Comic books August 1950

Photo cover. Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. In this issue: "Men would do anything I wanted...anything but inspire love in my designing heart!" See "Flood Tide of Desire"! Plus: "My Dangerous Love"; "Never Trust Your Heart"; "Hero of Clay"; 2-page text story "Romance Coach"; and "Till Death Do Us Part"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Ken Bald, Sam Cooper, Howard Larsen, George Gregg and Ogden Whitney. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG, one of the earliest of the romantic comics genre of the postwar era. The woman who lives in the lighthouse is torn between a handsome sailor and a wealthy shipping executive; A scientist who thinks women are flighty gets an assistant who both loves him and understands his work; Working-class Monica and Joel find wealthy dates during a cruise, but wind up falling for each other instead. Light of Love?; Pretend You Know Me; Romance Can Be Yours; The Human Element; Shining Knight; Tips on First Dating; Marry for Money; Cupid in Reverse; When Enemies Kiss! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 5 - August 1950. Men's interest magazine focusing on true crime, and war stories. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 68 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $22.00 View scans Cover coming loose at bottom staple. 1 1/2" Cumulative spine split.

Art by Wally Wood, Lou Ferstadt, George Tuska and A.C. Hollingsworth. The comic-book version of the pipe-smoking radio and TV detective, with cases supposedly inspired by real life. Kane matches wits with an atomic scientist whose loyalty is to the Reds; A Junior Detective Club story tells the violent tale of killer Eddie Doll; A guard is killed during a fur warehouse robbery. The Man of Many Faces; The Case of the Tattooed Stool Pigeon; Zack Bodego the Crusher; The Case of the Choppers; The Tunnel was a Secret; John Hamilton: Hard Luck Killer. Final issue of the series; this issue was actually published after issue #4. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C. C. Beck. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Bill Woolfolk, Pete Costanza, Kurt Schaffenberger, Pete Riss and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. Prof. Thorne invents a device that scrambles people's speech and writing, but that just causes worldwide chaos. Freddy Freeman learns why he's so accident-prone when he meets the Sheriff of Trublin Land, seeking rogue mischief-causing "Trublins" that have escaped into the human world. the original Captain Marvel discovers what Sivana hoped he would never find: Sivana's collection of benevolent and life-improving inventions. The Theft of Speech; Tick and Tack; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Headline Harry: The Interview; Mary Marvel: The Melody of Crime; Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Trublins; The Roller Robber; Captain Marvel: Sivanas Good Inventions; Thaddeus the Thespian. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. "The Mighty Marvels Smash the Speech Scrambler Machine". "The Marvel Family and the Theft of Speech", Mary Marvel in "Battles of the Melody of Crime," "Capt. Marvel Jr. in "Battles The Trublins," and Captain Marvel in "Sivana's Good Inventions." 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Kurt Schaffenberger, Carl Pfeufer and John Jordan. Master Comics was one of the cornerstones of the Fawcett lineup during the 1940s. When gangster Jeb Temper tries to force an art gallery to sell a rare painting of Abraham Lincoln, Capt. Marvel Jr. intervenes, in a story featuring a cameo by the original Captain Marvel (Shazam). Nyoka must rescue natives from a modern-day slaver. Western hero Tom Mix investigates when the battle over oil rights turns friends against him. Plus a vintage ad for belts, wallets and suspenders featuring popular movie cowboy Roy Rogers. Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Art Gallery Theft; Lore and Hyer: Scientists on the Hoof; Nyoka: The Jungle Hostages; Ozzie: Fresh Air Fiend; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Fowl Play; Vacuum Bloobstutter: Mad Man Miggles; Tom Mix: The Oil Scavengers. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 44, Issue 176 - August, 1950. Digest-size UK men's magazine. Articles, humor, and pin-up photos. 5" x 7.25", 140 pages, B&W with color.

The world's mightiest mouse defends Mouseville from danger - mostly cats - in the comic-book adventures of the Terrytoons animated superhero. Mighty Mouse sets out to save the Leprechauns from the Magician and his devious inventions. Oilcan Harry puts Pearl in a Rube Goldberg-type trap that sends her on a runaway hot-air balloon into the heart of a storm, with Mighty Mouse in hot pursuit. Gandy Goose and Sourpuss cross paths with a jewel thief who plants a stolen pearl necklace on Gandy. Heckle and Jeckle: Dimwit's Trip to the Moon; Gandy Goose; The Perils of Pearl Pureheart; Gandy Goose: The Mystery of the Pearl Necklace; Little Roquefort; The Ambitious Magician; Dinky; Moon Madness. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $37.00 View scans Water damage with staple rust/migration.

