Brenda Starr (1948-1949 Superior) comic books 1955 or before
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Issue #3
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Cover by Dale Messick. Stories and art by Dale Messick and others. The adventures of Dale Messick's fearless comic strip hero, redheaded reporter Brenda Starr. Brenda is kissed by a handsome stranger on New Year's Eve, just before she leaves on a vacation. Brenda, Larry and Flurry investigate a mysterious lodge in the country owned by Professor Squell. A master violinist uses his touring as a cover for his crimes. Silver Lining in Sun Valley; Adventure Unlimited; The Crying Corner; Brenda a Bride?; Reward!: The Case of the Fatal Fiddle! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #4
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Cover by Jack Kamen. Stories and art by Jack Kamen and Dale Messick. The adventures of Dale Messick's fearless comic strip hero, redheaded reporter Brenda Starr. The cover is mentioned in the text in the anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent, pg. 21, as "unmistakably sadistic." Brenda finds love and mystery in Washington DC. A Western story with art possibly by EC legend Al Feldstein. Heaven Can Wait; Washington Merry-Go-Round; Love's Labor Not Lost; Grim Guns of Death! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #5
$190.00
View scans- Trimmed
- TRIMMED. Water damage. Tape. Staple rust with migration.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
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Cover by Jack Kamen. Stories and art by Jack Kamen, Jerry Betts and Dale Messick. The adventures of Dale Messick's fearless comic strip hero, redheaded reporter Brenda Starr. Brenda investigates when an imposter masquerades as Inspector Traverts. Blonde reporter Daphne puts herself in harm's way while trying to scoop her rival Brenda. Gambler Frank Stillwell runs afoul of an angry gunslinger, in a Western story with early art by EC legend Jack Kamen. The Washington Story; Decision Deferred; Lovely Night; Saint or Sinner; Dopey Don: Arithmetic Lesson; True Western Justice: His Deal Was Death. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #6
- 1.5" Cumulative spine split.
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Other items consigned by humble cow
- Margin piece missing from several pages, interior oxidation with some spline splitting, 2" cumulative spine split.
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Cover by Jack Kamen. Stories and art by Lee Diamond and Dale Messick. The adventures of Dale Messick's fearless comic strip hero, redheaded reporter Brenda Starr. Brenda changes clothes and puts on a brunette wig to go undercover as her alter ego Vera de Verve, in a story featuring plentiful good-girl art by Messick. Gunfighter and gambler Dick Lloyd gets drunk and makes trouble in a violent pre-Code Western. Plus paper dolls of Brenda with different outfits. "Dual" In The Night; Brenda's "Big" Surprise; Better Late Than Never; She's Too Fat For "He"!; The Trigger-Happy Stranger; Cut-Outs. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #7
$600.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Slab: Minor side edge cracks; Scuffing to inner well of case
- Label #0207594002
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$150.00
View scans- 2" Cumulative spine split.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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Issue #8
$100.00
View scans- 5" Cumulative spine split (partially taped). Cover detached at one staple.
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The adventures of Dale Messick's fearless comic strip hero, redheaded reporter Brenda Starr. Brenda faces a terrifying chase on a roller coaster when she tracks supposedly dead gangster Mugs Lawson to an amusement park. Newspaper copy boy Pesky Miller, who looks a lot like classic Jimmy Olsen, is crowned prince for a day to fill column space on a slow news day. Brenda narrates the real-life story of newspaper publisher Carl Magee, who exposed the Teapot Dome Scandal. The Case of the Undead Corpse; Paradise by Proxy!; Trapped by Nothing; Tempest in the Teapot Dome!; Murder in Style. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #9
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The adventures of Dale Messick's fearless comic strip hero, redheaded reporter Brenda Starr. Brenda's find at a Chinese antique shop is, of course, the idol being used to smuggle a fortune into the country by a killer. Brenda and a hotshot pilot struggle to survive in the Arctic after a crash landing. Brenda narrates the more-or-less true story of how reporter Henry Stanley found missing explorer Livingstone in the wilds of Africa. Fun size-changing cover by an unknown artist.Shopping for Trouble; Get Your News While It's Hot!; Better Man for It; How Stanley Found Livingstone; Photo Finish!; Murder in Style. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #10
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Stories and art by Lee Diamond and others. The adventures of Dale Messick's fearless comic strip hero, redheaded reporter Brenda Starr. Unexplained ambulance crashes lead Brenda to a gang stealing penicillin. Brenda investigates when a man takes out an ad promoting his own impending suicide. Brenda narrates the real-life story of American reporters in Cuba covering the Spanish-American War. The Great Penicillin Plot; The Case of the Classified Suicide; Frame-Up; A Message to Gomez; Bullets and Beaux. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #11
$69.00
View scans- Centerfold detached. Water damage.
- Cover and centerfold detached, severe staple rust/migration, 3" cumulative spine split.
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Stories and art by Lee Diamond and others. The adventures of Dale Messick's fearless comic strip hero, redheaded reporter Brenda Starr. Brenda finds romance unexpectedly while investigating a mystery. Brenda narrates the real-life story of pioneering American journalist John Peter Zenger. The Thief Who Stole Tuesday; The Hazard and the Hermit; Stop the Press!; A Diamond In the Rough. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #12
$540.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Slab: Scuffing on front of case
- Label #0184647002
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics
- 1" Cumulative spine split.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Other items consigned by humble cow
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Stories and art by Lee Diamond and others. The adventures of Dale Messick's fearless comic strip hero, redheaded reporter Brenda Starr. Brenda consoles her friends Elsa, who loves celebrity Rex Riley but tires of sharing him with the world. Brenda narrates the real-life history of journalists and journalism. Copy By Cupid; Revenge; Torpedoed; And the Waltz Came Tumbling Down. Final issue of the series; numbering continues with Brenda Starr (1955 Charlton) #13. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
