Comic books September 1951

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes. Art by W. G. Hargis, Lin Streeter and Charles Sultan. Tales of espionage from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG, published as the Cold War was just heating up. Communist agents steal a powerful new atomic device and threaten a city; Soldier of fortune Jack gets mixed up in India and Pakistans dispute over the Kashmir region; How real-life spies have cleverly concealed secret messages through the years. Jonathan Kent, Espionage Ace; Three Hours to Doom!; Coffin Corner; Panic at Point Mugu!; Cunning Couriers; Photographic Clue; Intrigue in India; Heel-Clicking Heel. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Tomahawk in "The Revenge of Raven Heart," Captain Compass in "The Lazy Millionaires," Manhunters Around the World in "Treaty Against Crime" (pencils by Curt Swan), and Robin in "The Bellboy Wonder!" Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $49.00 View scans Paper: Off white	Add to cart Very Good $14.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $2.65 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $32.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Back cover detached 5%.
Add to cart Good $24.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate.

Volume 24, Issue 1 - September, 1951. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Sam Merwin Jr., William Campbell Gault, Jack Vance, H.B. Fyfe, John D. MacDonald, and Alexander Samalman. Three Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.

September 1951. Jack Irwin took over publishing from K. Martin Carlson c.1950-1951. Lists books and magazines for sale and other items that are wanted. 8.5" x 11", 12 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $13.25

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $13.25

Art by Bob Powell and Fred Meagher. Cover by Fred Meagher. Rancher Steve Adams, a Comanche raised by white settlers, has a secret identity as the warrior Straight Arrow, a hero who first appeared on a popular radio show. Apaches abduct Dr. Whiteley, an ally of the Comanche, and Straight Arrow must find him. Red Hawk's Lenny Small-like friend Bigfoot is captured by a bloodthirsty tribe, so his beloved Desert Flower sets out to save him. Steve is accused of robbing a train, so he becomes Straight Arrow to clear his name. Apache Raiders; Trapped in Bat Cave!; Red Hawk: The Canyon Killers!; Death by Inches! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Comet in "The Girl From the Diamond Planet" (script by Edgar Ray Merritt, art by Murphy Anderson?), "The Brain Masters of Polaris" (script by John Osgood, pencils by Alex Toth, inks by Sy Barry), "Sideways in Time" (script by Jack Miller and John Braillard), and "Exiled From Earth" (script by Gardner F. Fox). Gil Kane cover and art. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "The Living Corpse"; A wife has dreams about a man dead for 10 years. Her husband makes a deal with the devil to bring the corpse back to life; The corpse kidnaps his wife; The husband gets the wife back, but is shot by her. "The Blood Curse"; A woman is killed by ghosts as a result of a curse; A psychic researcher investigates and ends the curse. "The Man with No Shadow" text story. "The Lost World Below"; Two brothers take off in an experimental rocket ship and land inside the Earth in a frozen world; They find a woman in suspended animation. "Fangs of the Wolf Woman!"; A major in the army is sent to Hungary to help the resistance; He is shot but recovers with the help of locals. 36 pgs., full color. $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.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $115.00 View scans Cover coming loose at one staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover pencils by John Sikela, Win Mortimer, and Al Plastino, inks by Ed Dobrotka, Mortimer, and Al Plastino. The Strange Costumes of Superboy, pencils by John Sikela; Lana promises to eat Superboy's cape if he can prove he's not Clark Kent. The Worst Circus on Earth!, pencils by John Sikela, inks by Ed Dobrotka; Superboy brings a run-down circus to Smallville and then has to help spruce the acts up. Peg humor page by Henry Boltinoff. A Sappy Story text story by B. Fairbanks. Remote Control Magnetic Derrick--Superboy's Workshop activity page. Superboy on Mars!, script by William Woolfolk, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti; Superboy and Marsboy switch places to see who has an easier life. Old Folks Are People, Too! public service announcement starring Buzzy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Features Superhombre, Garlitos el Pegador, Rodeo el Hombre de Texas, Veloz y Su Formula Magica, Lucho Villegas, Congo Bill, Tommy Futuro and Hacha Brava. 9-in. x 11 1/2-in sizes vary throughout this series. 20 pages, B&W. Spanish Language.

