Comic books November 1948

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Volume 37, Issue 4 - November, 1948. 6.75" x 9.75", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $620.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s); See item notes Inner well not fully sealed, book appears unaffected and secure. Label #0033262002

Cover art by Al Plastino. Superman on Television, art by Al Plastino. Terror Atop Mt. Machin starring Congo Bill, art by Ed Smalle. Reggie Strikes It Rich starring Zatara, art by W. F. White. Captain Tootsie ad, art by C. C. Beck. The Secret of the Desert Bandit starring Vigilante, art by Joe Kubert. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 120, Issue 1 - November, 1948. Cover by Peter Stevens. "The Code of Captain Corvain" by George Surdez. Other stories by Jim Kjelgaard, Coleman Meyer, Nat McKelvey, Roland Wild, John Hetherington, D. K. Findlay, Frank Richardson Pierce, M. V. Heberden, and Edward Sonnenschein. 6.75" x 9", 134 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 22, Issue 11 - November, 1948. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Science fiction stories by H.B. Hickey, Chester S. Greier, E.J. Liston, Lee francis, Howard Browne, Berkeley Livingston, and Knut Enferd. Illustrations by J. Allen St. John (2 stories), Virgil Finlay, Rod Ruth, Malcolm Smith, and Draut. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 154 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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November, 1948. Volume 42, Issue 3. Cover by Hubert Rogers. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Matt Baker and Ray Osrin. Stories and art by Walter Johnson and Jack Cole. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. This issue was mentioned in the illustrations for the anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent. The cops close in on Tony "The Human Cat" after his latest home invasion. The following line from the Human Cat's girlfriend was singled out by Fredric Wertham as "An invitation to learning" in Seduction of the Innocent: "Where ya goin' on a night like dis, Tony? Ya ain't gonna shoot anybody with dat rod, are ya?" Red Keenan's gang goes on a spree of murder and robbery, in a violent story with art by Plastic Man creator Jack Cole. The Mounties close in on the deadly Kurulak brothers in the Great White North. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Human Cat Trapped by Death Gun Slugs; The Diplomat Who Dabbled in Diamonds; Smashing the Red Keenan Gang; Crime Clean-up!; Phony Loot; Bullets Blaze the Mounties Trail; Fireman Save My Child; Murder Scare. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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November, 1948. "The Queen of the Black Coast!" Written by Robert E. Howard. Featuring work by Ray Bradbury, Algernon Blackwood, and 'The Temple" by H. P. Lovecraft. Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 132pages, Text with B&W illustations. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Charles Paris. 1st appearance Mad Hatter and Vicki Vale in "The Scoop of the Century!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures only) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Charles Paris; The Mad Hatter tries numerous robberies while Vicki Vale attempts to prove Batman and Bruce Wayne are the same person. The Prison Doctor!, script by Bill Finger, art by Jim Mooney; A prison doctor must face a trial for his egregious actions. One-page Jerry the Jitterbug story by Henry Boltinoff. The Unknown Rays text story by Joe Samachson (as William Morrison, art by Raymond Perry. Batman's Arabian Nights!, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Charles Paris; Spotting what they think is the Joker's face on an ancient rug, Batman and Robin are sent into Arabia of the past where they meet the Crier, who uses tears, not laughter, to steal from the people of his day. One-page Ozzie story by Phil Berube. One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear With Invisible Light" with art by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 25, Issue 2 - November, 1948. The Black Bat in "City of Hate" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "I am the Law" by Carroll John Daly; "The Invisible Hand" by Lewis Little; "The Killer and hiks Dead" by Norman A. Daniels; "Mr. Morpho" by Arthur J. Burks; and "Thubway Tham's Perfect Day" by Johnston McCulley. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 146 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

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Edited by Leon Harvey. Cover by Lee Elias. Stories by Lee Elias and Ken Ernst. Mystery and adventure tales starring such characters as Linda Turner, Mary Worth, Danny Dixon, and the Black Cat, an action hero and skilled martial artist who uses a lasso and rope. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 24 pages, B&W

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UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 24 pages, B&W

