Comic books September 1953

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Stories and art by Doug Wildey, Edward Goldfarb and Ross Andru. Pre-Code tales of EC-style horror from Story Comics. Police catch the killer of a cop's wife - or have they? - in a story featuring early art by future Marvel legend Ross Andru. A sleazy, blackmailing photographer meets his match in model Vivian, in a story with early art by Doug Wildey. Bank teller George masterminds the perfect robbery, then hides out for six years; too bad he buried the loot on a future atomic testing ground. The Killer; Blackmail!; The Mixed-Up Coffins; Until Death Do Us Part; The Big Blast. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Al Avison, Jack Sparling, Tom Hickey and Bob Powell. Harvey's entry in the romance-comic genre includes love poetry, advice to readers, and occasional pre-Code notoriety. Pop star Ferne has millions of fans, but is ignored by the one man she truly loves. Vince convinces model Louise to date some of the men in his "Lonely Hearts Club," but things soon spin out of control. Redheaded Carol gets a job as a maid and falls for her employer's impetuous brother Larry. Song of Surrender; Your Problem; Jewelry Jottings; I Played With Fire; My Lonely Heart; Secret Sinner; Not Good Enough For Him; Why Can't He Love Me. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo Cover shows Range Rider (as portrayed by Jock Mahoney). Stories by unknown. Art by Tony Sgroi. The Flying A's Range Rider in "The Jack-O'-Lantern Bandits" and "Double-Barreled Trouble"! Starring Range Rider, Dick West, Rawhide and Lucky! Plus: 1-page filler "The Cowboy's Life" by August Lenox on the inside front cover! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 3, Issue 9 - July 8, 1953. Men's interest magazine featuring Athletes, True Crime, Starlets, and Pin-ups. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.

Volume 3, Issue 14 - September 16, 1953. Men's interest magazine featuring Athletes, True Crime, Starlets, and Pin-ups. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.

Volume 3, Issue 15 - September 30, 1953. Men's interest magazine featuring Athletes, True Crime, Starlets, and Pin-ups. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Dick Beck, Leo Morey, Edvard Moritz, Art Gates and Edmond Good. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A professor under the mental domination of the Ant Master becomes a human ant, making for a great cover; A couple moves into an old house and begins receiving strange and sinister letters; A desperate writer becomes unwittingly involved with an ancient death cult. The Ant Master!; Killers Burial; Letters from the Unknown!; The Pharaohs Ruby; The Bubbling Pit; Deity of Death. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Carl Barks. Horseradish Treasure; Scrooge is faced with the loss of his entire fortune to Chisel McSue because, many years before, an ancestor of Scrooge's failed to deliver a case of horseradish to Jamaica, and then failed to give all his property to McSue's ancestor, as provided in a contract; Scrooge can save his fortune only by fulfilling the terms of the original contract, and the ducks set out in a small sailing ship to find the horseradish, which was on a ship that sank in the Caribbean. The Round Money Bin; For safety's sake, Scrooge has his coins changed into greenbacks and stores them in an old water tank, but this fails to stop the Beagle Boys. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Marvin Stein. Cover by Dick Briefer. Prize Comics revives Dick Briefer's Frankenstein series in line with the horror trends of the Pre-Code 1950s. The Monster gets caught up in a mad whaler's obsessive search for his prey. Mortimer Nash is compelled to kill whenever he sees the moon. A crook meets a strange little man who offers to grant wishes...for a price. The Battle of the Monsters; Haunted Car; Moon Madness; Polio Facts for 1953; Four Wishes. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Mickey Klar Marks, Jim Adams and Al Fago. Funny-animal hijinks from Star Publications. Professor Ratzoff tells Super Cat he wants to test his strength, but really he wants to do away with the superhero. A rabbit con man tries to swindle Icicle Ike the penguin out of his paycheck. Kittens Tick, Tack and Toe sneak backstage at a magician's show and unleash more magic than they can handle. Super Cat; Zany Giraffe; Busy Beavers; Icicle Ike; The Fairy Queen; Tick, Tack and Toe; Bill and Koo; Puzzle Page. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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.

Reprints Monkeyshines Comics (1944) #21 and #23. Vincent Fago cover reprinted from Monkeyshines Comics (1944) #23. Contains funny animal stories. In order of appearance: "Pat and Mike" and "Funny Bunny" art by Hal Lockwood; "Tuffy Bear" art by Vincent Fago; "Professor Penguin" and "Nutty Squirrel" art by Hal Lockwood; "Pete the Peke"; "Marmaduke Monk" art by Hal Lockwood; "Pat and Mike" art by Vincent Fago; "Nutty Squirrel" art by Irving Dressler; "Funny Bunny"; "Puzzle Page" by A. W. Nugent; "Tuffy Bear"; "Marmaduke Monk" art by Hal Lockwood; "Drawing Tricks" activity page by A. W. Nugent; "Pete the Peke" art by Grant; and "Higby Pig". "Gags and Giggles by Funny Bunny" and "Chestnuts Gathered by Nutty Squirrel" joke pages. 100 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.25.

