Comic books 1949 w/ month not specified

Add to cart FN 6.0 $6.00

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Activity and coloring book. 96 Pages, B&W, 8.25" x 11.5".

Add to cart Poor $29.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front and Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

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

War of the Gladiators, art by Frank Frazetta. Trailblazers of the West, art by Art Saaf. Charles Radbourne, art by Art Saaf. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Sam Houston Idol of Texas, pencils by John Severin, inks Bill Elder. London Landmarks (Big Ben, Hyde Park and Baker Street). Real Life Contest Winners text article. Buffalo Men, pencils by John Severin, inks by Bill Elder. Journey to the Moon! A Jules Verne Classic, art by George Evans. The Young Coastguardsman text story, script by Charles S. Strong. Bee Wise, art by Mort Meskin. Master of All Trades Ben Franklin, pencils by John Severin, inks by Bill Elder. Let's Go Skiing! Facts on Fossils. The Grosvenor Treasure, art by Mort Meskin. Epic Search A True Story text article featuring the Traveler's Aid. Prince Henry the Navigator featuring King John of Portugal, Prince Henry, Yussuf Ibn-Ahmed, Prince Pedro. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Jack Cole, George Tuska, Tex Blaisdell, Paul Gattuso and Howard Larsen. Remaindered St. John crime and adventure comics, collected into a stand-alone anthology. This issue features Authentic Police Cases, The Texan, Son of Sinbad and Secret Missions. Roy and Connor investigate a hot-check ring, in a story with art by Plastic Man creator Jack Cole. Reporter Scoop Daily is covering a goodwill mission to Mexico when he learns that corrupt billionaire Oily Welles is trying to start a war between Mexico and the U.S. In an action-girl story, Prairie Kate takes on cattle rustlers, aided only by her kid brother and aged farmhand Cactus Pete. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Gerald Chapman; Master Forgers; Scoop Daily; Crime Does Not Pay!; Jack Diamond; How the Masked Blackjack Proved His Innocence; Two Minutes to Doom; A Double-Cross in Disguise; The Texan; Ghost Terror of the Blackfeet; Prairie Kate; Indians on Horseback; The Lone Vigilante: Graveyard Gulch; Chang Yan's Blazing Sword; Ransom of Shipwreck Shoals!; Omar of the Magic Robes: A Kiss Unmasks a Killer; The Curse of the Caliph's Dancer; The Merchant of Menace; Tragedy for Traitors; The Island of Death!; Death Dates a Blonde Informer. Other variants may exist. 128 pages, Full Color.

Add to cart NM- 9.2 $55.00 View scans Paper: Off white

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Red Ryder Acting Sheriff (1949 Whitman BLB) #702-10, Fred Harman

"Ferocious Fems"; Reggie coaches an all-female football team. Jughead ad. "The Hapless Hazer"; Freshman boys get even with Reggie after he hazes them. Archie Annual ad. "The Jokers"; Reggie is behind a wave of practical jokes in the school. "Screen Test"; After misunderstanding a phone call, Reggie is put to work painting screens in the Lodge Mansion while Archie feeds Veronica gum drops. "Happy Daze"; Reggie accidentally hypnotizes himself. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

1949 Edition. Cover art by E. McKnight Kauffer. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart NM 9.4 $220.00 View scans	Add to cart NM- 9.2 $145.00 View scans	Add to cart VF/NM 9.0 $110.00 View scans	Add to cart VF+ 8.5 $62.00 View scans
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Add to cart FN 6.0 $44.00 View scans	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $38.00 View scans Staple rust.

Robert Alphonso Taft Story (1949) is a promotional comic book. It is political giveaway comic sponsored by the United Labor League of Ohio and their candidate, Joe Ferguson. This promo was done in order to discredit Senator Taft in his 1950 Ohio re-election bid. The tone is distinctly pro-union. 10c cover price. Cover price $0.10.

