Comic books May 1951

Cover art by Bruno Premiani. The Girl Who Was Chief starring Tomahawk, art by Bruno Premiani. Danger in the Deep ad for Royal Crown Cola. A summary of the exploits of Chief Black Hawk by Al McLean. The Tenderfoot Tomahawk, art by Bruno Premiani. Get It Off Your Chest! public service announcement starring Buzzy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. Signs and Trail Marks--Indian Album, script and art by Sol Harrison. How to Make a Tom Tom activity page by Sol Harrison. The Legend of Indian Summer--Tales of the Arrow Maker, art by Leonard Starr. Some highlights of the life of Sam Bass. Fighting skills of the plains Indians by Morris Waldinger. Article about the fighting skills of the Blackfeet Indians, script by David Kahn, art by Raymond Perry. The Ghost Ship of Crooked Arrow Lake starring Tomahawk, art by Bruno Premiani. Chief Hot Foot humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Ad for Wildroot Cream-Oil, art by Lou Fine. Ad for U. S. Royal Bicycle Tires, art by Al Plastino. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

L.B. Cole cover. Numbering continues from Gasoline Alley (1950 Star) #2. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "Fools in Love!!" art by George Peltz; "Not the Marrying Kind!" retitled and reprinted from "I Loved to Hate" in I Loved (1949) #28; and "Jilted!!" retitled and reprinted from "Danger Called Me" in Women in Love (1949-50 Fox) #1. "Scarred by Scandal" text story retitled and reprinted from "My Fearful Night" in My Past (1949 Confessions) #7 and as "Love Must Be Faithful.." in Popular Teen-Agers (1950) #15. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 6, Issue 1 - May, 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 by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Peggy Walker and Bob Powell. Torrid tales of love and heartbreak dressed up as advice to the lovelorn from Harvey. In an unusual story, an amnesiac woman found on the docks is taken in by the waterfront folk, and transformed into torch singer Chichi. Jilted Taffy decides to take out her hatred of men on the next one who comes along. Joan decides that if she's going to be hurt by love, it might as well be with a rich guy. Gangster Girl!; Sunday Rendezvous; Jilted; I Cheated On Love!; Should I Elope?; Freshman Fiasco; The Truth Hurts. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman. Art by John Severin, Will Elder, Wally Wood, Jack Davis, and Harvey Kurtzman. Harvey Kurtzman's legendary series enlisted top EC artists for gritty tales of war and adventure. On the battlefield, Roman commander Decius faces a savage comeuppance for his behavior in the Arena, in a story with inks by MAD legend Will Elder. An Italian-American soldier meets his long-lost brother on the battlefield at Anzio during WWII. A sailor's carelessness dooms a ship trying to avoid enemy submarines, with art by Wally Wood. Ambush!; Pigs of the Roman Empire; Hero; Dig, You Mutinous Cur!; The Murmansk Run!; Search! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bob Grant. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, Merrill De Maris, Bill Walsh, Bob Karp, Harvey Eisenberg, Riley Thompson, Bill Wright, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 11 #8. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured art by Carl Barks, the legendary Good Duck Artist. In a classic story from the Mickey Mouse comic strip, Mickey and Goofy try to capture the destructive whale called Old Barney. In a story by Barks, Donald and Gladstone compete for the lead in Daisy's new play. Mickey's nephew Morty runs away from home after getting in trouble. Donald Duck; Grandma Duck; Li'l Bad Wolf; Mickey Mouse; Mortys Escapade; The Easter Rabbits Surprise; Mickey Mouse: Mighty Whale Hunter. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Syd Shores. Stories and art by Rafael Astarita, Mort Lawrence, Art Cappello, Vince Alascia, Bill Woolfolk, and Syd Shores. Bloody pre-Code crime comics, in imitation of Crime Does Not Pay - including a top-hatted, otherworldly narrator. The twist is that the publisher offers wanted posters (and rewards) for real-life criminals. A comics retelling of a famous urban legend involving one hitchhiker and two killers. The Great Unsolved Mysteries contest invites readers to ponder a real-life locked-room mystery. "Crime Lab" detectives "Loot" and "Doc" investigate when two men are found dead with no sign of what killed them. The Loan Shark Boss; The Pill-Crazy Killer!; Wanted: Joseph F. Moore; Wanted: Ralph Jackson; Crime Lab: The Case of the Double Deaths!; Great Unsolved Mysteries: Who Killed Charles Browne?; Hitch Hiker; Wanted: Harry Arax; Rehearsal For Death. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Feldstein. Stories by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Jack Kamen, George Roussos, Wally Wood and Al Feldstein. EC's influential New Trend series is considered one of the greatest science-fiction titles of all time. A child genius named Rufus tries to warn American leaders of the dangers of the atomic bomb. An arachnologist is lured into the future by a spider-like woman. A couple tries to warn the FBI about an alien invasion, with art by Wally Wood. 7 Year Old Genius; Come Into My Parlor; Across the Sun; Breakdown! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Feldstein. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Kamen, Wally Wood, and Al Feldstein. EC's influential New Trend title featured some legendary sci-fi and comics artists. A man has an unhealthy reciprocal relationship with his Model T auto, in a story by Harvey Kurtzman. A communications glitch results in war between two planets, with tragic consequences for Earth, illustrated by Wally Wood. A scientist and his hillbilly brother capture a bloblike visitor from the fourth dimension. Classic Al Feldstein rocket/space cover. It Was the Monster From the Fourth Dimension; Something Missing!; Miracle!; …Gregory Had a Model-T!; The Aliens! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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May 1951. Cover by Lee Brown Coye. Horror and supernatural stories by Robert Bloch "Notebook Found in a Deserted House", Manly Wade Wellman, Edmonton Hamilton, August Derleth "The Keeper of the Key", David Eynon, and Roger M. Thomas. Illustrations by Matt Fox, Vincent Napoli, M. J. Baylor, Fred Humiston, Joseph Eberle, and Jon Arfstrom. 6 3/4" x 10"; black and white; 100 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

