Comic books July 1952

Muscle, track, and drag racing cars. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $7.50 Water damage.

Add to cart Good $7.20

Stories and art by Howard Boughner and others. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. "Undercover Marshal" Rocky tracks the canny outlaw known as the Fox, whose specialty is surprising getaways. Rocky sets out to outsmart him, in a two-part story. While filling in for a bank teller, Rocky is tricked by a check with disappearing ink. Plus a vintage comics-format ad for Popsicle featuring Major Mars (and an offer for his "Rocket Ring"). The Law-Baiters; Gopherface: Smokey Issue!; Dee Dickens: The Big Pull; Outlaw Justice; Killers Gold; Death Makes a Deposit; Sagebrush. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Art Gates and others. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A rodeo queen is a master of horses, but awkward with men; Gwen finds worldwide success as a model, but loses the man who discovered her; Advice on how to know if he really loves you. Cover Girl; No Place for Elly; Campus Romance; Rodeo Romance; Moochers Never Marry; Sleepwalking Sweetheart; Love Cheat; Does He Really Love You?; Stand-In for Love; Beautiful But Rich!; To Thine Own Love Be True. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Murphy Anderson, Priscilla Willard, and Arthur Peddy. This early romance title from Ziff-Davis focused on the struggles of domestic life. Helen is so conflicted over husband Mike's racing that she has nightmares of cars trying to eat her, in a story with art by comics legend Murphy Anderson. Redheaded Sharon intends to be faithful to soldier husband Bruce while he's overseas, but then old flame Johnny starts showing her a lot of attention. In an unusual story that reflects its times, atomic scientist Bill is assigned to a remote desert town for a top-secret military project, but his wife Helen can't take the isolation and lack of privacy. I Was a Lonely War Bride; Alone with You; Marital Mix-ups; Psychology Can Help Your Marriage; My Own Worst Enemy; White-Collar Wife. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $14.00

Stories and art by Howard Boughner, Marc Swayze and John Martin. This early romance comic from Fawcett had particularly complex plots to go with the tears and kisses. In a story full of '50s phobia over "juvenile delinquents," Eileen falls in with a rough crowd when she has a falling-out with steady Stan. Soon she's in the back of a convertible full of dope-smoking teens, who are taking her for a forced elopement to Joey. Kathy loves pulling pranks on her friends, but when she enlists in the Army as a joke, she risks losing Steve, the man she loves. Lois starts her life over in a new town with Eddie, but then she runs into Sue, who comes from her hometown and knows the secret she's been trying to forget. I Was a Member of a Teen-Age Thrill Gang; Dizzy Daisy; Deserter; Doc Sorebones; Wilbur the Waiter; Brake on Love; The Secret. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover. "Along Came Steve"; Down and out drifter Delores winds up in Brookville and is befriended by Amos, orphan Aggie, and Mrs. Nelson; She considers it a "soft touch"; Reporter Steve arrives for the brief annual tourist season and he and Delores fall in love; However, when his assignment is up, Steve returns to the city, disappointing Delores; She follows him and he says he wants to move to Brookville to be with Delores, but she admits she doesn't care about the town and he gets angry. "Stanzas for Music" illustrated poem, written by George Gordon Byron. Biography of radio and film star Gordon MacRae. "Alliance of Hate"; Miriam and Reg both hold grudges against banker Amdanos: he refused her father a loan and they lost the family store; he also foreclosed on Reg's service station while Reg was in the service; Miriam and Reg team up to get revenge; they also fall in love. "Courtship Customs" non-fiction story. "A Birthday" illustrated poem, written by Christina Georgina Rossetti. "Borrowed Love" text story by Raymond Kent. Biography of Hollywood film star Farley Granger. "The Deceptive Heart"; After losing her boyfriend Dan because of her excessive jealousy, Kate leaves town; She gets a job in a diner and finds a new boyfriend, truck driver Jack; They become engaged but she continues to be jealous; When an upset Judy arrives and asks for Jack, Kate turns her away and the distraught woman--the widow of a war buddy of Jack's--is badly injured in an accident. Motion Picture and Television Magazine ad. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $13.00

