Comic books August 1948

Cover pencils by Curt Swan. The Zoo of the Future!, pencils by Curt Swan; Rip Carter dreams he and two of the boys are transported to the future to help gather animals for an Inter World Zoo. The Unluckiest Guy in the World!; Brooklyn breaks a mirror and the resultant bad luck puts him in line for the electric chair. Peg humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. Keeper of the Big Cage!, pencils by Curt Swan; Rip is named temporary prison warden in order to straighten out the mess by the last warden who was murdered. Jerry the Jitterbug humor page by Henry Boltinoff. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Gladys Martin and others. A kids' anthology in the tradition of Calling All Girls from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, games and quizzes as well as comics. Marco Polar Bear and Bobby visit a fishing village; Twinkle tries to create a salt-water pond for a crab pal; A clever rabbit pits a whale against an elephant. Guess My Name; Twinkle, The Star That Came Down From Heaven; Marco Polar Bear; Bobo; The Scarecrow's Joke; Riddles; Paddy Penguin; What's Wrong?; Blow Hot, Blow Cold; Drag-Along Finds His Sister; The Tug-of-War; Marco's Puzzle Page. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Otto Binder and Al Liederman. Art by Pete Costanza and Al Liederman. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) stars in: "The Electron Thief" by Otto Binder and Pete Costanza; "The Stolen City" by Bill Woolfolk and Pete Costanza; "Silence Reigns" by Otto Binder and Pete Costanza; and "The Wonderful Iron Horse" by Bill Woolfolk and Pete Costanza. Plus: Captain Kid in "Too Many Robin Hoods" by Al Liederman. Also: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "The Tiny Terror" by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). And: 1-page Tootsie Toll ad "Captain Tootsie Traps the Circus Culprit" with art by C.C. Beck. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Howard Boughner and Art Helfant. Art by Bill Ward, Art Helfant and Howard Boughner. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. The villain called The Outlaw uses a "reintegrator-camera" to transform paintings of Old West killers Jesse James, Quantrill and Black Rufe into the real things. Sivana, Jr.'s latest invention causes people to do and say the exact opposite of what they intend. A raven who says "Nevermore" brings Freddy a plea for help, from a woman in an enchanted castle guarded by dragons, in a story featuring early art by legendary good-girl artist Bill Ward. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Traps the Circus Culprit, by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Capt. Marvel Jr. Duels with the Outlaw; Rubbernose Randolph; Judge Smudge; Capt. Marvel Jr. and Sivana Jr.'s Sinister Secret Serum; Capt. Marvel Jr. and the Secret of the Ink!; Kanvasback Is Interviewed; Thunder at the End; Capt. Marvel Jr. and the Raven of Enchanted Castle! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Leonard Frank. Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Dick Kraus. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Gaseous Saturnian supervillain Xog manages to turn Captain Midnight into gas as well, and he must figure out how to regain his human form. As Johnny Blair prepares for the glider contest, he's still trying to figure out who sabotaged his plane. Midnight and Icky get mixed up in a Hatfield-McCoy-style family feud. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Traps the Circus Culprit, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Without a Body!; Pilot Pete; Johnny Blair in the Air; Your Invention Page!; Red Skye: The Vulture's Trial; Sergeant Twilight Fouled at the State Fair!; The Shotwells and the McHoggs. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Issue 14 - Australian Edition. Circa early to mid 1950's. Reprints "Robinson Crusoe" in abridged form with new cover art. 10" x 7 1/2" horizontal format, color covers with b&w interior, 24 pages-all newsprint.

Canadian Edition HRN54. August 15, 1948. Moby Dick, Line Drawing Cover. (W) Herman Melville (A) Louis Zansky

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Adventures of Tom Sawyer, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. Cited in "Seduction of the Innocent". (HRN 51, 8/48). Cover price $0.10.

