Comic books May 1949

Add to cart Very Good $19.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Foxing. Soiling. Moisture spotting.

Add to cart Very Good $19.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white 2" Spine split from base of book. Foxing. Soiling.

Add to cart Very Good $24.00 View scans Paper: Cream Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.

Volume 23, Issue 5 - May, 1949. Science fiction stories by Gaston Derreaux, Alexander Blade, Frank Patton, Chester Ruppert, and Peter Worth. Illustrations by H.W. McCauley, Rod Ruth, Julian S. Krupa, and Bill Terry. Cover by McCauley. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 156 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Good $3.00 View scans Back cover detached 25%. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $2.50 4 1/4" Cumulative spine split.

Volume 43, Issue 3 - May, 1949. Cover by Paul Orban. Science Fiction and Adventure stories. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Coverless $229.95 or Best Offer View scans Centerfold detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Win Mortimer. The Man With the Automatic Brain!:, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures only) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Charles Paris; The Thinker, using a machine he created, pretends to discover Batmans secret identity; To prevent The Thinker from achieving his goal, Bruce stages his death with Alfred's help; Vicki Vale takes a picture of Alfred tossing a dummy of Bruce into the ocean; Alfred is taken to prison for the murder of Wayne. Batman and the Vikings!, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Charles Paris; When Bruce and Dick visit the Gotham City museum, they note an image of a Viking that looks like Bruce Wayne.....and who is labeled a coward, so they visit Carter Nichols to go back in time to discover the truth. Untitled two-page Peg story by Henry Boltinoff. Fearless Wise Man text story, art by Raymond Perry. Cartoon Flips Starring Batman activity page by Martin Naydel. The Happy Victims!, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures only) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Charles Paris; The Joker blackmails people into setting up fake robberies; The robberies stop when he tries to blackmail Bruce Wayne. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $23.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%.

Abridged version of "The Blue Horse of Taxco" by Kathleen Moore Knight. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $7.00

Cover by Mart Bailey. Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Lank Leonard, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Marion Bailey, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. In his final Golden Age appearance, Skyman's ship is hijacked over Scotland. Sparky Watts' wedding to Dotty is marred by the arrival of her jealous sister and a terrible accident. Tony and Babs Trent must help a fugitive princess fleeing with a fortune in jewels. Bo; Sparky Watts; Mickey Finn; Dixie Dugan; Tony Trent; Skyman; Brass Knuckles; Bumpy: Everybody Gets Into the Act. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $8.40

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $7.20

Edited by Charles Biro and Bob Wood. Cover by Charles Biro. Stories by William Overgard, Claude Moore, George Roussos, Claude Moore, Robert Perry, Al Bare, Claude Moore, and Robert Perry. Rough and tumble action tales of cowboys and the Old West. A murderous sore loser stalks, with glimmering knife, toward Black Diamond and Bumpers bunk. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $44.00 View scans Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

May, 1949. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Good $9.50 View scans Staple rust: Extensive.

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

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $220.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4259266003

36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $79.00 View scans Spine roll. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Otto Binder and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Al Liederman and unknown. Captain Marvel battles futuristic automatic weapons in "The Empty City" with story by Otto Binder. Captain Marvel also stars in: "Mr. Tawny Loses Faith in Mankind" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck; "The Big Balloon Race Around the World" with story by Bill Woolfolk; and "Never Trouble Trouble" with story by Bill Woolfolk. Plus: Captain Kid in "The Easiest Job in the World" with art by Al Liederman. And: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "The World Owner" with script by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $59.00 View scan

Cover art by Harvey Eisenberg. Cast of Characters in Charlie McCarthy, Cowboy Detective, art by Harvey Eisenberg; Mortimer gets a job at the circus bringing the elephants water. Charie McCarthy photo pinup 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $5.60 View scan	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $7.00 Cover loose at one staple.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $5.40	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $5.40
Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $5.50 View scan Cover loose at one staple.	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $9.10 View scan Cover detached at one staple.	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $9.10 Staple rust. Smudging on back.	Add to cart GD- 1.8 $6.00 View scan
Add to cart GD- 1.8 $6.00	Add to cart GD- 1.8 $6.00 3 1/2" cumulative spine split.

