Comic books December 1949

Photo cover of Barbara Hale and Bill Williams. "The Fool Was I!"; Laura will marry Tom as soon as he can provide "security!; She helps build up his garage business but Tom feels pressured by her ambition; When he learns Laura flirts with men to get them to sign service contracts with the garage, Tom breaks up with her and gives her the business; Laura realizes money cant make her happy, and donates the company to charity. "Love Lore" non-fiction half-page, art by Mort Meskin. "My Problem Sister," art by Mort Meskin; Kates sister Barbara is selfish and subject to "terrible rages!"; When widowed doctor Ted proposes to Kate, Barbara decides to steal him away. "The Legend of Gretna Green," art by Mort Meskin; History of Scottish town where marriages are performed. "Romance for Sally" text story by June McDonald. "What Should I Do?" one-page story, art by Mort Meskin. "Kirk Douglas... Real Life Star!", art by Art Saaf. "It Pays To Be Different" text story by Betty Cummings. "Hearts at Sea," art by Frank Sieminsky; Martha refuses to marry Jeb unless he gives up his job as a fisherman; He refuses; Wealthy Randolph courts Martha but when they go for a sail and a storm blows up, Randolph reveals his cowardice. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $8.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 35, Issue 2 - December, 1949. Cover by Earle Bergey. Stories by James Blish, Murray Leinster, Raymond F. Jones, Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury, William Morrison, Cleve Cartmill, and L. Sprague de Camp. Two Virgil Finlay illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Stories by Gardner Fox and others. Art by Frank Bolle and Dick Ayers. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Outlaws plan to dynamite a riverbed to sabotage ranchers; Ghost Rider rescues a man accused of rustling from an angry mob; Tim battles outlaws in the middle of a buffalo stampede. Tim Holt's Western Album; The Dynamiters!; Western Range Book; Chuck-Wagon Chatter; The Ghost Rider: Hangman's Hate!; Winchester Backfire; Trouble's Toll Bridge! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by Lynn Karp and unknown. Featuring: Droopy 1-pager; Tom & Jerry tale with pencils by Lynn Karp; Jerry & Tuffy 2-pager with pencils by Karp; Adventures of Tom tale with pencils by Karp; Adventures of Jerry text story; Flip 'n' Dip tale; Wuff the Prairie Dog tale; Barney Bear & Benny Burro tale; Fuzzy & Wuzzy tale; and Droopy half-pager. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Al Liederman and others. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. Tom has an encounter with the Vanishing Tall Bandit, who's almost seven feet tall and always gets away. Prospecting Pete turns outlaw, but when Josh sees his face, he tries to get rid of Josh. Tom investigates after an injured man escapes from Gulch City, where the outlaws have taken power. The Vanishing Tall Man; Cowboy Cal; Death Reigns in the Dobie Hills; Fightin' Forbes: Gunning for Forbes; Spendthrift Spencer; Tumbleweed, Jr.: Pony Boy; Roundup Time with Tom Mix; The Signed Confession; Oscar the Outlaw; Saddlehead; Lawless City. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Subscriber only (rare), will always have mailing label. Label not considered a defect. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. During WWII, a damaged DC-3 flies to safety with a hastily attached replacement wing from a DC-2. The life of frontiersman Kit Carson. The history of rocket science includes speculation about the first moon flight, 20 years before it actually happened, including the problems of living in zero gravity. Doak Walker: Triple-Threat; The Story of the Lopsided Plane; A Trip to the Moon; Kit Carson: Monarch of the Plains; Dan Green: Cannonball Express; Truly Comic! 32 pages, Full Color. NOTE: #80-84 are all newsprint editions that were distributed by mail only to subscribers (no newsstand distribution). Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $265.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to off white Canadian Edition Label #4111138001

1947 Canadian Reprint. Cover by Jack Cole. Art by Jack Cole and Alex Toth. Reuses cover of True Crime Comics (1947 Magazine Village) #1. Parts of this issue are reprints from True Crime Comics (1947 Magazine Village) #1, but with artwork by Wally Wood removed. Full color. 36 pages. 7" x 10". Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Lee Elias, Tom Gill, Bob Powell and Vic Herman. Torrid tales of love and heartbreak dressed up as advice to the lovelorn from Harvey. A doctor is torn between professional ethics and his secret love for his nurse Myra. Gail uses a Sadie Hawkins dance to go after Lenny, just to make her boyfriend Doug jealous. New to New York, Janice dates a multitude of guys, but doesn't count on getting a reputation. How I Lost My Sweetheart; I Married a Doctor; My Careless Heart; I Was a Pick-Up; Should I Leave Home?; Tips For Teen-Agers: Watch Your Manners; What Would You Do?; In Love With My Teacher; My First Love Haunted Me; I Thought I Knew What I Wanted. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

NOTE: #8 on cover, but this is actually #1 for the True to Life Romances series. - L. B. Cole cover. "No. 8" on cover. Numbering continues from Guns Against Gangsters Vol. 2 (1949) #1. In order of appearance: "Because I Hated Steve" art by Manny Stallman; "Love Must Play a Part" art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth; "I'd Fit the Dream" art by Nina Albright; and "My Heart Will Tell Me". "Watch Where You Love" text story. Indicia states: "True-To-Life Romances". 36 pages. Full color. Cover Price $0.10.

