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Comic books May 1950

  • Issue #18
    Treasure Chest Vol. 05 (1949) 18

    May 2, 1950

  • Issue #19
    Treasure Chest Vol. 05 (1949) 19

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  • Vol. 26 #156
    True (1937-1976 Country/Fawcett/Petersen) Vol. 26 #156

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  • Issue #3
    True Adventures (1950) 3

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  • Vol. 5 #1

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    Volume 5, Issue 1 - May, 1950. True crime magazine with stories and article about women in the world of organized crime, murder, robbery, and debauchery. Softcover Magazine, 8.5" x 11", 74 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #334

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  • Vol. 53 #2

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  • Vol. 48 #6

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  • Vol. 3 #35

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  • Vol. 51 #3

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  • Issue #3
    True Stories of Romance (1950) 3

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    Tales of love and melodrama from the early days of romance comics. After a failed romance, a woman wonders if she can ever love again. Caroline has always lived in poverty, but even so, she's not sure if she wants to marry merchant seaman Rory and become a sailor's wife. Verne rises up from an impoverished background to become a successful dress designer, but her perfectionism and workaholic nature threaten her relationship with Hal. Phantom Embrace; Courtship Customs of Old; Whisper to Me of Love; A Ranger Came Riding; The Intolerant Heart. Final issue under this title; series continues under the slightly altered title True Tales of Romance (1950) #4. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 62 #4

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  • Issue #1
    True Sweetheart Secrets (1950) 1
    • 1.5" Cumulative spine split.

    Drama melds with melodrama in an early romance comic from Fawcett. Journalist Margarets plans for a nice, stable marriage with Ralph get sidetracked when she meets handsome, impulsive Ned, whos sailing around the world. When roommates Ann and Cathy compete for the affections of Don, Ann threatens to reveal that Cathy's brother is a convict. Janet, the daughter of a railway worker, falls for Jeff, another rail worker, and schemes to get him fired from his dangerous job. Beyond the Horizon; Customs of Courtship; Without Honor - Without Love!; The Good, Good Life; My Fearful Heart. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 2 #4
    True War (1956-1958 Magnum Publications) Magazine Vol. 2 #4

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    Volume 2, Issue 4 - May 1958. Men's interest magazine focused on war and true crime stores. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 68 pages, B&W Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #62
    Two Complete Detective Books (1939-1954 Fiction House) Pulp 62

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  • Vol. 5 #11

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  • Vol. 1 #6
    Underworld Detective Magazine (1949 UDI) Vol. 1 #6


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    Volume 1, Issue 6 - May 1950. True Crime and Detective stories. 96 pages, Text with B&W photos and illustrations throughout. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #3
    Untamed Love (1950 Quality) 3

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  • Issue #12
    Vault of Horror (1950 E.C. Comics) 12

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    First issue (continued from War Against Crime). Cover by Johnny Craig. "Portrait in Wax," script and art by Johnny Craig; Robert was an artistic genius but with no desire for claim to fame, while Henry, having no ability of his own, was jealous because his friend was passing up a fortune for not selling his etchings; Robert confronted Henry, who threw acid into the face of the artist. "The Werewolf Legend," script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Harry Harrison, inks by Wally Wood; Walter Mallory believes that he is a werewolf, committing murder after murder, and is convinced when he uncovers the Mallory family's werewolf legend. "Fingers of Death" text story by William M. Gaines. "Horror in the Night," art by Harvey Kurtzman. "Tooth and Fang!" text story by William M. Gaines. "Terror Train," script and art by Al Feldstein. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #9
    Venus (1948 Marvel) 9

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    "A Pact with the Devil!" The origin of Venus is retold via Della's daydream. Demons and Apollo guest-star in this romantic fantasy adventure. Also includes: "The Gods in Danger!"; "Back to Earth!"; "A Dream is Born!"; "The Gods Look Down!"; "I Was a Slave to a Promise!"; "The Wrong Choice!" and "A Star Named Barry." Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 2 #3
    Walt Coburn's Western Magazine (1949-1951 Popular Publications) Pulp Vol. 2 #3


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Spine stress. Corner Damage. Denting. Edge damage. Scuffing. Soiling.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 2, Issue 3 - May, 1950. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #116
    Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone) 116
    • Cover oxidation.

    Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Floyd Gottfredson, Bill Walsh, Dick Moores, Merrill De Maris, Bob Karp, Gil Turner, Paul Murry, George Waiss, Bill Wright, Manuel Gonzales, Jim Pabian, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 10 #8. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured work by Floyd Gottfredson and Pogo's Walt Kelly. In a classic story from the Mickey Mouse comic strip, Mickey discovers that the woman helping him search for Clarabelle Cow is Minnie in disguise. Donald tries to get his nephews into the bath using psychology. The Big Bad Wolf jokingly says that Li'l Bad Wolf can have a pet elephant, so he brings home Dumbo the elephant. Donald Duck; Bucky Bug; Li'l Bad Wolf; Mickey Mouse; Grandma Duck and the Easter Bunny; Mickey Mouse in the Mystery at Hidden River. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #25
    Wanted Comics (1947 Orbit / Toytown) 25

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    Cover by Mort Lawrence. Stories and art by Rafael Astarita, Art Peddy and Mort Lawrence. Bloody pre-Code crime comics, in imitation of Crime Does Not Pay - including a top-hatted, otherworldly narrator. The twist is that the publisher offers wanted posters (and rewards) for real-life criminals. Wiped out by the stock market, Henry hires a killer to murder him, so his family will get the insurance money. The bloody rise and fall of well-dressed gangster Dapper Morton. The real-life story of Norman "Red" Ryan, who led a double life as a reformed ex-con and radio host, while still running an armed-robbery gang. Blind Alley; The Extreme Penalty; The Gunner; The Biffer; Crime Never Pays Off!; Wanted: Henry Anger; Wanted: Enos Berringer, Jr.; The Reformed Rascal. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #13
    Weird Fantasy (1950 E.C. Comics 1st Series) 13

    1ST ISSUE in series (see note following) - "Am I Man or Machine?" (art by Al Feldstein), "Only Time Will Tell" (script by Harry Harrison, art by Harrison and Wally Wood), "The Men of Tomorrow" (art by Jack Kamen), and "Trip Into the Unknown" (art by Harvey Kurtzman). Feldstein cover. NOTE: See 2nd series for 1952 #13. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #1(12)
    Weird Science (1950 E.C.) 1(12)
    Published May 1950 by EC.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #4438054019
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    Cover by Al Feldstein. Stories by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Kamen, Harry Harrison, Wally Wood and Al Feldstein. Numbering continues from Saddle Romances (1949) #11. EC's influential sci-fi title featured some of the legendary SF artists of comics history. NOTE: There are two issues in this series numbered 12. The issue pictured here, dated May-June 1950, although numbered 12, is the actual # 1 in the series. The one dated May-June 1952 is issue # 12 in the series. NOTE 2: This issue was reprinted by East Coast Comics with a $1 cover a 1970's copyright date (See E.C. Classic Reprints #11). These and other changes make the reprint easy to distinguish from the original, which has a 10-cent cover price and a 1950's publication date. Scientist Karl accidentally ingests a shrinking formula and finds himself entering succeedingly smaller universes, in a story by Harvey Kurtzman. A man who is constantly dreaming is never sure when he's awake, with art by Harry Harrison and Wally Wood. Alien invaders leave a strange crater in the desert. Classic cover by Al Feldstein. Lost in the Microcosm; Dream of Doom; Murder in the 21st Century; Experiment in Death; By the Dark of the Moon; Things From Outer Space! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 42 #4
    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 42 #4


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%.
    • Tape on interior of cover.
    • 2" cumulative spine split.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Table of contents page detached, but still present.

    May, 1950. Cover by Boris Dolgov. Horror and supernatural stories by Robert Bloch, Harold Lawlor, Stanton A. Coblentz, Seabury Quinn, William F. Temple, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Margaret St. Clair, Evangeline Walton, Stephen Grendon, and Malcolm M. Ferguson . 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 100 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate. Foreign edition: UK.

    UK edition, one shilling cover price. Vol. 42 #4 - May 1950. Contents correspond to American edition. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/4-in., 96 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 73 #1
    West (1926-1953 Doubleday) Pulp Vol. 73 #1


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Vol. 14 #4
    Western Action Novels Magazine (1936-1960 Columbia) 1st Series Pulp Vol. 14 #4
    • 1" Cumulative spine split.
  • Issue #6
    Western Fighters Vol. 2 (1949) 6

