Comic books July 1949

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $180.00 View scans Paper: White Label #4334655020

In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle" and "The Hawk" art by Robert Webb; "ZX-5" art by Jack Kamen; "Sky Girl" art by Matt Baker; and "Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural" and "The Ghost Gallery" art by Jack Kamen. "Desert Victory" text story by Henry Wysham Lanier. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $34.00 View scan Cover detached at one staple. Centerfold detached at one staple. 1" Cumulative spine split.

"Treasure Trove in Vulture Sky," art by Maurice Whitman; Kaänga and Ann meet a man wearing artificial wings who tells them that they are worship by his bird man people; Ann and the bird man are taken hostage by treasure hunters who demand to be shown the way to the bird people's home; Kaänga, though wounded, follows, and rescues Ann and the bird people. Untitled story, art by Bill Walsh; Simba prevents Varma killing a lost white child; Varma plots revenge with the aid of the jackals; While the jackals attack Mrs. Simba, Varma makes off with one of Simba's cubs. The Cat Tribe; Brief natural histories of several African cats. Untitled Captain Terry Thunder story; Trader Sanders spurs natives to attack the building of an auxiliary fort to avoid lancer investigation of his illicit trading; Terry and the lancers defeat the natives and force Sanders to admit to his duplicity. "Spoor of the Demon Ape" text story. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; The Ageelas are driven from their village into Wambi's jungle by the followers of the raider Arungo; Wambi and Tawn persuade Arungo's elephants to rebel against their masters and drive them away from the Angeela village. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Otanu seeks to prevent Tongo's ascension to the Membesi throne; He conjures the evil goddess, Shamatar, and promises her a soul in return for her help; Shamatar sends a leopard to attack Tongo during a zebra race, allowing Otanu to win. Untitled story, pencils by Matt Baker; Gun runners kidnap the Masai princess, N'kota, and frame the Ugandis for the crime in order to incite warfare; Camilla rescues the princess and stops the impending war. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $130.00 View scans

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $125.00 View scans Water damage.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $125.00 View scans Cover coming loose at staples, water damage.

Cover pencils by Syd Shores. "The Valley of the Werewolf," art by Russ Heath; Kid Colt decides to hide out in the town of New Turkey, a recent village set up by Turkish immigrants, in order to hide out from the law in the hopes that the news of his outlaw status has not reached the area; Riding through the forest he hears a man scream and rides to its source, finding a dead man who has had his throat torn out by a wolf of some kind. "Gunman's Folly!" text story. "Trapped in the Hidden Mine!", art by Russ Heath; Kid Colt rides into the town of Chaneyville, a town where outlaws hide out to stay safe from the law; Walking into a local saloon he bumps into another man who tries to start a fight; However, the Kid is a faster draw and shoots him dead; Kid Colt is then approached by a local named Snake Sorenson. A Letter to Our Readers and Their Parents! "The Things in the Cave!", pencils by Pierce Rice; Tex Taylor and Alkali Ike are relaxing near the train station; Tex reads a story about some men who held up a train and stole $50,000 in Fargo City who are on the loose; Just then a train rolls in and an explorer named Professor Jenkins who is looking for nearby Mayan Ruins. Ike knows the area and the Native Americans call it "The Adobe of the Clawed Devils" because of legends of creatures with claws that come out of the ground like moles. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $23.00 View scan Ink stamps on front/back cover and in margins of multiple pages.

Art by Bob Wickersham and others. The Kilroys (Americas Funniest Family!) combined the family humor of the then-new sitcom format with Archie-style teen hijinks featuring Katie, Natch, and pal Solid Jackson. A dance where girls pick their dates at random makes nobody happy; Wilbur tries to frame Natch with a doctored photograph so Judy will break up with him; In a story thats a real time capsule of 1940s technology, the phone company tries to take away the Kilroys phone because the kids are tying up the party line. Invitation to the Dance; A Lasting Impression; Un-Candid Camera; Solid Jackson; Honesty Is the Best Policy!; Best-Seller!; Some Phone, Eh Kid?; Painless Dentist; Hubba Hubbard. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $54.00 View scans Cover detached at one staple. Staple rust. Pen marking.

newspaper strip reprints Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $26.00 View scan Tape.

