Comic books October 1950

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ruth Atkinson and Dana Dutch. Tales of teen angst and amour, often featuring art and covers by celebrated good-girl artist Matt Baker. Jean quits school to follow her boyfriend to his Army training camp, the first in a series of bad decisions she makes, in a story with art by Baker. In another Baker story, chemist Helene is torn between fellow chemist Don and her supervisor Kevin, and that's not going to be good for love or work. Dolly has lots of boyfriends, but secretly loves farmer Jock, who doesn't think he has a chance with her. I Ran Away from Love; Wild Desires Made Me Love-Blind; Everyone Called Me a Flirt; I Lied to Trap a Sweetheart; I Was Fooled by First Love; I Forfeited My Right to Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Story and art by Milton Caniff, Bob Powell and Lee Elias. Harvey reprints Caniffs influential adventure strip about young Terrys adventures in the untamed Orient with two-fisted Pat. Big Stoop and Connie help Terry track the mysterious Hooded Guerilla Leader. Plus a fact-based strip about New York's "flying policemen" foiling a would-be kidnapper. Betrayed; Villain Unmasked; Counter-Attack; Maneuver Under Way; The Adventures of Hotshot Charlie: You Ought to Be in Pictures; Trouble Under Cover; True Winged Wonders; Tops in Flying. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 34, Issue 10 - October, 1950. TAM is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures. Broadway and Hollywood. Includes: "The Enchanted" by Jean Giraudoux, "An Actor Goes to School" by Van Heflin, and much more. 8.5-in. x 11-in, 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by John Celardo, Art Saaf, Charles Stewart, Joe Archibald. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $17.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white	Add to cart Very Good $29.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $36.00 View scans Paper: Cream Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $19.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $8.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Oct 1950. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by John D. MacDonald, Eric Frank RussellSam Merwin Jr., Bolling Branham, Robert Moore Williams, William F. Temple, and Walt Sheldon. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 7, Issue 2 - October 1950. Men's magazine with humor and pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11.5". 58 pages. B&W. MATURE. Cover price $0.25.

Cover pencils by Lynn Karp. Stories by unknown. Art by Lynn Karp and unknown. Featuring: Two Droopy 1-pagers; Tom & Jerry tale with pencils by Lynn Karp; Jerry & Tuffy 2-pager; Adventures of Tom tale with pencils by Karp; Adventures of Jerry text story; Flip 'n' Dip tale; Wuff the Prairie Dog tale; Barney Bear & Benny Burro tale; and Fuzzy & Wuzzy tale. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Carl Pfeufer and others. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. Owlhoots pull a fast one after the rodeo and steal Tom's championship trophy. Outlaws seem to be invisible, but Tom suspects all-too-natural trickery. Plus some exceptionally nice nature art by an unknown artist in the two-page edu-strip Roundup Time With Tom Mix. And a vintage ad for the "Explorer's Sun Watch" featuring movie cowboy Rocky Lane. The Case of the Missing Trophy; Roundup Time With Tom Mix; Tumbleweed Jr.: The Berry Boy!; Fightin' Forbes: Death Writes a Note; Clothes Horse Horice; Cowboy Cal; Saddlehead; The Mysterious Death; The Invisible Outlaws! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Tomahawk & boy sidekick Dan Hunter begin. Cover art by Fred Ray. The Prisoner Called Tomahawk, art by Bruno Premiani. The Indian Navy starring Tomahawk, art by Bruno Premiani. The Longest Manhunt in the West, art by Bruno Premiani. The Legend of the Three Wishes--Tales of the Arrow Maker, art by Leonard Starr. The Banishment of Heavy Foot starring Tomahawk, art by Fred Ray. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Presenting fiction and non-fiction stories, many of which are religious in nature - a Treasure Chest of fun and facts! Includes a game page, "Over the Ski Trail," by Jane P. Renshaw, illustrated by Sidney Quinn, "Fun Page," "Chuck White," by H.G. Felsen, "Ice and Iron," a story by Alice Alison Lide, "I Am With You All Days," (scenes from the life of the church), "Silver From Clay," by Silvio A. Bendini, illustrated by Earl Lonsbury, "The Secret of Shadow Lake," by C.E. Fiel, "The Story of the Earthworm," by Bob Rice, ads for Mickey Mouse Weather House and U.S. Army War Surplus Camping Gear. 32 pages, full color.