Comic books August 1950

Add to cart Fine $120.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

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Volume 4, Issue 12 - Fall 1950, August-October. Pulp magazine focused on tales of Jungle adventure and intrigue. This issue features"Voodoo Slaves For The Devil's Daughter" by John Peter Drummond, "Throne of Ze" by Charles H. Ives, and "Juju Safari" by Alexander Wallace. 7-in. x 10-in., 128 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations and photos) Cover price $0.20.

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Photo cover. Loan Shark, art by Marvin Stein; a woman is forced to cover up for a loan shark. Best Seller, art by George Gregg; a writer named Sammy McAvoy uses the plots of his books as alibis. No Place To Hide. Closeups text article. Too Perfect. The Statue Screams, art by Mort Meskin. Playking Athletic Belt comic strip ad. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Stan Campbell and others. Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. "Roving marshal" Lash finds a body hidden in the brush, and then finds a world of trouble at a remote lumber camp. When a killer uses trickery to get away with murder, Lash decides to pull a Hamlet gambit to get him to confess. Lash's twin brother, the Frontier Phantom, helps Lash track Old West drug smugglers to a steamboat, and Lash winds up tied to the paddlewheel. Murder in the Lumber Camp!; Wagonwheels; Desperate Chance; House of Fear; The Shadow of the Noose; Hippety Hopp; Dusty: The Fatal Scene!; Molasses Mouth; The Return of the Frontier Phantom; Silly Simpkins. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Eric Peters. The comics version of a popular 1940s radio show, featuring folk legends and fairy tales of foreign lands. A duck gains allies in his attempt to get repayment from a king. A prince given impossible tasks is aided by a mysterious white cat with magical powers. A boy tries to outwit an ogre. Drakestail; The White Cat; Sweet Porridge; The Conceited Dragon; Hop O'My Thumb. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Irving Tripp. Piggy Bank Blues; Lulu buries her piggy bank in the woods but loses the map showing where it is. Friends and Enemies; Lulu invites not only her friends but also her enemies to her birthday party. Lulu in Distress: A Tragedy; Lulu tells Alvin about when her wicked stepmother locked her in a castle tower. The Guard; Tubby gets hungry while he is guarding the clubhouse all night. All scripts by John Stanley, art by Irving Tripp. Two-page text story, Lulus Diry ("Diary"). Back cover has advertisement for Dell Comics Club. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Ted Shearer and Art Helfant. Joe Palooka's speechless sidekick from the popular Ham Fisher boxing strip gets his own comic, noteworthy for early versions of Little Dot and other Harvey characters. Little Max imagines himself as the youngest of the Three Bears during Goldilocks's adventure. Max can't afford a cowboy outfit like his friends, but he finds a way to become a real cowboy anyway. Max and Alice have adventures while visiting Joe Palooka's parents on their farm. Plus solo stories featuring Li'l Dot and Humphrey. Little Max's Puzzle Page; Little Max: The Three Bears; Rhymes with Reason; Little Stuff; Comic Puzzlers; Un-Voluntarily Hero; King of the Cowboys; Rumpus; Humphrey Takes to Water; Little Max Goes Visiting; Humphrey: Runnin' Wild; Leminade Party; Li'l Dot's Charity; Little Max's Zoo Quiz. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Longest running British mystery magazine lasting from 1949 to its 132nd issue in 1982. Title changes to "London Mystery Selection" after issue 35. 5.5" x 7.25", 128 pages, B&W

