Comic books October 1944

Stories and art by Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Dale Messick, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Walter Berndt, Ed Leffingwell, Martin Branner, Al Posen, and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Winnie Winkle learns that Bill has secretly been prize-fighting for money. Imprisoned in Professor Squell's cave, Brenda Starr must figure out how to escape before he forces her to become his bride. Clyde steals an Axis seaplane to get the wounded Jose to safety. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie and Dick Tracy. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Brenda Starr; Bird Man Up a Tree; Winnie Winkle; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Sweeney & Son; Clyde Beatty; The Ripples. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Blackstone Meets the Pirates of Twin Island," "Blackstone Banishes the Banshee," "Red Dragon, "Arch Oboler's Lights Out," "The Toughest Reporter I Ever Knew," and "Blackstone Finds the Weird Waterfall." Cover price $0.10.

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Louis Ferstadt cover. In order of appearance: "Magno and Davey"; "Mr. Risk, 'Danger That Laughed'"; "Chuck"; "The Sword"; and "Paul Revere, Jr.". "Hell Riders of the Brazos" text story by Cliff Howe, reprinted from Four Favorites (1941) #14 and from Hap Hazard Comics (1944) #1. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. October, 1944. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in., B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Origin and first appearance of Mr. Mxyztplk (later Mxyzptlk). Superman flies for the first time. Cover art by Jack Burnley. Superman Alias Superman, script by Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel], pencils by Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster]; Lois Lane thinks Clark Kent is trying to trick her into believing he's Superman! Untitled Lois Lane story, script by Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel], pencils by Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster]; Lois is taken prisoner by the Dover gang. The King's Substitute!, script by Bill Finger [as Jerry Siegel], art by Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster]; Unhappy because his father-in-law to be considers him to be a nobody, Johnny Poly goes to Poltavia to bid on a picture of the nation's ancient monarch. Death of a Pirate text story by Eric Carter. The Mysterious Mr. Mxyztplk!, script by Jerry Siegel (signed), pencils by Joe Shuster (?) and Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster]. Handy Andy humor page by Jack Farr. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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#23 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 to not be a "Whoo-Shoo" -- a boy who reads "Superman-Tim" but doesn't buy clothes from the Superman-Tim Store. Copyright 1944 by Superman, Inc., under license to Tim Promotions, Inc. B&W with a single color, 5 1/2 in. x 8 in.

