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Dagar Desert Hawk (1948) comic books 1949

  • Issue #22
    Dagar Desert Hawk (1948) 22
    • .5" Spine split. Staple rust. Water damage.
    • INCOMPLETE. Half of centerfold and next page missing, affects "A Dame, Diamonds, and Dynamite" story as well as one-page features.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Art by Edmond Good and A. C. Hollingsworth. Cover by Edmond Good. Dagar the Desert Hawk, aka Bart Benson, is a Lawrence of Arabesque hero who lives and fights in the Arabian desert. Educational comics focus on exotic animals including gorillas, giraffes, kangaroos, ostriches, camels, cobras, lions, crocodiles, leopards, and elephants; A government agent seeks Safari Cary's help to stop a diamond smuggling ring; Jungle warrior Tangi offers inspiration to a blocked writer. The Forgotten Allah!; The Perfidious Portrait!; Tropical Topics; Jungle Curiosities; Meet the Seminoles; A Dame, Diamonds and Dynamite!; Felony Files; A Purple Parakeet! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #23
    Dagar Desert Hawk (1948) 23
    • Water damage with paper deterioration. Staple rust.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
      Other items consigned by Bud Plant

    Art by Edmond Good and others. Cover by Edmond Good. Dagar the Desert Hawk, aka Bart Benson, is a Lawrence of Arabesque hero who lives and fights in the Arabian desert. The Dagar series concludes with a typically lurid, action-packed cover that includes elements of bondage and suggestions of torture, presaging the Comics Code battles a few years later. Dagar; Safari Cary; Tangi. Final issue under this title; numbering continues with Captain Kidd (1949) #24. Dagar made one last appearance in All Top Comics (1945 Fox) #18. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.