Comic books January 1951

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

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UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 36 pages, B&W

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by George Evans and Al Packer. Western hero Bob Colt, a Fawcett creation, fights for justice with his sidekicks Pablo and Terry. The model on the photo covers was Steve Holland, later the cover model for Bantam Books' Doc Savage reprints. Bob investigates when trains mysteriously disappear, and train cars turn up miles away from any tracks. A lost address book leads Bob to the missing Triangle Copper Mine, where he finds trouble. When Rawhide gets an accordion, it leads to a war of wits with Clem, who hates accordions. Chuck Waggin: Diction Expert; The Death Bound Trains; The Straight Shooter; The Mysterious Rider; Rawhide Hotchkiss: The Goats Tale; The Singer and the Six-Guns; Sappy Sutter: Show Him Away! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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. With the Nazis defeated, Iron Jaw hires himself out to Communist agents plotting the overthrow of the US. Teen Dilly Duncan creates his alter ego Scoop Duncan, investigative reporter. Iron Jaw escapes prison and goes on a crime spree, and only Crimebuster can stop him. Crimebuster: The Death Chase; Iron Jaw's Escape To Conquer; The Classroom Secret; Dilly Duncan: Alias "Scoop Duncan"; Daredevil and Little Wise Guys: The Little Sahib. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by unknown. Art by Sid Greene, Chuck Winter and unknown. Eric Falcon travels to Orollo to capture Swith the Pirate Admiral in an untitled story! Plus: An ex-pirate Captain tries to re-create himself as a gentleman and win the hand of a lady in "The Spanish Main" starring Roderick Rowe (a.k.a. Captain Slash), Master Maxon and Kate Maxon. Also: Archibald Corvis fakes papers from the King and makes himself governor of Illyria, imprisoning the true governor and Captain Daring in an untitled story also starring Lady Dolores Drayton, Patch, Captain Slye, Lucinda and Sir Mark Drayton. And: Thomas Jefferson, president of the United States, comes to Adam Peril to ask for his help in New Orleans in an untitled story! Plus: Black Roger in an untitled story! Also: Captain Daring in 2-page text story "Dead Man's Steel"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Murphy Anderson and Vic Herman. Sometimes listed as Buck Rogers #7. Toby Press presents reprints of the classic Buck Rogers comic strip from 1947-1949. Buck is accidentally sent back in time to 1950, where he battles flying saucers (also from the future) and ends the Korean War three years early. Nerdy boxer Kid Science solves a mystery with his brains and his fists. Plus an article about the 1950s flying-saucer sightings. The Adventure of the Flying Discs; Captain Kidd's Treasure; What Are Flying Saucers?; Battle of Planets; Kid Science: Batty Over Baseball. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by unknown. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) stars in: "The World Without Fire" with story by Otto Binder (Sivana appearance); "The Magic Carpet Menace" with story by Otto Binder; "The Mystery of the Flying Saucer" with story by Otto Binder; and "The Sinister Thrill Seekers" with story by Otto Binder. Plus: Captain Kid in "The Case of the Violin Case"! And: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "Metal World" with script by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Howard Boughner, Art Helfant and Otto Binder. Art by Bud Thompson, Art Helfant, Howard Boughner and Joe Certa. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. A fortune-teller shows Freddy his alternate-universe selves - or is it all a hoax? Sivana Jr.'s latest invention is a robot assassin, but it doesn't work like he thought. The Bird Thief's plan is to abduct the world's birds by altering their migration patterns with magnets, then hold them ransom for a billion dollars - perhaps the most adorable supervillain scheme of all time. Captain Marvel Jr. Fights the Cosmic War Dust; Kanvasback: Here and There; The Four Lives of Freddy Freeman; Sivana, Jr.'s Friendly Robot; Judge Smudge; Rubbernose Randolph; The Gilt Engine; The Pet Shop; The Great Bird Robbery; Boxcar Benny. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Includes a two-page article on Jack the Ripper and a three-page article on atomic testing. Tabloid format, 11" x 15.25", 16 pages, B&W.

See Four Color Series 2 # 292 for 1st issue in this title. The Cisco Kid in "The Gunwise Cowpoke," "Frame-Up in Mesquite," and "The Gunmen's Trail." Painited covers. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Issue 43 - Australian Edition. Circa early to mid 1950's. Reprints "Bret Harte's Western Stories" in abridged form with new cover art. 6.5 x 8.5, color covers with b&w interior, 24 pages-all newsprint.

Canadian Edition. HRN 75, January 15, 1951. Twenty Years After (sequel to The Three Musketeers). Continues the adventures of D'artagnan and his three friends, Porthos, Athos, and Aramis during the hectic days of Queen Anne and Cardinal Mazarin. The story recreates one of the most turbulent periods in French history, marked by petty intrigues and beset with internal revolution. Cover price $0.15.

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Cyrano de Bergerac, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 78, 1/51). Cover price $0.10.

