Comic books 1948 w/ month not specified

#63 3rd Printing. Story by Helen Palmer. Art by J.P. Miller. Hardcover, 42 Pages, Full Color, 6.5" x 8".

Cover by Mart Bailey. Stories and art by Mart Bailey. Series continues from The Face (1941 Columbia) #2. Radio star Tony Trent, formerly the crime-fighter known as The Face, continues his heroics as a civilian. When Tony Trent goes to the Europe, he stumbles on a rigged election in an infant democracy, and suspects the Reds are at work. Tony is marked for death after investigating a crooked munitions shipment. In a story from his days as The Face, Tony battles a foreign spy who is also a master swordsman. Tony Trent; Brass Knuckles; The Face. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Mart Bailey. Stories and art by Mart Bailey. Radio star Tony Trent, formerly the crime-fighter known as The Face, continues his heroics as a civilian. Tony parachutes from a damaged jet into a Soviet bloc country, and helps the people there foment a rebellion. Tony is challenged by a South American agent who is also a master swordsman. Tony is framed for the assassination of a foreign general. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $199.00 or Best Offer View scans INCOMPLETE due to significant damage to interior. Brittle pages. NOTE: Due to the damages and fragility of this item, we are unable to make an accurate page count. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Stories and art by Lily Renee, Gladys Parker, Rudolph Dirks, Charlie Plumb, Raeburn Van Buren and Eric Peters. A collection of 16 coverless St. John comics, rebound in hardcover and containing a variety of kid-friendly stories. After surviving a train wreck and a tiger attack, Abbott and Costello join a traveling circus. They try to help the beautiful ringmaster save her circus from sabotage by minions of the Big Boss, in a story with art by pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee. When Bathless Groggins comes into a small fortune, the fortune-hunters come out of the woodwork. Mopsy's new "super-grow" gardening seeds have a strange effect on a passing rooster. Little Annie Rooney; Ella Cinders; The Captain and the Kids; Little Audrey; Abbie an' Slats; Bill Bumlin; Jim Hardy; Mopsy; Abbott and Costello: Cut the Clowning! Other variants may exist. 516 pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.00.

First printing, 1948. Written by Francis Marion, illustrated by C. Leslie Crandall. When Ting-a-Ling the tricycle learns that Bobby wants a bicycle, he runs away and has many adventures in San Francisco's hills before finally finding happiness. Excellent, charming illustrations by Crandall. Dust jacket in color, laminated boards. 8-in. x 10 1/4-in., 28 pages, full color. Cover price $1.00.

True Comics Christmas Subscription Card (circa 1947). True Comics and Calling All Girls were among the titles published by Parents' Magazine Institute from the early 1940s to the beginning of the 1950s. This 6-in. x 8.5 -in. two-color, two-sided promotional card offers year-long subscriptions (12 issues) to True Comics or Calling All Girls at $1.00 per year (20c more for Canadian subscribers).

True Comics Christmas Subscription Card (circa 1947). True Comics and Calling All Girls were among the titles published by Parents' Magazine Institute from the early 1940's to the beginning of the 1950's. This 5.5-in. x 8.5-in. promotional card offers year long subscriptions (12 issues) to True Comics or Calling All Girls at $1.00 per year (20c more for Canadian subscribers).

True Comics Christmas Subscription Card (circa 1948). True Comics and Calling All Girls were among the titles published by Parents' Magazine Institute from the early 1940's to the beginning of the 1950's. This 6-in. x 9.5-in. two-color, two-sided promotional card offers year long subscriptions (12 issues) to True Comics or Calling All Girls at $1.00 per year (20c more for Canadian subscribers).

Whitman #1130 - 1948. Written by Howard R. Garis and illustrated by Lang Campbell. 6.25" x 6.75", 32 pages, full-color.

Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Stories and art by Hilda Terry, Ogden Whitney, Marty Links, Linda Walter and Jerry Walter. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #16. Part of A1 Comics, an anthology from Magazine Enterprises with content that varied from month to month. This issue featured funny-animal comics for kids. Muggsy Mouse is tempted by an easily accessible ice box (an early refrigerator) while no one is home; Tom-Tom the Jungle Boy meets the Fuzzy Wuzzies; Goofus the Gopher washes windows. Flying Freddy; Koko and Kola; Little Tops of the Big Top; Muggsy Mouse; Tom-Tom the Jungle Boy; Goofus the Gopher; The Pixies. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

1948. Images by Alberto Vargas. Prior to 1948, Varga calendars had been published by Esquire. When litigation ensued between Vargas and Esquire over the use of the Varga name, this calendar was pulled from newsstands. Calendar in paper envelope, 9" x 12.5", 12 pages, full color. Cover price $0.35.

5.25" x 7.5", 124 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Walt Disney's Bongo (1948 Whitman BLB) #803, hardcover, Story Hour Series

Canadian Edition. Reprints Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #96. Blank interior covers and no ads. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.10.

Mailer only

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Walt Disney's Donald Duck and his Cat Troubles (1948 Whitman BLB), #845A, (Disney), hardcover, 5" x 5 1/2"

Walt Disney's Mickey and the Beanstalk (1948) is a children's book based on the Disney cartoon short from the 1930's, published by Walt Disney Productions. The story features Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Donald. 38 pages, text, with color and B&W illustrations, hardcover, 4.75-in. x 6.75-in.

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Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse and the Boy Thursday (1948 Whitman BLB) #845, 5x5.5

Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse the Miracle Maker (1948 Whitman BLB) #845, 5" x 5 1/2"

Walt Disney's Minnie Mouse and the Antique Chair (1948 Whitman BLB) #845, 5" x 5 1/2"

2nd and later printings.

Based on the Story by Collodi. Adapted by Campbell Grant.

An Adaptation of the Walt Disney motion Picture Pinocchio.

Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8-in. 28 pages, full color. All Ages

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Walt Disney's Poor Pluto (1948 Whitman BLB) #845, 5" x 5 1/2", hardcover

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Reprint, 1948. Written by Gail Jordan. Unabridged. 5 1/4-in. x 7 1/4-in., 128 pages, B&W text. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories and art by Lee J. Ames, Stan Aschmeier, and Al Feldstein. E.C.'s early Pre-Trend crime title featured gangsters, gunplay and femmes fatale. Frisco Florrie, Queen of the Barbary Coast, specializes in shanghai - the crime of abducting sailors into slavery. A woman with malice on her mind uses a circus strongman to do her dirty work, in an Al Feldstein story. Tense car-chase cover by Johnny Craig. Frisco Florrie, Queen of the Barbary Coast!; The Case of the Savage Strongboy; The Deadly Habit; The Do-It Yourself Kid and the Dimpled Doll. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories and art by Gardner Fox, Howard Larson, Sheldon Moldoff, and Al Feldstein. E.C.'s early Pre-Trend crime title featured gangsters, gunplay and femmes fatale. Mobsters with machineguns go on a crime spree, in an Al Feldstein story. The train-themed story "Choo-Choo Jones" was created at the request of EC publisher and comics pioneer Max Gaines' request, shortly before his untimely death. An unusual piece of jewelry thwarts a band of thieves, with art by Howard Larson. The Machine-Gun Mad Mobsters; Choo-Choo Jones; The Robbery Ring. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

We Hit the Jackpot (1948) is a promotional comic book published by General Comics, Inc. This comic promotes capitalism and a free economy. 8 pages, full color, 7-in. x 10-in., newsprint with paper cover, no cover price.

Written by James Clayford. Digest-sized, 5.5" x 7.5", 124 pages, text. Cover price $0.25.

1st Printing - Written by James Clayford. She knew that he was married and would not divorce his wife, but she did not think that he could ever leave her for another woman. For the love of Dr. Curtis McPhail, Arlis Gordon sacrificed respectability and endured the gossip of small town conventionality. They called her "week-end girl", but she shook this off, happy in her stolen love. But a man's illicit love is inconstant, and there is no fury more relentless than the bitter resentment of a woman betrayed. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7", 130 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.35.

Volume 73, 1st Printing - "Gunsight Ranch" by Frank R. Adams. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 74, 1st Printing - "Renegade Range" by Tom West. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.