Comic books June 1948

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Features include the Barker in "The Man Who Hated Circuses!" (art by Klaus Nordling); Granny Gumshoe (art by Gill Fox); Sally O'Neil; Lassie; Quicksilver; Anthrop; and Steve Wood. Cover price $0.10.

Comics biographies of famous and influential African-Americans, from the publishers of Parents Magazine. Toussaint Louverture leads Haiti to freedom; The 784th Tank Battalion distinguishes itself during the Battle of the Bulge in WWII. Also featuring profiles of Booker T. Washington, Mabel K. Staupers, Jackie Robinson, Sadie T. M. Alexander, and Sugar Chile Robinson. A document of the early Civil Rights movement that also includes a PSA by the Urban League, using famous Americans like Marian Anderson and Frank Sinatra to present an anti-prejudice message. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian edition with same content as U.S. edition. Inside front cover is blank; indica appears on bottom of back cover rather than at bottom of first story page. Cover price $0.10.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Nyoka in "Revenge of the River God" and "The Missing Heads!" Chippy Chipmunk back-up story, "A Teller's Tale." Comix Cards feature Ozzie and Babs. One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear With Invisible Light" by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Summer 1948. Digest-sized humor magazine, one cartoon per page. 5.5" x 7.5". Black and white. Mature. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Matt Baker. Ghosts, Galleons, and Gold starring Phantom Lady, script by Gregory Page, art by Matt Baker. The Fat Connoisseur starring Phantom Lady, script by Gregory Page, art by Matt Baker. Murder Magic text story. Irene Shroeder, Keystone Hellcat featuring A True Crime Story, art by Carter. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Issue 153 - June 4, 1948. Early magic enthusiast fanzine with reader submitted homemade tricks for other readers to try at home complete with step-by-step instructions and illustrations where needed. 8.5" x 11", 4 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Allen Anderson. "Pillar of Fire" by Ray Bradbury and other stories by Henry T. Simmons, J. W. Pelkie, Gardner F. Fox, Damon Knight, William Brittain, Bjarne Kirchhoff, John & Dorothy de Courey, and J. Haravey Haggard. Illustrations by Alden McWilliams, Donel, Meilink, Vincent Napoli, Martin, Hardison. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.20.

Cover art by Jack Cole. Plastic Man story with Woozy Winks and Eaglebeak. Specks story, script and art by Michael Senich. Honeybun story, script and art by Paul Gustavson. Candy story, script and art by P.D. Spirit story, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Lou Fine. Manhunter story. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Vic Herman, Charles Spain Verral, Jan Wells, Elizabeth Eicher, Lee Harris, Leona Maughan, Mickey Klar Marks, Florence Tonjes, Nancy Williams, Elise Gibbs, and Marie Cummings. A magazine for girls from the producers of Parents' Magazine, with stories, fashion and advice as well as comics. A history of the circus; Tizzie decides to go fishing instead of just buying a fish at the market like her mother asked; An ad for movie stills from Irving Klaw, better known these days as the man who "discovered" pinup model Bettie Page. Also featuring a full-color comics ad for "The Margaret O'Brien Candy Kitchen" including images of the young movie star. The Pigtail Club; City Sister; 70 Years Under the Big Top; Suited for Sea; Tizzie Goes Fishing; 4 of a Kind; Sorry! No Dogs Allowed; Hobbies; Sea Fare; Almost Cinderella; Once a Pigtailer; Through the Looking Glass; Shore Duty; Riddle of Rose Hill; Pigtailers Talk Things Over; Polly Prefers; Needle Play; Club Round-up; Polly in the Kitchen. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

"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. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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Red Ryder, Telecomics presents King of the Royal Mounted, the Kiyotee Kids, and Panamint Patty. Two-page text story, "Little Beaver Makes a Trade." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

True stories of crime most foul fall victim to the pages of this short-lived vintage true crime magazine. Here, you will find tales of greed, jealousy, revenge, thievery, and murder....all true, all told in the words of the detectives who worked the cases. 8.5" x 11", 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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 pages, full color. 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.

Summer 1948 - Movie stars in this issue include Gene Autry, Lauren Bacall, Gary Cooper, Bing Crosby, Bette Davis, Maureen O'Hara, Frank Sinatra, Robert Mitchum, Lana Turner and many more. 8 1/-in. x 11 1/2-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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.