Sensation Comics #35.
Published on September 2, 1944. Edited by Sheldon Mayer. The comic includes the Wonder Woman story “Girls Under the Sea,” 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: November 1944. Cover price: 10¢.
Barnaby and Mr. O’Malley, Crockett Johnson.
Published on September 13, 1944. The book compiles material from Crockett Johnson's daily newspaper strip Barnaby. The featured strips were first published in 1943 and 1944. Cover illustration by Crockett Johnson. Hardcover book. Black-and-white interiors. 340 pages. New York: Henry Holt. Cover/indicia date: 1944. Cover price: $2.00.
Police Comics #36.
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Published on September 13, 1944. Edited by George E. Brenner. The comic includes the Plastic Man story “Dr. Brann’s Health Plan,” by Jack Cole. It also includes The Spirit story “Dead Duck Dolan,” by Will Eisner. Cover illustration by Jack Cole. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 56 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines [Quality]. Cover/indicia date: November 1944. Cover price: 10¢.
Note
"Dead Duck Dolan" was originally published in newspapers on March 2, 1941.
Captain Marvel Adventures #40.
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Published on September 15, 1944. Edited by Will Lieberson and Ralph Daigh. The comic includes the stories “Captain Marvel Gets the Heir,” “The Chimes of Crime,” and “The Monster Society of Evil, Chapter 19: The Black Ray Death,” all 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: October 1944. Cover price: 10¢.
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 5, No. 1 [#49].
Published on September 15, 1944. Edited by Alice Nielsen [Cobb]. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “High-Wire Daredevils,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Walt Kelly. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 48 pages. New York: K. K. [Dell]. Cover/indicia date: October 1944. Cover price: 10¢.
Animal Comics #11.
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Published on September 16, 1944. Edited by Oskar Lebeck. The comic includes an untitled Albert the Alligator [Pogo] story by Walt Kelly. Cover illustration by Walt Kelly. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 48 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: October-November 1944. Cover price: 10¢.
The Sad Sack, George Baker.
Published on September 20, 1944. The book compiles material from George Baker’s Yank magazine comic strip The Sad Sack. Introduction by Marion Hargrove. Cover illustration by George Baker. Hardcover book. Black-and-white interiors. 266 pages. New York: Simon & Schuster. Cover/indicia date: 1944. Cover price: $2.00.
Whiz Comics #59.
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Published on September 29, 1944. Edited by J. B. Magill, Will Lieberson, and Ralph Daigh. The comic includes the Captain Marvel story “Sivana’s Twin,” by C. C. Beck & Otto Binder. Cover illustration by C. C. Beck & Pete Costanza. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 32 pages. Louisville: Fawcett. Cover/indicia date: October 1944. Cover price: 10¢.
Jingle Jangle Comics #11.
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The comic includes the Jingle Jangle Tales story “The Steam-Heated Snowman and the Unhaunted Castle,” 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: October 1944. 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 #36.
Published on October 3, 1944. Edited by Sheldon Mayer. The comic includes the Wonder Woman story “Battle Against Revenge,” 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: December 1944. Cover price: 10¢.
Police Comics #37.
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Published on October 13, 1944. Edited by George E. Brenner. The comic includes the Plastic Man story “Love Comes to Woozy,” by Jack Cole. The The Spirit story “A Dull Week,” by Will Eisner. Cover illustration by Jack Cole. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 56 pages. Buffalo: Quality. Cover/indicia date: December 1944. Cover price: 10¢.
Note
"A Dull Week" was originally published in newspapers on May 11, 1941.
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 5, No. 2 [#50].
Published on October 13, 1944. Edited by Alice Nielsen [Cobb]. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Ten Cents’ Worth of Trouble,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Walt Kelly. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 48 pages. New York: K. K. [Dell]. Cover/indicia date: November 1944. Cover price: 10¢.
Captain Marvel Adventures #41.
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Published on October 20, 1944. Edited by Will Lieberson and Ralph Daigh. The comic includes the stories “Captain Marvel Runs for President” and “The Monster Society of Evil, Chapter 20: Mr. Mind’s Book,” by C. C. Beck & Otto Binder. Cover illustration by Pete Costanza. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 48 pages. Louisville: Fawcett. Cover/indicia date: October 1944. Cover price: 10¢.
The Big All-American Comic Book.
Published on November 1, 1944. Edited by Sheldon Mayer. The comic includes the Wonder Woman story “Danny the Demon Had Plans,” by William Moulton Marston & Harry G. Peter. Cover design by Sheldon Mayer; the figures are taken from other illustrations. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 132 pages. New York: William H. Wise. Cover/indicia date: 1944. Cover price: 25¢.
Sensation Comics #37.
Published on November 4, 1944. Edited by Sheldon Mayer. The comic includes the Wonder Woman story “The Invasion of Paradise Island,” 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: January 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Whiz Comics #60.
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Published on November 8, 1944. Edited by J. B. Magill, Will Lieberson, and Ralph Daigh. The comic includes the Captain Marvel story “The Missing Persons Machine,” 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: November 1944. Cover price: 10¢.
Wonder Woman #11.
Published on November 11, 1944. Edited by Sheldon Mayer. The comic includes “The Slaves of the Evil Eye,” by William Moulton Marston & Harry G. Peter. Cover illustration by Harry G. Peter. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 48 pages. New York: Wonder Woman [DC]. Cover/indicia date: Winter 1944. Cover price: 10¢.
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 5, No. 3 [#51].
Published on November 14, 1944. Edited by Alice Nielsen [Cobb]. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Donald’s Bay Lot,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Walt Kelly. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 48 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: December 1944. Cover price: 10¢.
