Abbott and Costello (1948 St. John) comic books 1938-1955

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Cover by Charles Payne. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. Possibly the first comic based on real-life comedy stars. This issue also features the only comics adaptation of an Abbott and Costello movie, 1947's "The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap." Traveling salesmen are accused of murder in a small town, but are released if they agree to care for the murdered man's widow. But the Widow Hawkins and her large brood of children may work the duo to death instead. From Riches to Rags; The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by John Graham and others. Art by Lily Renee and Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. While on safari, the boys meet jungle girl Tawana, who rescues them from poachers. This story features some good-girl art by pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee. Detectives Bud and Lou are hired to find the stolen Jade Idol. Plus joke articles "written" by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, each providing a joke biography of the other. Concerning Costello; So Near and Yet Safari!; The Case of the Idle Idol; About Abbott. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by John Graham and others. Art by Lily Renee and Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. A mad scientist traps Bud and Lou in his rocket on its experimental journey to Mars. They arrive just in time to aid Astra, a native Martian who wears a star-spangled leotard. The Martians are being attacked by Jupiter, in a story with art by pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee. Detectives Bud and Lou are hired to find missing racehorse, a case that requires Lou to dress in a horse costume. About Space; They're Off - and How!!; You're All Wed! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lily Renee and Eric Peters. Stories by John Graham and others. Art by Lily Renee and Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. After surviving a train wreck and a tiger attack, the boys join a traveling circus. They try to help the beautiful ringmaster save her circus from sabotage by minions of the Big Boss, in a story with art by pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee. Plus two joke articles "written" by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, about Lou's career as a boxer. Bad-girl cover by Renee and Peters. Cut the Clowning!; The Chubby Cyclone; Canvasback Costello. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lily Renee and Eric Peters. Stories by John Graham and others. Art by Lily Renee and Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. In Mexico, Lou is mistaken for the fearsome bandit king El Lobo. Soon everyone wants to kill them, and escape involves dressing in women's clothing, in a story with art by pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee. Plus a hilarious "insult contest," inviting readers to submit their own A&C-inspired insults. New in Old Mexico; The Errant Errand; Cash for Insults!; Take It Eatsy; Higher and Hire. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by John Graham and others. Art by Lily Renee and Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. After Bud and Lou's plane crashes in the desert, they accidentally steal a sacred camel. This puts them in the middle of a power struggle between Sid Akim and the tyrant El Yako, in a story with art by pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee. Also featuring a vintage full-color comics ad for "The Margaret O'Brien Candy Kitchen," including images of the young movie star. Chic Sheiks; Fool's Luck. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by N. B. Seymour and others. Art by Lily Renee and Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. Bud gets Lou a job in an opera house as a janitor. But Lou thinks he's been hired for his singing prowess, in a story with art by pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee. The boys get jobs selling concessions in a football stadium, and soon wind up on the field during a game. Uproar at the Opera; Soup to Nuts; It's on the House; Battle of the Bulge; The Quizmaster's Quandary. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by N. B. Seymour and others. Art by Lily Renee and Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. Bud and Lou are accidentally transported back in time to a pirate ship, in a story with some good-girl art by pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee. Lou hides out from a loan shark by dressing as a cleaning woman. Caddy Lou has a sudden elevation in status at the country club, after he accidentally hits a hole-in-one on the golf course. Crazy With the Heat; Hail, Hail, the Gangplank's Here; Money-Mad; Time Marches On; Justin Tyme; Abbott and Costello in the Soup!; The Biscuit Eater! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. A talking horse carries Bud and Lou back in time to the age of King Arthur. They must climb Ice Mountain and battle a dragon to save a princess. In another story, Bud wants Lou to marry the horse-faced heiress of the Dowdy-Dudy Ranch. Two Knights in a Daze; Seen But Not Heard; Out in the Baa-aa-aad Land!; Hazy Daisy; Second Childhood; Chew-Chew, Baby; Abbott and Costello Discover America; To Be or Not to Be???; What's the Use? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Eric Peters. Art by Joe Kubert, Lily Renee and Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. While Bud and Lou are touring Europe by bicycle (and in lederhosen), Lou is mistaken for the portly King of Rossitania. The Son of Sinbad must rescue a castaway princess from pirates, in an early story (featuring some good-girl art) by comics legend Joe Kubert. Lou inherits a fortune, but only if he joins the Hoola-Boola tribe, in a story with art by pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee. Technical Kayo; The Unruly Rulers; Miracle Man; Son of Sinbad: The Princess of Pirate Cove; The Inheritance. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Eric Peters. Art by Lily Renee and Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. While dressed as Napoleon for a masquerade party, Lou is mistaken for an escaped lunatic, then meets the lunatic himself. Lou decides to go into business for himself, in a story with art by pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee. The boys wear tuxedos for a job and get mistaken for members of high society. Halloween Haul; Lou Meets His Waterloo!; Mummy's the Word; Higher and Hire; High Society; Little Bit: The Soap Box Derby; Home on the Rampage. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Payne. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. This issue features the only comics adaptation of an Abbott and Costello movie, 1947's "The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap." Traveling salesmen are accused of murder in a small town, but are released if they agree to care for the murdered man's widow. But the Widow Hawkins and her large brood of children may work the duo to death instead. School Daze; The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. Lou wants to get back to nature, but the next thing they know, the boys are being chased across a field by an enraged bull. The boys get mixed up with a pair of bank robbers. Lou volunteers himself and Bud to be firefighters. Paradise Postponed; Hay-Hoe Everybody!; Give Till It Hurts; In the Spring a Young Man's Fancy; A Piece of Quietude; Hazy Daisy: Star Struck; On Borrowed Time; Men of Extinction. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Eric Peters. Art by Eric Peters and others. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. Detectives Bud and Lou are hired to protect the priceless Hopeless Diamond during a masquerade party. The boys are competing against each other in a painting contest without knowing it. After Private Lou is mistaken for a general, the boys are pursued across an amusement park by spies who look a little like Boris and Natasha. Gag Bag; The Semi-Private Eyes; The Big Brush-Off!; The Admiral's Darling Daughter; Taken for a Ride!; Top This; Fun Time. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Eric Peters. Art by Eric Peters and others. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. Stranded in India after they run out of money, vacationing Bud and Lou run afoul of a rogue elephant. The boys fall in with an amnesiac gangster who's looking for his loot, while his gang is looking for him, causing confusion for all. A psychiatrist tells Lou that his psychotic boss is the root of his issues. Abbott and Costello in India; Look Before You Leap!; Private Eyes in Public; The Model Male; Quips and Queries; Throwing the Bull. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. Well-diggers Bud and Lou go looking for water with a divining rod and enter a house haunted by a sheet-ghost. Detectives Bud and Lou get mixed up with gangster Deadly Ernest and his henchmen Slug and Bullets. While working as aircraft mechanics, the boys accidentally become airborne. Water, Water, Everywhere; Too Many Dummies; Up in the Air; Double Take. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. When their clothes are lost at the cleaners, Bud and Lou must get across town to their movie shoot while dressed as Roman centurions. Detectives Bud and Lou are hired to find a professor's missing wife, but the professor is an expert on rare gems and his wife is an heiress. The boys become house painters. Cover features good-girl art by an unknown artist. The Far Far East; Gag Bag; The Terrors of Turpentine; Lou Flies Off the Handle; Searchez La Femme!; Comedy Column; Roman Around. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. Their clothes are lost while Bud and Lou are in the jungle, searching for the Fountain of Youth. Book collector Bibly O'Phile hires detectives Bud and Lou to find out who stole a rare book from his collection. Lou volunteers himself and Bud to carry a crate across town for a woman. The Tropics; Crate Adventure; Booked for Larceny; All That Glitters; Gag Bag; Comedy Column; Rhapsody in Black and Blue. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by John Graham and others. Art by Lily Renee and Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. While on safari, the boys meet jungle girl Tawana, who rescues them from poachers. This story features some good-girl art by pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee. Detectives Bud and Lou are hired to find the stolen Jade Idol. So Near and Yet Safari!; The Case of the Idle Idol. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Mort Drucker and Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. The boys follow beautiful Fifi La Belle into a nightclub, in a story featuring early art from Mort Drucker, who would soon be famous for his movie-star caricatures in Mad magazine. In another Drucker story, barbers Bud and Lou are mistaken for bookies and soon find themselves dodging gangster bullets. Bud convinces Lou to enter the wrestling ring as "Li'l Lou," while Bud as his manager dresses like a nursemaid, complete with blond wig. Cover features good-girl art by an unknown artist. Terror of the Mat; Clipping the Bookies; Night Club Riot; Last Straw; Comedy Column; Gag Bag; The Man Without a Head. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by John Graham and others. Art by Lily Renee and Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. A mad scientist traps Bud and Lou in his rocket on its experimental journey to Mars. They arrive just in time to aid Astra, a native Martian who wears a star-spangled leotard. The Martians are being attacked by Jupiter, in a story with art by pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee. Detectives Bud and Lou are hired to find missing racehorse, a case that requires Lou to dress in a horse costume. About Space; They're Off - and How!!; You're All Wed! