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Comic books February 1948

  • Vol. 35 #3
    10 Story Western Magazine (1936-1954 Popular) Pulp Vol. 35 #3


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Vol. 19 #4
    44 Western Magazine (1937-1954 Popular Publications^) Pulp Vol. 19 #4


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Issue #1
    Abbott and Costello (1948 St. John) 1

    Cover by Charles Payne. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. Possibly the first comic based on real-life comedy stars. This issue also features the only comics adaptation of an Abbott and Costello movie, 1947's "The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap." Traveling salesmen are accused of murder in a small town, but are released if they agree to care for the murdered man's widow. But the Widow Hawkins and her large brood of children may work the duo to death instead. From Riches to Rags; The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #117
    Action Comics (1938 DC) 117
    Published Feb 1948 by DC.

    Christmas cover art by Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye. Christmastown, USA starring Superman, script by Alvin Schwartz, art by Win Mortimer. Birds Out of Hand starring Zatara, script by Joe Samachson, art by W. F. White. Christmas on the Congo starring Congo Bill, art by Ed Smalle. A Singular Swap starring Hayfoot Henry, script by Al Schwartz, art by Stan Kaye. A Lesson For The Teacher starring Vigilante, script by Al Schwartz, pencils by George Roussos, inks by Sy Barry. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $270 Action Comics 117 Golden Age Superman CGC 1.0 Fair Christmas cover 1948

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  • Vol. 118 #4
    Adventure (1910-1971 Ridgway/Butterick/Popular/New Publications) Pulp/Magazine Vol. 118 #4


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    February 1948. Cover by Peter Stevens. "In the Wake of Glory" by Hector Chevigny and "March North" by Robert Carse. Other stories by Clifton Adams, William Ratigan, Robinson MacLean, Giles A. Lute, R. D. Hamilton, Georges Surdez, and William Taylor. 7" x 9-1/4" 146 black and white newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 29 #5
    Air Trails Pictorial (1942-1950 Street & Smith) Magazine Vol. 29 #5


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    Vol. 29, No. 5. February 1948. Douglas DC-6 coverage. 8.5" x 11.25". 134 pages. B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 22 #2
    Amazing Stories (1926-Present Experimenter) Pulp Vol. 22 #2


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Back cover detached 50%. Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 50%. No Back Cover. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 22, Issue 2 - February, 1948. Cover by Malcolm Smith. Stories by Robert Bloch, S.J. Byrne, and Berkeley Livingston. Illustrations by Enoch Sharp, Malcolm Smith, and Julian S. Krupa. 7" x 10", 178 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 40 #6
    Astounding Science Fiction (1938-1960 Street and Smith) Pulp / Digest Vol. 40 #6


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    • Back cover detached 5%.
    • Front cover detached 90%. Back cover detached 5%. Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 40, Issue 6 - February 1947. Cover by Alejandro. Science Fiction and adventure stories, this issue features "The End is Not Yet" by Lafayette Ronald Hubbard. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #1
    Authentic Police Cases (1948) 1

    Cover art by Paul Parker. Untitled Crime on the Run story; During a payroll robbery one of the victims is shot and killed. Untitled Mystery Thriller of the Month story; A wave of bank robberies sweeps Los Angeles. Untitled Lucky Coyne story; Fate formed a peculiar partnership with a sadistic assassin. Untitled Hale! ...the Magician story, art by George Tuska; Hale is asked by the police to track down the deadly prophecies of the Signor Diablo. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #25
    Basinful of Fun (1941 F.Youngman LTD) UK 25


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    • Staple rust: Slight.

    Vintage British humor magazine aimed primarily at men. 4 1/2-in. x 7-in., 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.04.

  • Vol. 6 #6
    Beauty Parade (1941-1956 Harrison Publications^) Magazine Vol. 6 #6


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    • Staple rust. Rust migration. 6" Cumulative spine split. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling. Water damage.

