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May 1950 - June 1950




Captain Marvel Adventures #110.

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Published on May 3, 1950. Edited by Wendell Crowley, B. J. Heyman, Al Jetter, and Will Lieberson. The comic includes the stories “The American Century,” by C. C. Beck & Otto Binder, with Pete Costanza. Cover illustration by C. C. Beck. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 52 pages. Greenwich, CT: Fawcett. Cover/indicia date: June 1950. Cover price: 10¢.



Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 10, No. 9 [#117].

Published on May 5, 1950. Edited by Alice Nielsen Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Wild About Flowers,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Walt Kelly. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 52 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: June 1950. Cover price: 10¢.



Al Capp’s Li’l Abner #77.

Published on May 9, 1950. The comic features material originally published in Al Capp’s Li’l Abner daily newspaper strip. Cover illustration by Al Capp. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Toby. Cover/indicia date: July 1950. Cover price: 10¢.



The Vault of Horror #14.

Published on May 9, 1950. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The comic includes these stories: “Voodoo Vengeance!” by Johnny Craig; “Werewolf,” by Harry Harrison & Wallace Wood; “Rats Have Sharp Teeth!” by Albert B. Feldstein & Graham Ingels; and “The Strange Couple!” by Albert B. Feldstein. Cover illustration by Johnny Craig. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: L. L. [E. C.]. Cover/indicia date: August-September 1950. Cover price: 10¢.



Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #29.

Published on May 10, 1950. Edited by Leon Harvey. The comic features material originally published in Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy daily newspaper strip. Cover illustration by Chester Gould. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Harvey. Cover/indicia date: July 1950. Cover price: 10¢.



Secret Hearts #6.

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Published on May 15, 1950. Edited by Whitney Ellsworth. The comic includes the story “Dreamer’s Return,” illustrated by Alex Toth, with Bernard Sachs. Cover photograph by Carlyle Blackwell, Jr. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 52 pages. New York: National [DC]. Cover/indicia date: July-August 1950. Cover price: 10¢.



Marge’s Little Lulu #24.

Published on May 16, 1950. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes these stories: “I’m Just a Slave,” “Rainy Day,” “The Little Girl Who Never Heard of Ghosts,” “The Daredevil,” and “The Old Master,” all by John Stanley & Irving Tripp. Cover illustration by Irving Tripp. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 52 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: June 1950. Cover price: 10¢.



The Marvel Family #49.

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Published by May 19, 1950. Edited by Wendell Crowley, B. J. Heyman, Al Jetter, and Will Lieberson. The comic includes the Captain Marvel story “The Million Dollar Tasks,” by C. C. Beck & Otto Binder, with Pete Costanza. Cover illustration by C. C. Beck. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 52 pages. Greenwich, CT: Fawcett. Cover/indicia date: July 1950. Cover price: 10¢.



Walt Disney’s Donald Duck and the Pixilated Parrot.

Published on May 23, 1950. Edited by Alice Nielsen Cobb. The comic includes the story “Donald Duck and the Pixilated Parrot,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 52 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: 1950. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

Also known as Four Color #282.



The Haunt of Fear #17 [#3].

Published on May 25, 1950. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The comic includes these stories: “Nightmare!” by Johnny Craig; “A Television Terror!” by Harvey Kurtzman; “Monster Maker!” by Gardner Fox & Graham Ingels; and “Horror Beneath the Streets!” by Albert B. Feldstein. Cover illustration by Johnny Craig. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 52 pages. New York: Fables [E. C.] Cover/indicia date: September-October 1950. Cover price: 10¢.



The Spirit #22.

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Published in June 1950 [see note]. The comic features stories first published in Will Eisner’s The Spirit Sunday newspaper comic-book insert series. The stories included here are: “A Legend,” by Will Eisner & John Spranger, originally published on July 21, 1946; “Dulcet Tone,” originally published on July 7, 1946; and “The Postage Stamp,” by Will Eisner & John Spranger, originally published on July 14, 1946. Cover illustration by Will Eisner. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines [Quality]. Cover/indicia date: August 1950. Cover price: 10¢.

Notes

The exact publication date is unknown. No copyright registration for the issue appears to have been filed. However, most Quality Comics titles with an August 1950 cover date were published in June.

This is the Quality/Comic Magazines series’ final issue.



Terry and the Pirates Comics #22.

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Published in June 1950 [see note]. Edited by Leon Harvey. The comic features material from Milton Caniff’s run on the Terry and the Pirates daily newspaper strip. Cover illustration by Lee Elias. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Harvey. Cover/indicia date: August 1950. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

The exact publication date is unknown. No copyright registration appears to have been filed for the issue. However, during the 1950s, Harvey generally cover-dated books two months ahead of publication.



