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Comic books October 1953

  • Issue #2A
    3-D Comics Tor (1953 St. John) 2A

    Cover by Joe Kubert. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, Russ Heath and Norman Maurer. Numbering continues from One Million Years Ago (1953 St. John) #1. Comics legend Joe Kubert won fans early in his career with his tales of Tor, a caveman struggling for survival in a world where humans co-exist with dinosaurs. Kubert and St. John push the envelope with some of the earliest 3-D comics. Three versions of issue #2 exist; all are called Vol. 1 #2 in the indicia. This version is standard Silver Age size and includes the same contents as #2B. Tor aids an underground tribe in their battle with a Cave Snake. Then he battles a giant turtle, escapes a forest fire, and witnesses a dinosaur battle. Plus illustrations of dinosaurs by legendary artist Russ Heath. Tor; 1,000,000 B.C. History of Prehistoric Animals: Triceratops, Brontosaurus; Wizard of Ugghh; Danny Dreams. Standard size: 7 1/2-in. x 10-in. 36 pages, B&W with 3-D effects. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 127 #3
    Adventure (1910-1971 Ridgway/Butterick/Popular/New Publications) Pulp/Magazine Vol. 127 #3


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  • Issue #12
    Adventures into Darkness (1952) 12
    • Paper: Off white
    • Slab: Significant scuff(s) front or back
    • Small piece of tape on cover.
    • Label #2050373005
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
    • Interior is complete. Extensive water damage, full length spine split (taped). Cover and centerfold detached and taped into place.
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    Contains a lingerie panel in "Serpent of Doom", story page two, panel four. In order of appearance: "Serpent of Doom" reprinted in Snake Tales: The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics HC (2016 IDW) #1-1ST; "The Spectral Sergeant"; "Horror's Scrapbook: The Breeder of Crime, Ship of the Dead..."; "The Living-Dead of Kulatum" art by Gene Fawcette; "Weird Maze" activity page reprinted in Haunted Horror (2012 IDW) #27; "Conspiracy with Death"; "The Last Dance"; "The Gypsy Curse"; and "Nightmare Island" art by Gene Fawcette. "Shanghai Ship: A Bucko Mate Learns an Important Fact About Kidnapping Sailors..." illustrated text story by John Marvin. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #24
    Adventures into Terror (1951) 24

    Cover pencils by Sol Brodsky. The Wax Men, art by Joe Sinnott; A man has dinner every night with wax figures around the table and refers to them as his family. Enough Rope text story. The Body Snatchers, art by Al Luster; Corpses rise to take revenge upon a doctor who deals with ghouls in order to procure bodies for his medical school. Juggernaut, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Gene Colan; A priest convinces followers to sacrifice themselves under the wheels of a heavy cart so that he can steal their belongings. Tennis Anyone?; A tennis player with poor form beats an expert with a racket consisting of strings of human intestine. The Last Man, art by Russ Heath; A bank robber shoots a clerk, and when he is slugged in the head by a police officer, he finds himself lost in a guilt induced fantasy where aliens have kidnapped all of Earth's population except for him and the clerk and the clerk dies in his arms from the bullet wound. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 41 #1
    Air Trails (1934-1942, 1950-1954 Street & Smith) Pulp / Magazine 2nd Series Vol. 41 #1


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  • Issue #7
    All American Men of War (1952) 7

    Edited by Whitney Ellsworth. Cover by Irv Novick. Stories by Robert Kanigher, Irv Novick, Joe Giella, Bill Woolfolk, Gene Colan, Henry Boltinoff, Ed Herron, Jerry Grandenetti, Sy Barry, Ed Herron, and Bernard Sachs. Adventure tales of war and the military, including some humor—go into combat with All American Men of War! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $36 All-American Men of War 7 affordable early issue, patriotic Alamo story

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  • Issue #11
    Amor Film (French 1953-1963 Editions du Carquois) 11

    Issue #11 - Oct. 1, 1953. Includes four-page comic strip of Romeo and Juliette. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/4-in., 12 pages, printed using a purple ink instead of black. NOTE: French language publication.

