Comic books June 1949

Cover by Bob Lubbers. Edited by Seymour S. Schneid and Jack Byrne. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, Marilyn Mercer, Jerry Grandenetti, Enrico Bagnoli, Giovanni Benvenuti, and Ruben Moreira. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Outlaws get dance-hall girl Lil to impersonate Firehair; World Adventurers retells the story of Davy Crockett and the Alamo; The debut of The Secret Files of Dr. Drew, an occult series created by Will Eisner, his office manager Marilyn Mercer, and artist Jerry Grandenetti. Another fantastic Firehair cover by Bob Lubbers. Firehair; The Secret Files of Dr. Drew; World Adventurers; Jan of the Jungle; Glory Forbes; Sky Rangers; I Confess. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Harry Anderson, Paul Reinman, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. 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 #40. No issue # on cover; Vol. 4, issue #4 in indicia. Crooks steal the means to swindle jewelers across the country. A clumsy thief bounces in and out of prison in 1720s England. Scotland Yard investigates after a corpse turns up on the train in 1900 London. Don't Call Me Gertie!; English Jack; Captain Thayer's War; Hand-Painted Cabbage; Finger Nails; The Body At Hackney Station; The Kaleva Story. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Alice Kirkpatrick cover. In order of appearance: "Blind-Alley Love" and "Lesson for a Heartbreaker", art by Al Hartley, reprinted in Love at First Sight (1949) #32; "Haunted by the Past"; and "Under a Cloud of Suspicion" reprinted in Ten Story Love Vol. 35 (1955) #2. "The Charm Corner: You'll Be Charming If...Are You a Good Blind Date?" text article reprinted as "Your Charm Guide..." in Love at First Sight (1949) #37. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 15, Issue 1 - June, 1949. 6.75" x 9.75", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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

Canadian series. Reprints Red Ryder Comics (1940-1955 Hawley/Dell) #70. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

True stories of crime most foul fall victim to the pages of this short-lived vintage true crime magazine. Here, you will find tales of greed, jealousy, revenge, thievery, and murder....all true, all told in the words of the detectives who worked the cases. 8.5" x 11", 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Ralph Carlson and Howard Boughner. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. In an issue-length story, Rocky gets to the bottom of a especially clever cattle rustlers' trick. Gopherface tells his friends why he's worried. Plus photo pinups of Rocky and his equine movie co-star, Black Jack. Rustlers Round-Up!; Sagebrush; Red Rock Robber; Gopherface; Slim Pickens: The Chicken-Hearted Villain. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. Buried Brands, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Albert Micale; Roy comes to the aid of a man wrongly accused of stealing cattle. Pioneers of the Old West story, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Dan Spiegle. Chuck Wagon Charley's Tales story, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Harry Parks. Back cover: Roy, extreme close-up, color publicity photo. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Canadian Edition. Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy (blank interior covers). The Haunted Cliffs, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Albert Micale; Roy helps a sick Indian boy, going up against the beliefs of the boy's people. Jed Smith Mountain Man--Pioneers of the Old West by Gaylord DuBois. Chuck Wagon Charley's Tales story, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Harry Parks. Back cover: Roy, color close-up publicity photo, with Republic Pictures credit line. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

In order of appearance: "Rulah Jungle Goddess"; "Fame, Fortune... or Fate? The Magnificent Matador!"; "Rulah Jungle Goddess, The Dancing Macabre!"; and "Rulah Jungle Goddess, The Runaway Balloon..." retitled and reprinted with modifications as "Desperate Peril!". "Betrayal in the Jungle" text story reprinted in Terrors of the Jungle (1952) #21. Indicia states "RULAH". Numbering continues with I Loved (1949) #28. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Screen Stars Magazine was one among many of the supermarket celebrity tabloids that focused heavily on the day to day lives of the Hollywood elite, during the golden-age of cinema. This publication is filled cover to cover with typical fodder such as candid celebrity photos (some of which are in color), gossip columns, reader's letters to the editor, and the latest motion picture advertisements. 8.5" x 10.5", 74 pages, mostly B&W with a few color photos. Cover price $0.15.

Women's magazine with articles and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W.

Cover art by Harry G. Peter. The Secret of the Modern Sphinx starring Wonder Woman, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter. Mary Smith is going to be executed for murder unless someone can turn up and tell her who she really is; or Wonder Woman could use her lasso, but it's missing. The Mystery of Cell 17 starring Wildcat. Chip humor page by Harry Lampert. Willy Nilly story, art by Frank Harry. The House of a Thousand Secrets starring Lady Danger, art by Emil Gershwin. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Gustav Schrotter, Dick Heames, and Robert Webb. Cover by Jack Kamen. Adventures of the fearless jungle warrior Sheena, one of the earliest female heroes with her own title. Sheena battles crocodiles and the evil men who worship them; A safari ill-advisedly enters the veldt of the Zulu Claw-Men; Bob fails to best a native chieftain in battle, but Sheena's made of stronger stuff. The Claw-Men of Zulu Veldt; King Solomons Safari; The War of the Golden Apes; Beware the Water Demon; Congo Kill. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 207, Issue 8 - June, 1949. Cover by Everett R. Kinstler. Action/Adventure/Mystery stories by Richard Howells Watkins, E. Hoffmann Price, Walter C. Brown, Irwin J. Weill, William L. Rohde, William R. Cox, Frank Gruber, H.S.M. Kemp, Berton E. Cook, Hapsburg Liebe and John E. Kelly. 6.75" x 10". 144 pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.25.