Cover art by Irving Tripp. Hey, Willy! Did you hear the news?; Lulu enters her secret racer in the boys' soapbox derby. Gosh, I'm thirsty!; Lulu has a nightmare about being lost and thirsty in the desert. Good-bye, dear!; Lulu gets Tubby to help her pick up her pop's tuxedo, which gets chewed on by a goat. Ladies' Man; Tubby decides to diet after he overhears the girls saying he's too fat. All scripts by John Stanley, art by Irving Tripp. Two-page text story, Lulus Diry ("Diary"). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN 6.0 $115.00 View scans

Add to cart GD 2.0 $12.00

Dell Comics are Good Comics ad. The Lone Ranger and The Killer Hood Gang, script by Fran Striker, art by Charles Flanders; The Killer Hood Gang kidnaps the daughter of the owner of the El Dorado gold mine. The Lone Ranger and the Murder at Midnight, art by Charles Flanders; Mustang Mag's boarder Old Missouri is framed for the murder of Hermit Joe. Bear Evidence text story, art by Bill Ely. Buffalo on an Island, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Tom Hickey; After losing their horse, Young Hawk and Little Buck take refuge on an island where they have to hide from buffalo hunters. Facts about Indian war clubs and tomahawks. Portrait of Geronimo, a famous Apache chief (1828-1909). Based on the popular Western TV series. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $35.00 View scans

Photo Cover. Edited by Stan Lee. Stories by unknown. Art by Mike Sekowsky, Jack Kamen?, John Forte, Lin Streeter, Vince Alascia?, Chu Hing, George Klein? and unknown. Featuring: "The Savage Love!"; "The Men in My Life!"; "My Heart Sang Murder!"; "The Romance That Couldn't Be!"; and "The One Who Waited!" Plus: 2-page text story "I Ran away from Love"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $50.00 View scans Paper: Off white

Volume 5, Issue 7 - July, 1949. 6.75" x 9", 150 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $6.99

Add to cart GD 2.0 $6.99

Marmaduke Mouse and Giddy Goose are each featured in two stories, plus Rollo Raccoon. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $38.00 View scans 1" Spine split from bottom. Centerfold detached. Water spotting.

Things go awry when Beverly meets Hollywood columnist Pat Sherry. Also includes: "Janie meets John Lund" and "The Lucky Breaks with Diana Lynn." Pencils, inks, and cover by Bob Oksner. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $38.00 View scans Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover art by Reed Crandall. Vorn, the Agressor starring Blackhawk, inks by Chuck Cuidera. Untitled stories starring Ezra, Torchy (script and art by Bill Ward), and Will Bragg (script and art by Paul Gustavson). Text Hop text story starring Blackhawk. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $7.00

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.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $5.00 View scan

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $8.60 View scan

Monte Hale and Pardner cover photo. The Massacre, pencils by Leonard Frank; Chief Angry Bear had assembled his warriors in a mighty force to attack the fort at Little Bow. Son of the Turtle text story starring Gray Hawk. Prairie Plague, art by Bob Laughlin; Monte had to find out if Doc Blabber aimed to save people from the Bubonic Plague or if he just "invented" it. Cowgirl Courage, art by Edmond Good; When a traveling show of girl dancers and singers are stranded by a crooked manager, they buy a ranch and manage to run it. Tight Rope to Doom, art by Jack Binder; Gabby walks on a tight rope for charity. The Graverobbers Escape; As The Gravedigger waited for his hanging he searched desperately for a means to escape. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $3.30

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $225.00 or Best Offer View scans Cover and interior oxidation. Staple rust, rust migration. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Mike'sRack

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $149.95 or Best Offer View scans 5" back cover tear. Residue on interior pages. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker and Bob Jenney. Action in the Arctic north with the Canadian Mounties. A story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker showcases the various jobs of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the mid-20th century. A murderous thief seeks a patsy, and finds a woman who is collecting the stories of gold miners. The superhero called the Blue Monk investigates after Cleopatra's necklace is stolen from a museum. Cover by Baker. Mountie Guns Break the Snow Siren's Secret; The Blue Monk; Dangerous Duty; Mission of Mercy; The Desperado; McHugh Defies the Ruthless Renegade. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $15.00 View scans

The Gold Seal Novel was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Inquirer issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. Between 1934 and 1949, they published almost 400 of these novels.

Add to cart Good $13.00 View scans

The Gold Seal Novel was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Inquirer issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. Between 1934 and 1949, they published almost 400 of these novels.

Add to cart Fine $48.00 View scans Spine split 5%.

