Comic books 1952 w/ month not specified

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No. 21 of the Falcon Books Series. Written by Anthony Scott (Davis Dresser). Digest-sized, 5.5" x 7", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Art by Michael J. Becker, Gerald McCann, Goldfarb Baer, Tex Blaisdell, Sid Check, Joe Kubert, Mort Lawrence, and Howard Larsen. Reprints of Murderous Gangsters #3, Prison Break #3 and Police Lineup #3. Lurid pre-Code tales about mobsters, bank robbers and other bad guys and gals from the golden age of crime. A murdered detective sets out to ID his killer before he dies; Leech McCoy has a yen for arson and a name like a Dick Tracy villain; Redheaded Lina Foyle and her boyfriend go on a crime spree. Killer Bait; Blind Mans Bluff; Brothers in Crime; Jed Hawkins—Cold Blooded Killer; The Imperfect Crime; Nick Marek—Shakedown Racketeer; Killers on the Loose; Sonny Terhune Machine-Gun Madman; Lina Foyle Gunmoll; Clevelands Butcher of Death; Two-Dollar Murder; Death Comes Laughing; Killer at Large; Louie Gruber Czar of the Underworld; The Unseen Murderer; Death Danced the Samba; Mystery of the Headless Corpse; Leech McCoy the Incendiary Killer! 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Issue 271, 1952 - "The Case of the Japanese Contract". Squarebound, 5.5" x 7", 64 pages, B&W.

Art by Robert Webb and Richard Case. Cover by Maurice Whitman. Adventures of the fearless jungle warrior Sheena, one of the earliest female heroes with her own title. Sheena outwits the thousand-year-old Witch-Maiden of the Burning Glade; Simba, the king of the lions (not Simba the Lion King) becomes the target of rival youths on a quest to prove their manhood; Sheena strikes back against the stronghold of the bird-men. The Hoodoo Beats of Mozambique; Simba; The Condor; Jungle Code; Land of Feathered Evil. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Official Magazine of the RSROA of America (Roller Skating Rink Operators Association of America). News, articles, competition results, and more. 9-3/8 in. x 12-1/4 in.; black and white; 24 pages on slick paper. Cover price $0.15.

Promotional comic for Bendix washers and dryers.

Circa 1952. Hebrew language edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' "The Son of Tarzan". Published in Tel-Aviv by Josef Shimoni. Hardcover, publisher's paper over boards binding with titles stamped in brown on the front board and spine. This is likely a single volume of the two-volume edition. Appears to be lacking the original dustjacket. 5.5" x 8.5". 128 pages.

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Art by Fred Guardineer. Cover by Dick Ayers. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #61. A collection of Space Ace sci-fi adventures by Fred Guardineer that originally appeared in Manhunt! (1947). A strange black box from outer space takes over the minds of everyone on Mars, except for Space Ace and Jak Tal. A joke handshake buzzer proves essential in helping Space Ace and Jak Tal defeat an alien invasion. Jak Tal pretends to split with Space Ace's team so he can infiltrate the Invisible Pirate gang. Fun cover by Dick Ayers. The Thing in the Box; The Men From Deep Space; The Harp of Death; The Adventure of the Invisible Pirates. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Bernie Krigstein and others. The short-lived tie-in to the fondly remembered early sci-fi TV series. Tonga, Lady of the Diamonds, and her minion Major Gorla scheme against Earth, in a story with art by EC legend Bernie Krigstein. Tonga tries to prevent Buzz and Hap from revealing her role in the conspiracy by having the witnesses killed, but they track the assassin to the forbidden planetoid of Vesta. In another Krigstein story, Commander Buzz Corry investigates the mysterious disappearance of space freighters loaded with tellerium. The Lady of Diamonds; Outlaws of Vesta; Push Button Tyrant; Space Pirates. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

A promotional/public service comic from Ralston-Purina, featuring the characters from the fondly remembered early sci-fi TV series Space Patrol. Buzz, Hap and Tonga travel back in time to Earth's 20th century to warn kids and adults alike about the nation's dwindling blood supply. Donations to local blood banks are encouraged. A true rarity for the Space Patrol fan. 8 pages, B/W.

1st Printing. Story by E. C. Reichert. Art by A. K. Bilder. Hardcover, 32 pages, full color, 6.5" x 8".

