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Comic books April 1949

  • Vol. 24 #1
    44 Western Magazine (1937-1954 Popular Publications^) Pulp Vol. 24 #1


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 24, Issue 1 - April, 1949. 6.75" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #2
    4Most Vol. 8 (1949) Four Most 2

    Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by L. B. Cole, Nina Albright, Milt Hammer, Harry Lazarus, and Ray Gill. Sometimes listed as 4Most #33. Adventures of clean-cut teen heroes of the 1940s. During a modeling job in the Hawaiian islands, Toni Gayle is stalked by a killer, but he doesn't suspect she's tangled with crooks before. Edison Bell and Jerry discover contraband weapons while combing the beach for driftwood. Kit Carter discovers his hockey equipment has been sabotaged before a big game, and his best buddy Dan is suspected as the culprit, in a strip with art by early female comics artist Nina Albright. Good-girl damsel in distress cover by L. B. Cole features Toni Gayle menaced by a sinister surfer. Toni Gayle: Murder By Midnight; The Cadet; The Same Language; Edison Bell; Bike Garage; Dear Sally. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #131
    Action Comics (1938 DC) 131
    Published Apr 1949 by DC.

    Cover art by Al Plastino. The Scrambled Superman starring Lex Luthor, script by Joe Samachson, art by Al Plastino. The Secret at the Center of the Earth starring Tommy Tomorrow, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti. The Prince of Hams starring Zatara, script by Joe Samachson, art by W. F. White. The Pampas Troubadour starring Vigilante, script by George Kashdan, art by Dan Barry. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 120 #6
    Adventure (1910-1971 Ridgway/Butterick/Popular/New Publications) Pulp/Magazine Vol. 120 #6


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.
    • Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 120, Issue 6 - April, 1949. 6.75" x 9", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #4
    Adventures into the Unknown (1948 ACG) 4
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4369221005
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover art by Edvard Moritz. Giants of the Unknown, art by Jon Blummer; Egyrtologist Tom Andrews leads an expedition to an ancient tomb where they find a giant mummy; The giant revives and tells them he is El-Rano, of an even more ancient race that was revered by the Egyptians as gods because of their advanced scientific knowledge. The Affair of Room 1313, art by Edvard Moritz. Back To Yesterday, art by Leonard Starr. Specialist In Spooks, art by Charlie Sultan. St. Mary's Spectre--True Ghosts of History, art by Max Elkan. Rescue Out of the Unknown text story. The Women Wore Black, art by Pete Riss. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #46
    All Star Comics (1940-1978) 46
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #4220313004

    The Justice Society of America star in "The Adventure of the Invisible Band!" Script by John Broome. Pencils by Irwin Hasen (splash page and chapters 1 and 3) and Arthur Peddy (chapter 2), inks by Bob Oksner (splash and chapters 1 and 3) and Bernard Sachs (chapter 2). Back-up story, "The Fabulous Ride of Portugese Jack!" Back-up Johnny Peril's Surprise Story, "Colossus!" Two-page article, "In the Days of Knights" by John Osgood." Peddy/Sachs cover. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 23 #4
    Amazing Stories (1926-Present Experimenter) Pulp Vol. 23 #4


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • 5 3/4" spine split from bottom.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 23, Issue 4 - April, 1949. Science fiction stories by S.M. Tenneshaw, Rog Phillips, Gaston Derreaux, H.B. Hickey, and Lee Tarbell Illustrations by Julian S. Krupa and Bill Terry. Cover by Arnold Kohn. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 152 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    April, 1949 - Volume 6, Issue #9.

  • Vol. 43 #2
    Astounding Science Fiction (1938-1960 Street and Smith) Pulp / Digest Vol. 43 #2


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    • Coverless. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 43, Issue 2 - April, 1949. Cover by Santry. Science Fiction and Adventure stories. Featuring PLAGUE By Rene Lafayette. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #1
    Babe Ruth Sports Comics (1949-1951 Harvey) 1
    • Corner missing from back cover and last page.

    Stories and art by Bob Powell and others. Comics about famous sports figures of the past, featuring a continuing comics biography of baseball legend Babe Ruth. Part one of Babe Ruth's life story starts when he was just a babe. Also, a feature on basketball, then not nearly as popular a national sport as baseball. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 8 #1
    Beauty Parade (1941-1956 Harrison Publications^) Magazine Vol. 8 #1


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    Volume 8, Issue 1 - April, 1949. Pin-up pictorials with humorous text. 8" x 11.5", 62 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #113
    Bestseller Mystery (1937-1958 American Mercury) Digest 113
    • Water damage: Moderate.