"Miss Beverly Hills meets MacDonald Carey." Carey sees through Beverly's small-town reporter act. Also includes: "Will Shire Interviews Wendell Corey," "Road to Stardom featuring Jane Powell," and "Miss Beverly Hills Meets Joan Fontaine." Pencils, inks, and cover by Bob Oksner. Cover price $0.10.

Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover inks by Chuck Cuidera. Untitled stories starring Blackhawk and Queen Lario, Torchy (script and art by Gill Fox), Will Bragg (art by Jack Cole), and Ezra (script and art by Harry Sahle). Rat In a Trap text story starring Blackhawk. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 41, Issue 3 - August 1950. Jane Powell photo cover. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 104 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Edmond Good and Leonard Frank. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Monte's old enemy, proto-Goth gunslinger The Gravedigger, escapes from prison by faking his own death and sets out for revenge. A calico horse holds the clue to an outlaw gang's hideout, but Monte isn't sure just how. Monte agrees to ride in a friend's rodeo to replace fired Vance and his deadly albino horse Lightning, but Vance isn't happy about that. Plus vintage comics-format ads for RC Cola, Popsicle, and Dubble Bubble. The Grave-Digger's Web; The Rodeo Menace; Disputed Empire; Boisterous Buster; Gray Hawk: Ride the Iron Horse; Gabby Hayes: Gabby's Big Blast; Old Slick; Bronko Betsy; Monte Hale's Cowboy Songs: When the Work's All Done This Fall; The Mystery of the Calico Horse. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Incorrectly listed as Vol. 79 #7, should be Vol. 80 #1 - Aug. 1950. Movie magazine with news, reviews, gossip and articles illustrated with posed and candid photographs. Fascinating candid photograph of Robert Mitchum and Burt Lancaster in drag at a Friar's Frolic at the Shrine Auditorium. Articles about Bing Crosby, Shirley Temple, Burt Lancaster, William Holden, Betty Grable, Kirk Douglas, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Full-page movie ads include Duchess of Idaho starring Esther Williams, Bright Leaf starring Gary Cooper, Lauren Bacall, Patricia Neal, The Furies starring Barbara Stanwyck, The Admiral Was a Lady starting Edmund O'Brien. 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W with some full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $26.00 View scan Water damage: Slight.

Farley Granger cover. Profusely illustrated with photographs. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Photo cover of Gail Macaulay (Ann Blyth), Chuck (Farley Granger), David Lawrence (Joseph Cotten), and Marianne Stuart (Joan Fontaine). Joseph Cotten article with photo. "Our Very Own," art by Morris Weiss; Adaptation of the 1950 movie "Our Very Own"; Gail is shocked to discover that shes adopted; With reluctant help from her adoptive parents and baby sister, Penny, Gail searches for her biological mother. "Evelyn Keyes" article, art by Phil Berube. "Howard Duff" biographical story. Article with snippets about celebrities, art by Phil Berube. "September Affair," art by Fred Guardineer; Adaptation of the 1950 movie; An industrialist and a pianist meet on a trip, fall in love and are reported dead in a plane crash; This lets them live together, free from the trapping s of their previous lives. Famous Funnies Patterns ad. Joan Fontaine article with photo. Information about the Comics Code. 52 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $45.00 View scan Restored (see item notes) RESTORATION. Color touch. Cover coming detached at one staple. Water damage. Cover oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Howard Purcell and Charles Paris. Stories by Ed Herron, Henry Boltinoff, Stookie Allen and unknown. Art by Howard Purcell, Charles Paris, Stan Kaye, Leonard Starr, Tom Cooke, Henry Boltinoff and Stookie Allen. Brand-new adventures of radio's No. 1 hit! Mr. District Attorney in: "The Wire Tap Crimes!", the story the headlines didn't tell, with art by Howard Purcell and Charles Paris; "The Prisoner in the Muslin Mask!" with art by Purcell and Stan Kaye; and "The Crime Warden!" by Ed Herron, Purcell and Paris. Also in this issue: Casey the Cop 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff; "The Cop with the Deadshot Pencil!" with art by Leonard Starr; A Casebook Mystery "The Case of the Painter's Peril!" with art by Tom Cooke; The Crime File 2-page text article; and Grace Sullivan and Mary Sullivan "Like Mom!" half-pager by Stookie Allen. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Pete Morisi and Walter Palais. One of the more notorious pre-Code crime comics. Forgotten now, Roy G. Gardner was once said to be the most hunted man in Pacific Coast history, known as "Smiling Bandit, Mail Train Bandit, and King of the Escape Artists during the 1920s. Roy Gardner, Marauder of the Rails; Sting of Death; The Malloy Twins in Perfect Alibi; Death Visits the Gay White Way; Mercy is Akin to Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Sheldon Mayer (credited as Bud Fisher). Stories and art by Al Smith (credited as Bud Fisher), Jack Schiff, and Al Plastino. 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. Jeff decides to be a musical composer, but he knows nothing about writing music. Jeff wants Mutt to get him a job on the movie set, but being a stuntman might get him killed. Jeff's music makes people cry, but not for the right reason. Plus a PSA starring Superboy, promoting job counseling. Mutt & Jeff; Cicero's Cat; Job Counselor. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Cover date Aug. 1950 Cover price $0.10.

