Comic books 1953 w/ month not specified

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Volume 11, 1st Printing - Double Feature "The Queen's Warrent" by Talbot Mundy, and "Paths of Glory" by Humphrey Cobb. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 320 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.50.

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Volume 14, 1st Printing - "Matador" by Marguerite Steen. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 320 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.50.

Volume 17, 1st Printing - Double Feature "The Other Stranger" by Daoma Winston, and "Adam and Two Eves" by Anonymous. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 320 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.50.

Volume 20, 1st Printing - Double Feature, "Full Moon" by Talbot Mundy, and "High Priest of California" by Charles Willeford. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 320 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.50.

Volume 21, 1st Printing - "Highway Episode" by George Weller. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 320 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.50.

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Volume 24, 1st Printing - "Roxana" by Daniel Defoe. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 320 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.50.

Volume 26, 1st Printing - "The Harem of Hsi Men" by Chin P'ing Mei. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 320 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.50.

Santa and the Pirates (1953) was a promotional comic book distributed by Promotional Publications. This comic reprints the 1952 Santa and the Pirates. Little Jimmy and Debbie sit warm on their sofa in front of the fireplace on Christmas Eve and wonder if Santa Claus ever pays a visit to pirates. As they drift off to sleep their question is answered. A wish of "Merry Christmas" compliments of Bowman's East on the back-cover.16 pages, newsprint, full color, 7.75. x 10.5n

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1st printing. Written by Sanford Aday. Softcover, 4 1/4" x 6 3/4", 189 pages, B&W Text Only. Cover price $0.35.

1953 (no month). "The Eyes Have It" by Philip K. Dick. black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

Art by Joe Kubert, Vince Alascia, and Sid Check. Cover by A. C Hollingsworth. Back cover by Sid Check. A pre-Code horror treasury featuring early art by Joe Kubert. Only a few copies are known to survive, making the rare book a highly sought-after item. An ancient native curse transforms a man into a beast; The heir of the Fortescu clan is stalked by a sea monster; Evil forces reverse the flow of time itself. Also featuring a nice contents page illustrated by Sid Check on the back cover. The Strange Indian Curse!; The Flower of Death!; The Devil Keeps a Date; The Monster of the Sea! 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Small premium booklet packaged with Vicks Cough Drops that reveals the secrets of magicians, including; Sawing a Woman in Half, Houdini Walks Through Brick Wall, Vanishing Girl and Piano, and much more. Newsprint, 4" x 3.5", 16 pages, full color.

