Comic books May 1949

Comics adventures of the popular, long-running cartoon character. Felix hears a noise downstairs. Felix and his friend, a dog, look for shelter where none is to be found. Monty Monk thinks Jungletown needs better publicity. Fine Business; On the Button; Wise Eyes; Fishing for Trouble; Monty Monk. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Canadian reprint series. Reuses the cover of Felix the Cat (1948 Dell/Toby/Harvey) #1 and reprints material from Felix the Cat (1948 Dell/Toby/Harvey) #8. Stories included : "Felix in Fine Business", Felix on the Button, "Fishing for Trouble", and "Monty Monk". Stories and art by Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. 36 pages, full color.

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French language weekly film magazine. 16 unstapled pages on newsprint.

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Indicia title is "Walt Disney's SEVEN DWARFS, No. 227." Cover art by Carl Buettner. The Seven Dwarfs and the Pirate, art by Tony Strobl; Yellow-Beak the parrot comes to the Dwarfs' house with a map of buried pirate treasure and convinces the Dwarfs to help him find it. The Dwarfs and Yellow-Beak set sail on a ship, but the Witch changes herself into a rat to hitch a ride to the isle where the treasure is buried. The Seven Dwarfs and Humpty Dumpty, script and art by Roger Armstrong; Humpty Dumpty's brother Gumpty falls for a trick contest and is captured by the Giant, who wants him for an omelet; Doc and Dopey come up with a plan to rescue him. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "THE MARK OF ZORRO, No. 228." Cover art by Bill Ely. The Mark Of Zorro, art by Bill Ely; Captain Ramon seeks the hand of the lovely Lolita Pulido; The senorita's parents wish her to marry Don Diego Vega, but she finds him dull; Don Diego, as Zorro, tries to get the senorita and her parents to help him fight the corrupt governor, but her father calls for the soldiers; Lolita is infatuated with Zorro, who has to protect her from Captain Ramon's unwanted advances; Ramon convinces the Governor to jail Lolita and her family; Zorro then organizes a party to free the Pulidos from jail. Adapted from the 1924 novel "The Mark of Zorro" by Johnston McCulley. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories, Art and Cover by Bill Holman. Reprints Smokey Stover (News Syndicate Co.) Sunday newspaper strips from 1946 (32 different strips), plus Spooky (News Syndicate Co.) Sunday strips from 1946 on the inside front cover, inside back cover and back cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "Zane Grey's SUNSET PASS, No. 230." Painted cover art possibly by Morris Gollub. Sunset Pass, art by Harry Parkhurst [as Harry Parks]; After several years away, Trueman Rock returns to the town of Wagontongue, only to find that things have changed since he was gone; He becomes infatuated with Thiry Preston, only to infuriate Thiry's brother Ash; Rock gets a job at the Preston ranch, where he has to deal with the brutal and mentally unstable Ash and uncover the mysterious secret of the Preston operation. Adapted from the 1931 story "Sunset Pass" by Zane Grey. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago, Marty Taras, C. W. Winter and Milt Hammer. Sometimes listed as Frisky Fables #35. Funny-animal hijinks in a cutesy style from Novelty Press. Neddy Bear, Squire Squirrel and their friends are captured by a giant fish while fishing, and only the Magic Elf can save them. Chucky and Bub try to improve their luck by betting on horses, but the horse they bet on is uncontrollable and runs amuck. Diggy, a living construction shovel, goes to work at a circus and gets named an honorary elephant. Neddy Bear; Chucky and Bub; Johnny Bear: Jack Frost Chimes; Smart Daddy; Johnny and Woof; Tick, Tack and Toe; Diggy the Derrick. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Otto Feuer. Blabber Mouse story, art by Rube Grossman. Blackie Bear story, art by Rube Grossman. J. Rufus Lion story, art by Howie Post. Dodo and the Frog story, art by Otto Feuer. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Dick Kraus. The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. Gabby investigates after a "caveman," apparently awakened from a desert cave, speaks English and robs unwary travelers. The Musketeers of the West realize that someone is selling bad ammunition to the wagon trains. Gabby inherits a ghost town called Dry Skull, only to find it inhabited by three fugitive gunslingers. Favorite line this issue: "Ain't no caveman hereabouts! And iffen thar wuz, I'd tie the galoot in knots!" Chief Gray Matter; Gabby Hayes and the Caveman; Gabby Hayes and His Dark Secret; Musketeers of the West: Armed for Death; Buck Desmond: Poison Creek; Gabby Hayes and His Ghost Town; Loco Lew. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 8 #3 - May/June 1949. Single-panel gag cartoons. 10 1/2-in. x 13-in., 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Theda and Emerson Hall photo cover. I Smashed the Double Indemnity Racket!, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti. Harbor Cop, art by Win Mortimer. I Am a Bodyguard, art by Howard Sherman. The Case of the High Diver, art by Win Mortimer. The Charity Racketeer, script by Phil Evans, art by George Roussos. Lady Cop, script by Phil Evans, art by Dan Barry. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Robert Jenney. Stories and art by Alden McWilliams and Walter Davoren. Starting as a brutal pre-Code true-crime comic in its early issues, Gangsters Cant Win later evolved into a standard mystery-detective title. Adventurer Dick Taylor accompanies a botanist to Nepal in search of a rare Lotus flower. An inventor sets a fatal trap for the rival who stole his invention. An embezzler plots to fake his own death in a car wreck, but that involves finding and murdering his double. The Fires of Nepal; Case Hardened Crime; Plan for Plunder; Express Elevator Down!; Off-Key Alibi; The Detective Drank Milk; Highway to Nowhere. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover of Gene Autry. Stories and art by Elizabeth Beecher and others. Singing cowboy Gene Autry was a multimedia star from the 1930s-1950s, in music, movies, radio, and television, as well as comic books. Telltale $100 bills point Gene to the identity of the masked bandit who robbed a mail shipment. But after the owlhoots get the drop on him, he's aided by Bill Hendryx, who has a talking raven and a trained bear. Panhandle Pete tells the story of Liseta's gold. Wild Horse Ranch; Jest Plain Luck; Nuggets in the Desert. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Gene autry stars in "Wild Horse Ranch." Jesse Marsh art. Back-up story, "Nuggets in the Desert." Two-page text story, "Jest Plain Luck." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Written by unknown. Art by unknown. In this issue of Georgie and Judy Comics: Georgie stars in "Menace in the Market!", "The Clip Joint!", "Pop Takes a Fall!" and "Sick of It All!" Plus: Frankie in "All Washed Up!"; 2-page text story "The Feud"; Willie in "Willie Gets the Bird!"; and "A Letter to Our Readers and Their Parents!" 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Rebound copies of previously published Captain Marvel and Marvel family characters. 148 Pages, Full Color, Squarebound. Note: The issues rebound in any given copy may be different from those found in other copies. Cover price $0.25.

