Comic books April 1949

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Volume 23, Issue 4 - April, 1949. Science fiction stories by S.M. Tenneshaw, Rog Phillips, Gaston Derreaux, H.B. Hickey, and Lee Tarbell Illustrations by Julian S. Krupa and Bill Terry. Cover by Arnold Kohn. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 156 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Otto Feuer. Muggsy Q, Mole, Tough Guy starring the Raccoon Kids, art by Otto Feuer; Muggsy is upset because he's not on the Public Enemy List. Pirate Treasure starring Nip and Chip, art by Otto Feuer; Chip tries to get Nip to dig his garden for him by telling him there's buried treasure under there. See the Stars starring Pete the Pup, art by Otto Feuer. Selling Apples starring Goofy Goose, art by Rube Grossman; Calvin tries to play a trick on Goofy by convincing him his apple trees grow money. Sammy Seal, the Horse Thief starring Sherrif Corky, art by Rube Grossman. House For Sale starring Custer Cat and Cheesy the Mouse, art by Rube Grossman. President Presto, script and art by Howie Post. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 43, Issue 2 - April, 1949. Cover by Santry. Science Fiction and Adventure stories. Featuring PLAGUE By Rene Lafayette. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Edited by Ned Pines. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by George Tuska, Jerry Robinson, Mort Meskin, Charles S. Strong, H. R. Karp, Irving Karp, and Art Helfant. Action-packed tales featuring such characters as Flush Bradley and the Black Terror, a super strong super-hero. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Reed Crandall. Featuring: 11 page Blackhawk story "The Woman Known as Number One" drawn by Reed Crandall; 1 page Burp the Twerp story "The Stone Mountain Wager" by Jack Cole; 5 page Chop Chop story "Honest Wong" drawn by Bill Ward; 2 page Salty Waters story by Bernard Dibble; 2 page text story "Atomic Control"; 11 page Blackhawk story "Captain Suicide" drawn by Bill Ward. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Norman Maurer, C.H. Moore, Mike Roy, John Belfi, and Charles Biro. An anthology title from publisher Lev Gleason and his primary creator, Charles Biro, featuring teen hero Crimebuster and his nemesis Iron Jaw. CB's pals in the junior basketball league resort to unusual measures to counter an especially tall kid on the other team. Famous Eccentrics features Ponce de Leon and Kublai Khan. Aspiring criminologist Dave decides to go undercover to find out what makes criminals really tick, and quickly gets involved with hoods planning a prison break. Also featuring a vintage house ad for a contest to name Western hero Black Diamond's horse. Crimebuster; Famous Eccentrics; Daredevil: The Windrop Case. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The adventures of Dale Messick's fearless comic strip hero, redheaded reporter Brenda Starr. Brenda faces a terrifying chase on a roller coaster when she tracks supposedly dead gangster Mugs Lawson to an amusement park. Newspaper copy boy Pesky Miller, who looks a lot like classic Jimmy Olsen, is crowned prince for a day to fill column space on a slow news day. Brenda narrates the real-life story of newspaper publisher Carl Magee, who exposed the Teapot Dome Scandal. The Case of the Undead Corpse; Paradise by Proxy!; Trapped by Nothing; Tempest in the Teapot Dome!; Murder in Style. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Vic Herman 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 investigate reports of a monster; Twinkle enters a kite contest with help from a dragon; Paddy Penguin plays baby-sitter. Marco's Puzzle Page; Twinkle, The Star That Came Down From Heaven; Marco Polar Bear; Paddy Penguin; Pop and Junior; Riddles; Play the F Game; Bobo; Pug and Curly. