Comic books October 1950

Add to cart Fine $29.00 View scans Paper: Cream

"Gape those gams!" sez the gusel.

Volume 40, Issue 3 - October, 1950. 6.75" x 9", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $8.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $8.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 2, Issue 1 - October 1950. Pulp magazine featuring stories and articles by George Allen Englnad, Jack Williamson, and Elinore Cowan Stone. 7-in. x 9 1/4-in., 130 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $130.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4259199006

Cover by Eric Peters. Art by Lily Renee and Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. While dressed as Napoleon for a masquerade party, Lou is mistaken for an escaped lunatic, then meets the lunatic himself. Lou decides to go into business for himself, in a story with art by pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee. The boys wear tuxedos for a job and get mistaken for members of high society. Halloween Haul; Lou Meets His Waterloo!; Mummy's the Word; Higher and Hire; High Society; Little Bit: The Soap Box Derby; Home on the Rampage. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $135.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $120.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 123, Issue 6 - October, 1950. 6.75" x 9.75", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $17.00 View scans

Cover by Ogden Whitney. Reprints Adventures into the Unknown (1948 ACG) #97. 68 pages, B&W.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $110.00 View scans INCOMPLETE. Pieces cut from JSA story pages 1/2, 11/12, 20/21, and 31/32. Cover detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Science Fiction cover/story: the Justice Society of America star in "The Man Who Conquered the Solar System!" Script by John Broome, pencils by Frank Giacoia (chapters 1 and 2) and Arthur Peddy (chapters 3 and 4), inks by Giacoia (chapters 1 and 2) and Bernard Sachs (chapters 3 and 4). Back-up story, "Johnny Peril's Surprise Story!" Two-page article, "Capes That Made History" ("capes" as in land masses, not the superhero kind!). Full-page ad for Tomahawk # 1. Peddy/Sachs cover. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $16.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Staple rust: Moderate.	Add to cart Very Good $33.00 View scans Paper: Off white	Add to cart Very Good $34.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 50%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $33.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart Good $15.00 View scans Paper: Cream Staple rust. Foxing. Soiling. Water damage. Tape on inside front cover.	Add to cart Good $17.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 50%. Water damage: Moderate.	Add to cart Good $19.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 24, Issue 10 - October, 1950. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Science fiction stories by Rog Phillips "Weapons from the Stars", Roy B. Frentz, Alexander Blade, Walt Sheldon, Clifford D. Simak, and Fredric Brown "Gateway to Glory". Illustrations by Arthur Hutah, Enoch Sharp, Julian S. Krupa, Leo Ramon Summers, and Edmond Swiatek. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 164 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Bob Montana. Stories by unknown. Art by Sam Schwartz, George Frese and unknown. Featuring Archie in: "Life's No Picnic"; "Tight Sneeze"; "Let's Face It"; "Off the Record"; and "Judgement Day"! Plus: Jughead in "Anything Goes"! Also: 2-page text story "Death On Wheels"! Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $7.60

Photo cover of Bill Boyd [William Boyd]. The Locust Valley Gold Strike Part I The Hidden Mine; Bill has discovered planted gold veins in a deserted mine, when two crooks are tipping a mine truck down the shaft to crush him. The Big Laugh; Rancher Jones feels blue, so Windy Whopper will cheer him up. The Locust Vallet Gold Strike Part II Death Stalks the Trail; Bill escapes from the mine shaft and pursues the two villains, when he is caught by a lasso. Kid Stuff; Whitey Whiskers is babysitting one afternoon. The Locust Valley Gold Strike Part III The Law-Breakers. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $37.50 View scans 1" cover to cover tear from top (Slightly affects art and story). Water damage.

