Zoot (1946 Fox) comic books

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Kids' humor comics and funny-animal hijinks from Fox Feature Syndicate. A rhyming story about nerdy Peter Poke, who decides to go out for athletics to impress a girl; The tale of Goldilocks retold in jazz lingo, as Bobby Sox and the Three Bears; Gloria gets a chance at a reporter job, but first she must get a picture of a reclusive millionaire at the zoo. Peter Poke; Gloria; Dotty Doakes; Horse Opera; Walter the Waiter. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $2,275.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #0917641016 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Art by Matt Baker and others. Cover by Jack Kamen. The former kids' humor comic from Fox Feature Syndicate switches to adventure, as Rulah, Jungle Goddess makes her debut, with possible art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. Female aviator Jane Dodge crashes in the African rainforest and becomes Rulah, jungle warrior; Unsung sports heroes of yesteryear; Reporter Joan Mason (best known as the original Blue Beetle's girlfriend) goes looking for trouble with her new watch-sized video camera. Rulah, Jungle Goddess; Janie Runs For Mayor; Girl Trouble; Joan Mason. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $330.00 View scans Cover loose at both staples. Staple rust, rust migration. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Art by Matt Baker, Stan Ford and Jo Logan. Cover by Matt Baker. Tales of adventure featuring Rulah, Jungle Goddess, and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. Rulah warns a treasure-hunter about a dangerous witch doctor, but he refuses to believe a woman knows more about the jungle than he does; Fun facts about elephants; Spacefaring hero Rick Evans battles aliens that are using an iceberg as a base for invasion. Death from Fangs of Stone!; African Adventure; Natural Science: Elephants; Rick Evans: The Green Menace from Voluta; One Round Hogan. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Matt Baker and others. Cover by Jack Kamen. Tales of adventure featuring Rulah, Jungle Goddess, and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. Foreign agents choose Rulah's corner of the jungle to test a biological weapon, but Rulah and a handsome reporter are hot on their trail; Fun facts about the Bushmen tribes of Africa; Rulah accidentally awakens the people of a lost city who have slept for 5000 years. Classic bondage cover by Jack Kamen. More daring costumes and classic pre-Code good-girl art. The Purple Plague; Tears of Death; The Slumbering City; The Deadly Dust. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $110.00 View scans Heavy tape on interior cover and under staples. Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

"Rulah" panel exhibits Fredric Wertham's injury-to-the-eye motif; see "Rulah...The Menaced Maidens!" story page five, panel seven. In order of appearance: "Rulah Jungle Goddess, Bloodstained Fangs!" reprinted in Wild Women (1999) #1 and Vixens, Vamps and Vipers SC (2014 EA Press) Lost Villainesses of Golden Age Comics #1-1ST; "Rulah Jungle Goddess, The Thirsty Stone!" reprinted as "The Bloodthirsty Stone.." in Terrors of the Jungle (1952) #10; "Buccaneers" reprinted in Frank Buck (1950) #71; "Rulah Jungle Goddess, The Menaced Maidens!"; and "Tropical Topics, The Lion, King of the Jungle" art by Louis Zansky. "Bloom of Death" text story. Indicia states "ZOOT COMICS". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Matt Baker and others. Tales of adventure featuring Rulah, Jungle Goddess, and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. This, the Feb. 1948 issue, is the first issue #13; a later issue was erroneously numbered 13 as well. A circus promoter uses a boy in his scheme to lure Rulah to New York; Ungar warns Rulah that the spirit of a dead slaver may return to the jungle; Rulah pursues a jungle cult that killed a woman with gold, in a strange premonition of the James Bond adventure Goldfinger. Terrific cover has Rulah battling a snake, leopards and forest fire all at once. More outrageous action and classic pre-Code good-girl art. Stone Jungle; Bloody Moon; Murder Deadline; Plundering Cult. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $406.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Light tan to off white Label #2034202014 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $115.00 View scans Restored (see item notes) RESTORATION. Spine and edge rebuild, cover detached, staples replaced, tear seals, color touch. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Art by Matt Baker and others. Tales of adventure featuring Rulah, Jungle Goddess, and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. This, the April 1948 issue, is technically the fifteenth issue, but was erroneously numbered #13. A jungle wizard named Loki makes animals and people alike slaves to his will, but Rulah bows to no one; Rulah uses jungle strategy against what appears to be an invading Mongolian horde; Rulah is hired to escort a harem through the jungle, and ends up battling wild animals in an arena. Another action-packed cover. The Golden Lake; Satyrs of Satan; Bait for the Lion; Harem of Horror. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $4,999.99 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #1206430004 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Art by Matt Baker and others. Cover by Matt Baker. Tales of adventure featuring Rulah, Jungle Goddess, and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. This, the March 1948 issue, is technically the fourteenth issue, but the May issue was also erroneously numbered #14. Treasure hunters seek sacred precious stones that Rulah has sworn to protect; Hagga tries to have Rulah made into a jungle outcast; Renegade Jacque Legreed tries to frame Rulah for a safari's fatal journey. The Pearls of Patmos; Condemned; The Trek of Danger. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $230.00 View scans Cover and centerfold detached at one staple.

Art by Matt Baker and others. Tales of adventure featuring Rulah, Jungle Goddess, and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. This, the May 1948 issue, is technically the sixteenth issue, but was erroneously numbered #14. Rulah encounters a bizarre plot involving a mysterious figure in a red suit of armor, a machine that creates sandstorms, and a blonde femme fatale; A jungle tyrant wants to add Rulah to his harem of wives; A cult leader predicts the future and commands his trained gorilla to capture Rulah. Dynamic art, pre-Code action and classic good-girl imagery combined. The Knave of Scarlet; The Thirsty Tyrant of Tii; Deaths Grim Reflection. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $395.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4445019005 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Art by Matt Baker and others. Tales of adventure featuring Rulah, Jungle Goddess, and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. A circus performer can inexplicably turn docile animals into killers, and intends to take over Rulah's turf; Nazi war criminals use a magnesium deposit to turn the jungle into their firepit; Smugglers seek the dangerous sourswine, a deadly boar-like creature. Good-girl art, weird stories and plentiful pre-Code jungle action. The Mad Sandrow; Fire Rain; Jackals Die At Dawn; The Poison Sourswine. Final issue under this title; the series continues as Rulah, Jungle Goddess (1948) #17. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.