Comic books June 1949

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Volume 17, Issue 2 - June, 1949. 6.75" x 9.75", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $400.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4448181011 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Mark'sBatcave

The Justice Society of America heads to the old west in "The Ghost of Billy the Kid!" Script by John Broome, pencils by Irwin Hasen (splash page and chapters 1 and 3) and Arthur Peddy (chapter 2), inks by Bob Oksner (splash and chapters 1 and) and Bernard Sachs (chapter 2). Back-up Rockhead McWizzard story. Two-page article, "Time Will Tell," about clocks. Hasen/Oksner cover. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $16.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

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June 1949. Science fiction stories by Alexander Blade, S.M. Tenneshaw, Rubbert Carlin, Guy Archette, Robert Moore Williams, Grover Kent, and George Grauman. Illustrations by Murphy Anderson, W.G. Adam, Rod Ruth, Julian S. Krupa, and Bill Terry. Cover by Arnold Kohn. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $93.00 View scans Centerfold detached at one staple.

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Cover by Bob Montana. Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Vigoda and Ray Gill. Featuring Archie in: "Room and Bored" (introduction of the Mayor); "Burning Up" (guest-starring Mr. Bumble; introductions of Looie and Dr. McFossil); "Oh, My Achin' Heart"; "Radio Rodeo"; and "Snobby Hobbies"! Plus: Betty and Veronica in "A Tale of a Trailer"! Also: 2-page text piece "Hollywood Tattle Tales"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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June, 1949 - Volume 6, Issue #10.

Add to cart Good $8.00 View scans Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 25%. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Good $8.00 View scans Back cover detached 40%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 43, Issue 4 - June, 1949. Cover by Chesley Bonestell. Science Fiction and Adventure stories. Featuring THE APHRODITE PROJECT by Philip Latham. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $32.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

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Volume 8, Issue 2 - June, 1949. Lingerie story pictorials with humorous captions and pin-up photos. 8" x 11.5", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $7.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.

Abridged version of "Lady Afraid" by Lester Dent. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $53.00 View scans 1/2" Spine split from top.

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Cover by Reed Crandall. Featuring: 11 page Blackhawk story "Blackhawk Against Blackhawk" drawn by Reed Crandall; 8 page Chop Chop story "Charley Chop and the Green Dragon" drawn by Bill Ward; 1 page Burp the Twerp story "Volcanic Weekend" by Jack Cole; 2 page text story "Beacon Trap"; 10 page Blackhawk story "Polito, Master Schemer" drawn by Bill Ward. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $15.00 View scans Spine split 10%. Staple rust: Extensive.

UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 24 pages, B&W

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UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 24 pages, B&W

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $59.00 View scan Water damage.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jack Callahan and Jack Hearne. Sometimes listed as Blue Bolt #99. Blue Bolt has adventures while flying for Glimpses, a photography magazine. Students at a rival school kidnap Dick Cole's brother so they have the advantage in a basketball game. Grover decides to automate the entire house to save work for Bonnie, but of course that doesn't go like it should. Blue Bolt takes an underwater photography assignment and winds up far too close to a shark. Dick Cole; Mom Says, "Don't Fight"; Grover and Bonnie: The House of Magic; Blue Bolt the American. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Norman Maurer, C.H. Moore, and Charles Biro. An anthology title from publisher Lev Gleason and his primary creator, Charles Biro, featuring teen hero Crimebuster and his nemesis Iron Jaw. Two adventurous boys discover a strange secret under an abandoned house: a hermit's one-man silver-mining operation. Famous Eccentrics features Blackbeard and famed royal mistress Lola Montez. A condemned criminal writes a story for a magazine, advising young people to avoid his mistakes. Also featuring a vintage ad for "the Raised Eagle Club," offering reproductions of military service ribbons. Crimebuster; Thug-Uglies; Daredevil Calls the Fiddler's Tune. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Vic Herman, Orestes Calpini and Ernie Schroeder. A kids' anthology in the tradition of Calling All Girls from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, games and quizzes as well as comics. Marco Polar Bear and Bobby try to catch an elusive fly; Twinkle teaches a pixie a lesson about borrowing things without asking; Pop's new invention sends messages, but also undoes the laundry. Color Puzzle; Twinkle, The Star That Came Down From Heaven; Marco Polar Bear; Paddy Penguin; Pop and Junior; Riddles; The Magic Box; Bobo; What's Wrong? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Moonstone, 2nd Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 60, no price or date).

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $6.49 View scan 1" Cumulative spine split. Staple rust with migration.	Add to cart Good $5.40	Add to cart GD 2.0 $5.40 1 1/2" spine split from top of comic.	Add to cart GD- 1.8 $4.30 View scan 2 1/4" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached.
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Black Beauty, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 62, 6/49). Cover price $0.10.

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Black Beauty, 3rd Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 85). Cover price $0.15.