Art by Frank Carin and others. Cover by Frank Carin. Funny-animal stories for kids from publisher Avon, featuring Space Mouse, Peter Rabbit, Merry Mouse and their friends. Peter and Dazy find a treasure map in a bottle during a boating trip; Merry Mouse chases the Porky Gang while working as Sheriff of Sioux City; Space Mouse sets out to rescue Mother Goose from kidnappers. Out of Focus; Deep-Sea Treasure; The Sheriff of Sioux City; Sammy Squirrel's Slip-up!; Out of this World; Cicero Gets the Bird; Hair-Raising Story; Rope Dope; Strange Beings. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 4, Issue 3- September, 1953. Science Fiction and adventures stories featuring "Dust Thou Art.." by Kris Neville. 7-in. x 10-in. 96 newsprint pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 4, Number 3 - September, 1953. Men's interest magazine with many glamor pictorials. 8" x 10", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 3, Issue 7 - Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Funny-animal comics featuring Gandy Goose, part of the family of Paul Terrys Terry-Toons. Gandy accidentally leaves his new camera on the bus, and runs a merry chase trying to get it back. Sourpuss gives Gandy unwanted help in finishing his jigsaw puzzle. Dimwit gets a job testing a new egg-sorting machine, and soon the albumen is flying everywhere. Shutter Hound; Water Boy; It's Puzzling; Dimwit: Eggs-cuse It Please; Timber; By a Hair; Mane Event; Toothache. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Leonard Starr. Too Hot to Hide, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley. Pawnshop Policeman, pencils by Jerry Grandenetti, inks by Ray Burnley. The Reckless Rancher, art by Bill Ely. Desperate Manhunt, art by Leonard Starr. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Comic book featuring the famous singing cowboy hero Gene Autry. Gene Autry photo cover. Gene Autry ring ad. "The Town of Missing Men"; Every man in the desert town of Perez has disappeared; Gene and Whiskers find the missing men, but trouble with other men, looking for a buried treasure. "The Grandma Bandit," art by Nicholas Firfires; Has an old grandma turned bank robber, or a bank robber tuned grandma, with bodyguard?; Gene consider both, and someone gets uneasy. "The Blue, Blue Lagoon" text story, art by Tony Sgroi. "A quick Solution," art by Sparky Moore; When the Sheriff is strong enough to carry a man by himself, and a bird comes in his way, anything might happen. Homes on the Range article, art by August Lenox. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow, Bob Webb and Lee Loeb. Pre-Code tales of horror and monsters, formerly called Blue Bolt Weird Tales of Terror. Numbering continues from Blue Bolt (1949) #119. A comics artist responds accordingly when his editor says the audience wants horror, not science fiction. Jungle hero Jo-Jo and Tanee investigate a cursed native idol that causes agony and death to any who touch it. A strange vase purchased at an antique shop kills any plant placed in it, and getting rid of it isn't that easy. Night-Monster; The Mummy's Hand; The Ring and the Skeleton; The Vengeful Phantom; Jo-Jo: Ghostly Idol; The Djinni of Bazra; The Garden of Horror. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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September 1953: Cover by Dick Dillin and Charles Cuidera; "Devil Raiders," 9 pages; "Get That Tank," 6 pages; "Bombing of Kaewan," 7 pages; "The Reds Died Screaming," 1 page text story; "Guerilla Killers," 6 pages. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

