Comic books January 1948

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January 1948. Cover by Rafael DeSoto. "Gunpowder and Glory" by B. W. Daly. Other stories by Coleman Meyer, C. Hall Thompson, Albert Richard Wetjen, Jim Kjelgaard, Frankling Gregory, Steve Frazee, Georges Surdez, and William B. Cameron. 7" x 9-1/4" 146 black and white newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Issue erroneously numbered as Vol. 30 #4. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Arthur Peddy and Bernard Sachs. Stories and art by Dick Wood, Fred Kida, Arthur Peddy, Bernard Sachs, Frank Bolle and Leonard Starr. 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 #47. No issue # on cover; Vol. 4, issue #12 in indicia. Airboy seeks the lost fortune stashed by an exiled mobster. Eccentric botanist Dr. Drake and The Heap board a ship for South America, but unfortunately, so do drug smugglers. Flying Fool is invited to the funeral of Shanghai gangster Kilroy by Kilroy himself. Airboy: Racket King Deported Today; The Heap; Model Builders with Airboy; The Prize Was Darkness; Flying Fool: The Card Edged in Black; Big Man's Head: A True Story. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by J. L. Keene, Edmond Good and Matt Baker. Cover by Jack Kamen. A collection of adventure and superhero comics from Fox Feature Syndicate. A panther hunter decides to change his ways after an encounter with jungle warrior Rulah; Phantom Lady springs into action when a jealous opera clown turns to murder. Featuring art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. Rulah: The Panther Queen; Blue Beetle: The Yeggs and Yawns; Presto! It's Murder; Phantom Lady: The Killer Clown; Jo-Jo: The Scaly Scourge. In order of appearance: "Rulah Jungle Goddess, The Panther Queen!" art by Edmond Good, reprinted in Golden Age Greats (1994) #14; "Jo-Jo Congo King, The Scaly Scourge!"; "Blue Beetle, The Yeggs and Yawns"; and "Phantom Lady, The Killer Clown!" reprinted in Phantom Lady Crime Never Pays TPB (1994 Verotik) #1-1ST and Good Girl Art Quarterly (1990) #17. "Presto! It's Murder" text story by J. L. Keene. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Story by Robert Kanigher. Art and cover by Lee Elias and Moe Worthman. The Flash and Dr. Flura are seeming found dead in the streets, but later are discovered to be in a state of suspended animation. Suddenly, Star Sapphire appears to challenge the Flash (in a dream state) to a battle royale. Written by John Broome. Art by Carmine Infantino and Frank Giacoia. Flash's arch-foe, the Thinker, escapes from prison and forms a new crime syndicate, whose success depends on the pooling of the right talent in perfect harmony with each other. Ton o' Fun story by Harry Lampert. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 22, Issue 1 - January, 1948. Cover by Raymond Naylor. Stories by Chester S. Geier "Flight of the Starling", Rog Phillips, Don Wilcox, and Oge-Make. Illustrations by Enoch Sharp, Frank R. Paul, Robert Fuqua, and Julian S. Krupa. Back cover by James B. Settles. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 180 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Issue 1 - January, 1948. 8" x 10.5", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover pencils by Jim Mooney, inks by Charles Paris. "Gamble With Doom!", art by Jim Mooney (as Bob Kane); The Joker becomes passionate about gambling, but ordinary stakes won't satisfy him; The stakes with death to the loser involves Batman and Robin. "Born For Adventure!", script by Bill Finger, art by Jim Mooney; Batman and Robin team with an archeologist to track an international thief called the Globetrotter, who has come to Gotham City. "Strange Territory" text story by M. G. Pattington. "The First American Detective!", art by Jim Mooney; To solve the mystery surrounding his ancestor Silas Wayne, Bruce Wayne has Professor Nichols send him into the past; When Batman and Robin arrive in 1787, they stop a gang of highwaymen and encounter Franklin, who frees them. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Syd Shores. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Harvey Kurtzman (Hey Look! 1-pager) and unknown. Art by Syd Shores, Harvey Kurtzman (Hey Look! 1-pager), Vince Alascia and unknown. The Blonde Phantom stars in "Modelled for Murder!" with splash page pencils by Syd Shores, and "The Sultan Strikes!" with story by Bill Woolfolk and splash page art by Syd Shores and Vince Alascia. Also in this issue: Captain America in "The Murder at the Mardi Gras!" with story by Bill Woolfolk (and pencils by Rico?); untitled Hey Look! 1-pager by Harvey Kurtzman; "The White Vision" text story; and untitled stamp collecting article. Characters in this issue: Blonde Phantom; Stillface (first appearance; villain); Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Alice Lee Weller, Ernie Schroeder, Vic Herman and Sam Glankoff. 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 explore Florida on their flying carpet; Twinkle the star hunts a dragon; Pop and Junior accidentally take a sled to Calvinesque heights. Guess My Name; Twinkle, The Star That Came Down From Heaven; Marco Polar Bear; Play the H Game; The Ogre's Bride; Riddles; Paddy Penguin; Little Town; The Horse Who Ate Gumdrops; Pop and Junior; Pug and Curly; Marco's Puzzle Page. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Bill Woolfolk and Al Liederman. Art by C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza, Al Liederman and unknown. The story of how Billy Batson first became Captain Marvel in "A Twice-Told Tale" by Otto Binder, C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza (appearances by Shazam and Sivana). Plus: Captain Marvel and a surrealist artist visit the land from which the artist's paintings are derived in "Captain Marvel in the Land of Surrealism!" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Also in this issue: "Captain Marvel's Inferiority Complex" and "Captain Marvel Meets the Weatherman," both written by Bill Woolfolk. Plus: Captain Kid..."On the Griddle" by Al Liederman. Also: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "Duel in Space" by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). And: 1-page Tootsie Roll ad "Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party" with art by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Leonard Frank. Stories and art by Dick Kraus and Leonard Frank. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Captain Midnight's latest invention is multi-colored skywriting, but a "mile-high madman" wants to stop it, for reasons of his own. A beached lifeboat gives Johnny Blair a clue to the missing cargo ship off the coast of South America. Midnight and Ichabod commence a very slow rescue of a Neptunian city from an advancing glacier. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. The Rainbow Sky-Writer; Muscle Hedd; Your Invention Page; Dippy Detours; Boy Scout Bob; Red Skye: Flying Snatch; Whipper-Snappers; Johnny Blair in the Air; Captain Midnight Battles the Ice Age! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Tom Brown's School Days, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 44, 1/48). Cover price $0.10.