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Spalding Sports Show 1952 was produced by Spalding to promote its then-new line of sporting goods! Illustrated in the style of Ripley's Believe It or Not, this 1952 edition features fun facts about Knute Rockne, Bobbly Jones, Jim Corbett, and the cheapness of Papa Bear George Halas who would weigh each player on Wednesdays and fine them $50 for every pound they were overweight! 16-pages, black and white, 7-in. x 11-in.

Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by Hank Chapman and unknown. Art by Al Hartley, Russ Heath, Fred Kida and Bill Everett. In this issue: "What's Wrong with Charlie Brown?" by Hank Chapman and Al Hartley; "The End!" (features Edgar Allan Poe) with art by Russ Heath; "The Last Tattoo" (similar to Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man) by Hank Chapman and Fred Kida; 2-page text story "The Green Man!" - A former pilot can't get anyone to believe his story about the fatal radium poisoning he picked up from an alien, and so keeps spreading it; and "Horror Story" with art by Bill Everett. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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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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Cover art by Russ Heath. Knave of Diamonds, script by Don Rico, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache. The Dark Water text story. The Horrible House, art by Bill LaCava. One-Way Ticket, art by Russ Heath. The Man Who Loved to Kill. Mad Dog, art by Joe Sinnott. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Sol Brodsky and Christopher Rule. Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Everett, Jim Mooney, Jack Keller, Mike Sekowsky and unknown. The most spine-tingling tales ever told! In this issue: "Blackout at Midnight!" with art by Bill Everett; 2-page text story "The Ghost Goes Free!"; "In the Bag!" with art by Jim Mooney; "I Have to Kill!"; "He Waved to Me" with art by Jack Keller; and "Room of Shadows" with pencils by Mike Sekowsky. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Jules Feiffer and Will Eisner. Art by Will Eisner and others. Reprints of the later years of the Spirit strip, when Will Eisner's crimefighter was being run by other cartoonists in his studio. This issue includes Spirit strips #568, 573, 599, and 609. Rzl is sent from Mars to counteract the anti-Martian propaganda spread by Earth science fiction; P'Gell returns, as the new bride of a shipping magnate, with a boat sharing her name; Cooler claims his statue of the Buddha will protect him from all harm. The Amazing Affair of the First Man on the Mars; Contraband Queen; The Case of the Baleful Buddah; The $50,000 Flim-Flam. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Jules Feiffer and Will Eisner. Art by Jim Dixon and Al Wenzel. Reprints of the later years of the Spirit strip, when Will Eisner's crimefighter was being run by other cartoonists in his studio. This issue includes Spirit strips #600, 610, 613, and 615. The Octopus wins an I Hate the Spirit essay contest; The Spirit goes into a collapsed mine to save trapped miners and discovers evidence of a murder; Mad Mr. Nero builds a replica of the Coliseum, and tries to feed the Spirit to the lions. The Walking Corpse; It Kills by Dark; The League of Liars; A Man Named Nero. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes. Tales of espionage from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG, published as the Cold War was just heating up. A South Korean agent impersonates his own twin brother, who is working for the communists; An American mining engineer finds communists in Colombia (while misspelling the countrys name throughout); Classic spy tricks vs. modern-day espionage techniques. Peril in Pyongyang; Death of a Snorkel; Intelligence Mission!; Cross-Up in Columbia; Spy Tricks; Payoff at Inchon; Cunning in Korea; Espionage: Old and New. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Swedish Series. Reprints material from various DC publications. 6-7/8" x 9-1/2", 36 pages, B&W, Swedish language.

Swedish Series. Reprints material from various DC publications. 6-7/8" x 9-1/2", 36 pages, B&W, Swedish language.

Swedish series. Cover reprinted from World's Finest #59. Reprints material from various DC publications. This issue includes Superman, Vigilante, Batman, and Tommy Tomorrow. 6 7/8" x 9 3/8", 36 pages, 2-color interior, Swedish language.

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Trade paperback edition in illustrated wrappers. Humorous anecdotes by Arthur Godfrey. 5.25" x 7.5", 160 pages, text with occasional illustrations by Robert Day. Cover price $1.00.

