Comic books September 1950

September 11, 1950. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 200 pages. Cover price $0.20.

Life: How Comic Books Boost Political Candidates (1950) was a promotional pamphlet published by Life Magazine. This is an early example of the important role comic books played in both primary and general elections. Comic books were used by presidents, senators, congressmen, governors and mayors with satisfying and sometimes spectacular results. Two opposing sides weigh in on this campaign method. One side refers to comic books as the lowest art form full of character assassination and used to rewrite history. The other states that it is an economical medium with appealing authentic pictures and light dialogue that dramatize in a positive way the events of a candidate's career, thus illustrating qualities that show his fitness for the position sought. 4 pages, white paper stock, B&W, folds out to 10.5-in. x 13.5-in. Cover price $0.20.

Romance comics from Fawcett with tales of love, betrayal, heartache and reconciliation. Ellen wants to adopt orphan Denny from the orphanage where she volunteers, but laws of the time don't allow unmarried women to adopt, so she convinces handsome Brad that she loves him. Alice falls for handsome country doctor Jon, but she hasn't been entirely honest with him. Eileen falls for Sid, but when he's injured, she goes to pieces. Plus an interview with screen legend Henry Fonda. Love Is Not Enough; Meeting at Night; Exclusive Interview with Henry Fonda; Fearful Deception; My First Romance. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Capp. One-page Genius story, script and art by Harvey Kurtzman. The Soshul Leopards, script and art by Al Capp; Mammy Yokum fights a newcomer to retain her status as the sassiety leader of Dogpatch. True Movie and Television comic book ad. The Prospector one-page story, script and art by Mel Lazarus. Target fo' Tonight, script and art by Al Capp; When the Dogpatchers learn that Li'l Abner is going to be killed, they all contribute to a life insurance policy at Marryin' Sam's insistence. The Mysterious Leslie A Memphis Smith Adventure text story by Donald George. Untitled story, script and art by Vic Herman; Kid Science dreams that he is kidnapped by saucermen. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

St. John's original version of Audrey is a little different than Harvey's version - her friends are Patches and Sarge - but she still loves to create mischief. Audrey's mother doesn't understand why Audrey has to treat every little thing so urgently. Little Audrey's latest scheme doesn't work out like she planned. Little Audrey; Patches; Sarge. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Irving Tripp. Gilbert the Gorilla; Gilbert escapes from the zoo and follows Lulu home after she is kind to him. The Case of the Missing Vanishing Cream; Tubby proves that Lulu didn't take her mother's vanishing cream. Evangeline; Lulu gets amnesia after she is hit over the head with a baby bottle. The Magic Flute; Lulu tells Alvin about a magic flute that would make people dance. The Good Deed; Tubby hopes he will do a good deed for the old lady who is offering a million dollars for one. 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.

