Comic books June 1947

Volume 33, Issue 3 - June, 1947. 6.75" x 9.75", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 17, Issue 4 - June, 1947. 6.75" x 9", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Jim Wilcox. Stories and art by Ray Gill, Harold DeLay, Jim Wilcox, Art Helfant, Nina Albright, Milt Hammer, Marjorie Lyndon Smith, Jack Callahan and Tex Blaisdell. Sometimes listed as 4Most #23. Adventures of clean-cut teen heroes of the 1940s. An embittered former tennis pro seeks revenge after cadet Dick Cole beats him in an exhibition match. Kit Carter, The Cadet, figures out who killed Roger Barnes with a little help from Sherlock Holmes, in a strip with art by early female comics artist Nina Albright. Edison and Jerry stop a thief and discover a family wracked by financial hardship. Dick Cole; Boitram the Boiglar; Edison Bell; The Wandering Top; The Cyclone Spinner and Rack; Heathcliff the Hobo; A Room There Was; The Cadet; Grover and Bonnie; 4Most Fun. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Musial. The Phantom strips, script by Lee Falk, art by Ray Moore. Daffy Doodles strips, art by Doc Winner. Katzenjammer Kids strips, art by H.H. Knerr. Tim Tyler's Luck strips, art by Lyman Young. Pete the Tramp strips by Clarence D. Russell. Jungle Jim strips, art by Alex Raymond. Barney Google strips, art by Billy DeBeck. Blondie strips, art by Chic Young. Teddy and Sitting Bull strips, art by Joe Musial. Tillie the Toiler strips, art by Russ Westover. Prince Valiant strips, art by Hal Foster. They'll Do It Every Time strips, art by Jimmy Hatlo. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye. The Man Who Robbed the Mint starring Superman and The Prankster, art by John Sikela. Elevator to Excitement starring Zatara, art by W. F. White. The Elephant's Graveyard starring Congo Bill, art by Ed Smalle. The Theft of a Very Loud Noise starring Hayfoot Henry, script by Al Schwartz, art by Stan Kaye. Popp Gunn Rides Again starring Vigilante, script by Don Cameron, art by George Roussos. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Jack Burnley, inks by George Roussos. The Miracle Plane starring Superboy, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Win Mortimer (p 1) and John Sikela, inks by Win Mortimer (p 1) and George Roussos. The Flying Dutchman starring Aquaman, script by Don Cameron, art by Louis Cazeneuve. The Return of the Skylark starring Green Arrow and The Skylark, art by George Papp. Too High For the Law starring Shining Knight, art by Chuck Winter. The Man Who Wore Ten Hats! starring Johnny Quick, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Mort Meskin, inks by George Roussos; Johnny Quick has to perform the jobs of 10 people at once to stop crooked Mayor Claney from giving the jobs to his lazy relatives. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Arthur Peddy and Bernard Sachs. Stories and art by Arthur Peddy, Bernard Sachs, Carmine Infantino, Dick Wood, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #40. No issue # on cover; Vol. 4, issue #5 in indicia. Airboy is drawn into the strange tale of the drum that only some people can hear, calling him and two others to witness The American Miracle. Paul von Emmelman, son of the man who became The Heap, visits America, but he and Rickie are abducted by kidnappers. Flying Fool meets his beautiful rival, flier Riot O'Hara, in a story with art by Captain America creators Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. The American Miracle, Part 1; The Heap; Model Builders with Airboy; Bad Man; Rackman; Flying Fool; Mean Life-Saver. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Ace Harlem (crime story by John Terrell), Dew Dillies (humor by Cooper), Lion Man (jungle story by Geo. J. Evans Jr.), and Sugarfoot (adventure story by Cravat). Lil' Eggie one-page strip by Terrell. One page of Hep Chicks on Parade cartoons. Two-page text story, "Ezekiel's Manhunt." The inside front cover editorial by Orrin C. Evans notes that "every brush stroke and pen line in the drawings on these pages are by Negro artists." The inside back cover has an ad for issue 2, but the issue was never published. Issue number one is rare, especially so in fine condition and above. Many copies have brown pages. Cover price $0.15.

