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Comic books May 1949

  • Vol. 31 #4
    Open Road (1919-1954 Open Road Publishing) Vol. 31 #4
  • Issue #58
    Our Gang Comics (1943-1947 Dell) 58

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    52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 102 #5

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  • Issue #8
    Outlaws (1948 D.S. Pub.) 8

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    Shoot-outs and showdowns between the outlaws and lawmen of the Old West, from DS Publishing. Arizona City sheriff Tex Farrell (later the star of his own comic) must dare a deadly bronco ride at the rodeo to best a land-grabbing outlaw. A woman on a train gets caught up in a deadly con game after her bag is switched with a handsome stranger's. The masked horseman called the Rangeland Phantom is attacking homesteaders by setting their properties ablaze. Plus a vintage ad for "Play-Safe Flame Proof Playsuits: Indian Chief, Cowboy King or Home Run." The Gun and the Pen; Law of the Longhorns; Trail of the Outlaw; Phantom of the Range; Death Valley Trail; Desert Justice; The Heath Gang. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #14
    Ozark Ike (1948) 14

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    "Green at the Game," "Raw Deal," "The Girl of His Dreams," "The Tricks of the Trade," and "Baseball Bum!" Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #11
    Ozzie and Babs (1947) 11

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    "Social Success"; Ozzie is a terrible dancer and Babs will not go to the prom with him unless he takes some dance lessons. "Private Eye"; Ozzie becomes a private detective and in need of a case, he and Dip search for a missing businessman. Untitled story; Jives encounters a hobo with tenacity. "Decorated for Valor"; Babs and Glitter compete to decorate a house. "Blowhard's Bus" Blowhard McDuff text story by R. R. Symes. Two Comix Cards to cut out and paste on cardboard. "Algernon gets the Scoop"; Miss Frump takes Algernon and the class to see how a newspaper is printed. It becomes a lesson in mayhem. "The Good Will Ambassador"; Ozzie intervenes when he thinks an older man has his eye on Babs. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 5 #5

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    Vintage humor digest magazine that pokes fun at the relationships of men and women of the time. Digest, 5" x 7", 96 pages, B&W. -Recommended for ages 16+ Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #22
    Patsy Walker (1945) 22

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    Cover art by Al Jaffee. Food for Thought!, art by Al Jaffee. Get a Pet!, art by Al Jaffee. Baby Gets Babied!, art by Al Jaffee. Terry's Triumph text story. A Letter to Our Readers and Their Parents! text article. 2 Hey Look! humor pages by Harvey Kurtzman. The Women Hater! starring Jeanie, art by Al Jaffee. The People's Choice! starring Cindy, art by Ken Bald. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #73
    Pep Comics (1940-1987 Archie) 73

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    Cover art by Bob Montana. "Mike Fright," script by Ray Gill; Archie plays a trick on his father using a microphone that can broadcast to the radio; He announces his father as the winner of a new car so his father rushes to the used car lot to sell his old car. Untitled Katy Keene story, script and pencils by Bill Woggon. "Simple Suzie Went A-Fishing"; Ferdie takes Suzie fishing to get her away from other guys. "The Pie Face," script and art by Ray Gill; Jughead goes up against Reggie in a pie eating contest. "Horse Laughs," art by Samm Schwartz; Uncle Bumble tries to take it easy in his retirement but after some unfortunate incidents with horses at a ranch he decides working might be easier. Untitled story; Hap wants Lil Jinx's dog to go. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 34 #6

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  • May 7 1949
    Picturegoer (1913-1960 Picturegoer) UK Magazine May 7 1949


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    • Water damage: Moderate.

    UK weekly film magazine. 9" x 11.75", 20 pages, tinted B&W.

  • May 21 1949
    Picturegoer (1913-1960 Picturegoer) UK Magazine May 21 1949


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    UK weekly film magazine. 9" x 11.75", 20 pages, tinted B&W.

