Comic books February 1950

Cover art by Jack Cole. Plastic Man story, art by Jack Cole. Spirit story with Nylon Rose, script and art by Will Eisner. Candy story, script and art by Harry Sahle. Where Is Plastic Man? text story starring Plastic Man. The Life of the Party starring Manhunter, art by Al Bryant. 36 pgs. $.0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 156, Issue 2 - February, 1950. Features include "One Hour Coast to Coast", "New Atomic Charts", "Big Mouth Eats a Ton a Second" and more. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 296 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.25.

Photo cover features Western star George O'Brien. Art by Mart Bailey, Colin Dawkins, Will Elder and John Severin. Prize's flagship Western title featured early art by John Severin and other greats who worked for EC in the following decade. A comics adaptation of the 1940 RKO Western film "Stage to Chino." A story featuring early art by EC legends John Severin, Will Elder and Harvey Kurtzman. A goat helps The Lazo Kid track gold thieves. Stage to Chino; Treasure of Death Mountain; Lost Trail; Stranger in Benton Bowl; Timberline Showdown. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Seymour S. Schneid and Jack Byrne. Stories and art by Marilyn Mercer, Jerry Grandenetti, Kurt Caesar, Enrico Bagnoli, George Evans and Giovanni Benvenuti. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. King of the Congo sets out to rescue a woman targeted by murderous swindlers; Firehair saves a handsome horse thief from the sheriff, and her friends wonder if she's falling for him; The Sky Rangers go on a treasure hunt on Africa's West Coast. Firehair; The Secret Files of Dr. Drew; King of the Congo; Jan of the Jungle; C.Q.D. (Important - Danger); Sky Rangers; I Confess. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Bob Powell and others. 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 #48. No issue # on cover; Vol. 4, issue #12 in indicia. William Brockway becomes a successful counterfeiter in 1880s New York. A detective sets out on a cross-country chase for a fleeing witness. Sissified detective Percy is feared by the underworld, in an offbeat comedy story. My Name Is on the Wrapper; The Ferret; Robbery Off the Record; Please Take the Stand; The Paper Bullet; Percy, Private Eye; The Big-Shot; The Pasteboard Boys. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

52 page issue. Painted cover. In order of appearance: "I Wanted Him Back!" reprinted in Glamorous Romances (1949) #80; "Out to Break Us Up" reprinted in Love Experiences (1949) #12, Complete Love Magazine Vol. 30 (1954) #6, and Ten Story Love Vol. 36 (1955) #3; "The Two Who Were Jilted" reprinted in Glamorous Romances (1949) #82; "Her First Conquest" reprinted in Love at First Sight (1949) #35; "Overshadowed by My Sisters" reprinted in Complete Love Magazine Vol. 32 (1956) #1; and "A Woman Scorned". "The Charm Corner: How To Be a Charming Companion..." text article reprinted as "For a More Glamorous You..." in Complete Love Magazine Vol. 28 (1953) #2 and as "Don't Be a One Date Girl..." in Ten Story Love Vol. 35 (1955) #2. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

