Comic books September 1948

Canadian Edition. Cover pencils by Syd Shores, inks by Bill Everett. "Trapped in Outlaw City," script by William Woolfolk, art by Syd Shores; A small western town is hit by a bunch of bank robbers who clean out the local Wells Fargo branch, and the local sheriff is powerless to stop the robbery. "Who Was Kaspar Hauser?" text story, art by Syd Shores. "The Train That Wasn't There!", script by William Woolfolk, art by John Forte; A train containing gold bullion leaves from Grange City for the town of Tarleton, some 40 miles away; However, the train mysteriously vanishes along the tracks; While a posse is gathered to try and find the train, the Two-Gun Kid rides into Tarleton. "Killer's Alibi!", art by Syd Shores; A western town has been plagued by a series of cattle rustling in recent history; The gang, led by a mysterious leader rustles the old Thompson Place. "Duel to the Death!", pencils by Syd Shores; Out in the wilderness Native American warrior Red Coyote looks down at a small western town in utter contempt of the white men who have taken over his ancestors land and vows to reclaim it for his people; Weeks later, the town has been regularly attacked by Native American's led by Red Coyote; Two-Gun Kid rides into town. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Graham Ingels, Ann Brewster, Louis Schroeder, Al Camy and Al McWilliams. Violent pre-Code tales of crime and the law from DS Publishing. Richard and Laurence may be thieves and holdup men, but they feel that's no reason to be rude, in a story by early female comics artist Ann Brewster. Policewoman Jean Adams goes undercover to trap con artists with a fortune-telling swindle, in an early action-girl story. Jose Luis Valera Obispo is either a Spanish lord, or the killer called Spanish John - or possibly both - in an early story by future EC legend Graham Ingels. The Murder Spree; Terror at the Waterfront!; Mystery of the Fired Shot; The Ghost Racket; Gorgeous Gal - With Gun!; The Beer Baron Murder; The Polite Burglars; Butch McGinty; Spanish John: The Caballero Killer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Sam Leff and Mo Leff. Stories and art by Sam Leff and Mo Leff, plus a backup strip by Ed Dodd. A one-shot featuring reprints of United Features' boxing comic strip that started life as "Joe Jinks." (Joe is Curly's manager in this story.) Curly is friends with Pepito Diablo, the South American boxer and one of the few fighters tougher than him. But when Pepito falls for Curly's girlfriend Terry, he decides that he wants to box Curly to prove his worth to Terry. Then Curly takes a shine to Danny, the skinny street kid he catches trying to steal his wallet, and takes him home to the Kayoe family to help reform him. Curly Kayoe; Back Home Again. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Barks. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, Bill Walsh, Dick Moores, Bob Karp, Hubie Karp, Ralph Heimdahl, Harvey Eisenberg, Gil Turner, George Waiss, Bill Wright, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 8 #12. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured work by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, and Pogo's Walt Kelly. A young tugboat can't seem to stay out of trouble, in an adaptation of Little Toot from the Disney film Melody Time. In a story by Barks, Donald's nephews, working as caddies, trick him into an absurd golf bet with Gladstone. Donald likes the looks of a duckbill platypus. Donald Duck; Bucky Bug; Li'l Bad Wolf; Mickey Mouse; Donalds Happy Birthday; Pueblo Pluto; The Big Top; Little Toot. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Henry Kiefer and others. Cover by Henry Kiefer. Jungle hero Wambi is a boy who can talk to animals, including his friends Tawn the elephant and Ogg the ape. The series resumes after a five-year hiatus. A prince's jungle safari offers a golden opportunity to his vizier, who wants to do away with him; A colonial commissioner finds trouble when trying to return a native treasure to its rightful owners; The origin of Wambi retold. Beware the Fanged Furies; How Wambi Came To the Jungle; Wambi; Spoor of the Tuskers' Graveyard; The Valley of Whispering Drums. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Sept 1948. Cover by Lee Brown Coye. Horror and supernatural stories by Ray Bradbury ("Fever Dream"), August Derleth, Allison V. Harding, Dorothy Quick, Harold Lawlor, Stanton A. Coblentz, Snowden T. Herrick, Edmond Hamilton, Eric Frank Russell, Peter Phillips, and Mary Elizabeth Counselman. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

