Comic books September 1948

The Lone Ranger and a Girl's Peril, script by Fran Striker, art by Charles Flanders; Crowley and his gang want to force Jim Jackson to give them a share of his gold mine. In a second plot line, Lacey and Black have turned a town's jail into a refuge for outlaws. 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. Henry is a precocious child who rarely speaks but still finds trouble; Little Acorns looks at jobs for kids, featuring some historical concepts such as ice delivery and the Depression. Mandrake the Magician; Jan and Aloysius; Heroes on Wings; Dollar-A-Dither; Buz Sawyer; The Lone Ranger; Secret Agent X-9; Little Acorns; Henry; Blondie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $36.90 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 25%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight. Discounted from $41.00.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $23.40 View scans Paper: Cream Discounted from $26.00.	Add to cart Good $15.30 View scans Paper: Light tan Discounted from $17.00.	Add to cart Good $15.30 View scans Paper: Cream Discounted from $17.00.
Add to cart Good $23.40 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate. Discounted from $26.00.	Add to cart GD- 1.8 $14.40 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive. Discounted from $16.00.

Volume 4, Issue 9 - September, 1948. 6.75" x 9.75", 178 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $85.50 View scans Chew. Discounted from $95.00.

Cover by C. C. Beck and Pete Costanza. Stories and art by Otto Binder, C. C. Beck, Kurt Schaffenberger, 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 battles the hilariously weird villain(s) the Amoeba, a mad scientist who can replicate himself infinitely by dividing like an amoeba. Mary Marvel wants to know why gangsters have kidnapped a scientist who knows the whereabouts of a newly discovered radioactive mineral. A robot showman from the planet Neptune wants to put a human being from Earth in his freak show, leading to an encounter with the original Captain Marvel. Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads. The Amoeba Family; Dizzy Daisy; Lazy Lee; Peewee Pete; The Bosss Daughter; Captain Marvel Jr.: The Life-Saving Menace; Kanvasback and Mal Arkey: Toothsome Twosome; Mary Marvel: The Carnotite Crook; Kid Gloves Gets His Just Desserts; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Prison Break; Captain Marvel: Neptunes Freak Show; The Cat's Meow. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $184.50 View scans Discounted from $205.00.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $220.50 View scans 1.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover, first wrap, and centerfold detached at one staple. Discounted from $245.00.

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories by Otto Binder and Howard Boughner. Art by Jack Binder and Howard Boughner. Superhero action with Mary Marvel, long-lost sister of the original Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Mary battles The Hen, a hairstylist supervillain, in a two-part story. A man seeks help from the Marvels to free his son from gangster Ace Spaid and his gambling debts. Mary Marvel vs. the Hen, Part 1: Coiffure of Death; Daffy Dill Steps Out; Vita Min; Dizzy Daisy; Newspaper Girl; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear in Ice Capers; Uncle Marvels Powers! Final issue under this title; series continues as Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton), of all things. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Issue #28 - Sept.(?) 1948. Reprints partial contents of Mary Marvel Comics #28. Final issue, name changes to Monte Hale Western and numbering continues. Canadian edition published by Anglo-American Publishing Company. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Kurt Schaffenberger, Bill Ward, Bill Brady, Carl Pfeufer, John Jordan, Bill Woolfolk and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Capt. Marvel Jr. faces the villain known as Skyhawk, in an story (and cover) with art by longtime Superman artist Kurt Schaffenberger. Nyoka faces a new menace in the jungle, in an story with early art by future EC legend Bernie Krigstein. Bulletman and Bulletgirl seek the cause of deadly rains, in a story with art by Torchy artist Bill Ward. Western hero Tom Mix takes on masked riders who are spreading terror. Plus Comix Cards (like the later Marvel Value Stamps) featuring movie cowboys Tom Mix, Hopalong Cassidy and Monte Hale. Captain Marvel, Jr. Meets the Sky Hawk; For the Master Mind; Trader Tom; Lumber Jack; Nyoka the Jungle Girl and the Magic Box; Heady Remark; Vita Min; Bulletman the Flying Detective and the Rain of Terror; Vacuum Bloobstutter's Fish Story; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Board and Bored; Sherlock the Monk: Mind Over Mattress!; Tom Mix and the Nightriders. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $2.25 View scans Discounted from $2.50.

