Comic books May 1949

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Stories and art by Lorence Bjorklund, Phil Berube, Ferris Weddle, Stanley J. Meyer and Vic Herman. Cover by Lorence Bjorklund. Western adventure with sheriff Tex Granger, formerly the star of Calling All Boys (the comic's old title). The true tale of a deliberate steam locomotive collision executed as an early "demolition derby" in 1896 Texas; A profile of legendary gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok; An illustrated guide to the hats and headgear of the Old West. Tex Granger; Hector; The World's Strangest Sporting Event; Tex Granger Stops the Pin-Headed Rustler; Western Headgear; Famous Fighters of the Frontier: Wild Bill Hickok; Alvin Dark. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 33, Issue 4 - May, 1949. TAM is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures. Broadway and Hollywood. Cover photographed by Richard Avedon. Includes: "Playgoing" by Gilbert W. Gabriel, "A Traveler's Report" by Eric Bentley, and much more. 8.5-in. x 11-in, 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Cover art by Norman Maurer. Untitled story, script (adaptation) and art by Norman Maurer; A motion picture is being made in Africa; Curly is to wear a gorilla costume, with Moe and Larry playing caveman types. A real gorilla shows up and is mistaken for Curly; Adapted from the Three Stooges 1938 short film "Three Missing Links." "Sapphires Plus Sound Effects" text story. "The Treasure of the Islands!", art by Joe Kubert; Mark goes to a Pacific island to help his friend Tino locate the treasure his people sank to hide from the Japanese during the war; Garth thinks Mark intends to keep the treasure for himself and tries to kill him, but when they find the treasure guarded by a giant squid Mark and Garth join forces to slay the creature and retrieve the treasure; Mark has yet another tale to sell as a film script. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 39, Issue 2 - May, 1949. 6.75" x 9.75", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 59, Issue 2 - May, 1949. 6.75" x 9", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $895.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white Label #4462775019 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Wrigley's Comics

"Gunslinger's Chance" and "The Stolen Town" (art on both by Frank Bolle). The Calico Kid back-up story. Black-and-white inside cover photo page. Back cover full-color photo of Tim and his horse, Lightning, on a movie set. Inside back cover ad for Lone Ranger "Silver Bullet Ball Pen Set." Photo cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Rudolph Dirks. Stories and Art by Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Sam Leff, Doug Heyes, Rudolph Dirks, Ving Fuller and unknown. (Note: Who the inkers are is mainly unknown.) In this issue: Nancy by Ernie Bushmiller; Fritzi Ritz by Bushmiller; Li'l Abner by Al Capp; Stamp Tips article "Miracle Stamps"; Curly Kayoe by Sam Leff; Strange as It Seems 1-pager "Tycho Brahe" with pencils by Doug Heyes; How It Began article "Cape Horn"; The Captain and the Kids by Rudolph Dirks; and Doc Syke 1-pager by Ving Fuller. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 5, Issue 5 - May, 1949. Painted cover by Peter Driben. 8" x 11.5", 58 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Carl Pfeufer and Al Liederman. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. Vengeful gambler "Shuffles" devises a way to get back at Tom for running him out of town. When tribal shaman Big Bear is kidnapped, he leaves a series of symbols behind, to help Tom find and rescue him. A riverboat captain seeks Tom's help in dealing with the pirates known as the River Rogues. Action-packed painted cover by Norman Saunders. Tom Mix and the Deal of Death; Cowboy Cal; Tom Mix and the Mystery of the Symbols!; Fightin' Forbes: Forbes Fights a Faker; Tom Mix and the River Rogues; Big Bow and Little Arrow: The Way to Build Up a Big Appetite; Tumbleweed Jr.: Papoose Sitter; Round Up Time with Tom Mix; Trail of Doom. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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May 3, 1949

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May 17, 1949

Volume 4, Issue 1 - May, 1949. True crime magazine with stories and article about women in the world of organized crime, murder, robbery, and debauchery. Softcover Magazine, 8.5" x 11", 74 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $417.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Canadian Edition. Label #1284742018 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