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In order of appearance: "Sam Bass, The Kind-Hearted Killer, The Three Bullets!"; "Tom Horn, Murder Is My Business!"; and "Eddie the Duke, The Midwest Czar of Murder". "Death Stalks the Dawn" text story reprinted in Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) #13 and March of Crime (1950 Fox) #7. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Numbering continues from Junior (1947) #16. In order of appearance: "The Rattlersville Terror, Outlaw Sheriff" art by Jack Kamen; "The Grim Record of Zwing Hunt and Billy Grounds, The Rustling Deathmen!"; "Tricky Min..A Wild Gal of the West."; "Teen Toons", "Teen-Toons", and "Teen Tee Heez" by Martin Filchock; "Inspector Roc's Felony Files, Death and the Devil Pills" art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth, reprinted as "Death and the Devil..." in Ghostly Weird Stories (1953) #122; "Time to Kill! Murder Strikes at Midnight!"; and "Telltale Trail of Terror, The Iodine Trail!". "Call a Man a Thief" text story reprinted in Hoot Gibson Western (1950) #3. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

What About The Comic Books (1948), by Sidonie Matsner Gruenberg, is a magazine article published in Woman's Day. Are the comic books vicious trash, a crime agaisnt children? Are the comic books mordern folk tales, much like the approved classics? Across the land, these publications have stirred up a fierce storm of controversy. In this article the director of the Child Study Association of America weighs the pros and cons of comic books. Photography by Myron Ehrenberg. 8 pages, black and white cover with photos and illustrations, 8.25-in x 11-in.

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Volume 2, Issue 3 - September, 1948. Pin-up and glamour magazine. Cover by Peter Driben. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Frank Bolle, Charlie Tomsey, Al Zere, Kurt Schaffenberger and Bill Woolfolk. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. When a "volcanist" scientist correctly predicts a volcano will erupt in the city, then demands a fortune to stop it, Captain Marvel suspects shenanigans. Golden Arrow agrees to protect timid tenderfoot Jaspar Meake when he arrives in the West, but Jasper didn't warn him about the real danger he faces. Prince Ibis and Taia discover that vampire Baron Ornzy and his sister Maryani have come to America aboard an ocean liner. Captain Marvel: Volcano Villainy; Freshman Freddy: Tricked; Wilbur the Waiter; Golden Arrow: Night Watch; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Fuzzy Bear; Ibis the Invincible and the Vampire Twins. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Al Camy and Red Holmdale. Tales of mystery and detection from DS Publishing. Inspector Hawk investigates after realizing millionaire Gabriel Thorn's death on a shooting range was no accident. An ambulance driver turns out to be the only one who can solve a murder case. The Case of the Commonplace Clue; The Weeping Widow; The Corpse Who Trapped His Killer; Who Done It?; Inspector Hawk: Death on the Range; The Guilty Greenbacks; A Question of Revenge; Formula for Foul Play; The Mystery of the Suicide Game; Found: $26000 - All Applicants Form a Line at the Morgue! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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First issue (continues from "Wild West"). Syd Shores cover and art. Two-Gun Kid stars in "Guns Bark in Batesville!" Tex Taylor stars in "Rustler's Gold Means Hot Lead!" Arizona Annie stars in "Annie Rides the Owl Hoot Trail." Tex Morgan stars in "Draw, Killer, or Die!" The Sheriff stars in "Law Comes in Greased Holsters!" Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bob Lubbers. Edited by J.F. Byrne and William R. Shelton. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, Lee Elias, George Evans, John Celardo and Maurice Whitman. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Reporter Jane Martin pursues murderous jewel smugglers in Holland; Mr. Pupin, a Bond-like villain who always carries a pet ferret, plans to steal an experimental American bomber, and only Captain Wings can stop him; The Phantom Falcon pursues a bank-robbing fighter plane that shoots a deadly electric beam. Captain Wings; Jane Martin; The Flying Furies; Air Heroes of World War II; Phantom Falcon; Suicide Smith; Ghost Squadron. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 4 #2 - September, 1948. Men's interest magazine with pin-up and glamour photography, plus episode 8 of "Sweet Gwendoline" by John Willie. Peter Driben cover. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 52 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.25.

The Witness in "I Spoke To a Dead Man," "The Million Dollar Man-Trap," and "Cross-Roads." Cover price $0.10.