Volume 39, Issue 153 - September, 1948. Digest-size UK men's magazine. Articles, humor, and pin-up photos. 5" x 7.25", 116 pages, B&W with color.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $36.00 Discounted from $40.00.

This incredibly rare issue features early Patsy Walker comics.

Add to cart Very Good $5.40 View scans Spine split 25%. Discounted from $6.00.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $2.25 View scan 3/4" Cumulative spine split. Discounted from $2.50.

Vol. 39 #3 - Sept. 1948. Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11.5", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $33.00 or Best Offer View scans Cover-to-cover staining, 1.5" spine split from top. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover art by Reed Crandall. The Beast Men starring Blackhawk, script by Crandall, inks by Chuck Cuidera. Annual Twenty-Mile Race to Coleville starring Dogtag, script and art by Bart Tumey. Untitled story starring Torchy (script and art by Bill Ward), Will Bragg (script and art by Paul Gustavson), and Choo Choo (script and art by Gill Fox). Humphrey Hogarth in A Way With Women starring Ezra, script and art by Harry Sahle. The Century Powder text story starring Blackhawk. 48 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.

Cover by Art Helfant. Stories and art by Art Helfant. A comedic duo in the tradition of Mutt & Jeff, whose various jobs lead them to wacky misadventures. Cats invade Moe and Schmoe's home, right when they're hosting a visitor who hates animals. Moe and Schmoe compete for a spot as a contestant on a radio quiz show. When Moe gets a night job, Schmoe tries to help him stay awake. Moe & Schmoe; Timothy the Tramp; The Lady Killer. Final issue of the series. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Sheldon Moldoff and Johnny Craig. Stories by Gardner Fox and Richard Kraus. Art by Sheldon Moldoff and others. EC's lone superhero, Moon Girl fights for justice, aided by her moonstone powers and her sidekick, the rugged Prince Mengu. Gangsters smuggling diamonds in the West Indies run afoul of zombies, in the first-ever horror story from EC, a publisher soon to be famous for them. Sola the scientist plans to harness solar power to enslave all men to the women of the Earth. Moon Girl and the Prince investigate a corpse that is seemingly seeking revenge on illicit lovers. Moon Girl was listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. Fun action-girl cover by Sheldon Moldoff and Johnny Craig. Slaves to the Sun!; The Ranch at Barren Acres!; Zombie Terror!; Trouble on Mimas; The Corpse with Will-Power! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. Stories by Gardner Fox. Art by Sheldon Moldoff and Johnny Craig. Cover by Moldoff. Slaves to the Sun; The Ranch at Barren Acres; The Corpse With Will-Power; and Zombie Terror, one of the first-ever EC horror stories, with art by horror legend Craig. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $125.00 or Best Offer View scan Centerfold detached at one staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Canadian Series. Reprints material from Mr. District Attorney (1948 DC) #4. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $950.00 View scans Paper: Off white Label #4443515010 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

