Comic books March 1953

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Volume 2, Issue 3 - March 1953 .Men's magazine featuring articles on hunting, fitness, politics, true crime, and buxom beauties. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 84 pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 52, Issue 207 - March, 1953. 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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Add to cart CGC 1.8 $675.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4641070002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $599.95 or Best Offer View scans 7.5" Spine split from bottom. Front cover glued along spine. Cover detached at both staples (anchored with glue). Oxidation with chipping. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover art by Bill Everett. One Head Too Many!, script by Stan Lee, art by Bill Everett. The Man Who Couldn't Move, script by Stan Lee, art by George Tuska; A woman hires a man to kill her paralyzed husband making it look like a car accident, but he gets his sleeve caught in the door and goes over the cliff with the car. Poor Mr. Watkins, script by Stan Lee, art by Werner Roth; A practical joker torments a timid librarian until he transforms into a monster. They Wait in Their...Dungeon!, art by Russ Heath; After an execution in the gas chamber, a sadistic warden faces a revolt by the inmates and attempts to flee downstairs. 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.

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.

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.

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.

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 "Mystery of the Barefoot Snow Man" in which Mickey and Goofy's attempts to win a photo contest lead them into mystery and "Whale of a Time." Second story continues onto inside back cover and back cover. No art/story credits given. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

No. 3, March 1954 - German language reprint. 32 pages, full color.

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Art by Art Bartsch and Connie Rasinski. The world's mightiest mouse defends Mouseville from danger - mostly cats - in the comic-book adventures of the Terrytoons animated superhero. 100-page giant. In a double-length story, the egg of the legendary Bird of Doom is found in the Egyptian desert, and that's just what The Claw and Professor Ohm want to use against Mighty Mouse. Oil Can Harry tries to get Pearl Pureheart to marry him while Mighty Mouse is fighting his various deathtraps. A "cool" mouse tricks other mice into coming to the Big City, where cats lie in wait. The Bird of Doom; Foul Football; The Perils of Pearl Pureheart; Out of Bounds; Stolen Power; The Lion Tamer; Black Tom's Treasure; Blizzard Blitz: The Magic Box; Comedy Column; Terry Bears: Duel by the Sons; Gandy Goose: The Yelling Contest; Heckle & Jeckle; Dimwit; Terry Bears: Smart Papa; Sharpening a Dull Cat. 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; four untitled 1-pagers; and "Millie's Fashion Page"! Plus: untitled Chili story; 2-page text story "Grace Gets a Golden Ghost" (creators unknown); and untitled Daisy and Iggy story. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Stan Lee. Art and Cover by Dan DeCarlo. In this issue: Millie the Model in three untitled stories and five untitled 1-pagers. Plus: untitled Chili story. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bernard Baily. Stories and art by Ross Andru, Moe Marcus, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Ed Robbins, Charles Stern and Eugene E. Hughes. Pre-Code horror tales from Aragon, an imprint of Stanley Morse Publications. A mad furniture designer seeks revenge on his unfaithful wife by turning her into furniture. A pianist who steals other people's music is hired by a mysterious figure to create an original funeral dirge, leading to an ironic comeuppance. A scientist seeking the secret of immortality has an unexpected breakthrough, but it has a tragic catch. Capsule; Modern Design; Ghosts...What About Them?; The Last Chord; Immortality; The Unexpected. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 48, Issue 3 - March, 1953. Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Vol. 2, No. 9. March 1953. Vintage Men's magazine featuring articles, pictorials, and pin-ups. This issue features "How to Tell a Man From a Woman", "Wildcat Railroad", June McCall (Twilight Zone) pictorial, and more. Cover by Bernard of Hollywood. MATURE. Cover price $0.50.

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.

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French language movie magazine. 8 1/4 in. x 12-in., 16 pages, B&W. NOTE: French Language.

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Cover by Gladys Parker. Stories and art by Gladys Parker and others. 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. When Mopsy's hat is too big for the movie theater, she finds a solution that is both stylish and polite. Mopsy tires of rapidly changing fashion styles, and sets out to fix things with her own scissors. Bored with her filing job, Mopsy joins the WACs (Women's Army Corps) and gets a boring filing assignment. Mopsy; Gag-Bag; Comedy Column. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

