Comic books December 1948

Cover by Bob Lubbers. Edited by Jack Byrne. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, Giovanni Benvenuti, Enrico Bagnoli, Ruben Moreira, and George Evans. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Tiger Man investigates when a woman thinks she's haunted by the African gorilla spirit that killed her father; Men of Adventure focuses on Captain John Smith, aka Mr. Pocahontas; Glory Forbes takes over the private eye business started by her late uncle. Still another action-packed Firehair cover by Bob Lubbers. Firehair; Jan of the Jungle; Sky Rangers; Men of Adventure; I Confess; Glory Forbes; Tiger Man. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Art by Leonard Starr and Jules Steiner. 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 #34. No issue # on cover; Vol. 3, issue #9 in indicia. Arsonist-for-hire Big Bertha helps pull insurance scams, but her fires aren't cheap. A henpecked husband turns to crime to placate his wife. The story of legendary British highwayman Dick Turpin is actually a comics version of the Alfred Noyes poem "The Highwayman." Also featuring a vintage ad for the "All-Over Rain Cover," basically a tent-shaped two-person umbrella. Bad Dick Turpin; The Creek and David Paul; Moolah; Big Bertha, The 3-Alarm Grandmother; Free Wheeling; He Thought Of Everything; Dog Eat Dog. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Hopalong Cassidy tries to protect a wagon train from outlaws, and winds up tied to a stake. When Young Falcon tracks down the renegades who are impersonating his tribe, he uses a tribal mask to impersonate their shaman. Tom Mix realizes that the showboat that's stopped outside of town is just a distraction so outlaws can rob the bank. Hopalong Cassidy: Stakes of Death; Cactus Brain; Young Falcon: The Victorious Masquerade; Monte Hale: The Coyote Chase; Li'l Buck; Red Roan: Grizzly Killer; Gabby Hayes: Victory of the Vittles; Tom Mix: The Crime Show Boat! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Funny-animal comics featuring gunslinging Red Rabbit, bear cubs Willy and Nilly, Officer Mutt, and others in the classic mold. Red Rabbit learns that Pecos Pete is swindling the Natives in his Wild West show, and sets out to get them their money. Officer Mutt allows himself to get involved in a kids' game of marbles gone terribly wrong. Willy and Nilly resort to increasingly elaborate methods to wake a sleepwalking Gramps. Also featuring a hilarious vintage ad for the "All-Over Rain Cover," basically a tent-shaped two-person umbrella. Red Rabbit; Officer Mutt; Gerald the Giraffe; Pancakes: War on Gophers; Cubby Scouts. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Red Ryder, Telecomics presents King of the Royal Mounted, and the Kiyotee Kids. Two-page text story, "Little Beaver Cuts Loose." 36 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.

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Vol. 28 # - Mar. 1949. Boxing magazine. Features articles, departments, ratings, fight reports around the world and more. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/4-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 17, Issue 3 - December, 1948. 6.75" x 9.75", 118 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 11, Issue 3 - December, 1948. 6.75" x 9", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Ernie Schroeder. Stories and art by Ernie Schroeder, Al Camy, Bill Fraccio, and John Rosenberger. Lawmen battle outlaws to tame the Wild West in horse-opera tales from DS Publishing. Old West authorities are baffled at how outlaw Tom McGee can rob two banks in two different cities at the same time. Cowboy Jimmy returns to the Bar-S ranch to find strangers in charge, mysterious activities afoot, and ranch owner Joan behaving suspiciously. Outlaws try to take a train, but luckily Texas Rangers applicant Buck Bradford is on board. Vanishing Tom McGee and the Nuggets at Dead Man's Gulch; The Saga of Mexican Mike; Mystery of Mammoth Mesa; The Busted Bronc; Terror in Monterey; Buck Bradford, Ranger Recruit; Hoss Laffs; Hot Iron vs. Hot Lead. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. Smuggler's Ford, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Albert Micale; Roy comes to the aide of sheepherders again. Pioneers of the Old West, script by Gaylord DuBois. Brownie--Chuck Wagon Charley's Tales, script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Harry Parks. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Matt Baker. Cover by Jack Kamen. After her plane crash-lands in the African jungle, society girl Jane emerges as Rulah, tribal ruler and protector of the wild, featuring art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. Amazo makes a desperate gamble to gain power over her enemy Rulah; Outsiders seek a place to test their bacteriological weapon; A corrupt leader convinces his tribe they are cursed. Mentioned in the classic anti-comics tome Seduction of the Innocent. The Wondrous Jade Ju-Ju; The Silent Death; The Strangest Punishment; The Miserable Mankillers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Weekly Summary of Current Science. Cover price $0.15.

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Fall 1948 - Movie stars in this issue include Ingrid Bergman, Ronald Reagan, Lizabeth Scott, Elizabeth Taylor, Loretta Young, Ronald Colman, Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly and many more. 8 1/-in. x 11 1/2-in., 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Women's magazine with articles and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Wonder Woman in "The Bottle Cast Up by the Sea!" (script by Charles Moulton, art by Harry G. Peter), Lady Danger in "The Shakespeare Clue," "Wonder Women of History: Selma Lagerlof" (art by Paul Reinman), Willy Nilly, and Wildcat in "The Monkey's Circle" (art by Bernard Krigstein). Cover price $0.10.

