Comic books February 1949

George Gershwin, Montezuma, William Penn, Mickey Walker, and Capt. McNelly, Texas Ranger. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Disparate outlaws unite into the world's first organized crime gang, unless Hopalong Cassidy can stop them. When the Ojibwe mount a siege on Fort McKechnie, Monte Hale is the only man who can prevent a massacre. A star-crossed romance between two young lovers deepens the feud between their fathers, who are rival ranchers. Plus a profusion of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. Hopalong Cassidy: The Army of Outlaws; Chief Gray Matter; Cactus Brain; Loco Lew; Big Bow and Little Arrow: The Fortune Hunters; Young Falcon: Death By-Passed; Monte Hale: Fort of Peril; Li'l Buck; Red Roan: The Challenger; Gabby Hayes to the Rescue; Tom Mix: Cupid's Perils. Final issue under this title; series continues under the slightly changed title Western Hero (1949) #76. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Red Ryder, Telecomics presents King of the Royal Mounted, and the Kiyotee Kids. Two-page text story, "Little Beaver Pulls a Fast One." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

True stories of crime most foul fall victim to the pages of this short-lived vintage true crime magazine. Here, you will find tales of greed, jealousy, revenge, thievery, and murder....all true, all told in the words of the detectives who worked the cases. 8.5" x 11", 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Vol. 28 #4 - May 1949. Boxing magazine. Features articles, departments, ratings, fight reports and more. 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 12, Issue 1 - February, 1949. 6.75" x 9", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Bob Jenney. Stories and art by Bob Jenney, Lawrence Dresser, August Froehlich, and John Rosenberger. Lawmen battle outlaws to tame the Wild West in horse-opera tales from DS Publishing. A sheriff's deputy and girlfriend help him survive a confrontation with the gunman who shot up the town. The grandson of a famous Western gunfighter gets a chance to fight for justice himself. No one suspects schoolmarm Martha Pringle is secretly the masked gunfighter known as the Scarlet Sharpshooter, in an early action-girl story. Plus a vintage ad for a "Personal Comic Album," used to store hole-punched issues of classic comic books! ("Make Less Work for Mom!") Action-packed cover by Bob Jenney. Sheriff's Deputy; The Wrath of the Cherokees; Pearl of Death; Six-Gun Kid; Indian Justice; Danger at Mesa Ranch; Hoss Laffs; The Terrible Twomey Twins. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $9.00 Residue on front cover.

Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. Poacher's Island, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Albert Micale; Roy aids a rancher friend. The Runestone--Pioneers of the Old West, script by Gaylord DuBois. Chuck Wagon Charley's Tales story, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Harry Parks. Back cover: Roy, Dale, close-up publicity photo. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. Riders for a Windmill, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Albert Micale; Roy helps a child whose father is a rodeo rider who's been beaten and robbed. Pioneers of the Old West by Gaylord DuBois. Ginger and her Puppies--Chuck Wagon Charley's Tales, script by Gaylord DuBois, inks by Harry Parks. Back cover: Roy, Pat Brady, and Andy Devine color film still. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

In order of appearance: "Rulah Jungle Goddess, The Man Who Wouldn't Die!"; "Rulah Jungle Goddess, The Jeweled Murder!"; "Rulah Jungle Goddess, The Skull of the Conqueror!"; and "The Lahassa, Where Life Is Cheap and Death Is Free!!". "The Zambos in the Jungle" text story. Indicia states "RULAH". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 40, Issue 3 - February 1949. Movie Fan Magazine. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 100 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Men's interest magazine with jokes, single-panel cartoons and pin-ups. 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Women's magazine with articles and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W.

Cover art by Harry G. Peter. The Secret of the Amazing Bracelets starring Wonder Woman, script by Bob Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; C. O. Lector collects bracelets of famous women, and needs Wonder Woman's for his collection. The Case of the Conscientious Shoplifter starring Lady Danger, pencils by Bob Oksner, inks by Bernard Sachs. Willy Nilly story, art by Frank Harry. Kathleen Blake Coleman--Wonder Women of History, art by Paul Reinman. The Undersea Raiders starring Atom, art by Jon Kozlak. The Heavyweight Robberies starring Wildcat. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage monthly published magazine with a focus on the film industry as a whole. First published in November of 1930, publication continued through the late 1970s. Priding itself as a source for exclusive behind the scenes stories about filmmaking, Silver Screen also contained a fair amount of articles about celebrities, their relationships, the latest in fashion, and film reviews. Cover price $0.15.

Articles on sports, crime, and adventuring, plus pin-up photos. 8" x 10.5". 66 pages. B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Art by Howard Larsen. Cover by Howard Larsen. Tales of adventure in the ancient past featuring Malu, a princess taken captive as a slave girl, and her defender, the warrior Garth. Geoffry Garth and Sandy Worth encounter a mystic ring that gives them visions of past lives as an enslaved princess and a warrior; Malu and Garth are trapped in a hidden city; Malu is abducted by bandits. Malu, the Slave Girl; The Banquet of Thuz; The Curse of Ahmen Ra; Malu, the Slave Girl and the Bandits of Tal Azmut; The Slave Market of Manoch. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Cole. Wanted Dead or Alive: Willie the Kid starring Midnight, script and art by Jack Cole; Bankjob Burrows tries to frame an old retired gunhawk for a modern bank job. Citronella story, script and art by Gill Fox. The Face of Terror starring Black X. Lady Luck story, script and art by Klaus Nordling. Batch Bachelor story, script and art by Bart Tumey. Sniffer Snoop's Fadeout text story starring Midnight. The Great Mongolie starring Jester, art by Sam Citron. Daffy story, script and art by Bart Tumey. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $55.00 View scans Includes COA from The "Bum Knee" collection.

