Comic books July 1950

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Science fiction reviews, plus ads. Cover by Stirling Macaboy. This issue features "The Moon of Mazuma" by Russell A. Leaderbrand, "Grim Reaper Takes a Beating!" by Arthur K. Barnes, "Some Fantasy Artists" by Malcom M. Ferguson and Fantasy books in Print. 5-3/8 in. x 8-3/8 in., 28 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 3 - Issue 4, July 1950. Pulp magazine devoted to exploring the paranormal. This issue features "Lemuria Did Exist", "Proof of Survival", "When the Rivers Ran Blood", and an exploration of "The Curse of the Hope Diamond". Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 page, Text (with B&W Illustrations and Photos). Cover price $0.25.

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UK EDITION - Issue 1. 6.75" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Art by Pete Morisi and others. Cover by Wally Wood. An adaptation of the classic novel by Herman Melville. Numbering continues from Feature Presentation Black Tarantula (1950) #5. Young sailor Ishmael joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod, run by Captain Ahab. Too late, he learns Ahab has sworn vengeance against the great white whale that claimed his leg, and his mad obsession could well doom the entire ship. The backup story is not an adaptation of the poem Wreck of the Hesperus, but a Skipper Hoy sea adventure in which sailors face smugglers. Ironically, Wally Wood later adapted Wreck of the Hesperus for Mad magazine; this cover was one of Wood's earliest. Moby Dick; Mystery of the Murdered Sea Captain; That Wreck, the Hesperus! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. Comics adventures of the popular, long-running cartoon character. Felix goes fishing in the ocean and catches a fish so big, it pulls him out to sea. Passersby and eventually, government observers believe they are seeing the fastest swimmer ever, and Felix becomes a media sensation. Felix goes on another of his flying-carpet adventures. Monty Monk wants to go swimming, but that's not always a good idea in the jungle. Felix Gets Penny-Wise; Ocean Blues; Felix in Candy Land; A Likely Story; Monty Monk. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Joseph V. Daffron and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Robert Webb, Bill La Cava, Jay Disbrow, and David Heames. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Tiger Girl tries to negotiate peace between a native tribe and a railway company laying tracks; Boxer Kayo Kirby contends with a voodoo curse; The final adventures of private eye Hooks Devlin and privateer Captain Fight. Oddball Tiger Girl cover has a gorilla in bondage this time. First 32-page issue. Tiger Girl; Kayo Kirby; The Escape of Caesar Borgia; Hooks Devlin; Captain Fight. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK and the PIXILATED PARROT, No. 282." Cover art by Carl Barks. Donald Duck and "The Pixilated Parrot, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald gives Uncle Scrooge a parrot that only counts, instead of talking, and Scrooge has the parrot memorize the combination to his safe; which Scrooge has been forgetting. Pig in a Poke, pencils by Riley Thompson; Huey, Dewey, and Louis go to a farm to get an animal to show at the county fair. Fresh Milk and Eggs, art by Paul Murry; Donald is a milkman whose customers complain about not receiving fresh milk and eggs. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Zane Grey's KING of the ROYAL MOUNTED, No. 283." Cover art by Jim Gary. Nitro the Bank Robber/The Found Money, script and art by Jim Gary; King flies to Plain City, where "Nitro" has sent "invitations" to the police and others to attend the robbery of the First National Bank; The robber shows up right on time and threatens to detonate a container of nitroglycerin if he isn't given $50,000; He takes King as hostage to gain passage to the mountains, where he leaves King without his gun or boots; After he makes his way back to town, King is again confronted by Nitro, who plans to repeat the robbery in 24 hours; King and his companion, a girl named Aurora, find out Nitro's real identity, but Nitro forces the pair into King's single engine police plane and orders King to fly him to the coast. King overcomes Nitro, but on the way back Nitro dumps the stolen money out of the plane. Reprinted from King of the Royal Mounted (King Features Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1942. Facts about the Mounties on inside front cover. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "PORKY PIG in THE KINGDOM OF NOWHERE, No. 284." Cover art by Roger Armstrong. The Kingdom of Nowhere, art by Roger Armstrong; Sylvester and Porky find a suitcase full of "Boovarian" paper money; It turns out to be counterfeit, as there is no country of "Boovaria." The Seafarers, art by Fred Abranz; Porky becomes a scoutmaster in the Sea Scouts and takes Cicero and Sylvester on a chaotic trip in a rowboat; They end up in a lagoon full of rare and unusual fish. Back cover Porky Pig strip, pencils by Fred Abranz. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "BOZO THE CLOWN and his MINIKIN CIRCUS, No. 285." Cover art by Bob Grant. Bozo the Clown and his Minikin Circus, script by Don Sheppard, art by Bob Grant; Bozo's circus sets up near the "Great Tar Pits"; The noise from the cannon wakes up a dinosaur in the tar pit who causes chaos until Bozo lures him back into the tar; In attempt to get the dinosaur back, the circus owner sets off explosions, which cause an earthquake; Bozo and his friend Sparky fall through a fissure into an underground lake which leads to the catacombs of the tar pit, which contain giant animals and a race of people called the Tar Men; Bozo makes their King laugh and as a reward is given the giant animals. