Comic books April 1950

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $24.50 View scan 1/2" Spine split from bottom.

Story and art by Milton Caniff and Lee Elias. Cover by Lee Elias. Harvey reprints Caniffs influential adventure strip about young Terrys adventures in the untamed Orient with two-fisted Pat. Pyzon manages to capture both April and Terry. But the military closes in on Pyzon and reveals his work as a Nazi spy. Hotshot tries to get his girlfriend to hurry up so they don't miss the football game. Exposed Nazi Agent; Pyzon's Doom; Col. Corkin Returns; Promotion; Bragging; Group Briefing; Review For April Kane; The Adventures of Hotshot Charlie; The Ingenious Trap; Outwitting the Foe. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart Very Good $29.00 View scans

Volume 34, Issue 4 - April, 1950. TAM is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures. Broadway and Hollywood. Includes: "Yes, M'Lord" by William Douglas Home, "A Decade of Dance" by Nelson Lansdale, and much more. 8.5-in. x 11-in, 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $1,155.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Pedigree: Promise Slab: Significant scuff(s) inner well The Promise Collection. Label #1974071008 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Bill Walton, Chuck Stanley, Dan Loprino, Mike Peppe, Art Saaf, Howard Larsen, Carl Sturdy, and Dan Loprino. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $19.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 50%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 36, Issue 1 - April, 1950. Stories by Murray Leinster, James Blish, John D. MacDonald, Ray Bradbury, Wallace West, Cleve Cartmill, Walt Sheldon, and Carter Sprague. One Virgil Finlay illustration. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 164 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $125.00 View scan Staples added (not manufacturing).

Art by Frank Bolle and Dick Ayers. Cover by Dick Ayers. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Tim and Chito rescue a cowhand and become involved in the search for a treasure map. Outlaws want to scare Sheriff Rex Fury off their mineral-rich land, but they don't know he's also the Ghost Rider. Tim and Chito protect a cattle drive from raiding parties. Tim Holt's Western Album; Terror's Treasure!; The Badland Braves!; The Ghost Rider: The Ghost of the Ghost Town!; The Mule and the Train; Western Range Book; The Sky Riders! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $45.00 View scans Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling.

Add to cart Very Good $27.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. 1" Spine split from base of comic. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Residue. Scuffing. Soiling.

Add to cart Very Good $32.00 View scans Spine split 20%. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $24.00 View scans Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Residue. Scuffing. Soiling.

Vol. 6, No. 5. April 1950. Men's magazine with humor and pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11.5". 60 pages. B&W. MATURE. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $10.25

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

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Add to cart GD 2.0 $5.49

Stories and art by Al Liederman and others. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. Tom tries to figure out why the mysterious gang called the Storm Kings murdered a real-estate agent. When two scoundrels intend to rob a kind-hearted old lady, it's time for Tom Mix to step in. Tom agrees to escort a prisoner to the sheriff, but when he sees the prisoner is the beautiful blonde Caroline Marston, he's not sure what to think. The Swindlers!; Tumbleweed Jr. and the Fish Story; Fightin' Forbes: Murder Mission; Framed; Cowboy Cal: Sponger Deluxe; Saddlehead: Why, Oh, Why!; Trapped; The Hidden Loot!; The Storm Kings. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $249.95 or Best Offer View scan Lateral spine tearing. Cover detached at one staple and two center wraps detached. Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Martin Rosenthal, Milt Hammer, Norman Nodel and Manny Stallman. Romance comics with "real world" problems from L.B. Cole's Star Publications. Two people meet when she tows his car after it gets stuck in the mud, but she's not impressed even after learning he's a handsome banker. Exes are forced to work out their issues when they meet again as a pro boxer and sports reporter, featuring a classic panel of the teary-eyed gal in a filmy negligee, the back of one hand resting tragically against her face. Recuperating veteran Ben learns Margie has dumped him from the redhead who secretly loves him. The Bittersweet Trail; The Man Who Did Not Love Her; The Lady and the Hombre; Because I Once Loved. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $18.00 View scan

