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Comic books October 1952

  • Issue #173
    Action Comics (1938 DC) 173
    Published Oct 1952 by DC.
    • Water damage.

    Robot cover art by Win Mortimer. What do You Know about Other People? public service announcement starring Binky, script by Jack Schiff. Superman's Invulnerable Foe!, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Crown of Ahagg! starring Congo Bill, art by Ed Smalle. The Death Ships from the Past! starring Tommy Tomorrow, art by Jim Mooney. The Vigilante Museum!, art by Bob Brown. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #181
    Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 181

    Cover art by Win Mortimer. A Mask for a Hero starring Superboy, art by John Sikela. The Evil King of the Sea starring Aquaman, art by Ramona Fradon. Shorty humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Joanie Swift, Queen of Speed starring Johnny Quick, art by Paul Norris. Varsity Vic humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Crime Platoon starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $250 ADVENTURE COMICS #181 DC COMICS 1952 GOLDEN AGE CGC 3.0 GRADED!

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  • Issue #36
    Adventures into the Unknown (1948 ACG) 36

    Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Cover by Ken Bald. Stories by Natas, Robert S. Pious, Charles Nicholas, McKinley, Edvard Moritz, and Lin Streeter. Spine-chilling tales of suspense, horror, and the supernatural—prepare yourself for Adventures into the Unknown! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 39 #1
    Air Trails (1934-1942, 1950-1954 Street & Smith) Pulp / Magazine 2nd Series Vol. 39 #1


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    • Spine split 5%. Water damage: Slight.

    Volume 39, Issue 1 Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #128
    All American Men of War (1952) 128

    This issue follows the #127 issue (the actual #1 in the series), so #128 is the chronological #2 in the series, a distinction it shares with the actual #2 which came out a month later in Dec 1952 - Jan 1953. The title was previously All-American Western. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 26 #10
    Amazing Stories (1926-Present Experimenter) Pulp Vol. 26 #10


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 50%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 26, Issue 10 - October, 1952. Cover by Walter Popp. Science fiction stories by Joe Gibson, Dex. R. Moore, Gerald Vance, William P. McGivern, Ivar Jorgensen, Author Unborn, and John Jakes. Illustrations by Bill Ashman, Dick Francis, Ed Emsler, Tom Beecham, and Ed Valigursky. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 166 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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    $8 Amazing Stories Pulp Oct 1952 Vol. 26 #10 GD Low Grade

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  • Issue #8
    American Air Forces (1944) 8
    • Staple rust.

    (A-1 Comics #65) In the feature story: Dead men lay sprawled at her guns. Dead men's hands gripped the controls. The old B-17 was useless, finished, and the fate of the United Nations in Korea depended on her reaching her target and dropping her "EGGS"! But dead men cannot bomb a target, and this was "The Burma Gal's Last Flight!" Also in this issue: "The Devil in the Drink!" (art by Bob Powell), "The Secret of the Tunnel" (art by Frank Bolle), "Secret of the Tunnel" (art by Powell), and "Death Without Orders!" (art by Powell). Powell cover. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 2 #3
    American Woodsman (1951-1955 American Woodsman, Inc.) Magazine Vol. 2 #3


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    • Spine split 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.

    8.5" x 11", 52 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 335 #4
    Argosy Part 5: Argosy Magazine (1943-1979 Popular) Vol. 335 #4
  • Vol. 50 #2
    Astounding Science Fiction (1938-1960 Street and Smith) Pulp / Digest Vol. 50 #2


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    • Water damage: Slight.
    • Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 30%.

    Oct 1952. Volume 50, Issue 2 - 1st printing. Cover by Van Dongen. Science fiction stories by Isaac Asimov, Edwin James, Dean McLaughlin, Alfred Coppel, and Walter M. Miller Jr.. Illustrations by Edd Cartier, Pawelka, and van Dongen. Article on fireworks. Softcover, 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; 168 newsprint pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #10
    Baffling Mysteries (1952) 10

