Comic books March 1950

Cover art by Al Capp. One-page Genius story, script and art by Harvey Kurtzman. Salomey's Narrow Escape, script and art by Al Capp; Roundheels concocts a scheme to make Li'l Abner help him get into The Gourmet Club; Li'l Abner dohesn't realize the role that Salomey plays in the scheme. Shmoo Comics ad. One-page Prospector Pete story, script and art by Art Helfant. Peeping Tomahawk text story starring A Memphis Smith Adventure, script by Andrew Charles. Earthquake McGoon, script and art by Al Capp; Pappy promises to tell everyone that Earthquake McGoon is a decent hoomin bean. Untitled story, script and art by Vic Herman; Kid Science has a new pet jet. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

St. John's original version of Audrey is a little different than Harvey's version - her friends are Patches and Sarge - but she still loves to create mischief. Audrey has a plan to convince her parents to buy her a tent so she and Patches can go camping. While playing explorer, Patches stumbles across an actual elephant. Audrey and Patches get covered in paint as a result of Audrey's plan for a special day. The Cultured Tea Party; Patches; The Camper; Sarge; The Big Help; Patches to the Rescue; The Cleanup; Lucky Day. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Ventriloquist; Lulu gets back at Tubby after he plays ventriloquist jokes on her. Froglegs; Lulu and Tubby take a raft out on the lake to catch frogs to sell to a fancy restaurant. The Little Girl Who Always Laughed; Lulu tells Alvin about the little girl who got in trouble for laughing at the king. The Man Hunter; Tubby challenges Lulu's dog Mops to follow his scent like a bloodhound. The Gambler; The Fellers find out Tubby is using the club treasury to take a girl out on a date. All scripts by John Stanley, art by Irving Tripp. Two-page text story, Lulus Diry ("Diary"). Back cover has advertisement for five color Little Lulu pinups. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover art. Facts about the American Buffalo by Gaylord Du Bois, art by John Wade Hampton. The Lone Ranger and The Plot to Kill Mr. Winters, art by Charles Flanders; The Lone Ranger is mistaken for a crook who is trying to weaken a trestle so that a train carrying railroad official Winters will crash. The Medicine Watch text article, script by Carl Smith, art by Tom Hickey; The perils of Nelson Lee, who was captured by Comanches in Texas in 1855. Canoeing on White Water, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Tom Hickey; After escaping a bear that invaded their camp, Young Hawk, Little Buck, and White Fawn take their canoe through dangerous rapids. Based on the popular Western TV series. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Biweekly, general-interest photojournalism magazine. 10.5" x 13", 116 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Add to cart GD 2.0 $22.00 View scan Cover loose at both staples. Centerfold detached at one staple. Lateral spine tear. Water damage.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian edition with same content as U.S. edition. Inside front cover is blank; indica appears on bottom of back cover rather than at bottom of first story page. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover. Stories by Paul Gustavson and unknown. Art by Paul Gustavson, Charlie Tomsey, Sid Greene, Bill Ward and unknown. Love letters and the revealing tales of the lovers who wrote them! In this issue: "I Was a Waterfront Girl" by Paul Gustavson and Bill Ward; "Pursuit of Passion" with pencils by Charlie Tomsey; "Invitation to Surrender"; 1-page text story "Business Letters"; and "I Love You too Judy" with art by Sid Greene and Bill Ward. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ken Ernst. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Allen Saunders and Ken Ernst. The ultimate busybody, Mary gives advice to friends and neighbors coping with love woes. Pixie must choose between her stage career and the man she loves. A man loses sleep over his beautiful but noisy neighbor and her little yip-dog. Too Smart for Love; I Married an Angel; Too Young to Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Spring, 1950, Volume 1, Number 2. Softcover, 5.5-in. x 7.5-in.; 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Volume 6, Issue 3 - March, 1950. 6.75" x 9.75", 166 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 1, Issue 2 - March 1950. Men's interest magazine focusing on true crime, and war stories. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 68 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Otto Binder, C. C. Beck, Al Liederman, Art Helfant, Kurt Schaffenberger, and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. The Marvel Family investigates when developer John Stoneheart's New City springs up almost overnight, and they soon discover it's made of paper and cardboard. To earn a donation for an orphanage, Mary Marvel agrees to work as a maid for a wealthy woman for one day. Captain Marvel, Jr. tries to figure out why the trees, objects and even buildings in Friendly Valley have turned against the residents. The Hoax City; Boxcar Benny; Lazy Lee; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Headline Harry: The Big Scoop; Mary Marvel: The Worlds Wealthiest Woman; Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Valley of Fear; Guns and a Ghost; The Toothache; Captain Marvel Discovers the Wooden Age; Rubbernose Randolph. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Stan Lee. Stories by unknown. Art by Syd Shores and unknown. In this issue: Danger from another world! Don't miss "The Living Death!" Plus: 2-page text story "The Man on the Skylight"; "The Gypsy's Curse!" with splash page pencils by Syd Shores; and "Trapped in Time!" 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Kurt Schaffenberger, Henry Kiefer, Howard Boughner, Carl Pfeufer and John Jordan. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr. An escaped convict hides out in a secret compartment underneath a suburban house where even the owner can't find him, in a story (and cover) with art by longtime Superman artist Kurt Schaffenberger. Action girl Nyoka learns a secret that will change the mind of tribal chieftain Noma...if she lives long enough to reveal it. Western hero Tom Mix encounters outlaws who arrange fatal accidents for popular townspeople, then make off with the money the town raises for the family's benefit. Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Strange House!; Muscle Hedd; Nyoka: The Lost Brother; Pilot Pete Gives the Bird; Ozzie and Babs: Coiffure Craziness!; Dizzy Daisy; Ben the Business Man; Marlow the Marshal; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Flicker Fools; Vacuum Bloobstutter: No Holes Barred; Poetic Pete; Tom Mix: The Case of the Sheriff's Misfortune. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 43, Issue 171 - March, 1950. Digest-size UK men's magazine. Articles, humor, and pin-up photos. 5" x 7.25", 132 pages, B&W with color.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $4.30 View scans Spine split 30%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover pencils by Reed Crandall, inks by Chuck Cuidera. Untitled stories starring Blackhawk and King Earthquake, Torchy (script and art by Gill Fox), and Ezra. Moronic Hall starring Will Bragg. Blackhawk's Challenge text story starring Blackhawk. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 40, No. 4. March 1950. Elizabeth Taylor cover. Movie magazine with news, reviews, profiles and photographs. Includes articles on Shirley Temple's divorce, Ingrid Bergman, Clark Gable, Kirk Douglas, and more. Full-page color ad for Walt Disney's Cinderella. 8.5" x 11". 98 pages. Partial color, partial B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Monte helps the pretty new schoolmarm set up the town's new school when someone seems determined to stop it. Monte tries to keep ornery bull One Horn in line, but when rustlers set up an ambush on a cattle drive, they're glad One Horn is along. Head Strong Jack tries to cheer up a despondent barber. Plus a cowboy song. The Danger Bell; The Saga of One Horn; The Musical Madman; Head Strong Jack; Gabby Hayes: The Cuckoo Crooks; Monte Hale's Cowboy Songs: The Cowboy's Dream; Whitey Whiskers: The Old Rocking Chair; Gray Hawk: Hard Bargain; The Desert of Death. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Gladys Parker. Stories and art by Gladys Parker and Gracie Allen. One of the first female-centric comic strips, by pioneering female artist Gladys Parker, Mopsy combines an Ever Meulen art style with pantomime-style gags and good-girl art. Mopsy decides to give herself a home perm, causing a meter-reader to think she's a ghostly spirit, and a talent agent to think she's a comedian. Thinking that she's found a poem Wally wrote for another girl, Kitty goes out with nerdy Rodney Bookmark to get back at Wally. Rather than fix a dent in her car, Mopsy sets out to make the rest of the car match it. Plus a three-page text piece written by comedy legend Gracie Allen of the Burns & Allen vaudeville duo. Mopsy; Kitty: How Do I Love Thee?; Bon Voyage. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Elizabeth Taylor cover and feature article. Also articles and features on Gene Autry, June Allyson, Kirk Douglas, Bob Hope, Van Johnson, Bing Crosby and more. Full-page movie ads include Key to the City, Paid in Full, Young Man With a Horn, Deadly is the Female, Three Came Home. Profusely illustrated with photographs. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