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Burne Hogarth, Ernie Bushmiller, Bernard Dibble, Rudolph Dirks, Ernest Hix, Ving Fuller and Raeburn Van Buren. United's anthology featured reprints of early comic strips, including Tarzan, Captain and the Kids and Nancy. The new format that started with issue #84 allows for larger reprints of Raeburn van Buren's detailed art on "Abbie an' Slats." Tarzan is caught in the web of Tula, vampire goddess of Or-Nak, in a Tarzan strip with art by Burne Hogarth. Bathless and Slats buy out a New York detective agency, just before a woman returns for deadly revenge against that agency. Then they are hired to find out who keeps killing off Bunny Cross's boyfriends. Dink O'Day befriends young baseball fans during his tour of Central America. The Family Workshop; Nancy; Captain and the Kids; Tarzan; Dink O'Day; Abbie an Slats. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 12, Issue 3 - February 1949. A collection of fiction and nonfiction true crime stories. 74 pages. 8.5 in. x 11 in. B&W Cover price $0.25.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Scripts by Eisner or Feiffer, or Eisner/Feiffer, or Nordling. Art by Eisner with backgrounds by Eisner, Grandenetti, Le Blanc, Stallman, Nordling, Dixon and/or others except where noted.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Scripts by Eisner or Feiffer, or Eisner/Feiffer, or Nordling. Art by Eisner with backgrounds by Eisner, Grandenetti, Le Blanc, Stallman, Nordling, Dixon and/or others except where noted.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Scripts by Eisner or Feiffer, or Eisner/Feiffer, or Nordling. Art by Eisner with backgrounds by Eisner, Grandenetti, Le Blanc, Stallman, Nordling, Dixon and/or others except where noted.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Scripts by Eisner or Feiffer, or Eisner/Feiffer, or Nordling. Art by Eisner with backgrounds by Eisner, Grandenetti, Le Blanc, Stallman, Nordling, Dixon and/or others except where noted.

February 6, 1949. Spirit Weekly Newspaper section. Scripts by Eisner or Feiffer, or Eisner/Feiffer, or Nordling. Art by Eisner with backgrounds by Eisner, Grandenetti, Le Blanc, Stallman, Nordling, Dixon and/or others except where noted. Tabloid Sized Newsprint, 10-3/4" x 15", 8 pages, full color.

February 13, 1949. Spirit Weekly Newspaper section. Scripts by Eisner or Feiffer, or Eisner/Feiffer, or Nordling. Art by Eisner with backgrounds by Eisner, Grandenetti, Le Blanc, Stallman, Nordling, Dixon and/or others except where noted. Tabloid Sized Newsprint, 10-3/4" x 15", 8 pages, full color.

February 20, 1949. Spirit Weekly Newspaper section. Scripts by Eisner or Feiffer, or Eisner/Feiffer, or Nordling. Art by Eisner with backgrounds by Eisner, Grandenetti, Le Blanc, Stallman, Nordling, Dixon and/or others except where noted. Tabloid Sized Newsprint, 10-3/4" x 15", 8 pages, full color.

February 27, 1949. Spirit Weekly Newspaper section. Scripts by Eisner or Feiffer, or Eisner/Feiffer, or Nordling. Art by Eisner with backgrounds by Eisner, Grandenetti, Le Blanc, Stallman, Nordling, Dixon and/or others except where noted. Tabloid Sized Newsprint, 10-3/4" x 15", 8 pages, full color.

Batman and Robin in "The Batman's Utility Belt," Captain Compass in "The League of Lost Souls," Merry in "Marauders From Mars," and Tomahawk in "The First Prize Fight!" Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Al Gabriele, inks by Charles Nicholas. Doom From the Sun starring Sub-Mariner, Namora, and Iron Brain, script and art by Bill Everett. Slaves Under the Sea starring Sub-Mariner and Namora, pencils by Syd Shores, inks by Gustav Schrotter. The Running Killer featuring Let's Play Detective, art by Al Gabriele. Studio of Terror starring Blonde Phantom, art by Charles Nicholas. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage magazine featuring stories about, and tips for those interested in the nudist way of life. Softcover Magazine, 8" x 11", 32 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Frank King, Dale Messick, Bill Holman, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Ed Leffingwell, Al Posen and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Walt buys a cow so he can make his own dairy products. Tom and Brenda Starr are delayed by a storm while investigating the Boomwell kidnapping, and one thing leads to another. Clyde steps in after an elephant is accused of killing an assistant cook at the circus. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie and Terry and the Pirates. Gasoline Alley; Moon Mullins; Terry and the Pirates; Tiny Tim; Brenda Starr; Sweeney & Son; Punch in Time!; Little Orphan Annie; Harold Teen; Little Joe; Smokey Stover; Clyde Beatty. Final issue of the series. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.