Famous Funnies comic books issue 53

Victor E. Pazmiño cover. Christmas cover. Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier; "Goofie Gags" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "The Gay Thirties" by Hank Barrow; "Roy Powers, Eagle Scout" by Paul Powell; "Life's Like That" by Fred Neher; "Skyroads" by Dick Calkins and Russell Keaton; "Hairbreadth Harry" and "High-Gear Homer" by F. O. Alexander; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "War on Crime" by Rex Collier and Hammon; "Big Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Adventures of Patsy" by Mel Graff; "Jolly Geography" and "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Cat o' Nine Lives" and "The Frog Pond Ferry" by M. E. Brady; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Seaweed Sam" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Somebody's Stenog" and "The Back-Seat Driver" by A. E. Hayward; "Above the Crowd" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; "There's A Town" by M. E. Brady; "Babe Bunting" by Roy L. Williams; "Punky" by Fred Balk; "Connie" and "The Wet Blanket" by Frank Godwin; "Nipper" and "Footprints on the Sands of Time" by Clare Victor Dwiggins; "Queenie" by S. M. Iger (as Bob Bliss); "Homer Hoopee" by Fred Locher; and "Butty and Fatty" and "Animals in the News" by M. E. Brady. "The Ghost of Pirate's Roost" text story by John A. Thorne. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover Price Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by H.C. Kiefer. Stories and art by Ed Moore, A. Thompson, and Alfonso Greene. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. A man is trapped in a deep well after cement pipes collapse on him. A weightlifter prevents a collapsing tent pole from injuring circus patrons. Teen boys extinguish a house fire. Inferno!; Once A Hero; Life vs Death; Follow the Leader; Rescue from a Well Hole; River Rescuers Inc; Rescued Too Late; Four Lives To His Credit!; Big Top Hero; Not a Chance!; Undertow; Boy Hero; Chills for Bonny; Twin Heroes; Excitement Plus; Fire; Where-There's Smoke...There's Fire. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.