Wuthering Heights, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 60, 5/49). Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $65.00 View scans 1" Cumulative spine split.

Cover art by Reed Crandall. Trouble Is No Picnic starring Captain Triumph, pencils by Reed Crandall; The Mayor is killed the day before he is to take office. Mr. Mystery starring Pen Miller, script and art by Klaus Nordling. The Doll House starring Inkie, script and art by Al Stahl. Trail of the Preying Hawk, pencils by Alice Kirkpatrick; Hack is pursuing a hit and run driver which turns out to be bankrobbers. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $41.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $39.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

"You Remember Jeanie" a short story by John D. MacDonald, plus "Death Trap" a short story by Ray Cummings.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $32.00 View scans 1" Cumulative spine split.

Dale Evans stars in "The Thin Air Disappearances," "Those Deadly Dreams," and "Dale Evans of the Pny Express!" Sierra Smith Western Detective stars in "The Case of the Forgotten Stagecoach!" (art by Alex Toth). Photo cover. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $25.00 View scan Cover, first wrap, and two center wraps glued at spine. Cover tears taped at interior. Water damage and soiling.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jim Wilcox and others. Boys' adventure with military cadet and sportsman Dick Cole, who appeared in Blue Bolt, 4Most and Target Comics before getting his own series. At a maple syrup festival, Dick Cole springs into action when Laura's horse-drawn sleigh runs wild. The true story of the medical device called the Berman locator, invented by a subway engineer. A sinister conspiracy threatens a new invention that could feed millions. Dick Cole: Snow Trouble; High Climber; Samuel Berman: New Life-Saver Inventor; Dick Cole. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $24.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Staple rust. Rust migration. Foxing. Soiling. Moisture damage.

Volume 55, Issue 1 - May, 1949. 6.75" x 9", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $39.00 View scans 2 centerfold wraps detached. Cover and interior oxidation.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $69.95 or Best Offer View scans Heavy staple rust/migration, moisture damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Tom Thumb and the Great Gazabo; Tom Thumb blackmails his cell mate, the Great Gazabo, then kidnaps the ex-con's daughter in order to force him to commit one last job; Doll Man takes them on as Thumb flies a helicopter and Doll Man piloting his Doll Plane. In Animal Land, art by Gill Fox; In Animal Land Perky discovers the animals hunt humans. The Reporter Gig starring Torchy, art by Bill Ward. Dragg; Doll Man investigates a weird robbery at a local bank. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $74.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $35.00 View scans Paper: Off white

Volume 17, Issue 2 - May, 1949. 6.5" x 9.5", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $7.70

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; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Dickie Dare" by Mabel Burwick (as Odin); "Bobby Sox" by Martha B. Links; "Scorchy Smith" by Rodlow Willard; and "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller. "Avenging Brakie" text story by Jack M. Greene. 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $24.00 View scans Paper: Cream Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $30.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $20.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $22.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white
Add to cart Very Good $22.00 View scans Paper: Off white Soiling. Water damage. 2" Spine split from top of book. Staple rust.	Add to cart Very Good $23.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $19.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $19.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart Good $8.00 View scans Paper: Cream Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 11, Issue 5 - May 1949. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Keepers of the Flame" by Burt B. Stone. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 156 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Fine $77.00 View scans Paper: Off white	Add to cart Fine $69.00 View scans Paper: Off white	Add to cart Very Good $26.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.	Add to cart Very Good $27.00 View scans Paper: Off white
Add to cart Very Good $27.00 View scans Paper: Cream	Add to cart Very Good $38.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG 4.0 $22.00 View scan 2.25" Cumulative spine split.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $21.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart VG- 3.5 $21.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $21.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $23.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $20.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
Add to cart Good $17.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 50%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG 4.0 $30.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

"The Red Dust" a novelette by Murray Leinster, plus "Devil Ritter" a novelette by Max Brand.

