Comic books 1948 w/ month not specified

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Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson, 10th printing, Painted Cover. Comic book adaptation of the classic story of a young man kidnapped to work on a ship's crew and his fight to regain his rightful place in the world. (HRN 167). Cover price $0.15.

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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 2nd Printing, Line Drawing Cover, no cover price. Comic book adaptation of the classic Jules Verne story about Captain Nemo and the undersea vessel, the Nautilus. Story illustrated by Henry C. Kiefer. Issue also has a text biography of Verne and text stories on "Dog Heroes," "American Indians," and "Pioneers of Science." (HRN 64). Cover price $0.15.

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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 5th Printing, Line Drawing Cover. Comic book adaptation of the classic Jules Verne story about Captain Nemo and the undersea vessel, the Nautilus. Story illustrated by Henry C. Kiefer. Issue also has a text biography of Verne and text stories on "Dog Heroes," "American Indians," and "Pioneers of Science." (HRN 118). Cover price $0.15.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 6th Printing, Painted Cover. Comic book adaptation of the classic Jules Verne story about Captain Nemo and the undersea vessel, the Nautilus. Story illustrated by Henry C. Kiefer. Issue also has a text biography of Verne and text stories on "Dog Heroes," "American Indians," and "Pioneers of Science." (HRN 128). Cover price $0.15.

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David Copperfield, 2nd Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 64). Cover price $0.15.

Alice in Wonderland, 2nd Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 64, no price or date).

Alice in Wonderland, 3rd Printing, Line Drawing Cover. Edition 3B has a stiff cover. (HRN 85). Cover price $0.15.

Alice in Wonderland, 4th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 155). Cover price $0.15.

Alice in Wonderland, 5th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 165). Cover price $0.15.

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The House of Seven Gables, 3rd Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 121, original 10/48 date). Cover price $0.15.

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The House of Seven Gables, 5th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 156). Cover price $0.15.

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The House of Seven Gables, 6th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 165, original 10/48 date). Cover price $0.15.

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Man in the Iron Mask, 3rd Printing, Line Drawing Cover, original Classics Illustrated logo lettering. (HRN 111). Cover price $0.15.

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Man in the Iron Mask, 3rd Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 111). Cover price $0.15.

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Man in the Iron Mask, 4th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 142). Cover price $0.15.

Man in the Iron Mask, 5th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 154). Cover price $0.15.

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Man in the Iron Mask, 6th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 165). Cover price $0.15.

Issue 7 - "Winged Mystery" written by Alan Gregg, Illustrations by Katherine C.T. Lippert. Fast-paced mystery as the Conroys help crack a case illegal immigration on the Mexico border. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7.5", 214 pages, B&W.

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Issue 8 - "Your Own Joke Book" written by Gertrude Crampton, Illustrations by Howard Sparber. Hundred of guaranteed side-splitters with wonderful cartoon drawings. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7.5", 214 pages, B&W.

Issue 9 - "Sue Barton, Student Nurse" written by Helen Dore Boylston, Illustrations by Ursula Koering. A lovable redhead adds her own fireworks to the dramas and tensions of a big hospital. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7.5", 214 pages, B&W.

Issue 10 - "The Tattooed Man" written by Howard Pease, Illustrations by Ralph Ray, Jr. Mile-a-minute adventure with Tod Moran aboard a tramp freighter carrying a cargo of doom. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7.5", 214 pages, B&W.

Issue 11 - "Skycruiser" written by Howard M. Brier, Illustrations by Jo Kotula. Take off with Barry Martin, young test pilot, for thrilling mystery and adventure in the sky. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7.5", 214 pages, B&W.

Issue 12 - "The Spanish Cave" written by Geoffrey Household, Illustrations by Gould Hulse. Men said that the days of the dragons were past, but a deadly monster lurked in the Spanish Cave. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7.5", 214 pages, B&W.

Written by Bob Monkhouse - 8 Pages

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Bernard Dibble and Ernest Hix. Comics on Parade features Fritzi, star of Ernie Bushmiller's good-girl strip Fritzi Ritz, and her more famous niece, Nancy. Phil Fumble is supposed to show Fritzi's friend Toots the town, in a strip showcasing Bushmiller's good-girl art. In another such strip, Phil is keen to take photos of Fritzi at the beach. Bill Bumlin mistakes another boy for his nephew at the train station. Fritzi Ritz; Stamp Tips; Nancy; Bill Bumlin; Strange as It Seems. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Ving Fuller and Ernest Hix. Comics on Parade features Fritzi, star of Ernie Bushmiller's good-girl strip Fritzi Ritz, and her more famous niece, Nancy. Fritzi learns why you should never dump medications into the water supply, in a strip showcasing Bushmiller's good-girl art. In another such strip, Fritzi has many admirers at the beach. Fritzi attends a "Fashions of the Future" show, allowing Bushmiller to imagine fashions for the years 1950-1970 from a 1940s perspective. Fritzi Ritz; Stamp Tips; Nancy; Doc Syke; Strange as It Seems. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Extraordinary hardcover instruction book by Gene Byrnes (of "Reg'lar Fellers") covering numerous aspects of drawing and painting. Chapter sections include Freehand Drawing, Design, Color Theory, Comic Drawings (i.e. cartooning), Drawing the Human Figure, Drawing Children, Portraiture, Drawing Animals, Magazine and Book Illustration, Art in Advertising, Decorative Painting, Architectural Drawings, and Interiors and Furniture. Especially impressive is the collection of contributing artists providing illustrations for those chapters: Milton Caniff, George Herriman, Harold Foster, Alex Raymond, Joe Shuster, Franklin Booth, George Bridgman, Dean Cornwell, Bud Fisher, Charles Dana Gibson, Al Parker, Norman Rockwell, N.C. Wyeth, and dozens more. 8.5-in. x 11.25-in.; mostly black and white with 16 pages in color; 374 pages. No dust jacket.

