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Comic books August 1949

  • Vol. 34 #3
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 34 #3


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    • Paper: Off white
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    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
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    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 60%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

    August, 1949. Stories: "The Lion of Comarre" by Arthur C. Clarke, "Amphiskios" by John D. MacDonald, "Project Spaceship" by A.E. Van Vogt, "Free Land" by William Morrison, "Salvage" by Cleve Cartmill, "A Date to Remember" by William F. Temple, "The Neo-Geoduck" by Margaret St. Clair, and "The Naming of Names" by Ray Bradbury. One Virgil Finlay illustration. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 164 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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  • Issue #21
    Tim McCoy (1948) 21
    • 1 1/4" spine split from bottom.

    Cover by Lee Sherman. Stories and art by Lee Sherman, Mario DeMarco, Clinton Harmon and James McKell. Western comics featuring Western star Tim McCoy and adaptations of movie Westerns. Buck Jones poses as a killer to stop an outlaw from stealing ranchers' water rights. Johnny Mack intervenes after a rancher is murdered and another man is framed for the crime. Plus comics biographies of Western stars Buck Jones and Rod Cameron. Buck Jones; The Gunman From Bodie; Indian Sign Language; Dodge City; Sam Houston-The Texas Tornado; Pecos Bill; Bulldogging; Trails End; The Rifle Renegades; Rod Cameron. Final issue under this title; series continues as Pictorial Love Stories (1949 Charlton) #22. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 6 #1
    Titter America's Merriest Magazine (1943-1955 Roy Harmon^) Vol. 6 #1


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    Vol. 6, No. 1 - August 1949. Men's magazine with humor and pin-up pictorials. Peter Driben cover. 8.5" x 11.5", 60 pages, B&W. MATURE. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 5 #2
    Triple Western (1947-1958 Standard) Pulp Vol. 5 #2


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Aug 1949. Cover by Dreany. Western stories by William MacLeod Raine "Range Beyond the Law", A. C. Abbott, Hamilton Craigie, Ross Santee "Cowboy", Gladwell Richardson, Jackson Gregory "The Thunder of Hermit King", and Noel Loomis. 7" x 9 3/4"; black and white; 162 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • 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.

  • 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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    4 days left Auction WALT DISNEY'S COMICS AND STORIES #107-CARL BARKS STORY AND ART-1949-GOLDEN AGE

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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.

  • 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.

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