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Comic books June 1948

  • Issue #2
    War Against Crime (1948 EC) 2

    Stories and art by Frank Bolle, Lee J. Ames, Leonard Starr, Stan Aschmeier, and Graham Ingels. E.C.'s early Pre-Trend crime title featured gangsters, gunplay and femmes fatale. A man becomes a vicious thug after his brother is killed by cops during a robbery. Benedict Arnold is the star of America's First Crime. A wannabe criminal gets a little too close to the real thing, with art by EC horror legend Graham Ingels. Hank Two-Gun Corley!; The Crystal Ball Killer; Americas First Crime; The Saga of Spotlight John! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #NN
    Western Killers (1948) NN
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #0351454018
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    No number, not dated (c. early 50's). The cover is reprinted from Western Killers #63 (March 1949) with some alterations, such as the removal of the Fox logo. However, the interior pages are from Range Riders #1 (1950). For unknown reasons, it seems apparent that this cover was reprinted expressly for the purpose of binding it to unsold copies of Range Rider #1. The practice of binding new covers to unsold copies for resale is not unheard of from this time period. NOTE: First story page is missing. Normally, it would have been printed on the inside front cover of Range Rider's #1, but the new Western Killers cover replaces it with a chewing gum ad.
    "Showdown at Rancho Nuevo" (9 pages, originally 10), "Knots" illustrated filler on tying knots, "Baggataway" text story (2 pg), "Cactus Nell's Dangerous Gamble", Range Busters in "Vanishing Gold", and "The Saga of John Wesley Hardin". 36 pages, FC. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #94
    Wings Comics (1940) 94
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Slab: Significant scuff(s) front or back
    • Label #2035470006
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
    • Mold. Soiling, staple rust/migration, cover coming loose at staples.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Bob Lubbers. Edited by J.F. Byrne and William R. Shelton. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, Charles Sultan, Al Walker, George Evans, John Celardo and Maurice Whitman. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Working the advice column, reporter Jane Martin uncovers a blackmail plot and witnesses a murder; Greasemonkey Griffin, on yet another runaway plane, accidentally foils a jewel robbery; Suicide Smith transports tear gas to Central America and gets caught up in a revolution. Good-girl cover with bondage elements by Bob Lubbers. Captain Wings; Jane Martin; Greasemonkey Griffin; Air Heroes of World War II; Phantom Falcon; Suicide Smith; Ghost Squadron. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 11 #9
    Woman's Day (1937-1970 Stores Publishing, Co.) Magazine Vol. 11 #9


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    • Staple rust: Moderate.
  • Vol. 2 #4
    Zane Grey's Western Magazine (1946-1954 Dell) Pulp Vol. 2 #4