Cover by Al Ulmer. Art by Al Ulmer, Jill Elgin, Gus Schrotter, Jack Warren and Fred Kida. Gunfights, outlaws and frontier justice in the Old West. An old rancher tells a tall tale that explains the origin of the cowboy hat; The Texas Ranger discovers The Secret of the Old Mine; Frontier scout Kit West battles the Devil himself – or so it would seem. Devil's Scourge; The Secret of the Old Mine; Trail Tales; Murderer Unknown. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Ulmer. Art by Al Ulmer, Jill Elgin, Paul Reinman and Rudy Palais. Gunfights, outlaws and frontier justice in the Old West. A Tale of the Silent Spaces thats as violent as any pre-Code crime or horror comic; The Texas Ranger rescues a woman from a forest fire and discovers someone wanted her dead; Frontier scout Kit West learns that a visiting European prince may not be what he seems. The Flaming Fingers of Death!; Prince of Pioneers; Break the Bank; Tales of the Silent Spaces: Triple Cross; Swing Your Partner. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Walter Johnson. Art by Walter Johnson, Jill Elgin, Paul Reinman and Chu F. Hing. Gunfights, outlaws and frontier justice in the Old West. The life of Western-themed humorist Will Rogers; The Texas Ranger encounters the Blacksmith Bandits, outlaws with a new gimmick, in a story (and cover) with mild pre-Code bondage elements; Frontier scout Kit West investigates a serial killer targeting women at Fort Gresham, in a story inspired by The Murders in the Rue Morgue, of all things. The Blacksmith Bandits; The Secret of Quiet Canyon; The Pony Express; Murder in the Stockade!; Death's Double Doom; Will Rogers, A Great American; War Drums; White Brother. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Fred Guardineer, Claude Moore, Tony DiPreta, Norman Maurer and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. Mr. Crime narrates the tale of John Ross, a phony magician who kills to conceal his cons, in a story with early art by future "Flash Gordon" artist Dan Barry. Tiger Harkness masterminds a daring prison escape by taking the entire parole board hostage, but none of them get far. A story that dares the reader to figure out the killer of gambler Eddie Dyke in 1934 New York. John Ross the Magician; "Tiger" Harkness; On the Level; This'll Kill Ya!; Our Police Hall of Fame; The Gruesome Foursome; Who Dunnit? Murder of Eddie Dyke. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. Cover  by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Fred Guardineer, Claude Moore, Tony DiPreta, Norman Maurer and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. Mr. Crime narrates the tale of Brock Larsen, whose artificial steel larynx makes him a sort of low-grade bionic supervillain, in a story with early art by future "Flash Gordon" artist Dan Barry. A detective seeks the killer of two women whose bodies were found an ocean away from where they were murdered. Bumbling Edward Daley fails several times to kill his wife for the insurance, but manages to take himself out without trying. Brock Larsen, the Human Robot of Crime; Who Killed Rene and Olga Duval?; Science vs. the Criminal; This'll Kill Ya!; Our Police Hall of Fame; Laugh These Off; Edward Daley; Who Dunnit? The Haunted Skyscraper Murder Case. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Gardner Fox and others. Art by H. C. Kiefer, Ed Waldman and Ann Brewster. E.C.'s Pre-Trend crime title started as adventure, changed to grisly crime stories and eventually metamorphosed into straight-up horror. Country sleuth Ellis Parker is called in after a strange murder case stumps the local police. Modern-day pirate and supervillain The Octopus wages a crime spree on the high seas, but luckily, heroic Igor the Archer stands in his path. A handsome hoodlum has a way with the ladies and excels at both love and larceny, until he kisses one woman too many. The Deadly Grease Monkey; The Alibi; Igor the Archer: The Fable of the Flying Dutchman; The Ghost of Markham Manor; The Case of the Kissing Killer. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Gardner Fox, Johnny Craig and Al Feldstein. Art by Johnny Craig, Al Feldstein and Ann Brewster. E.C.'s Pre-Trend crime title started as adventure, changed to grisly crime stories and eventually metamorphosed into straight-up horror. Gangsters become accidental assassins after the rich guy they killed for his cash turns out to be a high-ranking Mob figure. Action girl Madelon goes in search of a legendary idol in the Blue Grottoes of the Mediterranean, and encounters a very real tentacled Kraken, in a story featuring art by rare 1940s female artist Ann Brewster. A handsome killer has a Dorian Gray relationship with his mirror in Double-Crossed: The Finger of Death, the first story by future EC legend Al Feldstein. The Slaughter Syndicate: Murder by Appointment!!; Madelon: The Grotto of The Green Stone Man; Crooked as a Corkscrew; Double-Crossed: The Finger of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

