Comic books May 1945

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Vol. 12, No. 3. May 1945. 7" x 9.5". 98 pages. B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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UK bi-weekly magazine focusing primarily on WWII era aircraft, but covering the whole history of flight. 8" x 11.5", 12 pages, B&W

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UK bi-weekly magazine focusing primarily on WWII era aircraft, but covering the whole history of flight. 8" x 11.5", 12 pages, B&W

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Aviation magazine featuring pictorials of featured designs; model and hobby information. 10.25" x 13", 104 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories by Walt Kelly, Roger Garis and unknown. Art by Walt Kelly, H.R. McBride, Rube Grossman, George Kerr and unknown. Tales featuring Albert the Alligator ("Albert and the Noah Count Ark"), Uncle Wiggily, Blackie, Hector the Henpecked Rooster, Cilly Goose and Johnny Gruelle's Raggedy Animals! Also: "The Prison of Ice" text story! 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 35, Issue 3 - May, 1945. Cover by William Timmins. Science Fiction and adventure stories, this issue features "First Contact by Murray Leinster. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover pencils by Jack Burnley, inks by Charles Paris. "Shadow City!", script by Don Cameron, art by Jerry Robinson (as Bob Kane); When several wealthy playboys are taken in by a quick-rich scheme hatched by the Joker, Batman decides to visit the Crime Clown's layout that he called Shadow City. "The Great Handcuff King!", art by Jerry Robinson; Alfred decides to get a pair of handcuffs in order to practice putting them on felons, but when he decides to practice on a fellow gentlemen's gentlemen, Alfred is shocked at the result. "Shirley Holmes, Policewoman!", script by Bill Finger, art by Jerry Robinson (as Bob Kane); Batman and Robin have to battle a large-scale outbreak of short-confidence rackets. 1-page Handy Andy story by Jack Farr. "Once a Fighter" text story by Stan Carter. "Batman Goes To Washington!", script by Alvin Schwartz, art by Jerry Robinson (as Bob Kane); Batman decides to enlist the aid of a Senator and the public in getting ex-cons the chance to get honest work. 1-page Casey the Cop story by Henry Boltinoff. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 4, Issue 3 - May, 1945. Painted cover by Billy Devorss. Vintage men's interest magazine focused entirely on amateur lingerie pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11.5", 64 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Ham Fisher, Frank Tinsley, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Captain Yank and a squad of Italian freedom fighters must evade Nazi tanks to escape with captured fuel trucks, but Yank has a plan. Slap Happy sets out to capture radium thieves for the reward. Dixie Dugan and her friends stumble on a millionaire's deserted cabin in the woods. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Captain Yank; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; The Face; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; How To Cook a Monkey. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Canadian Reprint Cover price $0.15.

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UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 28 pages, B&W

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UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 28 pages, B&W

