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Happy Days (1979 Gold Key) 1 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4498958004

Photo cover featuring Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli )Henry Winkler); Richie Cunningham (Ron Howard); Marion Cunningham (Marion Ross); Joanie Cunningham (Erin Moran); and Howard Cunningham (Tom Bosley). The Winner, art by Bill Williams; When Fonzie wins the $100,000 grand prize in a contest, his life suddenly becomes very complicated; He solves his problem by donating $50,000 to Panama State Park and $49,980 to establish the Arthur Fonzarelli College of Mechanical Knowledge. Over the Hill, art by Bill Williams; Marion asks Fonzie for his help; Howard will turn 50 in one more day, and he is feeling very old; The next day, Fonzie throws a surprise party for Howard at Arnold's. Star Light, Star Bright, art by Bill Williams; Actress Dora Lake is coming to speak to the school's drama department, and Richie is in charge of the Speaker's Bureau. Dream Girl, art by Bill Williams; After Joanie is crowned prom queen, she becomes very popular. Hostess Fruit Pies ad with Spider-Man. Based on the classic TV series. 36 pgs., full color. $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

John Wayne Adventure Comics (1949-1955 Toby Press) 2 VG- 3.5

1" Cumulative spine split. Cover coming detached at one staple.

John Wayne photo cover. The Battle of the Giants starring Wayne, pencils by Gil Kane; boxer Gib Horns will take on all comers; hell pay $100 a round to anybody who stays three rounds with him. Horses of the Old West. The Vanishing Stagecoach. A Man Called Bat text story by Ern Stanley. Draw!, art by Frank Frazetta (two pages). The Blue Lightnin' Twins starring Wayne. 36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Ken Maynard Western (1950-1952 Fawcett) 1 FN- 5.5

1/2 Spine split.

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Bygone movie cowboy Maynard stars in offbeat stories that set this Fawcett book apart from run-of-the-mill Western comics. Instead of "Hi-yo, Silver," Ken directs his horse Tarzan to "Bite wind, Tarzan!" Corrupt lawyer Silas Crocker, seeking a lost Spanish treasure, joins forces with outlaw Gunsmoke, setting Ken on his trail. Crocker uses stolen money to frame Ken for Gunsmoke's crimes, then tries to burn down the jail with Ken in it. Jeeter has a talking horse, Ya-Ta-Ta, but the horse only wants to insult people, and worse than that, he's smarter than the cowboys around him. Poor Polly; The Outlaw Treasure Trail!, Part 1: Blazing Guns; Fool's Gold; Part 2: Undercover Danger; Jeeter: The Horse Trade; Part 3: Battle Against the Badmen. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Life (1883-2000 Clair Maxwell/Life Publishing Company) Magazine Jul 12 1943 GD/VG 3.0

Centerfold detached.

July 12, 1943. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: Roy Rogers and Trigger, and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 112 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Life (1883-2000 Clair Maxwell/Life Publishing Company) Magazine Jul 14 1947 FN- 5.5

July 14, 1947. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. Elizabeth Taylor. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in., 128 pages, color and B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Life (1883-2000 Clair Maxwell/Life Publishing Company) Magazine Mar 31 1952 VG/FN 5.0

March 31, 1952. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 114 pages. Al Capp interview about Lil' Abner getting married. Cover price $0.20.

Life (1883-2000 Clair Maxwell/Life Publishing Company) Magazine Apr 7 1952 VG+ 4.5

Water damage.

April 7, 1952. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. Marilyn Monroe. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; Cover price $0.20.

Life (1883-2000 Clair Maxwell/Life Publishing Company) Magazine Nov 18 1957 VG/FN 5.0

November 18, 1957. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. Werner Von Braun. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; Cover price $0.20.

Life (1883-2000 Clair Maxwell/Life Publishing Company) Magazine Nov 6 1964 VG- 3.5

November 6, 1964. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. Shirley Eaton (James Bond 007 Goldfinger). 10.5-in. x 14-in., color and B&W Cover price $0.25.

Life (1883-2000 Clair Maxwell/Life Publishing Company) Magazine Jan 7 1966 VG+ 4.5

January 7, 1966. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 86 pages. Cover price $0.35.

