Comic books December 1948

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Vol. 39 #6 - Dec. 1948. Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11.5", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Reed Crandall. Skoska, Tyrant of Terror starring Blackhawk, pencils by Crandall, inks by Chuck Cuidera. Untitled stories starring Torchy (script and art by Bill Ward), and Will Bragg (script and art by Paul Gustavson). Perfect Fit starring Dogtag, script and art by Bart Tumey. Station WCOO Amateur Night starring Ezra, script and art by Harry Sahle. Welcome to Mars starring Choo Choo, script and art by Gill Fox. The Great Rainfall text story starring Blackhawk. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 110 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Monte Hale and Pardner cover photo. Captain Marvel Wrist Watch ad. Guns Against The Law, art by Carl Pfeufer; Monte hits his head when chasing outlaws, and ends up with amnesia; He joins the gang, but later gets his memory back and gives himself up to the sheriff. Comix Cards featuring Ozzie and Babs. Wheaties ad with football coach Matty Bell. Gambling Girl!, art by Carl Pfeufer; Monte saves a girl from a rattlesnake. Wildroot Cream Oil ad with Sam Spade, pencils by Lou Fine, inks by Don Komisarow. Forest Trail text story featuring Gray Hawk by Dick Kraus. Song of Montana, art by Carl Pfeufer; The professor looks like the twin of J.C. Newton, head of the Farmers and Ranchers Bank, and a band of outlaws tries to kidnap him. Ad for Roy Rogers belts, shirts, blue jeans, cowboy boots and much more. The Miracle Herb Cure starring Big Bow and Little Arrow. Cattle Drive!, art by Carl Pfeufer; Monte wonders why a group of ranchers are determined to drive their cattle over the high and treacherous Brazos Pass. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 26, Issue 176 - December, 1948. Hollywood coverage and dramatizations of films in prose, illustrated with stills. 8.5" x 11.25", 84 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by Ed Herron, Phil Evans, Stookie Allen and unknown. Art by Howard Purcell, Charles Paris, George Roussos, Stookie Allen and unknown. Based on the smash radio hit! Mr. District Attorney in: "The D.A. Meets Scotland Yard!" featuring the thrilling manhunt that led to Scotland Yard, with art by Howard Purcell and Charles Paris; "Case M-31 -- the Story of Albert X!" with art by Purcell and Paris; and "The Big Frame!" by Ed Herron, Purcell and Paris. Also in this issue: A Special Crime Feature "I Sell Money" with art by George Roussos; A Perfect Crime Mystery "The Case of the Man Who Died Twice" with story by Phil Evans; Oddities in Crime half-pager by Stookie Allen; and The Crime File 2-page text article. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Sheldon Mayer (credited as Bud Fisher). Stories and art by Al Smith (credited as Bud Fisher) and Ted Udall. DC reprints the comic strip that defined the comic strip, featuring the original tall-and-short comedy duo. Also featuring the "topper" strip Cicero's Cat. Mutt and Jeff encounter an ape that's escaped from the zoo. Jeff tries to get on the stage with a trained dog act. Jeff invents a peanut-salting machine that salts everything in sight. Also featuring a vintage Christmas ad for Schwinn bicycles: "The Christmas gift every boy and girl wants most." Mutt & Jeff; Cicero's Cat; Journey into the Unknown. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $6.49 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 7, Issue 3 - Winter, 1948. 6.75" x 9.75", 164 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Ken Bald. "The Mystery of the Sleeping Ship!", pencils by Ken Bald; Namora solves the mystery of the Ghost of the Fog. "The Last of the Vikings," script and art by Bill Everett; Descendants of 13th Century Vikings raid the North American coast. "Some Fish Story!", pencils by Mike Sekowsky; Namor helps a hapless sport fisherman. "Terror Rides the Waves!", pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Al Gabriele; The Gull Rock lighthouse keeper, Ezra Hanson, often recalls bitterly the loss of his ship, Susan B, on the Crooked Foot Rocks; His complaints about the poverty he and his daughter Mary share give Jim Torrance an idea. "Dummy Run" text story by Stan Lee. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Gill Fox. Percy the Powerful starring Barker, script and art by Klaus Nordling. B. O. Railroad Co. starring Fuzzy, script and art by Jack Cole. Untitled stories starring Granny Gumshoe (script and art by Gill Fox), Sally O'Neil Policewoman (art by Alice Kirkpatrick), Lassie (script and art by Bernard Dibble), Quicksilver (art by Dan Zolnerowich), Anthrop (script and art by Bart Tumey), and Steve Wood (art by Alice Kirkpatrick). 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Harvey Kurtzman (Hey Look! 1-pager) and unknown. Art by Harvey Kurtzman (Hey Look! 1-pager) and unknown. Nellie the Nurse stars in: "Her Romantic Rival!"; "The Sand Siren!"; "Oh, Doctor!"; and "Romance in a Trance!" Also in this issue: untitled Hey Look! 1-pager by Harvey Kurtzman; 2-page text story "Family Treasure"; Tessie the Typist in "Skidsy's Situation!"; and Millie the Model in "Big Top Time!" 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Andy Panda, Oswald the Rabbit, Woody Woodpecker in "Woody's Lucky Stunt," and Homer Pigeon. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

