Abbott and Costello (1948 St. John) comic books 1949-1951

Add to cart FR 1.0 $35.00 View scan Cover detached. Full length spine split to cover. Staple rust.

Stories by John Graham and others. 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. After Bud and Lou's plane crashes in the desert, they accidentally steal a sacred camel. This puts them in the middle of a power struggle between Sid Akim and the tyrant El Yako, in a story with art by pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee. Also featuring a vintage full-color comics ad for "The Margaret O'Brien Candy Kitchen," including images of the young movie star. Chic Sheiks; Fool's Luck. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by N. B. Seymour and others. 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. Bud gets Lou a job in an opera house as a janitor. But Lou thinks he's been hired for his singing prowess, in a story with art by pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee. The boys get jobs selling concessions in a football stadium, and soon wind up on the field during a game. Uproar at the Opera; Soup to Nuts; It's on the House; Battle of the Bulge; The Quizmaster's Quandary. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $23.00 View scan 3/4" Cumulative spine split.

Stories by N. B. Seymour and others. 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. Bud and Lou are accidentally transported back in time to a pirate ship, in a story with some good-girl art by pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee. Lou hides out from a loan shark by dressing as a cleaning woman. Caddy Lou has a sudden elevation in status at the country club, after he accidentally hits a hole-in-one on the golf course. Crazy With the Heat; Hail, Hail, the Gangplank's Here; Money-Mad; Time Marches On; Justin Tyme; Abbott and Costello in the Soup!; The Biscuit Eater! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. A talking horse carries Bud and Lou back in time to the age of King Arthur. They must climb Ice Mountain and battle a dragon to save a princess. In another story, Bud wants Lou to marry the horse-faced heiress of the Dowdy-Dudy Ranch. Two Knights in a Daze; Seen But Not Heard; Out in the Baa-aa-aad Land!; Hazy Daisy; Second Childhood; Chew-Chew, Baby; Abbott and Costello Discover America; To Be or Not to Be???; What's the Use? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Eric Peters. Art by Joe Kubert, 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 Bud and Lou are touring Europe by bicycle (and in lederhosen), Lou is mistaken for the portly King of Rossitania. The Son of Sinbad must rescue a castaway princess from pirates, in an early story (featuring some good-girl art) by comics legend Joe Kubert. Lou inherits a fortune, but only if he joins the Hoola-Boola tribe, in a story with art by pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee. Technical Kayo; The Unruly Rulers; Miracle Man; Son of Sinbad: The Princess of Pirate Cove; The Inheritance. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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.

Cover by Charles Payne. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. This issue features the only comics adaptation of an Abbott and Costello movie, 1947's "The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap." Traveling salesmen are accused of murder in a small town, but are released if they agree to care for the murdered man's widow. But the Widow Hawkins and her large brood of children may work the duo to death instead. School Daze; The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. Lou wants to get back to nature, but the next thing they know, the boys are being chased across a field by an enraged bull. The boys get mixed up with a pair of bank robbers. Lou volunteers himself and Bud to be firefighters. Paradise Postponed; Hay-Hoe Everybody!; Give Till It Hurts; In the Spring a Young Man's Fancy; A Piece of Quietude; Hazy Daisy: Star Struck; On Borrowed Time; Men of Extinction. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.