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Otto Binder, Howard Boughner and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Al Liederman, Howard Boughner and unknown. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) stars in: "The Great Polar Ice Cap" by Bill Woolfolk and C.C. Beck (Sivana appearance); "The Man Who Wanted to be Poor" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck; "History Goes Wild" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck; and "Captain Marvel's Long Chance"! Plus: Captain Kid in "Chair-Man of the Day" with art by Al Liederman; Headline Harry tale "Fruitful Assignment" by Howard Boughner; and Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "Interplanetary Census" by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Prairie, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 60, 4/49). Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Jack Kamen and Al Davoren. 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. Irish immigrant Memphis Mae quickly establishes herself in the Chicago underworld with her murderous ways; Arva Bolling builds a fortune on the backs of the people she murdered; Sarah Rachel Russell, better known as Madame Rachel, is a British blackmailer and con artist in Victorian-era London. Cover features women fighting, but played for laughs. Memphis Mae Corey; Arva Bolling: She Killed to Live!; Murder Proceeds: $1.13; Madame Rachel; A Woman's Intuition! 32 pages, Full Color. Classic fight cover. A violent panel on page seven of "Madame Rachel" shows a woman's face dissolving in acid. In order of appearance: "Memphis Mae Corey" retitled and reprinted with modifications as "Ruthless Devil.." in All Famous Police Cases (1952-54) #12; "Arva Bolling, She Killed to Live!" art by Al Davoren; "Madame Rachel" retitled and reprinted with modifications as "Her Face of Horror.." in Spook (1954) #22; and "A Woman's Intuition!". "Murder Proceeds: $1.13" text story reprinted in Crime Incorporated (1950) #2 and Crimes by Women (1948) #15. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Sprang. Stories by Bill Finger, Otto Binder, Jack Farr and unknown. Art by Dick Sprang, Jimmy Thompson, Jack Farr, Howard Sherman, Carmine Infantino and unknown. Carl Cave is lucky with numbers, especially concerning the lucky number "3", and he believes that number can protect him from the minions of the law...and Batman himself! Don't miss Batman and Robin in "Three's a Crime!" by Bill Finger and Dick Sprang. Plus: Robotman in "The Candid Camera Pest!" by Otto Binder and Jimmy Thompson; Super-Sleuth McFooey in an untitled story by Jack Farr; Slam Bradley in "The Luck of Lucky Louie" with art by Howard Sherman; and The Boy Commandos in "Gangster Island!" with pencils by Carmine Infantino. Also: Shorty half-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Varsity Vic 1-pager by Boltinoff; and 2-page text piece "A Dog's Life." 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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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 Dec. 4, 1935 - Jan. 26, 1936. Tracy and the police are puzzled by murders in a hotel, where no bullets can be found. Junior goes undercover as a bellhop, and discovers the clever murder weapon: bullets made of ice. 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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Volume 54, Issue 4 - April, 1949. 6.75" x 9", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 54, Issue 4 - April, 1949. 6.75" x 9", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Monthly magazine aimed at all musicians, from the novice through the serious student to the professional, The Etude printed articles on popular subjects and more scholarly musical subjects (including history, literature, gossip, and politics). 10.5" x 12", 72 pages, B&W Cover price $0.30.

