Comic books August 1947

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $249.95 or Best Offer View scans 1" Spine split from bottom. Cover detached at one staple. Cover oxidation. Writing on interior pages. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover art by John Sikela. Cameras in the Clouds! starring Superman, art by John Sikela. The Quest for Life! starring Congo Bill, art by Ed Smalle. Twin Magic starring Zatara, script by Joe Samachson, art by W. F. White. Who's Zoo? starring Hayfoot Henry, script by Al Schwartz, art by Stan Kaye. Pop Gunn Shoots the Works! starring Vigilante, art by George Roussos. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $5.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 50%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 117, Issue 4 - August, 1947. 6.75" x 9", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $29.00 View scans Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%.

Add to cart Good $15.00 View scans Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

10.5" x 13", 120 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $18.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white	Add to cart FN- 5.5 $17.00 View scans Paper: Off white Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $6.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $6.00 View scans Paper: Cream 2" Spine split from base of book. Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.
Add to cart VG- 3.5 $5.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $3.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 21, Issue 8 - August, 1947. Cover by Arnold Kohn. Stories by Rog Phillips, William Lawrence Hamling, Frances Yerxa, D. Richard Sharpe, and Richard S. Shaver. Plus: a letter column chock-full of discussion regarding the "Shaver Mystery!" Super-cool! Illustrations by Malcolm Smith, Charles Schneeman, Robert Fuqua, and Julian S. Krupa. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 176 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $180.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Slab: Significant side/edge cracks 1" or more Label #4240359005

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $120.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #1991799021

Cover by Al Fagaly. Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Vigoda, Irving Novick and unknown. Archie heads to the gym to bulk up after he makes plans to go to the beach with Veronica and her muscular cousin in "Musclebound Madness"! Plus: Archie gets stuck babysitting Veronica's triplet cousins in "Three's a Crowd"; Archie brings a mouse to school, with the expected results; a dog gets in the way of Archie's entries in the newspaper beauty contest in "Photo-Finish"; Betty and Veronica go to the beach and fight over men; and Archie tries to water the lawn in "Water, Water, Everywhere"! Also: Archie (Hollywood report) celebrity news and gossip, including a piece about Ronald Reagan's marriage to Jane Wyman, in the 2-page "Hollywood Tattle Tale"! And: "Archie Puzzle Page" (two of them)! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $17.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

August, 1947 - Volume 5, Issue #11.

Add to cart Very Good $32.00 View scans Spine split 20%. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $43.00 View scans Staple rust. 3" Cumulative spine split. Foxing. Soiling.

Add to cart Good $29.00 View scans 4 1/2" Cumulative spine split. Corner Damage. Cover pulling from staples and partially detached. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling.

Add to cart Good $29.00 View scans Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Foxing. Soiling.

Volume 6, Issue 3 - August, 1947. Peter Driben cover. Men's interest magazine of pin-ups and glamour shots. 8.5" x 11.5", 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 21, Issue 2 - August, 1947. 6.5" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $115.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $43.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Moderate.

