Comic books December 1949

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Blackhawk defies destruction in the battle of the test tubes! Featuring: 11 page Blackhawk story "The Battle of the Test Tubes"; 8 page Chop Chop story; 11 page Blackhawk story "The Island of Nubaru." Cover by Reed Crandall. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes. Art by Ed Moritz, Max Elkan, Edmond Good, Gordon Wright and Paul Cooper. Tales of the Old West from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Blazing West was an anthology title that featured the adventures of Texas Tim, a Texas Ranger; Buffalo Belle, a redheaded sheriffs deputy with quick wits and a fast gun; Injun Jones, a white man who worked with the Apache tribe; and the Tenderfoot, a Clark Kent-looking tough guy who lulled foes with his mild-mannered appearance. Deputy sheriff Buffalo Belle puts her star aside to help ranchers battle a corrupt land baron in the next territory; Powder River Pete gets up to comical hijinks at the towns box social party; The bespectacled appearance of the man they call Tenderfoot belies his tough-as-nails nature, but old enemy Randy Barton isnt fooled. Buffalo Belle; Injun Jones; A Pet Pays Off; Texas Tim, Ranger; Powder River Pete; Not So Tough; Tenderfoot. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Ed Moritz. Untitled Injun Jones story, art by Ed Moritz; Tinney, the stageowner is organizing an army of freebooting outlaws in Gila Valley. Untitled Buffalo Belle story; Trouble between the cattlemen and sheepherders. Untitled Bantam Buckaroo story; Bantam Buckaroo brings a wanted outlaw to the sheriff, but he manages to escape. Untitled Texas Tim, Ranger story; Crooked deals at the horse races with $ 5000 at stake. Untitled Tenderfoot story; Drought has almost ruined the ranch of Tenderfoot and Marge and they are in deep trouble. Cookie Comics Magazine ad. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $9.50 View scans Spine split 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.

UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 44 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

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $51.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Extensive.

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

Add to cart Very Good $26.00 View scans Spine split 10%. Staple rust: Moderate.

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

Add to cart Fine $44.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.

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

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $119.95 or Best Offer View scans Cover oxidation, corner folds. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Add to cart PR 0.5 $55.00 or Best Offer View scan INCOMPLETE. 2 centerfold wraps missing (affects art and story). 2" Cumulative spine split. Tape on interior cover. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Mike'sRack

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Tom Gill, Milt Hammer, C. W. Winter and Joe Certa. Series continues from Blue Bolt Vol. 10 (1949) #2. L. B. Cole's Star Publications takes over the Blue Bolt series, and as the superhero craze wanes, Blue Bolt becomes a backup feature to Dick Cole in his own title. Blue Bolt, by now a reporter with no costume, follows a lead to an aerial dogfight with the unassuming but deadly Mr. Wisp. Photography nerd Candid Charlie gets a chance to show up bully Biff and impress Joan when he accidentally grows a rare tropical flower in botany class. Tommy wants to go on safari, but Rick Richards must rescue the boy from jaguars and other dangers of the jungle. Blue Bolt the American; Target and the Targeteers; Gummed Up; Man Bites Dog; Candid Charlie; Diggy the Derrick; Rick Richards. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 12, Issue 2 - December, 1949. 7" x 10", 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Edited by "The Black Prince". Billed as "Fascinating, Startling, Strange, Fantastic, Different, a Tome for private lovers of the unusual!" 32 pages, text only. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Norman Maurer, C.H. Moore, Al Borth, 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. A simple misunderstanding leads to C.B. and Doc being tied to stakes for a sacrifice. A Ripley's-like strip features Beethoven's deafness and the stone heads of Easter Island. A youth is faced with the choice of following the straight and narrow path or becoming a delinquent. Crimebuster: The Habitual Liar; The Good-Bad Boy; Deny It If You Can; Gags for Wags!; Little Wise Guys: The Riddle of the Mystery House. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Scarce issue. Land From Out of Space; Percy builds the Commandos an atomic powered flying car, just in time to help some Martians return home. Captain Tootsie Saves the Day ad, art by C. C. Beck. The Kid Who Owned A Forest; Brooklyn inherits a forest which is threatened by fire. The Engine in War And Peace article, art by Raymond Perry. Jungle Manhunt; the Commandos chase a wanted criminal and his pet Leopard through Africa. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $590.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Scuffing on front of case Label #0184647002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

