Comic books 1949 w/ month not specified

Five Fingers of Satan. Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Art by Paul Parker. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #22, or as Star Parade Presents Dick Powell, Adventurer! #22. Part of A1 Comics, an anthology from Magazine Enterprises with content that varied from month to month. This issue featured movie star Dick Powell in a crime-fighting adventure. When a dying man is shoved out of a moving car at Powell's feet, he goes into tough-guy detective mode to figure out the man's rambling last words, about the Five Fingers of Satan. Also featuring an ad for the Lone Ranger Silver Bullet Ball Pen Set. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Dick Tracy and the Tiger Lily Gang (1949 Whitman BLB) #1460, Chester Gould

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Story by J. P. McEvoy. Art by John Striebel and Marty Marion. Reprints of the long-running comic strip, featuring a former showbiz star who encounters adventure and, sometimes, romance. Jud offers Dixie a proposal at the Justice of the Peace's house, but she's not sure she wants to marry him. Dixie and Ma are puzzled when Pa disappears during the trip to New York. Dixie sets out to follow Pa, but so does somebody else. Dixie Dugan; Brass Knuckles. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Story by J. P. McEvoy. Art by John Striebel. Reprints of the long-running comic strip, featuring a former showbiz star who encounters adventure and, sometimes, romance. Dixie's friend Mickey shows up unexpectedly in New York, in a story with some good-girl art. Dixie learns Mickey's new job isn't as scandalous as she thinks. When Dixie thinks someone is playing Mickey for a fool, she arranges a little trap. Dixie Dugan; Brass Knuckles. Final issue of the series; Dixie next appeared in Dixie Dugan Volume 3 (1951 1st Series Headline) #1. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Doc Carter comes to Carbiville" by Bill Hinnant. Crudely drawn giveaway from the Health Publications Institute, Raleigh, NC. Thrill as Doc Carter enters the seedy underbelly of Carbiville's "red light district" to expose the corrupt Boss Marby. Reel in abject horror as the good doctor explains that guys can contract syphilis from "easy girls," and gals can get it from "necking and petting." "So you see it's best to wait for marriage," he concludes. And how, Doc Carter! And how. 16-pages, full color, newsprint cover and interior, 1949.

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Donald Duck and the Mystery of the Double X (1949 Whitman BLB) #705-10, Barks

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Donald Duck in Volcano Valley (1949 Whitman BLB) #1457, Barks

Adventures of the famed detective from Canadian publisher Superior, also featuring some early horror classics. In a pre-Code drug story, Ellery discovers that kids are finding the dope hidden in gumballs by smugglers. Ellery ponders a twist on the locked-room mystery when an isolated lighthouse keeper is killed in the middle of a storm. A pair of pajamas is linked to a mysterious death. Cover may be the work of EC horror legend Jack Kamen. The Bubble Gum Mystery; The Turbulent Tomb!; Dead Man's Pajamas. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Al Moore Esquire Pocket 1950 Calendar set (1949 copyright) is published Esquire, Inc. Each month in this calendar features a different beautiful model in full color. 12 pages unbound, each full color, 5-in x 4-in.

This comic is a Fox Giant Comics Edition (25c cover price) which contains four remaindered Fox comics without their original covers. The first page of the first story for each remaindered comic may be missing as in Fox comics, the first story page was often on the inside front cover. Such missing story pages are not considerted a defect. Cover price $0.25.