Stories and art by Frank Frazetta, Art Helfant, and Leon Winik. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. Billy steps in when villainous Bart Barton resorts to forgery to steal land from settlers. True facts about gunfighting and slang terms of the Old West, featuring early art by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. Billy is reminded of an old debt when he is contacted by the brother of a man who once saved his life. Prospector Pete; Seymour Meets the Boys; Two-Gun Promise!; Guns - Facts about Firearms. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $81.00 View scans

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $47.00 View scans 3" cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Cover and interior oxidation.

Betrayal! The Blackhawks are trapped in the forbidden city of Dabat! Featuring: 14 page Blackhawk story "The Forbidden City of Dabat" drawn by Reed Crandall; 8 page Blackhawk story "The Mockers" drawn by Reed Crandall (?) and Chuck Cuidera (?); 9 page Blackhawk story "The Riddle of Terror Island" drawn by Reed Crandall; 2 page text story "Cured By Courage"; 6 page Chop Chop story "Captain Kate" drawn by Jack Cole; Blackhawk story "The Royal Goblet of Imra" drawn by Bill Ward. Cover by Al Bryant (?). 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $8.10

Bobby Benson and the Man-Eating Tiger! The Test of Grit! The Golden Palomino, art by Bob Powell; Bobby saves the life of a golden Palomino and in return, the horse saves his life when he is attacked by a Mountain Lion. He names the horse Amigo. The Invisible Death!, art by Bob Powell; The Lemonade Kid finds a secret laboratory housing a flying saucer in the middle of a burned-out volcano, but when the laboratory gets bombed, the volcano becomes active. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Norman Maurer, C.H. Moore, 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. Crooks ambush CB to prevent him from advising a man to avoid signing a crooked contract. Champion sprinter Andy Stanfield explains the secret of success as a sprinter. School safety monitors try to prevent kids from hitching rides on passing trucks and other unsafe behaviors. Crimebuster: Second Chance Andy; The Man Who Loved Danger; Sprint Hints, by Andy Stanfield; Famous Eccentrics; Dilly Duncan; Fact Oddities; Little Wise Guys: The Red Jalopy. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $90.00

Cover by Harry Sahle. Stories by unknown. Art by Harry Sahle and unknown. Candy stars in five untitled stories. Plus: Jitters in an untitled story co-starring Bugs, Dotty and Slugger Sloan. Also: Jonesy in 1-page untitled story co-starring Pete, Jonesy's mother and Abigail Lane. And: 2-page text story "Dizzy Idea" starring Dizzy, Slim Brady, Mr. Hodges, Gwendolyn Chambers, Mamie Hagger, Sophie Trugg, Windy Blunt, Scuffy and Horsey Jones. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $32.00 View scan 1.5" Spine split from bottom. Water damage.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Al Liederman and Otto Binder. Art by Kurt Schaffenberger, Al Liederman and Joe Certa. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. In a time-travel adventure, Captain Marvel Jr. goes to 5000 A.D., to see if a time capsule makes it to the future, and finds a sort of water-world of floating cities. The strange new resident at Mrs. Wagner's boardinghouse has a magical trunk that is filled with strange creatures and a bizarre array of robots, monkeys and other oddities, which then escape. Captain Marvel Jr. investigates when birds start attacking other animals in the city. The Cities at Sea; Kanvasback: King Riddler; The Shark; Drew the Droop; The Magic Trunk; Captain Kid: What Does It Mean?; The Battle of the Birds and Beasts; Heartsick Hart. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $40.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

8" x 10.25", 68 pages, B&W. MATURE Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Good $20.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Good $22.00 View scans Spine split 40%. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 6, Issue 3 - October, 1950. Monthly published digest containing short stories, cartoons, verse, jokes, articles, and quips - all of which have been submitted by readers. 5" x 6.5", 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $4.40 View scan Staple rust with migration.Centerfold detached at one staple.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $8.99 View scan	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $6.70 View scan Centerfold detached.	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $6.70
Add to cart Good $5.60	Add to cart GD 2.0 $2.50 View scan 1 1/2" Spine split from bottom.	Add to cart GD 2.0 $5.60	Add to cart GD- 1.8 $4.49 2 1/4" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple.
Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $3.90 3 1/2" Cumulative spine split. Staples added (not manufacturing).	Add to cart FR 1.0 $2.80 5 1/2" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached.

