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Comic books 1950, graded by CBCS

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    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by John Celardo and others. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. The FBI and Scotland Yard track a gang of murderous jewel thieves to the frozen wastes of Greenland, in a story that may be early work by Frank Thorne. Mounties King and Bernard track poacher Johnson, described in the captions as a "human wolverine," but he proves too tough for just two Mounties. Donovan investigates when Marian denies that the body recovered from a plane crash is that of her husband Bill. And a biography of Jesse James. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. The Ghost With Silver Spurs; The Case of the International Jewel Thieves; Jesse James; The Arctic Menace; Storm Patrol; Corpses in the Caribbean. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Edited by Leon Harvey. Cover by Lee Elias. Stories by Lee Elias, Bob Haney, and Russell Stamm. Mystery, adventure, and humor tales starring such characters as Linda Turner, Sheriff Houndog, Invisible Scarlet O'Neil, and the Black Cat, an action hero and skilled martial artist who uses a lasso and rope. Gregory Peck bio. Joan Evans bio. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    • Label #7003440-AA-008
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    Captain Marvel and the Lts. of Safety (1950) #2 "Danger Takes To Climbing". 16 pages, full color.

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    Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Howard Boughner, Art Helfant and Otto Binder. Art by Bud Thompson, Art Helfant, Howard Boughner and Joe Certa. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Mrs. Wagner brings home an antique lamp that contains an ill-tempered genie, but even Captain Marvel Jr. can't foresee what happens when she plugs the lamp in to an electrical outlet. A nobody named Hiram Boggs tries to gain a reputation as the head of all the city's criminal rackets, just for fun, but that gets the attention of the real godfather. Kanvasback the boxer explains why he was looking for punctuation in his alphabet soup. The Menace of the Medicine Man; Kanvasback: Food Foolishness; The Lamp of Power; The Copy Cat; Judge Smudge; Rubbernose Randolph; Cook the Crook; The Lord of the Underworld; Movie Mogul Moglethorpe. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Stories and art by Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. Comics adventures of the popular, long-running cartoon character. Felix goes on another of his flying-carpet adventures. A scary radio show has Felix on edge, and his nephews are practicing their shadow animals at the same time. Felix investigates a sudden racket. Shadow Shudders; Felix Comes Through; Vegetaria; Felix Spruces Up; Monty Monk. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    First issue in the series (continues from Gunfighter). (This issue was published in 1950; the ongoing series has another issue 15 that was published in 1952.) "The Wall" (art by Johnny Craig), "House of Horror" (art by Harvey Kurtzman), "The Mad Magician" (script by Gardner Fox, art by Harry Harrison and Wally Wood), and "The Thing in the Swamp" (art by Al Feldstein). Craig cover. Cover price $0.10.

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    Published Dec 1950 by Marvel.
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    • Label #20-0297949-068
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    Cover art by Russ Heath. Origin of Marvel Boy in "Marvel Boy and the Lost World," art by Russ Heath; Marvel Boy, Bob Grayson, is sent to earth from Uranus by his father to combat evil; When he arrives, he discovers newly risen continent about to be seized by an international criminal. "Panic!"; The United Allies trick the Red Asiatic League into surrendering by inducing panic. "The Case of the Cat" text story. "Eyes of Death!", art by Russ Heath; An accident gives a scientist x-ray vision. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Kurt Schaffenberger, Henry Kiefer, Howard Boughner, Carl Pfeufer and John Jordan. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr. An escaped convict hides out in a secret compartment underneath a suburban house where even the owner can't find him, in a story (and cover) with art by longtime Superman artist Kurt Schaffenberger. Action girl Nyoka learns a secret that will change the mind of tribal chieftain Noma...if she lives long enough to reveal it. Western hero Tom Mix encounters outlaws who arrange fatal accidents for popular townspeople, then make off with the money the town raises for the family's benefit. Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Strange House!; Muscle Hedd; Nyoka: The Lost Brother; Pilot Pete Gives the Bird; Ozzie and Babs: Coiffure Craziness!; Dizzy Daisy; Ben the Business Man; Marlow the Marshal; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Flicker Fools; Vacuum Bloobstutter: No Holes Barred; Poetic Pete; Tom Mix: The Case of the Sheriff's Misfortune. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Mopsy (1948) #13 CBCS 0.5
    Published Nov 1950 by St. John.
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    • INCOMPLETE. 7th page and centerfold missing, affects story. 5th page detached.
    • Label #18-45C021F-003

