Comic books May 1948

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Vol. 30 #2 - May 1948. Boeing XL-15 coverage. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 126 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Alec Hope, Stan Ford, Gregory Page and Matt Baker. Cover by Matt Baker. A collection of adventure and superhero comics from Fox Feature Syndicate. Jungle warrior Rulah faces danger while trying to protect white explorers from native superstitions; Blue Beetle tries to rescue a stuck-up, wealthy kidnap victim; Phantom Lady faces a con artist who uses his glass eye in a scheme to swindle his victims. Featuring art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. Rulah: The Biting God!; Blue Beetle: The Kidnapped Snob; Pot of Gold; Phantom Lady: The Case of the Swindling Eye!; Jo-Jo: Death Drums of Dumballi. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 22, Issue 5 - May, 1948. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Stories by Guy Archette, Craig Browning, S.M. Tenneshaw, Warren Kastel, and Lee Francis. Non-fiction by Ray Palmer ("The Proof of the Shaver Mystery"). Illustrations by J. Allen St. John, Rod Ruth, Enoch Sharp, and Jones. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 180 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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May, 1948. Volume 41, Issue 3. Cover by Alejandro. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Win Mortimer. "Guileful Greetings!" or "The Joker Sends Regards!", script by Don C. Cameron, pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Charles Paris; When Joker breaks out of jail the underworld throws a party for his escape complete with giant greeting cards; Drawing inspiration, the Joker commits a series of crimes where he sends Batman cryptic greeting cards giving the caped crusader clues as to what he intends rob. Wheaties ad with Leo Johnson. "Big House Chaplain!", script by Don C. Cameron, pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Gene McDonald; Batman infilitrates the Gotham Prison to break down a large network of criminals working from inside. Western Comics ad. "Clean Up" text story by Kit Marlin, art by Raymond Perry. Gang Busters comic ad. "The Batman That History Forgot!", script by Don C. Cameron, pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Gene McDonald; Professor Carter Nichols wants to learn about a man named Batman in the 15th Century and he sends Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson back in time; The Dynamic Duo meet with Leonardo da Vinci and they help him fight back the oppression caused by a cruel ruler. One-page Nervous Norman story by Phil Berube. Half-page Daffy & Doodle story by Lit-Win. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Blonde Phantom Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Otto Binder and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Al Liederman and unknown. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) stars in: "The Runaway Steamshovel" with story by Otto Binder; "Billy Batson's Phobias" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck; "The Surrealist Imp" by Bill Woolfolk and C.C. Beck; and "The Feud with the River" with story by Bill Woolfolk. Plus: "Captain Kid and the Lost Job" with art by Al Liederman. And: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "Invisible Man of Mars" by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. Comic book adaptation of the classic Jules Verne story about Captain Nemo and the undersea vessel, the Nautilus. Story illustrated by Henry C. Kiefer. Issue also has a text biography of Verne and text stories on "Dog Heroes," "American Indians," and "Pioneers of Science." (HRN 47, 5/48). Cover price $0.10.

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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 4th Printing, Line Drawing Cover. Comic book adaptation of the classic Jules Verne story about Captain Nemo and the undersea vessel, the Nautilus. Story illustrated by Henry C. Kiefer. Issue also has a text biography of Verne and text stories on "Dog Heroes," "American Indians," and "Pioneers of Science." (HRN 94). Cover price $0.15.

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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 8th Printing, Painted Cover. Comic book adaptation of the classic Jules Verne story about Captain Nemo and the undersea vessel, the Nautilus. Story illustrated by Henry C. Kiefer. Issue also has a text biography of Verne and text stories on "Dog Heroes," "American Indians," and "Pioneers of Science." (HRN 140). Cover price $0.15.

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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 9th Printing, Painted Cover. Comic book adaptation of the classic Jules Verne story about Captain Nemo and the undersea vessel, the Nautilus. Story illustrated by Henry C. Kiefer. Issue also has a text biography of Verne and text stories on "Dog Heroes," "American Indians," and "Pioneers of Science." (HRN 148). Cover price $0.15.

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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 10th Printing, Painted Cover. Comic book adaptation of the classic Jules Verne story about Captain Nemo and the undersea vessel, the Nautilus. Story illustrated by Henry C. Kiefer. Issue also has a text biography of Verne and text stories on "Dog Heroes," "American Indians," and "Pioneers of Science." (HRN 156). Cover price $0.15.