1949-1950 Robinsons's Golden Rule Wallpapers catalog/sample book. Wallpaper patterns in color with information on the reverse. 8" x 10", 142 pages, color.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Lily Renee, Gladys Parker, Vince Fago, Ken Bald, Ruth Atkinson, Chuck Miller, Warren King, Connie Williams and Dana Dutch. Remaindered St. John romance comics, collected into a squarebound anthology. Individual issues can vary, but art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker is likely, given his strong presence in St. John's romance books. Cover by Baker. 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Photo cover. Yesterday's Sweetheart starring Molly Adams, pencils by Alex Toth. Tootsie Roll ad, art by C.C. Beck. Forever Yours. Change of Heart. Eileen poem. Cupid Makes an Error text story. Rancho Pancho. Love Comes Calling, pencils by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Suzy 'n' Slim humor ½ page. 52 pgs. $.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ken Bald (?). "A Woman's Diary," pencils by Charles Sultan; A girl voted mostly likely to succeed is offered the job of copy girl by a romantic interest. "Everything but Love!," pencils by Ken Bald; A woman ruthlessly works her way to the top at a clothing store. "Cornbeef, Cabbage... and Love!" text story. "Heartbreak for Sale!," pencils by Max Elkan; A woman who works in department store finds drudgery instead of excitement and romance. "Long-Distance Love!"; A telephone operator listens in on love and longs for her own romance. "That All-American Kiss" text story. "For me Alone," art by Art Gates; An incompetent office worker dates her boss. 52 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Al Hartley and others. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A woman lets her jealous nature get the better of her; Thelma is so set on getting back at the man who broke her heart, she doesnt notice the one who really loves her; Mary learns how the Valentine Ranch got its name; Rich girl Dona meets a man money cant buy. Also, readers send in their personal love stories. I Was My Mother's Rival!; The Shattered Heart; Jealous of a Shadow; Romance on Valentine Ranch; Money Can't Make Marriage; Breaking the Ice; Readers' Romances; Afraid of Love. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Ken Bald, Frank Bolle, Leonard Starr, Charles Sultan, Al Hartley and R. Brice. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. After she steals a dress, a woman is wooed by a handsome fellow thief, but they soon spiral into a life of crime; Small-town girl Ellen is literally swept off her feet by a circus trapeze artist; The woman who runs a dating service has hardened her own heart to love. Also, readers send in their personal love stories. The Crooked Road to Romance; The Heart on the Flying Trapeze; Match-Makers Don't Marry; Clothes Horse; I Feared my Heart; Readers' Romances; Love Takes a Nose-Dive! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Ken Bald, Pete Riss, John Belfi, Emil Gershwin and Maurice Gutwirth. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A refined Vassar girl falls for the hunter in a coonskin cap who rescues her from the wilderness; Hollywood actress Nina knows shes the only one who can save her childhood sweetheart from a mine cave-in; A governess falls for her handsome client, but he cant forget his dead beloved. Also, readers send in their personal love stories. Love-Call of the Wild; The Lure of the Bright Lights!; Love Is for the Living; Society Item; Readers' Romances; The Handcuffed Heart. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart NM- 9.2 $95.00 View scans Paper: Off white	Add to cart VF+ 8.5 $76.00 View scans Paper: Off white	Add to cart Very Fine $30.00 View scans	Add to cart Very Fine $30.00 View scans
Add to cart Fine $11.00 View scans	Add to cart VF- 7.5 $30.00 View scan Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Roy Rogers and the Mystery of the Lazy M (1949 Whitman BLB) #1462

