Comic books March 1948

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Stories and art by Rod Reed, Warren Kramer and Frank Bolle. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. When Slim Spade is accused of killing Smilin' Jim, the best-liked man in town, Hopalong has to stop an angry mob until he can find out the truth. Hoppy's sidekick Mesquite plays decoy when outlaws are seeking a fortune in stolen diamonds hidden in a laundry bag. When Jenkins complains about roadblocks, Pistol-Packin' Pattie suggests the biggest block is in his head. She's just trying to help! Deadline at Midnight; Hill Billy; The Brainy Desperadoes; Be a Sharpshooter; The Substitute Dummy!; Whitey Whiskers and Daniel Boone Jr.: The Cattle Catastrophe; Prairie Dog; The Sheriff Makes a Headline; Peewee Pete; Pistol-Packin' Pattie; Ridin' Herd with William Boyd; The Mystery of the Smuggled Diamonds!; Scape-Goat. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Bill Woolfolk, and Gus Ricca. Ancient Egyptian sorcerer Ibis revives in modern times to battle evil, aided by his girlfriend Taia and his magic wand-like Ibistick. An ancient evil book, bound in human skin, is filled with illustrations of extinct beasts that can come to life and kill. When an ancient cult seeks to release the Titans that once ruled the Earth, only Ibis stands in their way. Mystic Moot uses his Magic Snoot to fix a hopelessly tangled highway, in a story from legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton. The Book of Evil; Beasts of Darkness; Mystic Moot and His Magic Snoot: Traveling in the Best Circles; The Revolt of the Titans. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.15.

Ernie Bache cover (signed with his penname, 'Bachelor'), which features Radix the Man of Hate and the International Crime Patrol. The International Crime Patrol star in "The Tide of Terror!", Igor the Archer in "The Phantom of the Factory," the Chessmen in "The Adventure of the Misplaced Vial," and Madelon, Slick Chick of the Camera, in "Peril Over Paris." Also features Moon Girl in "Moon Girl and the Prince." Two full page Moon Girl and the Prince ads (one in black and white, the other in color). Two page text story, "The Mysterious Pencil Sharpener!" This pre-code gem features bondage panels in almost every story, plus a scantily clad Moon Girl! Va-va-va-voom! Cover price $0.10.

Children's text stories and illustrations with puzzles and activities. 6 page picture section. 7 x 10. Cover price $0.25.

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Last-Second Shot in NIT; Ernie Calverly's three-quarter court basket lifts Rhode Island to an overtime win over Bowling Green University in the National Invitational Tournament in 1946. Jack Armstrong's Fighting Chance. Highlights of the career of Maurice Richard, Montreal Canadiens hockey player. Jack Armstrong Magazine All-American Award; Fifteen-year-old Donald L. Smith of Coldwater, Mich., rescues eight-year-old Nancy McConnell from drowning and earns the fifth Jack Armstrong Magazine All-American Award. The Case of the Redheaded Hijacker; Hardy uses scientific methods to track down robbers that hijacked a truckload of furs. Profile of Ozzie Cowles, champion basketball coach of the University of Michigan. Jack Armstrong Trails the Killer of Ghost Canyon. Rebel; A wild stallion is captured and trained to be a polo pony. Lady of the Law; Betty meets policewoman Carol Shaw and helps her foil a jewelry store robbery. Ready-y-y! Aim--Fire!; Billy has misadventures in a firehouse, but saves the day at a real fire. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Russell Ross. Stories by Monte Barrett and others. Art by Russell Ross and others. Female crime reporter Jane solves crimes the police can't crack, in reprints from the classic comic strip. Art forgers see Jane at a museum and panic, thinking she's on to them. Jane tries to get the facts on a phony weight-loss scheme. Jane goes undercover in an office to help the police catch an embezzler. Action-girl cover is about ten years ahead of its time. Trouble with Fingerprints; Beware the Talent Scout!; Case of the Stolen Rembrandt; Case of the Reducing Faker; Case of the Twisted Identities. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Hey Look" by Harvey Kurtzman (1 page). Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $285.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s) Label #0264424013

