Comic books May 1950

Art by George Tuska, Augie Scotto and Paul Parker. 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 #51. No issue # on cover; Vol. 5, issue #3 in indicia. Aspiring safecracker Max determines to prove himself in the underworld by cracking an uncrackable safe. A customs agent uses lip reading to get the goods on a wily smuggler. Children use a molasses barrel to get all "Home Alone" on a would-be robber. Also featuring a vintage ad for training as a "Criminal Investigator" by mail. Jugman; The Lip Reader; The Voice from the Grave; Six Tiny Threads; The Enemy; Villain of the Sands; The Hound and the Fox. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover. In order of appearance: "Scandal Followed Me" reprinted in Glamorous Romances (1949) #70; "I Woke up Married" reprinted in Complete Love Magazine Vol. 30 (1954) #1; "Partners in Deceit" reprinted in Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #56; and "He Didn't Mean Forever" reprinted in Complete Love Magazine Vol. 29 (1953) #5. "For a More Glamorous You! Your Hair and Your Permanent, Be Good to Your Feet..." text article. "That Lucky Chance" and "Love Not Allowed" text stories. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Fred Harman. Red Ryder strips by Fred Harman. Wild Horse Chase text story featuring The West that lives Forever by Fred Harman. Little Beaver. The Nez Percé Indians article by Fred Harman. Iroquois Indians article by Fred Harman. Subscription form for Red Ryder Comics. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover art that looks like actress Lauren Bacall. "Not Enough Faith"; Peggy loves factory worker Ralph, an inventor in his spare time; Peggys spinster sister Blanche urges her to choose wealthy Oliver instead; Ralph refuses to marry Peggy until he sells his new invention to the television industry. "Her Heart Was the Price," art by Ken Rice; Joe, the manager of boxer Timmy, wants to marry Timmys sister Teddy but she doesnt love him; Joe mismanages Timmys career to try and convince her to change her mind. "Marriage Dodger," art by Ann Brewster; Office worker Fern is engaged to car salesman Van, but he is in no hurry to set the date; Fern meets handsome psychology professor Rick, who suggests she date him to make Van jealous enough to get married right away. "Love Was His Game"; College student Julie forms a crush on Professor Darrell, although she is dating fellow student Hugh; Julie breaks up with Hugh and starts meeting Darrell, although he insists on keeping their relationship a secret. "Not Enough Faith" reprinted in Ten Story Love Vol. 35 (1955) #1; "Her Heart Was the Price" reprinted in Love at First Sight (1949) #31; "Marriage Dodger" reprinted in Love at First Sight (1949) #33; and "Love Was His Game" reprinted in Complete Love Magazine Vol. 30 (1954) #5. "For Beauty's Sake: For Lovelier Legs, Fashion Impressions, Finishing School for Legs, Basic Care..." text article reprinted in Glamorous Romances (1949) #65, Complete Love Magazine Vol. 27 (1952) #5, Love Experiences (1949) #18, Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #59, Ten Story Love Vol. 33 (1954) #3, and Glamorous Romances (1949) #79. "Glitter That Wasn't Gold" and "When He Heard My Voice" text stories. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Ralph Carlson and others. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. A particularly dangerous band of bank robbers targets the law enforcement in town before the bank. After robbing a tax agent of his collection documents and ID, a highwayman gets a fiendish idea. Whitey Whiskers finds himself in a predicament: stuck upside-down in a barrel just as two robbers enter the store. The Sheriff-Killers; Slim Pickens Takes His Oat; The Tax Rustlers; The Missing Corpse; Gopherface; Desperate Drive; Whitey Whiskers: The Cracker-Barrel Badmen; Lying Hoofprints. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Charles Sultan, Ken Bald, Emil Gershwin, and Ogden Whitney. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A farmers daughter falls for a traveling ad salesman; Carol is constantly overlooked by men who are drawn to her prettier sister; In the 1700s, a captured woman falls for the pirate captain who killed her beloved. The Farmer's Daughter; The Love Game; The Girl Nobody Wanted; Too Broadminded; Close Your Heart to Love; Bride-To-Be; Bewitching Buccaneer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by John Prentice. "I'd Do It All Over Again": Christina is dumped by her wealthy fiancé Roy and becomes engaged to her long-time friend Matt; Roy returns and Christina resumes her romance with him but procrastinates telling Matt; Roy arranges to have Matt discover them together and Matt leaves town. "With You on My Arm," art by Al Ulmer; Hildy is so beautiful that she attracts attention wherever she goes, and many men date her for this reason; Tom is attracted to her personality as well, but since