  • Issue #64
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 64
    • Centerfold detached.
    • Centerfold detached at one staple. Staple rust and Migration.

    52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 5 #4
    Art Photography (1949-1958) Magazine Vol. 5 #4


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    Volume 5, Issue 4 - October, 1953. 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.

    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Issue #8
    Atomic Attack (1953 Youthful) 8
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #3712147014
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Pre-Code war comics, speculating on atomic warfare, from the nervous early years of the Cold War. During the nuclear war between UN and Soviet forces in far-off 1977, an intelligence agent warns authorities of a game-changing new atomic-weapons system located on a Pacific island. During the Korean War, helicopter pilot Jack proves that his aircraft can go where jet planes can't. When tough Sgt. "Bull" Whip is in trouble, his buddy Pete has to be even tougher to save him. The Island That Disappeared; Blood and Guts; The Attack; Expedition Chopper; Heroes Are Born, Not Made. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 4 #2
    Black Magic (1950-1961 Prize/Crestwood) Vol. 4 #2
    • 3/4" Cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation and chipping.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Cover by Jack Kirby. Art by George Roussos, Mort Meskin, Al Eadeh, Harry Lazarus, Bill Draut, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby present their own contribution to the horror comics trend of the 1950s, featuring tales of ghosts and the paranormal. Issue # 26 on cover; listed as Vol. 4, issue #2 in indicia. A strange little man gives petty hood Archie everything he dreams of. An eerie astrologer warns a woman to beware of Scorpio. A wind summoned by natives threatens to destroy colonial island settlements. Fools Paradise; The Beast in You!; The Wish; The Sting of Scorpio; The Strange Antics of the Mystic Mirror; The Voice; Demon Wind! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #69
    Blackhawk (1944 1st Series) 69
    • Tape. Water damage.

    Stories by Dick Wood, Paul Gustavson and unknown. Art by Paul Gustavson and unknown. Featuring Blackhawk in: "The Conference of the Dictators" with story by Dick Wood; "The Cyclone From Hell"; "The King of the Iron Men"; and 1-page text story "No Clue of Danger," reprinted from Modern Comics (1945) #99. Plus: Chop Chop in an untitled back-up story by Paul Gustavson, reprinted from issue #44. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #730
    Blighty (1939-1959 City Magazines Ltd.) UK Magazine 730
    • Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Vol. 97 #6
    Blue Book (1905-1956 Story-Press/Consolidated/McCall) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 97 #6
    • Edge damage. Soiling.

    Volume 97, Issue 9 - October 1953, 8.25" x 11", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #16
    Buster Bunny (1949) 16
  • Issue #149
    Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 149
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    Cover pencils by C.C. Beck. Stories by Al Liederman and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza and Al Liederman. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) stars in: "Captain Marvel's Most Difficult Task" with art by C.C. Beck (King Kull's last Golden Age appearance); "Mr. Tawny--Hermit" with art by C.C. Beck (Tawky Tawny appearance); and "Billy Batson's Double Life" with art by C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza. Plus: Captain Kid in "The Golf Lesson" by Al Liederman. And: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "The Peaceful Space War" with script by Otto Binder. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 1 #8
    Cavalier (1952-1992 Fawcett-DuGent-Arzill) Magazine Vol. 1 #8


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    • Staple rust: Moderate.
  • Issue #31
    Children's Digest (1950-2009 Better Reading Foundation) 31


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  • Issue #17
    Chilling Tales (1952) 17
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #2134553001

