Comic books November 1948

Nifty Gals & Gags is a humor digest published by Dearfield Publishing Company. 96 pages, color cover with B&W illustrations, 5 1/4-in x 7 1/4-in. Cover price $0.25.

Cover features Kay Aldridge and Clayton Moore from the movie serial Perils of Nyoka. Stories and art by Rod Reed and Howard Boughner. Raised in the jungle by her scientist father, Nyoka faces its dangers like no man ever could. In a three-part story, Nyoka volunteers to make a return journey to the land of headhunters. In another three-part story, Nyoka must retrieve a key from a maharajah in Burma. But that leads to a dangerous leap into a hidden well. The Dangerous Return, Part 1: The Wooden Goddess; Nyoka's Jungle Quiz; Plan for Murder; Trader Tom; Ballyhoo Barney: Wahoo; Part II: The Jungle Island of Doom; Adventure in Burma, Part I: The Missing Key; Nyoka the Jungle Girl's History of Animals: Tortoise, Armadillo; Egbert the Explorer: Job Hunters; Part II: The Poisoned Water; Part III: The Hidden Well!. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Walt Kelly and others. Based on the popular movie shorts also known as Little Rascals, Dell's Our Gang Comics featured early work by Pogo's Walt Kelly. In a story by Kelly continued from previous issues, Mr. Saturn is finally driven off, so the gang sets out to find the treasure on the island. Plus two one-pagers featuring Droopy. When Tom has a toothache, Jerry and Tuffy volunteer to be amateur dentists. Droopy; Tom and Jerry; Adventures of Tom; Adventures of Jerry; Flip 'n' Dip; Barney Bear and Benny Burro; Our Gang; Wuff the Prairie Dog. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bob Jenney. Stories and art by Bob Jenney, Lawrence Dresser, John Rosenberger, Jay Alexander, W. B. Smith and Edmond Good. Shoot-outs and showdowns between the outlaws and lawmen of the Old West, from DS Publishing. The strange but true tale of mercenary and would-be imperialist William Walker, who set out to capture the nation of Mexico and won Nicaragua instead. To catch a train-robbing gang, Rex Steele sets a trap known as the Avenger's Train. Judy and her bush-pilot boyfriend face an ambush in modern-day Montana because someone doesn't want her to finish the book she's writing. The Man Who Wanted Mexico; Denver's Crazy Copper Bug; Avenger's Train; Sheriff Allen and the Scarecrow; The Mark of Diamond T; Montana Madness; Breeze Lawson Sky Sheriff: Murder Mountain! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"E-Z Does It"; Ozzie can win a $5000 contest prize by catching Mr. Z in a wild chase through a carnival. "Putting on the Heat"; Algernon's parents leave him to visit the fire station; What could possibly go wrong? "The Warning Sign"; Ozzie gets health conscious which proves contagious to his pop. "Impatient Patient"; Babs works the hospital switchboard to get her friend Midge released for the big dance. "Sharp as a Tack"; Dapper Dan takes a ribbing over a new sports jacket. "Hot Stuff" Blowhard McDuff text story by R. R. Symes. "Case of the Wrecked Lamps"; After having his lamps wrecked two nights in a row, Richard Richard is called in by a lamp dealer to catch the vandal. "Tempest in a Teacup"; Ozzie takes Babs to a fortune teller. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage humor digest magazine that pokes fun at the relationships of men and women of the time. Digest, 5" x 7", 96 pages, B&W. -Recommended for ages 16+ Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Al Jaffee. Literary Love!, art by Al Jaffee. Some Suit!, art by Al Jaffee. Helping Hands!, art by Al Jaffee. The Cute Cleaner!, art by Al Jaffee. 2 Hey Look! humor pages by Harvey Kurtzman. Masquerade text story. Lunch Box Love! starring Cindy, art by Ken Bald. The Dancing Dummy starring Georgie, art by Mike Sekowsky. Wire Woes! starring Cindy, art by Ken Bald. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bill Vigoda. "A Raft Of Trouble," script by Ray Gill, art by Samm Schwartz; Archie gives his pop an army surplus, inflatable raft for his birthday; It ends up being nothing but trouble. Untitled story, script and art by Bill Woggon; Sis has a dream that her and Katy Keene go to a Thanksgiving dinner with the Pilgrims in 1621. "Goes Formal," script by Ray Gill, art by Bill Vigoda; Archie and Jughead go to a party at Veronica's and Jughead gets them thrown out. Untitled story, script by Hazel Marten (as Scott Fleming), art by Bill Woggon; Nevada refuses to help Jeff go after the rustlers who stole his horses; Until he learns they also killed a beloved bear cub, Fuzzy, in the process. "The Quiz Kid," script and art by Joe Edwards; Li'l Jinx goes on a television quiz show. "Penny Wise," art by Samm Schwartz; After Betty and Veronica take pictures of each other Betty wants to develop the pictures herself, to save money; It ends up costing Betty $5 a print and none of the pictures turn out. Archie Club ad. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