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Cover by Jack Kamen. Jungle adventure in the tradition of Tarzan from Fox Feature Syndicate. Jo-Jo and Tanee are captured and tortured by the chieftain of the Valley of Jade, who is building a giant statue of himself; The Mozambii tribe attacks, in a story with a bathing scene that was somewhat risque for 1948; A mad priest demands sacrifices to his gigantic multi-armed idol. Fun gorilla-girl cover, probably by Jack Kamen. The Jade Juggernaut; The Death Moat of the Mozambii; Mask of the Swahili Terror; Eyeless Idol of Gaza. There was no issue #13. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ham Fisher (credited). Stories and art by Ham Fisher, C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza, and Bob Powell. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. On their way to California to shoot a boxing movie, Knobby introduces Joe to his new girlfriend, actress Sally - but can their love survive Hollywood? To free Maylene's people, Flyin' Fools Chickie and Gootch must retrieve an ancient document from Arabian warlord Razma Dazma. Plus two prose adventures of early female superhero Black Cat. Also featuring a Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party," with art by Shazam creator C.C. Beck. Black Cat Defies Death; Adventures in Hollywood; Ricky Roony; Little Max: Battling Bee; The Flyin' Fool; Black Cat: Dangerous Bet. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Millie the Model cover and story "Beauty and the Boss", Basil Wolverton's Powerhouse Pepper in a "A Scare in the Air". 36pg. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Alex Toth. "Music Was Never Like This!," art by Alex Toth (as Sandy Toth); Brief history of Spike Jones and the City Slickers. "Tex Beneke Carries On," art by Fred Guardineer; The story of Tex Beneke and his band. "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive"; A very brief account of Johnny Mercer's career. "Serenade starring Woody Herman," art by R. Webster; A crooked promoter tries to pull a bait-and-switch on a high school dance committee. "Paging Mr. Husing" article; Short feature about radio announcer Ted Husing. "King of the Juke Boxes...Perry Como!," art by CAM; The story of Perry Como's rise to fame. "Jammy Sammy"; Jivey meets the daughter of a popular singer. "Serenade with Benny Goodman," art by Sid Greene; Benny and Art expose a phony music school racket. "Duke Ellington," art by A. C. Hollingsworth; Duke Ellington tells how he got his name, oddly enough, from his hobby of collecting clothes. "Buddy Rich Young Man with a Drum," art by R. Johnson; How Buddy Rich became a drummer in Frank Sinatra's band. 52 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle", reprinted in Golden Age Sheena Best of Queen of the Jungle TPB (2008) #2-1ST, and "The Hawk" art by Robert Webb; "ZX-5" art by Jack Kamen; "Sky Girl" art by Matt Baker, reprinted in Sky Gal (1994) #1; and "Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural" and "The Ghost Gallery" art by Jack Kamen. "Night Attack" text story by Henry Wysham Lanier. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by John Celardo. "Terror Trail of the Cannibal Caravans!", art by John Celardo; Baldy and his gang are robbing safaris of their supplies and re-selling them; Kaänga and N'geeso put stop to the raiding and the leaders of the raiders are dissolved in an acid pit. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; After a tumble into the river that washes him far downstream, Simba is mistaken by the other animals for Jordah, their king; He defeats Lepor, a challenger for Jordah's throne, and returns home. Jungle Facts, art by Mike Peppe; A brief natural history of the tiger. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Animal hunter Della France is smuggling looted temple jewels out of the jungle inside the hides of her captured animals; Captain Terry Thunder and Keeto expose her scheme and arrest her. Untitled story, art by Frank Doyle; A tribe of silver apes takes exception to Wambi's insistence on peace in the jungle and kidnap him, taking him to the Temple of Velda where they plan to kill him with a spiked wall; Tawn and Ogg come to Wambi's rescue and close the temple to the silver apes. "Death at Tsavo" text story by Henry Wysham Lanier. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Professor Martell is kidnapped by followers of the fire god, Za-Kor; Tabu places his daughter under a dream spell and she sees where he is being held: inside the Za-Kor idol. Untitled stories, art by Bob Lubbers; Jules, Barney, and Gus are masquerading as the spirits of ancient bat-warriors to frighten away the local tribe and steal their gold; Camilla fights them but is overcome; Gus has a change of heart and frees Camilla. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Paula Giokaris and others. Teen-humor comics featuring the misadventures of Junie and her gal-pals. Lollie and Junie learn that teen heartthrob Andy Brussel will be passing through town, but mean Drucilla wants him all to herself. Junie has trouble catching a man for the Sadie Hawkins-like "Pin-Up Dance." Dexter joins Jill and her father on a hayride, but her dad doesn't like him, his saxophone, or his knack for accidents. Plus fashion pin-ups starring Junie and her pals. Dreamboat with Whiskers!; Dream Duds for Junie; Pin-Up Boy!; Dessy and the Diary; Baby-Sitter!; Frocks for Fun; Dexter: Hectic Hayride. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art and cover by Al Feldstein. Teen comedy typical of the time, with art by EC legend Al Feldstein. Deena ill-advisedly enlists Junior to help redecorate her mother's kitchen; The gang tries to help Goofy replace a broken window before his parents find out; Deena and Gwenny get jobs as models, in a story featuring some tame Betty & Veronica-style cheesecake art by Feldstein. Blowing-skirt cover predates the famous Marilyn Monroe picture by several years. Inferior Decorating; Glass Pains; The Crime Shall Be Nameless; Chemical Action; A Model Story. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Alfred Andriola. Stories and art by Allen Saunders, Alfred Andriola, and Joe Kubert. Reprints of Alfred Andriola's detective comic strip Kerry Drake and other adventure tales. This issue features reprints from April - June, 1945. Sleepy-lidded Shuteye is dubbed The Silk Hat Safecracker for his dapper appearance, often on the arm of the beautiful Roulette. Plus a profile of Kerry Drake artist Alfred Andriola, and an early crime story by comics legend Joe Kubert. Shuteye's Penalty; Meet the Artist; It's Murder; Winged Terror; Snoopy; Cops and Robbers; Puzzle Parade; Poisoned Broth. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Three untitled Kid Eternity stories, plus Jasper Dewgood back-up. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Ruth Plumly Thompson (sometimes credited as Jo King). Stories and art by Chic Young, Fran Striker, Charles Flanders, Bob Dunn, Frank Miller, Bob Naylor, Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Bela Zaboly, George McManus, Austin Briggs, Jack Sords, Ray Moore, Otto Soglow, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Carl Anderson, and Alex Raymond. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. The cover has Popeye basically inventing the modern sport of land windsurfing; Mandrake the Magician and Lothar enter a land plagued by winged monsters. Blondie; The Lone Ranger; Dun-Dums; Barney Baxter in the Air; Mandrake the Magician; Thimble Theatre; Bringing Up Father; Flash Gordon; Sords Sports; The Phantom; The Little King; Henry. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Olive Bailey. Stories by Isabel Manning Hewson and Bill Woolfolk. Art by Olive Bailey. The comics adaptation of a popular children's radio show, from back when EC was still run by Max Gaines and called "Educational Comics." Isabel and Billy travel to a magical undersea kingdom after befriending Red Lantern, a talking fish. Isabel and Billy try to protect the children of the Urchinage from the tyrannical Miss Snipe. Then the duo gets involved in a living chess game. The Urchinage!; The Battle Of The Chessmen!; The Strange Stuart Case; The Pencilvania Pirates! Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Syd Shores cover. "Adam and Eve--Crime Incorporated," "Scourge of the Wast--the Story of Jesse James," "The Clue of the Left-Handed Killer," and "Joe Kratz, Killer!" Two page text story, "Murder - On Stage!" Two pages "Giggles 'n Grins" cartoons by Harvey Kurtzman. (The mugshot photo on the cover is one Florence Kovianek, a 19 year old wanted by the F.B.I. at the time on kidnapping charges). Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bob Oksner. Mannequin Maneuvers, script by Hal Seegar and Sheldon Mayer, art by Bob Oksner and Sheldon Mayer; Binky gets a job delivering mannequins so he can take Peggy to the dance. Untitled Mimie humor page by Harry Lampert. A Day With Binky's Folks, script by Hal Seegar and Sheldon Mayer, pencils by Bob Oksner and Sheldon Mayer; Movie star Guy Daring is coming to town and the whole family's life is disrupted. Uncle Snootly's Picture starring Little Allergy, script and art by Sheldon Mayer. His Undivided Attention, script by Hal Seegar and Sheldon Mayer, pencils by Bob Oksner and Sheldon Mayer, inks by Bob Oksner; Lucy's portable radio won't turn off which winds her up at the police station; her radio is playing broadcasting the Adventures of Superman, and shes wearing a Superman costume. The Western Gal, script by Hal Seegar and Sheldon Mayer, pencils by Bob Oksner and Sheldon Mayer, inks by Bob Oksner; Duke palms an excess date off on Binky, who's scared to death Peggy will find out. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by John Stanley. A Good Time At the Movies, script and art by John Stanley; Lulu, Tubby, and another girl have just seen a very sad movie. Lulu's Heartthrob, script and art by John Stanley; Tubby becomes jealous when he catches Lulu writing a fan letter to Hollywood. Luluhaha, script and art by John Stanley; Lulu tells Alvin about when she was an Indian maiden. The Report Card, script and art by John Stanley. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $300.00 View scans Paper: Off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s); Minor crack(s) front or back, under 1" Label #0065617003