    Diogenes' Deadly Lamp, script by Robert Turner, pencils by Jim McLaughlin; "Loathsome young parasite" Lex Markow steals Diogenes' lamp from an antique dealer, but the relic turns out to be cursed; When he tries to get rid of the lamp Markow hangs himself--like it was predicted. Nightmare Flight, pencils by Lou Cameron; A young woman's fiancé returns, horribly scarred, months after he disappeared in a presumably fatal plane crash; He leads the woman into a death swamp, where she has to destroy an evil swamp queen to lay his tortured soul to rest. Monster of the Moat, art by Paul Gattuso; A bypasser rescues a witch imprisoned by an evil sorcerer and marries her, but things turn out badly. Because the monster of the moat wants its revenge! Land of the Silicon Men, art by Louis Zansky. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #81
    Basinful of Fun (1941 F.Youngman LTD) UK 81
    • Staple rust: Slight.
  • Issue #13
    Battle (1951 Atlas) 13
    Published Oct 1952 by Atlas.
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    "Surrender, Hell" (art by Russ Heath), "Troop Movement" (script by Stan Lee, art by Cal Massey), "Surprise Attack" (art by Norman Steinberg), "Barbed Wire" (art by Gil Evans), and a two-page text story, "The Deadliest Enemy." Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #1
    Battle Attack (1952) 1
    • Tape inside front cover. Water spotting.

    Stories and art by Eugene Hughes, Hy Fleishman and Tony Mortellaro. Tales of combat, military life and warfare from publisher Stanley Morse. Grunt Lucky Carlson will bet on anything, including his squad's chances of survival in a combat zone. How early 20th-century machinery was utilized during wartime, from telephones to atomic weaponry. A young recruit and a weathered Marine sergeant have a running argument about traditional vs. modern methods of warfare. The Gambler; Machinery!; Hitting the Pens; A Modern Army!; Chatterbox!; Gunfire! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #12
    Beware (1952 Youthful) 12
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #3723082011
    • Rough edges to a few pages (not fully cut during manufacturing). Water damage. Miscut.

    Cover by Joseph Szokoli. Stories and art by Joseph Szokoli, Vince Napoli, Bill Fraccio and Harry Harrison. Violent pre-Code horror comics from Youthful Magazines. This issue was mentioned in the text (p. 388) of the anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent. Grave-robber Harry gets a comeuppance when the dead rise from their graves. An artist for "Beware" comics feels that he's run out of monster ideas, until he meets his son's strange new playmate, in a story that name-drops several other Youthful Mag horror artists. In postwar Germany, American agents investigate a killer stalking a small town, and learn the ancient castle nearby hides a very modern horror. The Body Snatcher; My Daddy Should Have Listened; The Death Waltz; The Pied Piper of Ziess-Baden; Don't Dance With Me When I'm Dead. Final issue under this publisher; Trojan Magazines continues the title and numbering with Beware (1953 Trojan/Merit) #1 (aka #13), while Youthful continues it as Chilling Tales (1952) #13. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    4 days left Auction BEWARE #12 CHILLING TALES OF HORROR Pre-Code YOUTHFUL 1952 PCH SOTI GD/GD+

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  • Issue #1
    Bill Battle The One Man Army (1952 Fawcett) 1

    "Torture, When a Commie needs info, he doesn't care how he gets it!"

    Stories and art by John Martin and Clem Weisbecker. The Korea-set Bill Battle comics leaven the usual grim war stories with whimsical dark battlefield humor. A by-the-book captain has the misfortune to get loose-cannon Bill Battle as a driver. But when they're behind the lines, Captain Marshall must admit that Battle is a soldier's soldier. Redmond believes that Battle has died after a mission meets with an overwhelming enemy force. Plus a PSA for polio featuring Captain Marvel (Shazam). Im The Best There Is; Strike at Dawn; Three Cheers for Chen; A Snowball in Hades. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #39
    Black Diamond Western (1949) 39

    Black Diamond in "Judas of the Plains," "Laughin' Fat Blackie," abd "King of Scoundrels." Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #678
    Blighty (1939-1959 City Magazines Ltd.) UK Magazine 678


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    • Staple rust: Extensive.

    UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 32 pages, B&W

  • Issue #16
    Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders (1950 ME/AC) 16

    Art by Bob Powell, Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Cover by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Teen cowboy adventures set in the 1950s, based on the popular radio program that ran from 1949 to 1955. Bobby and his friends Tex, Windy, and Irish face modern-day rustlers and other challenges of life on the ranch. Bobby and the gang hunt the Lost Treasure of Pancho Villa; Bobby wants to know why outlaws have targeted a traveling circus; Bobbys joke on superstitious Windy backfires when there really are bad men in Ghost Canyon. The Lost Treasure of Pancho Villa; The Man Who Hated the Circus; The Ghost Killers; The Fire Demon of Ghost Canyon. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 59 #1
    California Pelican (1903-1988 A.S.U.C) Vol. 59 #1


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    • Staple rust. Spine stress. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Scuffing.

    "Golden Pelican" by Ron Goulart. Volume 59, Issue 1 - October, 1953. University of California, Berkeley student magazine, published from 1903 to 1988. Features cartoons, articles, and advertisements for local business. 8-in. x 11-in., 40 pages, Text (with B&W images) Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #114
    Captain Marvel Jr. (1942-1953 Fawcett) 114

    Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories by Bill Woolfolk and others. Art by Bud Thompson, and Joe Certa. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. A train is abducted by aliens from Jupiter for a novelty show, but luckily, Captain Marvel Jr. is on board. A strange old man appears on an island predicting natural disasters, but when the disasters start happening, the people start listening. Professor Edgewise gets a crush on a woman who lived 1000 years before, so he travels back in time to King Arthur's Court to meet her. The Train That Travelled Through Space; Young Gunman; Kanvasback: Punchy Words; The Ruler of the Earth; Windy: Presents of Mind; Sir Edgewise in King Arthur's Court. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $198 Captain Marvel Jr. #114 Good 2.0 Golden Age Vintage Fawcett Comic 1952

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  • Issue #7
    Captain Steve Savage (1950-1953 1st Series) 7
    • Water spotting.

    Art by Mort Lawrence and Everett Raymond Kinstler. Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Tales of adventure and espionage from the Cold War featuring ace pilot Steve Savage. Savage and his sidekick Check Bryan battle an enemy PT boat at sea; Steve and Check parachute into enemy territory after their plane is shot down. Also featuring a nice contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. Captain Steve Savage's Flight to Kill!; Pinned-Down; Flight Into Danger; Riot on Koje; Operation Death; Operation: Havoc! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $35 Captain Steve Savage's Flight to Kill! #7 1952 - Avon Golden Age FR FR/GD RAW

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  • Issue #13
    Chamber of Chills (1952-1954 Harvey 2nd Series) 13
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • File Copy.
    • Label #2708545007

    Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Abe Simon, Nat Barnett and Moe Marcus. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. A scientist descends into a pit of primitive creatures in Africa. An explorer climbs inside a gigantic statue before realizing it's actually a living giant. Treasure hunters are pursued by deadly ants after stealing sacred gems from an idol. Man in the Hood; The Lost Race; The Man Germ; The Things. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #11
    Cisco Kid (1951-1958 Dell) 11
    • Water damage. Piece missing from back cover.

    Painted Cover by Ernest Nordli. Stories by unknown. Art by Bob Jenney. Featuring the tales "The Missing Men of Shirttail Ridge" and "Trouble in Tiptop"! Also: the 1-page filler "Wyatt Earp - Dodge City Marshal" on the inside front cover! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #1
    Classics Illustrated 100 Mutiny on the Bounty (1952) 1
    • Only one staple manufacturing.

    Mutiny on the Bounty, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 100, with 10/52 date). Beginning the first part of the Bounty trilogy, the story continues in Classics Illustrated #103 and 109. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #6
    Classics Illustrated 100 Mutiny on the Bounty (1952) 6

    Mutiny on the Bounty, 6th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 167). Beginning the first part of the Bounty trilogy, the story continues in Classics Illustrated #103 and 109. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #5
    Combat (1952 Atlas) 5
    • Cover glued to first wrap at spine. Water damage.
  • Vol. 18 #9
    Complete Western Book Magazine (1933-1957 Newsstand) Pulp Vol. 18 #9


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Issue #91
    Daredevil Comics (1941 Lev Gleason) 91
    • Heavy water damage.

