Buster Brown Comic Book (1945-1956 Brown Shoe Co.) comic books 1950-1959
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Issue #33
Published 1954 by Brown Shoe.$9.80
$8.40
$7.00
$7.00
$5.60
Stories by Hobart Donovan. Art by Ray Willner and Reed Crandall. Cover by Ray Willner. A classic giveaway comic from the Brown shoe company, featuring adventure stories and comical hijinks from radio personality Smilin Ed and the Buster Brown Gang of talking animals. Smilin Ed and the Buster Brown Gang visit Santas workshop and chaos ensues; An American boy befriends a simple-minded Polynesian giant on a cargo ship, but everyone else is afraid of him; Gunga the elephant boy sets out to find an elephant that has gone rogue. Zakkas Debt; Smilin Ed and His Gang Visit Santa Claus Land; Gunga. 32 pages, Full Color.
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Issue #34
Published 1954 by Brown Shoe.Stories by Hobart Donovan. Art by Ray Willner and Reed Crandall. A classic giveaway comic from the Brown shoe company, featuring adventure stories and comical hijinks from radio personality Smilin Ed and the Buster Brown Gang of talking animals. Smilin Ed and the Buster Brown Gang start a rabbit farm and chaos ensues; Little Fox returns from his journey to the Mississippi with many stories, but the other tribe members doubt his word; Gunga the elephant boy investigates a case of murder by cobra. Little Fox; Smilin Ed and His Gang Raise Easter Bunnies; Gunga. 32 pages, Full Color.
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Issue #35
Published 1954 by Brown Shoe.$8.40
$7.00
$5.60
Stories by Hobart Donovan. Art by Ray Willner and Reed Crandall. Cover by Ray Willner. A classic giveaway comic from the Brown shoe company, featuring adventure stories and comical hijinks from radio personality Smilin Ed and the Buster Brown Gang of talking animals. Smilin Ed and the Buster Brown Gang visit the Grand Canyon and chaos ensues; A Chinese youth has only his wits to defend his family farm from a warlords wrath; Gunga the elephant boy investigates tiger shark attacks on a coastal town. Gunga; Smilin Ed and His Gang Take a Trip to the West; Seeds of Gold. 32 pages, Full Color.
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Issue #36
Published 1954 by Brown Shoe.$7.00
$7.00
$4.90
Stories by Hobart Donovan. Art by Ray Willner and Reed Crandall. Cover by Ray Willner. A classic giveaway comic from the Brown shoe company, featuring adventure stories and comical hijinks from radio personality Smilin Ed and the Buster Brown Gang of talking animals. Smilin Ed and the Buster Brown Gang try to spruce up the schoolyard and chaos ensues; Strong Bow and Little Fox face danger while on the hunt for a white puma; Gunga the elephant boy investigates reports of a malevolent monkey god. Menace in the Seventh Pagoda; Smilin Ed and His Gang Fix Up the Schoolyard; Puma Peril. 32 pages, Full Color.
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Issue #37
Published 1955 by Brown Shoe.$5.80
$8.00
$9.80
$9.80
- 1 1/2" cumulative spine split.
$8.40
$8.40
$3.49
Stories by Hobart Donovan. Art by Ray Willner and Reed Crandall. Cover by Ray Willner. A classic giveaway comic from the Brown shoe company, featuring adventure stories and comical hijinks from radio personality Smilin Ed and the Buster Brown Gang of talking animals. Smilin Ed and the Buster Brown Gang present their own version of The Night Before Christmas; Little Fox and his father hunt an enormous wild stallion; Gunga the elephant boy investigates reports of giant bats terrorizing a village. The Man-Eater of Nagpur; Christmas Fun; The Giant Stallion. 36 pages, Full Color.
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Issue #38
Published 1955 by Brown Shoe.$5.00
- Cover detached at one staple. Staple rust with migration. Water damage.
$4.20
$3.30
$2.90
- 3 1/4" Cumulative spine split.
