Comic books May 1952
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Indicia title is "PORKY PIG in THE LOST GOLD MINE, No. 399." Cover art by Ralph Heimdahl. The Lost Gold Mine, art by Tony Strobl; On Bugs' advice, Porky and Cicero go to Tumbleweed Springs to hunt wild flowers for Cicero's school assignment, but the pair set off a gold rush when they find what appears to be an old mine shaft. Harry Hog, the Bully, art by John Carey; Sylvester tries to teach Porky how to box so that he can stand up to Harry Hog, the local bully. A Great Dane for Cicero, art by John Carey; Porky gets Cicero a Great Dane from the dog pound for his birthday. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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$22.00
View scan- Small piece missing(slightly interrupts art). Puncture(Goes through cover and first four wraps). Two hole punch at spine. 2" Cumulative spine split.
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View scan- 6" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple and coming loose at the other.
Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman. Art by John Severin, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, and Jack Davis. The companion title to Kurtzman's groundbreaking war comic Two-Fisted Tales, showcasing the brutal realities of war. In Korea, Ed gets promoted to sergeant, but must explain why that's not really good news. A Shawnee warrior reflects on the grim history of white settlement in America before following Tecumseh into battle. A WWI pilot going for an "ace" rating flies right into a trap. Plus The EC "Artist of the Issue," focusing on Harvey Kurtzman. A Platoon!; War of 1812!; Fate; Ace!; Bellyrobber! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published May 1952 by Columbia Publications.$37.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$23.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- muted cover colors, supple off white pages with little to no flaking, firm spine with light wear, moderate edge wear with light chipping and color loss, light denting, light color breaking spine stress, light corner damage with chipping, heavy soiling, moderate scuffing, heavy dust-shadowing on back cover, moderate water damage, handwriting on table of contents page
$26.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.
Volume 3, Issue 1 - May 1952. Cover by Milton Luros. Science Fiction and adventures stories featuring "Equations for Destiny" by John Berryman, and "Thy Days are Numbered" by Wallace West. Illustrations by Luros, Murphy, and Poulton. 7-in. x 10-in. 96 newsprint pages B&W. Cover price $0.20.
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Published May 1952 by Galaxy Publications.$7.20
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View scans- Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Staple rust: Slight.
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View scans- Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 10%. Staple rust: Slight.
May 1952. Cover by Jack Coggins. Stories: "Category Phoenix" by Boyd Ellanby, "Lover When You're Near Me" by Richard Matheson, "Garden in the Void" by Poul Anderson, "Lost Memory" by Peter Phillips, "Wheels Within" by Charles V. De Vet, and "Freudian Slip" by Franklin Abel. Science Department article: "For Your Information" by Willy Ley. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; 160 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.
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$53.00
View scansI Hunted My Own Son, art by John Lehti. Twenty Floors of Felony, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley. The Crime of the Century, art by Ed Robbins. The Machine That Haunts Men, art by Ralph Mayo. 44 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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$20 Gang Busters #27 DC Comics 1952 (F417) Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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$2.80
Gene Autry stars in "The Rx Mystery." Back-up story, "A Lucky Accident." Two-page text story, "A Killer and a Match." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published May 1952 by Models Publishing Co., Inc..$27.00
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Published May 1952 by Cape Magazine.$15.50
View scanVol. 4, No. 6 - May 1952. Men's interest magazine with articles, humor, and Hollywood star photos. 10.5" x 13", 42 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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Greater Amusements #520502Published May 1952$8.10
May 2, 1952. "America's First Motion Picture Trade Journal." Variety-like magazine covering the movie news of the week. Full-page two-color ad for "Macao" starring Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell. 9.25 in. x 12.25 in.; black and white with spot color; 12 pages.
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Greater Amusements #520516Published May 1952$9.00
May 16, 1952. "America's First Motion Picture Trade Journal." Variety-like magazine covering the movie news of the week. 9.25 in. x 12.25 in.; black and white with spot color; 16 pages.
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Greater Amusements #520523Published May 1952$9.00
May 23, 1952. "America's First Motion Picture Trade Journal." Variety-like magazine covering the movie news of the week. 9.25 in. x 12.25 in.; black and white with spot color; 12 pages. Humphrey Bogart photo cover.
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Greater Amusements #520530Published May 1952$9.00
May 30, 1952. "America's First Motion Picture Trade Journal." Variety-like magazine covering the movie news of the week. Double-page ad for "The World in His Arms" starring Gregory Peck and Ann Blyth. 9.25 in. x 12.25 in.; black and white with spot color; 12 pages.
