Comic books December 1950

Cover art by Joe Simon (as Chester Gould). Untitled story, script by Chester Gould, art by Joe Simon (splash panel) and Chester Gould; Measles hides out with the family that lives in the maintenance shed at the railroad; Measles lets the family use his ration book and gives them cash to help buy groceries and cigars; When Tracy and Sam track Measles down, a gun battle ensues. "Tricks of the Trade," script and art by Chester Gould; Vitamin believes he has knocked Measles unconscious with a bottle of cognac; When he leaves the compartment for help, Measles revives and latches the door. "Measles Escapes," script and art by Chester Gould; Measles jumps from the train and finds himself in a flood; He manages to get aboard a boat only to find himself swept along by the water; His boat comes to rest near a barn. Measles finds a horse and decides to continue his escape on horseback. House ad for Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #35. Crimestoppers Handbook; Brief discussion of how evidence is gathered and processed. "Songs For Sale" article; a new crime racket. Black Cat house ad. Dick Tracy Minit Mystery activity page; a you solve it mystery. One-page Sparkle Plenty story with B.O. Plenty. "The Detroit Police" article. House ads for Flash Gordon Comics, Boys' Ranch, and Family Funnies. One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie Takes Lion" by Bill Schreiber. 36 Pages, full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $205.00 View scans Paper: Off white Corner Damage. Denting. Scuffing. Soiling.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $75.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 64, Issue 4 - December, 1950. 6.75" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $65.00 View scans

Guardians Against Crime; Doll Man adopts a dog to help him fight crime, serving as transportation for the Mighty Mite; In this, their first case together, Darrel uses the reward money for solving a crime to help establish a new crime lab. Mr. Revenge starring Doll Man, Mr. Revenge, and Leda Lorn. The Plot To Kill Lyn Hastings starring Doll Man, Lyn Hastings, Harkin, and Croppy. Welcome To Sir Rogerville. One Hour In Mordrillo starring Doll Man, Gonder, Chalca, Limey, and Khorr. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $110.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #3945926007

Add to cart FN 6.0 $24.00 View scans

Stories by Buford Tune and Paul McCarthy. Art by Buford Tune, Bill Schreiber, Art Helfant and Paul McCarthy. Cover by Buford Tune. Reprints from the Dotty Dripple daily and Sunday comic strip. Dotty and husband Horace face domestic squabbles similar to those of Blondie and Dagwood, right down to the drawing style; the long-running family strip also featured tween daughter Taffy and dog Pepper. Horace spends half the night chasing the wrong dog; Dotty and Horace disagree on the specifics of their marriage vows; Pepper the dog starts getting calls on the family phone. Also featuring a Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie and the Run-Away Baby Carriage," as well as an ad for Ringling Brothers Circus Dog Training (!). Dotty Dripple; Li'l Taffy; Comforts of Home; Problem Child; Li'l Taffy Puzzle Page; Fun at the Zoo; Holly of Hollywood; Rumpus; The Winning Costume; The Bashful Suitor. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Joe Certa, Al Williamson and Frank Frazetta. Cover by Joe Certa. Sometimes listed as Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid #8. Western adventure based on the popular masked hero played in the movies by Charles Starrett. Durango Kid finds danger in the wilderness when he acts as scout for a party of fur trappers; DK seeks the culprits behind the very first Pony Express robbery; Dan teaches George Washington fighting tactics during the French and Indian War, in a "White Indian" story by legendary artist Frazetta. Wolves of the Wilderness!; Peril of the Pony Express!; Massacre!; The Gun Gamble; A Final Reckoning? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 1 #34 - Dec. 1, 1950. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Cortez, Conqueror of Mexico, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Skippy the Kangaroo, Real Life Mysteries, Curious Creatures, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, The Great Adventurer. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 14 1/2-in., 16 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 1 #35 - Dec. 8, 1950. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Cortez, Conqueror of Mexico, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Skippy the Kangaroo, Real Life Mysteries, Curious Creatures, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, The Great Adventurer. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 14 1/2-in., 16 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 1 #36 - Dec. 15, 1950. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Cortez, Conqueror of Mexico, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Skippy the Kangaroo, Real Life Mysteries, Curious Creatures, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, The Great Adventurer. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 14 1/2-in., 16 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 1 #37 - Dec. 22, 1950. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range begins, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Skippy the Kangaroo, Real Life Mysteries, The Story of the Christmas Tree, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, The Great Adventurer. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 14 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 1 #38 - Dec. 29, 1950. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Skippy the Kangaroo, Real Life Mysteries, Curious Creatures, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, The Great Adventurer. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 14 1/2-in., 16 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 1, No. 3 - December 1950. "The Woman's Magazine for Men". 10.5" x 13", 42 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $165.00 View scans Edge damage. Soiling. Dust shadow.

