Comic books March 1950

Stories and art by Bernard Baily and Elaine Morrison. Complex plots in this early romance comic from Fawcett. Connie refuses to sell her dads general store, preferring security to risk, and shes equally cautious about Dicks chances to play baseball in the major leagues. Farm girl Marion heads for the city at the first opportunity, keeping her background a secret, and paints the town with Lyle, but Lyle has a secret of his own. Talented photographer Ruth dreams of being a professional, but then she meets fellow photog Wade, who wants her to be his model. A Home for My Heart; Moment of Regret; But Love Came Along; No Faith in Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $43.00 View scans Paper: Off white

Add to cart Very Good $35.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $28.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 40%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.

Volume 19, Issue 1 - March, 1950. 6.5" x 9", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $132.00 or Best Offer View scans 1/2" Spine split from bottom of comic. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

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. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $8.80

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.

Add to cart VF/NM 9.0 $270.00 View scans

Issue #7 - Spring 1950. A classic SF fanzine with contributions from prominent fans like Forrest J. Ackerman and Darrell Richardson but also author profiles written by themselves (Robert Bloch, Jack Williamson, Robert Heinlein, et al). Scarce. 4 1/4-in. x 5 1/4-in., 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $135.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration.

Issue #11 - Spring, 1950. A classic SF fanzine with contributions from prominent fans like Forrest J. Ackerman and Darrell Richardson but also author profiles written by themselves (Robert Bloch, Jack Williamson, Robert Heinlein, et al). Scarce. 4 1/4-in. x 5 1/4-in., 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Fine $24.00 View scans Paper: Off white	Add to cart Fine $24.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white	Add to cart Very Good $24.00 View scans Paper: Cream	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $18.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $18.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

"Girl from Mars" a short story by Robert Bloch.

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.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $17.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.	Add to cart Very Good $11.00 View scans Paper: Off white Staple rust. Rust migration. Water damage.	Add to cart Very Good $11.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white	Add to cart Very Good $11.00 View scans Paper: Off white Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.
Add to cart Very Good $16.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 30%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG 4.0 $13.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $10.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $5.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
Add to cart Poor $5.00 View scans Front cover detached 40%. No Back Cover. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 3, Issue 6 - March, 1950. 6.75" x 9", 130 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $39.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight. Foreign edition: Canada.

Canadian Edition says "The Strangest Stories Ever Told" on cover Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $17.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $16.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Fair $6.00 View scans Paper: Cream Back cover detached 25%. Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Fair $8.00 View scans Paper: Cream Back cover detached 30%. Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

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.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $17.00 View scans

Add to cart GD 2.0 $4.50 View scan Centerfold detached. Writing (interior and exterior).

Add to cart GD 2.0 $17.00 View scan 2.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $4.30 View scan 1" Spine split from top.

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.

Add to cart Very Good $16.00 View scans

Add to cart VG 4.0 $11.00

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.

Stories and art by Joe Oriolo and others. Comics adventures of the popular, long-running cartoon character. Felix throws himself a "blowout" party for his birthday, but the wolf wants to crash the party. Felix faces tax woes. Felix has a snow day. A Slip in the Deep; Felix Has a Blowout; Felix Pulls Through; Cracks on Ice; Monty Monk. 48 pages, 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.

Volume 5, Issue 3 - March, 1950. 6.75" x 9.75", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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.

Add to cart Very Good $32.00 View scans

Volume 1, Issue 3 - March, 1950 - Film fan magazine with a focus on the celebrity lives of the golden-age of cinema. This issue's stories include: "When a Girl Should Say No" by Joan Leslie, "What I Know About Jane Powell" by Ann Sothern, "My Life With Gene" by Mrs. Gene Autry, "Every Girl can be Married" by Rosalind Russell, and many more. Softcover Magazine, 8.5" x 10", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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.

