Comic books April 1949

Cover by Bob Lubbers. Edited by Jack Byrne. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, George Evans, Enrico Bagnoli, Ruben Moreira, and Giovanni Benvenuti. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Firehair faces conflict with a Crow war chief during an important Crow-Dakota treaty conference; World Adventurers retells the story of Davy Crockett and the Alamo; The final adventure of Tiger Man. Another terrific Firehair cover by Bob Lubbers. Firehair; Jan of the Jungle; Sky Rangers; World Adventurers; I Confess; Glory Forbes; Tiger Man. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Harry Anderson. Art by John Prentice, Ruben Moreira and Ken Battefield. Another crime comic from the prolific studio of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, this one featuring crimes throughout history as well as the standard gangster tales. Sometimes listed as Real Clue Crime #38. No issue # on cover; Vol. 4, issue #2 in indicia. A "scratchman" or forger fakes his way into the big time. The strange true story of the man who sold the Brooklyn Bridge. Crooks plan a heist down to the minute, but a fender-bender proves their undoing. Also featuring a vintage ad for the "All-Over Rain Cover," basically a tent-shaped two-person umbrella. Scratchman; Mean; Mr. Angles; Dreamy-Eyes Harrison; The Suspect; For Sale...the Brooklyn Bridge; The Golden Hour; Chicago May. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Numbering continues from Hap Hazard Comics (1944) #24. Alice Kirkpatrick cover. In order of appearance: "Whispered About" art by Al Hartley, reprinted in Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #54; "Heartbreak Infatuation"; "Dangerous Dates"; and "Save My Reputation". "The Charm Corner: Charm Check-Up, How to Get on with the Crowd..." text article reprinted as "Your Charm Guide..." in Love at First Sight (1949) #16, "Glamorize Yourself..." in Glamorous Romances (1949) #73, "Enhance Your Charm..." in Ten Story Love Vol. 34 (1954) #5, and "Check-up on Charm..." in Ten Story Love Vol. 36 (1955) #3. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 14, Issue 6 - April, 1949. 7" x 10", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Red Ryder, Telecomics presents King of the Royal Mounted, and the Kiyotee Kids. Two-page text story, "Little Beaver's Wolf Pups." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

True stories of crime most foul fall victim to the pages of this short-lived vintage true crime magazine. Here, you will find tales of greed, jealousy, revenge, thievery, and murder....all true, all told in the words of the detectives who worked the cases. 8.5" x 11", 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Vol. 28 #6 - July 1949. Boxing magazine. Features articles, departments, ratings, fight reports around the world and more. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/4-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

March-April 1949, Volume 4 No. 3. Contains a variety of comic story genres, most were serials continuing from issue to issue. Cover by Ley Fortune. Chapter 2 of "Cosmo and His White Magic" written and drawn by Spike Brown, The Hand in "The Meat Skewer Murder Case" written and drawn by Ernie Walker, "The Adventures of Poppy (J. Popplestone Nobbs)" written by Hall & drawn by Ernie Walker, "Callahan" written and drawn by Bert Bushell, "Mono the Air Cobra" written by Ted Ross and drawn by Ley Fortune, "The Modern Privateer" credited to Thursby?. Ad on back cover for War Savings Stamps. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4", b&w, 48 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 12, No. 2. April 1949. 7" x 10". 98 pages. Text with occasional B&W illustrations. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Ken Bald. "Second-Hand Love," pencils by Pete Riss; a plain Jane girl longs to date the class football star. "You Can't Learn Romance!," art by Ken Bald; A young school teacher yearns to know about romantic love. "Hollywood Heartbreak," pencils by Max Elkan, inks Ray Willner; A woman cozies up to a Hollywood start to further her acting career. "The Remembering Heart" text story. "I Was a Fugitive from Love!," inks by Sam Cooper; romance story featuring newspaper columnist. "Woman in White," art by Edvard Moritz; A nurse longs to marry a rich doctor. 52 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Schroeder. Stories and art by Ernie Schroeder, W. B. Smith, Frank Sieminski, Lawrence Dresser and Red Holmdale. Lawmen battle outlaws to tame the Wild West in horse-opera tales from DS Publishing. A train-robbing gang didn't count on deputy Sunrise Dawson, or the resourceful Cathy, figuring out their scheme. Oklahoma oil wildcatters get involved in a gang war over black gold. An elderly couple takes in a wounded amnesiac, despite warnings that he could be a killer. Lone Star Lawman; Blackmailer's Gold; The Wildcatters; The Last Hideout; Desperadoes of Lost Canyon; Desperado Town; Hoss Laffs; Stranger of the Storm. Final issue of the series. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. Rangeland Refuge, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Albert Micale and Randy Steffen; Roy takes to the air in this adventure, parachutes and rides Trigger through a forest fire. Pioneers of the Old West by Gaylord DuBois. Chuck Wagon Charley's Tales story, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Harry Parks. Back cover: Roy and film cast in color still. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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In order of appearance: "Rulah Jungle Goddess, The Clinic of the Cruel..."; "Rulah Jungle Goddess, Hollywood Horrors...."; "The Amazing Legend of the Hound of the Jungle"; "Rulah Jungle Goddess, The Latest Style in Shrouds."; and "Facts You Wouldn't Believe!". "The Two-Headed Fly of the Jungle" text story reprinted in Frank Buck (1950) #70 and Nyoka The Jungle Girl (1955 Charlton) #15. Indicia states "RULAH". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