Romances beset by unlikely circumstances from Fox Feature Syndicate Frances, a stewardess on a cruise ship, learns that Linda set her up with a wealthy passenger for money, causing the two women to get into a fight and fall overboard; Single mother Mary wants to marry Tom, but he wants to wait until he can afford to support a family; Nola's romance with older man Dennis is going great until she learns that he used to date her mother. Plus love advice to readers and advice About Long Engagements. Forbidden Romance; Second-Hand Love; Cupid's Mailbag; PostScript; My Mother Was My Rival! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

One of the first comics created by African-American artists for an African-American readership. Photo cover. "Possessed"; Gloria meets college student Lloyd; he convinces his mother to hire Gloria at her beauty salon; Gloria and Lloyd fall in love; To make herself indispensable to the Jamisons, the insecure Gloria takes over the beauty business, moves in with Mrs. Jamison and Lloyds sister Edith, and dominates their lives; When Lloyd comes home with Sara, Gloria flies into a jealous rage. "Forever Yours," script by Roy Ald, art by Rudy Palais; Edith and Don plan to be married, but she learns she has a medical condition which could "prove fatal in two years"; Edith doesnt tell Don, and decides to "enjoy life"; She begins to act wild, and Don breaks up with her; One day, Edith collapses: she wakes up in the hospital, and Don is there. "Come Home, My Heart" text story by Lee Lacey. "Love's Decoy," script by Roy Ald; Club owner Barton promises ambitious chorus girl Sara a featured spot in the show if she makes friends with Bruce; She does, and they fall in love; Barton forces her to get Bruces signature, then to slip an envelope into his pocket; This letter frames Bruce, a detective, for corruption and he's arrested; Sara goes to the district attorney and confesses everything to clear Bruce. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover features Kay Aldridge from the movie serial Perils of Nyoka. Stories and art by William Shelton 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, a modern-day Gulliver leads Nyoka and Larry to the lands on the other side of the whirlpool. There they find gigantic and tiny beings, including a tiger the size of a schoolbus. In a three-part story, Nyoka finds a gigantic pearl inside a coconut, setting off a coconut rush, but some fortune hunters want the pearl for themselves. The Jungle Horror, Part I: Gulliver's Travels; Ballyhoo Barney: The Modern Samson; Part II: The Island of Giants; Egbert the Explorer; Part III: The Wall of Legs; Safari of Doom; The Pearl of Destiny, Part I: The Cocoanut of Fortune!; Nyoka's Jungle Quiz; Trader Tom; Saralee and Clarabelle; Part II: The Doublecross!; Braggs and Waggs: Welcome Guest; Part III: The Watery Grave!; Wilbur the Waiter. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

2nd printing cover (with no cover date) by Gene Fawcette. Stories by John Michel, Edward Bellin, W. Malcolm White and Gardner Fox. Art by Joe Kubert, Gene Fawcette, and John Giunta. Tales of science fiction, fantasy and horror. Futuristic Earth needs atomic fuel from the moon, but space criminals have seized the moon base and hold the entire human race hostage; Plane crash survivors find themselves on an island of giant, man-eating lizards; In the first Crom the Barbarian story, Dwelf sends Crom on a quest for the Fountain of Eternal Youth. Also featuring a classic rampaging robot cover by Gene Fawcette. Lunar Station; The Man-Eating Lizards; Pallas Rebellion; Crom the Barbarian. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Wally Wood. Humor comics based on a popular (but stereotypical) character made popular on the Judy Canova radio show. The original character was voiced by Mel Blanc of Looney Tunes fame. Pedro tries to be a trapeze artist and a bullfighter, in stories with early art by EC legend Wally Wood; Chiquita goes on a blind date. Lucky Pedro; Pedros Problems; The Flying Trapeze; The Beeg Bool Thrower; Tough Taffy; Blind Date. Final issue of the series; this issue was actually published after issue #18. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.