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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 consoles her friends Elsa, who loves celebrity Rex Riley but tires of sharing him with the world. Brenda narrates the real-life history of journalists and journalism. Copy By Cupid; Revenge; Torpedoed; And the Waltz Came Tumbling Down. Final issue of the series; numbering continues with Brenda Starr (1955 Charlton) #13. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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First issue, December 1949. Stories include "Love's Victory", "I Stole my Roommate's Man", "Campus Cheat", and "Undesirable Male". 7" x 10", 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Al Liederman and unknown. Art by Pete Costanza, C.C. Beck, Al Liederman and unknown. Captain Marvel visits the ice-covered world of 1,000,000 A.D. in "The Rediscovery of Earth" with story by Otto Binder. Captain Marvel also stars in: "The Invention Miser" by Otto Binder and Pete Costanza; "The World's Greatest Chef" with art by C.C. Beck; and "The Wish Factory" with art by C.C. Beck. Plus: Captain Kid in "The Package of Trouble" by Al Liederman. And: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "The Man Without a World" with script by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by George Marko, Howard Boughner, Art Helfant and Otto Binder. Art by George Marko, Howard Boughner, 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. Doc Snagge figures out how to isolate the microbe that causes people to turn to crime, and unleashes a Crime Plague on the city. A criminal rises from the underworld to become the villain Crime Man. Captain Marvel Jr. tries to reunite a farm boy with his stolen horse. The Crime Germ; Judge Smudge; Rubbernose Randolph; The Case of the Broken Heart: Crime Man; Boxcar Benny; Speedy; Kanvasback: Kiddy Capers; The Weatherman; Dopey Danny Dee. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Casey in "The Mystery of the Glowing Ghost," "Damsel in Distress," and "The Machine That Predicted Murder!" Also "They Walked With Danger" and a two-page text story, "A Murder a Day." Photo cover. Cover price $0.10.

Issue 30 - Australian Edition. Circa early to mid 1950's. Reprints "Black Beauty" 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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Cloister and the Hearth, 1st (and only) Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 67, 12/49). Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $11.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 17, No. 6. December 1949. 7" x 9.5". 130 pages. Text with occasional B&W illustrations. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Shelly Moldoff, H. W. Kiemle, and Joseph Millard. For those who love a little horse opera with their soap opera, Fawcett presents tales of romance and heartbreak on the Western frontier. Raised by an Apache chieftain, Tod, aka White Arrow, falls for beautiful rancher's daughter Rena, leading to trouble when her dad finds out. Wade falls for wealthy rancher's daughter Gail, but first he must win her heart from Jim. Action-girl Ricky can drive a stagecoach with the best of them, and doesn't expect to fall for handsome Bill. The Warriors Maiden; Love and the Stranger; The Outlaws Kiss; Melody Ames, the Prairie Minstrel: Hearts Decisions; Stagecoach to Romance. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