April 23, 1949. The classic magazine featuring current event articles, editorials, human interest pieces, humor, illustrations, a letter column, poetry, single-panel gag cartoons, and stories by the leading writers of the time. In this issue: What of Our Future? by Bernard M. Baruch and Why Cops Turn Crooked by David G. Wittels. Cover by Norman Rockwell. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; part black and white, part color; 192 pages on white paper. Cover price $0.15.

Men's interest magazine with jokes, single-panel cartoons and pin-ups. 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Women's magazine with articles and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W.

Cover art by Harry G. Peter. Wonder Woman Goes To Hollywood, script by Bob Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman wins a contest to star in the movie Danger Trail; two previous women who tried to star in the film died mysteriously. The Apple and the Core starring Wildcat, art by Arthur Peddy. Willy Nilly story, art by Frank Harry. Ernestinge Schumann-Henk--Wonder Women of History, art by Paul Reinman. The Triple Threat starring Lady Danger, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Giella. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 54, Issue 6 - Spring, 1949. Painted cover by Rozen. Issue includes complete Shadow novel, "The Black Circle" by Maxwell Grant, short stories include; "The Panama Murders" by Paul Twitchell, "The Cellar" by Edward Ronns, "Innocent Bystander" by Morris Hershman, "Maguire Marches in the Parade" by Michael Jaffe, and "Rookie Barricade" by Jim Bosworth. Interior illustrations by Orban, Timmins, Jacobs, and Cartier. 6.5" x 9.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Vol. 207, No. 6, Whole No. 1936 - April 1949. 6.75" x 9.75", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Vintage monthly published magazine with a focus on the film industry as a whole. First published in November of 1930, publication continued through the late 1970s. Priding itself as a source for exclusive behind the scenes stories about filmmaking, Silver Screen also contained a fair amount of articles about celebrities, their relationships, the latest in fashion, and film reviews. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 4, Issue 1 - April, 1949. Magazine providing lyrics for popular songs of the time. 8.5" x 11". 20 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.15.

Articles on sports, crime, and adventuring, plus pin-up photos. 8" x 10.5". 66 pages. B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

