Comic books June 1950

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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.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Norman Maurer, Bill Walton, and Charles Biro. An anthology title from publisher Lev Gleason and his primary creator, Charles Biro, featuring teen hero Crimebuster and his nemesis Iron Jaw. A principal tries to get a teen crimelord to express his talent for art instead of his talent for crime. A poverty-stricken youth who longs to be rich gets a chance after an accidental death. Baseball legend Ted Williams explains how to hit a ball, in a unique illustrated comics piece. Also featuring a vintage house ad that claims 90 million Americans read comics. Crimebuster: The Rise and Fall of Danny Denver; The Unfinished Story; Down But Not Out; This'll Kill Ya!; Tips on How to Lead Your League in Hitting; Little Wise Guys: Pee Wee's Brain Storm. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Reprint Series. Reprints Buccaneers (1950 Quality) #21. Cover pencils by Reed Crandall. Stories by unknown. Art by Reed Crandall and unknown. An Indian priestess convinces the local natives to attack the colony in an untitled Captain Daring story also starring Patch, Sir Mark Drayton, Delores Drayton, Chief Ranco, Xoctil, Quilla and Fenton Brint. Also featuring untitled tales of Black Roger, The Spanish Main and Eric Falcon, Soldier of Fortune. Plus: Captain Daring in 1-page text story "A Woman's Weapon"! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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June 1950 issue. Stories include; "My Shameful Deception", "Taunted Heart", "Believe Me, My Love", and "Slave of Desire". 7" x 10", 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

June 1950. Contains a Wally Wood female pirate story and Bob Powell art. Nudity panels. Contains adult humor. Considered "scarce" by Overstreet. Digest-sized, 144-pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Harry Sahle. Stories by unknown. Art by Harry Sahle and unknown. Candy stars in three untitled stories. Plus: Jitters in "Squeeze the Trigger and Test Your Personality" co-starring Bugs, Ed, Pamela Prunelle, Nathaniel and Mrs. Jones. Also: 1-page text story "Look Closely" starring Skip Adair, Wilma Payson, Teenie Morton, Patsy Winters and Sophie Conrad. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Al Liederman and unknown. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) stars in: "The Space Aggressor" with story by Otto Binder; "The Invention Inventor Machine" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck; and "The Mystery of the Model Crimes" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Plus: Captain Kid in "It Suits Him!" with art by Al Liederman. And: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "Jon Jarl Loses His Job" by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Art Helfant, Howard Boughner and Otto Binder. Art by Bud Thompson, Howard Boughner, Art Helfant and Joe Certa. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Captain Marvel Jr. faces a time-based menace. A mad scientist's latest creation is "crimicillin," which gives criminals the strength to fight the law. The Medical Menace; Murder Clue; Kanvasback: The Black Eye; The Defender of Time; Judge Smudge: Forgetful!; The Golden Eggs; Rubbernose Randolph: Horr-Eye-Ble Accident! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

UK Edition. "Captain Midnight Blasts a Tunnel of Terror!" and "Captain Midnight and the Case of the Flying Eye!". 26pgs. B&W. 10in x 7in.

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Volume 5, Issue 11 - June, 1950. Monthly published digest containing short stories, cartoons, verse, jokes, articles, and quips - all of which have been submitted by readers. 5" x 6.5", 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Issue 36 - Australian Edition. Circa early to mid 1950's. Reprints "The Prairie" in abridged form with new cover art. 10" x 7 1/2" horizontal format, color covers with b&w interior, 24 pages-all newsprint.

The Corsican Brothers, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 67, 06/30/50 date). Cover price $0.15.

Canadian Edition. The Corsican Brothers, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 67, 06/30/50 date). 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

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The Oregon Trail, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 73, 6/50). Cover price $0.10.

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The Oregon Trail, 2nd Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 89). Cover price $0.15.

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The Oregon Trail, 3rd Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 121). Cover price $0.15.

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The Oregon Trail, 5th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 140). Cover price $0.15.

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The Oregon Trail, 7th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 164). Cover price $0.15.

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The Oregon Trail, 8th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 167). Cover price $0.15.

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Canadian Edition. The Oregon Trail. HRN 75 Cover price $0.15.

