Comic books December 1949

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"Creep Shadow" by A. Merritt.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - December 1949. Pulp magazine featuring stories and articles by A. Merritt, and Robert Arthur. 7-in. x 9 1/4-in., 130 pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Al Plastino. Clark Kent... Daredevil starring Superman, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Al Plastino. Badmen of Mars starring Tommy Tomorrow, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti. Weapons of Ghengis Khan starring Congo Bill, art by Ed Smalle. Ring Out the Old! Ring In the New! starring Vigilante, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Dan Barry, inks by Sy Barry. 52 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 23, Issue 12 - December, 1949. "Outpost" 1st professionally published story by Marian Zimmer Bradley, previous work appeared in a fanzine. Science fiction stories by Stan Raycraft, J.J. Allerton, Milton K. Smith, and Robert Moore Williams. Illustrations by J. Allen St. John, Malcolm Smith, Julian S. Krupa, and Bill Terry. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Edited by Whitney Ellsworth (credited) and Larry Nadle (actual). Cover art by Otto Feuer. Stories by Otto Feuer, Martin Naydel, Rube Grossman, Howie Post, and Raymond Perry. Anthropomorphic funny-animal tales filled with Animal Antics, featuring such characters as the Raccoon Kids, Nip and Chip, Goofy Goose, Custer the Cat and Cheesy the Mouse, Plato Platypus, Ozzie Owl. US Royal US Bicycle tires ad, art by Al Plastino. Captain Tootsie candy ad, art by C. C. Beck. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bob Montana. Stories by unknown. Art by Ray Gill, Bill Vigoda, Sam Schwartz and unknown. Featuring Archie in: "Asleep In the Deep"; "All a Loan"; "Birds of a Feather"; "Jughead Learns About Life" (Jughead gets a date with Veronica); and "You're Driving Me Crazy"! Plus: Jughead in "Standing Room Only"! Also: 2-page text piece "Hollywood Tattle Tales"! Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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December, 1949. Volume 44, Issue 4. Cover by Zboyan. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Blackhawk defies destruction in the battle of the test tubes! Featuring: 11 page Blackhawk story "The Battle of the Test Tubes"; 8 page Chop Chop story; 11 page Blackhawk story "The Island of Nubaru." Cover by Reed Crandall. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 28 pages, B&W

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UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 28 pages, B&W

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Tom Gill, Milt Hammer, C. W. Winter and Joe Certa. Series continues from Blue Bolt Vol. 10 (1949) #2. L. B. Cole's Star Publications takes over the Blue Bolt series, and as the superhero craze wanes, Blue Bolt becomes a backup feature to Dick Cole in his own title. Blue Bolt, by now a reporter with no costume, follows a lead to an aerial dogfight with the unassuming but deadly Mr. Wisp. Photography nerd Candid Charlie gets a chance to show up bully Biff and impress Joan when he accidentally grows a rare tropical flower in botany class. Tommy wants to go on safari, but Rick Richards must rescue the boy from jaguars and other dangers of the jungle. Blue Bolt the American; Target and the Targeteers; Gummed Up; Man Bites Dog; Candid Charlie; Diggy the Derrick; Rick Richards. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Norman Maurer, C.H. Moore, Al Borth, 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. A simple misunderstanding leads to C.B. and Doc being tied to stakes for a sacrifice. A Ripley's-like strip features Beethoven's deafness and the stone heads of Easter Island. A youth is faced with the choice of following the straight and narrow path or becoming a delinquent. Crimebuster: The Habitual Liar; The Good-Bad Boy; Deny It If You Can; Gags for Wags!; Little Wise Guys: The Riddle of the Mystery House. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Scarce issue. Land From Out of Space; Percy builds the Commandos an atomic powered flying car, just in time to help some Martians return home. Captain Tootsie Saves the Day ad, art by C. C. Beck. The Kid Who Owned A Forest; Brooklyn inherits a forest which is threatened by fire. The Engine in War And Peace article, art by Raymond Perry. Jungle Manhunt; the Commandos chase a wanted criminal and his pet Leopard through Africa. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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. 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.