Edited by William DeGrouchy. Cover by George Marcoux. Stories by George Marcoux, Ed Gruskin, Clare Dwiggins, Ray Thompson, and O. P. Crouse. Featuring the adventures of Supersnipe, Huckleberry Finn, and Specs Spartan. The Great Gildersleeve Himself...Harold Peary!!: Stories of Famous People, script by John Whedon (original radio script) and Sam Moore (original radio script), art by Charles Boland; This is a virtual word by word adaptation of a Great Gildersleeve radio episode originally broadcast on January 10, 1943. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by L. B. Cole. Pretty Pearls, Pretty Pearls starring Mr. Nobody. Satan story. Doctor of Doom starring Dr. Burton Millburn. A Slight Case of Ghost-Breaking text story starring Nat Greene. Sherry the Girl Detective story. The Return of the Hunted starring The Grey Mask. Rain on the Brain. The Man Who Murdered Himself. A Crime That Nobody Saw. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cadet story. Speck, Spot, and Sis story, script and art by Milt Hammer. Target story, art by Bill Allison. Candid Charlie, art by B. Gordon Guth. Patrol Torpedo text story. Dan'l Flannel humor story. Bull's-Eye Bill; still home on leave. Chameleon story, art by James Wilcox. Targettoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Full page sequential panel art ad for Tootsie Rolls, script by Rod Reed, art by C. C. Beck. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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October 1944. Contains full-length novels and short stories of great action western stories. 7" x 10", 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Richard Hughes, Bob Oksner, William McClellan, Maurice Gutwirth, Buck Barton, Johnston Craig, and August Froehlich. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rudolph Dirks. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Dick Moores, Fred Methot, Paul Berdanier, Hal Forrest, Bernard Dibble, John Hix and Gus Arriola. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 9 #4. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. The Mirror Man investigates a mysterious kite that appears over China just before attacks on Allied forces, in his final appearance. Fritzi's new dog "Pal" leads Phil into a backstage burlesque show, in a strip showcasing Ernie Bushmiller's fashion designs and good-girl art. Bill Bumlin goes to meet his orphaned nephew Hinky at the train station, but trouble begins after he picks the wrong kid. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; The Mirror Man; The Triple Terror; Jim Hardy; Tailspin Tommy; Stamp Tips; Gordo; Bill Bumlin; Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; How It Began; Strange as It Seems. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories based on actual people and events: Frank D. Merrill: Merrill's Marauders. Lionel Conacher: Conacher of Canada. Franklin D. Roosevelt: F.D.R. Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Anesia Pinhiero Machado: Rio Flyer; female air pilot. There Are No Master Races; Based on pamphlet, The Races of Mankind. Lt. Hyman Goldberg: Mission Completed; Bombardier finishes run with bullet in spine. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Overseas Edition. Volume 42 - Issue 1, October 1944. Stories include; "Little Willie in Movieland", "The Pinkertons and the Double Death", "Murder in Green Pastures", "Case of the Curious Weave", "One Way Ticket", "Yellow Kid Beats the Horses", "The Gestapo and the Con-Man", and "Southern Justice" 8.5" x 11", 112 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Canadian series. Contents are exactly the same as True Comics (1941 Parents' Magazine Press). Cover price $0.10.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 50, Issue 3 - October 1944. "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 and Pete Costanza. Stories and art by Otto Binder, C. C. Beck, Alex Blum and Marc Swayze. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. Billy Batson meets Reginald Q. Dishlather, who looks exactly like evil Dr. Sivana...or is this just another Sivana plot? Golden Arrow tries to save the Little Creek tribe from an epidemic by convincing them to listen to their med-school-educated chief's son, rather than the superstitious tribal shaman. Dare Devil Luke seeks Ibis's help after a wizard threatens to sabotage his entry into a dangerous sports contest. Captain Marvel: Sivana's Twin; Old Ironfoot; Golden Arrow: The Murderous Medicine Man; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Spy Smasher: The Underpaid Spies; Ibis the Invincible: Ibis Makes a Pact with the Devil!. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue 559 - October, 1944. The true adventure magazine for men. A collection of true stories from all over the world. 76 Pages, B&W Text Only. 6 1/2-in x 9 1/2-in.

Cover by Art Saaf. Edited by J.F. Byrne and Ruth Atkinson. Stories and art by Art Saaf, Ruth Atkinson, Jack Keller, Alex Blum, Murphy Anderson, and Robert Webb. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. The ghost of a dead pilot helps an airman in a battle with Japanese Zeroes; Greasemonkey Griffin is trapped in a damaged bomber without a parachute over Paris; Murphy Anderson art as Suicide Smith tries to convince natives in India to turn against the Nazis. Skull Squad; Jane Martin; Clipper Kirk; Captain Wings; Suicide Smith; Wing Tips; 50,000 Planes For Sale; Greasemonkey Griffin. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Marc Swayze, and Edd Ashe. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Sinister Professor Van Ish uses his "Z-ray" to escape justice into Mirror Land, so Mary Marvel follows him through the looking-glass. Phantom Eagle learns of the legendary Black Mace, which can cause eternal war on Earth, and becomes determined to get it before the Nazis do. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky battle the Sun Man, whose special mirrors can cause sunstroke or cook you alive. Plus a PSA about the wartime uses of milkweed, featuring Mary Marvel. Mary Marvel in Mirror Land; Commando Yank; Phantom Eagle: The Black Mace; Penny Graves: The Mystery of the Persian Tomb; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: Sun Man Terrorizes the City. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by George Gregg. Stories and art by Ken Battefield, Jack Warren, Gus Schrotter, George Gregg and Rudy Palais. An early comics anthology focusing on Yellowjacket and other little-known superheroes of the Golden Age. As Greek guerrillas battle invading Nazi forces, they are aided by the moon goddess Diana and the gods from Mt. Olympus. Heroic Harry, part of the Homeville VFD, risks his life to save a lady's "baby" from a burning building, only to learn he's rescued a cat. American fishermen are captured by a Japanese vessel during WWII. Plus pre-drone advice on taking aerial photos with a camera and a kite. Yellowjacket; Diana the Huntress; Liberator Team; Aerial Photography; Heroic Harry; Debunker; King of the Beasts; Harbor Lights; Bee Lines; Filipino Kid. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.