Treasury of Comics (1947 St. John) comic books
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Issue #3
$37.00
View scans- 1.75" Cumulative spine split.
Cover by Bernard Dibble. Stories and art by Bernard Dibble. An anthology comic from St. John; this issue featured reprints of the classic comic strip Bill Bumlin. Everyman Bill has wacky misadventures, in a little-remembered strip from Bernard Dibble, assistant to Ernie Bushmiller and other comic-strip greats. Bill gets mixed up with an eccentric inventor who's been ridiculed by the establishment. But if his "Gravity Destroyer" actually works, it could be more dangerous than any weapon. Plus the Ripley-like Strange As It Seems by John Hix. Bill Bumlin; Strange As It Seems. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #5
$8.00
- 6.25" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Staple rust.
Cover by Jerry DeMott. Stories and art by Dick Moores, Leslie Stevens and Ed Dodd. An anthology comic from St. John; this issue featured reprints of the classic comic strip Jim Hardy. (Listed as Jim Hardy #1 in the indicia.) Jim Hardy, in turn, showcased the adventures of Hardy's cowboy friend Windy and Windy's horse, Paddles. Wealthy Bess Giltedge offers to travel back East with Windy, to help him care for the infant he's adopted. But she doesn't tell him that it's because she's fallen in love with him. Meanwhile, Bess's sleazy ex Roger tries to convince her that Windy's no good. The Uninvited Bug; Jim Hardy; Our Kids. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
