Comic books March 1949

Art by Chuck Miller and others. One of the more notorious pre-Code crime comics. Ned Brown is dubbed 'The Mad Bandit' for his Ohio crime spree in 1932; Bill the Butcher is a founder of the Bowery Boys street gang and a leader of the Know-Nothing political movement in mid-19th century New York City; Monk Eastman and his Eastman Gang become one of the most powerful street gangs in old New York City. Mentioned in the legendary anti-comics tome Seduction of the Innocent. Tiger of the South; Coke & Giles: Partners in Death; Buddies in Life, Crime, and...Death!; Bill the Butcher: Battler Extraordinary; Crime Does Not Pay; Gang Leaders. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Vernon Henkel and Warren Broderick. Fox Feature Syndicate presents the third romance title to launch the romance comics craze, following Crestwood's "Young Romance" and Timely/Marvel's "My Romance". A reporter bends the facts to help his actress girlfriend's career, and loses his job over it; Linda wants to steal her sister Beth's man through trickery, and when that doesn't work, she tries to do Beth in; Nell tries to lure lawyer Sam away from her polio-stricken sister Wilma, then causes an auto wreck. Plus love advice to readers. I Broke Her Heart and Laughed About it; Kill for Love; Facts You Wouldn't Believe; May I Tell You About Anne?; I Was a Love Thief. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Nifty Gals & Gags is a humor digest published by Dearfield Publishing Company. 96 pages, color cover with B&W illustrations, 5 1/4-in x 7 1/4-in. Cover price $0.25.

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Nyoka in "The Lost Civilization" and "The Jungle Rhythms of Death." Ballyhoo Barney back-up story, "Professor Itchy's Flea Circus." Headline Harry back-up story, "Flower of Youth." Two Comix Cards feature cowboys (Hopalong Cassidy, Tom Mix, Gabby Hayes, and Monte Hale) and their horses (Topper, Tony, Pardner, and Corker). 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

"El Diamonte Outshines HImself," "Frontier Front Page," "The Betrayal of Tucson McHugh," "Red Letter Rodeo," and "Dynamite for Boxx Cavitt." Cover price $0.10.

"The Romantic Attic"; Ozzie wants to know who Babs thinks is the most romantic man in history. "Short Call"; Dolores and Janet wait in line for an hour to make a phone call. "Horsing Around"; Ozzie decides to become a veterinary and takes in every stray animal in Winkleville. "Auto Stop"; Wise Guy Alex borrows a flashy convertible car. "Help Wanted," art by Al Liederman; Capt. Kid applies for a job as a plumber's assistant. "Camera Cuckoos"; Babs and Glitter compete for the title of Miss Camera Belle of 1949. "Blowhard Cracks a Safe-Cracker" text story by R. R. Symes. "A Cute Little Cookie!"; Algie wins a car in a raffle and the whole family butters up to him. "The Big Campaign"; Babs wants a car of her own and Ozzie figures a scheme to get her parents to buy her one. Two Comix Cards of Bulletman and Bulletgirl from Master Comics to cut out and paste on cardboard. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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March 1949. Amateur literary magazine with stories and tipped-in illustrations. Edited by Donald M. Kunde, Austin Miller and Paul Dennis O'Connor. Cover design by Hannes Bok, interior illustrations by Roy Hunt, Martin Leff and Austin Miller. 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Al Jaffee. Lover Boy's Lament!, art by Al Jaffee. Career Girl, art by Al Jaffee. Mickey's Maidens!, art by Al Jaffee. Patsy Goes Courting!, art by Al Jaffee. The Bully text story. Toothsome Twosome! starring Ken Bald. Seeing Double! starring Jeanie, art by Al Jaffee. Hi Friends text article. Hey Look! humor page by Harvey Kurtzman. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Fagaly. "My Diary"; Archie takes a diary from Veronica on accident. Untitled story, script and art by Bill Woggon; Katy goes on a plane trip to several different countries. "Bookworm"; Jughead gets so caught up in the book he just checked out from the library, he doesn't see all the dangers he's walking through. Untitled story, script by Hazel Marten (as Scott Fleming), art by Bill Woggon; Nevada Jones stops a crooked gambler. "The Art of Still Life Painting"; There is no script in this strip as Willy the Wise Guy shops for still life objects: Wine, fruit, cheese; He ends up eating the subjects before he can paint them. "A Dog's Life," script and art by Joe Edwards; Li'l Jinx gets a puppy. "The Thin Man"; The girls help Uncle Bumble get into shape for the annual Moose Lodge baseball game. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

March 1949. Digest-sized humor magazine, one cartoon per page. 5.5" x 7.5". Black and white. Mature. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by J. F. Byrne. Stories and art by George Evans, Enrico Bagnoli, Leonard Starr, Frank Fermonetti, and Matt Baker. The first true science fiction comic, Planet Comics featured classic space opera with square-jawed heroes, rockets, rayguns and bug-eyed aliens of every stripe. In the Lost World, Hunt and Lyssa suspect a trick when aliens offer to negotiate peace between the Volta and humans; Life On Other Worlds speculates about landing on the moon, 20 years before it actually happened; Mysta battles an insurgency on the planet Xanthia, in a story by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Typically fun good-girl cover by Joe Doolin. The Lost World; Futura; Mysta of the Moon; Auro Lord of Jupiter; Varnog of Venus; Life On Other Worlds: A Trip To the Moon; Space Rangers; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Allen Anderson. Stories by Henry Hasse "Eternal Zemmd Must Die!", Robert Abernathy, Alfred Coppel Jr, George Whitley, Ray Bradbury "Dwellers in Silence", Damon Knight, Stanley Mullen, and Basil Wels. Illustrations by A. McWilliams and Mayan. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.20.

