Comic books December 1949

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Cover by Henry Kiefer. Stories and art by Ray Gill and Harold de Lay. After almost 40 issues, 4most switches its issue numbering from individual volumes, as L.B. Cole's Star Publications takes over the title. Western hero the White Rider and his horse Cloud, the Superhorse, track the daring bank robber Tito Romero. A reprint of the first Fearless Fellers adventure, introducing the kid gang, including a rare (for the era) non-stereotypical African-American character. Pitcher Walter Johnson held a career record in strikeouts that lasted more than 50 years. White Rider; Edison Bell; The Secret Wreck; Walter Johnson's Speed Was So Great...; Fearless Fellers; The Cadet: Crime Invades the Cornfield. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $28.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart $24.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white vibrant cover colors, mildly brittle off white pages with light flaking, firm spine with moderate wear, light edge wear with light chipping and color loss, light denting, light color breaking spine stress, light corner damage, moderate soiling, light scuffing, 5" crease on front cover

"Creep Shadow" by A. Merritt.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - December 1949. Pulp magazine featuring stories and articles by A. Merritt, and Robert Arthur. 7-in. x 9 1/4-in., 130 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $30.00 View scan Interior is complete. 2" Cumulative spine split with lateral spine splitting. Cover detached at one staple and centerfold detached. Oxidation and chipping. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheGoodOlDays

Painted cover by Warren King. Stories and art by Leonard Starr, Dana Dutch, Frank Bolle and Warren King. An anthology title with great covers and nice art from St. John. This issue features a traditional romance, a Western, teen comedy, and a swashbuckler. Corky lives in a Cape Cod sailing town and loves Steve, but it takes a hurricane for Steve to decide between Corky and Laura. June collapses just after Hugh asks her to the beach picnic, and that sets rumors flying for the college crowd. Adventurer Lily Sterling, known as "The Black Lily," meets her match in swashbuckling privateer Captain Warwick. September Squall; Stopgap: The Saga of Coby Nash; Heels Over Head in Love; The Black Lily. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $550.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4448181014 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Mark'sBatcave

The Justice Society of America stars in a three-part story, "The Prophesy of Peril!" Script by John Broome, pencils by Arthur Peddy, inks by Bernard Sachs. Three-page back-up story, "The 37 Terrible Days!" (art by Frank Frazetta). Two-page article, "American Sports of Long Ago." Green Arrow stars in a one-page public service announcement, "The Red Feather Kid." Peddy cover pencils, Bob Oksner cover inks. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $16.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

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Volume 23, Issue 12 - December, 1949. "Outpost" 1st professionally published story by Marian Zimmer Bradley, previous work appeared in a fanzine. Science fiction stories by Stan Raycraft, J.J. Allerton, Milton K. Smith, and Robert Moore Williams. Illustrations by J. Allen St. John, Malcolm Smith, Julian S. Krupa, and Bill Terry. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $22.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

Winter, 1949. All issues in this series consist of three remaindered/coverless copies of unsold Amazing Stories (not reprints) re-bound together by Ziff-Davis into a single thick volume with new outer cover art. 7" x 10", 428 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Edited by Whitney Ellsworth (credited) and Larry Nadle (actual). Cover art by Otto Feuer. Stories by Otto Feuer, Martin Naydel, Rube Grossman, Howie Post, and Raymond Perry. Anthropomorphic funny-animal tales filled with Animal Antics, featuring such characters as the Raccoon Kids, Nip and Chip, Goofy Goose, Custer the Cat and Cheesy the Mouse, Plato Platypus, Ozzie Owl. US Royal US Bicycle tires ad, art by Al Plastino. Captain Tootsie candy ad, art by C. C. Beck. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $34.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $32.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Fine $29.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Good $7.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight.
Add to cart Fair $6.00 View scans Front and Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

December, 1949. Volume 44, Issue 4. Cover by Zboyan. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Blackhawk defies destruction in the battle of the test tubes! Featuring: 11 page Blackhawk story "The Battle of the Test Tubes"; 8 page Chop Chop story; 11 page Blackhawk story "The Island of Nubaru." Cover by Reed Crandall. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $26.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Extensive.

UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 28 pages, B&W

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UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 28 pages, B&W

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UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 28 pages, B&W

Add to cart Fine $26.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.

UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 28 pages, B&W

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $200.00 or Best Offer View scans 1/2" Spine split from top. Centerfold detached at one staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $113.95 or Best Offer View scans Cover oxidation, corner folds. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Add to cart PR 0.5 $55.00 or Best Offer View scan INCOMPLETE. 2 centerfold wraps missing (affects art and story). 2" Cumulative spine split. Tape on interior cover. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Mike'sRack

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Tom Gill, Milt Hammer, C. W. Winter and Joe Certa. Series continues from Blue Bolt Vol. 10 (1949) #2. L. B. Cole's Star Publications takes over the Blue Bolt series, and as the superhero craze wanes, Blue Bolt becomes a backup feature to Dick Cole in his own title. Blue Bolt, by now a reporter with no costume, follows a lead to an aerial dogfight with the unassuming but deadly Mr. Wisp. Photography nerd Candid Charlie gets a chance to show up bully Biff and impress Joan when he accidentally grows a rare tropical flower in botany class. Tommy wants to go on safari, but Rick Richards must rescue the boy from jaguars and other dangers of the jungle. Blue Bolt the American; Target and the Targeteers; Gummed Up; Man Bites Dog; Candid Charlie; Diggy the Derrick; Rick Richards. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $540.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Scuffing on front of case Label #0184647002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Add to cart VG 4.0 $279.95 or Best Offer View scans 1" Cumulative spine split. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

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Stories and art by Lee Diamond and others. The adventures of Dale Messick's fearless comic strip hero, redheaded reporter Brenda Starr. Brenda consoles her friends Elsa, who loves celebrity Rex Riley but tires of sharing him with the world. Brenda narrates the real-life history of journalists and journalism. Copy By Cupid; Revenge; Torpedoed; And the Waltz Came Tumbling Down. Final issue of the series; numbering continues with Brenda Starr (1955 Charlton) #13. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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First issue, December 1949. Stories include "Love's Victory", "I Stole my Roommate's Man", "Campus Cheat", and "Undesirable Male". 7" x 10", 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $29.95 or Best Offer View scan INCOMPLETE. Piece missing, interrupts art or story. Chew. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Al Liederman and unknown. Art by Pete Costanza, C.C. Beck, Al Liederman and unknown. Captain Marvel visits the ice-covered world of 1,000,000 A.D. in "The Rediscovery of Earth" with story by Otto Binder. Captain Marvel also stars in: "The Invention Miser" by Otto Binder and Pete Costanza; "The World's Greatest Chef" with art by C.C. Beck; and "The Wish Factory" with art by C.C. Beck. Plus: Captain Kid in "The Package of Trouble" by Al Liederman. And: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "The Man Without a World" with script by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $19.00 View scan Cover and interior oxidation. Water damage.

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Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $9.49 Cover coming loose at one staple and two center wraps detached. Water damage.

Cloister and the Hearth, 1st (and only) Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 67, 12/49). Cover price $0.10.