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Tom Brown's School Days, 3rd Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 161). Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 3, Issue 11 - January, 1948. 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.

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Contains a Frank Frazetta illustration. Frazetta illustrations appear in seventeen consecutive issues of Coo Coo Comics (1942) (#34-50). Contains funny animal stories. In order of appearance: "Supermouse" art by Jack Bradbury, reprinted in Ace Comics Presents (1987) #2; "Custer"; "Dodger de Squoil"; "Tuffy" art by Jack Bradbury; "Hubert"; and "Crock O' Dile". "How a Simple Discovery Made Billy a Very Happy Boy" comic advertisement from Dale Shears School of Music. Illustrated text stories: "Clever Little Lamb: Here's What Happened When Lambsy Went to School!" by Alexander Samalman; "City Cat: This Clever Feline Wanted to Live in Forest Village!" by Mikey Klar Marks; and "Maggie the Magpie: A Brave Little Bird Protets Her Feathered Young!" by Pat Cherr, illustration by Frank Frazetta. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 27, Issue 3 - Winter, 1948. 6.5" x 9.5", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 36, Issue 2 - January, 1948. Long running pulp magazine focusing on weird mystery stories. Cover by ?. "The Candy Skull" by Ray Bradbury, plus stories by G. T. Fleming-Roberts, Francis K. Allan, William Campbell Gault, Talmage Powell, Dorothy Dunn, Bryce Walton and Lix Agrabee. 6.75" x 9.75", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Digest sized Spanish language Doc Savage reprints published by Editorial Molino. Slick covers with newsprint interior.

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Volume 10, Issue 1 - January, 1948. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Secret of the Serpent" by Don Wilcox. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 180 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Dan Barry (?). "Mr. Skeleton," script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Dan Barry; Doll Man (Darrel Dane) vs. Mr. Skeleton and Erik; Francesca, a tattooed lady, appears. "The Vicious Violin"; Swing Sisson vs. an extortionist. Untitled story; Roscoe vs. Joe Bunco. "The Fat Man's Fortune" starring Blimpy and Mr. Munchcript, script and art by Al Stahl. "Captain Black's Salvage Scheme" starring Rusty Ryan, script and art by Paul Gustavson. Untitled Big Top story, script and art by Bernard Dibble. "In Jokeland" starring Perky, script and art by Gill Fox. "Child Psychology" starring Officer Shenanigan, art by Michael Senich. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Alex Schomburg cover. 52 pages Cover price $0.10.

