Comic books December 1948

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Stories based on actual people and events: The Story Behind the U.S. Treasury. Amos and Andy. Wheaties ad featuring Cincinnati Reds pitcher, Ewell Blackwell. The Happy Warrior bio on Alfred E. Smith. Football tips given by Lou Little, head coach at Columbia University. Highlights in the Life of Tom Dewey text article. The Case of Public Enemy No. 1--Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigations starring Steve Saunders. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $48.45 or Best Offer View scan 6" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Syd Shores. Anti-Wertham letter in this issue. "The Rider of the Owlhoot Trail!", art by Syd Shores; Two-Gun Kid is riding the range when he spots a coach that appears to have been robbed; Going to the aid of the passengers and coach riders who have been tied up, he learns that they were attacked by someone calling themselves the Black Ride. "The Guardian" text story. "Guns Blast in Thunder Pass!"; In the Western Prairies Molly Prentice is riding her horse when somebody shoots the horse in the head. Thrown from the dying mare, Molly lands in the path of a rattle snake about to strike; Two-Gun Kid steps in. "Marvel Comics Group" article; Dr Jean Thompson, psychiatrist, is announced as an editorial consultant; This was to ensure that Marvel Comics "contain nothing that might meet with objections." "Annie Clicks in Politics" starring Arizona Annie. "Shotgun Justice" starring The Two-Gun Kid, art by Syd Shores; Two-Gun Kid rides into a western town to see an outlaw named Samson making the local sheriff dance under the shots of his six-guns. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Maurice Del Bourgo and Leonard Starr. Outlaws, gunfighters, and tales of the Old West - some true, and others merely legends. Apaches allow prospectors to claim a legendary valley of gold, as long as they mind the boundaries - but of course, greed gets the better of them. When their mine peters out, the Clanton family turns to Arizona and outlaw raids. A quick-shooting sheriff and a gun-shy tenderfoot form an unlikely friendship. The Treasure of Never-Never Land; Me and My Boys; The Kids Farewell; Wishbone Harry; A Ride for Life; The Vultures Brand; How to Hang Before Forty. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.