1947 Canadian Reprint. Jack Cole cover and art. Parts of this issue are reprints from True Crime Comics (1947) 4. Full color. 36 pages. 7" x 10". Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. Cover by Syd Shores. "Trail of the Owl-Hooter"; Two-Gun Kid is called to San Antonio, Texas by the governor of the state who hires him to track down and bring in an outlaw named Chet "Limpy" Saunders. "Trouble by the Gallon!"; Riding the range and running low on water, the Two-Gun Kid rides into the Evans Ranch to see if he can refill his canteen; He is confronted by owner Steve Evans and his ranch hands at first believe him to be a member of Sam Stone's ranch. "Prairie Fire" text story. "Showdown on the Sonoma Stage"; In the town of Somona, a stage coach carrying gold is once more robbed and the driver shot dead; Hoping to stop the thief, the local banker hires Tex Taylor to ride shotgun on the next ride out. "Marvel Comics Group" editorial disputing Dr. Wertham's article in the Saturday Review of Literature. Death Rides the Range!; At the Double Bar ranch, Billy Harrison finds another one of the ranches cattle dead; Two-Gun Kid passes through the area and Billy thinks him the source of the cattle dying and tries to shoot him. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Louis Ravielli, Al Carreno and Bob Jenney. Violent pre-Code tales of crime and horror from DS Publishing. Two-fisted civil engineer Rigger, who has a real Indiana Jones vibe, is sent to China to see what's happened to a dam project and its supervisor. Defending his gal's honor with his fists, boxer Kid Broadway stumbles onto the break he's been looking for. A bag mix-up on a train gets salesman Frank involved with a beautiful woman, gangsters, and The Jade-Handled Knife. The Double Tenth; Longshot Clue; Kid Broadway; Letter to Oblivion; Perfect Timing; Black Pits of Doom; Who Done It?; The Jade-Handled Knife. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Barks. 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, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 9 #8. 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, Mickey tries to connect the Phantom Blot to the camera thefts. In a story by Barks, Donald figures out how to raise Uncle Scrooge's sunken yacht by filling it with ping-pong balls. This story has since become the center of various urban legends, a patent case, and even an episode of the Mythbusters TV series. Donald Duck; Bucky Bug; Li'l Bad Wolf; Mickey Mouse; Dumbo the Flying Elephant; Easter Eggs; Mickey Mouse Outwits the Phantom Blot. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 41, Issue 4 - May, 1949. 1st 25 cent cover price. Cover by John Giunta. Horror and supernatural stories by Allison V. Harding "The Damp Man Again", Arthur J. Burks, Seabury Quinn, Carl Jacobi, Harold Lawlor, Anthony Boucher, Malcolm Kenneth Murchie, Greye La Spina, John D. MacDonald "But Not to Dream", and August Derleth "Kingsridge 214". Illustrations by John Giunta, Fred Humiston, Vincent Napoli, Matt Fox, and Lee Brown Coye. 6.5" x 9.75", 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Leonard Starr, John Belfi, Katz, and Bernie Krigstein. Outlaws, gunfighters, and tales of the Old West - some true, and others merely legends. Geronimo's leadership in the Apache Wars wins respect from his enemies and makes his name a household word in America. Stagecoach robbers intimidate travelers by impersonating notorious highwayman Tom Bell, in a story with art possibly by Gil Kane or Jack Katz. The story of Robert Ford, the man who shot Jesse James, with early art by EC legend Bernie Krigstein. .44 Calibre Cow Town; Geronimo: The Red Tiger; Sheet-Iron Miller; The Hat-Knocker; Jail-Proof Marlowe; The Road Agents; The Dirty Little Coward. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk, Leonard Frank and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. After a jewel robbery gone wrong, Hopalong Cassidy isn't the only one wondering how an outlaw plans to smuggle a fortune in diamonds out of the town. Young Falcon tries to find the tribe's thief and walks into a trap, in a story continued from the previous issue. Tom Mix wonders why someone is poisoning cattle; meanwhile, an outlaw disguises himself as the local veterinarian. Hopalong Cassidy: The Secret of the Wheel; Cactus Brain; Big Bow and Little Arrow: On the Right Track; Young Falcon Unmasks the Guilty; Monte Hale: Installment For Plunder; Tumbleweed Jr.; Hammer Head; Red Roan: Rodeo Terror; Gabby Hayes: The Vanishing Totems; Vita Min; Tom Mix: The Treacherous Plot. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

All stories reprinted in Outlaws, The (1952 Star) #13. In order of appearance: "Tricky Frank Farrell, A Man to Beware!" retitled as "The Grim Avenger!! A Man To Beware!" in Outlaws, The (1952 Star) #13; "The Bullet-Proof Bandit!"; "The Bank Busters!"; and "Hunting the Mountain Lion" also reprinted in Colossal Features Magazine (1950) #33(#1) and BullsEye (1954) #2. "The Indian and the White Man" text story also reprinted in Colossal Features Magazine (1950) #33(#1) and BullsEye (1954) #2. Numbering continues with My True Love (1949) #65. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