July 3, 1949. The Philadelphia Record Book of the Week was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Record issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. This particular issue is "Elizabeth, Captive Princess" by Margaret Irwin. 11" x 15.75". 12 pages. Black and white.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $35.00 View scans

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $39.00 View scans Spine split 20%. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $22.50 View scan 4" Spine split from bottom. Cover loose at both.

Vol. 3, No. 4 - July 1949. Men's interest magazine devoted to pin-up photos. 10" x 13", 46 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Good $36.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.

UK weekly film magazine. 9" x 11.75", 20 pages, tinted B&W.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $63.00 View scans Staple rust: Extensive.

UK weekly film magazine. 9" x 11.75", 20 pages, tinted B&W.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $63.00 View scans Staple rust: Extensive.

UK weekly film magazine. 9" x 11.75", 20 pages, tinted B&W.

Add to cart Good $40.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Extensive.

July 23, 1949. UK weekly film magazine. Jennifer Jones cover. 9" x 11.75", 24 pages, tinted B&W.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $90.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart Very Good $13.00 View scans

July 30, 1949. UK weekly film magazine. Lena Horne cover. Article on "Sunset Boulevard" prior to release. 9" x 11.75", 24 pages, tinted B&W.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $569.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4308126015 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $199.95 or Best Offer View scan Interior is complete. Full-length spine split through cover and first 8 wraps. Cover and interior oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Edited by J. F. Byrne. Stories and art by George Evans, Enrico Bagnoli, Graham Ingels, Lee Elias, Frank Doyle, Leonard Starr, and Charles A. Winter. The first true science fiction comic, Planet Comics featured classic space opera with square-jawed heroes, rockets, rayguns and bug-eyed aliens of every stripe. In the Lost World, Hunt and Lyssa battle bestial humanoids released by the Volta on Earth; The Space Rangers fight a madman in an invisibility suit; Captured by the Heads of Oceania, Futura and Blargo are cast into a sand sea that transforms humans into monsters, in a story with exquisite art by Enrico Bagnoli. Terrific action-girl cover by an unknown artist, possibly Joe Doolin. The Lost World; Futura; Mysta of the Moon; Auro Lord of Jupiter; Unposted; Life On Other Worlds: Rhea; Space Rangers; The Star Pirate. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $3.00 View scans

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $2.80 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 92 #1 - July 1949. Mechanical science and technology magazine. Featured articles in this issue include "Railroad Under a Lake," "Blueprint for a Passenger Rocket" and more. 6 3/4-in. x 9 1/2-in., 280 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $112.00 View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Stories and art by Nate Brooks and Bob Jenney. Tales of true crime inspired this violent pre-Code crime comic from DS Publishing. A beautiful bad-girl is targeted for death after informing on her gangster ex-husband. A circus trapeze star is marked for death when she stands to inherit the entire circus, but the show's new PR man is determined to keep her alive. A detective watching a play is called into action after one of the stars is murdered on stage. Assignment Blackmail; Murder on the Circus Bill; The Miser; The Dummy's Revenge; Murder or Mercy?; Riddle Behind the Footlights; Paths of Penalty. Final issue of the series. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $6.30

Peterkin Pottle (by John Stanley), Raggedy Ann, Egbert Elephand (by Dan Noonan), Stuffins, and Billy and Bonny Bee. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $30.00

Cover art by Curt Swan and John Fischetti. Kit Carson Frontier Scout, art by Howard Sherman. Captain Tootsie and the Mysterious Plan Tootsie Roll ad, art by C.C. Beck. Colonel David (Mickey) Marcus- Fighter For Freedom, art by Jon Small. U.S. Royal ad, art by Al Plastino. Diary of a Flaming Doom featuring the 1909 Cherry Illinois mine disaster. Historical Almanac, art by Joe Kubert. The Man Who Was Kind to Animals featuring Henry Bergh, art by Ed Smalle. The Man Who Refused to Die featuring Sgt. Charles D. Engel, art by Ed Smalle. A Day In the Life of a Paratrooper, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti. P-F Flyers, art by Al Plastino. Scripts by Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, and Bernie Breslauer. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $7.00 View scan 1.5" Spine split from bottom.