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    Stories and art by Jay Scott Pike, Dick Rockwell, Paul Reinman, Maurice Del Bourgo, Ed Moore, Dan Zolnerowich, Dave Berg and Gil Kane. Outlaws, gunfighters, and tales of the Old West - some true, and others merely legends. The story of ruthless gunfighter Wild Bill Longley, wanted for the murder of his own best friend. A humor story featuring early art by future MAD artist Dave Berg. An infamous rustler has a way of making cattle vanish, in a story with early art by comics legend Gil Kane. Bullet Pitcher; Boss of the Razor Back; The Ship in the Sands; No Divvy; Pipestem Pete; The Magic Rustler. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #90
    Western Hero (1949) 90

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    Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Monte Hale catches up to his old enemy The Cougar, an outlaw in a cougar mask who also has a trained cougar sidekick. Gabby Hayes is mistakenly recruited by the Canadian Mounties (who actually wanted tracker "Grabby Ace") to track down fearsome Giant George, the Fur Fiend of the frozen North. Tom Mix faces the strange Count Ragoon from Transylvania, in a sort of Western horror story. Bill Boyd: The Disappearing Bandits; Musical Mullins Uses His Head!; Monte Hale: The Menace of the Cougar; Cactus Brain; Gabby Hayes of the Northwest Mounted; Huck and Buck: Clothes (Un)Conscious!; Slim Carson: Border Slaying; Big Bow and Little Arrow: Monkey Shines; Luke and Fluke: Healthy Hokum!; Tom Mix: The Dobie Vampire! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 2 #3
    Western Love Romances (1949-1950 Popular) Pulp Vol. 2 #3

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  • Vol. 12 #5
    Western Novel and Short Stories (1934-1957 Newsstand-Stadium) Pulp Vol. 12 #5

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  • Vol. 7 #2
    Western Short Stories (1936-1957 Manvis-Stadium) Pulp Vol. 7 #2

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  • Vol. 3 #7
    Whisper (1946 Whisper, Inc.^) Magazine Vol. 3 #7


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    • Staple rust. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Foxing. Residue. Scuffing. Soiling.

    Volume 3, Issue 7 - May, 1950. Cover by Peter Driben. Men's interest magazine with articles, pin-ups, and glamour photos. 8.5" x 11.5", 58 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #121
    Whiz Comics (1940 Fawcett) 121

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    Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Clem Weisbecker, and Kurt Schaffenberger. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. Inventor Ezra Steele creates a metal alloy so light, it can be used to build gigantic structures that are almost weightless - but he forgets to anchor them in case of strong wind. Lance O'Casey discovers that gangsters are using strong-arm tactics to get boxer Bellew to throw a fight, but the thing about boxers is, they can take a punch. Plus a "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton, featuring useless but hilarious advice on "How to Eat in a Theater Seat." And a vintage ad for The Captain Marvel Club. Captain Marvel: The Wonder Alloy; Wilbur the Waiter; Freshman Freddy: The Show Must Go On; The Culture Corner; Golden Arrow: The Bank Deal; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Lance O'Casey: Frame Up; Spud and Jud; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb; Ibis the Invincible: Death Song of the Sirens. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #625
    Wide World (UK Edition 1898 George Newnes Ltd) Pulp 625


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    Issue 625 - May, 1950. A collection of true stories from all over the world. 100 Pages, B&W.

  • Issue #23
    Willie Comics (1946) 23
    Published May 1950 by Marvel.

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  • Vol. 13 #8
    Woman's Day (1937-1970 Stores Publishing, Co.) Magazine Vol. 13 #8
  • Issue #41
    Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 41

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    Wonder Woman stars in "Wonder Woman, Private Detective," "Wonder Woman vs. Wonder Woman," and "The Trial of Steve Trevor!" Art by Harry G. Peter. Wonder Women of History: three-page Vinnie Ream Hoxie bio. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 30 #6

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  • Vol. 3 #9 (21)
    Young Romance (1947-1963 Prize) Vol. 3 #9 (21)
    Published May 1950 by Prize.

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    #21 on cover; Vol. 3 No. 9 in indicia. Photo Cover. Stories by unknown. Art by Jack Kirby, Mort Meskin, Bill Draut, Leonard Starr, John Severin, Joe Simon, Bill Elder? and unknown. Featuring: "I Want Your Man!"; "The Woman Who Lost Him!"; "Let´s Pretend"; "With All My Love"; and 2-page Nancy Hale's Problem Clinic story "[Happy Marriage]"! Plus: There´s Romance in the Stars! 1-pager; 1-page article "Age to Marry"; and 1-page article "Be Natural"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #1
    Youthful Love (1950) 1

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  • Vol. 4 #3
    Zane Grey's Western Magazine (1946-1954 Dell) Pulp Vol. 4 #3

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