Auctions: comic books 1949

Ace Comics (1937) 150 GD 2.0

1" cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached. Cover and interior wrap detached at one staple. Oxidation.

Cover by Ray Moore. Edited by Hal Fox. Stories and art by Charles Flanders, Drake Williams, H. H. Knerr, Doc Winner, Chic Young, Joe Musial, Lee Falk, Ray Moore, William Ritt, Clarence Gray, Don Moore and Alex Raymond. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Includes Alex Raymond's Jungle Jim and Lee Falk's The Phantom. The Phantom investigates rumors that an ancient Dragon God has returned to life; Rip Kirby tracks a murderer. The Phantom; Jungle Jim; Katzenjammer Kids; Fighting Americans; Blondie; Rip Kirby; Teddy and Sitting Bull; Pete the Tramp; Doc Winner's Daffy Doodles. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Action Comics (1938 DC) 136 GD/VG 3.0

Cover detached at one staple. Oxidation.

Cover art by Al Plastino. Superman, Show-Off, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Seven Wonders of Space starring Tommy Tomorrow, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti. The Highwayman's Castle starring Congo Bill, art by Ed Smalle. The Big-House Break starring Zatara, script by Joe Samachson, art by Joe Kubert. The Spur, The Handcuffs and the Branding Iron starring Vigilante, art by Dan Barry. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Action Comics (1938 DC) 137 GD 2.0

1 1/2" spine split with splitting to interior wraps. Cover oxidation.

Cover art by Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye. The Man with the Charmed Life starring Superman, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Tommy Tomorrow's Trip to Today, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti. The Banquet of Sun Liu starring Congo Bill, art by Ed Smalle. The Headless Horseman Rides Again starring Vigilante, script by France Herron, art by Dan Barry. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Al Capp's Shmoo (1949) 1 CGC 7.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4405338013

Stories and art by Milt Story and others. The strange little creatures from the classic Li'l Abner comic strip get their own comic book. Washable Jones and his friends the shmoos try to figure out how to extinguish a forest fire on Ol' Timber Top mountain. Washable dares to take on a giant who is trampling the town. The debut of Super Shmoo (with appearances by Sweet Shmoo, Fu Manshmoo and Frankenshmoo's Monster. Plus a vintage ad for US savings bonds featuring the Shmoos and signed by Al Capp. How Shmoos Play Football...; Shmooldering Embers; The Family Life of the Shmoo...; Washable Jones, the Shmoos and the Mysterious Shadow!!; The Wonderful Attic; Super Shmoo. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Al Capp's Shmoo (1949) 3 VG- 3.5

1/2" Spine split from bottom. Water damage.

The strange little creatures from the classic Li'l Abner comic strip get their own comic book. Super Shmoo shmoos into action when a shipment of rare Shmooranium-235 goes missing. Meanwhile, Washable Jones and his friends the shmoos find themselves on the Moon. Super Shmoo: The Case of the Missing Shmooranium-235; Washable Jones and the Shmoos: Trip to the Moon; What Cheer; Two-Bit the Wacky Woodpecker; Stop the Shmoosic! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Baseball Comics (1949 Will Eisner) 1 CGC 6.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4427483021

Cover art by Will Eisner. Rube Rooky Climbs Up From the Pit, art by Will Eisner; origin of Rube and his game against the Badgers. Ok, How Would You Play It?/First Aid on the Ball Field article. Rube Rooky Heads Down the Home Stretch, art by Will Eisner; Lana Lash gets Rube into trouble and fined before the big game of the Badgers vs Iron City Nine. Buddy Hassett tells you To Choose a Batting Order article. The Sunday Ride of Babe Herman Dogers vs Braves, script by Jules Feiffer, art by Jerry Grandenetti; The story of a remarkable 1926 game between the Boston Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers. Back cover ad for the next issue of Baseball Comics. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Batman (1940) 54 CGC 4.5 Restored

Restored: C1

Paper: Off white to white

Restoration includes: small of color touch on cover, small amount of glue on spine of cover.

Label #4417376002

Cover pencils by Win Mortimer, inks by Charles Paris. The Treasure Hunter!, art by Jim Mooney; A bad guy begins stealing valuable collectors items from rich people in Gotham City; Batman and Robin intervene. The Door Without a Key!, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures only) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Charles Paris; Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson get lost in Florida and discover an ancient castle; As Batman and Robin, they find a long lost fugitive; When they return in the Batplane, they can't find castle. Wonder Drug article, art by Raymond Perry. Untitled two-page Varsity Vic story by Henry Boltinoff. The Amazing Masquerade!, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures only) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Charles Paris; Batman and Robin battle John Foster and the Human Spider Mob. Safety First public service announcement starring Superman, script by Jack Schiff, art by Wayne Boring. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Black Mask (1939-1953 Atlas Publishing 2nd Series) British Reprint Edition Feb 1949 GD 2.0

British Edition. February, 1949 - Volume 6, Issue #10. A Magazine of Gripping, Smashing Detective Stories. Stories include: "Red Christmas" by George F. Kull, "Bury Me Not" by Merles Constiner, "Murder Tops the Cast" by Robert C. Dennis, "Death is No Stranger" by Norman A. Daniels, and "Can You Take the Witness" by Julius Long. 6 1/2" X 9 1/2". 68 pages. B&W.