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Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. A mad killer is on the loose in Twin Rivers, just when strange Mr. Fleer opens up his new wax museum. The townsfolk are astonished when a petrified giant is discovered in Twin River - but to Hopalong's surprise, it's still alive. The "professor" working on experiments in the cellar of Widow Jones' boarding house is actually testing a deadly poison for his crime spree. Madman's Murders; Water Hole Justice; Whitey Whiskers: Town Dump; The Giant Killer; Life Paint What It Used to Be; The Fumes of Doom. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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"Howdy Doody's Magic Charm" text story. Untitled story; Mr. Bluster buys a newspaper office. Untitled story; Howdy and Dilly go to Hollywood to become actors. Untitled story; Mr. Bluster gets nothing but trouble when he tries to take a shower. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published May 1952 by Quinn Publishing Co..$5.00
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May 1952. Science fiction stories by Milton Lesser, John Jakes, Walter Miller Jr., Charles DeVet, Evan Hunter (as "Salvatore A. Lombino"), Stephen Marlowe, Bryce Walton, and Alvin Heiner. Cover by Ralph Joiner. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.
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Published May 1952 by Greenleaf Publishing.
- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.
- Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive.
May 1952. Cover by Malcolm Smith. Science fiction stories by Daniel F. Galouye, Fox B. Holden, Robert Sheckley, Zenna Henderson, Gordon R. Dickson, Arthur Dekker Savage, and Rog Phillips. Illustrations by Malcolm Smith, H. W. McCauley, and W. E. Terry. 5-3/8 in. x 7-5/8 in; black and white; 162 pages. Cover price $0.35.
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$3.60
Johnny in "The Ghost Stagecoach" and "The Town That Disappeared." Back-up story, "The Dead Man's Hand." Photo cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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$71.00
View scans- 1" Cumulative spine split.
Cover art by Joe Maneely. "The Mystery of Horseshoe Creek!", art by Pete Tumlinson; A gang of masked marauders have gathered to attack a stage coach that is passing through the San Ramon Gorge; The following morning a group carrying gold attempts to cross Horseshoe Creek via ferry, but the men operating the ferry suddenly turn on the men and rob them of their gold; Meanwhile, the robbed coach is discovered by Kid Colt, who finds it suspicious that the thieves cut loose the horses. "Blood and Gold" text story. "The Lonesome Trail!", art by Pete Tumlinson; Kid Colt is stopped by the local sheriff before he can travel into the town of Conquistador; The sheriff tells him that he cannot let him into the town now that he is sheriff, but allows the hero to go free after how he came to his aid in Yuma years earlier; The sheriff empathizes with the Kid, telling him he knows how lonely it can be living on the range alone; Kid Colt rides along a range, he suspects that he is being followed. "Fool's Gold," art by Tom Gill; Gold is discovered in Calfornia, starting a gold rush for people seeking riches; These travelers face various hardships, including conflicts with various Native American tribes; However, not all treat the travelers as enemies, as one group finds when they gross paths with the Apache Kid who invites the travelers to rest in the village of his people; However, two of the white men, named Brent and Sukey, note that one of the Apaches is wearing expensive jewelry made of gold; That night they attack the elder and steal his gold and flee. "The Guns with the Silver Butts," art by Pete Tumlinson; In the town of Dusty Mesa, Yuma Butell watches Kid Colt as he mounts his horse; Seeing the silver-plated gun butts, Butell decides that he wants to own the guns himself; To get an idea of how fast a draw Kid Colt is, he convinces another gunman to try and get the drop on Kid Colt and steal the guns for him. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published May 1952 by Ziff Davis.$70.00
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Painted cover by Clarence Doore. Stories and art by Al Carreno, Jack Sparling and Leonard Starr. Baby-faced gunslinger Kid Cowboy fights for justice in the Old West with his sidekick, Red Feather. Kid Cowboy befriends a traveling medicine-show performer and tries to prove him innocent of murder. Kid Cowboy and Red Feather encounter outlaws in a ghost town. The Singing Cowboy and Chuckawalla match wits with a ghost in a deserted gold mine. Plus one-pagers about Buffalo Bill and Daniel Boone. The Medicine Show Murder!; The Ghost Town of Twin Buttes; Buffalo Bill; Killer's Caliber; The Singing Cowboy: The Ghost of Hangman's Lode; Battle Cry!; The Little Sheriff: The Gun Fight!; Hero of the Dark and Bloody Ground. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published May 1952 by National Periodical Publ.$7.00
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Published 1952 (est.) by Amalgamated Press.$29.00
View scans- Staple rust: Moderate.