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Volume 81, Issue 1 - May, 1945. 8.5" x 11", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, Jack Sparling, Ralph O. Ellsworth, Gertrude Crampton, Ruth Berman, Eva Raw Baird, Harry James, Beryl Williams, Annette Turngren, Martha Ross, Elizabeth Nichols, Elena Chance, Jane Richards, Nancy Pepper, Alice Barr Grayson, and Margaret Sutton. A kids' anthology from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, comics and advice aimed at 1940s teen girls. Famed bandleader Harry James discusses the 1940s recording industry; A profile of a female skier. Judy Wing; Mystery of the Lost Village; The Whole Town Talked; All-American Water Baby; Record Raters; Double Treasure; Movie Memos; Double Exposure Mystery; Summer Stuff; Lets Talk Things Over; Gift for Freedom; She Took to Skis; The Victory Club; Girls in the News; Tricks for Teens. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Beck-Costanza Studio and unknown. Concluding the long-running Monster Society of Evil serial! Deserted by the last remaining members of the Monster Society, Mr. Mind tries to carry on but finds that he's too small to do much of anything on his own. Captain Marvel calls in an exterminator to drive him out of hiding, after which the villain is finally tried and executed for his crimes in "The Monster Society of Evil Chapter 25: The End of Mr. Mind!" by Otto Binder, C.C. Beck and Beck-Costanza Studio. Plus: Billy and Cap help old Jonah Joggins, who tells the most exaggerated of tall tales but is about to be thrown off his land by a greedy oilman in "Captain Marvel and The Tall Stories of Jonah Joggins!" Also: When Billy tallies up all of Captain Marvel's accomplishments for the last month, Cap realizes that he's pretty tired of his daily adventures. Steamboat promises to take him to do something new, but along the way Captain Marvel still has to perform the usual feats of strength and bravery in "Captain Marvel Has a Dull Day!" with story by Otto Binder. And: 2-page text story "A Matter of Pride" by Jess Benton. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 16, Issue 12 - May 1945. Features creative stories, poems, rebuses, recipes, activities, crafts, science experiments, and health articles for children. 6-in. x 9-in. 52 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Rudy Palais, Dick Wood, Dick Briefer, Norman Maurer, Al Fagaly, and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. Killer Ray Sutherland flees Eugene, Oregon in 1930 and finds a hideout in the mountains. The leaders of Paris's Apaches street gang become involved in a love triangle with a prostitute, in a story with bad-girl art by Rudy Palais. "Overcoat Joe" swindles hotels by pretending his suit was stolen, but finally gets caught without pants. Also featuring a vintage PSA warning against wartime inflation. Don't Get Hooked Again!; King Killer of the Mountain; The Case of the Missing Pants; Blonde Queen of Crime; The Fateful Letter; The Case of the Tell-Tale Watch; The Crime of Terry Almodovar; Whodunnit: The Case of the Mad Midget. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Gull Cove Murders by Eli Colter. 5.5" x 7.5", 128 pages, text. Cover price $0.25.

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Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Invisible Scarlet O'Neil" by Russell Stamm; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; and "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff. "Clutch Hitter" text story by Carl C. Hodges. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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1st printing. By Dave Breger. From the pages of YANK and STARS AND STRIPES comes a collection of army comic strips. From the excitement of Pay Day to the glory of the PX, military cartoonist Lieutenant Dave Breger gives us the rundown on Articles of War, General Orders, War Bonds, and more! Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 96 pages, B&W.

