Comic books June 1948

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Joe Millard and Frank Bolle. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. Even Hopalong isn't sure how to handle it when he encounters female outlaw Nellie Blaine and her gang, who are after a treasure map. Outlaw Red Topp murders the only witness to his crime, but Hopalong uses ballistics (!) to prove that Red's gun fired the fatal shots. Pistol-Packin' Pattie sticks up for a newsboy and a dog using her wits, without ever drawing a gun. Painted cover may be the work of Norman Saunders. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck, and a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. Hopalong Cassidy and the Notorious Nellie Blaine; Hill Billy; Hopalong Cassidy and the Dead Witness; Wilbur the Waiter; Hopalong Cassidy and the Mysterious Cake; Be a Sharpshooter!; Gus the Guard; Willie the Worm and Sammy at the Carnival!; Joe College; Armor of Courage; Sheriff for Sale; Pistol-Packin' Pattie. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 25, Issue 6 - June 1948. Photo cover by Pagano. 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", 66 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.15.

May-June 1948 issue of Interurbans News Digest reports on the North Shore Re-opening, New York Central Gets New Subway Cars, National City Lines Trial in LA, and much more. B&W text with photos, 8 1/2-in. x 10 3/4-in., 8 pages, all newsprint. Cover price $0.25.

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Jack Armstrong public service announcement; Jack uses an incident in the ring involving Joe Louis to promote sportsmanship. Jack Armstrong Solves the Mystery on the Diamond. The Case of the Silent Southpaw; A getaway car overturns while fleeing a robbery; One of the crooks dies, but the other escapes with the loot. Vic Hardy has to find a way to identify the pair. Wheaties ad featuring Phil Rizzuto. Jack Armstrong Magazine All-American Award; Frank O'Banon of Corydon, Ind., saves his brother from drowning. Rhino!; Bill Kelly and Bob Ward go to Africa to get some wild animal motion pictures and have a close call with a rhinoceros. The Counterfeiters; Jack Armstrong visits Vic Hardy at his lab and learns facts about paper currency and how to detect a counterfeit bill. Billy Makes Magic; Billy is raising chickens and uses some of their eggs as props in his magician's act in an amateur show. Lion on the Loose; Betty is friends with Molly Madden, a star trapeze artist in the circus; When a lion escapes, Betty comes up with an idea to lure him back to his cage. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Russell Ross. Stories by Monte Barrett and Perry Dixon. Art by Russell Ross and others. Female crime reporter Jane solves crimes the police can't crack, in reprints from the classic comic strip. Jane helps the FBI investigate a blackmail case that starts with a classified ad for "Raffles." Jane aids the police when someone is stealing paychecks from a wartime munitions plant. Jane investigates a scheme to swindle bereaved parents, but what does it have to do with a scheme to sell radios? Two Tickets to Alcatraz; Capture of the Notorious "Raffles"; Stolen Pay Checks; Famous Eastern Star Diamond Case; The Fake Book Publisher; Dried Mud Traps a Rat. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by George Carlson, David Tendlar, and Larz Bourne. Kids' comics featuring the whimsical fables of beloved artist George Carlson, praised by Harlan Ellison as a "comic of the absurd." Peppermint-Blond Princess Goldi-Sox makes three Doughnuts, who then go on a madcap adventure. Hortense falls asleep in the tobacconist shop, turns into a pipe, and meets Prince Albert. Rajah Razzo Razzh-Berri sends The Pie-Face Prince skyward after he sabotages his new water wings. Bingo and Glum in Fairytale Land; Chauncey Chirp and Johnny Jay; Jingle Jangle Tales: Princess Goldie-Sox and the Three Spares; Topsy Turtle; The Unhappy Rooster; Batty; Hortense the Lovable Brat; Aunty Spry; The Pie-Face Prince of Old Pretzleburg; The Old Swap Shop. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Matt Baker. Cover by Jack Kamen. Jungle adventure in the tradition of Tarzan, featuring art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. A beautiful woman named Rana frees captured elephants as part of a revenge plot against the man who killed her father; Jo-Jo contends with beautiful redheaded warrior Zanto, her deadly all-female tribe, and the octopi that do her bidding. Upside-down bondage cover, probably by Jack Kamen. The Golden Gorilla; The Crimson Scourge; The Kingdom of Radiance. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ham Fisher (credited). Stories and art by Ham Fisher, Otto Soglow, C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza, and Bob Powell. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Lost in Arabia, Joe and Smokey are captured by a sheik, and Joe must box the champion of his hidden city. After crash-landing in the Himalayas, Flyin' Fools Chickie, Gootch, and Maylene are captured by bandits, who intend to hold them hostage. Plus a prose adventure of early female superhero Black Cat. Also featuring a Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light," with art by Shazam creator C.C. Beck, and a Savings Bonds PSA by Little King artist Otto Soglow. Adventure in the Hidden City; Flossie; Cartoon Laughs at the Ringside; Ricky Roony; Chickie Ricks The Flyin' Fool; Black Cat: The Case of the Missing Gems; U.S. Savings Bonds. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Build My Gallows High" by Geoffrey Homes. Cover price $0.35.