    Abridged version of "In Cold Blood" by George Bagby. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #26
    Black Terror (1942 Better Publications) 26
    • Paper: White
    • Label #0002071-AA-009
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Edited by Ned Pines. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by George Tuska, Jerry Robinson, Mort Meskin, Charles S. Strong, H. R. Karp, Irving Karp, and Art Helfant. Action-packed tales featuring such characters as Flush Bradley and the Black Terror, a super strong super-hero. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #24
    Blackhawk (1944 1st Series) 24
    • Centerfold detached at one staple. Water damage.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Reed Crandall. Featuring: 11 page Blackhawk story "The Woman Known as Number One" drawn by Reed Crandall; 1 page Burp the Twerp story "The Stone Mountain Wager" by Jack Cole; 5 page Chop Chop story "Honest Wong" drawn by Bill Ward; 2 page Salty Waters story by Bernard Dibble; 2 page text story "Atomic Control"; 11 page Blackhawk story "Captain Suicide" drawn by Bill Ward. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #492
    Blighty (1939-1959 City Magazines Ltd.) UK Magazine 492


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    • Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.

    UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 24 pages, B&W

  • Issue #493
    Blighty (1939-1959 City Magazines Ltd.) UK Magazine 493


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    • Spine split 30%.

    UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 24 pages, B&W

  • Issue #495
    Blighty (1939-1959 City Magazines Ltd.) UK Magazine 495


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    • Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.

    UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 24 pages, B&W

  • Issue #496
    Blighty (1939-1959 City Magazines Ltd.) UK Magazine 496


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    • Spine split 5%. Water damage: Extensive.

    UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 24 pages, B&W

  • Issue #45
    Boy Comics (1942) 45
    • Staple rust.
    • 1 1/2" Cumulative spine split. Cover loose at staples. 1/2" Lateral spine tear.
    • 1/2" Spine split from bottom. Light Staple rust. Edge tears . Interior pages folded on top corners
    • 8" Cumulative spine split.

    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Norman Maurer, C.H. Moore, Mike Roy, John Belfi, and Charles Biro. An anthology title from publisher Lev Gleason and his primary creator, Charles Biro, featuring teen hero Crimebuster and his nemesis Iron Jaw. CB's pals in the junior basketball league resort to unusual measures to counter an especially tall kid on the other team. Famous Eccentrics features Ponce de Leon and Kublai Khan. Aspiring criminologist Dave decides to go undercover to find out what makes criminals really tick, and quickly gets involved with hoods planning a prison break. Also featuring a vintage house ad for a contest to name Western hero Black Diamond's horse. Crimebuster; Famous Eccentrics; Daredevil: The Windrop Case. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #24
    Calling All Kids (1946-1949 Parent's Magazine) 24

    Stories and art by Vic Herman and others. A kids' anthology in the tradition of Calling All Girls from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, games and quizzes as well as comics. Marco Polar Bear and Bobby investigate reports of a monster; Twinkle enters a kite contest with help from a dragon; Paddy Penguin plays baby-sitter. Marco's Puzzle Page; Twinkle, The Star That Came Down From Heaven; Marco Polar Bear; Paddy Penguin; Pop and Junior; Riddles; Play the F Game; Bobo; Pug and Curly. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #22
    Classics Illustrated (Australian 1949-1953 Ayers & James) 22
    • Staple rust.

    Issue 22 - Australian Edition. Circa early to mid 1950's. Reprints "Kidnapped" in abridged form with new cover art. 10" x 7 1/2" horizontal format, color covers with b&w interior, 24 pages-all newsprint.

  • Issue #1
    Classics Illustrated 058 The Prairie (1949) 1
    • Cover and centerfold detached.

    The Prairie, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 60, 4/49). Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 8 #4
    Complete Cowboy Novel Magazine (1939-1950 Blue Ribbon Magazines) Pulp Vol. 8 #4


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Issue #74
    Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955 Lev Gleason) 74
    • Interior margin tears. Water spotting.

