Sunday, June 5, 2016

May 1947 - July 1947

This is a revised version of a post that originally appeared at The Hooded Utilitarian on September 13, 2015.



Animal Comics #27.

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Published on May 16, 1947. Edited by Oskar Lebeck. The comic includes an untitled Albert and Pogo story by Walt Kelly. The main cover illustration is by Dan Noonan. The footer panels are by Walt Kelly. Standard-format comic book. 48 pages. Color interiors. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: June-July 1947. Cover price: 10¢.



Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 7, No. 9 [#81].

Published on May 16, 1947. Edited by Alice Nielsen [Cobb]. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Donald Mines His Own Business,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Walt Kelly. Standard-format comic book. 48 pages. Color interiors. New York: K. K. [Dell]. Cover/indicia date: June 1947. Cover price: 10¢.



Sensation Comics #67.

Published on May 19, 1947. Edited by Sheldon Mayer. The comic includes the Wonder Woman story “The Secret of the Bar-L Ranch,” by William Moulton Marston & Harry G. Peter. Cover illustration by Harry G. Peter. Standard-format comic book. 48 pages. Color interiors. St. Louis: National [DC]. Cover/indicia date: July 1947. Cover price: 10¢.



Police Comics #68.

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Published on May 21, 1947. Edited by George E. Brenner. The comic includes the Plastic Man story “Plastic Man Goes to Hollywood,” by Jack Cole. Cover illustration by Jack Cole. Standard-format comic book. 48 pages. Color interiors. Buffalo: Comic Magazines [Quality]. Cover/indicia date: July 1947. Cover price: 10¢.



Wonder Woman #24.

Published on May 26, 1947. Edited by Sheldon Mayer. The comic includes the stories “Tutine, the Tutor of Destruction,” “The Challenge of the Mask,” and “The Curse of Montezuma,” all by William Moulton Marston & Harry G. Peter. Cover illustration by Harry G. Peter. Standard-format comic book. 48 pages. Color interiors. St. Louis: National [DC]. Cover/indicia date: January-February 1947. Cover price: 10¢.



Jingle Jangle Comics #27.

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The comic includes the Jingle Jangle Tales story “Aladdin-Ike and His Brass-Buttoned Lamp Post,” 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. 48 pages. Color interiors. New York: Famous Funnies [Eastern Color]. Cover/indicia date: June 1947. 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.



Terry and the Pirates Comics #4.

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Edited by Leon Harvey. The comic features color versions of stories from cartoonist Milton Caniff’s run on the Terry and the Pirates daily newpaper strip. Cover illustration by Milton Caniff. New York: Harvey. Standard-format comic book. 48 pages. Color interiors. Cover/indicia date: June 1947. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

The exact publication date is unknown. While the strips are under copyright to the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate (now Tribune Media Services), no copyright registration was filed for this publication.



Flash Comics #86.

Published on June 9, 1947. Edited by Sheldon Mayer. The comic includes the Johnny Thunder story "The Black Canary," by Robert Kanigher & Carmine Infantino, with Joe Giella. Cover illustration by Lee Elias, with Joe Kubert. Standard-format comic book. 48 pages. Color interiors. St. Louis: National [DC]. Cover/indicia: August 1947. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

"The Black Canary" is the first appearance of the title heroine and her alter ego Dinah Drake.



Comic Cavalcade #22.

Published on June 11, 1947. Edited by Sheldon Mayer. The comic includes the Wonder Woman story “The Captives of Saturnette,” by William Moulton Marston & Harry G. Peter. Cover illustration by Martin Naydel. Standard-dimension comic book. Cardstock covers. 76 pages. Newsprint color interiors. St. Louis: National [DC]. Cover/indicia date: August-September 1947. Cover price: 15¢.



Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 7, No. 10 [#82].

Published on June 16, 1947. Edited by Alice Nielsen [Cobb]. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Magical Misery,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Walt Kelly. Standard-format comic book. 48 pages. Color interiors. New York: K. K. [Dell]. Cover/indicia date: July 1947. Cover price: 10¢.



Police Comics #69.

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Published on June 18, 1947. Edited by George E. Brenner. The comic includes the Plastic Man story “Stretcho, the Indian Rubber Man,” by Jack Cole. Cover illustration by Jack Cole. Standard-format comic book. 48 pages. Color interiors. Buffalo: Comic Magazines [Quality]. Cover/indicia date: August 1947. Cover price: 10¢.