  • Issue #60
    Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) 60

    Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by J. F. Byrne. Stories and art by George Evans, Enrico Bagnoli, Graham Ingels, Frank Fermonetti, Leonard Starr, and Charles A. Winter. The first true science fiction comic, Planet Comics featured classic space opera with square-jawed heroes, rockets, rayguns and bug-eyed aliens of every stripe. In the Lost World, Hunt and Lyssa are captured by rebels who want to join a refugee ship fleeing Earth; Auro returns to Jupiter with the power to transform into a monster; Futura struggles to survive a strange undersea world, in a story with exquisite art by Enrico Bagnoli. Another action-girl cover by Joe Doolin. The Lost World; Futura; Mysta of the Moon; Auro Lord of Jupiter; The Zogs of Xena; Life On Other Worlds: The Mystery Planets; Space Rangers; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $375 Planet Comics #60 1949 Fiction House Golden Age Sci-fi 1st Print

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  • Issue #17
    Plastic Man (1943 Vital/Quality) 17

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    Cover art by Jack Cole. Uno, Last Man On Earth, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Jack Cole; The astounding Uno has come from 4 million A.D. seeking people to help him repopulate the Earth, and the first people he meets are the Rattler and his moll, Tina, who are whisked away to the future in Uno's spherical ship. Dewey Drip strip by Bernard Dibble. Salteen's Art Gallery starring Woozy Winks, art by Jack Cole. A Solvent Solution text story with Plastic Man. Slap Happy Pappy strip by Jack Cole. Plastic Man Products, script by Joe Millard, art by Jack Cole. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Issue #117
    Pocket Reader Series (1947-1951 T.V. Boardman) Digest 117

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  • Issue #90
    Police Comics (1941) 90

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    Cover art by Jack Cole. Plastic Man story, art by Jack Cole. Candy story, script and art by Harry Sahle. Stolen Ride text story starring Plastic Man. Dewey Drip story, script and art by Joe Devlin. Spirit story, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Lou Fine. 36 pgs. $.0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #40
    Polly Pigtails (1946-1949 Parents' Magazine) 1st Series 40
    • Interior complete. Full length spine split with missing back cover.

    Cover photo of Margaret O'Brien. Stories and art by Vic Herman, Buddie Russell, Elizabeth Landers, Edd Ashe, Jean Madelon, Pearl Wells, Kay Wambold, Patti Cooke, Elise Gibbs, and Marie Cummings. Sometimes listed as Polly (1946-1949 Parents' Magazine) #40. A magazine for girls from the producers of Parents' Magazine, with stories, fashion and advice as well as comics. Polly discovers a secret passage in her new house; Tizzie catches a burglar in the act while taking photos for a contest; A fashion feature starring child movie star Natalie Wood. Polly Pigtails; Perfect Little Lady; Score in Cotton; Take 'Em to Camp; Tizzie: The Maypole Mix-Up; Match Mates; Miss in Manhattan; Polly Put the Kettle On; Hobbies; Circus Party Parade; Freckle Facts; Bonnie's Blue Jeans; The Shining Hour; Pigtailers Talk Things Over; Polly Prefers; Needle Play; Club News; Polly in the Kitchen. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 36 #3
    Popular Detective (1934-1953 Beacon/Better) Pulp Vol. 36 #3


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Vol. 91 #5
    Popular Mechanics Magazine (1902-Present Popular Mechanics Company) Vol. 91 #5


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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.
  • Vol. 154 #5
    Popular Science (1872-Present Popular Science Publishing Co.) Vol. 154 #5


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  • Vol. 5 #3
    Profitable Hobbies Magazine (1944 Handicraft, Inc.) Vol. 5 #3

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    Volume 5, Issue 3 - March, 1949. 8" x 11", 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 1 #1

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  • Vol. 1 #2

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  • Vol. 31 #6

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  • Issue #36
    Raggedy Ann and Andy (1946-1949 Dell 1st Series) 36