    Vol. 6, No. 6. February 1948. Men's magazine with humor and pin up pictorials, including one depicting a cat fight. Peter Driben cover. 8.5" x 11.5". 64 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 22 #4
    Big Book Western Magazine (1933-1954 Two-Books/Popular) Big-Book Western Pulp Vol. 22 #4


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
  • Vol. 2 #2
    Bits of Beauty (1946-1948 Beauty, Inc) Magazine Vol. 2 #2


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    Volume 2, Issue 2 - February, 1948. Men's interest magazine with pin-up photos and humor. 8.5" x 11", 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 24 #1
    Black Book Detective Magazine (1933-1953 Newsstand/Hoffman/Ranger/Better) Pulp Vol. 24 #1


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • 3" Spine split from top. Oxidation.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 70%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    The Black Bat in "The Coiled Serpent" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "The Lottery Racketeer" by Nels Leroy Jorgensen; "Close Cover Before Striking" by Sam Merwin Jr.; "The Missing Clue" by Ray Cummings; "Death Ends the Year" by Johnston McCulley; and "Mementos of Murder" by John L. Benton. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #38
    Boy Comics (1942) 38
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Pedigree: Edgar Church (Mile High)
    • Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case; Scuffing to inner well of case
    • Edgar Church (Mile High).
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
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    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Bob Wood, and Charles Biro. An anthology title from publisher Lev Gleason and his primary creator, Charles Biro, featuring teen hero Crimebuster and his nemesis Iron Jaw. Crimebuster investigates the death of a famed lady-killer, in a story featuring classic good-girl art by Flash Gordon's Dan Barry. Teens convince their school to buy a small plane and start a flying program, featuring aviation art by Flash Gordon's Dan Barry. Little Dynamite and his pals take on The Smelly Sneed Gang. Crimebuster; Famous Eccentrics; Daredevil: A Slight Interruption; Famous Eccentrics; Little Dynamite. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $45 BOY COMICS #38 VG (Lev Gleason 1948) Biro Cover CRIMEBUSTER PRE-CODE Golden Age

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  • Issue #17
    Calling All Kids (1946-1949 Parent's Magazine) 17

    Stories and art by Adele and Cateau de Leeuw. A kids' anthology in the tradition of Calling All Girls from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, games and quizzes as well as comics. Marco Polar Bear and Bobby explore Louisiana on their flying carpet; Twinkle the star finds a treasure chest; Johnny Ant is the strongest ant in Antville. Guess My Name; Twinkle, The Star That Came Down From Heaven; Marco Polar Bear; Play the G Game; The Kazzywoozy; Riddles; Paddy Penguin; The Forest Bride; Johnny Ant; Pop and Junior; Pug and Curly; Marco's Puzzle Page. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #81
    Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 81
    • Cover oxidation, mailing label on front cover.
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    Captain Marvel stars in "Captain Marvel Battles Mr. Atom and the Comet Men," "The Pact Plot," "The Boy Who Never Heard of Capt. Marvel," and "The Lottery of Death!" Captain Kid stars in "Two Ghosts Too Many", Two-page Jon Jarl text story, "The Space Trap" by Eando Binder." This issue has 2 Golden Arrow "Comix Cards," small pictures (slightly smaller than a trading card) that were printed at the end of a story; the reader was supposed to cut them and paste them on cardboard. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #60
    Captain Midnight (1942-1948 Fawcett) 60
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    Cover by Leonard Frank. Stories and art by Dick Kraus and Leonard Frank. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. When flying saucers launch an attack on America, CM discovers that Dr. Osmosis is behind it all. In South America, Johnny Blair and crew find the missing ship...and trouble. Refugees from postwar Europe try to set up a new colony in "San Fernando," but the San Fernandans are not happy about the new arrivals. Flying Saucers of Death!; Pilot Pete; Red Skye: The Has-Been; Whipper-Snappers; Johnny Blair in the Air; The San Fernando Fracas. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #4
    Classics Illustrated 046 Kidnapped (1948) 4

    Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson, 4th printing, Line Drawing Cover. Comic book adaptation of the classic story of a young man kidnapped to work on a ship's crew and his fight to regain his rightful place in the world. (HRN 87). Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #9
    Classics Illustrated 046 Kidnapped (1948) 9

    Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson, 9th printing, Painted Cover. Comic book adaptation of the classic story of a young man kidnapped to work on a ship's crew and his fight to regain his rightful place in the world. (HRN 164). Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 3 #12
    Conjurors' Magazine (1945-1949 Conjurors' Press) Vol. 3 #12


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    • Staple rust with migration.
    • Staple rust.
    • Spine split 5%. Water damage: Slight.

    Volume 3, Issue 12 - February, 1948. Magic Periodical put out by Walter B. Gibson with help from Harry Houdini's brother, Hardeen that showcases the talent of magicians as well as teaching tricks to readers. 8.5" x 11", 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

  • Issue #60
    Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955 Lev Gleason) 60
    • Centerfold detached.

