Comic books January 1950

Volume 9, Issue 4 - January, 1950. 6.75" x 9.75", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Matt Baker, Jim Pabian, and Renny McEvoy. Numbering continues from Hollywood Confessions (1949) #2. Love and heartbreak in Tinseltown and its suburbs. As far as Hollywood dancer Kay is concerned, romance is just another way to advance her career, until she actually falls in love, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Actress Cathy and film editor Archie have a rocky Hollywood romance, in strips reprinted from the "Screen Girl" comic strip. Screen Girl; I Took the Road to Stardom Via Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Bill Ward cover. Comic stories reprinted in Hollywood Secrets of Romance (I.W. Reprint) #9. In order of appearance: "Ladies' Man" art by Bill Ward, reprinted as "Self Centered" in Love Confessions (1949) #10; "Star of Tomorrow"; "My Heart's in the Saddle" art by Reed Crandall; and "Theatre Lover". "The Gentle Monster" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Frank Bolle and Rod Reed. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. Hopalong tries to discover why a pack of wolves is attacking Buff Tyson's farm and other harmless settlers. Hoppy's old enemy the Arizona Kid is back...and this time he's not alone. Pistol Packin' Pattie explains to Jud the difference between getting bent and going crooked. And a vintage Carnation Milk ad, Rocky Lane Takes to the Air!, featuring movie cowboy Rocky Lane. The Mysterious Wolf Pack!; Pistol Packin' Pattie; Night Ride; The Secret of the House; Mesquites Madness!; Whitey Whiskers: The Wash Out; The Futile Chase. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

UK Edition. black and white; 24 pages.

Stories and art by Edward Kean and Dick Hall. An icon of 1950s Americana, Howdy Doody was a star of early television, and a mischievous Tom Sawyer-type adventurer in this comic. Howdy's first job is putting up advance posters for Phineas T. Bluster's 's Circus. While out sailing, Howdy Doody, Dilly Dally and Mr. Bluster encounter pirates who have been at sea for 200 years. Howdy tries to help Dilly Dally after he gets a job painting with Phineas T. Bluster's Circus. Meet Howdy Doody; Clarabell; Howdy and the Pirates; Howdy Doodlings; Flub-a-Dub; Phineas T. Bluster's 's Circus; Howdy's Camping Adventure; Dilly Dally; Howdy in Alaska; Meet Mr. Bluster. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Sometimes listed as I Loved (1949) #4. Tales of love, regret and broken hearts from Fox Feature Syndicate. A woman realizes she's asked too much of the man she loves; A couple seems happy to all outward appearances, but the female half seethes with inner turmoil; A woman fears that the man she loves will play fast and loose with her heart. Plus love advice to readers. My Price For Love; Please Don't Envy Me; Love Problems From Our Readers; Charm Gossip; I Didn't Trust Him. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 28, Issue 1 - January, 1950 - "Passion Traps a Golden Blonde!" One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.15.

Photo cover of Beverly Tyler and Jerome Courtland, who appear in the Columbia Picture The Palomino. Trap For Romance; Jan is hired as the companion for Mildred, who lost the use of her legs in an automobile accident; Mildreds fiancé Ted feels responsible; He and Jan fall in love but hide their feelings; Jan learns Mildred is not paralyzed and has been having an affair with Dr. Toomis. Marriage 'Round the World article, art by George Tuska. Heart of a Stranger by Mary Blaine text story, art by John Celardo. Wings on my Heart; Mary works as a waitress to support her younger brother Mike; Her pilot fiancé Fred and parents were killed in a plane crash a few years before, and Mary dislikes airplanes as a result; Pilot Dan Engel defends Mary from a lustful diner patron and they eventually fall in love. Romance on the Range one-page story, art by Rafael Astarita. Date Bait by Betty Cummings text story, art by Dan Loprino. Afraid of Love, pencils by John Celardo; Jane is a man-hater, blaming a man for her parents death in an accident; After an argument with Jane, her sister Sue is struck by a car and hospitalized; Dr. Ken Tilton treats Sue and gets to know Jane. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 4, No. 5 - January, 1950. 7" x 9.75", 20 pages, B&W.

Stories and art by Ham Fisher and Bob Powell. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Joe Palooka agrees to fight British boxer Eustace Pinkney-Grimes to earn the money for his and Ann's impending wedding. Humphrey and Jerry get up to shenanigans while Joe is training for the fight. Plus true tales of athletic greats and a solo story featuring Little Max. Joe Gets Set For the Pinkney-Grimes Fight; Little Max: Buddies; Humphrey's Visit Gets "Complurcatered"; Joe Palooka's Album; Sport Short: Gene Bearden. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Men's interest humor digest with cartoons, jokes and tasteful pin-up photography. 5" x 6.5", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle" art by Robert Webb, reprinted in Golden Age Sheena Best of Queen of the Jungle TPB (2008) #2-1ST; "The Ghost Gallery" art by Jack Kamen; "Sheena Explores Her Jungle Domain" art by Robert Webb; "Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural" and "ZX-5" art by Jack Kamen; and "The Hawk" art by Robert Webb. "The Courageous Marquise, Part Three" text story by Henry Wysham Lanier. 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