1948 Canadian Reprint. Full color. 36 pages. 7" x 10". Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Anthony Cataldo. Adventure in El Chico, script and art by Frank Bolle; A U.S. Federal Agent is killed in his hotel room and Cutter is going to take his place to find the revolutionary outfit he was tracing. The Claws of Death, art by Anthony Cataldo; The Curse of Death has killed four of the Sherill brides for half a century back, and now the bride fears for her life. Untitled Minnie Soo with Little Haha and Tonka story, script and art by Ralph Heimdahl. Untitled Voodah story, script by Ken Fitch, art by Anthone Cataldo. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

"Murder at Belle Camille" by Monte Barrett. 128 pages, text only, 5.25" x 7.25. Cover price $0.25.

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DAISY HANDBOOK # 2, published 1948 by the Daisy Manufacturing Company. Daisy Air Rifle ads were very frequently and prominently featured in comic books for many decades starting in the 1940's. This book is very unusual, because it has comic book features from several different publishers: DC, Fawcett, Dell and True Comics (Parents Magazine Institute). It also has a 10 cent cover price, rather than being a promotional giveaway. The book was primarily sold through the mail. The book is pocket digest size and 132 pages, including covers. The comics are in black and white. Features include Captain Marvel (Shazam), Robotman (who was a backup feature in Action Comics with Superman), Red Ryder by Fred Harman, the Boy Commandos, Ibis the Invincible, and the humorous "Culture Corner" by Basil Wolverton. There are also real fact features on Leonardo Da Vinci, Rudolph Diesel, and Cleveland Indians Hall of Fame baseball player Bob Feller. The center is an 8 page full-color Daisy catalog, featuring Red Ryder and showcasing such products as the 1000 shot repeater cowboy carbine, the number 118 pistol target set, the daisy pump gun (king of all air rifles), daisy bullseye shot, the Buck Rogers U 238 Atomic Pistol Holster Set, the Number 71 Daisy Repeating Water Pistol, and more. The back cover has an ad for a poster - "The American Boys' Bill of Rights", featuring a kid holding a rifle. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Graham Place. Masquerade, script by Alvin Schwartz, art by Graham Place; Judy makes a date with Freddie by mistake because the jukebox is too loud. Raymond, script by Alvin Schwartz, art by Graham Place; Judy is swept off her feet by the new boy in town. Untitled Woody story, script by Alvin Schwartz, art by Stan Kaye. Curtains!, script by Alvin Schwartz, art by Graham Place. Untitled Varsity Vic story, script and art by Henry Boltinoff. Teen Timers humor page by Stan Kaye. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Graham Place. Stories by Al Schwartz, Henry Boltinoff and unknown. Art by Graham Place, Henry Boltinoff and unknown. Radio's famous coast-to-coast favorite! In this issue: Three untitled A Date with Judy stories by Al Schwartz and Graham Place. Plus: A Date with Judy 2-page text story "Oogie's Haircut"; untitled Woody story; untitled Varsity Vic 2-pager by Henry Boltinoff; and untitled Peg half-pager by Boltinoff. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Henry Boltinoff and unknown. Art by Stan Kaye, Henry Boltinoff and unknown. Radio's famous coast-to-coast favorite! In this issue: Four untitled A Date with Judy stories. Plus: A Date with Judy 2-page text story "Our Happy Home"; untitled Woody story with art by Stan Kaye; untitled Varsity Vic 2-pager by Henry Boltinoff; and untitled Bonny 1-pager. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Fred Guardineer, Claude Moore and Dan Barry. Western tales from Lev Gleason, publisher of Crime Does Not Pay, and similarly focused on the violent life and death of the outlaw. Real-life bandit Joaquin Murrieta becomes a legendary outlaw who inspires the character of Zorro, but this version of the story is firmly on the side of law and order. Brazen outlaw Henry Starr becomes one of the last outlaws of the Old West, robbing steel barons from under their very noses. A sheriff vows to get Teton Jackson, who is able to disappear into the Wyoming mountains that bear his name. Joaquin Murrieta; Sure as Shootin'; Henry Starr; The Kill-Crazy Fletcher Brothers; Teton Jackson. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Charles Biro. The Hole-in-the-Wall Gang and Its Leader 'Kid' Curry, art by Fred Kida; The Hole-in-the-Wall gang was the last of the big western mobs to travel on horseback. Crazy Sam Brown, art by Al Bare; The self-appointed "sheriff" of Carson City. Johnny Ringo, pencils by Mike Roy, inks by John Belfi; Johnny Ringo had the cunning and cruelty of a cornered tiger. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.