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Canadian Edition. Reprints material from Four Color (1942-1962 Dell Series 2) #279. Cover by Bill Wright. Scripts by Bill Wright and Bill Walsh. Art by Bill Wright and Manuel Gonzales. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Wally Wood and others. Jungle adventure based on real-life big game hunter Frank Buck, famous for coining the phrase Bring 'em back alive. Sometimes listed as Frank Buck #1. Numbering continues from My True Love (1949) #69. A tragic elephant-related accident puts Buck on the trail of elephant rustlers; A boy's pet orangutan goes wild after being sold to a cruel new owner; A series of deadly tiger attacks turns out to be the consequence of a deadly rivalry between two rubber plantations. The Spoor of the Elephant Rustlers; Gentleman of the Jungle; Making of a Killer; The Two Headed Fly of the Jungle; Tiger Plague of N'Gessa. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. When gold is found near town, Gabby tries to keep the ranch's cowhands from deserting their herds to go prospecting. Outlaws hide their loot in Gabby's fiddle, but good luck getting that away from him before the big dance. Gabby employs a wagonload of bananas to stop bandits, in perhaps the only weaponized-banana battle in Western comics history. Favorite line this issue: "Stop, yuh stoopid idjits! Thar's more gold in my dingbusted teeth than in all of Skull Valley!" The Gold Rush; Brick and Brack: The Car Critters; The Fiddling Fool!; The Banana Bonanza!; Loco Lew; Young Falcon and the Vultures; Buck Desmond: Firetrap; Tombstone Trickery. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 9 #4 - July/Aug. 1950. Single-panel gag cartoons. 10 1/2-in. x 13-in., 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Nick Cardy. Death on Wheels, script by Phil Evans, pencils by Curt Swan, inks John Fischetti. The Riddle of Niagara, art by Nick Cardy. The Case of the Crooked Cowhand, art by Tom Cooke. I Stole the World's Biggest Secret, art by Howard Purcell. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Comic book featuring the famous singing cowboy hero Gene Autry. Gene Autry photo cover. Gene Autry pinup on inside front cover. "The Vanishing Herd"; Gene is warned to keep out of Lost Valley if he wants to live, and is even shot at, but he is sent by The Cattlemens Association to investigate some cattle rustling, and is not scared off. "The Baron of Bitter Creek"; A cattle baron is trying to run homesteaders out of Bitter Creek Valley, and Gene is sent by the Government Land Agent to investigate. "Mighty Strange" text story by Elizabeth Beecher. "Too Blamed Easy," script by Elizabeth Beecher; Rocky Davis and the Banker, are setting a trap for the pay roll robbers by using a decoy strongbox. Gene Autry photo on back cover. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Dan Gordon, Lynn Karp and Ken Hultgren. Cover by Dan Gordon. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG, with art by cartooning legend Dan Gordon. Superkatt finds himself busy after a new law requires all dogs to wear tags; Chip Chipmunk figures out how to sabotage Squire Squirrels new acorn-harvesting equipment; Mr. Meatball, the responsible pig, tries to teach the kids a game that isnt violent, so he picks the one with croquet mallets. The Squire and the Chip; The Not-So-Wily Weasel; Superkatt; E.Z. Mark; The Trick That Backfired; Biffy Bear; Binky; The Burglar and the Baby; Laffy; Mr. Meatball; The Duke and the Dope. Final issue to feature Superkatt on the cover. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by George Evans, Bob Powell and Margaret Isbell. Fawcett flirted with romance comics in the early days of the genre, resulting in short-lived, photo-covered experiments in melodrama. After Barry's milk-truck is carjacked by a robber who leaves his loot behind, Barry's gal Helen encourages him to keep the money, in a story with art by EC legend George Evans. Jean goes to work for glassmaker Bart as part of a secret revenge plan, blaming Bart for her fiance's death, but she didn't expect to fall in love. Lila takes over her father's trucking company after his stroke and falls for Ray, the company's other driver - but can she trust him? This last story features a woman driving a truck and running a business - unusual for a 1950 story - as well as art by Bob Powell. The Thought of You; Love's Vengeance; Trousseau for a Wife; Barrier to My Heart. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Don Lynch and Mickey Klar Marks. A magazine for girls from the producers of Parents' Magazine, with stories, fashion and advice as well as comics. Joan Maxwell becomes a trailblazing reporter with a New York newspaper; "Polly in the Kitchen" combines comics and recipes; A comics biography of golf great Dorothy Germain. Shine in the Summer Sun; Tizzie; Getting Along With Boys; Middle Sister; Girl Reporter – A True Comic; Mysterious Rescue; Casual Champion; Good n Green. 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 4, Issue 8 - July, 1950. Vintage B&W pictorials of alluring amateur models in various bikinis and beachwear. 8" x 10.5", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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July 1950. General interest magazine with an emphasis on photography rather than text. 10-in. x 13-in., 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Issue #64, July 1950. Humorous single-panel cartoons and some text stories. 8-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