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Adventures of Tom Sawyer, 10th Printing, Painted Cover. Cited in "Seduction of the Innocent". (HRN 167, 8/48 date). Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Jimmy Thompson. Stories and art by Mickey Klar Marks, Phil Berube, Dave Tendlar and Jerry Fasano. Teen comedy in the Archie tradition from Famous Funnies. Angela and her pals start their own club to show up the sorority gals. Identical twins Ginger and Snap trade roles in Romeo and Juliet to win a bet. Female news photographer Clickety wants more respect from her boss. Heavens to Betsy; Angela; Dreamboy; Beautiful Is The Word For Wendy!; Patsy; Ginger and Snap; Bungling Ben; Three Raps Of The Gavel; Jug the Hillbilly Hot-Shot. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

August 28, 1948. The classic weekly magazine featuring news and fiction. Articles about Kansas voting on whether to be dry or wet; Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin's conversations at Teheran; and more. 10.75" x 13.75", 78 pages, PC/B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Aug 1948. Gene Colan's first full feature story in "7 Dead Men!" (W) Stan Lee (A) Gene Colan, "The Stuffed Rubber" text story, and Tommy Tyme in "The Hanging of Little John!". Full color, 36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

September 1949. Canadian reprint of Complete Mystery #1 by Marvel Comics. Feature story "7 Dead Men!" (W) Stan Lee (A) Gene Colan, "The Stuffed Rubber" text story, and Tommy Tyme in "The Hanging of Little John!". Full color, 32 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 4, Issue 6 - August, 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.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, C.H. Moore, Fred Guardineer, Charles Nicholas, 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. Florist Dion O'Banion lives and dies in the fashion of a Chicago gangster. 1800s murderer William Palmer poisoned friends and family for profit, becoming one of Victorian England's most notorious murderers. In the Old West, Hutch Ryerson has a habit of murdering his wives, but is undone when one of the corpses turns up in a box at an auction. Gimpy O'Banion the Mobster; On the Level; William Palmer; This'll Kill Ya!; Beano Breen the South Side Strong Boy; Hollywood Death Trap; Laugh These Off!; Hutch Ryerson and the Body in the Box. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Emil Gershwin, Mort Lawrence, Jules Steiner, Jack Keller and Bernie Krigstein. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. A French detective uses new tools to solve crimes, inventing the science of criminology. The true story of violent criminal Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll is told, with early art by EC legend Bernie Krigstein. Charles Ponzi is a early con artist who specializes in the infamous swindle known as a Ponzi scheme. The True Story of Egan's Rats; The First Detective: Francois Eugene Vidocq; Gun-Whipper: Vincent Coll; The Day it Snowed Money in Boston: Charles Ponzi; The Shoplifters; Strong Man; The Rosebud Sisters; Out of Season; A New Face for Leon. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by George Tuska, Fred Guardineer, Claude Moore, and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. Sicilian siblings the Genna Brothers rule Chicago's Little Italy, until they come up against Capone's Chicago Outfit. The history of the Brady Gang that terrorized Maine, and their bloody finish. An insane killer becomes known as the Nebraska Fiend and kills more than a dozen people in the 1870s. The Savage Genna Brothers: Bootleggers; On the Level; The Ferocious Brady Gang; Don't Die Laughing; Dick Richards, A Two-Legged Rat If There Ever Was One!; Crazy Dan Zarella and His Stupid Stooge, Vincent Furo; Who Dunnit? 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by George Tuska, Fred Guardineer, Claude Moore, and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. Sicilian siblings the Genna Brothers rule Chicago's Little Italy, until they come up against Capone's Chicago Outfit. The history of the Brady Gang that terrorized Maine, and their bloody finish. An insane killer becomes known as the Nebraska Fiend and kills more than a dozen people in the 1870s. The Savage Genna Brothers: Bootleggers; On the Level; The Ferocious Brady Gang; Don't Die Laughing; Dick Richards, A Two-Legged Rat If There Ever Was One!; Crazy Dan Zarella and His Stupid Stooge, Vincent Furo; Who Dunnit? 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Nine Men Who Were Doomed," "The Man Who Tried to Cheat Death," "Can You Spare a Murder," "The Oldest Crime in the World," and "Murder Out of Mind!" 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