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Facts about horse bridles. The Lone Ranger and the Black Barton Gang, script by Fran Striker, art by Charles Flanders; The Black Barton gang kidnaps the Sheriff's daughter. The Lone Ranger Outwits Killer Dorn, script by Fran Striker, art by Charles Flanders; A outlaw kills Bart Dixon, then impersonates him in order to gain control of a gold mine. The Lone Ranger and the Kidnapers, script by Fran Striker, art by Charles Flanders; A child's parents are killed by a band of Indians; Two men seek to kill the youngster to gain a fortune back east. Little Man's Friendship text story by Gaylord Du Bois. Prairie Fire, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Tom Hickey; With their buffalo calf Dancing Bull pulling a travois with their supplies, the trio move within a day's travel of the boys' home camp; They escape a prairie fire by taking refuge on an island. Based on the popular Western TV series. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Wally Wood, Lou Ferstadt, George Tuska and A.C. Hollingsworth. The comic-book version of the pipe-smoking radio and TV detective, with cases supposedly inspired by real life. Kane matches wits with an atomic scientist whose loyalty is to the Reds; A Junior Detective Club story tells the violent tale of killer Eddie Doll; A guard is killed during a fur warehouse robbery. The Man of Many Faces; The Case of the Tattooed Stool Pigeon; Zack Bodego the Crusher; The Case of the Choppers; The Tunnel was a Secret; John Hamilton: Hard Luck Killer. Final issue of the series; this issue was actually published after issue #4. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by C. C. Beck. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Bill Woolfolk, Pete Costanza, Kurt Schaffenberger, Pete Riss and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. Prof. Thorne invents a device that scrambles people's speech and writing, but that just causes worldwide chaos. Freddy Freeman learns why he's so accident-prone when he meets the Sheriff of Trublin Land, seeking rogue mischief-causing "Trublins" that have escaped into the human world. the original Captain Marvel discovers what Sivana hoped he would never find: Sivana's collection of benevolent and life-improving inventions. The Theft of Speech; Tick and Tack; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Headline Harry: The Interview; Mary Marvel: The Melody of Crime; Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Trublins; The Roller Robber; Captain Marvel: Sivanas Good Inventions; Thaddeus the Thespian. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 44, Issue 176 - August, 1950. Digest-size UK men's magazine. Articles, humor, and pin-up photos. 5" x 7.25", 140 pages, B&W with color.

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"Miss Beverly Hills meets MacDonald Carey." Carey sees through Beverly's small-town reporter act. Also includes: "Will Shire Interviews Wendell Corey," "Road to Stardom featuring Jane Powell," and "Miss Beverly Hills Meets Joan Fontaine." Pencils, inks, and cover by Bob Oksner. Cover price $0.10.

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Incorrectly listed as Vol. 79 #7, should be Vol. 80 #1 - Aug. 1950. Movie magazine with news, reviews, gossip and articles illustrated with posed and candid photographs. Fascinating candid photograph of Robert Mitchum and Burt Lancaster in drag at a Friar's Frolic at the Shrine Auditorium. Articles about Bing Crosby, Shirley Temple, Burt Lancaster, William Holden, Betty Grable, Kirk Douglas, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Full-page movie ads include Duchess of Idaho starring Esther Williams, Bright Leaf starring Gary Cooper, Lauren Bacall, Patricia Neal, The Furies starring Barbara Stanwyck, The Admiral Was a Lady starting Edmund O'Brien. 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W with some full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $48.00 View scan Water damage: Slight.

Farley Granger cover. Profusely illustrated with photographs. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Sheldon Mayer (credited as Bud Fisher). Stories and art by Al Smith (credited as Bud Fisher), Jack Schiff, and Al Plastino. DC reprints the comic strip that defined the comic strip, featuring the original tall-and-short comedy duo. Also featuring the "topper" strip Cicero's Cat. Jeff decides to be a musical composer, but he knows nothing about writing music. Jeff wants Mutt to get him a job on the movie set, but being a stuntman might get him killed. Jeff's music makes people cry, but not for the right reason. Plus a PSA starring Superboy, promoting job counseling. Mutt & Jeff; Cicero's Cat; Job Counselor. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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UK weekly film magazine. 9" x 11.75", 24 pages, tinted B&W.

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UK weekly film magazine. 9" x 11.75", 24 pages, tinted B&W.

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UK weekly film magazine. 9" x 11.75", 24 pages, tinted B&W.

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UK weekly film magazine. Jane Wyman cover. 9" x 11.75", 24 pages, tinted B&W.

