Comic books March 1949

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Cover by Ray Moore. Edited by Jean S. McKay. Stories and art by Charles Flanders, Drake Williams, H. H. Knerr, Doc Winner, Chic Young, Joe Musial, Lee Falk, Ray Moore, William Ritt, Clarence Gray, Don Moore and Alex Raymond. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Includes Alex Raymond's Jungle Jim. The Phantom tries to reunite with Diana, who has become a temporary princess of Nimpore; Brick Bradford disguises himself as a witch doctor to infiltrate a native village. The Phantom; Jungle Jim; Katzenjammer Kids; Fighting Americans; Blondie; Brick Bradford; The Lone Ranger; Teddy and Sitting Bull; Doc Winner's Daffy Doodles. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 21, Issue 2 - March, 1949. 6.75" x 9", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Cover inks by Edvard Moritz. Stories by Frank Belknap Long, Al Feldstein and unknown. Art by Ken Bald, Leonard Starr, Edvard Moritz, King Ward, Al Feldstein and unknown. Tales of suspense, horror and the supernatural. In this issue (spoilers ahead): "The Vampire Prowls!" by Frank Belknap Long and Leonard Starr - A vampire is obsessed with musical comedy star Ruth Morton. Ruth's husband Bill consults Dr. Junius B. Jethro about the case. Dr. Jethro and two policemen track the vampire to a tomb in a cemetery. The vampire is identified on the coffin as Marvin Sanders, who died in 1954. Dr. Jethro kills him with a stake while the two police officers look on. The vampire turns into a skeleton in his coffin. Also: "The Specter of Little Dread House" with art by Edvard Moritz - "Tiny Tim" Carver and his tiny house return from the hereafter to terrorize Alice and Jim who have built their house where Tim's used to stand. And: "The Creekmore Curse" by Al Feldstein - Dr. Gaunt worked the dark arts to create demonic minions. His activities began in Whispering Hollow, within the county of Creekmore. In 1770, a lightning strike kills Gaunt and burns his house to the ground. Two centuries later, a research historian named Rand rebuilds the property using the surviving stonework. He and his assistant Betty move in. Gaunt enters the house in the form of a black dog. Soon, he is active once more. Dr. Gaunt chases Betty and Rand into the cemetery. The ghosts of his 18th century murdered victims and lightning prove to be his demise. Plus: "The Witch-Cat of Salem" with pencils by Ken Bald; 3/4-page text story "By the Light of the Lantern"; Strange Spirits 1-pager "Celtic Superstitions" with pencils by Edvard Moritz; Do Such Things Exist? tale "The Affair of the Ferrick Phantom" with art by Edvard Moritz; 1-page text story "The Empty House"; and King Charles in untitled True Ghosts of History 2-pager with art by King Ward. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Ken Battefield, John Belfi, and Ernest Schroeder. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #61. No issue # on cover; Vol. 6, issue #2 in indicia. In India, Airboy battles the sinister Mr. Cairo to find a hidden archaeological treasure. A comics version of the infamous duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton. The Flying Fool runs afoul of mysterious gangster cult the Sword of Fan-chu, in a story with very Milton Caniff-esque art (possibly by Fred Kida). Airboy; The Flying Fool; The Boss of Dreamland; Stanley Ketchel and the Violin; Risk; The Cornell Legend. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Alec Hope, Gregory Page, Chas. Miller, Horace T. Elmo and Matt Baker. Cover by Matt Baker. A collection of adventure and superhero comics from Fox Feature Syndicate. Jungle warrior Rulah helps build a landing strip in the jungle to combat slavers; Phantom Lady tracks crooks at a racetrack; A female criminal leads police on a dangerous high-speed chase. Featuring a dynamic cover by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. Rulah: The Scarlet Slavers!; Jo-Jo: The Hungry Hawks of Hades; Helen Learned Her Lesson; Phantom Lady: The Man Who Lost His Stuff; The Animal Faced Robbers; Crime Does Not Pay. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 23, Issue 3 - March, 1949. Science fiction stories by Lee Francis, Chester S. Geier and Taylor Victor Shaver (brother of Richard S. Shaver), Guy Archette, Leroy Yerxa, and Charles Recour. Illustrations by J. Allen St. John, Edmond Swiatek, Julian S. Krupa, and Bill Terry. Cover by Swiatek. 7" x 10"; black and white; 154 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Spring 1949. All issues in this series consist of three remaindered/coverless copies of unsold Amazing Stories (not reprints) re-bound together by Ziff-Davis into a single thick volume with new outer cover art. 6.75" x 9.75", 456 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Winter 1949, Vol. 2, Issue 1 (whole number 5). All Science Fiction issue. Text cover. Stories by Ray Bradbury, August Derleth, others. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 100 pages, black and white (all text).

