut of the baseball strip in Sparkler Comics. Wealthy Judy Hagstone's plan to steal Slats from Becky by giving him marijuana is revealed when cleaning lady Mrs. McMousey climbs the town square statue and sings "Frankie and Johnny." Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp and the Ripley-like Strange as It Seems. Li'l Abner; Scoopy; Hap Hopper; Nancy; Captain and the Kids; Tarzan; Sparkling Stars of the Air; Dink O'Day; Strange as It Seems; Abbie an Slats. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Ali Baba story. Hell's Angels story. Inspector Click Hunt story. Battle of the Beasts story. Junior Star of the Month story. Fangs the Wolf Boy story. Saxie and Peaches story. True Dramatic Crime story. Midget Auto Racing true story. Starvation and Fatigue Experiments true story. America's Sweetheart. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Scripts, pencils/inks by Eisner except where noted.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Scripts, pencils/inks by Eisner except where noted.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Scripts, pencils/inks by Eisner except where noted.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Scripts, pencils/inks by Eisner except where noted.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Scripts, pencils/inks by Eisner except where noted.

August 3, 1947. Spirit Weekly Newspaper section. Scripts, pencils/inks by Eisner except where noted. Tabloid Sized Newsprint, 10-3/4" x 15", 8 pages, full color.

August 10, 1947. Spirit Weekly Newspaper section. Scripts, pencils/inks by Eisner except where noted. Tabloid Sized Newsprint, 10-3/4" x 15", 8 pages, full color.

August 17, 1947. Spirit Weekly Newspaper section. Scripts, pencils/inks by Eisner except where noted. Tabloid Sized Newsprint, 10-3/4" x 15", 8 pages, full color.

August 24, 1947. Spirit Weekly Newspaper section. Scripts, pencils/inks by Eisner except where noted. Tabloid Sized Newsprint, 10-3/4" x 15", 8 pages, full color.

August 31, 1947. Spirit Weekly Newspaper section. Scripts, pencils/inks by Eisner except where noted. Tabloid Sized Newsprint, 10-3/4" x 15", 8 pages, full color.

Cover art by Winslow Mortimer. Perils of the Stone Age! starring Robin, art by Winslow Mortimer (as Bob Kane); Dick Grayson is so fascinated by the relics of the stone age Professor Nichols has in his home that he asks to be sent back to that time period. Sour Dough Spondoolix starring Penniless Palmer. Murder by Magic starring Robotman, art by Jimmy Thompson. The Thief with 1,000 Lamps starring the Star-Spangled Kid, art by Winslow Mortimer. Mission to Metropolis starring Tomahawk, art by Edmond Good. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Children's magazine featuring stories, illustrations, songs and more. 48 pages, PC/PB&W, 7" x 10". Cover price $0.25.

Strength & Health was one of the earliest magazines devoted to fitness and bodybuilding. Through the early 1960s, it was the most popular weightlifting magazine in the United States. Cover price $0.20.