The Prisoner of Zenda, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 75, 10/50). Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $18.00 View scan	Add to cart Fine $15.00	Add to cart FN 6.0 $15.00	Add to cart VG 4.0 $4.00
Add to cart VG- 3.5 $2.50

The Prisoner of Zenda, 2nd Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 85). Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $2.50

The Prisoner of Zenda, 3rd Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 111). Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $2.50

Add to cart VG 4.0 $2.50

The Prisoner of Zenda, 4th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 128). Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $2.50

Add to cart Good $2.50

The Prisoner of Zenda, 6th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 165). Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $49.00 View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Volume 1, Issue 6 - October, 1950. Cover Girls Models Magazine was an early men's interest publication distributed between November, 1949 and December, 1955 that focused mainly on bathing suit pin-up photography, but also included the occasional Hollywood tabloid human-interest story. 8" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $14.25 Cover and centerfold detached. Staple rust with migration. Staple rust with migration.

Stories and art by Mario DeMarco, Bill Allison and Clint Harmon. Western adventure tales from the early days of Charlton Publishing. A focus on Western star Sunset Carson in this issue includes a 5-page comics biography of the cowboy actor. The movie tie-ins continue with an adaptation of 1949 film Rio Grande (not the John Ford classic but a Sunset Carson film). Then an adaptation of Jimmy Stewart's movie Winchester '73, which IS a bona fide Western classic. Rio Grande; Rodeo Facts; Sunset Carson Handles a Tough Situation; Winchester 73; Paul Bunyan; Pecos Bill: Swingin' High; The Carson Story. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $72.00 View scans Cover coming loose at one staple.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $25.00 View scan Foxing. Soiling.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $60.00 View scan Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Painted cover by Bob Fujitani. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Fred Guardineer, Claude Moore, Tony DiPreta, Carl Wessler 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. Tough private eye Chip Gardner tries to prove an accident in a steelworks was murder and winds up in a barrel, featuring a great cover by Bob Fujitani and a story possibly written by Walter Gibson, creator of The Shadow. A man leaping from a building flashes back on the events that led him there. A story that dares the reader to solve a murder at a costume party in the Mephisto Club during Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Also featuring a vintage ad for the book "How to Get Along with Girls." Chip Gardner: The Payroll Bonus Murders; Fall Guy; On the Level; Our Police Hall of Fame; Rabbit's Foot; Who Dunnit?: The Death of the Grand Demon! 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $41.00 View scans

All stories reprinted in Justice Traps The Guilty (1951) UK #35. In order of appearance: "The Gang of a Thousand Faces"; "Kingpin of the Hot Hot-Rods"; "Bean-Ball Boomerang"; and "Blue Blood Runs Red". "Killer's Trademark" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $1,500.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #0351088008

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $4,980.00 View scans Paper: Off white Label #0993141001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover art by Johnny Craig. "Murder May Boomerang," script and art by Johnny Craig; Nearly inseparable, a father and son did everything in life together until that one day when a prisoner from a nearby penitentiary discovers the pair's cabin, where he steals clothing and nearly beats the father to death. "Death's Double-Cross," script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Wally Wood; Ruth was bored and lonely; Her two-year marriage to John was missing something: love, and she found it in John's twin brother. "Reward!" text story by Albert B. Feldstein. "A Snapshot of Death!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels; A woman enters a pool room and hires a man to kill a lady, whose picture she provides to him; Imagine his surprise when he notes that the photo is of the woman wanting the crime committed. "High Tide!", script and art by Harvey Kurtzman; Four men on a mail boat leave the infamous Mephisto Prison and soon hear by radio of the escape of one of the prisoners; When the boat's engine, clogged with sand, brings the craft to a halt a ways off shore, all fingers begin to point to each other as the culprit. 36 pgs., full color.