    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by George Tuska, Fred Guardineer, Claude Moore, and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. Mr. Crime narrates the tale of Nick Durin, who convinces his brothers that they can take over the city's rackets if they join forces. Cops use a hidden microphone to get the goods on a killer named William Gaines (the name of the rival publisher of EC Comics). A story that dares the reader to figure out who killed two eccentric brothers in their own museum. The 5 Durin Brothers; Science vs. the Criminal; Clue in a Poker Hand!; Laugh These Off; This'll Kill Ya!; Our Police Hall of Fame; On The Level; Tony Krug and Pete Tatum; Who Dunnit. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #6
    Crimes by Women (1948) 6
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    Art by Jack Kamen and Al Davoren. Fox Feature Syndicate creates a pre-Code title guaranteed to provide lurid covers and art, as women both historical and fictional commit murder and other heinous acts. Irish immigrant Memphis Mae quickly establishes herself in the Chicago underworld with her murderous ways; Arva Bolling builds a fortune on the backs of the people she murdered; Sarah Rachel Russell, better known as Madame Rachel, is a British blackmailer and con artist in Victorian-era London. Cover features women fighting, but played for laughs. Memphis Mae Corey; Arva Bolling: She Killed to Live!; Murder Proceeds: $1.13; Madame Rachel; A Woman's Intuition! 32 pages, Full Color. Classic fight cover. A violent panel on page seven of "Madame Rachel" shows a woman's face dissolving in acid. In order of appearance: "Memphis Mae Corey" retitled and reprinted with modifications as "Ruthless Devil.." in All Famous Police Cases (1952-54) #12; "Arva Bolling, She Killed to Live!" art by Al Davoren; "Madame Rachel" retitled and reprinted with modifications as "Her Face of Horror.." in Spook (1954) #22; and "A Woman's Intuition!". "Murder Proceeds: $1.13" text story reprinted in Crime Incorporated (1950) #2 and Crimes by Women (1948) #15. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #23
    Dagar Desert Hawk (1948) 23
    • Water damage with paper deterioration. Staple rust.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Art by Edmond Good and others. Cover by Edmond Good. Dagar the Desert Hawk, aka Bart Benson, is a Lawrence of Arabesque hero who lives and fights in the Arabian desert. The Dagar series concludes with a typically lurid, action-packed cover that includes elements of bondage and suggestions of torture, presaging the Comics Code battles a few years later. Dagar; Safari Cary; Tangi. Final issue under this title; numbering continues with Captain Kidd (1949) #24. Dagar made one last appearance in All Top Comics (1945 Fox) #18. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #146
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 146
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #4391056020
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover by Dick Sprang. Stories by Bill Finger, Otto Binder, Jack Farr and unknown. Art by Dick Sprang, Jimmy Thompson, Jack Farr, Howard Sherman, Carmine Infantino and unknown. Carl Cave is lucky with numbers, especially concerning the lucky number "3", and he believes that number can protect him from the minions of the law...and Batman himself! Don't miss Batman and Robin in "Three's a Crime!" by Bill Finger and Dick Sprang. Plus: Robotman in "The Candid Camera Pest!" by Otto Binder and Jimmy Thompson; Super-Sleuth McFooey in an untitled story by Jack Farr; Slam Bradley in "The Luck of Lucky Louie" with art by Howard Sherman; and The Boy Commandos in "Gangster Island!" with pencils by Carmine Infantino. Also: Shorty half-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Varsity Vic 1-pager by Boltinoff; and 2-page text piece "A Dog's Life." 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $1,999 DETECTIVE COMICS #146 (DC: 1949) Dick Sprang CGC 6.5 (FN+) 4th Highest Grade

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  • Vol. 59 #4
    Dime Detective Magazine (1931-1953 Popular Publications) Pulp Vol. 59 #4


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    • Paper: Cream

    Volume 54, Issue 4 - April, 1949. 6.75" x 9", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 38 #2
    Dime Mystery Magazine (1932-1950 Dime Mystery Book Magazine - Popular) Pulp Vol. 38 #2


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.

    Volume 38, Issue 2 - April, 1949. 6.5" x 9", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

  • Vol. 54 #4
    Dime Western Magazine (1932-1954 Popular Publications) Pulp Vol. 54 #4


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Staple rust. Foxing. Soiling. Moisture damage.
    • Paper: Light tan to Cream
    • Front cover detached 25%. No Back Cover. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 54, Issue 4 - April, 1949. 6.75" x 9", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #5
    Dotty Dripple (1946) 5
  • Apr 1949
    Enthusiast (1916 Harley-Davidson) Apr 1949

    April 1949. Monthly publication sent free to all owners of Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Article and photographs by Madelyn Williams about her trip to Mexico. Windy Lindstrom wings the Pacific Trails Endurance Race. How Los Angeles trains its motorcycle cops. Club news from around the nation. 6-in. x 9-in., 22 pages, B&W.

