Comic books 1953 w/ month not specified

Issue 48 - 1953. Danish Art Studies Magazine, each page with a full-page tastefully nude photo. 8.5" x 11". 16 pages. B&W. MATURE. NOTE: Text in Danish, some translated into English and French.

Volume 2, 1953. Men's interest magazine featuring nearly equal sections on cars, guns and provocative pictorials. Annual publication. This issue features a full-page nude of Bettie Page. Spiral-bound, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 68 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $1.00.

1953 Annual. Nudist lifestyle magazine. 8.5" x 11". Spiral binding, 64 pages, B&W Cover price $1.00.

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Maurice Whitman cover. In order of appearance: "The Monster"; "The Mirror"; "Traitor's House" art by Tony D'Adamo, reprinted in Haunted Horror (2012 IDW) #27; and "The Secret Files of Dr. Drew", reprinted from Rangers Comics (1941) #48. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Maurice Whitman cover. In order of appearance: "The Dark Abysmal" art by John Belcastro, reprinted in Haunted Horror (2012 IDW) #24; "Tiger Kiss"; "Where The Undead Roam" art by Bill Benulis and Jack Abel, reprinted in Zombies: The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics HC (2012 IDW) #1-1ST; "Kohnoori's Curse" art by Bill Discount, reprinted in Haunted Horror (2012 IDW) #27; and "The Deadman's Chest". Indicia states "The Monster". 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian edition. Art by John Belcastro, Bill Discount, Art Peddy, Bernard Sachs, Bill Benulis and Jack Abel. Cover by Maurice Whitman. Reprints of Fiction House's pre-Code horror comic from Canadian publisher Superior. An explorer is cursed by an Indian tiger cult to transform into a were-tiger, which is unfortunate for his wife's would-be lover. A detective uncovers a plot to turn a young woman into a zombie. A treasure hunter pays a terrible price for violating the Tomb of Kohnoori. The Big 6; The Dark Abysmal; Tiger Kiss; Where the Undead Roam; Kohnoori's Curse; The Deadman's Chest. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Stan Campbell. Stories and art by Edmond Good, Dick Kraus and Leonard Frank. First issue published by Charlton. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Cavalry troops still divided over the end of the US Civil War must put aside their differences when Sioux forces attack border settlements. An animal-cruelty activist doesn't want perennial sidekick Gabby Hayes to put horseshoes on his horse. Monte finally tracks down the swift-fingered gang known as Safe-Crackers Unlimited, but they get the drop on him and capture him. Pony Boy Pedro... Knows His History!; Old Smokey; Two Flags At Dawn; Indian Sign Language; Gabby Hayes and the Unlucky Horseshoes; Imagine That!; Old Slick; Rodeo Gun-Trail; Gray Hawk: Waterfall of Doom; Lucky Day; Safe-Crackers Unlimited; Pinto Pete. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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. Cactus Brain; 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; Ten Gallon Tex; Molasses Mouth. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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 tips over her canoe, a guitar is the next best thing. Mopsy finds a new use for a Lover's Leap after the latest boyfriend dumps her. If Scarlett O'Hara can make a dress out of curtains, then Mopsy can do the same with a tablecloth. Have You Heard This One?; Mopsy; The Lighter Side. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Printed in 1953 by Planters Nut & Chocolate Co. Very scarce promotional book from Planters Nut and Chocolate Co. Includes every president from Washington to Eisenhower and contains several pictures to paint on. Softcover. 16 pages. Colored. Planters Peanut ad on back cover. Includes original Planters Nuts and Chocolate Company envelope.

Printed in 1953 by Planters Nut & Chocolate Co. Very scarce promotional book from Planters Nut and Chocolate Co. Includes every president from Washington to Eisenhower and contains several pictures to paint on. Softcover. 16 pages. Colored. Planters Peanut ad on back cover. Does not include original Planters Nuts and Chocolate Company envelope.

