Comic books February 1951

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UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 36 pages, B&W

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UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 36 pages, B&W

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by L.B. Cole. Stories and art by Bill O'Connor, Ben Flinton, Leonard Sansone, Larry Antonette and Basil Wolverton. 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 faces the horror on the rock of the crawling death. The Phantom Sub works with Naval Intelligence to investigate the sinking of American ships by Axis raiders. A Spacehawk adventure by Basil Wolverton, as Spacehawk faces The Battling Bullet Ships. Blue Bolt; Sub-Zero; Phantom Sub; Boomerang; Spacehawk. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Al Zere and others. TV and movie cowboy Bob Steele rides the range in the Old West, part of Fawcett's lineup of comics based on classic Western stars. In a three-part story, Bob is hired to lead a wagon train full of supplies to oil fields south of the border. But a ruthless killer and his desperados are determined to raid the party. It all leads to a battle over an oil derrick with guns and dynamite. Glib Gibbons; Dynamite Death, Chapter 1: Poisonous Fangs; Chief Gray Matter; Fizzy: The New Job; Chapter 2: Stampeding Terror; Bugle Call for Courage; Dimwit Diddle; Chapter 3: Six-Gun Explosion; Bronko Betsy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Bob Powell. Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Cover by Bob Powell. Teen cowboy adventures set in the 1950s, based on the popular radio program that ran from 1949 to 1955. Bobby and his friends Tex, Windy, and Irish face modern-day rustlers and other challenges of life on the ranch. Handlebar and his gang plot an old-school stagecoach robbery on a modern bus; Bobby tracks The Phantoms, a gang of thieves that leaves no tracks; Windy tells a tall tale about giant ants. Detour to Danger; Bobby Wins His Spurs; Plundering Phantoms; Pow Wow; Windy Wales; Job for a Ranger. 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. Iron Jaw explains to Crimebuster how he faked his death and burial. Dilly Duncan faces an initiation into the Circle Club, but his rival Gruesome Jones makes sure it's not an easy one. Crimebuster gets shot while fighting crime in his ordinary clothes. Crimebuster: Iron Jaw's Rendezvous With Death; The Shooting of Crimebuster; The Classroom Secret; Dilly Duncan; Little Wise Guys: Pee Wee's Pertinent Palaver. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Stories and art by Mort Meskin, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. This kid-gang series set in the Old West is often hailed as a creative high-point in the partnership of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. This issue features "Mother Delilah," considered one of the best stories of the era, and a personal favorite of Kirby's. Spurned by Clay Duncan, saloon gal Delilah decides to get revenge through Clay's young protege, Angel, setting in motion a tale of betrayal and redemption with literary allusions. Also, Dandy relishes the chance to get into a fight over beautiful redhead Lucy. Lessons for readers on how to ride, rope and even talk like cowboys. Mother Delilah; How To Ride a Horse, Lesson 3; Social Night in Town; The Legend of Alby Fleezer!; How Cowboys Say It; Famous Western Fighters: The Texas Rangers; Ill Fight You for Lucy!; How to Spin a Rope, Lesson 3. 52 pages, four color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by John Sink, Manny Stallman, Richard Case and Stephen Kirkel. Western adventure from Youthful Magazines. Kiowa chieftain Grey Wolf and his wolf Lobo race to warn his tribe of an impending Comanche attack. Buffalo Bill is enlisted to provide security for railroad workers in hostile territory. Fugitive outlaw Wild Bill Doolin accidentally winds up the sheriff of a lawless Western town. The War Drums of Doom; Grey Wolf: The Call of the Wild; Chief Crazy Horse; Massacre at the Devil's Slide; Wild Bill Doolin: A Date With Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Candy stars in four untitled stories. Plus: Jitters in an untitled story co-starring Bugs, Miss Duzelberry, Jeri Green, Betty and Rita. Also: Will Bragg in an untitled story co-starring Effy Gissel, Mrs. Mahoulahan, Fire Chief Swenson and Sir Cedric Scruggs. And: 2-page text story "Deflated Dreams" starring Jennifer Jamison, Tommy Curtis and Bob Brant. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Al Liederman and unknown. Captain Marvel saves Tawky Tawny from headhunters in "Mr. Tawny Seeks Happiness" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Also in this issue: "Captain Marvel Fights the Quicksand Quandary" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck, and "Captain Marvel Battles the Inflammable Water" with story by Otto Binder. Plus: Captain Kid in "The Fatal Trip" with art by Al Liederman. And: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "The Nova Menace" with script by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Walter Johnson. Stories and art by Walter Johnson and Gustav Schrotter. Sci-fi adventure from Youthful Magazines. When the alien supercomputer warns of danger from the dark side of the moon, Captain Science and Rip use the flying saucer to investigate, leaving beautiful alien Luana to coordinate the action with the Cortexon. But their return is delayed when the Cat Men of Phoebus abduct Luana, hoping to lure Captain Science and the supercomputer into their grasp. Interplanetary private eye Brant Craig investigates after the Venusberg Freight line is targeted by the Space Pirates of Lanthus IV. The Dark o the Moon; The Space Pirates of Lanthus IV; Nightmare!; The Cat Men of Phoebus; Robots of Ra. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by George Evans and Martin Thall. Early TV superhero Captain Video comes to comics, an electronics wizard from an era when technology was just starting to change the world. Cap and Ranger investigate after their pal Professor Bradley disappears, and the mysterious Dr. Hypnox shows up with a gun looking for him. Western-movie hero Rod Cameron gets a mite unfriendly when owlhoots steal his horse War Paint and try to pass him off as someone else's horse. Cap and Ranger take action after their "opticon scillometer" shows them a man being chased by a monster scorpion. Art by future EC legend George Evans. Plus photos of TV's Captain Video and Ranger, Al Hodge and Don Hastings, including a color photo on the back cover. And moral lessons from Captain Video. The Secret of Sun City; Dizzy Daisy; Rod Cameron: Bushwhacker Bait; Captain Cromwell of the Space Patrol; The Creatures of Doom; Doc Sorebones. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Carl Sandberg, Frank Stockton, Hugh Lofting, Margery Williams Blanco, Howard Pyle, L. Frank Baum and Robert Louis Stevenson. A digest of fiction, fact and comics for children from the producers of Parents Magazine. An excerpt from Dr. Dolittle; A poem by Carl Sandburg; A comics version of the classic horse story Black Beauty. The Battle of the Giants; The Wedding Procession; Dr. Dolittle Meets the Rarest Animal of All; All About Pets; How Boots Fooled the King; Black Beauty. 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 132 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 22, Issue 9 - February 1951. Children's Playmate Magazine features creative stories, poems, rebuses, recipes, activities, crafts, science experiments, and health articles for children. This issue is Spring themed. 52 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 22, Issue 9 - February 1951. Children's Playmate Magazine features creative stories, poems, rebuses, recipes, activities, crafts, science experiments, and health articles for children. This issue is Spring themed. 52 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Issue 44 - Australian Edition. Circa early to mid 1950's. Reprints "The Woman in White" in abridged form with new cover art. 6.5 x 8.5, color covers with b&w interior, 24 pages-all newsprint.