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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. Rocky discovers a ranch house on fire and learns of a plot to destroy evidence, but first he must save the man trapped inside. Rocky runs up against the masked bandit called The Blade, an expert knife-thrower who uses his talent for evil. Rocky figures out how Twin-Gun Eliot hides the loot from his robberies where the law can't find it. The Burning Evidence; Slim Pickens: The Return of Grizzly Burr; Rocky Lane Meets the Blade; The Trail Swappers; Gopher-Face; Sage-Brush; Desert Justice; Black Jack's Hitching Post; Plump Priscilla; The Twig That Talked; Ranchman Raleigh. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The comics incarnation of movie cowboy Cameron pursues desperadoes and owlhoots in the days of the Old West. In an issue-length story, a beaver boom causes demand for beaver pelts to skyrocket. This of course brings beaver bandits, causing violent confrontations at beaver dams across the Old West, and inciting the fury of Rod Cameron. Sam the Sheriff interviews a new deputy, and the "dad jokes" are flying . Hoghead Harry; The Beaver Bandits; Rancher Rollins and His Son, Junior; Under Suspicion; Ten Gallon Tex; Hotshot Horace; Sam the Sheriff. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. Lynching Moon starring Roy Rogers, art by Albert Micale; As Roy takes a swim, a man borrows his clothes, and then kills Mr. Norton to frame Roy for the killing. Thirsty Creek starring Roy Rogers, art by Albert Micale; Roy runs into a dispute over fencing and water rights. Pioneers of the Old West text story, art by Albert Micale. Trigger story, art by Harry Parks. Full back cover pin-up of Roy Rogers. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Joe Orlando, Wally Wood and Jack Kamen. Adventure comics starring Sabu, the young Indian star of Thief of Bagdad and the 1937 British film Elephant Boy. Beautiful but evil Tabora uses her wiles to get Sabu's friend Lani to steal temple jewels; A teller of tall tales goes on a real safari to prove his manhood to his girlfriend, and only succeeds in putting himself in deadly danger; The Witch of the Benji Kraal uses her magic to start a war between two tribes, and only Sabu can stop her. Betrayal of the Temple; Fate of a Faker; The Mystery of the Lanori Jewel Room; The Sinister Safari; The Witch of the Benji Kraal. Final issue of the series; this was actually published after issue #30. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $199.95 or Best Offer View scan 2.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

