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Comic books June 1951

  • Vol. 44 #3
    10 Story Western Magazine (1936-1954 Popular) Pulp Vol. 44 #3


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Vol. 1 #5
    2 Western-Action Books (1951-1954 Fiction House) Pulp Vol. 1 #5


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 50%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Back cover detached 15%. Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Vol. 36 #3
    Air Trails (1934-1942, 1950-1954 Street & Smith) Pulp / Magazine 2nd Series Vol. 36 #3


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  • Vol. 8 #5
    Airboy Comics (1945-1953 Hillman) Vol. 8 #5
    • 1" Spine split from top. Centerfold detached at one staple.

    Weird aircraft plus a flying buzz saw! Easily one of the best crazy cool war machine covers! Only Blackhawk comics had more weird war machines!

    Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Ernest Schroeder and others. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #88. No issue # on cover; Vol. 8, issue #5 in indicia. Airboy investigates a mysterious, gigantic airplane from outer space and learns it's actually a space ark from a destroyed planet. The Heap confronts an inhuman jewel thief aboard the Berlin Express. An early steam-driven car is used by the Union during the Civil War. Airboy: The Great Plane from Nowhere; The Heap; Jung the Robber; All for a Little Boy; High Steppers; The Fabulous Trail; The Galloping Jockey. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    Amazing Adventures (1950 Ziff Davis) 3
    • Mold. Heavy water damage.
    • Restored (see item notes)
    • RESTORATION. Color touch and tear seal. Tape on interior of cover.
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    Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Leonard Starr, Frank Giacoia, John Giunta and Paul Parker. Sci-fi and fantasy from Ziff-Davis, edited by the legendary co-creator of Superman, Jerry Siegel. Brad is jealous of Chet for stealing Nina, so he shrinks all three of them with his shrinking invention... but he didn't reckon on the housecat. WWII vet John gets the chance to trade places with his exact duplicate from the year 3951. Col Rulak leads a revolt against the totalitarian world government of "Europa" in the year 2200. A gigantic, floating Cosmic Brain menaces the city. Painted cover by Norman Saunders predates The Incredible Shrinking Man. The Evil Men Do; The Princess of the Future; Blood Stands for Freedom; The Cosmic Brain!; Escape on a Planetoid; The Steel Monster. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $500 Amazing Adventures 3 CGC 6.5 Ziff-Davis Painted Cover 1951

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  • Vol. 25 #6
    Amazing Stories (1926-Present Experimenter) Pulp Vol. 25 #6


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    June 1951. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Science fiction stories by P.F. Costello, Walt Sheldon, Gerald Vance, Peter Worth, Rog Phillips, and H.B. Hickey. Illustrations by Ogden Whitney (2 stories), Leo Ramon Summers, Henry Sharp, and Gerald Hohns. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 162 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #50
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 50
    • Paper: Off white
    • Large piece missing from page 2.
    • Label #4330845001
    • Restored: C1
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover. (Tape on interior cover and interior.)
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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Cover re-attached with 3 extra staples added after manufacturing. Centerfold detached. Puzzle filled out in pencil on pages 16 and 19. (minor typo on label)
    • Label #3703997001
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    • 4" cumulative spine split. Water damage. Cover oxidation. Staples added (not manufacturing).
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    • INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story. 6" cumulative spine split. Cover and centerfold detached.
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    Cover by Bob Montana. Stories by unknown. Art by Sam Schwartz?, Dan DeCarlo?, Bill Vigoda? and unknown. Featuring Archie in: "That's the Point"; "Hire Education"; "Bored of Strategy"; "Private First Class"; "Clothes Meek the Man"; "Gold Rush" (Pop Tate begins to look like his later self); and "Messy Message"! Plus: Jughead in "Dog-Gone" and the 1-pager "The Road Back"! Also: Archie in the 2-page public service announcement "Gas Tester" (about not testing gas leaks with a match)! And: 2-page "Hollywood Tattle Tales"! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight.

    June, 1951 - Volume 7, Issue #10.

  • Vol. 47 #4
    Astounding Science Fiction (1938-1960 Street and Smith) Pulp / Digest Vol. 47 #4


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    • Water damage: Slight.
    • 6" crease on front cover. Front cover detached 50%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Slight.

