Comic books September 1949

Final issue of the series. Buffalo Bill in "The Pool of Mystery" (art by Doug Wildey), "Shaggy's Lore of the West" (art by Wildey), Cal Colt in "Whipsawed" (art by Dick Rockwell), and Don Quickshot in "Don Quickshot's Last Stand" (art by Bob Powell). Wildey cover. Cover price $0.10.

"Sabotage After Sundown," "Spring a Trap," "His Own Capture," "The Onrush of Doom," "Wash Tubb's Wedding," and "Out in the Cold!" Toppsy Twins back-up story. 36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 6.5 $305.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #0000709-AA-002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $89.00 View scans Pencil markings on front cover. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza and Al Liederman. Captain Marvel takes on Sivana in a colossal centennial thriller by Otto Binder, C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza: "The Plot Against the Universe Part 1: Dr. Sivana Strikes at Shazam"; "The Plot Against the Universe Part 2: The Invasion of the Rock of Eternity"; "The Plot Against the Universe Part 3: The Evil Element"; and "The Plot Against the Universe Part 4: The Marvelium Plot"! Don't miss this complete four-part comic novel, with appearances by Shazam and Tawky Tawny. Plus: Captain Kid in "The Music Master" with art by Al Liederman. And: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "World Within" by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $450.00 View scans Pedigree: Crowley Crowley Copy Label #0074328012

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $75.00 View scans Water damage.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Howard Boughner, Art Helfant and Otto Binder. Art by Bud Thompson, Art Helfant and Howard Boughner. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Captain Marvel Jr. finds himself in a pitched sword battle with an invisible and possibly non-existent opponent. Marvel Jr. meets the extra-dimensional Impulso and his Fifth Dimension Phone. Plus "Comix Cards" (like the later "Marvel Value Stamps") featuring Billy Batson and the original Captain Marvel. The Irresistible Sword; Lazy Lee Gets a Grippe on Himself; The Fifth Dimension Phone; Boxcar Benny; Prairie Pete; The Incognito Adventure!; Captain Marvel Jr.'s Crossword Puzzle; Rubbernose Randolph; Hunter's Peril; Judge Smudge; Kanvasback: Sad Story; The Two Roads. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by ??. Cartoons and jokes by readers and artists of the time. 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 64 pages, Text,(with B&W Illustrations) Cover price $0.35.

Issue 27 - Australian Edition. Circa early to mid 1950's. Reprints "Silas Marner" in abridged form with new cover art. 10" x 7 1/2" horizontal format, color covers with b&w interior, 24 pages-all newsprint.

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The Man Without a Country, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 62, 9/49). Cover price $0.10.

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The Man Without a Country, 4th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 165). Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Fair $5.50 View scans Spine split 40%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.

The classic weekly magazine featuring news and fiction. 10.75" x 13.75", 76 pages, PC/B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Jack and the Beanstalk starring Fox and Crow, script by Hubie Karp, art by Jim Davis. Hypnotism in 10 Easy Lessons starring Blabber Mouse, art by Rube Grossman. The Ferocious Slurch Gang starring The Raccoon Kids, art by Otto Feuer. A Gorgeous Day For Golf starring Goofy Goose, art by Rube Grossman. The Prize fight starring Roly and Poly, art by Rube Grossman. Safety First public service announcement starring Superman, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. Tuesday is my favorite season starring Dodo and the Frog, art by Otto Feuer. Mirror Image starring Ozzie Owl, art by Rube Grossman. Children's Day starring J. Rufus Lion. The Invisible Mouse starring Doodles Duck, script and art by Howie Post. The Cuckoo Clock starring Nutsy Squirrel, art by Rube Grossman. 76 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Nancy and Sluggo. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Sheldon Moldoff, Edd Ashe, and Eddie Robbins. For those who love a little horse opera with their soap opera, Fawcett presents tales of romance and heartbreak on the Western frontier. Jack faces ridicule for being a male schoolmarm in the Old West, but his cool resolve impresses Gail, a "wild daughter of the Range." Society gal Amy from "back East" doesn't know why she's strangely drawn to rough-and-tumble cowpoke Hank Thompson. Rancher's daughter "Peggy Carter" falls for handsome stranger Brian when he saves her life. Duel at Sunset; Stampede; Melody Ames, the Prairie Minstrel Part 3; Treachery on the Trail; Badge of Love!; Six-Gun Chaperon. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Final issue of the series (Crack Western 63-up). Captain Triumph, Batch Bachelor, Hack O'Hara, and Beezy. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $62.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