"To the Man on the Trail" a Jack London reprint

Stories and art by Larry Steinfeldt and Howard Boughner. Raised in the jungle by her scientist father, Nyoka faces its dangers like no man ever could. In a three-part story, hunters retrieve a huge diamond from a native sculpture of a gigantic tiger's paw. But it turns out that the paw is somehow alive. In a two-part story, mad scientist Dr. Zanzere returns with a flying tiger - not an airplane, an actual flying tiger with batlike wings. The Treasure of the Tiger's Paw, Part I: Hidden Death!; Nyoka's Jungle Quiz; Trader Tom; Ballyhoo Barney: The Talking Elephant; Part II: The Mysterious Killer; The Jungle King; Part III: The Paw's Secret; The Flying Tiger, Part I: Terror from Above; Nyoka the Jungle Girl's History of Animals; Egbert the Explorer; Part II: The Perilous Pursuit. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Our Gang with Tom & Jerry!" 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

"Watch the Birdie"; Babs plans an ornithological experiment to have a parrot think it is flying south for the winter. Two Comix Cards of Monte Hale to cut out and paste on cardboard. "Flat!"; Mac the Moocher needs to borrow money. "Heavenly Daze"; Ozzie rigs up a telescope and charges a dime to look at the moon. "The Babe Ruth Story" strip ad for Tootsie Rolls featuring Captain Tootsie. "Mr. Ghost Goes to Town" Blowhard McDuff text story by R. R. Symes. "The Catastrophic Coat Controversy"; A lobster bites Midge and chaos breaks out; the girls grab the wrong coats leaving the restaurant and a wild melee ensues. "Triple Threat"; Algernon kicks a football through a window and then tries to get it back. "One Whirl"; Ozzie falls for Midge's French cousin. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Camy. Stories and art by Al Camy, Howard Larsen, Walter Johnson, Louis Schroeder and Red Holmdale. Like many of DS Publishing's crime comics, Pay-Off transformed slowly from violent pre-Code gangster stories to milder mysteries featuring heroic detectives. Insurance investigator Johnny Dickens tracks a hot-car ring. Redheaded Rusty investigates the murder of the inventor she was working for, and discovers some shady shenanigans. Inspector Wheeling probes the murder of a candy-store owner over what appears to be a handful of pennies. The Car Cannibals; Post-Mortem Patent; Rookie Cop; Killer Dillers; Nick Harder Crime Lab: The Case of the Forgetful Forger; The Corpse That Walked; Who Killed Ann Marsden?; Murder For Pennies; Antimony. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Matt Baker. "The Jack-In-the-Box Murders!", pencils by Jack Kamen; Phantom Lady disguises herself as a new villain called Jack-in-the-Box to smoke out the true villain, who has been killing off congressmen while grooming her brother to be the next U.S. President. "The Silver Baseball Murder" one-page story starring Jeannette Copeland, script and art by B. Tirago. "Case of the Criminal Chessman," script by Ruth Roche (as Gregory Page), pencils by Matt Baker; Phantom Lady must stop the Chessman and his gang from robbing the United States Mint and free her father who is being held hostage by the felons. "The Green Goods Swindle" text story. "The True Story of Arthur Gooch"; crime story narrated by Phantom Lady. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Kids' comics from Magazine Enterprises. The tiny pixies who live in the town of Pixerary face danger from gigantic wildlife and rival pixies, but luckily they have their own superhero, The Mighty Atom. The Pixies face a host of underwater dangers when they create their own diving bell; The jealous Kixies set out to sabotage the Pixies' railroad; Tom the Jungle Boy attempts to build his own ark, just like Noah. The Corn Cure; Repel Ray Gun; Weeds In Need; This Is a Stick Up!; Tom-Tom the Jungle Boy; The Pixie's First Railroad; Pic-Puzzle Page. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $12.50 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 50%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Ray Cummings, Ray Bradbury, Leigh Brackett, A. Bertram Chandler, Frank Belknap Long.

