Comic books December 1949

"Firestone Dealers". Donald Duck in "New Toys". 8 pages Carl Barks art.

Stories by Buford Tune and Paul McCarthy. Art by Buford Tune and Paul McCarthy. Cover by Buford Tune. Reprints from the Dotty Dripple daily and Sunday comic strip. Dotty and husband Horace face domestic squabbles similar to those of Blondie and Dagwood, right down to the drawing style; the long-running family strip also featured tween daughter Taffy and dog Pepper. Horace sits down on wet paint; Holly of Hollywood's face breaks out on the day she gets a commercial job; Cactus Carrie is not impressed with a rodeo star's dance moves. Calling All Kids; Li'l Taffy; Wet Paint; Horace Is Hurt; Football Fan; Horace Is Stubborn; Lariat Luke; Cactus Carrie; Holly of Hollywood; Friendly Rivals; Can You Solve These Puzzlers?; Animal Trainer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $100.00 View scan 2" Cumulative spine split. Cover coming loose at both staples. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Art and cover by Boody Rogers. Archie-style teen comedy featuring its own made-up slang, from Sparky Watts cartoonist Boody Rogers. Dudley's planned picnic with Milt and the girls becomes a comedy of errors involving a stalled car and a swarm of wasps. Milt tricks Dudley to get a date with a beautiful ice-skating star, but the plan backfires when he's mistaken for a stalker. Dudley somehow becomes the football hero of high school - without a helmet! - and inspires Milt's jealousy. Dudley; The Beaut from Butte; Dribble Threat. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Gardner Fox and others. Art by Joe Certa and Frank Frazetta. Sometimes listed as Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid #2. Western adventure based on the popular masked hero played in the movies by Charles Starrett. Durango Kid helps a rancher terrorized by hunters; DK seeks the mysterious secret a rancher was about to tell his daughter right before he was murdered; Dan tries to negotiate peace between the Tuscaroras and the British, in a "White Indian" story by legendary artist Frazetta and iconic writer Gardner Fox. Crooked Irons!; One Night of Death!; Duel to the Finish!; Cut Out for Courage; Dan Brand and Tipi; Charles Starrett, Star of Columbia's "Durango Kid" Western Movies. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 32, No. 6 - December 1949. Long Running News and Current Events magazine. 10-in. x 13-in., 266 pages, Text (with B&W and Full color images) Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart Fine $26.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

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Volume 20, Issue 6 - Dec. 1949 (whole number 121). Articles include Mechanical Hands, Christmas Toys, Hydraulic Truck Loader, and much more. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/4-in., 224 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Dec. 1949. Two short novels, Buy My Love by Perry Lindsay and Every Man's Girl by Alice Warner. 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 pages, B&W text. Cover price $0.35.

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Men's interest magazine with articles and glamour photos. 10" x 13", 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Vol. 6, No. 3. December 1949. Vintage men's interest magazine full of adult humor, comics, and tasteful pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11.5", 58 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $8.10 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Master of Fantasy article: Edgar Allan Poe--The Pit and the Pendulum--His Century.

Volume 11, Issue 2 - December, 1949. Cover by Lawrence Stephens. "Odgen's Strange Story" by Edison Marshal, "No-Man's-Land" by John Buchan, "What Was It?" by Fitz-James O'Brien, and "Jamieson" by Margaret St. Clair. Interior illustrations by Lawrence, Leydenfrost, Finlay. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white; 134 newsprint pages. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Steve Douglas. Stories and art by Lawrence Lariar, John Spranger, Allen Saunders, Elmer Woggon, Clifford McBride, Philip Francis Nowlan, Rick Yager (credited as Dick Calkins), Clark Haas, Claude Dunnagan, Rodlow Willard, Mabel Burwick (credited as Odin), Martha B. Links, and Ralph Briggs Fuller. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Scorchy and Jo get involved in the search for stolen emeralds in the Orient. Ben Friday's battle with Vertek takes a turn as an aerial dogfight. Oaky Doaks meets the Amazon-like Ursula of Frigidinia. Ben Friday; Steve Roper and Wahoo; Napoleon; Buck Rogers; Scorchy Smith; Thunder Lake Feud; Dickie Dare; Bobby Sox; Yipee; Oaky Doaks. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

