Comic books September 1950

Canadian Edition. Reprints Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #120. Donald Duck, the Li'l Bad Wolf, and Bucky Bug, in untitled stories and Mickey Mouse in the next chapter of "Monarch of Medioka" serial. Issue also has one-page and half-page gag strips and a two-page text feature "The New Circus Star." Blank interior covers and no ads. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $95.00 View scan 2" Spine split from bottom. Water damage.

Stories and art by Mort Leav, Bill Woolfolk, Syd Shores 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. This issue was cited in the text (page 32) of the famous anti-comics classic, Seduction of the Innocent. The "Three Musketeers" of crime swear to each other that they will go down together, a promise they keep. A true tale of a man who lost his identity. A man is suspected of murder, and his only alibi is a ventriloquist's dummy. Crime's Three Musketeers; Wanted: James Stewart; Hangman's Holiday; Hot-Car Driver; Johnny on the Spot; Wanted: Howard F. Bent Jr.; He Was Born to Hang. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $249.00 View scans Lateral spine break. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $129.95 or Best Offer View scans Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Missing back cover. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

3rd ISSUE in series (see note following) - Al Feldstein classic outer space cover. "Martian Infiltration" (art by Feldstein), "Henry and his Goon-Child" (script and art by Harvey Kurtzman), "I Died Tomorrow" (art by Jack Kamen), and "Dark Side of the Moon" (script and art by Wally Wood). NOTE: See 2nd series for 1952 #15 Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $1,050.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white The Bobby Blue Collection. Label #4365151008 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Al Feldstein. Stories by Roald Dahl, Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Kamen, Harry Harrison, Wally Wood and Al Feldstein. NOTE: There are two issues in this series numbered 14. The issue pictured here, dated Sept/Oct 1950, although numbered 14, is the actual # 3 in the series. The one dated Sept/Oct 1952 is issue # 14 in the series. EC's influential New Trend title featured some legendary sci-fi and comics artists. A scientist learns that trees and plants can, in fact, scream, and gains a new perspective on yardwork in a Harvey Kurtzman story. An inventor's latest creation comes to him in a dream, with art by Harry Harrison and Wally Wood. Professor Holman tries to warn Earth's leaders that their latest bomb test will destroy the planet. Classic alien robots/A-bomb cover by Al Feldstein. Destruction of the Earth!; The Sounds From Another World!; Machine From Nowhere; The Eternal Man. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $87.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Light tan

Sept 1950. Cover by Bill Wayne. Horror and supernatural stories by Isaac Asimov & James MacCreagh "Legal Rites", Manly Wade Wellman, Robert Bloch "The Shadow from the Steeple", Mildred Johnson, Harold Lawlor, August Derleth "Pott's Triumph", Carl Jacobi, Frank Owen, and Emil Petaja. Illustrations by Fred Humiston, Vincent Napoli, Charles A. Kennedy, and Boris Dolgov. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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

Volume 14, Issue 6 - September, 1950. 6.75" x 9.75", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Ken Battefield. Dash For Freedom starring Six-Gun Smith, art by Fred Yates. Bully's Vengeance starring Wilma West (young mistress of the W-W ranch) and Sonora Sam (faithful old cowhand), art by Don Tallant. Bushwack Law text story by Tim Sheehan. Death In The Canyon starring Kate Slocum (K-bar ranch owner's daughter), art by Rex Maxon. Cow Town Frame-Up! starring Fighting Bob Dale, art by Bill Zeller. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Outlaws, gunfighters, and tales of the Old West - some true, and others merely legends. The 5th Infantry spars with US Cavalry riders in a not-so-friendly rivalry during a mission in 1877 Montana. Pioneering pulp novelist Ned Buntline almost single-handedly invents the Buffalo Bill mythos. A Pinkerton detective pursues outlaw Butch Cassidy all the way to South America. The Bunion Cavalry; The Man Who Made Buffalo Bill; The Bola Bandit; Tobacco Tom; The Fastest Draw in the West; The Stranger; Saddle Scraps; The Badman's Mistake. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Bill Boyd mediates an argument between Ted and Dewell that escalates into a fire. Monte Hale tries to maintain order in Lost Pike after a nearby gold strike. Con man Hiram T. Pressure sells Gabby Hayes a railcar of "raw wool" that turns out to be live sheep...and cowboys hate sheep. Bill Boyd and the Fiery Fate!; Big Bow and Little Arrow and the Old Haunt; Gabby Hayes: Gabby Goes Wool-Gathering!; Monte Hale Battles the Great Hunger!; Magical Manders; Slim Carson: Border Fracas; Li'l Buck; Cactus Brain; Hill and Dale; Unruffled Ruffles; Ban and Joe; Tom Mix and the Bank Busters! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Massacre at Butcher's Island," "Rafe Hammer," "The Trio Killer" (art by Russ Heath?), and a two-page text story, "Last Chance." Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $34.00 View scans Paper: Tan to Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%.