All scripts by Stan Lee. Art and cover by Dan DeCarlo. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Hartley. Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Jerry Robinson, Carmine Infantino, Mike Sekowsky, Christopher Rule and unknown. "That Old Feeling" with art by Jerry Robinson - Barbara is married to Fred, but can't forget her first boyfriend Gary. When Fred suggests a visit to her hometown, Barbara is afraid what will happen if she sees Gary. By the time they arrive, she has convinced herself that she's bored with Fred and will run off with Gary if he asks. However, it turns out "the years and my imagination had made him something he never had been!" Gary is cheap, common, ignorant and unstable. Barbara decides Fred was the right choice after all. Plus: "Love Story" written by Stan Lee with pencils by Carmine Infantino - Nurse Jane is called to attend to wealthy Curtis, injured during a polo match. He needs constant care if he is to walk again, but his fiancee Stella pays little attention to him. When the diagnosis is that Curtis won't be able to walk, Stella breaks up with him and criticises Jane. Curtis literally rises to her defense, standing up. He's cured! Jane and Curtis kiss. Also: "Infatuation" with inks by Christopher Rule - Although Doris is going steady with Bob, she becomes infatuated with bandleader Keith and they are constantly together until his band has to move on to its next booking. Keith tells Doris "I'm not the marrying kind!" She decides to return to Bob, but since she had done this to him before, he no longer trusts her. Doris can only hope Bob will change his mind, some day. And: "Too Many Loves" with art by Mike Sekowsky and Christopher Rule - Carol falls in love with a succession of men, each with a particular trait that attracts her, but none have everything she desires. She finally realises she loves her longtime friend and neighbour Frank, "an ordinary guy," and always has. Issue also has 2-page text story "From Beans to Millions." 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Hartley. Stories by unknown. Art by Jay Scott Pike, John Forte and Sam Citron. "Years Ago!" with art by Jay Scott Pike - Jane and Larry are in love, but she doesn't feel he's ambitious enough. She marries politician Paul instead. Paul eventually becomes governor, but their marriage is loveless. Jane visits a carnival, alone, and sees Larry with his wife and two children. He's content with his life, while for Jane it's "too late for everything but tears!" Plus: "A Dime a Dance" with art by John Forte - Sheila comes from an impoverished background and dislikes her job in a dime-a-dance joint. When wealthy Jimmy and some friends come in, she recognises him and decides he's her ticket out of this life. They date and Jimmy falls for her. Jimmy's older brother Keith tries to dissuade Sheila, even offers to pay her off, but she refuses. Sheila's actually in love with Keith, and when she tears up the check he offers, he realises he loves her too. Also: "Too Much in Love" with art by Sam Citron - Alice and Joe are co-workers and in love. Bob, nephew of their boss, tells Alice he'll put in a good word for Joe if she dates him. She agrees, but Joe spoils it by punching Bob. Money is missing from the office safe and Bob tries to frame Joe for the crime, but finally confesses that he did it out of jealousy. Joe is given a promotion and now he can marry Alice. And: "Shall I Marry Him?" with art by Jay Scott Pike - Kitty and Joe are in love, but she thinks he's self-conscious because she's taller than he is. It doesn't matter to her, because she loves him, but she's afraid he'll never ask her to be his wife. Bill finally asks and she accepts his proposal. Issue also has 2-page text story "Girl Without a Past." 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Softcover magazine, 8 1/2" x 10 3/4", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover art by Bill Everett. "The Specimen!", art by Joe Maneely; A scientist plots to use a mermaid from Atlantis to gain world renown and so he lies to her that he loves her until he can build an escape-proof tank; Unfortunately for him, she has the exact same intentions for him and drags him down to Atlantis so they can use him as a specimen to model how human males appear in order to create an invasion force. "Hunger," pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz; A butcher poisons his ex-partner's meat locker in order to drive him out of business but then comes back later to make sure he did not leave any evidence behind and gets himself locked in; Over the course of several days he waits for someone to come and let him out, but no one comes. "Ashes to Ashes!", pencils by Al Eadeh; A woman burns her uncle to death before learning that the directions to his fortune are tattooed in a map upon his back. "The Broken Step" text story. "The Man in the Morgue," art by Vic Dowling; A hoodlum spends his last buck for a psychic reading and is told that his luck will change; After spending the night in an alley with nothing to eat an elderly man approaches him and he strangles him in order to rob him; The cops give chase and gun him down; The police wonder why the elderly man was in such a rundown area. "Lost!", art by Pete Tumlinson; Criminals hide loot in a cave and one is arrested and serves a jail sentence of twenty years; When he is released he goes back to the cave and shoots the man and woman who were lost in there for twenty years, but their son kills him. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Mystic #18 features a memorable Bill Everett horror cover for "The Russian Devil!" The cover depicts skeletal communist party official literally dragging the corpse of an unfortunate citizen from his grave. "Get up, Ivan!" shouts the commie, "You can't escape us by dying! We're not through with you yet!" Fortunately, this story was written by a red-blooded American comic creator so the commie villain comes to a bad--and eternal--end. In Old Baghdad; A woman brought to the city as a slave schemes to become the wife of the Sultan but she is unaware of the the custom of that country to throw the Sultan's wife to the lions when he dies. The Drowning Man, art by Carrabotta; A thief cast overboard mistakes the back of a whale for a raft. The Perfect Mold text story. Tom-Tom!; Natives skin a cruel plantation owner and use him for their drums. Charley's Crime, art by Jack Abel; A thief comes back as a ghost to rob a bank but the ghost of the guard he killed stops him. The Russian Devil; The communist overseer of a labor camp is glad when he is told by his doctor that he has not long to live because he has spent his whole life killing and is weary; Death wants an assistant however and refuses to allow him to rest in peace. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 2 - Spring 1953. Scottish/UK SF Magazine. Cover by Alan Hunter. Stories by F. G. Rayer, K. Houston Brunner, Forrest J. Ackerman, and E. C. Tubbs. Illustrations by Alan Hunter, Bill Price. 5 1/82-in. x 8 1/2-in., 120 pages, Text

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover. In order of appearance: "I Need Your Kisses" art by Art Saaf; "Romance Among the Redskins"; "Don't Step on My Heart"; "Shattered Dream"; "Borrowed Trouble"; "Husband Hunter"; "Smart Talk with Janet Lee"; and "Unwanted Love" art by Ralph Mayo, reprinted in True Love (1986) #2. "Funny Face: Josie Didn't Know How She Would Feel When She Had to Face Reality..." Illustrated text story by Betty Hill. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 7, Issue 20 - March, 1953. Squarebound, 5" x 7.5", 96 pages, B&W, Text Only.

Nifty Gals & Gags (1951) is a humor digest published by Dearfield Publishing Company. Features the character Dead-Eye Nick who as a "wolf" is always on the prowl for his next young catch. Also contains a page with words of advice from Nick. 96 pages, color cover with B&W illustrations, 5.25-in x 7.25-in. Cover price $0.25.