Comic books September 1950

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Sam Leff, Henning Mikkelsen, Ed Dodd, Ving Fuller, and Ernest Hix. Tip-Topper Comics collected some of United Features Syndicates most popular comic strips of the 1940s in full color, including Lil Abner and Fritzi Ritz. Fritzi was later known as "Aunt Fritzi" in the Nancy comic strip. Phil Fumble impersonates a talent scout, in a strip that showcases Bushmiller's "good girl" art. Society heiress Oona Minoot determines to manage boxer Sleepy Lagoon, to get revenge on Curly Kayoe. Li'l Abner's favorite cartoonist, Lester Gooch, unleashes his strangest Fearless Fosdick foe yet. Plus the Ripley-like Strange as It Seems by Ernest Hix. Swimsuit cover by Bushmiller. Fritzi Ritz; Curly Kayoe; Ferd'nand; Stamp Tips; Strange as It Seems; Li'l Abner; Doc Syke; Back Home Again. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Featuring: Two Droopy 1-pagers; Tom & Jerry tale; Jerry & Tuffy 2-pager; Adventures of Tom tale; Adventures of Jerry text story; Flip 'n' Dip tale; Wuff the Prairie Dog tale; Barney Bear & Benny Burro tale; and Fuzzy & Wuzzy tale. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. When a blackmail scheme turns to murder, Tom must find the mystery man before he kills again. Outlaws kill rancher Pryor so his daughter will sell the ranch, and when she won't, they hire Lothario Jones to change her mind. Tom stops a prison break by shooting the guns out of five convicts' hands in one panel. The Blackmailed Blackmailer; Roundup Time With Tom Mix; Tumbleweed Jr.: Oil's Well That Ends Well; Fightin' Forbes: Whiplash; The Dobie Double-Cross; Careful Clara; Saddlehead; The Wagon Train Slaughter; Exacting Ed; The Foreign Entanglements. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 5, Issue 3 - September, 1950. True crime magazine with stories and article about women in the world of organized crime, murder, robbery, and debauchery. Softcover Magazine, 8.5" x 11", 74 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Johnny Craig. "Horror House!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Henry is called on the carpet by his editor for always being late getting his stories in on time; He packs and heads for the country, and finds a nice, secluded house in which to work; he buys Wilford Manor, a home considered haunted. "Voodoo Vendetta" text story by William M. Gaines. "Terror in the Swamp!", art by Al Feldstein; As two men paddle their way up the Okefenokee Swamp, they spot a man onshore asking them to go no further unless they never want to be seen again. "Crash!" text story by William M. Gaines. "Report from the Grave," art by Jack Kamen. "Buried Alive!", art by Graham Ingels; At a two-bit carnival, patrons are asked to ante up 10 cents to see Zobo, the man who stays buried under six feet of earth for 8 hours. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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#120, 9/50, 10c. Donald Duck, the Li'l Bad Wolf, and Bucky Bug, in untitled stories and Mickey Mouse in the next chapter of "Monarch of Medioka" serial. Issue also has one-page and half-page gag strips and a two-page text feature "The New Circus Star." Story and art credits: unknown. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. Reprints Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #120. Donald Duck, the Li'l Bad Wolf, and Bucky Bug, in untitled stories and Mickey Mouse in the next chapter of "Monarch of Medioka" serial. Issue also has one-page and half-page gag strips and a two-page text feature "The New Circus Star." Blank interior covers and no ads. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Mort Leav, Bill Woolfolk, Syd Shores and Mort Lawrence. Bloody pre-Code crime comics, in imitation of Crime Does Not Pay - including a top-hatted, otherworldly narrator. The twist is that the publisher offers wanted posters (and rewards) for real-life criminals. This issue was cited in the text (page 32) of the famous anti-comics classic, Seduction of the Innocent. The "Three Musketeers" of crime swear to each other that they will go down together, a promise they keep. A true tale of a man who lost his identity. A man is suspected of murder, and his only alibi is a ventriloquist's dummy. Crime's Three Musketeers; Wanted: James Stewart; Hangman's Holiday; Hot-Car Driver; Johnny on the Spot; Wanted: Howard F. Bent Jr.; He Was Born to Hang. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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3rd ISSUE in series (see note following) - Al Feldstein classic outer space cover. "Martian Infiltration" (art by Feldstein), "Henry and his Goon-Child" (script and art by Harvey Kurtzman), "I Died Tomorrow" (art by Jack Kamen), and "Dark Side of the Moon" (script and art by Wally Wood). NOTE: See 2nd series for 1952 #15 Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Feldstein. Stories by Roald Dahl, Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Kamen, Harry Harrison, Wally Wood and Al Feldstein. NOTE: There are two issues in this series numbered 14. The issue pictured here, dated Sept/Oct 1950, although numbered 14, is the actual # 3 in the series. The one dated Sept/Oct 1952 is issue # 14 in the series. EC's influential New Trend title featured some legendary sci-fi and comics artists. A scientist learns that trees and plants can, in fact, scream, and gains a new perspective on yardwork in a Harvey Kurtzman story. An inventor's latest creation comes to him in a dream, with art by Harry Harrison and Wally Wood. Professor Holman tries to warn Earth's leaders that their latest bomb test will destroy the planet. Classic alien robots/A-bomb cover by Al Feldstein. Destruction of the Earth!; The Sounds From Another World!; Machine From Nowhere; The Eternal Man. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Sept 1950. Cover by Bill Wayne. Horror and supernatural stories by Isaac Asimov & James MacCreagh "Legal Rites", Manly Wade Wellman, Robert Bloch "The Shadow from the Steeple", Mildred Johnson, Harold Lawlor, August Derleth "Pott's Triumph", Carl Jacobi, Frank Owen, and Emil Petaja. Illustrations by Fred Humiston, Vincent Napoli, Charles A. Kennedy, and Boris Dolgov. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

