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Comic books April 1948

  • Vol. 20 #2
    44 Western Magazine (1937-1954 Popular Publications^) Pulp Vol. 20 #2


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Issue #119
    Action Comics (1938 DC) 119
    Published Apr 1948 by DC.
    • Near complete spine split. Cover detached at one staple and loose at other.
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    Cover art by Win Mortimer. Superman for a Day!, script by Edmond Hamilton, art by Win Mortimer. Treasure Trove! starring Congo Bill, art by Ed Smalle. Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light starring Captain Tootsie, art by C. C. Beck. Concert for Crime! starring Zatara, script by Joe Samachson, art by W. F. White. Cabbie Casey story, script and art by Jack Farr. The Birthday That Backfired! starring Vigilante, script by Don Cameron, pencils by Mort Meskin. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 118 #6
    Adventure (1910-1971 Ridgway/Butterick/Popular/New Publications) Pulp/Magazine Vol. 118 #6


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Issue #127
    Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 127

    Cover art by Al Wenzel. Moccasin Foot's Strange Treasure, art by George Papp; Only Green Arrow's archery skills can help Tattoo find a hidden Indian treasure. A Fish Out of Water starring Aquaman, art by John Daly. Super-Bellhop starring Superboy, pencils by Al Wenzel, inks by George Roussos. The Sky-High Hijackers starring Shining Knight, art by Chuck Winter; brief origin of the Shining Knight retold. Mayhem in the Meal-o-Mat starring Johnny Quick, script by Don Cameron, pencils by Mort Meskin, inks by George Roussos. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 30 #1
    Air Trails Pictorial (1942-1950 Street & Smith) Magazine Vol. 30 #1


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  • Issue #40
    All Star Comics (1940-1978) 40

    The Justice Society of America "crusades against the spreading evil of juvenile delinquency" in "The Plight of a Nation!" Script by John Broome. Pencils by Carmine Infantino (splash page and chapter 2), Arthur Peddy (chapter 1), and Alex Toth (chapter 3); inks by Bernard Sachs (splash and chapter 1), Frank Giacoia (chapter 2), and Toth (chapter 3). Two-page text story, "Keep It Under Your Hat" by Cliff Rhodes. Infantino/Giacoia cover. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $500 1948 DC COMICS ALL-STAR #40 CGC 3.5
    $850 ALL STAR COMICS #40 CGC VG/FN 5.0; OW-W; Carmine Infantino cvr; classic story!

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  • Vol. 8 #1
    Amazing Detective Cases (1940-1960 Goodman) Vol. 8 #1


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  • Vol. 22 #4
    Amazing Stories (1926-Present Experimenter) Pulp Vol. 22 #4


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    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
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    Volume 22, Issue 4 - April, 1948. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Stories by J.J. Pelletier, Guy Archette, Chester S. Geier, Lester Barclay, Emmet McDowell, Berkeley Livingston, and Alexander Blade. Illustrations by J. Allen St. John, Rod Ruth, Julian S. Krupa, William Aubrey Gray, and Ronald Clyne. 7" x 10"; black and white and color cover; 178 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 41 #2
    Astounding Science Fiction (1938-1960 Street and Smith) Pulp / Digest Vol. 41 #2


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    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Back cover detached 15%. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 41, Issue 1 - April 1948. Cover by Chesley Bonestell. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 7 #1
    Beauty Parade (1941-1956 Harrison Publications^) Magazine Vol. 7 #1


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    • 2 1/2" Spine split from base of book. Cover detached at one staple. Foxing. Soiling.
    • Staple rust. 9" Cumulative spine split. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling.

    Vol. 7, No. 1. April 1948. Men's magazine with humor and pin up pictorials, including one depicting a cat fight. Peter Driben cover. 8.5" x 11.5". 64 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 24 #2
    Black Book Detective Magazine (1933-1953 Newsstand/Hoffman/Ranger/Better) Pulp Vol. 24 #2


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    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    The Black Bat in "Inheritance of Murder" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "Don't Bury Me Yet" by W.T. Ballard; "The Frightened Comedian" by Jack Kofoed; "The Brass Ring" by Donald Bayne Hobart; "Call for a Murderer" by John L. Benton; and "The Lying Corpse" by Wayland Rice. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 10 #4
    Blue Ribbon Western (1937-1950 Columbia) Pulp Vol. 10 #4


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 25%. Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 10, Issue 4 - April, 1948. 7" x 10", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #18
    Calling All Kids (1946-1949 Parent's Magazine) 18
    • 7" cumulative spine split. Cover detached.