Cover art by John Celardo. "Queen of the Amazon Lancers," art by John Celardo; A group of jewel thieves are intent on looting the T'angai burial ground; However, they are being pursued by the Amazon Lancers, seeking revenge for the earlier looting of their temple; With help from Kaänga and Ann, the Lancers bury the thieves alive in a T'angai grave. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; One of Simba's cubs is taken by a vulture; Simba learns of the cub's capture from an ape-child and goes to the rescue. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Thieves infiltrate Fort Diablo, planning to seize a valuable serum when it arrives; However, Terry and the lancers overcome them and see that the serum reaches the sick. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Tabu offers Queen Zala a pair of visions of the future, depending on her choice of war or peace. "Death - and the Ghost Chief's Choice" text story. Untitled story, art by Frank Doyle; Wambi and his jungle friends set the newly-arrived native tribe and the wild dogs against each other, ensuring that both will leave the jungle. Untitled story, pencils by Matt Baker; Bill Grange has discovered that there is radium in the area so he decides to drive out the pygmies; He bribes the evil witch doctor N'Louga to pronounce a curse upon the land; They then lure jackals to the area with hidden meat and release a gas that causes hallucinations; This convinces everyone that the land is cursed, but Camilla is convinced it was a trick. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 4, Issue 3 - Summer, 1948. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Stories and art by Paula Giokaris and others. Teen-humor comics featuring the misadventures of Junie and her gal-pals. Lollie and Junie get summer jobs at a dude ranch and meet a handsome cowpoke, but mean Drucilla is vacationing there too, and she wants him all to herself. Junie gives her nerdy cousin Abigail a makeover, and just like in the movies, Abigail's gorgeous without her glasses - and practically blind. Jill insists that uncouth Dexter learn to act like a gentleman, but it's just not in him. Plus fashion pin-ups starring Junie and her pals. Junie Dudes It!; Tea Time for Teens; Too Slick Hick!; Tomboy; Witches Brew!; Designed for Sleeping Beauties; Dexter: The Gentleman Is a Mope. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art and cover by Al Feldstein. Teen comedy typical of the time, with art by EC legend Al Feldstein. Junior lures Deena and Gwenny into a double-date with his cousin Roger, who has his own car; Junior has to write a theme paper, but Deena suspects he's flirting with the beautiful new librarian; Junior and Deena want to bake a cake, but the bakery recipe they're using is for baking 10 cakes at once. Yet another tame-yet-saucy cheesecake cover. You're Driving Me Crazy; It May Theme Funny to You!; Dish Is the End; Rising to the Occasion; A Snake In the Class. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Funny Numbering on this title. 2 versions of #7-9 exist with different dates. #9 on cover; however, this is the 3rd issue in the series. Dated 1948. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Queen of the Speed-Ball Mob, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; a woman runs the fastest fleet of gateway cars in the country. The Lincoln Tomb Thieves! starring secret service agent Roy Allen. Guilty Boys, pencils by Jerry Robinson, inks by Mort Meskin; a group of youngsters providing their own entertainment on a street corner of New Yorks lower east side gives mobster Rink Ballou the idea for a racket. The Half-Pint Killer! starring Francis Two-gun Crowley. Counterfeit Ca$h!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Ad for Young Romance and Headline Comics. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Quarto format, 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 32 pages.