The Story Behind Your Liberty was produced in 1952 during the Cold War by the National Association of Manufacturers as an educational give-away comic. It was intended to inform young readers about our right to vote and how important that right is to our freedom. One panel shows a drawing of Stalin on the back page. The Story Behind Your Liberty was published during a period when the commie threat was real. Thanks in great part to Ronald Reagan, communism is now where it belongs, in the dustbin of history. 16-pages including covers, all newsprint, full color, standard comic book dimensions, no cover price.

This cartoon feature was created by Edward Geller of the Detroit Free Press. Each page features a complete detailed one page comic story profile of successful business men, each profiled in full color. These features appeared individually in the Detroit Free Press over the years. The individuals profiled include: Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, Walter Chrysler, K.T. Zeller, Fred Zeder, Bernard Baruch, George Westinghouse, Alexander Graham Bell, Alfred Sloan, William Knudsen, Charles Kettering, Frederick Johnson, Cyrus McCormick, John Holmes, Ransom Old, Walter McLuca, Clarence Avery, Henry Heinz, Herbert Dow, Ernest Breech, Clarence Snyder, Andrew Carnegie, Alex Dow, Albert Kahn, Sebastian Kresge, John D. Rockefeller, Sr. Published by E.I. Geller and the Detroit Free Press. 56 pages, 9.5-in. x 10-in., full color, stock cover, white paper interior.

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Educational comic focusing on the history and importance of cotton crops, and products. 12 pages, full color.

The Story of Land: Its Use and Misuse, a 1952 promotional comic distributed by the Soil Conservation Alliance. This comic tells the story about what soil is and what it means to us. It's an epic tale that traverses the annuals of time. 16 pages, full color, standard comic book dimensions, all newsprint, no cover price.

By Richard Himmel. Cover price $0.35.

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Strange Worlds intro by Everett Raymond Kinstler. The Metal Murderer!, art by Harry Lazarus. Death on the Earth-Mars Run!, art by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Is There Life on Earth? text story. The Abduction of Henry Twigg, art by Joe Kubert. The Land Within! text story. The Thing on the Broken Balcony!, art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Sunday Pix Vol. 4 (1952). Pencils by Andre LeBlanc, a Brazilian artist who worked with Eisner on "The Spirit," and with Sy Barry on "The Phantom." LeBlanc also did work on Flash Gordon, Apt. 3-G, and Rex Morgan, M.D. newspaper strips. 7 x 10, 12 pages. These were available through mail subscription only.

Sunday Pix Vol. 4 (1952). Pencils by Andre LeBlanc, a Brazilian artist who worked with Eisner on "The Spirit," and with Sy Barry on "The Phantom." LeBlanc also did work on Flash Gordon, Apt. 3-G, and Rex Morgan, M.D. newspaper strips. 7 x 10, 12 pages. These were available through mail subscription only.

Sunday Pix Vol. 4 (1952). Pencils by Andre LeBlanc, a Brazilian artist who worked with Eisner on "The Spirit," and with Sy Barry on "The Phantom." LeBlanc also did work on Flash Gordon, Apt. 3-G, and Rex Morgan, M.D. newspaper strips. 7 x 10, 12 pages. These were available through mail subscription only.

Sunday Pix Vol. 4 (1952). Pencils by Andre LeBlanc, a Brazilian artist who worked with Eisner on "The Spirit," and with Sy Barry on "The Phantom." LeBlanc also did work on Flash Gordon, Apt. 3-G, and Rex Morgan, M.D. newspaper strips. 7 x 10, 12 pages. These were available through mail subscription only.

Sunday Pix Vol. 4 (1952). Pencils by Andre LeBlanc, a Brazilian artist who worked with Eisner on "The Spirit," and with Sy Barry on "The Phantom." LeBlanc also did work on Flash Gordon, Apt. 3-G, and Rex Morgan, M.D. newspaper strips. 7 x 10, 12 pages. These were available through mail subscription only.

Sunday Pix Vol. 4 (1952). Pencils by Andre LeBlanc, a Brazilian artist who worked with Eisner on "The Spirit," and with Sy Barry on "The Phantom." LeBlanc also did work on Flash Gordon, Apt. 3-G, and Rex Morgan, M.D. newspaper strips. 7 x 10, 12 pages. These were available through mail subscription only.

