Comic books February 1949

Photo cover. 7-panel comic book page format horoscope for Aquarius. "Scared - Of Love"; Ann Curtis is prim and proper in all things, and living with her elderly and repressive Aunt Ellen; Ann meets Mark Reed, a spontaneous, fun-loving young man, and they begin dating; Ann falls in love but considers Mark's pleasure in simple things such as running to the top of a hill on a spring day or playing games at a birthday party childish and undignified. "Wanted: The Perfect Man"; Marge wants absolute perfection in the men she dates and drops one after another when they fall short of her standards; She is attracted to Gene Towns and they date, but Marge criticizes his hairstyle, his clothes, and the way he holds her when he kisses her. "Love's Sacrifice" The Happiness and Heatbreak of Vicki Carr text story. "Betrayed By My Temper"; Ginger is a redhead with a terrible temper; She dates Bill but their times together are spoiled by her rages. "I Led Him On"; Betty and Tom are lovers living in Ridgeway but Tom works far from home; They are together only on weekends; Kurt Wilson, an associate in her father's business, is new in town, lonely, and asks Betty out; She accepts his invitations to dinner, the theater, and art galleries, and his small gifts such as a bracelet and earrings. Biography of actor Guy Madison. Back cover photo of Guy Madison. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

story. A Real Sport text story. Candid Charlie story, art by Robert Q.Sale. Boitram the Boiglar story, script and art by Art Helfant. A Murder in South Africa starring Gary Stark, script and art by Don Rico. Heathcliff the Hobo humor page by Art Helfant. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

First "Valley of the Monsters" issue. Art cover. Dinosaur cover. "Tarzan and the Valley of the Monsters." Waziri Chief Muviro's grandson and Boy get whisked off to a valley of prehistoric monsters by a runaway hot air balloon. Includes part seven of Jesse Marsh's adaptation of Burroughs' Ape-English Dictionary. Script by Gaylord DuBois, art and cover by Jesse Marsh. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Story and art by Milton Caniff and Bob Powell. Cover by Milton Caniff. Harvey reprints Caniffs influential adventure strip about young Terrys adventures in the untamed Orient with two-fisted Pat. The guys are assigned to seek out the enemy's secret airbase in India. Then Hotshot Charlie makes his debut. Meanwhile, Burma is lost in the jungle. Fearless Rough-Rider; Chain of Deceit; Dramatic Climax; Trapped; Air Attack; Combat Area; Reward for Merit; Icky Square; Meet Hotshot Charlie; Appeal for Help; Seeing Double; Hidden Identity; The Adventures of Hotshot Charlie: Stage Door Charlie; Plane Talk; Tommy Tweens Fishing Escapade; Flossie. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Art Bartsch. Art by Art Bartsch and Connie Rasinski. St. John presents the comics adventures of the characters of animator Paul Terry's studio. In his latest scheme against Mighty Mouse, The Claw uses "atomic power," a concept on everyone's minds in 1949. Heckle and Jeckle cause mayhem under the Big Top when they decide to join the circus. Chipper: Mail-Order Magic; Mighty Mouse: The Atomic Mouse Trap; Gandy Goose: The Dingbat; Dinky: The Rival; Heckle and Jeckle: Circus Daze. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Norman Maurer. "Uncivil Warriors," script (adaptation) and art by Norman Maurer; The stooges are spies for the north during the Civil War; They impersonate southern officers and infiltrate the enemy ranks to get valuable information; Adapted from the Three Stooges' film of the same name. "The Eyes of Kali!', art by Joe Kubert; Mark tells B. K. the story of how he and Sandy encountered Prince Vila in India and discovered Vila led a cult of Thugees with ambitions to conquer the nation; Mark raises an uprising amongst Vila's prisoners and finally kills him with his statue of Kali; B. K. likes the story and makes a film of it and only at the film's premiere realizes it was a true story after seeing tiger claw marks on Mark's arm. "Hoi Polloi," script (adaptation) and art by Norman Maurer; A professor plays Pygmalion to three bumbling garbage men and tries to turn them into gentlemen; Adapted from the Three Stooges' film of the same name. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Art Saaf, Charles S. Strong, George Tuska, Rafael Astarita, and Frank Frazetta. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 58, Issue 2 - February, 1949. 6.5" x 9.5", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 33, Issue 3 - February, 1949. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by A.E. Van Vogt, James Blish and Damon Knight, Benj. Miller, William Fitzgerald, Ray Bradbury, Sam Merwin Jr., Margaret St. Clair, and Theodore Sturgeon. Nine Virgil Finlay illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Art by Frank Bolle and others. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Tim must clear his name after he's framed for murder; Betty takes over her father's silver mine, but his killers try to trap her in a stampede; Robbers tap a telegraph line to learn the details of a gold shipment. Tim Holt's Western Album; Wanted: Tim Holt!; Tim Holt's Roundup; The Telegrapher at Trotter's Creek; Noose for a Killer; The Ghost on Haunted Mountain. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Mario DeMarco. George O'Brien bio by DeMarco. "Two Gun Justice," art by James McKell; Western thrill story based on the Monogram film of the same name; The stage carrying gold bullion is held up by Bart Kane and his gang, and Tim Hayes is sent out to clean out the gang. Ken Curtis bio by Mario DeMarco. Tim McCoy's Western Lingo by Mario De Marco; Clearing up the meaning of some western words. "Chief Blackbird's Skull" From The Scrapbook of Col. Tim McCoy article. Along the Trail by Mario De Marco; A series of western facts and stories. Untitled story, script and art by Clinton Harmon; Pecos Bill has the fastest horse, but Dirtyfoot Joe aims to win the race just to save his ugly face. "The Plunderers"; Adapted from the Republic Picture movie of the same name; Major Drum has been sent to capture a young outlaw named Whit Lacey. Gary Cooper bio by Mario De Marco. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and Art by Ernie Bushmiller, Ving Fuller, Al Capp, Raeburn van Buren, Bernard Dibble, Sam Leff, Rudolph Dirks, Gus Arriola and unknown. (Note: Who the inkers are is mainly unknown.) In this issue: Nancy by Ernie Bushmiller; Doc Syke 1-pager by Ving Fuller; Li'l Abner by Al Capp; How it Began article "Christmas Candles in Windows"; Abbie an' Slats by Raeburn van Buren; El Bombo by Bernard Dibble; Stamp Tips article "A Story from Ceylon"; Curly Kayoe by Sam Leff; The Captain and the Kids by Rudolph Dirks; Fritzi Ritz by Bushmiller; Gordo by Gus Arriola; and Strange as It Seems tale "Wise Men of China." 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. Kid Craig is out of prison after three years and anxious for revenge against Tom. People begin disappearing while crossing the desert near Dobie, without leaving a clue behind. Tom tells Billy about the history of "running" cattle brands, and how rustlers figured out the way to rebrand cattle. Action-packed painted cover by Norman Saunders. The Secret of the Lake; Cowboy Cal; Saddlehead; Whitey Whiskers and Daniel Boone, Jr.; The Case of the Mysterious Disappearances; Double Trouble Cross; The Frozen Cache; Tumbleweed Jr.: Peace; Round Up Time with Tom Mix; The Brand of Death. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 14, Issue 2 - February, 1949. Tops was a Magic Periodical first published in January 1936 by the Abbott Magic & Novelty Company for magic enthusiasts. 8.5" x 11", 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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February 8, 1949

