Movie Comics
#1
(December 1946)
Fiction House,
1946 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fiction House Inc.
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- J. F. Byrne (Managing Editor)
Big Town
comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Claude Lapham (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Lubbers (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Lubbers (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; crime
- Characters
- Steve Wilson; Willard Erskine; Pete Ryan; Lorelei Kilbourne; Chief Berkeley; Vivian LeRoy; Gerald Meeker; Mr. Fletcher; Mr. Ingram; Amos Peabody; Vance Crane; Mrs. Crane
- Synopsis
- Steve Wilson is hired as editor to save a dying newspaper.
Indexer Notes
Adaptation of movie "Big Town" based on the radio show. Stars Philip Reed and Hillary Brooke.
Here With the Breeze
Flicker Funnies / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Ivan Porkenuff; Cathy Poodle; Rex Collie; Rinaldo Rat; Ferret; Fox
- Synopsis
- Funny animals make motion pictures.
Indexer Notes
Illustrated in a vertical style like a filmstrip.
[no title indexed]
Johnny Danger of the Screenland Patrol / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sam Vickers...Gloria's first husband...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Johnny Danger; Gloria Ralston; Webb; Saul; Sam Vickers; Peter Ralston; Elsie
- Synopsis
- Gloria's ex-husband escapes from an asylum and threatens her life.
A Tree Grows in Hollywood
Star Movie Filmographs / text story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Mike Peppe [as M. Peppe] (signed)
- Inks
- Mike Peppe [as M. Peppe] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Peggy Ann Garner; Allyn Joslyn; Joan Blondell; George Raft
Indexer Notes
Bio of Peggy Ann Garner.
[no title indexed]
Wolfred / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hollywood! Wolfred Rake reporting for beauty...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Wolfred Rake; Olga Option; Albert
- Synopsis
- A Hollywood wolf chases after women.
[no title indexed]
Captain Stand-In / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- ? [as Lance Norton] (credited)
- Pencils
- John Celardo [as Celardo] (signed)
- Inks
- John Celardo [as Celardo] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Will Buck make it, Corey?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Buck Hoskins; Linda Lawrence; Corey; Black Baron [Mr. Black]; Mr. Byron
- Synopsis
- A flashback to Buck's experiences in the war and his getting a new face.
[no title indexed]
Garret McBard / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Mike Peppe [as Michael] (signed)
- Pencils
- Mike Peppe [as Michael] (signed)
- Inks
- Mike Peppe [as Michael] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Have you -(crunch)- received no word -(crunch) from Titanic Studios on my -(crunch!) epic yet? I'm going mad with (crunch) hunger.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Garret McBard
- Synopsis
- A starving screenwriter asks his agent if his script has sold.
[no title indexed]
Mitzi of the Movies / comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ladies and gentlemen, let me spin you a tale...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Mitzi Mason; Trigger Benson; Sandra Snow; Birdie La France; Joe Gaston; Frank Ford; Mrs. Mason; Mr. Mason
- Synopsis
- Mitzi Mason goes to Hollywood and gets mixed up with a jewel theft.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Big Town -
1.
["The big 6 of the comics!"]
-
2.
Big Town
-
3.
Here With the Breeze
Flicker Funnies -
4.
["Sam Vickers...Gloria's first husband..."]
Johnny Danger of the Screenland Patrol -
5.
A Tree Grows in Hollywood
Star Movie Filmographs -
6.
["Hollywood! Wolfred Rake reporting for beauty..."]
Wolfred -
7.
["Will Buck make it, Corey?"]
Captain Stand-In -
8.
["Have you -(crunch)- received no word -(crunch) from Titanic Studios on my -(crunch!) epic yet? I'm going mad with (crunch) hunger."]
Garret McBard -
9.
["Ladies and gentlemen, let me spin you a tale..."]
Mitzi of the Movies -
10.
["By a very popular vote, the graduating class of February, 1947 of the John Bartram High School has selected "Sheena" as their class mascot."]
-
11.
A Man's Pastime
This issue was modified by, among others
- Keith Chandler
- Gregory Fischer
- Dan Kurdilla
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Richard Smith
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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