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller and Raeburn van Buren. The comic-strip adventures of aspiring model Fritzi Ritz and her boyfriend, the bumbling Phil Fumble. Phil takes in the bathing beauties at the beach, in a strip that showcases Bushmiller's "good girl" art. The wealthy Groggins hire Madame Eclaire, whose singing puts people to sleep so her accomplice can rob them, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with art by Raeburn van Buren. Fritzi Ritz; Abbie an' Slats; Stamp Tips. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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#121, 10/50, 10c. Donald Duck, the Li'l Bad Wolf, and Grandma Duck in untitled stories and Mickey Mouse in the next chapter of "Monarch of Medioka" serial. Issue also has one-page and half-page gag strips and a two-page text feature "Blue Ribbon Boys." Story and art credits: unknown. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mort Lawrence. Stories and art by Mort Leav, Bill Woolfolk, Gus Schrotter and Mort Lawrence. Bloody pre-Code crime comics, in imitation of Crime Does Not Pay - including a top-hatted, otherworldly narrator. The twist is that the publisher offers wanted posters (and rewards) for real-life criminals. Clyde fakes his death to escape his massive gambling debts, which works until the mobsters realize he's still alive. The new series "Crime Lab" features Lt. "Loot" Dundy and "Doc" Gage, who solve crimes with CSI methods. Private eye Dan Dennis investigates the Clover Gang and the Smiling Killer after a reporter friend is murdered in front of him.Dead On Arrival; Wanted: George Lee; Crime Lab: The Case of the Criminal Canary; Kiss of Doom; The Trap; Wanted: James H. Perry; The Killer Wore a Smile. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian edition. Cover by Wally Wood. Stories by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Wally Wood, Will Elder, Sid Check, and Joe Orlando. Canadian publisher Superior reprints EC's influential New Trend title, featuring some legendary sci-fi and comics artists. Aliens planning an invasion pick the wrong Earthling to study for clues to the Earth's defensive technologies. Scientists discover the horrifying truth about why their cross-dimensional teleporter is fatal to cats, with art by Joe Orlando. A fourth-dimensional traveler dispenses his own brand of justice, with art by legendary MAD artist Will Elder. Classic spacemen on alien planet cover by Wally Wood. Therell be Some Changes Made; Inside Story; Warning!; Strategy; They Shall Inherit. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Howard Sherman. The Victory of Rolling Fort starring the Wyoming Kid, art by Howard Sherman. The Law of the Open Range starring Rodeo Rick, art by Tom Cooke. Two Buttons from Boston starring Nighthawk, art by Bruno Premiani. Range Hog Pay-Off starring Cowboy Marshal, art by Ed Smalle Jr. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by John Prentice. Stories and art by John Prentice and John Daly. Outlaws, gunfighters, and tales of the Old West - some true, and others merely legends. Dan joins the outlaw gang of his father's killer, and waits for his chance for revenge. Buckskin Benson and his sidekick Muskrat face off against a train robber and a crooked sheriff. Outlaw Smoke Allard seeks payback on the soldier who got him kicked out of the Cavalry by going to work on his father's ranch. The Kid's Revenge; Buckskin Benson; Showdown at the Lava Beds; Across the Ocean; Enemy of Spain; Poison Allard's Last Draw; Saddle Scraps. 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. Bill Boyd helps put out a fire at a friend's lumber camp and finds himself accused of murder. Monte Hale pursues bandits who have discovered a new method of getaway: hot-air balloon. Tom Mix tries to protect the town of Dobie from a devastating flood, as well as the owlhoots who come scavenging afterwards. Bill Boyd: The Murder Suspect; Monte Hale: The Balloon Bandits; Slim Carson: River Rendezvous; Li'l Buck; Battered Batters; Tom Mix: The Rampaging River. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Pete Costanza. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Otto Binder, Kurt Schaffenberger and Bill Woolfolk. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. A burglar accidentally unleashes genii, pixies, sprites and witches upon the world, and Captain Marvel must figure out how to put them to good use. When a Native shaman and a doctor differ over a patient's treatment, Golden Arrow must stop the argument from escalating into war. When he hears reports that the Headless Horseman has returned, Ibis visits Sleepyville, and so does a gangster who smells an opportunity. Plus a "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton, featuring useless but hilarious advice on "How to Count to a Large Amount." Captain Marvel: The Friendly Horrors; Doc and Dack; The Culture Corner; Wilbur the Waiter; Golden Arrow: Medicine Man Fights Doctor; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Ibis the Invincible: The Headless Horseman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bill Vigoda. The Famous Archie Series Characters house ad. "Cops 'N Robbers"; Wilbur dresses as a crook for Laurie's costume party, then he has to make a deposit at the bank for his father. "Knots to You!"; After Laurie turns down Wilbur for lunch, Linda worries he's going to hang himself. "Flight from Fight"; Slats and Wilbur are going to fight, then Wilbur hears the school doctor talking about what bad condition Slats is in and decides not to fight him. Jughead house ad. "Poem! Sweet Poem!"; Cleaning the attic, Wilbur finds a poem his father wrote to his mother; he also finds a book of poems he borrowed from Laurie over a year ago. Wilbur Puzzle Page, art by Dave Berg. "Follow the Leader"; Linda has taught Wilbur to dance the samba. "Clutter Bug"; Red and Wilbur run to watch a fire then learn that it was started by a cluttered attic. Untitled Katy Keene story, art by Bill Woggon; Katy and Sis listen to K. O.'s big fight on radio, and Sis imagines what's happening based on the announcer's descriptions. Swim Fashions page with Katy Keene, art by Bill Woggon. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 6, Issue 2 - October, 1950. Painted cover by Peter Driben. Tasteful, non-nude, amateur vintage pin-up pictorials, sports stories and articles relating to the social climate of the time. 8" x 11.5", 58 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Volume 6, Issue 3 - October, 1950. Painted cover by Peter Driben. Tasteful, non-nude, amateur vintage pin-up pictorials, sports stories and articles relating to the social climate of the time. 8" x 11.5", 58 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Winslow Mortimer. The Great Steel Mystery starring Superman, Lois Lane, and Perry White, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Ton O Fun humor page by Harry Lampert. The Fatal Arrow starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp. Jerry the Jitterbug humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Secret of the Stolen Statues starring the Wyoming Kid, script by Ryerson Johnson, pencils by Howard Sherman. The Visiting Wizard starring Zatara, art by Ralph Mayol; Zatara meets a boastful magician who is a fraud. Casey the Cop humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Nervous Norman humor page by Phil Berube. The Pirate's Sweetheart starring Full-Steam Foley, script by Don Cameron, art by Win Mortimer. Song of Crime starring Batman, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman & Robin figures) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Sy Barry. School Children Round the World public service announcement starring Superman, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. Full-page ad for Tomahawk # 1. Full-page Tootsie Roll ad, CaptainTootsie Traps Jewel Thieves by Bill Schreiber. 76 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

#26 on cover; Vol. 4 No. 2 in indicia. Cover by Jack Kirby & Joe Simon. Stories by unknown. Art by Jack Kirby, Bill Draut, Leonard Starr?, Bruno Premani, Mort Meskin and unknown. Featuring: "Your Money or Your Love!"; "The Last Man on Earth!"; "Hired Wife!"; "Simpson and Elilah!"; and 2-page Nancy Hale's Problem Clinic story "Taken for Granted"! Plus: 1-pager "Do Something Nice for Your Sweetheart"; 1-page article "Let's Have a Good Time"; and 1-page article "Beauty Blemishes"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.