Photo cover. Romantic Western house ad. "Dishonest Heart," pencils by Max Elkan; Naomi decides to write a satiric novel about an idealistic artist who betrays his ideals for love, and uses Ellis as her model; She makes Ellis fall in love with her, but when he learns the truth and leaves, Naomi realizes she actually loved him; Her book is rejected, but the publisher becomes interested in Ellis and hires him to write about art. "My Jealous Sin"; Patty loves photographer Bill but her "crazy jealousy" about his models threatens their relationship; Patty ruins some valuable negatives so Bill will lose his job; Bill breaks up with her. "Emperors Are Men" text story by Sandra Stevens. "Careless"; Gracie and Ed work in her fiancé Dons lab; Her carelessness and clumsiness result in accidents, including one in which Ed is badly burned and Dons formula for a new antiseptic is apparently destroyed; Don breaks up with Gracie. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Walter Johnson, Bob Jenney, Edmond Good and Red Holmdale. Violent, offbeat pre-Code crime comics from D.S. Publishing Company. Kip Dawn and his redheaded assistant Poppy Fields investigate a larcenous couple and a jewel robbery, but they have science on their side. Breeze Lawson, Sky Sheriff, intervenes in his plane when gangsters try to execute a winning racehorse and its rider, lovely Lorna. Tough-guy detective Dave Lance recalls his first case, when he investigated murder on the docks at age 13. Hot Zircon; The Bride Was Dead; Professor Poop's Invention; Studio Murder; Confession!; The Case of the Telltale Bullet; The Body on the Beach; Breeze Lawson: Double Handicap; Dave Lance: The Dock Killers. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ed Waldman. Stories and art by Graham Ingels, Ed Waldman, John Rosenberger, Art Gates, Valerie Barclay and Myron Fass. Violent, offbeat pre-Code crime comics from D.S. Publishing Company. This issue was cited in the illustrations (#28, "How to prepare an alibi") of the famous anti-comics classic, Seduction of the Innocent. A daredevil tries to use his skills for crime, in a story that features a guy in a Humpty Dumpty costume jumping off a high wall. A gambler thinks he's found the perfect system, in an early story by future EC legend Graham Ingels. An ex-con sets out for revenge on the partner who set him up. The Fatal Masquerade; The Fighter Who Sang Tenor; The Perfect Alibi; Take It or Else!; Lure of the City; Airtight Alibi. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Camy. Stories and art by Bob Jenney, Alden McWilliams, Richard Case and Al Camy. Violent, offbeat pre-Code crime comics from D.S. Publishing Company. This issue was cited in the illustrations (#29, " Diagram for Housebreakers") of the famous anti-comics classic, Seduction of the Innocent. A spiteful old woman invites her family to the reading of her new will, practically inviting one of them to murder her. The Fatal Reflex, a Crime-O-Graph story about a faked suicide, features the art that later appeared in Seduction of the Innocent. Private eye Malcolm Starr is seemingly aided by a ghost while seeking the killer of a famous explorer in an old dark house. The Midnight Guest; The Spiteful Will of Sybil MacPherson; The Fatal Reflex; 50-Fathom Fortune; The Price of Greed; Dynamite; Framed for Prison; The Guilty Ghost. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Camy. Stories and art by Ed Waldman, Art Gates, Walter Davoren, Frank Siminski, Paul Reinman, Lawrence Dresser, Dan Loprino and Gus Ricca. Violent, offbeat pre-Code crime comics from D.S. Publishing Company. After trophy wife Mary is murdered at a ski resort, the suspects are many, but the snow provides a vital clue. "Circus trouble-shooter" Bob Wayne figures out how to pick the pickpockets out of a circus crowd. When a movie actress is murdered aboard a millionaire's yacht, the suspects are all famous and wealthy. Secret in the Snow; Six-Day Death; Northland Hide-Out; Picking the Pickpocket; Homicide on the High Seas; Blaze of Glory; Red for Danger; Bank Job Getaway!; Hate on a High Cliff. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

1949. True Crime Magazine. Includes articles illustrated with photos; and cartoons. 8.5" x 11.25". 96 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Full color reprint of issue #6 from Fox series. "Billy Hille" (art by Gerald Altman), "Joe Catalino, Crime is a Trap," "Marty Durkin, Killer at Large," plus one page fillers, "Next Door Nemesis," "Racketeers' Revenge," and "The Crime that Wrought It's Own Punishment!!!" One page text story, "Corpus Delicti - Without Teeth!" Cover price $0.10.

"Battle of Wizards" a short story by L. Ron Hubbard,plus "black goldfish" 2/2 a serial by John Taine.

Make your own stand-up farm that you can color yourself! Each page has a farm animal, plant, or person to color, trim, and fold in half so it can stand up and be displayed. Cover price $0.35.

"Ancient Times". Australian-release comic full of reproductions of Felix the Cat newspaper strips. 6D cover price, 10-5/8" x 7-1/4", 24 pages, B&W.

Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Art by Paul Parker. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #25 or as Star Parade Presents Fibber McGee and Molly #25. Part of A1 Comics, an anthology from Magazine Enterprises with content that varied from month to month. This issue featured famed radio comedy stars Fibber McGee and Molly. Fibber insists on bringing Molly along when he goes to complain to a department store. When the manager gives Fibber his job for the day, the resulting calamities include a run-in with an angry cop. Fibber and the Famous Closet; Fibber McGee and Molly. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 20, Issue 1 - October, 1949. 6.75" x 9", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Fight for Freedom (1949) was promotional comic book published by General Comics, Inc. Art by Dan Barry. This is the picture story of man's endless struggle for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. 16 pages, full color, newsprint, 7-in. x 10-in.

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Reprint of pulp serial novel "Painted Post Round-Up". Written by Tom Gunn. Softcover (squarebound), 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 128 pages, Text Only Cover price $0.25.

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Reprint of pulp serial novel "The Drifting Kid". Written by Will Ermine. Softcover (squarebound), 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 128 pages, Text Only Cover price $0.25.

UK hardcover annual featuring characters and stories for the Golden age of cinema. Hardcover, 8" x 10", 100 pages, full color.

Written by Carroll and Garrett Graham. Originally titled Queer People and published in 1930. 5 1/4-in. x 7 1/2-in., 128 pages, B&W text. Cover price $0.35.

"Flip the pages, see a movie!" A premium item distributed in boxes of Grape Nut Flakes cereal. 2.5-in. x 1.5.

Flip Movies (1949 Grape Nuts Flakes) #2: Tom and and Jerry in "Fancy Skating" book on one side and Droopy in "Foul Ball" on the back. "Flip the pages, see a movie!" A premium item distributed in boxes of Grape Nut Flakes cereal. 2.5-in. x 1.5.

"Flip the pages, see a movie!" A premium item distributed in boxes of Grape Nut Flakes cereal. 2.5-in. x 1.5.

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"Flip the pages, see a movie!" A premium item distributed in boxes of Grape Nut Flakes cereal. 2.5-in. x 1.5.