The Justice Society of America face the mystery of "The Day That Dropped Out of Time." Script by John Broome. Art by Irwin Hasen plus individual stories featuring the Flash (art by Lee Elias), the Atom (art by Paul Reinman), Hawkman (art by Joe Kubert), Dr. Mid-nite (art by Frank Harry), and Green Lantern (art by Hasen). Wonder Woman guest-stars. Johnny Thunder cameo. Two-page text story, "The Trap" by Charles King. One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie and the Radar Rescue." Hasen cover. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Irwin Hasen. Crime of the Month Club, script by John Broome, art by Irwin Hasen; Green Lantern uncovers the secret of the "Crime of the Month's" robbery spree when the indomitable Doiby Dickles provides the hidden clue. The Man Who Lied starring The Black Pirate, art by Paul Reinman. Cue for Death starring Dr. Mid-Nite, art by Frank Harry. The Black Horse text story, script and art by John Broome [as John Osgood]. Balloonatics starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. Mutt and Jeff strips by Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 21, Issue 6 - June, 1947. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Special "Shaver Mystery" issue! Dero shenanigans abound in four separate stories by Richard S. Shaver -- no doubt heavily edited and re-written by the Grand Organizer of the "Shaver Mystery," Amazing Stories editor Ray Palmer. Illustrations by Malcolm Smith, Enoch Sharp, Brady, Julian S. Krupa, and Robert Fuqua. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 180 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by unknown. Art by Ken Battefield, Ralph Mayo, Rafael Astarita and unknown. In this issue: untitled Doc Strange story (vs. Hassan the Bald and Doctor Anthony Pennock) with art by Ken Battefield and Rafael Astarita; untitled The Black Terror story with art by Ralph Mayo; Pyroman in "Pyroman Hits the Jackpot" with art by Ken Battefield; The Fighting Yank in "It Pays to Be Honest"; and untitled Captain Future story with pencils by Ken Battefield. Plus: 1-page text stories "Plastic Policeman" (by Oliver Buchanan), "Armed Guard" (by Charles S. Strong; credited as Chuck Stanley) and "Young Carpenter" (by Charles S. Strong). Also: untitled The Joke's on Youth 1-pager (by Al Hartley). 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Otto Feuer. The First Snowfall starring the Raccoon Kids, art by Otto Feuer; Uncle Percy tells the boys you can make money shoveling sidewalks- and then pockets the dough himself. The Snow Shovel, art by Rube Grossman; Goofy invents a steam powered snow shovel. Untitled Crazy Like A Fox story, art by Otto Feuer. Transatlantic Highway starring Walrus Whopper; Walrus explains how he skated across the Atlantic in July. The Party starring Pete the Pup, art by Otto Feuer. Hepcat, the Bankrobber starring Sheriff Corky, art by Rube Grossman. Deep Sea Fishing starring Eager Beaver, art by Otto Feuer. Untitled Presto Pete story. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Vince Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago and others. A very early funny-animal book from EC, back when the company was still run by Max Gaines and called "Educational Comics," and somewhat rare as a result. A wolf in plaid pants schemes to catch Bouncy Bunny, but he's one canny bunny. Fergy Frog gets into a jumping race. Flitty Flicker the bird runs away to find fun things to do, but the big outside world is full of animals trying to eat each other. Plus a Chimp and Chump rebus story, and an ad for Picture Stories of the Bible, another early "Educational Comics" classic. Bouncy Bunny in the Friendly Forest; Kangy Roo; Animated Movies; Flitty Flicker; Fergy Frog; Carrot Chops. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Fagaly. Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Vigoda and Irving Novick. Archie tries to escape an ugly girl named Esmerelda, who wants to sew her patch on him to take him to the patch hop, in the first Patch Day story "The Patch Hop"! Plus: Archie takes a skull from the school science room to practice his role in Hamlet, but causes chaos when he wears it to avoid Mr. Weatherbee in "The Play's the Thing"; Archie buys some invisible ink, but lands himself in hot water when his father mistakes it for real ink in "The Vanishing Act"; Betty and Veronica try out a ski slope inside Jonamaker's Department Store and end up wrecking the store; Archie and his father set up burglar traps around the house, just in time for rich Uncle Titus to visit, in "There Oughta Be a Law"; and Archie accidentally ends up on a ski trip that Mr. Weatherbee forbade him from attending! Also: 2-page text piece "Hollywood Tattle Tales"! And: "Archie Puzzle Page"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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June, 1947 - Volume 5, Issue #10.

