Comic books November 1949

Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. "Roving marshal" Lash takes on the outlaws who have seized the Stone Mountain Silver Mine, even though he has one arm in a sling. Lash runs into his myopic pal Squinty in Hedge City, and the two of them accidentally foil an outlaw's safecracking scheme. When Ned Cleery's gang seemingly vanishes into thin air after raids on Ulster Gulch, the sheriff asks Lash for help. Wagonwheels; The Stone Mountain Escapade; Molasses Mouth; The Saga of Squinty; Saddlehead; Brothers; Dusty: The Close Shave; The Perfect Hide-Out. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Story includes a Superman cameo. Cover art by Bob Oksner. Return Policy, script by Sheldon Mayer; Thinking Allergy shoplifted a pair of roller skates, Binky tries to return them without the store knowing it. Love is Blind--and Deaf, script by Sheldon Mayer, art by Bob Oksner; Lucy gets fixed up on a blind date with a door-to-door salesman she gave the brush off to earlier. The Picnic, script by Hal Seeger, art by Bob Oksner; To keep from leaving Allergy home alone, the family tries to hold Uncle Snootly's weekly picnic in the back yard without him knowing it. Lowered Sights starring Lila, script and art by Harry Lampert. A Word of Advice, script by Hal Seeger, pencils by Bob Oksner; When Peggy breaks up with Binky, Binky tries to get her back by emulating the same situation on the "A Date With Judy" radio program. Tootsie Rolls ad with Captain Tootsie, pencils by C. C. Beck, inks by Pete Costanza. Advertisement for Scribbly #2, art by Sheldon Mayer. The Clock, script by Hal Seeger, art by Bob Oksner; Peggy makes a date with Binky to meet under a department store clock; But when the clock is removed for repairs, Binky can't find Peggy. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Leroy (1949) is published by Standard Comics. Cover price $0.10.

Romance comics from Fawcett with tales of love, betrayal, heartache and reconciliation. Jean likes bending the rules, but when she meets Dan, she learns that some rules aren't meant to be broken. Bette tells fibs that drive ex Tommy away from his new gal Doris, but soon her lies cause things to spin out of control. Helen is stingy in both matters of the wallet and matters of the heart. Plus an interview with screen legend Joel McCrea and a pinup of "Heartthrob of the Month" Dick Powell. Rebellious Heart; My Broken Vow; Love's Betrayer; Exclusive Interview with Joel McCrea; The Sparing Heart. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 25, Issue 5 - November 1949. General interest magazine started in 1937 featuring articles, pictorials, and single panel gag cartoons. 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, Text (with B&W pictures and illustrations) Cover price $0.20.

Cover art by Irving Tripp. Untitled story; Tubby tries to prove to the other Fellers that Lulu is in love with him. The Deep Black River; Lulu tells Alvin about a little girl in a castle guarded by a monster in the moat. Untitled story; Lulu finds a dog but her mother says she has to find it another home. Untitled story; Lulu traps a burglar in her bedroom closet. Untitled story; Tubby is tired of always being "it" in hide and seek. All scripts by John Stanley, art by Irving Tripp. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Facts about the different types of Indian footwear. The Lone Ranger and Skinner the Schemer, art by Charles Flanders; Mr. Skinner swindles the townspeople of Durango in a mining scheme; but has a change of heart. The Lone Ranger and "Duke" Morgan, of Buffalo Point; Gambler "Duke" Morgan rules the town of Buffalo Point with an iron hand; but is afraid of illness and pain. Boss of the Wild Bunch article--The true story of Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch's adventures in Utah and Wyoming in the 1890s. The Wolf's Den, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Tom Hickey; Young Hawk and Little Buck escape from the Sioux village and find a refuge by forcing a wolf and her cubs from their den. Portrait of Chief David Bearspaw, Stoney Tribe, Calgary, Canada. Based on the popular Western TV series. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Ward. Stories by Paul Gustavson and unknown. Art by Alice Kirkpatrick, Art Peddy, Charlie Tomsey, Paul Gustavson, Pete Riss, Bill Ward and unknown. Love letters and the revealing tales of the lovers who wrote them! In this issue: "Bitter Triumph" with pencils by Alice Kirkpatrick; "Love Swindle" with pencils by Art Peddy; "My Dearest Love" with art by Charlie Tomsey and Pete Riss; 1-page text story "Letters from a Secret Love"; and "The Caged Heart" by Paul Gustavson and Bill Ward. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ken Ernst. Stories and art by Vic Herman, Allen Saunders and Ken Ernst. The ultimate busybody, Mary gives advice to friends and neighbors coping with love woes. Mrs. Manorborn doesn't want her son to marry poor nurse Crystal, but Crystal has a secret. Marie drives off prospective suitors by constantly imitating media celebrities. Her Selfish Love!; How to Hold Your Man; Wallflower; My Secret Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"I was the other woman!" cover story for this first issue.

