Comic books April 1945

Vintage humor digest magazine that pokes fun at the relationships of men and women of the time. Digest, 5" x 7", 96 pages, B&W. -Recommended for ages 16+ Cover price $0.25.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by B. Kerman, Maurice Whitman and Ezra Jackson. Teen comedy with Patches and his friends getting up to wholesome mischief. Patches and Blacky compete to be the star of the basketball team, but Blacky plays dirty. Mr. Smyte the landlord sells the boys' clubhouse, but offers them a haunted house for their new gathering spot. Patches faces a love triangle when movie star Gloria Payne visits the town. The Secret Seven; The Redwood Wrens; The Haunted House; Patches and the Tiger-Lion; Sandy vs Payne; Scraps Rescue; The Sea Story. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 45, Issue 2 - April 1945. The Phantom Detective stars in "The Manuscript Murders" by Robert Wallace. Also features "The Merry Month Murders" by Harry Finestone, and "Neighborhood Affair" by Michael O'Brien. 7-in. x 9 3/4 in. 82 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations throughout) Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Cole. Plastic Man story, script and art by Jack Cole. Rollo the Hypnotist starring Flatfoot Burns, script and art by Al Stahl. Human Bomb story, script and art by Paul Gustavson. Candy story, script and art by Harry Sahle. The Port of Missing Goods starring Manhunter, art by Al Bryant. Burp the Twerp story, script and art by Jack Cole. Spirit story, script and art by Will Eisner. 60 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.

Cover by Bill Holman. Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Bill Holman, Frank King, Zack Mosley, Boody Rogers, Elliott Caplin, Jay McArdle, Cliff Sterrett, Jimmy Murphy, Gaylord Du Bois, Paul Robinson and Bob Jenney. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Joy gets caught in a storm during her daredevil flight to Rio. Pilot Dude is like a movie action hero, as frees the Dragon Lady, Hu Shee and Raven Sherman. Meanwhile, Terry and Pat are en route to pick them up from the boat. Also featuring popular strips Smokey Stover, Gasoline Alley and Felix the Cat. The Gumps; Smilin' Jack; Terry and the Pirates; Toots and Casper; Polly and Her Pals; Felix the Cat; Dr. Bobbs; Son of Apache; Etta Kett; Smokey Stover; Gasoline Alley; Gang Busters. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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April 1945. Mechanical science and technology magazine. Includes: "TNT Special" war ordinance moved by special railroad. 6.75" x 9.5". 270 pages. B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 16, No. 5. April 1945. 7" x 9.75". 96 pages. Text with occasional B&W illustrations. Cover price $0.15.

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Love Comes to Character on the Installment Plan starring Boom Boom Brannigan, art by Charles Voight. Frankenstein and the Beanstalk, script and art by Dick Briefer. That sign was a stroke of genius! starring Ham and Eggs. The Mighty Midge McGuire starring Yank and Doodle and Black Owl. The Castle Booboo starring Sir Prize, art by Charles Voight. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Gus Ricca. Stories and art by Ruben Moreira, Al Plastino and Paul Gattuso. An early superhero and adventure anthology published by Harry Chesler. Master Key investigates when a sinister scandal threatens to destroy America's diplomatic relations with another country. Boxer Punch O'Malley uses an opponent's superstitions to his advantage. In the modern West, Jim Collins is hunted for a crime he didn't commit, so he fights for justice as the Gay Desperado. Punch & Cutey; Master Key; Devil's Decoy; Happy Landing; Johnny on the Spot; Crime on the Run; Mock Murder: Gay Desperado; Rocketman. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Published by Hugo Gernsback, considered the father of science-fiction. This issue is centered around the new medium of television with Gernsback's editorial, "The Television Age". 8.5" x 11.5". 128 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 37, Issue 5 - April, 1945. 6.5" x 9", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Vol. 30, No. 3. April 1945. 7" x 10". 98 pages. Text with occasional B&W illustrations. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Jean M. Press. Stories and art by Lee Elias, Marcia Snyder, Lily Renee, Dan Zolnerowich, and George Tuska. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. The redheaded female orphan taken in by the Dakota tribe grows up into a fierce and resourceful warrior, Firehair; Ahmad is sent after a stolen white camel and finds his destiny; More inventive art by Lily Renee as Professor Broussard sets out to learn if sideshow mermaids are real. Action-girl cover by Joe Doolin heralds a new direction for the series. U.S. Rangers; Firehair; The Werewolf Hunter; The Sea Devil; Sniper; Glory Forbes, Vigilante; Far East. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Charles Voight, Bruce Elliott, Jerry Schiano, August Froehlich, and Bernard Baily. Masked heroes, soldiers, and adventurers in this WWII-era anthology. Blamed for a murder he didn't commit, a WWII vet trapped in a wax museum gains magical powers and becomes Captain Wizard. Two-fisted physician Dr. Mercy realizes that a woman's supposed doctor is just gaslighting her to drive her mad. In the strangest story yet, DIY interplanetary explorer Hugh Mann lands on the lost planet Brutus, where he runs afoul of the planet's strange justice system. But his battle against a space villain earns him the name Impossible Man (no relation to the Marvel character). Captain Wizard; Teeny McSweeny; Dr. Mercy: The Bewitched Heiress!; King OLeary: Murder above the City; Whispered Fate; Race Wilkins: Ride That Nightmare; Impossible Man. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover to Red Circle Comics # 4 re-used on a 1950's Crime Does Not Pay comic. NOTE: Leftover covers from #4 were stapled to various early 1950's comics without covers. Known books are Woman Outlaws, Dorothy Lamour, Crime Does Not Pay, Sabu, Diary Loves, Love Confessions, & Young Love. Cover price $0.10.

