Comic books August 1949

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Vol. 6, No. 1 - August 1949. Men's magazine with humor and pin-up pictorials. Peter Driben cover. 8.5" x 11.5", 60 pages, B&W. MATURE. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Harvey Eisenberg. Stories by Charles Hedinger, Gil Turner and unknown. Art by Harvey Eisenberg, Dan Gormley, Charles Hedinger, Vivie Risto, Gil Turner and Suzanne Seaborne. Featuring: Two Droopy 1-pagers with art by Harvey Eisenberg; Tom & Jerry tale with art by Eisenberg; Jerry & Tuffy 2-pager with art by Eisenberg; The Adventures of Tom tale with art by Eisenberg; The Adventures of Jerry text story with art by Dan Gormley; Flip 'n' Dip tale by Charles Hedinger; Wuff the Prairie Dog tale with art by Vivie Risto; Barney Bear & Benny Burro tale by Gil Turner; and Fuzzy & Wuzzy tale with art by Gormley and Suzanne Seaborne. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Norman Saunders. 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. A cave-in near a Lopi tribal encampment leads to an ancient forgotten city full of gold, and trouble soon follows. Carnival strongman-gone-wrong Muscles Sanderson gets wind of where prospectors have stored their gold. When Honest Bill Jenkins is accused of stealing a saddle, Tom suspects hijinks, in a story that features Tom knocking out two bad guys by swinging a saddle. The Ancient Underground City; The Carnival of Death; Tumbleweed Jr.: Pie Jam; Fightin' Forbes: Hangmans Rendezvous; The Dreaded Appearance; Hotshot Hawley; Blank Evidence. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Aug 1949. Cover by Dreany. Western stories by William MacLeod Raine "Range Beyond the Law", A. C. Abbott, Hamilton Craigie, Ross Santee "Cowboy", Gladwell Richardson, Jackson Gregory "The Thunder of Hermit King", and Noel Loomis. 7" x 9 3/4"; black and white; 162 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

"Stan Musial," "The FBI's First Bank Robbery Case," "Cagliostro, Master Rogue," and "Gen. Lucius D. Clay." Cover price $0.10.

36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Lee Elias. "I Fell In Love With the Man of My Dreams"; 15-year-old Candy has a crush on 21-year-old Bob, a friend of her brother; Bobs companion is Betty, who is his own age, but Candy plots to win him away; After Candy helps Bob during an emergency at a charity dance, they become friendly although hes shocked to learn her true age. "Can First Love Be True Love?", pencils by Bob Powell; Doris and Paul fall in love at first sight but she "couldnt be sure it would last." "I Was Betrothed to a Stranger"; Frank gives Alice an engagement ring but her "old-countryish" father says hes arranged for her to marry Tony, the son of a fellow immigrant; Alice finds Tony "a corpulent, loud-mouthed oaf" but wonders if she must repay her parents sacrifices with one of her own. "Know Your Own Mind!" text story. "Be Punctual!" How to Hold Your Man story, script by Merilla Herman, art by Vic Herman; Smart Sue is punctual and pleases her boyfriend; Silly Millie is always late and loses her boyfriend. Dear Peggy: Love Problems & Advice column. Hollywood Roddy McDowall at Monogram Pictures Studio Adventures of Popsicle Pete ad. "I Was Tormented!"; Babs and Belle are twins, but Babs is "such a droop compared to Belle" that Babs loses all of her boyfriends to her sister. Babs falls in love with lawyer Jeff; he says hed never leave her for her "slinky sister"; Belle pulls her usual fake "fainting" gimmick and kisses Jeff when he helps her up—an upset Babs runs into traffic and is hit by a car. "Was It Love Or Pity?", art by Bob Powell; Nurse Julia loves doctor Stuart, but hes the boyfriend of fellow nurse Bea, whose father is head of the hospital where they all work; Stuart feels like a kept man but is unable to break up with the domineering Bea. "The Man I Love" text story. "I Loved Two Men!" text story. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Ghost of Roaring Valley!"; In Roaring Valley, Blackie Barstow and his gang are following Peg-Leg Pete in order to learn where his hidden gold mine is; Two-Gun Kid and Rusty Randolph are riding through the area and they are suddenly shot at by one of Barstow's men. "The Kid Turns Killer"; Two-Gun Kid and Rusty Randolph have accepted an invitation to the ranch owned by Rusty's uncle Frank; They arrive just as Frank's ranch hands are in the middle of a gun fight with a gang led by Shark Storm; Two-Gun and Rusty lend a hand. "The Man Behind the Mask," art by Syd Shores; Matthew Masters is returning from a house call when he notices the sheriff putting up a wanted poster for an outlaw named Tod Sultan who has been seen in the area; Going into his office, Masters is held at gun point by Sultan, who had been wounded by the sheriff earlier that day and needs medical attention. "Trapped On the Train of Terror!" starring Two-Gun Kid. "When a Man Has Faith!" starring Blaze Carson. "The Marshall Who Lived Again" starring Two-Gun Kid. 52 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

