Comic books October 1949

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UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 28 pages, B&W

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UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 28 pages, B&W

Cover by Jim Wilcox. Stories and art by Jim Wilcox, Milt Hammer, Henry Kiefer, Harry Lazarus, and Art Helfant. Sometimes listed as Blue Bolt #101. Blue Bolt has adventures while flying for Glimpses, a photography magazine.On a visit to a California redwood forest, Dick Cole joins the search for a missing boy, but the kid doesn't want to be rescued. Edison Bell and Jerry perform acrobatics for a charity circus, but bully Stinky wants to sabotage the act. Blue Bolt and Snap get involved in court intrigue while on assignment to photograph the king of a Middle Eastern emirate. Dick Cole; Bluebolts and Nuts; Edison Bell; Gymnasium; The Golden Horse; Blue Bolt the American; Heathcliff the Hobo. Final issue published by Novelty; followed by Blue Bolt (1949) #102. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 12, Issue 1 - October, 1949. 7" x 10", 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Norman Maurer, C.H. Moore, Al Borth, Harold Sherman 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. Crimebuster and Squeeks the monkey leap into action when a villain sets circus animals loose on the city. Another in a series of multi-joke two-page spreads by an unknown artist, this one set on a fishing lake. Conflict between the rich and poor branches of the same family erupts into violence, a wrongful prison sentence, and revenge on a high cliff. Crimebuster; Nutty Nauticals; Famous Eccentrics; Jest Nuts!; Little Wise Guys Meet Waif. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Brooklyn Gets A New Look, script by Ed France Herron; After a car accident, Brooklyn undergoes plastic surgery; plus, he loses his Brooklyn accent when given hypnotic voice coaching; it doesn't help much though when he's kidnapped by a gang of crooks out for revenge. Claw and Fang, script by Ed France Herron; Andre returns to France and Percy (from Boy Commandos 23) replaces him in the Commandos; then the gang goes to Africa to capture wild animals to replenish a zoo. Audrey Ashby fact page by Stookie Allen. The Champ With Four Legs, script by Ed France Herron; Tex inherits a boxing Kangaroo. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Lee Diamond and others. The adventures of Dale Messick's fearless comic strip hero, redheaded reporter Brenda Starr. Brenda finds romance unexpectedly while investigating a mystery. Brenda narrates the real-life story of pioneering American journalist John Peter Zenger. The Thief Who Stole Tuesday; The Hazard and the Hermit; Stop the Press!; A Diamond In the Rough. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Walter Johnson, Manny Stallman, and Ed Waldman. Tales of romance at the university. Honor student Norma wonders if she should spend more time thinking about boys; A woman pines for her soldier husband; Love drives a girl to crime. Featuring a painted cover reprinted from one of Avons paperbacks. When She Wanted Love; I Was a War Bride; Fast Company; The Story Behind the Cover; I Stole for Love. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Harry Sahle. Stories by unknown. Art by Harry Sahle and unknown. Candy stars in three untitled stories. Plus: Jitters in an untitled story co-starring Bugs, Doreen, Mabel, Betty and Peggy. Also: Candy in 1-page text story "Candy's Revenge" co-starring Ted Dawson, Trish Traynor, Tiny, Cornelia Clyde and Miss Trudso. And: Windy Breeze in 1-page story "Champ Liar" co-starring Chuck. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Includes: cover art by Martin Nodell; The Red Skull Strikes Again!, The Frozen Ghost! horror story; For Gold Alone text story; The Thing In the Swamps! horror story; and The Tomb of Terror horror story. Cover title changes with this issue to Captain America's Weird Tales, and the series changes to horror anthology. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza, Al Liederman and unknown. What is in the strange urn? Find out in "Captain Marvel and the Invisibility Trap" by Otto Binder, C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. Also in this issue: "Captain Marvel Battles the Miniature Giants" with story by Otto Binder, and "Captain Marvel Reaches the Age of Perfection" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Plus: Captain Kid in "In the Soup" with art by Al Liederman. And: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "Asteroid Adventure" with script by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Art Helfant and Otto Binder. Art by Bud Thompson, Art Helfant and Joe Certa. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Invaders from space threaten to conquer the Earth, but Captain Marvel Jr. discovers their one weakness: they can't see the color red. The strange artifact called the "Voodoo Clock" may even be able to exert its magical power over Captain Marvel Jr. Plus "Comix Cards" (like the later "Marvel Value Stamps") featuring Hopalong Cassidy. The Unknown Invasion; Rubbernose Randolph; Danger Across the Tracks!; Spook Detective; Kanvasback: The Inheritance; The Voodoo Clock!; Stuttering Stewart. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Henry Boltinoff, Nat Marcus, and others. Adult humor and cartoons. 8 1/2-in x 11in. 98 pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Issue 28 - Australian Edition. Circa early to mid 1950's. Reprints "The Man in the Iron Mask" 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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Treasure Island, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. Comic book adaptation of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson story about young Jim Hawkins, his encounter with pirates and his search for treasure. Story illustrated by Alex A. Blum. Issue also has a text biography of Stevenson and text stories on "Pioneers of Science," "Dog Heroes," and "Famous Operas." (HRN 62, 10/49). Cover price $0.10.