    June 1951. Cover by Hubert Rogers. Stories: "...And Then There Were None" by Eric Frank Russell, "Breeds There a Man...?" by Isaac Asimov, "Bait" by Roy L. Clough, Jr., "Crisis" by Edward Grendon, and "The Mauki Chant" by J. A. Meyer. Article: "Two-Edged Miracle" by Arthur Yuwiler. Softcover, 5.5-in x 7.75-in, 162 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #65
    Basinful of Fun (1941 F.Youngman LTD) UK 65

    Vintage British humor magazine aimed primarily at men. 4 1/2-in. x 7-in., 36 pages, B&W.

  • Issue #29
    Black Cat Comics (1946-1951 Harvey) 29
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Tape on interior cover.
    • Label #3995828002

    Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Lee Elias, Paul McCarthy and Art Helfant. Early female superhero Black Cat is a martial artist with a lasso and a double life as a Hollywood starlet. In the lead-up to its transition into a horror comic with the next issue, this issue features horror-themed stories, including Black Cat's battle with a witch, and a bondage cover by Lee Elias. Linda Turner plays the Hollywood Bowl, in a story featuring good-girl art and cameos by celebrities Jack Benny, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. Cunning master criminal The Sceptre mocks both police and Black Cat. The Salem Witch; A Day With Linda Turner; Diet for Death; Black Cat's Encyclopedia of Superstition; Time for Murder; Obviously, the Sceptre; Hunting for Murder; Holly of Hollywood; Hector the Director; Calling All Sleuths. Final issue as a superhero comic; switches to horror with the next issue as Black Cat Mystery (1951 Harvey) #30. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $1,000 BLACK CAT COMICS #29 06/1951 CGC GRADE 6.0 HARVEY PUBLICATIONS!
    $1,199 Black Cat Comics #29 - Harvey Publications 1951 CGC 7.0 Sceptre appearance. Bond

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  • Issue #606
    Blighty (1939-1959 City Magazines Ltd.) UK Magazine 606


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    • Spine split 10%. Staple rust: Extensive.

    UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 28 pages, B&W

  • Issue #607
    Blighty (1939-1959 City Magazines Ltd.) UK Magazine 607


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    • Staple rust: Extensive.

    UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 28 pages, B&W

  • Issue #608
    Blighty (1939-1959 City Magazines Ltd.) UK Magazine 608


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    • Staple rust: Extensive.

    UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 28 pages, B&W

  • Issue #66
    Boy Comics (1942) 66

    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dick Rockwell, C.H. Moore, William Overgard and Charles Biro. An anthology title from publisher Lev Gleason and his primary creator, Charles Biro, featuring teen hero Crimebuster and his nemesis Iron Jaw. The cover story - involving a crashed airplane, a jungle boy, and a society of gorillas - includes a survey for the readers, asking what kinds of stories they'd like to see. Dilly Duncan doesn't think he'll make it off the bench, until the opposing team starts deliberately injuring players. Drama unfolds on the midget racing track. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Another gorilla-on-the-loose cover by Charles Biro. Crimebuster: Adventure To Danger; Genius Will Out; Taking Ways; Deny It If You Can; Dilly Duncan: Slide, Dilly, Slide; Little Wise Guys: The Private Bucks the Sergeant. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #1
    Boy Detective (1951) 1

    Tales of mystery and adventure with Dan Tayler, Boy Detective. Dan, the son of a murdered policeman, is adopted by the cops in the homicide bureau, and he tracks down the criminal who killed his father; He matches wits with the School for Crime and ends up trapped; Dan investigates a murder at the Statue of Liberty. Plus backup stories featuring Foo Shampoo and Rusty & Dusty. Death Wears a Plastic Mask; School for Crime; The Statue of Liberty Murder Case; This Way to Death; Foo Shampoo; Young Folks at Home. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #2
    Buck Jones (1951-1952 Dell) 2

    Art by Jesse Marsh. Western adventure with movie cowboy Buck Jones fighting for justice on the frontier. Buck starts a prairie fire as a diversion to free a captured trooper from Sioux warriors. Buck is given a strongbox full of $10,000 and a mysterious assignment when he finds a dying man while riding through the Colorado mountains. Plus fun facts about cattle brands. Stunning painted cover (and back cover) may be the work of Nicholas Firfires. Western Brands; Gunsmoke and Wagon Wheels; The Box of Trouble; The Escort; Express Companies of the Old West; San Francisco. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #4
    Captain Science (1950) 4
    • Interior complete. REMAINDERED COPY.