The Lone Ranger and the Legion of the Black Arrow, art by Charles Flanders; A secret organization called the Legion of the Black Arrow is robbing cattlemen to fund its operations to overthrow the federal government. The Lone Ranger and the Attack on the Wagon Train, art by Charles Flanders; Tonto is captured by a gang planning to attack a wagon train. Based on the popular Western TV series. Based on the popular Western TV series. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

3rd Burroughs, Inc. Printing. March, 1948. Written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Frontispiece by J. Allen St. John. Hardcover, 5-1/4" x 7-3/4", 318 pages, B&W. NOTE: Originally released with dust jacket. Cover price $1.00.

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, Roy Crane, Robert Storm, Mel Graff, Carl Anderson, Clayton Knight, Chic Young, Bob Dunn, Joe Musial, Tom Sims, and Bela Zaboly. Lee Falk's adventurer Mandrake the Magician gets top billing in this anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Mandrake matches wits with the master criminal known as The Dome; Buz Sawyer's adventures are created by influential cartoonist Roy Crane. Mandrake the Magician; Jan and Aloysius; Heroes on Wings; Best Laughs; Buz Sawyer; The Lone Ranger; Secret Agent X-9; Little Acorns; Popeye; Blondie; Dollar-A-Dither. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $21.00 View scans Paper: Cream Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

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Volume 4, Issue 3 - March, 1948. 6.75" x 9.75", 194 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $540.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #3707642015

Cover art by Ogden Whitney. "Maid in the Morgue" text story by Gardner Fox. "The School for Spies," art by Ogden Whitney; Fallon uncovers a hidden school for communist agents. "The Land of Lost Lumber," art by L B Cole; Red Fox helps a lumberjack stop a surveyor from stealing his claim. "The Men from Deep Space," art by Fred Guardineer; Space Ace and Jak Tal, with the help of a handshake-buzzer, defeat an alien invasion. "The Stone of the Dying Druid," art by Paul Parker; Eddie Bishop finds a cursed stone that compels him to commit robberies and murder. "The Mystery of the Stolen Secrets," art by Odgen Whitney; Starr Flagg must determine how Black Dan is unknowingly sending secrets to enemy spies. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Otto Binder, C. C. Beck, Kurt Schaffenberger, Pete Costanza, and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. When circus entrepreneurs fail to get the Marvels to appear in their show, they accidentally summon three demons instead. Mary Marvel investigates when songwriters' new songs are somehow stolen by a record company before they're even written down. Sivana tricks the original Captain Marvel into smashing open buildings that he wants to rob, by disguising himself as an Einstein-like scientist. The Trio of Terror; Judge Smudge; Lazy Lee; Peewee Pete; Mary Marvel: Tune Trouble; Kanvasback; Captain Marvel, Jr.: The Flying Eye; Easy as Taking Candy From a Baby; The Space Race; Captain Marvel: The Science Crimes. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.