In the Dead of Night, script by Hank Chapman, art by Pete Tumlinson; based on the CBS radio/television series. Haunted!, script by Stan Lee, art by Joe Maneely. Dog Watch Death text story. The Suitcase!, script by Carl Wessler, art by Manny Stallman. Harry's Hate, pencils by Mike Sekowsky. Behind the Door!, art by Norman Steinberg. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1, Issue 3 - Fall, 1951. 5" x 7.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Drama and melodrama entwine in this early romance comic. In an offbeat story, publicist Flo helps obese Ted become a sensation in the wrestling ring, but he's heartbroken because she can't see him for the sensitive man he really is. Carol schemes to win the heart of Hal, the handsome widower next door, even if she has to come between Hal and his sweetheart Mary. Marion resorts to blackmail to help her boyfriend Jim get ahead at work, but she doesn't expect the police to get involved. Stolen Happiness; Fatman; Pointers on Love; This Is… Blackmail. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover. I Was a Spy; Madge leaves Delville for Washington, DC; Her boyfriend Dennis nags her to come home but she refuses and gets a job in the State Department; She meets Paul Lavelle and he says he's writing a book about the State Department and invites her to become his collaborator; She accepts and slips department files to him; The FBI on is to her. Love Passed By; Josie, Michael, and Clark manage a successful lumber mill. Josie is in love with irresponsible, carefree Clark while steady and hardworking Michael loves Josie; When Clark sells his share of the business to Michael for ready money to finance his fun-loving ways, Josie is convinced Michael connived to get Clark out of her life. The Letter text story by Bernard Graham. Forlorn, art by George Evans; Dagny cherishes her privacy and buys a small isolated farm where she can have as much privacy as she wants; She believes her neighbors are nosy gossips and avoids them, but falls in love with handsome, young local doctor Jeff Faren; He is annoyed with her coldness to the people of the community and eventually drops her; One winter night, Dagny breaks her leg tumbling down a staircase at home and remains unconscious on the floor for days. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Reed Crandall. Stories by Joe Millard and Jack Cole. Art by Edmond Good, Jack Cole, Harry Anderson and unknown. He's smart! He's tough! He's Treasury Man Pete Trask! The world-wide adventures of a Treasury agent in action! "T-Man's Holiday" with story by Joe Millard and pencils by Edmond Good - At a dentist in Rome, Trask is having a tooth fixed. By coincidence, Allied agents burst in to search the office for a microfilm intended for communist spies. The dentist hides it in Trask's tooth without anyone noticing. Also in this issue: Augie Moore (introduction) in "The Teen Terrors" by Jack Cole; T-Man in "The Prince of Thieves" with story by Joe Millard and pencils by Harry Anderson - A secret military code book is stolen from a security office in Washington by a baron with diplomatic immunity...to get it back, Trask is booked on the same liner to Europe as the baron; 1-page text story "The Broken Corpse" (writer unknown); and T-Man in "The Elephant Who Loved Flowers!" with story by Joe Millard - A press for printing hate and lies about the USA in papers in India is secretly hidden in a mosque and is revealed by a stampeding elephant. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Long Running vintage men's interest digest magazine that features articles, war stories, short fiction, true crime, and black and white pin-up photography. 5" x 7.5", 130 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS-

Four stories are included in this issue: "Tarzan on the Trails of Antiquity" (Tarzan, Paul D'Arnot, and Professor MacWhirtle gather dinosaur eggs); "Tarzan and the Moving Forts" (Tarzan and Waziri tame a herd of gryfs in order to help liberate A-lur); "Two against the Jungle" ends in this issue; and "Ways of the Elephant" (a text piece). Art by Jesse Marsh. Lex Barker photo cover. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 1 #1 - Sept. 15, 1951. Tarzan newspaper reprints. Plus Buffalo Bill newspaper reprints. Comes folded in half horizontally. Opened, this measures 11 1/4-in. x 15-in., 12 pages, covers and centerfold in color, rest black and white.

52 page issue. Painted cover. In order of appearance: "Rebellious Bride" reprinted in Glamorous Romances (1949) #89; "They Whispered Scandal"; "One Little Lie..." reprinted in Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #72; and "No-Account Kisses" reprinted in Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #74. Text stories: "Those Dare Dates" by Joan Macy, "Baby Sitter" by Jane Frost, and "Not for Romantic Reasons" by Thelma Cole. Text articles: "Are You a Good Blind Date?" by Grace Malloy, "What Every Girl Should Know About Men" by Helen Travis, and "Can We Still Be Friends?" by Lola Curtis. Indicia states "TEN-STORY LOVE". 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories by Hank Chapman, Sol Brodsky, and Tony DiPreta. Rootin tootin shoot-em-up cowboy stories with the Texas Kid! The Marshall of Lawson City text story. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 35, Issue 1 - January, 1951. TAM is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures. Broadway and Hollywood. Includes: "The Man Who Came to Dinner" by Danton Walker, "The Innocents" by William Archibald, and much more. 8.5-in. x 11-in, 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart Very Good $18.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 43, Issue 2 - Fall 1951. Pulp adventure magazine focusing on westerns. This issue features Gold Dust Trail by Giff Cheshire, and Two of a Kind by Francis H. Ames. 7-in. x 9-in., 130 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations throughout) Cover price $0.25.

