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Comic books January 1949, graded by CGC

  • Item #60477872
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    Published Jan 1949 by DC.
    • Paper: White
    • Label #4369221020
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    Cover art by Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye. The Adventure of Little Red starring Superman, art by Al Plastino. When Congo Bill Fails starring Congo Bill, art by Ed Smalle. The Chase Through Space starring Tommy Tomorrow, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti. Horse For A Day starring Zatara, script by Joe Samachson, art by William F. White. The Cowboy From Broadway starring Vigilante, script by France Herron. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #58787536
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    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4081487002

    Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Leonard Starr, Clement Weisbacker and Ernest Schroeder. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #59. No issue # on cover; Vol. 5, issue #12 in indicia. Airboy is captured by an army of intelligent rats, in the second part of a legendary two-parter. A madman plans to flood a refugee camp to claim the land for himself, until The Heap gets involved. The true story of the legendary Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg. Airboy and the Rats, Part 2; The Flying Fool; The Heap; Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg; The Orioles Flew High; Amby, Junior Boogey-Man; Wilderness Victor. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #60179936
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    $5,225.00
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    Includes: cover Pencils by Al Avison, Inks by Syd Shores; Worlds At War, Pencils by Ken Bald, Inks by Vince Alascia; Eddie Saves the Dough text story; The Man Who Knew Everything, art by Bald; and Scavengers of the Desert starring Sub-Mariner. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #60037473
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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #4262841004
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  • Item #52377215
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    $369.00
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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Slab: Scuffing on front of case; Scuffing to inner well of case
    • Label #1197124014
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    Cover by Frank Borth. Stories and art by Frank Borth and Frank Beck. Reprints of the short-lived comic strip about sailor-for-hire Ken Stuart and his seagoing adventures. Ken encounters modern-day pirates in a battle to the finish. In a more educational strip, Ken reveals how to harpoon a swordfish. Plus reprints of Frank Beck's dog strip "Bo." Meet Ken Stuart; Bo. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #60325542
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    Published Jan 1949 by Quality.
    • Paper: White
    • Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
    • Label #0296549012

    Cover art by Jack Cole. Phffffttt! starring Plastic Man, script and art by Jack Cole. Dewey Drip story, script and art by Joe Devlin. Honeybun story, script and art by Paul Gustavson. Candy O'Connor--A Modern Annie Oakley starring Candy, script and art by Harry Sahle. Spirit story, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Lou Fine. Magician text story starring Plastic Man. Manhunter story, art by Al Bryant. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #60848456
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    Published Jan 1949 by DC.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #4391405004
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    Cover art by Harry G. Peter. The Girl Who Wanted To Be an Amazon starring Wonder Woman, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Financier Gresham raises his daughter to be a boy, so he won't let her accept a scholarship to Holliday College until Wonder Woman intervenes. The Dead Man's Chest starring Lady Danger, pencils by Bob Oksner, inks by Bernard Sachs. Willy Nilly story, art by Frank Harry. Anna Pavlova--Wonder Women of History, art by Paul Reinman. The Secret Mine starring Wildcat, art by Arthur Peddy. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #58812240
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    • Paper: Light tan to off white
    • Canadian Edition.
    • Label #1216817017
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    1947 Canadian Reprint. Art by Jack Cole. Parts of this issue are reprints from True Crime Comics (1947) 3. Cover redrawn to vastly reduce the violence. Full color. 36 pages. 7" x 10". Cover price $0.10.

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