Volume 10, Issue 4 - September, 1949. 6.75" x 9.75", 102 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Joseph Gagliardi, Jack Keller, C.H. Moore, Fred Guardineer, and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. Cigarettes and a telltale heel-print point a country sheriff toward a killer. A cop tries to get the goods on the waterfront rat behind two murders. Detailed info about FBI training procedures in 1949. Cover and first page feature endorsements from police Captain Felix Lynch and Mary Sullivan, NYPD Women's Bureau Chief, approving of "this magazine as a good reading for red-blooded American youngsters." Also featuring a vintage ad for "Amazing Life-Like Rubber Masks." "Little Arnie" Lowry; On the Level; Science Vs. the Criminal: G-Men; The Case of the Tell-Tale Heel; Who Killed Nathan Illis?; This'll Kill Ya!; Our Police Hall of Fame; Mac T. Elton; Lt. James Hoffman vs. Augie Kell. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Canadian reprint series. Reprints material from Crime and Punishment (1948 Lev Gleason) #18. Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Joseph Gagliardi, Jack Keller, C.H. Moore, Fred Guardineer, and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. Cigarettes and a telltale heel-print point a country sheriff toward a killer. A cop tries to get the goods on the waterfront rat behind two murders. Detailed info about FBI training procedures in 1949. Cover and first page feature endorsements from police Captain Felix Lynch and Mary Sullivan, NYPD Women's Bureau Chief, approving of "this magazine as a good reading for red-blooded American youngsters." Also featuring a vintage ad for "Amazing Life-Like Rubber Masks." "Little Arnie" Lowry; On the Level; Science Vs. the Criminal: G-Men; The Case of the Tell-Tale Heel; Who Killed Nathan Illis?; This'll Kill Ya!; Our Police Hall of Fame; Mac T. Elton; Lt. James Hoffman vs. Augie Kell. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Fred Guardineer, Claude Moore, Tony DiPreta, 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 Spike Spitz, who double-crosses his partners after they help him swindle a gold mine, in a story with possible art by future "Flash Gordon" artist Dan Barry. Jack Roscar tries to use the theater as a cover for his crimes, and finds a lot of bad actors to enable him. A story that dares the reader to figure out which heir killed for an $11 million payoff - and one of the suspects is a ghost. Cover and first page feature a photo endorsement from Mary Sullivan, NYPD Women's Bureau Chief, approving of "this magazine as a good moral influence on our youth." Spike Spitz; This'll Kill Ya; Jack Roscar; On The Level; Our Police Hall of Fame; Frankie Darrell vs. Lieutenant Jim Scott; Who Dunnit. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Al Feldstein and others. Art by Al Feldstein and Johnny Craig (credited as F.C. Aljon). E.C.'s Pre-Trend crime title started as adventure, changed to grisly crime stories and eventually metamorphosed into straight-up horror. Ken's plans to join Blaine's criminal gang are derailed after the murder of his parents shows him the error of his ways. Scarred by her upbringing, Edna becomes a serial strangler targeting those who have wronged her. When Hazel dons a blonde wig, she becomes a murderous gang leader and the terror of the underworld. This issue features Al Feldstein and Johnny Craig working together as F.C. Aljon, a short-lived experiment to increase Craig's productivity. I Fight Crime; Practical Joke; Edna Sunday; Tough Guy; Two-Faced Woman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Dale Evans stars in "The Belles of Buffalo Wallow," "City of Dreadful Dust," and "Canyon of Disaster!" Sierra Smith Western Detective stars in "Case of the Teetering Tower!" (art by Alex Toth). Photo cover. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Virginia Hubbell, and Carl Hubbell. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. The Little Wise Guys decide to put on their own circus to raise funds for a medical charity, but a crooked carny tries to rob the till. Hitchhiking Sniffer offers to help an ailing trucker get his shipment delivered, not knowing it's a rare dinosaur skeleton. The Little Wise Guys befriend a simple-minded, super-strong giant known only as The Goop, and try to protect him from an uncomprehending world. Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys; Daredevil; Crimebuster: C. B. Proves a Point; Sniffer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Radio's famous coast-to-coast favorite! In this issue: Four untitled A Date with Judy stories. Plus: A Date with Judy 2-page text story "The Fosters Get the Weeps"; untitled Howie half-pager; untitled Liz story; and untitled Randolph story. Plus: Superman stars in the 1-page public service announcement "Superman on Safety First!" with script by Jack Schiff and pencils by Win Mortimer. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 6 Issue 1 - Fall, April-July 1949. "Honeymoon With Death" by J.G. Wilson, and "Search for a Scientist" by Charles L. Leonard. 7-in. x 10-in., 112 pages, B&W Cover price $0.20.

