Comic books May 1945

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $650.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #2042490024 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Pyroman story with Professor Clark. Fighting Yank story. Captain Future story. Four Comrades story, art by Maurice Gutwirth. Don Davis story, art by Leonard Sansone. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Pyroman story with Professor Clark. Fighting Yank story. Captain Future story. 32 pgs, FC. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Dale Messick, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Walter Berndt, Ed Leffingwell, Martin Branner, Al Posen, Robert Callender and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Krome meets his fate as Dick Tracy rescues the snowplow driver from the icy waters. Brenda Starr is intrigued by Everett, the clumsy boxer who bumps into her, despite her better judgment. Leaving Tibet with two snow leopards and a panda, Clyde is captured by a local warlord. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie and Moon Mullins. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Brenda Starr; Winnie Winkle; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Sweeney & Son; Clyde Beatty; The Ripples. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $65.00 View scans Oxidation. Light chew.

#30 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. Copyright 1945 by National Comics Pub., Inc., under license to Tim Promotions, Inc. B&W with a single color, 5 1/2 in. x 8 in.

Cover art by Tom Gill. Cadet story, art by Walter Johnson. Candid Charlie story, art by B. Gordon Guth. Target and the Targeteers story, art by Ken Battefield. Dan'l Flannel story, art by B. Gordon Guth; Dan'l's love for animals gets him into a peculiar situation. The Killer Ghost text story by Ross H. Davis. Chameleon story, art by Bill Allison. Targettoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Bull's-Eye Bill story, art by Elton Fax. Speck, Spot, and Sis story, art by Alonzo Vincent. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $2.50 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

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 $0.35.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $7.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $7.00 View scans Paper: Cream

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $7.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Good $7.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 40%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Spring 1945. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Jerry Shelton, Ross Rocklynne, Henry Kuttner, Arthur G. Strangland, Frederic Arnold Kummer Jr., Polton Cross, and Sam Merwin Jr. Virgil Finlay illustration. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Harry Sahle. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Harry Sahle, Don Dean, Red Holmdale, Caroline West, Bill Woggon, Larry Harris, Ed Goggin, Bill Vigoda, Carl Hubbell, Scott Meredith, and Ed Goggin. Super-heroic and humorous tales, many of them filled with action and adventure—these are Top Notch Laugh comics! Ad for Black Hood comics, art by Bill Vigoda. 60 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

May, 1945. In this issue; "Playboy Killer's Reign of Terror" by J.V. Bate, "Mad Phantom of the Ravine" by R.L. Neff, "Unmasking the Baby Killer" by Ruby Cameron, "Romance and Arsenic" by Martin Velour, "Who Murdered the Archbishop" by W. Sheldon, "He Tried to Burn Me Alive!" by J. Heise, "Enigma Woman of Horror House" by Bonnie Wheeler, "Killer's Covenant" by Harrison Moreland, "Measured for Murder" by J. Hoyt Cummings, "Case of the Babbling Blonde" by B. Dankin, "Cop-Killer's Suicided Pact" by R.L. Maddox, "Tragedy of the Virtuous Girl" by J.F. Fishman, "Hammer Killer's Suicide Pact" by David Ross, "June Jinx of the Mobsters" by J. Pawling, and "Behind the Police "Mike"" by Chas. Burgess. 8" x 10 5/8", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Bill Hudson. Stories and art by Manny Stallman, Jack Warren, Al Fago and Harold Sherman. Comedy and adventure comics from Spotlight Publishers. Airman Jay Case of the US Army Air Force (precursor to the US Air Force) encounters betrayal while battling Nazis on the African front in 1943. Hooch and Pooch, respectively the monkey and dog mascots of US Marine squadrons in Europe, risk their lives to deliver a call for reinforcements on the battlefield, in a strange mix of funny-animal drama and WWII propaganda. The owner of a struggling magic-supply store gets unwanted assistance from well-intentioned pixie Superstitious Al-o-ysius. Adventure In... Africa; Twinklettes; Hooch and Pooch; G.I. Fun; Mind Waves!!!; Hop and Pop; Gems O' Fun; Ella; The Legend of Superstitious Al-o-ysius. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. #1 - May 1945. True crime magazine printed for the Canadian market. Cover says Uncensored Detective but indicia has Uncensored Detective Cases. Painted cover. Mostly text, not very many photographs. Stories this issue: "Montreal's Burnt-Faced Killer" by Harold Watson, "Kolesar Kill at Rainy River" by George Draper, "The Would-Be King of Chinatown" by Henry Jackson, "Mad Cave Man of Lake Kathlyn" by Marion McCullough and "Triple Murder in the Arctic" by Joseph Campbell. 8-in. x 10 1/4-in., 64 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $6.40 INCOMPLETE. Multiple pieces missing, interrupts art and story. 1" Spine split from bottom.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $4.80