L. Ron Hubbard Cover price $0.15.

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Issue #6 - Winter, 1949. A classic, well-done SF fanzine. Edited by Donald B. Day. Cover by Ruth Newbury. Interior artwork by D. Bruce Berry, Ralph Phillips, Niles Eaton, Donald Day. Article by Robert Bloch entitled "The Seven Ages of Fan." Fiction by Miles Eaton entitled "The Explorer." "From Out of the Ages" by Thyril Ladd, an article about the books in which an ancient Egyptian is brought to the present day. Gorgeous centerspread by D. Bruce Berry. The column Author, Author this issue is about - and by - Ray Bradbury along with a checklist of stories. Book reviews of Campbell's Who Goes There and A. Merritt's The Fox Woman and the Blue Pagoda. Fiction by R. Flavie Carson entitled "Jailbreak." "Two Feet From Brass" by Russ Whitman. Scarce. 4 1/4-in. x 5 1/4-in., 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $170.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $18.00 View scans Paper: Cream Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $17.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $16.00 View scans Paper: Off white Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
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December, 1949. Cover by Edmond Swiatek. Stories by Rog Phillips "The Involuntary Immortals", Guy Archette, Craig Browning, Lester Barclay, and Charles Recour. Illustrations by Edmond Swiatek, Bill Terry, Rod Ruth, Robert Keys, and Julian S. Krupa. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 162 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Add to cart PR 0.5 $6.99 Interior complete. Full spine split. Pieces missing from front and back cover.

She by H. Ryder Haggard. NOTE: The first five issues of Fast Fiction were reprinted under the title Stories by Famous Authors Illustrated. Except for the title change on the cover, the editions are identical. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Chad Grothkopf. Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf and others. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). While Marvel Bunny is serving up moral lessons on courtesy and the like, Hoppy's gal Millie has a solo adventure at Torture Castle! Willie the Worm and Sammy match wits and magic with a witch. A rude rhino waiter gets served by Captain Marvel Bunny. Game Page; Hoppy's Girl Millie: Torture Castle; Willie the Worm and Sammy Saddle a Witch; Fuzzy Bear: For Better or Voice!; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny Believes in Courtesy; Hole in None; Fuzzy Bear: Knot So Hot; Benny Beaver: Radio Revels; Willie the Worm: The Last Word; Droopy the Ant Bear and Reddy Fox: No Picnic; Willie the Worm; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear: Caught Napping; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny Turns the Tables. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $9.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 2, Issue 2 - December, 1949. 6.75" x 9", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories reprinted in Star Feature Comics (1963 I.W. Reprint) #9. In order of appearance: "Stunt Man Stetson"; "Big Top" art by Bernard Dibble; "Rims" art by Harry Sahle; "Lala Palooza" art by Bernard Dibble; "Swing Sisson"; and "Shenanigan". "Stupid Stunt" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Edmund Good and others. Edited by Joseph V. Daffron and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Jack Kamen, Edmund Good, John Forte, and David Heames. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Tiger Girl aids white sailors attacked by the Leopard Men, unaware they have enslaved the Leopard Women; Rich Cynthia Snark stages a robbery of her own jewels, but the crooks decide to rob her for real; Exquisite art as Senorita Rio knows an old enemy is after her - she's just not sure which one. Tiger Girl; Risks, Unlimited starring Rip Carson; Kayo Kirby; The Epic of the Revenge: Part 1; Hooks Devlin; Senorita Rio; Captain Fight. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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French language weekly film magazine. 16 unstapled pages on newsprint.

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French language weekly film magazine. 16 unstapled pages on newsprint.

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Issue 1561 - December 17th, 1949. Series was printed in England and released every Tuesday by Amalgamated Press. Newsprint, 8.5" x 11.5", 16 pages, B&W.