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Volume 39, Issue 4 - June 1947. Cover by Charles Schneeman. Science Fiction and adventure stories, this issue features "Centaurus II" by A.E. Van Vogt. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Most art by Klaus Nordling. Edited by George E. Brenner. Cover by Klaus Nordling. Stories by Joe Millard, Klaus Nordling, and Gwen Hansen. Whimsical circus tales with clowns and other trappings of the big top, including Carnie Calahan as The Barker! 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Contains two Frank Frazetta illustrations. Frazetta illustrations appear in sixteen nearly-consecutive issues of Barnyard Comics (1944) (#12-15, #17-27, and #29). Contains funny animal stories. In order of appearance: "Rascal Rabbit"; "Mickey Pigg" art by Jack Bradbury; "Quacker"; "Ernie Eagle"; "Freddie Frog"; "Boxy" art by Jack Bradbury; "Hoot and Hooty"; and "'Popgoze' De Weasel" story by Mike Maltese, art by Phil Monroe. Illustrated text stories: "The Lazy Opossum: Swingeroo Was an Expert at Taking It Easy!" by Mickey Klar Marks, illustration by Frank Frazetta; "Little Brother: Bobby Chipmunk Wanted to Join in the Fun!" by Donald Bayne Hobart, illustration by Frank Frazetta; and "Walter and the Herrings: Herringville Was Mighty Cold to the Water-Turkeys!" by Justin Blazer. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

1947 Edition - 1st Printing. Edited by Lawrence Lariar. 300 of the best Cartoons featured in Colliers, the Saturday Evening Post, and Argosy. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 128 pages, B&W

Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Don Dean, Lank Leonard, 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. Dixie Dugan thinks her Pa's finally lost it when he starts building an ark for all the animals. The tornado lands Sparky Watts in a lost valley where women are warriors and men do the housework, and he must battle Two-Ton Gertie after making a sexist comment. Skyman makes a desperate gamble to keep Hitler from taking over the moon. Also, the final appearance of Charlie Chan in Big Shot; his next appearance was in Charlie Chan (1948 Crestwood/Prize/Charlton) #1. Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Cranberry Boggs; Mickey Finn; Bo; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; All in a Lifetime; June Bride; Good Old Bumpy: The Empty Cupboard. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Lank Leonard, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Marion Bailey, and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Big Shot goes to 32 pages of content with this issue. Dixie Dugan is offered the lead in the Broadway show her mother is designing the costumes for. On their quest to find the legendary Lost Dutchman gold mine, Sparky Watts and Chuck Waggin encounter Jumbo Figniggle, a teenage giant, in another wacky Boody Rogers story. Fawn is forced to take part in a deadly Venusian lottery while Skyman fights to find and rescue her. Sparky Watts: Jumbo Figniggle; Mickey Finn; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent: The Score Is Settled; Skyman: Night Flight; Brass Knuckles; Enter Benny Ratsoff. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Digest sized Spanish language translation of Bill Barnes Air Adventures published by Editorial Molino.

The Black Bat in "The Murder Prophet" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "Postscript to an Electric Chair" by Sam Merwin Jr.; "The Rattler" by Edward Churchill; "Post-Hypnotic" by Samuel Mines; and "Holdup" by Jack Kofoed. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

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British Edition. June 1947, Vol 5 #12. A Magazine of Gripping, Smashing Detective Stories. Stories include: The Cold, Cold Ground by William Campbell Gault, Heavenly Homicide (An O'Hanna Novelette) by Dale Clark , I Remember Murder (A Ben Corbette Novelette) by Julius Long, and Unholy Matrimony by H.H. Stinson. 6 1/4" X 9". 68 pages. B&W.