shes always gotten by on her looks, Hildy is incapable of doing things like cooking or driving. "My Ready-Made Romance"; Lynn and her mother Francie are more like sisters than mother-and-daughter; The youthful-looking Francie inserts herself into Lynns social life; When Lynn falls in love with Hank, he suggests she ask her mother to butt out. "Me - Linda - and the Yesterdays"; Davids family is poor but proud of its "heritage of blood and breeding"; He graduates with an engineering degree but thinks hes too good to work "for a paltry few dollars a week"; David falls in love with working-class Linda, and Davids mother and father disapprove. "Candle in My Window," art by John Prentice; Art student Beth is saved from an accident by sailor Dirk; They fall in love but shes afraid because her father was a sailor and was lost at sea; Beth convinces Dirk to take a job on shore and they become engaged, but Dirk is unhappy. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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This early romance comic from Fawcett had particularly complex plots to go with the tears and kisses. Secretary Sue gets her fiance Mitch a job at her office, but doesn't tell him that the business is crooked. Personnel manager Marge gets a chance to hire Steve, the handsome athlete who broke her heart in college. Myra falls for George, even though she knows he has serious money problems, but then he wants her to embezzle money from her office. Plus a collection of romantic traditions from around the world. Farewell Gesture; A Bitter Love; The Message; He Is My Own; Flowers of Romance; Welcome to My Heart. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Tales of secret love, heartbreak, unrequited love, and reconciliation. Sad-eyed Bette returns to the seaside hometown she'd tried to move away from, and falls for the handsome amnesiac who wanders into her diner. Meg moves from the big city to a small town and thinks she has all the aces, until she falls for handsome, bowtie-wearing Tom at first sight. Jim really loves Nina, but she's got her heart set on Neil, who barely tolerates her. Plus a PSA for Savings Bonds featuring the original Captain Marvel. Lost Interlude; Abandoned Love; My Heart's Own Deceit; A Kiss for Sue; Search for Paradise. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Teen hijinx in the Archie vein from Fox Feature Syndicate. Inspired by Romeo and Juliet, Romeo decides to elope with Hildergarde; A misunderstanding leads Daisey to believe Romeo's taking her to the dance instead of Hildergarde; Hildergarde and Daisey answer a personals ad to make Romeo jealous, but their new beau is expecting a wealthy woman, not two teen bobby-soxers. In Name Only; Don't Be A Dope; The Old House; What A Mess; Two Lonely Hearts. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. Roy Rogers and the Guardian of the Caves, art by Albert Micale; Roy and "Hardrock" are on a trip to find Montezuma's gold, and are accompanied by two bone hunters. A Gift to Grandma starring Roy Rogers, art by Al McKimson team; Roy and Trigger are caught up in a prairie fire and meet Grandma Long. Pioneers of the Old West text story, art by Albert Micale. Trigger story, art by Harry Parks. Back cover photo: Roy Rogers, a Republic Picture star. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. Roy Rogers and the Guardian of the Caves, art by Albert Micale; Roy and "Hardrock" are on a trip to find Montezuma's gold, and are accompanied by two bone hunters. A Gift to Grandma starring Roy Rogers, art by Al McKimson team; Roy and Trigger are caught up in a prairie fire and meet Grandma Long. Pioneers of the Old West text story, art by Albert Micale. Trigger story, art by Harry Parks. Back cover photo: Roy Rogers, a Republic Picture star. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Sam Cooper and others. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Audreys clumsiness keeps her from finding love, until she stumbles over the right man; The niece of a famous female big-game hunter seeks love away from her domineering aunt. In a fun, oddball story, scientist Lorraine rejects handsome but boorish Ed, until shes abducted by Nazi agents and he comes through for her. I Stumbled Into Love; Too Beautiful for Words; The Greatest Adventure; Love Is Not Blind; Atomic Amour!; Night Letter; Love Is a Challenge. Final issue of the series. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Women's magazine with articles and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Vintage monthly published magazine with a focus on the film industry as a whole. First published in November of 1930, publication continued through the late 1970s. Priding itself as a source for exclusive behind the scenes stories about filmmaking, Silver Screen also contained a fair amount of articles about celebrities, their relationships, the latest in fashion, and film reviews. Cover price $0.15.