Sunday Pix Vol. 4 (1952). Pencils by Andre LeBlanc, a Brazilian artist who worked with Eisner on "The Spirit," and with Sy Barry on "The Phantom." LeBlanc also did work on Flash Gordon, Apt. 3-G, and Rex Morgan, M.D. newspaper strips. 7 x 10, 12 pages. These were available through mail subscription only.

Sunday Pix Vol. 4 (1952). Pencils by Andre LeBlanc, a Brazilian artist who worked with Eisner on "The Spirit," and with Sy Barry on "The Phantom." LeBlanc also did work on Flash Gordon, Apt. 3-G, and Rex Morgan, M.D. newspaper strips. 7 x 10, 12 pages. These were available through mail subscription only.

Sunday Pix Vol. 4 (1952). Pencils by Andre LeBlanc, a Brazilian artist who worked with Eisner on "The Spirit," and with Sy Barry on "The Phantom." LeBlanc also did work on Flash Gordon, Apt. 3-G, and Rex Morgan, M.D. newspaper strips. 7 x 10, 12 pages. These were available through mail subscription only.

Sunday Pix Vol. 4 (1952). Pencils by Andre LeBlanc, a Brazilian artist who worked with Eisner on "The Spirit," and with Sy Barry on "The Phantom." LeBlanc also did work on Flash Gordon, Apt. 3-G, and Rex Morgan, M.D. newspaper strips. 7 x 10, 12 pages. These were available through mail subscription only.

Sunday Pix Vol. 4 (1952). Pencils by Andre LeBlanc, a Brazilian artist who worked with Eisner on "The Spirit," and with Sy Barry on "The Phantom." LeBlanc also did work on Flash Gordon, Apt. 3-G, and Rex Morgan, M.D. newspaper strips. 7 x 10, 12 pages. These were available through mail subscription only.

Sunday Pix Vol. 4 (1952). Pencils by Andre LeBlanc, a Brazilian artist who worked with Eisner on "The Spirit," and with Sy Barry on "The Phantom." LeBlanc also did work on Flash Gordon, Apt. 3-G, and Rex Morgan, M.D. newspaper strips. 7 x 10, 12 pages. These were available through mail subscription only.

Sunday Pix Vol. 4 (1952). Pencils by Andre LeBlanc, a Brazilian artist who worked with Eisner on "The Spirit," and with Sy Barry on "The Phantom." LeBlanc also did work on Flash Gordon, Apt. 3-G, and Rex Morgan, M.D. newspaper strips. 7 x 10, 12 pages. These were available through mail subscription only.

Sunday Pix Vol. 4 (1952). Pencils by Andre LeBlanc, a Brazilian artist who worked with Eisner on "The Spirit," and with Sy Barry on "The Phantom." LeBlanc also did work on Flash Gordon, Apt. 3-G, and Rex Morgan, M.D. newspaper strips. 7 x 10, 12 pages. These were available through mail subscription only.

Sunday Pix Vol. 4 (1952). Pencils by Andre LeBlanc, a Brazilian artist who worked with Eisner on "The Spirit," and with Sy Barry on "The Phantom." LeBlanc also did work on Flash Gordon, Apt. 3-G, and Rex Morgan, M.D. newspaper strips. 7 x 10, 12 pages. These were available through mail subscription only.

Sunday Pix Vol. 4 (1952). Pencils by Andre LeBlanc, a Brazilian artist who worked with Eisner on "The Spirit," and with Sy Barry on "The Phantom." LeBlanc also did work on Flash Gordon, Apt. 3-G, and Rex Morgan, M.D. newspaper strips. 7 x 10, 12 pages. These were available through mail subscription only.

Sunday Pix Vol. 4 (1952). Pencils by Andre LeBlanc, a Brazilian artist who worked with Eisner on "The Spirit," and with Sy Barry on "The Phantom." LeBlanc also did work on Flash Gordon, Apt. 3-G, and Rex Morgan, M.D. newspaper strips. 7 x 10, 12 pages. These were available through mail subscription only.

Sunday Pix Vol. 4 (1952). Pencils by Andre LeBlanc, a Brazilian artist who worked with Eisner on "The Spirit," and with Sy Barry on "The Phantom." LeBlanc also did work on Flash Gordon, Apt. 3-G, and Rex Morgan, M.D. newspaper strips. 7 x 10, 12 pages. These were available through mail subscription only.