    Stories and art by Marion McGuire and others. A kids' anthology in the tradition of Calling All Girls from the publishers of Parents Magazine, featuring stories, games and quizzes as well as comics. Marco and Bobby buy a house trailer and Twinkle the star helps them move in; Twinkle takes a pixie's picture; Flip-Flap the seal wants to enlist in the US Navy and become a Navy seal. Guess My Name; Twinkle, The Star That Came Down From Heaven; Marco Polar Bear; Play the D Game; An Adventure for the Princess; Riddles; Paddy Penguin; Flip-Flap Joins the Navy; Pop and Junior; Pug and Curly; Marco's Puzzle Page. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #8
    Carousel Comics (1948) 8
    • INCOMPLETE. Multiple pages missing. Interrupts art and story.

    Funny animal stories Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #1
    Classics Illustrated 046 Kidnapped (1948) 1
    • 2" Cumulative spine split.
    • 3/4" Spine split from bottom through cover and all wraps.

    Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. Comic book adaptation of the classic story of a young man kidnapped to work on a ship's crew and his fight to regain his rightful place in the world. (HRN 47, 4/48). Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    Classics Illustrated 048 David Copperfield (1965) 3
    • Water damage. Chew.

    David Copperfield, 3rd Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 87, original April 1948 date). Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 4 #2
    Conjurors' Magazine (1945-1949 Conjurors' Press) Vol. 4 #2


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    • Staple rust with migration.
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    Volume 4, Issue 2 - April, 1948. Magic Periodical put out by Walter B. Gibson with help from Harry Houdini's brother, Hardeen that showcases the talent of magicians as well as teaching tricks to readers. 8.5" x 11", 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

  • Issue #1
    Crime and Punishment (1948 Lev Gleason) 1

    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Claude Moore, Dick Wood and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. Each story starts with a little gravestone, showing the date and method of the criminal's death. Narrated by a ghost cop, Officer Common Sense. Bespectacled killer Danny Iamascia is even more dangerous with his glasses off - to his fellow hoods and himself. The story of notorious German serial killer Peter Kurten, known as The Vampire of Dusseldorf. Bootlegger Charles "Vannie" Higgins, called "Brooklyn's Last Irish Boss" is notorious for his escapes from the law. The Crimson Story of Vannie Higgins; Danny Iamascia, Dutch Schultz's Triggerman; Gyp Artist; Small Fry Killer; Butcher of Dusseldorf; Fingerprints Can't Be Changed!; The Feud of Happy McNulty and Fancy Campbell. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #1
    Crime Detective Comics Volume 1 (1948) 1

    Cover by Bob Fujitani. Stories and art by George Gregg and Rudy Palais. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. The story of Frank Nash, called "the most successful bank robber in U.S. history," until the Kansas City Massacre. Holdup woman Irene Schroeder kills a cop, later earning the nicknames "the blonde bandit" and "Tiger Girl" while on trial for murder. A text story features, by coincidence, the name "Spider Man," 14 years before the Marvel character. The Mad Frank Nash; How Much For the Fix Papa Yale?; Irene Shrader... Princess of Crime; Crime Crazy; Spider Man of Denver; The Invisible Six; Professor of Crime. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #4
    Dick Tracy Monthly (1948-1961 Dell/Harvey) 4
    • INCOMPLETE. Multiple pages missing, interrupts art and story. 5" cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation and water spotting.