    Cover by Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. Stories and art by Myron Fass, Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. Sci-fi adventure from Youthful Magazines. Responding to a call for help from Martian scientists, Captain Science must battle slavers who have taken control of Martian atmosphere plant. Captain Science and Rip go back in time to face the menace from another dimension, the insidious Doctor Khartoum. Captain Science art and cover by legendary artists Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. Interplanetary private eye Brant Craig battles a Saturnian bank robber who reanimates the dead, as the influence of horror comics seeps into the sci-fi comics. Plus an article about the real-life history of belief in vampires and werewolves. The Martian Slavers; The Insidious Doctor Khartoum; Vampires: Truth or Fiction?; Brant Craig: The Legion of the Dead; When Time Stood Still. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #21
    Chamber of Chills (1951 Harvey 1st Series) 21
    • Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Only one staple (manufacturing).
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    Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Vic Donohue and Rudy Palais. Numbering continues from Blondie (1947 McKay/Harvey/King/Charlton) #20. Sometimes listed as Chamber of Chills (1951 Harvey) #1. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. The descendant of famous witch-hunters is called to Ireland by a witch's spell. A man returns to Paris and remembers his childhood encounter with a ghost. A glimpse at what future space prisons might look like. The Old Hag of the Hills; The Avenging Spectre!; Darker Than Death; Gorilla!; Strange Customs; Gray Death; Tricks to Mystify Your Friends; The Chieftain of the Dead; Terror in the Heavens!; The Ghost of the Rue de Morte; How Death Valley Got Its Name; Weird Worlds. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $1,399 Chamber of Chills #21 CGC 6.0 1951 Golden Age Comic

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  • Vol. 23 #1
    Children's Playmate Magazine (1929 A.R. Mueller) Vol. 23 #1
    • Writing on interior activity pages.

    Volume 23, Issue 1 - June 1951. Children's Playmate Magazine features creative stories, poems, rebuses, recipes, activities, crafts, science experiments, and health articles for children. This issue is Spring themed. 52 pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #1
    Classics Illustrated 084 The Gold Bug and Other Stories (1951) 1
    • Cover oxidation.
    • Cover oxidation. Staple rust.
    • Centerfold detached at both staples.

    The Gold Bug and Other Stories, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 85, with 6/51 date). Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #57
    Coo Coo Comics (1942) 57
  • Vol. 1 #10
    Cover Girls Models (1949-1955 Models Publishing Co.) Magazine Vol. 1 #10
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    Volume 1, Issue 10 - June, 1951. Cover Girls Models Magazine was an early men's interest publication distributed between November, 1949 and December, 1955 that focused mainly on bathing suit pin-up photography, but also included the occasional Hollywood tabloid human-interest story. 8" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 11 #3
    Crime Detective (1938-1953 1st Series Crime Detective Inc.) Magazine Vol. 11 #3


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    • Staple rust: Slight.
  • Issue #8
    Crime Detective Comics Volume 2 (1950) 8
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4262841006

    Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Dick Rockwell, Paul Parker, John Prentice, Al McWilliams, Gerald McCann, John Daley, Floyd Torb and Mort Lawrence. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. Ex-college roommates reunite years later, when one is a successful football star and the other is a crook who wants his help fixing a game. A strong-arm man and a pickpocket who were once cellmates meet up on the outside, and their attempts at going straight end in murder with an ironic twist. How police and forensic science recover evidence from burned documents. The Puddle of Success; Only the Best for Frenchy; The Charitable Pickpocket; Prince of Pennies; A Gift from the Cellar; Cat Markey's Mistake; Science vs. Crime; The French Farmer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #34
    Doll Man Quarterly (1941 Quality) 34
    • Severe water damage.

    Doll Man in "Doll Man's Dilemma!", "The Full Moon Monster!", "The Priceless Formula of Adamas!", and "Treasherous Whirlpool." Jeb Rivers in "Jeb Rivers and Catfish Will Find Out!" Reed Crandall art. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 17 #91
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1941-Present Davis-Dell) Vol. 17 #91


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    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%.

    Volume 17, Issue 91 - June, 1951. 5.5" x 7.5", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 7 #6
    Eyeful (1943-1955 Eyeful Magazine Inc.^) Vol. 7 #6


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    Volume 7, Issue 6 - June, 1951. Pin-up magazine for men. This issue featuring June Frew on the cover. 8.5-in. x 11.5-in. 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #194
    Famous Funnies (1934) 194
    • Ragged edges (some pages were never cut and later torn open for reading).

