Comic books June 1948

Robin in "The Seeing-Eye Dog Crimes," Robotman in "The Battle of the Robots," the Star-Spangled Kid in "The Human Fly," and Tomahawk in "The Secret of the Highwayman." One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie Tames a Tornado" by C.C. Beck. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $10.35 View scan Discounted from $11.50.

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. While Steve's employer Copper Calhoun is recovering from the car accident, the beautiful Delta shows up to cause more trouble. Plus a feature by Bob Powell on the "XFD-1" fighter plane, the prototype better known as the McDonnell FH Phantom. Perilous Encounter; Kid Brother; Plane Talk; Cartoon Laughs; Flossie; The Mystery of the Deadly Plane. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Complimentary Issue given away at department stores. Cover by Milton Caniff. Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Bob Powell, Vic Herman, Bob Barnes 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 agrees to fly oil-drilling machinery through dangerous territory for the Black Champagne company, unaware that the company is run by the sinister Big Red. Plus an illustrated text feature about Caniff's career. Milton Arthur Caniff; Chase of Death; Kid Brother; Plane Talk; Cartoons and Gags; Ricky Roony; The Champion's Challenge; The Case of the Flaming Plane. 52 pages, full color.

Stories by Allen Saunders. Art by Elmer Woggon. Reprints of the classic comic strip about the adventures of a two-fisted photographer. Steve is hired to interview a scientist who has cured the common cold, but the sinister Dr. Hugo Schwine gets to him first. Steve infiltrates a gambling den with a hidden camera. A trapper captures a gorilla in the Congo. Also featuring a full-page ad for Bow-Lite, the "sensational ready-made electric" light-up bowtie. ("Wow the Women! Win New Friends!") Steve Roper and Wahoo; The Mountain Lion; Trapper. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Children's magazine featuring stories, illustrations, songs and more. 48 pages, PC/PB&W, 7" x 10". Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $828.00 View scans Paper: White From The Collection Of Jon Berk. Label #1485446020 Discounted from $920.00.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $918.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #3725299002 Discounted from $1,020.00.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $999.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #2072102023 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover art by Syd Shores. Murder Motor Mart starring Sub-Mariner and Namora, script and art by Bill Everett. Framed For Crime starring the Blonde Phantom, pencils by Mike Sekowsky. Terror In the Lost Colony starring the Sub-Mariner and Namora, pencils by Bob Powell, inks by Ken Bald. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage magazine featuring stories about, and tips for those interested in the nudist way of life. Softcover Magazine, 8" x 11", 32 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

Teen comedy about a redheaded girl and her goofy friends, featuring early work by EC legend Al Feldstein. Stories and art by Al Feldstein and others. Cover by Al Feldstein. Teddy gets in trouble with Sunny's parents over a wolf whistle; An old stamp Teddy and Sunny find in the attic turns out to be worth a fortune; Teddy's courtship with Sunny is threatened by the arrival of wise-guy rich kid Penrod. Wolves and Whistles; Evening Gown Blues; Two Tickets for Trouble; Love in Bloom; Junior: Stop! Stop! Final issue under this title; numbering continues with Western True Crime (1948). 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Summer 1948. Edited by Helen Meyer. Cover by Bill Holman. Stories by Al Posen and Bill Holman.Stories include Sweeney and Son, Smokey Stover, Spooky, and Clyde Beatty. Backwoods Birthday text story by Oskar Lebeck. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Super Duck and Cubby the Bear stories. Al Fagaly cover and all Super Duck stories. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $432.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #0919019005 Discounted from $480.00.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $193.50 View scans Water damage. Cover oxidation. Discounted from $215.00.

