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Comic books August 1949

  • Issue #6
    Venus (1948 Marvel) 6

    "The Earth Is in Danger!" Venus goes to Mardi Gras to cover the event for Beauty Magazine. Whitney is stunned when she abandons her task. Loki guest-stars. Also includes: "Face to Face with the King of Evil!"; "The Wrath of a Goddess!"; "Stolen Love!"; and "The House Love Built." Cover price $0.10.

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    $1,650 Venus #6 Atlas / Marvel Comics Early Golden Age Loki Appearance CGC 4.0

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  • Issue #107
    Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone) 107

    52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $15 Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 107
    $200 Walt Disney's Comics And Stories #107 Comic Donald Duck Carl Barks GCG 5.5 FN-

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  • Issue #20
    Wanted Comics (1947 Orbit / Toytown) 20

    Cover by Mort Leav. Stories and art by William Woolfolk, Mort Leav, Maurice Del Bourgo, and Mort Lawrence. 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. Strait-laced, seemingly honest bank teller Mortimer must arrange a bank robbery to cover up the money he's been embezzling. A reporter investigates a drive-by murder and finds evidence the cops don't have. Private eye The Tracer is hired to prove a charity organizer is siphoning funds, but when his client is murdered, it becomes personal. Also featuring a vintage ad for "authentic replicas" of WWII Axis handguns. The Strange Case of Mortimer Dollard; The World's Dirtiest Racket; Wanted: Walter Evans Connell; Public Enemies; Strands of Hair; Wanted: Joseph Charles Bartos; Danger Stalks the City; Wanted: George Emerous Morgan. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $43 1949 Toytown Comics Wanted #20 GD/VG

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  • Vol. 55 #1
    Wee Wisdom (1894 Unity School of Christianity) Vol. 55 #1

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    Volume 55, Issue 1 - August 1949. "A Magazine for Boys and Girls." Stories, poems, and activities designed for kids. 7-in. x 10-in., 36 pages, PC,PB&W Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #6
    Western Adventures Comics (1948) 6

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    Final issue of the series (becomes Western Love Trails with issue # 7). Bud Steele the Cross-Draw Kid in "The Nemesis of No Man's Land," Sheriff Sal in "The Gila Monster Murders," "The Terror of the Southwest" (art by A.C. Hollingsworth), and "Baited Into Heartbreak." Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #10
    Western Comics (1948) 10
    Published Aug 1949 by DC.

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    Cover art by Howard Sherman. The Texas Volunteers starring the Wyoming Kid, art by Howard Sherman. The Two-Gun Dude of Deadwood starring Rodeo Rick, script by Phil Evans, art by Jimmy Thompson. Tunnel of Terror starring Nighthawk, art by Charles Paris. The treasure beneath the Plains starring Cowboy Marshal, art by Ed Smalle Jr. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #9
    Western Fighters Vol. 1 (1948) 9

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    Stories and art by Art Peddy and others. Outlaws, gunfighters, and tales of the Old West - some true, and others merely legends. The story of the Cherokee Strip Land Run of 1893. A Civil War veteran returns to his Western hometown and opens a schoolhouse, to the disbelief and derision of the townspeople. Outlaw and rustler Russian Bill claims to be an exiled Russian noble who made his way to the West. Oklahoma Land Grab; Lazy Dan; Blackboard Law; The Scout; Fiddlin' Charlie Horn; The Rawhide Railroad; The Book Says:. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #81
    Western Hero (1949) 81

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    Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Leonard Frank, Al Liederman and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Hopalong Cassidy's pal Drake attempts to build a bridge across Twin Rivers, but rustlers don't want the bridge and will kill to stop it. Gunslinger Ben Sweeney believes he is unbeatable because he has Wild Bill Hickok's gun - but then he meets Monte Hale. Masked outlaws try to kidnap the governor's daughter, but Tom Mix suspects they're really after the mysterious diamond pendant she's wearing. Plus a profusion of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade, and a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Hopalong Cassidy and the Threatening Past; Monte Hale: Killer's Gun!; Cactus Brain; Red Roan: Portrait of a Horse; Gabby Hayes: Sweet Capture; Li'l Buck; Cowboy Cal; Tumbleweed Jr.; Tom Mix and the Pendant Plot. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #1
    Western Love (1949) 1
    • .5" Spine split from bottom.

