Comic books December 1948

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Red Ryder, Telecomics presents King of the Royal Mounted, and the Kiyotee Kids. Two-page text story, "Little Beaver Cuts Loose." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

True stories of crime most foul fall victim to the pages of this short-lived vintage true crime magazine. Here, you will find tales of greed, jealousy, revenge, thievery, and murder....all true, all told in the words of the detectives who worked the cases. 8.5" x 11", 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Vol. 28 # - Mar. 1949. Boxing magazine. Features articles, departments, ratings, fight reports around the world and more. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/4-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 17, Issue 3 - December, 1948. 6.75" x 9.75", 118 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 11, Issue 3 - December, 1948. 6.75" x 9", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Ernie Schroeder. Stories and art by Ernie Schroeder, Al Camy, Bill Fraccio, and John Rosenberger. Lawmen battle outlaws to tame the Wild West in horse-opera tales from DS Publishing. Old West authorities are baffled at how outlaw Tom McGee can rob two banks in two different cities at the same time. Cowboy Jimmy returns to the Bar-S ranch to find strangers in charge, mysterious activities afoot, and ranch owner Joan behaving suspiciously. Outlaws try to take a train, but luckily Texas Rangers applicant Buck Bradford is on board. Vanishing Tom McGee and the Nuggets at Dead Man's Gulch; The Saga of Mexican Mike; Mystery of Mammoth Mesa; The Busted Bronc; Terror in Monterey; Buck Bradford, Ranger Recruit; Hoss Laffs; Hot Iron vs. Hot Lead. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. Smuggler's Ford, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Albert Micale; Roy comes to the aide of sheepherders again. Pioneers of the Old West, script by Gaylord DuBois. Brownie--Chuck Wagon Charley's Tales, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Harry Parks. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Matt Baker. Cover by Jack Kamen. After her plane crash-lands in the African jungle, society girl Jane emerges as Rulah, tribal ruler and protector of the wild, featuring art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. Amazo makes a desperate gamble to gain power over her enemy Rulah; Outsiders seek a place to test their bacteriological weapon; A corrupt leader convinces his tribe they are cursed. Mentioned in the classic anti-comics tome Seduction of the Innocent. The Wondrous Jade Ju-Ju; The Silent Death; The Strangest Punishment; The Miserable Mankillers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Weekly Summary of Current Science. Cover price $0.15.

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Fall 1948 - Movie stars in this issue include Ingrid Bergman, Ronald Reagan, Lizabeth Scott, Elizabeth Taylor, Loretta Young, Ronald Colman, Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly and many more. 8 1/-in. x 11 1/2-in., 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Women's magazine with articles and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Wonder Woman in "The Bottle Cast Up by the Sea!" (script by Charles Moulton, art by Harry G. Peter), Lady Danger in "The Shakespeare Clue," "Wonder Women of History: Selma Lagerlof" (art by Paul Reinman), Willy Nilly, and Wildcat in "The Monkey's Circle" (art by Bernard Krigstein). Cover price $0.10.

Vintage monthly published magazine with a focus on the film industry as a whole. First published in November of 1930, publication continued through the late 1970s. Priding itself as a source for exclusive behind the scenes stories about filmmaking, Silver Screen also contained a fair amount of articles about celebrities, their relationships, the latest in fashion, and film reviews. Cover price $0.15.

Articles on sports, crime, and adventuring, plus pin-up photos. 8" x 10.5". 68 pages. B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Jack Cole. Big-Hearted Bosco starring Midnight, script and art by Jack Cole; Big-Hearted Bosco offers to buy all property within a half mile of Remy Square; Name your price! Citronella story, script and art by Gill Fox. Bee Culture starring Archie O'Toole. Tsin starring Black X. Lady Luck story, script and art by Klaus Nordling. For Crying Out Loud starring Batch Bachelor, art by Bart Tumey. The Open Window text story starring Midnight. Jester story. Daffy story, script and art by Bart Tumey. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Burne Hogarth, Ernie Bushmiller, Bernard Dibble, Rudolph Dirks, Ernest Hix, Ving Fuller and Raeburn Van Buren. United's anthology featured reprints of early comic strips, including Tarzan, Captain and the Kids and Nancy. The new format that starts with this issue allows for larger reprints of Raeburn van Buren's detailed art on Abbie an' Slats. That strip takes a dramatic turn with the accidental death of Becky's new husband David. The courts acquit Slats, but David's Scottish mother swears revenge, in a storyline with fine art by Raeburn van Buren. After Becky is abandoned on a remote Scottish island, she is rescued by a giant from Scottish legends! Hans und Fritz invade the Captain's birthday cruise. But a phony doctor sends the Captain to a nearby island and an encounter with hostile locals. Plus a Tarzan strip with art by Burne Hogarth. The Family Workshop; Nancy; Captain and the Kids; Strange as It Seems; Tarzan; Dink O'Day; Abbie an Slats; Doc Syke. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Will Eisner. Untitled Spirit story featuring The Alibi Factory, pencils by Lou Fine, inks by Lou Fine and the Quality shop. Untitled Spirit story featuring The Kuttup Shop, pencils by Lou Fine, inks by Lou Fine and the Quality shop. Prominent Executives Vanish starring the Spirit, script by Manly Wade Wellman, pencils by Lou Fine, inks by Lou Fine and the Quality Shop. Untitled Spirit story featuring The Masked Magician, script by Manly Wade Wellman, pencils by Lou Fine, inks by Lou Fine and the Quality shop. Untitled Spirit story featuring Belle La Trivet, pencils by Lou Fine, inks by Lou Fine and the Quality shop. Flatfoot Burns story, script and art by Al Stahl. Untitled Jonesy story, script and art by Paul Gustavson. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 8 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover.