The Black Bat in "Dead Man's Plunder" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "Let Murder Sleep" by Norman A. Daniels; "The Stickup" by Jack Kofoed; "The Visiting Corpse" by Donald Bayne Hobart; "Expert in Murder" by Wayland Rice; and "Run From a Dead Man" by Nels Leroy Jorgensen. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Jack Hearne. Stories and art by Wayne Boring (credited as Jack Harmon), Jim Wilcox, Al Huston, Milt Hammer, Henry Kiefer, and Art Helfant. Sometimes listed as Blue Bolt #81. Blue Bolt has adventures while flying for Glimpses, a photography magazine. Sgt. Spook joins forces with the spirit of Paul Revere to prevent modern-day crooks from stealing an ancient store of silver. Blue Bolt's old war buddy Charlie seeks his help in turning his new golf course profitable, in a story by Superman artist Wayne Boring (credited as Jack Harmon). Edison Bell and Jerry become counselors at a summer camp. King Neptune teaches young readers basic swimming lessons. Also featuring a vintage ad for "Popsicle Pete" prizes in exchange for saving popsicle wrappers, featuring Cleveland Indians pitcher Bob Feller. Dick Cole; Sergeant Spook: The Adventure of King's Plate!; Cowboy Justice; Rick Richards; Make Friends with King Neptune; Heathcliff the Hobo: At the Circus; Edison Bell; Blue Bolt; Bluebolts & Nuts. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $29.00 View scans 1/2" Spine split from top. Cover coming loose at the staple. Oxidation.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Fred Guardineer, Norman Maurer, 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. An aging millionaire's greedy relatives smell trouble when they learn about his young fishing buddy. Crimebuster seeks the truth about the murder of a knife-thrower's assistant on stage, featuring early art by Flash Gordon's Dan Barry. Famous Eccentrics presents the story of Captain Bligh and the Mutiny on the Bounty. Crimebuster; Famous Eccentrics; Daredevil: Blind Justice; Little Dynamite. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $9.60 View scans Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Articles and fashions for young women. No comics. 8" x 11", 100 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

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Stories and art by Aileen Fisher, Florence Laughlin and Edd Ashe. 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. Marco Polar Bear and Bobby visit Australia; Squirrels Pug and Curly try to cross a stream; Toots the dog meets animals from other countries. Twinkle, The Star That Came Down From Heaven; Marco Polar Bear; Wash Day; The Jumping Frogs; Little Miss; Follow the Whirlwind; Pug and Curly; Buffkin; The Poor Fish; The Traveling Dog; Find the Fish; Marco's Puzzle Page. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $21.00 View scans Cover detached.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $45.00 View scans Only one staple (manufacturing). Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Mysteries, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 40, 8/47). Edgar All Poe stories: "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Adventure of Hans Pfall" and "The Fall of the House of Usher". Art by August M. Froelich, H.C. Kiefer & Harley M. Griffiths. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $23.00 View scan

Mysteries, 3rd Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 75). Edgar All Poe stories: "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Adventure of Hans Pfall" and "The Fall of the House of Usher". Art by August M. Froelich, H.C. Kiefer & Harley M. Griffiths. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $474.95 or Best Offer View scans Restored (see item notes) RESTORATION. Color touch, piece fill (tape). Cover detached at one staple and coming loose at the other, 3" cumulative spine split (taped). Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Jack Burnley and Charles Paris. Stories by unknown. Art by Jim Mooney, Ray Burnley, John Daly, Lee Harris, Curt Swan and Steve Brodie. The Penguin invents a songbird society, then attempts to get famed singers to donate to its cause or risk losing their voices in the Batman and Robin tale "Case of the Silent Songbirds!" with art by Jim Mooney and Ray Burnley. Plus: Slam Bradley in "The Perilous Puppets!" with art by John Daly; Air Wave in "Felons in Furs!" with art by Lee Harris; and The Boy Commandos in "D-Day on the Boulder!" with art by Curt Swan and Steve Brodie. Also: Tubby, the Happy Tramp half-pager by Phil Berube; Chief Hot Foot 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff; 2-page text story "Blackboard of Death" by Rex Drake; and Shorty 2-pager. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $5.50 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 49, Issue 4 - August, 1947. 7" x 10", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $62.00 View scans Paper: Cream

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $59.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 14, Issue 1 - August, 1947. 7" x 10", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Fine $33.00 View scans Spine split 5%.