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Stories by Joanna Williams, Stephen Carroll, and Dan Gordon. Art by Dan Gordon, Gil Turner, Lynn Karp, Bob Wickersham, Carl Wessler, and Ken Hultgren. Cover by Ken Hultgren. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG, with art by cartooning legend Dan Gordon. Evil-Eye Rat uses his hypnotic powers to control Superkatt; The doctor tells Wacky Wolf to avoid eating pork for health reasons; Byron Bunny trades places with the cartoonist who draws him. Hermie; Superkatt; The Duke and the Dope; Bungling Beamish; Nick and Dick; Snooper; The Copy Cat; Wacky Wolf; Byron Bunny; Turning the Tables; Chloe the Cat. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bob Powell, Art Helfant, A. W. Nugent and Bob Fujitani. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. Green Hornet's old foe Baron Satakai returns from the dead, in a story with art possibly by Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson. The Blonde Bomber discovers that Axis agents disguised as Eskimos are sabotaging the US salmon supply. Circus performers are targeted by the disturbing figure called The Creeper, who slightly resembles the later Steve Ditko character of that name. Green Hornet: Satakais Ghost Craves Blood!; Spirit of 76: The Black Samurai; Blonde Bomber: Fiends of the Blizzard; Mighty Midgets are Taken Prisoner!; The Story Behind the Cover; Green Hornet Twisters; Crackpot Cornelius; Twinkle Twins: Kids for Sale; Zebra: The Creeping Freak. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 18, Issue 1 - May, 1945. 6.75" x 9", 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 34, Issue 7 - May, 1948. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "What it Takes to Qualify as a Driver at Indianapolis" by Tom McCahill, "Photos Taken Through the Surgeon's Eyes" by Don Romero, "Electric Brain Camera" by Robert Hertzberg, "10 Million Eavesdroppers" by Gilbert Paust, "Electric Mind-Reader" by Ralph Winnett, and others. 6.75-in. x 9.5-in. 208 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover art by Alex Kotzky. Kwan Yin, Goddess of Mercy starring Blackhawk. Untitled stories starring Choo Choo and Cherry, Death Patrol (script and art by Al Stahl), Private Dogtag (script and art by Al Stahl), and Ezra (script and art by Harry Sahle). Orders For MTB Squadron Six featuring P.T. Boat. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 32 #5 - May 1945. Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11", 76 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Vol. 29, No. 6. May 1945. Veronica Lake cover. Includes scandalous stories such as: "This Business of Necking" and "If Parents Only Knew". 8.5" x 10.75". 134 pages. Black and white with some full-color advertising. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 9, Issue 2 - May, 1945. 6.75" x 9", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 26, Issue 6 - May 1945. Hollywood magazine. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by J. F. Byrne. Stories and art by Lily Renee, Joe Doolin, August Froehlich, Murphy Anderson, Fran Hopper, and Joey Cavallo. The first true science fiction comic, Planet Comics featured classic space opera with square-jawed heroes, rockets, rayguns and bug-eyed aliens of every stripe. In the Lost World, the Voltamen brainwash a human to strike at Hunt and Lyssa's rebellion from the inside; A look at possible sports of the future, including remote-control robot fights on "televisor screen"; The Star Pirate meets his match in a female space pirate. Featuring art by pioneering female artists Fran Deitrick/Hopper and Lily Renee. Good-girl/space-alien cover by Joe Doolin. Sports of Tomorrow; The Lost World; Gale Allen; Mysta of the Moon; Auro Lord of Jupiter; The Mental Monsters of Havoc; Space Rangers; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Jack Cole. Plastic Man story, script and art by Jack Cole. Candy story, script and art by Harry Sahle. Human Bomb story, script and art by Paul Gustavson. Two Tracks starring Manhunter, art by Al Bryant. Burp the Twerp story, script and art by Jack Cole. Lizzie Dizzie's Hat Shoppe starring Flatfoot Burns, script and pencils by Al Stahl, inks by Janice Valleau (Ginger). Spirit story, script by Will Eisner, art by Will Eisner and Lou Fine. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Bill Holman, Frank King, Zack Mosley, Boody Rogers, Elliott Caplin, Jay McArdle, George Swanson, Cliff Sterrett, Jimmy Murphy, Gaylord Du Bois, Paul Robinson and Gus Edson. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Smilin' Jack and Downwind search for Joy's plane after she is lost at sea. Chopstick Joe holds Raven Sherman for ransom. After his latest kerfuffle, Skeezix decides he's through with women. Also featuring popular strips Smokey Stover, Gasoline Alley and Felix the Cat. Plus a Smokey Stover PSA on wartime scrap-metal drives. The Gumps; Smilin' Jack; Terry and the Pirates; Toots and Casper; Polly and Her Pals; The Flop Family; Felix the Cat; Dr. Bobbs; Pigger Wigger; Etta Kett; Smokey Stover; Gasoline Alley; Gang Busters. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 37, Issue 6 - May, 1945. 6.5" x 9", 150 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Jose Rizal Hero of the Phillippines, art by Charles M. Quilan. Private Johnny Fuentes The Armed Forces' Youngest hero. The Battling Beggars--The Dutch Patriots of the 1500s. Iron Man of the Hon featuring John Huelsdonk. A Loaf of Bread text story by Lorraine Beim. Commander James. A. Hershfield U.S.C.G. Blip The Story of A Gun! featuring a 37-Millimeter Tank-Buster. Pedro Menendez First Settler of Florida, art by Charles M. Quinlan. Chief Radioman Geroge R. Tweed The Man the Japs Couldn't Find! 52 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. Despite the #4 in the indicia, the cover and contents are identical to Red Band Comics (1945) #3. 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. Final issue of the series. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Fred Harman. Red Ryder, script and art by Fred Harman. Zane Grey's King of the Royal Mounted strip starring King and Shark, art by Jim Gary. Captain Easy story starring Hitler. Biff Baker, script and art by Henry Lee. Takes a Short-Cut text story starring Little Beaver, art by Fred Harman. The Fighting Yanks. Freckles and His Friends. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.