Not to be confused with the many other various illustrated publications using the exact same title, "Movie Comics", published by Fiction House from 1946 to 1947 lasted a mere 4 issues before calling it quits, --and it's a shame too because it's full of fun stories and truly incredible art. Each issue depicted real life movie stars and starlettes in actual films of the time era (via Paramount, Universal, and MGM --ie Dan Duryea and Ella Raines in "White Tie and Tails" and Mickey Rooney and Bonita Granville in "Love Laughs at Andy Hardy", just to name a few.) Each issue also squeezed in filler page bios on screen legends such as Joan Crawford, Ann Blythe, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Clark Gable etc. But for this AEET post, we're going to double feature it up with a pair of marvelous Matt Baker tales starring fresh faced, fictionally frisky, "Mitzi of the Movies!" Mitzi Mason, aspiring midwestern girl lured to the bright lights of Hollywood, CA, --instead finding her lowly, lonely self schleppin' along in menial jobs while getting equally caught up in one suspense-filled shenanigan scrape after another! It's great stuff, and the beautiful Baker art deserves a non-stop barrage of all over chef kissery. So let's take off to the movie sets of a pirate picture, as well as a good 'ol wild wild western, and see just how our magnificent lil minx is makin' out, shall we? From the February 1947 issue of Movie Comics #2, and the June 1947 issue of #4. I've also rounded out the post with some cute vintage ads as well, --enjoy!
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