Sensation Comics #39.
Published on January 3, 1945. Edited by Sheldon Mayer. The comic includes the Wonder Woman story “In the Clutches of Nero,” by William Moulton Marston & Harry G. Peter. Cover illustration by Harry G. Peter. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 48 pages. New York: J. R. [DC]. Cover/indicia date: March 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Police Comics #40.
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Published on January 12, 1945. Edited by George E. Brenner. The comic includes the Plastic Man story “Who Put the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy’s Chowder?” by Jack Cole. It also includes The Spirit story “Invasion from Argo,” by Will Eisner. Cover illustration by Jack Cole. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 56 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines [Quality]. Cover/indicia date: March 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Note
"Invasion from Argo" was originally published in newspapers on February 23, 1941.
Animal Comics #13.
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Published on January 16, 1945. Edited by Oskar Lebeck. The comic includes the Albert the Alligator [Pogo] story “Albert the Whaler,” by Walt Kelly. Cover illustration by Walt Kelly. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 48 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: February-March 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 5, No. 5 [#53].
Published on January 24, 1945. Edited by Alice Nielsen [Cobb]. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “The Tramp Steamer,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Walt Kelly. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 48 pages. New York: K. K. [Dell]. Cover/indicia date: February 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Jingle Jangle Comics #13.
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The comic includes the Jingle Jangle Tales story “The Moon-Struck Unicorn and the Worn-Out Shadow,” and an untitled episode of “The Pie-Face Prince of Old Pretzleburg,” both by George Carlson. Cover illustration by Dave Tendlar. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 48 pages. New York: Famous Funnies [Eastern Color]. Cover/indicia date: February 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Notes
The exact publication date is unknown. A copyright registration does not appear to have been filed.
There is no credited editor for the issue.
Sensation Comics #40.
Published on February 5, 1945. Edited by Sheldon Mayer. The comic includes the Wonder Woman story “Draska the Deadly,” by William Moulton Marston & Harry G. Peter. Cover illustration by Harry G. Peter. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 48 pages. New York: J. R. [DC]. Cover/indicia date: April 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Captain Marvel Adventures #44.
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Published on February 7, 1945. Edited by Will Lieberson and Ralph Daigh. The comic includes the story “The Monster Society of Evil, Chapter 23: Mr. Mind’s School for Evil,” by C. C. Beck & Otto Binder. Cover illustration by C. C. Beck. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 48 pages. Louisville: Fawcett. Cover/indicia date: March 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Police Comics #41.
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Published on February 14, 1945. Edited by George E. Brenner. The comic includes the Plastic Man story “Louie the Lift” by Jack Cole. It also includes The Spirit story “The Jewel of Death,” by Will Eisner. Cover illustration by Jack Cole. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 56 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines [Quality]. Cover/indicia date: April 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Note
"The Jewel of Death" was originally published in newspapers on July 20, 1941.
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 5, No. 6 [#54].
Published on February 16, 1945. Edited by Alice Nielsen [Cobb]. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “The Long Race to Pumpkinburg,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Walt Kelly. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 48 pages. New York: K. K. [Dell]. Cover/indicia date: March 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Comic Cavalcade #10.
Published on February 27, 1945. Edited by Sheldon Mayer. The comic includes “The Great Blue Father,” by William Moulton Marston & Harry G. Peter. Cover illustration by Everett Hibbard. Standard-dimension comic book. Cardstock covers. Perfect-bound. Newsprint. Color interiors. 80 pages. New York: Gainlee [DC]. Cover/indicia date: Spring 1945. Cover price: 15¢.
Captain Marvel Adventures #45.
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Published on March 14, 1945. Edited by Will Lieberson and Ralph Daigh. The comic includes the stories “Captain Marvel Gets Mothered” and “The Monster Society of Evil, Chapter 24: The Undersea Monster Brigade,” both by C. C. Beck & Otto Binder. Cover illustration by C. C. Beck. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 32 pages. Louisville: Fawcett. Cover/indicia date: April 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Police Comics #42.
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Published on March 14, 1945. Edited by George E. Brenner. The comic includes the Plastic Man story “The Diabolical Dr. Dratt” by Jack Cole. It also includes The Spirit story “Professor Pinx,” by Will Eisner & Lou Fine. Cover illustration by Jack Cole. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 56 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines [Quality]. Cover/indicia date: May 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Note
"Professor Pinx" originally published in newspapers on August 2, 1942.
Picture Stories from the Bible, New Testament Edition #2.
Published on March 15, 1945. Edited by Montgomery Mulford. The comic features the concluding half of a comics biography of Jesus Christ, by Montgomery Mulford and Don Cameron. Cover illustration by Don Cameron. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 48 pages. New York: Educational [EC]. Cover/indicia date: 1945.
Note
This is the first comics publication by Max C. Gaines’ Educational Comics. The company would go on to be known as E. C. Comics, the publisher of Mad and Tales from the Crypt. The first issue of the series was published under the auspices of DC Comics.
Animal Comics #14.
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Published on March 16, 1945. Edited by Oskar Lebeck. The comic includes the Albert the Alligator [Pogo] story “Albert and the Noah Count Ark,” by Walt Kelly. Cover illustration by Walt Kelly. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 48 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: April-May 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Fairy Tale Parade.
Published on March 16, 1945. Edited by Oskar Lebeck. The comic includes the story “Tiny Folk and the Giant,” by Walt Kelly. Cover illustration by Walt Kelly. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 48 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: 1945. Cover price: 10¢. Note: Also known as Four Color #69.
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 5, No. 7 [#55].