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First issue, December 1949. Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Alluring co-eds reveal their loves and heartbreaks! In this issue: "Love's Victory"; "I Stole My Roommate's Man"; "Campus Cheat"; 1-page text story "Lovely Little Mouse"; and "Undesirable Male"! 7-in. x 10-in., 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Al Liederman and unknown. Art by Pete Costanza, C.C. Beck, Al Liederman and unknown. Captain Marvel visits the ice-covered world of 1,000,000 A.D. in "The Rediscovery of Earth" with story by Otto Binder. Captain Marvel also stars in: "The Invention Miser" by Otto Binder and Pete Costanza; "The World's Greatest Chef" with art by C.C. Beck; and "The Wish Factory" with art by C.C. Beck. Plus: Captain Kid in "The Package of Trouble" by Al Liederman. And: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "The Man Without a World" with script by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Al Bare, Fred Guardineer, Jack Keller and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. Convicted cop-killer George Sitts escapes from the Minneapolis city jail with three other men. A cop relies on a dead man to get the goods on the gang that committed a payroll robbery. Danny Kipp confesses to killing a cop, but a police lieutenant suspects there's more to the story. Cover and first page feature endorsements from police Detective Walter Clancy and Mary Sullivan, NYPD Women's Bureau Chief, approving of "this magazine as a good reading for red-blooded American youngsters." John "Greenie" Gosnow, the Hyena of the Sea; Killer Hunt in the Black Hills; On the Level; When Dead Men Told!; Our Police Hall of Fame; Why Did He Want to Die? 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Dick Briefer, Gil Kane, and Dan Zolnerowich. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. In 1860s England, a man claims to be the missing heir Roger Tichborne, but something's not quite right. Yonnie Licavoli and his family become crimelords in the Prohibition-era Midwest. That story features art by Bob Powell of Sheena fame; other stories include art by Dick Briefer and comics legend Gil Kane. Wanted - Roger Tichborne; The Bootblack; Yonnie Is Always at Home; The Manuscript; The Imperfect Crime!; Ice Box Madden; Too Many Rudolphs. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Tony DiPreta, Fred Guardineer, Claude Moore, 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 Natural Gilbey, a hard-luck hobo who recruits an army of criminals, in a story with possible art by future "Flash Gordon" artist Dan Barry. Burglars discover where wealthy families keep their valuables by listening to the servants on their night off. A sheriff enlists the Feds and the Coast Guard to catch a gang of killers operating from a houseboat off the Gulf Coast. Death in the Hobo Jungle; On the Level; How They Were Trapped!; Laugh These Off; The Case of the Thursday Burglars!; Our Police Hall of Fame; This'll Kill Ya; Savage Houseboat Mob!; Who Dunnit? 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jim Mooney and Charles Paris. Stories by Don C. Cameron and unknown. Art by Carmine Infantino, Bob Kane, Charles Paris, Jimmy Thompson, Dan Barry, Sy Barry and unknown. Batman goes undercover in the State Prison as Jim Millan, hoping to discover how prisoners who have escaped from that institution seem to disappear forever. Don't miss Batman and Robin in "Underground Railroad of Crime!" with art by Bob Kane and Charles Paris. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "Death in the Northwoods!" with story by Don C. Cameron and pencils by Carmine Infantino; Robotman in "Robotman, Mind-Reader" with art by Jimmy Thompson; and Impossible -- But True! tale "The Riddle of the Ruby!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with art by Dan Barry and Sy Barry. Also: Shorty 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff, and 2-page text piece "Science Is Champ" by Quincy Howe. And: 1-page public service announcement "The Green Arrow and the Red Feather Kid" by Jack Schiff and George Papp. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 56, Issue 4 - December, 1949. 6.75" x 9", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Stories by Gardner Fox and others. Art by Joe Certa and Frank Frazetta. Sometimes listed as Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid #2. Western adventure based on the popular masked hero played in the movies by Charles Starrett. Durango Kid helps a rancher terrorized by hunters; DK seeks the mysterious secret a rancher was about to tell his daughter right before he was murdered; Dan tries to negotiate peace between the Tuscaroras and the British, in a "White Indian" story by legendary artist Frazetta and iconic writer Gardner Fox. Crooked Irons!; One Night of Death!; Duel to the Finish!; Cut Out for Courage; Dan Brand and Tipi; Charles Starrett, Star of Columbia's "Durango Kid" Western Movies. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 20, Issue 6 - Dec. 1949 (whole number 121). Articles include Mechanical Hands, Christmas Toys, Hydraulic Truck Loader, and much more. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/4-in., 224 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Vol. 6, No. 3. December 1949. Vintage men's interest magazine full of adult humor, comics, and tasteful pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11.5", 58 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $27.00 View scans Paper: Off white Back cover detached 30%. Staple rust: Moderate.	Add to cart Very Good $26.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $26.00 View scans Paper: Off white	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $13.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Staple rust: Slight.
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Master of Fantasy article: Edgar Allan Poe--The Pit and the Pendulum--His Century.