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Art by Howard Larsen. Cover by Howard Larsen. Tales of adventure in the ancient past featuring Malu, a princess taken captive as a slave girl, and her defender, the warrior Garth. Trapped on Phao's trireme and doomed to be sold into slavery, Garth and Malu escape, but find themselves adrift on the ocean; The duo is imprisoned in the Tower of Indecision; The army of Tirza the Good invades the city of Zankhara. Slave Girl and the Pirates of Abmur; The Lost Princess; Malu: The Tower of Indecision; The Revel in Vardon Hall; The Flame Goddess; Malu: The Fall of Zankhara. Final issue of the series; one last Malu story appeared in Strange Worlds (1950 Avon) #3. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Cole. Woodland Boy starring Midnight, art by Jack Cole; Song Thief Danny promises Woodland Boy no one will bother him and disrupt his quiet natural life if he just signs the rights of his hit song over to him. Black X Imprisons Evil! Lady Luck story, art by Klaus Nordling. Daffy story. Mandu the Magician starring The Jester, art by Sam Citron. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Burne Hogarth, Ernie Bushmiller, Bernard Dibble, Rudolph Dirks, Ernest Hix, and Raeburn Van Buren. United's anthology featured reprints of early comic strips, including Tarzan, Captain and the Kids and Nancy. The new format that started with issue #84 allows for larger reprints of Raeburn van Buren's detailed art on "Abbie an' Slats." Tarzan is captured by Mummy-men of Tula, vampire goddess of Or-Nak, in a Tarzan strip with art by Burne Hogarth. Slats gets a job as driver for a female writer touring the country. But when they encounter escaped convict Annie Doakley, Annie trades places with the writer to make her getaway. Dink O'Day hits some jaw-dropping fly balls while visiting the Mohawks baseball team in their Latin American training camp. The Family Workshop; Nancy; Strange as It Seems; Willie; Captain and the Kids; Tarzan; Dink O'Day; Abbie an Slats; Back Home Again. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Scripts by Eisner or Feiffer, or Eisner/Feiffer, or Nordling. Art by Eisner with backgrounds by Eisner, Grandenetti, Le Blanc, Stallman, Nordling, Dixon and/or others except where noted.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Scripts by Eisner or Feiffer, or Eisner/Feiffer, or Nordling. Art by Eisner with backgrounds by Eisner, Grandenetti, Le Blanc, Stallman, Nordling, Dixon and/or others except where noted.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Scripts by Eisner or Feiffer, or Eisner/Feiffer, or Nordling. Art by Eisner with backgrounds by Eisner, Grandenetti, Le Blanc, Stallman, Nordling, Dixon and/or others except where noted.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Scripts by Eisner or Feiffer, or Eisner/Feiffer, or Nordling. Art by Eisner with backgrounds by Eisner, Grandenetti, Le Blanc, Stallman, Nordling, Dixon and/or others except where noted.

April 3, 1949. Spirit Weekly Newspaper section. Scripts by Eisner or Feiffer, or Eisner/Feiffer, or Nordling. Art by Eisner with backgrounds by Eisner, Grandenetti, Le Blanc, Stallman, Nordling, Dixon and/or others except where noted. Tabloid Sized Newsprint, 10-3/4" x 15", 8 pages, full color.

April 10, 1949. Spirit Weekly Newspaper section. Scripts by Eisner or Feiffer, or Eisner/Feiffer, or Nordling. Art by Eisner with backgrounds by Eisner, Grandenetti, Le Blanc, Stallman, Nordling, Dixon and/or others except where noted. Tabloid Sized Newsprint, 10-3/4" x 15", 8 pages, full color.

April 17, 1949. Spirit Weekly Newspaper section. Scripts by Eisner or Feiffer, or Eisner/Feiffer, or Nordling. Art by Eisner with backgrounds by Eisner, Grandenetti, Le Blanc, Stallman, Nordling, Dixon and/or others except where noted. Tabloid Sized Newsprint, 10-3/4" x 15", 8 pages, full color.

April 24, 1949. Spirit Weekly Newspaper section. Scripts by Eisner or Feiffer, or Eisner/Feiffer, or Nordling. Art by Eisner with backgrounds by Eisner, Grandenetti, Le Blanc, Stallman, Nordling, Dixon and/or others except where noted. Tabloid Sized Newsprint, 10-3/4" x 15", 8 pages, full color.

April 1949. Featuring Joe DiMaggio and Maurice Richard. Over 200 photos and features. 8 1/2" x 10 3/4", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Jim Mooney. Birthday for Batman! starring Robin, art by Jim Mooney (as Bob Kane); Dick has a difficult time trying to figure out what to give Bruce for his birthday. Crime's Aqua-Circus starring Captain Compass, art by George Papp. Case of the Forged Suicide starring Perfect Crime Mystery, art by Winslow Mortimer. Highway Robbery starring Federal Agent, art by Creig Flessel. Prisoner of Wildmoor starring Tomahawk, art by Fred Ray. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Gustav Schrotter. The Man Who Grew! starring Sub-Mariner and Dr. Dill, art by Al Gabriele. The Lost Land!, art by Charles Nicholas; Namor tells Betty how, in ancient Atlantis, a man named Nagorbu brought a powerful magnet which his ancestor, Tolan, ordered to be thrown into the sea. The Sea Wolf! starring Sub-Mariner, art by Allen Bellman. Untitled Captain America story with the Hypnotist of Horror, art by Al Gabriele. The Drink of Death! starring Sub-Mariner and The Spoiler, pencils by Al Gabriele, inks by Syd Shores. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.