Facts about different types of bucking broncos. The False Lone Ranger, script by Fran Striker, art by Charles Flanders; After a man impersonating the Lone Ranger is killed, the Lone Ranger and Tonto are captured by Indians but are rescued by a sheriff and his posse who want to try them for the murder. The Stolen Herd, script by Fran Striker, art by Charles Flanders; Squint Feeney's gang is stealing cattle to sell to the Army. The Land Option, script by Fran Striker, art by Charles Flanders; The Healy family has an option to buy land in a valley; The owner of the land wants the option to lapse so that he can sell it to the railroad for a higher price. The Burned Letters, script by Fran Striker, art by Charles Flanders; The Lone Ranger frames a man for bank robbery to get him locked up in jail where he will be safe from those who want him killed. Little Man's Medicine text story by Gaylord Du Bois. Home Again, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Tom Hickey; After escaping the prairie fire on the island, Young Hawk must kill a grizzly bear that attacks them as they leave; The trio return to Young Hawk and Little Buck's home village for the first time in two years. 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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Canadian edition with same content as U.S. edition. Inside front cover is blank; indica appears on bottom of back cover rather than at bottom of first story page. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover of Marilyn Maxwell. Stories by unknown. Art by Charles Quinlan, Alice Kirkpatrick, John Rosenberger and unknown. "A Kingdom for My Kisses" with pencils by Charles Quinlan - Jennifer falls in love with Orin, a member of the diplomatic corps of the European nation of Loreno. Orin says he needs King Basil's permission and takes a photo of her to his monarch; the King decides he wants Jennifer for himself. Jennifer goes to Loreno, where Orin is being held hostage. She rejects Basil's proposal. Before he can call his guards to have Jennifer and Orin executed, Jennifer knocks him out and escapes with Orin. They will return to the USA and wed. Plus: "Playing with Fire" - Furniture designer Mike meets Lee, unaware she is the "designer-president of a successful modern furniture company" (he thinks she's the owner's daughter). They become friends, although he believes "a woman should have brains enough to stick to what nature intended...every woman's goal is marriage and family!" They fall in love, but when Mike finds out Lee is the company president, he believes she's been mocking him and leaves. Lee apologizes and offers Mike a partnership in her company...and her hand in marriage. Also: "Blueprint for Glamour" - Terry is a devoted fan of advice columnist Marla. When Terry falls in love with Kent while on vacation, she discovers Marla is her rival for his affections. Terry decides to do the opposite of what Marla would advise: she beats Kent at tennis, criticises his clothes, and asks him for dates. Kent decides he likes "a frank, honest girl" and proposes to Terry. And: "Faithless!" with pencils by Alice Kirkpatrick - Janet is engaged to Merchant Marine officer Doug. While he's away, she attends a dance school reception and is wooed by the owner Renaldo. He thinks she's wealthy because Janet borrowed a gown from the owner of the house where her parents are poor relatives and servants. Janet dates Renaldo and experiences "an ecstasy so exquisite that it was almost unendurable" when he kisses her. Janet decides to break up with Doug but learns Renaldo is a fortune hunter. When Janet gets home, Doug is there and is none the wiser. Plus: "Portrait of Deceit" with pencils by John Rosenberger - Sheryl lives with her impoverished artist uncle Carl. She steals some of his paintings and sells them to unscrupulous art dealer Mel. Mel gives her a job and Sheryl adopts his dodgy business practices. Mel sends her to a Pacific island where artist Brian lives. Brian and Sheryl fall in love and he gives her several paintings, but when he learns she's sent them to Mel, Brian destroys his portrait of Sheryl and breaks up with her. Sheryl agrees to marry Mel if he returns the paintings, but he welshes on the deal. Sheryl returns to Brian's island and they are reunited. Also: 2-page text story "Red Roses for Me"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Fall, 1950, Volume 1, Number 4. Softcover, 5.5-in. x 7.5-in.; 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Volume 1, Issue 6 - September 1950. Men's interest magazine focusing on true crime, and war stories. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 68 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.25.

