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Dagar Desert Hawk (1948) comic books

  • Issue #14
    Dagar Desert Hawk (1948) 14
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Slab: Minor side edge cracks
    • Label #1236838006
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
    • Cover detached, 3.5" cumulative spine split, soiling throughout.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
      Other items consigned by humble cow

    Art by Edmond Good and others. Cover by Edmond Good. Dagar the Desert Hawk, aka Bart Benson, is a white man who lives and fights in the Arabian desert. The Lawrence of Arabesque hero first appeared in All Great Comics. Numbering continues from All Great Comics (1947 Fox Features) #13 (despite the existence of All Great Comics #14). Dagar and friends stumble upon the Lost City of the Lizard People, where they are enslaved to keep the city's location secret. Also featuring the jungle adventures of Tangi and Safari Cary. Spicy bondage cover by Edmond Good. Monsters of Mura!; Claws of the Red Vulture!; A Killer Shouldnt Lie; Tangi, Ruler of the Jungle; Safari Cary: Spawn of Doom! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #16
    Dagar Desert Hawk (1948) 16
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #21-164373B-004
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    Art by Edmond Good and Jack Kamen. Cover by Edmond Good. Dagar the Desert Hawk, aka Bart Benson, is a Lawrence of Arabesque hero who lives and fights in the Arabian desert. A villain with a shrinking serum kidnaps women to create a miniature slave army; An escaped convict masquerades as a monkey god in order to steal sacred jewels from a native village; An educational page on traditional Arab clothing. Also featuring a text story with the puzzling title Sarong of Death. The Wretched Antmen!; The Murderous Mutinous Insurgent!; Sarong of Death; Bombay Bombshell!; The Idol With Four Paws!; The Arabian. Issues 17 and 18 were not published. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #20
    Dagar Desert Hawk (1948) 20

    Art by Edmond Good and others. Cover by Jack Kamen. Dagar the Desert Hawk, aka Bart Benson, is a Lawrence of Arabesque hero who lives and fights in the Arabian desert. A greedy wildcatter wants to drill for oil in a mysterious lost valley beyond the big dunes, but somehow doesn't foresee the presence of cave men and dinosaurs; The Nomad Queen targets a village under Safari Cary's protection; A corrupt chieftain poisons a watering hole and tries to blame jungle warrior Tangi. Valley Prehistoric!; The Million Dollar Face!; Stranger Than Fiction; Nomad Queen!; Strange Justice; The Scarlet Guilt! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #22
    Dagar Desert Hawk (1948) 22
    • .5" Spine split. Staple rust. Water damage.
    • INCOMPLETE. Half of centerfold and next page missing, affects "A Dame, Diamonds, and Dynamite" story as well as one-page features.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Art by Edmond Good and A. C. Hollingsworth. Cover by Edmond Good. Dagar the Desert Hawk, aka Bart Benson, is a Lawrence of Arabesque hero who lives and fights in the Arabian desert. Educational comics focus on exotic animals including gorillas, giraffes, kangaroos, ostriches, camels, cobras, lions, crocodiles, leopards, and elephants; A government agent seeks Safari Cary's help to stop a diamond smuggling ring; Jungle warrior Tangi offers inspiration to a blocked writer. The Forgotten Allah!; The Perfidious Portrait!; Tropical Topics; Jungle Curiosities; Meet the Seminoles; A Dame, Diamonds and Dynamite!; Felony Files; A Purple Parakeet! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #23
    Dagar Desert Hawk (1948) 23
    • Water damage with paper deterioration. Staple rust.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
      Other items consigned by Bud Plant

    Art by Edmond Good and others. Cover by Edmond Good. Dagar the Desert Hawk, aka Bart Benson, is a Lawrence of Arabesque hero who lives and fights in the Arabian desert. The Dagar series concludes with a typically lurid, action-packed cover that includes elements of bondage and suggestions of torture, presaging the Comics Code battles a few years later. Dagar; Safari Cary; Tangi. Final issue under this title; numbering continues with Captain Kidd (1949) #24. Dagar made one last appearance in All Top Comics (1945 Fox) #18. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.