Vintage monthly published magazine with a focus on the film industry as a whole. First published in November of 1930, publication continued through the late 1970s. Priding itself as a source for exclusive behind the scenes stories about filmmaking, Silver Screen also contained a fair amount of articles about celebrities, their relationships, the latest in fashion, and film reviews. Cover price $0.15.

Articles on sports, crime, and adventuring, plus pin-up photos. 8" x 10.5". 66 pages. B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Jack Cole. Midnight story, script and art by Jack Cole; Two crooks try to win the jackpot on Dave's quiz program. They Laugh Who Win starring The Jester. Lady Luck story, script and art by Klaus Nordling. Black X story. Daffy story, script and art by Bart Tumey. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Ernest Hix, and Raeburn Van Buren. United's anthology featured reprints of early comic strips, including Abbie an' Slats, Captain and the Kids and Nancy. The new format that started with issue #84 allows for larger reprints of Raeburn van Buren's detailed art on "Abbie an' Slats." Slats' new female boss becomes infatuated with him, and tries to make him jealous. Lost in the jungle, the Captain and the Kids happen upon Professor McDipp and the trained monkeys of his "Jungle School." But when all seems lost, they are saved by the beautiful Princess Tamale and her trained animals. The Family Workshop; Nancy; Strange as It Seems; Captain and the Kids; Abbie an Slats. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Scripts by Eisner or Feiffer, or Eisner/Feiffer, or Nordling. Art by Eisner with backgrounds by Eisner, Grandenetti, Le Blanc, Stallman, Nordling, Dixon and/or others except where noted.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Scripts by Eisner or Feiffer, or Eisner/Feiffer, or Nordling. Art by Eisner with backgrounds by Eisner, Grandenetti, Le Blanc, Stallman, Nordling, Dixon and/or others except where noted.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Scripts by Eisner or Feiffer, or Eisner/Feiffer, or Nordling. Art by Eisner with backgrounds by Eisner, Grandenetti, Le Blanc, Stallman, Nordling, Dixon and/or others except where noted.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Scripts by Eisner or Feiffer, or Eisner/Feiffer, or Nordling. Art by Eisner with backgrounds by Eisner, Grandenetti, Le Blanc, Stallman, Nordling, Dixon and/or others except where noted.

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June 5, 1949. Spirit Weekly Newspaper section. Scripts by Eisner or Feiffer, or Eisner/Feiffer, or Nordling. Art by Eisner with backgrounds by Eisner, Grandenetti, Le Blanc, Stallman, Nordling, Dixon and/or others except where noted. Tabloid Sized Newsprint, 10-3/4" x 15", 8 pages, full color.

June 12, 1949. Spirit Weekly Newspaper section. Scripts by Eisner or Feiffer, or Eisner/Feiffer, or Nordling. Art by Eisner with backgrounds by Eisner, Grandenetti, Le Blanc, Stallman, Nordling, Dixon and/or others except where noted. Tabloid Sized Newsprint, 10-3/4" x 15", 8 pages, full color.

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June 19, 1949. Spirit Weekly Newspaper section. Scripts by Eisner or Feiffer, or Eisner/Feiffer, or Nordling. Art by Eisner with backgrounds by Eisner, Grandenetti, Le Blanc, Stallman, Nordling, Dixon and/or others except where noted. Tabloid Sized Newsprint, 10-3/4" x 15", 8 pages, full color.

June 26, 1949. Spirit Weekly Newspaper section. Scripts by Eisner or Feiffer, or Eisner/Feiffer, or Nordling. Art by Eisner with backgrounds by Eisner, Grandenetti, Le Blanc, Stallman, Nordling, Dixon and/or others except where noted. Tabloid Sized Newsprint, 10-3/4" x 15", 8 pages, full color.

Cover art by Jim Mooney. The Riddle of the Sphinx! starring Robin, art by Jim Mooney (as Bob Kane); after capturing a member of the Red Mask gang, Batman decides on a daring yet risky venture to uncover the identities of the other members of the gang. Trail of the Timber Thieves starring Federal Agent, art by Creig Flessel. Riddle of the Flying Dutchman II starring Captain Compass, art by George Papp. The Two Faces of Tomahawk starring Tomahawk, art by Fred Ray. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bill Everett. Birth of Sub-Mariner, script and art by Bill Everett; origin of the Sub-Mariner retold. Clue In Sepia text story. Wheels of Death--Let's Play Detective, art by Al Bellman. Peril In New York starring the Sub-Mariner, Princess Fen, Dorma, Betty Dean, and Leonard McKenzie, script and art by Bill Everett. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Issue 43 - June 25, 1949. Family friendly magazine featuring comics and celebrity gossip released in Australia. Newsprint, 9" x 12", 8 pages, B&W and color.

Vintage magazine featuring stories about, and tips for those interested in the nudist way of life. Softcover Magazine, 8" x 11", 32 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

Sunday Pix Vol.1 (1949) - Sunday Pix was a Christian comic book published weekly by David C. Cook. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 12 pages.