Comic books June 1947

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Ralph Mayo, Edmond Good, Jules Steiner, Kerry McRoberts, Richard Hughes, Lin Streeter, Art Gates, Charles S. Strong, and Ken Battefield. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

British Edition. June 1947. Stories include: The Man from Alcatraz by John L. Benton, Murder - Off the Record by C.S. Montanye. Die for a Smoke by Allan K. Echols, Tatooed Blonde by Hal K. Wells, Secretarial Shakedown by Benton Braden, and Another Job for Homicide by C.K.M. Scanlon. 6 1/8" X 8 7/8". 68 pages. B&W.

Add to cart Very Good $9.00 View scans Paper: Cream Soiling. Tape on inside back cover.	Add to cart Very Good $15.00 View scans Paper: Cream Water damage: Moderate.	Add to cart Good $5.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD- 1.8 $5.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 50%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
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Volume 30, Issue 2 - June, 1947. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by William Fitzgerald, Murray Leinster, Judson Hastings, Theodore Sturgeon, James MacCreigh, Will F. Jenkins, and Jerry Shelton. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 116 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

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Funny-animal antics from Magazine Enterprises. A hyena raids Tom-Tom's garden; Judy creates a pond to fish in, but the farmer who owns the land claims the fish (in a story featuring a connect-the-dots puzzle); Mighty Atom intervenes when a spider bully runs the pixies out of their new gym. Pixie Party; Koko and Kola: The Big Bull Fight; Catchy and Scrapps; Judy and the Magic Chalk; Tom-Tom the Jungle Boy; Trixie Pixies; Pic-Puzzle Page; Needin' Readin'. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Capp. 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. 11 #11. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Bathless Groggins' latest invention makes him invulnerable to injury or pain, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with nice art by Raeburn van Buren. Curly Kahoe is declared champion after his double-knockout bout with Dynamite Dunn. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Curly Kayoe; Abbie an' Slats; El Bombo; Back Home Again; Gordo; Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; Strange as It Seems; How It Began. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 3, No. 6. June 1947. Men's magazine with humor and pin-up pictorials. Peter Driben cover. 8.5" x 11.5". 64 pages. B&W. MATURE. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $14.50 View scan Cover detached. Pieces of spine/cover missing. Staple rust.

Edited by Samuel Bierman. Cover by Bernie Krigstein. Stories by Mort Meskin, George Roussos, Dan Barry, R. Teaney, Lit-Win, Dorothy Davis, Red Holmdale, W. Truett, and H. C. Kiefer. Adventure stories starring such characters as The Treasure Keeper, Carrot Topp, Wild Bill Hiccup, and Teen-Age Tommy --these are comics to Treasure! 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1, Issue 2 - Summer, 1947. 6.75" x 9.75", 196 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, Harry Fisk and Ernie Schroeder. A spin-off of the long-running True Comics (1941) series, featuring true stories of courageous animals and people. The famous terrier Greyfriars Bobby keeps vigil at his master's Scots grave; A heroic dog rescues soldiers with a lifesaving message; The little-known story of the U.S. Camel Corps. Greyfriars' Bobby; Chips Makes a Comeback; Man's Messenger; The Cat That Didn't Eat The Canary; Baldy's Great Race; Army Mule: Rosebud of Company E; K-9 Courier; Capturing the Sacred Bird of the Mayas; Buffalo Bulldogger; Friend of Animals; The U.S. Camel Corps. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Louis Wolfe and Phil Berube. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. General and statesman George Marshall, and the effect of the Marshall Plan; A flock of seagulls saves early Salt Lake City from starvation; The history of New York City. Fighter for Peace; Bob Feller; Snatched from the Alps; How a City was Saved; Oddities in Sports; Bold Buccaneer; Cities of Destiny: New York City; What Would You Do?; True's News from Hollywood; Truly Comic! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