    Cover by Gladys Parker. Stories and art by Gladys Parker and Frank Bolle. One of the first female-centric comic strips, by pioneering female artist Gladys Parker, Mopsy combines an Ever Meulen art style with pantomime-style gags and good-girl art. Mopsy gets a job as a reporter and is sent to interview movie star Gilda Glamor, but she's more interested in Gilda's handsome press agent. Mopsy goes back to school to earn a raise, but that doesn't work out quite like she expected. Mopsy takes issue with a fellow cheerleader dating a football player before a big game. Plus "Mopsy Modes" paper dolls, showcasing the fashions of the era. Mopsy; Mopsy the Reporter; Mopsy Modes; Strictly for Laughs; It's Co-old Outside. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Written by Edmond Hamilton. Art by Howard Sherman. Photo cover from Destination Moon. Chris and the crew of the Pioneer encounter radioactive, crystalline men in the Green Nebula and foil a plot to steal the Nebula's radium. Superboy stars in a one-page public service announcement, "Job Counselor. Written by David V. Reed. Art by Paul Norris and Bernard Sachs. Darwin meets a young actress who has accidentally bathed in the Fountain of Youth. Written by Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, and Bernie Breslauer. Art by Dick Sprang. A description of devices, events, and innovations predicated by Wells in his fiction. Written by Gardner Fox and Edmond Hamilton. Art by Jim Mooney and Sy Barry. A scientist uses a hydrogen bomb to cause rain, resulting in a world-wide flood. He uses a second bomb to save mankind. Article written by Julius Schwartz. Art by Morris Waldinger and Tommy Nicolosi. Science facts about the experiments of Otto von Ghericke and Isaac Newton. Text story, art by Raymond Perry. Written byGardner Fox and Robert Heinlein. Art by Curt Swan and John Fischetti. A story about a seat-of-the pants, first landing on the moon, adapted from the 1950 George Pal movie, Destination Moon. Text story by Julius Schwartz. Art by Morris Waldinger and Tommy Nicolosi. Facts about the 1692 appearance of Halley's Comet and the 1919 solar eclipse. Ad for Strange Adventures #2. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    First issue of the series (continues from The Crypt of Terror). Cover by Johnny Craig. "The Thing From the Sea," script and art by Al Feldstein; During a sea voyage a passenger discovers that stateroom 13 has the reputation of being haunted. "A Fatal Caper," script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; Teenagers remove a body from a casket in order to dress as a mystically-summoned monster and place one of their own inside as a prank; the undertaker is unaware of this and buries the body. "Backfire" text story. "Rx...Death," script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A sister worries that her brother is under too much stress and so asks a doctor to write a prescription for some medicine. "Impending Doom," script by Al Feldstein, art by Johnny Craig; An artist draws a frightened face with a circle around it; Thinking it odd, he goes for a walk encountering a grave-stone cutter who looks like the picture he drew carving a tombstone with his name on it. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    • Slab: Minor side edge crack; Scuffing on front of case
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    First issue of the series (continues from The Crypt of Terror). Cover by Johnny Craig. "The Thing From the Sea," script and art by Al Feldstein; During a sea voyage a passenger discovers that stateroom 13 has the reputation of being haunted. "A Fatal Caper," script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; Teenagers remove a body from a casket in order to dress as a mystically-summoned monster and place one of their own inside as a prank; the undertaker is unaware of this and buries the body. "Backfire" text story. "Rx...Death," script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A sister worries that her brother is under too much stress and so asks a doctor to write a prescription for some medicine. "Impending Doom," script by Al Feldstein, art by Johnny Craig; An artist draws a frightened face with a circle around it; Thinking it odd, he goes for a walk encountering a grave-stone cutter who looks like the picture he drew carving a tombstone with his name on it. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    • Moderate amateur restoration
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    • Amateur Restoration Includes: Piece added to cover. Cover reinforced with glue. Moderate amount of tape on interior cover.
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    First issue of the series (continues from The Crypt of Terror). Cover by Johnny Craig. "The Thing From the Sea," script and art by Al Feldstein; During a sea voyage a passenger discovers that stateroom 13 has the reputation of being haunted. "A Fatal Caper," script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; Teenagers remove a body from a casket in order to dress as a mystically-summoned monster and place one of their own inside as a prank; the undertaker is unaware of this and buries the body. "Backfire" text story. "Rx...Death," script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A sister worries that her brother is under too much stress and so asks a doctor to write a prescription for some medicine. "Impending Doom," script by Al Feldstein, art by Johnny Craig; An artist draws a frightened face with a circle around it; Thinking it odd, he goes for a walk encountering a grave-stone cutter who looks like the picture he drew carving a tombstone with his name on it. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.