Cover by Jim Mooney. Stories by Don C. Cameron and unknown. Art by Carmine Infantino, Dick Sprang, Jimmy Thompson, Howard Sherman and unknown. Ben Kole, a supposed student of Egyptology, has the weird hobby of saving people's lives, then demanding that they sign an "I.O.U. My Life" form in order to later blackmail those he saved. Don't miss Batman and Robin in "I.O.U. My Life!" with art by Dick Sprang. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman is introduced in "The Origin of Pow-Wow Smith!" with story by Don C. Cameron and pencils by Carmine Infantino; Robotman in "Around the World in 24 Hours!" with art by Jimmy Thompson; and Slam Bradley in "Rich Man, Poor Man, Lawyer Man...Thief!" with art by Howard Sherman. Also: Cartoon Flips activity half-pager "Starring...Robin" with art by Martin Naydel; "Big City Wrangler" half-pager; 2-page text piece "Photography -- A Modern Miracle"; and Bebe 2-pager by Henry Boltinoff. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $26.00 View scans Paper: Cream Staple rust. Foxing. Soiling. Moisture spotting.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $25.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 29, Issue 3 - Fall, 1949. 6.75" x 9.75", 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Joe Certa. Stories and art by Jim Wilcox and Milt Hammer. Boys' adventure with military cadet and sportsman Dick Cole, who appeared in Blue Bolt, 4Most and Target Comics before getting his own series. The Farr Academy has a Days of Rome pageant, but an escaped lion makes it a little too realistic. Dick helps a disabled man regain his zest for life, in a rare story of its kind for the time. Dink and his friends try to win a drugstore contest for a new football. Dick Cole; The Test; Dink; Dick Cole. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Dell presents new adventures of legendary tough cop Dick Tracy and his rogues gallery of freakish enemies. Tracy matches wits with the master criminal known simply as Number One. The original, rarely reprinted story is in the style of Chester Gould, but the actual artists are unknown. Also, Dick Tracy's Rogue's Gallery featuring Breathless Mahoney, a text story, a solve-it-yourself mystery, and a Sparkle Plenty humor strip. Dick Tracy's Rogue's Gallery; Dick Tracy Meets Number One; Dick Tracy's Minute Mystery; Sparkle Plenty. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $8.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white

Volume 17, Issue 1 - September, 1949. 6.75" x 9.75", 102 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $390.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #2070474025 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

The Deadly Dude, art by John Celardo; A dude riding a huge bicycle comes to town, and shortly after a masked bandit begins to rob and kill. The King of the Toys starring Judy of the Jungle, art by Ralph Mayo. Clean Up Your City! starring Speedy Hopper. The Kid Plays a Lone Hand starring the Black Terror, art by George Tuska. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.