The Arkham Sampler was an American fantasy and horror fiction magazine first published in Winter 1948. The headquarters was in Sauk City, Wisconsin. The magazine, edited by August Derleth, was the first of two magazines published by Arkham House. It was published on a quarterly basis. The cover design was prepared by Ronald Clyne and was printed in alternating colors for the eight quarterly issues. Each issue had a print run of 1,200 copies with the exception of this one, the Winter 1949 "All Science-Fiction Issue", of which 2,000 copies were printed. Cover price $1.00.

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Cover art by Will Eisner. Rube Rooky Climbs Up From the Pit, art by Will Eisner; origin of Rube and his game against the Badgers. Ok, How Would You Play It?/First Aid on the Ball Field article. Rube Rooky Heads Down the Home Stretch, art by Will Eisner; Lana Lash gets Rube into trouble and fined before the big game of the Badgers vs Iron City Nine. Buddy Hassett tells you To Choose a Batting Order article. The Sunday Ride of Babe Herman Dogers vs Braves, script by Jules Feiffer, art by Jerry Grandenetti; The story of a remarkable 1926 game between the Boston Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers. Back cover ad for the next issue of Baseball Comics. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 26, No. 1 - March 1949. 6.75" x 9.25", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Edited by Leon Harvey. Cover by Lee Elias. Stories by Lee Elias, Russell Stamm, Vic Herman, and Ken Ernst. Mystery, adventure, and humor tales starring such characters as Invisible Scarlet O'Neil, Winnie the Waitress, Mary Worth, and the Black Cat, an action hero and skilled martial artist who uses a lasso and rope. Ad for Babe Ruth Sports Comics. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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First issue of the series (formerly Desperado). Edited by Charles Biro and Bob Wood. Cover by Charles Biro. Stories by William Overgard, Claude Moore, Robert Perry, Fred Kida, and Fred Guardineer. Black Diamond and his horse Reliapon begin, origin and 1st appearance of Black Diamond. "Black Diamond in the Days of the Desperadoes!" (art by William Overgard), "Sombrero Nick Tebbets" (art by Fred Kida), and "Sheriff Bill Cranton" (art by Fred Gardineer). Rough and tumble action tales of cowboys and the Old West. U.S. Marshall Black Diamond battles master criminal Jeff Hawkins. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Final issue. Numbering continues with Lovers (1949 Atlas) #23. Stories by unknown. Art by Allen Bellman, Ken Bald and unknown. The Blonde Phantom stars in: "Trapped Under the Earth!"; "Jackpot of Death!"; and "Doomed for Death" with art by Allen Bellman and Ken Bald. Also in this issue: the Sub-Mariner in "Death Lurks in the Pool!" Plus: 2-page text story "The Bluff," reprinted from Wild Western (1948) #5. Characters in this issue: Blonde Phantom; Mark Mason; The Mole; Father Time (first appearance); Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; The Squid (first appearance, villain). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Swept Off Her Feet," "The Girl of His Dreams," "Lassoed by Love," "The Wrong Girl," "Lesson For Love," and "South Seas Vacation!" Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Al Liederman, Howard Boughner and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza, Al Liederman and Howard Boughner. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) stars in: "The Battle of Electricity" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck; "Sivana's Understudy" by Otto Binder and Pete Costanza; "The Phantom Plague" with art by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza; and "The God of Crime" by Otto Binder and Pete Costanza. Plus: Captain Kid in "Money to Burn" by Al Liederman; Headline Harry tale "Go Yeast, Young Man" by Howard Boughner; and Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "The Mind Exchange" with script by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue 21 - Australian Edition. Circa early to mid 1950's. Reprints "Tom Brown's Schooldays" in abridged form with new cover art. 10" x 7 1/2" horizontal format, color covers with b&w interior, 24 pages-all newsprint.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $5.40 Cover detached at both staples.	Add to cart GD 2.0 $5.40	Add to cart GD- 1.8 $2.80 View scan 3/4" Spine split from bottom. Centerfold detached at one staple.	Add to cart GD- 1.8 $2.80 View scan 4" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Centerfold detached at one staple. Water damage.
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The Song of Hiawatha, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 55, 3/49). Cover price $0.10.