36 page issues begin. Contains Frank Frazetta comic story art ("Bruno Bear in 'The No Hound'") and two Frazetta text story illustrations. Frazetta text story illustrations appear in eighteen consecutive issues of Happy Comics (1943) (#20-#37) and in sixteen consecutive issues of Goofy Comics (1943 Nedor/Standard) (#20-#35). Contains funny animal stories. In order of appearance: "Happy Hare and the Foozleberries"; "Bruno Bear in 'The No Hound'" art by Frazetta; "Uncle Fuzzy Hare in 'The Spectre Scarecrow'"; "Happy Hare" by Vincent Fago; "Happy Fairy Tales, Real Fairy Tales From the Classics: The Brave Little Tailor" art by George Roussos; and "Phineas the Parrot". Illustrated text stories: "Herbie: This Little Insect Gets His Chance to Shine!" by Betty Cummings, illustration by Frazetta; and "Miserable Mouse: Poor Mortimer Thought That Nobody Liked Him!" by Elizabeth Starr, illustration by Frazetta. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

First appearance of "The Witches Cauldron" and the Old Witch by Jack Kamen. In this issue the Old Witch begins as the hostess of Haunt of Fear. "Vampire" (art by Johnny Craig), "Horror-Ahead" (art by Harry Harrison and Wally Wood), "The Killer in the Coffin" (script by Gardner Fox, art by Graham Ingels), and "The Mummy's Return" (art by Kamen). Craig cover. NOTE: This issue is the second of the series and was published in 1950; the ongoing series has another issue 16 that was published in 1952. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage supermarket tabloid magazine full of high profile true crime stories of the FBI and the CIA, some with testimonials from those involved in, or close to the cases themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+. Cover price $0.25.

Issue #1. June/July 1950. Canadian Reprint Edition. Comic book adventures of the teenager from the classic radio and television shows "The Aldrich Family." Cover art by Bill Williams. Henry Aldrich's Adventure in Science text story. Untitled story; Henry goes shopping for a present for his mother, but his father believes he's getting a tattoo. Untitled story; Henry goes for a late night snack and gets locked out of the house. Untitled story; Henry goes shopping for a birthday present for Geraldine. Scripts by John Stanley, art by Bill Williams. 32 pages. Full color. 7-in x 10-in.