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Treasure Island, 3rd Printing, Line Drawing Cover. Comic book adaptation of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson story about young Jim Hawkins, his encounter with pirates and his search for treasure. Story illustrated by Alex A. Blum. Issue also has a text biography of Stevenson and text stories on "Pioneers of Science," "Dog Heroes," and "Famous Operas." (HRN 117). Cover price $0.15.

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Treasure Island, 4th Printing, Painted Cover. Comic book adaptation of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson story about young Jim Hawkins, his encounter with pirates and his search for treasure. Story illustrated by Alex A. Blum. Issue also has a text biography of Stevenson and text stories on "Pioneers of Science," "Dog Heroes," and "Famous Operas." (HRN 131). Cover price $0.15.

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Treasure Island, 6th Printing, Painted Cover. Comic book adaptation of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson story about young Jim Hawkins, his encounter with pirates and his search for treasure. Story illustrated by Alex A. Blum. Issue also has a text biography of Stevenson and text stories on "Pioneers of Science," "Dog Heroes," and "Famous Operas." (HRN 146). Cover price $0.15.

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Treasure Island, Painted Cover. Comic book adaptation of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson story about young Jim Hawkins, his encounter with pirates and his search for treasure. Story illustrated by Alex A. Blum. Issue also has a text biography of Stevenson and text stories on "Pioneers of Science," "Dog Heroes," and "Famous Operas." (HRN 165, 10/49). Cover price $0.15.

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An Illustrated Library of Great Adventure Stories. All new H.C. Kiefer cover. A collection of four Classics Illustrated stories in one volume, grouped by theme (stories vary, see individual item listings/scans for content information). Full color.

An Illustrated Library of Exciting Mystery Stories. All new Alex Blum cover. A collection of four Classics Illustrated stories in one volume, grouped by mystery theme. This one contains reprints of #13 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, #21 3 Famous Mysteries, #30 The Moonstone, and #40 Mysteries. 192 pages, full color.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - October, 1949 (assumed). Magazine with features for students at NSTC in DeKalb, Illinois. 8.25" x 11", 28 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Classic weekly magazine featuring news and fiction. 10.5" x 13.5", 84 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

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Issue 30: "No Other White Men" by Julia Davis.

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Volume 9, Issue 1 - October, 1949. 7" x 10", 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Oct. 1949 Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Sheldon Moldoff, Edd Ashe, and Marcia Snyder. For those who love a little horse opera with their soap opera, Fawcett presents tales of romance and heartbreak on the Western frontier. Ann tracks down Hank, the man she loved, on a mission of vengeance, believing that Hank murdered her brother. Bill, the foreman of a rail crew, falls for Jenny, the daughter of the railroad's owner, when fate and sabotage throws them together. While visiting her uncle's ranch, Jane from "back East" meets ranch foreman Tex, who doesn't cotton to women getting underfoot. Prairie Justice; Rails and Romance!; Melody Ames, the Prairie Minstrel Part 4; Can Love Escape?; For the Love of Jane. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, 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. Three hoods, Ronald Tyrell, Clyde Devin and Joe Rustaw, come from different backgrounds but wind up in the same place: Death Row. An undercover cop is exposed and captured as a hostage by two killers. Bill Cowlin becomes a cop to go after the jewel thieves who shot his brother. Also featuring a vintage ad for "Your Own V-2 Model Rocket". Three Who Paid - The Grim Account of Three Last Miles; On the Level; Science Vs. the Criminal: Book Worms!; Wanted: A Murderer!!; This'll Kill Ya!; Our Police Hall of Fame; Laff These Off!; Led Lewis and Leo Brill; Ed and Bill Cowlin. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Canadian reprint series. Reprints material from Crime and Punishment (1948 Lev Gleason) #19. Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, 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. Three hoods, Ronald Tyrell, Clyde Devin and Joe Rustaw, come from different backgrounds but wind up in the same place: Death Row. An undercover cop is exposed and captured as a hostage by two killers. Bill Cowlin becomes a cop to go after the jewel thieves who shot his brother. Also featuring a vintage ad for "Your Own V-2 Model Rocket". Three Who Paid - The Grim Account of Three Last Miles; On the Level; Science Vs. the Criminal: Book Worms!; Wanted: A Murderer!!; This'll Kill Ya!; Our Police Hall of Fame; Laff These Off!; Led Lewis and Leo Brill; Ed and Bill Cowlin. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Charles Raab, Leonard Starr, John Rosenberger, Clem Weisbecker, and Dan Zolnerowich. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. The life and death of Mata Hari, the famed World War I spy whose beauty was her greatest weapon. A struggling musician steals a rare violin in hopes it will bring him fame and glory, but you can't steal genius. Willie puts his nondescript looks to use when he becomes a crook, because no one can remember his face. Mata Hari; The Jungle; Color Blind; Ghost Detective; Thirty-Dollar Bills; The Stradivarius; Invisible Willie. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by George Tuska, 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 illegal arms trafficker Vince Grey, and his showdown with police at a coal refinery. A look at the uses of black light in crime detection and police work in the 1940s. A story that dares the reader to figure out who killed a big-game hunter on the eve of his wedding announcement. 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." Vince Grey; This'll Kill Ya; Out To Murder!; On The Level; Our Police Hall of Fame; Science vs. the Criminal; The Body in the Woods; Who Dunnit. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Revenge of the Cop Haters," "The Genius and the Perfect Crime," "Sinister Cab Combine," and "Pledged to Homicide." Cover price $0.10.