May 1949. Cover by Lawrence. "The Eye of Balamok" by Victor Rousseau, "The Red Dust" by Murray Leinster, and "Devil Ritter" by Max Brand. Softcover Pulp, 7-in. x 9-in.; 130 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $26.00 View scans

Volume 2 - Issue 1, May 1949. Pulp magazine devoted to exploring the paranormal. This issue features "The Inside Story of Jack The Ripper", "The Ten Lost Tribes", "Mystery of the Mound Builders", and G.H. Irwin asks "Do You Have a Guardian Angel?". Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 page, Text (with B&W Illustrations and Photos). Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $55.00 View scan 1" Spine split from top. Centerfold coming loose at one staple. Water damage. Extra staple holes. Cover tear taped inside back cover.

Cover pencils by Bill Ward (?). "The Puppet Underworld"; Doll Man (Darrel Dane) vs. Mr. Stringer; Martha Roberts appearance. "Go Jump In the Foot-Deep Lake!" starring Shenanigan, script and art by Bart Tumey. Untitled Lala Palooza story, script and art by Bernard Dibble. "The Safecracker Swing," pencils by Alice Kirkpatrick; Two hoods have the combination to the Clover Club safe; Swing Sisson vs. Peanuts and Slats. "The Rescue of Wife #13--or #14" starring Rusty Ryan, Pierpont Lee and Alababa, script and art by Paul Gustavson. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $53.00 View scans Foreign edition: NonEnglish.

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

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $16.00 View scan

Add to cart GD 2.0 $10.00

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $5.60

Indicia title is "Walt Disney's SEVEN DWARFS, No. 227." Cover art by Carl Buettner. The Seven Dwarfs and the Pirate, art by Tony Strobl; Yellow-Beak the parrot comes to the Dwarfs' house with a map of buried pirate treasure and convinces the Dwarfs to help him find it. The Dwarfs and Yellow-Beak set sail on a ship, but the Witch changes herself into a rat to hitch a ride to the isle where the treasure is buried. The Seven Dwarfs and Humpty Dumpty, script and art by Roger Armstrong; Humpty Dumpty's brother Gumpty falls for a trick contest and is captured by the Giant, who wants him for an omelet; Doc and Dopey come up with a plan to rescue him. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $9.00

Add to cart PR 0.5 $2.50 INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story.

Indicia title is "Zane Grey's SUNSET PASS, No. 230." Painted cover art possibly by Morris Gollub. Sunset Pass, art by Harry Parkhurst [as Harry Parks]; After several years away, Trueman Rock returns to the town of Wagontongue, only to find that things have changed since he was gone; He becomes infatuated with Thiry Preston, only to infuriate Thiry's brother Ash; Rock gets a job at the Preston ranch, where he has to deal with the brutal and mentally unstable Ash and uncover the mysterious secret of the Preston operation. Adapted from the 1931 story "Sunset Pass" by Zane Grey. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $129.95 or Best Offer View scan Interior tearing. Lateral spine tears. Cover oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Robert Jenney. Stories and art by Alden McWilliams and Walter Davoren. Starting as a brutal pre-Code true-crime comic in its early issues, Gangsters Cant Win later evolved into a standard mystery-detective title. Adventurer Dick Taylor accompanies a botanist to Nepal in search of a rare Lotus flower. An inventor sets a fatal trap for the rival who stole his invention. An embezzler plots to fake his own death in a car wreck, but that involves finding and murdering his double. The Fires of Nepal; Case Hardened Crime; Plan for Plunder; Express Elevator Down!; Off-Key Alibi; The Detective Drank Milk; Highway to Nowhere. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $13.00

Vol. 21 #5 - May 1949. Published by the International Photographers Local 659 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators union. Pictorial features on Maria Theresa and The Great Manhunt movie. History of the Animated Film part two by Joseph Noble provides a technical look at animation and delves into Max Fleischer's Koko the Clown, Disney's Steamboat Willie, George Pal's Puppetoons, Russia's full length puppet feature A New Gulliver, Lotte Reiniger's The Adventures of Prince Achmed all in silhouettes, Disney's multiplane camera and more. Other articles include information on new television cameras, news and more. 9-in. x 12-in., 30 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $10.50