The Fox and the Crow, Flippity and Flop, and Tito and His Burrito Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $6.70

Add to cart GD 2.0 $5.60

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $4.49

Stories by Gil Turner and others. Funny-animal comics featuring gunslinging Red Rabbit, bear cubs Willy and Nilly, Officer Mutt, and others in the classic mold. Red Rabbit realizes the dangerous bandit Red Mask plaguing the towns of the West isn't just a single man, but a whole gang working together. Officer Mutt gets exiled to the tough Gashouse District while a senator is visiting the precinct house. Bugsey Bear and his kid go exploring in the mountains and meet Crazy Jed, who gives them the map to the Lost Lady Gold Mine. Red Rabbit; Aunt Tilly: How the Elephant Got His Long Nose; Officer Mutt; Pete and Tweet; The Bugsey Bear Family. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $5.50 View scan

Add to cart GD 2.0 $5.50 View scan

Stories and art by Ralph Carlson and others. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. In an issue-length story, Rocky tries to prevent hostilities between sheep herders and cattle ranchers from erupting into a full-on range war, in a tale that includes this great opening caption: "Sheep vs. Cattle - Fanning the embers of hair-trigger tempers into a flaming range war in which quarter was neither asked nor given - with grim Dame Nature waiting on the sidelines to strike in reclamation of her frontiers. Such was the raging battle for survival that sent the indomitable Rocky Lane plunging rough-shod into a maelstrom of thundering hooves and blazing six-guns...!" It's like poetry! Plus photo pinups of Rocky and his movie horse, Black Jack. Range Justice; Haunted Ranch; Slim Pickens: The Clothes Horse; The Unknown Assailant; Heady Eddie. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $7.00

Add to cart Good $5.00

Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. The High-Graders, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Albert Micale; Roy wages war against high-graders, while helping a young man and his wife. Pioneers of the Old West story, script by Gaylord DuBois. Chuck Wagon Charley's Tales story, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Harry Parks. Back cover: in this color close-up taken at Rogers' home, Roy sits against door, aiming his six-gun. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $490.00 View scans Paper: White Slab: Scuffing on front of case Label #2008358004 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Stories by Stan Lee (17 pages) and unknown. Art by Harvey Kurtzman (17 pages) and unknown. Rusty stars in two tales by Stan Lee and Harvey Kurtzman: "Johnny's Dizzy Day!" and "The Peachy Speech!" Also in this issue: four untitled Rusty 1-pagers; 1-page "A Letter to Our Readers and Their Parents!"; 2-page text story "Masquerade," reprinted from Patsy Walker (1945) #19; two untitled Hank and Lank 1-pagers; and four untitled Hank and Lank half-pagers. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $21.00 View scans

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $16.00 View scans

Volume 11, Issue 2 - July, 1949. Elizabeth Taylor and Robert Taylor photo cover promoting the MGM motion picture, "Conspirator". Movie Fan Magazine that specialized in short form adaptations of popular movies during the golden-age of cinema. This issue's stories include movies such as; "Massacre River" starring Rory Calhoun, Cathy Downs and Guy Madison, "The Step-Up" starring Robert Ryan and Audrey Totter, "Conspirator" starring Elizabeth Taylor and Robert Taylor, "Manhandled" starring Sterling Hayden, Dorothy Lamour and Dan Duryea, "Home of the Brave" starring James Edwards, Lloyd Bridges, Frank Lovejoy, Jeff Corey, Steve Brodie, and Douglas Dick, "Mighty Joe Young" starring Terry Moore and Ben Johnson, "The Fountainhead" starring Gary Cooper, Patricia Neil and Raymond Massey, "Not Wanted" starring Sally Forrest, Keefe Braselle and Leo Penn, and "Jigsaw" starring Franchot Tone and Jean Wallace. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 92 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $22.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $18.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

July 1949. Whole No. 1939. Cover by Benton Clark. Action/Adventure/Mystery stories by Harry Botsford "A Land Without Law", Robert E. Pinkerton, Frank Richardson Pierce, Peter Dawson "The Stirrup Boss - Part 1 of 4", Merle Constiner, Philip Ketchum, Caddo Cameron, Ray Palmer Tracy, and Malcolm Murchie. 6 3/4" x 10"; black and white; 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $15.00 View scans .5" Spine split from bottom.

Stories and art by Floyd Torbert and Edd Ashe. Adventures of FBI agent Steve Saunders, originally a backup feature in True Comics (1941). A crook learns as much as he can to improve his capers; Radium thieves accidentally unleash a deadly virus; Michael Trigger tracks an old chum who has turned to crime. Includes a note that the series is "presented with the cooperation of the FBI" and based on authentic cases. Official Story of the FBI; The Case of the Studious Bank Robber; T-Man Michael Trigger; Sports Champs: Robert Grant; The Boys' Club of America Prepares for the Camping Season; Chip Downs' Crime Lab; Ellsworth Vines. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.