Comic books November 1948

Cover pencils by Reed Crandall (?). "Tom's Thumb," script and art by Bill Woolfolk; Tom Thumb becomes normal-sized and tries to compete with Darrel for Martha's attentions, winning her favor by saving her from a thug; But Tom couldn't stay away from crime and ended back in prison, where, deprived of sufficient food, he shrunk back down to small size. "Battle of the Restaurants" starring Blimpy and restauranteurs Joe and Mike, script and art by Al Stahl. "The College For Cutthroats"; Swing Sisson vs. Duke Grimegross, Lefty (first appearance; villain) and their mob. "Babu the Gun-Runner," script and art by Paul Gustavson; Rusty Ryan vs. Babu, Klug and their gang. "The Indian Fighter" starring Roscoe. "Double Land," script and art by Gill Fox; Perky versus and evil Perky duplicate. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Comics adventures of the popular, long-running cartoon character. Felix's stuttering pig pal wins a houseful of appliances in a quiz show. Felix seeks a good place to take a nap. Monty Monk decides that the bored jungle animals need a little shaking up. Mask Bawl; Net Profit; Quiz Fuzz; Felix Sees the Saws; Monty Monk. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Flash stars in "Flash Speeds 1000 Years into the Future," written by John Broome, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Bernard Sachs. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "The Case of the Jumbo Peanut" with art by Frank Harry; Black Canary in "The Day that Wouldn't End" written by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Infantino, inks by Sachs; Flash Facts by Martin Naydel; and Hawkman in "Revenge of the Falconer" by Broome and Joe Kubert. Cover pencils by Infantino, inks by Sachs. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is CHRISTMAS with MOTHER GOOSE, No. 201. Cover art by Walt Kelly. Christmas in the Shoe; Mr. Nicholas solicits gifts from the residents of Mother Goose Town so that the Old Woman Who Lives in A Shoe's children can have a merry Christmas. A Christmas Alphabet; Christmas-themed Illustrations for each letter of the alphabet. Hickory and Dickory Help Santa Claus; A pair of mice help Santa when he becomes stuck in the chimney of their house. Three Jovial Welshmen; Three Welsh men go hunting on Christmas Day and spend more time arguing than hunting. The Tale of Chip-Chop and his Christmas Good Deed; Chip-chop the chipmunk gathers trinkets in Santa's workshop for Mr. Crow to distribute to the forest animals. All art by Walt Kelly. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is Walter Lantz WOODY WOODPECKER, No. 202. Woody the Football Hero; A pro football team hires Woody, but they want him to be water boy, not a player; With the home team behind, the coach relents and puts Woody in the game and he uses some unusual tactics to get his team back in the game. Noisy Neighbors; Woody rigs up a loudspeaker system to irritate Tackhammer; Tackhammer gets revenge by doctoring Woody's soup with hot pepper and tabasco sauce, temporarily ruining Woody's singing voice. All art by Dick Hall. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago and Milt Hammer. Sometimes listed as Frisky Fables #32. Funny-animal hijinks in a cutesy style from Novelty Press. Monkeys Myrtle and Jocko don't have enough money for the baseball game, so they decide to sneak in. Kittens Tick, Tack and Toe take a vacation in the Catskills and have rural misadventures. Sniffy finds that even a drawing of a cat on a billboard isn't safe to bark at. Neddy Bear; Fast Little Fox; Myrtle and Jocko; Fraidy Colt; Tick, Tack and Toe; Johnny and Woof; Sniffy. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Otto Feuer. Untitled The Dodo and the Frog story, art by Otto Feuer; Fenimore disguises Dunbar as a horse and enters him in the Kentucky Derby. Wheaties ad featuring Bob Feller. Untitled story, art by Rube Grossman; The boys trick Blackie out of his dinner with a fake radio broadcast. Untitled J. Rufus Lion story, art by Ronald Santi; Mortimer builds a moat around Rufus' house and charges a toll to cross the bridge. "The Tiger Nobody Wanted!" Giggle-Toons story, art by Howie Post. "Why the Crow Is Black" Patrick Parrot's Unnatural History text story. Untitled The Dodo and the Frog story, art by Otto Feuer; Fenimore tries to borrow 5 bucks from Dunbar and then gets mad when he doesn't have it. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 34, Issue 2 - November, 1948. 6.75" x 9", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Vol. 7 #6 - Nov./Dec. 1948. Single-panel gag cartoons. 10 1/2-in. x 13-in., 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Dan Barry. The Ordeal of Detective Shanahan, art by Dan Barry. Customs Cop, art by Nick Cardy. The Life and Death of a Gangster, art by Howard Sherman. The Dance of Death, art by Win Mortimer. The Bribe, art by Dan Barry. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Lawrence Dressler, Bud Willard, Al McWilliams, and Edmond Good. Starting as a brutal pre-Code true-crime comic in its early issues, Gangsters Cant Win later evolved into a standard mystery-detective title. Inspector Moore investigates the theft of a rare book containing a valuable map. A typewriter key provides the clue that leads postal inspectors to an extortionist. Airborne lawman Breeze Lawson tracks down "Killer" Madden and his female hostage, in a story with some bondage art. Dead Men Don't Drown; The Mystery of the Disappearing Diamonds; The P.I. and the Clocks!; Short Vacation; Sky Sheriff: Trail of Terror; Beauty and the Book; The Mystery of the Speaking Alibi; Jailbreak. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Gene Autry stars in "Outlaw Roundup." Jesse Marsh art. Back-up story, "The Jayhawkers." Two-page text story, "Champeen Bean Shooter." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Dan Gordon and Hubie Karp. Art by Dan Gordon, Lynn Karp and Ken Hultgren. Cover by Dan Gordon. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG, with art by cartooning legend Dan Gordon. Superkatt tries to prevent a corporation from building a factory on the vacant lot where kids play football; The Dope is chosen "Mayor for a Day" and some crooks (including his exact double) try to take advantage of the situation; Spencer goes to England to help the decapitated ghost of Ann Boleyn, one of Henry VIIIs wives heads. Superkatt; The Duke and the Dope; Spencer Spook; Showing the Show-Off; Bungle of the Jungle; Afraid of the Dark; Trapped!; The Gopher Boys; Baby Blues. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Allen Saunders, Alfred Andriola, Buford Tune and Al Avison. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. A $40,000 loaf of bread leads Green Hornet to a smuggling ring on the waterfront. A gambling racket uses orphans as runners, until one of them alerts the Hornet. The reader is invited to solve a two-page mystery before the Green Hornet can. Plus reprints of the classic detective comic strip Kerry Drake. Also featuring a Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie and the Babe Ruth Story," with art by Shazam creator C.C. Beck and a cameo by actor William Bendix, promoting the film The Babe Ruth Story. Green Hornet: Treachery on the Waterfront; Green Hornet: The Orphanage Racket; Green Hornet's U-Solve-It Mystery; Winnie the Waitress; Kerry Drake: Crime Can't Win; Dotty Dripple; Green Hornet: Case of the Golden Eye; Green Hornet: Secret of the Tomb. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Jack Bradbury and others. Art by Jack Bradbury and Ken Hultgren. Cover by Ken Hultgren. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG, with art by cartooning legend Dan Gordon. Robespierre the cat thinks hes a dog, but thats nothing compared to the species confusion when a skunk wants to join the alley-cats club; Doc E. Z. Duzit helps a fleeing fox by confusing the foxhounds; Shally Mouse and Chauncey Cat think that a white mouse is the ghost of Shilly Mouse. Rodney Rabbit; Mr. Square; Robespierre; Izzy and Dizzy; Sam and Son; Squirrely; Shilly and Shally; Charles the Cat; "Doc" E. Z. Duzit; The Honey Trap. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Contains three Frank Frazetta illustrations. Frazetta illustrations appear in eighteen consecutive issues of Happy Comics (1943) (#20-#37) and in sixteen consecutive issues of Goofy Comics (1943 Nedor/Standard) (#20-#35). Contains funny animal stories. In order of appearance: "Happy"; "Bruno Bear" art by Don Christensen'; "Little Billy Bear"; "Uncle Fuzzy Hare"; "Francois Feline"; "Whitey"; "Pansy the Chimp" by Jack Bradbury; "Mrs. Sippi" art by Don Christensen; and "Adam". Illustrated text stories: "The Boastful Mouse: Reckless Monty Finds Out That Mother Knows Best!" by Elizabeth Starr, illustration by Frazetta; "Abbott the Rabbit: This Little Bunny Wanted to Make Friends with the Big Deer!" by Betty Cummings, illustration by Frazetta; and "The Elephant Who Wouldn't Help: Egbert Was Just a Bit Too Proud of Himself!" by Elizabeth Starr, illustration by Frazetta. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Vic Donahue, Joe Simon 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. Treasury agents crack a counterfeiting ring; A tale of murder in rural America that may be EC legend John Severin's first published work; The gangster known as "King of the Everglades" runs amuck in Florida between 1915 and 1924. How the T-Men Broke A Cunning Counterfeit Team; The Mystery of Room 712; The Clue of the Horoscope; A Grave Crime; G-Man Blitz; Trapping the Ashley-Mobley Gang (Terror of the Everglades). 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage supermarket tabloid magazine full of high profile true crime stories of the FBI and the CIA, some with testimonials from those involved in, or close to the cases themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+. Cover price $0.15.

