Comic books June 1948

"Graduation for Murder," "The Saga of Red Ryan," "Love For Sale," "Massacre at Canyon City Prison," "Dallas Eagen," and "The Luck of Felix Sloper." Used in Seduction of the Innocent. Cover price $0.10.

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A Very Special Pet, Raggedy Ann, None-Such Animals # 17: The Plorn, Hakim the Tailor, Animal Mother Goose (by Walt Kelly, 5 pages), Egbert Elephant (art by Dan Noonan), and Billy and Bonny Bee. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bob Lubbers. Edited by Jack Byrne. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, Ruben Moreira, Charles Sultan, and George Evans. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Firehair must stop tribal boys from betting the tribe's gold on a bear fight - but first, she fights a mountain lion while wearing nothing but a towel; Department store mannequins aid a cleaning woman who stumbles on would-be arsonists; Killers wracked by guilt reveal their stories to a radio-show host in "I Confess." Action-packed Firehair cover by Bob Lubbers. Firehair; I Confess; World Adventurers; Glory Forbes; The Werewolf Hunter; Sky Rangers; Tiger Man. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by C. W. Winter and others. Another crime comic from the prolific studio of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, this one featuring crimes throughout history as well as the standard gangster tales. Sometimes listed as Real Clue Crime #28. No issue # on cover; Vol. 3, issue #4 in indicia. A crook targets a traveling jewelry salesman, but he's only as smart as his dumbest cohort. The story of Verne Miller and the Kansas City Massacre. Identical twins complicate a murder investigation. Also featuring a vintage ad for reproduction WWII pistols - "German 9MM Luger and Italian 7.65 Brevettata" - for only $1.25 each. Follow the Ice Man; Cute With a Tommy Gun!; Some Money Don't Count; The Bullet That Lied!; The Last Bullet; On Deck in Rio; Menace of the Month; Mean Farm Boy; Room Service. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Red Ryder, Telecomics presents King of the Royal Mounted, the Kiyotee Kids, and Panamint Patty. Two-page text story, "Little Beaver Makes a Trade." Cover price $0.10.

