Reader's Digest (1922 Reader's Digest) comic books 1950-1959
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Published Jun 1953 by Reader's Digest.
Volume 62, Issue 374 - June 1953. Squarebound, 5.5" x 7.5", 168 pages, B&W.
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Published Sep 1953 by Reader's Digest.$2.50
Volume 63, Issue 377 - September 1953. Squarebound, 5.5" x 7.5", 168 pages, B&W.
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Published Dec 1953 by Reader's Digest.$7.00
View scans- 1/2" spine split from bottom.
Volume 63, Issue 380 - December 1953. Squarebound, 5.5" x 7.5", 180 pages, B&W.
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Published May 1954 by Reader's Digest.$53.00
View scansReader's Digest Vol. 64 Issue # 385 (1954) is published by The Reader's Digest Association. This issue includes an excerpt from Fredric Wertham's famous (or infamous) book "Seduction of the Innocent" (which was a Reader's Digest Book-of-the-Month Club alternate selection). The article here, "Comic Books--Blueprints for Delinquency," runs six pages (including a Newsweek sidebar on the growing problem of juvenile delinquency). Also in this issue: "Newest Thunderer of Revival" (about exciting new preacher Billy Graham), "The Real Story of Lucille Ball," and "How to Entertain a Guest," a one-page text ad for Reader's Digest written by Groucho Marx! 184 pages, color cover with text stories and color illustrations, 5.50-in x 7.25.
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Published Jun 1954 by Reader's Digest.$43.00
View scansThis issue with the comic related article, "For the Kiddies to Read" by T. E. Murphy. 5.5" x 7.5", 184 pages, B&W
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Published Nov 1954 by Reader's Digest.
This issue with the comic related article, "The Face of Violence" by T. E. Murphy. 5.5" x 7.5", 172 pages, B&W
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Published Feb 1955 by Reader's Digest.$7.20
View scans- 1" cumulative spine split.
Volume 66, Issue 394 - February 1955. Published by The Reader's Digest Association. Squarebound, 5.5" x 7.5", 168 pages, color cover with text stories and color illustrations, 5.50-in x 7.25.
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Published Feb 1956 by Reader's Digest.$43.00
View scansThis issue with the comic related article, "Progress in Cleaning Up the Comics" by T. E. Murphy. 5.5" x 7.5", 212 pages, B&W
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Published Jun 1957 by Reader's Digest.$2.50
Volume 70, Issue 422 - June 1957. Squarebound, 5.5" x 7.5", 252 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.
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Issue #433
Published May 1958 by Reader's Digest.$2.50
Volume 72, Issue 433 - May 1958. Squarebound, 5.5" x 7.5", 252 pages, B&W.