"Wolves of the Desert Night," art by Maurice Whitman; A group of escaped convicts, disguised as commissioner's guards, raise havoc in Kaänga's jungle until they are exposed by Kaänga and turned over to authentic district commissioner guards. Untitled story; Brugga kidnaps Simba's cubs, with the intention of killing them; Simba arrives just in time to save the cubs and kills Brugga in combat. Untitled story, pencils by Jay Disbrow, inks by Bill Walsh; Captain Terry Thunder escorts an archaeologist and his assistant to the Kongola country where they hope to find a buried, ancient city; A pair of prospectors, illegally hydraulically mining in the area, unearth the city. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; A snake charming witch doctor is hired by hunters to bring them game; He uses his flute to lure all the animals of the jungle to the hunters' steamboat where they are caged; Wambi follows and frees the animals, extracts a promise from the witch doctor to never do this again, and cages the hunters, sending their steamboat down the river. Untitled story, art by Enrico Bagnoli; B'maki, a prince of the Basulis, intercepts the new bride of his brother, Orago, as she makes her way to the Basuli village; He plans to marry her himself and become chief; Tabu divines the location of the kidnapper and his victim and hypnotizes B'maki, causing him to fall in a crevasse where he will wait for the jungle authorities. Untitled story, pencils by Ralph Mayo; Camilla infiltrates the camp of the safari raider, the Scorpion, disguised as one of his lieutenants; She then opens the camp's gate to a safari that had been robbed by the Scorpion and they defeat the Scorpion's men. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover. Slot Machine Payoff, art by George Gregg; a womans love for a killer made her a pawn in the murderous struggle between two mobs. Two-Bit Touch-Off, art by Rudy Palais; Frankie Ames was sure a looted vending machine would camouflage his four-alarm revenge plot. How the G-Men Got Their Name! featurette. Bite of Death. The Almost Perfect Crime text story. The Last Ride, art by Bernard Bail. One Way Willie. Charles Atlas comic strip ad. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Written and Illustrated by Dik Browne. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 16 Pages B&W

Art by Bob Wickersham and others. The Kilroys (Americas Funniest Family!) combined the family humor of the then-new sitcom format with Archie-style teen hijinks featuring Katie, Natch, and pal Solid Jackson. Pops tries to get the kids to help him put up storm windows; The family is curious about the mysterious box Pops brings home at Christmastime; Wilbur tries to trick Natch into paying his parking ticket. Window Pains; Loop-the-Loop; Winter Wonderland; Solid Jackson; Wilbur Muscles In; Week-end Miracle; The Kilroys; Hubba Hubbard; Sign Here, Pop! 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Published once a year, this oversized issue presents the years best pictorials, and gags from Laff magazine! 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in. 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. "Roving marshal" Lash must protect the editor of the Eagles Gap Dispatch when he exposes Ace Decker's crooked casino. Lash tries to Scooby-Doo his way to the truth after a "ghost" murders the owner of the Double X Ranch. Lash goes undercover as a gold miner to learn who's been robbing the mine, but when someone ID's him, he's marked for death. Wagon Wheels; The Defender of the Truth!; The Ghost in the Hills!; Dusty: Helpless Helper; Red-Handed; The Suspect!; Molasses Mouth. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Marc Swayze and others. Romance comics from Fawcett with tales of love, betrayal, heartache and reconciliation. Claire tries to hide her sister Helen's kleptomania, but on a double date, things disappear and the truth quickly comes out. Gloria's obsession with fine jewelry affects her romance with Mack and her relationship with her struggling father, who could use the money more. Ruthie meets Steve by chance and begins dating him, but he's put off by her introverted personality. Plus an interview with movie star Jack Carson, and a PSA for U.S. Savings Bonds featuring the original Captain Marvel (Shazam). Love Rejected; Traitorous Heart; Passion for Diamonds; Exclusive Interview with Jack Carson; My Foolish Obsession. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Irving Tripp. The Hairbrush Mystery; Tubby solves the case of how dog hairs got on Lulu's mother's hairbrush. Discovers America; Lulu tells Alvin about how she discovered a new world. Untitled story; Lulu takes her dog Mops to the vet because he was sneezing all the time. Toothache; Tubby has a toothache but doesn't want to go to the dentist. Untitled story; Wilbur swindles Lulu out of money and then gives her a pearl necklace. All scripts by John Stanley, art by Irving Tripp. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

The Lone Ranger and Boss Barton of Gopher City, art by Charles Flanders; Boss Barton runs a gambling place in Gopher City as a cover for his cattle stealing operation. Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1949; No circulation figures given. Rocky Mountain Sahib--The true story of the adventures of wealthy Irish peer George Gore near Fort Laramie in the 1850s by Bob Beaugrand. White Fawn, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Tom Hickey; White Fawn, the Sioux girl who helped Young Hawk and Little Buck escape from the Sioux village, has run away in a canoe and the two boys cross her path when they leave their hiding place. Portrait of Chief Crazy Horse (c.1840-1877) of the Ogallala Sioux. Based on the popular Western TV series. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

"Boss Barton of Gopher City." Young Hawk untitled back-up story. Three-page text story by Bob Beaugrand, "Rocky Mountain Sahib." King Feature and Canadian Edition. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 14 #2, January 17, 1950 - Features include a long Bing Crosby article with photos, Matisse at 81, Eisenhower mulling running for President. Color ads include Cinderella, Nash, Lucky Strike, US Air Force, Schlitz, Ford, Chrysler, Camel, Budweiser. 10.5" x 13.25", 132 pages, PC/B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian edition with same content as U.S. edition. Inside front cover is blank; indica appears on bottom of back cover rather than at bottom of first story page. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Love letters and the revealing tales of the lovers who wrote them! "My reeling senses sought to cope with Derek's nearness -- then through my door walked the relentless past!" In this issue: "My Long Lost Heart"; "Lavender Letters"; "Royal Romance"; 1-page text story "Write to My Heart"; and "Love was My Dread"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.