    Stories and art by Chester Gould and Bill Ely. Dell reprints the original comic-strip adventures of legendary tough cop Dick Tracy and his rogues gallery of freakish enemies. This issue reprints strips from Feb. 19 - March 26, 1934. After reporter Jean Penfield disappears, the mysterious Phantom begins reporting on underworld activities, leading to a gang war against the journalistic establishment that only Dick Tracy can stop. The backup feature by Bill Ely stars tough cop Jim O'Brien, a plainclothes detective nicknamed The Iron Man. Dick Tracy; Dick Tracy Says; The Iron Man. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 51 #4
    Dime Western Magazine (1932-1954 Popular Publications) Pulp Vol. 51 #4


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    "The Town That Bullets Built" a short story by DC comics writer Gardner F. Fox-. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #18
    Egbert (1946) 18
  • Vol. 11 #53
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1941-Present Davis-Dell) Vol. 11 #53


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  • Issue #1
    Exposed (1948 D.S. Publishing) 1
    • Cover coming loose at staples, centerfold detached at one staple. Lateral spine tear.
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    • Cover detached at one staple and coming loose at the other, crayon on cover and first page, water damage.
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    Stories and art by Henry Kiefer and others. Violent, offbeat pre-Code crime comics from D.S. Publishing Company. These early issues featured stories inspired by true crimes, such as the story of legendary Old West bank robber "Western George" Leslie. In the 1820s, two men make a business of selling corpses to medical schools, even if they have to kill them themselves. This story was based on the Burke and Hare murders, and possibly on an earlier story in issue #43 of Crime Does Not Pay (1942). James Hall confesses that he uses hitchhiking as a tool for murder, earning the name The Hitch-hike Killer. "Make It A Million" Leslie; Corpses - Cash and Carry; The Ledgend (sic) of the Lone Wolf; Death Thumbs a Ride; Inside Witness; Entry in a Diary; Il Diavolo. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 4 #5
    Eyeful (1943-1955 Eyeful Magazine Inc.^) Vol. 4 #5


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    • Spine split 30%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.
    • Staple rust. 2" Spine split from top of book. Foxing. Soiling.

    Volume 4, Issue 5 - April, 1948. Painted cover by Peter Driben. Vintage men's interest magazine full of adult humor comics and tasteful pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11.5", 64 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 9 #4
    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 9 #4


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
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    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
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    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
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    • Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.
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    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.
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    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 40%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
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    • Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
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    April 1948. Cover by Lawrence. "City of the Dead" by Augusta Groner, "The Messenger" by Robert W. Chambers. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #165
    Famous Funnies (1934) 165
    • INCOMPLETE. Missing page (activity pages affected).

    Contains comic strip reprints and a text story. In order of appearance: "Steve Roper and Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Invisible Scarlet O'Neil" by Russell Stamm; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Dickie Dare" by Mabel Burwick (as Odin); "Bobby Sox" by Martha B. Links; and "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller. "Burned Out" text story by Justin D. Triem. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 10 #4
    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 10 #4


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
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    • Paper: Cream
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    • Staple rust. Rust migration. Foxing. Soiling. Heavy water damage.
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    • Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 40%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 10, Issue 4 - April, 1948. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Lair of the Grimalkin" by G.H. Irwin. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 180 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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    $125 Fantastic Adventures v10 #4, April 1948, Grade 4.5 by CBCS

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  • Vol. 15 #3
    Fifteen Western Tales (1942-1955 Popular^) Pulp Vol. 15 #3


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.
  • Issue #24
    Fighting Yank (1942 Nedor) 24

    The Fighting Yank stars in "The Panic of the Proton Bomb," "The Last Laugh," and "The Case of the Murderous Magnet!" Miss Masque stars in "Death on Skis!" Alex Schomburg cover (signed "Xela"). Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 42 #4
    Flying (1942-current Ziff Davis) Magazine Vol. 42 #4
    • 1 1/2" Cumulative spine split.

    Vol. 42 #4 - April 1948. The most popular magazine for private and commercial aircraft. Articles include how a propeller is made, the Superfort Family of aircraft, holidays by air, Los Angeles airport problem, reviews, news and all heavily illustrated. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 106 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #186
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 186

    Indicia title is "Walt Disney's BAMBI, No. 186." Cover art by Morris Gollub. Bambi, script by Felix Salten (original story) and Chase Craig (comic adaptation), art by Morris Gollub; The story of Bambi and his adventures growing up during two years in the forest. Thumper and Friends, art by Morris Gollub; Advice on observing wildlife and a warning to prevent forest fires. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $15 FOUR COLOR #186-Walt Disney's Bambi-Dell Comics-1948

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  • Issue #12
    Frankenstein Comics (1945 Prize) 12
    • Interior is complete. Near complete spine split. Cover detached. Interior tearing. Oxidation.

    Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Fritz Wilkinson. Cover by Dick Briefer. The first incarnation of Dick Briefer's famed Frankenstein comic featured Addams Family-style dark comedy and monster hijinks. The Monster of Frankenstein sets out to rescue Peg O'Mihart from the terrible Frogmen; Frankenstein is mistaken for a dead body and encounters grave robbers; Frankenstein encounters The Mold, who threatens to unleash a plague. Frog Legs; The Mold; Last Words; The Hand In the Night; Broadway Express; Super Sleuth; Graveyard Blues. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #32
    Funny Stuff (1944) 32
    Published Apr 1948 by DC.

    52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    Gang Busters (Canadian 1948 National Comics Publications / Simcoe) 3
    • 2" Cumulative spine split. Edge pieces missing (paper deterioration).

    Canadian series. Reprints material from Gang Busters (1948 DC) #3. Cover art by Howard Sherman. Fall Guy, art by Dan Barry. The Crime of the Century, art by George Roussos. Secrets of the G-Men, art by George Papp. The Criminal without a Country, art by Howard Sherman. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #14
    Gene Autry Comics (1946-1959 Dell) 14

    Photo cover of Gene Autry. Stories and art by Jesse Marsh and Till Goodan. Singing cowboy Gene Autry was a multimedia star from the 1930s-1950s, in music, movies, radio, and television, as well as comic books. This issue features art by Tarzan artist Jesse Marsh. Gene responds to his friend Sam's call for help and gets crosswise with Del Putnam, the tough who runs the town of Ten Sleep. Then he meets Sam's incognito daughter, and learns that Sam has disappeared. He goes undercover at the Cross-S Ranch to discover the truth. When Gun Hands Meet; The Forgotten Angle; The Gent. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $95 GENE AUTRY COMICS 14 CGC 8.0 - 4463701012 - Beautiful copy on Dell from 1948!

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  • Issue #55
    Giggle Comics (1943) 55
    • Cover detached at one staple.
    • 2" spine split from top of comic.

    Stories by Milt Gross, Dan Gordon and Ken Hultgren. Art by Milt Gross, Dan Gordon, Jack Bradbury and Ken Hultgren. Cover by Dan Gordon. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG, with art by cartooning legend Dan Gordon. Spencer Spook decides to go to England to ask the English ghosts why theyre so much more successful; A classic Kiddy Katty Korner strip by Milt Gross, drawn the way a child might draw it. Superkatt; Billy Beaver; The Duke and the Dope; Spencer Spook; Noodle the Monkey; Giles; Binky; Dopey Benny; The Kiddy Katty Korner; Witch Hazel. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #26
    Hedy De Vine Comics (1947 Marvel) 26
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Includes "Feed Store Collection" sticker on front of slab.
    • Label #4259175006
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    Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Hedy De Vine stars in: "Not in the Script!"; "Hedy Says No!"; "Double Trouble!"; and "The Sleeping Beauty!" Also in this issue: Giggles 'n Grins strips; 2-page text story "Ice Carnival"; Millie the Model in "Millie in the Movies!"; Tessie the Typist in "Movie Madness!"; and untitled Stamp News article by Kent B. Stiles. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #5
    Hi-Jinx (1945-1948 La Salle/B&I) 5
    • Full length spine splitting to several interior wraps.
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    • Spine split 40%.
  • Issue #18
    Hopalong Cassidy (1943 Fawcett/DC) 18

    Hopalong Cassidy stars in "The Bell That Didn't Chime," "The Ghost Dude Ranch," "Mesquite's Challenge," and "One Prisoner Too Many." Whitney Whiskers and Daniel Boone, Jr. star in "The Buble-Gum Expert." Tumbleweed Jr. stars in "Perfect Marksman." Two-page text story, "The Secret of the Six Gun." This issue has 2 Nyoka "Comix Cards," small pictures (slightly smaller than a trading card) that were printed at the end of a story; the reader was supposed to cut them and paste them on cardboard. Photo cover. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #6
    Jack Armstrong (1947) 6