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James Craig (as Dan Bennett) photo cover. In order of appearance: Chill Wills (as Mileaway) and Joan Leslie (as Chris Johnson) photo; "Jesse James" reprinted in Cowboy Western Comics (1948) #56; "Calamity Jane" art by Mario DeMarco; "Wild Bill Hickok" reprinted in Cowboy Western Comics (1948) #53; "Chuck Wagon Gus", "Denver Mudd and Bushey Barns, Duel in the Sand", and "Happy Homer" art by Clinton Harmon; "Northwest Stampede" adaptation of the Eagle-Lion film; "Chuck Wagon Gus" and "Legends of Paul Bunyan" art by Clinton Harmon; "Kit Carson" art by Mario DeMarco; "Happy Homer" by Clinton Harmon; and Chill Wills (as Mileaway) and Stanley Andrews (as Bowles) photo. "How Brady Lake Got Its Name" text article by Donna Davis.36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Dick Briefer, Gil Kane, and Dan Zolnerowich. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. In 1860s England, a man claims to be the missing heir Roger Tichborne, but something's not quite right. Yonnie Licavoli and his family become crimelords in the Prohibition-era Midwest. That story features art by Bob Powell of Sheena fame; other stories include art by Dick Briefer and comics legend Gil Kane. Wanted - Roger Tichborne; The Bootblack; Yonnie Is Always at Home; The Manuscript; The Imperfect Crime!; Ice Box Madden; Too Many Rudolphs. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jim Mooney and Charles Paris. Stories by Don C. Cameron and unknown. Art by Carmine Infantino, Bob Kane, Charles Paris, Jimmy Thompson, Dan Barry, Sy Barry and unknown. Batman goes undercover in the State Prison as Jim Millan, hoping to discover how prisoners who have escaped from that institution seem to disappear forever. Don't miss Batman and Robin in "Underground Railroad of Crime!" with art by Bob Kane and Charles Paris. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "Death in the Northwoods!" with story by Don C. Cameron and pencils by Carmine Infantino; Robotman in "Robotman, Mind-Reader" with art by Jimmy Thompson; and Impossible -- But True! tale "The Riddle of the Ruby!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with art by Dan Barry and Sy Barry. Also: Shorty 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff, and 2-page text piece "Science Is Champ" by Quincy Howe. And: 1-page public service announcement "The Green Arrow and the Red Feather Kid" by Jack Schiff and George Papp. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $45.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $43.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 61, Issue 4 - December, 1949. 6.75" x 9", 102 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Fine $24.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

Add to cart Very Good $20.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Good $11.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.

Volume 56, Issue 4 - December, 1949. 6.75" x 9", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Art and cover by Boody Rogers. Archie-style teen comedy featuring its own made-up slang, from Sparky Watts cartoonist Boody Rogers. Dudley's planned picnic with Milt and the girls becomes a comedy of errors involving a stalled car and a swarm of wasps. Milt tricks Dudley to get a date with a beautiful ice-skating star, but the plan backfires when he's mistaken for a stalker. Dudley somehow becomes the football hero of high school - without a helmet! - and inspires Milt's jealousy. Dudley; The Beaut from Butte; Dribble Threat. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $26.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $22.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

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Add to cart Very Good $11.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 20, Issue 6 - Dec. 1949 (whole number 121). Articles include Mechanical Hands, Christmas Toys, Hydraulic Truck Loader, and much more. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/4-in., 224 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Men's interest magazine with articles and glamour photos. 10" x 13", 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Vol. 6, No. 3. December 1949. Vintage men's interest magazine full of adult humor, comics, and tasteful pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11.5", 58 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $8.10 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Master of Fantasy article: Edgar Allan Poe--The Pit and the Pendulum--His Century.

Volume 11, Issue 2 - December, 1949. Cover by Lawrence Stephens. "Odgen's Strange Story" by Edison Marshal, "No-Man's-Land" by John Buchan, "What Was It?" by Fitz-James O'Brien, and "Jamieson" by Margaret St. Clair. Interior illustrations by Lawrence, Leydenfrost, Finlay. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white; 134 newsprint pages. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $36.00 View scans Only one staple (manufacturing). Cover detached.

Cover by Steve Douglas. Stories and art by Lawrence Lariar, John Spranger, Allen Saunders, Elmer Woggon, Clifford McBride, Philip Francis Nowlan, Rick Yager (credited as Dick Calkins), Clark Haas, Claude Dunnagan, Rodlow Willard, Mabel Burwick (credited as Odin), Martha B. Links, and Ralph Briggs Fuller. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Scorchy and Jo get involved in the search for stolen emeralds in the Orient. Ben Friday's battle with Vertek takes a turn as an aerial dogfight. Oaky Doaks meets the Amazon-like Ursula of Frigidinia. Ben Friday; Steve Roper and Wahoo; Napoleon; Buck Rogers; Scorchy Smith; Thunder Lake Feud; Dickie Dare; Bobby Sox; Yipee; Oaky Doaks. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $89.00 View scans Writing on interior pages. Cover coming lose at one staple.

