Comic books July 1948

Volume 16, Issue 2 - July, 1948. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Syd Shores cover. Includes John Buscema art in "Till Crime Do You Part". 52 pgs, full color. Cover price $0.10.

52 page issue. Cover price $0.10.

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Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 92 pages. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover art by Al Capp. Li'l Abner Must Get 6000 Ham Sandwiches to Save Dogpatch, script and art by Al Capp; Li'l Abner struggles to deliver food to Dogpatch before the citizens die of hunger. Li'l Abner Becomes the Swoon King Part One, script and art by Al Capp; A frustrated crooner teams with Li'l Abner and promises to make him a famous crooner...using Abner's looks and his voice. Li'l Abner Becomes the Swoon King Part Two, script and art by Al Capp; Li'l Abner is kidnapped by the Freddie McGurgle Fan Club and abandoned by Constiato when the old crooner falls in love. Steve Canyon ad. The Art of Baby-Sitting, art by Bob Powell; Tommy Tween learns about baby-sitting the hard way. Green Hornet ad. Jail House Jam text story. Telephone Trouble text story. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by John Stanley. The Practical Jokers; It seems as if everyone in the neighborhood went out and got the same scary mask. A Feathered Friend In Need; Lulu and Tubby are thoroughly outsmarted by a duck while rowing on the lake. The Timid Ghost; Lulu finds an unusual ghost in her bedroom, one who is afraid of everything. Tubby Makes a Bet; The boys make a bet with Tubby that he can't go all the way home hopping on one foot. All scripts and art by John Stanley. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Lone Ranger and the Clever Impostors, script by Fran Striker, art by Charles Flanders; Two crooks ambush the Lone Ranger and Tonto and steal their clothes to impersonate them. The Lone Ranger and the Gold Mine Episode, script by Fran Striker, art by Charles Flanders; The Slavin Mining Syndicate puts a $10,000 bounty on the Lone Ranger-dead or alive! Based on the popular Western TV series. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Margery McKay (sometimes credited as G. Whiz). Stories and art by Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Fran Striker, Charles Flanders, Roy Crane, Robert Storm, Mel Graff, Carl Anderson, Clayton Knight, Chic Young, Bob Dunn, Joe Musial, Tom Sims, and Bela Zaboly. Lee Falk's adventurer Mandrake the Magician gets top billing in this anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. The Lone Ranger always gets his man; Even though WWII is over, Secret Agent X-9 still finds enemies of America. Mandrake the Magician; Jan and Aloysius; Heroes on Wings; A Goodnight Story; Buz Sawyer; The Lone Ranger; Secret Agent X-9; Little Acorns; Popeye; Blondie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Ogden Whitney. "Terror of the Totem" text story by Gardner Fox. "The Tombstone Curse!", pencils by Paul Parker, inks by Loprino; Two criminals torture Jim Lassiter for a map to a hidden cache of silver that is said to be cursed. "The Meeting at the Pyramids," art by Ogden Whitney; Undercover Girl must escort Sir Sexton to a meeting with Arabs. "The Little Man Who Wasn't There!", art by Paul Parker; Inspector Kirk must discover how the thief called "The Little Man Who Wasn't There" manages to pull off impossible thefts. "The Case of Betty Laurel," art by Ogden Whitney; A rich woman is kidnapped in an attempt to gain her money. "The Ledger That Told the Truth," art by Graham Ingels; The Duke exposes Fang's rackets on the waterfront. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Otto Binder, C. C. Beck, Bill Woolfolk, Joe Millard, Sheldon Moldoff, Pete Costanza, and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. The Marvel Family is captured and put on trial due to the machinations of the mysterious, faceless Number One, the new Keyser Soze of the Fawcett City underworld. The Master receives a lesson in humility from Captain Marvel Jr. OG Captain Marvel is stunned to learn of a land where life is actually perfect - and yet even there, some people are not happy. Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade, and a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Tames a Tornado, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. The Marvel Family on Trial; Judge Smudge; Lazy Lee; Peewee Pete; Captain Marvel Jr. Fights the Champ; Mary Marvel: The Case of the Sentimental Crook; The Big Shot; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Earthquake Proof; Captain Marvel: The Discontents. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Binder. "The Atomic Panic," script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Binder; Mary must stop Georgia from using her recently created miniature atomic bomb, capable of killing 5000 people, on the city of Berryville. "Exciting and Dangerous" text story. "The Record Breaker" starring Freshman Freddy. "A Knitted Adventure" starring Mary Marvel, art by Jack Binder. "Cry Baby" half-page story starring Dizzy Daisy, script and art by Howard Boughner. "Reference Material" half-page story starring Dizzy Daisy, script and art by Howard Boughner. "Mary Marvel Says It with Flowers," art by Jack Binder; Unable to get an interview with a detective for her school newspaper, who happens to be investigating break-ins into some of the finer apartments in the city, Mary accidently discovers that a flower shop is involved with these crimes. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Issue #26 - July(?) 1948. Reprints partial contents of Mary Marvel Comics #26. Canadian edition published by Anglo-American Publishing Company. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Kurt Schaffenberger. The Growing Giant, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; Captain Marvel, Jr. vs. Sivana, Jr. Adventures of "R.C." and Quickie ad for Royal Crown Cola with John Wayne. Tames a Tornado starring Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll ad, art by C. C. Beck. The Deadly Revenge starring Nyoka the Jungle Girl, art by Bernie Krigstein. Raw Courage starring Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb. The Poison Dart Murder Case! starring Bulletman. Bloobstutter's Choo-Choo Chance text story by Rod Reed. The Missing Accomplice!, art by Maxwell Elkan; Twin River Opera House is robbed, but one of the men is caught. He is later set free when given the name of his accomplice; This is a ruse made by Hopalong to get them both. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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July 1948. Mechanical science and technology magazine. Articles include Atomic Plague, car reviews and more. 6.75-in. x 9.5-in. 196 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.15.

