Comic books December 1946

Stories and art by Helen Littler Howard and others. A kids' anthology in the tradition of Calling All Girls from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, games and quizzes as well as comics. Stumpy, the little tree, dreams of becoming a Christmas tree; Marco Polar Bear and Bobby visit Holland for Christmas; Bobby meets a friendly ghost named Boo on Halloween. Twinkle, The Star That Came Down From Heaven; Stumpy; The Toothless Alligator; Marco Polar Bear; Musical Comics; Jack-a-Dandy; Boo!; Pug and Curly; Jim and Judy; Marco's Puzzle Page. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Bill Woolfolk and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza, Al Liederman and unknown. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) stars in: "The Scenes Out of the Past" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck (cameos by Macro the Giant, Mary Marvel, Mr. Mind and Sivana); "The Ghostly Ghostwriter" with story by Bill Woolfolk; "Captain Marvel Visits Baltimore" by Bill Woolfolk and C.C. Beck (Baltimore, Maryland city story); and "The Missing Red Suit" by Otto Binder, C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza (first appearance of Captain Marvel double Peter Klouse). Plus: Captain Kid..."At the Pet Show" with art by Al Liederman. And: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "The Space Olympics" with script by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories by Otto Binder, Art Helfant¸ Howard Boughner and Sid Lazarus. Art by Bud Thompson¸ Sid Lazarus, Howard Boughner and Art Helfant. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Two of Captain Marvel Jr.'s stranger foes return: The circus-performer-gone-wrong The Acrobat, and the Three Stooges-like Lightning Larry Davis. A killer snowman stalks the living with his icy grip. Captain Marvel Jr. battles Sivana Jr. and his Crime Machine. The Return of the Acrobat; Rubbernose Randolph; A One Man Show; Boxcar Benny; Whipper-Snappers; Icy Fingers; Giggle Gags; Judge Smudge; Snortville Sneeze: When Gloria Goes to Cover a Dog Show...; Runaway Motorcycle; The Crime Machine. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Leonard Frank. Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Richard Kraus. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. A US intelligence agent is captured by Storm von Kloud, who wants to revive the Nazi Party after WWII. In a WWII story, CM investigates when defense workers fall ill on a South Pacific island, and discovers that Axis agents are poisoning popsicle sticks. Yes, you read that right. When a living dinosaur is found on a remote island, Captain Midnight races circus impresario Bingo Bates to keep it from winding up on display in a cage. Another top-notch cover by Leonard Frank. Fangs of the Werewolf!; Pilot Pete; Ice Cream Plague of Palmyra Island; Whipper-Snappers; Sgt. Twilight's Last Roundup; Red Skye: Gang War; The Flying Dinosaur; Johnny Blair, in the Air; Your Invention Page; Dippy Detours. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Bill Brown of Notre Dame," "Pudgy Pig," "Father O'Malley: A Holiday Story," "An Unusual Hobby," the conclusion of "Joan of Arc," "The Owl and the Grasshopper," and "The Adventures of Sir Galahad." Notre Dame football cover (Rose Bowl). Cover price $0.10.

Volume 18, Issue 7 - December 1946. 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.

Badger Paint Stores giveaway, no number, paper cover, 16 pages, 1946.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $8.00

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $3.20 2 1/4" Cumulative spine split.

Hunchback of Notre Dame, 7th Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 78). Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $7.00

Hunchback of Notre Dame, 8th Printing, Line Drawing Cover, issue 8B DOES NOT HAVE "H.C. Kiefer" at bottom of front cover. (HRN 89). Cover price $0.15.

Hunchback of Notre Dame, 11th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 146). Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $549.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case; Scuffing to inner well of case Label #0195610008 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $295.00 View scans Paper: Off white Label #0263770003 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Lorna Doone, 1st Printing, Classics Comics. (HRN 32, 12/46). Cover price $0.10.