Add to cart Good $59.00 View scans Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Soiling. Water damage.

Volume 7, Issue 3 - December, 1950. Vintage men's interest magazine featuring pin-up pictorials with humorous text. 8.5" x 11.5", 60 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Carl Anderson, Chic Young, Tom Sims, Bill Zaboly, H. H. Knerr, Edwina Dumm, Jimmy Murphy, Feg Murray, Paul Robinson, Colin Allen, Russ Westover, Clyde Lewis, Ted Shearer, George McManus, Vic Herman, Brandon Walsh, Darrell McClure, C. D. Russell, Doc Winner, Dudley Fisher, Ad Carter, Bill MacLean, Bob Naylor, Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Wally Bishop, Fred Lasswell, Jimmy Hatlo, Art Helfant, Otto Soglow, Paul McCarthy, and Roy Crane. Harvey presents reprints of classic comic strips from King Features Syndicate; each issue features one page per strip. Blondie; Popeye; The Katzenjammer Kids; Dinglehoofer und His Dog; Snookums; Buz Sawyer; Felix the Cat; Tippie; Just Kids; Toots and Casper; Tillie the Toiler; Etta Kett; Elmer; Bringing Up Father; Henry; Flash Gordon; Pete the Tramp; Little Annie Rooney; Little Iodine; Barney Google and Snuffy Smith; Fun at the Zoo; Rumpus; Seein' Stars; Colonel Potterby and the Duchess; What a Family!; Muggs and Skeeter; Fatso; Little Stuff; Li'l Dot; Right Around Home; Double Trouble; Jerry on the Job; The Little King; Double Effort; Long Live the King!; Holly of Hollywood; Mandrake the Magician. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Lawrence Lariar, John Spranger, Allen Saunders, Elmer Woggon, Clifford McBride, Clark Haas, E.F. Keller, Rodlow Willard, Mabel Burwick (credited as Odin), Martha B. Links, and Ralph Briggs Fuller. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Buck Rogers is replaced with the much less iconic Barney Carr, Space Detective, as he battles the Grotek Invaders in the year 3000. Ben Friday meets the mysterious Prince Hassan. Dickie Dare gets an offer from Hollywood. Barney Carr, Space Detective; Ben Friday; Steve Roper and Wahoo; Napoleon; Scorchy Smith; Buzz Pilot; Dickie Dare; Bobby Sox; Oaky Doaks. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 4 - November/December, 1950. Short-lived vintage men's interest magazine that focused entirely on tasteful amateur cheesecake pin-up pictorials. 8" x 10.5", 64 pages, B&W. -Recommended for ages 16+ Cover price $0.25.

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Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $68.00 View scans

Issue #10 - Winter, 1950. A classic SF fanzine with contributions from prominent fans like Forrest J. Ackerman and Darrell Richardson but also author profiles written by themselves (Robert Bloch, Jack Williamson, Robert Heinlein, et al). Scarce. 4 1/4-in. x 5 1/4-in., 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 12, Issue 12 - December 1950. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "When the World Tottered" by Lester Del Rey. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 132 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 3 - Issue 8, December 1950. Pulp magazine devoted to exploring the paranormal.This issue looks into Black Magic in Africa, claims Everyone is a Mind Reader, examines Man-Eating Trees, and investigates the Mystery Death From the Sky! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 page, Text (with B&W Illustrations and Photos). Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $9.00 View scans Paper: Off white

Canadian Edition - Volume 3, Issue 4 - December, 1950. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $32.00 View scans Paper: Off white

Add to cart Good $7.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

Volume 3, Issue 4 - December, 1950. 6.75" x 9", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $17.00 View scans Paper: Off white

UK EDITION - Issue 3. 6.75" x 9", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Alex Raymond, Bill Schreiber and Bob Powell. Harvey reprints the original comic-strip adventures of legendary space-opera hero Flash Gordon and his struggle against interstellar tyrant Ming the Merciless. This issue reprints Sunday strips from Dec. 15, 1940 - April 27, 1941. The final confrontation between Flash and Ming the Merciless draws nigh, as Flash struggles to free Dale Arden and unite the people of Mongo against Ming. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie and the Run-Away Baby Carriage" by Bill Schreiber. One Man Raid on Mongo; Fight For Freedom; Stories Behind the Stars. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $135.00 View scans

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Add to cart Good $31.00 View scans Staple rust. 5 1/2" Cumulative spine split. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Residue. Scuffing. Soiling. Water damage.