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February 22, 1949

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Stories and art by Jack Sparling, Edd Ashe, Phil Berube, Adolph Rupp and Jane Wyman. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. The history of the U.S. State Department; Legendary bandleader Tommy Dorsey; Journalist Floyd Gibbons reports on the sinking of his own ship in WWI. Oddities in Sports; The Story Behind the U.S. State Department; Youre the Detective; The Case of the Barefoot Bandit; Are You a Quiz Whiz?; King of Reporters; My Most Interesting True Experience; Tips on Championship Basketball; Truly Comic!, Sentimental Gentleman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin vanishes in search of the Northwest Passage; The little-known story of the U.S. Camel Corps; Captain John Charles Fremont fights for California during the Mexican–American War. Galloping Ghost; Sir John Franklin: Lost in the Arctic; Roy Chapman Andrews: Modern Dragon Hunter; Captain John Charles Fremont; Jefferson Davis: The U.S. Camel Corps; Genius of Jet; Truly Comic! 32 pages, Full Color. NOTE: #80-84 are all newsprint editions that were distributed by mail only to subscribers (no newstand distribution). Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Syd Shores. "Trail of the Owl-Hooter"; Two-Gun Kid is called to San Antonio, Texas by the governor of the state who hires him to track down and bring in an outlaw named Chet "Limpy" Saunders. "Trouble by the Gallon!"; Riding the range and running low on water, the Two-Gun Kid rides into the Evans Ranch to see if he can refill his canteen; He is confronted by owner Steve Evans and his ranch hands at first believe him to be a member of Sam Stone's ranch. "Prairie Fire" text story. "Showdown on the Sonoma Stage"; In the town of Somona, a stage coach carrying gold is once more robbed and the driver shot dead; Hoping to stop the thief, the local banker hires Tex Taylor to ride shotgun on the next ride out. "Marvel Comics Group" editorial disputing Dr. Wertham's article in the Saturday Review of Literature. Death Rides the Range!; At the Double Bar ranch, Billy Harrison finds another one of the ranches cattle dead; Two-Gun Kid passes through the area and Billy thinks him the source of the cattle dying and tries to shoot him. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