Stories and art by Howard Larsen, Tom Bib, Vic Herman and Jack Sparling. Adventure comics and stories featuring radio hero Jack Armstrong and crime-busting scientist Vic Hardy. Jack and the gang discover a lost Mayan city in South America; Vic Hardy uses X-rays to investigate a series of mysterious car crashes; Jack encounters gangsters during a big rowing race. Champions of the Boxing World!; The Lost City; The X-Ray Eye; Billy Breaks the Ice; Return of the Outlaw; Vic Hardys Crime Clues; Alaskan Adventure; Race Against Doom. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $189.00 or Best Offer View scans Cover detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $139.00 or Best Offer View scans 2" Cumulative spine split. Water damage and mold. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

In order of appearance: "Jo-Jo Congo King, Lost Legions..."; "Jo-Jo Congo King, The Cobra Kiss..." reprinted as "The Cobra Kiss." in Ghostly Weird Stories (1953) #121; "The Vengeance of Voodoo! The Case of the Shrunken Heads!" reprinted as "The Case of the Shrunken Heads.." in Ghostly Weird Stories (1953) #121; and "Jo-Jo Congo King, The Slave Traders of Death". "The Slave Trader" text story reprinted in Zoo Funnies (1953 2nd Series Capitol/Charlton) #10. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $4.80

Cover by Ham Fisher (credited). Stories and art by Ham Fisher, Tom Doerer and Bob Powell. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Escaping the thugs, Knobby and Jerry race to the scene of Joe's latest fight, hoping to give him the will to carry on. Plus true tales of athletic greats, including Babe Ruth and legendary race horse Man O' War. Joe Palooka; Story Session; The Fight That Joe Was Sure to Lose; Babe Ruth Was Smart; Fowl Play; Winnie the Waitress; The Prizefighter and the Lady; Joe Palooka's Album; Sportales; True-Thrilling Sport Short: The Mighty Man O' War; Sportopics: Jim Londos. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 4.0 $175.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #23-0AF5128-024 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Johnny Hazard in "Wolf at Bay," "Capture as a Hostage," "Murder in the Mountain," and "The Battle of Giants!" Art and cover by Frank Robbins. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $18.00 View scans

Issue 44 - "Dead Level" by Russell Gordon. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $47.00 View scan Cover detached at one staple. 2" spine tear. 1 1/2" tear from bottom. Pencil marking.

Cover art by John Celardo. "Two-Tusked Terror!", art by John Celardo; Trader Larsen disguises himself as Kaänga, hoping to induce the Blongas to trade with his company. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Gerald plots with the witch doctor Toguli to have Gerald's niece, Natalie, killed by the local villagers by leading them to believe that she is the demon leopard, Zan-Sar Blanche; Gerald hopes that with Natalie's death, he can secure control of her gold mines. Untitled story, art by Dan Zolnerowich; To investigate the disappearance of many convict laborers from the Merrill mine, Captain Terry Thunder disguises himself as a convict; His imposture is discovered by the mine supervisor who uses it against him by suggesting that he can escape if he will deliver a bag of diamonds to an accomplice; Terry takes the bag and is attacked by Ali Bey's hunting leopards. Untitled story; Thorndyke, a big game hunter, tells his fellow hunters about his encounter with Simba. Thirsty Gamble" text story, art by Joe Doolin. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Sirdah captures Wambi's new friend, Kim-ki the deer, and challenges Wambi to battle him for the deer's release; As the battle begins, Wambi pretends to run in fear from the tiger who pursues him to the swamp, where Sirdah's charge lands him in a mud pit. Untitled story, pencils by Matt Baker; Mansfield, seeking his actress-daughter who is lost in the jungle, learns that his daughter has been killed by N'kara, chieftaness of a local tribe; He goes to Camilla with his information and Camilla vows that the daughter will be avenged. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $16.00 View scan Staple rust. Rust migration. Centerfold detached.