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Robin in "The Sinister Baron" (Batman cameo), Captain Compass in "Mr. and Mrs. Jonah," Merry the Girl of a Thousand Gimmicks in "Crime on Ice," Tomahawk in "The ManWho Built a City!" 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 46, Issue 3 - December, 1948. 6.75" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover art by Owen Fitzgerald. Starlet O'Hara story, art by Owen Fitzgerald; Starlet arrives in Hollywood and begins hanging out with Fritzi and trying to get into acting. Moronica story, art by Owen Fitzgerald; Moronica's co-workers play a trick on her by putting a kiss-me sign on the back of her coat. Starlet O'Hara, art by Owen Fitzgerald; Starlet gets a job as Rita Hayworth's stand-in, but Fritzi steals it from her. Captain Marvel Wrist Watch ad. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Milton Caniff. Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Bob Powell, and Frank Engli. Harvey reprints the second comic strip from Terry and the Pirates creator Caniff. WWII vet and aviator Canyon has adventures around the world during the Cold War. Steve meets Madame Lynx, the beautiful femme fatale modeled after Hollywood actress Ilona Massey. Plus a PSA about bike safety, and a vintage shoe ad featuring baseball legend Stan Musial. Kid Safety Says Play Safe!; Madame Lynx; Kid Brother; Plane Talk; Flossie; Ricky Roony; Sky Pirates of the Andes; Pilot's Revenge. Final issue of the series. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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An advertising magazine for furniture sellers from the Grand Rapids Furniture Makers Guild. Color and B&W photos of furniture from the late 1940s.

Cover pencils by Ken Bald. The Mystery of Pirate Cove! starring the Sub-Mariner and Namora, script and art by Bill Everett. The Deadly Game of Captain Black starring Sub-Mariner and Namora, art by Syd Shores. The Flame That Wouldn't Die starring the Human Torch and Sun Girl, art by Charles Nicholas. The Professor and the Mermaid starring Sub-Mariner, pencils by Ken Bald and Namora, inks by Al Gabriele. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Final issue of the series. Cover by Ken Bald. "Bokk the Beast!"; Sun Girl is grabbed by Jon Conelly, the publicity director for Winterfield and Grimes Circus; He explains that he circus is importing Bokk the Beast, a massive gorilla captured in the wilds of Brazil. "Night Of Terror" text story. "The Leap of Doom!"; Sun Girl is at a local observatory looking at Venus; She and Professor White spot Professor Wemblem floating in the sky; White explains to Sun Girl that Wemblem had been experimenting on secret wavelengths; Meanwhile, Peanuts McCoy has robbed a bank and with his new leaping ability is able to escape the authorities with ease. Open letter from Marvel Comics' editorial staff criticizing those attacking comics, to point out the wholesomeness of their own titles, and urging the public to buy them and to keep the critics from taking them away. "The Spoiler!"; The Spoiler, a costumed criminal who has made his career making fools of costumed heroes reads the latest exploits of the Blonde Phantom and decides that she will be the next to be humiliated by the Spoiler. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage magazine featuring stories about, and tips for those interested in the nudist way of life. Softcover Magazine, 8" x 11", 32 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

Supermouse in "Mirror Mutiny," "The Stolen Week-End," and "Crime Wave." Root and Reet in "All Washed Up." Li'l Thomas Hippopot in "Snapshot Snafu!" Three Frank Frazetta illustrations. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye (background figures), inks by Kaye. Prankster's Second Childhood, art by Al Plastino; The Prankster is voted Most Admired Man by the students at the Manly Academy for Problem Children. The Richest Man In the World, script by Bill Woolfolk, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Millionaire Stephen Van Schuyler wants to marry Lois Lane, so she stages a contest to see who can give her the most spectacular gifts, Schuyler or Superman. Casey the Cop humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Albert Einstein bio. Too Many Heroes, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Actor Peter Loroff wills all his money to the person who performs the most heroic deed in the week after his death. Used in Seduction of the Innocent (pg. 33). 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

#73 in a series of 90. Superman-Tim is a boys' clothing catalog, activity book, and comic book all rolled into one, featuring Superman illustrations throughout. All issues are 16 pages unless a Superman story is inserted (bringing page count to 24 or 36 pages). Every issue encourages boys not to be a "Whoo-Shoo" -- a boy who reads "Superman-Tim" but doesn't buy clothes from the Superman-Tim Store. Copyright 1948 by National Comics Pub., Inc., under license to Tim Promotions, Inc. B&W with a single color, 5 1/2 in. x 8 in.

Sweethearts was the first monthly romance title. Janet has a lovely evening on the lake with Fred, but her jilted friend Flo warns her not to trust men. Opportunistic Ginny sets her sights on stealing the wealthy boyfriend of her friend Joan. Helene likes to be provocative, but she can't get Keith to give her a tumble. Plus a comics biography of actor Alan Ladd, a romance-themed horoscope, and a comics version of a classic Romantic poem by Percy Shelley. Without Love; Sweethearts the World Over: Love in Lapland; Fortune Hunter; There Is a Lady Sweet and Kind; I Was a Heartbreaker; The Happiness and Heartbreak of Vicki Carter; Picture Biography: Alan Ladd; The Vengeful Heart; Illustrated Great Love Poems: Love's Philosophy; Star Mates. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.