Comic books September 1950

Volume 1, Issue 3 - September, 1950. Softcover, 8.5" x 10.5", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

The Prehistoric Fossil. Unscientific Science featuring Lore and Hyer. The Cat's Tale starring Ballyhoo Barney. Dynamic Salesman! featuring Trader Tom. On Amazon Island! Choo, Choo! featuring Egbert the Explorer. Death by the River text story by Rod Reed (as Clement Good). All's Well That Ends Well starring Jud and Jed. One Man Band featuring Merwin the Musician. Hats Off! featuring Lucky Lucifer. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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September, 1950; Volume 2, No 2 / Issue 6. 5 1/4-in. x 7 1/2-in.; black and white; 162 pages. Cover price $0.35.

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Comic strip reprints. Sports action stories with Ray Gotto art on all features except "The Shoeless Wonder!". In order of appearance: "Here's Leroy Folks!" house advertisement for Leroy (1949); "Ozark Ike 'Day'"; "The Payoff Game!"; "Victory for The Bugs!"; "Ozark Ike's Whodunits" with Babe Ruth baseball trivia; "The Mystery Pitch!"; and "The Shoeless Wonder!". "Bean Ball! Hard Clouts and Hard Skulls Make a Bang-Up Team!" illustrated text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Al Jaffee. The Dreadful Date!, art by Al Jaffee. Meet Hulda Doogle!, art by Al Jaffee. The Idle Idol!, art by Al Jaffee. Pop Butts In!, art by Al Jaffee. Two one-page stories starring Janie. One-page Egghead Doodle story by Harvey Kurtzman. Beauty Comes Last text story. Cindy Smith publisher ad. The Weary Wait! starring Jeanie. 2 one-page Pablo stories by Joe Genovese. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover photo of Terry Moore and Tom Drake from the movie "The Great Rupert." Stories and art by Albert Edward Wiggam, Raymond Flanagan, Jerry Fasano, Anne Hirst, Morris Weiss and Bill Everett. Romance comics and movie stars of yesteryear from Famous Funnies. Sisters Delia and June feud over Delia's art career and handsome art teacher. Helen doesn't want to tell her lawyer boyfriend about her ex-con brother. Babs' visit to an illegal casino leads to romance and a reunion with her runaway mother. The Lady Knows Best; Let's Explore Your Mind; Dear Anne Hirst; The Unforgiving Heart; Lost Enchantment; I was Starved for Love!; My Mother's Reputation; An Understanding Heart; Look for This Seal...; Tom Drake "Our Cover Man"; Terry Moore, Cute as a Button "Our Cover Girl". 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

This Phantom Detective bound volume collects four complete issues (Winter 1950 to Fall 1950) of the long-running pulp magazine. Due to the binding process, the interior magazines were trimmed, and the top layer of the spines were removed. For further information on condition, please see our grading notes. Hardbound, 7" x 9-1/2".

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Cover art by John Prentice. "Long Ben the Pirate," art by Art Peddy; Young John Avery ran away from home to sea and later became a pirate captain. Untitled story, script by Jack Oleck, art by Mike Suchorsky; Alpha, an ex-Roman slave, along with his loyal followers on the Golden Eagle captures a Roman galley. "The Pirates of Tripoli"; Ships of the young nation of the United States are being raided by pirates from Tripoli in North Africa. "Tale of a Buccaneer" text story. "Regin and the Pirate Rovers," art by Lawrence Dressler; Viking raiders invade a castle where a wedding feast is taking place and take away the bride-to-be. Hillman Comics ad. "Lockjaw the Pirate Parrot," art by Dave Berg; Only Lockjaw knows where Captain Kidd's treasure is hidden, and the pirates will have him to talk. Untitled Philip Ashton Boy Pirate Fighter of the Old World story; Don Romulo will try to get ransom money for releasing the leading pirate known as The Sack. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Allen Anderson. "Death-Wish" by Ray Bradbury, plus other stories by Alfred Coppel, C. H. Liddell, Poul Anderson, Jay B. Drexel, Margaret St. Clair, Robert Abernathy, and William Shedenhelm. Illustrations by Earl Mayan, Woromay, Alden McWilliams. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 112 pages. Cover price $0.20.

Hoot Mon starring Plastic Man and Agnus MacWhangus. Life Story of Woozy Winks, with Mr. Hunch. The Magic Cup starring Plastic Man, script by Bill Woolfolk. A Lesson Well Learned text story. Untitled Plastic Man story with Mr. Aqua. Jack Cole cover/interior art. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Western tales from Fox Feature Syndicate. Instructional comics on knot-tying and the knots that Western cowboys used on the ranch; The Range Busters seek gold thieves; A mostly true version of the life of Western outlaw John Wesley Hardin. Showdown at Rancho Nuevo; Knots; Baggataway; Cactus Nell's Dangerous Gamble; Vanishing Gold; The Saga of John Wesley Hardin. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Mort Lawrence, Al Ulmer, Ed Moore and Dick Briefer. 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 #55. No issue # on cover; Vol. 5, issue #7 in indicia. An embezzler tries to get out, but a mobster keeps pulling him back in. Leonardo Da Vinci is forced to make weapons for Renaissance gangster Cesare Borgia. An ex-con wants nothing more than to play flute in the symphony. The Rat Loves to Bump; The Weapon of Da Vinci; Willie the Weeper; The Nickel Nurser; The Books are Closed; Maestro McCoy; The Murder Rock; Gas Tank Killer; The Hard-Working Gun. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Redskin in "Stop the Cheyenne Drums" and "Pawnee Massacre." Also in this issue: "Indian Arrows" and "The White Warrior" (art by Walter Johnson). John Sink cover. Cover price $0.10.

52 pages. "The Phantom Rustlers," "The Threat of the Kiowas," "His Bodyguard," and "The Hermit's Cave." Slim Pickens back-up, "Bad Times." Burt and Brat back-up story. Two-page text story, "Partners," by Dick Kraus. Cover price $0.10.