Add to cart VG 4.0 $17.00 View scan

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $5.60 Centerfold detached. Lateral spine tear.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $95.00 View scans 1" Cumulative spine split. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Mort Lawrence. Stories and art by Bernie Krigstein, Rafael Astarita, Mort Leav, Art Peddy 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. After being knocked out in a minor car accident, Hamilton awakens to find himself in a world where no one knows him and nothing is familiar. Small-time gang enforcer Mitch murders his way to the boss's chair, in an early story by future EC art legend Bernie Krigstein. The FBI traces a marijuana kingpin to a quiet home in the suburbs. The Man Who Lost Himself; Three On a Match; The Dope King; One-Way Street; Crime Never Pays Off!; Wanted: Bruce Cornett; Wanted: Paul Dean Baker; The Jackal. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Leonard Frank, Edmond Good and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Bill Boyd must track a killer through deadly Bullet Hole Trail, a mountain passage so narrow, there's no turning back. Monte Hale suspects a famous stage clown of a string of robberies, but the man has an alibi, being on stage during the crimes. Tom Mix tries to capture the mind-controlling menace known as The Hypnotist, but the fugitive is one step ahead. Bill Boyd: The Bullet Hole Trail; Monte Hale: The Minstrel Man; Cactus Brain; Red Roan: Last Farewell; Gabby Hayes: The Knight of Terror; Cactus Brain; Li'l Buck; Dimwit Dimby; Big Bow and Little Arrow: Hot Chestnuts; Dusty: The Joker Gets Joked; Tom Mix: The Hypnotist. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $95.00 View scan Staple rust. Rust migration. Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

"Wild Pecos Bill Meets Calamity Kate" (origin and first appearance of Calamity Kate; art by Mort Lawrence) and stars in "Death of Nuggets Nugent" (art by Bernard Krigstein). Other stories include "His Last Holdup," "Gun Law," and "The Land Pirate." Cover by Mort Lawrence. Stories by Mort Lawrence, Bernie Krigstein, Carl Smith, Dick Burdick, and Rafael Astarita. True tales from the Old West, starring such real-life characters as Wild Bill Pecos, Calamity Kate (Patricia Lane), Nuggets Nugent, Frank Slaughter, Monte Savage, Wyatt Earp, and Theodore Hawley. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $50.00 View scans Cover detached at one staple.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $43.50 View scans 3.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached.

52-page giant. First issue in the series (continues from Rex Hart). 52-page giant. Whip Wilson cover from "Borrowed Guns" (photo of Roland Charles Meyers). "The Mark of the Whip!", art by Joe Maneely; As long as Black Jack is Mayor, and the Sheriff, Deputy and Judge are under his thumb, there is nothing the citizens can do, till Whip Whilson comes along. "The Man Everyone Hated!", art by Joe Maneely; Everyone hated Snell, and when he was shot dead, they were all suspects; Until a well-trained dog gave a clue. "The Indian Killer!", art by Joe Maneely; Jimmy is sole survivor of an Indian attack on a wagon train; Grown up, he has one thing on his mind, to kill Indians. "Hawkeye Harris Sheriff of Cactus Gap!", art by Joe Maneely; Sheriff Harris masquerade as a man he wants to protect, and gets killed. "An Ace up his Sleeve" text story. "Fighting the Mexican Marauder," art by Joe Maneely; Pancho Diablo don't like that the newspapers write about Whip Wilson, instead of himself, the biggest bandito south of the border. "How I met Bullet, Wonder Horse of the West!", art by Joe Maneely; Two rustlers shoot Whip and leave him for dead; Coming to, he manages to rope a wild stallion, and catch up again with the rustlers. "Whip Wilson vs. "Bull" Barton, the Man-Crusher!", art by Joe Maneely; Whip is going to get the kids back in school, but only by fighting Bull Barton. One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie Nabs Counterfeiter" by Bill Schreiber. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $37.00 View scan Severe water damage, soiling, cover and centerfold coming loose at staples, 4" cumulative spine split.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Louis Cazeneuve, and Kurt Schaffenberger. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. A boy genius invents a model rocket that could travel to the moon, and Captain Marvel must keep a crook from stealing it. Golden Arrow faces the legendary Headless Horseman, or so it seems. Plus a "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton, featuring useless but hilarious advice on "How to Hold Up Your Trousers." And a vintage ad for The Captain Marvel Club. Captain Marvel Rockets to the Moon; Wilbur the Waiter; Freshman Freddy: The Storm; The Culture Corner; Golden Arrow: The Headless Horseman; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Lance O'Casey: The Strange Fight; Doc Sorebones; Peaceful Perkins; Algernon; Ibis the Invincible: The Monster and the Medium. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $8.00 View scan Staple rust with migration.

April 1950. A collection of true stories from all over the world. 180 Pages, B&W.

Add to cart Fine $80.00 View scans

Add to cart Very Good $59.00 View scans

Add to cart Good $56.00 View scans Staple rust. 5" Spine split. Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.

Volume 5, Issue 5 - April, 1950. Painted cover by Peter Driben. Tasteful, non-nude, amateur vintage pin-up pictorials, sports stories and articles relating to the social climate of the time. 8" x 11.5", 62 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $33.00 View scans

Volume 5, Issue 6 - June, 1950. 8.5" x 11", 62 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.