Add to cart VF/NM 9.0 $62.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

Add to cart VF/NM 9.0 $69.00 View scans Paper: Off white

Roy Rogers and the Snowbound Outlaws (1949 Rohr Company BLB) #701-10, 3 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Promotional Mini Comic. Features humorous political cartoons against Arkansas Governor Sid McMath during his run for a 2nd term. 4 1/2-in. x 6-in., 12 pages, BW.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $225.00 View scans Cover detached at one staple. Cover oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Stories by Walter Johnson and others. Art by Allen Ulmer, Jimmy Thompson, Ann Brewster, Chu F. Hing, Warren Kremer, and Jerry Fasano. Cover by Walter Johnson. The first comic book featuring Leslie Charteriss adventurer Simon Templar, better known as The Saint, timed to coincide with the concurrent Saint radio show starring Vincent Price. The Saint intervenes when a mysterious cult targets a diamond belonging to an Asian princess; The history of weaponry from antiquity to the A-bomb; The Saint outwits crooks who are looking for a beautiful redhead and a mysterious suitcase. The Diamond of Death; The Race-Track Rub-Out!; The Saint Pulls a Switch; Choose Your Weapon; A Musical Mystery; Truth Not Fancy: Greek-Fire to Flame-Thrower; Lucky Dale: Death Rides on Skies; Truth Not Fancy: Gunpowder to A-Bomb; The Saint Breaks a Spell! 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $139.95 or Best Offer View scan Trimmed Cover TRIMMED, laminated, and detached. Interior is complete. Mold, mildew odor, heavy water damage, staple rust/deterioration, centerfold detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Stories by Tarpe Mills and Leslie Charteris. Art by Frank Simienski, Tarpe Mills, Chu F. Hing, A.C. Hollingsworth, Warren Kremer, and Rudy Palais. Cover by Frank Simienski. The first comic book featuring Leslie Charteriss adventurer Simon Templar, better known as The Saint, timed to coincide with the concurrent Saint radio show starring Vincent Price. An old friend enlists The Saint when his daughter goes missing in postwar Berlin; The life of artist and scientist Leonardo Da Vinci; Masked hero Miss Fury acquires a cursed leopardskin that grants wishes during a struggle against kidnappers. Blockaded Berlin…; Miss Fury: In Brazil; Truth Not Fancy: Leonardo Da Vinci; Danger #5; Hoppy Shows Initiative; Lucky Dale: The River Pirates; Money is the Root of All Evil! 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Walter Johnson and others. Art by Walter Johnson and others. The first comic book featuring Leslie Charteriss adventurer Simon Templar, better known as The Saint, timed to coincide with the concurrent Saint radio show starring Vincent Price. The Saint goes undercover at a French Riviera hotel to catch a killer; Flash Harper investigates a suicide linked to voodoo dolls; The Saint finds intrigue backstage when someone exploits theater superstitions. Suite Number 13; The Blackmail Beauty!; Flash Harper: The Death Doll; The Saint Detective Cases. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Santa Claus and the Magic Bears is a promotional comic published by Promotional Publishing. No publication or copyright, but appears to be late 1940's or early 1950s. Standard comic book dimensions, full color, 16-pages, all newsprint. The main characters in this promotional comic, two magic bears named Koko and Kola, also appeared in their own comic, Koko and Kola #1-6 (1946-1950). The story: Koko and Kola visit a little boy named Raymond on Christmas Eve. They are tired of waiting for Santa Claus, so they decide to go see him. Along the way, they ski across the Milky Way! When they arrive at the North Pole, they find that wicked Sir Frostbite has kidnapped Donder, Santa's lead reindeer. Can Koko, Kola, and Raymond rescue Donder in time for Santa to deliver toys to all the children in the world on Christmas Eve? What do you think?

Promotional booklet produced by Western Printing for K.K. Publications and distributed through toy stores. Includes stories, puzzles, activities, magic tricks, and more. 5-1/8 in. x 7-1/4 in

Schwinn Bicycle Book, 108.92 Miles Per Hour on a Bycycle (1949 edition) is a promotional comic book distributed by the Schwinn Bicycle Co. Learn about the history of the bike and how it has evolved over the years. Also see what makes Schwinn bikes the very best. Full color, 28 pages, slick paper stock, standard comic book dimensions, 10c cover price. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $59.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Issue #6 - 1951. Movies retold as text stories and movie stills. . 8 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $795.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Very minor amount of glue on cover. Label #1968400001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $190.00 View scans 1" Cumulative spine split. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheGoodOlDays

These Fox Giant Comics Editions (25c cover price) contain four remaindered Fox comics, without their original covers. The first page of the first story for each remaindered comic may be missing due to Fox comics often printing the first story page on the inside front cover. Such missing story pages are not considered a defect. Cover price $0.25.

Small magazine dedicated to the further study of the hidden truths as presented in the fact-fiction stories by Richard S. Shaver, once published in Amazing Stories Magazine. 6" x 9", 38 pages, B&W.

Small magazine dedicated to the further study of the hidden truths as presented in the fact-fiction stories by Richard S. Shaver, once published in Amazing Stories Magazine. 6" x 9", 38 pages, B&W.

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First printing, 1949 (not stated). Written by Abraham Merritt, illustrated by Virgil Finlay. This edition follows the preferable text from the six-part serialization that appeared in Argosy in 1924, not the abridged first edition text from 1926. Five magnificent full-page black and white illustrations by Finlay. Hardcover, orange cloth with blue top edge stain. 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/4-in., 310 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.50.

First edition, 1949. Written by Fredric Wertham, who launched the nationwide crusade against comic books in the 1950s. This book examines murder wherein Wertham presents an entirely new concept of murder and violence, maintaining they are diseases of society which can and must be cured. Hardcover with dust jacket bound in light blue cloth, stamped in red. 5 3/4-in. x 8 1/4-in., 280 pages, B&W text, no illustrations.

