Comic books 1952 w/ month not specified

Issue 96 - 1952. "Spoiled Lives" by Pierre Flammeche. Softcover Digest, 4.5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover art by Bob Montana. "Watch the Birdie"; Mr. Weatherbee is going to shoot the school class's picture. "The Male Bag"; Betty's dad gives her some hunting tips. "Ring On My Finger"; Lottie wears Jughead's fraternity ring. "Toupee Or Not Toupee"; Mr. Weatherbee's wife bought him a toupee to wear, but he doesn't want anyone at school to see him in it. "If I Knew You Were Coming I'd Have Faked a Cake..."; Veronica has to bake a cake for cooking class and Reggie volunteers to help her. "Sun Stroke," script and art by Dave Berg; Jughead is suffering from sun stroke. "Suits Me!"; Veronica invites Archie to a swanky garden party and he down to one pair of pants. "Hollywood Tattle Tales" article. "Love Thy Neighbor," art by Bill Vigoda; Archie mistakenly thinks that Mr. Lodge has gone bankrupt and mobilizes the town to come to his rescue. "The Big Game Hunter"; Veronica wants Archie to take her to the Yarvard game but when he finally gets tickets he learns he has the wrong game. Archie's Rival Reggie house ad. "Sick and Tired," script and art by Dave Berg; Veronica keeps trying to get a handsome life guard's attention. "Sneak Snack"; Reggie forgot his lunch and takes one of Jughead's sandwiches. "Along Came a Spider"; Archie and Jughead make a trick spider. "Bear-Faced Lie"; Archie tries to impress Veronica by having Jughead dress up like a bear and shoot him. "The Big Fraudcast"; Reggie tries to cheat using a radio. "Athlete's Feat," art by Samm Schwartz; Archie and Jughead help Betty create a gym in her house. "Starve Or Bust"; Jughead competes in both a hamburger-eating contest and a pie-eating contest. "Archie Cleans Up!"; Mr. Weatherbee makes the mistake of telling Archie to spread the word about the clean-up campaign for schools. "An Old Fashioned Girl"; Betty tries to keep Archie around with a television. "A Moose Is As Good As a Mile"; Archie takes Veronica hunting. "Thar He Blows!"; Jughead goes to the beach for hamburgers. 116 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Bill Vigoda. Stage As Sweet At You Are, script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Dan DeCarlo and Vincent DeCarlo; Betty and Veronica both try out for the school play to be near Archie; Veronica maneuvers Betty so she tries out for the less glamorous role; But Veronica didn't read far enough into the play and the tables are turned on her. Change Your Partners, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; Veronica lets Betty do all the preparations for the up-coming dance, then shoves Betty aside so Archie can take her. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bill Vigoda. "Frail but Firm"; Betty and Veronica wish that Archie and Reggie were more manly and protective like Big Moose. "A Face Worse than Death" starring Archies Girls Betty and Veronica. Betty Puzzle Page. Archie ad. "Registered Male"; Veronica signs up for the baby-sitting registry at school to earn money for a new dress; Archie signs up to so he can afford to take Veronica out to the country club for their date; Betty schemes to get a date with Archie. Untitled story; Betty is infatuated with the new science teacher, Mr. Dawson. "Just My Type" one-page story; Betty throws herself at Archie after criticizing other girls for the same type of behavior. Veronica Puzzle Page. "Football Fever"; The girls all get stood up for their dates and find out the reason why is because a famous football player is visiting Archie's father and the boys all went over to meet him. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by George Frese. "Brazil Nuts," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; Betty and Veronica are jealous of a student from Brazil who has attracted the attention of the boys. "Smog Fog," script by Sy Reit, pencils by Harry Lucey, inks by Terry Szenics; The girls are obsessed with a singer named Melvin Smog and swoon or faint whenever he's on TV or his name is mentioned. Ginger ad. "On the Spot"; Betty tricks Archie into a date. "Stupid Cupid"; Moose's jealousy is making it hard for Midge to talk to anyone. "Fall Guy," art by Samm Schwartz; Veronica thinks Archie tried to hurt himself by jumping out a window when she turned him down for a date. Don't Let It Puzzle You! activity page. "Sew What!", script by Sy Reit, art by Samm Schwartz; Betty and Veronica try to make their own clothes after seeing a girl in school who always wears nice hand-made clothes. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

nn (No.1) UK Reprint. 28 pages, full color.

