Comic books January 1950

Cover pencils by Al Plastino. The Hobby Robber starring Superboy and Humpty Dumpty, pencils by John Sikela, inks by Ed Dobrotka. Superboy Storekeeper!, pencils by John Sikela, inks by Ed Dobrotka; Clark takes over the general store when Pa turns his ankle. Razor Blade Radio--Superboy's Workshop activity page. The Man Who Captured Geronimo (biography of John Clum). Give Your Town a Present public service announcement starring Superboy, script by Jack Schiff, pencils by Win Mortimer. The Man from Menlo Park (bio on Thomas Edison). The Hercules of Smallville! starring Superboy, pencils by John Sikela, inks by Ed Dobrotka. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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#86 in a series of 90. Superman-Tim is a boys' clothing catalog, activity book, and comic book all rolled into one, featuring Superman illustrations throughout. All issues are 16 pages unless a Superman story is inserted (bringing page count to 24 or 36 pages). Every issue encourages boys not to be a "Whoo-Shoo" -- a boy who reads "Superman-Tim" but doesn't buy clothes from the Superman-Tim Store. Copyright 1950 by National Comics Pub., Inc., under license to Tim Promotions, Inc. B&W with a single color, 5 1/2 in. x 8 in.

Stories and art by Lee Elias and Bob Powell. Tales of teen love and heartbreak from Harvey. Jo and Ellen discover they have both fallen for handsome artist Jeff. While temporarily blinded, Jeanne falls for a mystery man, in a story possibly drawn by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. Sandy likes to flirt with the boys, but her games backfire on her, in a story with good-girl art by Bob Powell. My Beloved Doctor; My First Sweetheart!; I Don't Want to Be The Most Popular Girl in School!; Sweet Love Lines; Pleasant Memories; I Tried To Elope; Too Shy For Love. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Sweethearts was the first monthly romance title. Sherry is despondent when her best friend marries the man she loves, but in her self-destructive daze she meets handsome cop Barry. Donna is convinced that her bad luck will rub off on Frank, the man she loves, but staying away from him isn't working either. Dan loves Jean, but she's strangely repulsed at any sign of disease or infirmity in other people, and claims to be in "perfect health" herself. Plus a romantic story serial and strange but true love facts. The Well of Tears; A Wayward Heart; My Last Chance for Love; The Happiness and Heartbreak of Vicki Carter; Memory's Souvenir; Romance Oddities. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Art Bartsch. Art by Art Bartsch and Connie Rasinski. St. John presents the comics adventures of the characters of animator Paul Terry's studio. Dinky Duck tries hypnosis on Rudy the Rooster. Heckle and Jeckle's latest scheme is to score King Tut's treasure for themselves. Dinky becomes a detective and sets out to solve a crime. Detective Dinky; Heckle and Jeckle: King Tut's Tomb; Dimwit; Dinky: It's All in the Mind; Dinky: The Power of Suggestion; Mighty Mouse: Up in Smoke; Sourpuss; Gandy Goose: Dream Girl. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Art Bartsch. Art by Art Bartsch and Connie Rasinski. St. John presents the comics adventures of the characters of animator Paul Terry's studio. Mighty Mouse faces Professor Ohm's latest secret weapon. Gandy and Sourpuss try to catch a runaway baby carriage. Heckle and Jeckle have a chance to foil a robbery and be productive citizens for a change, but their efforts backfire anyway. Mighty Mouse: The Secret Weapon of Professor Ohm; Dinky; Gandy Goose: The Star Performers; Detective Dinky; Dinky: The Happy Hypnotist; Heckle and Jeckle: The Great Sawdust Mystery; Gandy Goose. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 34, Issue 1 - January, 1950. TAM is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures. Broadway and Hollywood. Includes: "The Biggest Thief in Town" by Dalton Trumbo, "The Man You Love to Hate" by Peter Noble, and much more. 8.5-in. x 11-in, 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Bill Walton, Artie Saaf, Charles S. Strong, Dan Loprino, H. Larsen, and Mort Meskin. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Bill Walton, Artie Saaf, Charles S. Strong, Dan Loprino, H. Larsen, and Mort Meskin. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 36 pgs. FC. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Gardner Fox and others. Art by Frank Bolle and Dick Ayers. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Tim and Chito unwittingly ride into an outlaw settlement. Ghost Rider gets a new mask, perfecting his very cool character design (that eventually became the Phantom Rider). Tim protects a wagon train from outlaws who want to take their silver-rich territory. Tim Holt's Western Album; Border Town Bullets!; The Ghost Rider: The Terror of the Tracks!; The Doomed Wagon Train!; Mesquite Manhunt; Sixguns in the Cards. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and Art by Rudolph Dirks, Ernie Bushmiller, Ed Dodd, Harry O'Neill, Doug Heyes, Ving Fuller and unknown. (Note: Who the inkers are is mainly unknown.) In this issue: The Captain and the Kids 1-pager by Rudolph Dirks; Nancy by Ernie Bushmiller; How It Began article "Animal Cookies"; The Captain and the Kids by Dirks; Stamp Tips article "Nicknames"; Back Home Again 1-pager by Ed Dodd; Broncho Bill by Harry O'Neill; Strange as It Seems tale with pencils by Doug Heyes; and Doc Syke 1-pager by Ving Fuller. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Sam Leff, Henning Mikkelsen, Leonard Sansone, Raeburn Van Buren, and Ernest Hix. Tip-Topper Comics collected some of United Features Syndicates most popular comic strips of the 1940s in full color, including Lil Abner and Fritzi Ritz. Fritzi was later known as "Aunt Fritzi" in the Nancy comic strip. Phil Fumble uses his binoculars to watch the fans rather than the baseball game, in a strip that showcases Bushmiller's "good girl" art. Palooka-like boxer Curly Kayoe plans to marry Terry, but tragedy awaits after his mother falls ill. Bathless Groggins learns he has been appointed the new High Sheriff of Yahoopistan, in an Abbie an' Slats strip. Plus the Ripley-like Strange as It Seems by Ernest Hix. Fritzi Ritz; Curly Kayoe; Ferd'nand; Stamp Tips; Abbie an' Slats; Toppers; Li'l Abner; How It Began; Willie; Strange as It Seems. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by Lynn Karp and unknown. Christmas issue. Featuring: Droopy 1-pager; Tom & Jerry tale with pencils by Lynn 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.