James Craig (as Dan Bennett) photo cover. In order of appearance: Chill Wills (as Mileaway) and Joan Leslie (as Chris Johnson) photo; "Jesse James" reprinted in Cowboy Western Comics (1948) #56; "Calamity Jane" art by Mario DeMarco; "Wild Bill Hickok" reprinted in Cowboy Western Comics (1948) #53; "Chuck Wagon Gus", "Denver Mudd and Bushey Barns, Duel in the Sand", and "Happy Homer" art by Clinton Harmon; "Northwest Stampede" adaptation of the Eagle-Lion film; "Chuck Wagon Gus" and "Legends of Paul Bunyan" art by Clinton Harmon; "Kit Carson" art by Mario DeMarco; "Happy Homer" by Clinton Harmon; and Chill Wills (as Mileaway) and Stanley Andrews (as Bowles) photo. "How Brady Lake Got Its Name" text article by Donna Davis.36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Al Bare, Fred Guardineer, Jack Keller 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. Convicted cop-killer George Sitts escapes from the Minneapolis city jail with three other men. A cop relies on a dead man to get the goods on the gang that committed a payroll robbery. Danny Kipp confesses to killing a cop, but a police lieutenant suspects there's more to the story. Cover and first page feature endorsements from police Detective Walter Clancy and Mary Sullivan, NYPD Women's Bureau Chief, approving of "this magazine as a good reading for red-blooded American youngsters." John "Greenie" Gosnow, the Hyena of the Sea; Killer Hunt in the Black Hills; On the Level; When Dead Men Told!; Our Police Hall of Fame; Why Did He Want to Die? 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Dick Briefer, Gil Kane, 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. In 1860s England, a man claims to be the missing heir Roger Tichborne, but something's not quite right. Yonnie Licavoli and his family become crimelords in the Prohibition-era Midwest. That story features art by Bob Powell of Sheena fame; other stories include art by Dick Briefer and comics legend Gil Kane. Wanted - Roger Tichborne; The Bootblack; Yonnie Is Always at Home; The Manuscript; The Imperfect Crime!; Ice Box Madden; Too Many Rudolphs. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Tony DiPreta, 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 Natural Gilbey, a hard-luck hobo who recruits an army of criminals, in a story with possible art by future "Flash Gordon" artist Dan Barry. Burglars discover where wealthy families keep their valuables by listening to the servants on their night off. A sheriff enlists the Feds and the Coast Guard to catch a gang of killers operating from a houseboat off the Gulf Coast. Death in the Hobo Jungle; On the Level; How They Were Trapped!; Laugh These Off; The Case of the Thursday Burglars!; Our Police Hall of Fame; This'll Kill Ya; Savage Houseboat Mob!; Who Dunnit? 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Al Ulmer, Art Peddy and Ed Smalle. Western tales both true and fictional, which, like Hillman's crime comics, are often told from the outlaw's point of view. Doc Brown (no relation to the Back to the Future character) sets up shop in a small Western town and treats anyone: cowpoke or outlaw, settler or Navajo. Immigrant settlers face a murderous outlaw gang and an Old West protection racket. A British rail engineer, seeking excitement, joins the pioneering rail lines of the Wild West. Doc Brown's Breed; The Tenderfoot; The Man With the Carpetbag; Pike's Peak Dream; The Comanches; Lappyn of the Wild West; Roped!; The Red Dog Soldiers. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Winter Sept-Nov 1949. Volume 6 Issue 2. Cover by George Gross. Main story is "The Pay-Off" starring private eye Rush Henry by Joe Barry, plus shorts "Emily Wants to Kill Me" by Jules Archer & "Fall Guys Don't Bounce" by John Marshall Tufts. Three interior illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover by Jim Mooney and Charles Paris. Stories by Don C. Cameron and unknown. Art by Carmine Infantino, Bob Kane, Charles Paris, Jimmy Thompson, Dan Barry, Sy Barry and unknown. Batman goes undercover in the State Prison as Jim Millan, hoping to discover how prisoners who have escaped from that institution seem to disappear forever. Don't miss Batman and Robin in "Underground Railroad of Crime!" with art by Bob Kane and Charles Paris. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "Death in the Northwoods!" with story by Don C. Cameron and pencils by Carmine Infantino; Robotman in "Robotman, Mind-Reader" with art by Jimmy Thompson; and Impossible -- But True! tale "The Riddle of the Ruby!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with art by Dan Barry and Sy Barry. Also: Shorty 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff, and 2-page text piece "Science Is Champ" by Quincy Howe. And: 1-page public service announcement "The Green Arrow and the Red Feather Kid" by Jack Schiff and George Papp. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fair $11.00 View scans Paper: Cream Staple rust. Foxing. Soiling. Heavy water damage with mold Tape on inside front cover.

Volume 44, Issue 1 - December, 1949. 6.75" x 9", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Dell presents new adventures of legendary tough cop Dick Tracy and his rogues gallery of freakish enemies. Tracy goes after an insurance swindler, and meets the effervescent Bubbles. 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 The Brow, a text story, a solve-it-yourself mystery, and a Sparkle Plenty humor strip. Dick Tracy's Rogue's Gallery; Dick Tracy and Bubbles; Dick Tracy's Minute Mystery; Sparkle Plenty. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $77.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $72.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 61, Issue 4 - December, 1949. 6.75" x 9", 102 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

NOTE: Title changes to 15 Mystery Stories (1950 Popular) with Vol. 39 #3 Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Fine $41.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

Add to cart Very Good $33.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 56, Issue 4 - December, 1949. 6.75" x 9", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.