Comic books September 1947

Ali Baba cover. Sword's Mightier Than the Pen! starring Saxie and Peaches. The Tortured Tourists starring Inspector Click Hunt. Jungol story. Struggling Through on Antarctic Wastes text article. Fighting Ships Through the Ages true story. Ali Baba story. Battle of the Beasts story. Ends With a Laugh--Dramatic Crime. Catches Robber featuring Junior Star of the Month. Radar--Television Wonders. Hell's Angels story. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Reed Crandall. Untitled Spirit story, pencils by Lou Fine, inks by Lou Fine and the Quality staff. Jonesy humor page by Bernard Dibble. Untitled Spirit story, script and art by Jack Cole. Untitled Spirit story, script by Manly Wade Wellman; Spirit vs. Sparling. Untitled Spirit story featuring Skelter and Crabb, script and art by Jack Cole. From the Army Air Forces Experimental Department starring Flatfoot Burns, script and art by Al Stahl. Backfire text story with the Spirit. Untitled Spirit story with Killer Ketch, script by Bill Woolfolk. 52 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. Pearl Harbor flashback.

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. 1st mention of flying saucers in comics, three months after 1st sighting in Idaho on 6/25/47.

September 7, 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.

September 14, 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.

September 21, 1947. Spirit Weekly Newspaper section. Scripts, pencils/inks by Eisner except where noted. Pearl Harbor flashback. Tabloid Sized Newsprint, 10-3/4" x 15", 8 pages, full color.

September 28, 1947. Spirit Weekly Newspaper section. Scripts, pencils/inks by Eisner except where noted. 1st mention of flying saucers in comics, three months after 1st sighting in Idaho on 6/25/47. Tabloid Sized Newsprint, 10-3/4" x 15", 8 pages, full color.

Robin in "Robin Crusoe," Penniless Palmer in "Opening a Closed Case," Robotman in "The Robotman Detector," the Star-Spangled Kid in "Taxi to Trouble," and Tomahawk in "The Old Indian Game!" One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie and the Log Jam Rescue" by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Lance Lewis story, pencils by Bob Oksner. Jungle Amazons starring Tygra, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff. The Magic Bottle text story by Charles Stoddard. Jefferson Jones story by Mike Suchorsky. The Tale of the Death Watch starring Fighting Yank, pencils by Ken Battefield, inks by Raphael Astarita. The Time Machine text story by Charles S. Strong. Sooky's Other Self story, art by Don Arr. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 16, Issue 1 - September, 1947. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Keith Hammond, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Carl Jacobi, and Ray Cummings. Five Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 116 pages. Cover price $0.15.

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.

Vintage magazine featuring stories about, and tips for those interested in the nudist way of life. Softcover Magazine, 8" x 11", 32 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

Cover by Chester Gould. Stories and art by Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Walter Berndt, Martin Branner, Robert Leffingwell, Al Posen and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Mister Smart's lookalike cousin and uncle cause confusion for his pals. Captured by the criminal who has stolen his magic amulet, an inch-high Tiny Tim is in worse trouble when the cat notices him. Clyde Beatty and his native allies race to save Clarkson, the kidnapped missionary, before the N'gumo feed him to the baboons. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie and Dick Tracy, and a Dick Tracy text adventure. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Little Joe; Sweeney & Son; Winnie Winkle; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Clyde Beatty. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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#58 in a series of 90. Superman-Tim is a boys' clothing catalog, activity book, and comic book all rolled into one, featuring Superman illustrations throughout. All issues are 16 pages unless a Superman story is inserted (bringing page count to 24 or 36 pages). Every issue encourages boys not to be a "Whoo-Shoo" -- a boy who reads "Superman-Tim" but doesn't buy clothes from the Superman-Tim Store. This issue features Superman and Tim in a 16 page comic adventure, "The Floating Island." Copyright 1947 by National Comics Pub., Inc., under license to Tim Promotions, Inc. B&W with a single color, 5 1/2 in. x 8 in.

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Edited by William DeGrouchy. Cover by George Marcoux. Stories by George Marcoux and Clare Dwiggins. Featuring the adventures of Supersnipe, Ulysses Q. Wacky, and Bobby Crusoe. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by William DeGrouchy. Cover by George Marcoux. Stories by George Marcoux. Supersnipe in "Trouble Takes the Cure," plus Gramps in "Medicine Man McFad," Bulldog Bulldog in "The Case of the Airline Mystery," Ol' Snooty Wolf in "Housin' Shortage," and a two-page Supersnipe text story. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover photo of young movie star Ann Todd. Stories and art by Vic Herman, Evelyn Mullenax, Ted Shearer, Harry Mace, Kay Deane, Candy Jones, Jill Haynes and H. E. Foreman. Comics and stories for girls, featuring profiles of Hollywood stars and the adventures of stuntwoman Dorothy Dare. A profile of screen idol and Hollywood legend William Holden; Restauranteur Rosemarie Lombardo gains fame in the popular band Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians; Former child actress Ann Todd appears in almost 40 movies, alongside notable stars such as Ingrid Bergman, Shirley Temple, James Stewart, Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck and Marlene Dietrich. My Lucky Day; A Date With Dirinda; Dorothy Dare; A Sweet Sixteen Mysteryette; Hats Off to Holden; Out of My Hatbox; Student Nurse; The Barn Mystery; Who Was the Lifeguard's Lady?; Kid Sister; Cover Girl Ann Todd; Dollar Pullers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Don Rico. Cadet story, art by Nina Albright. Gary Stark story, script and art by Don Rico. Candid Charlie humor story, art by Robert Sale (Signed Bob. Q. Siege). Bull's-Eye Bill story, art by Bernie Krigstein. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. The Gentle Old Lady starring Chameleon. Boitram the Boiglar story, script and art by Art Helfant. Emergency text story by Robert Plate. The Mystery of the Spotted Vase starring Target. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Panel art ad story for Fisk Bike Tires, art by Al Plastino. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