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Mort Drucker. Stories and art by Mort Drucker and Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. The boys find trouble while washing windows outside a modeling studio, in a story featuring early art from Mort Drucker, who would soon be famous for his movie-star caricatures in Mad magazine. In another Drucker story, Bud puts on a gorilla suit to fool Lou, but of course there is a real gorilla on the loose as well. In a fancy French restaurant, the boys work as waiters, but not very well. The Octopus; Pea Soup; The Ape; Gal-Bait; Window Watchers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lily Renee and Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. The boys decide to open up shop in the Central American nation of Costa Guava, and quickly run afoul of the bandit who runs the town. Lou goes to the doctor to find out why he can't stand up straight. Professor Birdbrain thinks he's ready for his trip to Mars, but Mrs. Birdbrain isn't so sure. Tropical Trappers; Teepee Town; Bent, But Not Broke; Man in Uniform; Professor Birdbrain: Space Trip to Mars; Groan and Bear It. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lily Renee and Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. Detectives Bud and Lou set out to find criminals in the neighborhood, but all they do is annoy the neighbors. Bud tries to convince Lou to marry the mysterious but wealthy Countess of Burponia. Bud and Lou try to sell a suit to a gangster and his girlfriend. Justice Is Done?; Model Man; Super Salesman; Backfire; Clothes Make the Manacle. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by John Graham and others. Art by Lily Renee and Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. After surviving a train wreck and a tiger attack, the boys join a traveling circus. They try to help the beautiful ringmaster save her circus from sabotage by minions of the Big Boss, in a story with art by pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee. Plus two joke articles "written" by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, about Lou's career as a boxer. Cut the Clowning!; The Chubby Cyclone; Canvasback Costello. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by N. B. Seymour and others. Art by Charles W. Winter, Lily Renee and Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. Bud and Lou are accidentally transported back in time to a pirate ship, in a story with some good-girl art by pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee. Lou hides out from a loan shark by dressing as a cleaning woman. Caddy Lou has a sudden elevation in status at the country club, after he accidentally hits a hole-in-one on the golf course. Hail, Hail, the Gangplank's Here; Money-Mad; Time Marches On; Justin Tyme; Abbott and Costello in the Soup!; The Biscuit Eater! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. A talking horse carries Bud and Lou back in time to the age of King Arthur. They must climb Ice Mountain and battle a dragon to save a princess. In another story, Bud wants Lou to marry the horse-faced heiress of the Dowdy-Dudy Ranch. Two Knights in a Daze; Seen But Not Heard; Out in the Baa-aa-aad Land!; Hazy Daisy; Second Childhood; Chew-Chew, Baby; Abbott and Costello Discover America. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Bob Bean. Art by Lily Renee and Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. While dressed as Napoleon for a masquerade party, Lou is mistaken for an escaped lunatic, then meets the lunatic himself. Lou decides to go into business for himself, in a story with art by pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee. The boys wear tuxedos for a job and get mistaken for members of high society. Halloween Haul; Lou Meets His Waterloo!; Mummy's the Word; Higher and Hire; High Society; Little Bit: The Soap Box Derby; Home on the Rampage. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Bob Bean. Stories by N. B. Seymour and others. Art by Lily Renee and Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. Bud gets Lou a job in an opera house as a janitor. But Lou thinks he's been hired for his singing prowess, in a story with art by pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee. The boys get jobs selling concessions in a football stadium, and soon wind up on the field during a game. Plus a PSA on preventing polio, a real window into its time. Uproar at the Opera; Soup to Nuts; It's on the House; Battle of the Bulge; The Quizmaster's Quandary. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Eric Peters. Art by Eric Peters and others. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. Detectives Bud and Lou are hired to protect the priceless Hopeless Diamond during a masquerade party. The boys are competing against each other in a painting contest without knowing it. After Private Lou is mistaken for a general, the boys are pursued across an amusement park by spies who look a little like Boris and Natasha. Plus a PSA on preventing polio, a real window into its time. The Semi-Private Eyes; The Big Brush-Off!; The Admiral's Darling Daughter; Taken for a Ride!; Top This. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. Lou wants to get back to nature, but the next thing they know, the boys are being chased across a field by an enraged bull. The boys get mixed up with a pair of bank robbers. Lou volunteers himself and Bud to be firefighters. Paradise Postponed; Hay-Hoe Everybody!; Give Till It Hurts; In the Spring a Young Man's Fancy; A Piece of Quietude; Hazy Daisy: Star Struck; On Borrowed Time; Men of Extinction. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Eric Peters. Art by Lily Renee and Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. While Bud and Lou are touring Europe by bicycle (and in lederhosen), Lou is mistaken for the portly King of Rossitania. Stranded in India after they run out of money, vacationing Bud and Lou run afoul of a rogue elephant. Lou inherits a fortune, but only if he joins the Hoola-Boola tribe, in a story with art by pioneering female comics artist Lily Renee. Technical Kayo; The Unruly Rulers; Miracle Man; Abbott and Costello in India; Look Before You Leap!; The Inheritance. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lily Renee and Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. The boys decide to open up shop in the Central American nation of Costa Guava, and quickly run afoul of the bandit who runs the town. Lou goes to the doctor to find out why he can't stand up straight. Professor Birdbrain thinks he's ready for his trip to Mars, but Mrs. Birdbrain isn't so sure. Concerning Costello; Tropical Trappers; Teepee Town; Bent, But Not Broke; Man in Uniform; Professor Birdbrain: Space Trip to Mars; Groan and Bear It. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.