Stories by Dan Gordon and others. Art by Dan Gordon and Ken Hultgren. Cover by Dan Gordon. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG, with art by cartooning legend Dan Gordon. Superkatt decides he must truly learn to fly to be an effective crime-fighter; Gangsters become ghosts after a police shootout and try to muscle in on the ghost "racket," much to the displeasure of Spencer and his fellow spirits; Mutt-Machree circumvents the leash law with help from an Abraham Lincoln statue. Superkatt; The Duke and the Dope; Spencer Spook; Old Long-Neck; The Little Lost Sea-Horse; Pat Parrot, Pirate; Mutt-Machree; Pinchpenny and the Circus; Wacky Wolf; Witch Hazel and Owlie. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Allen Saunders, Alfred Andriola, Buford Tune, W. Jourdain and Al Avison. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. GH intervenes when rival gambling rings start a gang war. The reader is invited to solve several two-page mysteries before the Green Hornet can. Plus reprints of the classic comic strip Kerry Drake, from 1944, as Kerry and district attorney Barr Mallory deal with the aftermath of Frisco Cicero's bootlegging ring. Green Hornet: The Murder That Boomeranged; Kerry Drake; Desert Murder; Green Hornet: Gold on the Hoof; Another U-Solve-It Mystery: The Justice Killer; Dotty Dripple; Flossie; Snoopy; Green Hornet: Battles the Crooked Shyster. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Graham Ingels. Stories by unknown. Art by Graham Ingels and unknown. Blazing stories of the West! In this issue: Gunsmoke in an untitled story with art by Graham Ingels; The Commanche Kid in an untitled story; "Billy the Kid" 2-page text story; A True Western story "The Butchering Espinosa's"; and "The Masked Marvel Avenges Murder From Hiding" with art by Ingels. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Ken Hultgren and Jack Bradbury. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG, with art by cartooning legend Dan Gordon. "Doc" E. Z. Duzit works as a vet for circus animals to keep from being evicted from his tree; On a rainy day, Professor Weirdbeard finds that moths have destroyed his umbrellas. Robespierre; "Doc" E. Z. Duzit; Teepee Tim; Tale of a Bumbershoot; Shilly and Shally. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 7, No. 7. May 1949. Vintage supermarket tabloid magazine full of high profile true crime stories of the FBI and the CIA, some with testimonials from those involved in, or close to the cases themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 98 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+. Cover price $0.15.