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Black Beauty, 4th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 158). Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by 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 Clarence Reese, who wants to be like the famous gangsters he idolizes. Police investigate a shooting at a circus full of suspects, in a whodunit featuring the line "Who'd have believed that Waldo, the mind-reading midget, would turn out to be a blackmailer?" Killer Wilbur Stiles is undone by his well-known addiction to watching college basketball. Cover and first page feature a photo endorsement from police Captain Felix Lynch, approving of "this magazine as a good reading for red-blooded American youngsters." This endorsement was later cited (negatively) in the text of the classic anti-comics tome Seduction of the Innocent. Clarence Reese the Hero-Worshipper; Wilbur Stiles; Laff It Off; This'll Kill Ya!; On The Level; The Case of the Kidnapper's Pigeon; Who Dunnit. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Canadian Edition. Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by 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 Clarence Reese, who wants to be like the famous gangsters he idolizes. Police investigate a shooting at a circus full of suspects, in a whodunit featuring the line "Who'd have believed that Waldo, the mind-reading midget, would turn out to be a blackmailer?" Killer Wilbur Stiles is undone by his well-known addiction to watching college basketball. Cover and first page feature a photo endorsement from police Captain Felix Lynch, approving of "this magazine as a good reading for red-blooded American youngsters." This endorsement was later cited (negatively) in the text of the classic anti-comics tome Seduction of the Innocent. Clarence Reese the Hero-Worshipper; Wilbur Stiles; Laff It Off; This'll Kill Ya!; On The Level; The Case of the Kidnapper's Pigeon; Who Dunnit. 48 pages, Full Color. 10¢ cover price. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Chester Gould and Bill Ely. Dell reprints the original comic-strip adventures of legendary tough cop Dick Tracy and his rogues gallery of freakish enemies. This issue reprints strips from March 7 - April 26, 1936. Tracy closes in on the gangster Lips Manlis, but it turns out Lips' girlfriend Mimi is even more dangerous. The backup feature by Bill Ely stars tough cop Jim O'Brien, a plainclothes detective nicknamed The Iron Man. Dick Tracy; Dick Tracy Reports to You; The Iron Man. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $37.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

"Too Many Sinners" a novelette by John D. McDonald.

Volume 60, Issue 2 - June, 1949. 6.75" x 9", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Vol. 5, No. 6. June 1949. Men's magazine with humor and pin up pictorials. 8.5" x 11.5". 58 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Fine $56.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white	Add to cart Fine $27.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Fine $37.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $6.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white
Add to cart Very Good $14.00 View scans Paper: Off white Soiling. Water damage.	Add to cart Very Good $14.00 View scans Paper: Off white	Add to cart Very Good $18.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $6.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $6.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Lord Dunday is profiled in the "Masters of Fantasy" column.

Volume 10, Issue 5 - June, 1949. 6.75" x 9", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Contains comic strip reprints and a text story. In order of appearance: "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Steve Roper and Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Dickie Dare" by Mabel Burwick (as Odin); "Bobby Sox" by Martha B. Links; "Scorchy Smith" by Rodlow Willard; and "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller. "Angle Scoop" text story. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue #8 - Summer, 1949. A classic SF fanzine with contributions from prominent fans like Forrest J. Ackerman and Darrell Richardson but also author profiles written by themselves (Robert Bloch, Jack Williamson, Robert Heinlein, et al). Scarce. 4 1/4-in. x 5 1/4-in., 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $6.50 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $6.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $6.30 View scans Paper: Cream to off white	Add to cart Very Good $6.30 View scans Paper: Off white
Add to cart Good $6.00 View scans Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 40%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.	Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $4.49 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 50%. Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 11, Issue 6 - June, 1949. Cover by James B. Settles. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Eye of the World" by Alexander Blade. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 148 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). This issue's cover features a "cut out" door for young readers to view the interior artwork; consequently, examples of this issue with intact covers can be hard to find. Sherlock the Monk and Chuck face danger over the Big Top while investigating a case at a circus. Billy the Kid is confused by the latest fashion trend from Back East: pajamas. Willie the Worm tries to catch crooks at a winter resort. Fuzzy the Bear Rides the Roller Coaster; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: The Camera Menace!; Battling Bantam: A Flower of Youth; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck on the Flying Trapeze; Willie the Worm: Winter Sports; Red Ned's Danger; Kid Gloves: Gem Jam; Droopy the Ant Bear and Reddy Fox: The Fingerprints of Destiny; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear: The Tyrant of the Seas; Billy the Kid: Fashion Center. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1, Issue 5 - Fall, 1949. Film fan magazine with a focus on the golden-age of cinema, more specifically, beauty queens of the era. Each issue is loaded with tasteful, non nude pin-ups, jokes and comics as well. 8" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 2, No. 3. June 1949. Vintage men's interest magazine full of pin-ups and glamour photos paired with humorous text stories and adult comic strips. Cover by Peter Driben. 8" x 11.5", 58 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