Art by Jay Disbrow and Lena Buffalente. Cover by Maurice Whitman. Adventures of the fearless jungle warrior Sheena, one of the earliest female heroes with her own title. A woman runs afoul of hostile natives while tracking down her father's killer; Sheena and Bob track ivory hunters through dangerous lands; The beautiful but deadly Snake Goddess tries to turn the locals against Sheena. The Skull Wearer of A'Wando Grotto; The Ivory Smugglers; King of the Congo; An Ironical Turnabout; Secret of the Snake Queen. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by A. C. Hollingsworth and others. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. A carnival aerialist plots to murder his partner in midair during their act. A murderous con man goes into hiding as a fortune-telling mystic, featuring art by pioneering African-American cartoonist Alvin Hollingsworth. Obsessed with fashionable clothes and his own reflection, hood Moxie Roberts is a classic narcissist, but his love of mirrors leads to his downfall. The Carnival Killer; Murder and Roses; The Swami's Last Seance; Corpus Delicti - Without Teeth!; Through the Looking Glass; Lawbreakers Never Win. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Charles Miller and others. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Detectives Burns and Cooper investigate organized crime and gambling at a pari-mutuel horse track. A car thief figures out a way around new registration laws by selling and stealing the same cars over and over again. Jockey Rube Morgan has expensive tastes and gets in over his head with gangsters. The Long Shot of Evil; The Fool-Proof Plot; Some Day I'll Kill Her!; Death Held the Whip; Three Lives - Three Deaths. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. The Dillon Brothers' crime spree isn't over just because they're behind bars, as they figure out a brutal escape plan. The reader gets a chance to find the clues and solve a murder before Officer Arthur Kelly. Stage magician Gene Simpson supplements his artistic income by turning to crime. Double-Cross of Death; Shock Mystery You Solve It.; Escape Into Death; Murder In The Air; The Mysterious Madman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by George Peltz, Louis Ravielli and Pete Morisi. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Petty crooks murders a spiritual medium to take over his business, but it turns out you can't get rid of a medium that easily. Ex-con Blacky resumes his arson-y habits soon after release with girlfriend Mavis, but two hunters catch him in action. Hoods Frank, Iggie and Charlie ruthlessly carry out the kidnapping of a wealthy man's son-in-law. Return from Death; Gangster's Weird Death; Shoot to Kill; Trial and Execution; The Trio of Terror. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. An accountant swindles the gangster he works for and winds up hunted by crooks and cops alike. Con artists Pete, Lon and Lina use drugs to make their marks more willing. After murdering his brother, Hank tries to conceal his injured right hand that will link him to the crime. The Chase..!; Death On Broadway; Wicked Cheat; The Hand of Crime. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by George Peltz and others. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. A hood learns the true price of murder and crime. Ray Hamilton, a member of the Barrow Gang that included Bonnie & Clyde, accumulates a prison sentence of 362 years by the time he's 21 years old. George Kelly, aka Machine Gun Kelly, kidnaps oil tycoon Charles Urschel for a $200,000 ransom. A Terrible Price; Gems of Death..!; The Crimson Orgy of Crime; The Cruel Mask Of Mystery. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Shooting Adventures of "Doc" Peters (1953) was a promotional comic book published by the Peters Cartridge Division of Dupont. An early giveaway promoting guns and ammo. 16 pages, full color, newsprint, 6.5-in. x 10-in.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - Winter, 1953. 8.5" x 10.5", 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Smokey Bear's Story of the Forest is a promotional activity book illustrated by Harry Rossoll and distributed by the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources Division of Forestry, in cooperation with U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Forest Service. Learn and grow as Smokey promotes forest conservation, forest fire prevention, and pants on land mammals. 16 pages, black and green ink, 7.54-in. x 10-in., newsprint, with no cover price.

1953 General Motors Giveaway. Standard comic book dimensions, 16-pages, full color, no cover price or publication. Copyright 1953.

Australian reprint series. "Platoon, Forward", "Timely Tyson", "These Clever Chinese!", "Egbert the Explorer Leaves Them Cold!", and "Dateline: Korea!"

Cover by Frank Carin. "The Big Row!" (inside front cover), "The Invisible Stranger!", "Octo, The Evil One!", "The Mouse on the Moon" text story (2 pgs), "The Crazy Comet" , "The Space Machine!", "The High Chump!" (inside back cover), and "The Speed Demon" (back cover). 36 pages, FC. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Frank Carin and others. Funny-animal antics in space, featuring the first character to claim the name Space Mouse. The space mice and Professor Brawdome investigate an unscheduled eclipse and encounter the devious Major Moto; Molly can handle the scariest of space creatures, but Halloween is another story; Major Moto escapes from prison and swears revenge on Space Mouse and The Earth. Fright Sight!; Major Moto; Oh, You Kidd!; Plane Crazy!; The Space Siren; Major Moto Strikes Again!; Danny Duck: Dinah Has Her Way! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

1st Printing - Written by Jack Vance. Five men held the secret that made them absolute rulers of the universe. Five worlds organized their spy systems to thwart Paddy Blackthorn's efforts to release the secret for the benefit of all mankind. Five times Paddy and the mysterious Fay went to the valley of the shadow, pitting their wits against a merciless enemy who had every conceivable advantage in the uneven struggle. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.35.

Stories by Alden Getz, Ken Fitch, Joan Lewis, Paul Newman and I. Zweifach. Art by Joe Kubert, Sid Lazarus, Howard Larsen and Louis Ravielli. Reprints Sparkling Love (1950) #1. Lurid tales of love, with lush covers reprinted from Avon paperbacks. Elda believes in astrology, but her heart tells her one thing and the stars another; Lydia is torn between workaholic John and passionate Ed; Photographer Janet loves model Rod, but hes been paired with the lovely Gloria for their photo shoot. Featuring an early story by legendary artist Joe Kubert. Written in the Stars; Once for Any Girl!; Heart Gone Astray; Love Pose; Doomed to Stay Single. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

1953 promotional comic book advertising Benson Opticians in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The bespectacled cowboy hero, Specs Forsite, proves that to be a a sharpshooter like him, you need to get regular eye exams! 5.25-in. x 8-in. 16 pages, full color.