    Cover by Matt Fox. Stories and art by Harry Harrison and Steve Kirkel. Tales of pre-Code horror from Youthful Magazines. A horror story based on the classic Sir Walter Scott story, "The Strange Case of Wandering Willie." Two other stories are adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe classics. In "The Tell-Tale Heart," a killer's guilt drives him to madness, or maybe it's the other way around. In a story based on Poe's "MS Found In a Bottle," a shipwrecked sailor is taken aboard a ghost ship. Cover art by noted artist Matt Fox, better known for his covers of pulp magazines such as Weird Tales. Strange Case of Wandering Willie; The Secret of Life and Death; The Tell-Tale Heart; Doomsday Ship; The Evil Eye. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $1,500 Chilling Tales Issue 17 Pre Code Horror October 1953 CGC 4.5 VG+ Matt Fox Cover

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  • Issue #17
    Cisco Kid (1951-1958 Dell) 17
    • Staple rust.

    Painted Cover. Stories by unknown. Art by Bob Jenney. Featuring the tales "White Fury" and "Two-Way Frame-Up"! Also: the 1-page filler "California Vaquero of 100 Years Ago" on the inside front cover! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #1
    Classics Illustrated 112 Adventures of Kit Carson (1953) 1
    • Staple rust.
    • Staple rust.

    Adventures of Kit Carson, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art by Rudy Palais. (HRN 113, with 10/53 date). Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #3
    Classics Illustrated 112 Adventures of Kit Carson (1953) 3

    Adventures of Kit Carson, 3rd Printing, Painted Cover. Art by Rudy Palais. (HRN 141). Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #6
    Classics Illustrated 112 Adventures of Kit Carson (1953) 6

    Adventures of Kit Carson, 6th Printing, Painted Cover. Art by Rudy Palais. (HRN 167) Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #501
    Classics Illustrated Junior (1953-1971) 1st Printing 501
    • Centerfold detached at one staple.

    "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," script by Mayer A. Kaplan (adapter) and Brothers Grimm (adapted from their original story), art by Alex A. Blum; Snow White flees a wicked Queen to live in the forest with the Seven Dwarfs; When the Queen poisons Snow White, she falls into a death-like sleep until a Prince awakens her with love's first kiss. "The Farmer in the Dell," art by Alex A. Blum; Nursery rhyme about a farmer and the people and animals in his life. Article about the lion, art by William A. Walsh. Dot-to-Dot Puzzle, art by Alex A. Blum. Snow White back-cover pinup by Alex A. Blum. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #501
    Classics Illustrated Junior (1953-1971) Reprints 501

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. NOTE: We do not currently differentiate between HRN 576 copies and other HRN #'s of Classics Illustrated Junior reprints. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #1
    Clyde Beatty Comics (1953) 1
    • Interior is complete. Full length spine split.

    84 pages. Movie tie-in. Clyde Beatty in "The Floating Jungle," "Circus Killer," "Big Magic," "The Man From Hollywood," and "The Tamed Killers" (art on all by Mel Keefer). 12-page photo feature, Clyde Beatty's "The Pit of Umangi." Also "Big Bear and Lenny Lion," "Battling Bingo," "True Tales From the Big Top," and "The Gooflesnoof." One page Ed Nofziger cartoons. Photo cover. Cover price $0.10.

  • Oct 16 1953
    Collier's (1888-1957 Crowell-Collier Publishing) Magazine Oct 16 1953


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    • Staple rust: Slight.

    Oct. 16, 1953. The classic weekly magazine featuring news and fiction. 10.75" x 13.75", 118 pages, PC/B&W. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 19 #2
    Complete Western Book Magazine (1933-1957 Newsstand) Pulp Vol. 19 #2


