Comic books March 1950

Tales of love and melodrama from the early days of romance comics. Tom is dating Lila, but he's leery of her manipulations in trying to get their friends Fred and Kate to start dating each other. Carol tries to get fiance Reed to go out dancing with friends instead of concentrating on work, but that backfires in a big way. Snobbish Nancy belittles everything, referring to her own library job as "a book factory," but then boyfriend Eric learns she's been calling him "the poor girl's Cary Grant" behind his back. The Meddler; Covetous Heart; A Husband for Paula; I Laughed at Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 5 - March 1950. True Crime and Detective stories. 96 pages, Text with B&W photos and illustrations throughout. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $21.00 View scan

Add to cart Good $10.25

Add to cart Good $10.25

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Henry Kiefer and others. Cover by Maurice Whitman. Jungle hero Wambi is a boy who can talk to animals, including his friends Tawn the elephant and Ogg the ape. Veiled Princess Ipiram and her trained hunting cheetahs make trouble for Wambi and his friends; The hyena Haga traps Wambi and a band of chimps in the middle of a river, surrounded by hostile hippos and crocodiles; Wambi seeks food for a starving band of giraffes. The Taming of the Tigress; When the Red Tempest Roars; Wambi and the Laughing Terror; Wambi. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories and art by Harry Harrison, George Roussos, Johnny Craig and Al Feldstein. In an important shift in EC and comics history, E.C.'s Pre-Trend crime title presents the first of the soon-to-be-notorious EC horror covers, the second "Vault of Horror" tale, and the second appearance of the Vault Keeper. Janice knows that new boyfriend Frank is caring for his mentally disabled brother, but then she learns the brother is dangerous, in a story by Johnny Craig. Young lovers plot to murder their cruel employer for his fortune, in a rare story penciled by George Roussos. The Mummys Curse!, A Bed of Murder!, Bury Me Not…; Demons of Death; Madman! Final issue under this title; series continues as Vault of Horror (1950 E.C. Comics) #12. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $77.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white	Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $30.00 View scans	Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $30.00 View scans	Add to cart Very Good $29.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart Very Good $29.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $29.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Extensive.	Add to cart Very Good $29.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $29.00 View scans Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight.

Volume 42, Issue 3 - March, 1950. Cover by Lee Brown Coye. Novellettes include Home to Mother by Manly Wade Wellman, and the Short Stories The Corn Dance by Margaret St. Clair, Dead Man's Shoes by Day Keene, The Hungry Ghost by Emil Petaja, The Shadow of Saturn by E. Hoffmann Price, Stay with Me by Shelby Steger, Take the Z-Train by Allison V. Harding, The Tree's Wife by Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Two Face by Frank Belknap Long. Also features the poem Do You Forget, Enchantress? by Clark Ashton Smith. Softcover, 100 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations) Cover price $0.25.

UK edition, one shilling cover price. Vol. 42 #3 - March 1950. Contents correspond to American edition. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/4-in., 96 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Dave Berg and Charles W. Winter. Outlaws, gunfighters, and tales of the Old West - some true, and others merely legends. A confrontation between US forces and Kiowa, Comanche and Plains Apache leads to the Battle of Adobe Walls. A humor story featuring early art by future MAD artist Dave Berg. Cowhands are concerned when the boss's tenderfoot son sets out to capture the dangerous wild stallion known as Black Luck. The Stranger and the Stallion; Battle of Adobe Walls; Bedlam in Mesa County; The Chief Meets His Match; Nobody Wants McGillicudy; White Man's Tepee; The Legend of Ace o' Spade; War on the Otoe. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Bill Boyd tries to figure out the connection between the attack on a rancher and the bank robbers who hit the Loder town bank. Monte Hale tracks the mysterious masked bandit known as Senor Diablo to his hideout. Tom Mix tries to cure a sheriff of shock so he can learn who attacked the man, before they come back to finish the job. Bill Boyd: The Underground Tunnel; Monte Hale Meets Senor Diablo; Cactus Brain; Red Roan: Valley Prison; Gabby Hayes: The Prairie Pirate; Li'l Buck; Tumbleweed Jr.: Truth Pays; Big Bow and Little Arrow: The Fish's Tale; Tom Mix: The Unknown Enemy. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $77.00 View scans

Add to cart Very Good $41.00 View scans 2" Spine split from base of comic. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Tape residue to covers. Scuffing. Soiling.

Add to cart Very Good $43.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 3, Issue 6 - March, 1950. Painted cover by Peter Driben. Magazine featuring sensational articles and pin-up pictorials. 8" x 11.5", 60 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Al Zere, Clem Weisbecker, and Kurt Schaffenberger. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. Captain Marvel learns that the mysterious extraterrestrial visitors who wish to settle in Earth's deserts are actually refugees from the future. When Lance O'Casey and Mike deliver a shipment of TV sets to South America, they run into an international plot involving bullfighting. Ibis must act fast when the River Styx suddenly appears on Earth, and Taia is swept away in it. Plus a "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton, featuring useless but hilarious advice on "How to Block a Back Slapper's Sock." And a vintage ad for The Captain Marvel Club. Captain Marvel: The Strange Settlers; Wilbur the Waiter; Freshman Freddy: The Substitute Baby!; The Culture Corner; Golden Arrow: The Battling Sheepherder; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Lance O'Casey: The Pan American Bull Session!; Doc Sorebones; Judge Bacon; Bigsby the Boss; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb; Ibis the Invincible: The River of No Return. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover art. The Fight With the Killer Kiowas starring Wild Bill Hickok, art by Howard Larsen. Surprise Gold starring Jim Carrol [White Brother] and Little Feather, art by Jimmy Thompson. The Law of the Plains--The Story Behind the Cover text story. The Shooting of Dan Bellew starring Wild Bill Hickok, art by Howard Larsen. The Great Stage Robbery starring Wild Bill Hickok, art by Howard Larsen. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $340.00 View scans Paper: Off white Label #4337904007

Wonder Woman stars in "Hollywood Goes to Paradise Island" (a two-part story) and "Passengers of Fate!" Art by Harry G. Peter. Wonder Women of History: two-page bio of Margrete, Queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Two-page article, "Curious Lakes of the World." Wonder Woman stars in a one-page public service announcement, "It's Fun to be Healthy!" One-page DC comics ad featuring depictions of Alan Ladd, Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, Bob Hope, Dale Evans, and Jimmy Wakely. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

#19 on cover; Vol. 3 No. 7 in indicia. Photo Cover. Stories by unknown. Art by Jack Kirby, Mort Meskin, Joe Simon and unknown. The story of an ex G.I. who longed for the girl he left in Paris. Now he was back to claim her...but she had changed. Was she..."That Kind of Girl!" Also featuring: "The Fisherman's Daughter!"; "The Misfit!"; "Tainted!"; and 3-page Nancy Hale's Problem Clinic story! Plus: Poise, background to beauty, that fresh look and your smile in 1-page The Beauty Clinic article! And: Understanding, character, appearance, taboos, personality quiz in 1-page What Men Think About Women article! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.