True stories of crime most foul fall victim to the pages of this short-lived vintage true crime magazine. Here, you will find tales of greed, jealousy, revenge, thievery, and murder....all true, all told in the words of the detectives who worked the cases. 8.5" x 11", 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Final issue of the series (continues with Whip Wilson # 9 on). "The Man Who Killed His Friend!" Nimo the Mountain Lion back-up story, "The Invader!" Photo cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 29 #4 - May 1950. Boxing magazine. Features articles, departments, ratings, fight reports around the world and more. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/4-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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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. "Bad Bill Bronson rides the rampage trail high, wide and handsome while his jeering boast of never being taken alive rings throughout the West, backed by the roaring fire of his well-notched six-guns as he plunders at will, until the price on his head soars to a point where he reaches for that, too," claims the breathless first sentence of an 18-page story. Whitey Whiskers tries to convince his neighbor that his dog is a retriever. Badman's Reward; Come and Get Me!; Whitey Whiskers: Putting on the Dog; Gopher-Face; Slim Pickens: Till We Meat Again; Slippery Sidmore. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover of Rod Cameron. Rod Cameron Battles the Marauders of Maverick Trail; The trailboss on the cattle drives has long been in cahoot with rustlers, and now Rod has signed onto the drive to help the cattle owner to protect the herd and to find the lost cattle. Baldy's Revenge text story by Buck Keener. The New Assignment; Sam Sheriff is taking over the jailhouse and acquaints himself with the prisoners. Two Comix Cards with Lash LaRue. Letter Perfect; Hoghead Harry has written a letter to his boss, but didn't put on a stamp. Hotshot Horace Takes Your Breath Away; His aunt eats onions, so she has many distant admirers. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian reprint of the US edition. Inside front and back covers are blank. Rod Cameron and his horse War Paint star in "The Marauders of Maverick Trail." Sam the Sheriff back-up story. Photo covers. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by John Prentice. "Then You Were with Me," art by Al Ulmer; Sue and Larry are in love, but Sue's mother Anne asks her not to get married yet, because it will make her (Sue's mother) feel old; However, the young couple can finally wait no longer and elope. "When I Went to New York"; Molly visits her Aunt Bridget, who works as a housemaid in a fancy New York City hotel; Molly meets movie star Milo, who is a big ham, but she is impressed by his younger brother David. "They'll Never Destroy Our Love"; Laura becomes a nurse and returns to her small Kentucky town as the assistant to Dr. Lee; They are in love but Laura comes from a poor family and Lee's family is wealthy and snobbish, especially his sister Polly. "At Summer's End" text story. "I Met a Man About Town"; Martha and newspaper columnist Gene fall in love, but she is jealous of his many acquaintances; He says "your reactions are not those of a mature woman." "They All Felt Sorry for Me"; Steve and Ellen are engaged, but his small gas station doesn't earn enough to support them; He has a criminal record and can't find another job; Ellen wants Steve to ask her ex-boyfriend Tom for a job but Steve refuses and they break up. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Walter Johnson, Manny Stallman, Ed Waldman and Louis Ravielli. Lurid tales of love and crime, with lush covers reprinted from Avon paperbacks. Actress Pat finds neither work nor love when she leaves show business; An engaged woman falls for her best friends boyfriend; Lana dislikes Red because he calls her Butch, but winds up falling in love with him anyway. Featuring a painted cover reprinted from one of Avons paperbacks. Also featuring a nice contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. Heartbreak Alley!; My Stolen Romance; Fate Always Steps In!; Partners in Love; Blind Alley Romance. 36 pages, Full Color. NOTE: There is an I.W. reprint of this issue. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo covers of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. Roy Rogers and The Claim Jumpers starring Roy Rogers, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Albert Micale; Scheming varmints tar and feather a fellow prospector to keep him from the mother lode. Jerkline Feud starring Roy Rogers, art by Al McKimson and Randy Steffen; It's Roy to the rescue when two kids try to save their father's freight business. Pioneers of the Old West text story, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Albert Micale. Trigger story, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Harry Parkhurst; Trigger must cover a 60-mile round trip through rough country in order to bring diptheria serum to an Indian village infected with the disease. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. Photo covers of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. Roy Rogers and The Claim Jumpers starring Roy Rogers, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Albert Micale; Scheming varmints tar and feather a fellow prospector to keep him from the mother lode. Jerkline Feud starring Roy Rogers, art by Al McKimson and Randy Steffen; It's Roy to the rescue when two kids try to save their father's freight business. Pioneers of the Old West text story, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Albert Micale. Trigger story, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Harry Parkhurst; Trigger must cover a 60-mile round trip through rough country in order to bring diptheria serum to an Indian village infected with the disease. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Norman Nodel and Manny Stallman. Romance comics with teen angst, reprinted from L.B. Cole's Star Publications. Toni and Eve compete in a photography contest that gets complicated when Toni's picture with a gorilla at the zoo is accidentally added to the mix. After boyfriend Lefty gets hurt, Ginger Snapp impersonates him on the football field, and somehow no one notices her female shape. Reporter Midge thinks a handsome stranger is the escaped convict she's looking for. Also featuring an amusing double-entendre cover by L. B. Cole. Toni Gayle: Mixed Pix; Ginger Snapp: Vittles for Victory; I Love You Still; Midge Martin: Watch the Birdie; Eve Adams. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Screen Stars Magazine was one among many of the supermarket celebrity tabloids that focused heavily on the day to day lives of the Hollywood elite, during the golden-age of cinema. This publication is filled cover to cover with typical fodder such as candid celebrity photos (some of which are in color), gossip columns, reader's letters to the editor, and the latest motion picture advertisements. 8.5" x 10.5", 74 pages, mostly B&W with a few color photos. Cover price $0.15.

Photo Cover by Theda and Emerson Hall. Stories by unknown. Art by Carmine Infantino?, Alex Toth, Joe Giella and unknown. Featuring: "Let me be Yours"; "Tomorrow's Tears"; "My Heart was a Deceiver"; and "Romance Rivals"! Plus: 1-page story "Sing Me a Love Song"; Linda Lee in 1-page story "Hello, Linda, this is Walter Briggs!"; 2-page text story "Love from the Past"; and 1-page poem "Memories of You"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Joe Kubert. Stories and art by Frank Thorne and others. Pre-James Bond secret-agent intrigue from St. John. The full title, according to the cover, is "Admiral Zacharias' Secret Missions, All True and Authentic." A transplanted American gangster gets in too deep when dealing in stolen US ships in China. International assassins seek a bounty on Yugoslavian leader Marshal Tito, in a story featuring early art by Frank Thorne. An American secret agent gets involved in Cold War covert ops, in a story that opens with the hero leaping from a speeding train. Cover by comics legend Joe Kubert. Tragedy for Traitors; The Island of Death!; Death Dates a Blonde Informer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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

Wonder Woman in "The Unmasking of Wonder Woman" (art by H.G. Peter), Dr. Pat in "Dr. Pat's First Love," "Headline Heroines: Helen Churchill Candee," and Romance, Inc. in "Dream Sweetheart." Two-page text story, "Strange Meeting." Superboy stars in a one-page public service announcement, "Give Your Town a Present!" Cover price $0.10.

Vintage monthly published magazine with a focus on the film industry as a whole. First published in November of 1930, publication continued through the late 1970s. Priding itself as a source for exclusive behind the scenes stories about filmmaking, Silver Screen also contained a fair amount of articles about celebrities, their relationships, the latest in fashion, and film reviews. Cover price $0.15.

Articles on sports, crime, and adventuring, plus pin-up photos. 8" x 10.5". 66 pages. B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Joe Kubert. Stories and art by Joe Kubert and Carmine Infantino. Sword and sorcery one-shot with art and cover by comics legend Joe Kubert. Sinbad and Haroun compete for the hand of Kina, the "Pearl of Baghdad," by seeing who can find the largest pearl. Sinbad and Sara seek merchandise stolen from the Sultan, in a story featuring early art by future DC legend Carmine Infantino. Sinbad sets out to rescue slave girl Elene from Mytar, finding a treasure in the process. Chang Yan's Blazing Sword; Ransom of Shipwreck Shoals!; Omar of the Magic Robes: A Kiss Unmasks a Killer; The Curse of the Caliph's Dancer; The Merchant of Menace. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.