  • Vol. 20 #2
    Everyday Science and Mechanics (1929-1976 Continental) Magazine Vol. 20 #2


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  • Vol. 5 #5
    Eyeful (1943-1955 Eyeful Magazine Inc.^) Vol. 5 #5


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    • Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 5, Issue 5 - April, 1949. Vintage men's interest magazine full of adult humor comics and tasteful pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11.5", 60 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #8
    Famous Crimes (1948) 8
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    In order of appearance: "Barbary Bill" retitled and reprinted as "Giant of Terror" in Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #58; "Constantine, The Killer" retitled and reprinted as "Madhouse of Crime!!" in Startling Terror Tales (1952-53 1st Series) #12; "Payoff, Death!" retitled and reprinted as "The Deadly Trail..." in Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #59; and "You Can't Escape Justice! Aids to Crime Detection..". "Mr. Blackburn Should Have Known Better." text story reprinted in Crimes by Women (1948) #14 and retitled and reprinted as "Trial and Execution." in Startling Terror Tales (1952-53 1st Series) #12 and Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #55. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 10 #4
    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 10 #4


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Soiling. Water damage.
    • Paper: Off white
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    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    John Taine is profiled in the "Masters of Fantasy" column.

    Volume 10, Issue 4 - April, 1949. 6.75" x 9", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #177
    Famous Funnies (1934) 177

    Contains comic strip reprints and a text story. In order of appearance: "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Steve Roper and Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Dickie Dare" by Mabel Burwick (as Odin); "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Bobby Sox" by Martha B. Links; "Scorchy Smith" by Rodlow WIllard; and "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller. "Blind Flight" text story by Claude Dunnagan. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 11 #4
    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 11 #4


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Light tan to Cream
    • Front cover detached 15%. No Back Cover. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 11, Issue 4 - April 1949. Cover by Edmond Swiatek. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "War of the Giant Apes" by Alexander Blade. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 154 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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    $20 Fantastic Adventures Pulp / Magazine v. 11 #4, April 1949 VG
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  • Vol. 18 #3
    Fifteen Western Tales (1942-1955 Popular^) Pulp Vol. 18 #3


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Issue #149
    Film Complet (Société Parisienne d'Édition) Magazine 149


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    • Foreign edition: NonEnglish.

    French language weekly film magazine. 16 unstapled pages on newsprint.

  • Vol. 2 #2
    Flirt (1947-1955 Whisper, Inc./Flirt^) Magazine Vol. 2 #2



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    • Spine stress. Corner Damage. Edge damage. Scuffing. Soiling.
    • Spine stress. Spine split from top. Spine split from base. Corner Damage. Edge damage. Scuffing. Tape repair at bottom of inside front cover with color matching attempt.

    Volume 2, Issue 2 - April, 1949. Vintage men's interest magazine full of pin-ups and glamour photos paired with humorous. 8" x 11.5", 60 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #223
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 223

    Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK in "LOST IN THE ANDES", No. 223." Cover art by Carl Barks. Lost in the Andes, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald, a museum janitor, discovers that some "blocks" from Inca ruins are actually square eggs; When the other members of a scientific expedition fall ill, Donald and the nephews press on alone deep into the Andes; There they find a strange race of people who speak with Southern accents and live on the square eggs. Too Fit to Fit one-page story; Donald exercises so that he can fit into his tuxedo again. Tunnel Vision one-page strip; Donald ends the nephews' fighting over the television. Sleepy Sitters; Donald helps the nephews to baby-sit by singing a lullaby. Art by Carl Barks. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #225
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 225
    • Cover oxidation. Staple rust with migration.

    Indicia title is "Walter Lantz OSWALD THE RABBIT, No. 225." Cover art by Dan Gormley. Spring Fever, pencils possibly by Lloyd White, inks by Suzanne Seaborne; Oswald has a crush on the new neighbor, Rosabelle; Floyd and Lloyd don't care for this development, so they get Toby to trick Oswald into taking an ocean cruise; Toby gets off the ship, but the twins don't and are chased by the crew for being stowaways. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #226
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 226
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    Indicia title is "PORKY PIG and SPOOFY, THE SPOOK, No. 226." Porky Pig and Spoofy, the Spook, art by Roger Armstrong; Porky's rich Uncle Ham writes that he is sending Porky a "baby spook"; Porky decides to rent a haunted house to make the spook feel at home; Widget the midget, an escaped convict, reads about Porky in the newspaper; He disguises himself as a ghost and pretends to be the "spook" that Uncle Ham sent. The Roast Gip Recipe, art by Roger Armstrong; Porky is working for the Peachy Keeny Cookbook Company and is sent to the remote island of Pogo-Togo to find the secret recipe for "Roast Gip." Uncle Bacon Comes to Dinner one-page story, art by Gil Turner; Uncle Bacon, the sword swallower, comes to Porky's house for dinner. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Issue #8
    Gunfighter (1948 EC) 8
    Published Apr 1949 by EC.