A text summary of "Frisco Mary" appears in the 1955 US Senate Interim Report "Comic Books and Juvenile Delinquency". In order of appearance: "Johnny Lanza, King of Kansas City" reprinted in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #36; "Frisco Mary" art by Warren Kremer, reprinted in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #37; "Charley Peace, Britain's Worst Criminal of the 18th Century" art by Sid Greene, reprinted in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #36; "Comicrimes: Avenging Devil!"; "Solution: The Case of 'The Avenging Devil!'"; and "Get August Doaks!" and "The Scourge of the South" reprinted in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #38. "Murder for Profit, A True Crime Story" text story reprinted in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #38. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bob Lubbers. Stories and art by George Tuska, Paul Gattuso, Dana Dutch, and Charles Sultan. Mystery and adventure comics from St. John featuring heroic reporters. Reporter/ detective Jinx Jordan learns his old enemy Count Morphine has captured Terry and Kitty, in a story containing mild pre-Code bondage and torture. Gangster Killer Proust gets plastic surgery to escape justice, but voice-throwing hero Ventrilo isn't fooled. Murder stalks the Jonathan Mansion, so Rocky Stone, Crime Reporter investigates. Plus a K-9 story with art by future Marvel legend George Tuska. Jinx Jordan, Crime Reporter; The Blue Monk; K-9; Ventrilo; Rocky Stone, Crime Reporter. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by A.C. Hollingsworth and others. Fox Feature Syndicate creates a pre-Code title guaranteed to provide lurid covers and art, as women both historical and fictional commit murder and other heinous acts. The terrifying Belle Gunness becomes one of the first American serial killers, and not even her children are safe; French midget Andre Chateau has a big yen for murder; Jean Torson and her husband kill and rob their way across the Midwest. Belle Gunness, the Monster of Laporte; Anna Slayne, Flower of Evil; The Midget Murderer; Murder Out of Season; Jean Torson, Satans Daughter. 32 pages, Full Color. In order of appearance: "Belle Guness, The Monster of Laporte" reprinted in Vixens, Vamps and Vipers SC (2014 EA Press) Lost Villainesses of Golden Age Comics #1-1ST; "Anna Slayne, Flower of Evil" reprinted in Public Enemies (1989 Malibu) #2; "The Midget Murderer" art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth; and "Jean Torson, Satan's Daughter" reprinted in Public Enemies (1989 Malibu) #2. "Murder out of Season" text story. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Frank Bolle. The Case of the Unused Evidence, script and art by Frank Bolle; Mr. Comet is killed in a fixed car accident by his partner. Untitled Minnie Soo and Little Haha story, script and art by Ralph Heimdahl; Minnie is captured by a party of Wakota braves. Untitled Voodah story, script by Ken Fitch, art by Anthony Cataldo; Zanzi and her brother are ambushed by a brutal trio; T'Wonda is killed and Zanzi taken along to act as a sun goddess in a sceme to take over a mine. Untitled Buck Farrel story, script by Ken Fitch, art by Anthony Cataldo. Untitled Bart Stewart story, script and art by Frank Bolle. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Edmond Good and Jack Kamen. Cover by Edmond Good. Dagar the Desert Hawk, aka Bart Benson, is a Lawrence of Arabesque hero who lives and fights in the Arabian desert. Dagar encounters tomb robbers; An educational comic about the roles of women in cultures around the world; A murderous escaped convict targets a trade caravan, and jungle warrior Tangi is alerted by the hanging bodies of his victims. Mentioned in Seduction of the Innocent. Pyramid of Death!; Prismatic Death Ray!; The Fatal Fist of Bwana Bill; The Plot!; Topical Topics; Hangman! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by Jimmy Thompson, Dick Sprang, Howard Sherman, Curt Swan and Steve Brodie. The Joker follows up an article in the newspaper about a scientist discovering a lost elixir of invisibility and becomes a real terror to Batman until the crime fighter takes some of the elixir himself. Don't miss Batman and Robin in "The Invisible Crimes!" with art by Dick Sprang. Plus: The origin of Robotman is retold in "The Inside Story of Robotman!" by Otto Binder and Jimmy Thompson (see Star Spangled Comics (1941) #7 for 1st appearance); Slam Bradley in "Shorty Meets the Champ!" with art by Howard Sherman; and The Boy Commandos in "The Mystery of the Mary Celeste II!" with art by Curt Swan and Steve Brodie. Also: Shorty 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff; 2-page text piece "Secret Codes Can Be Fun!" by Henry Lysing; and Daffy & Doodle half-pager by Lit-Win. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 6, No. 8. August 1948. Sensationalistic tales of true crime. 8.5" x 11". 98 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Chester Gould and Bill Ely. Dell reprints the original comic-strip adventures of legendary tough cop Dick Tracy and his rogues gallery of freakish enemies. This issue reprints strips from Feb. 7 - March 5, 1935. Boris Arson has a knack for escape, and leads Tracy and Pat Patton on a merry chase with the help of cronies like Cutie Diamond and his own sister, Zora Arson. The backup feature by Bill Ely stars tough cop Jim O'Brien, a plainclothes detective nicknamed The Iron Man. Dick Tracy; Dick Tracy Reports to You; The Iron Man. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Cavaliers Make Good Corpses" a novelette by John D. McDonald.