Stories by Al Hartley and Milt Gross. Art by Al Hartley and Milt Gross. 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. The early covers made use of the Kilroy Was Here joke meme from World War II. Natch decides to paint the family car by converting the vacuum cleaner into a paint sprayer; Solid Jackson winds up doing all of Natchs chores while waiting for him to show up; A classic Count Screwloose caper by Milt Gross. Car Paintin' Blues; A Coupla Nifty Dressers; A Lasting Impression; They're Off!; Kollege Kapers; Tattle-Tale Television; Deep Waters; The Baby Sitters; Solid Jackson. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Musial. Stories and art by Chic Young, Max Trell, Buck Sawyer, Bob Dunn, Roy Crane, Joe Musial, Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Bela Zaboly, Austin Briggs, Jack Sords, Otto Soglow, Hal Foster and Alex Raymond. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. The Phantom learns his friend Princess Valerie was abducted to save an ailing Wogu tribal princess; Mandrake the Magician and Lothar discover the secret of Roc Island and its gigantic birds. Blondie; Dun-Dums; Buz Sawyer; Mandrake the Magician; Thimble Theatre; Prince Valiant; Flash Gordon; Sords Sports; The Phantom; The Little King; Jan and Aloysius. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and Gilbert Costa. Seafaring hero Lance and his buddy Mike get their own series after a long run in Whiz Comics. Lance meets Marani, who comes from an island where everyone is aging rapidly due to a "curse." A woman hires Mike and Lance to find her father on Bongi Atoll, where the toughest sailors fear to land. Blown off course to Tabu Island, Mike and Lance encounter pirates, ghosts and strange statues. The Curse of Age; Chippy Chipmunk; The Leopard Men of Bongi Atoll; Sherlock the Monk; Why Fight Promoters Don't Smile; Benny and Fuzzy; The Queer Secret of Tabu Isle. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Fagaly. Written by unknown. Art by Bill Vigoda, Samm Schwartz and unknown. Veronica tasks Archie and Jughead with preparing her prize Sealyham for the National Dog Show in "It's a Dog's Life"! Plus: When Betty finds out that Veronica is taking Archie to a dance on their movie night, Betty decides to make Archie too tired to go to the dance in "A Date with Archie!" Also: Wilbur gets revenge on Oswald by dressing up as a plant in "Ants in His Plants"! And: Archie and Jughead's accident with a truck driver causes a headache for Officer Riley in the 2-page text story "You're Driving Me Crazy!" 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Margery McKay (sometimes credited as G. Whiz). Stories and art by Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Fran Striker, Charles Flanders, Roy Crane, Robert Storm, Mel Graff, Carl Anderson, Clayton Knight, Chic Young, Bob Dunn, Joe Musial, Tom Sims, and Bela Zaboly. Lee Falk's adventurer Mandrake the Magician gets top billing in this anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Mandrake learns more about the mysterious crimelord called The Dome. The back cover features an ad for Blondie's Cookbook, featuring 95 Dagwood sandwich recipes. Mandrake the Magician; Jan and Aloysius; Heroes on Wings; A Goodnight Story; Buz Sawyer; The Lone Ranger; Secret Agent X-9; Little Acorns; Popeye; Blondie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 4, Issue 6 - June, 1948. 6.75" x 9.75", 194 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Paul Parker. "The Quiet Shape of Death" text story by Gardner Fox. "The Case of the Curious Cards," art by Fred Guardineer; Stolen playing cards lead Trail Colt to a murderer. "The Fate of the Fortune Teller," art by Ogden Whitney; Inspector Fallon stops a gang of black mailing fortune tellers. "The Monster in the Mist!", art by Paul Parker; Inspector Kirk battles a monster made of fog. "The Terror of the Forest Trail!", art by L B Cole; Red Fox must find out who has been killing every doctor that comes to Barren Bay. "The Doom of Siva Dey!", art by Ogden Whitney; Siva Dey plans to use her power to animate stone to bring all the statues in India to life as her private army. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Pictorial Media Newsprint Edition. March to Market: The Story of Meat from Open Range to Kitchen Range (1948) is a promotional comic distributed by Swift and Co. Harry Anderson cover and art. Tells how meat products move from the open range to meatpacking plants to your grocer and finally to your kitchen table (assuming you're not a vegetarian). Some of the newsprint versions have extra text at the bottom of the front cover. 16 pages, full color, standard comic dimensions, all newsprint, no cover price.

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General Comics, Inc. Slick Edition. March to Market: The Story of Meat from Open Range to Kitchen Range (1948) is a promotional comic distributed by Swift and Co. Harry Anderson cover and art. Tells how meat products move from the open range to meatpacking plants to your grocer and finally to your kitchen table (assuming you're not a vegetarian). 16 pages, full color, standard comic dimensions, all slick paper, no cover price.

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Stories and art by Otto Binder, C. C. Beck, Bill Woolfolk, Joe Certa, Pete Costanza, and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. The Marvel Family faces the fighting Yergos, a family of warriors from 20,000 years in the future. Seven-headed Dr. Hydra opens a fourth-dimensional door to Valhalla, unleashing Viking warriors upon the city, but Mary Marvel leads a charge of Valkyries (!) to oppose them. Beautiful enchantress Delilah hypnotizes the original Captain Marvel into believing he's blind. Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads, including a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. The Family of the Future; Judge Smudge; Lazy Lee; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear; Boxcar Benny; Captain Marvel Jr.: The Name of Death; Mary Marvel Visits Valhalla; On the Job; Unknown Hero; Captain Marvels Blindness. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.