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    The Hair-Raising Adventures of Peterkin Pottle (by John Stanley), Raggedy Ann, the Brownies, Subway Sam Master Builder, Stuffins, and Billy and Bonny Bee. Part Walt Kelly art? 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 48 #4
    Railroad Magazine (1929 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Carstens) 2nd Series Vol. 48 #4
  • Vol. 152 #1

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  • Vol. 152 #2
    Ranch Romances (1924-1968 Clayton/Warner/Best Books/Literary Enterprises/Popular) Pulp Vol. 152 #2


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  • Vol. 20 #3
    Range Riders Western (1938-1953 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 20 #3


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 20%. Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Vol. 43 #4
    Rangeland Romances (1935-1955 Popular) Pulp Vol. 43 #4

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  • Issue #3
    Real Clue Crime Stories Vol. 4 (1949) 3

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    Art by Paul Reinman and Jules Steiner. Another crime comic from the prolific studio of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, this one featuring crimes throughout history as well as the standard gangster tales. Sometimes listed as Real Clue Crime #39. No issue # on cover; Vol. 4, issue #3 in indicia. Scotland Yard tracks a killer in 1908 London. An escaped convict struggles to outwit the dogs on his trail. A con man's daughter becomes a swindler in 1870s France. The Baffler; Man's Best Friend; The Washerwoman; The Wig; The Penman; The Greatest Ship Afloat; The Egg and the Lady; The Pirates of Deptford. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. S #7

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  • Issue #20
    Real Fact Comics (1946) 20
    Published May 1949 by DC.

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    Cover art by Dan Barry. How the Arson Squad Traps Firebugs, art by Dan Barry. "U.S." Royal, art by Al Plastino. The First Superman, art by Win Mortimer. The Race History Will Never Forget featuring the 1908 New York to Paris Auto Race. Daredevil on Ice featuring Harris Legg. Western story with art by Joe Kubert. The World's Shortest War article, script by David Kahn, art by Raymond Perry. Daniel Boone... Indian Fighter, art by Fred Ray. Scripts by Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, and Bernie Breslauer. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #23
    Real Screen Comics (1945) 23

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  • Issue #1
    Real West Romances Vol. 1 (1949) 1

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    Wild Horses and Ornery Gals, pencils by Al Eadeh, inks by John Belfi. Miss Nell of the Medicine Show. Chuck Wagon Jane. Rawhide Cupid text story. The Cowboy and the Debutante, pencils by Leonard Starr. Heart Rustler, art by Jack Kirby. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    Red Dragon Comics Series 2 (1947) 7
    • 1.5" cumulative spine split, cover oxidation.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
  • Issue #10
    Red Rabbit Comics (1947) 10

    Cover by Harvey Eisenberg. Funny-animal comics featuring gunslinging Red Rabbit, bear cubs Willy and Nilly, Officer Mutt, and others in the classic mold. Red Rabbit dares to ride Pecos Pete's bucking bronco "Forked Lightning" at the rodeo, but Pete's got a trick up his sleeve. Officer Mutt resolves to be kind to animals, but unfortunately the animals don't make the same promise. The cute new neighbor sweet-talks Gramps into moving all her furniture into the house so she doesn't have to. Red Rabbit; Officer Mutt; Aunt Tilly: Why Leopards Have Spots; Pancakes; Fun Page; Cubby Scouts. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #70
    Red Ryder Comics (1940-1955 Hawley/Dell) 70
    • Staple rust. Water damage.

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

  • Vol. 28 #7
    Ring (1922-present Rumford Press) Magazine Vol. 28 #7

    Vol. 28 #7 - Aug. 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.