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    • Paper: Off white

    Volume 19, Issue 2 - October, 1953. 6.75" x 9.75", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #19
    Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) 19
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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #4386574004
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4362037007
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Slab: Significant scuff(s) front or back
    • Label #3988157002
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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4362037006
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    Cover art by Al Feldstein. "The Killer," script and art by Reed Crandall; Jonathan worked hard at his work, never wanting to follow in the footsteps of his father. Then he met Elsie, whom he intended to marry after he had established himself; However, because Jonathan's father was not a member of a guild, Jonathan was denied his opportunity to make a living, and reluctantly accepted doing his father's line of work. "Wined-Up!", script by Bill Gaines (plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (plot, script), art by George Evans; Charles, in a wheelchair since an auto accident, learns that the accident was no accident at all, and that his wife Laura wanted to kill him because she was sick and tired of living with him; She now informs him that is going to try again by wheeling him out on a pier, attaching a wire to it so that she can pull the chair into the lake as she goes swimming. "Rendezvous!" text story, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Marie Severin. "Murder May Boomerang," script and art by Johnny Craig; Nearly inseparable, a father and son did everything in life together until that one day when a prisoner from a nearby penitentiary discovers the pair's cabin, where he steals clothing and nearly beats the father to death. "About Phase," script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by George Evans; 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #14
    Dark Mysteries (1951) 14

    Cover by Hy Fleishman. Stories and art by A.C. Hollingsworth, Jon D'Agostino and Hy Fleishman. A pre-Code horror series that is not as well-known other horror comics, but makes up for it with grue. A man snaps and disposes of his wife in a cement mixer, but her hands somehow survive to come after him. Redheaded Karen is saved from drowning by a skeleton whose whispered message seals his killer's doom. A convict successfully escapes prison by hiding in a coffin; too bad it's headed for the crematorium. Fingers of Doom; The Skeleton's Revenge; An Eye for an Eye?; Terror of the Boa Constrictor; Escape to Death! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $350 Dark Mysteries 14 CGC 3.0 (Master Pub. 1953) Golden Age Pre-code Horror Skeleton

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  • Issue #200
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 200
    • Cover oxidation. Water spotting.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by unknown. Art by Lew Sayre Schwartz, Charles Paris, Leonard Starr, Joe Certa and Ruben Moreira. Batman and Robin clash with an underground broadcasting menace in "Radio Station C-R-I-M-E!" with art by Lew Sayre Schwartz and Charles Paris. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "The Unwilling...Witness!" with art by Leonard Starr; Robotman in "Superstitious Robot!" with art by Joe Certa; and Impossible -- But True! tale "The Maker of Mental Giants!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with art by Ruben Moreira. Also: Casey the Cop half-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Peg 1-pager by Boltinoff; and 2-page text piece "Calling All Cars!" by Jack Miller. 44 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #31
    Donald Duck (1952-1980 Dell/Gold Key/Whitman/Gladstone) 31

    Cover by Paul Murry. Stories by Carl Fallberg and unknown. Art by Jack Bradbury. Donald Duck is featured in "Vacation Work," plus the back-up stories "Bean Counting" and "Cousin Botcho"! Also: 1-pagers "Parachute Bread," "On the Job" and "Wrong Paint"! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    2 days left Auction Walt Disney’s DONALD DUCK #31 Dell 1953 Golden Age Huey Dewey Louie

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    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.
  • Issue #1
    Everything Happens to Harvey (1953) 1
    • 4" Cumulative spine split.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
  • Vol. 3 #10
    Eye (1949-1956 Mutual Magazine^) Magazine 1st Series Vol. 3 #10


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    Volume 3, Issue 10 - October, 1953. Digest sized men's magazine with sensational photo illustrated articles and numerous glamor pictorials. 5.25" x 7.5", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 10 #2
    Eyeful (1943-1955 Eyeful Magazine Inc.^) Vol. 10 #2


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    • Spine split 5%.

