Comic books May 1952

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Indicia title is "PORKY PIG in THE LOST GOLD MINE, No. 399." Cover art by Ralph Heimdahl. The Lost Gold Mine, art by Tony Strobl; On Bugs' advice, Porky and Cicero go to Tumbleweed Springs to hunt wild flowers for Cicero's school assignment, but the pair set off a gold rush when they find what appears to be an old mine shaft. Harry Hog, the Bully, art by John Carey; Sylvester tries to teach Porky how to box so that he can stand up to Harry Hog, the local bully. A Great Dane for Cicero, art by John Carey; Porky gets Cicero a Great Dane from the dog pound for his birthday. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman. Art by John Severin, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, and Jack Davis. The companion title to Kurtzman's groundbreaking war comic Two-Fisted Tales, showcasing the brutal realities of war. In Korea, Ed gets promoted to sergeant, but must explain why that's not really good news. A Shawnee warrior reflects on the grim history of white settlement in America before following Tecumseh into battle. A WWI pilot going for an "ace" rating flies right into a trap. Plus The EC "Artist of the Issue," focusing on Harvey Kurtzman. A Platoon!; War of 1812!; Fate; Ace!; Bellyrobber! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart Very Good $26.00 View scans Paper: Off white muted cover colors, supple off white pages with little to no flaking, firm spine with light wear, moderate edge wear with light chipping and color loss, light denting, light color breaking spine stress, light corner damage with chipping, heavy soiling, moderate scuffing, heavy dust-shadowing on back cover, moderate water damage, handwriting on table of contents page

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Volume 3, Issue 1 - May 1952. Cover by Milton Luros. Science Fiction and adventures stories featuring "Equations for Destiny" by John Berryman, and "Thy Days are Numbered" by Wallace West. Illustrations by Luros, Murphy, and Poulton. 7-in. x 10-in. 96 newsprint pages B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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May 1952. Cover by Jack Coggins. Stories: "Category Phoenix" by Boyd Ellanby, "Lover When You're Near Me" by Richard Matheson, "Garden in the Void" by Poul Anderson, "Lost Memory" by Peter Phillips, "Wheels Within" by Charles V. De Vet, and "Freudian Slip" by Franklin Abel. Science Department article: "For Your Information" by Willy Ley. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; 160 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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I Hunted My Own Son, art by John Lehti. Twenty Floors of Felony, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley. The Crime of the Century, art by Ed Robbins. The Machine That Haunts Men, art by Ralph Mayo. 44 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Gene Autry stars in "The Rx Mystery." Back-up story, "A Lucky Accident." Two-page text story, "A Killer and a Match." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 4, No. 6 - May 1952. Men's interest magazine with articles, humor, and Hollywood star photos. 10.5" x 13", 42 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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May 2, 1952. "America's First Motion Picture Trade Journal." Variety-like magazine covering the movie news of the week. Full-page two-color ad for "Macao" starring Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell. 9.25 in. x 12.25 in.; black and white with spot color; 12 pages.

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May 16, 1952. "America's First Motion Picture Trade Journal." Variety-like magazine covering the movie news of the week. 9.25 in. x 12.25 in.; black and white with spot color; 16 pages.

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May 23, 1952. "America's First Motion Picture Trade Journal." Variety-like magazine covering the movie news of the week. 9.25 in. x 12.25 in.; black and white with spot color; 12 pages. Humphrey Bogart photo cover.

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May 30, 1952. "America's First Motion Picture Trade Journal." Variety-like magazine covering the movie news of the week. Double-page ad for "The World in His Arms" starring Gregory Peck and Ann Blyth. 9.25 in. x 12.25 in.; black and white with spot color; 12 pages.