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Volume 5, Issue 5 - April, 1949. Vintage men's interest magazine full of adult humor comics and tasteful pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11.5", 60 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

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In order of appearance: "Barbary Bill" retitled and reprinted as "Giant of Terror" in Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #58; "Constantine, The Killer" retitled and reprinted as "Madhouse of Crime!!" in Startling Terror Tales (1952-53 1st Series) #12; "Payoff, Death!" retitled and reprinted as "The Deadly Trail..." in Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #59; and "You Can't Escape Justice! Aids to Crime Detection..". "Mr. Blackburn Should Have Known Better." text story reprinted in Crimes by Women (1948) #14 and retitled and reprinted as "Trial and Execution." in Startling Terror Tales (1952-53 1st Series) #12 and Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #55. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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John Taine is profiled in the "Masters of Fantasy" column.

Volume 10, Issue 4 - April, 1949. 6.75" x 9", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 11, Issue 4 - April 1949. Cover by Edmond Swiatek. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "War of the Giant Apes" by Alexander Blade. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 154 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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French language weekly film magazine. 16 unstapled pages on newsprint.

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Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK in "LOST IN THE ANDES", No. 223." Cover art by Carl Barks. Lost in the Andes, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald, a museum janitor, discovers that some "blocks" from Inca ruins are actually square eggs; When the other members of a scientific expedition fall ill, Donald and the nephews press on alone deep into the Andes; There they find a strange race of people who speak with Southern accents and live on the square eggs. Too Fit to Fit one-page story; Donald exercises so that he can fit into his tuxedo again. Tunnel Vision one-page strip; Donald ends the nephews' fighting over the television. Sleepy Sitters; Donald helps the nephews to baby-sit by singing a lullaby. Art by Carl Barks. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "LITTLE IODINE, No. 224." Untitled Little Iodine story, script and art possibly by Jimmy Hatlo; dine finds a stray dog on the street; After cleaning the dog up, her father enters it in a dog show, only to find that the dog belongs to one of Mr. Bigdome's biggest customers. Parents' Club Masquerade Party, script and art possibly by Jimmy Hatlo; Iodine and her father go to a masquerade party. Tremblechin dresses as a policeman and Iodine as a burglar. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walter Lantz OSWALD THE RABBIT, No. 225." Cover art by Dan Gormley. Spring Fever, pencils possibly by Lloyd White, inks by Suzanne Seaborne; Oswald has a crush on the new neighbor, Rosabelle; Floyd and Lloyd don't care for this development, so they get Toby to trick Oswald into taking an ocean cruise; Toby gets off the ship, but the twins don't and are chased by the crew for being stowaways. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "PORKY PIG and SPOOFY, THE SPOOK, No. 226." Porky Pig and Spoofy, the Spook, art by Roger Armstrong; Porky's rich Uncle Ham writes that he is sending Porky a "baby spook"; Porky decides to rent a haunted house to make the spook feel at home; Widget the midget, an escaped convict, reads about Porky in the newspaper; He disguises himself as a ghost and pretends to be the "spook" that Uncle Ham sent. The Roast Gip Recipe, art by Roger Armstrong; Porky is working for the Peachy Keeny Cookbook Company and is sent to the remote island of Pogo-Togo to find the secret recipe for "Roast Gip." Uncle Bacon Comes to Dinner one-page story, art by Gil Turner; Uncle Bacon, the sword swallower, comes to Porky's house for dinner. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. Helping out at a lumber camp, Gabby rides logs downriver like Slim Pickens riding an ICBM in Dr. Strangelove. The Musketeers of the West try to figure out what's so secret about a burro train. Gabby discovers the deadly secret of a traveling "beauty wagon." Favorite line this issue: "Let 'er rip, yuh ornery jughead! I don't aim to be throwed!" Cowboy Cal; Gabby Hayes Rides the Rapids; Gabby Hayes and the Magic Lamp; Musketeers of the West and the Mystery of the Burro Train; Buck Desmond: Mojave Trail; Big Bow and Little Arrow: The Hide-Out; The Beauty Wagon. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover of Gene Autry. Stories and art by Elizabeth Beecher and others. Singing cowboy Gene Autry was a multimedia star from the 1930s-1950s, in music, movies, radio, and television, as well as comic books. Gene's prospector pal Flapjack goes looking for legendary lost treasure in the haunted lands of the Tabira pueblo. But outlaws are using the ruins of a nearby fort as a hideout. Bud Reed takes up the stagecoach route of his murdered father. The Ghost of Tabira; Smart Gal; A Brave Button. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Dan Gordon and others. Art by Dan Gordon 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 and Humphrey do everything they can to make an unhappy hyena laugh, featuring a cameo by Bob Hope; The Duke is astonished when all of The Dopes stupid guesses start coming true. Superkatt; The Duke and the Dope; Spencer Spook; Showing the Show-Off; Bungle of the Jungle; Wacky Wolf; Witch Hazel. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Contains three Frank Frazetta illustrations. Frazetta illustrations appear in sixteen consecutive issues of Goofy Comics (1943 Nedor/Standard) (#20-#35) and in eighteen consecutive issues of Happy Comics (1943) (#20-#37). Contains funny animal stories. In order of appearance: "Goofy Gander"; "Mary Lamb Sees the Circus" art by Lynn Karp; "Uncle Pigly in 'Visit to the City!'"; "Wilbur Fox" story by Hubie Karp, art by Lynn Karp; "Daffy and Dilly in 'Nuts Is Nuts!'"; "Oliver Owl" art by Lynn Karp; "Peter Pigly"; and "Scatty". Illustrated text stories: "The Colt Who Wanted to Sing: Poor Horace Tried to Warble Like a Bird! " by Uncle Andy, illustration by Frazetta; "Spotted Snob: Mike and the Pedigreed Pup Are Good Pals Now!" by Elizabeth Starr, illustration by Frazetta; and "Little Brown Dog: This Little Canine Wanted to Find a Good Master!" by Betty Cummings, illustration by Frazetta. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue 37 - "The Man From Nowhere" by Stuart Hardy. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