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Painted cover by H.C. Kiefer. Stories and art by Ed Moore, Fred Guardineer, Jimmy Thompson, Ruth Atkinson, and Al Williamson. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. A soldier on leave keeps his cool and rescues people from the Hartford circus fire. A story featuring early art by EC legend Al Williamson. A Boy Scout pulls two kids from an icy pond. Catastrophe; Fire; Sub. Pomodon to the Rescue; Death in the Balance; Thin Ice On Shell Bank Creek...; Handy with a Gun; In Time To Save a Life; Butch Gives the Alarm; Out of the Fog: Holocaust; A Little Light Duty; Quick Thinking Saves a Life; Tornado; Two Time Hero. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 8, Issue 5 - November, 1948. 6.75" x 9.75", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Rod Reed and Frank Bolle. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. Outlaw Squint Eyes and his gang attempt to take over the Schwanga tribe's oil well by kidnapping all the women in the village. When Hammerhead and Windy start selling shares in a copper mine where there is no copper, Hoppy gets suspicious. Pistol-Packin' Pattie posits that courage is a good thing, but any man who doesn't fear rattlesnakes is a fool. Painted cover may be the work of Norman Saunders. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie and "The Babe Ruth Story", with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck, and a vintage American Flyer model train ad. Prisoners of Greed!; Hill Billy; The Twin River Bonanza!; The Knifer; Phil the Fisherman; Be a Sharpshooter!; The Music Box of Death!; Whitey Whiskers and Daniel Boone, Jr.: Headstrong in More Ways Than One; Ridin' Herd with William Boyd; Pistol-Packin' Pattie; Topper's Last Stand! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Syd Shores. The Ray of Madness starring the Human Torch, pencils by Mike Sekowsky. Horror Hotel! starring the Human Torch; A hotel is terrorized by a "man-killing beast," sending tenants fleeing. But when The Torch investigates, it seems almost no one has actually seen the monster; The "monster" turns out to be the work of a revenge-crazed madman who'd been fired by the hotel for thievery. A Jinx For Georgie Jenks starring the Sub-Mariner, Georgie Jenks, and Black Mike. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"Joan of Arc." Back-up story, "The Soil of Africa Weeps: Boer War!" (used in Seduction of the Innocent book on page 308). Cover price $0.10.

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Nov. 18, 1948.. American version of the weekly news magazine published in England. This special issue features Georgette Heyer's "Snowdrift," a two-page game of British sovereigns circa the Victorian era, family life in the 17th century in full color paintings, a full page candid photograph of Princess Elizabeth and Philip in color, Edmund Dulac's full color painting Theseus Slaying the Minotaur plus color ads, fiction and more. 10 1/4-in. x 14 1/4-in., 44 pages, full color, sepia and B&W. NOTE: Information is limited on this series. Page counts vary from issue to issue. Page counts may be unconfirmed. May or may not include cover page. Cover price $1.00.

One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.15.

Vol. 11 Issue #1 - Nov. 1948. Children's text stories and illustrations with puzzles and activities. 6 page picture section. 7 x 10. Cover price $0.25.

This cover appeared on both Junior Miss #31 and Jeanie #22. Cover price $0.10.