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $13.00

Add to cart Good $4.80

Add to cart Fair $2.65

Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. Freight Failure starring Roy Rogers and Trigger, art by the Al McKimson team; a new stage is put to fire and the driver knocked "unconscious." Calamity Camp starring Roy Rogers and Trigger, art by Albert Micale; Roy finds an unconscious man in a cabin, shot in the chest. The Cougar text story, art by Albert Micale. Chuckwagon Charley's Tales story, art by Ray Thayer. Back cover photo of Roy and Trigger. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Sad Sack, Fun at the Zoo, and How to Draw Cartoons: Male Figures. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $19.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

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

July 1952. Previously published as Fantasy Advertiser until Vol 5. Science fiction reviews, ads, essays, illustrations and articles. 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

July 1952. Women's magazine with articles and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Photo cover of Marilyn Monroe. This issue features two Betty Page photos on single page. 10" x 13", 52 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $13.00 View scans Paper: Off white Foxing. Soiling. Moisture damage.

Volume 214, Issue 1 (Whole Number 1975) - July, 1952. 6.75" x 9.75", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Vintage monthly published magazine with a focus on the film industry as a whole. First published in November of 1930, publication continued through the late 1970s. Priding itself as a source for exclusive behind the scenes stories about filmmaking, Silver Screen also contained a fair amount of articles about celebrities, their relationships, the latest in fashion, and film reviews. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 7, Issue 10 - July, 1952. Articles on sports, crime, and adventuring, plus pin-up photos. 8" x 10.5". 86 pages. B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Louis Zansky and others. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. Hopalong Cassidy finds a former rodeo star living as a hobo and tries to help, but outlaws think he's rich and try to rob him. Lash LaRue tries to figure out where a counterfeiter hid a stolen plate for printing real money. "Secret Marshal" Rocky Lane tracks bank robbers to Sunset Mountain, where there's only one way up or down. Hopalong Cassidy: Hero's Pride; Lash LaRue: The Rock of Doom; Ten-Gallon Tex; Li'l Buck; Smiley Burnette: Foolish Firemen; Gambler's End; Rocky Lane: Shadow of the Moon; Lamebrain Lem. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $7.90

"What Happened on Taewha," "The Boy Shows Promise," and "A Blow for Freedom!" 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 31, No. 21 - July 22, 1952. 10" x 13.5", 76 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by Lou Cameron, Bill Molno, Jim McLaughlin and unknown. Unusual interplanetary adventures! In this issue: "Prisoners of the Incredible Plants" with art by Lou Cameron; "The Weird Threat of the Space Giants" with pencils by Bill Molno; "Dangerous Migration of the Baalites" with pencils by Bill Molno; 2-page text story "Journey to Frost"; and "The Silicon Monsters from Galaxy X" with art by Jim McLaughlin. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Al Fago, inks by Lou Morales. "The Mad-Man of Mars," art by Lou Morales; The Space Rangers track down Nucleo, a shape-shifting Martian. He takes the figure of Captain Arax, and thusly his leisure cruise spaceship, the Staritania. "Invasion from the Moon," art by Frank Frollo; When the preying mantis-like moon insects begin to attack Lunar Station X-32, the Space Rangers discover a plot by Halgo, leader of the Outerplanetary Circle, is waking up the underground creatures; Halgo plans to steal destructive mirrors, old Earth weapons buried on the moon. "Room to Live" text story. "Mummers from Mercury," pencils by Albert Tyler, inks by Dick Giordano; Boss Kipley and his cohort Pete intercept alien radio signals; Boss Kipley arranges to have Modo, Master of Mercury, land with his invasion force of aliens. "Visits the City of Brass"; With the assistance of Professor Eon Tempus, Hap Holliday, Time Skipper, designs and builds his "Year in an Instant" yacht, In their first outing, the pair visit the year 100,001; They encounter a dry seabed with giant crab-like creatures and a giant, land-traversing octopus. "The Birth of the Moon" half-page story, art by Lou Morales. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Not Eisner.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Not Eisner.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Not Eisner.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. (Rare) Denny Colt in Outer Space by Wally Wood, 7 page sci fi story of E.C. Vintage.