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"Death in the Night"; A doctor who is a little crazy dresses up as the personification of the bubonic plague, and kills New Yorkers. A police lieutenant kills him. "The Avenging Corpse"; A professor's wife and her lover feed the professor to his newly bred barracudas; He is horribly disfigured, and finds his ex-wife who is poor and no longer beautiful; She kills herself. "The Unknown Horror" text story. "Shrinking Horror"; A crook squishes his scientist friend and steals his shrinking formula; He tries to rob a bank, is chased to a toy store, and makes a home in a doll's house. "Demons of the Swamp"; A man in charge of filling a swamp finds an unknown castle; He finds a woman who swamp creatures chained to a wall. He frees her; He takes her locket and she ages to 200 years. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Zombie in the Streets, art by John Buscema. Dorothy's Doll, art by Gene Colan; A man buys a lifelike doll for his ill child unintentionally fooling Death into taking the doll and leaving the girl. The Honeymooners, art by Tony Mortellaro; A man strangles his new bride, and when confronted by a neighbor, is told to mind his own business because that is what she wanted; He is a ghost and now his wife is a ghost, too. Isle of no Escape text story. Homicide; Jim Lane kills a bothersome tramp, then tries to frame his neighbor, an inadvertent witness, for the murder. The Ghost Comes Back!, pencils by Dick Ayers; A woman fools a criminal into thinking that her returning husband is a member of the undead. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Russ Heath. Stories by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Joe Maneely, John Forte, Al Eadeh, Vern Henkel and Art Peddy. The most eerie stories ever told! In this issue: "Doom in the Tomb!" by Carl Wessler and Joe Maneely; "Boy Meets Ghoul!" with art by John Forte; "Man-Eater!" with art by Al Eadeh; "Nothing Else to Write" with art by Vern Henkel; "The Maiden in the Iron Mask" with art by Art Peddy; and 2-page text story "Ghost Ship," reprinted from Suspense (1950) #11 (original title: "Dog Watch Death"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Russ Heath. Don't Shrink Sam's Head; A man wants to go to Jivaro country so he can acquire a shrunken head for his collection of horror memorabilia but is afraid of having his head shrunk, so he hires a scientist to treat his head so that it is unshrinkable. Tribal Mask text story. The Perfect Planet, art by Ross Andru. Hugo, art by Pete Tumlinson. Mother Knows Best, art by Sol Brodsky; A mother tells her daughter that the man in the moon causes the tides but her daughter doesn't believe her. Afterward, the moon gets destroyed by a comet impact and the seas grow calm. Every Dog Has Its Day!; An old miser who is mean to the boys at a neighboring orphanage gets what's coming to him when he poisons one of the orphans' dogs. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

The Gargoyle!; When the only person who is nice to him is murdered by gargoyles, Quasimodo is blamed and hanged. The Stranger from Space; When a spacecraft lands and a creature emerges, two scientists are at odds with each other on what to do with the being; One thinks it is a threat and should be destroyed but the other stops his attack and helps the creature back to his ship where the two of them blast off. The Mysterious Painting text story. Another Man's Shoes; A janitor has a witch cast a spell which will exchange bodies with a man whom he thinks is well off, but the man's beautiful wife divorces him, he finds out he's bankrupt, and finally he gets shot. His Wife Throws Things. How Many Times Can You Die?; A man has dreams about killing his wife but he gets arrested and executed the same way in the dreams and so loses his nerve. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Vampire; A police chief of a village is revealed to be a vampire. The Couple Next Door; A henpecked husband is demanded by his wife to provide something bigger and better than what the neighbors have; When he goes to tell her the latest thing the neighbor's wife got, his wife tells him to shut up and just give her one bigger and better, so he picks up a shotgun and blows her head off. The Toy Train; An orphan boy is visited by a stranger who leaves him a train set. When the boy shrinks to actually be able to board the train, he thinks that he is dreaming, but when his cruel uncle wakes him, he finds the train is still there. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Official program book for the National Aircraft Show in 1953. This was the sesquicentennial of Ohio and the 50th anniversary of the Wright Brothers first powered flight. Held on Sept. 5-7, 1953 at Dayton, Ohio. Gen. James Doolittle contributes an article entitled "Fifty Years that Changed the World." Air races also took place, including the prestigious Thompson Trophy. Also includes a daily schedule of events along with ads from all the major manufacturers like Boeing, North American, Westinghouse, Mobil and many more. 9-in. x 12-in., 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Network of Power (1953) is a promotional comic book published by General Electric as part of their "Adventures in Science Series." 16 pages, full color, 7-in. x 10-in., newsprint, no cover price.

1953 DISNEY "NEW ADVENTURES OF PETER PAN" Original COMIC BOOKLET in Near Mint Condition - Vintage ADMIRAL Co. PREMIUM - SIZE: 28 Pages, est. 5" x 7" - PRINTED on Newsprint with Cute FULL COLOR Artwork of "PETER PAN, TINKERBELL, WENDY, CAPTAIN HOOK & the 1953 ADMIRAL Co. PRODUCT LINE-UP!" - SHOWS GREAT ADVERTISING for TV's, APPLIANCES, RADIO's & Phonographs!