Stories and art by Otto Binder, 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 soars into action when someone starts stealing the world's oxygen. Billy Batson can't help Quentin Vandecker with the villainous sailor Captain Bryce, but maybe Captain Marvel can. Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. The Great Oxygen Theft; Bluster and Fluster: Birthday Blues; Mary Marvel: The Playwright Plot; Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Newspaper War; Murder Downstairs; Boxcar Benny; Lazy Lee; Hoghead Harry; Headline Harry: The Musical Interlude; Captain Marvel Sails Before the Mast; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Bill Everett cover. "A Night in Hangman's House" (art by Gene Colan); "Spectacles of Doom" (art by Bill Everett); "Hand of Horror;" "The Haunted Love" (art by Colan); Two page text story, "Fear Was My Playmate." Thanks to Grand Comics Database for the above artist information! Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Kurt Schaffenberger. The Prophet of Doom, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; Captain Marvel, Jr. vs. Sivana, Jr. The Flying Snake, art by Max Elkan; Nyoka must halt the greedy intentions of a big game hunter after ivory when the man plants the feather of a rare bird on another hunter and the bird kills him. Ill At Ease starring Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb. The Terror of the Turkey Rustlers starring Tom Mix, pencils by Carl Pfeufer, inks by John Jordan. Women, Women, Women! starring Ozzie and Babs. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 42, Issue 167 - November, 1949. Digest-size UK men's magazine. Articles, humor, and pin-up photos. 5" x 7.25", 140 pages, B&W with color.

2 Patsy Walker stories, plus other comics and text features. Photo cover. Cover price $0.10.

This funny story finds Beverly trying to teach Bob Hope how to ride a bike. Also includes: "Lucky Breaks with Rhonda Fleming," "Meet Dane Clark," and "The Hills at Home." Pencils, inks, and cover by Bob Oksner. Inset front cover photos of Bob Hope, Montgomery Clift, Dane Clark, and Dennis Day. Each of these appear inside in stories, too. One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie Saves the Day!" (art by C.C. Beck). Cover price $0.10.

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Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11.5", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover pencils by Reed Crandall, inks by Chuck Cuidera. The Menace of the Scorpion starring Blackhawk. Untitled stories starring Torchy, Will Bragg, and Ezra. Isle of Fury text story starring Blackhawk. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 39, Issue 6 - November, 1949. Ava Gardner on cover. This issue includes stories about celebrities including: Van Johnson, Ava Gardner, Elizabeth Taylor, Linda Darnell, Howard Duff, Ingrid Bergman, Frank Sinatra, and Gene Autry. Softcover Magazine, 8.5" x 11", 112 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Issue #168. November 9, 1949. French language movie magazine. Clark Gable and Loretta Young cover. 8 1/4 in. x 12-in., 16 pages, B&W. NOTE: All text in French.