Volume 4, Issue 1 - Winter, 1948. Cover by Allen Anderson. Stories by Ray Bradbury, Leigh Brackett and A. Bertram Chandler. Illustrations by Al McWilliams. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 132 pages. Cover price $0.20.

Cover art by Jack Cole. The Baker starring Plastic Man, art by Jack Cole. Dewey Drip story, script and art by Joe Devlin. Honeybun story, script and art by Paul Gustavson. Candy story, script and art by Harry Sahle. Spirit story, script by Manly Wade Wellman, art by Lou Fine. Woozy's Secret Weapon text story starring Plastic Man. Maddin, the Mastiff Man starring Manhunter. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Men's interest magazine focusing on true crime, and police cases. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 76 pages, text, with B&W images Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Vic Herman, Merrylen Townsend, Elizabeth Eicher, Virginia Greene Millikin, Paula Wells, Lois Withers, Kay Wambold, Patti Cooke, Elise Gibbs, and Marie Cummings. A magazine for girls from the producers of Parents' Magazine, with stories, fashion and advice as well as comics. Letters to Santa from child movie stars, including Ted Donaldson, Gigi Perreau, Bobby Driscoll, Jimmy Hunt, and Luana Patten; All of Tizzie's friends give her pets for Christmas, resulting in animal chaos; The Pigtail Club sings carols to their friends and neighbors. The Pigtail Club; Speck: Nursemaid; Christmas Is a Feeling; Chuckles; Tizzie's Christmas Present; Hollywood Christmas; Santa's Prize Packages; Where Shall We Meet?; Hobbies; Extra Specials; All for One; What Would You Do If...; Brush Up Your Smile; Nighty Flight; Plastics Preferred; Christmas Giving; Pigtailers Talk Things Over; Polly Prefers; Needle Play; Club News; Polly in the Kitchen. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Al Wenzel, Al McLean and Art Gates. Tales of true crime inspired this violent pre-Code crime comic from DS Publishing. An officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Mounties) chases an outlaw into the wild Canadian wilderness. Freddy the Cat has the perfect setup to pull his crimes, until his well-meaning fiancee reports his partner to the cops. Escaped convict Roy Webb is being hunted by every cop in town, so of course what he wants to do is pull another job. Terror in the North; Hi-Lights; Freddy the Cat; The Web; Digging for Death; Fancy Flannagan and the Vanishing Gems; Criminal Oddities!; Frame-Up; The Mad Matador of Mexico. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 31, No. 1. December 1948. Fan magazine focusing mainly on Radio Stars of the day. 8.5" x 11". 98 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Morris Gollub. Stories and art by Walt Kelly, Morris Gollub, Mary Greenwalt, Arthur Jameson and Dan Noonan. Johnny Gruelle's famous doll characters have adventures and learn lessons, featuring early art from Walt Kelly. In a story by legendary Pogo artist Walt Kelly, the Brownies make sport with Farmer Jones as he's plowing the fields. Santa teaches a lesson to the Bad Little Fairy, Twinkle Tarry. Raggedy Ann and Andy face hairy horrors. Plus activity pages. Some Christmas Puzzles; Raggedy Ann; Santa and the Bad Little Fairy; The Brownies; The Sleigh Ride; When Winter Comes; The Battle of Cedric Magnesia; Humphrey Mouses Christmas Eve; The Emperors New Clothes; The Raggedy Way; Billy and Bonny Bee. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.