Comic books May 1948

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $195.00 View scans 1.5" Cumulative spine split. Chew. Staple rust. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $149.95 or Best Offer View scan Cover-to-cover puncture, piece missing from back cover. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

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. Jane Martin becomes a newspaper reporter, but she still finds trouble at every turn; Greasemonkey Griffin gets caught up in a woman's plot to sabotage her wealthy uncle's airplane; A WWII pilot becomes determined to clear his late father's name after meeting his ghost. Terrific action-girl cover by Bob Lubbers has the male character being rescued for a change. 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.

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Vol. 3 #6 - May 1948. Men's interest magazine with pin-up and glamour photography, plus Sweet Gwendoline by John Willie. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $37.95 or Best Offer View scan Cover detached at one staple. 3.25" cumulative spine split. Oxidation. 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 Pete Riss, Milt Hammer, Will Hammell, Joe Certa and Art Helfant. Bespectacled, eccentric detective "King" Cole Jr. takes over his father's detective agency. While seeking a small-town bank robber, Young King Cole is committed to a mental hospital - or is it all part of his plan? Toni Gayle investigates after an actress is killed on camera in a TV studio. Detective Larry Broderick suspects an heiress's pearls have been dipped in poison and are slowly killing her. Young King Cole; Toni Gayle; Hammertoones; Larry Broderick Detective: The Case of the Poison Pearl; The Promise; Inspector Klooz: Crime in the Catskills; Dr. Drew the Zoo Man: The Case of the Slaughtered Ostriches; Boitram the Boiglar. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 2, Issue 3 - May, 1948. 5.5" x 7.5", 194 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Add to cart GD- 1.8 $180.00 View scans 4" Cumulative spine split (chew).

Art by Matt Baker and others. Tales of adventure featuring Rulah, Jungle Goddess, and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. This, the May 1948 issue, is technically the sixteenth issue, but was erroneously numbered #14. Rulah encounters a bizarre plot involving a mysterious figure in a red suit of armor, a machine that creates sandstorms, and a blonde femme fatale; A jungle tyrant wants to add Rulah to his harem of wives; A cult leader predicts the future and commands his trained gorilla to capture Rulah. Dynamic art, pre-Code action and classic good-girl imagery combined. The Knave of Scarlet; The Thirsty Tyrant of Tii; Deaths Grim Reflection. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.