Volume 50, Issue 10 - May 1945. "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.

Add to cart Very Good $50.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white	Add to cart VG 4.0 $37.00 View scans	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $32.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $27.00 View scans 1" Cumulative spine split.
Add to cart Good $26.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 50%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD- 1.8 $20.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 70%. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $32.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 40%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Pete Kuhlhoff. "The Man Who Cried Wolf!" by Robert Bloch, "The Watchers" by Ray Bradbury, and "The Lost Day" by August Derleth, plus other horror and supernatural tales by Edmond Hamilton, Harold Lawlor, Thorp McClusky, Emil Petaja, Manly Wade Wellman, and Charles King. Illustrations by Hannes Bok, Boris Dolgov, Dwight Boyce, Andrew Brosnatch, Irwin J. Weill, A. R. Tilburne. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in., 96 newsprint pages, black and white (text with illustrations). Cover price $0.15.

Volume 58, Issue 1 - May, 1945. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by C. C. Beck and Pete Costanza. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Otto Binder, C. C. Beck, and Harry Parkhurst. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. Billy Batson meets Diogenes Dinkle, whose magic lamp shows if people are crooked or honest, and gets him a job as the radio WHIZ night watchman. Ibis finds his magical powers may be useless when a scientist creates a giant amoeba. Plus the debut of the long-running "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton. This issue features useless but hilarious advice on "How to Cut Your Own Hair." Captain Marvel: The Lamp of Diogenes; Golden Arrow: Deep Rooted Trouble; Little Albert; The Culture Corner; Spy Smasher: The Code in the Head; Hard Way -- Sky Way; Ibis the Invincible: The Unhappy Amoeba. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Art Saaf. Edited by J.F. Byrne and Ruth Atkinson. Stories and art by Lee Elias, Jack Keller, Alex Blum, Matt Baker, and Howard Larsen. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Agent Jane Martin seeks stolen plans and a hidden cave in central China; Greasemonkey Griffin is mistakenly appointed administrator of a captured German town; Shot down over a mysterious island, the Skull Squad discovers a top-secret enemy airplane ready to attack. Skull Squad; Jane Martin; Clipper Kirk; Captain Wings; Suicide Smith; Wing Tips; The Road to Mandalay; Greasemonkey Griffin. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 8, Issue 8 - May 1945. Softcover, 96 pages. 8.5 in. x 11 in. B&W. Cover price $0.02.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $1,200.00 View scans Paper: Off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #4286332009

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $405.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4369292003

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Binder, Carl Pfeufer and Marc Swayze. A Fawcett anthology with an emphasis on superhero adventure. Mary Marvel meets her and Billy's ancestor, Daniel Batson, as well as the pirate Black Patch, trapped in suspended animation for centuries by an earthquake. Phantom Eagle is captured by Axis forces in Australia who, lacking modern munitions, are instead building giant boomerangs. Mr. Scarlet and Pinky face Incarno, the killer who can die and return from the dead, in a horror-tinged tale. Mary Marvel; Commando Yank; Phantom Eagle; Penny Graves; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 3, No. 46. May 4, 1945. United States Military magazine published during World War II for serving members of the armed forces. V-2 rockets fall on Antwerp, Belgium in this issue. 10-in. x 13 1/2-in., 24 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.05.