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In order of appearance: "Jo-Jo Congo King, The Double Double-Cross!"; "The Cowboy and the Cayman! Cowboy Standing on His Pony!"; "The Cowboy and the Cayman! Cowboy Lassoes Cayman in a Shrunken Pool!" reprinted in Ramar of the Jungle (1954) #2; Jo-Jo Congo King, The Meteors From Satan!"; "Our Good Neighbor...The South American Cowbow! Branding Time!" and "Our Good Neighbor...The South American Cowbow! Gaucho of the Past!" reprinted in Ramar of the Jungle (1954) #2; "Jungle-Venture!" art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth; and "Movie Mysteries" by George Gukell. "The Sheriff's Signal!" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ham Fisher (credited). Stories and art by Ham Fisher, Vic Herman and Bob Powell. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Searching for the missing Ann, Joe arranges a series of fights in the region where her plane crashed. But box-office bandits complicate the plan. Plus a bike safety PSA. Joe Palooka's Album; Joe's Fight Campaign to Find Ann; A Day at Ebbets Field; True-Thrilling Sport Short; Sportales; Kid Safety Says Play Safe! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Comic strip reprints by Frank Robbins: "The Girl on the Raft," "A Battle of Wits," "Knockout Gas," "Hijack Racket," and "A Fight is Won!" Robbins cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ed Moore. "Alvino Rey," art by Ed Moore; Young Alvino Rey applies his knowledge of electronics to music. "Lawrence Welk...The Dance at Wizard's Gulch!," art by Jimmy Thompson; Lawrence finds that his band is booked to play in a ghost town. "Randy Brooks," art by Henry C. Kiefer; Randy is forced to choose between music and basketball. "Carmen Cavallaro The Poet of the Piano," art by Al Thompson; Carmen reminisces about some the wacky things that have happened to him. "Charlie Spivak," art by Jerry Fasano; Charlie honors the woman responsible for his tag of "the man plays the sweetest trumpet in the world." Untitled Jivey and Grovy story, art by Mike Roy; The gang goes skiing and meets an egotistical skiing champ. "Sam Donahue," art by Jimmy Thompson; Sam finds an unexpected fill-in whe he goes on a one night stand. A brief account of Duke Ellington's career. "Morey Amsterdam America's First Josh Dickey," art by Jerry Fasano; Morey interviews a horse on his radio show. 52 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by John Celardo. "Banshee Valley," art by John Celardo; White renegades impersonate the fire god of the B'tongis and demand the B'Tongis act as their raiding force. Kaänga exposes the impersonations and N'geeso's tribe help route the B'Tongis. Untitled story; Simba takes the prey of Lokko, learning later that Lokko's hunt was part of a leopard adulthood ritual and that Lokko is now banished from his tribe. Untitled story, art by Dan Zolnerowich; The Baxters, treasure hunters, persuade Kim Reagan that his father was driven to suicide by Terry; They then use the distraction created by Kim's accusations to attempt to smuggle diamonds inside palm nut shells. Jungle Journal; The story of the circle of life in the jungle. Untitled story, art by Frank Doyle; Wambi rescues a baby gorilla from a tangle of vines and from hyenas. "Ambush at Dawn" text story. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Kenyon, a jewel thief, kills a two of a trio of royal siblings and takes their sacred gems; As he is attempting to kill the third, he is confronted by Tabu and the ghosts of his earlier victims. Untitled story, pencils by Matt Baker; Melton frames Camilla for his own looting of the Masais' Temple of Ka; She proves her innocence by capturing Melton with the rest of the treasure. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Allen Saunders, Alfred Andriola and Bob Powell. Reprints of Alfred Andriola's detective comic strip Kerry Drake and other adventure tales. This issue features reprints from Feb. - May, 1946. Stick-up man deluxe Kid Gloves and Ecstasy Martin abduct a diamond salesman. Plus a Man in Black story and a gun safety promo starring Kerry Drake. Ace Detective Proves Crime Can't Win; Kerry Drake; Kid Gloves; The Man in Black; The Case of the Matching Slipper; The Case of the Strange Suicide. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Al Hartley, Cal Howard and Milt Gross. Art by Al Hartley, Bob Wickersham and Milt Gross. The Kilroys (Americas Funniest Family!) combined the family humor of the then-new sitcom format with Archie-style teen hijinks featuring Katie, Natch, and pal Solid Jackson. Pops finally claims the car he ordered two years before and gets the runaround from the dealership, in a story thats a real time-capsule of what it was like to buy a new car in 1948; Solid Jackson masquerades as his own mother to get on a You Bet Your Life-style radio show; A classic Count Screwloose caper by Milt Gross. No Bus Like Bess; The Big Cleanup!; Clothes Make the Gang; A Dog's Life!; Kollege Kapers; The Flat Tire; Count Screwloose; The Super-Duper Market; Solid Jackson. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.