Comic books May 1951

Vintage humor digest magazine that pokes fun at the relationships of men and women of the time. Digest, 5" x 7", 96 pages, B&W. -Recommended for ages 16+ Cover price $0.25.

Vol. 6, No. 11 - May 1951. Digest-sized, 5.5" x 7.5", 164 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Al Jaffee. Yearnin' for Learnin'!, art by Al Jaffee. Three's a Crowd!, art by Al Jaffee. Strange Exchange!, art by Al Jaffee. Patsy's Club Page!, art by Al Jaffee. A Lesson Learned!, art by Al Jaffee. Nice Advice!, art by Al Jaffee. Wrong A-Dress! starring Hedy Wolfe, art by Al Jaffee. Gym Dandy! starring Buzz Baxter, art by Al Jaffee. Paper doll. A Lesson for Joey text story. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Art Bartsch and Tom Morrison. Animator Paul Terry's Terrytoons featured Mighty Mouse, Heckle & Jeckle, and other classic cartoon characters of yesteryear. Heckle and Jeckle get chased by cops for peddling their wares in the city park without a license. Mighty Mouse attends a Halloween party in disguise, but a cat witch is prepared for him with a poisoned apple. Sourpuss and Gandy acquire an ancient Egyptian artifact that speaks to them with the voice of Cleopatra. Gandy Goose: Body Beautiful; Gandy Goose: The Curse of Cleopatra; Heckle and Jeckle: Super Salesmen; Mighty Mouse: Evil Rides the Skies; Gandy Goose: The Artful Dodger; Dinky: What's Cookin'; Farmer Al Falfa: The Cat Came Back. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Issue 3 - May 1951. Short-lived vintage men's interest magazine from the 1950's era that focuses heavily on tasteful black and white pin-up photography with short bios of the models and captions included with the photos. This issue with an article on Country DJ and bandleader Guy Norris "Texas Tiny" Cherry. 10" x 12.75", 50 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

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Cover pencils by Bob Montana. "Stop The Music"; Pop throws the teenagers out, so they decide to open a Teen Center. "Whistler's Muddle," script and art by George Frese; Jughead whistles in the library. Pep Fun Page by Dave Berg. "Boil and Trouble"; Betty leaves the gas on unattended, and becomes asphyxiated. "Clean Up Time"; Ferdie shows Suzie a new dance step. "Fearful Li'l Earful"; Slats hears Miss Gargle and Mr. Dipwaite discuss Wilbur. "Rear Admiral Hickey Commends The Flying Missile" article; Joan Crawford's hips go down to 35 5/8 leaving dress maker in a tizzy. Pep Fun Page by Dave Berg. Untitled story, script and art by Bill Woggon; Will Katy Keene go fishing or duck hunting? "Eat's A Pleasure," script and art by Joe Edwards; Lil Jinx must eat Rice Soggies. Archie Annual #3 ad. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Steve Duncan and the Venus de Milo Murders" (art by Cal Massey), "Two and Two Make Five," "The Case of the Cracked Disc Jockey," "Your Money or Your Life," "A Very Honest Fellow," and "Robbery Can Spell Murder." Two page text story, "Marble Cake and Mayhem." Cover price $0.10.

