Comic books January 1949

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Margery McKay (sometimes credited as G. Whiz). Stories and art by Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Fran Striker, Charles Flanders, Robert Storm, Mel Graff, Carl Anderson, Clayton Knight, Chic Young, Bob Dunn, and Joe Musial. Lee Falk's adventurer Mandrake the Magician gets top billing in this anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Mandrake pits his magic against that of witch-doctor Dr. Congo; Secret Agent X-9 investigates an international robbery. Mandrake the Magician; Heroes on Wings; Dollar-A-Dither; Goodnight Stories; The Lone Ranger; Secret Agent X-9; Little Acorns; Henry; Blondie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C. C. Beck and Pete Costanza. Stories and art by Otto Binder, C. C. Beck, Kurt Schaffenberger, Jack Binder, Pete Costanza and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. The Marvel Family investigates when a vast hunger sweeps over the people of the world, threatening starvation and the collapse of civilization. On a lighter note, Captain Marvel, Jr. battles The Squirrel, a dude in a squirrel suit who bops people with his gigantic tail. So, a little something for everyone in this ish. Mary Marvel briefly loses her powers. Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. The Great Hunger; Mary Marvel Becomes the Worlds Saddest Girl; Boxcar Benny; Lazy Lee; Headline Harry; Digby the Dentist; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Capt. Marvel Jr. and the Nutty Squirrel; The Pies the Limit; Water Thief; Captain Marvel: The Flame Fiend. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Mike Sekowsky. The Giant of the Alps starring Human Torch, pencils by Charles Nicholas. War-Cry of the Jungle starring Sub-Mariner, art by Bill Everett. The Submarine text story. Unmasked starring Blonde Phantom, pencils Ken Bald. The Vengeance of the Space Monster starring Sun Girl, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Syd Shores. Death Mask Dance starring Captain America, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Syd Shores. 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Kurt Schaffenberger. The Witch's Brew starring Captain Marvel, Jr., art by Kurt Schaffenberger. In Arrears starring Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb. The Leopard's Revenge starring Nyoka the Jungle Girl. Annihilation in the Air, art by Bill Ward; While watching a cross country air race Jim and Susan see one plane explode and another develop trouble; When they try to save the pilot as Bulletman and Bulletgirl, they discover a plot by two pilots to win the race by killing all of their opponents. Shark Shooters starring Shipwreck Jones and Seaweed Sam. The Seed of Hate! starring Tom Mix, art by Carl Pfeufer. New! Jim Prentice, Amazing, Exciting, 1949 Electric Football ad. Two Comix Cards featuring Gabby Hayes. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel stars in "The Witch's Brew"; Bulletman stars "Annihilation in the Air"; Nyoka the Jungle Girl stars in "The Leopard's Revenge"; and Tom Mix stars in "The Seed of Hate." Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 77, No. 4 - January 1950. 10.5" x 14", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Jan. 1949. Mechanical science and technology magazine. Articles include Will Polar Waves Swamp America?, They Change Lead Into Gold and more. 6.75-in. x 9.5-in. 192 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 40, Issue 157 - January, 1949. Digest-size UK men's magazine. Articles, humor, and pin-up photos. 5" x 7.25", 116 pages, B&W with color.

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Vol. 40 #1 - Jan. 1949. Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11.5", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Reed Crandall. Colonel Cloud and His Fog of Destruction starring Blackhawk, pencils by Crandall, inks by Chuck Cuidera. Untitled stories starring Dogtag (script and art by Bart Tumey), Torchy (script and art by Bill Ward), Ezra (script and art by Harry Sahle), and Choo Choo (script and art by Gill Fox). Pig Show starring Will Bragg, script and art by Paul Gustavson. Fuzzy gag page, script and art by Jack Cole. Far East Adventure text story starring Blackhawk. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and others. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Monte helps capture an outlaw gang, but now he must escort them alone across seventy miles of desert. Monte helps an aging sheriff capture the outlaw Red Jack, and gets framed for his trouble. The story of how Monte met his faithful stallion, Pardner, while chasing the outlaw Johnny Deuces across the desert. Plus a vintage comics-formatted ad for Wildroot Hair Tonic and the radio show The Adventures of Sam Spade. Terror Trek; Bronko Betsy; The Over Age Sheriff; Gray Hawk: Panther Peril; Pardner: Outlaw Stallion; Big Bow and Little Arrow: The Brainstorm; Tribe of the Tomahawk. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"My Husband Was a Gambler!", pencils by Jack Kamen, inks by Al Feldstein; Vacationing office worker Marion meets Bill, but doesnt know hes a professional gambler until hes shot in a card game and comes to her for help; She agrees to marry him but only if he stops gambling; After the wedding, Bill is convinced to bet by his friend Dan, and loses a lot of money; Marion leaves him. 2 years later, Bill is an unshaven bum. "I Was Crazy for Clothes!!"; Letty dates boxer Danny, who knocks down press agent Larry when he makes a pass at her; While Danny is training for a big fight, Letty goes out with Larry, who takes her to expensive clubs and such; Larry blackmails her into asking Danny to throw the fight; Out of love for her, Danny agrees. "Death Traps a Would-Be Killer" text story. "Sally Maxin: Rod Baby"; Sally runs a holdup gang and is its most ruthless and violent member; After shooting several men during robberies, Sally is arrested and sent to prison for life. Indicia states "MY LIFE, True Stories in Pictures." 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 8, Issue 1 - February, 1949. 6.75" x 9.75", 164 pages, B&W. NOTE: Interior says Spring 1949, Likely a misprint as the following issue is the spring issue. Cover price $0.25.

