Auctions: comic books June 1950

Adventures of Bob Hope (1950) 3 GD+ 2.5

Cover detached at one staple.

Photograph cover of Bob Hope. A Very Merry Mix-up!; Bob and Mrs. Peabody get involved in a bathing beauty contest at the beach. Wheaties ad with Phil Rizzuto. Video Laffs humor page by Harry Lampert. It Happens in Hollywood text article. A Salute to the Boy Scouts of America! with Superman, Batman, and Robin. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders (1950 ME/AC) 1 FR/GD 1.5

1" Spine split from top.

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Stories by Gardner Fox and others. Art by Bob Powell. Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Cover by Bob Powell. Teen cowboy adventures set in the 1950s, based on the popular radio program that ran from 1949 to 1955. Bobby and his friends Tex, Windy, and Irish face modern-day rustlers and other challenges of life on the ranch. Hornswogglers try to swindle the B-Bar-B ranch out of its water rights and payroll; Windy Wales experiments with rockets; Bank robbers encounter the masked alter ego of Bobby Benson, the Lemonade Kid. Trail of the Rocket; Roundup Racketeer; Lightning Trap; The Running of Redmane; Crooks in Cactus. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Campus Loves (1950 Comic Magazines) 4 GD- 1.8

Water damage.

June 1950 issue. Photo Cover of Barbara Bates by Theda Hall and Emerson Hall. Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. In this issue: She laughed at other girls' heartaches...until she killed her own love with poisonous gossip in "My Shameless Deception"; "Taunted Heart"; "Believe Me, My Love"; 1-page text story "Vote 'No' for Mildred"; and "Slave of Desire"! 7-in. x 10-in., 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 11 #5 CGC 3.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4540108009

Volume 11, Issue 5 - June, 1950. 7" x 9", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Texan (1948 St. John) 8 GD+ 2.5

Centerfold detached. Water damage.

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Cover by Matt Baker and Ray Osrin. Stories and art by Matt Baker, George Tuska, Richard Speed and Howard Larsen. "The Texan" and other heroes battle owlhoots and rustlers in the Old West. Smoky Horse dreams of peace between the Apaches and the settlers, but that makes him suspect to both groups, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. In another Baker story, action girl Yukon Jane battles wolfpacks and pelt poachers in the northern woods. The Marshal of Eagle Springs tracks masked raiders who use silver bullets, but these are no Rangers. Plus biographical pages on Crazy Horse, Harry Tracy, Jesse James, and Arizona Pete. And a story with art by future Marvel legend George Tuska. Cover by Baker. Jesse James; Scalp Hunters Hide Their Tracks; Arizona Pete; Ghost Riders Defy the Range Law; Crazy Horse; The Renegades' Last Raid; The Lone Vigilante; Tracy the Outlaw. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Will Rogers Western (1950) 5 GD/VG 3.0

Water spotting. Staple rust.

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Western tales from Fox Feature Syndicate, some featuring well-known cowboy writer Will Rogers. Numbering continues from My Great Love (1949) #4. The adventures of young Will Rogers as he makes his name as a cowboy folk hero; Will seeks the murderous mystery man known as The Moon Bandit; Bandits steal a treasure map and try to disguise themselves as natives, but Flying Eagle is not fooled. True Life Adventures; Kit Carson Cures A Bully; Moon Bandit; Flying Eagle: Golden Treachery; Treachery On The Purple Trail. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.