Comic books September 1953

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Cover by John Buscema. Stories and art by John Buscema, Bill Woolfolk, and Mort Leav. A post-war, pre-Code romance comic from pioneering female publisher Rae Herman of Orbit-Wanted (who doubled as Love Diary's advice columnist, Ray Mann). Swimmer Edith falls for lifeguard Bill, but her athletic prowess may be a hindrance, in an early story (and cover) by future Marvel and Conan legend John Buscema. Pilot Jim and stewardess Louise try to get past their night of passion in a mountain cabin. Maid Irene fears her status puts wealthy, handsome Reed out of her reach. Easy to Love!; Flight into Passion; Prescription for Happiness; Dont Change Our Love! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by John Buscema. Stories and art by John Buscema, Mort Leav, Syd Shores and Bill Woolfolk. Offbeat romance comic, from pioneering female publisher Rae Herman of Orbit-Wanted, often featured early work by future comics legends. Edith goes to work running Gerald's modeling agency and falls for him, but then learns the agency is a front for a prostitution ring, an unusual twist for a 1950s romance comic. This is one of two early stories (plus a cover) in this issue by future Marvel and Conan legend John Buscema. Buscema also drew "Love Slave!," in which Carla falls for boxing champ Ray while on vacation, forcing boyfriend David to step up. Julie seeks advice from Love Journal when her engagement to Arthur causes religious conflict for their Catholic and Lutheran families. Plus the article "How to Find a Man," sure to be amusing to modern eyes. Too Many Sweethearts!; Love Slave!; How to Find a Man; SOS Love in Distress; Trapped! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Harry Lazarus and Edmond Good. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG, one of the earliest of the romantic comics genre of the postwar era. A handsome man falls for a woman who works as a dime-a-dance girl and learns her secret; A stranded woman barges in on a handsome, reclusive writer and seeks to win him over; Advice on letting your fiancee see the real you, rather than pretending to be perfect. Deception!; Goody-Good!; Supposin'; Goodbye, Miss Pettigrew!; Follow Your Heart; Man from Nowhere!; The Professor's Daughter!; Love Under Shadows! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Hartley. Stories by unknown. Art by Al Hartley, Alice Kirkpatrick, Jay Scott Pike, Mike Sekowsky and unknown. Dates and kisses -- yes! But would there ever be..."Wedding Bells for Wendy" with art by Al Hartley. Also in this issue: "One Man too Many!"; "Too Much in Love" with pencils by Alice Kirkpatrick; "Leave Me...My Love" with art by Jay Scott Pike; and 2-page text story "Runaway" with pencils by Mike Sekowsky. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 2, Issue 5 - September 1953. "Finger Man" by Raymond Chandler and seven other stories by famous authors including Agatha Christie and Leslie Charteris. Squarebound, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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September 1953. Cover by Jack Coggins. Fantasy and science fiction stories by Poul Anderson, L. Sprague DeCamp & Fletcher Pratt, Alan Nelson, Lion Miller, Christopher Wood, Richard Sale, Thelma D. Hamm, Alfred Bester, and Peter Phillips. Softcover. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in. 132 pages, black and white (all text). Cover price $0.35.

Volume 3, Issue 9 - September 1953. Adventure stories, articles and nude photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 98 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Final issue of the series. Bob Brain and the Trouble-Shooters in "Where Mummies Prowl!" and "The Crawling Things!" Also in this issue: "Toying With Death" (art by Al Carreno). Two-page text story, "Danger Patrol." Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1, Issue 6 - September 1953. Adventure stories, articles and humor. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 84 pages. B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 2, Issue 2 - September, 1953; Men's magazine featuring articles, stories, and advice columns. In this issue: Men Wanted, Some Day You'll Live Forever, and You CAN Beat the Horses. 5-ni. x 7 1/2-in., 132 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations) Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Kurt Schaffenberger, Art Helfant and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. In a multi-part adventure, an ancient Egyptian plague causes people's heads to spontaneously shrink. During this story, the Marvels use their transforming lightning bolts to successfully defibrillate someone in cardiac arrest. The giant octopus attacking the city turns out to be a promotional stunt for boat salesman the Crazy Captain, who isn't just pretending to be crazy. Plus a vintage ad for the Captain Marvel Club. The Marvel Family Crushes the Crazy Crimes; Bad Luck; Rubbernose Randolph; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb; Boxcar Benny; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Headline Harry: The Front Page Yarn; The Pinhead Plague, Chapter One: An Ancient Horror Strikes; Chapter Two: The Sinister Spy Web; Chapter Three: The Riddle of the Ruins. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Moon Madness!; A newspaper magnate wishes to build a private rocket to the moon in order to secure mineral rights, so he spreads tales of the moon being the source of werewolves to get public pressure hindering the government's moon effort. Typhoid; A couple come up with a fraud scheme to collect a life insurance policy during a typhoid outbreak and then actually encounter a carrier on the train they are leaving town on in order to spend the money in another state. The Infernal Coach text story. Noah; this time, Noah and his space ark leave Earth because of a protracted drought. The Magic Word; A magician threatens the life of a fakir unless he reveals his levitation trick. When a World Went Mad!; A scientist gives the world a serum which grants immortal life, but without the fear of death, atomic war breaks out and ruins civilization. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 2, Issue 9 - September 1953. Men's adventure magazine featuring articles on hunting, fitness, politics, true crime, and pin-up pictorials. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 54, Issue 213 - September, 1953. Digest-size UK men's magazine. Articles, humor, and pin-up photos. 5" x 7.25", 140 pages, B&W with color.