    Contains comic strip reprints and a text story. In order of appearance: "Steve Roper and Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Bobby Sox" by Martha B. Links; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Scorchy Smith" by Rodlow Willard; "Dickie Dare"; and "Ben Friday" by Lawrence Lariar and John Spranger. "Real Wings" text story. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 12 #3
    Famous Western (1937-1960 Columbia Publications) Pulp Vol. 12 #3


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    • Paper: Cream

    Volume 12, Issue 3 - June, 1951. 7" x 10", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #12
    Fanscient (1947-1951 Portland Science-Fantasy Society) Fanzine 12






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    • Staple rust.

    Issue #12 - Summer 1951. A classic SF fanzine with contributions from prominent fans like Forrest J. Ackerman and Darrell Richardson but also author profiles written by themselves (Robert Bloch, Jack Williamson, Robert Heinlein, et al). Scarce. 4 1/4-in. x 5 1/4-in., 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 5 #1
    Fantastic Novels (1940-1951 Frank A. Munsey) Pulp Vol. 5 #1


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    • Paper: Off white

    "Spawn of the Comet" a novelette by Otis Adelbert Kline, and "The Girl in the Golden Atom" a novelette by Ray Cummings.

    Volume 5, Issue 1 - June, 1951. Cover by Lawrence. "Spawn of the Comet" by Otis Adelbert Kline, "The Girl in the Golden Atom" by Ray Cummings, "The Song of the Sirens" by Edward Lucas White, "The Shadowy Third" by Ellen Glasgow, and "War God's Gamble" by Harry Walton. Illustrations by Finlay, Lawrence and Bok. Softcover Pulp, 6.75" x 9", 118 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 4 #4
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    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 4 - Issue 4, May/June 1951. Pulp magazine devoted to exploring the paranormal. This issue includes articles on theAztec Cult of Human Sacrifice, The Man Who Could Feel No Pain, Mystery Ice From the Sky, and Port Royal, the Lost City Beneath the Sea! Also: What Occult Book Should You Read? Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 page, Text (with B&W Illustrations and Photos). Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 4 #3
    Flirt (1947-1955 Whisper, Inc./Flirt) Magazine Vol. 4 #3


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    • Staple rust: Slight.
    • Staple rust. Rust migration. Cumulative spine split. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Residue and abrading to rear cover. Scuffing. Soiling. Water damage.
    • Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Foxing. Residue. Scuffing. Soiling.
    • Spine split from top. Spine split from base. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Soiling.

    Volume 4, Issue 3 - June, 1951. Vintage men's interest magazine full of pin-ups and glamour photos paired with humorous text stories. 8" x 11.5", 60 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #334
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 334

    Cover by Bill Wright. Stories by unknown. Art by Lee Hooper, Bob Moore, Dick Hall and various. Featuring the tales "Yukon Gold" and "The Lost Penguin," plus five untitled 1-page stories. Starring Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Black Pete, Goofy, Pluto, Morty and Ferdie! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #335
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 335

    Written by David Stern. Art and Cover by Dan Noonan. Featuring Francis The Talking Mule. Adapted from the novel by David Stern. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #336
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 336

    Indicia title is "Walter Lantz WOODY WOODPECKER, No. 336." Cover art by Dan Gormley. The Deep Sea Diver, pencils by Dick Hall; Professor Squid, the deep sea explorer, ends up winning Woody as a prize in a radio quiz show; The professor uses Woody as a deep-sea diver to try and find a "painted puffet" plant, but Woody finds jewels in a sunken ship instead. Woody Buys a Car, art by Dan Gormley; Woody goes shopping for a new car, but they are so expensive he ends up settling for a used 1924 Wheezely. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #338
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 338

    Indicia title is "BUGS BUNNY AND THE ROCKING HORSE THIEVES, No. 338." Cover art by Ralph Heimdahl. Bugs Bunny and "The Rocking Horse Thieves, script by Don R. Christensen, art by Tony Strobl; Thieves are stealing rocking horses from department stores; Bugs and Porky get involved when the thieves steal a rocking horse from Petunia's nursery school. Trombone Trouble, art by Tony Strobl; Bugs' trombone practicing leads Elmer to put his house up for sale. Bugs Bunny, Photographer, art by Tony Strobl; Bugs tries to take a group picture of his friends, but keeps getting interrupted. Signs of Change back cover strip, art by Phil de Lara. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 18 #3
    Frontier Stories (1924-1953 Doubleday/Fiction House) Pulp Vol. 18 #3


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Issue #60
    Funny Stuff (1944) 60
    Published Jun 1951 by DC.