Stories and art by Michael Berry, George Ruckas, George La Mendola, Bo Brown, Jeff Keate, Eric Erickson, James Mack, W. Engel, John Maynard, Mel Heimer, Sid Greene, J. Monahan, Dave Gerard, Jimmy Hatlo, Otto Soglow, Fred Lasswell, Cliff Sterrett, Alfred Rosenberg, Ben Roth, Henry Boltinoff, Don Flowers, E. Simms Campbell, Arthur Ferrier, Bruce Patterson and Al Ross. Cover by Jon J. Blummer. A collection of cartoons and comic strips, many featuring risque humor of the era. A typical example of the changing mores and humor of America in the 1950s. One-panel cartoons with an emphasis on insinuation and double entendre; Jokes about the relaxed dating world of the 50s; Reprints of classic comic strips, including They'll Do It Every Time and Snuffy Smith. Male and Female of the Species Quiz; Summer Sideshow; Whodunit?; Characters in the Biggest Show; In the Good Old Days!; Sideshow Salutes; Fun-Pun Crossword; Daffynitions; They'll Do It Every Time; The Specialist; Vaudeville Comes Back; Barney Google and Snuffy Smith; Letter to the Reader; All in Fun; Polly and Her Pals; Sideshow All-Around; Slip-Ups. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $12.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%.

Add to cart Good $8.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Full-length novel written by Norman Bligh. Digest-sized, 5.5" x 7.5", 124 pages, text. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $23.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Full-length novel written by James Clayford. Digest-sized, 5.5" x 7.5", 124 pages, text. Cover price $0.25.

Promotional mini-comic. This 1949's Wisco-Klarer giveaway came free in a box of either Crackin' Good or Laurel Graham Crackers (Carr-Consolidated Biscuit Co.). This promotional comic reprints material from Oscar Comics (Timely). Full-color, 24-pages, 7-in. x 3-1/2-in., all newsprint with ad for all six comics in series on back cover, no cover price. NOTE: Publication date is based on an ad that appeared in Tom Mix #21 (Sept. 1949 issue). Comic has no publication or copyright info.

Slim Morgan Brings Justice to Mesa City (Wisco Mini-Comic) is a promotional giveaway distributed by a variety of merchants including Wisco "99" Service Stations, Carnation Malted Milk, Klarer Health Wieners, Fleers Dubble Bubble Gum, Rodeo All-Meat Wieners, Perfect Potato Chips, & others. Back cover blank or printed with information about participating sponsor. 24 pages, full color, 7-in. x 3.5-in., all newsprint, no cover price.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Single-page blueprint. 12" x 12", 1 page, B&W

Spalding Sports Show for 1949. Filled with newspaper-styled art/info panels featuring famous sports figures, sports news and history including profiles of many famous plays in baseball, football, basketball, tennis, and golf. An annual promotional publication that was given free, "Compliments of A. G. Spalding & Bros., Inc." This issue features legendary White Sox pitcher Charley Robertson, Captain of the 1924 Stanford Rose Bowl team Jim Lawson, and many fun and fascinating sports facts. No cover price, 16-pages (including covers), covers in two-color with black-and-white interior, dimensions 7-in. x 11-in. No cover price.

Cover by Boody Rogers. Stories and art by Boody Rogers. The creation of legendary cartoonist Boody Rogers, Sparky Watts was given superpowers by his pal Doc Static, whose inventions send Sparky on wacky misadventures. Slap Happy is angered by a visit from his old nemesis, inept inventor Marvin Tiddle McFiddle. A creepy-looking man named Buttermilk Sky meets Sparky at a cemetery and predicts his own death. A wealthy man hires Sparky to tear down his mansion...but Sparky should have asked for some ID first. Sparky Watts; A Short Short Story Featuring Slap Happy. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Boody Rogers. Stories and art by Boody Rogers and Don Dean. The creation of legendary cartoonist Boody Rogers, Sparky Watts was given superpowers by his pal Doc Static, whose inventions send Sparky on wacky misadventures. Professor Guesswho of Dishwater University wants to find the tomb of King Tutty-Tut-Amen, but he needs the help of Sparky Watts. Gramps tells Cranberry Boggs about the time he put out to sea in a hurricane. Sparky Watts; Cranberry Boggs. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.