Stories and art by Marc Swayze and others. Romance comics from Fawcett with tales of love, betrayal, heartache and reconciliation. Selfish Mary figures out how to use the nearby orphanage to win a man, which works great until he finds out. Toni is perfectly comfortable doing "man stuff," like changing a spare tire on their date, but that messes with Rand's ideas of what women should be like. Sylvia dumps Adam when his business is failing, in favor of wealthy Joe, but it turns out she had feelings for Adam after all. Plus an interview with movie star Tom Drake. I Destroyed My Love; The Way of My Heart; Exclusive Interview with Tom Drake; On the Altar of Romance; Darling Mine. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fair $11.75

Cover art by John Stanley. Housekeeper Wanted; Lulu has to go through an initiation to join the Fellers' club. A Clothes Call; Lulu loses her pop's suit on the way to the dry cleaner's. The Prince In the Pool; Lulu tells Alvin about a monster living at the bottom of a deep pool. Tubby's Uncle; Tubby is embarrassed to be taking his mother's dress dummy across town. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $7.60

Promo for subscriptions to Dells Lone Ranger comic. The Lone Ranger and The Army Pay Roll Plot, art by Charles Flanders; The Lone Ranger must guard an Army payroll being shipped by riverboat from Council Bluffs to Pine Landing. The Lone Ranger and The Devil on Horseback, art by Charles Flanders; "Rance" Keller blackmails a sheriff to help him rob a bank. Uncle Billy and the Doolin Gang text article by Carl Smith. A Fiery Defense; Separated from a hunting party, Young Hawk and Little Buck must fight off a pack of wolves with fire. Facts about the False-Face Society of the Iroquois Nation and their wooden masks. Portrait of Chief Two-Guns White Calf (1872-1934), a Blackfoot chief whose visage was one of those used in the design of the Indian Head Nickel coin. Based on the popular Western TV series. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $37.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Staple rust. Soiling. Water damage.

Volume 5, Issue 5 - May, 1949. 6.75" x 9.75", 156 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $22.00 View scans 4" Cumulative spine split. Cover and centerfold detached. Staple rust. Rust migration.

Stories and art by Otto Binder, C.C. Beck, Kurt Schaffenberger, Bill Ward, Pete Costanza and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. The Marvel Family is helping clear land for a turnpike to meet America's increasing traffic demand, when suddenly the giant machines begin attacking, Maximum Overdrive-style. Captain Marvel trains another Captain Marvel, an android named Silicon Man who has all of his powers - what could go wrong? Captain Marvel, Jr. tries to keep crooked insurance agent from profiting off the Fountain of Age (a different "Fountain of Age" than the one in the Captain Marvel, Jr. adventure in Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) #74.) Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. The Battle of the Berserk Machines; The Hunt; Mary Marvel Visits Underland; Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Fearsome Fountain of Age; Cold Facts; Mistaken Vigil; Captain Marvel Trains Another Captain Marvel. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $250.00 View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Kurt Schaffenberger, Carl Pfeufer, John Jordan, and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Capt. Marvel Jr. visits a suburban town populated by rehabilitated criminals he has captured, but one Anonymous Crook wants to take down Crooks Anonymous. Tom Mix does double duty as a bodyguard when two prospectors hire him to make sure they don't kill each other. Bulletman and Bulletgirl are captured by an arms dealer who is selling stolen bombs to Central American dictatorships. Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Anonymous Crook!; Colonel Corn & Korny Kobb: Delirious Dairy Farmers; Nyoka: The Ivory Tusks Murders; Dizzy Daisy; Bulletman: The Vanishing Bombs; Zuzu the Zoo Keeper: Monkey Sees; Spud and Bud; Vacuum Bloobstutter: Pilfered Painting, or, Bloobstutter Boils About His Oils; Muscle Hedd; Tom Mix: Golden Treachery. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $3.30 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $2.50 View scans Paper: Off white to white

Vol. 41 #1 - May 1949. Mechanical science and technology magazine. Articles include nuclear aircraft, do truth drugs work and more. 6.75-in. x 9.5-in. 172 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.15.