Life (1883-2000 Clair Maxwell/Life Publishing Company) Magazine Jun 28 1968 VG+ 4.5

June 28, 1968. This issue of the classic weekly news/photo magazine. Jefferson Airplane. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; Cover price $0.35.

Life (1883-2000 Clair Maxwell/Life Publishing Company) Magazine Sep 13 1968 VG/FN 5.0

September 13, 1968. This issue of the classic weekly news/photo magazine features The Beatles on the cover. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 100 pages. Cover price $0.35.

Life (1883-2000 Clair Maxwell/Life Publishing Company) Magazine Jul 25 1969 FN 6.0

July 25, 1969. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. Neil Armstrong Apollo 11 Leaving for the Moon. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; Cover price $0.40.

Life (1883-2000 Clair Maxwell/Life Publishing Company) Magazine Aug 8 1969 FN- 5.5

August 8, 1969. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. Apollo 11 Footprints on the Moon. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; Cover price $0.40.

Lone Ranger (1948-1962 Dell) 5 GD 2.0

Cover-to-cover hole punches. Centerfold loose at both staples.

The Lone Ranger and a Girl's Peril, script by Fran Striker, art by Charles Flanders; Crowley and his gang want to force Jim Jackson to give them a share of his gold mine. In a second plot line, Lacey and Black have turned a town's jail into a refuge for outlaws. Based on the popular Western TV series. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Love at First Sight (1949) 24 GD 2.0

2 1/2" cumulative spine split from chew. Water damage. Staple rust.

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Photo cover. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "Out to Spite Her"; "Victim of Their Code"; "Shantyboat Girl"; and "Love Left Out" reprinted from All Romances (1949) #3. "Your Charm Guide: Perfume for Allure, A Girl Can Go Places If..." text article reprinted from "Short-Cuts to Glamor..." in All Romances (1949) #3 and from "Glamorizing Yourself..." in Glamorous Romances (1949) #62, reprinted as "The Charm Corner..." in Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #64, "Help Yourself to Allure..." in Love Experiences (1949) #33, and "For A More Glamorous You..." in Complete Love Magazine Vol. 31 (1955) #5, and partially reprinted from "A Girl Can Go Places If..." in Ten Story Love Vol. 29 (1951) #3. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Miss America Magazine Vol. 7 (08/47 to 03/52) 13 FR 1.0

7.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached.

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Monkees (1967-1969 Dell) 6 GD+ 2.5

Staple rust. Water damage.

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Photo cover features Peter Tork, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, and Davy Jones. Art by Jose Delbo. Cover number is 12-533-711. Dell's comic about the TV rock band does surprisingly well at capturing the madcap, absurd humor of the beloved show. Evicted for not paying their rent, the boys must walk around the city with 800 pieces of furniture until they find a new place to stay. After a blow to the head, Peter gets amnesia and thinks he's tennis pro Sancho Lob... and he plays like a pro, too. Do it Again; Outasite, Outamind; Ho Ho Ho. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Monkees (1967-1969 Dell) 8 FN- 5.5

Photo cover features Peter Tork, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, and Davy Jones. Art by Jose Delbo. Cover number is 12-533-801. Dell's comic about the TV rock band does surprisingly well at capturing the madcap, absurd humor of the beloved show. A strange, beach-ball-shaped creature called a Beezle comes home with Peter. But the others suspect the strange alien creature could be an enemy agent of some kind. The guys finally get the new stereo that they won by sending in hundreds of cereal box-tops. Beezle, Beezle, Whos Got the Beezle?; Stereophonic Phun; Pen Pals. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Monte Hale Western (1948 Fawcett/Charlton) 44 GD+ 2.5