"The Earth Is in Danger!" Venus goes to Mardi Gras to cover the event for Beauty Magazine. Whitney is stunned when she abandons her task. Loki guest-stars. Also includes: "Face to Face with the King of Evil!"; "The Wrath of a Goddess!"; "Stolen Love!"; and "The House Love Built." Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Taliaferro. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, Bill Walsh, Dick Moores, Bob Karp, Merrill De Maris, Tony Strobl, Gil Turner, George Waiss, Bill Wright, Manuel Gonzales, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 9 #11. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured work by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, and Pogo's Walt Kelly. In a classic story from the Mickey Mouse comic strip, ghost-hunters Mickey, Goofy and Donald are hired by Colonel Bassett to investigate the House of Seven Haunts. In a story by Barks, a lab accident gives Donald superpowers. Mickey meets his great-grandfather Ablemarle, a dancing, cattle-thieving, swindling, jaywalking live wire. Donald Duck; Bucky Bug; Li'l Bad Wolf; Mickey Mouse; Dumbo the Flying Elephant; Danny Saves the Day; Mickey Mouse in the House of Seven Haunts. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mort Leav. Stories and art by William Woolfolk, Mort Leav, Maurice Del Bourgo, 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. Strait-laced, seemingly honest bank teller Mortimer must arrange a bank robbery to cover up the money he's been embezzling. A reporter investigates a drive-by murder and finds evidence the cops don't have. Private eye The Tracer is hired to prove a charity organizer is siphoning funds, but when his client is murdered, it becomes personal. Also featuring a vintage ad for "authentic replicas" of WWII Axis handguns. The Strange Case of Mortimer Dollard; The World's Dirtiest Racket; Wanted: Walter Evans Connell; Public Enemies; Strands of Hair; Wanted: Joseph Charles Bartos; Danger Stalks the City; Wanted: George Emerous Morgan. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 55, Issue 1 - August 1949. "A Magazine for Boys and Girls." Stories, poems, and activities designed for kids. 7-in. x 10-in., 36 pages, PC,PB&W Cover price $0.20.