Painted cover by A. Thompson. Stories and art by Ed Moore and Phil Berube. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. A teen makes a dangerous leap from a bridge to save a drowning man; A cartoonist saves a woman from a shark attack; A passing spectator rescues a firefighter from a burning building. Plunge for Life; Death Trap; Mile a Minute Rescue; Without Hesitation; Human Torch; Perilous Rescue; The Hero in the Wings; Gold Medals for Boy Heroes; Joey Oakes; Inferno; Harry Greb; Reel Life Rescue; The Lifesaver Who Couldn't Swim; Kate Shelley Stops the Limited; The Blanket Rescue; Houseboat Heroines; Citizen Saves Fireman; Life Saving Scout; Courage Conquers Fear. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. Hopalong suspects that Lem Creech stole the gold busts Martha was making of her late husband. Hoppy tracks the dangerous criminal known only as the Man in the Red Cape. Hoppy's sidekick Mesquite sets out to find Prairie Jones to impress the Widow Jones, and almost gets them both killed by a mountain lion and an avalanche. Strange Explosions; Hill Billy; The Man in the Red Cape!; Wilbur the Waiter; The Unknown Assailant; The Bow and Arrow Menace!; Whitey Whiskers: Cooped Up; Pistol-Packin' Pattie; Mutiny in the Court. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.15.

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Vol. 21 #5 - May 1949. Published by the International Photographers Local 659 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators union. Pictorial features on Maria Theresa and The Great Manhunt movie. History of the Animated Film part two by Joseph Noble provides a technical look at animation and delves into Max Fleischer's Koko the Clown, Disney's Steamboat Willie, George Pal's Puppetoons, Russia's full length puppet feature A New Gulliver, Lotte Reiniger's The Adventures of Prince Achmed all in silhouettes, Disney's multiplane camera and more. Other articles include information on new television cameras, news and more. 9-in. x 12-in., 30 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Vol. 11, No. 7. May 1949. Text stories, activities, puzzles and illustrations. 6.75" x 10". 68 pages. Partial color. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Howard Larsen, Tom Bib, Vic Herman and Jack Sparling. Adventure comics and stories featuring radio hero Jack Armstrong and crime-busting scientist Vic Hardy. Jack and the gang discover a lost Mayan city in South America; Vic Hardy uses X-rays to investigate a series of mysterious car crashes; Jack encounters gangsters during a big rowing race. Champions of the Boxing World!; The Lost City; The X-Ray Eye; Billy Breaks the Ice; Return of the Outlaw; Vic Hardys Crime Clues; Alaskan Adventure; Race Against Doom. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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In order of appearance: "Jo-Jo Congo King, Lost Legions..."; "Jo-Jo Congo King, The Cobra Kiss..." reprinted as "The Cobra Kiss." in Ghostly Weird Stories (1953) #121; "The Vengeance of Voodoo! The Case of the Shrunken Heads!" reprinted as "The Case of the Shrunken Heads.." in Ghostly Weird Stories (1953) #121; and "Jo-Jo Congo King, The Slave Traders of Death". "The Slave Trader" text story reprinted in Zoo Funnies (1953 2nd Series Capitol/Charlton) #10. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ham Fisher (credited). Stories and art by Ham Fisher, Tom Doerer and Bob Powell. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Escaping the thugs, Knobby and Jerry race to the scene of Joe's latest fight, hoping to give him the will to carry on. Plus true tales of athletic greats, including Babe Ruth and legendary race horse Man O' War. Joe Palooka; Story Session; The Fight That Joe Was Sure to Lose; Babe Ruth Was Smart; Fowl Play; Winnie the Waitress; The Prizefighter and the Lady; Joe Palooka's Album; Sportales; True-Thrilling Sport Short: The Mighty Man O' War; Sportopics: Jim Londos. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Johnny Hazard in "Wolf at Bay," "Capture as a Hostage," "Murder in the Mountain," and "The Battle of Giants!" Art and cover by Frank Robbins. Cover price $0.10.