    Cover by Graham Ingels. Stories by Gardner Fox and Al Feldstein. Art by Graham Ingels, Al Feldstein and Henry Kiefer. This Pre-Trend title from EC Comics featured the adventures of Gunfighter and The Buckskin Kid. Gunfighter tries to save beautiful homesteader Nan from Bart Markers and his band of renegades. The mysterious rider known only as the Black Phantom terrorizes the stagecoaches of Texas and targets a secret gold shipment. Cover features early art by EC legend Graham Ingels. The Trouble in the Territory!; The Story of the Black Phantom; The Buckskin Kid! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #37
    Gunfire Western Novel (1941-1950 Hillman) Digest 37

    Issue 37 - "The Man From Nowhere" by Stuart Hardy. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #4
    Guns Against Gangsters Vol. 1 (1948) 4
    • INCOMPLETE. Several corner pieces missing (slightly affects art). Extra staple holes.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    L.B. Cole cover. In order of appearance: "Toni Gayle, The Parisian Strangler"; cartoon gags by Milt Hammer; "True! Lives of Crime Bring Doom To Criminals, The Golden Cobra" reprinted in Thrilling Crime Cases (1950) #43; "Boitram the Boiglar" by Art Helfant; "The Gunmaster Gregory Gayle, The Penthouse Murders" art by L. B. Cole, reprinted in Thrilling Crime Cases (1950) #43; "The 357 Magnum" by Harry Lazarus; "Crime Run-Down, You Spot The Clue!!" art by L. B. Cole, reprinted in All Famous Police Cases (1952-54) #15; and "Two-Ton O'Toole" by Art Helfant. "Escape" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #64
    Ha Ha Comics (1943) 64
    Published Apr 1949 by ACG.

    Art by Ken Hultgren and Bob Wickersham. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG, with art by cartooning legend Dan Gordon. Shilly and Shally the mice create a fake Valentine card for Chauncey the cat; Robespierre disguises alley-cat Tiger as a cultured kitty to find him a home; Grandma tells Teepee Tim where the stars came from. Robespierre; Fireflies Can't Talk!; Mr. Slicker; Teepee Tim; Magic in the Alley; Shilly and Shally; How Pudge Escaped; Oscar the Ugly Duckling; Judge Beaver; Square's Mouse Trap. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #30
    Hopalong Cassidy (1943 Fawcett/DC) 30

    Painted cover by Norman Saunders. 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. Old Man Rearden asks Hopalong to escort his money from the mine into the bank, but outlaw Tex Storm has designs on that money. Tex Storm gets away from Mesquite, and almost gets the drop on Hoppy by wearing a dress, a veil and a floppy hat. Pistol-Packin' Pattie can pick up a handkerchief with her teeth while riding at a full gallop, but some cowboys think they can do better. Plus Comix Cards (like the later Marvel Value Stamps) featuring Western movie hero Monte Hale. Crossfire; Hill Billy; The Dangerous Escape; Meanest Outlaw; The Ghosts of Gopher Hill!; Be a Sharpshooter!; Tex and Rex ; Whitey Whiskers and Daniel Boone, Jr.: The Grainy Type; Ridin' Herd with William Boyd; Pistol-Packin' Pattie; Hopalong Cassidy and the Mystery Rider. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Apr 1949
    International Photographer (1929 International Photographers) Apr 1949

    Vol. 21 #4 - April 1949. Published by the International Photographers Local 659 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators union. Cover of Loretta Young. Pictorial features on Academy Award winners and The Stratton Story. History of the Animated Film part one by Joseph Noble provides a technical look at animation and delves into Thomas Edison's early attempts and Winsor McKay's Gertie the Dinosaur, Little Nemo and How a Mosquito Operates. Other articles include "Just What is Television?" and "Care of Lenses" and more. 9-in. x 12-in., 30 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.