Comic books June 1950

Cover art by Al Plastino. Merton Gloop and his Magic Horseshoe starring Superman, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Al Plastino. Captain Tootsie ad, art by Bill Schreiber. Outlaw World starring Tommy Tomorrow, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti. Mystery of the Stolen Bell starring Congo Bill, script by George Kashdan, art by Ed Smalle. The Cowboy Magician starring Vigilante, script by France Herron, art by Dan Barry. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Plastino. Clark Kent, Boy Hobo starring Superboy, art by John Sikela; Clark goes undercover to write about the lives of boy hoboes. The Duel of the Flying Knights starring Shining Knight, script by Joe Samachson, art by Frank Frazetta. Case of the Lucky Loser starring Johnny Quick, script by Jack Miller, art by Ralph Mayo. The Rogues' Rembrandt starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Cover by Edvard Moritz. Stories by Ken Bald, Ogden Whitney, Pete Riss, Howard L. Larsen, Al Camy, and Charlie Sultan. Spine-chilling tales of suspense, horror, and the supernatural—prepare yourself for Adventures into the Unknown! 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

68 pages, B&W.

Photograph cover of Bob Hope. A Very Merry Mix-up!; Bob and Mrs. Peabody get involved in a bathing beauty contest at the beach. Wheaties ad with Phil Rizzuto. Video Laffs humor page by Harry Lampert. It Happens in Hollywood text article. A Salute to the Boy Scouts of America! with Superman, Batman, and Robin. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Floyd Torbert, Jon Small and Ernest Schroeder. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #76. No issue # on cover; Vol. 7, issue #5 in indicia. Airboy's old foe Zzed revives an army of frozen prehistoric animals, in the second part of a two-part story. A visit to its origin site inspires The Heap to resume the search for the Secret Essence of Life, but first it must travel to Egypt. Confederate spies set out to take New York City during the Civil War. Airboy; The Heap; The Wise Princess Mara; The Battle of New York; From Bats to Oars; The Heart of a Race Horse; And It's a Fact. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover. In order of appearance: "Week-End Wife" reprinted in Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #58; "My Thrill-Mad Sister" reprinted in Ten Story Love Vol. 33 (1954) #1 and Complete Love Magazine Vol. 29 (1953) #6; "Stunt Marriage" reprinted in Complete Love Magazine Vol. 29 (1953) #6; and "Guilty in His Eyes" reprinted in Glamorous Romances (1949) #75. "Short-Cuts to Glamour: For Lovelier Eyes, For Beautiful Nails, What to Wear on a Date...To Be More Attractive, Your Perfume Personality..." text article reprinted as "Your Charm Guide..." in Love at First Sight (1949) #11 and as "Shortcuts to Glamour..." in Love at First Sight (1949) #12, and partially reprinted in "Be Lovely...Be Popular...For Lovelier Eyes..." in Ten Story Love Vol. 32 (1953) #5 and in "Help Yourself to Allure..." in Love Experiences (1949) #32. "Not Jealous!" poem by M. R. text article. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

The Justice Society of America embark on a hunt through the centuries in "The Gun That Dropped Through Time!" Script by John Broome, pencils by Arthur Peddy, inks by Bernard Sachs. Back-up story, "The Race of Wheel and Keel." Two-page article, "Little Known Facts About Little Known Islands." Peddy/Sachs cover. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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June 1950. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Science fiction stories by Craig Browning "Goddess of the Volcano", Robert Moore Williams, August Derleth "The Island Out of Space", Alfred Coppel, P.F. Costello, Rog Phillips, Frances M. Deegan, Peter Worth, Robert Abernathy, and Gerald Vance. Illustrations by Julian S. Krupa, Leo Ramon Summers, Henry E. Sharp, Joe Tillotson, and Edmond Swiatek. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 196 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

All issues in this series consist of three remaindered/coverless copies of unsold Amazing Stories (not reprints) re-bound together by Ziff-Davis into a single thick volume with new outer cover art. Cover price $0.50.

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Cover by Bob Montana. Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Vigoda?, Bob Montana?, Sam Schwartz? and George Frese. Archie becomes a squaredance caller (Miss Grundy teaches him) in "Swing Your Partner"! Plus, Archie in: "Squaredancing With Archie and His Gang"; "Words Fail Me"; "Here Comes the Bride"; and "To Sit Or Not To Sit"! Also: Jughead in "Hamburger Holiday"! And: 2-page "Hollywood Tattle Tales"! Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 12 - June, 1950. Art Photography Magazine was a men's interest publication produced from July, 1949 to December, 1958 that focused heavily on photographing the nude female form, as well as a fair amount of "cheesecake" pin-up style photography. Included are articles on how to take better photographs, product reviews of different photography equipment, and diving deeper into what makes photography a legitimate form of art. 8.5" x 10.5", 50 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

June 1950. Cover by Ron Miller. Stories: "The Wizard of Linn"(Conclusion) by A. E. Van Vogt, "Incommunicado" by Katherine MacLean, "Punching Pillows" by Cleve Cartmill, and "The Maze" by Frank M. Robinson. Article: "The Mayan Elephants" by L. Sprague de Camp. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in., 162 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Vintage British humor magazine aimed primarily at men. 4 1/2-in. x 7-in., 36 pages, B&W.