Cover to Red Circle Comics # 4 re-used on a 1950's Diary Loves comic. NOTE: Leftover covers from #4 were stapled to various early 1950's comics without covers. Known books are Woman Outlaws, Dorothy Lamour, Crime Does Not Pay, Sabu, Diary Loves, Love Confessions, & Young Love. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Wally Wood and others. Cover by Leonard Starr. NOTE: Leftover covers from Red Circle Comics #4 were stapled to various early 1950's comics without covers - in this case, the otherwise unpublished Dorothy Lamour (1950) #4. A celebrity comic featuring the female star of the Bob Hope-Bing Crosby "Road" movies, presented here as a Sheena-type warrior called Jungle Princess. The winged warriors of Zurrah (who are dressed like Hawkman) capture Dorothy's tribe at the demands of their cruel princess; A hunter tries to trick a native tribe into turning against the Jungle Princess; Pirates pretend to be the living dead to loot and kidnap tribal lands with abandon. In the Land of the Zurrahs; Dorothy Lamour Slave Goddess; The Bessaris; Pirate King; Phantom Lord of Tooth and Claw. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover to Red Circle Comics # 4 re-used on a 1950's Love Confessions comic. NOTE: Leftover covers from #4 were stapled to various early 1950's comics without covers. Known books are Woman Outlaws, Dorothy Lamour, Crime Does Not Pay, Sabu, Diary Loves, Love Confessions, & Young Love. Cover price $0.10.

Cover to Red Circle Comics # 4 re-used on Love Letters #21 (Quality Comics) interior. NOTE: Leftover covers from #4 were stapled to various early 1950's comics without covers. Known books are Woman Outlaws, Dorothy Lamour, Crime Does Not Pay, Sabu, Diary Loves, Love Confessions, Love Letters & Young Love. Cover price $0.10.

Cover to Red Circle Comics # 4 re-used on a 1950's Sabu comic. NOTE: Leftover covers from #4 were stapled to various early 1950's comics without covers. Known books are Woman Outlaws, Dorothy Lamour, Crime Does Not Pay, Sabu, Diary Loves, Love Confessions, & Young Love. Cover price $0.10.

Cover to Red Circle Comics # 4 re-used on Secret Hearts (1949) #10. NOTE: Leftover covers from #4 were stapled to various early 1950's comics without covers. Known books are Woman Outlaws, Dorothy Lamour, Crime Does Not Pay, Sabu, Diary Loves, Love Confessions, & Young Love. Cover price $0.10.

Cover to Red Circle Comics # 4 re-used on a 1950's Woman Outlaws comic. NOTE: Leftover covers from #4 were stapled to various early 1950's comics without covers. Known books are Woman Outlaws, Dorothy Lamour, Crime Does Not Pay, Sabu, Diary Loves, Love Confessions, & Young Love. Cover price $0.10.

Cover to Red Circle Comics # 4 re-used on a Young Love interior. NOTE: Leftover covers from #4 were stapled to various early 1950's comics without covers. Known books are Woman Outlaws, Dorothy Lamour, Crime Does Not Pay, Sabu, Diary Loves, Love Confessions, & Young Love. Cover price $0.10.

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This is the original story contents for Red Circle Comics. NOTE: Leftover covers from #4 were stapled to various early 1950's comics without covers. Known books are Woman Outlaws, Dorothy Lamour, Crime Does Not Pay, Sabu, Diary Loves, Love Confessions, & Young Love Vol. 3 # 3. 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.

Vol. 16, No. 2 - April 1945. A magazine that focuses on science and engineering. 6.5" x 9", 162 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Screen Stars Magazine was one among many of the supermarket celebrity tabloids that focused heavily on the day to day lives of the Hollywood elite, during the golden-age of cinema. This publication is filled cover to cover with typical fodder such as candid celebrity photos (some of which are in color), gossip columns, reader's letters to the editor, and the latest motion picture advertisements. 8.5" x 10.5", 74 pages, mostly B&W with a few color photos. Cover price $0.15.

Women's magazine with articles and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Harry G. Peter. Draska the Deadly starring Wonder Woman, script by William Moulton Marston [signed as Charles Moulton], art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman has to battle Countess Draka Nishki and her group, the "International Spies, Inc.", who are trying to sell America's most vital secrets. The Story of Maryland, Carolina, Georgia--Picture Stories From History, script by M. C. Gaines, art by Don Cameron. Lucky's Unlucky Break starring Little Boy Blue, script by Lynne Evans, art by Frank Harry. The Monster of Mudville starring Mr. Terrific, script by Lynne Evans, art by Stan Aschmeier (signed as Stan Josephs). Harriet Beecher Stowe, Crusader starring Wonder Women of History, script by William Moulton Marston [signed as Alice Marble], art by Harry G. Peter. The Greatest Show on Earth starring Wildcat, art by Joe Gallagher. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.