Comic books October 1948

Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Stories and art by Frank Bolle. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #17. Part of A1 Comics, an anthology from Magazine Enterprises with content that varied from month to month. This issue featured Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. A native woman is somehow able to predict the deaths of white men with her blanket; Belle Peters takes over her father's ranch after his death, but the foreman wants to scare her into selling it; Masked bandits commit multiple robberies at the same time. Tim Holt's Western Album; The Blanket of the Navajos!; Tim Holt's Roundup; The Masks of Massacre Bend!; Inside the Rodeo; Crime's Pony Express! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lee Sherman. Stories and art by Lee Sherman, Mario DeMarco, and Clint Harmon. Western comics featuring Western star Tim McCoy and adaptations of movie Westerns. Numbering continues from Zoo Funnies (1945 1st Series Charlton/Childrens) #15, one of the first series published by the company that would become Charlton Comics. Tim and his Rough Rider pals ride into action when corrupt businessmen plot to ruin local ranches with cattle rustling and foreclosures. A comics adaptation of the classic John Wayne Western "Red River," as rugged men clash during the first-ever cattle drive. Plus comics biographies of Western stars Tim McCoy, Johnny Mack Brown, Gene Autry, Jimmy Wakely and Bob Atcher. Tim McCoy; Riders of the West; Jimmy Wakely and Bob Atcher; Portugee Phillips' Ride; Johnny Mack Brown; Red River; Gene Autry & Champ; Pecos Bill; Horse Types. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Sam Leff, Bernard Dibble, Fred Fox, Charlie Plumb, Raeburn Van Buren, Ving Fuller and Gustavo Arriola. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 13 #3. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Bathless Groggins offers advice to brainy but unhappy Libby after he gets a job as night watchman at a girls' college, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with nice art by Raeburn van Buren. Fritzi Ritz wins a beachside beauty contest she didn't even enter, in a strip that showcases Bushmiller's "good girl" art. Sinister circus boss Snark tries to get even with Bombo. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; Ella Cinders; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Curly Kayoe; Abbie an' Slats; El Bombo; Gordo; Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; Doc Syke; How It Began. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Al Liederman and others. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. This issue was NOT mentioned in the text of the anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent, despite an erroneous report in Overstreet (it was the previous issue that was mentioned). Tom tracks down the culprits who have been vandalizing various properties around town, in one of many stories from the era focused on "juvenile delinquents" (the story calls them "little coyotes"). The fierce competition between rival stagecoach companies escalates to sabotage and attempted murder. Outlaw Big Hat McCoy plots to get rid of Tom by switching out the blanks that Tom's gunfighting students use during training. 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 Vandals; Cowboy Cal; Saddlehead; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb; Murder in Advance; Accessories Before the Fact; Masked Treachery; Tumbleweed Jr.: A Tuneful Tale; Round Up Time with Tom Mix; Uncle Oscar; Death on the Prowl. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Jack Sparling, D'Antoni and Robert Ryan. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. A rare authorized biography of Walt Disney from a non-Disney source; The history of the marathon race from antiquity to the 20th century; FBI Agent Steve Saunders tracks a pair of extortionists. Lou Gehrig; The Case of the Frightened Criminals; What's Your Sky I-Q?; The Cotton-Textile Industry; Supersonics; You're the Detective; My Most Interesting True Experience; The Amazing Story of Walt Disney; Truly Comic!, 26-Mile Dash! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Syd Shores. "Wanted! Dead or Alive! The Two Gun Kid, Killer!", art by Syd Shores and Gene Colan; The Two-Gun Kid is riding into Buckhorn, Wyoming when he sees a disturbing sight: A wanted poster for his arrest over a stagecoach robbery. "Terror Rides the Range!"; Outside of Silver City, mine owner Ted French is gunned down; The shooter is about to steal his personally designed saddle when suddenly he hears someone approaching and flees the murder scene. The approaching horse is Two-Gun Kid, who checks to see if the man is still alive. "African Incident" text story. "Aztec Gold Brings Hot-Lead Justice"; Riding through Mexico near the site of ancient Aztec temples, the Two-Gun Kid is shot at by a young Mexican boy; Two-Gun easily knocks the boy off his horse and is surprised that the boy has a powerful hate on for white men. "Death Deals the High Card"; Tod Haskell, a gambler from Boston, has come to town and begins working the gambling tables; When one of the local cowpokes accuses Tod of cheating at a game of Poker, Tod pulls out a gun and is about to shoot him when Sheriff Blaze Carson enters the saloon and shoots the gun out of Tod's hand. "Lead Branded Maverick" starring Two-Gun Kid. