Comic books March 1950

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Cover by Paul Gustavson. Stories by unknown. Art by Reed Crandall and unknown. The blacksmith is a strong and fearless man, but he is afraid of riding horses in the Dead Canyon Days story "The Man Afraid of a Saddle"! Plus: The government has opened the Concho Valley Territory for settlement and a colonel and his daughter get into trouble when staking their claim in an untitled Arizona Ames story. Also: A US Marshal has been murdered when investigating crooked games in a dance hall. Two-Gun Lil takes a job as a singer to find out who killed the Marshal in "The Dance Hall of Death"! And: Arizona Ames in 1-page text story "The Other Gun"! Plus: At the anniversary of the town's founding, all guns are laid aside and outlaws take advantage of this in the Frontier Marshal story "The Day of Empty Holsters"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Reed Crandall, Joseph Gagliardi and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. Cop Alan discovers that his old pal Bruce is the robber his squad is looking for, just as Bruce abducts Alan's love Doris. A retired criminal helps the cops track a gang that's robbing hospitals. Detectives seek acrobatic but otherwise inept thieves, in a story with early art by comics legend Reed Crandall. My Friend Was a Murderer; The Men Who Stole a Brain; On the Level; Stop -- Look -- and Kill!; Our Police Hall of Fame; The Strange Story of the Clumsy Thieves; This'll Kill Ya! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Tony DiPreta, Fred Guardineer, Claude Moore, Fred Kida and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. Mr. Crime narrates the tale of Ape, Frank and Jim, killers caught fleeing police on a window-washer's platform high up on a building. Ex-con Bob gets a new job with his shady pal Dave, but Bob's wife is concerned that Dave is a racketeer. A cop goes undercover to infiltrate the Bayfront Mob, whose mysterious boss communicates with the gang through recorded messages. Police Teamwork and 3 Blind Rats!; Confession of a Racketeer's Widow; This'll Kill Ya; On the Level; Our Police Hall of Fame; The Ambitious Frank Hardy; Who Dunnit? 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Bettie Page photo cover Cover price $0.10.

Dale Evans stars in "Dale Evans, Mining Engineer," "The Senator Goes West," and "The Prince of Bangistan!" Sierra Smith Western Detective stars in "The Case of the Oily Worm!" (art by Alex Toth). Photo cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Sidney M. Elias, Virginia Hubbell, and Carl Hubbell. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. The Little Wise Guys leap into action after a boy falls into an abandoned well. Some gangsters try to frame Sniffer for a jewel robbery, but instead they make him the next Broadway sensation. Pee Wee's mountain-climbing pen pal from Switzerland decides to climb skyscrapers when he comes to the city. Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys: The Wise Guys and the Snow-Covered Trap!; Tips on Championship Basketball!; Daredevil: Pee Wee Meets a Human Fly!; Crimebuster: The Case of the Missing Case!; Sniffer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Untitled story; Judy and Oogie go to a movie. Miss Melody Lane of Broadway house ad. Untitled story; Judy's woman's intuition leads her away from Oogie. Untitled one-page story; Chip steals a goal post after a football game. Untitled story; Randolph finds a way to make money. Untitled story; Judy's father asks her to buy him some tobacco. One-page Shorty story by Henry Boltinoff. Untitled story; Judy gets angry at Oogie for talking to another girl, whom he mistook for Judy. One-page story; Howie and his father argue about who is taking the car. Untitled Willy Nilly story; Willy has trouble getting to a party. "No Sale" text story. One-page story; Skooter gets stuck in mud. Untitled story; Randolph makes a love meter. "Batman and Robin Stand Up for Sportsmanship!", script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer; Batman discusses prejudice with a football team. The Adventures of Bob Hope house ad. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by Don C. Cameron and unknown. Art by Carmine Infantino, Bob Kane, Charles Paris, Dan Barry and unknown. Batman and Robin volunteer their help to the Royal Canadian Mountain Police to help locate and round up the Masked Highwayman, who is believed to have shot and killed an RCMP member. The problem is: without the murder bullet, the Highwayman cannot be charged with the crime! Don't miss the Dynamic Duo in "The Race of the Century" with art by Bob Kane and Charles Paris. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "The Promise of Pow-Wow Smith!" with story by Don C. Cameron and pencils by Carmine Infantino; Robotman in "Pounds of Peril!"; Impossible -- But True! tale "The Man Who Could See Tomorrow!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with art by Dan Barry; and "Galloping Ghost!" Also: The Little Mayor half-pager by Phil Berube, reprinted from Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) #106; 2-page text piece "With Drums, Fire, & Flashes!"; and Jerry the Jitterbug 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff. And: "It's Fun to Be Healthy!" says Wonder Woman in a 1-page public service announcement by Jack Schiff and Irwin Hasen. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by James Wilcox and Irv Werstein. Boys' adventure with military cadet and sportsman Dick Cole, who appeared in Blue Bolt, 4Most and Target Comics before getting his own series. Racketeers try to fix the college ball championship by putting Dick Cole out of action. Bull's-Eye Bill joins forces with Pancho, a gaucho cowboy from Argentina. Dick Cole matches wits with the sinister hypnotist known as The Great Jero. Dick Cole; Bull's-Eye Bill; Salmon Pirates; Dick Cole. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Chester Gould and A. W. Nugent. Harvey, best known for its children's comics, begins publishing the comic book of legendary tough cop Dick Tracy and his rogues gallery of freakish enemies. This issue reprints strips from Jan. 2 - Feb. 19, 1944. Hired killer Flattop accepts a contract to kill Dick Tracy, but thinks better of it. He captures him instead and demands a fortune for Tracys life from his criminal clients, while Tracy hatches a desperate plan to get a message out to the police. Meet Chester Gould, Creator of Dick Tracy; Killers Nab Dick Tracy!; Calling All Crime-Stoppers; Beware of These Rackets; Dick Tracy's Minute Mystery; Trial Fun; Crimestoppers Handbook; America's Finest: the FBI. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Space Conquest; Doll Man tries to stop a madmans dreams of space conquest. The Crusader Chalice starring Doll Man and Kleeson. Buy A Dream House, art by Bill Ward; Tess and Torchy help Ed sell "Dream Houses. The Kali Statue starring Doll Man and J. Raffio. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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One of the era's notorious crime comics, presenting violent acts, some inspired by actual events, as cautionary tales. Louis Find is haunted by the souls of the many women he has robbed and murdered; A phone call and a trail of chewed matchsticks leads the cops to ruthless killer Cliff Sutterstone; The Salicki and Gennet gangs turn San Francisco into a battlefield. Death Is a Small Fat Man; The Avenging Murderer; Harry the Horse Makes Hollywood; Salicki-Gennet Feud: Frisco's Savage Gang War; The Pueblos. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Lawrence Lariar, John Spranger, Allen Saunders, Elmer Woggon, Clifford McBride, Philip Francis Nowlan, Rick Yager (credited as Dick Calkins), Clark Haas, Claude Dunnagan, Rodlow Willard, Mabel Burwick (credited as Odin), Martha B. Links, and Ralph Briggs Fuller. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Scorchy pursues Major Mumm in an aerial chase. Ben Friday learns the truth about Maxine and Baron X. Dickie Dare and Dan are rescued from the lost city of gold. Ben Friday; Steve Roper and Wahoo; Napoleon; Buck Rogers; Scorchy Smith; Timber Talent; Dickie Dare; Bobby Sox; Yipee; Oaky Doaks. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 12, Issue 3 - March 1950. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "IDetour From Tomorrow" by Rog Phillips, and "Diana and the Golden Ring" by S.M. Tenneshaw. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 164 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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March 1950. Softcover Pulp, 7-in. x 9-in.; 130 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Spring 1950. "Trespass!" 1st published science fiction by Gordon R. Dickson (done in collaboration with Poul Anderson). Stories by Edmond Hamilton, Festus Pragnell, J. Harvey Haggard, Anthony Rud, Raymond Z. Gallun, Carter Sprague, Stanley G. Weinbaum, John Russell Fearn, and Robert Arthur. One Virgil Finlay illustration. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 160 pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Henry Kiefer. "Beau Geste," script by Dick Davis and P. C. Wren (story), art by Henry Kiefer; After a valuable sapphire goes missing, three brothers each decide to venture into the French Foreign Legion so that each will appear to be guilty, rather than expose one of their brethren as the thief; The trio go into action in the deserts of North Africa and find themselves targeted by soldiers who have heard rumors that they're carrying the sapphire. Article on the life story of author P.C. Wren. "The Mohammedans" article. "Thrilling Sports-Mountain Climbing" article. Foreign Legion Fort illustration by Henry Kiefer. NOTE: The first five issues of Fast Fiction were reprinted under the title Stories by Famous Authors Illustrated. Except for the title change on the cover, the editions are identical. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 3 - Issue 2, March 1950. Pulp magazine devoted to exploring the paranormal. This issue features "The Knack of Being in Two Places at the Same Time", "They Eat Dirt and Like It", "Invisible Chains of Fear", and a look at "The Strange Worship of Kali". Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 page, Text (with B&W Illustrations and Photos). Cover price $0.25.