Add to cart Coverless $89.95 or Best Offer View scan Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Add to cart Coverless $89.95 or Best Offer View scan 1.5" Cumulative spine split in first wrap. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Preview of Plunder, script by Alvin Schwartz, pencils by Win Mortimer; The Prankster places statues around town announcing his next crimes--and all the statues show Superman helping him! Superman Turns On the Heat, script by Joe Samachson, pencils by Ira Yarbrough, inks by Stan Kaye; A small town farmer asks Superman for a favor, which results in unforeseen consequences. Open For Business text story b Bill Carlton. Superman In Valhalla, script by Edmond Hamilton, art by Win Mortimer; Superman goes searching for a lost movie company and ends up seemingly in Valhalla, home of the Norse gods. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $346.50 View scans Paper: Off white Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case; Scuffing to inner well of case; Other - see grading notes Canadian Edition. 3" Crack on back of slab. Label #0096136010 Discounted from $385.00.

Canadian edition. Cover pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Stories by Al Schwartz and Joe Samachson. Art by Fred Ray and Win Mortimer. 32 pgs. NOTE: This printing contains less pages and material than the standard edition, which is 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $63.00 or Best Offer View scans Interior tearing. Staple rust. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

#67 in a series of 90. Superman-Tim is a boys' clothing catalog, activity book, and comic book all rolled into one, featuring Superman illustrations throughout. All issues are 16 pages unless a Superman story is inserted (bringing page count to 24 or 36 pages). Every issue encourages boys not to be a "Whoo-Shoo" -- a boy who reads "Superman-Tim" but doesn't buy clothes from the Superman-Tim Store. Copyright 1948 by National Comics Pub., Inc., under license to Tim Promotions, Inc. B&W with a single color, 5 1/2 in. x 8 in.

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Katy Keene back-up story by Bill Woggon. One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear With Invisible Light" by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. Al Fagaly cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by L. B. Cole. Cadet story, art by Nina Albright. Heathcliff the Hobo humor page by Art Helfant. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Speck, Spot, and Sis story, art by Alonzo Vincent. Target and the Targeteers story, art by Ken Battefield. Watch That Ripple text story. Chameleon story. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Are You a Flagpole Sitter? starring Candid Charlie, art by Robert Q. Sale. Gary Stark story, script and art by Don Rico. Full page sequential art ad for U. S. Royal Bike Tires, art by George Roussos. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

"Tarzan and the Dwarfs of Didona." Chased by a leopard, Boy ends up on an island where a tribe of white dwarves intends to offer him up as a sacrifice. Features the introduction of Jane to the comic book series. Includes part three of Jesse Marsh's adaptation of Burroughs' Ape-English Dictionary. Script by Gaylord DuBois, art and cover by Jesse Marsh. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Story and art by Milton Caniff, C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza and Bob Powell. Cover by Milton Caniff. Harvey reprints Caniffs influential adventure strip about young Terrys adventures in the untamed Orient with two-fisted Pat. Redheaded enemy spy Rouge gets the drop on nurse Taffy Tucker and switches identities with her. Air Force cadet Terry earns his wings. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear With Invisible Light," with art by Shazam creator CC Beck. Call To Action; The Trick Works; Plan of Attack; Unknown Identity; Taffys Dilemma; Snoopy; Catching a Spy; Observation Flight; Reporting For Duty; Raging Destruction; Tommy Tween; Date Bait. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Art Bartsch. Art by Art Bartsch, Reuben Timmins and Connie Rasinski. St. John presents the comics adventures of the characters of animator Paul Terry's studio. Mighty Mouse's foe The Claw seeks the lost tomb of King Tutmouse of the Mousetecs, to find a legendary potion of strength. Heckle and Jeckle hitch a ride with two desperate criminals on the run. Rudy and Hardtack see an afternoon of insect collecting as a chance to play practical jokes on Dinky. Gandy Goose: Gandy Loses His Appetite; Mighty Mouse: Secret of the Ages; Gandy Goose: Picnic Problems; Dinky: What's Buzzin' Cousin; Heckle and Jeckle: The Hitchhikers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Art Saaf, Art Gates, Ralph Mayo, Charles S. Strong, John Celardo, Frank Roslyn, Frank Frazetta (header for text story only), and Everett Hibbard. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Princess Pantha, Looie Lazybones, Kathy, Stories from the D.A. Files. 36 pgs. 10¢. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $13.50 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight. Discounted from $15.00.	Add to cart VG 4.0 $14.40 View scans Discounted from $16.00.	Add to cart VG 4.0 $14.40 View scans 3/4" Cumulative spine split. Discounted from $16.00.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $13.50 View scans Paper: Off white Discounted from $15.00.
Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $13.50 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive. Discounted from $15.00.	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $13.50 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate. Discounted from $15.00.	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $13.50 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate. Discounted from $15.00.	Add to cart Good $10.80 View scans Paper: Cream Foxing. Soiling. Tearing. Discounted from $12.00.
Add to cart GD- 1.8 $4.95 View scans Paper: Cream Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive. Discounted from $5.50.	Add to cart Fair $6.30 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Discounted from $7.00.