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by James Wilcox, Gus Ricca, Milt Hammer, Harry Lazarus, Jack Callahan and Jack Hearne. Sometimes listed as Blue Bolt #96. Blue Bolt has adventures while flying for Glimpses, a photography magazine. When Dick Cole discovers gambler Caster is trying to fix an academy football game, Caster takes him captive. Edison Bell and Jerry track a spy with stolen uranium to a deadly midair chase. Blue Bolt discovers evidence of fraud at a new oil pipeline in Texas. Edison Bell tells young readers how to make camping utensils. Dick Cole; Build This Simple Microscope; Easy Cartooning; Blue Bolt; Grover and Bonnie; Bouncin' Betsy; Rick Richards; Edison Bell; Gourd Craft Camping Utensils. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 55, Issue 2 - November 1948. University of California, Berkeley student magazine, published from 1903 to 1988. Features cartoons, articles, and advertisements for local business. 8-in. x 11-in., 40 pages, Text (with B&W images) Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Fred Guardineer, Claude Moore, Tony DiPreta, Norman Maurer and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. Mr. Crime narrates the tale of John Ross, a phony magician who kills to conceal his cons, in a story with early art by future "Flash Gordon" artist Dan Barry. Tiger Harkness masterminds a daring prison escape by taking the entire parole board hostage, but none of them get far. A story that dares the reader to figure out the killer of gambler Eddie Dyke in 1934 New York. John Ross the Magician; "Tiger" Harkness; On the Level; This'll Kill Ya!; Our Police Hall of Fame; The Gruesome Foursome; Who Dunnit? Murder of Eddie Dyke. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Bob Plate, Harvey K. Fuller, Milt Hammer, Allen M. Mortimer, Al McWilliams and Art Helfant. Sometimes listed as Criminals on the Run Vol. 04 #2. Bespectacled, eccentric detective "King" Cole Jr. takes over his father's detective agency. A note from the Editors emphasizes that the comic has no "gory or morbid crime stories." Young King Cole investigates The Case of the Polka Dot Bandit while visiting the West. Doctor Drew, who can talk to animals, investigates when a trained pelican becomes an accomplice in a robbery gang. Bumbling detective Homer K. Beagle traces musical mayhem to a master violinist who has turned to evil. Young King Cole; Hammertoones; Dr. Drew the Zoo Man: The Case of the Homing Pelican; Homer K. Beagle; Sunburned; Boitram the Boiglar; Heathcliff the Hobo. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Dale Evans stars in "Roughneck Romeos," "The Evil Eye of Eagle Eye," and "The Rodeo Rat!" Sierra Smith Western Detective stars in "The Case of the Battered Balloonist!" (art by Alex Toth). 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Mike Roy, John Belfi and Carl Hubbell. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. The Little Wise Guys get involved when Pee Wee enters a soap-box derby. A double-page promotional spread from the publisher offers comics as a remedy to juvenile delinquency, a hot topic in that era. The Little Wise Guys film a boxing movie with themselves as stars, and Daredevil watches it from start to finish. Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys; A Force for Good in Your Community!; Daredevil; Daredevil: The Carnival Murder; Sniffer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bob Kane and Charles Paris. Stories by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by Jimmy Thompson, Bob Kane, Charles Paris, Howard Sherman, Curt Swan and Steve Brodie. Blackie Nason was captured because of his picture being in the police "Rogue's Gallery," so after he escapes from prison, he has plastic surgery, then sets up his "Gallery of Undercover Cops." And he accidentally uncovers the true identity of Batman, just wanting to scam the underworld element. Don't miss Batman and Robin in "The Gallery of Public Heroes!" with art by Bob Kane and Charles Paris. Plus: Robotman in "Robotman in the Moon!" by Otto Binder and Jimmy Thompson; Slam Bradley in "The Sinister Snow Man!" with art by Howard Sherman; and The Boy Commandos in "Find Me a Killer!" with art by Curt Swan and Steve Brodie. Also: Shorty half-pager by Henry Boltinoff; 1.5-page text piece "Secret Codes in Sports" by Henry Lysing; Daffy & Doodle half-pager by Lit-Win; and Jerry the Jitterbug half-pager by Boltinoff. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Fitted for a Cement Coffin! starring Doll Man and Chalfonte. The Hag, script by William Woolfolk; While in prison, Patricia Wentworth is asked to play the Witch in "Macbeth" and is given access to chemicals, which she uses to effect her escape. The Skiing Gig starring Torchy, art by Bill Ward. The Noose, script by Bill Woolfolk, pencils by Gil Kane; Doll Man faces the dilemma of a villain and his gang discovering his true identity as Darrel Dane, and trying to find some way of convincing them they are wrong. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 16, Issue 2 - November, 1948. 6.5" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Contains comic strip reprints and a text story. In order of appearance: "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Steve Roper and Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Dickie Dare" by Mabel Burwick (as Odin); "Bobby Sox" by Martha B. Links; "Scorchy Smith" by Rodlow Willard; and "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller. "Steam Test" text story. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $17.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Good $7.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white 2 1/2" Spine split from base of book. Foxing. Soiling. Moisture spotting.	Add to cart Good $16.00 View scans Paper: Cream	Add to cart Good $17.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
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Volume 10, Issue 11 - November, 1948. Cover by Arnold Kohn. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Dimensions Unlimited" by Berkeley Livingston. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 156 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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"The Mad Planet" a novelette by Murray Leinster.