Sensation Comics #68.

Published on June 18, 1947. Edited by Sheldon Mayer. The comic includes the Wonder Woman story “Secret of the Menacing Octopus,” by William Moulton Marston & Harry G. Peter. Cover illustration by Harry G. Peter. Standard-format comic book. 48 pages. Color interiors. St. Louis: National [DC]. Cover/indicia date: August 1947. Cover price: 10¢.



Marge’s Little Lulu.

Published on July 1, 1947. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the stories “Little Lulu for President,” “Takes the Cake,” “Just a Gigolo,” and “Lulu’s Lamp,” all by John Stanley & Irving Tripp. Cover illustration by John Stanley & Irving Tripp. Standard-format comic book. 48 pages. Color interiors. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: August 1947. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

Also known as Four Color #158.



Donald Duck in the Ghost of the Grotto.

Published on July 2, 1947. Edited by Eleanor Packer, Alice Nielsen [Cobb], and Tom McKimson. The comic includes the stories “Donald Duck and the Ghost of the Grotto,” and “Adventure Down Under,” both by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Buettner. Standard-format comic book. 48 pages. Color interiors. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: August 1947. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

Also known as Four Color #159.



Boys’ and Girls’ March of Comics Featuring Walt Disney's Donald Duck.

Published on July 14, 1947. The comic includes the story “Maharajah Donald,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Walt Kelly. Standard-format comic book. 28 pages. Color interiors. Racine, WI: Western. Cover/indicia date: 1947. Cover price: Free. Notes: Also known as March of Comics #4. There is no credited editor for the issue.



Animal Comics #28.

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Published on July 15, 1947. Edited by Oskar Lebeck. The comic includes an untitled Albert and Pogo story by Walt Kelly. The main cover illustration is by Dan Noonan. The footer panels are by Walt Kelly. Standard-format comic book. 48 pages. Color interiors. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: August-September 1947. Cover price: 10¢.



Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 7, No. 11 [#83].

Published on July 15, 1947. Edited by Alice Nielsen [Cobb]. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Vacation Time,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Walt Kelly. Standard-format comic book. 48 pages. Color interiors. New York: K. K. [Dell]. Cover/indicia date: August 1947. Cover price: 10¢.



Young Romance, Vol. 1, No. 1.

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Published on July 15, 1947. Edited by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby. The comic includes stories by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, with others by Bill Draut. Cover illustration by Jack Kirby. Standard-format comic book. 48 pages. Color interiors. New York: Prize. Cover/indicia date: September-October 1947. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

The title is considered the first romance-story anthology comic-book series.



Police Comics #70.

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Published on July 16, 1947. Edited by George E. Brenner. Includes the Plastic Man story “It’s an Ill Wind That Blows the Hat,” by Jack Cole. Cover illustration by Jack Cole. Standard-format comic book. 48 pages. Color interiors. Buffalo: Comic Magazines [Quality]. Cover/indicia date: September 1947. Cover price: 10¢.



Sensation Comics #69.

Published on July 16, 1947. Edited by Sheldon Mayer. The comic includes the Wonder Woman story “Mystery Behind A, B, C,” by William Moulton Marston & Harry G. Peter. Cover illustration by Harry G. Peter. Standard-format comic book. 48 pages. Color interiors. St. Louis: National [DC]. Cover/indicia date: September 1947. Cover price: 10¢.



The Marvel Family #15.

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Published on July 18, 1947. Edited by Wendell Crowley, Will Lieberson, and Ralph Daigh. The comic includes the Captain Marvel story “Condemned to Die!” by C. C. Beck & Otto Binder. Cover illustration by Pete Costanza & Marc Swayze. Standard-format comic book. 48 pages. Color interiors. Greenwich, CT: Fawcett. Cover/indicia date: September 1947. Cover price: 10¢.



Plastic Man #9.

Published on July 18, 1947. Edited by George E. Brenner. The comic includes these stories: “The King of Zing!” by Jack Cole & Joe Millard; “Case of the Counterfeit Counterfeit,” by Jack Cole & Joe Millard, with John Spranger; and “Feud State,” and Cauldron,” both by Jack Cole & Alex Kotzky. Cover illustration by Jack Cole. Standard-format comic book. 48 pages. Color interiors. Buffalo: Comic Magazines [Quality]. Cover/indicia date: Autumn 1947. Cover price: 10¢.


Next: August to December 1947.

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