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Cyrano de Bergerac, 2nd Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 85). Cover price $0.15.

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Cyrano de Bergerac, 3rd Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 118). Cover price $0.15.

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Cyrano de Bergerac, 4th Printing, Painted Cover. (January, 1951. HRN 133). Cover price $0.15.

Dullest day I ever spent! starring Fox and the Crow, art by James F. Davis; Crawford disguises himself as a chimpanzee and tells Fauntleroy there's a reward for his capture. T. Wellington Alleycat starring Blabber Mouse, art by Rube Grossman. Magic Elixir starring Custer Cat and Cheesy the Mouse, art by Rube Grossman; Custer and Cheesy get mixed up with a side show flimflam man. Stay away from Dizzy starring Bo Bunny, art by Sheldon Mayer. Waiting for a color I like starring Goofy Goose, art by Rube Grossman. Dumbest Man in the World starring Dodo and the Frog, art by Otto Feuer. The Talking Car starring Doodles Duck, script and art by Sheldon Mayer. Famous Heroes starring Bernard the Brave, art by Otto Feuer. Target Shooting starring Li'l Chick-A-Dee, script and art by Sheldon Mayer. Please get a pencil ready!!" starring Nutsy Squirrel, art by Rube Grossman. 76 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Stories by Dan Gordon and others. Art by Dan Gordon and others. Teen hijinks featuring Cookie and his pals, created by legendary animator Dan Gordon. Cookie is shattered when he sees Angelpuss at the game with another man; Starlet O'Hara works herself to exhaustion to get a chance at a movie role; Joey uses a water hose to share a malt with Red. Cookie; Joey; Jitterbuck: Jitterbuck's Secret Flame; Pop Knows -- or Does He?; Starlet O'Hara in Hollywood; Cookie: There's No Place Like Home. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 29, Issue 3 (Whole Number 171) - January, 1951. "Russia's Plan for World Conquest" by Joseph Stalin. Softcover, 5.5" x 7.5", 156 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories by Joe Millard and unknown. Art by Chuck Winter, Paul Gustavson, Reed Crandall and unknown. Featuring: Two-Gun Lil in "The Taming of Big Bat McGrew!"; Arizona Raines in "Water-Hogs Die Broke" and "Mystery Riders on Deadeye Ranch!"; The Whip's introduction in "Crimson Vengeance"; Frontier Marshal in "Satan's Sweetheart!"; and Monte Wentworth in 2-page text story "The Long Trail's End"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Carl Wessler, C.H. Moore, Tony DiPreta, Fred Guardineer, 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. A seasoned detective explains the Broadway beat to a rookie cop, in a story with some delightful dialogue ("You're just beatin' your gums, Ed! Times Square is a town in itself!"). During a scorching New York summer, NYPD searches for Hogan, the hood who shot one of their own. A detective dares the reader to figure out who killed an Amazon explorer with a blow-dart, in a whodunit with multiple clues and an upside-down panel for the answer. Tough Guy; The Classroom Secret; The Corpse Talks Back!; January Slayride; How They Were Trapped; The Man Who Trapped Himself; This'll Kill Ya!; The Poison Dart Murder. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

# 26 on cover. Actual # 3 in series. Stories include "He Dealt in Death," "Ben Cartel's Revenge," "The Assassin of Paris," and "Terror in a Taxi." Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Joe Kubert. Stories and art by Robert Leslie Bellem, Adolphe Barreaux, Jerry Altman, Gene Leslie and Douglas March. Despite the title, not true "crime" comics, but mystery comics featuring detective heroes. A big-game hunter's widow wants the help of Sally the Sleuth when she suspects someone is lurking in her mansion filled with taxidermied animals. Gail Ford, Girl Friday goes undercover as a diner waitress to catch the man who killed a woman in a graveyard. Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective investigates murder on a movie set, where all evidence points to an Australian bullwhip master. Sally The Sleuth: Death From the Jungle; Ray Hale, News Ace: Side Show Murder; Dan Turner Hollywood Detective: Bullwhip Bump-Off!; Crime Pays A Call; Gail Ford, Girl Friday: Ghostly Killer. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

