Movie Comics
#3
(June 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 super 7 of the comics...
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover promo for the Fiction House Super 7 of Comics. Covers for Jungle Comics #90, Wings Comics #82, Jumbo Comics #100, Planet Comics #49, Fight Comics #50, Movie Comics #3, and Rangers Comics #35.
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Kay Wilson; Isobel Garcia; Coffy Smith; Andy Hardy; Judge James Hardy; Emily Hardy; Tommy Gilchrest; Mr. Benedict; Duke Johnson; Helen; Dane Kittridge
- Synopsis
- Andy is out of the army and looking to marry Kay.
Indexer Notes
Adaptation of the MGM Movie "Love Laughs at Andy Hardy" staring Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Bonita Granville, Lina Romay and Fay Holden.
[no title indexed]
Johnny Danger / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When I pulled this assignment out of the hat, I thought I'd got a break - bodyguard to exotic - Superba Studios' latest importation so I humped myself down to the set, where...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Johnny Danger; Leo; Exotic (gorilla); Mrs. Smyth; Nick; Lili; Mr. Smyth
- Synopsis
- Johnny is assigned to guard the studio's latest star, a gorilla.
Indexer Notes
Loose Gorilla
The Crawford Case
Star Movie Filmographs / text article / 6 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Joan Crawford; Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.; Robert Montgomery; Clark Gable; Walter Huston; Zachary Scott; Ann Blyth
Indexer Notes
Bio of Joan Crawford.
[no title indexed]
Flicker Funnies / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Lights! Camera! Action! Again Canine Productions prepares to start shooting...
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Rex Collie; Rinaldo Rat; Cathy Poodle; Ivan Porkenhuff
- Synopsis
- Rinaldo attempts to spoil the filming of the pirate movie, Captain Cutrate.
Indexer Notes
Anthropomorphic
[no title indexed]
Captain Stand-In / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It came at the start of a great career: a wee-hour call... an urgent request from a war-time buddy to help his country just this once again!
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Buck Hoskins; Linda Lawrence; Jeff Downey; Chicquita Sanchez; Brad; Tio; De Vasco; Pancho; Juan Sanchez
- Synopsis
- Buck has to help overthrow a South American dictator.
Indexer Notes
Art credit added by Gary Watson, February 2008.
[no title indexed]
Mitzi of the Movies / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Movies, bah! How feeble are their piffling dramas to those that I, Fate, produce!
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Fate; Mitzi Mason; Amy Shelton; Bill Shelton; Ed
- Synopsis
- Mitzi saves a downtrodden writer from drowning himself.
Indexer Notes
suicide attempt
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy -
1.
["The super 7 of the comics..."]
-
2.
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
-
3.
["When I pulled this assignment out of the hat, I thought I'd got a break - bodyguard to exotic - Superba Studios' latest importation so I humped myself down to the set, where..."]
Johnny Danger -
4.
The Crawford Case
Star Movie Filmographs -
5.
["Lights! Camera! Action! Again Canine Productions prepares to start shooting..."]
Flicker Funnies -
6.
["It came at the start of a great career: a wee-hour call... an urgent request from a war-time buddy to help his country just this once again!"]
Captain Stand-In -
7.
["Movies, bah! How feeble are their piffling dramas to those that I, Fate, produce!"]
Mitzi of the Movies -
8.
["Danger!"]
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9.
["Rare army patch free"]
The Patch King
This issue was modified by, among others
- Gregory Fischer
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Richard Smith
- Jim Van Dore
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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