    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by George Tuska, Fred Guardineer, Ed Moore and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. The story of Verne Miller and the Kansas City Massacre. A look at legendary Old West outlaw Jesse James, and the legends that grew after his death, making him a folk hero. A French tavern owner with a violent temper is accused of killing her workers, but when the killings continue after she's jailed, scientific investigation reveals the real culprit. Verne Miller; Jesse James: Good Guy or Bad Guy?; The Murderess Smoked Cigars; The Crooks Who Couldn't Get Together!; Was She a Monster?; Whodunnit. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #33A
    Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) 33A
    • Cover coming loose from staples. 2 1/2" Cumulative spine split.
    • 1.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover coming loose at both staples.
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    This title has two issues numbered #33. This one, the one dated Feb. 1948, is actually issue #1. The actual #33 issue is dated July 1953. Cover price $0.10.

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    $120 CRIME MUST PAY THE PENALTY #33 (1) VG+ Violent cover & stories

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  • Issue #14
    Dagar Desert Hawk (1948) 14
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Slab: Minor side edge cracks
    • Label #1236838006
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    • Cover detached, 3.5" cumulative spine split, soiling throughout.
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    Art by Edmond Good and others. Cover by Edmond Good. Dagar the Desert Hawk, aka Bart Benson, is a white man who lives and fights in the Arabian desert. The Lawrence of Arabesque hero first appeared in All Great Comics. Numbering continues from All Great Comics (1947 Fox Features) #13 (despite the existence of All Great Comics #14). Dagar and friends stumble upon the Lost City of the Lizard People, where they are enslaved to keep the city's location secret. Also featuring the jungle adventures of Tangi and Safari Cary. Spicy bondage cover by Edmond Good. Monsters of Mura!; Claws of the Red Vulture!; A Killer Shouldnt Lie; Tangi, Ruler of the Jungle; Safari Cary: Spawn of Doom! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 38 #3
    Detective Tales (1935-1953 Popular Publications) Pulp 2nd Series Vol. 38 #3


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 38, Issue 3 - February, 1948. 6.75" x 9", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 6 #1
    Detective World (1943-1981 Detective World Inc) True Crime Magazine Vol. 6 #1


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    • Front cover detached 10%. Staple rust: Slight.

    Vol. 6, No. 1 - February 1948. Sensationalistic tales of true crime. 8.5" x 11", 100 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 56 #2B
    Dime Detective Magazine (1931-1953 Popular Publications) Pulp Vol. 56 #2B


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Paper: Cream to off white
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    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
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    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 56, Issue 2 - February, 1948 - Cover by Norman Sanders, stories by John D MacDonald, Frederic C. Davis and others. 6.75" x 9", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 36 #3
    Dime Mystery Magazine (1932-1950 Dime Mystery Book Magazine - Popular) Pulp Vol. 36 #3


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.
  • Vol. 51 #2
    Dime Western Magazine (1932-1954 Popular Publications) Pulp Vol. 51 #2


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Issue #17
    Egbert (1946) 17
  • Vol. 11 #51
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1941-Present Davis-Dell) Vol. 11 #51


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    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Spine split 30%. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Vol. 29 #2
    Esquire (1933 Esquire, Inc.) Magazine Vol. 29 #2


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    • Front cover detached 25%.
  • Vol. 19 #1
    Everyday Science and Mechanics (1929-1976 Continental) Magazine Vol. 19 #1


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  • Vol. 4 #4
    Eyeful (1943-1955 Eyeful Magazine Inc.^) Vol. 4 #4


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    Volume 4, Issue 4 - February, 1948. Peter Driben cover. Men's interest magazine featuring pin-up style pictorials with humorous captioning. 8.5" x 11.5", 68 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 9 #3
    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 9 #3


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
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    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 9, Issue 3 - February, 1948. Cover by Virgil Finlay. "The Peacemaker" by C. S. Forester, "Planet of Sand" by Murray Leinster, and "The Lonesome Place" by August Derleth. Illustrations by Lawrence. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white; 132 newsprint pages. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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    5 days left Auction LOS CUENTOS FANTASTICOS #43

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  • Vol. 10 #2
    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 10 #2