NOTE: #8 on cover, but this is actually #1 for the True to Life Romances series. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 2 - December 1949. True Crime and Detective stories. 96 pages, Text with B&W photos and illustrations throughout. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $29.00 View scan Staple rust.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $11.00 View scan .5" Spine split from bottom.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $18.00 View scan Oxidation.	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $15.50 View scan
Add to cart Good $13.00	Add to cart GD 2.0 $13.00 Centerfold detached.	Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $6.70 1" spine split from the top. Water damage.

Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, Bill Walsh, Dick Moores, Bob Karp, Ted Osborne, Gil Turner, Tony Strobl, George Waiss, Bill Wright, Jim Pabian, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 10 #3. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured work by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, and Pogo's Walt Kelly. In a classic story from the Mickey Mouse comic strip, Mickey, Goofy and Donald confront the seven ghosts who have been haunting Colonel Bassett's mansion. In a story by Barks, Donald's nephews accidentally give his love letters to Gladstone Gander. Mickey's new homing pigeons have been trained for stealing jewelry. Donald Duck; Bucky Bug; Li'l Bad Wolf; Mickey Mouse; The Halloween Party; Mickey Mouse in the House of Seven Haunts. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

V.10 #2 is issue #110 - Canadian Edition. Reprints Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone) #100 (Vol. 9 #4)

Canadian Edition. Reprints Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone) #100 (Vol. 9 #4). Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, Bill Walsh, Dick Moores, Bob Karp, Hubie Karp, Tony Strobl, Gil Turner, George Waiss, Bill Wright, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 9 #4. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured work by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, and Pogo's Walt Kelly. In a classic story from the Mickey Mouse comic strip, Pluto is befuddled by a talking dog (who's not Goofy). In a story by Barks, Huey, Dewey and Louie try to elude a truant officer who looks strangely familiar. This story is adapted from the Disney cartoon Truant Officer Donald, which Carl Barks also wrote. Plus a vintage ad for a Walt Kelly-drawn, circus-themed poster featuring all the Disney characters. Donald Duck; Bucky Bug; Li'l Bad Wolf; Mickey Mouse; Santa's Secret; Mickey Mouse: The Talking Dog. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mort Lawrence. Stories and art by Mort Leav, John Forte, and Mort Lawrence. Bloody pre-Code crime comics, in imitation of Crime Does Not Pay - including a top-hatted, otherworldly narrator. The twist is that the publisher offers wanted posters (and rewards) for real-life criminals. A trio of crooks aboard a boat gets into a running gun battle with a Coast Guard patrol. Diminutive Marty feels like a big man when he has a gun in his hand. A chemist kills the gangster who's extorting him, and thinks he's gotten away with it - until a mysterious figure shows up at his door. The Corpse Came C.O.D.; Wanted: James Boyd Guy; Little Man with a Big Gun; Don't Do It; Wanted: Lloyd Sampsell; Not Tough at All; An Act of Revenge; Wanted: Paul Wilson. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Augie Scotto and others. Outlaws, gunfighters, and tales of the Old West - some true, and others merely legends. A deserter from the Civil War hatches a scheme to disguise his outlaw gang with Confederate uniforms. A tough Western judge uses a shotgun and the law to stop a dangerous family feud. Crusading newspaper editor James "King of William" changes the power structure in old San Francisco. Bad Soldier; Handy With a Scatter Gun; Stronghold; Nervous Lucca; The White Brave; A Man and a Town; The Killers of the Golden Gate. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover of western film actors Whip Wilson and Reno Browne. Contains western romance stories. In order of appearance: "Western Hearts"; "Romance Rides the Range" art by John Severin and Bill Elder; "Recipes for Romance"; "Love Laughs at Six-Guns"; "I Married Danger"; and "The Man My Father Hated!". Comic advertisement for Dubble Bubble bubble gum from Fleer. Illustrated text stories: "Foreman of Her Heart: A Ranch Girl Rides to Romance and Happiness!" by Sally Devries; and "With Love From Nancy: Who Was the Man That Broke This Ranch Girl's Heart?" by Alice L. Barry, illustrations by Dan Loprino. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. When rancher Mobray's son starts sleepwalking, a ranch hand with gambling debts realizes he can frame him for his father's murder. Monte pretends to have turned outlaw and holds up stagecoaches to expose an insurance swindle. Con men try to sell desert land by claiming it has an underground river, but Tom Mix is skeptical. Plus a profusion of vintage comics-format ads, including one featuring movie cowboy Rocky Lane. Hopalong Cassidy: Death Walks the Night; Monte Hale, Outlaw; Cactus Brain; Red Roan: Runaway Train; Gabby Hayes: Frantic Feet; Li'l Buck; Buck and Cluck: Oh, Brother; Big Bow and Little Arrow: The Escape; Tom Mix: The Underground River. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover photo of Pat Williams by Ken Murray. Art by Bruno Premiani, Vic Donahue, John Severin, Will Elder, George Roussos, Leonard Starr, and Jack Kirby. Tales of romance on the range and heartbreak on the high prairie. A wealthy prospector sends for a mail-order bride; A story featuring early art by EC legends John Severin and Will Elder; Tough bar owner Belle has no time for romance with her handsome bouncer Mike. Wife Wanted; Romance in Robbers Roost; A Man to Handle Belle; The Blueblood and the Bum!; Romance and the Postmistress; Dude Ranch Diplomacy; Gunmans Shadow. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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First issue of the series (formerly Best Western). 52 pages. "The Kansas Massacre of 1864," Hawk Gaither and Frank Cawley in "Two-Gun Showdown at Black Rock," "He Tried to Starve a Thousand Men," Black Jack Cronin in "Gun Duel in Powder Valley," and "Sheriff Harvey Gilamonster Gilbert." Photo cover. Cover price $0.10.

