Comic books August 1952

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Cover art by Win Mortimer. It's Smart to Check -- And Double Check! public service announcement starring Superman. The Secrets of Superman, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Invaders of Indigo Island starring Congo Bill, script by Jack Miller, art by Ed Smalle. The Phantom Space Ship starring Tommy Tomorrow, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti. A Cell for Vigilante, art by Bob Brown. 44 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cover price $0.10.

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"The Battle of Suicide Forest!" Danny's father, a veteran named Major Dennis, attends a reunion and regales the crowd with a story of Rex's daring-do against the Nazis. Also includes "Meet Detective Chimp!" (featuring Bobo's first case); "Terror Island!" (starring Rex); and "Dogs You Hardly Ever See." This issue features the first appearance of Detective Chimp. Script by Robert Kanigher and John Broome, pencils by Carmine Infantino and Gil Kane, inks by Frank Giacoia. Cover by Gil Kane and Giacoia. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue #1 is numbered #127 with a cover date of Aug.-Sep. 1952. The title was previously All-American Western. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 26, Issue 8 - August, 1952. Cover by Walter Popp. Science fiction stories by John Bloodstone, Robert Moore Williams, Rog Phillips, and Milton A. Rothman (as 'Lee Gregor'). Illustrations by Tom Beecham, William Llewellyn, Virgil Finlay, Ed Emsler (Emshwiller), and Ed Valigursky. 7" x 10"; black and white; 164 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover pencils by Bill Vigoda? "Fine Feathered Friends," pencils by Bill Vigoda, inks by Terry Szenics; Archie builds an elaborate combination bird house and feeder for Veronica, but the seed proves too tempting for Jughead. "Watch My Dust"; Mary is suddenly in a big hurry to clean the house. "Patch Me If You Can"; The school runs a dance where a male must take whichever female sews her patch on his pants. "It's a Gift"; Archie buys Veronica a present and leaves it with Betty's mother for safekeeping. "Eager Beaver," script by Frank Doyle, art by Harry Lucey; Jughead brings a live beaver to school with the hopes of making the animal the school mascot. Hollywood News article, art by Bill Vigoda. "Stop, Look and Lesson"; Fred pays Jughead's dad to write a composition for school for Archie; When the composition is discovered to be plagiarized, Archie takes the rap to protect his father's reputation. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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August 1952. Volume 49, Issue 6. Cover by Van Dongen. Science fiction stories by Thomas Wilson, Walter M. Miller Jr, M. C. Pease, Lester Del Rey and Mark Clifton. Article by J. A. Winter, MD. Illustrations by Cartier, Orban, Pawelka, and Van Dongen. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 172 pages, Text (with B&W Illustrations). Cover price $0.35.

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Incidence In a Shellhole, art by Gene Colan. Secret Weapon-G.I. text story. Outnumbered, script by Hank Chapman, art by Cal Massey. Blind Alley. A Tank Can Also Die!, art by George Tuska. 32 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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(A-1 Comics #59) Cover by Fred Meagher, Joe Certa, Dick Ayers and Frank Bolle. Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Art by Fred Meagher, John Belfi, Frank Bolle and Dick Ayers. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #59. Part of A1 Comics, an anthology from Magazine Enterprises with content that varied from month to month. This issue featured tales of Old West heroes. Feather-Hat is jealous of Straight Arrow because of his war decorations; Ghost Rider seeks the truth about a shaman's severed head that seems to order its tribe to war; Durango Kid investigates a murder at a mining outfit and almost gets dynamited. Also featuring a color ad for the "Complete 15 Piece Bronco Buster" Cowboy and Cowgirl Outfits. The Mark of a Warrior; The Talking Dead; The Junk Robbers; The Blasts of Doom! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Joe Certa, Moe Marcus, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Vic Donahue and Rudy Palais. Former superhero comic Black Cat becomes a showcase for Harvey's unique brand of pre-Code horror. An ordinary couple watches helplessly as a witch battles a monster. Green gloves possess a man's mind and turn him into a ravening killer. Stranded travelers take refuge in an inn, and discover the dark secret of the inn-keeper (hint: it rhymes with "Hannibal"). Fools Gold; Blood of A Witch; Death Snaps A Picture; Drink of Doom; Wheel of Horror; Death Wears Green; He. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Kirby. Art by Bill Draut, Bill Walton, George Roussos, Mort Meskin, and Bob McCarty. Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby present their own contribution to the horror comics trend of the 1950s, featuring tales of ghosts and the paranormal. Issue # 15 on cover; listed as Vol. 2, issue #9 in indicia. One man realizes the truth about the strange, deadly creature flying over the village. A boxer is haunted by a man he killed in the ring. An arsonist is haunted by the spirits of his victims. The Angel of Death!; Dead Ringer!; Ashes to Ashes; The Flight That Failed; Shades of Rex!; Last Date; The Promised Land. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Reed Crandall. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Paul Gustavson and unknown. Art by Reed Crandall, Dick Dillin, Paul Gustavson, Chuck Cuidera and unknown. Featuring Blackhawk in: "Red Ransom!" with pencils by Reed Crandall; "The Horror Bomb" by Bill Woolfolk, Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera; and "The Rocketmen!" with inks by Cuidera. Plus: Chop Chop in an untitled back-up story by Paul Gustavson. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Bob Powell, Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Cover by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Teen cowboy adventures set in the 1950s, based on the popular radio program that ran from 1949 to 1955. Bobby and his friends Tex, Windy, and Irish face modern-day rustlers and other challenges of life on the ranch. Bobby and Windy help the heir to a gold mine escape from a gang of killers, leading to a truck chase through the desert. The Ghost Buffalo; Rustlers Round Up; Ride that Hearse!; The Freaks of Fear. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Candy wants to borrow her father's car so Ted can take her to yet another school dance in an untitled story. Plus: Ted and Orville get jobs as parking attendants at the Roadside Club so they can afford to take Cathy and Trish to a school dance. Imagine their surprise when they find out the dance will be at the Club. Hilarity ensures as they try to attend the dance and keep their jobs in an untitled Candy story. Also: Candy stars in three more untitled stories. And: Will Bragg in an untitled story co-starring Effy Gissel and Fire Chief Carl Swenson. Plus: Candy in 1-page text story "Chaperon" co-starring Ted Dawson, Cornelia Clyde and Kid Kramer. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker and others. Fifties-style cheesecake from good-girl art legend Matt Baker and military mischief combine to make this series a snapshot of its times. While stationed in Japan, Kate and the boys try to figure out how to hear "some good old American jive" music. When a monkey raids the base kitchen, Kate's horrified reaction is adorable, until she grabs Al's rifle and takes off after it. When Kate's new kitchen assistant, a young kid, eats Al's mushroom soup, she collects some replacement mushrooms, or so she thinks. Cover by Baker. Quips and Queries; Rugged Rug-Cutters; Screw Ball Strategy; Scuttlebutt; Bring Em Back Alive; Much Ado About Mushrooms; Gag Bag. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by Al Liederman and unknown. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) stars in: "The Mystery of the Space Switch" with story by Otto Binder (Dexter Knox appearance); "The Microbe Menace" with story by Otto Binder; and "The Perplexing Past Puzzle" with story by Otto Binder (Dexter Knox appearance). Plus: Captain Kid in "The Outboard Overboard Mystery" with art by Al Liederman. And: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "Space Lighthouse" with script by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Rudy Palais, Al Avison, Manny Stallman, John Giunta and Tom Hickey. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. A woman's face in a pool tries to lure passersby into the water. Brothers take over an 18th-century English inn by having the owner committed to an asylum, but they didn't count on her grandmother's witchcraft. The Girl in the Moonpool; The Horror From the Shade; To Live Again!; Strange Legends: The Great Drought and the Waters of Waco; Return From Bedlam; The Curse of Morgan Kilgane; Graveyard of Gems! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 24, Issue 3 - August 1952. Children's Playmate Magazine features creative stories, poems, rebuses, recipes, activities, crafts, science experiments, and health articles for children. 6" x 9", 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Painted cover by Ernest Nordli. Art by Bob Jenney. The Cisco Kid rode the range as the Robin Hood of the Old West with his corpulent sidekick Pancho, earning a permanent place in 20th-century pop culture. A grass fire sends Cisco and Pancho into battle against outlaws who plan to destroy the alfalfa crop of the Running-L Ranch. But Bess, the beautiful owner of the ranch, mistakes Cisco and Pancho for the culprits. Pancho boards a stagecoach that also carries Widow Johnson, the new heir of the Blue Lady Mine, but outlaws don't want that stage to arrive. Surprise Attack; The Cisco Kid and the Riddle of the Running-L; The Cisco Kid and the Blue Lady Mine Mystery. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Red Badge of Courage, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 98, with 8/52 date). This is no epic history of great generals, glorious victories or dire defeats. This is simply the story of what befell only one young lad on that fateful day when he came face to face with the monster called war. Cover price $0.15.

