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Comic books 1952 w/ month not specified, graded by CBCS

  • Item #57822608
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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #21-31C4038-016
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    Ike's Story (1952), with art by Golden Age great Norman Maurer, is a promotional comic book produced by the Republican National Committee for the successful Dwight D. Eisenhower presidential campaign. The comic's cover features the now famous slogan "I like Ike," which helped to propel Eisenhower to office for two terms that spanned the Korean War and the early years of the Cold War. Created and produced by Sponsored Comics. 8 pages, color.

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  • Item #60184260
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    Maurice Whitman cover. Stories reprinted from Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) #22. In order of appearance: "Flint Baker" art by Art Saaf; "Star Pirate" art by George Appel; "Reef Ryan" art by Pagsilang Rey Isip; and "The Lost World" art by Nick Cardy. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #58758045
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    Published 1952 by Atlas.
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #17-0564169-005
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    Cover by Russ Heath. Stories by Hank Chapman, Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Fred Kida, Ogden Whitney, Manny Stallman, Cal Massey and unknown. "The Flat Man" with story by Hank Chapman - A man develops a pill that makes his body two-dimensional, but after 6 hours the effects will prove fatal unless he takes the antidote pill. He uses his powers to steal money from a bank vault, but when he reaches the time-limit he realizes that the three-dimensional pill cannot fit down his two-dimensional throat. Also in this issue: "The Worm" (story has nothing to do with giant worm cover) by Stan Lee and Fred Kida; "The Thing Behind the Wall" with art by Ogden Whitney; "Crazy Glass" with art by Manny Stallman; "X" with art by Cal Massey; and 2-page text story "Black Horror," reprinted from Mystic (1951 Atlas) #1 (original title: "The New England Horror"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Alvin C. Hollingsworth, Mort Meskin, George Roussos and Harry Lazarus. Cover by A. C. Hollingsworth. Tales of pre-Code horror, curses, and spells. A dying man makes a bargain with death, but now he must kill others to stay alive; A jealous plastic surgeon disfigures his romantic rival, but his own inner ugliness comes to the surface; No one believes an arsonists claims that he is possessed by a fire monster. Also featuring a spooky contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover, including a skeleton in a top hat & tuxedo and an evil cat. Witchcraft; The Man Who Bribed Death; The Terrible Face; The Witch of Death Swamp!; Claws of the Cat; The Thing Beneath the Earth; Diary of the Monster! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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