UK edition, one shilling cover price. Vol. 43 #4 - May 1951. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/4-in., 96 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Howard Sherman. The Medicine Pouch starring the Wyoming Kid, art by Howard Sherman. The Tenderfoot of Roaring Gulch starring Rodeo Rick, script by Gardner Fox, art by Tom Cooke. Curtain Time in Calamity starring Nighthawk, script by Don Cameron, art by Leonard Starr. The Looting of Number Thirteen, art by Ramona Fradon. The Outlaws of Sweetwater Creek starring Cowboy Marshal, art by Ed Smalle Jr. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Outlaws, gunfighters, and tales of the Old West - some true, and others merely legends. The son of a hanged horse thief grows up bitter, with a grudge against his whole town. An outlaw decides to go straight after getting shot, but his partner wants him to help out on one last job. Childhood friends grow up and turn to crime, using a gun they found under their old schoolhouse, but their last lesson is a fatal one. The Branded Maverick; Every Man Has His Bullet; Buckskin Benson: The Jewel of Coronado; Wild Bill's Watch; Fire-Box Ronson; Dirty Joe Bites the Dust; The Gun Under the Schoolhouse; Stain Don't Wash Out. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Dick Kraus and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Legend has it the Wolf Creek stage line is jinxed, but Tex Ritter suspects the strange accidents are caused by a saboteur. A dam across Rampage River will save croplands from flooding, but when powerful men try to stop construction, Monte Hale steps in. Tom Mix crosses the border to save a man, and creates an international incident. Tex Ritter: Stagecoach Sabotage; Big Bow and Little Arrow: Sky High; Monte Hale: Damage on Rampage River; Slim Carson: Rattlesnake Ambush; Prisoner Pringle; Tom Mix: Below the Border. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Syd Shores. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, John Buscema, Mort Lawrence, Miles Cahn, and Otto Binder. True tales from the Old West, starring such real-life characters as Wild Bill Pecos, Bat Sloan, Nuggets Nugent, and Diablo Dan. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 4, Issue 6 - May, 1951. Painted cover by Peter Driben. Magazine with sensational articles illustrated with mostly pin-up photos, plus some pin-up and glamour photos. 8" x 11.5", 60 pages, B&W with spot color. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Pete Costanza. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Otto Binder, Dick Dillin, Anthony Cataldo, Bill Woolfolk and Kurt Schaffenberger. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. Captain Marvel briefly becomes a wizard when an evil wizard is blackmailing the city with a spell that turns everyone's faces blue. Golden Arrow helps a prospector friend figure out who's been stealing his gold, and soon he's chasing a murderer. When an industrialist tests the world's stretchiest rubber band, the result is an invasion of aliens from the Rubber Planet, who look as adorable as they sound. Plus a "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton, featuring useless but hilarious advice on "How to Care for Your Hair." Captain Marvel Turns Witch; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb; Golden Arrow: The Greed for Gold; Wilbur the Waiter; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Ibis the Invincible: The Invaders from the Rubber World. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue 635 - May, 1951. The true adventure magazine for men. A collection of true stories from all over the world. 6.5" x 9.5", B&W.