Articles on sports, crime, and adventuring, plus pin-up photos. 8" x 10.5". 66 pages. B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Louis Zansky and others. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. Sheriff Hopalong Cassidy learns that a rising young rodeo star was murdered after paying the rodeo owner $500 for top billing. Smiley Burnette gets on the bad side of short-tempered outlaw Notches Newton. "Undercover Marshal" Rocky Lane is targeted by ex-convict Curly, who claims Rocky jailed him for no reason, until Rocky reveals the real reason to him. Lamebrain Lem; Hopalong Cassidy: The Rodeo Swindler; Tumbleweed Jr.: Rock-a-Pie Baby; Smiley Burnette: A Close Shave; Shadow on the Soil; Rocky Lane Lends a Helping Hand. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

The comic adventures of Smiley Burnette, best known as the sidekick to Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and other movie cowboys. Smiley discovers the downside of freedom of the press when offended outlaws decide to smash his printing press, and he must bear arms to defend it. Young Red Eagle is named chieftain of the Canuga, but to prove himself, he must rescue White Cloud's son from a pack of wolves. Smiley stumbles on a lost band of cowboys and is somehow proclaimed their king, complete with crown. Mustang Mack Hammers Home a Point!; Smiley Burnette Springs to Danger; Quiz; Red Eagle: Killers in the Night!; Smiley Burnette and His Thunder Blunder; Ride 'em Cowboy; Smiley Burnette and the Mountain Throne; Western Quiz; Halfwit Hack: Name Unconscious. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 8 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover.

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes. Art by Charles Sultan, Howard Larsen and Leonard Starr. Tales of espionage from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG, published as the Cold War was just heating up. Master spy Jonathan Kent smokes out a Soviet agent in a Yugoslavian weapons plant; How American agents outwit Soviet spies in the field; A Central American dictator launches a covert war on a neighboring democracy. Jonathan Kent, Espionage Ace; Tricks in Espionage; Dirty Spies; Terror from the Tropics!; Master Spy Methods; Phoney Plants; Caribbean Counterstroke; True Espionage Cases: Case of the Singing Canaries; Duck Soup; Trouble in Teheran. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1, Issue 2 - May 1950. Men's adventure magazine featuring articles on sports, hunting politics and crime. 10-in. x 13-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Art and cover by Wally Wood. A comics version of the classic horror novel Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde featuring early art, including a much-reprinted cover, by EC legend Wally Wood. Numbering continues from My Secret Romance (1950) #2. The friends of mild Dr. Jekyll fear he is being manipulated by the sinister stranger Edward Hyde, but the truth is actually far worse. In the backup story, a gypsy dwarf falls in love with the beautiful gypsy woman who treats him kindly. Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; The Repulsive Dwarf. Followed by Spectacular Stories Magazine (1950) #4. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Tomahawk stars in "Race With Death" (art by Fred Ray); Manhunter stars in "The International Dragnet"; Captain Compass stars in "The Builder of Doomed Ships"; and Robin stars in "Born to Skate." Cover price $0.10.