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Indicia title is "Walt Disney's MICKEY MOUSE and THE RAJAH'S TREASURE, No. 231." Cover art by Bill Wright. Mickey Mouse and the Rajah's Treasure, script and art by Bill Wright; Mickey is on his first day as the driver of an armored car; His first job is to move the Rajah's Treasure, a priceless collection of jewels; The Rajah's "trusted aide" turns out to be a crook who forces Mickey to drive to a remote location with the jewels; The crook and his boss plant a story that Mickey has disappeared with the jewels to put the blame on him; Minnie is also suspected. She leaves town and ends up caught by the crook and tied up with Mickey; The crook tries to escape with the treasure in Minnie's car, but Mickey and Minnie escape from the ropes and chase the crook in the armored car. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "BUGS BUNNY, SLEEPWALKING SLEUTH, No. 233." Cover art by Ralph Heimdahl. Bugs Bunny, Sleepwalking Sleuth, art by Don Gunn; After hitting his head, Bugs loses his memory; Finding a wallet nearby, he assumes the identity of Herbert Q. Strongheart of the F.B.I.; While walking in his sleep, Bugs routs a gang of bandits. Bugs Bunny in the Foreign Legion, art by Tony Strobl; Elmer joins the Foreign Legion to get away from Bugs. Easy Money, art by Roger Armstrong; To earn a $10 recruiting bonus, Bugs tries to get Elmer to sign up to work in the Sapperian salt mines. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Jack Sparling and Dick Kraus. The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. Gabby wants the reward for capturing an elephant who escaped from the circus, but all he does is enrage the elephant. Gabby discovers that an eccentric local artist is being swindled by phony miners who claim to be on the verge of a silver strike. A photo contest leads to Gabby, wearing a dress and bonnet, wrestling a bear, while being pursued by a promoter who thinks he's a bearded lady. Favorite line this issue: "I'll be hornswoggled! This hombre must be plumb loco!" Chief Gray Matter; The Stalking Terror; Cattle Stampede; The Palomino Colt; Musketeers of the West: Dangerous Passage; The Stolen Snapshot; The Whirlwind Wallop; Loco Lew. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Comic book featuring the famous singing cowboy hero Gene Autry. Gene Autry photo cover. "Gene Autry and the Silver Locket Mystery," art by Nicholas Firfires; A westbound stage rumbles into Lobo Canyon and is ambushed. "A Pair of Plots" text story. "The Ghost of the Bar-X"; The Bar-X once was a hideout for a gang of bank robbers; After prison, one came back for the hidden loot, but somebody lives there, and he turns into a ghost to scare them off. Gene Autry B&W photo on inside back cover. Champion (horse) pinup on back cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $33.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 3, Issue 3 - June, 1949. 6.75" x 9.75", 162 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $1,550.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white Slab: Other - see grading notes Scuffing to inner well. Label #1298660001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover art by Alex Toth. The Murdered Clues starring Green Lantern, script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bob Oksner; The appearance of several objects in Alan Scott's office that have been "murdered" as if they were human beings, and the fact that they tie in with several recent murders, prompts Green Lantern into immediate action to find the connection. Snowball--Streak's Wonder Dog of the Month fact page, art by Alex Toth. The Double Ray starring Streak the Wonder Dog, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Alex Toth; Alan Scott has the problem of finding a Romeo and Juliet that will look as good on TV as they sound on the radio. Dazzling Diamonds text article by Julius Schwartz. The Impossible Mr. Paradox starring Green Lantern, script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Frank Giacoia; The cancellation of Clay Chalmer's program at Station WXYZ leads Alan Scott to believe Chalmers is the new criminal haunting Gotham City, Mr. Paradox, who attempts to defeat Green Lantern by employing illusions based on scientific paradoxes. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $130.00 View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Cover by Graham Ingels. Stories by Gardner Fox and Al Feldstein. Art by Graham Ingels, Al Feldstein and Henry Kiefer. This Pre-Trend title from EC Comics featured the adventures of Gunfighter and The Buckskin Kid. Sheriff Fred Gordon tracks his gal's no-good brother Chuck to an abandoned cabin outside of town after Chuck murders a gold prospector. Plus an EC Comics PSA imploring teens to respect their local newsdealer's business, and not hang out in doorways scaring off customers - a real sign of its times. Cover features early art by EC legend Graham Ingels. The Skeleton of the Skyline Gap!; Blood and the Law; Your Newsdealer—He Is Your Friend!; The Man Who Thought of Everything; Blackfoot Butcher! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Stories and art by John Severin, Manny Stallman, Vic Donohue and Jack Kirby. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. The Darrow Brothers plot an armored car heist; A story with early art by EC legend John Severin; 1900s detectives the Baldwin Brothers use their offbeat methods to investigate a murder. Dead Or Alive; The Deadly Gilas; The Great Mouthpiece; Georgie's Last Ride; Independence Day; The Golf Links Murder; The Fabulous Baldwins. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Carl Anderson's Henry in "Love and Blooms," "Henry at the Circus" and "Henry Is Thinking Out Loud!", plus the 2-page text story "Henry Is a Friend in Need!" Also: Henrietta in "Deed I Do"! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.