Comic books 1952 w/ month not specified

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1st printing.

Story and art by Walt Kelly.

In this collection of Pogo strips from 1951 - 1952, Albert gets into a poetry contest with the Rhymin Worm. Carnivores try to frame Churchy for mail fraud so they can eat him. Walt Kellys combination of political satire, character comedy and beautifully rendered artwork inspired numerous later artists, from Jim Henson to Jeff Smith to Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson.

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W.

Cover price $1.00.

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2nd and later printings. NOTE: Covers on reprints may vary.

Story and art by Walt Kelly.

In this collection of Pogo strips from 1951 - 1952, Albert gets into a poetry contest with the Rhymin Worm. Carnivores try to frame Churchy for mail fraud so they can eat him. Walt Kellys combination of political satire, character comedy and beautifully rendered artwork inspired numerous later artists, from Jim Henson to Jeff Smith to Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson.

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W.

Cover price $1.00.

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Ice Follies Skating Program Book. Cover by Fritz Willis. Program numbers include Crinoline Gardens, A Visit With Santa Claus, Romance At The Royal Hawaiian, A Most Unusual Wedding, Nipponese Sekku (Japanese Festival) and Yankee Doodle Day. Skating stars include Richard Dwyer, Virginia Morrison, Betty Schalow and Frick and Frack. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 10 pages, BW/PC. Cover price $0.25.

Idea That Lead to Millions in Sales (1952), "The new selling tool as old as recorded history." This is a promotional comic book that was distributed to the publisher's potential customers. The target audience was any business, public interest group, or charity that might want to promote their product or cause via the comic book medium. In addition to producing traditional newsstand comic books, most comic publishers earned additional income by producing promotional comic books. Promotional comic books come in all sizes and page counts, with full color, 16 pages, all newsprint being the most common format.

Add to cart CBCS 9.6 $700.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #21-31C4038-016 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Ike's Story (1952), with art by Golden Age great Norman Maurer, is a promotional comic book produced by the Republican National Committee for the successful Dwight D. Eisenhower presidential campaign. The comic's cover features the now famous slogan "I like Ike," which helped to propel Eisenhower to office for two terms that spanned the Korean War and the early years of the Cold War. Created and produced by Sponsored Comics. 8 pages, color.