Cover photo of Monte Hale and Gabby Hayes. Carnation Malted strip ad featuring Rocky Lane. Overland to Oregon, art by Edmond Good; Struggling pioneers on the Overland Route to Oregon. Wolverine's Trail text story featuring Gray Hawk. Put More Opportunity in Your Future...; Captain Marvel talks U.S. Savings Bonds with some patriotic kids. The Orphan's Return!, art by Carl Pfeufer; Ken Scott traveled across the country to find out who killed his father, and to avenge his death. The Man From Texas; The rooting, tooting gun-toter, Tex Brodie from Texas helps Monte catch the Crothers Gang. Comix Cards of Ozzie and Babs. Wildroot Cream Oil ad with Sam Spade. Gabby Hayes Carries the Mail!, art by Leonard Frank; Gabby is going to deliver an important message to the Governor. Monte Hale Battles the Buzzard, art by Edmond Good; Man-sized birds in the shape of buzzards appears over Bighorn Valley. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Real West Romances Vol. 1 (1949) 3 VG- 3.5

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In Love with His Ranch Boss, pencils by Bill Draut. Desperado's Lady, pencils by Leonard Starr. Love at the County Fair, pencils by Vic Donahue. Partner or Sweetheart? text story. The Cowgirl and the Sheepherder, art by John Severin. Our Love Wore Six-Guns, art by Jack Kirby. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Tom Mix Western (1948 Fawcett) 2 VG 4.0

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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 investigates when a stagecoach mysteriously disappears and reappears. Prospector Clem seeks Tom's help when he's haunted by a ghost in his mine, but Tom suspects it's owlhoots, not haints. Tom seeks the answer after a series of murders where the victims are all found smiling. The Mystery of the Vanishing Stagecoach; Cowboy Cal; Saddlehead; The Trespassers; The Dude Who Dood It; Tumbleweed Jr. The Pipe Dreams; Round Up Time with Tom Mix; The Ghost of the Dobie Gold Mine; Whipper-Snappers; The Smiling Dead Men. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Tom Mix Western (1948 Fawcett) 26 FR 1.0

7.25" Cumulative spine split.

Stories and art by Carl Pfeufer and others. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. Tom has strange experiences in a mysterious inn, such as finding a man in a cage who later disappears, and can find no one who believes him. Tom Mix has met some low-down owlhoots in his time, but Grubber's gimmick is robbing old people. Tom and his posse track Barkley Snear's gang to an old cabin, and a standoff follows. The Mysterious Inn; Tumbleweed, Jr.: The Marble King; Gamblers Warning; The Enemy of the Old; Cowboy Cal; Roundup Time with Tom Mix; The Dangerous Escape; Doodley the Dude; Saddlehead. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Tom Mix Western (1948 Fawcett) 60 VG 4.0

Water spotting.

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Stories and art by Carl Pfeufer and others. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. In a two-part story, a fugitive killer takes over a Forest Ranger station. But when a fire breaks out, the forest is unprotected, and Tom must battle a disaster in the making as well as find the killer. In another story, Tom races to deliver a vaccine to a plague-infected area, but outlaws seeing him think he must be carrying valuables. The End of the Trail, Part I: Havoc in the Timber Woods; Cowboy Cal; Saddlehead; Part II: The Blazing Inferno; Trapped!; Jeeter and His Talking Horse Preposterous: A Night Time Fable; Fightin' Forbes: Brave Man; Tom Mix and the Package of Doom. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

True Aviation Picture Stories (1943) 7 FR/GD 1.5

4" spine split from bottom. Water damage. Staple rust with migration.

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Stories and art by Robert Denby, Edd Ashe, Hal Goodwin, Cy Caldwell, Ed Smalle, Willy Ley, Charles Kennett, Lawrence Dresser, Art Meisner, Sam Glankoff and Jack Sparling. Tales of aerial adventure in the tradition of nonfiction comics vehicle True Comics. A detailed illustrated guide comparing Axis and Allied medium-range bombers; A daring bombing run over Greece manages to survive intense ground bombardment. Fatty Chow, China's Sky Champ; Ten and Out; The Flying Musketeers Do Some Groundwork; The Cats Have Nine Lives; Planes in the News; Prepare to Attack!; The American and British Air Training Plans; Our Hat Is Off; The Lesson of Four Islands; 17 Tons of Science; How to Build the Bell Airacobra; Aviation in the Movies; True Aviation's Air Spotter's Guide; Air Shorts; Allied vs. Axis Medium Bombers; Aero Quiz; All Our Aircraft Returned. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.