"Stunt Man Stetson Framed!"; Minx has a rival for Stetson's affection, a stunt woman named Diane Delvin; Stetson and Delvin capture a crook who stole a necklace from a movie set while impersonating Stetson. Untitled story, script and art by Harry Sahle; Rims and Emerson's plan to raise money to attend a sportsman's show goes awry. Untitled Lala Palooza story, script and art by Bernard Dibble; Vincent is swindled by someone selling stolen dogs. Untitled story; Swing Sisson rents out the Clover Club for a reunion. Untitled story, script and art by Bernard Dibble; Shenanigan take a correspondence school detective course. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kamen and others. Edited by Joseph V. Daffron and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Mike Peppe, Edmund Good, John Forte, and David Heames. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Even though he's dead, Tiger Girl's old foe M'Zab continues to plague her; Gangsters target Hooks Devlin and Peaches to get a map to stashed loot; Senorita Rio discovers a supposedly cursed ancient pyramid hides the weaponry for an Incan uprising. Tiger Girl; Risks, Unlimited starring Rip Carson; Kayo Kirby; Wild Life in Tiger Girl's Jungle; The Invisible Enemy: Part 1; Hooks Devlin; Senorita Rio; Captain Fight. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover features Robert Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor. Stories and art by Manny Stallman and others. A combination of romance comics and celebrity gossip from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Hollywood stardom threatens to tear two young lovers apart. A comics biography of movie legend John Barrymore, plus mini-bios of movie stars Robert Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor. Hollywood Heartbreak; Keep the Stars in Your Eyes; Song at Twilight; Elizabeth Taylor; Robert Taylor; John Barrymore; A Star Must Shine Bright. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

L.B. Cole cover with inset photo of Robert Taylor and Arlene Dahl (one-page biographies inside). Stories include "Trust the Man You Love," "I Love You Respectfully" (art by N. Nodel), "Love is Like Quicksand," and "Love Was an Outlaw" (art by Manny Stallman). Series continues from Target Western Romances # 1-2. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walt Disney presents MICKEY MOUSE'S SURPRISE VISITOR, No. 268." Cover art by Dan Gormley. Pluto the Pointer, script by Hubie Karp, art by Bob Grant. Mickey Mouse's Surprise Visitor, script by Merrill de Maris and Floyd Gottfredson, pencils by Floyd Gottfredson, inks by Ted Thwaites and Bill Wright; Friday, a native Mickey befriended on an adventure in Africa, sends his brother Thursday to Mickey's house in order to have him receive an education; Thursday causes Mickey all sorts of trouble with his lack of understanding of American customs; reprinted from Mickey Mouse (King Features Syndicate) 1940.01.15 - 1940.04.20 daily newspaper strips. Mickey, Donald, and Goofy on stage in a spotlight back cover art by Dan Gormley. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "JOHNNY MACK BROWN, No. 269." Johnny Mack Brown photo cover. The Red Arrow Rustlers, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; The Red Arrow gang is stealing herds of cattle being driven to Dodge City; Johnny becomes involved when they steal the herd of his friends Tub and Squint on the Box-H ranch. Four photos of Johnny Mack Brown on inside back cover. Back cover photo of Johnny Mack Brown. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Zane Grey's DRIFT FENCE, No. 270." Cover art by Morris Gollub. Facts about the chuck wagons used to feed cowboys on the range, art by Till Goodan. Drift Fence, art by Morris Gollub; At his uncle's request, Jim Traft comes to the Diamond Outfit, where he is to be in charge of building one hundred miles of fence to keep the ranch's cattle from straying; He has to win the respect of his men while fending off those who don't want the free range fenced; Adapted from the 1929 novel, "The Drift Fence," by Zane Grey; A sequel to this story, "Hash Knife Outfit," was adapted as "Range War" in Four Color #555 (May-July 1954). Facts about the "Hackamore" and "Snaffle Bit," harnesses used while breaking horses, art by Till Goodan. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "PORKY PIG in PHANTOM OF THE PLAINS, No. 271." Cover art by Roger Armstrong. A Safe Drive, art by Fred Abranz; Porky has car trouble while taking Petunia for a drive and Petunia has to fix the problem. Phantom of the Plains, pencils by Roger Armstrong, inks by Kaem Wong; Porky and Petunia go to the "Bar-Soap Ranch," owned by Petunia's uncle Baked Ham; On the way they are held up by Sylvester, who has been hypnotized by a criminal named Hypnotic Harry; Sylvester snaps out of his trance and the Sheriff arrives to explain the situation. Looking for Yahooty, art by Fred Abranz; Porky gets a job delivering packages for Mister Muldooly. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Rube Grossman. Untitled Nutsy Squirrel story, art by Rube Grossman; Nutsy dreams he's living in the times of King Arthur. Untitled It's Fun to Know cartoon by Martin Naydel. Untitled Bernard the Brave story, art by Otto Feuer; Bernard "takes on" a big bully to rescue Woody Squirrel. Untitled Nutsy Squirrel story, art by Rube Grossman; Nutsy gets all his arithmetic done by Echo Mountain. Unitled Nip and Chip story, art by Otto Feuer; Nip sells Chip a magic carpet so he can raise money for a vacation. Miss Melody Lane of Broadway ad. Batman and Robin Stand Up for Sportsmanship! public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. Untitled Ozzie Owl story, art by Rube Grossman; Ozzie invents a formula to grow hair. "The Short-Horned Longhorn" text story. Untitled Nutsy Squirrel story, art by Rube Grossman; The Professor and Nutsy help a little girl rescue her doll from an evil ventriloquist. Little Arthur's Surprise Cartoon activity page, art by Martin Naydel. The Adventures of Bob Hope ad. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.