Fiction, poetry, tips, recipes, decorating, fashion and more. 10.75" x 13.75", 160 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

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In order of appearance: "Hattie Long, Beautiful Blonde Bandit, The Cursed Cayuse"; "Belle Starr, She Sold Her Soul to Satan"; "Killer at Large" reprinted in Startling Terror Tales (1953-54 2nd Series) #6 and Shock Detective Cases (1952) #20; "Shanghai Mary, Wild Gal of the West, The Sailor's Haven"; "Little Rick, Wild Gal of the West"; "Poker Annie, A Wild Gal of the West"; and "Trigger Tess, A Wild Gal of the West.". "A Slug for the Sheriff" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Harry G. Peter. "The Shrinking Formula," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Shrunken to miniscule size and hunted by thugs, Wonder Woman races to complete an enlarging formula to save herself and her friends. "The Planet of Plunder," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman faces a gauntlet of trials to rescue the Holliday Girls, caught in a coup in the republic of Neptunia. Wonder Women of History: four-page Jenny Lind bio, art by Paul Reinman. Two-page text story, "You Name It" by Lee Goldsmith. "The Racketeer of Magic," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; A charlatan posing as a magician from the future uses an Amazon invention to determine how best to outwit Wonder Woman. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Win Mortimer. Lois Lane, Sleeping Beauty, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Wayne Boring; a playwright named Blanding tries to kill himself after a poor review, but Superman stops him. Doctor Fatty and Mr. Hyde, art by Howard Sherman. The Legion of Death-Cheaters starring Boy Commandos, script by George Kashdan, art by Curt Swan. Casey The Cop humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Crime For a Hobby starring Green Arrow, script by Ed Herron, art by George Papp. Mystery Man of Death Valley starring Walter Scott. Mayor of the Muggs starring Zatara, script by Joe Samachson, art by William F. White. Scramble Language text story. Ship of Destiny starring Batman, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Charles Paris. 76 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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#7 on cover; Vol. 2 No. 1 in indicia. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby. Stories by Jack Kirby? and unknown. Art by Jack Kirby, Lee Elias?, Bill Draut, Joe Simon and unknown. She thought he was Fred! War brides have never seen their men out of uniform, and it's been so long since she's seen Fred. So who was this man? Just the one who fell in love with her snapshot! Fred showed it to him when they were buddies in France. And now...she must brace herself for what he's going to tell her about Fred in..."War Bride"! Also featuring: "I'll Get Him Back!"; "Mother Said No"; "I Stole for Love"; and "Love on the Rebound!" Plus: 2-page text story "Troubles of a Troubadour"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Walter Johnson. "My True Love," script by Gloria Buffetti, art by Walter Johnson; Secretary Brenda spends her savings on a vacation at a fashionable resort in Maine; She dates Bill, but later becomes infatuated with wealthy artist Paul. "The Loves of Harriet," script by Gloria Buffetti, art by Charles "Pop" Payne; Hairdresser Harriet fantasizes about romances with the husbands and boyfriends of her customers; When shes selected "Miss Subway," shes suddenly confronted by numerous suitors, but picks the young man who chose her for the ad campaign. "Heatbreak for Judy" text story. "I Thought Beauty Was Everything," script by Mary Lou Apter, art by Cy Heusing; Faith marries John and they move to his heavily-mortgaged family plantation, "Roselands"; Faith grows roses and earns enough to pay off the mortgage; However, Johns ex-girlfriend Diane returns and makes a play for him. "And They Lived Happily Ever After," script by Gloria Buffetti, art by Charles Payne; College student Sue loses her boyfriend Tom to the vain and flirtatious Jean; Tom wins the class presidency thanks to Sues campaign efforts on his behalf, but Jean takes the credit. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

In order of appearance: "Zago Jungle Prince"; "Tony Luck, Jet Junction!" art by Robert Webb, retitled and reprinted with alterations from "Lucky Wings, Japs and Jets", which is reprinted in Jerry Iger's Golden Features (1986) #3 and Wings Comics (1997) #1; "Blue Beetle, The Cobra's Kiss!"; and "Plaid Clad Terror!! Orgy Of Death!". "Poky Ridge Gold" text story reprinted in Hoot Gibson Western (1950) #6. Indicia states "ZAGO". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.