  • Issue #1
    Rocky Lane Western (1949) 1

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    Stories and art by Ralph Carlson and others. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. In an issue-length story, Rocky tries to protect settlers from outlaws and a Comanche raid. Plus photo pinups of Rocky and his movie horse, Black Jack. Renegade's Ambush; Sheriff Shays; One-Man Posse; Slim Pickens: The Holdup. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 24 #2
    Romance (1938-1954 Popular Publications) Pulp 5th Series Vol. 24 #2

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  • Issue #17
    Roy Rogers Comics (1948-1961 Dell (And Trigger, # 92 on) 17

    Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. The Haunted Cliffs, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Albert Micale; Roy helps a sick Indian boy, going up against the beliefs of the boy's people. Jed Smith Mountain Man--Pioneers of the Old West by Gaylord DuBois. Chuck Wagon Charley's Tales story, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Harry Parks. Back cover: Roy, color close-up publicity photo, with Republic Pictures credit line. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $10 Roy Rogers Comics #17 (Dell 1949) Golden Age Western Action 2.0 GD
    $20 Roy Rogers Comics #17-1949 vg- photo cover Trigger

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  • Issue #17
    Roy Rogers Comics (1948-61 Canadian Edition) 17
    • Centerfold detached at one staple. Water damage.

    Canadian Edition. Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. Rangeland Refuge, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Albert Micale and Randy Steffen; Roy takes to the air in this adventure, parachutes and rides Trigger through a forest fire. Pioneers of the Old West by Gaylord DuBois. Chuck Wagon Charley's Tales story, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Harry Parks. Back cover: Roy and film cast in color still. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #26
    Rulah, Jungle Goddess (1948) 26
    • 6" cumulative spine split. Cover and interior oxidation.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    • Restored (see item notes)
    • RESTORATION. Tear/spine split seal. TRIMMED. Slight mold. Cover detached.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Art by Matt Baker. 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. An explosion reveals a snowy valley somehow hidden in the tropical jungle, where beautiful, scantily clad Viking men and women have a lost civilization; A telephone line crew in the jungle draws the attention of Rulah's enemy Mirza, another white queen of a rival African tribe; Rulah faces the truly strange Ape Women of Antilla, who have the tops of women, but are apes from the chest down. The Ice Vikings of Valhalla; Whispering Wires of Death; A Gamble of a Grave; Ape Women of Antilla. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $399 RULAH #26-CGC 4.0- 1949 FOX COMIC- SERPENT/GOOD GIRL CVR

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  • Issue #7
    Scientific Thrillers (1948-1952 Transport Publishing) Pulp 7

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  • Issue #5
    Scribbly (1948) 5

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    Cover art by Sheldon Mayer. Air Mail to China, script and art by Sheldon Mayer; Scribbly gets fired after the shipping department misinterprets one of his cartoons and airmails a printing press to China. Applesauce, script and art by Sheldon Mayer; Snoony's adventure with applesauce. Big Doings Part 1, script and art by Sheldon Mayer; Professor Smarty discovers that Scribbly's brain contains the power of M.U.M. (Marvelous Unconscious Mistakes) and donates him to the federal government. Big Doings Part 2, script and art by Sheldon Mayer; Owlhoots try to kidnap Scribbly. A Woman's Privlege, art by Frank Harry; Liz changes her mind, frequently. Bread and Butter text story. Lad and Dad humor page by Harry Lampert. Big Doings Part 3, script and art by Sheldon Mayer. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 25 #6

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

  • Vol. 8 #3
    See for Men (1942-1964 Excellent Publications) Vol. 8 #3

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  • Issue #89
    Sensation Comics (1942) 89
    • Cover coming loose at one staple, 1" cumulative spine split.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Cover art by Harry G. Peter. Amazon Queen For a Day starring Wonder Woman, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman brings a contest winner to Paradise Island, but unknown to her, radio columnist Nita Ashley, who's accompanying them, is being blackmailed to reveal the location of Paradise Island to Abacus Rackeet. The Strange Case of the Explorer starring Wildcat, art by Arthur Peddy. Bonny story. Willy Nilly story, art by Frank Harry. Charlotte Cushman--Wonder Women of History, art by Paul Reinman. The Camera Alibi starring Lady Danger, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Giella. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    6 days left Auction Vtg DC Sensations Wonder Woman May 1949 Volume.1 / No.89 Comic Book Golden Age

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  • Vol. 9 #2
    Shadow Comics (1940 Street & Smith) Vol. 9 #2

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