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Add to cart Very Good $30.00 View scans

Vol. 4, No. 1 - August, 1947. Men's magazine with humor and pin up pictorials, including one depicting a cat fight and another spanking. Peter Driben cover. 8.5" x 11.5", 68 pages, Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $17.00 View scans Paper: Off white	Add to cart Fine $17.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Fine $17.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $6.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $6.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG 4.0 $40.00 View scans 2.5" Cumulative spine split. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Volume 8, Issue 6 - August, 1947. Cover by Virgil Finlay. "Minimum Man, or, Time to Be Gone" by Andrew Marvell, and "Boomerang" by George Whitley. Interior Illustrations by Lawrence, Bok, and Austin. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; 134 Pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $2.50

Fantasy Advertiser Vol. 2 #2 (August 1947, no date on cover), published by Gus Willmorth. Cover by Joe Gibson. In this issue: Forrest J Ackerman - The Fantasy Marker. WA Liebscher - Of Nova Tomes. With general editorial content, and ads from the era. 32 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $450.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #3877366001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $225.00 or Best Offer View scans Cover oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Mike'sRack

Featuring the origin of Tiger Girl; as well as art by Jack Kamen and Matt Baker. Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Jack Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Jack Kamen, Lily Renee, Robert Webb, John Forte 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. Tiger Girl's origin is retold, as she's trapped by bounty hunters who know she's actually an Indian princess; An opera star plans to frame the woman who spurned him for his own suicide; Good-girl art aplenty as Senorita Rio must free a dictator's widow from a South American prison. "Reverse bondage" cover featuring Tiger Girl rescuing a bound male captive, her sidekick Abdola. Tiger Girl; Risks, Unlimited starring Rip Carson; Kayo Kirby; Jungle Terror; Hateful Herman; Hooks Devlin; Senorita Rio; Captain Fight. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $469.00 or Best Offer View scans CGC Qualified Paper: Off white to white Slab: Scuffing on back of case; Scuffing to inner well of case Last page missing, does not affect the story. INCOMPLETE. Label #1125825006 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $599.95 or Best Offer View scans Water damage. Staple rust, rust migration. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Alex Schomburg cover. 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $9,000.00 View scans Restored: A3 Paper: Off white Restoration includes: color touch, pieces added, tear seals, reinforced, cleaned. The DC Universe Collection. Label #4441069003

Flash stars in "Stone Age Menace," written by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Lee Elias, inks by Joe Kubert. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "The Case of the Extra Ghost" by John B. Wentworth and Carmine Infantino; Johnny Thunder in "The Black Canary" written by Kanigher, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Giella; Ton o' Fun by Harry Lampert; Coward text story by John Broome (as John Osgood); and Hawkman in "The Valley of the Purple Pilgrim" by Kanigher and Kubert. Cover pencils by Elias, inks by Kubert. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $250.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #3989641002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK IN THE GHOST OF THE GROTTO, No. 159." Cover art by Carl Buettner. Donald Duck and the Ghost of the Grotto; While the ducks are running a kelp-gathering boat in the West Indies, they are told of the mystery of an armored man who appears every fifty years to kidnap a small boy; This time, the armored man kidnaps Dewey, and the ducks fight to free him from the armored man's stronghold in a grotto in a coral reef, beneath a rotten old galleon guarded by an enormous octopus. Adventure Down Under; Donald is hypnotized into believing he is a kangaroo and buys airplane tickets to Australia for himself and the nephews; In Australia the ducks try to trap Mournful Mary, the "queen of the kangaroos," and this leads to Donald's falling into the hands of savage aborigines. Scripts and art by Carl Barks. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Auction Item: GD 2.0 View scans Auction opens January 4 Conserved CONSERVATION. Archival tape along interior cover spine, staples replaced. Interior oxidation, centerfold coming loose at staples.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $190.00 View scans 1/2" cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached at one staple. Cover oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