Bettie Page photo cover from early in her career.

Photo cover (Bettie Page). "Gossip!", script by Joan August; Art accepts a teaching job in a small town; He falls in love with Liz and they decide to get married, but she asks him to take a job at a college elsewhere and he agrees; In their new town, gossip spreads about a romance between Liz and student Dan. "Two Loves" text story. "Personality... and You"; Ellyn Lee analyses handwriting. "I Stole My Sister's Man," script by Mary Woods, art by Bill Fix; Nancy was raised by her older sister Sue after their parents are killed; Home from college on vacation, Nancy meets Sues boyfriend Jim and sets her cap for him: "I want that man, hes just my type!"; When her efforts to romance him fail, Nancy lies and tells Sue that Jim made a pass at her. "No Time For Love," script by Kate Tempest; Abbys mother raises her daughter to become a star as a way to escape poverty; Abby goes along with the program, but she doesnt dislike the residents of their slum neighborhood as her mother does; Abby falls in love with bus driver Jed. Two Loves Have I publisher ad. "She Played With Love," script by Rhoda Temple; Jean loves steel worker Lon and they plan to marry; Buck, an old Army buddy of Lon, arrives in town and takes Jean out while Lon is on the night shift; Buck frames Lon for infidelity so he can have Jean for himself; Lon and Buck fight in the steel plant and Buck falls into a huge vat of molten metal. "I Was a Heart-Breaker," script by Neila Garland; Hilda steals Mac from his girlfriend Marianne, although she doesnt really love him; Marianne commits suicide as a result; Hilda falls in love with Roger and they decide to get married, but Mac shows up and reveals Hildas past. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Paul Parker and Bill Walton. Western tales both true and fictional, which, like Hillman's crime comics, are often told from the outlaw's point of view. This issue features a triad of biographies of famous Western oddballs: The strange true story of San Francisco eccentric Norton, who proclaimed himself Norton I, the Emperor of the United States. Sideshow performer Leon Borchardt, aka "Oofty Goofty," performed odd feats and was seemingly immune to pain. Folk hero Windwagon Thomas fitted a wagon with a sail to ride the winds across the flat prairies of Kansas. Siege; The Mad Murdocks; Emperor of the United States; Oofty-Goofty; An Even Split; The Mescalero Indians; The Sign in the Sky; Windwagon Thomas; Warwhoop. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jim Mooney. Stories by Don C. Cameron and unknown. Art by Carmine Infantino, Bob Kane, Charles Paris, Jimmy Thompson, Howard Sherman, Ruben Moreira and unknown. Vicki Vale gets the chance to do a great story on "Three dead men who live today because of the Batman," but a new Jekyll and Hyde criminal almost destroys the good this story will do. Don't miss Batman and Robin in "The Goblin of Gotham City!" with art by Bob Kane and Charles Paris. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "The Train Robbers of Roaring River!" with story by Don C. Cameron and pencils by Carmine Infantino; Robotman in "Robotbody Meets a Body!" with art by Jimmy Thompson; Slam Bradley in "Too Many Morgans!" with art by Howard Sherman; and A Casebook Mystery "The Case of the Murdered Miner!" with art by Ruben Moreira. Also: 2-page text piece "Who Knows What!" 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.