Stories by Al Feldstein and others. Art by Al Feldstein, Martin Filchock and Bob Brown. Cover by Al Feldstein. Teen hijinks based on the popular "Meet Corliss Archer" radio series of 1943-56. Corliss was a squeaky-clean teen comedy typical of the time, making it ironic that this comic was singled out by legendary anti-comics tome Seduction of the Innocent. A bullying lifeguard banishes Corliss's dog from the lake; Corliss has no money to get her parents an anniversary present; Corliss tries to get the librarian together with the English teacher she's infatuated with. Dog Daze; Roses & Ruses; Dames Are So Dumb; Teen Toons; Cupid Aint Stupid; Flattery and Flats. Final issue under this title; numbering continues as My Life (1948) #4. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 38, Issue 151 - July, 1948. Digest-size UK men's magazine. Articles, humor, and pin-up photos. 5" x 7.25", 116 pages, B&W with color.

Cover art by Reed Crandall. The Blast Bandits starring Blackhawk, pencils by Crandall, inks by Chuck Cuidera. Untitled stories starring Torchy (script and art by Bill Ward), Will Bragg (script and art by Paul Gustavson), Ezra (script and art by Harry Sahle), and Choo Choo (script and art by Gill Fox). Satan's Brood text story starring Blackhawk. Dogtag's Body Shop, script and art by Bart Tumey. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $19.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.

Volume 25, Issue 171 - July, 1948. Hollywood coverage and dramatizations of films in prose, illustrated with stills. 8.5" x 11.25", 96 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.15.

One of the more notorious pre-Code crime comics. Ray Hamilton, a member of the Barrow Gang that included Bonnie & Clyde, accumulates a prison sentence of 362 years by the time he's 21 years old; The public gun-battle that led to the demise of The Brady Gang has become an essential part of Maine folklore, even portrayed in Stephen King's It; The "Flatheads" gang commits the first-ever armored car robbery on March 11, 1927. Especially lurid cover by an unknown artist. Ray Hamilton: The Last of the Desperados; There's Going to Be a Murder; The Gun Crazy Brady Gang; Paul Jawarski and the Notorious Flathead Gang. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 11, Issue 4 - July, 1948. 6.75" x 9", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Series. Reprints material from New Funnies (1942-1946 Dell). Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 3 #5 - July 1948. The business paper for publication retailers. This special issue was devoted to comic books and contains one of the earliest iconic photographs of a spectacular newsstand in Bayonne, NJ. There's pictures of sales-winning comic book displays from around the country. Articles include "Comics -- Headache or Profit-Maker?" "Are Comics Good or Bad for Kids?" (in which the article lands decidedly on the side of good and participant George Hecht talks about forming a Code). "Big Volume - Big Profits" has a graph showing that 50 million copies of comics sold means $1.25 million in retailers pockets. "A Force for Good in the Community" by Lev Gleason also defends comic books with this opening paragraph: "The main contention of the principal critic of the comics, a so-called psychiatrist, is that, according to his findings, juvenile delinquents have been reading comic magazines. He therefore concludes that the youngsters became delinquent BECAUSE they read comic magazines. I think this is preposterous." An article and photograph showing retailer in New Jersey how his comic rack has paid off. "Wham! Zing! Zowie!" by William Lydgate (editor of the Gallup Poll) based his laudatory article on comic books on his four children who read comic books. "Who Buys and Reads Comics?" is a breakdown with graphs with one graph showing Yes, comics appeal primarily to boys and girls... but grown-ups read them too! "I Like Good Comics" by DC editor Whitney Ellsworth. Ads include a full page of Superman thanking newsdealers for selling over 101 million copies of Superman comics in 1947, a full-page ad for Fawcett showing a copy of Whiz Comics (Sales on Fawcett's 12 Comics exceed five million copies per month), a half-page ad for Lev Gleason comics (Crime Does Not Pay, etc.), small vertical ad for EC (distributed by MacFadden Publications) and Classics Illustrated (Our comics are not dated - they always sell) and a full-page ad for Archie Comics. Other interesting ads feature Argosy, David McKay, Reader's Digest, Hearst Magazines and Kable News Company. Also included is a list of that month's magazines and comics with their cover prices and publication frequency. Distributed only to newsagents, distributors and retailers. For comic book historians, this issue is a Grail item. Extremely scarce. 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 26 pages, B&W.