Cover by Al Bryant. Featuring: 12 page Blackhawk story "The Sky Matador!" starring Blackhawk, Andre, Stanislaus, Hendrickson, Olaf, Chop-Chop, Chuck (all as the Blackhawks) and the Sky Matador (intro, villain), drawn by Bill Ward; 11 page Blackhawk story "The Island in the Sky!" starring the Blackhawks and the Corsair (intro, villain), drawn by Al Bryant (?); 8 page Chop Chop story "The Temptation of Chop Chop" drawn by Bill Ward; 2 page text story "Victim No. 13"; 14 page Blackhawk story "The Hatchets of Hongo!" starring the Blackhawks and Hongo (intro, villain), drawn by Al Bryant (?). 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Syd Shores. Stories by Bill Woolfolk and unknown. Art by Syd Shores, Vince Alascia and unknown. In this issue: the Blonde Phantom and Mark Mason investigate a house haunting in "Horror at Haunted Castle" by Bill Woolfolk, Syd Shores and Vince Alascia; the Blonde Phantom and Mark investigate the disappearance of a chorus girl in "Tune of Terror!" with pencils by Syd Shores; the Blonde Phantom's deepest fear is revealed in an untitled 2-pager; Miss America investigates a stage murder gone awry in "Death Drops the Curtain!"; and 2-page text story "Under His Lid"! Plus: the Sub-Mariner in "The Brain Strikes Back!" (spoiler warning) - the Brain and the Knife have joined forces to steal a shipment of ambergris from Captain Cole. Unfortunately for them, Namor and Namora happen upon their cabin hideout on Taboo Island after one of their regular swimming matches. The criminals get the drop on Namora and capture the pair, but Namor effects their escape by tipping over their parrot's water dish, renewing his strength enough to break his bonds. The two then swim to Cole's boat in time to capture the criminals and turn them over to the harbor police. Characters in this issue: Blonde Phantom; Mark Mason; Baron Frankenstein; Elmo Lane; Miss Lane; the Ox; Mervyn Doy; Harvey; Gus; Mamie Hart; Gloria Vance; Miss America; Vera Campbell; Van Rogers; Paul Connors; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Namora; Captain Cole; the Brain (villain, introduction); the Knife (villain, introduction); Polly (a parrot). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Chic Young and A.A. Milne. Art by Chic Young, A.H. Watson and unknown. In this issue: untitled Blondie 1-pager (on inside front cover) with story and pencils by Chic Young; "Dagwood Goes Fishing -- Hook, Line and Sinker!" with story and pencils by Chic Young; untitled Blondie 1-pager with story and pencils by Chic Young; Mr. Merryweather in 2-page text story "Sand Babies" with story by A.A. Milne and pencils by A.H. Watson; untitled Blondie 1-pager with story and pencils by Chic Young; "Hooray! Dagwood Saves the Day!" with story and pencils by Chic Young; untitled Blondie 1-pager (on inside back cover) with story and pencils by Chic Young; and untitled Blondie 1-pager (on back cover) with story and pencils by Chic Young. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Museum Murders; Joan, a double for the long lost princess of the Ozini tribe, is taken to be sacrificed to appease the rain god; their plans are foiled by the Blue Beetle. A Case of Death text story--A Matty Case Mystery. Adventure in the Gobi Desert; In the Gobi Desert, the Blue Beetle and friends search for the lost city of Lulan and its treasures. Mystery In C Major starring Joan Mason Reporter; a hit and run story leads to murder and hidden loot. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Hearne. Stories and art by Jim Wilcox, Don Rico, Milt Hammer, Jack Warren, Henry Kiefer, and Art Helfant. Sometimes listed as Blue Bolt #79. Blue Bolt has adventures while flying for Glimpses, a photography magazine. Blue Bolt investigates the secret of a deadly new kind of airplane. Sergeant Spook rescues Jerry after he accidentally stumbles on the hideout of jewel thieves. The search for a priceless orchid leads millionaire adventurer Rick Richards to a dramatic confrontation. Edison Bell tells young readers how to create a midget canoe. Dick Cole; Two-Ton O'Toole; Bluebolts & Nuts; Rick Richards; Midget Canoe; Scooped---; Edison Bell; Blue Bolt; Krisko & Jasper; Sergeant Spook. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Carl Hubbell, Bob Wood and Charles Biro. An anthology title from publisher Lev Gleason and his primary creator, Charles Biro, featuring teen hero Crimebuster and his nemesis Iron Jaw. Crimebuster and Squeeks try to help a girl who is contemplating suicide despite her seeming successes. A love triangle between rival aviators turns to murder, featuring aviation-themed art by Flash Gordon's Dan Barry. Little Dynamite and his pals learn about the dangers of guns while visiting Uncle Dan's farm. Also featuring a vintage ad for the book "How to Get Along with Girls." Crimebuster; Stop Me If You've Heard This One!; Little Dynamite; Daredevil: Extra Evidence. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.