Volume 2, Issue 4 - November, 1948. Cover by Virgil Finlay. "The Terrible Three" by Tod Robbins, "The Mad Planet" by Murray Leinster, and "Environment" by William Holloway. Illustrations by Virgil Finlay and Lawrence. Softcover Pulp, 7-in. x 9-in.; 130 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Comics adventures of the popular, long-running cartoon character. Felix's stuttering pig pal wins a houseful of appliances in a quiz show. Felix seeks a good place to take a nap. Monty Monk decides that the bored jungle animals need a little shaking up. Mask Bawl; Net Profit; Quiz Fuzz; Felix Sees the Saws; Monty Monk. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Flash stars in "Flash Speeds 1000 Years into the Future," written by John Broome, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Bernard Sachs. Also includes: Ghost Patrol in "The Case of the Jumbo Peanut" with art by Frank Harry; Black Canary in "The Day that Wouldn't End" written by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Infantino, inks by Sachs; Flash Facts by Martin Naydel; and Hawkman in "Revenge of the Falconer" by Broome and Joe Kubert. Cover pencils by Infantino, inks by Sachs. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago and Milt Hammer. Sometimes listed as Frisky Fables #32. Funny-animal hijinks in a cutesy style from Novelty Press. Monkeys Myrtle and Jocko don't have enough money for the baseball game, so they decide to sneak in. Kittens Tick, Tack and Toe take a vacation in the Catskills and have rural misadventures. Sniffy finds that even a drawing of a cat on a billboard isn't safe to bark at. Neddy Bear; Fast Little Fox; Myrtle and Jocko; Fraidy Colt; Tick, Tack and Toe; Johnny and Woof; Sniffy. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 34, Issue 2 - November, 1948. 6.75" x 9", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Gene Autry stars in "Outlaw Roundup." Jesse Marsh art. Back-up story, "The Jayhawkers." Two-page text story, "Champeen Bean Shooter." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Contains three Frank Frazetta illustrations. Frazetta illustrations appear in eighteen consecutive issues of Happy Comics (1943) (#20-#37) and in sixteen consecutive issues of Goofy Comics (1943 Nedor/Standard) (#20-#35). Contains funny animal stories. In order of appearance: "Happy"; "Bruno Bear" art by Don Christensen'; "Little Billy Bear"; "Uncle Fuzzy Hare"; "Francois Feline"; "Whitey"; "Pansy the Chimp" by Jack Bradbury; "Mrs. Sippi" art by Don Christensen; and "Adam". Illustrated text stories: "The Boastful Mouse: Reckless Monty Finds Out That Mother Knows Best!" by Elizabeth Starr, illustration by Frazetta; "Abbott the Rabbit: This Little Bunny Wanted to Make Friends with the Big Deer!" by Betty Cummings, illustration by Frazetta; and "The Elephant Who Wouldn't Help: Egbert Was Just a Bit Too Proud of Himself!" by Elizabeth Starr, illustration by Frazetta. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by H.C. Kiefer. Stories and art by Ed Moore, Fred Guardineer, Jimmy Thompson, Ruth Atkinson, and Al Williamson. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. A soldier on leave keeps his cool and rescues people from the Hartford circus fire. A story featuring early art by EC legend Al Williamson. A Boy Scout pulls two kids from an icy pond. Catastrophe; Fire; Sub. Pomodon to the Rescue; Death in the Balance; Thin Ice On Shell Bank Creek...; Handy with a Gun; In Time To Save a Life; Butch Gives the Alarm; Out of the Fog: Holocaust; A Little Light Duty; Quick Thinking Saves a Life; Tornado; Two Time Hero. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 8, Issue 5 - November, 1948. 6.75" x 9.75", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Rod Reed and Frank Bolle. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. Outlaw Squint Eyes and his gang attempt to take over the Schwanga tribe's oil well by kidnapping all the women in the village. When Hammerhead and Windy start selling shares in a copper mine where there is no copper, Hoppy gets suspicious. Pistol-Packin' Pattie posits that courage is a good thing, but any man who doesn't fear rattlesnakes is a fool. Painted cover may be the work of Norman Saunders. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie and "The Babe Ruth Story", with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck, and a vintage American Flyer model train ad. Prisoners of Greed!; Hill Billy; The Twin River Bonanza!; The Knifer; Phil the Fisherman; Be a Sharpshooter!; The Music Box of Death!; Whitey Whiskers and Daniel Boone, Jr.: Headstrong in More Ways Than One; Ridin' Herd with William Boyd; Pistol-Packin' Pattie; Topper's Last Stand! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Joan of Arc." Back-up story, "The Soil of Africa Weeps: Boer War!" (used in Seduction of the Innocent book on page 308). Cover price $0.10.