Cover photo of Debra Paget and Louis Jourdan from the movie "Bird of Paradise." Stories and art by Bill Walton, Jerry Fasano, Morris Weiss and Bill Everett. Romance comics and movie stars of yesteryear from Famous Funnies. An ex-convict tries to reunite with his old love, but her sister falls for him instead; Lila is torn between her unfaithful fiance and her new love Gary; Nancy causes drama when she tries to reunite with old flame Jim, even though they both have new relationships. Love Without Courage; Love on the Rebound; I Loved a Married Man; Lost and Found; Shadow of the Past; Miss High Hat; Louis Jourdan "Our Cover Man"; Debra Paget "Our Cover Girl". 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Otto Feuer. Tomahawk ad. "Magic! Magic! Magic!", art by Otto Feuer; Peter and Wolfie compete in a talent show and Peter's magic tricks win out over Wolfie's violin playing. Untitled story, art by Rube Grossman; When Goody's favorite television cowboy, Creepalong Carroway, fails to appear for his daily program, Goofy goes off to find out why. Danny Dotto connect the dots puzzle. Untitled story, art by Otto Feuer; Peter and Wolfie go looking for gold in Alaska. Untitled story, art by Rube Grossman; Willy enters Biggety in the Roller Derby, though he doesn't know how to skate. Fun an' Fact activity page by Martin Naydel. "There's Always a Loser" text story starring Peter Porkchops, art by Otto Feuer. Untitled story, art by Otto Feuer; When Wolfie finds out that Peter is going on a trip he stows away, but isn't pleased to find himself in the deserts of Egypt, where Peter is searching for an ancient urn. Tootsie Rolls ad, art by Bill Schreiber. Human Rights for All! public service announcement starring Superman, art by Win Mortimer. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker and Ray Osrin. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ray Osrin, Chuck Miller and Dana Dutch. Beautiful covers and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker elevate St. John's 1950s romance comic above the norm. Joan gets in too deep, emotionally and otherwise, with gambling kingpin George, in a cautionary tale with art by Baker. In another Baker story, Doris dumps boring boyfriend Stu for tough-guy Lenny, only to learn that Lenny is a gentleman deep down, in a twist on the usual moral tales. Small-town gal Janie finds a job in the big city, but life gets more complicated when she falls in love with her boss. Cover by Baker. Everyone Called Me a She-Wolf; Fast Company; I Tempted the Wrong Boy; Office Romances Are Bad Business; The Seeds of Sin. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 2, No. 5 - May 1951. "A Picture Look at Life". 10" x 13", 42 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Good $21.00 View scans Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Frank Belknap Long, E. Hoffman Price, Mack Renolds/Frederick Brown, a collaboration.

Cover by Allen Anderson. Stories by James H. Schmitz, E. Hoffman Price, Chan Davis, Milton L. Coe, Mack Reynolds & Fredric Brown, Frank Belknap Long, Noel Loomis, H. B. Fyfe, and Richard Wilson. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 112 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Alex Kotzky. The Attempted Return of Tricky Toledo starring Plastic Man and Tricky Toledo. The Tennessee Smugglers starring Plastic Man. Two untitled Plastic Man stories. Woozy Winks story. The Body In the Creek text story. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Kids' comics from Hillman, featuring mischievous puppet Punch and his human friend Judy. McSnargle, jealous neighbor of Earl the Rich Rabbit, infiltrates Earl's fox hunt, featuring artwork by Simon and Kirby. Punch gets hold of a magic typewriter that can make what it writes become real, and disaster results. Fatsy, now a Teenage Pig, brags about being a good babysitter, but meets his match in the child called Little Poison. Punch and Judy; Earl the Rich Rabbit; Fatsy the Teenage Pig; Punch the Cloudbuster; Starry Eyes. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $16.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

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Vol. 35, No. 5 - May 1951. 6.5" x 9.5", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.40.

Pocket-sized digest. Cover price $0.10.

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Pocket-sized digest. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $2.65 View scans

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $2.65 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

Pocket-sized digest. Cover price $0.10.

Pocket-sized digest. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 54, Issue 4 - May, 1951. 6.5" x 9", 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Cover by John Prentice. Art by John Prentice and Dick Briefer. Another crime comic from the prolific studio of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, this one featuring crimes throughout history as well as the standard gangster tales. Sometimes listed as Real Clue Crime #63. No issue # on cover; Vol. 6, issue #3 in indicia. An inept French thief seeks revenge after being ejected from his gang. An embezzler hides his loot in a birdhouse. A car narrates the story of how its previous owners paid the price for their crimes, in a story with art by comics legend Dick Briefer. Nobody Home in Paris; The $40,000 Bird House; Something for the Molars; Hunger; Tongue Telegraph; Slightly Used Sedan; Sunburned Holsters; Varney's Nose. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Alice Kirkpatrick cover. In order of appearance: "Love on His Terms"; "I Was a Pickup"; "Lady in a Reckless Mood"; and "Every Kiss a Lie". "The Charm Corner: Fashion Impressions, Alluring Lips, How to Care for Your Jewelry..." text article reprinted as "Glamorizing Yourself..." in Glamorous Romances (1949) #65. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Humor stories; The Fox and the Crow Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Etta Parks. Art by Etta Parks and Wm. P. Eaton. Funny-animal comics featuring gunslinging Red Rabbit, bear cubs Willy and Nilly, Officer Mutt, and others in the classic mold. Red Rabbit realizes that the dentist's shipment in gold fillings is a prime target for stagecoach robber Fagin Filcher. In a famous educational strip, two-fisted explorer "Cappy Dick" and the kids track down a "suspected spy" and have puzzles and activities along the way. In a story continued from the previous issue, Hoppy the bunny and L'il Tinker are back on Earth, but they discover what became of the missing Martian city. Red Rabbit: The Gold Tooth Hold-Up!; Pete and Tweet; Ellen and the Talking Dog; Cappy Dick's Adventures in Fun; The Snow Kids; Little Buck; Paddy Pelican; Quiz Cartoons; L'il Tinker. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Red Warrior in "The Great Spirit Speaks," "Ordeal by Torture," and "Jaws of Death." Back-up story, "Feud in the Forest." Cover price $0.10.