    Photo cover from Canadian Pacific starring Randolph Scott and Jane Wyatt. Art by Leonard Starr, Bill Draut, Jack Kirby, George Gregg, and Manny Stallman. Tales of romance on the range and heartbreak on the high prairie. Cowgirl Jane has to prove she's as good as any man on the ranch, but that leaves little prospect of love. A sheriff's daughter falls for an outlaw gambler. Dude-ranch worker Katie is torn between a cowhand and a handsome stranger from the East. Equal of Any Man!; Gambler's Girl; Kate and the Coyote; Weddin' at Red Rock; The Tonto Express; Love Songs of the Prairie; Cowgirl Sweetheart; A Gal, a Guy and a Gelding. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $1,750 Western Love#1 CGC 9.4 Crowley Copy. Randolph Scott Photo Cover 1949

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  • Issue #22
    Westerner (1948 Wanted Comics Group) 22

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    Wild Bill Pecos in "Stampede" (art by Mort Leav). Nugets Nugent in "Double Trouble" (art by Bernard Krigstein). Also "Billy the Kid," "The Saber," and "The Outcast" (art by Most Lawrence). Cover by Mort Lawrence. Stories by Mort Leav, Bernie Krigstein, and Mort Lawrence. True tales from the Old West, starring such real-life characters as Wild Bill Pecos, Nuggets Nugent, Johnny Jones, Billy the Kid, Davy Crockett's grandson, and Dale Hart. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #112
    Whiz Comics (1940 Fawcett) 112

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    Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Otto Binder, Kurt Schaffenberger, and Louis Cazeneuve. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. Dr. Sivana goes on a spree of planting booby traps for Captain Marvel, each more fiendish than the last. When Nero the Hermit makes a trip to the big city, Golden Arrow tags along in case he finds trouble, which he almost immediately does. Ibis goes undercover as a high-rise worker when a skyscraper construction site is plagued by accidents that might be the work of ghosts. Plus a "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton, featuring useless but hilarious advice on "How to Elevate Your Pate." Infinity cover by C.C. Beck is also partly a photo cover. Captain Marvel: Sivana's Booby Traps; Wilbur the Waiter; Doc Sorebones; The Culture Corner; Golden Arrow: The Perils of the Big City; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Lance O'Casey: Magnet of Death; Billsey the Billionaire; Ibis the Invincible: The Haunted Skyscraper. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #26
    Wilbur Comics (1944) 26

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    "Feed 'Em and Weep," script and art by Bill Vigoda; Laurie and Wilbur invite some bums for dinner the same night Commodore Lake invites the board of directors for dinner. "Kiss Me Again," script and art by Bill Vigoda; Linda tries to get Wilbur to kiss her. Wilbur Puzzle Page. "Car of My Dreams!", script and art by Bill Vigoda; Wilbur's dad is hoping to buy the new Super Eight car. "On a Bicycle Built for Four"; While the gang is out bike riding, Linda schemes to be alone with Wilbur. "Laugh, Frown, Laugh"; Wilbur's dad tries to get everyone to smile. Wilbur Puzzle Fun. "Katy Keene in Hollywood," script and art by Bill Woggon; K. O. has to win a boxing match to get out to California where Katy is. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #108
    Wings Comics (1940) 108
    • Water spotting.

    Cover by Bob Lubbers. Edited by J.F. Byrne and William R. Shelton. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, George Evans, Alvin Hollingsworth and Maurice Whitman. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Reporter Jane Martin investigates attempts on the life of a retired movie star; Suicide Smith battles a shark after crooks gain control of a remote island prison. Captain Wings; Jane Martin; Air Heroes of World War II; Suicide Smith; Ghost Squadron. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $769 WINGS #108 CGC 8.5 VERY FINE +1949 CAPTAIN WINGS cvr FEED STORE COLLECTION

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  • Vol. 5 #1
    Wink (1944-1955 Wink Inc.^) Magazine Vol. 5 #1


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    • Staple rust. Rust migration. 1 1/2" Spine split from top of comic. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling. Water damage.

    Volume 5, Issue 1 - August, 1949. Painted cover by Peter Driben. Vintage men's interest magazine with a focus on cheesecake and pin-up photography. 8" x 11.5", 58 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 12 #11
    Woman's Day (1937-1970 Stores Publishing, Co.) Magazine Vol. 12 #11
  • Vol. 29 #9

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  • Vol. 3 #6
    Zane Grey's Western Magazine (1946-1954 Dell) Pulp Vol. 3 #6