Comic books December 1949

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Subscriber only (rare), will always have mailing label. Label not considered a defect. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. During WWII, a damaged DC-3 flies to safety with a hastily attached replacement wing from a DC-2. The life of frontiersman Kit Carson. The history of rocket science includes speculation about the first moon flight, 20 years before it actually happened, including the problems of living in zero gravity. Doak Walker: Triple-Threat; The Story of the Lopsided Plane; A Trip to the Moon; Kit Carson: Monarch of the Plains; Dan Green: Cannonball Express; Truly Comic! 32 pages, Full Color. NOTE: #80-84 are all newsprint editions that were distributed by mail only to subscribers (no newsstand distribution). Cover price $0.10.

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1947 Canadian Reprint. Cover by Jack Cole. Art by Jack Cole and Alex Toth. Reuses cover of True Crime Comics (1947 Magazine Village) #1. Parts of this issue are reprints from True Crime Comics (1947 Magazine Village) #1, but with artwork by Wally Wood removed. Full color. 36 pages. 7" x 10". Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Lee Elias, Tom Gill, Bob Powell and Vic Herman. Torrid tales of love and heartbreak dressed up as advice to the lovelorn from Harvey. A doctor is torn between professional ethics and his secret love for his nurse Myra. Gail uses a Sadie Hawkins dance to go after Lenny, just to make her boyfriend Doug jealous. New to New York, Janice dates a multitude of guys, but doesn't count on getting a reputation. How I Lost My Sweetheart; I Married a Doctor; My Careless Heart; I Was a Pick-Up; Should I Leave Home?; Tips For Teen-Agers: Watch Your Manners; What Would You Do?; In Love With My Teacher; My First Love Haunted Me; I Thought I Knew What I Wanted. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

NOTE: #8 on cover, but this is actually #1 for the True to Life Romances series. - L. B. Cole cover. "No. 8" on cover. Numbering continues from Guns Against Gangsters Vol. 2 (1949) #1. In order of appearance: "Because I Hated Steve" art by Manny Stallman; "Love Must Play a Part" art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth; "I'd Fit the Dream" art by Nina Albright; and "My Heart Will Tell Me". "Watch Where You Love" text story. Indicia states: "True-To-Life Romances". 36 pages. Full color. Cover Price $0.10.

NOTE: #8 on cover, but this is actually #1 for the True to Life Romances series. Cover price $0.10.

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L.B. Cole cover. In order of appearance: "Star Another in Her Dream"; "I Don't Remember You"; "In Love and Hollywood" art by Marty Stallman; and "On the Altar of Fame" art by Norman Nodel. Dan Dailey and Gregory Peck text articles with photos. Indicia states "True-To-Life Romances". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 2 - December 1949. True Crime and Detective stories. 96 pages, Text with B&W photos and illustrations throughout. Cover price $0.25.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mort Lawrence. Stories and art by Mort Leav, John Forte, 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. A trio of crooks aboard a boat gets into a running gun battle with a Coast Guard patrol. Diminutive Marty feels like a big man when he has a gun in his hand. A chemist kills the gangster who's extorting him, and thinks he's gotten away with it - until a mysterious figure shows up at his door. The Corpse Came C.O.D.; Wanted: James Boyd Guy; Little Man with a Big Gun; Don't Do It; Wanted: Lloyd Sampsell; Not Tough at All; An Act of Revenge; Wanted: Paul Wilson. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Augie Scotto and others. Outlaws, gunfighters, and tales of the Old West - some true, and others merely legends. A deserter from the Civil War hatches a scheme to disguise his outlaw gang with Confederate uniforms. A tough Western judge uses a shotgun and the law to stop a dangerous family feud. Crusading newspaper editor James "King of William" changes the power structure in old San Francisco. Bad Soldier; Handy With a Scatter Gun; Stronghold; Nervous Lucca; The White Brave; A Man and a Town; The Killers of the Golden Gate. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover of western film actors Whip Wilson and Reno Browne. Contains western romance stories. In order of appearance: "Western Hearts"; "Romance Rides the Range" art by John Severin and Bill Elder; "Recipes for Romance"; "Love Laughs at Six-Guns"; "I Married Danger"; and "The Man My Father Hated!". Comic advertisement for Dubble Bubble bubble gum from Fleer. Illustrated text stories: "Foreman of Her Heart: A Ranch Girl Rides to Romance and Happiness!" by Sally Devries; and "With Love From Nancy: Who Was the Man That Broke This Ranch Girl's Heart?" by Alice L. Barry, illustrations by Dan Loprino. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. When rancher Mobray's son starts sleepwalking, a ranch hand with gambling debts realizes he can frame him for his father's murder. Monte pretends to have turned outlaw and holds up stagecoaches to expose an insurance swindle. Con men try to sell desert land by claiming it has an underground river, but Tom Mix is skeptical. Plus a profusion of vintage comics-format ads, including one featuring movie cowboy Rocky Lane. Hopalong Cassidy: Death Walks the Night; Monte Hale, Outlaw; Cactus Brain; Red Roan: Runaway Train; Gabby Hayes: Frantic Feet; Li'l Buck; Buck and Cluck: Oh, Brother; Big Bow and Little Arrow: The Escape; Tom Mix: The Underground River. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover photo of Pat Williams by Ken Murray. Art by Bruno Premiani, Vic Donahue, John Severin, Will Elder, George Roussos, Leonard Starr, and Jack Kirby. Tales of romance on the range and heartbreak on the high prairie. A wealthy prospector sends for a mail-order bride; A story featuring early art by EC legends John Severin and Will Elder; Tough bar owner Belle has no time for romance with her handsome bouncer Mike. Wife Wanted; Romance in Robbers Roost; A Man to Handle Belle; The Blueblood and the Bum!; Romance and the Postmistress; Dude Ranch Diplomacy; Gunmans Shadow. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