Black Mask (1939-1953 Atlas Publishing 2nd Series) British Reprint Edition Jun 1949 VG/FN 5.0

British Edition. June, 1949 - Volume 6, Issue #12. A Magazine of Gripping, Smashing Detective Stories. Stories Include: "No Pocket in a Shroud" by Richard Denning, "Trouble on Circut 13" by Robert J. McCaig, "Legitimately Dead" by G. T. Fleming-Roberts, "Ear-Witness" by Maurice Beam, and "Somebody for the Wolves" by Robinson MacLean. 6 1/2" X 9 1/2". 68 pages. B&W.

Boy Commandos (1942-1949 1st Series) 33 PR 0.5

Interior is complete. Extensive accumulation of defects.

The Houdini From Brooklyn, pencils by Curt Swan; Brooklyn thinks he's become a real magician. Jerry The Jitterbug humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. Strange Case of Last Mile Hogan, inks by Steve Brodie; Nervous Finnley wants revenge on Bill Hogan, so he frames his son for murder. Daffy and Doodle humor page by Lit-Win. Public Enemies and G-Men of the Plant World article. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cowboy Love (1949) 1 GD+ 2.5

Centerfold detached. Staple rust/migration.

Stories and art by Sheldon Moldoff, Edd Ashe, and Eddie Robbins. For those who love a little horse opera with their soap opera, Fawcett presents tales of romance and heartbreak on the Western frontier. The opening caption for the first story sets the tone for the series: "When a raven-haired beauty with a temper to match meets a cowboy who isn't impressed by wild horses or angry women, under a canopy of glittering stars on the silver sage...the stage is set for a drama of lassoed hearts." They don't write 'em like that anymore. The name of the story and the heroine is, of course, My Darling Clementine; the cowboy she loves is named Clint. In another story, Nora loves Cliff, even though the town thinks he's a coward, but when they're trapped in a mine collapse, she learns how brave he really is. More poetry from the third story: "Out of the night he came, this tall, quiet stranger, and in his arms Laura found the tenderness and beauty of love. But a black shadow stood between them, and back into the night he went, leaving in her broken heart the echo of a dream that might have been." Plus a photo pinup of Rocky Lane. My Darling Clementine!; She Loved a Coward!; Melody Ames, the Prairie Troubadour, Part 1; Lady in Distress; The Tall Stranger; The Feud. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 153 GD+ 2.5

1" cumulative spine split. Oxidation. Staple rust.

1st appearance of Roy Raymond TV Detective; origin of the Human Fly. Cover by Dick Sprang. Stories by unknown. Art by Dick Sprang, Charles Paris, Carmine Infantino, Jimmy Thompson, Ruben Moreira and unknown. The Batman takes to the air, like his namesake, on the trail of Slits Danton, all thanks to the creation of special "bat wings" created by a scientist...or so the Caped Crusader thinks! Don't miss Batman and Robin in "The Flying Batman!" with art by Dick Sprang and Charles Paris. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "The Revenge of Little Thunder Cloud!" with pencils by Carmine Infantino; Robotman in "The Second Robotman" with art by Jimmy Thompson; and Impossible -- But True! tale "The Land of Lost Years!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with art by Ruben Moreira. Also: Shorty half-pager by Henry Boltinoff, and 2-page text piece "Volcano Sleuths" by Ed Velarde. And: 1-page Tootsie Roll ad "Captain Tootsie Saves the Day!" with art by C.C. Beck. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Dick Tracy Monthly (1948-1961 Dell/Harvey) 23 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4417376007

Dell presents new adventures of legendary tough cop Dick Tracy and his rogues gallery of freakish enemies. Tracy must act fast to save Pat from the killer known as Jukebox. The original, rarely reprinted story is in the style of Chester Gould, but the actual artists are unknown. Also, Dick Tracy's Rogue's Gallery featuring Itchy Oliver, a text story, a solve-it-yourself mystery, and a Sparkle Plenty humor strip. Dick Tracy's Rogue's Gallery; Dick Tracy Meets Jukebox; Dick Tracy's Minute Mystery; Sparkle Plenty. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Famous Detective (1949-1956 Columbia Publications) Pulp Vol. 10 #5 GD/VG 3.0

Volume 10, Issue 5 - November, 1949. 6.75" x 9.75", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 10 #5 GD/VG 3.0

1" spine split from top. Cover oxidation.