Volume 11, Issue 2 - December, 1949. Cover by Lawrence Stephens. "Odgen's Strange Story" by Edison Marshal, "No-Man's-Land" by John Buchan, "What Was It?" by Fitz-James O'Brien, and "Jamieson" by Margaret St. Clair. Interior illustrations by Lawrence, Leydenfrost, Finlay. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white; 134 newsprint pages. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Steve Douglas. Stories and art by Lawrence Lariar, John Spranger, Allen Saunders, Elmer Woggon, Clifford McBride, Philip Francis Nowlan, Rick Yager (credited as Dick Calkins), Clark Haas, Claude Dunnagan, Rodlow Willard, Mabel Burwick (credited as Odin), Martha B. Links, and Ralph Briggs Fuller. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Scorchy and Jo get involved in the search for stolen emeralds in the Orient. Ben Friday's battle with Vertek takes a turn as an aerial dogfight. Oaky Doaks meets the Amazon-like Ursula of Frigidinia. Ben Friday; Steve Roper and Wahoo; Napoleon; Buck Rogers; Scorchy Smith; Thunder Lake Feud; Dickie Dare; Bobby Sox; Yipee; Oaky Doaks. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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December, 1949. Cover by Edmond Swiatek. Stories by Rog Phillips "The Involuntary Immortals", Guy Archette, Craig Browning, Lester Barclay, and Charles Recour. Illustrations by Edmond Swiatek, Bill Terry, Rod Ruth, Robert Keys, and Julian S. Krupa. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 162 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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She by H. Ryder Haggard. NOTE: The first five issues of Fast Fiction were reprinted under the title Stories by Famous Authors Illustrated. Except for the title change on the cover, the editions are identical. Cover price $0.10.

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

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

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Issue 1561 - December 17th, 1949. Series was printed in England and released every Tuesday by Amalgamated Press. Newsprint, 8.5" x 11.5", 16 pages, B&W.