Issue 44 - "Dead Level" by Russell Gordon. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

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In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle" art by Robert Webb; "The Ghost Gallery" art by Jack Kamen; "Sky Girl" art by Matt Baker; "Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural" and "ZX-5" art by Jack Kamen; and "The Hawk" art by Robert Webb. "World Adventurers, Part 1" text story. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by John Celardo. "Two-Tusked Terror!", art by John Celardo; Trader Larsen disguises himself as Kaänga, hoping to induce the Blongas to trade with his company. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Gerald plots with the witch doctor Toguli to have Gerald's niece, Natalie, killed by the local villagers by leading them to believe that she is the demon leopard, Zan-Sar Blanche; Gerald hopes that with Natalie's death, he can secure control of her gold mines. Untitled story, art by Dan Zolnerowich; To investigate the disappearance of many convict laborers from the Merrill mine, Captain Terry Thunder disguises himself as a convict; His imposture is discovered by the mine supervisor who uses it against him by suggesting that he can escape if he will deliver a bag of diamonds to an accomplice; Terry takes the bag and is attacked by Ali Bey's hunting leopards. Untitled story; Thorndyke, a big game hunter, tells his fellow hunters about his encounter with Simba. Thirsty Gamble" text story, art by Joe Doolin. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Sirdah captures Wambi's new friend, Kim-ki the deer, and challenges Wambi to battle him for the deer's release; As the battle begins, Wambi pretends to run in fear from the tiger who pursues him to the swamp, where Sirdah's charge lands him in a mud pit. Untitled story, pencils by Matt Baker; Mansfield, seeking his actress-daughter who is lost in the jungle, learns that his daughter has been killed by N'kara, chieftaness of a local tribe; He goes to Camilla with his information and Camilla vows that the daughter will be avenged. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby. This Way to the Gallows, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; the story of Gordon Hamby, the Gentleman Bank Robber, who found that the law treated him as roughly as it did crooks who had no manners at all. The Hot Car Thugs, pencils by Warren Broderick; a true case in which police catch car vandals. The Plot Against Old Moneybags, pencils by Vic Donahue. No Bodies Murder text story. The Last Mistake of Fatal Louise, pencils by Nicholson, inks by John Belfi. Wille the Actor, pencils by Bill Draut. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Syd Shores, inks by John Buscema. "Sign of the Scarecrow," pencils by Mike Becker and Syd Shores; The Scarecrow has been forcing local cattle owners to sell him their beef cheap; When he confronts Herb Latimer demanding he sell his cows at $2 a head, Latimer refuses and is gunned down. "Blaze Calls a Bluff," inks by Mike Becker; Blaze Carson is watching over a poker game at the saloon during a rainy night and takes not how banker Morton is having a string of bad luck and is losing big time; Suddenly, there is an explosion at the bank which sends Carson and Morton to investigate. "Mystery of the Missing Mine" text story, pencils by Syd Shores. "His Greatest Gamble," art by Russ Heath; Kid Colt is riding in the desert when he comes across a tenderfoot out in the heat just about ready to be buzzard meat; Giving the man some water and riding him back to Wolf Pass, Kid Colt learns that the man is named Jon Cannon who arrived in town the day before and was tricked into gambling and was cleaned out by Hawk Rowan, a local gambler, and made broke. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Pete Riss. Stories by William Woolfolk, Harry Sahle, Bernard Dibble and unknown. Art by Pete Riss, Harry Sahle and Bernard Dibble. In this issue: Kid Eternity matches wits with Master Man in an untitled story by William Woolfolk and Pete Riss. Plus: Peachy in an untitled story by Harry Sahle; 1-page Kid Eternity text story "Midas' Touch"; Kid Eternity in "International Peace Conference" with art by Pete Riss; and an untitled Jonesy 1-pager by Bernard Dibble, reprinted from Hit Comics (1940 Quality) #43. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.