Lord Dunday is profiled in the "Masters of Fantasy" column.

Volume 10, Issue 5 - June, 1949. 6.75" x 9", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 208 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4416308014

Cover by Dick Moores. Stories by Chase Craig. Art by Dick Moores and Paul Murry. Featuring the tales "Brer Rabbit Does It Again!", "Brer Rabbit and th' Butter Business," "Gizzards for the 'Gator" and "Brer Rabbit Fixes Up a Friendship," plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Starring Brer Rabbit, Mammy Rabbit, Brer Fox, Brer Bear, Sis Cow, Brer Bully Bull, Sis Goose, Brer Turkey Buzzard, Brer 'gator, Brer Possum, King Lion and Sis Ducklin'! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Gay Comics (1944 Timely) 39 GD 2.0

Cover oxidation. Water damage. Interior residue.

36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Green Lantern (1941 1st Series DC) 36 GD+ 2.5

1/2" Cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation. Water spotting.

Cover art by Alex Toth. The Riddle of the Red Domino starring Green Lantern, script by John Broome, pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bob Oksner; A mysterious new criminal is out to verify that Alan Scott and Green Lantern are one and the same person--and he has the proof to back it up, forcing Alan to have to be in two places at the same time to unmask his new foe. Mystery of the Missing Messenger starring Streak, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Alex Toth; Streak and Alan Scott search for a young city bank messenger boy accused of taking $50,000. Natch--Streak's Wonder Dog of the Month fact page, art by Alex Toth. Introduction Please text story by Julius Schwartz [signed as Jules Black]. The Timberland Trail starring Green Lantern, script by John Broome, pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Frank Giacoia; The Master of Light travels to Oregon to clear up problems in a lumbering camp in order to get his radio star back to Station WXYZ on time so Alan Scott will not lose an important sponsor. Science Snaps fact page by Martin Naydel. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (1941-1962 Dell) 87 CGC 6.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4419918024

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Love at First Sight (1949) 1 CGC 3.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4427483015

Painted cover. In order of appearance: "Warned Against Her" art by Sam Cooper, reprinted in Love Experiences (1949) #31; "In Debt to Each Other" art by Chuck A. Winter, reprinted in Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #67 and Weird Love (2014 IDW) #8; "I Lied to Keep Him" reprinted in Glamorous Romances (1949) #82; and "No Chance with Men". "Your Charm Guide: Check That Popularity Hazard! Tips on Shoe Buying, Seven Ways to Stay Slender..." text article reprinted as "Glamorizing Yourself..." in Glamorous Romances (1949) #66, "Help Yourself to Allure..." in Love Experiences (1949) #29, and "Don't Handicap Yourself..." in Ten Story Love Vol. 35 (1955) #6. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Miss America Magazine Vol. 7 (08/47 to 03/52) 22 CGC 6.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4014320014

My Story (1949) 5 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4294795004

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Numbering continues from Zago Jungle Prince (1948) #4. In order of appearance: "My Marriage Was Doomed!"; "Was I Too Young for Love?" art by Al Davoren, retitled and reprinted as "Ungrateful Love!!" in Top Love Stories (1951) #10; and "I Tried to Buy Love" art by Eddie Schwartz. "I Was Blinded by Love" text story reprinted in Cowboy Love (1949) #29. Indicia states "MY STORY TRUE ROMANCES IN PICTURES (formerly ZAGO)". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Popular Detective (1934-1953 Beacon/Better) Pulp Vol. 37 #3 VG 4.0

Red Ryder Comics (1940-1955 Hawley/Dell) 70 CGC 4.0

Paper: White

Label #4400758010

Red Ryder, Telecomics presents King of the Royal Mounted, and the Kiyotee Kids. Two-page text story, "Little Beaver's Prospect Hunch." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Red Ryder Comics (1940-1955 Hawley/Dell) 74 CGC 4.5

Paper: White

Label #4400758011

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Red Ryder Comics (1940-1955 Hawley/Dell) 77 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4400758012

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Slave Girl Comics (1949) 1 CGC 3.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4421226001

Art by Howard Larsen. Cover by Howard Larsen. Tales of adventure in the ancient past featuring Malu, a princess taken captive as a slave girl, and her defender, the warrior Garth. Geoffry Garth and Sandy Worth encounter a mystic ring that gives them visions of past lives as an enslaved princess and a warrior; Malu and Garth are trapped in a hidden city; Malu is abducted by bandits. Malu, the Slave Girl; The Banquet of Thuz; The Curse of Ahmen Ra; Malu, the Slave Girl and the Bandits of Tal Azmut; The Slave Market of Manoch. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Superman (1939 1st Series) 58 GD 2.0

3" cumulative spine split (taped). Cover and interior oxidation with chipping. Staples added (not manufacturing).