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Paper: Cream
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    February 1948. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Stories include "Slaves of the Worm" by Richard S. Shaver, "The Silver Medusa" by Alexander Blade, "To Dust Returneth" by H.B. Hickey, "Twice to Die" by Rog Phillips, "Double Cross in Double Time" by William P. McGivern, "Miracle Man" by Robert Moore Williams, and "They Buried Her Body" by Gordon Philip England. Illustrations by Virgil Finlay, Robert Gibson Jones, Henry Sharp, Hinton, William A. Gray, and Rod Ruth. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 180 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #54
    Fight Comics (1940) 54

    Cover by Joe Doolin and others. Edited by Jack Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Jack Kamen, Robert Webb, John Forte, Mike Peppe, Maxwell Elkan and Matt Baker. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Tiger Girl helps a cartographer mapping the area, but the villain called the Cobra wants his data; Kayo Kirby is framed by the managers of lady wrestler Muscle Mary; Good-girl art aplenty as Senorita Rio tracks revolutionaries through the Central American jungles. Another terrific Tiger Girl cover, featuring a splendidly rendered bongo antelope. Tiger Girl; Risks, Unlimited starring Rip Carson; Kayo Kirby; Run For Life; Hateful Herman; Hooks Devlin; Senorita Rio; Captain Fight. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #182
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 182
    • Staple rust.

    Indicia title is "PORKY PIG in EVER-NEVER LAND, No. 182." Cover art by Tom McKimson. Ever-Never Land, art by Roger Armstrong; Porky and Petunia join Prof. Y. E. Oldbones on an expedition to Ever-Never Land to find the Flugleberry bush, whose berries are said to give great wisdom to whoever eats them. Porky Pig's "Gorilla Hunt, art by Tom McKimson; Bugs and Cicero dress up in a gorilla suit to advertise a new movie; Porky hears a report of an escaped gorilla on the radio, not knowing it's from a distant city, and sends the town into a panic after seeing the two in the gorilla suit walking the streets. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    1 day left Auction Porky Pig #182 (Dell, 1942) Golden Age Comic

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  • Issue #11
    Frankenstein Comics (1945) 11
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4313783012
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4369590006
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    Stories and art by Dick Briefer, Ed Goggin and Fritz Wilkinson. Cover by Dick Briefer. The first incarnation of Dick Briefer's famed Frankenstein comic featured Addams Family-style dark comedy and monster hijinks. Horror-movie star Boris Karload accidentally spends the night with Frankenstein in the cemetery. Mr. Rose plots to do away with Frankenstein with his man-eating plant. Frankenstein has a crush on a pretty girl in a picture, so Awful Annie gives him a potion that will bring her out of the book, but other characters come to life as well. Boris Karload, Master of Horror; The Maestro; The Fountain of Youth; The Man-Eating Plant; Grown Up Now; The Picture Out of the Book. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 6 #4
    Headquarters Detective (1940-2001 Headquarters Detective, Inc.) True Crime Magazine Vol. 6 #4

    Vintage supermarket tabloid magazine full of high profile true crime stories of the FBI and the CIA, some with testimonials from those involved in, or close to the cases themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 6 #3
    Heroes All - Catholic Action Illustrated (1943-1948 H.A. Company) Vol. 6 #3
    • Water damage.

    Art by Vee Quintal Pearson, Michael Buccino and Claudine Tiffany. Historical and religious illustrated stories. Newsprint 7-in. x 10-in. 32 pages full color

  • Vol. 6 #4
    Heroes All - Catholic Action Illustrated (1943-1948 H.A. Company) Vol. 6 #4

    Art by Vee Quintal Pearson, Michael Buccino and Claudine Tiffany. Historical and religious illustrated stories. Newsprint 7-in. x 10-in. 32 pages full color

  • Issue #4
    Hi-Jinx (1945-1948 La Salle/B&I) 4

    52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #16
    Hopalong Cassidy (1943 Fawcett/DC) 16

    Photo cover of Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) and Topper. "Webfoot's Revenge!", art by Irvin Steinberg; Webfoot and some followers are exiled from his tribe for trying to kill the chief and are planning revenge. Wheaties ad starring Bud Foster. "Are you a good cowhand?"--Ridin' Herd With William Boyd; Several questions about cowhands. "The Robbery in the Night," art by Irvin Steinberg; Lazy Joe just pretends to be lazy; He is a shrewd robber. "The Wolf With False Teeth" starring Whitey Whiskers and Daniel Boone, Jr.; Daniel thinks Whitey's story about the wolf's false teeth is as false as the teeth in Whitey's pocket. "Robin Hood II" text story by R.R. Symes. "The Twin River Dude"; Mesquite is fixing up his hair for Widow Jones and spills some of the perfume on the bad man. "Headlines News" starring Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb; The colonel is going down to get his suit pressed free; He had heard of freedom of the press. "Bredd Brothers, Bandits," art by Irvin Steinberg; Brothers stick together, even bad ones, as Hopalong finds out. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 25 #2
    Inside Detective (1935-1995 MacFadden/Dell/Exposed/RGH) Vol. 25 #2
    • 1" cumulative spine split.