In order of appearance: "Slade, Terror of the Rockies"; "The Apache Kid"; "The Mad Marlows"; and "..Outlaws Anonymous.." reprinted in Colossal Features Magazine (1950) #33 (#1), BullsEye (1954) #2, and Sundance Kid (1971) #1. "The Ticket Forgers, A True Western Crime Story" text story. Numbering continues with My Secret Life (1949 Fox) #22. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 3, Issue 1 - May, 1949. Peter Driben cover. Men's interest magazine with sensational articles illustrated by posed photos, and also some pin-ups and glamour photos. 8.25" x 11.5", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Otto Binder, Frank Little, Frank Bolle, Kurt Schaffenberger and Bill Woolfolk. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. Dr. Sivana's latest invention, the Ghost Machine, brings all his evil ancestors to plague Captain Marvel, in a story with art by Superman artist Kurt Schaffenberger. Ibis and Taia seek explorers lost in a desert, and stumble on the entrance to the Underworld, complete with Cerberus the three-headed dog. Plus a "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton, featuring useless but hilarious advice on "How to Keep a Chill From Your Bill." Captain Marvel: Sivana's Family Tree; Doc Sorebones; Wilbur the Waiter; The Culture Corner; Golden Arrow: Flaming Destruction; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Lance O'Casey: The Pirate's Festival!; Nick and Dick; Freshman Freddy: The Patient Patient; Ibis the Invincible: The Land of the Lost. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Kid Colt in "The Curse of the Chinese Idol!" Two-Gun Kid in "The Land Pirate!" Tex MOragn in "The Disguise That Failed!" Blaze Carson in "Too Many Kilers!" Tex Taylor in "Trapped at Haddon Forks!" Two-page text story, "Stranger in Town." Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bob Lubbers. Edited by J.F. Byrne and William R. Shelton. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, Cesare Avai, Joe Doolin, Frank Fermonetti, George Evans, Alvin Hollingsworth and Maurice Whitman. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Captain Wings is part of a mission to deliver food to Korea, but they are attacked by the terrorist known as the Fanatic; Reporter Jane Martin seeks a lost Mexican city; Suicide Smith realizes that a camera crew documenting the Jivaro tribe is actually trying to steal their gold. Captain Wings; Jane Martin; King of the Congo; Air Heroes of World War II; Phantom Falcon; Suicide Smith; Ghost Squadron. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 4, Issue 6 - May 1949, 8" x 11.5", 58 pages, B&W. Painted cover by Peter Driben. Vintage men's interest magazine with a focus on cheesecake pin-up photography featuring young amateur models of the time. MATURE CONTENT Cover price $0.25.

Western stories featuring female outlaws from Fox Feature Syndicate. Bronco Moll Malloy is described as "the fightin-est filly in the Dakota territory...deadlier than any trigger-mad desperado...with a cold-blooded ruthlessness matched only by the mankilling felines of the jungle;" Rita makes history as the last female highwayman of the Old West; Belle Brander moves into Cactus Corners and brings her outlaw cohorts with her. Another fun cover by an unknown artist. Bronco Moll Malloy, The Tigress of Oglala; I Was the Last Woman Road Agent; The Peria Grant; Belle Of the Badlands; The History of Kansas. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "Nine Lives Club," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; A stuntman organizes publicity stunts to cover up his crime career. "Jaxo, Master of Thought," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Dirk Jaxo's invention blocks brain waves and makes people lose control of their actions. Wonder Women of History: four-page Fanny Burney bio, art by Paul Reinman. Two-page article, "Rings on Your Fingers." "The Stolen Forest," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; An unscrupulous lumberer threatens the home of the Leprechauns. Wonder Woman Contest Winners. Junior Justice Society of America page; Dr. Mid-Nite sends an important secret code message to JJSA members. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Win Mortimer. The Two Lois Lanes starring Superman, art by Al Plastino; Criminals use a double of Lois to distract Superman; Superman uses his strength to squeeze coal into a diamond. A Day In The Life of Robin Hood, script by Otto Binder, art by George Papp; Green Arrow switches places in time with Robin Hood. Ben Hur Wins a Race starring Doc & Fatty, art by Howard Sherman. The Handcuffs of Fate starring Boy Commandos, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Frank Giacoia. Peg humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Danger Sign starring Zatara, script by George Kashdan, art by Joe Kubert. Bebe two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. Foreign Flags Over America text article, script by William I. Irwin, art by Raymond Perry. 4 Killers Against Fate starring Batman, art by Jim Mooney. 76 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Stories and art by Ellis Chambers. St. John's short-lived Jubilee imprint published these kid-friendly adaptations of classic stories. An adaptation of the classic fairy tale of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. The fairy brings wooden puppet Pinocchio to life, but he finds that living right is the real challenge. And misguided "friends" aren't making it any easier for him to become a real boy. Plus instructions for making a Pinocchio puppet. Pinocchio; Pinocchio Meets the Evil Doers; Make Your Own Pinocchio Puppet! Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.