Photo cover. In order of appearance: "One-Way Heart" art by Art Saaf; "She'll Always Remember"; "Job-Hunting?"; "I Know It's Forever"; "About That Goodnight Kiss, Martha Hale Suggests..."; and "My Selfish Love" art by Ralph Mayo. "Accent on Charm: Petticoat Patter, New Fabrics, Poodle-Cut..." text article by Martha Hale; and "The Way to a Man's Heart: Fran Had Plenty of Courage and Her Grandma's Cookbook!" illustrated text story by Margaret Isbell. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Contains Alex Toth art. Photo cover. In order of appearance: "Blame the Moonlight"; "Lips That Lie"; "Femme Fatale"; "I Married in Haste" art by Alex Toth, reprinted in Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 HC (2011 FB) #1-1ST; "The Lady Proposed"; "Blind Date"; and "Say You Love Me!". "Accent on Charm: Figure Faults, Fun to Sun, Tips on Toes, Denim Data..." text article by Martha Hale; and "Solution to Love: She Was in Love with a Fireman, and Her Mother Objected..." illustrated text story by Margaret Isbell. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover of Dan Dailey and Joanne Dru in "The Pride of St. Louis." Chained to My Past, art by Nick Cardy; Secretary Louise Carr accompanies her boss Todd Reynolds on his vacation; They fall in love and he proposes marriage, but she has a dark secret in her past: as a child, her father suspected her mother of infidelity, so he murdered her and killed himself; Todds sister Grace convinces Louise—whose real name is Jenny Clayton—to go away. Husband Wanted, art by Nina Albright; Young widow Ann meets new town resident Walt Adams, who agrees to be just friends rather than initiating a romance; They fall in love nonetheless and Ann confesses that she isnt still mourning her husband, but that he was unfaithful and as a result she doesnt trust men. The Better Half text story, art by John Celardo. Sweet-Talkin' Darling, art by Paul Robinson; Deb falls for traveling salesman Clyde Mason, who represents a more romantic type than her steady, hometown sweetheart Charles Hayden. Deb receives a letter which reveals Clyde has a girlfriend in every town he visits. I Wasted Tears, art by Sid Greene; Marcy Wilson meets Dick Travers a week before his discharge from the Army; They marry quickly and move to his hometown, where they will live with his mother in the family home; Mrs. Travers disapproves of everything Marcy does and makes her life unhappy. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover. A Fool in Love, art by Sid Greene; Waitress Jessica meets mechanic/inventor David Bannister; She offers to bankroll his invention as a strictly business proposition even though she's fallen in love with him; Her friends and family tell her shes a sucker; When he leaves town without notice, she thinks shes been fleeced. Undecided Heart, pencils by Alex Toth, inks by Mike Peppe; Mousy small-town secretary Eve Lonigan splurges on a fabulous vacation to Puerto Rico; She meets Hollywood screenwriter Chris Granger but prefers a solid citizen like pudgy Toledo banker Morty. Love Can Be Natural text story by Jay Worthington, art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. You're My Man, pencils by John Celardo; Elementary school teacher Laura Fraser is engaged to policeman Pete Monoghan, but she fears hell be killed in the line of duty, as her policeman father was; They break up and she dates boring accountant Warren Wright. Too Sure of Love, art by Paul Robinson; Marie takes her faithful and attentive boyfriend Bill Dover for granted; Suddenly, Bill stops calling and Marie sees him going out with her best friend Jill; Marie discovers she misses Bill. Jill explains she was just making Marie jealous so shed wake up and appreciate Bill. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover. I Want Him Back, art by Alex Toth; Millie marries Larry and quits her office job; She neglects her household duties and suspects Larry is having an affair; He leaves her, saying she turned into a lazy, self-indulgent bum. Heart Astray, art by Vince Colletta; Penny goes on vacation with her friend Anita; Penny is engaged to soldier Stan Carter; At the resort, Penny meets a soldier who is in Stans unit. Love Doesn't Explain text story, art by Vince Colletta. You Can't Fool Love, art by Valerie Barclay; Jane Sloan vows not to marry, remembering her care-worn (widowed?) mother; She gets a job as a secretary after college; She is tempted by account executive Ken Travers, but tells him she doesnt want to become a downtrodden wife like her mother; They fall in love anyway; Jane discovers Ken is a widower with a young son. Victim of Vanity, art by Dick Loomis; Ann fears her husband Ralph will fall out of love with her if she lets her appearance slide; However, she neglects her housework, cooking, etc. in order to stay beautiful. Ralph is angry. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Contains story art by Vince Colletta. Photo cover. In order of appearance: "Come Back, My Darling"; "Gripping Gracie"; "I've Chosen You"; "'His' Friends" art by Vince Colletta; "Sunday Date"; "Second Love" art by Vince Colletta; "Fair and Sunny"; and "Recipe for Romance" art by Vince Colletta. "Accent on Charm: Fashion Tips, Styles for the Petite, Hints for the Tall and Stately, Watch Your Steps!" text article by Martha Hale; and "Love's Build-Up: Adrienne Enjoys Unusual Success Supervising Building of a House!" illustrated text story by Mickey Klar Marks. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Issue 15 - "Private Chauffeur" by N.R. De Mexico. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.35.

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Pleasure Alley by Ralph Carter. 5.5" x 7", 128 pages, B&W Cover price $0.35.

Issue 26 - "Very Private Secretary" by Jack Haney. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $10.00 View scans

1st Printing - "Tramp Girl" Written by Thomas Stone. Only seventeen, pretty Missy Shreve was already a companion to bad boys, good boys - any boys! Living in a shack with shiftless parents on the edge of orchard country, she was sneered at by respectable citizens and condemned by self-righteous meddlers. But was Missy to blame that the cruel young punk, Harry Chalmers, forced his intentions on her, and worse? Could she help it if Danny Boswell was a peeping tom whose price for silence was her honor? Was it her fault that the one man who could have saved her abused her instead, then deserted her to her fate? If Missy was "bad", it was because men had made her so. No wonder that in the end, to escape her humiliations, she was driven to seek escape at Tony's - where girls were recruited for purposes hardly moral. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.35.