Stories and art by Edmond Good and Dick Kraus. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Monte encounters the outlaw gang of Goldie, the Goldfinger-like crime boss who is obsessed with gold and golden objects. A bank is robbed by "renegade pygmy Indians," only three feet tall (who share one horse!), in the strangest Western tale since The Terror of Tiny Town. Monte's friend Doc Bowden has to save an injured settler in the middle of a blazing gun battle. Plus a vintage comics-formatted ad for Wildroot Hair Tonic and the radio show The Adventures of Sam Spade. The Undercover Men; Old Slick; Bronko Betsy; Monte Hale's Cowboy Songs: The Old Chisholm Trail; The Pygmy Plunderers; Hard Headed Hankus; Prairie Doctor; Gabby Hayes Gets Branded; Steamboat Passage; Gray Hawk: The Fire-Maker; Monte Hale Fights the Phantom Warriors. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Feldstein. Stories by Al Feldstein and others. Art by Al Feldstein, Graham Ingels, Harry Harrison and Wally Wood (credited as Harry Wood). The former Moon Girl completes its transformation into a romance comic. Aspiring actress Lucy is lured to New York by a handsome theatrical producer, but when he makes a move on her, she starts to wonder what he's really after. Patsy rebels against her widowed mother when she starts dating a new man. Terry gets involved in an office romance with her boss, in an early story by Harry Harrison and Wally Wood (credited as Harry Wood). Suspicious of His Intentions!; I Was a Wild Girl; Just a Lark; Triangle of Love; I Thought I Loved My Boss. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Jane Powell cover and feature article. Also articles and features on James Stewart, Robert Mitchum, Roy Rogers, Peter Lawford, Bob Hope and more. Full-page movie ads include The Red Danube, Under Capricorn, Task Force, The Heiress, Jolson Sings Again, Bride For Sale, Thieve's Highway. Profusely illustrated with photographs. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Dick Rockwell and John J. Anthony. Troubled couples seek help from John J. Anthony, real-life advice expert on a famous radio show of the 1930s. Bored Southern belle Rosie feels shame because of her disastrous first marriage to wealthy gambler Lawrence. Spoiled rich girl Elsa doesn't see the error of her ways, even after a speeding accident that kills a child and lands her in prison for manslaughter. Radio relationship expert Mr. Anthony describes some of the rules for a happy marriage, including mutual attraction, common interests, and waiting for the right age to marry. I Ran Around; I Won't Drag You Down; I Said What I Thought...; 5 of the Ten Rules for Marriage Happiness; I Love Sidney Knox; If You'd Only Grow Up, Parker. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by George Appel and others. Fox Feature Syndicate presents the third romance title to launch the romance comics craze, following Crestwood's "Young Romance" and Timely/Marvel's "My Romance". Debbie steals her friend's boyfriend, then gets jealous when she sees the two of them together, not realizing they're planning her surprise party; A former waitress tries to hide her poverty-stricken past from her wealthy boyfriend; Doris just wants to find a man to hurt after her boyfriend turns out to be a criminal. Plus love advice to readers and advice on dealing with a double chin. Say A Prayer For Me; Girl From The Tenements; What Am I to Do?; Gloom Chasers; I Sought Revenge. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Wally Wood and others. Lurid tales of romance and regret from Fox Feature Syndicate. A woman tries trickery to win a man, but that just turns him off; A heartbroken gal despairs of ever finding a man who treats her with respect; A past heartbreak haunts a woman who fears it is happening again, in an early story by EC legend Wally Wood. Plus love advice to readers. I'll Make Him Marry Me; My Kind Of Guy; Ask Debby Brown; Debby Brown Says; Deserted Twice. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Wally Wood and others. Women tell tales of hard-won romance. Numbering continues from Women Outlaws (1948) #8. Nightclub owner Joe causes Bev to break up with waiter George by showing her evidence of George's cheating, but something's not right; Mona's father doesn't approve of boyfriend Bob because Bob's father was an alcoholic; Sheltered Vivian tries to keep her new boyfriend a secret from her ailing mother. Plus love advice to readers and advice on To Dye or Not to Dye. Heartbreak Mirror; Love Broke My Heart; For Lovers Only; Personality Corner; My Secret Husband. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.