Comic books May 1948

Add to cart CBCS 8.0 $445.00 View scans Paper: Off white Label #21-2F2E951-024 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Stories and art by Bert Whitman and Howard Boughner. Raised in the jungle by her scientist father, Nyoka faces its dangers like no man ever could. In a two-part story, artist Pierre Pallette is assigned to paint "headhunters," but his examples look too fake. So he asks Nyoka to guide him to real headhunters, but that mission is fraught with danger. Nyoka is invited by an Indian maharajah to watch elephants battle in his personal arena, in a story featuring a splash page of two elephants in boxing gloves. The Congo Headhunt! Part I: Painter Pallette's Predicament; Kid Gloves; Trader Tom; Part II: The Chopping Block; Lion-Hearted Leo, the Animal Trainer: Vacation for a Day; Facing Green Death; Chippy Chipmunk: The Daredevil; The Elephant Battle!. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by John Stanley, Dan Gormley, Dan Noonan, Gil Turner, Veve Risto and Charles Hedinger. Based on the popular movie shorts also known as Little Rascals, Dell's Our Gang Comics featured early work by Pogo's Walt Kelly and other cartooning greats. In a story that may be written by Kelly, the gang follows the Treasure Island Treasure Map, but Happy Slade is after the treasure too. Wuff the Prairie Dog, Sammy Squirrel and Butch Badger play tricks on Charlie Coyote. Barney Bear and Benny Burro seek peace and quiet. The Buzzards; Tom and Jerry; Tom Cat; Adventures of Jerry; Flip 'n' Dip; Barney Bear and Benny Burro; Our Gang; Wuff the Prairie Dog; El Wolfo. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Matt Baker and others. Shoot-outs and showdowns between the outlaws and lawmen of the Old West, from DS Publishing. A gunslinging preacher may not believe in killing, but he's such a good shot he doesn't need to kill to outgun the bad guys. Doc Dawson takes desperate measures after an outlaw tries to force Doc to treat his wounded son. Schoolteacher Sloan Sayers takes up arms when a murderous gambler threatens the kids in his schoolhouse. Outlaw "Gentleman" Ben Thompson crashes a cattlemen's party in Dodge City, in a story with early art by art legend Matt Baker. Action-girl cover by an unknown artist. Battling Parson Brown; Mystery Marshall; The Dude Goes West; Doc Dawsons Dilemma; Tarnation Tough Teacher; Men of the Badlands: Gentleman Ben Thompson; Fight at Adobe Walls; Dallas Boone: Perilous Patrol; Doc Bates: The Last Battle. 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.