UK Reprint. 28 pages, full color.

UK Reprint. 28 pages, full color.

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Capturing the paranoia of the Cold War, this series portrayed a future where "atomic" weapons replaced conventional ones. American soldiers face the ultimate 1950s threat: flying saucers flown by Communists. Tony battles the underground kingdom of Sub-Earth when their forces steal America's vital radium supplies. Lt. Robbins thinks he's been given a soft assignment with the photo reconnaissance unit, but he's soon to learn that it's just as dangerous as flying sorties. A Double-Cross in Disguise; Yellow Peril in the Skies; Landing Under Fire; Science Assaults the Death Sphere; Camera Daredevils. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Gene Colan and Enrico Bagnoli. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Murderous art forgers escape from postwar Europe disguised as American soldiers, in a story with early art by future Marvel legend Gene Colan. A clue found on a charred corpse sets police on the trail of an arsonist. Cops try to figure out who's fixing horse races by drugging the horses, but no one suspects groomer Joey. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. The Trigger-Squeeze Trap; Five-Alarm Torch!; 9,000 Miles to the Noose!; Daily Doubles Death Trap; The Angel Mob; Blackmail Photography. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker and Enrico Bagnoli. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Beautiful but evil Margo enlists crooked makeup artist Marty to help her impersonate and fleece the wealthy, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Counterfeiters abduct a retired US Treasury engraver and his wife to force him to create fake bills for them. A solve-it-yourself mystery gives the reader three suspects, and lets them figure out which one is the killer. Cover by Baker. Murder at Marsh Hollow; The Gory Twenties Trail; The Man Who Came to Murder!; Rutzie Quits the Rackets; Fifty Grand Frame-up; Jack Diamond; Murder in Mink. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Edd Ashe, Antonio Canale, and Enrico Bagnoli. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Hijack Mac Jones lives up to his name as his gang of road agents targets the trucking industry. The Camouflage Killers raid hotel suites in 1950s New York. Modern-day pirates target the luxury yachts cruising the Florida west coast jungle waterways , leading to an Everglades Manhunt. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Double Dynamite; Hijack; The Criminals Law of Averages; Murder Masks a Black Market; The Camouflage Killers; Everglades Manhunt. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

1952. "The Witch from Hell's Kitchen" Written by Robert E. Howard. Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 132pages, Text with B&W illustations. Cover price $0.35.

Science fiction stories by Murray Leinster, Edmond Hamilton, Frank Belknap Long, Wallace West, A. Merritt, Donald A. Wollheim, R.F. Starzl, Sewell Pleaslee Wright, Clack Ashton Smith and Jack Williamson. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in. 132 pages, text only. Cover price $0.35.

This Ballyhoo Pin-Up Calendar for 1952 includes 12 dazzling dreamgirls illustrated by Gil Elvgren. Each month is adorned with a full-page, beautifully illustrated pin-up girl in full color. 8 1/2" x 12 3/4". 12 pages. Full color. Spiralbound from top. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

This Ballyhoo Pin-Up Calendar for 1953 includes 12 dazzling dreamgirls (one representing each calendar month), created by some of America's foremost artists in the realm of pin-up; Al Moore, Fred Smith, Freeman Elliot, Ward Brackett, and Eddie Chan. Each month includes days of the week and is adorned with a full-page, beautifully illustrated pin-up girl in full color. And, as a bonus this set includes a Ballyhoo fold out poster of 1953's girl of the year, painted by Al Moore. 9" x 11.5", 12 pages, full color. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

No issue number, Fall-Winter 1952. Cover by Bill Wenzel. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 32 pages, B&W. MATURE. Cover price $0.25.

Summer 1952. A catalog of bargains from Walter Field Co.. 6.5" x 9.5", 52 pages, PC/PB&W.