$5.00
View scan- 2" cumulative spine split. Only one staple (manufacturing). Staple rust with migration.
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Published 1952 (est.) by Amalgamated Press.$29.00
View scans- Staple rust: Moderate. Foreign edition: UK.
$20.00
View scan- 4" cumulative spine split. Only one staple (manufacturing). Staple rust with migration.
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Published 1952 (est.) by Amalgamated Press.$29.00
View scans- Staple rust: Moderate. Foreign edition: UK.
$12.00
- Near full spine split. Bottom staple missing (manufacturing). Staple rust with migration.
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Published 1952 (est.) by Amalgamated Press.$10.50
- Sole staple loose and rusting with migration.
$2.50
- Interior complete. Full spine split. Cover detached. Staple rust with migration. Only one staple (manufacturing).
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Published 1952 (est.) by Amalgamated Press.$29.00
View scans- Cover Detached. Staple rust: Slight. Foreign edition: UK.
$23.00
View scan- Bottom staple missing (manufacturing). Top staple missing (disintegrated). Rust migration.
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Published May 1952 by Dell/Gold Key.$9.60
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Little Lulu and Her Flowers one-page story. The Piggy Bank Guard; Tubby wants Lulu to guard his piggy bank so he cannot spend anything from it. Little Lulu and the Costume Party one-page story. The Ghost Train; Lulu tells Alvin about the little girl who sees a ghost train in the woods. Little Lulu and the Snake; The girls retaliate after Tubby and Wilbur play a trick with a rubber snake. Monday Is Duesday; Tubby can't pay his club dues, so he tries to get himself thrown out of the club. Tubby Juggles one-page story. Two-page text story, Lulus Diry ("Diary"). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published May 1952 by Norman Kark Publications.$73.00
View scansLongest running British mystery magazine lasting from 1949 to its 132nd issue in 1982. Title changes to "London Mystery Selection" after issue 35. 5.5" x 7.25", 128 pages, B&W
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$7.80
Painted cover art. Gold-Plated Free Key Chain Holder comic subscription ad with Lone Ranger and Tonto. Hunter's Hollow, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; The head of the Turner gang blows up a dam to cause a flood. This will allow members of the gang to escape from jail. Sarah Winnemucca The Paiute Princess; True story of Sarah Winnemucca, peacemaker and leader of the Paiute Indians. Little Mans Loot text story by Gaylord Du Bois. The Ball Game, script by Gaylord Du Bois; After helping Pueblos kill a buffalo, Young Hawk, Little Buck, and High Cloud are guests in the city; The boys play a game of ball and their dog Tumbleweed gets into trouble by stealing the ball. Conqueror of the Apache; How General George Crook subdued Cochise and the Apaches in Arizona. Based on the popular Western TV series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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$15 The Lone Ranger: # 47 VG Dell Comics D8 2 days left Auction Lone Ranger #47 (VG+) (1952, Dell) Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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5 days left Auction Looney Tunes.....#127 3 days left Auction Looney Tunes And Merrie Melodies #127 (Dell, 1952) Golden Age Comic Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished May 1952 by Red Circle.$145.00
View scans- Paper: Cream
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$89.00
View scans- Paper: Cream
- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
"She Knew the Face of Evil" a novel by Robert Moore Williams, plus "In-Group" a short story by L. Sprague deCamp.
Marvel Science Fiction, May 1951 pulp format (previous two were digest). Final issue in "Marvel" series of pulps/digests. Cover by Ames. Science Fiction Stories: "She Knew the Face of Evil" by Robert Moore Williams, "Time Was" by F. G. Rayer, "Brother" by Frank Quattrocchi, "Rules of the Game" by Milton Lesser, "The Subversive" by Alfred Coppel, "Star-Wife" by Morton Klass, "Who's Zoo?" by L. Major Reynolds, "In-Group" by L. Sprague De Camp, "Asylum" by William Morrison, and "Precedent" by Daniel Keyes. Illustrations by Ames, Moriisi, Harry Harrison, Roy G. Krenkel, Al Williamson. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 9-in, 132 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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"Hit the Dirt," "Victory" (art by Sol Brodsky), "Explosion," "Conchie," "The Objective" (art by Robert Q. Sale), and a two-page text story, "The Soldier Was an H.P.H." Cover price $0.10.