GI Jane is part of the WACs (Women's Army Corps), allowing her cartoonists, Hal Seeger and Bill Williams, to combine military humor with plentiful good-girl art. Jane uses a cannon for drying her laundry, but accidentally fires it just as a delegation from Congress is visiting the base. In a risque story for its time, Patti goes skinny-dipping, unaware that camouflaged soldiers are on maneuvers next to the pond. The gals get a hotel while on leave, but it doesn't have a private bath. Washday Blues; Patti; The Disguise; PX Pete: He Who Laughs Last; Jill Jones, WAC: Rise and Shine; The Sarge; The "Semi-Private." 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover art by Clarence Doore. The Last Letter starring G.I. Joe, art by Mike Suchorsky; Mail call!--Letters from home, and for Pvt. Elkins, maybe the last letter. Officer Material starring The Yardbirds, pencils by Dan DeCarlo. Blue Plate Knock-Out starring G.I. Joe, art by Mike Suchorsky. Reserved- G.I.'s Only humor page by Jack O'Brien. The Two-Leaf Clover starring G.I. Joe, art by Mike Suchorsky; Sgt. Mulvaney appears as an Irish leprechaun. Fall Out for Laffs humor page by Jim Miele. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Dan Gordon and Hubie Karp. Art by Ken Hultgren, Harris Steinbrook, Ken Champlin, Lynn Karp and Dan Gordon. Cover by Dan Gordon. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG, with art by cartooning legend Dan Gordon. Spencer Spook gets so lonely that he parties with the spirits in the liquor cabinet; The Duke and the Dope investigate disappearing paintings at the museum and stumble on a crooked scheme; Anthony the Rogue discusses his nightlife. Spencer Spook; The Duke and the Dope; An Open and Shut Case; Desert Gold; Fenwell Fox; Free-Wheeling Mischief; Anthony, the Rogue; Teddy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Issue #25 - Fall 1953. Jokes and single panel cartoons. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Art by Jack Bradbury and others. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG, with art by cartooning legend Dan Gordon. Hurry Hare discovers a giant carrot in Willie Watchdogs garden; A dog is scandalized when his son falls in love with a cat. Robespierre; Hurry Hare and Willie Watchdog; Izzy and Dizzy; Snooper. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Pre-Code horror comics from Ajax-Farrell and their anonymous talents. A strange rain of blood is centered on a man who framed a romantic rival for murder. Two embezzlers fight to the death, but the story doesn't end there. The truth about a pirate's cursed treasure is uncovered by horror host The Hexmaster. Blood in the Sky; Death at the Throttle; The Stranger in the Sky; Dead Man's Chest; Out of the Grave. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 6 - September 1953. Vintage Men's interest magazine focusing on sports, music, hunting, celebrities, models, and showgirls. 4-in. x 6-in., 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Scripts by Stan Lee. Cover price $0.10.

UK Edition. black and white; 24 pages.

Cover by Don Heck. Stories and art by Marty Elkin, Rudy Palais, Leonard Sanger, Ed Green and Don Heck. Pre-Code horror comics by the talents at the Iger Shop. Glass figurines in a Munich shop resemble missing women a little too exactly. A lost explorer in Africa is rediscovered, and reveals the truth about shrunken heads. An escaped killer is sheltered by strange jungle goddess Repta, who can command the animals, yet he can't help trying to steal her ruby necklace. Also featuring a cover by future Marvel legend Don Heck. Shrink; Rain of Death; Steel Trap; Shrunken Skull; The She-Beast; Death Song! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

L.B. Cole cover. All stories reprinted from Famous Crimes (1948) #15. In order of appearance: "Born Rotten" reprinted without first story page; "Blue-White-Coker Axler"; and "The Chain of Death" art by Pat Masulli. "Percy the Chef" text story reprinted from Everybody's Comics (1947 Fox Giant) #0. Indicia states "THE HORRORS". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ruben Moreira. "Dance of Doom!," art by Leonard Starr; The ambitious dancer Darius sabotages the stage and sees to it that two rival colleagues are crippled. "The Bravest Man Alive!," pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley; Two men, the American Emmet Carlton and the French Franz Dubois, claim to be the bravest man alive; They meet in Paris for a decisive battle. "How Safe is Your Driving?" public service announcement with Buzzy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. "Devil Bird!," art by Ruben Moreira; Jules Diero kills a man and is led by the talking bird Jabez to a hidden treasure. "The Mechanical Mind!," art by Howard Sherman; Sam Larkin poisons professor Hartford and hooks the scientists brain to a mechanical thinking machine to calculate gambling odds. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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An icon of 1950s Americana, Howdy Doody was a star of early television, and a mischievous Tom Sawyer-type adventurer in this comic. The Inspector, Howdy and Princess Summerfall Winterspring travel to Australia in the Flying Air-o-Doodle to get a kangaroo for Mr. Bluster's circus. While testing out Captain Scuttlebutt's moving lighthouse, Howdy and Dilly encounter pirate ghosts. Howdy, Clarabell and Flub-a-Dub go fishing and create silent-comedy chaos. Howdy Doody; Clarabell; Doodyville's Outdoor Club: Indoor President: Dilly Dally; Howdy Doody's Old-Time Silent Movie; Clarabell; Dilly Dally. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Sept 1953. Science fiction stories by James Blish, Philip K. Dick, Robert Ernest Gilbert, James McKimmey Jr., W.W. Skupeldyckle, and Leslie Perri. Wrap-around cover by Ken Fagg. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 120 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.