Comic books February 1948

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $32.00 View scans Cover oxidation.

Cover by John Giunta. Stories and art by Maurice del Bourgo and Mort Lawrence. Bloody pre-Code crime comics, in imitation of Crime Does Not Pay - including a top-hatted, otherworldly narrator. The twist is that the publisher offers wanted posters (and rewards) for real-life criminals. Brothers Hugh, Ray and Roy start with train robbery, and end as the subjects of an FBI manhunt. Dwight is a wealthy son of privilege, but he turns to robbery, murder and jailbreak. Greed for gold turns deadly in the rainforests of the Matto Grosso, but the jungle takes its revenge. The Twin Killers; Son of Satan!; The Pay Off!; The Case of the Corpse in the Woods; Terror of 3 States, Wilbur Underhill. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $36.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight.

Western novel "Guns of Arizona" by Charles N. Heckelmann with illustrations by H. L. Parkhurst, plus shorts "Trail to Pie Town" by Jim Mayo with illustrations by H. W. Kiemle, "The Wrong Horse" by Charles Stoddard, and "Zorro Serenades a Siren" by Johnston McCulley. 7-in. x 9-in. B&W Illustrations Color Cover Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $1,475.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #1171023006 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart Coverless $75.00 View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Bob Lubbers. Edited by J.F. Byrne and William R. Shelton. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, Charles Sultan, Al Walker, George Evans, John Celardo and Maurice Whitman. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Nice good-girl art as Jane Martin is tricked into smuggling contraband cash in an iron lung; Greasemonkey Griffin is hired to transport a champion skier who has ulterior motives; A spy impersonating an RAF pilot is revealed by the ghost of the actual flier. Good-girl in jeopardy cover by Bob Lubbers. Captain Wings; Jane Martin; Greasemonkey Griffin; Air Heroes of World War II; Phantom Falcon; Suicide Smith; Ghost Squadron. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $53.00 View scans

Add to cart Good $39.00 View scans Staple rust. 4" Cumulative spine split. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling. Abraded tear to rear cover.

Volume 3, Issue 4 - February, 1948. Cover by Peter Driben. Men's interest magazine featuring pin-up pictorials with story text. 8.5" x 11.5", 68 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $550.00 View scans Paper: Off white Label #4002324023

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $635.00 View scans Conserved Paper: Off white Conservation Includes: Centerfold Reinforced, Cover Reinforced, Staples Replaced. Label #0316930008 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Tara in "The Fabulous Jewel of Morn," Wonderman in "The Hordes of the Immortal Emperor," the Grim Reaper in "The Master of Treachery," Jill Trent Science Sleuth in "Portrait of a Crime," and Spectro Master of Magic in "Murder in Mind!" Alex Schomburg cover (as "Xela"). Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $200.00 View scans Cover detached.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $269.00 or Best Offer View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Art by Matt Baker and others. Tales of adventure featuring Rulah, Jungle Goddess, and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. This, the Feb. 1948 issue, is the first issue #13; a later issue was erroneously numbered 13 as well. A circus promoter uses a boy in his scheme to lure Rulah to New York; Ungar warns Rulah that the spirit of a dead slaver may return to the jungle; Rulah pursues a jungle cult that killed a woman with gold, in a strange premonition of the James Bond adventure Goldfinger. Terrific cover has Rulah battling a snake, leopards and forest fire all at once. More outrageous action and classic pre-Code good-girl art. Stone Jungle; Bloody Moon; Murder Deadline; Plundering Cult. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.