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Volume 37, Issue 2 - August, 1948. 7" x 10", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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"Cold Deck Gun-Angel" a novel by Walt Coburn.

Aug 1948. Two novels; "Cold Deck Gun-Angel" by Walt Coburn and "Dead Man's Wagon Boss" by Thomas Thompson; two novelettes "The Long Rifle" by Wilbur S. Peacock and "Brothers of the Bugle" by Kenneth Fowler, and three short stories; "Hoofbeats Over Hell" by George C. Appell, "Panama Passage" by Tom W. Blackburn, "Set Your Hat and Grab Your Gun!" by Bob Obets, and "Frontiersman Who Made History" by Cedric W. Windas. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white text with spot illos.; 98 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Carl Pfeufer and John Jordan. During the 1940s, military hero Don Winslow was the star of a comic strip, a movie serial and a popular radio show in addition to this Fawcett comic. Prof. Pogol develops U-425, which is "more powerful than the atomic bomb," in a three-part story. So naturally Don's old foe, beautiful but deadly pirate queen Singapore Sal, wants to get her hands on it, and she's willing to use a "hypnotic drug" to do it. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Traps the Circus Culprit, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck, and a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. Death for Sale Part I: Escape; Signs of Times; Don Winslows Crossword Puzzle; Warriors of the Sea: Scourge of the Mediterranean; Bell Bottom Bill; Death for Sale Part II: The Hypnotic Drug; Puzzlers; Death for Sale Part III: The Hour of Doom. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Contains young adult humor stories. In order of appearance: "Dotty, On the Spot" and "Dotty, Knocked for a Loop!" art by Al Hartley; "Jest a Joke" art by Vincent Fago; "Sorority Sue"; "Designs by Dotty"; "Jerry the Jinx, Country Capers" art by Hal Lockwood; and "Dotty, Dancing Feat" art by Al Hartley". "Gags and Giggles" joke pages. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 19, Issue 3 - August 1948 (whole number 113). 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/4-in., 224 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

True Crime Cases. Photo cover. 8.5" x 11.5", 68 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

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Vintage men's interest magazine full of adult humor comics and tasteful pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11.5", 64 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.