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Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. A mad killer is on the loose in Twin Rivers, just when strange Mr. Fleer opens up his new wax museum. The townsfolk are astonished when a petrified giant is discovered in Twin River - but to Hopalong's surprise, it's still alive. The "professor" working on experiments in the cellar of Widow Jones' boarding house is actually testing a deadly poison for his crime spree. Madman's Murders; Water Hole Justice; Whitey Whiskers: Town Dump; The Giant Killer; Life Paint What It Used to Be; The Fumes of Doom. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Howdy Doody's Magic Charm" text story. Untitled story; Mr. Bluster buys a newspaper office. Untitled story; Howdy and Dilly go to Hollywood to become actors. Untitled story; Mr. Bluster gets nothing but trouble when he tries to take a shower. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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May 1952. Science fiction stories by Milton Lesser, John Jakes, Walter Miller Jr., Charles DeVet, Evan Hunter (as "Salvatore A. Lombino"), Stephen Marlowe, Bryce Walton, and Alvin Heiner. Cover by Ralph Joiner. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

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May 1952. Cover by Malcolm Smith. Science fiction stories by Daniel F. Galouye, Fox B. Holden, Robert Sheckley, Zenna Henderson, Gordon R. Dickson, Arthur Dekker Savage, and Rog Phillips. Illustrations by Malcolm Smith, H. W. McCauley, and W. E. Terry. 5-3/8 in. x 7-5/8 in; black and white; 162 pages. Cover price $0.35.

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Johnny in "The Ghost Stagecoach" and "The Town That Disappeared." Back-up story, "The Dead Man's Hand." Photo cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Clarence Doore. Stories and art by Al Carreno, Jack Sparling and Leonard Starr. Baby-faced gunslinger Kid Cowboy fights for justice in the Old West with his sidekick, Red Feather. Kid Cowboy befriends a traveling medicine-show performer and tries to prove him innocent of murder. Kid Cowboy and Red Feather encounter outlaws in a ghost town. The Singing Cowboy and Chuckawalla match wits with a ghost in a deserted gold mine. Plus one-pagers about Buffalo Bill and Daniel Boone. The Medicine Show Murder!; The Ghost Town of Twin Buttes; Buffalo Bill; Killer's Caliber; The Singing Cowboy: The Ghost of Hangman's Lode; Battle Cry!; The Little Sheriff: The Gun Fight!; Hero of the Dark and Bloody Ground. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Little Lulu and Her Flowers one-page story. The Piggy Bank Guard; Tubby wants Lulu to guard his piggy bank so he cannot spend anything from it. Little Lulu and the Costume Party one-page story. The Ghost Train; Lulu tells Alvin about the little girl who sees a ghost train in the woods. Little Lulu and the Snake; The girls retaliate after Tubby and Wilbur play a trick with a rubber snake. Monday Is Duesday; Tubby can't pay his club dues, so he tries to get himself thrown out of the club. Tubby Juggles one-page story. Two-page text story, Lulus Diry ("Diary"). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Longest running British mystery magazine lasting from 1949 to its 132nd issue in 1982. Title changes to "London Mystery Selection" after issue 35. 5.5" x 7.25", 128 pages, B&W

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Painted cover art. Gold-Plated Free Key Chain Holder comic subscription ad with Lone Ranger and Tonto. Hunter's Hollow, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; The head of the Turner gang blows up a dam to cause a flood. This will allow members of the gang to escape from jail. Sarah Winnemucca The Paiute Princess; True story of Sarah Winnemucca, peacemaker and leader of the Paiute Indians. Little Mans Loot text story by Gaylord Du Bois. The Ball Game, script by Gaylord Du Bois; After helping Pueblos kill a buffalo, Young Hawk, Little Buck, and High Cloud are guests in the city; The boys play a game of ball and their dog Tumbleweed gets into trouble by stealing the ball. Conqueror of the Apache; How General George Crook subdued Cochise and the Apaches in Arizona. Based on the popular Western TV series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"She Knew the Face of Evil" a novel by Robert Moore Williams, plus "In-Group" a short story by L. Sprague deCamp.

Marvel Science Fiction, May 1951 pulp format (previous two were digest). Final issue in "Marvel" series of pulps/digests. Cover by Ames. Science Fiction Stories: "She Knew the Face of Evil" by Robert Moore Williams, "Time Was" by F. G. Rayer, "Brother" by Frank Quattrocchi, "Rules of the Game" by Milton Lesser, "The Subversive" by Alfred Coppel, "Star-Wife" by Morton Klass, "Who's Zoo?" by L. Major Reynolds, "In-Group" by L. Sprague De Camp, "Asylum" by William Morrison, and "Precedent" by Daniel Keyes. Illustrations by Ames, Moriisi, Harry Harrison, Roy G. Krenkel, Al Williamson. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 9-in, 132 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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"Hit the Dirt," "Victory" (art by Sol Brodsky), "Explosion," "Conchie," "The Objective" (art by Robert Q. Sale), and a two-page text story, "The Soldier Was an H.P.H." Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 50, Issue 198 - June, 1952. Digest-size UK men's magazine. Articles, humor, and pin-up photos. 5" x 7.25", 132 pages, B&W with color.