Issue #6 - Winter, 1949. A classic, well-done SF fanzine. Edited by Donald B. Day. Cover by Ruth Newbury. Interior artwork by D. Bruce Berry, Ralph Phillips, Niles Eaton, Donald Day. Article by Robert Bloch entitled "The Seven Ages of Fan." Fiction by Miles Eaton entitled "The Explorer." "From Out of the Ages" by Thyril Ladd, an article about the books in which an ancient Egyptian is brought to the present day. Gorgeous centerspread by D. Bruce Berry. The column Author, Author this issue is about - and by - Ray Bradbury along with a checklist of stories. Book reviews of Campbell's Who Goes There and A. Merritt's The Fox Woman and the Blue Pagoda. Fiction by R. Flavie Carson entitled "Jailbreak." "Two Feet From Brass" by Russ Whitman. Scarce. 4 1/4-in. x 5 1/4-in., 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $170.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $18.00 View scans Paper: Cream Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $17.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $16.00 View scans Paper: Off white Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart GD- 1.8 $6.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 60%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.	Add to cart GD- 1.8 $7.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $5.80 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 15%. Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

December, 1949. Cover by Edmond Swiatek. Stories by Rog Phillips "The Involuntary Immortals", Guy Archette, Craig Browning, Lester Barclay, and Charles Recour. Illustrations by Edmond Swiatek, Bill Terry, Rod Ruth, Robert Keys, and Julian S. Krupa. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 162 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Add to cart PR 0.5 $6.99 Interior complete. Full spine split. Pieces missing from front and back cover.

She by H. Ryder Haggard. NOTE: The first five issues of Fast Fiction were reprinted under the title Stories by Famous Authors Illustrated. Except for the title change on the cover, the editions are identical. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $9.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 2, Issue 2 - December, 1949. 6.75" x 9", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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French language weekly film magazine. 16 unstapled pages on newsprint.

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French language weekly film magazine. 16 unstapled pages on newsprint.

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Issue 1561 - December 17th, 1949. Series was printed in England and released every Tuesday by Amalgamated Press. Newsprint, 8.5" x 11.5", 16 pages, B&W.

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"Tyranny Broke My Heart" (art by Bill Ward), "Desperate Choice," "Sacrifice of Love," and "Accessory in Love." Ward cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart Very Good $59.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling.

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Add to cart Fair $24.00 View scans Spine split. Spine split from top. Spine split from base.

Vol. 2, No. 6. - December, 1949. Peter Driben cover. Vintage men's interest magazine full of pin-ups and glamour photos paired with humorous text stories and adult comic strips. 8" x 11.5", 60 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $70.00 View scans Cover coming loose at one staple. Water spotting.

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Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK in "LUCK OF THE NORTH," No. 256." Cover art by Carl Barks. Luck of the North, script by Carl Barks and Dana Coty (story idea), art by Carl Barks; Donald, exasperated by Gladstone Gander's good luck, sends him on a wild goose chase to Alaska in search of a uranium mine, then is overcome by remorse and fears for Gladstone's safety; He and the nephews follow Gladstone to a desolate iceberg that just happens to contain a Viking ship decked out in gold trim. 3 one-page Barks strips. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walter Lantz ANDY PANDA and the BALLOON RACE, No. 258." Cover pencils by Dick Hall. Andy Panda and The Balloon Race, pencils by Dick Hall, inks by Anahid Dinkjian; A hot air balloon lands in Andy's back yard; In its basket is Professor Gaas Bag, who has been hit over the head by his rivals in a championship long-distance balloon race; He is unable to continue, so he lets Andy and Charlie take his balloon to finish the race. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.