Stories and art by Carl Pfeufer and others. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. Tom realizes that the mysterious robbers who keep disappearing are using hollow "wooden Indians" as portable hideouts. Intellect-challenged outlaws scheme to steal Old Man Kerr's specially trained police dogs, and are surprised when that goes wrong. Outlaw Fatty Lee plots to double-cross his partners by tricking them into signing confessions BEFORE a robbery. Plus a vintage ad for the Tom Mix "compass gun." The Strange Case of the Wooden Indians; Cowboy Cal; Wrightson the Writer; Fightin' Forbes: Gunman's Gamble; The Secret of the Circled X; Tumbleweed, Jr.: Dance Madness; Roundup Time with Tom Mix; The Visit; Vic the Vaudevillian; Saddlehead; The Signed Death Warrant. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Gill Fox. Untitled story, art by Gill Fox; Ed sees a newspaper article looking for a spouse for Magnificent Manfred, to win a contest sponsored by Perk's Vitamin Q Pills and brings Torchy to the attention of the contest runners; A fake wedding is staged. Untitled story; Ed starts a combination dance-hall/laundromat, with disastrous results. Untitled story, art by Gill Fox; Torchy finds the Jennifer Blair's jewels and tries to help her join high society by posing as Princess Torchee of Allizeonna. Untitled story; Torchy accidentally gets a job driving a cab and causes gridlock. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 4, Issue 5 - January, 1950. True crime magazine with stories and article about women in the world of organized crime, murder, robbery, and debauchery. Softcover Magazine, 8.5" x 11", 74 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 52, Issue 4 - January, 1950. True crime magazine featuring stories with photo and painted illustrations. 8.5" x 11", 102 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Tales of love and melodrama from the early days of romance comics. Janice is rude and dismissive of the women who work for her in the supermarket, but hides beneath a pleasant demeanor whenever handsome cashier Don is around. Valerie is all about spending other people's money on charities so she looks generous, but her sister and her boyfriend David soon tire of maintaining her facade. Edith is so jealous of her beautiful friend Rita's success with men, she hardly notices co-worker Joe. Liar; The Demanding Heart; Love's Decision; Inferiority Complex. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 2, Issue 2 - January 1958. Men's interest magazine focused on war and true crime stores. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 68 pages, B&W Cover price $0.35.

Volume 1, Issue 3 - January 1950. True Crime and Detective stories. 96 pages, Text with B&W photos and illustrations throughout. Cover price $0.25.

36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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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, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 10 #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, when Clarabelle vanishes from a tour of a north woods lumber camp, Mickey goes looking for her. In a story by Barks, Donald's nephews convince him that he's been asleep for forty years. Mickey tries to run Clarabelle's pet store. Donald Duck; Bucky Bug; Li'l Bad Wolf; Mickey Mouse; Christmas Magic; Mickey Mouse in the Mystery at Hidden River. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. Reprints Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone) #111 (Vol. 10 #3)

Canadian Edition. Reprints Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone) #111 (Vol. 10 #3). 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.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories and art by Fred Peters, John Alton, Johnny Craig, and Al Feldstein. E.C.'s early Pre-Trend crime title featured gangsters, gunplay and femmes fatale. In an important shift in EC and comics history, artist Al Feldstein introduces the Vault Keeper, who would shortly take over the title and convert it into the influential EC horror comic Vault of Horror. An explorer is haunted after taking a sacred ruby from a stone idol, in a story by Johnny Craig. A man attempts the perfect murder, in a story by little-seen artist Fred Peters. Buried Alive!; The Man Death Wanted, Methods of the Master!; Perfect Murder, The Idols Revenge! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Jan 1950. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by Arthur J. Burks "Black Harvest of Moraine", August Derleth "The Ormulu Clock", Manly Wade Wellman, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Ewen Whyte, Stanton A. Coblentz, Fredric Brown "The Last Train", Mal Bissell, Carroll John Daly "Outside of Time", Margaret St. Clair, Mildred Johnson, and Seabury Quinn. Illustrations by Vincent Napoli, Matt Fox, Lee Brown Coye, Fred Humiston, Boris Dolgov, and John Guinta. 6 3/4" x 10"; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

UK edition, one shilling cover price. Vol. 42 #2 - Jan. 1950. Contents correspond to American edition. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/4-in., 96 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.