Animal Comics #12.
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Published on November 15, 1944. Edited by Oskar Lebeck. The comic includes the Albert the Alligator [Pogo] story “Ol’ Albert Decides Yuletide and Time Waits for No ‘Gator,” by Walt Kelly. Cover illustration by Walt Kelly. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 48 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: December 1944-January 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Police Comics #38.
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Published on November 15, 1944. Edited by George E. Brenner. The comic includes the Plastic Man story “One Million Dollars for Plastic Man’s Death,” by Jack Cole. It also includes The Spirit story “Davy Jones’s Locker,” by Will Eisner. Cover illustration by Jack Cole. Buffalo: Comic Magazines [Quality]. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 56 pages. Cover/indicia date: January 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Note
"Davy Jones's Locker" was originally published in newspapers on February 2, 1941.
More Fun Comics #101.
Published on November 18, 1944. Edited by Whitney Ellsworth. The comic includes the Superboy story "The Origin of Superboy," by Don Cameron & Joe Shuster, from a concept by Jerry Siegel (see notes). Cover illustration by Maurice Del Bourgo. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 48 pages. St. Louis: Detective [DC]. Cover/indicia date: January-February 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Notes
"The Origin of Superboy" is the first Superboy story.
Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel had twice submitted Superboy pitches to DC. The first, in 1938, was deferred for future consideration. DC apparently did not respond to the second, which was submitted in 1940. The concept as published differed somewhat from Siegel's pitch. The central idea of Superman as a boy was common to both. However, Siegel had proposed a slapstick-humor feature with no costume for the character. What DC published was a costumed-character adventure strip.
The feature became a source of contention between Siegel and DC. Siegel did not learn of the strip until after it began publication, and DC did not offer payments until he complained. Siegel refused DC's offer, which was the same as what he was paid for Superman stories he did not script. Siegel and Superman co-creator Joe Shuster included the dispute as a cause of action in a 1947 lawsuit to regain ownership of the Superman property. In 1948, the New York State Supreme Court found that DC had misappropriated Siegel’s Superboy concept. The court found in favor of DC and the other defendants with the other causes of action in the complaint. Ownership of Superboy was transferred to DC in a settlement later that year.
Sources:
-- Super Boys, by Brad Ricca (the description of Siegel's Superboy pitch).
-- The New York Supreme Court referee's Finding of Fact and Conclusions of Law, 4/12/1948, Siegel v. National Comics (all other information apart from the settlement).
-- Stipulation, 5/19/1948, Siegel v. National Comics (the settlement information).
Captain Marvel Adventures #42.
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Published on November 24, 1944. Edited by Will Lieberson and Ralph Daigh. The comic includes the story “The Monster Society of Evil, Chapter 21: The Unholy Hydra,” 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: January 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Comic Cavalcade #9.
Published on November 28, 1944. Edited by Sheldon Mayer. The comic includes the Wonder Woman story “ The Subsea Pirates,” by William Moulton Marston & Harry G. Peter. Cover illustration by Everett Hibbard. Standard-dimension comic book. Cardstock cover. Perfect-bound. Color interiors. 80 pages. New York: Gainlee [DC]. Cover/indicia date: Winter 1944. Cover price: 15¢.
Jingle Jangle Comics #12.
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The comic includes the Jingle Jangle Tales story “The Self-Winding Organ-Gander and the Overstuffed Bull-Fiddle” and an untitled episode of “The Pie-Face Prince of Old Pretzleburg,” both by George Carlson. Cover illustration by Ben Levin. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 48 pages. New York: Famous Funnies [Eastern Color]. Cover/indicia date: December 1944. 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.
Donald Duck in Frozen Gold.
Published on December 1, 1944. Edited by Eleanor Packer, Alice Nielsen [Cobb], and Carl Buettner. The comic includes the Donald Duck stories “Frozen Gold” and “Mystery of the Swamp,” both by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Buettner. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 48 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: January 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Note
Also known as Four Color #62.
Sensation Comics #38.
Published on December 2, 1944. Edited by Sheldon Mayer. The comic includes the Wonder Woman story “Racketeers Kidnap Miss Santa Claus,” 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: February 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Whiz Comics #61.
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Published on December 13, 1944. Edited by J. B. Magill, Will Lieberson, and Ralph Daigh. The comic includes the Captain Marvel story “Captain Marvel Gets a First Name,” 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: January 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Police Comics #39.
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Published on December 15, 1944. Edited by George E. Brenner. The comic includes the Plastic Man story “His Lordship Woozy Winks,” by Jack Cole. It also includes The Spirit story “Pancho De Bool and Peppi Tamale,” by Will Eisner. Cover illustration by Jack Cole. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 56 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines [Quality]. Cover/indicia date: February 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Note
"Pancho De Bool and Peppi Tamale" was originally published in newspapers on January 19, 1941.
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 5, No. 4 [#52].
Published on December 15, 1944. Edited by Alice Nielsen [Cobb]. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Thievery Afoot,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Walt Kelly. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 48 pages. New York: K. K. [Dell]. Cover/indicia date: January 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
Captain Marvel Adventures #43.
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Published on December 29, 1944. Edited by Will Lieberson and Ralph Daigh. The comic includes the stories “Captain Marvel Meets Uncle Marvel,” “Captain Marvel Goes to Nowhere,” “The Black Spot Gang of Chicago, Illinois,” and “The Monster Society of Evil, Chapter 22: Mr. Mind Loses His Mind,” all 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: February 1945. Cover price: 10¢.
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