    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro and Norman Maurer. This boys' adventure title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. The Little Wise Guys race a crook to find the lost gold of outlaw Jesse James. Dilly Duncan gets a summer job at the circus and encounters a gorilla, whom he assumes to be his rival Gruesome Jones in a gorilla suit. The Little Wise Guys help the fire department track down a serial arsonist who's obsessed with the number 3. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Little Wise Guys: The Pistol Of Jesse James; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Circus Daze; Crimebuster; Little Wise Guys: Out Of The Firehouse Into The Fire. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    4 days left Auction Daredevil #91 Fair 1.0 Ft. Little Wise Guys

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  • Issue #1
    Dell Giant Woody Woodpecker Back to School (1952-1957 Dell) 1

    Woody Woodpecker, Oswald the Rabbit, the Three Lazy Mice, Andy Panda, Meeny Miney and Mo, Homer Pigeon, Cookie the Cuckoo Clock, and Charlie Chicken. 100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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    6 days left Auction Woody Woodpecker’s Back To School #1 (Dell, 1952) Giant Comic

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  • Vol. 67 #4
    Dime Detective Magazine (1931-1953 Popular Publications) Pulp Vol. 67 #4


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    • Paper: Off white to white

    Volume 67, Issue 4 - October, 1952. 6.75" x 9", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #1
    Dizzy Dames (1952) 1
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #2104152011
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #2104152010
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #1297234008
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #1488643009
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Owen Fitzgerald, Lynn Karp and Jack Bradbury. ACG Comics presents classic slapstick and screwball comedy stories featuring attractive women pratfalling their way into and out of trouble. Denise and Dottie come up with a scheme to jump-start their stage career by sabotaging the Gazelle Sisters; Moronica sees a path to stardom from a woman-on-the-street TV interview; Dee Licious finds a way around the citys lack of bicycle lanes. Broadway Babes; Knothead Nellie; Man-Huntin Minnie of Delta Pu; Moronica; Love Dizzy!; Dee Licious. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    9 hours left Auction Dizzy Dames #1 CGC 8.0 1952 - Golden age GGA Off White pages

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  • Issue #42
    Doll Man Quarterly (1941 Quality) 42

    Cover art by Reed Crandall. The Mind-Monster, script by Bill Woolfolk,art by Art Gates; A supernatural monster called Kain comes to life from his creator's typewriter and kills the author; He was later dispelled by Doll Girl when she types him out of existence! It's a Dog's Life starring Torchy, art by Gill Fox. The Spectre In Steel starring Doll Man, Doll Girl, Elmer Ronald, and John Brath, script by Bill Woolfolk. Diary of Death starring Doll Man, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Art Gates. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #19
    Durango Kid (1949 Magazine Enterprises) 19

    Art by Fred Guardineer and Fred Meagher. Cover by Fred Guardineer. Sometimes listed as Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid #19. Western adventure based on the popular masked hero played in the movies by Charles Starrett. Durango Kid goes into action when road bandits ambush a US Mail coach; Muley wants to fake a holdup to impress a girl, but real robbers get involved; Dan and Tipi crash a British party in search of a spy, and Dan reunites with a woman from his past as a colonist. Ride Hard, Shoot Fast!; Triple Trouble; Dangerous Night; The Wolf; Terror in the Timber! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #9
    Eerie (1951 Avon Series) 9
    • 1.25" Cumulative spine split. Water damage. Staples added (not manufacturing).
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Sid Check. Edited by Sol Cohen. Art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth, Sid Check, Norman Nodel, Joe Kubert and Vince Alascia. Tales of horror from the era just before the Comics Code was introduced. A violinist makes a macabre deal to get his hands back; A hot-dogging skier must outrace a skeletal ghost-skier or forfeit his life; A pianist discovers a musical passage that revives the ghostly muse of Frederic Chopin, but it isnt a healthy relationship. Second cover appearance of the gasping girl from issue #5, now a blonde. The Phantom Hitch-Hiker; The Hands of Death!; The Thing from the Grave; Death on Skis!; The Haunted Melody; The Haunted Cave; Princess of the Subway. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 20 #107
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1941-Present Davis-Dell) Vol. 20 #107


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    • Cover Wrap Detached.
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 20, Issue 107 (Whole Number 107) - October, 1952. 5" x 7", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 9 #2
    Eyeful (1943-1955 Eyeful Magazine Inc.^) Vol. 9 #2


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    • Denting. Soiling.
    • Staple rust. Rust migration. 5" Cumulative spine split. Corner Damage. Cover detached. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Foxing. Residue. Scuffing. Soiling.