True Love Stories of Real People. Illustrated with photographs. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 106 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Men's interest magazine devoted to pin-up photos. 10" x 13", 46 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Men's interest magazine devoted to pin-up photos. 10" x 13", 46 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Men's interest magazine devoted to pin-up photos. 10" x 13", 46 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Men's interest magazine devoted to pin-up photos. 10" x 13", 46 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Men's interest magazine devoted to pin-up photos. 10" x 13", 46 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Men's interest magazine devoted to pin-up photos. 10" x 13", 46 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Men's interest magazine devoted to pin-up photos. 10" x 13", 46 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by J. F. Byrne. Stories and art by Graham Ingels, George Evans, Enrico Bagnoli, Frank Doyle, Maurice Whitman, and Matt Baker. The first true science fiction comic, Planet Comics featured classic space opera with square-jawed heroes, rockets, rayguns and bug-eyed aliens of every stripe. In the Lost World, Hunt and Lyssa are contacted by an envoy from Jupiter in the ruins of future Detroit; Mysta of the Moon plays a mind-game on invading aliens, in a story by good-girl art legend Matt Baker; Futura is trapped in a space convoy of criminals who believe she's pirate queen Yrina, in a story with exquisite art by Enrico Bagnoli. Another nice action-girl cover by Joe Doolin. The Lost World; Futura; Mysta of the Moon; Auro Lord of Jupiter; A Thing of Beauty; Life On Other Worlds: Mercury; Space Rangers; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Untitled Plastic Man story starring Words, script by Bill Woolfolk. A Hard Guy Called Concrete starring Plastic Man, script by Joe Millard. Woozy story, script by Bill Woolfolk. Restful Vacation text story starring Plastic Man. Untitled Plastic Man Bloodhound with Bud Bickram, script by Jack Cole. Jack Cole cover/interior art. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Cole. Lucky Seven starring Plastic Man, art by Jack Cole. Dewey Drip story, script and art by Joe Devlin. Honeybun story, script and art by Paul Gustavson. Candy For President starring Candy. Spirit story, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Lou Fine. Suspicious Character text story starring Plastic Man. Manhunter story, art by Al Bryant. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Men's interest magazine focusing on true crime, and police cases. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 76 pages, text, with B&W images Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Vic Herman, Mickey Klar Marks, Zoa Sherburne, Pat Cherr, Carl Henry Rathjen, Kay Wambold, Patti Cooke, Elise Gibbs, and Marie Cummings. A magazine for girls from the producers of Parents' Magazine, with stories, fashion and advice as well as comics. A photo feature (and cover) of child movie star Margaret O'Brien. At Thanksgiving, Tizzie has a nightmare that turkeys take over the world and place her on trial for murder. A troubled veteran faces strife at home, in a comics PSA for Red Feather Community Chests, a forerunner of United Way. Also featuring full-color comics ads for "The Margaret O'Brien Candy Kitchen" and "Margaret O'Brien Toiletries Sampler Kit," making this issue a real rarity for the Margaret O'Brien fan. The Pigtail Club; The Clown Laughed Last; Puppy Love; Greta Comes Home; Tizzie's Thanksgiving Dinner; Red Feather; Nuts!; Party Candidates; Hobbies; Ice Box Raiders; Florodora Duet; Bring Out Your Beauty; Pigtailers Talk Things Over; Polly Prefers; Needle Play; Club News; Polly in the Kitchen. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume90, Issue 5 - November, 1948. Mechanical science and technology magazine. 6 3/4-in. x 9 1/2-in. 340 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.35.

