Comic books January 1950

Volume 41, Issue 2 - January, 1950. 7" x 10", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Vol. 1, No. 2 - Winter 1950. 6.75" x 9.75", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Al Plastino. Superman Becomes a Hermit, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Al Plastino. The Space Clown starring Tommy Tomorrow, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti. Texas Rangers fact pages Jack Sparling. The Man Who Played Dead starring Congo Bill, script by Otto Binder, art by Ed Smalle. The Seven Wonders of the West starring Vigilante, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Dan Barry, inks by Sy Barry. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Plastino. Superboy Meets the Mummer, script by Don Cameron, art by John Sikela; The Mummer and his puppets seems a harmless novelty-- until he uses them to rob the Smallville Bank. Cowboy of the Coral Seas starring Aquaman, script by Joe Samachson, art by John Daly. The Strange Defenders of Montespan Castle starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp. The Sign of the Red Dragon starring Shining Knight, script by Joe Samachson, art by Ruben Moreira. Give Your Town a Present public service announcement starring Superboy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. The Treasure of the Conquistadores starring Johnny Quick, art by Ralph Mayo. Two-page text feature on famous Civil War photographer Mathew Brady, The Camera Goes to War. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ogden Whitney. Reprints Adventures into the Unknown (1948 ACG) #88. 68 pages, B&W.

"Visit to the Underworld," "Sheriff Alan Ladd," and "Alan Ladd, Middleweight Champ!" (art on all three by Ruben Moreira). Untold Tales of Filmland back-up, "The Star That Shone Again!" Green Arrow stars in a one-page public service announcement with the Red Feather Kid. Edited by Whitney Ellsworth. Photo cover of Alan Ladd. Stories by Ruben Moreira, Win Mortimer, Ralph Mayo, Harry Lazarus, and Henry Boltinoff. Your favorite Hollywood star in hard-hitting action stories! Green Arrow stars in a one-page public service announcement with the Red Feather Kid, written by Jack Schiff, art by George Papp. How to Start an Alan Ladd Fan Club. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Based on radio show. Featuring three untitled The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet stories! In one of them, Ricky's the rich one in a hilarious story about a lot of mysterious money! Also in this issue: untitled Nick story; untitled Hollywood Ha-Lights/Movie Ha-Lights/Broadway Ha-Lights 1-pager; untitled CinemAntics half-pager; untitled Radio-Beams 3/4-pager; 2-page untitled Twisting the Dial with Jay Emmett article; and untitled Movie Mirth half-pager. Plus: 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.

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Jules Steiner, Ed Silverman, Bernard Baily, Bob Jenny and Ernest Schroeder. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #71. No issue # on cover; Vol. 6, issue #12 in indicia. Airboy encounters an immortal evil wizard and a plot to siphon off human "intelligence rays." Child refugees from the war are protected by The Heap, but only a local schoolmaster can bring them out of their semi-feral state. The true story of Tom Veale, pirate of the Massachusetts Bay colony. Airboy; The Heap; The Real McCoy; Imported Poison; The Promise of Captain Buckner; Bandit of the Atlantic; Head Wind. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Alex Toth, inks by Joe Giella. The Gun-Shy Sheriff starring Johnny Thunder, script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Alex Toth, inks by Joe Giella. The Secret in the Flames featuring Overland Coach, pencils by Frank Giacoia, inks by Bernard Sachs. The Red Feather Kid public service announcement starring Green Arrow, script by Jack Schiff, art by George Papp. Tom Mix radio program ad. The Sign of the Crooked Branch starring Minstrel Maverick, pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Tom Cooke. At the End of His Rope article, script by John Broome [as John Osgood], art by Raymond Perry; A short history of the types of ropes and their uses by cowboys in the Old West. Massacre in Mesquite Valley starring Foley of the Fighting Fifth, script by Lee Tarrant, pencils by Joe Kubert, inks by John Giunta. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Danny Guild, the Hood From Hell's Kitchen," "The Highway of Doom," "Professor M. Vargas, the Terror of Budapest," and a two-page text story, "Decoy For the Hot Seat." Photo cover. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 24, Issue 1 - January, 1950. Cover by Arnold Kohn. Science fiction stories by Richard S. Shaver "We Dance for the Dom!", C.M. Martin, Craig Browning, Guy Archette, and Berkeley Livingston. Illustrations by Leo Ramon Summers, Rod Ruth, Julian S. Krupa, and Bill Terry. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 164 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 1, Issue 7 - January, 1950. Art Photography Magazine was a men's interest publication produced from July, 1949 to December, 1958 that focused heavily on photographing the nude female form, as well as a fair amount of "cheesecake" pin-up style photography. Included are articles on how to take better photographs, product reviews of different photography equipment, and diving deeper into what makes photography a legitimate form of art. 8.5" x 10.5", 50 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

January, 1950 - Volume 7, Issue #1.