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An absolutely great forced perspective cover!

L.B. Cole cover. In order of appearance: "Toni Gayle, The Parisian Strangler"; cartoon gags by Milt Hammer; "True! Lives of Crime Bring Doom To Criminals, The Golden Cobra" reprinted in Thrilling Crime Cases (1950) #43; "Boitram the Boiglar" by Art Helfant; "The Gunmaster Gregory Gayle, The Penthouse Murders" art by L. B. Cole, reprinted in Thrilling Crime Cases (1950) #43; "The 357 Magnum" by Harry Lazarus; "Crime Run-Down, You Spot The Clue!!" art by L. B. Cole, reprinted in All Famous Police Cases (1952-54) #15; and "Two-Ton O'Toole" by Art Helfant. "Escape" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Ken Hultgren and Bob Wickersham. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG, with art by cartooning legend Dan Gordon. Shilly and Shally the mice create a fake Valentine card for Chauncey the cat; Robespierre disguises alley-cat Tiger as a cultured kitty to find him a home; Grandma tells Teepee Tim where the stars came from. Robespierre; Fireflies Can't Talk!; Mr. Slicker; Teepee Tim; Magic in the Alley; Shilly and Shally; How Pudge Escaped; Oscar the Ugly Duckling; Judge Beaver; Square's Mouse Trap. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Rod Reed and Frank Bolle. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. Old Man Rearden asks Hopalong to escort his money from the mine into the bank, but outlaw Tex Storm has designs on that money. Tex Storm gets away from Mesquite, and almost gets the drop on Hoppy by wearing a dress, a veil and a floppy hat. Pistol-Packin' Pattie can pick up a handkerchief with her teeth while riding at a full gallop, but some cowboys think they can do better. Plus Comix Cards (like the later Marvel Value Stamps) featuring Western movie hero Monte Hale. Crossfire; Hill Billy; The Dangerous Escape; Meanest Outlaw; The Ghosts of Gopher Hill!; Be a Sharpshooter!; Tex and Rex ; Whitey Whiskers and Daniel Boone, Jr.: The Grainy Type; Ridin' Herd with William Boyd; Pistol-Packin' Pattie; Hopalong Cassidy and the Mystery Rider. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 3, No. 8 - April, 1949. 7" x 9.75", 16 pages, B&W.