Contains Alex Toth art. Photo cover. In order of appearance: "Man of My Heart" art by Alex Toth, reprinted in Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 HC (2011 FB) #1-1ST and Buried Treasure (magazine) #3; "When You Have a Date"; "Broken Dreams" art by Art Saaf; "Smart Talk with Janet Lee"; "Love My Dogs"; and "I Need Your Love". "The Eyes of Love: It Was a Feminine Cupid Who Released the Arrow of Penny's Love!" illustrated text story by Mickey Klar Marks. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Contains Alex Toth art. Photo cover. In order of appearance: "Stars in My Eyes" art by Alex Toth and Mike Peppe, reprinted in True Love (1986) #1 and Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 HC (2011 FB) #1-1ST; "Smart Talk with Janet Lee"; "The Office Flirt, Every Office Has One..."; "I Toyed with Love"; "Watch Your Tongue!"; "Uncertain Heart" art by Alex Toth and Mike Peppe, reprinted in Buried Treasure (magazine) #1, Alex Toth Reader TPB (2003-2005) #1-1ST, and Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 HC (2011 FB) #1-1ST; "Color Cues!"; and "The Game of Hearts!". "Love's Lengthy Problem: Brenda Cole Learns That There's Always a King for a Proper Queen!" illustrated text story by Mickey Klar Marks. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover. "My Dream is You," pencils by Alex Toth, inks by Mike Peppe; Pamela Mason wants to find someone who she can be sure loves her for herself and not her inheritance which she receive in September; She meets Martin Shaw and romance ensues; He proposes telling her that he wants to wait until September; Pamela thinks he just wants her inheritance and turns him down. "Invitation to Romance," pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Vince Colletta. "Law of Love" text article by Mickey Marks, art by Vince Colletta. "Love Can Wait!", art by John Celardo; Country girl Sue comes to the city and becomes a model; Meets hunk Jerry and falls in love; He gets drafted; Sue gets no mail and visits his Mom; Mom tells her he married old girlfriend; Sue changes to Suzette and meets socialite Drake. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Circa 1953. Written and illustrated by Alfred Bestall. Stories include: "Rupert and the Wonderful Boots" and "Rupert and Dapple". Hardcover, issued without dust jacket. 8.5" x 10.5", 60 pages, full color.

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Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Norman Nodel, and Vince Alascia. Cover by Alvin Hollingsworth. Tales of pre-Code horror, curses, and vengeance from beyond the grave. A diary recounts a tale of men turning into monsters; An archer ill-advisedly ignores dreams about a cursed arrow; A killer searching for buried treasure inadvertently digs his own grave. Also featuring a moody, Jack Davis-style contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. Night of Mystery; Diary of Doom!; The Horror in the Swamp; The Haunted Arrow!; The Strange Visitors!; The Giant From Earth!; The Ghost of the Coal Mine! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. Softcover, 10-in. x 8-in., 104 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.00.

No. 1 - 1953. 5.25" x 7.25", 128 pages, B&W.

Ano VI - No. 141. Spanish Reprint Series. Reprints from a variety of mostly Western comic titles. Features a "Johnny Comet" Story with art by Frank Frazetta. Other stories include: "D. Maximo Atonado - Que Hablen los mudos"; "Supremo Recurso"; "Duncan Foster"; "Bill Norton de la Policia Montada"; "Nuestros Lectores Colaboran"; "Jimmy Del Mississipi";"Una aventura de Smiley O'Hara"; "Mark Trail"; "Ladrones de Joyas"; "El Humor y La Armada"; "Rebellion en Malaca";. Partial Color and B&W. 20 pages.

First printing, 1953. Written by Jack Woodford and Graham Roberts. Erotic novel. 5 3/4-in. x 8 1/4-in., 182 pages, B&W text. Mature readers. Cover price $2.00.

Not many comics had a 6c cover price. This one does! Cover price $0.06.

"The Story of Air Force Basic Military Training," by Theodore J. Ritter & Bob Gadbor. Pamphlet-style humor book, featuring one cartoon per page; originally mailed in an illustrated envelope. Victoria Publishing Company, B&W; 7-1/4" x 5-1/4".

Operation Freedom, The Right to Free Speech and Press, Vol. 1 No. 5 (1953) is an educational comic book published by the Institute of Fiscal and Political Education. It features Joshua Strong, a time traveler from the past who explains our rights as Americans through examples from our past. This is a great historical comic book on America's freedom of speech and a free press right from our country's inception all the way up to the height of the Cold War in 1953. Black and white, eight pages, 8.25 x 10.5-in.

1st Printing - "Streets of Paris" by Robert E. Reynolds. Love, as a French girl knows it, may be a lot different from what American men have been brought up to expect! As an artists model in the gay world of Montmartre and the Moulin Rouge, Colette knew all the answers...and events made her a lovely young ambassadress of love, teaching one Yank after another...her GI husband, a playboy tourist, a hard-boiled private detective, and finally her husband's stodgy brother..a thing or two about women and what a man should know to appreciate them! When Colette was through, the partisan idea of love was a good deal better understood in the minds of American men...those lucky enough to have met her! Softcover Digest, 5" x 7", 130 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.35.