Captain Marvel Adventures #111.

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Published on June 2, 1950. Edited by Wendell Crowley, B. J. Heyman, Al Jetter, and Will Lieberson. The comic includes the story “The Menace of Greed,” by C. C. Beck & Otto Binder. Cover illustration by C. C. Beck. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 52 pages. Greenwich, CT: Fawcett. Cover/indicia date: August 1950. Cover price: 10¢.



Weird Science #14 [#3].

Published on June 5, 1950. Edited by William M. Gaines. The comic includes these stories: “Destruction of the Earth,” by Albert B. Feldstein; “The Sounds from Another World,” by Albert B. Feldstein & Harvey Kurtzman; “Machine from Nowhere,” by Albert B. Feldstein & Harry Harrison; and “The Eternal Man,” by Albert B. Feldstein & Jack Kamen. Cover illustration by Albert B. Feldstein. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Fables [E. C.]. Cover/indicia date: September-October 1950. Cover price: 10¢.



Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories Vol. 10, No. 10 [#118].

Published on June 6, 1950. Edited by Alice Nielsen Cobb. Cover illustration by Walt Kelly. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 52 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: July 1950. Cover price: 10¢.



Police Comics #101.

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Published on June 7, 1950. Edited by Harry Stein. The comic includes the Plastic Man story “The Strangest Mistake Ever Recorded in Time,” by Jack Cole & Joe Millard. The The Spirit story “Artemus Peap,” by Will Eisner & John Spranger, originally published in newspapers on October 20, 1946, is also featured. Cover illustration by Jack Cole. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines [Quality]. Cover/indicia date: August 1950. Cover price: 10¢.



Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #30.

Published on June 10, 1950. Edited by Leon Harvey. The comic features material originally published in Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy daily newspaper strip. Cover illustration by Chester Gould. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Harvey. Cover/indicia date: August 1950. Cover price: 10¢.



Marge’s Little Lulu #25.

Published on June 13, 1950. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes these stories: “The Dragon Tamer,” “The Fuzzythingus Poopi,” “At the Beach,” “The Savage Seven,” and “The Date,” all by John Stanley & Irving Tripp. Cover illustration by Irving Tripp. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 52 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: July 1950. Cover price: 10¢.



Walt Disney’s Vacation Parade.

Published on June 13, 1950. Edited by Alice Nielsen Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Vacation Time,” by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 132 pages. Cover illustration by Carl Buettner. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: 1950. Cover price: 25¢.

Note

This unnumbered publication is also known as Walt Disney’s Vacation Parade #1.



Tales from the Crypt #20.

Published on June 15, 1950. Edited by William M. Gaines. The comic includes the stories: “The Thing from the Sea,” by Albert B. Feldstein; “A Fatal Caper,” by Albert B. Feldstein & Jack Kamen; “Rx… Death,” by Albert B. Feldstein & Graham Ingels; and “Impending Doom,” by Al Feldstein & Johnny Craig. Cover illustration by Johnny Craig. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: I. C. [E. C.]. Cover/indicia date: October-November 1950. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

The numbering takes over from that of The Crypt of Terror.



Plastic Man #25.

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Published on June 21, 1950. Edited by Harry Stein. The comic includes these stories: “Hoot Moon,” “Life Story of Woozy Winks,” “The Magic Cup,” and “The Menace of Mr. Aqua,” all by Jack Cole & William Woolfolk. Cover illustration by Jack Cole. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. Buffalo: Comic Magazines [Quality]. Cover/indicia date: September 1950. Cover price: 10¢.



Weird Fantasy #15 [#3].

Published on June 25, 1950. Edited by William M. Gaines & Albert B. Feldstein. The comic includes these stories: “Martian Infiltration,” by Albert B. Feldstein; “Henry and His… Goon-Child,” by Harvey Kurtzman; “I Died Tomorrow,” by Albert B. Feldstein & Jack Kamen; and “The Dark Side of the Moon,” by Wallace Wood. Cover illustration by Albert B. Feldstein. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: I. C. [E. C.]. Cover/indicia date: September-October 1950. Cover price: 10¢.



Al Capp’s Li’l Abner #78.

Published on June 27, 1950. The comic features material originally published in Al Capp’s Li’l Abner daily newspaper strip. Cover illustration by Al Capp. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Toby. Cover/indicia date: September 1950. Cover price: 10¢.


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