Cover art by Al Plastino. Tiny Trix, the Bantam Bandit, script by William Woolfolk, art by Al Plastino; Tiny Trix tries to get out of jail by claiming he's a juvenile. Lois Lane Loves Clark Kent, script by William Woolfolk, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Lois' doctor advises her to try to transfer her love for Superman to a normal human, but her attempt to fall in love with Clark fails. Shorty humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. Casey the Cop humor page by Boltinoff. The Case of the Second Superman, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; An earth scientist rockets his child to another planet where he grows up with super powers; He comes to Earth seeking Superman's help against the criminal scientist Bantor. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

True Crime Comics (Canadian 1947 Alval) 5 FR 1.0

Near complete spine split (taped). Cover detached at one staple. Water damage.

1947 Canadian Reprint. Art by Jack Cole. Parts of this issue are reprints from True Crime Comics (1947) 3. Cover redrawn to vastly reduce the violence. Full color. 36 pages. 7" x 10". Cover price $0.10.

Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 41 #3 GD/VG 3.0

3" cumulative spine split.

March 1949. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by August Derleth "The Testament of Claiborne Boyd", Theodore Sturgeon "The Martian and the Moron", Robert Bloch "The Strange Island of Dr. Nork", Allison V. Harding, Arthur J. Burks, Stanton A. Coblentz, and Thorp McClusky. Illustrations by Fred Humiston, Vincent Napoli, Boris Dolgov, and Lee Brown Coye. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 41 #5 GD/VG 3.0

July 1949. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by Fredric Brown "Come and Go Mad", Ewen Whyte, H. Russell Wakefield, Stephen Grendon, Russell Branch, Stanton A. Coblentz, Frietz Lieber "In the X-Ray", Harold Lawlor, Robert Bloch "Floral Tribute", and Seabury Quinn. Illustrations by Boris Dolgov, John Giunta, Vincent Napoli, and Matt Fox. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 41 #6 VG/FN 5.0

Sept 1949. Cover by Michael Lebonski. Horror and supernatural stories by Theodore Sturgeon "One Foot and the Grave", Allison V. Harding, Gardner F. Fox, Ewen Whyte, August Derleth "The Slayers and the Slain", Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Seabury Quinn, Malcolm Kenneth Murchie, and Dorothy Quick. Illustrations by Lee Brown Coye, Vincent Napoli, and John Giunta. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 42 #1 GD/VG 3.0

Cover detached, tape stains.

Volume 42, Issue 1 - November, 1949. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by Allison V. Harding "The Underbody", Arthur J. Burks, Seabury Quinn, H. Russell Wakefield, Ewen Whyte, August Derleth "Twilight Play", Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Malcolm Kenneth Murchie, Yves Theriault, Emil Petaja, and Malcolm M. Ferguson. Illustrations by Vincent Napoli, lee Brown Coye, Boris Dolgov, and Fred Humiston. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 100 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 33 GD/VG 3.0

Cover and 3 wraps detached at one staple. Cover oxidation.

Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "The Four Dooms Part 1: Paradise Island Condemned," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; An evil inventor and her cohorts escape Transformation Island, then pose as accident victims to ambush the Amazons. "The Four Dooms Part 2: The Titanic Trials," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; The Amazons are brought to Inventa's island, Cadmea, where Wonder Woman must overcome the trial of the four dooms to prevent the execution of the her mother and sister Amazons. Wonder Women of History: three-page Annie Jump Cannon bio by Julius Schwartz, pencils by Paul Reinman, inks by Bernard Sachs. Two-page text article, "The Magestic Giant" by Charles King. "The Menace of Murkton," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman investigates the disappearance of busloads of strongmen, uncovering a plot to destroy the Earth so a nearby planetoid will get more sunlight. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 37 GD- 1.8

Cover and interior oxidation.

Cover by Harry G. Peter. "The Riddle of the Chinese Mummy Case," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; To solve the mystery of an Amazon artifact, Wonder Woman travels to ancient China, where she meets Chinese Amazons and helps them defeat Barbarian invaders. "The Fatal Beauty," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; When Steve breaks off with Wonder Woman and takes up with actress Lorelei Lorn, Wonder Woman's heart is tested when she's assigned to protect Lorelei from the Gasher Jewel Gang. Wonder Women of History: two-page Bethenia Owens bio by Julius Schwartz, art by Paul Reinman. "The Secrets of Circe," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman travels to the enchanted island planet of Sorca, where Circe has captured Steve and his crew and turned them into animals. Two-page article. "The Friendly Fruit." One-page Wheaties ad features baseball legend Stan Musial. Smokey the Fire-Preventing Bear Comes to the Rescue of Peter Porkchops public service announcement by Jack Schiff, art by Rube Grossman. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.