No issue number. Published 1949. Cover price $0.10.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mort Leav. Stories and art by Mort Leav, Maurice Del Bourgo, and Mort Lawrence. Bloody pre-Code crime comics, in imitation of Crime Does Not Pay - including a top-hatted, otherworldly narrator. The twist is that the publisher offers wanted posters (and rewards) for real-life criminals. Police in Budapest discover that the legendary killer called The Bat has seemingly returned to life. A man who cheated the Mob waits anxiously to make his escape before the killers catch up with him. Private eye Skip Tracer is hired to track the young killer known as the Shotgun Kid. The Shotgun Kid; Wanted: Heber Ayers; The Devil Bat; The Highwayman; Charley Ross C.M.H; Ring…Three Times. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Mort Leav. Stories and art by Jerry Robinson, Mort Meskin, William Woolfolk, and Mort Lawrence. Bloody pre-Code crime comics, in imitation of Crime Does Not Pay - including a top-hatted, otherworldly narrator. The twist is that the publisher offers wanted posters (and rewards) for real-life criminals. A cautionary tale about marijuana, with art by Batman legend Jerry Robinson and Golden Age artist Mort Meskin. A comics version of the famous horror tale "The Monkey's Paw." Private eye Skip Tracer investigates the murder of a wealthy man who happened to wander down Dead Mans Street. Also featuring a vintage ad for "authentic replicas" of WWII Axis handguns. Dead Mans Street!; Wanted: Walter Joseph Landreth; Satans Cigarettes; The Right-Wrong Change!; The Third Wish; Crime and Doom Are Partners! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

No number, dated Febuary 1949. Cover by Max Elkan. "The Hoax of the Jester," art by Max Elkan; A ventriloquist uses his talent against the law, and robs and kills prospectors. "The Snake of Socorro," pencils by Louis Zansky. "Trouble Comes in Threes!", art by King Ward. "Death's Trail to Deer Lodge" text story. "The Clanton Boys' Last Stand," art by Louis Zansky; Wyatt Earp brings justice to Tombstone; The gunfight at OK Corral. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Howard Sherman. The Town That Was Never Robbed starring Wyoming Kid, art by Howard Sherman. Highlights of Henry Iba's coaching Career at Oklahoma A & M University coupled with a Wheaties ad. The Man Who Forgot starring Rodeo Rick, art by Jimmy Thompson. The Loaded Scales of Justice starring Nighthawk, art by Charles Paris. Ad for Irwin Foster Sportswear with Superman emblems and pictures of Superman. An article on the development of the buffalo police. Mistaken Identity starring Cowboy Marshal, art by Ed Smalle Jr. Sam catches an arsonist in this Wildroot Cream-Oil Hair Tonic, art by Lou Fine. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Al Camy and John Belfi. Outlaws, gunfighters, and tales of the Old West - some true, and others merely legends. The Battle of Little Big Horn becomes a defining moment of the American West, and the Waterloo for US General Custer. One of the greatest Western legends who never lived, Pecos Bill lassos a tornado, and that's just for starters. The strange true tale of the Apache Kid, a white Apache military scout who later became an outlaw, a rustler and a legend. The Little Big Horn; The Beard Trick; The Axe Swingers; The Finger; Tiger of the Plains; A Rootin Tootin Story of Pecos Bill; The Apache Kid; He Talked Himself to Death. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover photo by John Randolph. Art by Bruno Premiani, Vic Donahue, John Severin, Will Elder, Mort Meskin, and Jack Kirby. Tales of romance on the range and heartbreak on the high prairie. Nan romanticizes the Old West and hates to see modern advances; A story featuring early art by EC legends John Severin and Will Elder (and a page by Kirby); Sally falls for tough-guy cowboy Chane. The Girl from Ghost Town; Cowtown Casanova; Bodyguard for Betsy; How to Corral Your Man; Heartbreaker; The Rancher's Daughter!; Six-Gun Serenade. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.