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United Comics (1940/1950) comic books 1952

  • Issue #20
    United Comics (1940/1950) 20
    • 1.5" Cumulative spine split. Chew. Water damage.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Russell Patterson, Elsie Hix and Raeburn van Buren. The comic-strip adventures of aspiring model Fritzi Ritz and her boyfriend, the bumbling Phil Fumble. Phil buys a coffee shop under a ski jump. Phil wants to forget Fritzi after a fight, but her image is on every billboard. Bathless Groggins is in trouble after he pledges money he doesn't have to the city pledge drive, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with art by Raeburn van Buren. Backup strips include Russell Patterson's Mamie and the Ripley-like Strange As It Seems by Elsie Hix. Fritzi Ritz; Mamie; Abbie an' Slats; Stamp Tips; Strange as It Seems. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #21
    United Comics (1940/1950) 21
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #2051229001
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
    • Interior is complete. 5 1/2" spine split from base of comic. Cover detached at one staple.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Charles Schulz, Russell Patterson, and Raeburn van Buren. The comic-strip adventures of aspiring model Fritzi Ritz and her boyfriend, the bumbling Phil Fumble. Fritzi wants Phil to lose some weight. This issue is noteworthy as being the first comic book (along with Tip Top Comics (1936) #173, published the same month) to reprint Charles Schulz's beloved Peanuts comic strip, then only in its third year. Bathless Groggins is mistaken for his wealthy cousin and loses a poker game with millionaires, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with art by Raeburn van Buren. Fritzi Ritz; Peanuts; Mamie; Stamp Tips; Abbie an' Slats. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #22
    United Comics (1940/1950) 22

    Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Charles Schulz, Russell Patterson, Elsie Hix, George Jahns and Raeburn van Buren. The comic-strip adventures of aspiring model Fritzi Ritz and her boyfriend, the bumbling Phil Fumble. Fritzi and Phil go on a country drive that spins out of control when the brakes fail. One of the backup strips in the comic is Charles Schulz's Peanuts, then only in its third year; several daily strips are presented in full color. Bathless Groggins learns about the ghost of the pool hall, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with art by Raeburn van Buren. Fritzi Ritz; Peanuts; Mamie; Stamp Tips; Abbie an' Slats; Strange as It Seems. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #23
    United Comics (1940/1950) 23
    • Staple rust.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Charles Schulz, Russell Patterson, and Raeburn van Buren. The comic-strip adventures of aspiring model Fritzi Ritz and her boyfriend, the bumbling Phil Fumble. Fritzi and Phil fall into a cave that is the secret base of a mad scientist! One of the backup strips in the comic is Charles Schulz's Peanuts, then only in its third year; several daily strips are presented in full color. Bathless Groggins accidentally drinks a formula that will kill him in 30 days, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with art by Raeburn van Buren. Fritzi Ritz; Peanuts; Mamie; Stamp Tips; Abbie an' Slats. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #24
    United Comics (1940/1950) 24

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    Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Charles Schulz, Russell Patterson, and Raeburn van Buren. The comic-strip adventures of aspiring model Fritzi Ritz and her boyfriend, the bumbling Phil Fumble. Phil's not very expert at hiding his girl-watching from Fritzi at the beach. One of the backup strips in the comic is Charles Schulz's Peanuts, then only in its third year; several daily strips are presented in full color. Charlie Brown gets his toy soldiers all lined up for an attack. Bathless Groggins plans a prank on his wealthy nemesis Hagstone, but Hagstone hopes to use it to get rid of Bathless forever, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with art by Raeburn van Buren. Fritzi Ritz; Peanuts; Mamie; Stamp Tips; Abbie an' Slats. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #25
    United Comics (1940/1950) 25
    • Advertisement sticker on cover. Staple rust.

    Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Charles Schulz, Russell Patterson, and Raeburn van Buren. The comic-strip adventures of aspiring model Fritzi Ritz and her boyfriend, the bumbling Phil Fumble. Fritzi receives a live goose from her farmer uncle, and it immediately gets loose and runs amuck in the city. One of the backup strips in the comic is Charles Schulz's Peanuts, then only in its third year; several daily strips are presented in full color. Bathless Groggins promises to do the opposite of his natural impulses, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with art by Raeburn van Buren. Fritzi Ritz; Peanuts; Mamie; Stamp Tips; Abbie an' Slats. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.