First issue of the series (formerly Best Western). 52 pages. "The Kansas Massacre of 1864," Hawk Gaither and Frank Cawley in "Two-Gun Showdown at Black Rock," "He Tried to Starve a Thousand Men," Black Jack Cronin in "Gun Duel in Powder Valley," and "Sheriff Harvey Gilamonster Gilbert." Photo cover. Cover price $0.10.

"Riders of the Gunsmoke Trail" (art by Mort Leav), "The Trail Back" (art by Bernard Krigstein), "Nuggest Nugent Goes to Work," "The Last of the Harpes," and "Roll Mules Roll" (art by Mort Lawrence). Cover by Mort Lawrence. Stories by Mort Leav, Bernie Krigstein, and Mort Lawrence. True tales from the Old West, starring such real-life characters as Wild Bill Pecos, Nuggets Nugent, Apache Joe, Wiley Harpe, and Clay Raymond . 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton and Kurt Schaffenberger. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. An enchanted statue brings Ibis face-to-face with the wizard Dhalgar, an old foe from his earlier life in ancient Egypt. The tiny criminal mastermind known as The Flea challenges Lance O'Casey to a duel to the death. Freshman Freddy takes boxing to impress Harriet, but accidentally picks a fight with the school's boxing champion. Plus a "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton, featuring useless but hilarious advice on "How to Keep Your Knees from Knocking." And vintage ads for The Captain Marvel Club and an "Authentic Secret Agent Mycro-Spy Wrist Camera." Also, "Comix Cards" (like the later Marvel Value Stamps) featuring Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr. Captain Marvel; Muscle Hedd; Freshman Freddy; The Culture Corner; Golden Arrow Fights the Renegade Robbers!; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Lance O'Casey vs. the Flea; Jim and Jam; Ibis the Invincible: The Sinister Statue!; The Whiz Quiz. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Jets to You," art by Bill Vigoda; Mr. Bunsen sends Wilbur to the moon. Archie house ad. "Ants in His Plants," art by Bill Vigoda; Wilbur decides to buy Laurie's father a Venus ant trap plant to get him to stop being mad at him. "The Handyman," art by Bill Vigoda; Wilbur needs to earn some money so Laurie hires him to clean the house and fix the plumbing. Wilbur Puzzle Fun. "Dumb Like a Fox," art by Bill Vigoda; It's be kind to animals week. Stuff About Stars article; News from Hollywood with mention of the stars and directors listed above. Darling Love and Darling Romance house ad. "At R.K.O. Studios in Hollywood," art by Bill Woggon; Katy is taking a screen test at the R.K.O. Studios with actor Robert Ryan. Katy Keene paper doll cutouts, art by Bill Woggon. Super Duck house ad. "S'no Time to Relax"; Wilbur buys his dad a vibrator. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by J.F. Byrne and William R. Shelton. Stories and art by Lee Elias and Rodlow Willard. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Madame Dragon captures Captain Wings' men and uses them as hostages to get Captain Wings to surrender; In a reprint of the first episode of "weird war" series Ghost Patrol, a WWII pilot is aided by the spirit of a WWI aviator and his ghostly biplane; Captain Wings captures the deadly Madam X and gets the skinny on an enemy supply shipment. Captain Wings; Ghost Squadron; Captain Wings. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 5, No. 3 - December, 1949. Pinup and glamour magazine. Cover by Peter Driben. Includes the fifteenth episode of John Willie's "Sweet Gwendoline" comic. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Jack Kamen. Women find love threatened by the sins of the past. A woman tries to overcome a past tragedy; A woman is shamed because of a past mistake; A woman tries to keep her love life a secret. Plus love advice to readers. Nice cover by Jack Kamen. My Scarred Love; I Paid For My Lie; Sweetheart's Corner; Let's Talk It Over; My Hush Dates. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Winslow Mortimer. When Metropolis Went Mad starring Superman, script by Alvin Schwartz, art by Al Plastino. The Railroad Wreckers starring the Wyoming Kid, script by Ryerson Johnson, art by Howard Sherman. Stand By For Contraband starring Full-Steam Foley, art by Winslow Mortimer. The Green Arrow Duels the Blue Lancer, script by Otto Binder, art by George Papp. The Whispering Wizard starring Zatara, script by George Kashdan, art by Joe Kubert. The Man With A Thousand Eyes starring Batman, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Charles Paris; Count Florian, a criminal Batman and Robin once battled in London, comes to America and successfully steals a civilian invention in order to spy on America. 76 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by C. C. Beck. Stories and art by Otto Binder, C. C. Beck, Kurt Schaffenberger, Pete Costanza, Joe Certa, Carl Pfeufer, Mel Gold, John Jordan, Howard Boughner, Dick McCay and Marc Swayze. Fawcett's annual comics omnibus, published to coincide with the Christmas holidays, includes almost 200 pages of comics. Although often described as a collection of unsold, returned comics, the original issues were actually overprinted deliberately for inclusion in Xmas Comics. This issue includes Captain Marvel Adventures #91, Master Comics #101, Wow Comics #68, and The Marvel Family #30. Believed to be the first series to feature enhanced covers. This issue features red felt enhancements to the title and Santa Claus's costume. Capt. Marvel Jr. investigates the mystery of a haunted building. Nyoka tries to help Annabelle in her romance with Randy, who works on a snake farm, but her father is against the match until his own encounter with a snake convinces him otherwise. Bulletman and Bulletgirl try to figure out the secret behind a new wonder drug. Plus more stories by Marvel (Shazam) Family creators Otto Binder, C. C. Beck, and longtime Superman artist Kurt Schaffenberger. Ozzie: Circus Daze; Bobo; Mr. Scarlet and Pinky: The Gargoyle; Muscle Hedd; Phantom Eagle; Penny Graves: The Bronze Raven; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Case of the Used Car; Tom Mix: Challenge To Death; The Worlds Greatest Magician; Boxcar Benny; Lazy Lee; Headline Harry; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Mary Marvel: The Bewitched Book; Captain Marvel Jr. Proves the Best Things in Life Are Free; Hockey Hijinks; South American Imagination; Captain Marvel: The Curse of the Golden Touch. Other variants may exist. 196 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.50.

#16 on cover; Vol. 3 No. 4 in indicia. Photo Cover of Shirley Johns by Theda and Emerson Hall. Stories by Jack Kirby? and unknown. Art by Jack Kirby, Bill Draut, George Roussos, Mort Meskin, Joe Simon and unknown. Featuring: "Dance Hall Pickup!"; "The Wolves of the City!"; "The Girl I Left Behind!"; "Janet Loves Janet!"; and "His Engagement Ring!" Plus: Good Manners Will Make you Rate with your Date 1-pager; 1-page article "The Beauty Clinic"; and 1-page article "How to Get Over a Broken Heart!" 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.