Art by Frank Bolle and Dick Ayers. Cover by Frank Bolle. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. The first appearance of Tim Holt's foe/ally the Black Phantom, sort of the Catwoman to Redmask's Batman; An imposter blames his crimes on the Ghost Rider; Outlaw brothers target Tim Holt for the death of their brother. Redmask and the Black Phantom; Death to the Deputy; A Trap for the Ghost Rider; The Bullet; Guns of the Killer! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Sam Leff, Henning Mikkelsen, and George Jahns. Tip-Topper Comics collected some of United Features Syndicates most popular comic strips of the 1940s in full color, including Lil Abner and Fritzi Ritz. Fritzi was later known as "Aunt Fritzi" in the Nancy comic strip. Fritzi gives bearded beachgoers helium balloons, so they don't get their beards wet, in a strip whose final panel would be a delight to Dr. Seuss or Salvador Dali. After defeating Curly Kayoe for the world championship, boxer Dynamite Dunn refuses Happy Daye's demand for a rematch. Abner takes the place of a statue he broke, in a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Plus the Ripley-like Strange as It Seems. Fritzi Ritz; Li'l Abner; Curly Kayoe; Ferd'nand; Stamp Tips; Strange as It Seems. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Featuring: Two Droopy 1-pagers; Tom & Jerry tale; Adventures of Tom tale; Big Spike & Little Tyke tale; Bertie Bird text story "Bertie Bird Chases Robbers"; Flip 'n' Dip 2-pager; Wuff the Prairie Dog tale; Jerry & Tuffy 2-pager; Barney Bear & Benny Burro tale; and Fuzzy & Wuzzy tale. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Carl Pfeufer and others. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. In a three-part story, Tom gets wind of a letter that can prove a powerful bandit leader is in cahoots with the town mayor. But the bandit and his men will stop at nothing to get that letter. Tom must escape a crossfire aimed at the rooftop where he's hiding to get the goods on the bandit king. The Secret Letter: Part 1: Costume of Death; The Promise!; Roundup Time With Tom Mix; Tumbleweed Jr.: The Mischievous Squirrel; Saddlehead; Cowboy Cal; Part 2: Trapped; Fightin' Forbes: Blackjack; Part 3: Riders on the Trail! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Fred Ray. The Punishment of Tomahawk!, art by Bruno Premiani; When Tomahawk humiliates Black Feather in a friendly wrestling match, the Indian brave tries to retaliate by capturing Tomahawk and forcing him to join in the work of the Indian women. The Paleface Warrior! starring Tomahawk, art by Bruno Premiani. The Legend of Mesaba, Bringer of Light--Tales of the Arrow Maker, art by Leonard Starr. Redskin Napoleon text story. Sand Painting--Indian Album fact page. Old Folks Are People, Too! public service announcement starring Buzzy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. The Voyage of Fort Flotsam! starring Tomahawk, art by Bruno Premiani. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $55.00 View scans Paper: Light tan Front cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 7, No. 1 - Fall 1951. 7" x 9.25", 150 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 6, Issue 3 - September, 1951. True crime magazine with stories and article about women in the world of organized crime, murder, robbery, and debauchery. Softcover Magazine, 8.5" x 11", 74 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover text quoted in Fredric Wertham's "Seduction of the Innocent". Cover art by Lee Elias. "Fallen Woman," art by Bob Powell; Stewardess Terry and pilot Ken are the only survivors of a plane crash in the mountains; Theyre rescued after several days; Terrys fiancé Fred suggests they postpone their wedding until the "headlines" have blown over. "Runaway Passion!"; Brenda dumps her boyfriend Jay to become private secretary to wealthy Monroe; She makes a play for his nephew Zip, but two-times him with handsome gambler Lucky; When Zip agrees to marry another girl his uncle has chosen for him, Brenda goes to Lucky, but he abandons her during a police raid on a gambling joint in the Everglades. "Should You Keep Him Guessing" contest page. "How to Use Make-Up"; Jane asks beauty consultant Elizabeth how to apply natural-looking makeup. "Forbidden Love!", art by Lee Elias; Helen loves Gene but he prefers Lil; Helen tries to make herself love Vic, but leaves him at the altar; Gene marries Lil but Helen won't give up; She goes to a mountain cabin with the couple and contemplates pushing Lil off a cliff. "My Foolish Mistake" text story. "The Price of Pride"; Wealthy Kathy and Tad visit a soda shop to see "how the other half lives"; Kathy urges Tad to dance with meek Lisa, then Lisa's date Larry dances with Kathy. "Must I Reveal My Past?", art by Bob Powell; Myra loves Gary but has a secret in her past: rebelling against strict parents, she dated bad boy Lenny. "Morning Glory"; How to get ready in the morning. Indicia states "LOVE PROBLEMS AND ADVICE ILLUSTRATED. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover. "Pawn of Torment"; Hospital worker Diane agrees to care for the newborn baby of a dying WAC whose husband is missing in action; Wounded veteran Johnny falls in love with Diane and gets a job at the hospital to be near her, but suffers a relapse and is hospitalized. "Unwanted!", art by Bob Powell; When Nina is of age, she leaves the orphanage where she grew up; Kindly diner owner Hank gives her a job and his mother rents her a room; Nina is happy and indebted to Hank and feels guilty when Hank encourages her to date David. "Faith Is the Thing" text story by Elaine Miller. "Murder Was My Secret"; Nan sees a man across the street kill another man; She rushes to call the police, but runs into the man, George; He's friendly and Nan wonders if the victim was perhaps a criminal; Nan and George fall in love; When Nan sees George with another woman, she goes to the police; George says "up to the time you thought I was dropping you for that girl, you were perfectly willing to accept the love of someone you thought a murderer!" 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.