May 1951. Cover by George Rozen. "The Apaches Ride Again", a Bob Pryor novel by Joseph Chadwick, plus other western fiction by Larry A. Harris, Joe Archibald, Barry Cord, and Luke Lawrence. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in., 114 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Good $8.00

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $7.20

Stories and art by Ralph Carlson and others. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. "Undercover Marshal" Rocky tracks an evil mastermind who is turning honest ranchers into hunted fugitives. But he finds the ranchers themselves are taking the law into their own hands, in an 18-page story. Hyde and Seake stop at a hotel with a mosquito problem. Plus a vintage ad for the "Cracker Jack Western Belt." The Looters of Lawless Range; Politician Purdy; Jail Break; Dee Dickens: The Welcome Return; Black Jack's Hitching Post; Hyde and Seake. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Gene Fawcette, Manny Stallman, Myron Fass and Louis Ravielli. Lurid tales of love and crime, with lush covers reprinted from Avon paperbacks. Margo falls for a baseball player after shes waylaid by a foul ball; Susan tries to win wealthy Dexter by pushing his girlfriend out a window; A supposed sorority initiation turns out to be a plot to separate Audrey from her boyfriend. Love Me Always, Darling!; Innocence was My Angle; With Evil in Your Heart; Afraid to Love! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Marc Swayze and John Martin. This early romance comic from Fawcett had particularly complex plots to go with the tears and kisses. Amy loves small-town grocer Dave, but his competitor Brad Nixon wants everything Dave has, and that includes Amy. This story with art by Mark Swayze includes the line, "There is still a place for the small neighborhood store with its personal, friendly service." Mildred has found her match in Fred, but she manipulates his dealings with his business partner Al, sabotaging his business so she can have more time with Fred. Working girl Ivy scoffs when boyfriend Pat suspects her non-profit of being a scam, but when she discovers he's right, she faces a moral choice. Together; Love Letters; Ski Lark; My Misguided Heart. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Tales of secret love, heartbreak, unrequited love, and reconciliation. Rebellious Millie decides to run off and elope with Joey to show her parents, but the trip quickly becomes a nightmare, in a surprisingly dark tale for a romance comic. Sheila is engaged to Bill, but she really loves Rod, whom she met because of a lost library book. Jim loves Eileen and wants to start a family with her, but "family" has negative connotations for Eileen. Plus courtship rituals of foreign lands. Elopement; The Awakening; Customs of Courtship; The Forbidden Heart; Day of Enchantment. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. Jinx of the Headless Valley starring Roy Rogers, art by Albert Micale; on route from Alaska by cargo plane, Roy and Trigger have to bale out and parachute over Headless Valley. Roy Reads the Signs starring Roy Rogers, art by Albert Micale; John Dooley is arrested after a man is found killed on his doorstep. The Orange Nuggets starring Roy Rogers, art by the Al McKimson team. Pioneers of the Old West text story, art by Albert Micale. Trigger story. Back cover photo of Roy. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

A promotional comc (no cover price, newsprint cover and interior). After refusing the military's generous offer to stay on, Sad Sack leaves the army for civilian life, but the story does not end there. With $80.00 in his pocket, Sad Sack soon discovers that non-military life is expensive and a military career is still a good option. 16 pages, full color.

Men's interest magazine focusing on Western adventure stories. 8.5" x 11", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

NOTE: For #1-2 and 14-85 see Authentic Science Fiction (1951-1957 Hamilton & Co.) and for for Issues #3-8 see Science Fiction Fortnightly (1951 Hamilton & Co).

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May 1951. Science Fiction Newszine published by Bob Tucker. The first sixteen issues were called the Bloomington Newsletter. 16 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - May, 1951. Cover by Milton Luros. Stories by Wallace West, Daniel R. Gilgannon, William Gray Beyer, Robert Abernathy, Lester Del Rey, George O. Smith, Walter Kubilius, William Tenn, and Bryce Walton. Interior illustrations by Milton Luros and Peter Poulton. Softcover pulp magazine; 7-in. x 10-in.; 132 pages; B&W. Cover price $0.25.