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Lorna Doone, 5th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 138). Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Fred Kida. Stories and art by Fred Kida, Art Helfant, Ray Houlihan, Tony DiPreta, Dick Hall and Maurice del Bourgo. Forgotten superheroes from the Golden Age of comics, featuring early work by Dan Barry and other comics legends. Nightmare and Sleepy were listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. Gun Master seeks a new radar-controlled bullet, but blonde femme fatale Velvet Silver is smuggling the plans away, in a story with nice bad-girl art by Fred Kida. The eccentric Dr. Royce bets a railroad magnate $1 million that he can steal an entire train. Hired killers seek a Thai idol that can grant wishes, but soon wish they hadn't found it. Gun Master; Nightmare and Sleepy; Fetlock Groans the Detective; Stupid Manny; Cedric the Sissy; Trouble at Mickey's: A Gunmaster Story; Cornie Corner; The Secret of Krishnu; Swifty; Micro-Face. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Al Liederman, George Marko, Howard Boughner, Frank Little, Dick MacKay, Milt Stein and Victor Pazmino. Humor comics from Fawcett, featuring characters like Richard Richard, Private Dick (detective) and the cape-wearing rapscallion Captain Kid. When Captain Kid claims he can lie on a bed of nails, he has a plan to fake it for his friends - or so he thinks. Mystic Moot uses his mystic snoot to show up a mean-tempered fisherman, in a story by comics legend Basil Wolverton. Richard Richard gets tied up in sailor knots while investigating a mystery on a ship. Plus a PSA featuring Captain Marvel (Shazam) soliciting relief packages for post-WWII Europe - a little window into the world of 1946. Captain Kid: A Fake Fakir; A Beastly Question; Mystic Moot and His Magic Snoot: A Whale of a Tale; The Tragedy of Joe Miller; Dopey Danny Dee; Kanvasback: Taxis to Danger; Manfred, The Great; Whipper-Snappers; Trader Tom; Pee Wee Pete Stays for Tee; The Snortville Sneeze; Vacuum Bloobstutter; Freshman Freddy: A Substitute for Trouble; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Train Time; Richard Richard, Private Dick: Ship A-Hooey. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $2.50 View scan 2 1/4" Cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $2.50 View scan Centerfold detached.

Volume 2, Issue 10 - December, 1946. Magic Periodical put out by Walter B. Gibson with help from Harry Houdini's brother, Hardeen that showcases the talent of magicians as well as teaching tricks to readers. 8.5" x 11", 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Art by Pat Adams, Howie Post and A. Tomie. Cosmic Catnip Capsules turn an ordinary feline into Cosmo Cat, who lives on the moon and uses a rocket to travel to Earth and fight evil. Cosmo becomes involved in the search for treasure and battles the pirate Captain Bilge; He discovers the moon men are planning to attack the earth with atom charges; In Cosmo Cat's origin story, an ordinary cat drops an atomic bomb at the factory and is transformed into a superhero. Treasure Island; Roscoe Bear: Bang! Zoom! Bop!; Sing Song Prison; Roscoe Bear: Shaving Cream; Men in the Moon; Cosmo Cat Follows His Nose; The Origin of Cosmo Cat; Roscoe Bear: Here Lies a Brave Man; Arabian Nights; Roscoe Bear: Coconut Milk; Ya Cant Catch Me; Roscoe Bear: All about the Atom Bomb. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Sprang. Stories by Alvin Schwartz and unknown. Art by Howard Sherman, John Daly, Lee Harris, Curt Swan and Steve Brodie. After winning a card game, the Joker decides to use his winning hand, a Royal Flush in diamonds, as the basis for a series of crimes. Don't miss Batman and Robin in "The Royal Flush Crimes!" by Alvin Schwartz and Howard Sherman. Plus: Slam Bradley in "Crime Is All Wet!" with art by John Daly; Air Wave in "Moon Rocketeers!" with art by Lee Harris; and The Boy Commandos in "The Invisible Commando" with art by Curt Swan and Steve Brodie. Also: 2-page text story "Small Crime" by Pace Cummings, and Casey the Cop half-pager by Henry Boltinoff. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $16.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