Art by Wally Wood and A. C. Hollingsworth. Yet another pre-Code crime comic from Fox Feature Syndicate, inspired by true-crime tales. A broken match leads police to killer Rufe Butterfield; A bank robber returns to the same bank 10 months later, heedless of the waiting police; Wilbur Underhill was a bank robber and Depression-era outlaw in Oklahoma, sometimes called Mad Dog or The Tri-State Terror. Rufe Butterfield: The Case of the Phantom; Crime in Reverse; The Killer was Proud; Wilber Underhill: Dead on Arrival; Oren Miklos the Executioner. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Pete Costanza. Stories and art by Otto Binder, C. C. Beck, Pete Costanza, Kurt Schaffenberger, and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. The Marvel Family faces the mystical menace of Madame Bella Donna and Black Wizard, and the Mystery of the Living Statuettes. Captain Marvel, Jr. investigates when a mad scientist's "Hair Blight" causes everyone in the city to go bald, resulting in a rush on wigs and toupees. Captain Marvel explores a newly-discovered square world (not the Bizarro World), and is mistaken for the only other human on the planet, a criminal. Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Baldness Plague; Mary Marvel Chases the Will OWisp; Handy Weapon; Luke and Fluke; Boxcar Benny; Lazy Lee; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Headline Harry: The Mad Scientist; Captain Marvel: The Mystery of the Square World; Woods the Woodsman. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The World That Vanished; An explorer finds a great library in the East which contains books that detail the story of Atlantis. Atlantis vanished beneath the waves because a commoner partook of a black magic potion so he could gain the love of the vizier's daughter. Beyond the Grave; The king of an African tribe is jealous the influence the witch doctor possesses, and so opens the cage of a captured gorilla that the beast will slay the witch doctor. Clue in Sepia text story. Danger in the Sun!; Sun Girl investigates a group of Incas in Mexico conducting sacrifices to the sun. The Wooden Horror!, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Christopher Rule; A puppeteer sorcerer creates wooden dolls to perpetrate crimes on the village below his castle. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 28, Issue 2 - Fall, 1950. 6.75" x 9", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Volume 45, Issue 177 - September, 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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Cover pencils by Dan DeCarlo. Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Dan DeCarlo and unknown. Millie the Model in five stories by Stan Lee and Dan DeCarlo: "The Dippy Dress!"; "The Screen Scene!"; "Good Old Goldbrick!"; "Wanna Waffle?"; and "The Other Man!" Plus: 2-page text story "Too Many Cooks"; Nellie the Nurse in "The Shmoe with the Dough!"; and Hedy De Vine in "Making Up Her Mind!" 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover pencils by Reed Crandall, inks by Chuck Cuidera. Creatures From Outer Space starring Blackhawk and Black Star. Untitled stories starring Torchy (script and art by Gill Fox), Will Bragg (art by Jack Cole), and Ezra (script and art by Harry Sahle). The Human Reptile text story starring Blackhawk. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Feldstein. Stories by Gardner Fox and Al Feldstein. Art by Wally Wood, Harry Harrison, Al Feldstein, Jack Kamen and Jerry Iger. EC's entry to the romance comics genre, in the early Bill Gaines years. Happily married Katha learns that the husband she thought dead is still alive, giving her one husband too many. Long-married couple Hank and Libby learn that they were never actually wed. For the finale of EC's romance-comics experiment, writer-artist Al Feldstein presents the humorous eight-pager The Love Story to End All Love Stories," a commentary on the comics industry and the romance genre, featuring Gaines and Feldstein lookalikes. I Had Two Husbands; Way to a Man's Heart!; It Was Illegal to Love!; The Flames in My Heart; The Love Story to End All Love Stories. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Monte encounters the most ambitious and offbeat rustling scheme he's ever experienced in his years riding the range: rustling buffalo herds. Old Slick tells his compadres about the time he was an oil doctor; he had to keep the oil well. Imprisoned train robber Caboose Kelly tricks Monte into doing a performance for the prisoners, then captures him and the warden. Plus a cowboy song and a vintage Western-themed ad for View-Master featuring Hopalong Cassidy, Gene Autry and the Cisco Kid. The Buffalo Rustlers; Gabby Hayes Becomes a Master Painter!; The Hoosegow Stampede; Monte Hale Fights Old Devil Dust!; Gray Hawk: Otapi Honor; Old Slick; Bronko Betsy; Practical Pat; Doctor Quack and Sack; Monte Hale and the Mystery of the Grim God; Monte Hale's Cowboy Songs: Sweet Betsy from Pike; Ambling Andy. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Gladys Parker. Stories and art by Gladys Parker and Joe Sinnott. One of the first female-centric comic strips, by pioneering female artist Gladys Parker, Mopsy combines an Ever Meulen art style with pantomime-style gags and good-girl art. Mopsy tries investments to get the money for a new convertible, and when that fails, she goes to the horse track. Trudi thinks she's gained weight after her dress shrinks in the wash, in the first published story of future Fantastic Four legend Joe Sinnott. Mopsy has no luck selling newspapers on the street corner, but everyone wants her superhero comics. Mopsy; Trudi: The Heavyweight; Masked Meeting. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

June Haver cover and feature article. Also articles and features on Liz Taylor, Clark Gable, Terry Moore, John Wayne, Cary Grant and more. Full-page movie ads include Three Little Words, The Flame and the Arrow, Fancy Pants, The Admiral Was a Lady, All Because of Louisa, Destination Moon, Born to be Bad. Profusely illustrated with photographs. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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September, 1950 Issue - 8.5" x 11", 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.