    One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #98
    Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 98
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #1482301012
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover art by John Celardo. "Ten Tusks of Zulu Ivory," art by John Celardo; Station manager Markham spreads word that the station personnel are suffering from fever and the natives give it a wide berth, enabling Markham to steal ten tusks of ivory; When Lindstrom, the station owner arrives, Markham convinces him to sign over the local mines to him; KaƤnga rescues the party that Markham had taken hostage and Markham is killed by a captive gorilla. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba is wounded by a rhinoceros that proclaims himself king of the jungle; Simba's wounds are treated by a doctor on safari; When the rhinoceros attacks Simba's family, Simba stands his ground and defeats him. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Congo Lil and her men, disguised as ape cultists, raid the T'bongas and make them slaves in Lil's diamond mine; Terry leads the real ape cultists in attack on Lil and her men and Lil is killed in the battle. Jungle Quiz, art by Mike Peppe. Untitled story, Frank Doyle; After Wambi rescues an orphaned lion from a hunter's trap, the boy becomes jealous of the attention given to the cub by his jungle friends; He plays a series of practical jokes on them that almost results in his own death when he falls into the hunter's tiger trap and they don't believe his cries for help. "Lions at Large" text story. "Zazenda Ghost Goddess of Lost Souls!", art by Maurice Whitman; Tabu and the district commissioner travel by astral projection to the land of the witch Zazenda where Tabu bests her in a magic duel. Untitled story, art by Bob Lubbers; A trio of con men, hoping to extract tribute from a local tribe, use a double of Camilla to warn the tribe against dis-obeying the white men. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 4 #2
    Jungle Stories (1938-1954 Fiction House) Pulp 2nd Series Vol. 4 #2


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Light tan to Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 4, Issue 2 - Spring 1948 Feb-Apr. Pulp magazine focused on tales of Jungle adventure and intrigue. This issue features "Slayer by Stealth" by Wilton Hazzard, "Three Lion's Teeth" by Cordwell Staples, and "The Sorcerer of Kambara" by Dan Cushman. 7-in. x 10-in., 128 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations and photos) Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #2
    Justice Traps the Guilty (1947 Prize) 2
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover pencils by Jack Kirby. Gun Moll!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; a girl faces a jury who accuses her of being a gun moll. The Killer Thought He Was Satan; a Midwestern sheriff faces off against Chief Satan. Sudden Switch for Murder text story. You Don't Have to Be Crazy to Trap a Criminal, art by Bill Draut. The Murdering Bender Family. The True Life Story of Alvin Karpis, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Charles Atlas comic strip ad. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 3 #6
    Leading Western (1945-1950 Trojan Magazines) Pulp Vol. 3 #6


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    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream
    • Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
  • Issue #5
    Manhunt! (1947 Magazine Enterprises) 5

    Cover art by Ogden Whitney. "Knife of a Thousand Cuts" text story by Gardner Fox. "Jeopardy in the Jungle," script by Gardner Fox, art by Ogden Whitney; Undercover Girl travels to the jungle to steal a formula from a scientist and a Russian spy. "The Man Who Fished for Men!" Kirk of Scotland Yard story, art by Paul Parker; A mad scientist is kidnapping people to experiment on to create a race of water-breathing humans. "The Adventure of the Invisible Pirates," script by Gardner Fox, art by Fred Guardineer; Jet Black and Jak Tal fake a fight, causing the Invisible Pirate gang to take Jak Tal into their confidence. "The Enemy Within!", script by Gardner Fox, art by Ogden Whitney; Agent Fallon infiltrates a communist cell trying to take over the maritime unions. "The Voice of the Petrel!" featuring The Red Fox of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, script by Gardner Fox, art by L. B. Cole; Martin Gander uses ventriloquism to convince the Eskimo natives that he is the god Petral and has them rob for him. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.