Comic books August 1951

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Cover art by Win Mortimer. Clark Kent's Super-Masquerade starring R24, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Superman gains temporary amnesia. The Anti-Superman Club, script by Edmond Hamilton; Superman builds a Superwoman robot. Jerry Jitterbug humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. Minus Three Ninety text story. The Man Who Stole the Oceans starring Superman and Lex Luthor, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. (In #48 he was The Man Who Stole the Sun! This guy thinks BIG!) Full-page, full-color Schwinn bicycle interior ad. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Maneely. Dance of Death, art by Russ Heath; A dancer's new dance partner turns out to be a vampire. Trapped In Time, script by Carl Wessler, art by Rudy Palais. The Shadow, art by Al Hartley; A magician's shadow is a separate entity from his body that he can control. Too Many Murders. Tiger Man!, art by Norman Steinberg. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover. "Come Back, My Beloved"; After graduating from college, Jay turns down a job in private industry and joins the Army, over the objections of his sweetheart Pat; While Jay is away, Pat dates Ken, a college friend who got the job Jay turned down; Pats brother Dave, also in the Army, disapproves of this relationship. "Torment"; Margo is a dietician in a womens penitentiary and looks down on the inmates; Convict June is assigned as her assistant; On visiting day, June introduces her loyal boyfriend Al to Margo; Margo thinks Al is too good for June and decides to steal him for herself. "Hearts Trump Clubs" text story by Matt Suarez. "Farewell to Laughter"; Marys boyfriend Joe, assistant district attorney, warns her that her younger brother Jerry keeps bad company; Jerry wont listen and is arrested for grand larceny; Joe recommends a light sentence but Mary breaks up with him anyway; Shyster lawyer Appleton gets Jerry released and he returns to his delinquent ways and is soon arrested again. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Feldstein. "The Trophy!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; A sportsman who is only interested in game for the trophy ends up the victim of a lunatic who thinks the same way about humans. "Judy, You're Not Yourself Today!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Wally Wood; An old crone utters a magical spell that causes her to switch bodies with a man's young wife. "Cunning!" text story. "Loved to Death," script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; A rejected young man buys a love potion that works a bit too well. "The Works...In Wax!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; Henri and Marie are the owners of a wax museum, and Marie claims that the wax figures in the chamber of horrors tell her that they are being tortured, so she averts their eyes from their victims and lowers their weapons. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Four stories are included in this issue: "Tarzan and the Winged Terror" (Tarzan saves a professor and his daughter from an witch doctor); "Tarzan and the Chariots of Cathne" (Gangsters wise to the City of Gold kidnap Tarzan); "Two against the Jungle"; and "Great Magic" (a text piece). Art by Jesse Marsh. Lex Barker photo cover. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four stories are included in this issue: "Tarzan Keeps Faith" (Trappers capture Tarzan, who must go to Miami to rescue Jad-bal-ja); "Tarzan and the Trumpeting Herd" (Tarzan rescues a missionary's daughter from Shiftas); "Two Against the Jungle"; and "The Legend of the Sun" (a text piece). Art by Jesse Marsh. Lex Barker photo cover. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ray Osrin and Dana Dutch. Tales of teen angst and amour, often featuring art and covers by celebrated good-girl artist Matt Baker. Martha schemes to get together with bandleader Lucky, even though she's already going out with steady Fred, in a story with art by Baker. In another Baker story, Glenda wonders if she's outgrown hometown boyfriend Bill when she meets Gene. Shy Joan makes up fake boyfriends so she has something to talk about when the girls talk about boys, but she can't keep up that pretense forever. Disillusioned by My Dates; My Dates Were Phony; I Deserted my Ideals for an Easy Life; Secret Love Made Me an Exile; I Was Hurt by Love!; I Outgrew My First Love. 7 1/2-in. x 11-in., 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Tony Tallarico and others. Movie cowboy Tex Ritter tames the West with his six-guns, his horse White Flash and his dog, Fury. Owlhoots call in hired guns in an attempt to get rid of Tex once and for all. Loonie Les learns you shouldn't eat gooseberries off the bush too fast. Tex investigates the Death Ranch, a strange castle-like structure on the prairie where a sinister scheme is unfolding. The Death Ranch; Loonie Les: Gooseberry Goof; The Killer Bait; The Bite of Toothless Trigger. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 43, Issue 3 - August, 1951. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Vintage British Men's magazine focusing on humorous cartoons, stories and anecdotes. 5-in. x 7-in, 28 pages, B&W.

Aug 1951. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Arthur C. Clarke, Raymond F. Jones, Walter Kubilius and Fletcher Pratt, William Tenn, Fredric Brown, Larry Clinton, Cleve Cartmill, and Edwin James. Alex Schomburg illustration. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 150 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Funny-animal antics from Magazine Enterprises. Tom-Tom pretends to be his own ghost to save a bear cub from Lupo the Wolf; Koko, Kola and Raymond go to Dogtown, where people can be caught and put in the pound; Punchy the Creampuff Cowpuncher opens a dude ranch. Connect-the-dots cover featuring Judy and her Magic Chalk. Daffy Doodles; Jesse Jimmy; Muggsy Mouse; Tom-Tom the Jungle Boy; Nightmare Noonan; Koko and Kola: The Black Bag; Punchy the Creampuff Cowpuncher; Judy and the Magic Chalk; Jest for Fun. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 8, Issue 1 - August, 1951. Painted cover by Peter Driben. Pin-Up pictorials, many with humor. 8.5" x 11.5", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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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's House-Hunt"; 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.