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The Song of Hiawatha, 3rd Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 94). Cover price $0.15.

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The Song of Hiawatha, 4th Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 118). Cover price $0.15.

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The Song of Hiawatha, 8th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 167). Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by George Tuska, Fred Guardineer, Claude Moore, Tony DiPreta and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. Mr. Crime narrates the tale of two-bit hood Peter Feflin, who wages war against another street gang on the rooftops of the New York tenements. Al Jennings becomes obsessed with getting the man he's convinced was responsible for sending him to prison. Mayhew and Johns, described in the story as "stir-mad, kill-mad morons," go on a spree of murder and robbery across the South. Also featuring vintage ads for "Amazing Life-Like Rubber Masks" and "Animated Lilliputiana." Two Gangs at War and Peter Feflin; Al Jennings, the Man Who Squealed on Himself!; How the Police Stopped the Murder Rampage of Dennis Mayhew and Everett Johns; This'll Kill Ya!; Our Police Hall of Fame; On The Level; Who Dunnit. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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This issue contains an anti-Wertham editorial signed, "The Editors of the Marvel Comics Group." Stories include "The Last Cigarette," "Terror by Remote Control," "Gangster's Goal," "The Bullet Sings," and "Tide of Terror," plus a two-page text story, "The Landing." 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Win Mortimer and Charles Paris. Stories by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by Jimmy Thompson, Dick Sprang, Charles Paris, Howard Sherman, Carmine Infantino and unknown. Dick Grayson suffers from a case of amnesia after rescuing a woman from near death. Bruce devises a plan for the youngster to "assume" the role of Robin in order to try and shock him into remembering his true identity. Don't miss Batman and Robin in "Robin, the Boy Failure!" with art by Dick Sprang and Charles Paris. Plus: Robotman in "The Smash-Up Crimes!" by Otto Binder and Jimmy Thompson; Slam Bradley in "His Highness, King Shorty!" with art by Howard Sherman; and The Boy Commandos in "Undercover Gangster!" with pencils by Carmine Infantino. Also: Shorty half-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Daffy & Doodle half-pager by Lit-Win; Casey the Cop half-pager by Boltinoff; Shorty 2-pager by Boltinoff; and 2-page text piece "From Tree Trunk to Ocean Liner." 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $16.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 54, Issue 3 - March, 1949. 6.75" x 9", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Poison Pistol starring Doll Man and Clane. Human Cargo starring Doll Man, Big Louie, and Handy Andy. Torchy and the Double Exposure starring Torchy, art by Bill Ward. Untitled Doll Man story; Doll Man disguises himself as a child's doll in order to prevent a kidnapping. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 11, Issue 3 - March 1949. Cover by Arnold Kohn. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "The Mermaid of Maracot Deep" by Alexander Blade. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 154 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 2, Issue 6 - March, 1949. Cover by Virgil Finlay. "The Golden Blight" by George Allan England, and "The Toys of Fate" by Tod Robbins. Illustrations by Lawrence. 7-in. x 9-in.; 130 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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French language weekly film magazine. 16 unstapled pages on newsprint.

