Comic books October 1950

Cover features Kay Aldridge from the movie serial Perils of Nyoka. Stories and art by Rod Reed and Howard Boughner. Raised in the jungle by her scientist father, Nyoka faces its dangers like no man ever could. In a three-part story, the star of a jungle picture shooting on location accidentally murders his director in a fit of rage. But cameraman "Angles" uses the footage for blackmail. And if that wasn't bad enough, the wild zebras gathered for the shoot escape their pen and stampede. The Jungle Blackmail! Part I: The Zebra Stampede!; Ballyhoo Barney: Circus Daze; Part II: The Treacherous Animal Exchange!; Egbert the Explorer; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Scientific Farmers; Part III: The Switched Tents; Mysterious Boatman; Troubled Trommer; Trader Tom; Mad Haddern. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

October, 1950; Volume 2, No 3 / Issue 7. 5 1/4-in. x 7 1/2-in.; black and white; 162 pages. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $35.00 View scans Foreign edition: NonEnglish.

Italian large format newsprint variety magazine. Mostly focused on glamor. B&W with spot color.

Cover art by Otto Feuer. "Rockets to Mars!", art by Otto Feuer; Peter builds a rocket to beat Wolfie in a model plane-building contest but they accidentally launch it and end up on Mars, where the Martians want to capture them and put them in a museum. Trixy, the Puzzle Monkey activity page. Untitled story, art by Rube Grossman; Biggety comes up with a great balancing act but he mixes up the address where he is supposed to perform, which lands both himself and Willy in jail. Ad for Feature Films #4, adapting Fancy Pants with Bob Hope and Lucille Ball. Untitled story, art by Rube Grossman; Goofy realizes that things are too quiet because there are no birds singing and goes to find them; They have been caged by a big bear and Goofy has to save them. "Mummy's the Word" text story starring Peter Porkchops. "A Genie in Disguise," art by Otto Feuer; Wolfie tries to trick Peter out of his roast turkey by trading a fake magic lamp, so Peter tricks Wolfie into thinking that the lamp really is magic. How Are Your Manners Out-of-Doors? public service announcement starring The Dodo and the Frog, art by Otto Feuer. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 55, Issue 2 - October, 1950. 6.75" x 9", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Volume 38, Issue 4 - October 1950. Hollywood magazine. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 116 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.20.

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Men's interest magazine devoted to pin-up photos. 10" x 13", 46 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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UK weekly film magazine. 9" x 11.75", 28 pages, tinted B&W.

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UK weekly film magazine. 9" x 11.75", 28 pages, tinted B&W.

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UK weekly film magazine. 9" x 11.75", 28 pages, tinted B&W.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $36.00 View scans

UK weekly film magazine. 9" x 11.75", 28 pages, tinted B&W.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $23.00 View scans

Official USC football program, Cal vs. USC game of October 14, 1950. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $26.00 View scan 1 1/4" tear on back cover. Tape residue. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheGoodOlDays

Cover art by Walt Kelly. Scripts and art by Walt Kelly. Untitled one-page story; Churchy of the fire brigade brings marshmallows to the fire. "The Deep Freeze"; Pogo tricks Albert into helping him dig sweet 'taters on the hottest day of the year; Due to very strange circumstance Churchy gets covered in honey and feathers, causing Pogo and Albert to think that a blizzard is on. "The Grasshopper and the Ant"; Pogo and the grasshopper watch the changing of the [ant] guard (quite literally), and trick the ant queen out of her sandwiches. "School for Mice"; Seminole Sam tricks Albert and Beauregard into joining his newly initiated School for Mice, making the way clear for Sam to rob Pogo's pantry. "Feelin' Mighty Hale, and Farewell"; Albert steals and eats a beehive, thinking it's a fish pie; Upon discovering that the pie was intended for the fish fry, he decides to take his own life, but Pogo saves him by pumping his stomach with the fire brigade's pulmotor. Untitled one-page story; Churchy dresses up in fireman's clothing for frying sausages. Untitled one-page story; Albert does hat tricks. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Plastic Man story with Woozy Winks and Sam Snarl. Candy story, script and art by Harry Sahle. The Cop They Couldn't Lick. Jeb Rivers story, art by Reed Crandall. Trap For Trappers text story starring Plastic Man. Spirit story. 36 pgs. $.0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Men's interest magazine focusing on true crime, and police cases. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 76 pages, text, with B&W images Cover price $0.25.