(Final issue of the series; becomes Justice with issue # 7). Three untitled Wacky Duck stories, plus Waldo Wolf and Little Lionel. Cover price $0.10.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 52, Issue 11 - June 1947. "A Magazine for Boys and Girls." Stories, poems, and activities designed for kids. 7-in. x 10-in., 36 pages, PC,PB&W Cover price $0.15.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Irvin Steinberg, Gus Ricca and Bill Woolfolk. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. Captain Marvel tries to cope when Sivana and his kids Georgia and Sivana Jr. make simultaneous attacks on the city with their latest wicked inventions. Golden Arrow realizes the "Indians" in the hills outside town are actually horse rustlers trying to disguise their racket. The last of the undersea immortals known as the Tritons tries to capture Ibis and Taia to be his servants, but Ibis gives Taia the strength to fight back, in a fun action-girl sequence. Captain Marvel Fights the Sivana Family; Wilbur the Waiter; Golden Arrow: Unexplored Territory; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Giggle Gags; Ibis the Invincible: The Lonely Triton. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bob Lubbers. Edited by J.F. Byrne. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, Fran Hopper, Al Walker, George Evans, Howard Larsen, John Celardo and Maurice Whitman. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Jane Martin investigates fraud during flood recovery efforts; Greasemonkey Griffin travels around the world on a dangerous spy mission, or so he thinks; A reporter follows Captain Wings on a mission, but he's actually seeking a fortune in gold. Captain Wings; Jane Martin; Greasemonkey Griffin; Air Heroes of World War II; Phantom Falcon; Suicide Smith; Ghost Squadron. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $32.00 View scans Staple rust. 5" Cumulative spine split. Foxing. Soiling.

Volume 2, Issue 6 - June, 1947. Pinup and glamour pictorial with text. This issue includes the first episode of bondage comic Sweet Gwendoline. Cover by Peter Driben. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 64 pages, sepia tone. Cover price $0.25.

Art by Pat Adams and Jose Mendez. Kids' humor comics and funny-animal hijinks from Fox Feature Syndicate. Cosmo Cat is called in when the King of Winter and the Ice Dwarves in his Snow Machine have it snowing in July; Senor Tamale (a parrot in a sailor hat) joins a race to the top of a mountain; Percy builds a robot to help him with his chores, but obviously he's never seen The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Cosmo Cat: Christmas in July; Senor Tamale: The Mountaineer; Ivan the Terrible Goes Hunting; Percy: Spring Cleaning; Ivan the Terrible: Mail Must Go Through; Catsy and Barko. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Dick MacKay, David Pascal, Howard Boughner and Marc Swayze.. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mary Marvel searches for a scientist lost in an underground earthquake, and finds him living as "King Bhong" of a primitive underground tribe. In South America, Commando Yank discovers that the legend of the Jaguar-Men is all too real. Phantom Eagle encounters the "Air Wolves" in the polar skies. Mary Marvel: Earthquake; Boy Scout Bob; Mr. Scarlet: The Crime Encyclopedia; Whipper-Snappers; Phantom Eagle: The Air Wolves of the Ice Floes; Dippy Detours; Muscle Hedd; Penny Graves: Special Delivery; Commando Yank: The Jaguar-Men. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Joe Certa. Stories and art by Jim Wilcox, Milt Hammer, E. J. Reeves, Janice Valleau, Robert Plate, Art Helfant and Harvey Fuller. Bespectacled, eccentric detective "King" Cole Jr. takes over his father's detective agency. Investigating a mysterious crime wave, King Cole and his assistants discover a hidden criminal enclave within the city subway system. Doctor Drew, who can talk to animals, follows rumors of a werewolf at an ancient country estate, but suspects shenanigans of the Baskervillian variety. Bumbling detective Homer K. Beagle tracks a missing canary into a pet-shop racket. Young King Cole; Toni Gayle; Hammertoones; Heathcliff the Hobo; Hear Some Evil; Dr. Drew the Zoo Man; Inspector Klooz; Homer K. Beagle. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Matt Baker and others. Cover by Jack Kamen. The former kids' humor comic from Fox Feature Syndicate switches to adventure, as Rulah, Jungle Goddess makes her debut, with possible art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. Female aviator Jane Dodge crashes in the African rainforest and becomes Rulah, jungle warrior; Unsung sports heroes of yesteryear; Reporter Joan Mason (best known as the original Blue Beetle's girlfriend) goes looking for trouble with her new watch-sized video camera. Rulah, Jungle Goddess; Janie Runs For Mayor; Girl Trouble; Joan Mason. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.