St. John takes over publishing the comics adventures of the characters of animator Paul Terry's studio. The Claw uses a Mighty Mouse impersonator to frame MM for his crimes, so his gang will have free rein of the city while the Mouse of Steel is in jail. Heckle and Jeckle protect a newly-hatched baby bird, not realizing it's a vulture. A wolf plans a "surprise party" for Mighty Mouse that is just a trap for the mice; luckily, Mighty Mouse crashes his own party. Dinky Is Grounded; Mighty Mouse Meets the Claw; Heckle and Jeckle: Minding the Baby; Gandy Goose: Hidden Talent; Mighty Mouse: The Surprise Party; Puzzle Page. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Theatre Arts is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures, Broadway and Hollywood. 8.5" x 11", 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Volume 36, Issue 1 - September, 1947. 6.75" x 9", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Art by Phil De Lara and others. Funny-animal antics from Magazine Enterprises. Judy saves a turtle from the soup pot (in a story featuring a connect-the-dots puzzle). Circus boy Little Tops tries to save the animals from a rival circus owner's looney pills; The Mighty Atom intervenes after floodwaters cut off the pixies' food supply. The Untimely Guest; Koko and Kola: Beardland; Muggsy Mouse; Little Tops; Trixie Pixies; Goofus the Gopher; Judy and the Magic Chalk; Tom-Tom the Jungle Boy; Crash Landing. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rudolph Dirks. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Sam Leff, Bernard Dibble, Ernest Hix, Raeburn Van Buren and Gustavo Arriola. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 12 #2. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Bathless Groggins invents a washing machine that destroys clothing, but also brings back the dead, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with fine art by Raeburn van Buren. Fritzi Ritz falls asleep at the beach with a tide coming in one of several strips that showcase Bushmiller's "good girl" art. Mr. Biltybux is so caught up in his story about baseball that he doesn't even notice when a robber steals his and Bombo's pants. Plus a Fearless Fosdick storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Curly Kayoe; Abbie an' Slats; El Bombo; Gordo; Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; Strange as It Seems; How It Began. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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September 2, 1947

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September 16, 1947

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September 30, 1947

Edited by Samuel Bierman. Cover by Dan Barry. Stories by Ann Brewster, Dan Barry, Lit-Win, Robert Peterson, Don Allen, Red Holmdale, Mort Meskin, and George Roussos. Adventure stories starring such characters as the Junior Rangers, Uncle Windy, The Treasure Keeper, Carrot Topp, Ella Funt, and Wild Bill Hiccup--these are comics to Treasure! 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Raeburn Van Buren. Stories and art by Raeburn Van Buren. An anthology comic from St. John; this issue featured reprints of the classic comic strip Abbie an' Slats. The adventures of city boy Slats, his small-town sweetheart Becky, and Becky's reprobate father "Bathless Groggins," with exceptionally nice art by Raeburn Van Buren. Tisket and Tasket of the School for Girls offer Slats a job as night watchman, which means he'll be the only man on the whole campus. But the actor boyfriend of wealthy Audrey Blain wants to elope, so he dresses as a female teacher to whisk her away from the Tisket-Tasket School. Then they show up at the door of a very confused Justice of the Peace. Plus a profile of Abbie an' Slats cartoonist Raeburn van Buren. Presenting Raeburn van Buren; Abbie an' Slats. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1, Issue 3 - Fall, 1947. 6.75" x 9.75", 196 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Louis Wolfe and others. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. The history of mail delivery, featuring a step-by-step portrayal of US Post Office delivery processes in the 1940s. A story about the benefits of pesticide DDT (whose damaging side effects were not discovered until later); The Russian legend of Prince Potemkin, who fooled Catherine the Great with phony villages built to create the illusion of prosperity. Couriers Courageous; DDT; Fighting Sailor; Man-Eater at Large; The Fabulous Fraud; Prodigy of the Piano; Masterpiece in Bronze; Oddities in Sports; What Would You Do?; People are Comical; True's News from Hollywood; Truly Comic! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.