    The New York Rangers and Detroit Red Wings argue over whether a goal has been scored before time ran out at the end of a game. The Curse of the Emerald Scarab starring Jack Armstrong. Home Run Twins, art by Phil Berube; Home run leaders Ralph Kiner of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Johnny Mize of the New York Giants. Jack Armstrong Magazine All-American Award; Ten-year-old Bobby Tatum of Fort Washakie, Wyoming, saves his sister after she is struck by a lightning bolt that also sets their house on fire. The Case of the Flaming Toys; Vic Hardy is able to prove that a fire in a plastic-toy factory is arson. The Riders of Rattlesnake Range starring Jack Armstrong. Danger on the Hoof, a Betty Fairfield Adventure. Pop vs. Pup featuring Billy Fairfield's Cartoons of his Comical Misadventures, art by Vic Herman. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    Jeep Comics (1944) 3
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    • 5" cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Water damage. Oxidation.

    Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Manny Stallman, Inez Karma and Jack Alderman. One of the more offbeat hero teams of World War II, Jeep and teen sidekick Peep fight evil in their flying rocket-powered Army-surplus jeep. Peep takes the flying jeep to the Florida Everglades to help Miss Minty, who is being terrorized by "ghosts" in sheets and hoods who want to scare her off her worthless swampland. Two-fisted criminologist Solid Jackson tracks a stolen stamp worth $50,000 and uncovers Nazi war criminals. Bizarre cover by L. B. Cole seems to say: If a flying jeep, why not a T-Rex? The Swamp Spooks; Simple Seaman; Funifties; The Wallet; Cookin' with Laughing Gas; Kogo Kangaroo; Solid Jackson. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #14
    Jo-Jo Comics (1945 Fox Feature) 14
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #1296451006
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover by Jack Kamen. Jungle adventure in the tradition of Tarzan from Fox Feature Syndicate. The sinister Learda captures Jo-Jo and Tanee so she can transplant their brains into leopards' bodies; Female hunter and filmmaker Brette Winston competes with Tanee for Jo-Jo's affections, eventually resorting to a fight with Tanee; A British lady visiting the jungle tries to charm Jo-Jo after losing most of her clothing in a tiger attack. The Leopards of Learda; Revenge of the White Shrew; Jungle Tryst; Rocks of Revenge. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    Justice Traps the Guilty (1947 Prize) 3

    Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Buried Treasure Fraud, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; a confidence team tries to outsmart the law. So Many Ways to Die!, art by Bill Draut; none of the residents at a nursing home die from old age. The Capture of Night-Club Nick, art by Warren Broderick. Suicide or Murder? text story. My Strangest Crime Case starring Private Investigator Ruth Lang, art by Bill Draut. Ask Eddie Green, Consultant to Crime, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Ad for Young Romance comics. My Personal Comic Album comic holder ad. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 4 #4
    Mammoth Western (1945-1951 Ziff-Davis) Pulp Vol. 4 #4


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Issue #7
    Manhunt! (1947 Magazine Enterprises) 7

    Cover art by Paul Parker, Ogden Whitney, and L B Cole. "The Finger of Doom" text story by Gardner Fox. "Terror From the Tomb!", art by Ogden Whitney; Jim's friend Bill discovers a girl in the woods but is she really a vampire? "The Man with the Beast-like Face," art by Paul Parker; Inspector Kirk tracks down a werewolf in the streets of London. "Black Flower of Fear," art by L B Cole; Red Fox bets caught between the Latour family and Jim Traner who has been stealing their furs. "The Harp of Death!", art by Fred Guardineer; Space Ace and Jak Tal discover plants that are being used by the Bird-Men of Jupiter to kill their enemies. "The Riddle of the Radio Death," art by Ogden Whitney; A reporter is murdered seconds before he could go on the air with a scoop about a hostile foreign country. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 39 #6
    Mechanix Illustrated (1928 Fawcett) Vol. 39 #6


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%.
  • Vol. 37 #148
    Men Only (1935 C. Arthur Pearson) UK Digest Vol. 37 #148


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    Volume 37, Issue 148 - April, 1948. Digest-size UK men's magazine. Articles, humor, and pin-up photos. 5" x 7.25", 116 pages, B&W with color.

  • Vol. 38 #4
    Model Airplane News (1929 Air Age Media) Magazine Vol. 38 #4


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    • Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 20%.
    • 6 3/4 " Cumulative spine split.

    Vol. 38 #4 - Apr. 1948. Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11.5", 76 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.