Photo cover of Wild Bill Elliott. Stories and art by Bob Jenney and Carles Cary Fontserè. Western adventure featuring movie cowboy Wild Bill Elliott, star of the Red Ryder and Wild Bill film series. Bill gets a letter from his friend Doc, telling him about trouble in the form of robberies, murders, hangings, outlaws and vigilantes. Bill learns that the Homan gang is in cahoots with the sheriff. Bill stumbles on sabotaged railroad tracks and an outlaw plan to stop a rail line. The Hooded Hangmen; Express to Ruin. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Inside front cover art by Everett Raymond Kinstler. The Shield of White Eagle starring Wild Bill Hickok, art by Howard Larsen. The Outlaws From Hell's Bend starring Wild Bill Hickok, art by Howard Larsen. The Talking Wires starring Wild Bill Hickok, art by Howard Larsen. The Man From Tombstone text story. Queen of Eden starring John Watkins, The Fighting Parson, pencils possibly by Jon Small, inks possibly by George Roussos. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Issue #2 is numbered #11 on the cover. Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Jungle Oddities one-page non-fiction story, pencils by Ross Andru. "The Witch Doctor," art by Paul Hodge; Wild Boy and his pal Keeto battle a maddened gorilla to defeat the evil plans of Zabba, the witch doctor. Skypilot No. 11 ad. "Star of the Jungle," art by Paul Hodge; Wild Boy and a filmcrew are captured by Zarkow and his hostile pygmies. "Fire When Ready" text story. "Jungle Drum," pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Bernard Sachs; Joe Barton leads a safari in the jungles of Congo. "The Return," art by Paul Hodge; The chief's nephew, Jogo, returns to the jungle to drive a diamond mine that only brings misery to his people. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, John Sink, Tom Hickey and Manny Stallman. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. Mountain climbers in Tibet accidentally awaken a horde of frozen zombies. Explorers discover an eerie forest of skeletons. Puppeteers encounter puppets that are far too lifelike. Tombstones to Tibet; The Puppets That Became Men; The Forests of Skeletons; Revenge by the Full Moon. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "World Below the North Pole," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Steve Trevor is lost in the polar regions when he comes upon an outpost of Atlantis hidden in the ice. Jerry The Jitterbug humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Wonder Women of History: two-page Lady Hestor Stanhope bio by Julius Schwartz, art by John Giunta. "Mystery of the Indian Totem Pole," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; When a museum purchase a 150 year old totem pole that has an image of Wonder Woman on it, Diana is forced to investigate. "The Pen and the Sword" text story. "The Bridge From Mars," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; When Wonder Woman escorts two JJSA members to Washington, D.C. they find the city has been enclosed in a funnel from space that goes all the way to Mars. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Bill Draut, John Prentice, Mort Meskin, Marvin Stein and George Roussos. Part of Prize's influential romance comics line, produced by the studio of Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Issue #24 on cover; Vol. 3, issue #6 in indicia. A pro gambler decides to go straight after he falls in love. Nancy Hale gives advice to girls who are thinking of eloping. A soldier stationed on the remote tropical island Bongao is accidentally betrothed to a local. I'll Bet My Love!; Glorify Your Hair; Left at the Altar!; Nancy Hale's Problem Clinic; Don't Tell on Me!; Don't Get Serious; Native Wedding! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

#33 on cover; Vol. 4 No. 9 in indicia. Cover by Jack Kirby & Joe Simon. Stories by unknown. Art by Mort Meskin, Jack Kirby, Bill Draut, John Prentice, George Roussos, Joe Simon and unknown. Sometimes, when a man can't find the courage to propose directly to a girl, he may try other methods, like dictating a letter -- using the same thought, the same sincerity! Don't miss..."Take a Letter, Darling:"! Also featuring: "What´s in It For Me!"; "Not in the Act!"; "Charity Case"; and 3-page Will You Help Me? story! Plus: Questions and Answers 1-pagers "About That Kiss" and "Meet Spring Halfway"! Also: 1-page article "Early to Wed"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Walter Johnson. Stories and art by Walter Johnson, Keats Petree, Bob Mack and Bill Molno. Tales of teen love and heartbreak. Ellen, a nurse stationed on a military base in the Middle East, is torn between soldiers Craig and Hank, and the situation doesn't get any less complicated after Hank goes MIA in the desert. Singer "Star" and TV host Tony fall in love while working together, but he upstages her during her act by making fun of her, and that's a deal-breaker. Bank teller Elsa falls for gambler Karl, but doesn't sense trouble until after she's embezzled the money for their wedding rings. Plus vintage advice for girls about redecorating on the cheap. Till the End of Time; A Stooge for Love; How to Glamorize Your Room for $1.98; They Wouldnt Let Me Marry!; Pay Off for Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.