Published on March 16, 1945. Edited by Alice Nielsen [Cobb]. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Webfooted Wrangler,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Walt Kelly. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 48 pages. New York: K. K. [Dell]. Cover/indicia date: April 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Whiz Comics #64.
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Published on March 28, 1945. Edited by J. B. Magill, Will Lieberson, and Ralph Daigh. The comic includes the Captain Marvel story “The Seven League Boots,” by C. C. Beck & Otto Binder. Cover illustration by C. C Beck. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 32 pages. Louisville: Fawcett. Cover/indicia date: April 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Jingle Jangle Comics #14.
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The comic includes the Jingle Jangle Tales story “The Polka-Dot King and the Cranberry-Plated Crown,” and an untitled episode of “The Pie-Face Prince of Old Pretzleburg,” both by George Carlson. Cover illustration by Dave Tendlar. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 48 pages. New York: Famous Funnies [Eastern Color]. Cover/indicia date: April 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Notes
The exact publication date is unknown. A copyright registration does not appear to have been filed.
There is no credited editor for the issue.
Police Comics #43.
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Published on April 13, 1945. Edited by George E. Brenner. Includes the Plastic Man story “Arctic Circle Adventure” by Jack Cole. It also includes The Spirit story “Shoplifters and Sodas,” by Will Eisner & Lou Fine. Cover illustration by Jack Cole. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 56 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines [Quality]. Cover/indicia date: June 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Note
"Shoplifters and Sodas" was originally published in newspapers on August 9, 1942.
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 5, No. 8 [#56].
Published on April 13, 1945. Edited by Alice Nielsen [Cobb]. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “The Icebox Robber,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Buettner. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 48 pages. New York: K. K. [Dell]. Cover/indicia date: May 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Captain Marvel Adventures #46.
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Published on April 20, 1945. Edited by Will Lieberson and Ralph Daigh. The comic includes the story “The Monster Society of Evil, Chapter 25: The End of Mr. Mind,” by C. C. Beck & Otto Binder. Cover illustration by C. C. Beck. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 32 pages. Louisville: Fawcett. Cover/indicia date: May 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Animal Comics #15.
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Published on May 15, 1945. Edited by Oskar Lebeck. The comic includes an untitled Albert and Pogo story by Walt Kelly. Cover illustration by Walt Kelly. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 48 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: June-July 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Note
The title of the Albert the Alligator feature changes to Albert and Pogo with this story.
Marge’s Little Lulu.
Published on May 15, 1945. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the stories “The Costume Party,” “Little Lulu at the Beach,” and “Little Lulu Minds Alvin,” all by John Stanley. Cover illustration by John Stanley. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 32 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: June 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Note
The publication is also known as Four Color #74.
The comic-book stories published here are the first featuring the Little Lulu character created by Marge [Marjorie Henderson Buell]. The character had been previously featured in a single-panel cartoon series in The Saturday Evening Post between 1935 and 1944.
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 5, No. 9 [#57].
Published on May 15, 1945. Edited by Alice Nielsen [Cobb]. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Pecking Order,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Walt Kelly. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 48 pages. New York: K. K. [Dell]. Cover/indicia date: June 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Police Comics #44.
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Published on May 16, 1945. Edited by George E. Brenner. The comic includes the Plastic Man story “Murder at the Home for the Aged,” by Jack Cole. Cover illustration by Jack Cole. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 56 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines [Quality]. Cover/indicia date: July 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Captain Marvel Adventures #47.
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Published on June 1, 1945. Edited by Will Lieberson and Ralph Daigh. The comic includes the story “The Marvel Ant,” by C. C. Beck & Otto Binder. Cover illustration by C. C. Beck. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 32 pages. Louisville: Fawcett. Cover/indicia date: July 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Jingle Jangle Comics #15.
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The comic includes the Jingle Jangle Tales story “The Extra-Stylish Ostrich and the Sugar-Lined Neck-Tie,” and an untitled episode of “The Pie-Face Prince of Old Pretzleburg,” both by George Carlson. The cover illustrator is unknown. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 48 pages. New York: Famous Funnies [Eastern Color]. Cover/indicia date: June 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Notes
The exact publication date is unknown. A copyright registration does not appear to have been filed.
There is no credited editor for the issue.
Male Call, Milton Caniff.
Published on June 1, 1945. This is a compilation of strips from the weekly cheesecake humor feature Milton Caniff produced for the U. S. Army’s Camp Newspaper Service during World War II. The feature, starring the character Miss Lace, was illustrated in the same style as Caniff’s Terry and the Pirates daily newspaper strip. Cover illustration by Milton Caniff. Hardcover book. Black-and-white interiors. 64 pages. New York: Simon & Schuster. Cover/indicia date: 1945. Cover price: $1.00.
Police Comics #45.
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Published on June 15, 1945. Edited by George Brenner. The comic includes the Plastic Man story “Chief Rain-in-the-Trap,” by Jack Cole. Cover illustration by Jack Cole. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 56 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines [Quality]. Cover/indicia date: August 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Up Front, Bill Mauldin.
Published on June 15, 1945. This 228-page hardcover was the first civilian-press book collection of Bill Mauldin's celebrated "Willie & Joe" cartoons from Stars and Stripes. The cartoons are interwoven with a prose memoir of Mauldin's wartime experiences. Hardcover book. Black-and-white interiors. 284 pages. New York: Henry Holt. Cover/indicia date: 1945. Cover price: $3.00.
Note
The book was promoted with a cover story in the June 18, 1945 issue of Time magazine.
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 5, No. 10 [#58].
Published on June 15, 1945. Edited by Alice Nielsen [Cobb]. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Taming the Rapids,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Walt Kelly. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 32 pages. New York: K. K. [Dell]. Cover/indicia date: July 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
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