    Volume 9, Issue 2 - October, 1952. Pin-up magazine for men. Cover by Peter Driben. This issue with a two-page pictorial of Bettie Page. 8.5-in. x 11.5-in. 52 pages, B&W with spot color. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 13 #6
    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 13 #6


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    "The Bat Flies Low"a novella by Sax Rhomer

    Volume 13, Issue 6 - October, 1952. 6.75" x 9", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #202
    Famous Funnies (1934) 202
    • Paper: Off white
    • File Copy.
    • Label #21-155D344-009
    • Centerfold detached. Cover oxidation.

    Stories and art by Frank Frazetta, Fran Matera, Allen Saunders, Elmer Woggon, Matt Christopher, Rodlow Willard, William McCleery, and Ralph Briggs Fuller. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. The debut of Tom Terriss, the Vagabond Adventurer, as he enters "The Land of Satan." Dickie Dare and Dan's vacation is interrupted by yet another adventure. A classic religious PSA featuring early art by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. Tom Terriss the Vagabond Adventurer; Dickie Dare; Steve Roper; Underwater Battle; Scorchy Smith; Prayer Works Wonders; Oaky Doaks. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $234 Famous Funnies #202 FN- 5.5 1 Page Ad drawn by Frank Frazetta! Eastern Color

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  • Vol. 14 #10
    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 14 #10


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Light tan to Cream
    • Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 60%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    "Doom jungle" a short story by John Jakes.

    Oct 1952. Cover by Walter Popp. Stories include "Is This The Way Home?" by Lawrence Chandler, "In a Day of Victory" by Irving E. Cox, Jr., "The Talking Cube" by E. K. Jarvis, "Death is Never Final" by Alfred Coppel, "It's in the Cards" by Rog Phillps, "Doom Jungle" by John Jakes, and "I'll Meet You Yesterday" by Doris E. Kaye. Illustrations by David Stone, Ed Emsler, Tom Beecham, and Gaylord Welker. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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    $600 Fantastic Adventures Oct. 1952 CGC 7.0 Classic Good Girl Wood Nymph Cover

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  • Issue #8
    Fightin' Marines (1951 St. John/Charlton) 8

    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker and Gene Colan. Charlton's long-running series focused on the miliary exploits of the US Marines throughout the 20th century. After Al accidentally breaks the Colonel's vase, Canteen Kate thinks she can put it back together, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. In Korea, Leatherneck Jack and Monte are assigned to learn if the enemy is using a sacred temple for military purposes, in a story with early art by future Marvel legend Gene Colan. Biff and Smokey stow away on a freight train and find themselves deep in enemy territory. Cover by Baker. Have You Heard This One?; Tripoli Shores: Ivan the Terrible; Canteen Kate: Say It with Flour; Leatherneck Jack: Mountain Murder; Biff & Smokey: Round Trip Ticket to Danger; Private Thistlewait: Left Out; The Lighter Side; Quips and Queries. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    Fighting Undersea Commandos (1952) 3

    Art by Louis Ravielli and others. Cover by Louis Ravielli. Tales of the U.S. Navys Underwater Demolition Team, popularly known as the frogmen. The frogmen face sharks beneath the waves, enemy patrols on the surface, and Mig jets above. Then they join forces with the Taiwanese army against Communist China. Also featuring an action-packed contents page illustrated by Louis Ravielli on the inside front cover. Assignment in Formosa; Fight to the Death; Rear Guard; Assault on Chenghi; Rescue at Sea; Ambush In China. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #22
    First Love Illustrated (1949-1963 Harvey) 22