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9" x 11.5", 16 pages, B&W

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Indicia title is Walt Disney's 3 LITTLE PIGS and THE WONDERFUL MAGIC LAMP, No. 218. The Three Little Pigs and The Wonderful Magic Lamp, script by Chase Craig, art by Tony Strobl; The Big Bad Wolf uses a witch's potion to make Practical Pig dumb and naive. The Mounties, script by Chase Craig, art by Gil Turner; The Three Little Pigs join the Mounties and their first mission is to bring in the Big Bad Wolf. Bee-sieged, art by Don Gunn; Practical tells his brothers not to go near an old stump with a beehive inside, knowing the pair will disobey his warning. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is EASTER with MOTHER GOOSE, No. 220. Cover art by Walt Kelly. Jack Rabbit and the Beanstalk; The story of Jack and the Beanstalk in funny animal form; Jack is a rabbit and the giant is a tiger. Humpty Dumpty's Song; Humpty Dumpty's song from "Alice Through the Looking Glass" by Lewis Carroll. Mother Hubbard's Cupboard; The Easter Bunny brings some eggs to fill Mother Hubbard's empty cupboard. The Wise Men of Gotham; Three "wise" men make nonsensical arguments. Hickory and Dickory Help the Easter Bunny; A pair of mice, Hickory and Dickory, help the Easter Bunny finish delivering his Easter baskets. Scripts and art by Walt Kelly. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "UNCLE WIGGLY, No. 221." Untitled Uncle Wiggily stories, scripts by Roger Garis, art by Francis Kirn; Uncle Wiggily is trapped by the Bad Chaps on his way home from buying a new dishpan for Nurse Jane. Wiggily sets up a decoy target for the Bad Chaps to throw snowballs at while he goes for the police. Wiggily practices acrobatics to defeat the Pipsesewah and the Skeezicks. Uncle Wiggily tries to help his dog friend Sport, who's depressed because his tail is too short. Butch Bear tries to steal Bunty's candy, but gets his nose stuck to the pan. Shaggy Wolf steals one of Nurse Jane's dresses to make a trap to catch Uncle Wiggly. Uncle Wiggily and Uncle Butter have a sled race. Reprinted from Uncle Wiggily (Bell Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1947 and 1948. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Zane Grey's WEST OF THE PECOS, No. 222. Painted cover art by Morris Gollum. West of the Pecos, art by Arthur E. Jameson; "Pecos" Smith comes to Eagle Nest, Texas, to find that an old friend has been killed and his son has been jailed on the orders of Breen Sawtell, the town's boss; Smith gets the boy out of jail and becomes a partner on the ranch; What Smith doesn't know is that his partner is actually a girl, disguised as a boy; Adapted from the 1937 novel "West of the Pecos" by Zane Grey. Lyrics to the song "Guitar Croonin' Blues by C. Wiles Hallock. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bob Jenney. Stories and art by Bob Jenney, Alden McWilliams, Steve Kirkel, Ernie Schroeder and Ed Waldman. Starting as a brutal pre-Code true-crime comic in its early issues, Gangsters Cant Win later evolved into a standard mystery-detective title. A detective solves a mystery involving an eloped couple and an unidentified body, even though he's 3000 miles away from the crime. Adventurer Whit Denham is targeted by an exact duplicate because he knows the secret of Bacteria X. An investigator probes a series of deaths in the Brazilian jungles. The Evil That Men Do; The Talisman Trail; Accidentally Its Murder ; Bacteria X; The Impostor; Dying Men of Paranha. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover of Gene Autry. Stories and art by Jesse Marsh, Nicholas Firfires and Elizabeth Beecher. Singing cowboy Gene Autry was a multimedia star from the 1930s-1950s, in music, movies, radio, and television, as well as comic books. Gene is ambushed by masked men when he responds to a call for help from a rancher friend. Arriving at the ranch, he learns that it is being stalked by a killer who leaves a Joker playing card behind. (!) Panhandle Pete tells the story of the beautiful senorita and the Pearls of Loretto. The Joker; Plumb Scairt; The Pearls of Loretto. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Allen Saunders, Alfred Andriola, Buford Tune and Al Avison. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. Casey Case learns the Green Hornet's true identity, and as he takes a new approach to crime, the Hornet faces the mysterious Woman In Black. The reader is invited to solve a two-page mystery before the Green Hornet can. Plus reprints of the classic comic strip Kerry Drake from 1944, as Kerry Drake corners deadly female bootlegger Frisco Cicero. Also featuring a vintage PSA/advertisement for fire safety. Green Hornet: The Torn Mask; Green Hornet: Woman In Black; Green Hornet's U-Solve-It Mystery: Idol's Death; Winnie the Waitress; Haunted House?; Snoopy; Kerry Drake; Dotty Dripple; Green Hornet: The Case of the Dead Fisherman; Green Hornet: Mystery of the Hidden Shack. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by H.C. Kiefer. Stories and art by Ed Moore, A. Thompson, and Alfonso Greene. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. A man is trapped in a deep well after cement pipes collapse on him. A weightlifter prevents a collapsing tent pole from injuring circus patrons. Teen boys extinguish a house fire. Inferno!; Once A Hero; Life vs Death; Follow the Leader; Rescue from a Well Hole; River Rescuers Inc; Rescued Too Late; Four Lives To His Credit!; Big Top Hero; Not a Chance!; Undertow; Boy Hero; Chills for Bonny; Twin Heroes; Excitement Plus; Fire; Where-There's Smoke...There's Fire. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 3, No. 7 - March, 1949. 7" x 9.75", 16 pages, B&W.