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Cover art by Al Jaffee. Patsy's Pop's a Poet!, art by Al Jaffee. Patsy's Perfume Problem!, art by Al Jaffee. A Cute Number!, art by Al Jaffee. Love Laughs at Patsy!, art by Al Jaffee. Cousin Julia text story. Margie Muddles Thru! starring Margie, art by Morris Weiss. Father Knows Best! starring Georgie, art by Mike Sekowsky. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Al Fagaly. "Hello Gang!" text story, art by Bill Vigoda. "The Teacher's Pet!", art by Bill Vigoda; Archie tries to stay out of trouble for a change, but with Reggie's help, his good intentions turn sour. Untitled story, script and art by Bill Woggon; As Katy Keene walks down the street every man she passes compliments her. "Yo Ho Ho - And a Bottle of Rubbing Alcohol!", art by Bill Vigoda; Archie throws a sword at Jughead who's reading Treasure Island in his attic; Startled, Jug flees, only to step on a skate, hit his head on a beam and get knocked out; Unconscious, he dreams Archie is an evil pirate. Wilbur ad. "The Publicity Agent," script and art by Joe Edwards; Li'l Jinx puts Bill's face on posters that say he's wanted for murder; Then posts them all over town; Bill ends up beaten and arrested by the police and given a raise from his boss. "Now You See It - Now You Don't" text story. Untitled Gloomy Gus story, script and art by Red Holmdale; When gabby runs out of halos for the pay phone, he beats the machine until all the halos spill out. "Meet Nevada Jones"; Nevada is framed by Ace, a crooked sheriff and bitter rival, and accused of robbing gold from the Wells Fargo stagecoach. Untitled story, art by Samm Schwartz; Veronica's Uncle Bumble has the hiccups; The girls try to frighten him with a bearskin rug, it scares him but doesn't cure the hiccups; Suddenly, a real tiger appears. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 51, Issue 2 - May, 1948. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by J. F. Byrne. Stories and art by George Evans, Enrico Bagnoli, Joe Doolin, Frank Doyle, Maurice Whitman, and Matt Baker. The first true science fiction comic, Planet Comics featured classic space opera with square-jawed heroes, rockets, rayguns and bug-eyed aliens of every stripe. In the Lost World, Hunt and Lyssa are captured by snail-eyed space pirates; Mysta investigates shenanigans at a telenite plant on another planet, in a story by good-girl art legend Matt Baker; Futura teaches aliens how to breathe, fight and live, in a story with exquisite art by Enrico Bagnoli. Dynamic Mysta cover by Joe Doolin. The Lost World; Futura; Mysta of the Moon; Auro Lord of Jupiter; Time Shock; Life On Other Worlds: Living Death; Space Rangers; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Cole. The Dictator of Dreams starring Plastic Man, art by Jack Cole. Specks story, script and art by Michael Senich. Honeybun story, script and art by Paul Gustavson. Candy story, script and art by Harry Sahle. Spirit story, art by Lou Fine. The Tale of the Broad Arrow starring Manhunter, art by Al Bryant. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Men's interest magazine focusing on true crime, and police cases. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 76 pages, text, with B&W images Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Vic Herman. Stories and art by Vic Herman, Pat Cherr, Jan Wells, Marjorie Maxwell, Elizabeth Vanderwoude, Lee Harris, Leona Maughan, Mickey Klar Marks, Edd Ashe, Lois Withers, Florence Tonjes, Nancy Williams, Elise Gibbs, and Marie Cummings. A magazine for girls from the producers of Parents' Magazine, with stories, fashion and advice as well as comics. The mayor gives the Pigtail Club permission to start a summer camp, but red tape slows everything down; Tizzie's friends play a trick on her with a bird whistle, but she has the last laugh; A comics biography of famed teenage harpist Sidonie Goossens. The Pigtail Club; Deciding Day; Sun Fashions Are Fun Fashions; Traffic Jam; Tizzie The Bird Lover; Angel with Strings; Ceiling Zero; Play a Game of Posture; Hobbies; Comely Campers; Batter Up!; Green Is for Envy; Rough and Fluff; Good Sport; Daddy Lives on Air; The Secret of Hidden Hollow; Pigtailers Talk It Over; Polly Prefers; Needle Play; Club Round-up; Polly in the Kitchen. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 152, Issue 5 - May, 1948. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 296 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Al Carreno. Range Land Snatchers starring Dusty Ballew. Untitled story starring Lazo Kid. Range Land Killers starring Dusty Ballew, art by Al Carreno. Rod Roper Foils a Frame-Up starring Rod Roper, art by Dick Briefer. The Bandit Switched Horses starring Dusty Ballew, script by Irving Werstein, art by Al Carreno. Issues 1-68 were called Prize Comics. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Morris Gollub. Stories and art by Walt Kelly, W.J. Enright, Arthur Jameson, Oskar Lebeck, Morris Gollub, Frank Jupo and Dan Noonan. Johnny Gruelle's famous doll characters have adventures and learn lessons, featuring early art from Walt Kelly. Legendary Pogo artist Walt Kelly adapts Mother Goose nursery rhymes, including Three Blind Mice and Rock-a-Bye. Raggedy Ann and Andy prepare for rainy weather. Billy and Bonny Bee befriend Willie Wasp, despite warnings from others that he's only after their honey. Plus activity pages and "nonesuch" animals. The Raggedys Quest; Michael Finnegan; None-Such Animals: The Quirn; Raggedy Ann; Egbert Elephant and His Friends; Little Red Riding Hood; Prince Flamingo; Animal Mother Goose; The Raggedy Way; Billy and Bonny Bee. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Sy Barry, and John Belfi. Another crime comic from the prolific studio of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, this one featuring crimes throughout history as well as the standard gangster tales. Sometimes listed as Real Clue Crime #27. No issue # on cover; Vol. 3, issue #3 in indicia. Australian outlaw Iron Ned Kraven is the terror of the Outback. The story of detective Alphonse Bertillon, father of fingerprinting science. A rare story with art by the two cartoonist brothers, Dan Barry and Sy Barry. Another darkly humorous cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Tiger; Iron Ned Kraven of Australia; Johnny Morocco; Sam's Store; Mr. Fingerprint; You Can't Fool Clocks; Bullets and Orchids. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Dan Barry. I Find the Missing, art by Dan Barry. Sam Spade Wildroot Creme Oil, pencils by Lou Fine. The Isle of The Dead featuring Galveston, TX. U.S. Royal ad, art by Al Plastino. Con Coleano bio. Jackie Robinson bio. Keeper of the Jewels featuring Frederick H. Pough, art by Win Mortimer. The Statue of Liberty. Will Rogers- Cowboy Comic. Bazooka ad, art by Irwin Hasen. Scripts by Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, and Bernie Breslauer. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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

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Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos of Roy Rogers. "Badland Bullets," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Albert Micale; In the badlands Slick shoots Nella's horse. Nella takes Roy for Slick; He wins her trust; Using the riddle on a deerskin poke Nella seeks Grandpa's gold cache to pay the mortgage; Roy finds her a horse with saddlel They find three robbers' graves and a note. "Bat Masterson" text story by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Albert Micale; non-fiction story about the lawman. Untitled story, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Harry Parks (Parkhurst); Charley tells Pat how Lige brought Brownie in the house on a chain Christmas morning; Baby June rides off with Brownie; The family borrow hounds to search; Meanwhile, Brownie saves Baby June from two big Canada Lynxes, then lumbers off as the search party arrives. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. Photo front and back cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. Roy Rogers and the Ghost of the Lost Galleon, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Albert Micale; a story centered on the ghost of an old prospector. Johnny Owens-Poison to Outlaws--Great Lawmen of the Old West, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Albert Micale. Untitled Chuckwagon Charley's Tales story, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Harry Parks (Parkhurst). 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. Photo front and back cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. Roy Rogers and the Ghost of the Lost Galleon, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Albert Micale; a story centered on the ghost of an old prospector. Johnny Owens-Poison to Outlaws--Great Lawmen of the Old West, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Albert Micale. Untitled Chuckwagon Charley's Tales story, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Harry Parks (Parkhurst). 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. Photo front and back cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. Roy Rogers and the Ghost of the Lost Galleon, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Albert Micale; a story centered on the ghost of an old prospector. Johnny Owens-Poison to Outlaws--Great Lawmen of the Old West, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Albert Micale. Untitled Chuckwagon Charley's Tales story, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Harry Parks (Parkhurst). 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.