Vol. 14, No. 3 - Fall 1950. 6.75" x 9.25", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Final issue of the series (becomes Gunhawk with issue 12). "The Mark of the Whip!", art by Joe Maneely; Whip gets help from a young kid to round up the killer, Cabe Norris. "Duel in the Desert!", art by Joe Maneely; Whip is on the track of The Hawk, who has killed a prospector for two sacks of precious gold. "Last Ride" text story; The Sheriff is taking four of the Collins gang to trial at the county seat by stage, but is expecting trouble on the way. "Seal of Doom!"; Out of jail, Kraus gives Larson an envelope to be opened if he dies; Later, two men sent by Charley Taylor, try to force Larson to hand over the envelope. "A Beast Roams the Range!", art by Joe Maneely; Miss Carlin are running away from a mad scientist who has created two huge monster animals. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 4, Issue 2 - September, 1950. Cover by Peter Driben. Men's interest magazine with articles, pin-ups, and glamour photos. 8" x 11.5", 560 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Howard DeLay and others. Numbering continues from Humdinger Vol. 2 (1947) #2; there was no issue #3. Sometimes listed as issue #11, the number in the indicia. The story of how Old West hero White Rider joined forces with Cloud the Super Horse. Bull's-Eye Bill explores a mountain ghost town and finds an elderly Native in jeopardy. A comics adaptation of the classic frontier novel The Last of the Mohicans. White Rider and Super Horse become trapped in a gold mine. White Rider and Super Horse; Bull's-Eye Bill; The Last of the Mohicans Part 1; A Pinch of Salt. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C. C. Beck. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Clem Weisbecker, Otto Binder, Bill Woolfolk and Kurt Schaffenberger. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. Captain Marvel must compete in the Olympic Game of the Gods against six evil gods who want to take over the Earth. Lance O'Casey must guide his ship, the Starfish, past the reefs while it's filled with barrels of nitroglycerine. When pirate captain Redbeard manages to escape from Davy Jones' Locker, he makes trouble for Ibis and Taia on the surface. Plus a "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton, featuring useless but hilarious advice on "How to Butter Your Bread." Captain Marvel: The Olympic Game of the Gods!; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb; Freshman Freddy: The Prize Package; The Culture Corner; Golden Arrow: Mountain Peak Murder; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Doc Sorebones; Lance O'Casey: Dangerous Cargo; Wilbur the Waiter; Pilot Pete; Ibis the Invincible: Davy Jones' Locker!; Moglethorpe the Millionaire. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $18.00 View scans Staple rust: Extensive.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $5.00 View scans Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 60%.

Issue 629 - September/October, 1950. The true adventure magazine for men. A collection of true stories from all over the world. 6.5" x 9.5", 92 pages, B&W.

Wonder Woman stars in "Amazing Spy Ring Mystery," "Nuclear Returns," and "Who Killed Col. South!" Art by Harry G. Peter. Wonder Women of History: three-page Myra Colby Bradwell bio. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $110.00 View scans 1" cumulative spine split. Water damage. Staple rust with migration.

Cover pencils by Sol Brodsky? Written by unknown. Art by John Buscema, Mike Sekowsky and Chris Rule. In this issue: Follow young Ted Halloway as he makes the toughest decision any boy ever made in "My Brother Is a Spy!" with art by John Buscema. Plus: "The Stranger" with art by Mike Sekowsky and Chris Rule; "When I Get You..." text story; and "Jaws of Death" with art by Buscema. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

#25 on cover; Vol. 4 No. 1 in indicia. Photo Cover by Theda and Emerson Hall. Stories by unknown. Art by Jack Kirby, Bill Draut, Mort Meskin, Joe Simon and unknown. Following Johnny's disastrous Carnegie Hall debut, Della manages to snag the great Paul Egan as her lover's promoter. He orders Johnny to sing pop rather than opera, and sends him on a long national tour. At home, Paul overwhelms Della with sex. She resents his self-assured smugness, but falls in love with him anyway. Johnny eventually becomes a swell-headed pop star and Della realizes he no longer wants or needs her. He disgusts her. Paul persuades her to marry him in "The Only Man Who Could Thrill Me!" Plus: Gale hires Keith to escort her to a party. She tells no one of Keith's job, presents him as an old boyfriend, and has a wonderful time. The two fall in love, but Gale does not want a boyfriend who is an escort. She breaks the relationship off. When the time is right, Keith reveals that he is actually Steve Graham, an insurance salesman, and was posing as an escort to protect a friend from a jealous girlfriend. Gale and Keith renew their love in "Gentleman For Hire!" Also: Nan and the elderly Peter are victims in an auto accident caused by Terry. Terry and Peter are both injured. Nan is forced to decide which man to save and chooses the youthful Terry. Peter dies. Nan grows to hate Terry, blaming him for the death of a brilliant man. She becomes a cold but efficient doctor. Terry wins her love, but she sends him away because he is an irresponsible young man who cut his medical studies short for fun and games. Four years later he reappears, now an intern atoning for the death of Peter. Nan sees the good in him and they marry in "The Doctor's Love"! Also featuring "Out Of The Running!" Plus: 3-page Will You Help Me? story; 2-page Nancy Hale's Problem Clinic story; 1-page story "Are You A Gold Digger?"; 1-page article "Are You Bad For Him?"; and advice on buying perfumes in 1-page article "Buying Scents"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 4, No. 7 - September , 1950. 5.5" x 7.5", 162 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.