New Blondie and Dagwood stories, plus Colonel Potterby and the Duchess (by Chic Young), Little Iodine, the Little King, and Buz Sawyer (by Roy Crane). One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie Tames Lion" by Bill Schreiber. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Dale Evans stars in "The Watermelon Trail," "The Oil Rustlers," and "A Cowgirl's Holiday!" Sierra Smith Western Detective stars in "The Case of the Lost Locomotive!" Superboy stars in a one-page public service announcement, "How to Bring Christmas Cheer." 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Jerry Fasano, Fred Kida, Claude Moore, Bill Norman and Carl Wessler. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Scarecrow and Pee Wee adopt a baby elephant, but neighborhood bully Willy pushes the pachyderm too far. In Air Force training, ace pilot "Hot Rock" Flanagan forms a friendly rivalry with a superior officer and gets ground support from radar operator "Sure Shot." Pee Wee discovers the secret of Marvello the Magician's self-driving car, but the wizard has diabolical plans for wealthy billionaire Mr. Lottaworth. Little Wise Guys: Willy Gets His Lumps; The Classroom Secret; Introducing Air Devils Starring "Hot Rock" Flanagan, Part 1; Crimebuster: 2 Skis + 2 Skiers = 1 Champ; Famous Eccentrics; Happy Daze; Little Wise Guys: The World's Richest Phoney. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Henry Boltinoff and unknown. Art by Henry Boltinoff and unknown. Radio's famous coast-to-coast favorite! In this issue: Five untitled A Date with Judy stories. Plus: A Date with Judy 2-page text story "The Old Oaken Oogie"; untitled Biff 1-pager; untitled Randolph story; Date Duds -- And a Date Dream! 2-pager "...In a Mood!"; untitled Janie half-pager; untitled Lora 1-pager; untitled Babs half-pager; and untitled Peg 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff. Plus: What's Your Name? half-pager by Martin Naydel. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Mike Becker and others. Western tales both true and fictional, which, like Hillman's crime comics, are often told from the outlaw's point of view. Only his teen sidekick Teddy knows that Clark Kent-like Dr. Jim Sherwood is actually the masked hero called the Checkered Kid. Rival counterfeiters start a bloody gang war in the Old West. Trouble erupts when white settlers try to annex Ute territory that holds sacred meaning for them. The Checkered Kid; Whitey; Folding Money for Backus; One Day in Montana; The Hide Doctors; The Indian Racetrack; Shakedown Alley. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by Bill Finger and unknown. Art by Dick Sprang, Charles Paris, Bruno Premiani, Frank Bolle and Dan Barry. Professor Nichols uses hypnosis to send Batman and Robin back to Cleopatra's Egypt to investigate their appearance in a mysterious ancient frieze in "Bodyguards to Cleopatra!" by Bill Finger, Dick Sprang and Charles Paris. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "The Killer Cougar of Shoe Mountain!" with art by Bruno Premiani; Robotman in "The Captured Brain!" with art by Frank Bolle; and Impossible -- But True! tale "The People Who Couldn't Grow Old!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with art by Dan Barry. Also: Shorty 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Funny Facts 1-pager by Martin Naydel; Jerry the Jitterbug 1-pager by Boltinoff; and 2-page text piece "Here Comes the Band!" And: Superboy in the 1-page public service announcement "How to Bring Christmas Cheer" by Jack Schiff, Win Mortimer and Creig Flessel. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Title continued from Flynn's Detective Fiction (1942-1944 Popular Publications) Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Simon (as Chester Gould). House ads for Boys' Ranch and Family Funnies. "The Case of the Stolen $50,000," script and art by Chester Gould; While in pursuit of Measles, Tracy meets Breathless Mahoney; Measles is captured but escapes using tear gas. Breathless hatches a scheme to steal from an elderly lady. Untitled story, script and art by Joe Simon (splash panel) and Chester Gould; Breathless attempts to steal money from her mother. "The Money Tree," script and art by Chester Gould; Breathless hides $50,000 in a tree but finds it difficult to safely retrieve it. One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootie Catches Hi-Jackers" by Bill Schreiber. Crimestoppers Handbook; How police scientists process certain pieces of evidence. "Alaskan Troubleshooters" text story. Sad Sack house ad. "How Well Do You Know the Law?" Calling All Sleuths activity page; Short quiz to test your knowledge of slang terms. Untitled one-page Sparkle Plenty story with B. O. Plenty. "The Case of the Uninvited Dinner Guest" Dick Tracy Minit Mystery; Tracy solves the murder of a prominent businessman. "The Hidden Clue" text story. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 60, Issue 1 - January, 1951. 6.5" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Tom McNamara and Howard Boughner. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. In a three-part story, Don and Red investigate flying saucer sightings. He tracks the UFOs to the jungle, before learning it's the latest plan from his old enemy, The Scorpion. But when Red is injured, Don must bargain for his life with the top-secret project, the X-36. The Flying Saucer Attack; Warriors of the Sea: Against the Atlantic; Jungle Adventure; Shipwreck and Seaweed: Prize Uglies; The Scorpion's Sting; Tugboat Tucker; Bell Bottom Bill. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 1 #39 - Jan. 5, 1951. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Skippy the Kangaroo, The First Man To..., Curious Creatures, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, The Great Adventurer. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 14 1/2-in., 16 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 1 #40 - Jan. 12, 1951. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Skippy the Kangaroo, The First Man To..., Curious Creatures, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, The Great Adventurer. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 14 1/2-in., 16 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 1 #41 - Jan. 19, 1951. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Skippy the Kangaroo, The First Man To..., Curious Creatures, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, The Great Adventurer. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 14 1/2-in., 16 pages, B&W and full color.