Stories and art by Clem Weisbecker and Charles Dexter. Fawcett continues its early-'50s baseball one-shots with a look at the great players of the game. A comics "tour" of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York serves as a retrospective on the sport and its early champions, from Abner Doubleday to Babe Ruth to Lou Gehrig. Plus historical facts about the earliest days of baseball. It Wuz Rough in Them Days, Son!; The True Story of Baseball's Hall of Fame; Newest Members of the Hall of Fame. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Scottish comic, which features an original cover; the contents are a mixture of original horror stories illustrated by George McQueen, plus Ghost Rider strips illustrated by Dick Ayers. 68 Pages

Scottish comic, which features an original cover; the contents are a mixture of original horror stories illustrated by George McQueen, plus Ghost Rider strips illustrated by Dick Ayers. 68 Pages

Australian Edition. Cover from Detective Comics #149 (by Dick Sprang). Contains reprinted stories: "The Sound-Effects Crime" from Detective Comics #149 and "A Partner for Batman" from Batman #65. 7 1/2" x 10 5/8".

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Cover by Irv Novick. Stories and art by Eugene Hughes, Tony Mortellaro and Hy Fleishman. War comics from publisher Stanley Morse in the tradition of EC's war comics. A tank crew suspects their new sergeant is a medal-hungry glory hound who's going to get them all killed. A young recruit and a weathered Marine sergeant have a running argument about traditional vs. modern methods of warfare. How early 20th-century machinery was utilized during wartime, from telephones to atomic weaponry. Another dynamic cover by Irv Novick. The Glory Hound!; To the Victors!; A Modern Army!; Field Order No. 549; Machinery!; The Gambler. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Irv Novick. Stories and art by Tony Mortellaro and Ed Smalle. War comics from publisher Stanley Morse in the tradition of EC's war comics. A soldier accused of cowardice in combat is given the cold shoulder by the rest of his unit. Soldier Joe can't stand the sound of gunfire. Infantry soldiers meet a paratrooper separated from his unit who's something of a prima donna. Classic, detailed cover by Irv Novick. The Treatment!; Gunfire!; Hitting the Pens; The Paratrooper Boots!; Buddies!; Chatterbox! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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UK Reprint. 68 pages