Vintage monthly published magazine with a focus on the film industry as a whole. First published in November of 1930, publication continued through the late 1970s. Priding itself as a source for exclusive behind the scenes stories about filmmaking, Silver Screen also contained a fair amount of articles about celebrities, their relationships, the latest in fashion, and film reviews. Cover price $0.15.

Articles on sports, crime, and adventuring, plus pin-up photos. 8" x 10.5". 68 pages. B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Jack Cole. Big-Hearted Bosco starring Midnight, script and art by Jack Cole; Big-Hearted Bosco offers to buy all property within a half mile of Remy Square; Name your price! Citronella story, script and art by Gill Fox. Bee Culture starring Archie O'Toole. Tsin starring Black X. Lady Luck story, script and art by Klaus Nordling. For Crying Out Loud starring Batch Bachelor, art by Bart Tumey. The Open Window text story starring Midnight. Jester story. Daffy story, script and art by Bart Tumey. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Burne Hogarth, Ernie Bushmiller, Bernard Dibble, Rudolph Dirks, Ernest Hix, Ving Fuller and Raeburn Van Buren. United's anthology featured reprints of early comic strips, including Tarzan, Captain and the Kids and Nancy. The new format that starts with this issue allows for larger reprints of Raeburn van Buren's detailed art on Abbie an' Slats. That strip takes a dramatic turn with the accidental death of Becky's new husband David. The courts acquit Slats, but David's Scottish mother swears revenge, in a storyline with fine art by Raeburn van Buren. After Becky is abandoned on a remote Scottish island, she is rescued by a giant from Scottish legends! Hans und Fritz invade the Captain's birthday cruise. But a phony doctor sends the Captain to a nearby island and an encounter with hostile locals. Plus a Tarzan strip with art by Burne Hogarth. The Family Workshop; Nancy; Captain and the Kids; Strange as It Seems; Tarzan; Dink O'Day; Abbie an Slats; Doc Syke. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Will Eisner. Untitled Spirit story featuring The Alibi Factory, pencils by Lou Fine, inks by Lou Fine and the Quality shop. Untitled Spirit story featuring The Kuttup Shop, pencils by Lou Fine, inks by Lou Fine and the Quality shop. Prominent Executives Vanish starring the Spirit, script by Manly Wade Wellman, pencils by Lou Fine, inks by Lou Fine and the Quality Shop. Untitled Spirit story featuring The Masked Magician, script by Manly Wade Wellman, pencils by Lou Fine, inks by Lou Fine and the Quality shop. Untitled Spirit story featuring Belle La Trivet, pencils by Lou Fine, inks by Lou Fine and the Quality shop. Flatfoot Burns story, script and art by Al Stahl. Untitled Jonesy story, script and art by Paul Gustavson. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Scripts, pencils/inks by Eisner except where noted.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 8 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Scripts, pencils/inks by Eisner except where noted.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Scripts, pencils/inks by Eisner except where noted.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Scripts by Eisner or Feiffer, or Eisner/Feiffer, or Nordling. Art by Eisner with backgrounds by Eisner, Grandenetti, Le Blanc, Stallman, Nordling, Dixon and/or others except where noted. Reprints some covers of 1948 with flashbacks.

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Robin in "The Sinister Baron" (Batman cameo), Captain Compass in "Mr. and Mrs. Jonah," Merry the Girl of a Thousand Gimmicks in "Crime on Ice," Tomahawk in "The ManWho Built a City!" 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 46, Issue 3 - December, 1948. 6.75" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Owen Fitzgerald. Starlet O'Hara story, art by Owen Fitzgerald; Starlet arrives in Hollywood and begins hanging out with Fritzi and trying to get into acting. Moronica story, art by Owen Fitzgerald; Moronica's co-workers play a trick on her by putting a kiss-me sign on the back of her coat. Starlet O'Hara, art by Owen Fitzgerald; Starlet gets a job as Rita Hayworth's stand-in, but Fritzi steals it from her. Captain Marvel Wrist Watch ad. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Milton Caniff. Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Bob Powell, and Frank Engli. Harvey reprints the second comic strip from Terry and the Pirates creator Caniff. WWII vet and aviator Canyon has adventures around the world during the Cold War. Steve meets Madame Lynx, the beautiful femme fatale modeled after Hollywood actress Ilona Massey. Plus a PSA about bike safety, and a vintage shoe ad featuring baseball legend Stan Musial. Kid Safety Says Play Safe!; Madame Lynx; Kid Brother; Plane Talk; Flossie; Ricky Roony; Sky Pirates of the Andes; Pilot's Revenge. Final issue of the series. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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An advertising magazine for furniture sellers from the Grand Rapids Furniture Makers Guild. Color and B&W photos of furniture from the late 1940s.

Cover pencils by Ken Bald. The Mystery of Pirate Cove! starring the Sub-Mariner and Namora, script and art by Bill Everett. The Deadly Game of Captain Black starring Sub-Mariner and Namora, art by Syd Shores. The Flame That Wouldn't Die starring the Human Torch and Sun Girl, art by Charles Nicholas. The Professor and the Mermaid starring Sub-Mariner, pencils by Ken Bald and Namora, inks by Al Gabriele. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.