January 1950. Cover by Chesley Bonestell. Stories: "...And now you don't"(Conclusion) by Isaac Asimov. "The Xi Effect" by Philip Latham, "Undesirable Alien" by David McCarthy, "Gypsy" by Poul Anderson, "Not to be Opened" by Roger Flint Young, and "Ole Mother Methuselah" by Rene Lafayette. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in., 162 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Charles Paris. Ride, Bat-Hombre, Ride!, script by David Vern Reed, pencils by Dick Sprang (as Bob Kane), inks by Charles Paris; The sickly Presidente of a Latin American nation implores the Caped Crusaders to come to his nation and train a Batman to keep law and order in his country. The Riddle of the Seven Birds!, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Charles Paris; To receive money from gangster "Squeeze" Miller, the Penguin must complete seven robberies using seven different birds; Batman captures the Penguin and sends him back to jail. One-page Little Pete story by Henry Boltinoff. Whoosh and You're There! text article, art by Raymond Perry. Half-page Casey the Cop story by Henry Boltinoff. A Greater Detective Than Batman!, script by Bill Finger, art by Jim Mooney; An amateur detective named Jack Starr begins solving cases faster than the Dynamic Duo; He becomes the number one detective in the Gotham City Police Department; Vicki Vale tries to help Batman and Robin. The Red Feather Kid public service announcement starring Green Arrow, script by Jack Schiff, art by George Papp. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 8, Issue 6 -. January, 1950. Men's magazine with humor and pin-up pictorials. Peter Driben cover. 8.5" x 11.5", 60 pages, B&W> Cover price $0.25.

UK Reprint

Winter-Fall 1950. This Black Book Detective bound volume collects four complete issues (V27-2, V27-3, V28-1, & V28-2) of the long-running pulp magazine. Due to the binding process, the interior magazines were trimmed, and the top layer of the spines were removed. The grade provided is for the overall condition. For further information on condition, please see our grading notes. Hardbound, 6.75" x 9.75".

Winter 1950. The Black Bat in "Murder Town" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "The Jackpot Spilled Danger" by F.E. Rechnitzer; "Too Dumb to Kill" by C.K.M. Scanlon; "Dirty Hands" by B.J. Benson; and "Thubway Tham's Funny Money" by Johnston McCulley. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Edited by Charles Biro and Bob Wood. Cover by Charles Biro. Stories by William Overgard, C. H. Moore, Fred Guardineer, and Basil Wolverton. Rough and tumble action tales of cowboys and the Old West. Fierce vengeance awaits Black Diamond and Bumper at the hands of the Mad Master of Devils Valley. Article about the Juarez stamp by Sidney M. Elias. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Kirby. The Scorn of the Faceless People!, art by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby; dream analysis story. The Cheerful Old Lady in Black!, art by Mort Meskin. The Cloak!, art by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby; Paul Darvas orders a new cloak, only to receive a cursed cloak from Asmodeus himself. Out of Your Mind text story. I've Seen You Before, art by Bruno Premiani. Yesterday You Died!, art by Bill Draut; When Grace Hanley is looking to buy a house she sees a ghostly image of a murder that has yet to happen in that house. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

January, 1950. 6.75" x 9", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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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

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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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1st printing. Cartoons by Virgil Franklin Partch (aka, VIP) - 9-in. x 6-in. Hardcover 64 Pages B&W Cover price $1.00.

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"Yesterday's Darling," "My Forbidden Romance," "White Way Heartbreak," and "Thief of Hearts." Bill Ward and Paul Gustavson art. Ward cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Reed Crandall. Stories by unknown. Art by Reed Crandall and unknown. Captain Daring becomes a leader of a pirate crew and vows to prey on other pirates in an untitled story! Plus: The enemies of English lawyer Roger Randolph kidnap him and put him aboard a ship for America. When it was attacked by Corsairs, he proved his mettle with a sword and became the new Captain, Black Roger, in an untitled story! Also featuring untitled tales of The Spanish Main and Eric Falcon, Soldier of Fortune. Plus: 1-page Captain Daring text story "Black Sails"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.