8.25" x 11", 100 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

One of many romance comics from Fox Feature Syndicate. Connie meets handsome David after catching the bouquet at a wedding; Diane is crushed when her childhood sweetheart marries another woman, but the friend who brings her the news is awfully handsome; A woman fears her criminal past will come to light when she goes to work in a handsome lawyer's office. Plus love advice to readers and advice on overcoming possessiveness. I Wasn't His Kind of Girl; He Trifled with My Heart; Are You In Love; Between Us Girls; I Dated Disaster. Final issue under this title; numbering continues with Judy Canova (1950) #23. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Paul Gattuso and others. Tame love tales with suggestive titles from Fox Feature Syndicate. Eve seeks a rich husband and marries Ken, only to find out he's a gambler and a criminal; Opal leaves the city to marry her farmer husband, but then suspects he's been planting with Zelda from the next farm over; Olga tries to conceal her status as a child of immigrant parents from boyfriend Tod, only to learn that he is one too. I Sold My Love; I Was a Farmer's Girl; My Love Was a Secret; Foreign Born! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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". Broadway drama queen Helen must adjust to a slower pace when she marries single father Marvin; Ruth has an affair with Bill and decides to divorce her husband, only to learn Bill is already married; Bored secretary Rosalie fools around with her boss while her teacher fiance is working late. Plus love advice to readers and advice on getting pretty hands. I Wanted Good Times; I Was a Brazen Cheat; What Am I to Do?; Gloom Chasers; My Two-Timing Heart. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.