Cover by Morris Gollub. Stories and art by Walt Kelly, Morris Gollub, Mary Greenwalt, Ellis Credle, Frank Jupo and Dan Noonan. Johnny Gruelle's famous doll characters have adventures and learn lessons, featuring early art from Walt Kelly. Legendary Pogo artist Walt Kelly adapts Mother Goose nursery rhymes, including Punch and Judy and Ring Around the Rosies. In another Kelly story, the Brownies try to steal a pie but encounter Pesky Pete, the dog of the house. Billy and Bonny Bee help a 17-year locust face the outside world for the first time. Plus activity pages and "nonesuch" animals. Animal Mother Goose; The Goat That Went to School; Raggedy Ann; None-Such Animals: The Guff; Wonders in the Underworld; The Brownies; Egbert Elephant; The Invisible Baker; The Raggedy Way; Billy and Bonny Bee. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 47, No. 2 - November , 1948. 6.5" x 9.25", 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Art by Mort Lawrence, Sid Greene and John Belfi. Another crime comic from the prolific studio of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, this one featuring crimes throughout history as well as the standard gangster tales. Sometimes listed as Real Clue Crime #33. No issue # on cover; Vol. 3, issue #9 in indicia. Legendary queen of the underworld Fredericka "Marm" Mandelbaum runs a hugely successful fencing operation in 19th-century New York; The Mother Mandelbaum story was cited in the text of anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent as an example of supposed anti-Semitism. The true story of Big Jim Colosimo, Chicago's first gangster. Also featuring a vintage ad for the "All-Over Rain Cover," basically a tent-shaped two-person umbrella. That Fascinatin' Woman...Mother Mandelbaum; The Kid's New Toy; The Sydney Ducks; The Corpse That Talked; The Good Provider; The First Racketeer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

I Guard An Armored Car! The Man Who Dreamed the Future featuring Jules Verne. World Series Oddities featuring Babe Ruth, Larry Berra, Ed Ruelbach, Rosey Ryan, and George Burns, script and art by Phil Berube. Fighting Bob Evans featuring Robert Evans. I Hunt Lost Voices featuring Robert Vincent, Spencer Tracy, Thomas Edison, Florence Nightengale, P. T. Barnum, Richard Perry, John J. Pershing, William Jennings Bryan, and Rudyard Kipling. Bazooka ad, art by Irwin Hasen. The Miracle Mammoth, art by Win Mortimer. The Story of the Liberty Bell. The 100 Year Feud featuring the Hatfields and McCoys. Scripts by Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, and Bernie Breslauer. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Humor stories; The Fox and the Crow Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bob Jenney and Bob Powell. True tales of sporting triumphs from the history of athletics. The short life and tragic death of boxer Stanley Ketchel, nicknamed "The Michigan Assassin." The career of pioneering southpaw pitcher Rube Waddel. The histories of football and jai alai. The Michigan Assassin; The Great Rube; Football Is Born; Fury on Ice; Fast Company; No Sign - No Steak; The Man Who Slapped John L. Sullivan; Jai Alai: Lightning on a Court; Burn Up the Road. Numbering continues with All Sports Comics (1948) #2. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and Stan Campbell. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Hopalong Cassidy tracks outlaws across the Rio Grande, and gets trapped in a gun battle in a flooding tunnel. Tom Mix becomes a Pony Express rider, just as outlaws violate the peace treaty with Chief Thunder Eye's people. Investigating sudden hostilities between the Cheyenne and white settlers, Monte Hale is aided by a Cheyenne boy he once saved from an eagle attack. Hopalong Cassidy: Border Patrol; Chief Gray Matter; Young Falcon: The Escape; Monte Hale: Duel to the Death; Loco Lew; Red Roan: The Untamed; Gabby Hayes: Trail of Gold; Tom Mix: The Ride to Doom! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Bob Powell cover and art. Joe Maneely art. Cover price $0.10.