Art by Lee Elias. Cover by Jack Kamen. Adventures of the Western hero, a white woman raised by the Dakota tribe. This issue continues reprinting her origins from Rangers Comics (1941): memory restored, she claims her inheritance, then returns to the tribe and her heroic career as Firehair. Firehair races to save her adopted brother Little Ax from being hanged by whites; Snake-oil salesmen learn of the hidden Dakota fortune and set out to steal it. Raiders of the Pony Express; The Picture of Innocence; The Apaches Hunt By Night; Ambush At Renegade River; Vigilantes of Outlaw Flats. Title changes to Pioneer West Romances (1950) for issues 3-6, but is otherwise the same comic, including the Firehair logo on the cover. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Tom Gill and others. Harvey's entry in the romance-comic genre includes love poetry, advice to readers, and occasional pre-Code notoriety. Nurse Judith struggles to choose between two handsome doctors: reliable Alfred or free-wheeling Raymond. A girl from the wrong side of the tracks finds escape through a romance with her wealthy boss. A woman struggles to express her secret love to a classmate. My Hospital Romance; I Was a Snob!; Factory Girl; First Kiss; My Hesitating Heart!; My Secret Love. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Tales of love and heartbreak in 1950s America from publisher Harvey. A small-town girl struggles to admit that she loves a man who's engaged to another woman. A teacher finds love with a stranger on a cruise, but she's not sure she can trust him. A woman relocates to escape her sullied reputation, only to find the past catching up with her. Somebody Else's Sweetheart; Shameless; He Was Strange and Romantic!; Strange Romantic Customs; Love Takes a Holiday; Postmark for Love. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Tyranny Broke My Heart" (art by Bill Ward), "Desperate Choice," "Sacrifice of Love," and "Accessory in Love." Ward cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 2, No. 6. - December, 1949. Peter Driben cover. Vintage men's interest magazine full of pin-ups and glamour photos paired with humorous text stories and adult comic strips. 8" x 11.5", 60 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $70.00 View scans Cover coming loose at one staple. Water spotting.

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Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK in "LUCK OF THE NORTH," No. 256." Cover art by Carl Barks. Luck of the North, script by Carl Barks and Dana Coty (story idea), art by Carl Barks; Donald, exasperated by Gladstone Gander's good luck, sends him on a wild goose chase to Alaska in search of a uranium mine, then is overcome by remorse and fears for Gladstone's safety; He and the nephews follow Gladstone to a desolate iceberg that just happens to contain a Viking ship decked out in gold trim. 3 one-page Barks strips. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "LITTLE IODINE, No. 257." Cover art by Jimmy Hatlo. Untitled strips, scripts and art by Jimmy Hatlo. Little Iodine helps Henry land a big contract; When he doesn't realize that they won the contract and tries to punish Iodine his boss punishes him instead by making him be Iodine's secretary. Iodine trades an expensive camera for Hoppy (a kangaroo). Henry buys a new gun without Effie's permission but gets mad at her for buying a new record player. When Henry gets a call from a bill collector he pretends to be someone else. When Henry needs to hide from the bill collector he decides to take Iodine to the museum. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walter Lantz ANDY PANDA and the BALLOON RACE, No. 258." Cover pencils by Dick Hall. Andy Panda and The Balloon Race, pencils by Dick Hall, inks by Anahid Dinkjian; A hot air balloon lands in Andy's back yard; In its basket is Professor Gaas Bag, who has been hit over the head by his rivals in a championship long-distance balloon race; He is unable to continue, so he lets Andy and Charlie take his balloon to finish the race. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