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October 1950. Mechanical science and technology magazine. Includes: "Funnels for a City's Freight" article on the design of a Manhattan truck terminal. 6.75" x 9.5". 312 pages. B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Art by Mart Bailey, Jerry Fasano, Will Elder and John Severin. Prize's flagship Western title featured early art by John Severin and other greats who worked for EC in the following decade. Preacher & Cyclone discover that native raiders who struck a wagon train are just bandits in disguise. A story featuring early art by EC legends Will Elder and John Severin. The James and Younger gangs meet their match at a bank in Northfield, Minnesota. The Danger Trail!; War on the Range!; Bill Pickett, the Original Bulldogger; The Last Battle!; The Roundup; Better Schools Make Better Communities; Younger Brothers!; Lava Creek!. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 48, Issue 1 - October, 1950. 6.75" x 9", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $36.00 View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheGoodOlDays

Edited by Seymour S. Schneid and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Marilyn Mercer, Jerry Grandenetti, and Enrico Bagnoli. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. The Sky Rangers find white men are swindling African natives, in their final adventure; Firehair tries to prevent outlaws from cheating settlers out of their gold-rich land; Dr. Drew manages to prove a family curse turns the Mandibles into monsters. Classic Firehair cover, possibly by Gus Schrotter. Firehair; The Secret Files of Dr. Drew; Tomahawk Fugitive; Sky Rangers; Jan of the Jungle. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by John Prentice. Art by John Prentice, Gerald McCann and Reed Crandall. Another crime comic from the prolific studio of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, this one featuring crimes throughout history as well as the standard gangster tales. Sometimes listed as Real Clue Crime #56. No issue # on cover; Vol. 5, issue #8 in indicia. Missouri country boys decide to go to the big city and pull some crimes. Frankie joins a jewelry heist after his own crime goes awry. American gangsters are out of their league in Paris. Missouri Mastermind; Frankie Was an Orphan; The Monk Loves His Cabbage; The Last Time Nick Saw Paris; Room 1010 in Miami; The Heel Wins His Letter. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 16, Issue 3 - October, 1950. 6.75" x 9.75", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $5.60

Cover by Etta Parks. Art by Stan Louis and Bill Newton. Funny-animal comics featuring gunslinging Red Rabbit, bear cubs Willy and Nilly, Officer Mutt, and others in the classic mold. Red Rabbit dares to ride Pecos Pete's bucking bronco at the rodeo, but Pete sees a chance to get rid of Red for good. Bugsey Bear's houseboat adventure concludes, as the fierce natives boarding the boat turn out to be extras in a Hollywood movie. Hoppy the bunny wants L'il Tinker (an inventor skunk) to help him build a flying saucer, so they can claim a reward from the Texas State Fair (!). Red Rabbit; The Cruise of the Bugsey Bear Family; Jeanie and the Champion; Little Buck; Pete and Tweet; Paddy Pelican; L'il Tinker. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Fred Harman. Articles about the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. Untitled Red Ryder story in which he races against a corrupt horse racer to get money for the school. Untitled Red Ryder story in which Rustler and Sikes scheme to kidnap Miss Case to get her father to give them his ranch. The story of Chief Crazy Horse by Fred Harman. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

True stories of crime most foul fall victim to the pages of this short-lived vintage true crime magazine. Here, you will find tales of greed, jealousy, revenge, thievery, and murder....all true, all told in the words of the detectives who worked the cases. 8.5" x 11", 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $9.60 Water damage.

Stories and art by Ralph Carlson and others. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. "Undercover Marshal" Rocky tries to figure out how rustlers are making whole herds of cattle disappear. With the help of a redheaded rancher, he tracks them to a river, in an 18-page story. Slim Pickens exchanges barbs with a cowpoke at his new job. The Brand Bandits; Generous Genevieve; The Lucky Dude; Gopher-Face; Slim Pickens: The New Job; The Big Loan; The Horsey Set. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $6.00

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The comics incarnation of movie cowboy Cameron pursues desperadoes and owlhoots in the days of the Old West. In a three-part, issue-length story, the arrival of the telegraph to the Old West causes a threat to the business of the Pony Express. This leads to a range war between the two services, and Rod Cameron is caught in the middle. Sam the Sheriff and his new deputy exchange wordplay worthy of a vaudeville stage. Ambling Andy; Six-Gun Sabotage, Chapter I: Death Rides the Wires!; Chapter II: The Bridge of Doom!; Chapter III: Fight to the Finish!; Old Slick; The Silver Strike; Bronko Betsy; Sam the Sheriff and the New Deputy; Hoghead Harry . 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.