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Three untitled Plastic Man stories, plus Woozy back-up. Art and cover by Jack Cole. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Cole. The Seer starring Plastic Man, art by Jack Cole. Dewey Drip story, script and art by Joe Devlin. Honeybun story, script and art by Paul Gustavson. Candy story. Spirit story, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Lou Fine. The Rodeo text story starring Plastic Man. Manhunter story, art by Al Bryant. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Cover photo of Natalie Wood. Stories and art by Vic Herman, Charles Spain Verral, Edd Ashe, Margaret A. Hamilton, Marjorie Maxwell, Lois Withers, Pearl Wells, M. Hodge, Kay Wambold, Patti Cooke, 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 profile of child film star Gigi Perreau; Tizzie's bad babysitting job ends with her locked in the monkey house at the zoo; A profile of child actor (and future Quantum Leap star) Dean Stockwell. Polly Pigtails; A Study in Cotton; Dress Like an Old-Fashioned Girl; For Rain or Shine; Tizzie's Monkey Business; My Kid Sister; Friend in Deed; The Secret in Stone; Hobbies; Command Appearance; Sitting Pretty; A Prize for Pudge; What's News?; It's a Great Day!; Pigtailers Talk Things Over; Polly Prefers; Needle Play; Club News; Polly in the Kitchen. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover art by Bud Sagendorf. Scripts and art by Bud Sagendorf. "Look at this water bill, Wimpy!"; Popeye wonders where all his water is going. "Moon Goon!" or "Goon on the Moon!" or "The Man in the Moon Is a Goon!"; Popeye is hired to pilot a rocket ship to the moon, where he and Wimpy meet the Moon Goons. Swee'Pea's Dip in the Dark! text story. Another Day Another Breakfast!; Wimpy tries to get a farmer to give him breakfast, but the farmer makes him work for it. "What in the world is Swee'Pea doing?"; Swee'pea's imaginary hunting game gives Olive a fright. "Here's a dime--go down to the store an' git a bar of soap!"; Getting to the store and back is harder than Swee'pea expected. Based on the classic cartoon and comic strip character. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 151, No. 1. March 18, 1949. Cover by Sam Savitt. 7" x 9.5". 96 pages. Text with occasional B&W illustrations.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Art by Leonard Starr 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 #37. No issue # on cover; Vol. 4, issue #1 in indicia. The story of Willie Worth, who inspired the super-criminal Professor Moriarty. The strange true story of Rasputin, madman and royal advisor to the Tsars. Gambler Samuel Jason becomes a river pirate on the 1780s Mississippi. Also featuring a vintage ad for the "new improved" "Slide-o-Matic" combo lighter-cigarette case. Another amusing cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Willie the Genius; The Royal Spell; The Letter; Tell-Tale Bullets; Mississippi Nightmare; Big Fat Weasel; The Leather He Stood In. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Curt Swan. Super-Sleuth featuring Arthur Conan Doyle. Bazooka ad, art by Irwin Hasen. The Weapon that Won the West! featuring Sam Colt. Police Dog. Casey Jones the Brave Engineer, art by Howard Sherman. Bravest in Radio featuring W. B. "Skeet" Miller, art by Stookie Allen. Old Glory Corner featuring Annin and Company, , the biggest flag maker in the world. Bat Boy; The Inside Story of Babe Ruth's No. 1 Fan featuring William Bendix, pencils by George Roussos, inks by Dan Barry. The Inquiring Photographer! featuring Jimmy Jemail, art by Win Mortimer. I Am A Camera Cop featuring Alan Tate. Scripts by Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, and Bernie Breslauer. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Red Ryder, Telecomics presents King of the Royal Mounted, the Kiyotee Kids, and a text story, "Little Beaver's Chariot Race." Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. The White Peril, script by Gaylord DuBois, pencils by Albert Micale, inks by Micale and Randy Steffen; Roy gets caught up in a blizzard while on a cattle drive, then encounters a murder situation. The Challenger of the Ice Floes--Pioneers of the Old West. Chuck Wagon Charley's Tales story, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Harry Parks. Back cover: Roy, with daughters Cheryl, Linda, in their Roy Rogers outfits, publicity color photo. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Canadian Edition. Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. Poacher's Island, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Albert Micale; Roy aids a rancher friend. The Runestone--Pioneers of the Old West, script by Gaylord DuBois. Chuck Wagon Charley's Tales story, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Harry Parks. Back cover: Roy, Dale, close-up publicity photo. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

In order of appearance: "Rulah Jungle Goddess, Death Image!"; "Rulah Jungle Goddess, Satan's Shoes..."; "Rulah Jungle Goddess, Labyrinth of Love!"; and "The Concert of the Apes!". "The Valley of Ghosts" text story. Indicia states "RULAH". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.