June 1950. Softcover, 7-in. x 9 1/2-in., 176 Pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 1, Issue 4 - June, 1950. Cover Girls Models Magazine was an early men's interest publication distributed between November, 1949 and December, 1955 that focused mainly on bathing suit pin-up photography, but also included the occasional Hollywood tabloid human-interest story. 8" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Bob Powell, Bob Jenney, and Joseph Millard. For those who love a little horse opera with their soap opera, Fawcett presents tales of romance and heartbreak on the Western frontier. Cliff returns to town, determined to ruin Karen's life for breaking his heart five years before. The railroad brings new people to the small town of Cactus, including a stranger who wins Katie's heart, in a story with good-girl art by Sheena artist Bob Powell. Sue falls for handsome new neighbor Jim, but then he is accused of being a "squatter" who's trying to steal her land. The Return of Cliff Masters; Trail to Romance; A Stranger and His Dog; Love and Courtship: The Bridal Wreath; Vengeance at Mesa Ridge. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Sunset Carson cover. In order of appearance: Sunset Carson photo; "Sunset Carson, Battling Marshal" adaptation of the Astor Pictures Corporation film; "Will Rogers"; "Indian Lore, Indian Sign Language" art by Mario DeMarco; "Legends of Paul Bunyan", "Western Wonders, Was It Jesse James Who 'Bob Ford' Shot???", and "Happy Homer" art by Clinton Harmon; "Sunset Carson, The Fighting Mustang" adaptation of the Astor Pictures Corporation film; "Chuck Wagon Gus" and "Denver Mudd and Bushey Barns, Wild Willie Williams"by Clinton Harmon; and Sunset Carson photo."The Extra Bullet" illustrated text story.36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Mike Esposito, Fred Guardineer, and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. Narcotics agent Ted Grew is captured by the gang of Cat Lechens, an Egyptian drug smuggler with a pet panther. A high-wire accident may have actually been murder, in the third issue in a row featuring a circus or carnival story, with early art by Mike Esposito. A detective dares the reader to figure out which of three heirs committed a murder, in a whodunit with multiple clues and an upside-down panel for the answer. Horror Honey; Murder For Publicity!; It's the Law!; The Case of the Expectant Heirs; Our Police Hall of Fame; Northwest Payoff: The Small Change Murder. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Mike Suchorsky, Leo Morey, Lawrence Dressler and Dan Zolnerowich. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. Mobster Bull Mason, master of subtlety, uses an airborne bomber to enforce his protection racket. A burglar leaves taunting poems for the police at his crimes. A medieval jewel merchant disguises himself as a traveling troubadour for the journey to Florence. The Bull Gets Wings; The Lock of Hair; The Man with the Firestick; Nickel Napoleon; Ball Point Homer; Poetry on a Cash Basis; Under the Robe. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Bob Fujitani. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, George Tuska, Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. Tough private eye Chip Gardner finds a substitute nephew at Marcy Mansion, featuring a great cover by Bob Fujitani and a story possibly written by Walter Gibson, creator of The Shadow. A cop narrates the tale of handsome Johnny Buck's feud with ugly gangster Knucks Mauler. A story that dares the reader to figure out who murdered a racetrack watchman while switching horses. Chip Gardner: Death Carries a Torch; Tip-Off; Broadway Nightmare; On the Level; Our Police Hall of Fame; How They Were Trapped!; Who Dunnit?: A Horse of Another Color. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Numbering continues from My Past (1949 Confessions) #11. In order of appearance: "Jack 'Sad Eye' Tobias, Money He Couldn't Collect"; "Louis Bandolo...Bouquet of Death!"; and "Portrait of Death!". "Murder That Backfired" text story reprinted from Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) #5 and in Spectacular Features Magazine (1950) #3. Indicia states "CRIMES INCORPORATED (formerly My Past). Numbering continues with Crime Incorporated (1950) #2. 36 pages. Full color. Cover Price $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

All stories reprinted in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #43, most stories reprinted in Justice Traps The Guilty (1951) UK #33. In order of appearance: "Bad Medicine for a Killer"; "Sinister Brother-Act"; "Tunnel of Doom"; and "Frisco Floyd Said: 'I Run This Town!'". "Death on the Beam" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Virginia Hubbell, and Carl Hubbell. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. The Little Wise Guys have to work fast after they accidentally break a blind man's guitar. Sniffer and Skully are abducted by smugglers, and Sniffer falls for the beautiful captain of the ship. The Little Wise Guys get crosswise with a stuck-up rich kid who uses his connections to make them look like the bad guys. Also featuring a vintage ad for the book "How to Get Along with Girls." Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys: 'Not a Chance' Hennessy; Daredevil: The Busted Guitar; Crimebuster: 1 Fair + 1 Monkey = Fun; Sniffer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Vic Martin and others. Western tales both true and fictional, which, like Hillman's crime comics, are often told from the outlaw's point of view. After the American Revolution, a Spanish spy plots to steal land from the wilds of North America. Bart figures out how to create a fake outlaw gang with dummies, but then he gets a chance to join a real gang. A Mexican village has a surprisingly accurate way of smoking out a murderer with the help of a donkey. The Hooded Bluffer; The Northwest Push; The Fabulous Cave; The Cobra Kid; The Donkey Knows The Killer; Shorty Pampas; Cribman Of The Santa Fe; Lunch; The Brand Of Doc Morgan. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by Don C. Cameron and unknown. Art by Dick Sprang, Charles Paris, Carmine Infantino, Dan Barry and unknown. Commissioner Gordon and famed police officers from all over the world gather in Gotham City to recount one of Batman's toughest cases that involved them all before awarding the Dynamic Duo a trophy as "The Globe-Trotters of the Law." Don't miss Batman and Robin in "The Globe-Trotter of Crime!" with art by Dick Sprang and Charles Paris. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "The Flying Indians!" with story by Don C. Cameron and pencils by Carmine Infantino; Robotman in "The Renegade Robot!"; and Impossible -- But True! tale "The Chair That Told the Future!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with art by Dan Barry. Also: 2-page text piece "They Know Who You Are!" And: Superman, Batman and Robin in the 1-page public service announcement "A Salute to the Boy Scouts of America" by Jack Schiff and Win Mortimer. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Case of the Torture Chamber," script and art by Chester Gould; Dick Tracy vs. The Brow; app. by Pat Patton, Summer Sisters, and Vitamin Flintheart. "Horror Machine," script and art by Chester Gould; Tracy and Sam search for the Summer sisters; The Brow tries to recruit the Summer sisters to help him with a scam under the pretense of auditioning for show business. "Spy Activities," script and art by Chester Gould; The Summer Sisters revolt, and The Brow becomes a victim of his own torture machine. "Nazi Paymaster" A Report from the F. B. I. text story; Brief story about the man who distributed money to Nazi spies in the United States. "The Fatal Clue" Dick Tracy Minit Mystery; Dick solves the murder of Bill Philany, conductor of the famous All-Girl Orchestra. "Methods Of Crime Detection"; article on forensic techniques. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

"Sir Lancelot's crime Wave" novelette by John D. MacDonald writing under the pseudonym Scott O'Hara.