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Funny numbering on this title. Two versions of #7-9 exist with different dates. This is the April 1949 edition or the real #9. Cover pencils by John Buscema (made up of six re-lettered panels from page four of the first interior story). Stories by Allen Bellman and unknown. Art by Allen Bellman, John Buscema, Vern Henkel and unknown. True cases proving crime can't win! In this issue: "Johnny 'The Gun' Sanchico" (cover story) with pencils by John Buscema - Every violent, smashing, bullet-ridden hour...every headline that screamed the truth about one of the most vicious criminals of our time; 1-page Hi, Friends editorial "A Letter to Our Readers and Their Parents!"; "Machine-Gun Maggie!" with pencils by Vern Henkel; 2-page text story "Good Luck to Me"; Skip McCoy in Let's Play Detective 2-pager "Murder in Model Row!" by Allen Bellman; 1-page Wanted By the F.B.I. public service announcement; and "Everett Rand, the Shame of San Francisco!" 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Allen Saunders, Alfred Andriola and Bob Powell. Reprints of Alfred Andriola's detective comic strip Kerry Drake and other adventure tales. This issue features reprints from May 26 - Aug. 8, 1946. Corrupt bodybuilder Torso Steel targets wealthy Algernon Wedmore and his burlesque dancer girlfriend, GeeGee String. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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April 4, 1949. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 14-in., 160 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.20.

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April 11, 1949. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 14-in., 168 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.20.

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March 18, 1949. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 14-in., 128 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.20.

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March 14, 1949. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 14-in., 144 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.20.

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Volume 5, Issue 4 - April, 1949. 6.75" x 9.75", 158 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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April 1949. Western adventure stories by Gunnison Steele "The Golden Skull" (featuring Wayne Morgan, the Masked Rider) and other stories. 7" x 9 1/2". B&W text with illustrations. 98 pages. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover art by Kurt Schaffenberger. The Plague of the Locusts starring Captain Marvel, Jr., art by Kurt Schaffenberger. Two Comix Cards featuring Captain Marvel, Jr. Sportsmen starring Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb. The Jealous Jungle Companion starring Nyoka the Jungle Girl. The Strange Hostage, art by Bill Ward; Bulletman is forced by criminals to allow them to carry out their crimes so that Bulletgirl, who has been kidnapped, is not harmed. Safety First starring Bart and Art. The Justice Killer starring Tom Mix, pencils by Carl Pfeufer, inks by John Jordan; Tom Mix is visiting Judge Jody in his courtroom when the Judge sentences Big Bletcher to the gallows; Big Bletcher decides that if he has to die he is going to kill the judge also and tries to strangle him to death. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 40, Issue 160 - March, 1949. 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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Cover by Art Bartsch. Art by Art Bartsch, Jim Tyer and Connie Rasinski. The world's mightiest mouse defends Mouseville from danger - mostly cats - in the comic-book adventures of the Terrytoons animated superhero. In a twist on the Chicken Little scenario, Snaggletooth the Fox cons the chickens with a fake Mighty Mouse costume. Mighty Mouse observes a ski race to make sure the cats play fair. The tale of Mighty Mouse's noble ancestor, Sir Bois De Breathless Mouse, and his battle with the Dracula Dragon. Foiling the Fox; The Snow Man; The Perils of Pearl Pureheart; Ski Meet; Who Is Mighty Mouse? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 38, Issue 5 - April, 1949. Special Shirley Temple issue. Exclusive interviews, stories and photographs of Shirley Temple all grown up at the age of 21. Also includes stories about other celebrities such as: Howard Duff, Rita Hayworth, and Elizabeth Taylor. Softcover Magazine, 8.5" x 10.5", 122 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and others. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Monte's old enemies The Gravedigger (formerly the Undertaker), The Coyote, and The Gopher join forces to trap Monte in an open grave. Monte gets the goods on a corrupt land baron who's swindling settlers with faked contracts, featuring a scene where Monte uses a filing cabinet as a bullet-shield. While running supplies to his prospector pals Baldy and Chuck, Monte learns they've made an incredible diamond strike, and sticks around for the trouble he knows will follow. Three Enemies; Old Slick; Abijah's Dark Defeat; Bronko Betsy; Gray Hawk: Nuisance Hound; Slaves of Jewel Valley; Gabby Hayes: Demon Dentist; The Man Who Hated Indians. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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