Auctions: comic books 1949 w/ month not specified

Candy (1947 Quality) 9 GD 2.0

Cover and centerfold detached at one staple. Moisture damage. Staple rust with migration.

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Cover by Harry Sahle. Stories by unknown. Art by Harry Sahle and unknown. Candy stars in three untitled stories. Plus: Rims in an untitled story co-starring Rims' mother, Emerson Griggs and Mr. Bulgo. And: Candy in 1-page text story "Skiing is Believing" co-starring Ted Dawson, Tim O'Connor, Cuthbert Bagatelle and Sonia Jorgesen. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Exposed (1948 D.S. Publishing) 6 VG- 3.5

Water damage.

Cover by Ed Waldman. Stories and art by Graham Ingels, Ed Waldman, John Rosenberger, Art Gates, Valerie Barclay and Myron Fass. Violent, offbeat pre-Code crime comics from D.S. Publishing Company. This issue was cited in the illustrations (#28, "How to prepare an alibi") of the famous anti-comics classic, Seduction of the Innocent. A daredevil tries to use his skills for crime, in a story that features a guy in a Humpty Dumpty costume jumping off a high wall. A gambler thinks he's found the perfect system, in an early story by future EC legend Graham Ingels. An ex-con sets out for revenge on the partner who set him up. The Fatal Masquerade; The Fighter Who Sang Tenor; The Perfect Alibi; Take It or Else!; Lure of the City; Airtight Alibi. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Fritzi Ritz (1948) 7 VG 4.0

Centerfold detached at one staple. Cover and interior oxidation.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller and Raeburn van Buren. The comic-strip adventures of aspiring model Fritzi Ritz and her boyfriend, the bumbling Phil Fumble. Fritzi was later known as "Aunt Fritzi" in the Nancy comic strip. Phil and Fritzi each prepare for a date in their own ways, in a strip that includes a Fritzi lingerie panel! Fritzi tires of Phil's wandering eye, in a strip that showcases Bushmiller's ability to draw beautiful women. His skill at women's fashions is likewise highlighted in a couple of strips satirizing women's hat styles of the 1930s. Plus Abbie an' Slats strips by Raeburn van Buren. Fritzi Ritz; Abbie an' Slats. Title changes to United Comics (1940/1950) with issue #8, and resumes under this title with issue #27. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Gunsmoke (1949 Youthful Magazines) 7 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4723167019

Cover by Walter Johnson. Stories by unknown. Art by Manny Stallman and unknown. Blazing heroes of the West! In this issue: Gunsmoke in "The Killers of Sorocco" with art by Manny Stallman; The Masked Marvel in "His Deadly Double"; "The Border Patrol"; "Massacre"; and 2-page profile of Charles Starrett with a photo of Starrett. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Romantic Adventures (1949) 3 VG 4.0

Centerfold detached at one staple.

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Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Al Hartley and others. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A woman lets her jealous nature get the better of her; Thelma is so set on getting back at the man who broke her heart, she doesnt notice the one who really loves her; Mary learns how the Valentine Ranch got its name; Rich girl Dona meets a man money cant buy. Also, readers send in their personal love stories. I Was My Mother's Rival!; The Shattered Heart; Jealous of a Shadow; Romance on Valentine Ranch; Money Can't Make Marriage; Breaking the Ice; Readers' Romances; Afraid of Love. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.