"Famous Plays of Jackie Robinson." This issue touches upon the various highlights of Robinson's career, including his .992 fielding percentage in 1951, his participation in 133 double plays in 1951, the loss of the pennant in 1950 to the Philadelphia Phillies, various moments earlier in his career, and more. Written by sportswriter Charles Dexter. Photo cover. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Joe Kubert, Carmine Infantino, Vince Alascia and Howard Larsen. True tales (some slightly embellished) of Old West outlaws, focusing on the James brothers and other real-life figures from history. Frank and Jesse cross paths with a gunslinging female outlaw while escaping a posse; Jesse tries to prevent a woman from making a fatal mistake; Jesse joins forces with another outlaw to find the Apache Kids Treasure. Six-Gun Slaughter at San Romano; The Apache Kid Treasure; The James Boys Revenge; Payoff — in Lead; Death to Gringos! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Joe Kubert and Everett Raymond Kinstler. Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. A collection of Western stories about the infamous outlaw, and other tales of the lawless frontier. This issue collects stories from Jesse James (1950 Avon) #1-29. But its real claim to fame (or infamy) was as part of a group of American comics sent to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1954, in a successful drive to create a Comics Code-type law in Great Britain. 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

UK reprint series. Reprints Jesse James (1950 Avon) #4 and Wild Bill Hickok (1949 Avon) #5. 7" x 9 3/4", 68 pages, B&W, 1/- cover price.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $21.00 View scan 6" Cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $23.00 View scans Cover detached. 5" cumulative spine split. Water damage. Staple rust with migration.

Stories and art by Jefferson Cole, Bill Discount, T.E. Bowen, A.E. Carruthers, Mark Mathews and Johnson Talmadge. Military aviation adventure produced during the peak of the Korean War. North Korean forces plague U.S. pilots with experimental flying saucers; A lone, downed pilot uncovers a secret weapon being prepared by the enemy; Suicide Smith takes a dangerous mission to free a U.S. general from a prison camp. Miracle from Mars; The Plague of the Flying Fish; Suicide Smith; Set 'Em Up in MIG Alley; The Flight of the Four-Headed Monster. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by James Crouse, A. Albert, Arthur Howells, Peter McGraw and John Belcastro. Military aviation adventure produced during the peak of the Korean War. Pilot Wild Man Wilson tries to figure out how the propaganda broadcaster Moscow Molly can predict classified U.S. combat actions; A novice bombardier saves a payload of bombs for when they're really needed; Freshman pilot Buzz Bennett faces his first mission over Korea. Cover features the flying-saucer base that actually appeared in the previous issue. Kiss-Off for Moscow Molly; Come Back Empty; Buzz Bennett; Crack-Up; Marianas Turkey Shoot. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by A. Albert. Stories and art by Jack Sparling, A. Albert, Chuck Miller, Dick Dillin and John Belcastro. Military aviation adventure produced during the peak of the Korean War. Pilots in P-51 Mustangs face off against Mig fighters over Korea; A Squadron Commander faces a court-martial for cowardice; A routine patrol mission for young Ensign Buzz Bennett unexpectedly explodes into an air-sea battle. Wing-Man For Death; The Lorelei Squadron; Buzz Bennett; The Coward; Red Task Force Sighted. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Jim Solar Space Sheriff in Between Two Worlds (Wisco Mini-Comic) is a promotional giveaway distributed by a variety of merchants including Wisco "99" Service Stations, Carnation Malted Milk, Klarer Health Wieners, Fleers Dubble Bubble Gum, Rodeo All-Meat Wieners, Perfect Potato Chips, & others. Back cover blank or printed with information about participating sponsor. 24 pages, full color, 7-in. x 3.5-in., all newsprint, no cover price.

Jim Solar Space Sheriff in Conquers Outer Space (Wisco Mini-Comic) is a promotional giveaway distributed by a variety of merchants including Wisco "99" Service Stations, Carnation Malted Milk, Klarer Health Wieners, Fleers Dubble Bubble Gum, Rodeo All-Meat Wieners, Perfect Potato Chips, & others. Back cover blank or printed with information about participating sponsor. 24 pages, full color, 7-in. x 3.5-in., all newsprint, no cover price.

Jim Solar Space Sheriff in Defeats the Moon Missile Men (Wisco Mini-Comic) is a promotional giveaway distributed by a variety of merchants including Wisco "99" Service Stations, Carnation Malted Milk, Klarer Health Wieners, Fleers Dubble Bubble Gum, Rodeo All-Meat Wieners, Perfect Potato Chips, & others. Back cover blank or printed with information about participating sponsor. 24 pages, full color, 7-in. x 3.5-in., all newsprint, no cover price.