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"Three's a Shroud" novel by John D. MacDonald, plus "The Key to My Coffin" a short story by Ray Cummings.

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Andy Panda, Oswald the Rabbit, Woody Woodpecker, and Homer Pigeon. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Nifty Gals & Gags is a humor digest published by Dearfield Publishing Company. 96 pages, color cover with B&W illustrations, 5 1/4-in x 7 1/4-in. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Larry Steinfeldt and Howard Boughner. Raised in the jungle by her scientist father, Nyoka faces its dangers like no man ever could. In a three-part story, vengeful ex-zookeeper Mr. Prowler sets wild animals loose against Larry and Nyoka. In a two-part story, Nyoka volunteers to search for rubber in the jungle. But unknown to her, someone has turned the local native tribe against the expedition. The Treacherous Game Hunt, Part I: Revenge!; Lumber Jack; Trader Tom; Zuzu the Zookeeper; Ballyhoo Barney: The Lion's Share; Part II: On the Trail; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Pinheads in a Pet Shop; Part III: Jungle Prey; The Death-Stalked Expedition, Part I: The Jungle Quest; The Scorn Heap; Part II: The Sneak Attack. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Walt Kelly and others. Based on the popular movie shorts also known as Little Rascals, Dell's Our Gang Comics featured early work by Pogo's Walt Kelly. In a story by Kelly, Bruiser helps Red and Egghead track river pirates. Plus two one-pagers featuring Droopy. Tom discovers that he can trap Jerry and Tuffy in the bathtub. Droopy; Tom and Jerry; Adventures of Tom; Adventures of Jerry; Flip 'n' Dip; Barney Bear and Benny Burro; Our Gang; Wuff the Prairie Dog. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bob Jenney. Stories and art by Bob Jenney, August Froehlich, Al McWilliams, William M. Allison and Edmond Good. Shoot-outs and showdowns between the outlaws and lawmen of the Old West, from DS Publishing. Outlaws dress as "ghosts" to try to scare residents away from silver-rich Crackerbox Hill. Outlaw Clark turns in his own gang members for the reward money, but such treachery won't go unnoticed for long. A reporter and a deputy investigate the murder of Gold City's town sheriff. The Ghosts of Crackerbox Hill; River of Gold; Dakota Double-Cross; Man to Man!; The Last Ambush; Gold City. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Wrist Watch ad. "Go to the Dogs"; Ozzie tries to get on the good side of Babs by walking her dog. Two Comix Cards of Tom Mix, Hopalong Cassidy and Monte Hale from Real Western Hero to cut out and paste on cardboard. "Mystery!"; Clem writes a mystery story. "Schmophrenia"; Ozzie is having wild dreams and his parents bring him to a psychiatrist. "Blowhard Goes Off the Cob" Blowhard McDuff text story by R. R. Symes. "Babs gets the Sack"; Babs tries to get Dad to buy her new clothes by wearing a flour sack. "Honest Injun"; Algernon causes trouble playing inside and outside. "Real Cure!"; Worry Walter worries about his dandruff. "The Nose Knows"; Ozzie gets Babs to join him in his new business of selling perfume. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage humor digest magazine that pokes fun at the relationships of men and women of the time. Digest, 5" x 7", 96 pages, B&W. -Recommended for ages 16+ Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Al Jaffee. Double Date Dilemma!, art by Al Jaffee. Hedy's Change of Heart!, art by Al Jaffee. Stubble Trouble!, art by Al Jaffee. Alone by the Phone!, art by Al Jaffee. Painful Politics! starring Cindy, art by Ken Bald. Platter Hunters text story. The Autograph Hound! starring Georgie, art by Mike Sekowsky. Hey Look! humor page by Harvey Kurtzman. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"A Quiet Evening At Home," script by Ray Gill, art by Bill Vigoda; Fred gets locked out of the house wearing his pajamas; When he throws a brick through his window, to get back in, his neighbor calls the police on him. "Happy Birthday To Katy Keene," script and art by Bill Woggon; It's Katy's birthday and Sis forgot to get her a present. "Eat Your Troubles Away"; Jughead plays football. Untitled story; Instead of taking Suzie to the theater, Ferdy tears up their tickets, after finding out Suzie has to go home; He gets a littering ticket instead. "Go Fly A Kite," script and art by Joe Edwards; Li'l Jinx breaks the butchers window playing baseball and Bill gets in trouble. "Fare Enough"; Betty and Veronica Try to earn some money by running a taxi service. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

January 1949. Digest-sized humor magazine, one cartoon per page. 5.5" x 7.5". Black and white. Mature. Cover price $0.25.

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UK weekly film magazine. 9" x 11.75", 20 pages, tinted B&W.

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UK weekly film magazine. 9" x 11.75", 20 pages, tinted B&W.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $16.00 View scans Staple rust: Extensive.

UK weekly film magazine. 9" x 11.75", 20 pages, tinted B&W.