Cover by Sol Brodsky. Stories and art by Bernie Krigstein, Jack Keller, Sy Grudko and Allen Bellman. Profiles of famous athletes from early Marvel Comics, when it was still called Atlas. An overhyped rookie can't live up to his own press; A man turns to pro wrestling to pay his mother's medical bills, in a story illustrated by EC legend Bernie Krigstein; Two racers try to rebuild their careers after a collision during a race. Home Run King... or Heel?; Strangle-Hold!; A Matter of Punch!; Flash in the Pan!; Too Hot to Handle. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes. Art by Edvard Moritz, King Ward and Lin Streeter. Tales of espionage from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG, published as the Cold War was just heating up. An American pilot encounters an ancient biplane and a communist conspiracy over Poland; Suspicions mount after an American diplomat disappears; Roman king Tarquin and his son engineer a deadly ruse on the battlefield. Power Play in Poland; Pistol Lore; The Vanishing Diplomat; Surprise for Spies; Murder Stalks New York; The Spying Son. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 3, Issue 6 - July 1952. Men's adventure magazine featuring articles on sports, hunting, politics, and crime. 8.5" x 11", 82 pages, B&W. MATURE. Cover price $0.25.

Final issue of the series (becomes Star Spangled War Stories with issue # 131). The Ghost-Breaker in "The Haunted Town," Robin in "Stone-Deaf Robin" (Batman cameo), Captain Compass in "The Killer Ship," and Tomahawk in "The Battling Balladeer." Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $16.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Fair $4.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 70%. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 26, No. 3 - July 1952. Stories by Kendell Foster Crossen, Raymond F. Jones, Arthur C. Clarke, William Morrison, Phyllis Sterling Smith, Miriam Allen deFord, and Ross Rocklynne. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Virgil Finlay (3) and Alex Schomburg illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 150 pages. Cover price $0.25.

36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "Head of Horror"; A shrunken head pays an ex-G.I. to bring it to its living brother; This scares the brother to death. "Marauding Monsters!"; A scientist is forced by thugs to bring a criminal back to life; He does but the criminal is brought back in the body of an ape. "The Beloved Witch" text story by Marvin Howard. "Dead Man's Curse"; A man kills his partner while prospecting for gold but a curse is put upon him; His wife falls in love with the ghost of the murdered partner. "Doomed to Live!"; An escaped convict becomes disfigured; He's befriended by a dog which stops him from killing himself several times; He hates the dog and the dog is finally killed by a car. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bill Everett. The Old Mill, art by Gene Colan; A mill hand disposes of his tyrannical boss by grinding him up. Escape text story. Fame, art by Manny Stallman; Universal rejection makes a would-be actor's mind snap and so he rents a tuxedo with his last few dollars and does a presentation on a building ledge before a gathered crowd until he makes the leap that will ensure his fame. The Storm, art by Vic Carrabotta; A killer hijacks a plane to escape the police; The pilot turns out to be Satan and he lands the plane in Hell. Something In the Fog, pencils by Ed Goldfarb, inks by Bob Baer; A group of smugglers run into the Flying Dutchman. If the Shoe Fits, art by Joe Maneely. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage magazine featuring stories about, and tips for those interested in the nudist way of life. Softcover Magazine, 8" x 11", 32 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

UK Edition - July, 1952. Softcover pulp, B&W.

Australian Edition - July, 1952. Softcover pulp, B&W.