December 1946. Western adventure novels "Come All You Fighting Texans!'" by Frank Bonham and "Long Rope -- Short Prayer!" by William R. Cox. Novelettes "The Devil of Kicking Horse River" by Michael Oblinger, "They're Hanging Tom Coleen in the Morning!" by Bob Obets, and "Badman-by-the-Day" by Van Cort. Short story by John Bodrero. A few illustrations. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white; 98 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

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Art by Ted Miller, A.W. Nugent and Al Stahl. Classic postwar kids' comics from Magazine Enterprises. After his magician father disappears (and doesn't come back), Bobbie gains a talking dog and becomes a Junior Magician. Nightmare Noonan dreams himself into Topsy Turvy, where everything is upside down and backwards. Travelin' Toughy's flying carpet takes him to Persia, where he meets Ali Babul and the 40 Thieves. Ding Dong Puzzles; Sally Salt and Peter Pepper; Travelin' Toughy; Gertie and Gabe; Peter Pun; Teeny Turtle; Nightmare Noonan; Robert Robot; Junior Magician. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

December 1946. "The Disappearing Lady" by "Kenneth Robeson"; "Private War" by John D. MacDonald; "Neap Tide" by Curtiss T. Gardner; "The Monster of Lazy Hook" by Thorne Lee; and "The Tiger" by John Clinton Port. Eleven Bob Powell illustrations. Digest size, 5-5/8" x 7-3/4"; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $130.00 View scans Cover coming loose at one staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Add to cart GD 2.0 $39.00 View scans Restored (see item notes) RESTORATION. Tear seal. Cover detached at one staple and coming loose at the other. Centerfold detached. Water damage with heavy rust migration. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover art by Al Bryant. Beauty and Her Beasts, art by Al Bryant; The Queen of Beauty commands her beasts to horde cosmetics so that she could be the only looker in the city! Murder Is No Circus starring Doll Man, art by Al Bryant. Stand-In For a Princess starring Torchy, art by Bill Ward. The Monster of Mist Manor! starring Doll Man, art by Al Bryant. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $89.00 View scans

Add to cart Very Good $30.00 View scans Spine split 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Good $29.00 View scans Cover wrap is detached from book.

Vol. 3, No. 4. December 1946. Men's magazine with humor and pin up pictorials, including one depicting a cat fight. Peter Driben cover. 8.5" x 11.5". 64 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

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Add to cart Very Good $130.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $130.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Trimmed. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $115.00 View scans Front cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

December 1946. Cover by Virgil Finlay. "Unthinkable" by Francis Sibson, "At the Farmhouse" by E. F. Benson, "And Not in Peace" by George Whitley. Illustrations by Lawrence and Finlay. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; 130 Pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

Christmas cover. 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; "Chief Wahoo and Steve Roper" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; and "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller. "Sky Message" text story. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 1, No. 1. December 1946. UK science fiction story magazine. 5.5" x 8.5". 96 pages. Black and white. Text with occasional illustrations.

Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf and others. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). Oscar's re-election as sheriff calls for a celebration, but Billy the Kid goes overboard with the fireworks. Willie the Worm sets up a medicine-show tent, offering to sell the other animals water from the Fountain of Youth. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie: The Log Jam Rescue, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck, and a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. Billy the Kid and Oscar: Spiked Fireworks; Battling Bantam Comes Up with an Answer; Willipus Wallipus: Catastrophe; Willie the Worm: The Fountain of Youth; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck Jump to Conclusions; Fuzzy Bear Gets Psycho-Analyzed. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lily Renee. Edited by Jack Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Alex Blum, Lily Renee and Matt Baker. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Invaders find their way into Tiger Girl's temple home, in a story with art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker; Pioneering female artist Lily Renee returns, with a cover featuring Senorita Rio matching blades with a male villain; Pirate queen Black Bess drugs and captures the crew of Captain Fight's ship. Tiger Girl; Risks, Unlimited starring Rip Carson; Kayo Kirby; It's Smart to Be Dumb; Hateful Herman; Hooks Devlin; Senorita Rio; Captain Fight. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.