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Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Alan Maver. Cover by Dick Briefer. The first incarnation of Dick Briefer's famed Frankenstein comic featured Addams Family-style dark comedy and monster hijinks. Chaos ensues after a wheel of cheese and a clock are mistakenly switched; Jerry Seagull and Joe Shoestring (spoofs on Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster) introduce the Monster to their comics creation, Blooperman; Frankenstein recalls a case of mistaken identity on a tropical island. The Zombies; The Musical Horse; The Pie-Eyed Piper; Blooperman by Seagull & Shoestring; Hector; Hail the King. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $13.00 View scan 1/2" Spine split from bottom. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Stories by Ken Hultgren, Bob Wickersham, Hubie Karp, and Hawley Pratt. Art by Bob Wickersham, Dan Gordon, Al Hubbard, Jim Tyer, Jim Davis, Hawley Pratt, 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. Fed up with the trouble created by Izzy and Dizzys magic lamp, Uncle Looie tries to return it to the previous owner, who turns out to be Aladdin; Fairy cat-gnomes grant Tiger the life of Riley, a little too literally; A woodpecker interrupts Daniel Spaniels afternoon nap. The Impulsive Imps; Daniel Spaniel; Robespierre; Izzy and Dizzy; Supersquirrel; Pongo's Wild Ride; Shilly and Shally; Homer; Judge Pupple Presiding; The Desperado; Tee-Pee Tim; Hobo-Ken. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Howard Purcell (as Bachelor). "The Statues of Stanley Killen," pencils by Howard Purcell; Van investigates the murder of a sculptor to see if there is a connection between his killing and the theft of jewels from a local diamond shop. "Countess Sophia's Painting," art by Sheldon Moldoff; Igor is now a hunted man after his father was tortured to death on the rack and meets up with the sister of Countess Sophia whom he attempts to rescue from the Czar. Untitled Juan Meatbal story. "The Goodwill Potion" (Part 2) text story. Untitled That's Madelon story, art by Sheldon Moldoff. "Early Life of Benjamin Franklin" one-page story, art by Allen Simon. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $19.00 View scans

Add to cart Very Good $15.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Residue. Scuffing. Soiling. Water spotting.

Number 2803 - August 1947. Humor and Satire cartoons. 8.5" x 11", 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $10.00

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $19.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white 1 1/2" Spine split from top of book. 1" Spine split from base of book. Foxing. Soiling.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $18.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 6, Issue 8 - August, 1947. 6.75" x 9.75", 180 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $17.00 View scans Paper: Off white

Volume 3, Issue 4 - August, 1947. 6.75" x 9.75", 178 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $19.00 View scans Paper: Off white

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $18.00 View scans Paper: Cream Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 22, Issue 2 - August, 1947. 6.75" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $6.00 View scans

Volume 36, Issue 142 - October, 1947. Digest-size UK men's magazine. Articles, humor, and pin-up photos. 5" x 7.25", 116 pages, B&W with color.

Add to cart Very Good $4.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $3.00 2 1/2" Cumulative spine split (taped).

Vol. 37 #2 - Aug. 1947. Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11.5", 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $26.00 View scans

Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $18.00 View scan Cover coming loose at one staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Sheldon Mayer (credited as Bud Fisher). Stories and art by Al Smith (credited as Bud Fisher), Jim Robinson, Charles King, Sol Hess, and W. A. Carlson. DC reprints the comic strip that defined the comic strip, featuring the original tall-and-short comedy duo. Also featuring the "topper" strip Cicero's Cat, and other strips from bygone days. Mutt tries to teach the kids how to hit a baseball. Jeff goes auctioneering. Cicero's Cat's never-ending battle with the dog spills over into Mutt's bathtub. Plus a vintage ad for All Star Comics, promoting Superman and Batman joining forces with the Justice Society. Mutt & Jeff; Cicero's Cat; Simp O'Dill; Birthday Party. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $23.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Water damage: Slight.

GG pinup color photo cover;

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $275.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4409354002

Stories by unknown. Art by Frank Carin, Morris Weiss and unknown. Nellie the Nurse stars in: "Who's Got the Patient?"; "Running a Fever"; "The Dress Mess"; and one more story, all credited with art by Frank Carin. Also in this issue: title page; Georgie in "The Shocking Stocking Story"; 2-page text story "Class Night"; and Ruffy Ropes "Versus the Iron Man" with art by Morris Weiss. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fair $4.00 View scans Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 24, Issue 31 - August 02, 1947. 8.5" x 11", 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $16.00 View scans Water damage: Slight.

Volume 24, Issue 33 - August 16, 1947. 8.5" x 11", 56 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $9.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 24, Issue 34 - August 23, 1947. 8.5" x 11", 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.