1950 Edition - 1st Printing. Edited by Lawrence Lariar. 300 of the best Cartoons featured in Colliers, the Saturday Evening Post, and Argosy. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 128 pages, B&W

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"Destination Danger." Windy Whopper back-up story. Photo cover. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Contains western stories. In order of appearance: "Billy West, The Diehard Desperadoes!"; "Colt Capers"; "Snubby and Julie, 'Freedom on the Range!'" art by John Celardo; "Boys and Girls! Join the Billy West Cowboy Club!" club sign-up page with coupon; "Billy West, 'A Gang of Coyotes!'"; "Roundup with Billy West" with secret message to decode; "Rhoda Trail, 'A Blast of Dynamite'" art by Anthony Cataldo; and "The Letter Box, Your Letters to Billy West" letters page. Comic advertisements: Dubble Bubble bubble gum from Fleer; Playking Athletic Belt; and "Everlasting Health and Strength" bodybuilding book from Charles Atlas. "The Good Luck Sign: Billy West Acts Swiftly When the Blue Sage is in Danger!" illustrated text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. Billy West stars in "The Diehard Desperadoes!" and "A Gang of Coyotes!" Snubby and Julie star in "Freedom on the Range!" (art by John Celardo); Rhonda Trail stars in "A Blast of Dynamite!" (art by Anthony Cataldo). Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Leon Harvey. Cover by Lee Elias. Stories by Bob Haney, Lee Elias, and Russell Stamm. Black Cat in "Horror Behind the Iron Curtain!" Also "A Day in the Life of Linda Turner," Invisible Scarlet O'Neil, Holly of Hollywood, and a two-page bio of Tyrone Power. Mystery, adventure, and humor tales starring such characters as Linda Turner, Invisible Scarlet O'Neill, and the Black Cat, an action hero and skilled martial artist who uses a lasso and rope. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Charles Biro and Bob Wood. Cover by Charles Biro. Stories by William Overgard, Claude Moore, Fred Guardineer, Robert Perry, and Basil Wolverton. Rough and tumble action tales of cowboys and the Old West. Black Diamond returns to an Indian tribe where no white person has ever come back alive. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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52 pages. The Black Rider in "Wrath of the Redskins," "On the Trail of the Fox," "The Impossible Problem," and "The Secret of the Human Cargo!" Back-up stories: "The Silent Killer" and Nimo the mountain lion in "Menace From the Sky!" Two-page text story, "Gold Lust." One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie and His Friends See Johnny Holiday" by Bill Schreiber. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Reed Crandall. The Treachery of Stanislaus, art by Reed Crandall; A look-a-like double agent disguised as Stanislaus infiltrates the team. Untitled Chop Chop story, art by Jack Cole. Untitled Blackhawk story, art by Reed Crandall. Death By Catapult text story starring King Chandro. Untitled Blackhawk story, art by Reed Crandall. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Edvard Moritz, Charles Sultan, Al Plastino, John Celardo and Leonard Starr. Tales of the Old West from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Blazing West was an anthology title that featured the adventures of Texas Tim, a Texas Ranger; Buffalo Belle, a redheaded sheriffs deputy with quick wits and a fast gun; Injun Jones, a white man who worked with the Apache tribe; Bantam Buckaroo, a young boy who could outshoot any man; and the Tenderfoot, a Clark Kent-looking tough guy who lulled foes with his mild-mannered appearance. Jet, a female outlaw as bad as Buffalo Belle is good, strands her in the desert and takes her place escorting a gold shipment across Furnace Valley; Bantam Buckaroo tests out his new blowgun on Poncho Petes gang of rustlers; Winter in the West shows how real-life cowboys coped with often-brutal winters in the Old West era. Plus an ad for bike tires featuring U.S. Royal with his Jet-Propelled Bike, lassoing an escaped circus lion. Buffalo Belle; Injun Jones; Paint Pony; Texas Tim, Ranger; Bantam Buckaroo; Winter in the West; Tenderfoot; The Unbreakable Bronc; The Getaway. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

All new stories: "Photo Finish," "Doggone It," and "Happy Daze!" 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Fox Feature Syndicate presents the first series featuring the original version of the Blue Beetle, which by this time was becoming one of the era's many crime comics. The Beetle investigates crime in the world of boxing; Reporter Joan Mason, the Beetle's girlfriend, and her photographer pal have a Hitchcockian showdown with a killer on the torch of the Statue of Liberty. Murder In the Ring; Explosive Action; Joan Mason: Reproduction of Terror. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Gardner Fox and others. Art by Bob Powell. Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Cover by Bob Powell. Teen cowboy adventures set in the 1950s, based on the popular radio program that ran from 1949 to 1955. Bobby and his friends Tex, Windy, and Irish face modern-day rustlers and other challenges of life on the ranch. Hornswogglers try to swindle the B-Bar-B ranch out of its water rights and payroll; Windy Wales experiments with rockets; Bank robbers encounter the masked alter ego of Bobby Benson, the Lemonade Kid. Trail of the Rocket; Roundup Racketeer; Lightning Trap; The Running of Redmane; Crooks in Cactus. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Norman Maurer, Bill Walton, and Charles Biro. An anthology title from publisher Lev Gleason and his primary creator, Charles Biro, featuring teen hero Crimebuster and his nemesis Iron Jaw. A principal tries to get a teen crimelord to express his talent for art instead of his talent for crime. A poverty-stricken youth who longs to be rich gets a chance after an accidental death. Baseball legend Ted Williams explains how to hit a ball, in a unique illustrated comics piece. Also featuring a vintage house ad that claims 90 million Americans read comics. Crimebuster: The Rise and Fall of Danny Denver; The Unfinished Story; Down But Not Out; This'll Kill Ya!; Tips on How to Lead Your League in Hitting; Little Wise Guys: Pee Wee's Brain Storm. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.