UK Reprint. 68 pages

UK Reprint. 68 pages

UK Reprint. 68 pages

UK Reprint. 68 pages

UK Reprint. 68 pages

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Cover by Sol Brodsky. "Under Fire," script by Hank Chapman, art by Al Hartley; Willie makes the mistake of listening to Bronc, who is a lazy soldier. "Blood Of A Hero!" two-page text story. "Ambush Patrol," art by Werner Roth; Danny is just a cook who was drafted to fight the war; He doesn't want to be there, until he finds himself the only person who can save his patrol and becomes a true soldier. "A Few Minutes More!", art by Ogden Whitney; Mu wills himself to live long enough to see the Korean soldiers that massacred his village be killed by American forces. "Helpless!", art by Robert Q. Sale; Joe Cooper tries to save a tank that is stranded in the middle of a fight. "Code!", art by Norman Steinberg; Private Reger doesn't learn the proper code and his calls for assistance are ignored. "Killed In Action," art by George Tuska; Sergeant Patterson takes Major Munroe's son Paul on patrol only to find out the Major's son is a coward. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Carl Burgos. "Mop-Up Squad," art by Joe Sinnott; The Mop-Up squad comes in after a town is taken and clears out all the snipers and other North Korean soldiers that are left behind. "Flare!", art by Norman Steinberg; A patrol is sent out under the cover of darkness to probe the enemy lines. "The Creep!", art by Vernon Henkel; Sgt. Keats never knew what it was like to have a family until some Korean villagers tended to his wounds. "The Unimportant Battalion" text story. "Identity Unknown," art by Dave Berg; A soldier with amnesia is captured and sent to a POW camp. "Killer Sub," art by Robert Q. Sale; The tiny attack sub K-7 sinks a North Korean atomic sub. "The Road to Changdo," art by Syd Shores; Colonel Storm knows that infantry is the only way to take the town of Changdo. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Russ Heath. "No Way Out!" script by Hank Chapman, art by Gene Colan; Bentrum rescues a wounded pigeon from no-man's land. "Pitching Arm," art by Mac Pakula; Ron Pearson, a professional baseball player and green recruit tries to save his arm for his pitching career when the war is over. "Battle of the Bagpipes" two-page text story. "A Blind Man Shall Lead Them," art by Vernon Henkel; A color-blind bombardier can see through the Korean camouflage. "Into the Jaws of Death!", script by Hank Chapman, art by Russ Heath; Three Rangers are sent to silence a massive Korean artillery piece but when they find it they decide to steal the locomotive it is attached to and bring it back with them. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Russ Heath. "The Victim of General Fu!", script by Don Rico, art by Paul Reinman; Tracy must warn his company of the mine field they are about to enter. "The Secret of Sabotage" two-page text story. "T.O.T.--Time On Target," script by Paul S. Newman, art by Jack Keller; Lt. Rowlans needs to keep the Reds bottled up for five more minutes until the artillery can destroy them. "Massacre At Manghowon!", art by Ed Robbins; By using pumpkin gourds an American patrol is able to sneak up on a North Korean unit that has occupied a friendly village. "Race Against Death!", art by Jay Scott Pike; PFC Judson must race thru the Red lines to find help for his men. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ben Brown and David Gantz. Stories and art by Ben Brown and David Gantz. A one-of-a-kind madcap saga that's like a cross between Li'l Abner's Al Capp and George Carlson of Jingle Jangle Tales. Beanbags, Bozo, Idabelle, Cap'n Tubbs and (King) Notso Mportant have adventures on the high seas in search of zanymulch, a strange delicacy whose odor can stall out aircraft engines. The gang lands on the strange island of Disturbia, where they must save Clooney Nooney from being sacrificed to a blintz-loving sea monster. They befriend the monster and get a ride home, but when he learns that Davy Jones makes blintzes, their next destination is the ocean floor. The Clooney Nooney Caper; Blintze Blues; Salty Sam's Sea Gull; Home Sweet Home; Salty Sal and Towline Tillie: Hats n' Harpoons! Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Everett Raymond Kinstler cover and interior cover. Behind Prison Bars was of the many one-shot crime comics Avon Publications cranked out between 1951 and 1952, this one under Avon's Realistic imprint. Stories include "Murder at Newgate Prison" (pencils by Golden Age Green Lantern creator Martin Nodel, inks by Vincent Alascia); "The Gorilla Killer" (art by Harry Lazarus); "Charlie Lupetti and his Bullet-Proof Gang;" and "Death Trap" (art by Becker - we're not sure who this 'Becker' is - and Alascia). Two one page text stories, "Death by the River" and "The Witnesses." (For other Avon crime one-shots, see Famous Gangsters, Murderous Gangsters, Parole Breakers, Police Line-Up, Prison Break, and Gangsters and Gun Molls.) Cover price $0.10.

1st Printing. This book contains selected comic strips from the British humor magazine, "Punch". Foreword by A.P. Herbert. Cover price $3.00.

(A-1 Comics #52) Cover by Fred Meagher. Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Art by Fred Meagher, Joe Certa, Frank Bolle and Dick Ayers. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #52. Part of A1 Comics, an anthology from Magazine Enterprises with content that varied from month to month. This issue featured tales of Old West heroes. Straight Arrow acquires an axe that has been cursed by a witch doctor; The Durango Kid discovers Senor Diego Robino's plot to marry and murder Marina for her fortune; Tim Holt, aka Redmask, is drawn in by a redheaded beauty and her gambler pal. The Curse of the Skulls; The Senorita and the Killer; The Trail of the Gun; The Coffin of Snow! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover. In order of appearance: "Bitter Kisses" art by Art Saaf; "Wedding Traditions"; "Western Femininity; "Say You Love Me"; "How They Were Married!"; "I Claim Your Love"; and "The Man I'll Marry". "Love in the Sun: The Poor Little Rich Girl Was Searching for True Love!" illustrated text story by Susan Hendryx. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.