    52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 2 #3
    Galaxy Science Fiction (1950-1980 World/Galaxy/Universal) Vol. 2 #3


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    • Water damage: Slight.
    • Staple rust: Slight.

    April 1951. Cover by Emsh. Stories: "Angel's Egg" by Edgar Pangborn, "Don't Live in the Past" by Damon Knight, "Hunt the Hunter" by Kris Neville, and "Mars Child"(Part 2) by Cyril Judd. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; 160 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #52
    Gene Autry Comics (1946-1959 Dell) 52

    "The Ship in the Desert" and "Barbed Wire and Bullets." Panhandle Pete back-up story, "The Fateful Opals." Two-page text story, "Outsmarted." 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 7 #3
    Giant Western (1947-1953 Standard Magazines) Pulp Vol. 7 #3


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 60%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
  • Issue #510622
    Greater Amusements 510622
    Published Jun 1951

    June 22, 1951. "America's First Motion Picture Trade Journal." Variety-like magazine covering the movie news of the week. Double-page ad for "Best of the Badmen" starring Robert Ryan and Claire Trevor. Two-page color card insert advertisement for "The Prince Who Was a Thief" starring Tony Curtis and Piper Laurie. 9.25 in. x 12.25 in.; black and white with spot color; 18 pages.

  • Issue #510629
    Greater Amusements 510629
    Published Jun 1951

    June 29, 1951. "America's First Motion Picture Trade Journal." Variety-like magazine covering the movie news of the week. 9.25 in. x 12.25 in.; black and white with spot color and a four-page full-color ad for "Fabulous Fabiola"; 16 pages.

  • Issue #78
    Ha Ha Comics (1943) 78
    Published Jun 1951 by ACG.

    Stories by Bob Karp and others. Art by Bob Wickersham and Jim Davis. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG, with art by cartooning legend Dan Gordon. Izzy and Dizzy use the magic lamp to become crime-fighters; Anthony the dog decides to fight back against Cleo the cats constant pranks; Robespierre and Tiger are befriended by an elephant that follows them everywhere. Robespierre; The Mollycoddle; Rip Rooster; Izzy and Dizzy; The Boat That Went in Circles; Clever Polly!; Coach Casey; Scrapple; Anthony and Cleopatra; Koo-Koo Koala. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #43
    Happy Rabbit (1951) 43
    • Spine split 80%.

    Volume 9, Issue 7 - June, 1951. Barbara Bates and Rory Calhoun photo cover. Long running magazine that features song lyrics, celebrity gossip, articles, and fan letters. This issue features hit songs such as; "Beautiful Brown Eyes", "I Still Feel the Same About You", "The Chicken Song", "More Than I Care to Remember", and others. 8.5" x 11", 20 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #56
    Hopalong Cassidy (1943 Fawcett/DC) 56

    Stories and art by Frank Bolle and Rod Reed. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. A wealthy art collector wants a painting that was donated to the Twin Rivers orphanage, but to get it he hires ruthless Killer Cassidy, and that was a mistake. Former stagecoach robber Flint returns to town and claims to be reformed, but when another stagecoach is robbed, all signs point to Flint. Pistol Packing Pattie argues that Jed's hair-trigger intellect is actually hare-brained. Plus a vintage ad for View-Master, featuring Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, Gene Autry, The Cisco Kid and Pancho. Killer Cassidy; Hill Billy; The Road Back!; Mesquite's Trials; Pistol Packing Pattie; The Impasse!; Unwelcome Guest; Absent-Minded Abernathy; Whitey Whiskers: The Great Fire; The Ranch Ruse. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #8
    Howdy Doody (1950-1956 Dell) 8

    An icon of 1950s Americana, Howdy Doody was a star of early television, and a mischievous Tom Sawyer-type adventurer in this comic. Howdy and Dilly travel to the Mediterranean on a magic carpet, but when the carpet unravels, they must find someone who can reweave it. Howdy and Dilly take shelter from a storm on a small island and meet Napoleon, or at least that's who he claims to be. Phineas T. Bluster forces Flub-a-Dub to help workers around the circus, but maybe they're better off without his help. Rug Trouble; Fisherman's Luck; Howdy Doody and the Lumberjack; Dilly Dally; Flub-a-Dub. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.