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Canadian Edition (HRN 75), 15¢ cover price, dated February 28, 1951 in indicia. Reprinted for Canadian Distribution. Mr. Midshipman Easy, 1st (and only) Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 75, 8/50). Jack Easy is his name - midshipman and sailor of fortune. He takes everything that the toughest British seaman can dish out - and he always comes up for more. This is in the Royal Navy as it wars against the Spanish pirates of the 19th century. So ride the waves and reef the sails, and the guns with Mr. Midshipman Easy. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

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White Fang, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover (the first 3 printings of this title are the last with line drawing covers). (HRN 79, 2/51). Cover price $0.15.

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White Fang, 3rd Printing, Line Drawing Cover (the first 3 printings of this title are the last with line drawing covers). (HRN 125). Cover price $0.15.

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White Fang, 6th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 153). Cover price $0.15.

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White Fang, 7th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 167). Cover price $0.15.

Volume 1, Issue 8 - February, 1951. Cover Girls Models Magazine was an early men's interest publication distributed between November, 1949 and December, 1955 that focused mainly on bathing suit pin-up photography, but also included the occasional Hollywood tabloid human-interest story. 8" x 10.5", 70 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Carl Wessler, C.H. Moore, Al Wenzel, Dick Rockwell, Fred Guardineer, 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. Hitchhiker Arthur must prove his innocence after he's accused of murdering his last ride. Four small-time hoods disagree on how to divide the fortune in stolen loot that gets dropped into their laps. A detective dares the reader to figure out who's behind the armed robbery at a company payroll, in a whodunit with multiple clues and an upside-down panel for the answer. Trapped!; The Black Bag; On the Level; Double Alibi; The Mouthpiece; Crime Fact-Oddities; This'll Kill Ya!; The Case of the Orange-Picker Patrol. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Bob Fujitani. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Fred Guardineer, Claude Moore, Carl Wessler, Alden McWilliams 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. Tough private eye Chip Gardner gets in a tight spot while seeking a missing man in Buffalo, featuring an action-packed painted cover by Bob Fujitani and a story possibly written by Walter Gibson, creator of The Shadow. A killer breaks into prison to get rid of a witness. A story that dares the reader to figure out who really committed the murder an innocent man is being tried for. Also featuring a vintage ad for the "Lone Ranger Pen Set." Chip Gardner: Death in the Back Room (or The Case of the Buffalo Nickels); Murder for Sale; On the Level; A Corpse on the Beach; Having a Wonderful Crime; This'll Kill Ya; Who Dunnit?: Who Killed Homer Trent? 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Tiger Shark of the Fish Empire," "Knox County: Bork's Pet Peeve," "Only Suckers Take Chances," and "Headline-Hunting Hoodlum." Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Johnny Craig. "Poison!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Mr. Boles was pretty smug, as he and his housekeeper attended the funeral of Margaret Boles...smug thinking that no one knew he had killed his wife; But everything that his housekeeper says and does seems to indicate to him that she somehow knows what he did. "The Giggling Killer," script and art by Harvey Kurtzman; With the newspapers reporting the deaths of people at the hands of "The Giggling Killer," poor Lester, nagged to death by his wife, plans to see if he in some way can establish an alibi and then kill his wife in the style of the killer. "Getaway" text story by Albert B. Feldstein. "Faced With Horror!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Wally Wood; Sam and Willie hold up a bank and shoot a teller in the process; Unfortunately for them, an employee photographed them while making their escape, and Brogen was identified; He decides to have plastic surgery to make him look like a different person. "Blood Red Wine!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script adaptation), art by Graham Ingels; Old Ballo, whose wine business had been ruined by a review made by a wine connoisseur, decides to invite the man to his home and do away with him; Adapted from the short story "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allen Poe. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Reign of the Scarlet Umbrella!" In Madagascar, King Faraday confronts a mad schemer who has convinced the natives that he is a god. Also includes: "Vengeance of the Matterhorn"; "The Vanishing Island!" and "The End of the Arctic!" Pencils, inks, and cover by Carmine Infantino. 52 pages Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, and Claude Moore. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. The Little Wise Guys risk their lives all over town to save people and win the Boy Heroes competition. Ace pilot "Hot Rock" Flanagan targets the mysterious enemy ace known only as "R" who targets Red Cross relief caravans. The Little Wise Guys investigate strange doings at a ski resort and uncover a killer. Little Wise Guys: Heroes by the Dozen; A Strange but True Story of Animal Passion; Air Devils Starring "Hot Rock" Flanagan, Part 2; Deny It If You Can; Crimebuster: He Fiddled While Jerome Burned; Famous Eccentrics; Laff It Off!; Little Wise Guys: Jumped or Fell. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Origin of the Joker. Cover by Lew Sayre Schwartz and George Roussos. Stories by Bill Finger and unknown. Art by Lew Sayre Schwartz, Win Mortimer, George Roussos, Bruno Premiani, Frank Bolle and Dan Barry. Batman is invited to be a guest instructor for a class on criminology at State University, and, since the students are making such good progress, he decides to use them to try and solve a case he never could concerning a criminal known as the Red Hood. Don't miss Batman and Robin in "The Man Behind the Red Hood!" by Bill Finger, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Win Mortimer and George Roussos. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "Ten Little Indians!" with art by Bruno Premiani; Robotman in "The Return of the Iron Man!" with art by Frank Bolle; and Impossible -- But True! tale "The Electric Thinking Cap!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with art by Dan Barry. Also: Peg 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Quick Quiz activity page by H.T. Elmo; 2-page text piece "Your Thinking Cap" by William Morrison; and Jerry the Jitterbug half-pager by Boltinoff. And: Green Arrow, Tomahawk and the Shining Knight in the 1-page public service announcement "The World of Adventure in Books" by Jack Schiff and Win Mortimer. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Simon (as Chester Gould). House ad for Dick Tracy. "The Case of the Runaway Blonde," script by Chester Gould, art by Joe Simon (splash panel and Chester Gould; Breathless manages to escape in a laundry truck; She is discovered by the driver, who tries to take half of the money in exchange for helping her escape. "Exhausted," script and art by Chester Gould; Tracy finds Breathless in B. O. Plenty's home; Breathless poisons Tracy's coffee and makes a getaway. One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie, Gridiron Hero" by Bill Schreiber. Untitled story, script and art by Chester Gould; While B. O. and Breathless are on the run, Pat sends for a doctor to treat Dick for the poison that was put in his coffee; Breathless escapes with most of the money and leaves B. O. sleeping on a bus. B. O. is captured by Dick and Pat but simply walks out of the police station when everyone is distracted by a phone call. Crimestoppers Handbook; Techniques for processing evidence. "Texas Rangers of the Air" text story; A brief history of the Texas Rangers and their methods of operation. "How Well Do You Know the Law?" activity page; questions about the following: paper hanger, J. Edgar Hoover, Ruth Snyder, frogskin and hot ice. One-page Sparkle Plenty story with B. O. Plenty. "The April Fool Murder" text story. Dick Tracy Minit Mystery; Dick and Pat solve a murder at a night club. 36 Pages, full Color. Cover price $0.10.