PRINTING NOTE: Some copies have Vol. 1 No. 1 printed above a redacted line in the indicia (before the indicia was corrected). Apparently, EC originally intended to print this issue as Vault of Horror #15. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Hangman's House." With the help of a deceased war buddy's souvenir, King Faraday breaks into and out of the strange and unusual Hangman's House. Also includes: "Shadows over London"; "Trouble in Trinidad"; and "Toreador from Texas." Pencils and inks by Carmine Infantino and Alex Toth. Cover by Infantino. 52 pages Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $14.00 View scan Staple rust/migration.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, William Overgard, Ted Schroeder, Virginia Hubbell, and Carl Hubbell. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Pee Wee adopts a dwarf horse that turns out to be faster than any normal-sized horse. Tips on playing tennis from tennis pro Ted Schroeder. Some juvenile delinquents try to frame Pee Wee and the Little Wise Guys for killing a dog after Daredevil gives them gun safety lessons. Daredevil: Pee Wee and His Dwarf Horse; Tennis Tactics; Crimebuster: The Little Juggler; Sniffer; Little Wise Guys: Awful Phil. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $755.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #1993823016 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Win Mortimer and George Roussos. Stories by Don C. Cameron and unknown. Art by Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Charles Paris, Dan Barry and unknown. News reporter Dave Purdy is given a seemingly easy assignment: he must find and report on a case in which the Bat-Signal ALONE saved a person's life. Don't miss Batman and Robin in "Untold Tales of the Bat-Signal!" with art by Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz and Charles Paris. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "The Warriors in Wampum!" with story by Don C. Cameron; Robotman in "The Robot-Mobile"; and Impossible -- But True! tale "The Case of the Talking Dead!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with art by Dan Barry. Also: Peg half-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Little Orville half-pager; Bonny 1-pager; 2-page Annie Oakley text story "The Lady with a Gun"; Casey the Cop 1-pager by Boltinoff; and Shorty 1-pager by Boltinoff. And: Superman in the 1-page public service announcement "School Children 'Round the World" by Jack Schiff and Win Mortimer. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $86.00 View scans

Add to cart Very Good $86.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $73.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

"The Fatal Footlights" a novelette by Cornell Woolrich.

Volume 64, Issue 2 - October, 1950. 6.75" x 9.75", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart FN 6.0 $17.00 View scans

Stories by Buford Tune and Paul McCarthy. Art by Buford Tune and Paul McCarthy. Cover by Buford Tune. Reprints from the Dotty Dripple daily and Sunday comic strip. Dotty and husband Horace face domestic squabbles similar to those of Blondie and Dagwood, right down to the drawing style; the long-running family strip also featured tween daughter Taffy and dog Pepper. Connie the baby-sitter becomes an impromptu family secretary and gets hired away; Dotty shows Horace that she still knows the meaning of the word "kiss"; Dotty ensures that the cute girls at the beach know Horace is spoken for. Dotty Dripple; Li'l Taffy; The Pay-Off; Exclusive Property; Li'l Taffy Puzzle Page; Questions and Answers; Holly of Hollywood; Star Player; Do You Know Why?; Man of Action. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $8.00 View scans

Add to cart Very Good $8.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white

Add to cart Very Good $115.00 View scans Staple rust. Foxing. Soiling. Moisture spotting.