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Art by Lee Elias. Cover by Jack Kamen. Adventures of the Western hero, a white woman raised by the Dakota tribe. This issue continues reprinting her origins from Rangers Comics (1941): memory restored, she claims her inheritance, then returns to the tribe and her heroic career as Firehair. Firehair races to save her adopted brother Little Ax from being hanged by whites; Snake-oil salesmen learn of the hidden Dakota fortune and set out to steal it. Raiders of the Pony Express; The Picture of Innocence; The Apaches Hunt By Night; Ambush At Renegade River; Vigilantes of Outlaw Flats. Title changes to Pioneer West Romances (1950) for issues 3-6, but is otherwise the same comic, including the Firehair logo on the cover. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $90.00 View scans RESTORATION. Color touch. Cover oxidation.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $41.00 View scans Moisture damage. Staple rust.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $41.00 View scans Cover oxidation.	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $35.00 View scans Centerfold detached.
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Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK in "LUCK OF THE NORTH," No. 256." Cover art by Carl Barks. Luck of the North, script by Carl Barks and Dana Coty (story idea), art by Carl Barks; Donald, exasperated by Gladstone Gander's good luck, sends him on a wild goose chase to Alaska in search of a uranium mine, then is overcome by remorse and fears for Gladstone's safety; He and the nephews follow Gladstone to a desolate iceberg that just happens to contain a Viking ship decked out in gold trim. 3 one-page Barks strips. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walter Lantz ANDY PANDA and the BALLOON RACE, No. 258." Cover pencils by Dick Hall. Andy Panda and The Balloon Race, pencils by Dick Hall, inks by Anahid Dinkjian; A hot air balloon lands in Andy's back yard; In its basket is Professor Gaas Bag, who has been hit over the head by his rivals in a championship long-distance balloon race; He is unable to continue, so he lets Andy and Charlie take his balloon to finish the race. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "PORKY PIG, HERO OF THE WILD WEST, No. 260." Porky Pig, Hero of the Wild West, pencils by Fred Abranz; While on a vacation at a ranch, Petunia nags Porky about not being a he-man; Petunia is abducted by The Krisco Kid, who looks like Porky, except with a pointed black moustache. Porky Pig, Truant Officer, art by Tony Strobl; Porky is truant officer; Cicero and his friend are out fishing, thinking it is Saturday, and Porky disguises himself as an (Asian) Indian prince in order to try to capture them. The Greedy Squirrels, art by Jim Pabian; Petunia sends Porky to the forest in a rainstorm to gather some nuts for the fudge she is making. How to Raise Children, art by Tony Strobl; Porky's nosy neighbor keeps criticizing the things Porky allows Cicero to do. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 17, Issue 9 - Winter, 1949. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. When Corker the horse witnesses a man taken captive, he acts crazily, in an attempt to alert Gabby to the situation. When a gigantic lumberjack goes on a rampage in town, Gabby is elected to deal with him. Corker is mistaken for a rodeo trick-riding horse. Favorite line this issue: "Dingbust it! Yuh don't need bullets! Yuh need brains!" Chief Gray Matter; Loco Lew; Corker Goes Loco; Young Falcon: The Eagle's Nest; Buck Desmond: Bushwhacker; Paul's Bunion; Tricked! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover of Gene Autry. Stories and art by Jesse Marsh, Elizabeth Beecher, Nicholas Firfires and Gaylord Du Bois. Singing cowboy Gene Autry was a multimedia star from the 1930s-1950s, in music, movies, radio, and television, as well as comic books. Young Wayne seeks Gene's help when his sweetheart Jennie is taken in by a mysterious religious cult. The cult's prophet has taken over the ghost town of Ghost Gulch, keeping outsiders away with armed men. Infiltrating the town, Gene and Wayne find the cult members working as forced labor in underground gold mines. Panhandle Pete tells the tale of the Emperor´s Treasure. The Prophet of Ghost Gulch; Panhandle Pete: An Emperor´s Treasure; The Lie; Danger Trail. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Carl Anderson's Henry in "Football vs. Carnival," "Fat Stuff" and "There's No Fun Like Snow Fun!", plus the activity page "Henry's Cartoon Lesson"! Also: Henry and his Uncle in the 2-page text story "Happy Daze," and Henrietta in "A Pretty Maid - Plus - First Aid!" and an untitled half-page story! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Norman Saunders. "The Mysterious Explosions"; Mort Bookins thinks two men are trying to sabotage a railroad hauling his lumber; But after Hopalong captures the pair, the railroad explosions continue. "More Power to Him"; Hill Billy's stubborn mule refuses to move. Rocky Lane Bandana/Carnation Malted Milk ad. "The Water Hole Fight"; Hopalong gets caught in the middle of two ranchers fighting over access to a water hole. "Whitey Whiskers and the Magic Needle"; Whitey pretends he found a magic needle in order to trade for a boy's chocolate bar. "Twin Trouble" starring Hopalong Cassidy; A tramp who looks just like Mesquite pretends to be his long-lost twin brother. Ralston ad featuring Tom Mix. "Slinger Sid" text story by Rod Reed (as R. R. Symes). Hopalong Cassidy Western Shirt ad. "The Crooked Tree" starring Hopalong Cassidy; A crook tricks a man into helping him steal some silver from a silversmith. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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No. 684

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Text stories, activities, puzzles and illustrations. 6.75" x 10". 68 pages. Partial color. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 4, No. 4 - December, 1949. 7" x 9.75", 20 pages, B&W.