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Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. Tom investigates house robberies and discovers that the burglar is entering the houses inside rolled-up carpets, a new twist if ever there was one. Tom volunteers to rescue a kid's toy from a hurricane-swept ghost town, and finds danger and adventure. Tom tries to figure out how pelts are being stolen from a fur shop without a sign of breaking and entering. The Baffling Robberies; The Promise!; Tumbleweed Jr.: The Big Game Hunter!; Saddlehead; Fightin' Forbes: Barrel Bank; The Vanishing Skins! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Stanley Baer, Betsy Baer and Rod Ruth. A domestic-comedy strip collected into comics form by Ziff-Davis. A trip to the seashore becomes a nerve-rattling adventure after twins Pat and Penny fall asleep on a boat, which then drifts out to sea. Twinkie, the magical (alien?) creature, grants Mickey's wish for Playland, where children play all the time... whether they want to or not. Terrific painted cover by an unknown artist. Tots at Sea; Smiley Winds Up with Adventure; Twinkie; The Toodles. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 9, Issue 2 - August, 1951. 6.75" x 9", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman. Art by Alex Toth, 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. After a commander's mistake leads to casualties, he targets the soldier who knows the truth, in a story with inks by MAD legend Will Elder. An idealistic man joins the North Korean forces during the Korean war, leaving his family to deal with life during wartime, illustrated by comics legend Alex Toth. Overconfident French forces meet history and the English longbow at the battle of Agincourt, with art by Wally Wood. Enemy Contact!; Dying City!; Massacre at Agincourt; Chicken! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Chuck Miller. "The Vengeance of the Apache Kid," art by Werner Roth; When a band of Coyotes attack a stage coach, it is rescued by the Apache Kid who sends the renegade band of Native Americans fleeing; When the coach arrives at Fort Madison, it passenger Anthony Nichols - a businessman setting up a gold prospecting company - tells off Captain Bill Gregory for not doing anything about the attackers; Gregory is shocked when Nichols names an Apache Kid as one of his attackers. "The Gun That Ruled the West" text story. "Judgment Day," art by Pete Tumlinson. "Blood Will Tell." "Smokey Showdown" starring Texas Kid, art by Joe Maneely. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Russell Patterson and Raeburn van Buren. The comic-strip adventures of aspiring model Fritzi Ritz and her boyfriend, the bumbling Phil Fumble. Fritzi's friends have a "Gay '90s" party, in a strip that shows Bushmiller's design sense. Phil visits an old-time penny arcade. Fritzi figures out how to get Phil to pay for watching her TV, in a strip that showcases Bushmiller's "good girl" art. Bathless Groggins realizes that the voice on a radio quiz show is his old crony in crime, Forked Tongue Freddie, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with art by Raeburn van Buren. Fritzi Ritz; Mamie; Abbie an' Slats; Stamp Tips. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Johnny Craig. Weird Fantasy ad. "About Face!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Lydia was a circus lion tamer and considered the best, until one evening she was attacked and severely injured by a black panther. "The Reluctant Vampire!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; As the last rays of the sun retreated in the sky, a coffin opens and out steps Mr. Drink, vampire, who quickly hurries to his job as night watchman at the Blood Donor Center. 'Grandma's Ghost!', art by Jack Kamen; Little Peggy is awoken from her sleep by her Grandmother, who is having a heart attack. "Revenge is the Nuts!", script by William Gaines and Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; At the eerie Croydon Insane Asylum, horrible screams are heard as patients are being whipped, and as Mr. Aldershot, a relative of a patient, is in Blackpool's office in response to a letter from his patient-relative. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

"The Graveyard Waxworks." Venus tricks underground monsters to die in the sun. "The Day That Venus Vanished." The Mad Mr. Lenz turns Venus into a paper doll. Also includes: "The Living Dolls"; "Escape from Death"; and "Return from Mars." Pencils and inks by Bill Everett and Sol Brodsky. Cover by Everett. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Carl Barks. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Bill Walsh, Manuel Gonzales, Bob Karp, Don Christensen, Gil Turner, Bob Moore, Bill Wright, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 11 #11. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured art by Carl Barks, the legendary Good Duck Artist. Mickey investigates the strange disappearances on Man-eater Mountain. In a story by Barks, Donald can't believe his good luck as he competes against Gladstone in a golf tournament. Donald's nephews convince him they have a real flying carpet. Donald Duck; Grandma Duck; Li'l Bad Wolf; Mickey Mouse; Greased Lightnin'; Mickey Mouse: The Ghost of Man-eater Mountain. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Syd Shores. Stories and art by John Buscema, Mort Lawrence, Mort Leav, Bob Rogers, Charles Miller, John Forte, Vince Alascia and Bill Woolfolk. 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 sports reporter exposes the Mob's control of boxing, in an early story by future Marvel and Conan legend John Buscema. "Crime Lab" detectives "Loot" and "Doc" investigate the "Phantom Burglar" who never leaves a trace behind. The Great Unsolved Mysteries contest invites readers to ponder a mysterious death in 1928. The Broadway Bandit; The Murder Ring; Wanted: Henry Clay Tollett; Curtains For A Killer!; Great Unsolved Mysteries: Harry Wilkes - Innocent or Guilty?; Crime Lab: The Phantom Burglar; Death in the Swamp. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Stalked by a Nameless Dread," "Vengeance of the Undead," "Sign of the Smiling Spectre," and "The Haunted Horse". Stories by Jim McLaughlin, Vince Alascia, Jerry Grandenetti, and Gene Colan. Suspense-filled horror tales that weave a Web of Mystery for the reader! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