    Vintage men's interest magazine full of adult humor comics and tasteful pin-up pictorials. This issue with two pages of Bettie Page photos. 8.5" x 11.5", 52 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 2 #5
    Fantastic (1952-1980 Ziff-Davis/Ultimate) Vol. 2 #5


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    Sept-Oct 1953. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Walter M. Miller Jr., Ralph Robin, William P. McGivern, Richard Matheson, Jerome Bixby, Robert Sheckley, Mack Reynolds, Phillip Latham, and Ivar Jorgensen. Bernard Krigstein illustration. Cover by Leo Summers. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 148 pages. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 1 #3
    Fantastic Universe (1953-1960 King Size/Great American) Vol. 1 #3
    • Front cover detached 5%.
  • Issue #82
    Fawcett's Funny Animals (1942-1956 Fawcett/Charlton) 82
    • 1/2" Cumulative spine split.

    Cover by Chad Grothkopf. Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf, Bill Woolfolk and Walter Farmer. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Bunny, Bobby Bantam and Kenny Kangaroo. Kenny Kangaroo is such a bad boxer, he loses a shadow-boxing match. Skeezel's latest scheme goes so wrong that Teddy falls off a building into a tomato truck, plastering passersby in tomato puree. Hoppy gets jealous when Millie makes eyes at carnival strong man Herman Hare, but his superhero days are long behind him. Ambitious Cat; Slinky Stinky: The Stolen Swimming Pool; Teddy Bear and Skeezel the Weasel: All Washed Up; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Muscle Tussle; Kenny Kangaroo; Bobby Bantam: Bailing, Bailing; Buzzy Bee. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 19 #4
    Fifteen Detective Stories (1953-1955 Popular Publications) Pulp Vol. 19 #4


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
  • Vol. 6 #5
    Flirt (1947-1955 Whisper, Inc./Flirt^) Magazine Vol. 6 #5


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    • Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling.
    • Staple rust. Rust migration. Spine stress. Water damage.

    Volume 6, Number 5 - October 1953. Vintage men's interest magazine full of pin-ups and glamour photos paired with humorous text stories and adult comic strips. 8" x 11.5", 54 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #503
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 503
    • Interior complete. Front cover missing with back cover attached with tape. Cover oxidation.

    Indicia title is "UNCLE WIGGILY, No. 503." Cover art by Bill Weaver. Finding a Job for Shaggy Wolf; Wiggily tries to help Shaggy Wolf get a job and become successful; but Shaggy gets fired as quickly as he's hired. Contests for Rights to the Turtle Pond; Pokey Turtle and his cousin Trundle go through a series of contests to settle who has rights to the turtle pond. A Fortune in the Stove; Wiggily sells an old stove, not knowing that's where Nurse Jane hid her life savings. All art by Bill Weaver. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #505
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 505

    The Sword and the Rose (Disney movie adaptation). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $4 Dell Four Color #505 Sword and the Rose 1953 Dell Golden Age Photo Cover
    $7 Four Color No. 505 - Sword and the Rose (Oct 1953, Western) - Good-
    3 days left Auction DELL FOUR COLOR COMIC BOOK # 505 WALT DISNEY'S SWORD AND THE ROSE
    21 hours left Auction Four Color Comics (1942 Dell) # 505 Walt Disney’s The Sword And The Rose Photo

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  • Issue #506
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 506

    Incidia title is "LITTLE SCOUTS, No. 506." The Hanford House Mystery; Mr. Hanford disappeared years ago and his house has been empty since; While collecting scrap, the Little Scouts are given some picture frames and a painting from the Hanford House. Poor Little Rich Boy; Clifton Courtney IV, son of very rich man, comes to the Scouts' camp on Farmer Brown's farm, accompanied by his valet Jarvis and all the comforts of home. The Rambling Wreck; Scoutmaster Johnson shows up in a beat-up old car to take the Scouts to Eagle Lake; When the car breaks down, the Scouts dismantle it while trying to help fix it. Giants and Fairies; The Scouts are volunteered to take part in Miss Primly's dramatic club's play, "The Fairies of Yellow Mountain." All art by Don Gunn. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #12
    Fox and the Crow (1951) 12
    Published Oct 1953 by DC.