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Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories by Hank Chapman and unknown. Art by Russ Heath, John Romita, Norman Steinberg and Gil Evans. In this issue: "Zeroed In!" with art by Russ Heath; 2-page text story "Korean Cowboy"; "Night Raid" by Hank Chapman and John Romita; "Behind Red Lines" with art by Norman Steinberg; and "Demolition Team" with art by Gil Evans. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bill Ely and others. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. A jewel thief sets his sights on the famed Blue Star diamond as a gift for his wife. A simple-minded town fool stumbles on the evidence of a murder, but townspeople think he is involved himself. It's gangsters vs. cowboys when a new rustling scheme involves hijacking a cattle drive onto a schooner. The Glass Gibraltar; The Rats on the Vine; Haunted Headlines; The Kind Nuisance; The Mink in the Balcony; The Hamburger Pirates; The Gypsy Link. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Johnny Craig. "The Execution!", script and art by Johnny Craig; A man stops for a standed motorist who has skidded into a snowbank; At about the same time, a young woman is murdered, and from the description of the killer and the getaway car, it seems that the man who aided the stranded motorist is guilty. "Murder the Lover!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; A businessman, Ken Martin, comes home one evening and discovers his wife in the arms of his best friend, Walt; Ken swears revenge, so he calls the man up and suggests the two go moose hunting together, while secretly planning to "accidently" kill him. "Murder the Husband!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Walter is madly in love with Kenneth's wife, but he knows his friend will never get a divorce, so he decides to kill him; When Kenneth invites Walter on a moose hunting trip, Walter agrees, and the pair go out in a boat loaded with ropes and weights. "Trap!" text story by Al Feldstein. "Snooze to Me!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; Herbert comes home late one night and his waiting wife; Suspecting that he is having an affair, she confronts him, shooting down all of his alibis; She tells him to leave but has second thoughts and phones him to come back, but he refuses. "Paralyzed!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); A seemingly happily married couple actually hate one another, and the husband wants out of the 15-year marriage; The wife refuses; They get involved in an auto accident, and Gladys is paralyzed in the wreck. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by unknown. Art by Lew Sayre Schwartz, Charles Paris, Leonard Starr, Joe Certa, Ruben Moreira and unknown. Batman and Robin introduce their most sensational crime-fighting weapon in "The Flying Bat-Cave!" with art by Lew Sayre Schwartz and Charles Paris. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "The Mystery of the Stolen Arrows!" with art by Leonard Starr; Robotman in "The Man Who Could Read Robotman's Mind!" with pencils by Joe Certa; and Impossible -- But True! tale "The Man Who Could Imitate Anything!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with art by Ruben Moreira. Also: Little Pete half-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Shorty 1-pager by Boltinoff; Professor Eureka half-pager by Boltinoff; Casey the Cop 1-pager by Boltinoff; and 2-page text piece "From Arrow Poison to Mankind's Boon." And: Superman says "It's Smart to Check -- and Doublecheck!" in a 1-page public service announcement by Jack Schiff and Win Mortimer. 44 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Trap for a Tigeres!" novelette by John D. MacDonald.