"The Ruby Death Head" (art by Manny Stallman), "The Venus of Ille," "Web of Horror," and "Puppet Peril." Bondage/hypodermic panel. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian edition. Cover by Al Feldstein. Stories by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by George Roussos, Jack Kamen, Wally Wood and Al Feldstein. Canadian publisher Superior reprints EC's influential New Trend title, featuring some legendary sci-fi and comics artists. An astronaut floating in space recalls the murderous events that got him there, in a rare science fiction tale from artist George Roussos, featuring a classic EC twist ending. Explorers from Earth seeking new worlds to colonize discover their crew members mysteriously missing, with art by Wally Wood. Classic Al Feldstein rocket/alien cover. Seeds of Jupiter!; The Escape; Invasion!; Beyond Repair; The Probers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Howard Sherman. The Storming of the Santa Fe Trail starring the Wyoming Kid, art by Howard Sherman. The Disappearing Ranchman starring Rodeo Rick, script by Gardner Fox, art by Tom Cooke. The Gold Mine That Ran Itself starring Nighthawk, script by Don Cameron, art by Leonard Starr. The Brand of the Golden Ladder starring Cowboy Marshal, art by Ed Smalle Jr. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Wally Wood and Rex Mason. Lawmen vs. outlaws in the Old West. Six-Gun Smith gets a job as a ranch hand for sharp-shooting Prudence P., and helps her fight off the outlaws who want to take over her ranch. Sheriff Dale makes a one-man stand against five bank robbers, in a story with early art from comics legend Wally Wood. Ranch owner Wilma West knows her new ranch hand "Bull" is a bully to the rest of the crew, including friendly "Pegleg Pete," but she doesn't realize just how bad Bull really is until it's almost too late. Action-girl cover by an unknown artist. Six-Gun Smith: The Midnight Riders; K-Bar Kate: Tethered to Murder; Fighting Bob Dale: Terror Stalked Canyon County; Bullet Boomerang; Wilma West: Prongs of Vengeance. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Outlaws, gunfighters, and tales of the Old West - some true, and others merely legends. Prospectors make a foolhardy expedition in search of the Lost Dutchman Mine. A man has a nightmare that he bet on a losing horse. A con man thinks he's found the easy marks that every swindler dreams of. Once There Was a Dutchman; Sundown Cinderella; Buckskin Benson and Muskrat; Wrong Horse; Cow Country Blot; Four-Footed King; Big Man of the Roost; The Easy Marks; The Bank Makes a Bet. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Ghost Gang," "Deputy Marshal From the East," "Mesa Manhunt," and "Mess of Trouble." Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk, Sheldon Moldoff, Max Elkan and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. The search for a missing land deed leads Tex Ritter to actually being tied to a lumber yard's buzz saw, like in a classic cliffhanger movie serial. Tom Mix tries to get the goods on the Jones Brothers after they rob a train. Robbers masquerade as demons to scare away a farmer, and they'd have gotten away with it too, if not for that meddling Monte Hale. Tex Ritter: The Mystery of the Hidden Deed; Big Bow and Little Arrow: Brushing off the Brush!; Old Timer Oldham; Monte Hale: The Uninvited Demons!; Slim Carson: Arrows of Honor; Tom Mix: The Barrel Mystery Case! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Snake Cantrell" (art by Jerry Robinson), "The Renegade," "Outlaw Sheriff," "Pancho Diega," and a two-page text story, "Texas Tenderfoot." Cover price $0.10.

Wild Bill Pecos in "The Secret of the Lost Caves" (pencils by Syd Shores, inks by Bob Rogers), "The Last Bullet" (pencils by Shores, inks by Vince Alascia), and "The Substitute Marshal" (art by Mort Lawrence). Lobo the Wolf Boy in "The Wolf Kingdom." Cover by Syd Shores. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Bob Rogers, Syd Shores, Vince Alascia, Otto Binder, and Mort Lawrence. True tales from the Old West, starring such real-life characters as Wild Bill Pecos, Nuggets Nugent, Nevada Kid, Jake Dawson, and Jimbaro (Crowfeet chief). 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.