Volume 7, Issue 2 - October, 1950. Marian Savage photo cover. Vintage men's interest magazine full of adult humor comics and tasteful pin-up pictorials. This issue with a humorous pictorial featuring Buddy Hackett early in his career,. 8.5" x 11.5", 58 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $60.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.	Add to cart Very Good $6.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white	Add to cart Very Good $6.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $6.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $4.80

"The Woman Who Couldn't Die" by Arthur Stringer, "The Weigher of Souls" by Andre Maurois, and "Nor Moon by Night" by Peter Cartur. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 9 1/4-in., 130 Pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fair $12.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Back cover detached 15%. Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 12, Issue 10 - October 1950. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "The Masters of Sleep!" by Lafayette Ronald Hubbard. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 132 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $29.00 View scans Paper: Off white

Add to cart Very Good $32.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $21.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

Volume 3, Issue 3 - October, 1950. 6.75" x 9", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $135.00 View scans	Add to cart Very Good $33.00 View scans	Add to cart Very Good $33.00 View scans	Add to cart VG 4.0 $99.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling. Water damage.
Add to cart Fair $31.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. Spine split from base of comic. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling. Large tear to rear cover and final two pages, reinforced with clear tape.

Vol. 3, No. 5. October 1950. Humor and scantily clad women. Peter Driben cover. 8.5" x 11.5". 56 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $25.00 View scan	Add to cart GD 2.0 $8.20	Add to cart GD 2.0 $8.20	Add to cart GD- 1.8 $6.60
Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $5.70 View scan Centerfold detached. Water damage.

Indicia title is "Walter Lantz ANDY PANDA in THE HAUNTED INN, No. 297." Cover art by Dan Gormley. The Haunted Inn, art by Dan Gormley; Andy and Charlie get lost while on a drive and take refuge from a storm in a spooky old inn; They inadvertently sign a contract to purchase the place and become the new owners. Untitled Andy Panda story, art by Dan Gormley; Andy and Charlie get a job painting a sign on the side of a skyscraper. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $8.40

Indicia title is "BUCK JONES and the IRON HORSE TRAIL, No. 299." Painted cover art by Nicholas Firfires. Winning the West, art by August Lenox; Brief overview of the settling of the American West. Buck Jones and the "Iron Horse Trail, art by Mike Arens; Buck gets involved in a plot by the owner of a stagecoach line to extort money from a competing railroad to buy out his now-obsolete business. Buck Jones astride Silver-B, roping a steer painted back cover art by Nicholas Firfires. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $8.00

Add to cart GD 2.0 $9.90

Cover by Dan Gordon. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Dan Gordon and others. Funny-animal comics from independent publisher ACG, featuring the Itchy & Scratchy-like Puss an Boots, misguided inventor Blunderbunny, owl detective Whoo-Dunnit, and Western dog marshal Alkali Ike. Sometimes the characters break through the fourth wall and into the laps of the kids who are watching their cartoons. Boots finally decides to do away with Puss, but the cat has one last trick to play; Blunderbunnys hole-making invention seems like a good idea at the time; His idea for a machine that automatically takes things apart is also doomed to create chaos and destruction. Puss an' Boots; Blunderbunny; Whoo-Doodit; Alkali Ike and His Horse Oatsie. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $6.40

Cover art by Otto Feuer. Dodo and the Frog story, art by Otto Feuer. Blabber Mouse story, art by Rube Grossman. Frady Cat story, art by Otto Feuer. Dodo and the Frog story, art by Otto Feuer. Bernard the Brave, art by Otto Feuer. Blackie Bear story, art by Rube Grossman. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $56.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $46.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart Very Good $35.00 View scans Paper: Cream vibrant cover colors, firm spine with light wear, moderate edge wear with light chipping and color loss, light denting, light color breaking spine stress, heavy corner damage with chipping, moderate soiling, moderate scuffing, heavy water damage, light pencil marks on front cover

Add to cart Very Good $35.00 View scans Paper: Off white slightly muted cover colors, off white pages with light edge flaking, firm spine with moderate wear, heavy edge wear with moderate chipping and color loss, heavy denting, moderate to heavy color breaking spine stress, moderate corner damage with chipping at top and bottom of spine, heavy soiling, moderate scuffing, heavy tearing on front cover, book length crease on front cover, reading crease along spine on front cover

Volume 1, Issue 3 - September/October, 1950. 7" x 10", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $30.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate.

"Death Ships" by F.C. Kneller.