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Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by Burt Frohman and unknown. Art by Howie Post, Mort Lawrence, Reed Crandall, Myron Fass, Larry Woromay and Matt Fox. The strangest men's adventures ever told! In this issue: "Nothing Is Left Alive!" with art by Howie Post; "The Bones..." with art by Mort Lawrence; "The Drowning Witch" with art by Reed Crandall; "The Wrong Body!" by Burt Frohman and Myron Fass; "The Thief!" with art by Larry Woromay and Matt Fox; and 2-page retitled text story "The Midas Curse!" (originally titled "The Curse of the Coin"), reprinted from Suspense (1950) #1. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Carl Burgos. Fresh Out of Flesh!, script by Stan Lee, art by Syd Shores; A Blade Runner-type story where the replicant hunter doesn't realize that he's one of them. The Planet of Living Death, script by Stan Lee, art by Russ Heath. The Witch in the Woods, script by Stan Lee, art by Joe Sinnott; When a father reads his son "Hansel and Gretel" he realizes how gruesome fairy tales really are. Your Name Is Frankenstein!, script by Stan Lee, art by Joe Maneely; The Frankenstein monster seeks companionship and finds only rejection and hate. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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 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 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 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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No ads in book. Entire issue from cover to cover is comic stories and one page strips. Mickey Mouse in "Westward Whoa!" in which Mickey, Minnie, and Clarabelle's trip is constantly spoiled by Black Pete. Mickey and Minnie also help Goofy with his duck ranch in the desert in an untitled story and Pluto tries to be heroic in an untitled story. No art/story credits given. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

No. 9, September 1953 - German language reprint. 32 pages, full color.

No. 9, Sept 1954 - German language reprint. 32 pages, full color.

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Cover by Norman Maurer. The world's mightiest mouse defends Mouseville from danger - mostly cats - in the comic-book adventures of the Terrytoons animated superhero. 100-page giant. When bombers piloted by cats attack Terrytown, MM suspects the cats are behind it all. But they're just mercenaries hired by King Dogface III, who is launching an invasion of Terrytown that only Mighty Mouse can stop. Uncle Sylvester tries to teach his nephew how to get away with crime, but he's no master criminal himself. While MM is involved in a deep-sea expedition, The Claw's forces manage to capture all of Terrytown. Tiger Fish Terror; Trouble With Tramps; Machines of Destruction; Gandy Goose; Peace-Loving Mouse; Dinky: Flying High; Dimwit; Terry Bears: The Singing Teacher; Heckle and Jeckle: The Mermaid; Sylvester the Fox: Crime Does Not Pay; Front-Line Fury. 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories by Stan Lee. Art and Cover by Dan DeCarlo. Millie the Model in: two untitled stories; five untitled 1-pagers; and "Millie's Fashion Page"! Plus: untitled Chili and Her Conscience story; 2-page text story "An Eyeful of Heaven!" (creators unknown); and untitled Hanover and His Gals story. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Patsy Walker, Hedy Wolfe, and Wendy Parker. Morris Weiss cover and art. Cover price $0.10.

Pre-code horror. Cover art by Bernard Baily. The Gossips, art by Tony Mortellaro; Three fiendish old ladies spread hateful rumors about other people, driving them into suicide; The dead, however, come back from the grave and take cruel revenge. Vampire, pencils by Gerald Altman; Attractive vampire lady feeds on a group of hobos; The last one manages to impale the creature on a tree branch. When The Deep Purple Falls text story. The Clock Maker, pencils by Gerald Altman; With the help of a witch woman watchmaker Ben Loftus creates lifelike timepieces. Custom-Made Murder!; A man wants to get rid of his unfaithful wife and seeks the services of a contract killer named "R. Sennic." The Picnic!, art by Tony Mortellaro; Hugo Brandt loves to engorge himself on food; He meets a lovely woman who shows interest in him. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Art and cover by Howie Post Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Gladys Parker. Stories and art by Gladys Parker and Pete Field. One of the first female-centric comic strips, by pioneering female artist Gladys Parker, Mopsy combines an Ever Meulen art style with pantomime-style gags and good-girl art. Mopsy tries to change her image to impress handsome Tony, who claims he likes smart, modest women, in a four-page story. Knitting a sweater for her dog turns out to be more challenging than Mopsy thought. When a woman loses weight after a steam bath, Mopsy decides the same will work for her clothes. Plus "Mopsy Modes" paper dolls, showcasing the fashions of the era. Mopsy; Mopsy Modes; Pixie; Gag-Bag; Comedy Column. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.