"Riders of the Gunsmoke Trail" (art by Mort Leav), "The Trail Back" (art by Bernard Krigstein), "Nuggest Nugent Goes to Work," "The Last of the Harpes," and "Roll Mules Roll" (art by Mort Lawrence). Cover by Mort Lawrence. Stories by Mort Leav, Bernie Krigstein, and Mort Lawrence. True tales from the Old West, starring such real-life characters as Wild Bill Pecos, Nuggets Nugent, Apache Joe, Wiley Harpe, and Clay Raymond . 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $41.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 22, No. 11/12 - November/December 1949. "White Tops" is the official magazine of the CFA and keeps the circus industry connected with news, articles and history and is sent to members four times per year. 8" x 10.5", 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton and Kurt Schaffenberger. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. An enchanted statue brings Ibis face-to-face with the wizard Dhalgar, an old foe from his earlier life in ancient Egypt. The tiny criminal mastermind known as The Flea challenges Lance O'Casey to a duel to the death. Freshman Freddy takes boxing to impress Harriet, but accidentally picks a fight with the school's boxing champion. Plus a "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton, featuring useless but hilarious advice on "How to Keep Your Knees from Knocking." And vintage ads for The Captain Marvel Club and an "Authentic Secret Agent Mycro-Spy Wrist Camera." Also, "Comix Cards" (like the later Marvel Value Stamps) featuring Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr. Captain Marvel; Muscle Hedd; Freshman Freddy; The Culture Corner; Golden Arrow Fights the Renegade Robbers!; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Lance O'Casey vs. the Flea; Jim and Jam; Ibis the Invincible: The Sinister Statue!; The Whiz Quiz. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $175.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4472874010 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

"Jets to You," art by Bill Vigoda; Mr. Bunsen sends Wilbur to the moon. Archie house ad. "Ants in His Plants," art by Bill Vigoda; Wilbur decides to buy Laurie's father a Venus ant trap plant to get him to stop being mad at him. "The Handyman," art by Bill Vigoda; Wilbur needs to earn some money so Laurie hires him to clean the house and fix the plumbing. Wilbur Puzzle Fun. "Dumb Like a Fox," art by Bill Vigoda; It's be kind to animals week. Stuff About Stars article; News from Hollywood with mention of the stars and directors listed above. Darling Love and Darling Romance house ad. "At R.K.O. Studios in Hollywood," art by Bill Woggon; Katy is taking a screen test at the R.K.O. Studios with actor Robert Ryan. Katy Keene paper doll cutouts, art by Bill Woggon. Super Duck house ad. "S'no Time to Relax"; Wilbur buys his dad a vibrator. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by J.F. Byrne and William R. Shelton. Stories and art by Lee Elias and Rodlow Willard. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Madame Dragon captures Captain Wings' men and uses them as hostages to get Captain Wings to surrender; In a reprint of the first episode of "weird war" series Ghost Patrol, a WWII pilot is aided by the spirit of a WWI aviator and his ghostly biplane; Captain Wings captures the deadly Madam X and gets the skinny on an enemy supply shipment. Captain Wings; Ghost Squadron; Captain Wings. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 5, No. 3 - December, 1949. Pinup and glamour magazine. Cover by Peter Driben. Includes the fifteenth episode of John Willie's "Sweet Gwendoline" comic. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

No. 1243 - December 10, 1949. 8.5" x 11.75", 14 pages, B&W.