    Cover art by Al Avison. "Love Above All!", art by Bob Powell; Angela graduates from high school and is trained by tennis pro Laura; Discarding her boyfriend Glen, Angela flirts with sportswriter Walt to further her career, even though she knows Laura loves him; However, Angela challenges Laura to a match and Walt realizes she is only using him. "Double Desire"; Jack and Dale are partners in an ad agency and are dating Sue and Mike, respectively; Dale suspects Mike is cheating on her with Sue, and breaks up with him; Jack and Dale pretend to be lovers to make Mike and Sue jealous. "Doomed To Heartbreak" text story. Strange Romantic Customs fact page. Advice to readers by Nancy Powers. "A Stranger's Kiss," art by Jack Sparling; Office worker Joan takes her vacation at fancy Manor Lodge, hoping to find a rich husband; On the train, she meets Hal and they hit it off, but hes "only an insurance agent" and she wants more. "Dream for Sale" text story. "He Wanted Too Much!", art by Al Avison; Mary is the private secretary of gambler Rocky, and is his girlfriend as well; He encourages her to date college basketball player Nick and prevent him from playing in a big game. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #18
    First Romance Magazine (1949-1958 Harvey) 18

    Stories and art by Jack Sparling and others. Tales of love and heartbreak in 1950s America from publisher Harvey. Bored western gal Lydia takes up with the first guy who comes along, and finds herself in a touchy situation. Student nurse Joyce faces a choice when she falls in love, as fraternization with handsome doctors is not allowed. Roxy wants to move up in the world, so she uses her beauty as a tool. Temptation Road; Devil of Desire; Caught in the Night!; Colors Are So Revealing; Call Me Wicked; I Know My Love!; Tomorrow's Passion. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 5 #5
    Flirt (1947-1955 Whisper, Inc./Flirt^) Magazine Vol. 5 #5


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    • Staple rust. 1/4" Spine split from base of comic. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Residue. Scuffing. Soiling.

    October 1952. Cover by Peter Driben. Vintage men's interest magazine full of pin-ups and glamour photos paired with humorous text stories and adult comic strips. This issue with a half-page Bettie Page photo. 8" x 11.5", 50 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 2 #10
    Focus (1951 Leading Magazine Corp.) Magazine Vol. 2 #10


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    Volume 2, Issue 10 - October, 1952. Pocket-sized men's interest magazine featuring Athletes, True Crime, Starlets, and Pin-ups. 4-in. x 6-in., 68 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #10
    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 10

    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Al Camy, Jayson Disbrow, Jon L. Blummer and Charlie Sultan. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Joe learns that his pals mysterious fiancee hates to be photographed and has had previous husbands, all of whom disappeared; Survivors of a plane crash discover that their tropical island is inhabited by a vampire; A treasure hunter unearths a voodoo idol and is targeted for vengeance by the dead. The Unknown Vampire; Portrait of Satan; Bride of Doom; Strange Machine; The Curse of Rada! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #427
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 427
    • 1 1/2" Cumulative spine split.

    Cover by Dick Moores. Stories by Dick Moores and various. Art by Dick Moores and Dick Hall. Featuring the tales "Mickey Mouse and the 'Wonderful Whizzix'" and "Mickey Mouse and the 'Great Safe Mystery'," plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Starring Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Morty and Ferdie! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #428
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 428
    • Centerfold detached. 1 1/2" Cumulative spine split.

    Indicia title is "UNCLE WIGGILY, No. 428." Cover art by Bill Weaver. Sammy is Kidnaped, art by Bill Weaver; Uncle Wiggily sends Sammy to the north field to bring back some pumpkins for a pie. Sammy takes a short cut through the woods where he is captured by the Bad Chaps (Bobby and Fuzzy); Wiggily and Pokey Turtle come to rescue Sammy, but find that he has already escaped. Butch Bear's House-warming Party, art by Bill Weaver; Uncle Wiggily cleans the attic and piles a bunch of old furniture in the yard. Butch Bear is building a new house, so Wiggily decides that he'll have a house-warming party for him and people can bring the old furniture as gifts. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #429
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 429

    Cover by Jack Bradbury. Stories by Don R. Christensen, Hubie Karp and various. Art by Jack Bradbury. Featuring the tales "Why Dogs Leave Home" and "Pluto's Important Errand," plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Starring Pluto, Mickey Mouse, Morty and Ferdie, Horace Horsecollar, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy, Butch and Clarabelle Cow! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.