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Nov. 18, 1948.. American version of the weekly news magazine published in England. This special issue features Georgette Heyer's "Snowdrift," a two-page game of British sovereigns circa the Victorian era, family life in the 17th century in full color paintings, a full page candid photograph of Princess Elizabeth and Philip in color, Edmund Dulac's full color painting Theseus Slaying the Minotaur plus color ads, fiction and more. 10 1/4-in. x 14 1/4-in., 44 pages, full color, sepia and B&W. NOTE: Information is limited on this series. Page counts vary from issue to issue. Page counts may be unconfirmed. May or may not include cover page. Cover price $1.00.

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In order of appearance: "Jo-Jo Congo King, The Double Double-Cross!"; "The Cowboy and the Cayman! Cowboy Standing on His Pony!"; "The Cowboy and the Cayman! Cowboy Lassoes Cayman in a Shrunken Pool!" reprinted in Ramar of the Jungle (1954) #2; Jo-Jo Congo King, The Meteors From Satan!"; "Our Good Neighbor...The South American Cowbow! Branding Time!" and "Our Good Neighbor...The South American Cowbow! Gaucho of the Past!" reprinted in Ramar of the Jungle (1954) #2; "Jungle-Venture!" art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth; and "Movie Mysteries" by George Gukell. "The Sheriff's Signal!" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ham Fisher (credited). Stories and art by Ham Fisher, Vic Herman and Bob Powell. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Searching for the missing Ann, Joe arranges a series of fights in the region where her plane crashed. But box-office bandits complicate the plan. Plus a bike safety PSA. Joe Palooka's Album; Joe's Fight Campaign to Find Ann; A Day at Ebbets Field; True-Thrilling Sport Short; Sportales; Kid Safety Says Play Safe! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $310.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #3693797011 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Comic strip reprints by Frank Robbins: "The Girl on the Raft," "A Battle of Wits," "Knockout Gas," "Hijack Racket," and "A Fight is Won!" Robbins cover. Cover price $0.10.