Final issue of the series (becomes Western Love Trails with issue # 7). Bud Steele the Cross-Draw Kid in "The Nemesis of No Man's Land," Sheriff Sal in "The Gila Monster Murders," "The Terror of the Southwest" (art by A.C. Hollingsworth), and "Baited Into Heartbreak." Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Howard Sherman. The Texas Volunteers starring the Wyoming Kid, art by Howard Sherman. The Two-Gun Dude of Deadwood starring Rodeo Rick, script by Phil Evans, art by Jimmy Thompson. Tunnel of Terror starring Nighthawk, art by Charles Paris. The treasure beneath the Plains starring Cowboy Marshal, art by Ed Smalle Jr. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Art Peddy and others. Outlaws, gunfighters, and tales of the Old West - some true, and others merely legends. The story of the Cherokee Strip Land Run of 1893. A Civil War veteran returns to his Western hometown and opens a schoolhouse, to the disbelief and derision of the townspeople. Outlaw and rustler Russian Bill claims to be an exiled Russian noble who made his way to the West. Oklahoma Land Grab; Lazy Dan; Blackboard Law; The Scout; Fiddlin' Charlie Horn; The Rawhide Railroad; The Book Says:. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Leonard Frank, Al Liederman and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Hopalong Cassidy's pal Drake attempts to build a bridge across Twin Rivers, but rustlers don't want the bridge and will kill to stop it. Gunslinger Ben Sweeney believes he is unbeatable because he has Wild Bill Hickok's gun - but then he meets Monte Hale. Masked outlaws try to kidnap the governor's daughter, but Tom Mix suspects they're really after the mysterious diamond pendant she's wearing. Plus a profusion of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade, and a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Hopalong Cassidy and the Threatening Past; Monte Hale: Killer's Gun!; Cactus Brain; Red Roan: Portrait of a Horse; Gabby Hayes: Sweet Capture; Li'l Buck; Cowboy Cal; Tumbleweed Jr.; Tom Mix and the Pendant Plot. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover from Canadian Pacific starring Randolph Scott and Jane Wyatt. Art by Leonard Starr, Bill Draut, Jack Kirby, George Gregg, and Manny Stallman. Tales of romance on the range and heartbreak on the high prairie. Cowgirl Jane has to prove she's as good as any man on the ranch, but that leaves little prospect of love. A sheriff's daughter falls for an outlaw gambler. Dude-ranch worker Katie is torn between a cowhand and a handsome stranger from the East. Equal of Any Man!; Gambler's Girl; Kate and the Coyote; Weddin' at Red Rock; The Tonto Express; Love Songs of the Prairie; Cowgirl Sweetheart; A Gal, a Guy and a Gelding. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Wild Bill Pecos in "Stampede" (art by Mort Leav). Nugets Nugent in "Double Trouble" (art by Bernard Krigstein). Also "Billy the Kid," "The Saber," and "The Outcast" (art by Most 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, Johnny Jones, Billy the Kid, Davy Crockett's grandson, and Dale Hart. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Otto Binder, Kurt Schaffenberger, and Louis Cazeneuve. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. Dr. Sivana goes on a spree of planting booby traps for Captain Marvel, each more fiendish than the last. When Nero the Hermit makes a trip to the big city, Golden Arrow tags along in case he finds trouble, which he almost immediately does. Ibis goes undercover as a high-rise worker when a skyscraper construction site is plagued by accidents that might be the work of ghosts. Plus a "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton, featuring useless but hilarious advice on "How to Elevate Your Pate." Infinity cover by C.C. Beck is also partly a photo cover. Captain Marvel: Sivana's Booby Traps; Wilbur the Waiter; Doc Sorebones; The Culture Corner; Golden Arrow: The Perils of the Big City; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Lance O'Casey: Magnet of Death; Billsey the Billionaire; Ibis the Invincible: The Haunted Skyscraper. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Feed 'Em and Weep," script and art by Bill Vigoda; Laurie and Wilbur invite some bums for dinner the same night Commodore Lake invites the board of directors for dinner. "Kiss Me Again," script and art by Bill Vigoda; Linda tries to get Wilbur to kiss her. Wilbur Puzzle Page. "Car of My Dreams!", script and art by Bill Vigoda; Wilbur's dad is hoping to buy the new Super Eight car. "On a Bicycle Built for Four"; While the gang is out bike riding, Linda schemes to be alone with Wilbur. "Laugh, Frown, Laugh"; Wilbur's dad tries to get everyone to smile. Wilbur Puzzle Fun. "Katy Keene in Hollywood," script and art by Bill Woggon; K. O. has to win a boxing match to get out to California where Katy is. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bob Lubbers. Edited by J.F. Byrne and William R. Shelton. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, George Evans, Alvin Hollingsworth and Maurice Whitman. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Reporter Jane Martin investigates attempts on the life of a retired movie star; Suicide Smith battles a shark after crooks gain control of a remote island prison. Captain Wings; Jane Martin; Air Heroes of World War II; Suicide Smith; Ghost Squadron. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 5, Issue 1 - August, 1949. Painted cover by Peter Driben. Vintage men's interest magazine with a focus on cheesecake and pin-up photography. 8" x 11.5", 58 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.