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Photo coversof the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. Roy Rogers Rides the River, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Albert Micale; Roy gets ambushed trying to solve a mystery of a howler in a tunnel. William K. Breakenridge, The Straight Shooting Deputy, Part One--Great Lawmen of the Old West, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Albert Micale. Untitled Chuckwagon Charley's Tales story, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Harry Parks (Parkhurst). 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Canadian Edition. Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos of Roy Rogers. "Badland Bullets," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Albert Micale; In the badlands Slick shoots Nella's horse. Nella takes Roy for Slick; He wins her trust; Using the riddle on a deerskin poke Nella seeks Grandpa's gold cache to pay the mortgage; Roy finds her a horse with saddlel They find three robbers' graves and a note. "Bat Masterson" text story by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Albert Micale; non-fiction story about the lawman. Untitled story, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Harry Parks (Parkhurst); Charley tells Pat how Lige brought Brownie in the house on a chain Christmas morning; Baby June rides off with Brownie; The family borrow hounds to search; Meanwhile, Brownie saves Baby June from two big Canada Lynxes, then lumbers off as the search party arrives. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Harry G. Peter. The Mistress of Masquerade starring Wonder Woman, art by Harry G. Peter. Crime Invades the Golf Links! starring Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys, art by Frank Harry. Willy Nilly story, art by Frank Harry. Ton O' Fun humor page by Harry Lampert. Dr. Mary E. Walker--Wonder Women of History, art by Paul Reinman. The Gravy Train text story. Wooden Nickles and Cancelled Stamps starring Wildcat, pencils by Arthur Peddy, inks by Bernard Sachs. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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June-July 1948. Stories include "Reign of Terror" by Maxwell Grant and "The Lock and Key" by Frank Gruber. Edd Cartier illustrations. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white, 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Who Is Lilli Dilli? starring Midnight, art by Jack Cole. World Premiere of Growing Pains With Citronella starring Citronella. Black X story. Lady Luck story, art by Klaus Nordling. Batch Bachelor story, art by Michael Senich. Doc Lays an Egg--Maybe text story starring Midnight. The Jester story. Daffy story. 60 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Will Eisner. Untitled Spirit story, pencils by Lou Fine, inks by Lou Fine and the Quality shop. Untitled Spirit story, script by Manly Wade Wellman, pencils by Lou Fine, inks by Lou Fine and the Quality Shop; the case of the missing undertaker. Untitled Spirit story featuring Skelvin's School For Actors, script by Manly Wade Wellman, pencils by Lou Fine, inks by Lou Fine and the Quality Shop. Untitled Spirit story featuring the Whitlock diamond caper, script by Manly Wade Wellman, pencils by Lou Fine, inks by Lou Fine and the Quality Shop. Flatfoot Burns story, script and art by Al Stahl. Untitled Jonesy story, script and art by Paul Gustavson. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Robin in "The Seeing-Eye Dog Crimes," Robotman in "The Battle of the Robots," the Star-Spangled Kid in "The Human Fly," and Tomahawk in "The Secret of the Highwayman." One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie Tames a Tornado" by C.C. Beck. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Allen Saunders. Art by Elmer Woggon. Reprints of the classic comic strip about the adventures of a two-fisted photographer. Steve is hired to interview a scientist who has cured the common cold, but the sinister Dr. Hugo Schwine gets to him first. Steve infiltrates a gambling den with a hidden camera. A trapper captures a gorilla in the Congo. Also featuring a full-page ad for Bow-Lite, the "sensational ready-made electric" light-up bowtie. ("Wow the Women! Win New Friends!") Steve Roper and Wahoo; The Mountain Lion; Trapper. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Syd Shores. Murder Motor Mart starring Sub-Mariner and Namora, script and art by Bill Everett. Framed For Crime starring the Blonde Phantom, pencils by Mike Sekowsky. Terror In the Lost Colony starring the Sub-Mariner and Namora, pencils by Bob Powell, inks by Ken Bald. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Teen comedy about a redheaded girl and her goofy friends, featuring early work by EC legend Al Feldstein. Stories and art by Al Feldstein and others. Cover by Al Feldstein. Teddy gets in trouble with Sunny's parents over a wolf whistle; An old stamp Teddy and Sunny find in the attic turns out to be worth a fortune; Teddy's courtship with Sunny is threatened by the arrival of wise-guy rich kid Penrod. Wolves and Whistles; Evening Gown Blues; Two Tickets for Trouble; Love in Bloom; Junior: Stop! Stop! Final issue under this title; numbering continues with Western True Crime (1948). 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Summer 1948. Edited by Helen Meyer. Cover by Bill Holman. Stories by Al Posen and Bill Holman.Stories include Sweeney and Son, Smokey Stover, Spooky, and Clyde Beatty. Backwoods Birthday text story by Oskar Lebeck. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Super Duck and Cubby the Bear stories. Al Fagaly cover and all Super Duck stories. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $125.00 View scans This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.75) will be charged at checkout. It has been graded by MyComicShop's experienced graders. Cover detached at one staple, 2" cumulative spine split with a tear extending down the front cover from the top. Oxidation. Piece torn from back cover.

Cover pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Preview of Plunder, script by Alvin Schwartz, pencils by Win Mortimer; The Prankster places statues around town announcing his next crimes--and all the statues show Superman helping him! Superman Turns On the Heat, script by Joe Samachson, pencils by Ira Yarbrough, inks by Stan Kaye; A small town farmer asks Superman for a favor, which results in unforeseen consequences. Open For Business text story b Bill Carlton. Superman In Valhalla, script by Edmond Hamilton, art by Win Mortimer; Superman goes searching for a lost movie company and ends up seemingly in Valhalla, home of the Norse gods. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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#67 in a series of 90. Superman-Tim is a boys' clothing catalog, activity book, and comic book all rolled into one, featuring Superman illustrations throughout. All issues are 16 pages unless a Superman story is inserted (bringing page count to 24 or 36 pages). Every issue encourages boys not to be a "Whoo-Shoo" -- a boy who reads "Superman-Tim" but doesn't buy clothes from the Superman-Tim Store. Copyright 1948 by National Comics Pub., Inc., under license to Tim Promotions, Inc. B&W with a single color, 5 1/2 in. x 8 in.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $8.90 Cover detached at staples, but taped to top corner. 2/3 of page clipped and missing, Interrupts art and story.

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Katy Keene back-up story by Bill Woggon. One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear With Invisible Light" by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. Al Fagaly cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by L. B. Cole. Cadet story, art by Nina Albright. Heathcliff the Hobo humor page by Art Helfant. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Speck, Spot, and Sis story, art by Alonzo Vincent. Target and the Targeteers story, art by Ken Battefield. Watch That Ripple text story. Chameleon story. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Are You a Flagpole Sitter? starring Candid Charlie, art by Robert Q. Sale. Gary Stark story, script and art by Don Rico. Full page sequential art ad for U. S. Royal Bike Tires, art by George Roussos. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.