After short turns as a Bible comic and war comic, Spectacular Features becomes another crime comic from Fox Feature. Numbering continues from Spectacular Features Magazine (1950) #12. Lucky Luciano created modern organized crime as we know it, but was still able to cut a deal for his freedom; Mad-dog killer Charles Zack has a hair-trigger temper; Mike Kranik is caught red-handed, literally. Lucky Luciano-The Super-Gangster; The Baby-Face Butcher-Trigger-Finger That Knew No Friends; Murder That Backfired; Blood On Hands; Gangster's Luck; Wrist Radio. Final issue of the series; this was actually published after issue #12. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Henry Kiefer (?). "Macbeth" (Part 1), script by William Shakespeare and Dana Dutch (adaptation), art by Henry Kiefer; After receiving a prophecy from three witches regarding his future kingship, Macbeth shares this foreknowledge with his wife and she compels him to murder King Duncan to assure he ascends to the throne. "Part 2: Long Live the King! Long Live Macbeth!", script by William Shakespeare and Dana Dutch (adaptation), art by Henry Kiefer; Macbeth is crowned king of Scotland but he and his wife soon descend into madness as their enemies prepare for an assault on their castle. "Part 3: The Prophecies Revealed," script by William Shakespeare and Dana Dutch (adaptation), art by Henry Kiefer; Macbeth meets his doom in battle with Macduff. "Some Interesting People Live in the Dictionary" article. "Mollycoddle" article by Jean Newton. "The Riddle of Angkor" article. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Gardner Fox and others. Art by Bob Powell and Fred Meagher. Cover by Fred Meagher. Rancher Steve Adams, a Comanche raised by white settlers, has a secret identity as the warrior Straight Arrow, a hero who first appeared on a popular radio show. Straight Arrow meets his nemesis Black Feather, who also has a dual identity. Red Hawk, banished by his tribe, battles both The Antelope and the Skidi-Pawnee tribe to discover the secret of the All-Seeing Eye. Straight Arrow must escape a desert deathtrap. Plus non-fiction features on tribal tools and The Plains tribes. Indian Tools; The Battle of the Giants; The Man Who Held the Lightning!; Red Hawk: The All-Seeing Eye!; The Plains Indian; The Buffalo Hide of Peace! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $2,300.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #0057731001	Add to cart CGC 4.5 $645.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4247706003	Add to cart CBCS 5.5 $895.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case Label #0008220-AA-014 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $450.00 View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant
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Written by Edmond Hamilton. Art by Howard Sherman. Photo cover from Destination Moon. Chris and the crew of the Pioneer encounter radioactive, crystalline men in the Green Nebula and foil a plot to steal the Nebula's radium. Superboy stars in a one-page public service announcement, "Job Counselor. Written by David V. Reed. Art by Paul Norris and Bernard Sachs. Darwin meets a young actress who has accidentally bathed in the Fountain of Youth. Written by Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, and Bernie Breslauer. Art by Dick Sprang. A description of devices, events, and innovations predicated by Wells in his fiction. Written by Gardner Fox and Edmond Hamilton. Art by Jim Mooney and Sy Barry. A scientist uses a hydrogen bomb to cause rain, resulting in a world-wide flood. He uses a second bomb to save mankind. Article written by Julius Schwartz. Art by Morris Waldinger and Tommy Nicolosi. Science facts about the experiments of Otto von Ghericke and Isaac Newton. Text story, art by Raymond Perry. Written byGardner Fox and Robert Heinlein. Art by Curt Swan and John Fischetti. A story about a seat-of-the pants, first landing on the moon, adapted from the 1950 George Pal movie, Destination Moon. Text story by Julius Schwartz. Art by Morris Waldinger and Tommy Nicolosi. Facts about the 1692 appearance of Halley's Comet and the 1919 solar eclipse. Ad for Strange Adventures #2. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Al Plastino. The Testing of Superman, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; As a reward for saving Lois's life, Superman lets Dr. Potts perform a complete set of scientific tests on his powers. Superman's Sweetheart, script by William Woolfolk, pencils by Al Plastino, inks by Stan Kaye; Lois gets jealous when Superman seems to be paying more attention to Peggy, her roommate. Balance Your Fun Diet public service announcement starring Buzzy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. Shorty humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Three Supermen from Krypton!, script by William Woolfolk, art by Al Plastino; Superman meets three Kryptonian brothers who were convicted and sentenced by Krypton's Ruling Council to a sentence of suspended animation adrift in space; The first appearance of other survivors of Krypton. Peg humor page by Henry Boltinoff. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Movie cowboy Tex Ritter tames the West with his six-guns, his horse White Flash and his dog, Fury. While investigating a trapper's murder, Tex gains a valuable canine partner that he names Fury. Buffalo Bill earns his reputation as a tale-spinner, with a real leg-puller about a lion. Loonie Les buys boots that are too small, so they feel better when he takes them off. Loonie Les: It's a Pleasure!; Warpath Vengeance; Buffalo Bull: The Lying Lion!; Death in the Hills; Stage Coach Holdup; The Hidden Menace; Pinto Pete: The Little Things! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 34, Issue 8 - August, 1950. Painted cover by Stevan Dohanos. TAM is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures. Broadway and Hollywood. Includes: "Deirdre of the Sorrows" by J.M. Synge, "The Influence of the Theatre" by William Winter, and much more. 8.5-in. x 11-in, 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $95.00 View scans Paper: Off white

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $62.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Aug 1950. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Henry Kuttner, Wallace West, Jack Vance, Arthur C. Clarke, L. Ron Hubbard, and Walt Sheldon. Four Virgil Finlay illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Good $40.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

7.75" x 10.5", 52 pages, B&W

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and Art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Harry O'Neill and unknown. (Note: Who the inkers are is mainly unknown.) In this issue: Nancy by Ernie Bushmiller; How It Began article "The Green-Eyed Monster"; The Captain and the Kids by Rudolph Dirks; Stamp Tips article "Nicknames"; Broncho Bill in "Rustler's Range" by Harry O'Neill; and Willie 2-pager. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $26.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. Foxing. Soiling.

Add to cart Very Good $29.00 View scans Staple rust. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling. Water damage.

Add to cart Good $16.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. Centerfold detached at one staple. Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.

Volume 7, Issue 1 - August, 1950. Men's magazine with humor and pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11.5". 60 pages. B&W. MATURE. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $5.50 View scan Centerfold detached and damaged.. Only one staple (manufacturing).

Canadian Edition. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.