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Men Only (1935 C. Arthur Pearson) UK Digest Vol. 50 #197Published May 1952 by C. Arthur Pearson.$2.50
View scansVolume 50, Issue 198 - June, 1952. Digest-size UK men's magazine. Articles, humor, and pin-up photos. 5" x 7.25", 132 pages, B&W with color.
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$6.00
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Published May 1952 by NV Drukkerij voor Nijverheid en Finaniciën.$9.00
View scan- 2" interior tear
Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language
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Published May 1952 by NV Drukkerij voor Nijverheid en Finaniciën.
Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.
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Published May 1952 by NV Drukkerij voor Nijverheid en Finaniciën.$16.00
View scan- Interior activity completed.
$13.50
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$6.10
View scan- Cover/centerfold detached.
Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language
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Published May 1952 by NV Drukkerij voor Nijverheid en Finaniciën.$13.50
View scan- Residue.
Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language
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Published May 1952 by NV Drukkerij voor Nijverheid en Finaniciën.
Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.
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Mickey Mouse Weekly (UK 1936 Odhams) May 31 1952Tags: Cartoon, Disney Ducks & MicePublished May 1952 by Odhams Press Ltd..$33.00
View scanMay 31, 1952 issue. Newsprint, 10.5" x 14", 12 pages, B&W with some color.
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- Interior is complete. Near full length spine split.
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#45 is listed in the indicia as: VOL. 7 (5/52). Al Jaffee cover. Cover price $0.10.
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Published May 1952 by Media Pub..$1,050.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
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Pre-code horror. Cover art by Tony Mortellaro. The Thirteen Locks!, art by Tony Mortellaro; In the mountains of Roumania, professor Blander and his guide Mogar discover an old church and therein an enormous coffin sealed with 13 locks. The Ghost of the Whistling Corpse!, art by Walter Palais; Dennis Langley tries to drive his foster-mother insane to get his hands on the family money. The Masquerade Ball text story. The Laughing Dead Man, art by Walter Palais; Benny Lincoln is murdered by fellow mobsters, but returns as a walking corpse and sees to the demise of his gangster friends. Carniverous Cargo!, art by Tony Mortellaro; Coast guard investigates a phantom ship and encounters zombie-like sailors; A black dotted living goo devours the men turning them into zombies, too. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Published May 1952 by Air Age Inc..$81.00
View scans- Staple rust: Moderate.
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View scansArticles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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Modern Man (1951-1976 PDC) Magazine Vol. 1 #11Published May 1952 by Publisher's Development Corporation.$15.00
View scans- Spine split 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
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$6.40
Stories and art by Edmond Good, Dick Kraus and Leonard Frank. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Monte faces down the Mexican revolutionary El Leon and his followers, but beautiful gunrunner Carlotta Montez stops him in his tracks. When outlaw steals a fresh batch of Aunt Hester's fudge from the Bar Nothing Ranch, he arouses the ire of both Gabby Hayes and Aunt Hester herself. The range war between cattlemen and farmers comes down to the destruction of the Shanda Valley Dam, a plan that Monte must stop. The Gunrunners of Acatera; Dimwit Diddle; Bronko Betsy; Gabby Hayes: Fearless Fudgy; Grubstaker's Bargain; Gray Hawk: Wahita Mercy; Old Slick; The Building of Shanda Dam. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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$86.00
View scansPhoto cover features Richard Derr and Barbara Rush. Story by Leo Dorfman, from the screenplay by Sydney Boehm. Art by George Evans and Al Williamson. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on George Pal's 1951 science fiction epic When Worlds Collide. When scientists discover that a "rogue star" is on a collision course with Earth, humanity faces the coming destruction with blind panic. However, an experimental rocket ship may be able to carry a select group of survivors to a new world. This adaptation features art by comics and science-fiction legends George Evans and Al Williamson, who even provide themselves a cameo in the comic. Plus photo stills from the film. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published May 1952 by MacFadden Publications.$5.00
View scanVolume 83, Issue 4, May 1952. Film magazine famous for being the 1st ever fan magazine. "Hollywood's Most Sexy Stars", "ABC's on Debbie Reynolds", "Liz Taylor Becomes Mrs. Michael Wilding", Features on Betty Hutton, Debra Paget. 92 pages. 8.5 in. x 11 in. B&W Cover price $0.15.
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Motor (1903 Hearst Publishing) Magazine Vol. 97 #5
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$15.00
$8.80
36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.