All comic stories reprinted in Horrors (1953) #13. In order of appearance: "Carl Rittech, The King of Crime Castle" retitled as "Terror Castle" in Horrors (1953) #13; "James Wayburn Hall, The Arkansas Butcher"; and "The Dead Tell No Tales". "Murder That Backfired" text story reprinted in Crime Incorporated (1950) #12 and Spectacular Features Magazine (1950) #3. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Fox Feature Syndicate presents the third romance title to launch the romance comics craze, following Crestwood's "Young Romance" and Timely/Marvel's "My Romance". Numbering continues from Meet Corliss Archer (1948) #3. Jane tries to prevent her new step-daughter Susie from dating a young hood, and gets beaten up for her trouble; A moment of drunken debauchery ruins Faith's life and her romance with a football star; When Tom runs out of money to buy his wife nice things, he takes to gambling and gets in trouble with gangsters. Plus love advice to readers. Mentioned in the classic anti-comics tome Seduction of the Innocent. I Was a Stepmother at Twenty; I Was a Spoiled Brat; The Key to His Heart; Selfish!!; Lucky Day. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Arthur Lane and Howard Boughner. Raised in the jungle by her scientist father, Nyoka faces its dangers like no man ever could. In a three-part story, Nyoka is hired by circus owner "Bingling" to capture the rare "Siamese twin tiger" from the jungles of Siam (Thailand). But a rival hunter wants the tigers for himself. So he plots to murder Nyoka during a traditional "sword dance" performance. Cool dual tiger-attack cover may be the work of Bert Whitman. Danger in Duplicate, Part I: The Siamese Twin Tigers!; Nyoka's Jungle Quiz; Zuzu the ZooKeeper; Sloppy the Pig; Trader Tom; Lion-Hearted Leo, the Animal Trainer and the Gorilla Hunt; Part II: The Sword Dancer of Siam!; An Elephant Never Forgets; Trader Tom; Nyoka the Jungle Girl's History of Animals: Rhinoceros; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck; Part III: The Trap. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $195.00 or Best Offer View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $94.00 or Best Offer View scan 1" cumulative spine split. Cover and two center wraps detached. Only one staple (manufacturing). Residue and abrasions on back. Staple rust. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Al Ulmer. Stories and art by Al Ulmer and others. Fawcett presents a pre-Code crime comic based on the life and death of notorious 1930s bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd. His crime spree across the American Midwest elevates Floyd to folk-hero status and makes him Public Enemy #1. The Bureau of Investigation (later known as the FBI) and famed crimebuster Melvin Purvis set out to track him down. His dramatic finish only adds to Pretty Boy Floyd's legendary status. On the Spot: Part I: Apprenticeship In Crime; Part II: Public Enemy #1; Part III: The End of Pretty Boy Floyd. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Joe Orlando, Leo Morey, Fred Bell, Mike Becker, and Pierre Charpentier. Shoot-outs and showdowns between the outlaws and lawmen of the Old West, from DS Publishing. New horse Fireball looks like a killer, but when death strikes the ranch, cowboy Cal thinks there's something more sinister afoot. In a sequel to issue #1's "The Awakening of "Little Doc" Doolittle," Little Doc is forced to take up his guns again, in a story with early art by future art legend Joe Orlando. Avenging his gal, Johnny realizes one shot too late that he's been set up for Swifty Morgan's murder. Killer Hoss; Double Suicide; Dead Man's Justice; Little Doc Doolittle Does It Again; The Cougar and the Lady; The Man on the Ramparts; Double-Quick Trigger Man!; Death Stakes a Claim. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Secret Life of Ozzie Turner"; Ozzie and Babs have split up and he daydreams himself in the role of different characters to win her back; Includes Ozzie as a track runner in the 1948 Olympics. Two Comix Cards of Captain Midnight to cut out and paste on cardboard. "Genius at Work"; Miss Winslow has Ozzie and all the boys joining her art class. "The New Look," art by Frank Bolle; Fancy Dan shows off his new suit. "Dressed to Kill"; Algernon needs new clothes but insists on being old enough for long pants. "Blissfizz-ly Yours"; Babs enters a contest to be Miss Blissfizz, as does her rival Glitter Gaye. "The Plot that Plooped" text story by Rod Reed. "Water on the Brain"; Ozzie has trouble with a garden hose, utter chaos soon follows. "Bringing Up Poppa"; Ozzie and Babs plan a fundraiser in which both of their dads have a boxing match. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.