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In order of appearance: "Jo-Jo Congo King, The Seven Sleepers of Sarkok!"; "Jo-Jo Congo King, The Spell of Doom..."; "Jo-Jo Congo King, The Plague That Walked Like a Man!"; "Jo-Jo Congo King, The City of Hate!"; and "Myths of Madness, The Haunted Maiden!". "Still in the Jungle" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ham Fisher (credited). Stories and art by Ham Fisher, Tom Doerer and Bob Powell. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Joe tracks down the hoods who framed Knobby for murder. Then he finally finds Ann, but without her memory of her past life, she convinces him she's someone else. Plus true tales of athletic greats. Also featuring a vintage ad for the "Mickey Mouse - Donald Duck Weather House" home weather forecaster. Comics News; Knobby's Frame Up; Haunted House?; Comics Quiz; Poor Little Rich Boy; Knobby's Funny Story; Sidewalks of Manhattan; Joe Palooka's Album; Sportales; Sport Short: Walter Johnson The "Big Train"; Sportopics: Tony Zale. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle" art by Robert Webb; "The Ghost Gallery", "ZX-5", and "Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural" art by Jack Kamen; "Sky Girl" art by Matt Baker; and "The Hawk" art by Robert Webb. "King Courage, Part 1" text story by Henry Wysham Lanier. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by John Celardo. "The Trek of the Terror-Paws," art by John Celardo; Kaänga comforts a dying archaeologist and takes the gift the old man gives him, a small idol; Later, criminals come looking for the idol, certain that it contains jewels; Kaänga dumps the thieves into a quicksand pit and reveals to Ann that he had taken the jewels from the idol to raise money to help feed N'geeso's people. Untitled story, pencils by Matt Baker; Archaeologist Winters is wounded by his guides when they decide to take the treasures of the Temple of K'nassa for themselves; Winters' daughter secures the help of Camilla against the thieves and the treasure is committed to a museum. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; During a drought, Simba leads his followers to a water hole ruled by another lion; He and Bordag, the other lion, fight to the death, with Simba triumphant. "The Avenging Torch" text story. Untitled story starring Captain Terry Thunder, art by Dan Zolnerowich; Garson and his gang, hoping to loot the native villages come to the jungle claiming to carry insecticide for tsetse flies, but in reality carrying knockout gas. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Chief Asama's hunters trick Wambi into blowing a hunting horn that attracts the local buffalo, several of which are captured; The animals of the jungle accuse Wambi of being in league with the hunters; Wambi sets out to prove his innocence and goes to the hunters' sacred cave, where the buffalo are to be sacrificed. Jungle Facts, art by August Froehlich; A description of the natural resources of the Belgian Congo. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; The ghost of the late queen, Lara speaks to Tabu, telling him that she was murdered by the witch doctor Karoa and that the wizard intends to kill her son, as well; Tabu confronts the witch doctor and exposes his crimes to the villagers, who sentence him to death. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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March 14, 1949. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 14-in., 140 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.20.

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Romance magazine published by Martin Goodman. Fiction illustrated with photographs. 8 1/2-in. x 10 3/4-in., 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.