Vol. 3, No. 6. December 1950. Humor and pin up photos. Peter Driben cover. 8.5" x 11.5". 56 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

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Add to cart GD- 1.8 $4.40

Indicia title is "Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse in Tom-Tom Island." Tom-Tom Island, pencils by Riley Thompson; Mickey receives a request from Tom-Tom Island (somewhere by Africa) that he and Goofy visit his native friends Thursday and Friday. Rescue of the Rangers, art by Al Hubbard; Mickey and Goofy become forest rangers at Sleepy Valley National Park; They soon learn that the last four rangers at the park have disappeared and receive a threat that they might be the next ones. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "Walter Lantz WOODY WOODPECKER, No. 305." Cover art by Dan Gormley. Bundle Trouble, pencils by Dick Hall, inks by Suzanne Seaboard; After destroying a display of fine china in a department store while looking for a Christmas gift for Tackhammer, Woody is given a job at the store to pay off the damages. Salesman Wood, pencils by Dick Hall, inks by Suzanne Seaborne; Tackhammer forces Woody to get a job as a salesman in order to earn the two dollars Woody owes him. Out of Coal, pencils by Dick Hall, inks by Suzanne Seaborne; Woody and Tackhammer get jobs with a coal company to earn money when they run out of coal to heat their homes. Apple Thief, pencils by Lloyd White, inks by Suzanne Seaborne. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dan Gormley. Stories and Art by unknown. Featuring the tales "Marshmallow Moby," "The Laughing Brook," "The Jumping Balloon," "Birds of a Feather," "The Wedding Dress" and "The Secret Circus"! Starring Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ralph Heimdahl. Stories by unknown. Art by Fred Abranz, Ken Champin?, Tony Strobl and various. Featuring the tales "Lumberjack Jack Rabbit," "The Case of the Blue Horse" and "Chinaman's Chance," plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Starring Bugs Bunny! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. Cover art by Carl Buettner. "Big-Top Bedlam", script and art by Carl Barks; Donald loses Daisy's heirloom brooch on the way to hock it for enough money to buy circus tickets for himself and the nephews. Full color, 36 pages, $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $54.00 View scans Paper tape on spine and interior of cover. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Volume 18, Issue 1 - Winter, 1950. 6.75" x 9.75", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $9.90

Add to cart GD 2.0 $9.90

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Dan Gordon and Bob Wickersham. Funny-animal comics from independent publisher ACG, featuring the Itchy & Scratchy-like Puss an Boots, misguided inventor Blunderbunny, owl detective Whoo-Dunnit, and Western dog marshal Alkali Ike. Sometimes the characters break through the fourth wall and into the laps of the kids who are watching their cartoons. Boots tries fleeing to India and Alaska to get away from Pusss practical jokes; Blunderbunny invents a pair of hats that make their wearers friends, whether they want to be or not; Whoo-Doodit is hired to find out who is stealing dog food. Puss an' Boots; Pals; Blunderbunny; Another Laugh Riot; The Magic Potion; Whoo-Doodit; Alkali Ike and His Horse Oatsie; Oatsie Gets Adopted; The Case of the Starving Man. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Dick Kraus. The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. Gabby's mission to bring some lumber to town puts him square against evil lumberjack Splinters McSaw. To capture the outlaw Tricky Trio, Gabby joins forces with a medicine-show salesman who makes trick hats. Gabby dares to enter Monster Valley, a legendary refuge for Gila monsters. Plus a vintage Carnation milk ad featuring cowboy Rocky Lane, and a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Saves Little Sally, with art by Bill Schreiber. Favorite line this issue: "Yo're the town's greediest money-grubber! Yuh pinch pennies so hard they squeak!" Loco Logging; Loco Lew; Frame-Up Victim; The Mad Hatter!; Gabby Hayes Masters the Monsters; Chief Gray Matter; Young Falcon: The giant of the Hills; The Reluctant Beau. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 9 #8 - Dec. 1950. Single-panel gag cartoons. 10 1/2-in. x 13-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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December 1950. Cover by Don Hunter. Stories: "Time Quarry"(Conclusion) by Clifford D. Simak, "Second Night of Summer" by James H. Schmitz, "A Stone and a Spear" by Raymond F. Jones, "Judas Ram" by Sam Merwin, Jr., "Jaywalker" by Ross Rocklynne, and "The Waker Dreams" by Richard Matheson. Article: "Twenty-Foot Miss" by Willy Ley. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; 160 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.