Painted cover by H. G. Peter. Stories and art by Ed Moore, H. G. Peter, Alfonso Greene, Jerry Fasano, Bill Everett, Ruth Atkinson, Fred Guardineer and Sam Glanzman. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. A dog named Shep saves a life; A man makes a daring catch to save a falling person; A girl awakens her family and saves them from a carbon monoxide leak in their home. Human Life Net; Quick Action; Shep Saves a Life; Rescued From an Icy Grave; Hero at 63; "Live" Catch; Off-Duty Fire-Fighter; Modest Medic; Out of the Depths; Scout of the Month!; The Call of Duty; Try Try Again; Collision At Sea; Relative Prevents Tragedy; Deep Water; Crash at Dawn; Multiple Rescue; I Must Stay Awake; Mill Pond Rescue; Veteran Saves Drowning Tot; Fire Trap; Lunch-Hour Hero! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Western stories featuring early movie cowboy Hoot Gibson and other heroes of the range. Hoot Gibson squares off against the powerful land baron of Durango; The Hunchback of the Double-X frames Hoot for murder, in a story with art that actually resembles the real Hoot Gibson; The true story of gambler Ferd Patterson's violent end. Durango Land Grab; The Hunchback of the Double-X; True Western Feature: Marked for Death!; Poky Ridge Gold; Boss of Lucifer Gap! Followed by issue #3. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Frank Bolle and Rod Reed. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. Hopalong witnesses a train derailment and saves passengers from a flooded river, but then he learns the track was sabotaged by gold thieves. Singing Sam has an original gimmick: his beer belly is a stash for stolen loot, and his guitar is rigged with a hidden gun if someone gets wise! Hoppy's sidekick Mesquite wants to find the legendary Stream of Strength so he can fight back against the bullying village blacksmith. The Gold Train Wreck!; Pistol Packing Pattie ; Hill Billy; Ghosts in Ghost Town; Death Plays a Tune!; Quiz; The Stream of Strength!; Punch Drunk Pawley; Whitey Whiskers: Sticks to a Job; Safety First Stan; The Desperate Reformer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

UK Edition. black and white; 24 pages.

Pre-code bondage cover by Alvin Hollingsworth. "Danny the Dagger," "Two-Gun Crowley" (reprinted from Crime Does Not Pay (1942) #46, this story was also reprinted in Murder Incorporated (1948) #10), and "The Perfect Con." Two page text story, "Stranger than Fiction." Panels in this issue were used in Seduction of the Innocent," to illustrate comics "treating police contemptuously." Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Doug Wildey. Stories and art by Walter Johnson, Bill Fraccio, Tony Tallarico, John Sink and Doug Wildey. Pre-Code Western action comics from Youthful Publishing. A profile of legendary Oglala Sioux chieftain Red Cloud. A white man raised by the Cheyenne tribe, Magic Arrow becomes a hero to both races when he takes on the highwaymen targeting a Western town. Frontier scout the Apache Kid (not the Marvel character) goes renegade after the murder of his father, in a story featuring early art by Doug Wildey. Chief Red Cloud, Scourge of the White Man; Magic Arrow: Arrows of Justice; Comanche Territory; The Red Raiders of Thunder Valley; The Apache Kid: Devil of the Desert. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Numbering continues from My Intimate Affair (1950) #2. All comic stories reprinted in Police Trap (1964 Super Reprint) #18. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. L. B. Cole cover. In order of appearance: "The Shanghai Chicken" art by Wally Wood, also reprinted in Wally Wood: Eerie Tales of Crime and Horror HC (2013 Vanguard) #1; "Coke and Giles, Partners in Death" reprinted from Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) #9; and "One Reel of Crime" also retitled and reprinted as "Picture of Crime" in Startling Terror Tales (1952-53 1st Series) #7. "Stir Scared Killer, A True Crime Story" text story reprinted from Famous Crimes (1948) #2 and retitled and reprinted as "Wanted for Murder, A True Crime Story" in All Famous Police Cases (1952-54) #7; also reprinted with original title in Startling Terror Tales (1952-53 1st Series) #4. Indicia states "INSIDE CRIME (formerly My Intimate Affair)". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 28, Issue 7 - July 1950, One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 76 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.15.

"Jackie Robinson's First World Series." Rookie Jackie Robinson, teammate Cookie Lavagetto, and the rest of the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Yankees in the 1947 World Series. Also includes: "Jackie Robinson and the Stolen Home Run"; "Jackie Robinson and the Golden Cup"; and "Dodgers of Yesteryear: Uncle Wilbert Robinson." Written by sportswriter Charles Dexter. Photo cover. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.