    Cover art by Jim Davis. Untitled The Fox And The Crow story; Crow destroys Fox's tuba. A comic strip advertisement for Fleer's Double Bubble bubble gum, art by Ray Thompson. Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! starring The Fox and the Crow; Crow pretends to be a horse in order to get fed by Fox. An in-house promotional advertisement for DC Comics Peter Panda. Untitled The Hound and the Hare story, art by Jim Davis; At their first meeting, the hare persuades the hound that the hound is a dog hound, not a hound dog. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $50 FOX AND THE CROW #12--1953--DC COMICS--FUNNY ANIMAL HUMOR--fn-

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  • Issue #14
    Frontline Combat (1951 Superior) Canadian Edition 14
    • Interior is complete. 6" cumulative spine split with book-length cover tear. Cover-to-cover hole punches with minor impact to story. Cover detached. Cover oxidation.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Canadian Edition. Cover by Wally Wood. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman and Jack Davis. Art by Wally Wood, Joe Kubert, Harvey Kurtzman, George Evans, and Jack Davis. The companion title to Kurtzman's groundbreaking war comic Two-Fisted Tales, showcasing the brutal realities of war. During the American Revolution, the seagoing Battle of Flamborough Head inspires John Paul Jones to say "I have not yet begun to fight!" in a story with early art by comics legend Joe Kubert. Pioneering WWI air ace Max Immelman contributes to the development of synchronized guns after accidentally shooting himself down. A gung-ho young Confederate soldier gets a belly full of war. Albatross!; Bonhomme Richard!; Abduction; Immelman!; Whupped! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #25
    Funny Films (1949) 25
    • 3 3/4" Cumulative spine split (chew).

    Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Dan Gordon and Bob Wickersham. Funny-animal comics from independent publisher ACG, featuring the Itchy & Scratchy-like Puss an Boots, misguided inventor Blunderbunny, owl detective Whoo-Dunnit, and Western dog marshal Alkali Ike. Sometimes the characters break through the fourth wall and into the laps of the kids who are watching their cartoons. Puss fears hes lost his touch when his jokes on Boots start backfiring; Blunderbunny drills for oil in the house, but only finds the landladys water heater; Hector the Specter gets a job with a duck whos running a scam selling chicken eggs to owls. Puss an' Boots; Blunderbunny; Muttsy; Hector the Specter; Dog Gone; The Booby Trap; Whoo-Doodit; Bill an' Coo. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #74
    Funny Stuff (1944) 74
    Published Oct 1953 by DC.

    Cover art by Otto Feuer. "Space Dodo Rides Again," art by Otto Feuer; Dodo and the Frog appear as actors in a science fiction story. "Get a Horse!" starring Nip and Chip, art by Otto Feuer. Comicode puzzle page by Martin Naydel. Untitled Biggety Bear story, art by Rube Grossman; Willy tries to convince Biggety that Biggety isn't Biggety but really Elmer Hassenpfeffer and thus can't stay in Biggety's house any longer. "Buzzy Asks: How Safe Is Your Driving?" public service announcement by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. "Gyp Ahoy!" starring Custer Cat and Cheesy the Mouse, art by Rube Grossman. "The Autographed Tortoise" text story. Peter Panda ad. Untitled story, script and art by Sheldon Mayer; Skinny sells Bo a "magic wishing bean". 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 7 #1
    Galaxy Science Fiction (1950-1980 World/Galaxy/Universal) Vol. 7 #1


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    October 1953. Cover by Emsh. Stories: "The Caves of Steel" (Part 1 of 3) by Isaac Asimov, "At The Post" by H. L. Gold, "The Model of a Judge" by William Morrison, "The Carnivore" by G. A. Morris, and "With a Vengeance" by J. B. Woodley. Non-Fact Article: "Origins of Galactic Etiquette" by Edward Wellen. Softcover Pulp Digest, 5-in. x 7-in.; 160 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.