Jim Solar Space Sheriff in Encounter Creatures on Comet (Wisco Mini-Comic) is a promotional giveaway distributed by a variety of merchants including Wisco "99" Service Stations, Carnation Malted Milk, Klarer Health Wieners, Fleers Dubble Bubble Gum, Rodeo All-Meat Wieners, Perfect Potato Chips, & others. Back cover blank or printed with information about participating sponsor. 24 pages, full color, 7-in. x 3.5-in., all newsprint, no cover price.

Jim Solar Space Sheriff in Meet the Jupiter Jumpers (Wisco Mini-Comic) is a promotional giveaway distributed by a variety of merchants including Wisco "99" Service Stations, Carnation Malted Milk, Klarer Health Wieners, Fleers Dubble Bubble Gum, Rodeo All-Meat Wieners, Perfect Potato Chips, & others. Back cover blank or printed with information about participating sponsor. 24 pages, full color, 7-in. x 3.5-in., all newsprint, no cover price.

Jim Solar Space Sheriff in Meets the Man from Mars (Wisco Mini-Comic) is a promotional giveaway distributed by a variety of merchants including Wisco "99" Service Stations, Carnation Malted Milk, Klarer Health Wieners, Fleers Dubble Bubble Gum, Rodeo All-Meat Wieners, Perfect Potato Chips, & others. Back cover blank or printed with information about participating sponsor. 24 pages, full color, 7-in. x 3.5-in., all newsprint, no cover price.

Jim Solar Space Sheriff in On Traffic (Wisco Mini-Comic) is a promotional giveaway distributed by a variety of merchants including Wisco "99" Service Stations, Carnation Malted Milk, Klarer Health Wieners, Fleers Dubble Bubble Gum, Rodeo All-Meat Wieners, Perfect Potato Chips, & others. Back cover blank or printed with information about participating sponsor. 24 pages, full color, 7-in. x 3.5-in., all newsprint, no cover price.

Jim Solar Space Sheriff in Outlaws of the Spaceways (Wisco Mini-Comic) is a promotional giveaway distributed by a variety of merchants including Wisco "99" Service Stations, Carnation Malted Milk, Klarer Health Wieners, Fleers Dubble Bubble Gum, Rodeo All-Meat Wieners, Perfect Potato Chips, & others. Back cover blank or printed with information about participating sponsor. 24 pages, full color, 7-in. x 3.5-in., all newsprint, no cover price.

Jim Solar Space Sheriff in Pirates of the Planet X (Wisco Mini-Comic). Jim Solar, Space Sheriff was the creation of Walter Gibson (creator of the Shadow) and artist E.C. Stoner (Stoner notable for being an early African-American comic book artist; he did work on a variety of titles during the Golden Age, including Blue Beetle, Blackstone Master Magician Comics, Green Mask, and more). The Wisco/Klarer Comic Books (which included the Jim Solar line) were promotional giveaways distributed by a variety of merchants, including Wilsco "99" Service Stations, Carnation Malted Milk, Klarer Health Wieners, Fleers Dubble Bubble Gum, Rodeo All-Meat Wieners, Perfect Potato Chips, & others. Back cover blank or printed with information about participating sponsor. 24 pages, full color, 7-in. x 3.5-in., all newsprint, no cover price.

Jim Solar Space Sheriff in Raiders from the Sun (Wisco Mini-Comic) is a promotional giveaway distributed by a variety of merchants including Wisco "99" Service Stations, Carnation Malted Milk, Klarer Health Wieners, Fleers Dubble Bubble Gum, Rodeo All-Meat Wieners, Perfect Potato Chips, & others. Back cover blank or printed with information about participating sponsor. 24 pages, full color, 7-in. x 3.5-in., all newsprint, no cover price.

Jim Solar Space Sheriff in Robots of Rhea (Wisco Mini-Comic) is a promotional giveaway distributed by a variety of merchants including Wisco "99" Service Stations, Carnation Malted Milk, Klarer Health Wieners, Fleers Dubble Bubble Gum, Rodeo All-Meat Wieners, Perfect Potato Chips, & others. Back cover blank or printed with information about participating sponsor. 24 pages, full color, 7-in. x 3.5-in., all newsprint, no cover price.