June 1948. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by George O. Smith, Ray Cummings, Ray Bradbury, William Tenn, William F. Temple, Margaret St. Clair, Edmond Hamilton, and Murray Leinster. Five Virgil Finlay illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 146 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Sam Leff, Bernard Dibble, Ernest Hix, Raeburn Van Buren, Ving Fuller and Gustavo Arriola. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 12 #11. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Someone is murdering the members of Bathless Groggins' graduating class one by one, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with nice art by Raeburn van Buren. Phil Fumble takes photos of Fritzi, in a strip that showcases Bushmiller's "good girl" art. Bombo changes a $100,000 bill into small bills for Mr. Biltybux, then accidentally gives the money to a struggling widow. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Curly Kayoe; Abbie an' Slats; El Bombo; Gordo; Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; Strange as It Seems; Doc Syke; How It Began. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $36.90 View scans Discounted from $41.00.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $35.10 View scans Spine split 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight. Discounted from $39.00.

Add to cart Very Good $21.60 View scans Spine split 20%. Staple rust: Slight. Discounted from $24.00.

Add to cart Very Good $35.10 View scans Spine split 30%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight. Discounted from $39.00.

Volume 4, Issue 6 - June, 1948. Peter Driben cover. 8.5" x 11.5", 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Al Liederman, Chad Grothkopf, Carl Pfeufer and Bill Brady. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. Tom realizes that a suspicious freight-train crash was actually the work of "wheat rustlers" trying to swindle Dobie's farmers by shutting down trade. Tom investigates when a bandit is robbing patrons at the county fair. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. And another vintage ad for the Tom Mix radio show, and Tom Mix glow-in-the-dark spurs! The Wheat Rustlers; Rustler Trap; Cowboy Cal; Willie the Worm; The County Fair Mystery!; Last Shot; Tumbleweed Jr.: The Black Gold; Round Up Time with Tom Mix; The Saga of Fleeing Beauty; Billy the Kid and Oscar; The Trade of Treachery. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Syd Shores, inks by Bill Everett. "Trapped in Outlaw City," script by William Woolfolk, art by Syd Shores; A small western town is hit by a bunch of bank robbers who clean out the local Wells Fargo branch, and the local sheriff is powerless to stop the robbery. "Who Was Kaspar Hauser?" text story, art by Syd Shores. "The Train That Wasn't There!", script by William Woolfolk, art by John Forte; A train containing gold bullion leaves from Grange City for the town of Tarleton, some 40 miles away; However, the train mysteriously vanishes along the tracks; While a posse is gathered to try and find the train, the Two-Gun Kid rides into Tarleton. "Killer's Alibi!", art by Syd Shores; A western town has been plagued by a series of cattle rustling in recent history; The gang, led by a mysterious leader rustles the old Thompson Place. "Duel to the Death!", pencils by Syd Shores; Out in the wilderness Native American warrior Red Coyote looks down at a small western town in utter contempt of the white men who have taken over his ancestors land and vows to reclaim it for his people; Weeks later, the town has been regularly attacked by Native American's led by Red Coyote; Two-Gun Kid rides into town. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.