Movie Comics
#4
(1947)
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)
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The great eight of the comics!
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover promo for Fiction House comics, Jungle Comics #93, Wings Comics #85, Jumbo Comics #103, Planet Comics #50, Rangers Comics #37, Fight Comics #52, Movie Comics #4, and Toyland Comics #4 (not published).
Merton of the Movies
comic story / 16 pages
- Genre
- adventure; humor
- Characters
- Mr. Gashwiler; Merton Gill [Clifford Armytage] (image of Red Skelton); Mrs. Purvey; Elmer; Lawrence Rupert; Frank Mulvaney (image of Alan Mowbray); Gladys; Phyllis Montague (image of Virginia O'Brien); Jeff Baird; Beulah Baxter (image of Gloria Grahame); Max Hill
- Synopsis
- Merton Dill has plans to be a serious actor in Hollywood, but Hollywood has other plans.
Indexer Notes
Based on the MGM movie.
[no title indexed]
Mitzi in Hollywood / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Greetings, friends. Again I, Fate, am producing an epic...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Mitzi Mason; Sonny Sagebrush; Nocturne (horse)
- Synopsis
- Mitzi tries to get hired as an extra in Sonny Sagebrush's newest film, but instead uncovers a plot to kidnap him.
- Reprints
-
in Cowgirl Romances (Fiction House, 1950 series) #10 (Summer 1952) [Art only.] - in Good Girl Art Quarterly (AC, 1990 series) #12 (Summer 1993)
- in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #8 - Outrageous Good Girl Art (2012)
-
Indexer Notes
Artwork reused with a new story as "Stars Fell on Arizona" in Cowgirl Romances #10.
The Haunted Kennel
Flicker Funnies / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Ivan Porkenuff; Rex Collie; Cathy Poodle; Rinaldo Rat
- Synopsis
- Rinaldo wears a metal monster suit to kidnap Cathy.
Special Delivery Starlet
Star Movie Filmographs / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Patricia Cleora Alphin
- Synopsis
- Biography of Patricia Cleora Alphin.
[no title indexed]
Johnny Danger / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Daily rushes on Sylvia Gay's latest pic ain't so good, Johnny.
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Johnny Danger; Sylvia Gay; Russ Porter; Jake
- Synopsis
- Johnny is assigned to find out what's upsetting actress Sylvia Gay.
Slave Girl
comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Lumpy; Matt Claibourne (image of George Brent); Chips Jackson (image of Broderick Crawford); Francesca (image of Yvonne DeCarlo); Aleta; Yusef; El-Hamid; Telek
- Synopsis
- Matt and Chips go to Tripoli to buy freedom for some sailors, but have their gold stolen.
Indexer Notes
Adaptation of the Universal International film "Slave Girl". See http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039836/ for more info about the film.
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Table of Contents
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0.
Slave Girl
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1.
["The great eight of the comics!"]
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2.
Merton of the Movies
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3.
["Greetings, friends. Again I, Fate, am producing an epic..."]
Mitzi in Hollywood -
4.
The Haunted Kennel
Flicker Funnies -
5.
Special Delivery Starlet
Star Movie Filmographs -
6.
["The Daily rushes on Sylvia Gay's latest pic ain't so good, Johnny."]
Johnny Danger -
7.
Slave Girl
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8.
["What's cooking with 1947 football?"]
Illustrated Football Annual -
9.
["Pals in pleasure"]
Baby Ruth
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Richard Smith
- Jim Van Dore
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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