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Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language

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Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

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Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language

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Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language

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Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

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May 31, 1952 issue. Newsprint, 10.5" x 14", 12 pages, B&W with some color.

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#45 is listed in the indicia as: VOL. 7 (5/52). Al Jaffee cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Pre-code horror. Cover art by Tony Mortellaro. The Thirteen Locks!, art by Tony Mortellaro; In the mountains of Roumania, professor Blander and his guide Mogar discover an old church and therein an enormous coffin sealed with 13 locks. The Ghost of the Whistling Corpse!, art by Walter Palais; Dennis Langley tries to drive his foster-mother insane to get his hands on the family money. The Masquerade Ball text story. The Laughing Dead Man, art by Walter Palais; Benny Lincoln is murdered by fellow mobsters, but returns as a walking corpse and sees to the demise of his gangster friends. Carniverous Cargo!, art by Tony Mortellaro; Coast guard investigates a phantom ship and encounters zombie-like sailors; A black dotted living goo devours the men turning them into zombies, too. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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

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Stories and art by Edmond Good, Dick Kraus and Leonard Frank. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Monte faces down the Mexican revolutionary El Leon and his followers, but beautiful gunrunner Carlotta Montez stops him in his tracks. When outlaw steals a fresh batch of Aunt Hester's fudge from the Bar Nothing Ranch, he arouses the ire of both Gabby Hayes and Aunt Hester herself. The range war between cattlemen and farmers comes down to the destruction of the Shanda Valley Dam, a plan that Monte must stop. The Gunrunners of Acatera; Dimwit Diddle; Bronko Betsy; Gabby Hayes: Fearless Fudgy; Grubstaker's Bargain; Gray Hawk: Wahita Mercy; Old Slick; The Building of Shanda Dam. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover features Richard Derr and Barbara Rush. Story by Leo Dorfman, from the screenplay by Sydney Boehm. Art by George Evans and Al Williamson. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on George Pal's 1951 science fiction epic When Worlds Collide. When scientists discover that a "rogue star" is on a collision course with Earth, humanity faces the coming destruction with blind panic. However, an experimental rocket ship may be able to carry a select group of survivors to a new world. This adaptation features art by comics and science-fiction legends George Evans and Al Williamson, who even provide themselves a cameo in the comic. Plus photo stills from the film. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 83, Issue 4, May 1952. Film magazine famous for being the 1st ever fan magazine. "Hollywood's Most Sexy Stars", "ABC's on Debbie Reynolds", "Liz Taylor Becomes Mrs. Michael Wilding", Features on Betty Hutton, Debra Paget. 92 pages. 8.5 in. x 11 in. B&W Cover price $0.15.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $420.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4199037002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Photo cover of Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor in Paramount Pictures' "A Place in the Sun." "My Empty Promise," art by Alex Toth; Gary promises his dying mother that hell marry their neighbor Adele, who has always been in love with him; When Sylvia says she and Gary love each other, Adele refuses to release Gary from his vow. "Love Problems," art by Paul Robinson; Ed proposes to Gloria but she isnt sure she loves him; Gloria and her sister go on a trip to Washington D.C. and being away from Ed makes Gloria understand that he is the man for her. "Flattery Will Get You Somewhere!" one-page story, art by Nina Albright; Jane is a success with Hal because she is sincere in her compliments; Beth, on the other hand, flatters Marty but "never means what she says" and fails with him as a result. "People Will Talk," art by Sid Greene; Randy and Jill are engaged, but they disagree about the engagement ring, her wedding gown, where they will live, what sort of ceremony to have, and so on; They break up, but then reconcile because disagreements and arguments dont mean they dont love each other. "Man Killer" text story. "I Ran From Love," art by Vernon Greene; Steve and Ella are engaged, but when she overspends their budget and puts them in debt to furnish their apartment, he becomes angry and tells her to return the items; She refuses and they break up. "The Age of Chivalry" one-page story, art by John Celardo. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.