Add to cart CBCS 4.5 $70.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to off white Label #19-320DEF4-015 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Based on a popular kids' puppet show broadcast on CBS from 1948-51 about a sinister but bumbling magician and his loyal but good-hearted assistant, Pinhead. Pinhead and Foodini risk their lives to foil a nefarious plot. Foodini demonstrates how to do magic tricks. The adventures of Jingle Dingle the weather elf, another popular icon from the early days of television. The Great Foodini; Foodini's Deed For the Day; Pinhead Takes Over; Jingle Dingle; Foodini's Fortune; Foodini's Guest Appearance; Foodini's Last Mile; Foodini's Circus Mystery; Foodini's Ghost of a Chance. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $8.70

Add to cart GD 2.0 $8.70 View scan

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $6.99 View scan

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 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fair $5.40

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 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $45.00

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 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. Cover art by Dan Gormley. 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. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $105.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $72.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart Good $33.00 View scans Paper: Cream

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $32.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 60%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 17, Issue 10 - Spring, 1950. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $54.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $11.00 View scans Paper: Cream

Volume 36, Issue 3 - Spring, 1950. Long running pulp magazine focusing on the stories and adventures of G-Men and Detectives. This issues features"The Big Fix" by Norman A. Daniels, and "The Mind of Murder" by Wayland Rice. Softcover, 82 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations) Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $99.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

British reprints of the American edition.

The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. Outlaw Nasty Curr winds up in a horseless stage with Gabby, heading down winding mountain roads at breakneck speed. Ranchers are mystified when steers appear to be floating in the sky. When an eastern-educated rancher tries to get Gabby to play polo, the game will never be the same again. Favorite line this issue: "Dadburn it! I ain't no ghost! Get me off this critter!" Chief Gray Matter; The Long Haul to Sundance; Young Falcon: The Ruse!; The Ghost Herd; Buck Desmond: Coyote Chase!; Gabby Hayes Plays Polo; Loco Lew. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 9 #2 - Mar./Apr. 1950. Single-panel gag cartoons. 10 1/2-in. x 13-in., 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Theda and Emerson Hall photo cover. They Guard the Waterfront, script by Phil Evans. The Ship Whose Cargo Was Doom, script by Phil Evans, art by Nick Cardy. I Gallop with Danger, art by Frank Frazetta. The Gang That Turned Back the Clock, script by Phil Evans. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

68 pages of old-fashioned cartoons and gags ranging from family-friendly to a little racy. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2", B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $3.30

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $2.50 6" cumulative spine split. Centerfold and one additional wrap detached at one staple. Cover detached at one staple. Water damage.

Gene Autry stars in "Rustler's Trail" and "The Twin Springs Outlaws." Jesse Marsh art. Back-up story, "One-Man Horse!" Two-page text story, "A Fool and His Gold." 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. Gene Autry stars in "Rustler's Trail" and "The Twin Springs Outlaws." Jesse Marsh art. Back-up story, "One-Man Horse!" Two-page text story, "A Fool and His Gold." Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $3.49

Stories by Dan Gordon, Don Christensen and Jim Davis. Art by Dan Gordon, Don Christensen, Jim Davis and Ken Hultgren. Cover by Dan Gordon. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG, with art by cartooning legend Dan Gordon. The rats get rid of Superkatt by airmailing him to Pago Stinko; Toddy Bear seeks out crime after getting a mail-order detective kit; A modern-day take on Simple Simon. Superkatt; The Liger; Lionel; Mr. Gnaw and Mr. Gnibble; The Squire and the Chip; Gremlin the Ground-Hog; Toddy Bear; The Pied Piper; The Real Low-Down On Simple Simon; Bungle of the Jungle. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Don Lynch and others. A magazine for girls from the producers of Parents' Magazine, with stories, fashion and advice as well as comics. Reviews of Disney's Cinderella and the Danny Kaye classic The Inspector General; Famed teacher Anna Leonowens, sent to Siam to teach in 1862, inspires "The King and I"; Fashion designer Helena Barbieri. Business Woman; Palace Teacher; Fascinatin Fashion – A True Story. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

She aimed at the target, and the arrow pierced...her heart! Featuring: 2 page story "Star Light, Star Bright"; 8 page story "Happiness for Two"; 1 page Sincerely, Julia Roberts story (advice column with art); 8 page story "Where There is Love" drawn by Alex Toth and Joe Giella; 8 page story "Once Upon a Dream"; 1 page Daisy's Diary story "Words in Edgeways"; 2 page text story "Red-Headed Alibi"; 8 page story "My Heart is Calling"; 1 page poem "The Magic Moment." Cover photograph by Carlyle Blackwell, Jr. Cover price $0.10.

Was it really to be true love "From This Day Forward"? Also in this issue: "Unhappy Venus," "Wait for Me, Darling," "My Secret Wish" and "Remember Last Summer." 52 romantic pages. Cover price $0.10.