FlipBook (cover each side). "Santa and the Angel" and "Santa at the Zoo." Indicia title is "SANTA AND THE ANGEL, No. 259." Cover art by Morris Gollub. Santa and the Angel, script by Oskar LeBeck, art by Morris Gollub; A little angel drifts to Earth on a cloud and lands in a forest; The forest animals find him and take him to a woodchopper's cabin at the edge of the forest; They get there just as Santa arrives at the cabin and Santa takes the angel back to heaven. Santa at the Zoo, script by Oskar Lebeck, art by Tony Rivera; The animals at the zoo are surprised when Santa Claus pays them a visit. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "PORKY PIG, HERO OF THE WILD WEST, No. 260." Porky Pig, Hero of the Wild West, pencils by Fred Abranz; While on a vacation at a ranch, Petunia nags Porky about not being a he-man; Petunia is abducted by The Krisco Kid, who looks like Porky, except with a pointed black moustache. Porky Pig, Truant Officer, art by Tony Strobl; Porky is truant officer; Cicero and his friend are out fishing, thinking it is Saturday, and Porky disguises himself as an (Asian) Indian prince in order to try to capture them. The Greedy Squirrels, art by Jim Pabian; Petunia sends Porky to the forest in a rainstorm to gather some nuts for the fudge she is making. How to Raise Children, art by Tony Strobl; Porky's nosy neighbor keeps criticizing the things Porky allows Cicero to do. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. Cover art by Carl Barks. Donald Duck in "Luck of the North", script by Carl Barks and Dana Coty (story idea), art by Carl Barks; Donald, exasperated by Gladstone Gander's good luck, sends him on a wild goose chase to Alaska in search of a uranium mine, then is overcome by remorse and fears for Gladstone's safety; He and the nephews follow Gladstone to a desolate iceberg that just happens to contain a Viking ship decked out in gold trim. 3 one-page Barks strips. Blank interior covers. 36 pgs. 10¢. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Walter T. Johnson, John Giunta, Ed Waldman and Howard Larsen. Tales of love on the dusty trails of the prairie. Redheaded rodeo cowgirl Sally is torn between straight-arrow Jim and bad-boy Jeff; Gloria decides to teach a lesson to the unwashed cowpoke who wants a wife to go with his new fortune. The lead story was cited in the infamous anti-comics screed Seduction of the Innocent, for an alleged instance of erotic spanking on page 3. But best of all is the painted cover by an unknown artist, reprinted from one of Avons paperbacks. Tangled Love; Heart-Wrangler; Ropin' in a Wild Cowpoke; Two-Gun Lady; Don't Fence Me In. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $32.00 View scans Paper: Cream

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $62.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $27.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 50%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 17, Issue 9 - Winter, 1949. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover art by Otto Feuer. Untitled The Dodo and the Frog story, art by Otto Feuer; Fenimore makes Rudolph work on his day off. Wheaties ad featuring Hal Newhouser. Tootsie Rolls ad, art by C.C. Beck. U.S. Royal bicycle tires ad, art by Al Plastino. Untitled story, art by Rube Grossman; Tom Cat tries several schemes to get Blabber Mouth to spill secrets. Untitled story starring Blackie Bear, the Cubs, Dr. Owl and Mrs. Badger, art by Rube Grossman. Ad for The Lone Ranger socks. Untitled story, script and art by J. Rufus Lion, script and art by Howie Post; Mortimer doesn't believe Rufus is friends with the Man in the Moon. The Adventures of Alan Ladd comic book ad. It's Fun to Know non-fiction page by Martin Naydel. "Big and Small" text story, art by Raymond Perry. Untitled The Dodo and the Frog story, art by Otto Feuer. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. When Corker the horse witnesses a man taken captive, he acts crazily, in an attempt to alert Gabby to the situation. When a gigantic lumberjack goes on a rampage in town, Gabby is elected to deal with him. Corker is mistaken for a rodeo trick-riding horse. Favorite line this issue: "Dingbust it! Yuh don't need bullets! Yuh need brains!" Chief Gray Matter; Loco Lew; Corker Goes Loco; Young Falcon: The Eagle's Nest; Buck Desmond: Bushwhacker; Paul's Bunion; Tricked! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Gene Autry stars in "The Prophet of Ghost Gulch" and "Danger Trail." Jesse Marsh art. Back-up story, "An Emperor's Treasure." Two-page text story, "The Lie." 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Gene Autry stars in "The Prophet of Ghost Gulch" and "Danger Trail." Jesse Marsh art. Back-up story, "An Emperor's Treasure." Two-page text story, "The Lie." 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.