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. Cover pencils by Syd Shores, inks by Bill Everett. "The Killer Badman and the Colt-Hung Kid"; Two-Gun Kid rides Cyclone into what he thinks is a peaceful town but is suddenly corrected when he hears the sounds of gunshots; He witnesses a bank robbery seeing the shooter get away. "Guns, Gold, and Glory!", art by Syd Shores; Two-Gun Kid is checking into a hotel in Cactus County, Arizona where the clerk hands him a letter; It's from Two-Gun's friend Billy Bailey who writes that he is about to die and leaves Two-Gun his ranch in payment for once saving his life. "Gun Guard for Boot-Hill!"; The Sheriff is called out into the street because there is trouble with the incoming stagecoach; Rushing outside he finds that the shotgun rider has been killed, the third this week. "Good Luck to Me" text story. "Death in the Ring!", pencils by Syd Shores, inks by John Forte; The Two-Gun Kid stops at a blacksmith to get his horse shoed, and the blacksmith suggests that the Kid take a coach up to Cimarron City to see the big fight between Curly Collins and the champ Gus Matzo; The Kid decides to go and check it out for himself. The Two Gun Kid coloring page by Syd Shores. "Oil Is Where You Find It" starring Annie Oakley. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

"Way Out West!" Thanks to trickery by Della Mason (publisher Whitney Hammond's jealous secretary), Venus goes to Cactus City. Luckily, the plan backfires and works out in the favor of Beauty Magazine. Also includes: "Venus Stops the Presses!"; "Between Two Worlds"; "Birthday Blues!; and "Murder in Miniature." Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ralph Lane and Ernest Lynn (credited as Michael O'Malley). Comic-strip private eye Vic Flint faces colorful killers and mystery murderers. A man with a missing finger puts Vic on the trail of a 20-year-cold murder case. After the man is killed, Vic sets out to find $200,000 in diamonds, a missing daughter, and the killer called Twilight. The "Flatheads" gang commits the first-ever armored car robbery on March 11, 1927. Vic Flint; The Sting of Death; The Coverdale Payroll Holdup; Blood and Blarney. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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No issue number. Published 1948. Cover price $0.10.

Published by Marvel Cover price $0.10.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Mort Leav. Stories and art by Mort Leav, Maurice Del Bourgo, and Bill Woolfolk. 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. In the 1880s, the arrival of the Black Hand extortion racket signals the birth of the Mafia in the US. Detectives investigate a series of murders that seem to be linked to a revenge scheme. Private eye Skip Tracer is jumped by a killer masquerading as a deputy, in a story with some eerie art. The Black Hand; The Tombstone; Guilty or Not Guilty; Sleepy-Eyed Killer; The Badge Bandit. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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No number. Cover by Max Elkan (?). "Six-Gun Justice," art by Max Elkan; Two outlaws hold Judge Parker's daughter captive to force him to dismiss the case against their rustler boss. "Sam Bass The Two Gun Terror of Texas," art by Ralph Carlson; The story of Sam Bass, train robber and killer, who at last was killed by a Texas ranger. "Injun Gun-Bait," art by Max Elkan; The stage is attacked by white men dressed as Indians, hired to kill Kitty before she registers her father's gold mine. "Double Trouble," art by Rudy Palais; Framed by his enemies and unjustly wanted by the law, and is forced to join up with a band of land rustlers. "Slaughter on the Fourth of July"; Two wanted outlaws kill and rob in Lewison, Montana in 1884. "The Lost Bonanza" text story. "Trouble Takes a Town," art by King Ward; Sally Starr is elected Sheriff in Red Dog. 52 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Howard Sherman. Ad for Real Fact Comics No. 16, art by Dan Barry. The Duke of Orofino starring the Wyoming Kid, art by Howard Sherman. Highlights of Ewell BLackwell's career coupled with a Wheaties ad. Sam foils a hi-jacking in an ad for Wildroot Cream-Oil Hair Tonic, art by Lou Fine. The Lair of the Timberwolf starring Nighthawk, art by Charles Paris. A summary of Capt. Manny Gault's career including mention of his involvement with the end of Bonnie and Clyde. Along the Owlhoot Trail starring Rodeo Rick, art by Howard Post. Tootsie Pop ad, pencils by C. C. Beck, inks by Pete Costanza. Ad for Dale Evans Comics #1, art by Lee Green. Highlights of the career of Wyatt Earp. The Pony Express text article. Death in His Holsters starring Cowboy Marshal, art by Ed Smalle Jr. Ad for All-American Comics #101, art by Alex Toth. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Dick Wood and Graham Ingels. Outlaws, gunfighters, and tales of the Old West - some true, and others merely legends. The story of the California Gold Rush and how it changed the West. Prospector-turned-stagecoach robber "Rattlesnake Dick" Barter finds stealing gold is easier than panning for it. More showman than cowboy, Buffalo Bill helps spread the idea of the American West to the rest of the world, in a story with early art by future EC legend Graham Ingels. Detective on Horseback; The Iron Octopus; The Gold Rush; Rattlesnake Dick, the Pirate of the Placers; Wagon Trail; Buffalo Bill; Last Kickback, the Funeral Dirge of Long-Haired Jim Courtright. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Sam Glanzman and Myron Fass. Gun-blazing Western adventure from Fox Feature Syndicate. The Tumbleweed Kid is mistaken for the killer Curly Jim and beaten and jailed; Mysterious attacks threaten to turn neighboring ranching families against each other; Killers target gold prospectors in the bank where Tumbleweed Kid works in his secret identity. Action-packed cover by an unknown artist. Tumbleweed Kid: A Lesson In Triggernometry; Two Gun Smoke In Pleasant Valley; The Fatal Gems; Tumbleweed Kid: There's Gold in Crazy Mule; Don Wan. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Actually the second issue in the series (says #16 on cover). In order of appearance: "Black Jack, The Man Mountain"; "The Roundup of a Thief!!!"; "Wild Bill Doolin, Killer With a Smile!!"; and "Bill Longley". "I'm Agin Killin" text story reprinted in Colossal Features Magazine (1950) #34(#2). 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Otto Binder, Carl Pfeufer, Al Zere, Kurt Schaffenberger and Bill Woolfolk. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. Billy Batson finds a loose dollar bill that happens to be the clue to a gangster's hidden loot, and the gangsters want it back. Commando Yank gets his own Lois Lane in Betty Graham, a rival reporter, who wants to know why Chase Yale always gets the Commando Yank scoops. The vampire Maryani, having survived the encounter with Ibis in issue #101, uses the Serpent of Eden to turn Ibis into a vampire. Plus a "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton, featuring useless but hilarious advice on "How to Sneeze Without a Breeze." And a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Captain Marvel: The Dangerous Dollar; The Culture Corner; Doc Sorebones; Wilbur the Waiter; Golden Arrow: Crook Larnin'; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Kanvasback Wrestles with His Conscience; Commando Yank Takes a Vacation; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Railroaded; The Whiz Quiz; Ibis the Invincible: The Legion of the Walking Dead!. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Al Fagaly. "Down In The Dumps"; Wilbur needs a boat to rent for the faculty boat ride; He accidentally rents a garbage scow and causes Mr. Dripwaite a lot of trouble when the hard-of-hearing captain takes them for a ride. Archie ad. Super Duck ad. "Pop's Rest Cure," pencils by Bill Vigoda; Wilbur causes a lot of trouble when he goes with his sick father to Uncle Ben's farm. "The Juggernaught" text story by Ray Gill. "Remote Control"; Laurie messes up the house when the phone rings while she is bathing. "Temper! Temper!"; Wilbur tries to teach Mr. Dripwaite how to control his temper. Wilbur's Juke Box Quiz. "Goodness!", script and art by Bill Woggon; Katy Keene tries to lose weight. 52 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bob Lubbers. Edited by J.F. Byrne and William R. Shelton. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, Art Saaf, Charles Sultan, George Evans, John Celardo and Maurice Whitman. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Reporter Jane Martin seeks a vanished European politician in the snowy mountains; Suicide Smith tries to calm enraged South American natives after dam workers steal an idol; A mysterious bird-spirit seems to drive a shell-shocked veteran to murder. Captain Wings; Jane Martin; The Flying Furies; Air Heroes of World War II; Phantom Falcon; Suicide Smith; Ghost Squadron. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. 52 pages, full color. Art by Frank Frazetta. Cover price $0.10.

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Numbering continues from Tegra, Jungle Empress (1948) #1. "The Flying Death!"; Zegra's lands are attacked by men on flying carpets. "The Deserter's Prize!"; Captain Hare comes to Zegra to ask for help to find two escaped Legionnaires. "Grasp at Any Straw" text story. "Phara, Living Goddess"; Phara stops a group of Germans forcing the natives to dig uranium. Untitled Ted Tyler, Ghost Detector story taking place in the western town of Tall Butte. Jungle Oddities page. "In the Jungle 40,000 Years Ago!"; Information about the first men who appeared 40,000 years ago. "Jungle Turnabout" non-fiction page. Indicia states "Zegra". 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.