Stories by Hobart Donovan. Art by Ray Willner and others. A classic giveaway comic from the Brown shoe company, featuring adventure stories and comical hijinks from radio personality Smilin Ed and the Buster Brown Gang of talking animals. Smilin Ed visits Froggy Gremlins homeland; An engineers family has foreboding dreams of a train crash at Easter; Gunga the elephant boy seeks the missing Maharajah to prevent a war. Easter Miracle; Smilin' Ed Visits Gremlin Land; The Ransom Ruby. 32 pages, Full Color.
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Issue #39
Published 1952 by Brown Shoe.$6.70
$5.80
$5.00
$4.20
$4.20
Stories by Hobart Donovan. Art by Ray Willner and others. A classic giveaway comic from the Brown shoe company, featuring adventure stories and comical hijinks from Andy Devine and the Buster Brown Gang of talking animals. Gunga the elephant boy has a new career goal after watching a cowboy movie; Andy Devine and the Buster Brown Gang go fishing and chaos ensues; Gunga investigates a tale of madness involving a cliffside beehive where villagers gather honey at great risk. Actor Andy Devine takes over the host duties in the comic after Smilin Eds passing, as he did on the TV series. Gunga Becomes a Cowboy; Andy and His Gang Go Fishing; The Cliff of Death. 32 pages, Full Color.
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Issue #40
Published 1952 by Brown Shoe.$11.00
$9.80
$8.40
View scan$8.40
View scan$7.00
$7.00
$7.00
View scan- Cover detached at both staples.
Stories by Hobart Donovan. Art by Ray Willner and Reed Crandall. A classic giveaway comic from the Brown shoe company, featuring adventure stories and comical hijinks from Andy Devine and the Buster Brown Gang of talking animals. A dying mans last words put Gunga the elephant boy on the trail of long-missing girls; Andy Devine and the Buster Brown Gang demonstrate how they film a TV episode; A Polynesian boy seeks revenge on the octopus that killed his mother. Gunga and the Leopard Queens; On Stage with Andy Devine and His Gang; Black Lagoon. 32 pages, Full Color.
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Issue #41
Published 1952 by Brown Shoe.$6.00
View scan- Interior discoloration.
$7.00
$7.00
Stories by Michael Gerbosi. Art by Ray Willner and Reed Crandall. Cover by Ray Willner. A classic giveaway comic from the Brown shoe company, featuring adventure stories and comical hijinks from Andy Devine and the Buster Brown Gang of talking animals. Gunga the elephant boy tracks a rogue leopard that preys on hapless villagers; Andy Devine and the Buster Brown Gang go Christmas shopping and chaos ensues; A spoiled rich kid and a country girl contend over the ownership of a black pony. The Spotted Killer; Andy Devine and His Gang Go Shopping; The Black Pony. 32 pages, Full Color.
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Issue #42
Published 1952 by Brown Shoe.$5.00
$4.20
$4.20
$2.50
Stories by Michael Gerbosi. Art by Ray Willner and others. A classic giveaway comic from the Brown shoe company, featuring adventure stories and comical hijinks from Andy Devine and the Buster Brown Gang of talking animals. Gunga the elephant boy tracks a rogue elephant; Froggy Gremlin shrinks Andy down so he can ride in a toy plane with the rest of the gang; A dog undertakes an epic journey to return to the disabled girl who owns him. The Capture of Teela; Andy and the Gang Take to the Air; Puddles and a World of Legs. 32 pages, Full Color.
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Issue #43
Published 1959 by Brown Shoe.$5.00
$5.00
$4.20
Stories by Hobart Donavan. Art by Ray Willner and others. Cover by Ray Willner. A classic giveaway comic from the Brown shoe company, featuring adventure stories and comical hijinks from Andy Devine and the Buster Brown Gang of talking animals. The final issue of the series features stories from earlier in the run: Sean encounters the legendary little people and a quest for a magic belt; Ghanga the elephant boy and the Maharajah try to quell rural superstitions about the Gorilla God; Strong Bow and Little Fox face danger while on the hunt for a white puma. Sean and the Little People; The Gorilla God; Puma Peril. 32 pages, Full Color.