Art by Frank Carin and others. Cover by Frank Carin. Funny-animal hijinks with a rabbit named Speedy and his friends. A reprint of Television Puppet Show (1950) #2. Speedy learns about knights and armor during a visit to a friends castle; Speedy learns the strange tale of The Cannonball Ghost; Retellings of Pecos Bill folktales running alongside the comics stories. A Hot Knight in Old England!; The Way of the West; The Cannonball Ghost; Adventures of Pecos Bill; Pecos Bill's Life with the Coyotes; The Great Sherlock; Pecos Bill and the Rattlesnake; Sparky's Puzzle Page; The Secret Cave. 32 pages, Full Color.

Cover by Sol Brodsky. Stories by Hank Chapman and unknown. Art by Tony DiPreta, Bernie Krigstein, Mike Sekowsky, Manny Stallman, Al Eadeh and unknown. "The Dirty Dog" by Hank Chapman and Tony DiPreta - A down and out ventriloquist picks up a stray dog to con a millionaire out of five hundred dollars by convincing the man that the dog can talk. After completing the sale, the dog says to the ventriloquist, "You're a sucker, Charlie. You could've got fifty thousand dollars for a dog like me." Also in this issue: "The Man Who Couldn't Be Killed!" with art by Bernie Krigstein - A gangster sells his Lady Luck to another thug who rubs him out; 2-page text story "The Wise Witch" with illo by Al Eadeh (note: illo taken from "The Walking Dead!" from Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) #10); "The Things in the Dark" with pencils by Mike Sekowsky; and "Close Your Eyes" with art by Manny Stallman - A brother murders his brother for money. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Sol Brodsky and Christopher Rule. Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Tony DiPreta, Dick Ayers, Ben Brown, Bill Everett, Joe Maneely, Ernie Bache and David Gantz. In this issue: "The Last Body" with art by Tony DiPreta - When the reanimator demands that his assistant bring him a fresh body, the assistant unknowingly victimizes the reanimator; "The Vampire's Bride" by Stan Lee, Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache - When an actress claims that she would marry a vampire if it would make her famous, a vampire kidnaps her to make her his bride; "The Dope Eloped!" with art by Ben Brown and David Gantz - A man elopes with the body of his beloved; "Don't Close the Door!" with art by Bill Everett - A thief finds that the key he has killed an old man for merely opens door after door in a never ending succession of rooms; "The Crank!" by Stan Lee and Joe Maneely - A man threatens the elevator repairman with violence unless the elevator car arrives at his floor within five minutes so the repairman leaves the floor off the car; and 2-page text story "Dragon of Death!!", reprinted from Combat (1952 Atlas) #3 (original title: "Korean Cowboy"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Russ Heath, Howie Post, Dick Ayers, Joe Sinnott, Ernie Bache and unknown. Another two taps and he'll be free! He told those cops no one would ever give him the hot seat! But what lies in wait at the end of ..."The Last Mile"? Also in this issue: 2-page text story "Snake of Snigasi"; "Z-Z-Z-P!" with art by Russ Heath; "The Man Who Hated Children" by Stan Lee and Howie Post; "Shock Treatment!" with art by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache; and "The Operation" with art by Joe Sinnott. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Russ Heath, Ed Goldfarb, Bob Baer and unknown. In this issue: "The Vampire and the Lady!" by Stan Lee and Russ Heath - The vampire leaves his coffin and changes into a bat who must find blood before the morning or perish; 2-page text story "The Martians' Mistake"; "The Morgue!" - Impoverished Henry Thompson finally fulfills a promise to his wife when they were married fifty years ago -- to get their own telephone installed and get their names in the phone book; "The Death of Agatha Slurl!" with art by Ed Goldfarb and Bob Baer - Agatha Slurl pays a big price for the never-ending abuse she heaps on poor, young Joe; "The Millionaire!" - Extreme miser Spencer van Lucre hires engineer Cogwheel Collins to design the world's most impenetrable vault for him to store his valuables in; and "At Your Service!" - The maniacally demanding Mrs. Cotsworth demands absolute obedience and perfection from her servant...her new housekeeper accomplishes every one of Mrs. Cotsworth's impossible orders perfectly, but one last wish proves to be her undoing. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.