Comic books June 1948

Add to cart VG 4.0 $56.00 View scans

Cover by Mort Leav. Stories and art by Mort Leav, Maurice Del Bourgo and Rudy Palais. 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. The true story of Dutch Schultz, Lucky Luciano, and the busting of the heroin racket. The story of murdering highwaymen Big and Little Harpe continues from issue #12, with the fate of Little Harpe. The true story of the infamous Salem Witch Trials that claimed more than twenty lives in colonial America. Plus a vintage ad for "How to Hypnotize." International Enemy No.1; Wanted: Larry Fay; Wanted: James Spencer; Be on the Lookout for Arlis Wagner; The Last of the Harpes; Skip Tracer; Wanted: Joseph Anthony Cacciola; Wanted: Fred Poole; The Salem Terror; The Butchers. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $600.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #0351454018

Add to cart FN 6.0 $65.00 View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

No number, not dated (c. early 50's). The cover is reprinted from Western Killers #63 (March 1949) with some alterations, such as the removal of the Fox logo. However, the interior pages are from Range Riders #1 (1950). For unknown reasons, it seems apparent that this cover was reprinted expressly for the purpose of binding it to unsold copies of Range Rider #1. The practice of binding new covers to unsold copies for resale is not unheard of from this time period. NOTE: First story page is missing. Normally, it would have been printed on the inside front cover of Range Rider's #1, but the new Western Killers cover replaces it with a chewing gum ad.
"Showdown at Rancho Nuevo" (9 pages, originally 10), "Knots" illustrated filler on tying knots, "Baggataway" text story (2 pg), "Cactus Nell's Dangerous Gamble", Range Busters in "Vanishing Gold", and "The Saga of John Wesley Hardin". 36 pages, FC. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $474.00 View scans Paper: Slightly britle Label #4098921024 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Add to cart FR 1.0 $149.00 View scans Mold. Soiling, staple rust/migration, cover coming loose at staples. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Bob Lubbers. Edited by J.F. Byrne and William R. Shelton. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, Charles Sultan, Al Walker, George Evans, John Celardo and Maurice Whitman. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Working the advice column, reporter Jane Martin uncovers a blackmail plot and witnesses a murder; Greasemonkey Griffin, on yet another runaway plane, accidentally foils a jewel robbery; Suicide Smith transports tear gas to Central America and gets caught up in a revolution. Good-girl cover with bondage elements by Bob Lubbers. Captain Wings; Jane Martin; Greasemonkey Griffin; Air Heroes of World War II; Phantom Falcon; Suicide Smith; Ghost Squadron. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.