UK edition, one shilling cover price. Vol. 42 #6 - Sept. 1950. Contents correspond to American edition. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/4-in., 96 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 14, Issue 6 - September, 1950. 6.75" x 9.75", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Ken Battefield. Dash For Freedom starring Six-Gun Smith, art by Fred Yates. Bully's Vengeance starring Wilma West (young mistress of the W-W ranch) and Sonora Sam (faithful old cowhand), art by Don Tallant. Bushwack Law text story by Tim Sheehan. Death In The Canyon starring Kate Slocum (K-bar ranch owner's daughter), art by Rex Maxon. Cow Town Frame-Up! starring Fighting Bob Dale, art by Bill Zeller. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Outlaws, gunfighters, and tales of the Old West - some true, and others merely legends. The 5th Infantry spars with US Cavalry riders in a not-so-friendly rivalry during a mission in 1877 Montana. Pioneering pulp novelist Ned Buntline almost single-handedly invents the Buffalo Bill mythos. A Pinkerton detective pursues outlaw Butch Cassidy all the way to South America. The Bunion Cavalry; The Man Who Made Buffalo Bill; The Bola Bandit; Tobacco Tom; The Fastest Draw in the West; The Stranger; Saddle Scraps; The Badman's Mistake. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Bill Boyd mediates an argument between Ted and Dewell that escalates into a fire. Monte Hale tries to maintain order in Lost Pike after a nearby gold strike. Con man Hiram T. Pressure sells Gabby Hayes a railcar of "raw wool" that turns out to be live sheep...and cowboys hate sheep. Bill Boyd and the Fiery Fate!; Big Bow and Little Arrow and the Old Haunt; Gabby Hayes: Gabby Goes Wool-Gathering!; Monte Hale Battles the Great Hunger!; Magical Manders; Slim Carson: Border Fracas; Li'l Buck; Cactus Brain; Hill and Dale; Unruffled Ruffles; Ban and Joe; Tom Mix and the Bank Busters! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Massacre at Butcher's Island," "Rafe Hammer," "The Trio Killer" (art by Russ Heath?), and a two-page text story, "Last Chance." Cover price $0.10.

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Final issue of the series (becomes Gunhawk with issue 12). "The Mark of the Whip!", art by Joe Maneely; Whip gets help from a young kid to round up the killer, Cabe Norris. "Duel in the Desert!", art by Joe Maneely; Whip is on the track of The Hawk, who has killed a prospector for two sacks of precious gold. "Last Ride" text story; The Sheriff is taking four of the Collins gang to trial at the county seat by stage, but is expecting trouble on the way. "Seal of Doom!"; Out of jail, Kraus gives Larson an envelope to be opened if he dies; Later, two men sent by Charley Taylor, try to force Larson to hand over the envelope. "A Beast Roams the Range!", art by Joe Maneely; Miss Carlin are running away from a mad scientist who has created two huge monster animals. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 4, Issue 2 - September, 1950. Cover by Peter Driben. Men's interest magazine with articles, pin-ups, and glamour photos. 8" x 11.5", 560 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Howard DeLay and others. Numbering continues from Humdinger Vol. 2 (1947) #2; there was no issue #3. Sometimes listed as issue #11, the number in the indicia. The story of how Old West hero White Rider joined forces with Cloud the Super Horse. Bull's-Eye Bill explores a mountain ghost town and finds an elderly Native in jeopardy. A comics adaptation of the classic frontier novel The Last of the Mohicans. White Rider and Super Horse become trapped in a gold mine. White Rider and Super Horse; Bull's-Eye Bill; The Last of the Mohicans Part 1; A Pinch of Salt. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C. C. Beck. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Clem Weisbecker, Otto Binder, Bill Woolfolk and Kurt Schaffenberger. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. Captain Marvel must compete in the Olympic Game of the Gods against six evil gods who want to take over the Earth. Lance O'Casey must guide his ship, the Starfish, past the reefs while it's filled with barrels of nitroglycerine. When pirate captain Redbeard manages to escape from Davy Jones' Locker, he makes trouble for Ibis and Taia on the surface. Plus a "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton, featuring useless but hilarious advice on "How to Butter Your Bread." Captain Marvel: The Olympic Game of the Gods!; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb; Freshman Freddy: The Prize Package; The Culture Corner; Golden Arrow: Mountain Peak Murder; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Doc Sorebones; Lance O'Casey: Dangerous Cargo; Wilbur the Waiter; Pilot Pete; Ibis the Invincible: Davy Jones' Locker!; Moglethorpe the Millionaire. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue 629 - September/October, 1950. The true adventure magazine for men. A collection of true stories from all over the world. 6.5" x 9.5", 92 pages, B&W.

Wonder Woman stars in "Amazing Spy Ring Mystery," "Nuclear Returns," and "Who Killed Col. South!" Art by Harry G. Peter. Wonder Women of History: three-page Myra Colby Bradwell bio. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.