Comic books July 1952, graded by CGC

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Cover by Win Mortimer. Hop On the Welfare Wagon! public service announcement with Superman, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. "The Jail For Heroes!", script by David Vern, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures only) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Stan Kaye; Gang lord Scar Brink has built a huge prison where he places every law enforcer that he captures; Keeping them locked in the prison is hard, but the inmates behave after Brink captures Batman and Robin and threatens to unmask the heroes if there are any more escape attempts. Half-page Shorty story by Henry Boltinoff. "Commissioner Gordon's Greatest Case!", script by David Vern, pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Charles Paris; Commissioner Gordon starts an investigation campaign to discover Batman's real identity; Batman and Robin investigate the recent crimes of The Masked Mystic. -page Private Pete story by Henry Boltinoff. 2-page Jerry the Jitterbug story by Henry Boltinoff. The Fantastic Story of the Paris Gun article, art by Raymond Perry. Half-page Varsity Vic story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Mask of Mister Cipher!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures only) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Charles Paris; The Gotham City Police Department and Batman learn that an underground criminal operation allows criminals to change their facial structure; The criminal behind it all is Mister Cipher, a masked man who runs a large criminal operation in Gotham. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bernard Bailey. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Otto Binder, Ross Andru and Mike Sekowsky. Classic pre-Code horror from St. John. Mountain climber Rigo is so determined to be the first to scale Mount Olympiad, he murders his fellow climbers, in a story with art by comics legend Bob Powell. A modern-day schoolteacher visits the New England town where his ancestor was executed for congress with the Devil, in a story with art by comics legend Ross Andru (and possible inks by Mike Esposito). A murderer is pursued by the fiery ghost of his victim, which he sees in every fire, in a story by Supergirl co-creator Otto Binder. Eerie Footsteps in the Red Snow!; Fiend of Fire; The Devil's Creation; The Slaying of Joshua Sprague! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Alvin Hollingsworth. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and others. Crime and adventure comics featuring detective heroes. Dr. Lance Storm battles mad scientist Dr. Zarno, who has discovered how to turn people into radiation-powered zombies. Chinese scientist Dr. Foo helps Don Grady solve crimes, in his debut. Plus a classic anti-marijuana story. Lance Storm: The Nightmare Monster; Jerry Jasper; The Fantastic Dr. Foo; Queenie Starr. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bill Fraccio and Lou Cameron. Pre-Code tales of two-fisted criminals and the scales of justice from Story Comics. Rocky and Shadow hide out from the cops in a cave with gun moll Rosemarie, but then they encounter a pair of deadly snakes. Escaping from both cops and his double-crossed pals after a payroll robbery, Stan steals an antique knife that carries an ancient curse. Dave falls for his boss's beautiful wife Lorrene, and helps her plot her husband's murder. Strangler Snake's Revenge!; The Knife of Death; Shot By a Corpse; Death Backfired; Shaft of Death. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Carl Barks. The Golden Helmet, script by Carl Barks; The ducks and a museum curator race Azure Blue, a descendant of the Vikings, to the coast of Labrador to find a golden helmet left by a Viking explorer; once the helmet is saved from Blue, the curator and Donald have visions of ruling the continent. Rigged-Up Lawn Roller; Donald is angry because the nephews have lent his lawn roller. Awash in Success; The nephews sell towels to the victims of an over-active park fountain. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Bondage and torture cover. Pre-code horror. Cover art by Tony Mortellaro. The Fatal Chord, art by Ed Robbins; Edgar Chadwick is a self-taught composer; He writes a musical piece that can kill anyone who listens; This "Fatale" will cost him dearly. Deal With Fate, art by Tony Mortellaro; Wealthy Grover Jones models his son into a tough young man; The boy is killed by a tiger on a safari in India. The Time Machine Murder text story. Murder!, art by Ed Robbins; Don Barton murders the rival for his love, but goes free. Warlock!, pencils by Jon Smalle, inks by John Rosenberger; Criminal lawyer Charles Indigo is working for the mob; He meets Satan and learns that he is in reality an age-old warlock. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Allen Anderson. "Beyond Lies the Wub" 1st published work by author Philip K. Dick. Other stories by Charles Dye & Katherine MacLean, Noel Loomis, Henry Hasse, Vaseleos Garson, Florence Verbell Brown, John Jakes, and Stanley Mullen. Illustrations by Emsh, Herman Vestal, Kelly Freas. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 112 pages. Cover price $0.25.

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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.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by George Peltz and others. Part of Star Publications' purchase of Novelty Publications titles, former adventure comic 4Most becomes one of the most violent of the pre-Code crime titles, with lurid covers by L. B. Cole. Police close in on criminal genius Duke Morane and his underworld empire. In pre-WWII Germany, Hilda marries wealthy older men and then poisons them. The leader of one of the earliest New York street gangs, the Bowery Boys, Bill the Butcher later enters city politics. Underworld Mastermind; The Poisoner; Strong Arm Terror. Final issue under this title; series continues as Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #50. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Matt Baker and Manning Lee Stokes. Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. A honeymoon in Haiti is interrupted when the bride becomes a zombie. Jungle hero Kolah (a renamed Rulah the Jungle Girl) encounters the terrifying ape women of Antilla. Jungle hero El'nee battles a living caveman, in a story with art by Matt Baker. Zombie Bride; The Antilla Terror; Witch Doctors; Death-Trap; Idol of Death; Horror in the Hills. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Wally Wood. Stories by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Wally Wood, Will Elder, Sid Check, and Joe Orlando. NOTE: There are two issues in this series numbered 14. The one dated Sept/Oct 1950 is issue # 3 in the series. The issue pictured here, dated July/Aug 1952, is the actual # 14 in the series. EC's influential New Trend title featured some legendary sci-fi and comics artists. Aliens planning an invasion pick the wrong Earthling to study for clues to the Earth's defensive technologies. Scientists discover the horrifying truth about why their cross-dimensional teleporter is fatal to cats, with art by Joe Orlando. A fourth-dimensional traveler dispenses his own brand of justice, with art by legendary MAD artist Will Elder. Classic spacemen on alien planet cover by Wally Wood. Therell be Some Changes Made; Inside Story; Warning!; Strategy; They Shall Inherit. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "The Wizard of Castle Sinister," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; When Merlin traps King Arthur and Lancelot and sends them into the future, Wonder Woman has to return them to their own time and defeat the evil sorcerer to boot. "The Invisible Invasion," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman battles aliens who can only be seen in ultraviolet light. "Swing Your Partner!" text article. "Wonder Woman's Triple Threat," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Beth Duncan is worried she's going to be kicked out of the Wonder Woman Fan Club because she's accidentally discovered Wonder Woman's secret identity. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.