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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 11th Printing, Painted Cover. Comic book adaptation of the classic Jules Verne story about Captain Nemo and the undersea vessel, the Nautilus. Story illustrated by Henry C. Kiefer. Issue also has a text biography of Verne and text stories on "Dog Heroes," "American Indians," and "Pioneers of Science." (HRN 165). Cover price $0.15.

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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 12th Printing, Painted Cover. Comic book adaptation of the classic Jules Verne story about Captain Nemo and the undersea vessel, the Nautilus. Story illustrated by Henry C. Kiefer. Issue also has a text biography of Verne and text stories on "Dog Heroes," "American Indians," and "Pioneers of Science." (HRN 167). Cover price $0.15.

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Edited by Stan Lee. Cover inks by Christopher Rule. Stories by unknown. Art by Morris Weiss and unknown. Featuring Hedy De Vine, Millie the Model and Tessie the Typist! In this issue: Hedy De Vine in "The Critic's Crisis" and "Beauty and the Beast"; Millie the Model in "Oh Those Clothes!"; and Tessie the Typist in "The Prison Problem" with art by Morris Weiss. Plus: Hey Look! 1-pager by Harvey Kurtzman. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bob Oksner. Deception's Daughter, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; When Womnder Woman intercepts a Martian spacecraft from crashing to Earth, out steps the daughter of the Duke of Deception; She captures Wonder Woman and forces her to build an underground base from which Lya intends to return to Mars and overthrow her father. Mutt and Jeff strips by Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher). Doorway into Time starring Johnny Peril, script and art by Howard Purcell. Forecast: Danger, art by Alexander Toth; Green Lantern has a hard time convincing a young man to follow in his father's footsteps as a meteorologist until a storm threatens a ship carrying his fiancé. The Mysterious Box starring Cotton-Top Katie, script and art by Harry Lampert (signed as Harrielle). Riddle of the Useless Thefts starring Hop Harrigan, script by Jon L. Blummer, pencils by Arthur F. Peddy (signed), inks by Bernard Sachs. Crime Has Many Faces, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Carmine Infantino; The Flash takes a man back ten years on a trip through time to show him how his carelessness has caused death and destruction over the years. 76 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 4, Issue 3 - May, 1948. Magic Periodical put out by Walter B. Gibson with help from Harry Houdini's brother, Hardeen that showcases the talent of magicians as well as teaching tricks to readers. 8.5" x 11", 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Fred Guardineer, Frank Bolle, George Tuska, Mike Roy, John Belfi and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. Neal Bowman sees himself as a modern-day outlaw, robbing gas stations to get his name in the papers. Francis Boyd and David Reagan manage to elude the cops until a final shoot-out, featuring a killer with the wildest haircut since Dick Tracy's Flattop. Professor Blanc is actually a woman-killer known as the Plague of Paris, in an oft-reprinted story with art by Fred Guardineer. The cover illustration, with a thief stealing from a blind newsdealer, may have been referenced in the classic anti-comics tome Seduction of the Innocent. Buck Kelly "The Tough Guy"; Hot-Headed Francis Boyd and His Pal; Joe Kratz "the Terrible"; The Trusted Killer; Neal Bowman; Plague of Paris. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Contains comic strip reprints and a text story. In order of appearance: "Steve Roper and Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Invisible Scarlet O'Neil" by Russell Stamm; "Dickie Dare" by Mabel Burwick (as Odin); "Bobby Sox" by Martha B. Links; and "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller. "The World's Ugliest Horse" text story by Paul Norton. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 10, Issue 5 - May, 1948. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones and James B. Settles. Stories include "Forgotten Worlds" by Lawrence Chandler, "The Watching Eyes" by Robert Moore Williams, "You Bet Your Life" by Elroy Arno, and "My World Died Tonight" by Richard Casey. Illustrations by Robert Gibson Jones, Robert Fuqua, Rod Ruth, and Arnold Kohn. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 180 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $18.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Fine $22.50 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $11.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $9.90 View scans Paper: Off white Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $5.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