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Flash stars in "Crimes by Horoscope," written by John Broome, art by Lee Elias. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "Never Underestimate a Ghost" written John B. Wentworth, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Robert Oksner; Johnny Thunder and Black Canary in "The Tumbling Trees" by Kanigher, pencils by Infantino, inks by Joe Giella; Atom in "Double Dilemma" by Joseph Greene and Jon Chester Kolzak; Ton o' Fun by Harry Lampert; Out of the Gag Bag by Ed Wheelan; and Hawkman in "The Phantom Menace" by Broome and Oksner. Cover art by Joe Kubert. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago, Mickey Klar Marks, and Milt Hammer. Sometimes listed as Frisky Fables #33. Funny-animal hijinks in a cutesy style from Novelty Press. Neddy and Betsy Bear create spring-shoes and bounce into a dangerous encounter with a witch's castle. Dopsy Durvy helps the Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe after she loses her mortgage to Calvin Cobbler. Also, a story about living "radio tubes," a real showcase for the technology of another era. Neddy Bear; Dopsy Durvy: The Woman Who Lived in a Shoe; Roddy the Radio Tube; Spunky: Good Manners; Tick, Tack and Toe. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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No number - double size issue. Humor digest that features jokes and cartoons for men. Cartoons by Don Flowers, Reamer Keller, E. Simms Campbell, Vic Herman, and others. Pin-up photo inside back cover of Leslie Brooks. Squarebound digest, 5-in x 7-in. 192 pages, BW.

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Volume 32, Issue 3 - January, 1948. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Art by Vee Quintal Pearson, Michael Buccino and Claudine Tiffany. Historical and religious illustrated stories. Newsprint 7-in. x 10-in. 32 pages full color

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Art by Vee Quintal Pearson, Michael Buccino and Claudine Tiffany. Historical and religious illustrated stories. Newsprint 7-in. x 10-in. 32 pages full color

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Cover pencils by Syd Shores. Daredevil of Crime starring the Human Torch, pencils by Ken Bald; A stunt girl turns criminal until apprehended by Torch and Toro. The Pirates of the China Sea starring the Sub-Mariner, Namora, and White Flower, script by Bill Woolfolk. The Cave of Echoes text story. You'll Die Laughing starring the Human Torch, pencils by Ken Bald, inks by Syd Shores. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 8, Issue 10 - January 1948. Joann Frank Cover Model. Men's Magazine focusing on Humor, Sports, Politics, News, and Pin-ups. 10 1/2-in. x 13-in., 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover pencils by Charles Hedinger, inks by Irving Tripp. Mountain Climbing, script by John Stanley, art by Charles Hedinger; Lulu and Tubby go mountain climbing up the side of a brick building. Lulus Diary (May 1948) text story. Bam! Bam!, script by John Stanley, pencils by Charles Hedinger, inks by Irving Tripp; Lulu, Tubby, and Alvin's noisy gun playing drives Mr. Gripe up the wall. The Lost Hat, script by John Stanley, pencils by Charles Hedinger, inks by Irving Tripp; Alvin loses his paper hat down a manhole. Tubby one-pager, script by John Stanley, pencils by Charles Hedinger, inks by Irving Tripp. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 4, Issue 1 - January, 1948. 6.75" x 9.75", 194 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 39, Issue 1 - November, 1947. Mechanical science and technology magazine. Articles include Tips on a Scattergun, Supersonic Wind Tunnel, Electronic Micrometer, Million Dollar Skeletons, Clocking a Shooting-Star, and more. 6.75-in. x 9.5-in. 192 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 39, Issue 3 - January 1948. Mechanical science and technology magazine. Articles include Atom-Ray Detective, Firefighting with Water Bombs and more. 6.75-in. x 9.5-in. 176 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 37, Issue 145 - January, 1948. Digest-size UK men's magazine. Articles, humor, and pin-up photos. 5" x 7.25", 116 pages, B&W with color.

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Vol. 38 #1 - Jan. 1948. Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11.5", 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Reed Crandall. Murder From the Clouds starring Blackhawk, pencils by Crandall, inks by Chuck Cuidera. Untitled stories starring Torchy (script and art by Bill Ward), Dogtag (script and art by Bart Tumey), Ezra (script and art by Harry Sahle), Choo Choo (script and art by Gill Fox), and Will Bragg (script and art by Paul Gustavson), Blackhawk Plays Hawk text story starring Blackhawk. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 36, No. 2. January 1948. June Allyson cover. Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 96 pages, B&W and Color. Cover price $0.15.