"The Moon Pool" a complete novelette by A. Merritt

Volume 2, Issue 1 - May, 1948. Cover by Lawrence Stevens. "The Moon Pool" by A. Merritt and "Jason, Son of Jason" by J. U. Giesy. Illustrations by Virgil Finlay and Frank Paul. Softcover Pulp, 7-in. x 9-in., 130 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Comics adventures of the popular, long-running cartoon character. Felix decides to beat the housing shortage in an unconventional way. Felix finds himself wealthy after he accidentally foils a bank robbery. The Lost Trick; Felix the Cat Cashes In; Crowing Pains; Monty Monk. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walter Lantz WOODY WOODPECKER, No. 188." Cover art by Dick Hall. Star of the Circus, art by Dick Hall; Tackhammer gets a job as a musician in the circus. Woody gets a tuba and ends up as part of the circus band, too; Woody ends up disrupting the performance, but the audience thinks it's all part of the act. Jumping Through back cover strip, art by Dick Hall; Woody imitates a dog jumping through a paper-covered hoop, but ends up in a pool of water. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 33, Issue 2 - May, 1948. 6.75" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Stories and art by Bill Fraccio, George Gregg, Marcia Snyder, Pete Tumlinson and Tex Blaisdell. Starting as a brutal pre-Code true-crime comic in its early issues, Gangsters Cant Win later evolved into a standard mystery-detective title. High-class Eddie Bentz is secretly a criminal mastermind. Early New York ganglord Biff Ellison, of the Five Points Gang and Gopher Gang, gains a reputation for his dapper clothing and propensity for sudden violence. Harry Tracy is the last surviving member of the Hole in the Wall Gang. Eddie Bentz alias the Ghost; Basil Banghart; From the Farm to Alcatraz; Black Jack Rule: The Story of "Biff" Ellison: Do the Dead Return?; Murder Pay$ Off; Oregon's Trigger-Happy Killer: Harry Tracy. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover of Gene Autry. Stories and art by Jesse Marsh and Till Goodan. Singing cowboy Gene Autry was a multimedia star from the 1930s-1950s, in music, movies, radio, and television, as well as comic books. This issue features art by Tarzan artist Jesse Marsh. Gene suspects the bandit ghosts of Rocky Bridge are all too human. But he doesn't suspect that the beautiful Lola is the mastermind. Panhandle Pete tells the story of the lost gold pebbles of the Llanos. The Ghosts of Rocky Bridge; The Last Laugh; Panhandle Pete: The Gold Pebbles. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Hubie Karp and others. Art by Dan Gordon, Bob Wickersham and Ken Hultgren. Cover by Dan Gordon. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG, with art by cartooning legend Dan Gordon. Superkatt sets out to prove that black cats arent bad luck, but he starts with a skunk; A modern-day take on Little Red Riding Hood, with Red on a scooter and the Wolf running a toll booth; A prince agrees to go out with Witch Hazel, but he has a monstrous secret. Superkatt; The Duke and the Dope; Spencer Spook; Little Red Riding Hood; Hooray for Horace!; Binky; Foxy -- But Foolish!; Live and Learn; Wacky Wolf; Witch Hazel. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Contains two Frank Frazetta illustrations. Frazetta illustrations appear in eighteen consecutive issues of Happy Comics (1943) (#20-#37) and in sixteen consecutive issues of Goofy Comics (1943 Nedor/Standard) (#20-#35). Contains funny animal stories. In order of appearance: "Happy"; "Francois Feline" art by Owen Fitzgerald; "Happy"; "Whitey" story by Hubie Karp, art by Lynn Karp; "Little Billy Bear"; "Little Smacko" by Jack Bradbury; "Samuel Spaniel" art by Lynn Karp; "Bruno Bear" by Jack Bradbury; and "Oscar". Illustrated text stories: "The Friendly Lion: Loco Didn't Want to Be King of the Jungle!" by Betty Cummings, illustration by Frazetta; and "Dan Uses His Head: This Little Goat Got Everybody's Nanny!" by Donald Bayne Hobart, illustration by Frazetta. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Syd Shores. Gay Nineties Gamble starring the Human Torch, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Mike Sekowsky; After a robbery puts the owner of the Gay Musique club in bad straits, Torch and Toro discover that it was a competitor attempting to make the new club a failure and apprehend him. The Beast of the Bowery Barge starring the Sub-Mariner, Namora, and Bowery Bennie, script and art by Bill Everett. Call the Doctor text story. The Hyena Strikes! starring the Human Torch, script by Bill Woolfolk; A criminal called The Hyena is causing truck crashes, the latest of which resulted in the driver being killed. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover featured in Fredric Wertham's "The Comics...Very Funny!" in "The Saturday Review of Literature", May 29, 1948. In order of appearance: "Jo-Jo Congo King, The Flaming Fiend!"; "Jo-Jo Congo King, The Death Traps of Earth!"; and "Jo-Jo Congo King, The Huntress of Dead Moon Valley!". "Stigma in Death" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ham Fisher (credited). Stories and art by Ham Fisher and Bob Powell. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Framed by a femme fatale and stripped of his championship, Joe goes off to the desert and joins the French Foreign Legion. Shot down over the Himalayas, Flyin' Fools Chickie and Gootch are taken in by a mountain tribe after they save the chieftain's son from a wolf pack. Plus two prose adventures of early female superhero Black Cat. Adventures In the Land of Forgotten Men; Joe Palooka Speaks His Mind; Duel in the Moonlight; Knobby Nabs his Man; Ricky Roony; Chickie Ricks The Flyin' Fool; Black Cat: Robbery in the Night; Black Cat: Battle of Wits. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Millie the Model cover and story "Millie Climbs High", Basil Wolverton's Powerhouse Pepper in "Rage on the Stage". 32pg. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by John Celardo. "The Blade of Buddha," art by John Celardo; A white doctor whom Kaänga believes can cure Ann of her drug-induced madness is captured by a raiding party of Chinese who take him to their village; There Kaänga frees the rightful leader of the village and restores him to his chieftanship. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba is addled by a rifle shot; Mrs. Simba falls into a tiger trap and is caged by hunters; Simba, battling Lukor the leopard who wants to claim his throne, blunders into the hunters' camp and accidentally frees Mrs. Simba. Jungle Lore; A brief description of several African rivers. "Matabele Massacre" text story by Henry Wysham Lanier. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; No-mouth, a horribly scarred artifact hunter, steals the sarcophagus of Antophes, a priceless relic, from museum archaeologist Carol Devens; Captain Terry Thunder helps recover the artifact, and No-mouth is killed by crocodiles. Jungle Facts; A brief natural history of the crocodile. Untitled story, art by Frank Doyle; Curka and Sirdah scheme against Wambi, hoping to kill him; Wambi leads Sirdah on a great chase and eventually tumbles the tiger down a bluff into the river. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; B'tonga schemes with two white treasure hunters to loot the tombs of his tribesman; The three, along with Tabu, are trapped in a fire and ghosts rescue Tabu, leaving the others to perish. African Wild Life, art by Mike Peppe; Brief natural histories of a few African animals. Untitled story, pencils by Matt Baker; The Arab girl, Tanga, works with a group of white slavers; Camilla pretends to be Tanga and manages to turn the entire gang over to the territorial police. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by John Stanley. In the Doghouse; Lulu has to leave her bath and go downtown wearing only a towel to find her mother. Babes In the Wood; Lulu and Tubby take a walk in the woods and get lost. Alvin Baba and the Forty Thieves; Lulu tells Alvin a story about him for a change. Lulus Diry (April 10, 1948) text story. The Piece of Cake; Tubby takes a piece of cake outside and drops it down a manhole. All scripts and art by John Stanley. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Otto Binder, C. C. Beck, Bill Woolfolk, Joe Certa, Pete Costanza, and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. The Marvel Family faces the Sivana family - Sivana, Sivana Jr., and Georgia - after they start their own newspaper, but first they must prove that Georgia murdered a man. Captain Marvel Jr. wants to know why gangsters are trying to steal a building's cornerstone - and during the dedication ceremony, yet. Captain Marvel battles Thor - but not that Captain Marvel, and not that Thor. Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. The Sivana Family Newspaper; Judge Smudge; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear; Willie the Worm; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Captain Marvel Jr.: The Cornerstone Case; Mary Marvel: Flying High; Captain Kid: Ski High; The Smart Burglar; Captain Marvel: The Hammer of Thor. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 38, Issue 149 - May, 1948. Digest-size UK men's magazine. Articles, humor, and pin-up photos. 5" x 7.25", 116 pages, B&W with color.

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Vol. 38 #5 - May 1948. Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11.5", 76 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 6, Issue 4 - May, 1948. Diana Lynn photo cover. Vintage Hollywood gossip tabloid with a focus on the lives of celebrities during the golden-age of cinema. This issue features portraits of celebrities such as; Janis Paige, Gene Kelly, Ann Sothern, Frank Sinatra, Coleen Gray, Ray Milland, Diana Lynn, Jimmy Stewart, Richard Conte, and Farley Granger. 8.5" x 10.5", 110 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $320.00 View scans Paper: Light tan Front cover detached 5%.

May 1948. Cover by ??. "Death Sleeps Here!" by John D. MacDonald, "Red Runs the Tide" by Joel Townsley Rogers, and "Some Die Easy" by Day Keene, plus other detective and mystery stories by Donald G. Cormack, Seymour Irving Richin, V. E. Thiessen, Lauri Wirta, and Zeta Rothschild. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in., 130 newsprint pages, black and white (text with illustrations). Cover price $0.25.

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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.