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Vol. 3 No. 3 Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Harry Lazarus. Edited by Sol Cohen. Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Gene Fawcette, Harry Lazarus, and Vince Alascia. Tales of horror from the era just before the Comics Code was introduced. A couple accidentally releases a monster from an ancient European castle; Traveling musicologists discover the Mexican Song of the Undead, but fail to heed the warnings; an explorer finds a Bulaga monster frozen in the Antarctic wastes, and unwisely thaws it. The Monster of Zollmort Castle; Song of the Undead!; The Alchemist; The Phantom Python; The Deformed of Zoar; The Curse of the Bulaga! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 13, Issue 5 - August, 1952. 6.75" x 9", 118 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Contains comic strip reprints and a text story. In order of appearance: "Scorchy Smith" by Rodlow Willard; "Bobby Sox" by Martha B. Links; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Dickie Dare" by Francis A. Matera; and "Steve Roper and Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon. "Devil's Loot" text story by Matt Christopher. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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August 1952. Cover by Walter Popp. Stories include "The Man Who Lived Twice" by Rog Phillips, "All Flesh is Brass" by Milton Lesser, "The Yellow Wind" by Dean Evans, "Tomorrow's Shadow" by Arthur G. Stangland, and "Mars Invites You" by Don Wilcox. Illustrations by Ed Emsler, Mendoza, John Giunta, and Virgil Finlay. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 5 - Issue 5, July/August 1952. Pulp magazine devoted to exploring the paranormal. This issue features Ishtar, Goddess of Love! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 page, Text (with B&W Illustrations and Photos). Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Jack Sparling, Al Avison, Vic Donahue, Bob Powell and Warren Kremer. Tales of war from Harvey, published as the Korean War was at its peak. WWII pilot Pete is shot down, and only his buddy Mike can save him. A US convoy truck confronted by enemy soldiers makes a desperate ramming attack. A soldier on his last tour in Korea brings along a movie camera to capture footage of the war. Plentiful vintage ads for toy soldiers and war comics (including one starring Joe Palooka) provide a time capsule of Cold War-era culture. Buddy System; Do or Die; Eye Witness; He Knew!; The Last Patrol; Conways Revenge. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Vic Herman and others. Military comedy from Toby Press featuring ne'er-do-well US Marines Quigley and Beals. A diplomatic assignment to Austria is impeded by Quigley and Beals' inclination to compete for every comely woman they see, whether she's a military secretary or a sinister Russian spy. Q. and B. are assigned to protect a visiting Russian opera star with info on commie agents, but the commie agents are there too, disguised as the FBI. Marine private Gwendolyn gets all dolled-up for a formal dance, forgetting that "formal" in the military means "in uniform." Plus a selection of one-page good-girl art pin-ups from various unsigned artists - the best one yet. The Brunette Bombshell; A Night at the Opera; Crying Is For Cowards; GI Chuckles; Gils Gals; Gwendolyn. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Louis Ravielli and Gerald McCann. Tales of the U.S. Navys Underwater Demolition Team, popularly known as the frogmen. The frogmen are dropped near an enemy-held island to track down the sub fleet that is decimating UN forces. In the backup story, two sailors volunteer for a risky mission aboard an experimental two-man sub. Also featuring another stunning contents page illustrated by Louis Ravielli on the inside front cover. Hidden Menace; Death on Razorback Ridge; Operation Havoc. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Jimmy Dixon and others. Bloody war stories from the height of the Korean Conflict. A medic must risk his life to aid wounded soldiers on the battlefield, a topic that inspired MASH, two decades later. When an experimental US jet is forced down in enemy territory, an American platoon must risk their lives to retrieve it. "Hate!" is an example of the sort of gung-ho war story that inspired Harvey Kurtzman to create Frontline Combat over at EC Comics. Help Me!; Forced Landing!; Hero or Traitor?; Guilty!; Hate! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Robin Hood" - Written by Gaylord Du Bois. Art by Morris Gollub and Jon Small. Photo cover of Richard Todd. First Disney movie Four Color book. Adaptation of the Walt Disney motion picture, "The Story of Robin Hood and his Merry Men." Starring Robin Hood, Maid Marian, Little John, The Sheriff of Nottingham, Prince John and Richard the Lionheart! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "BOB CLAMPETT'S BEANY in HORSE-FLY HUBBUB, No. 414" Cover art by Jack Bradbury. Horse-Fly Hubbub, art by Jack Bradbury; The Leakin' Lena is blown hundreds of miles off course by a storm; They find a mysterious island inhabited by giant horse-flies (who look more like horses than flies, except for the wings and six legs); When a young horse-fly injures his leg, the crew takes him back to the United States; Dishonest John gains possession of the now healthy horse-fly and rides him to a win in a horse race. The Blue Man, art by Jack Bradbury; The Leakin' Lena and her crew sail to the North Pole in search of an "elephant wearing a fur coat." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "ROOTIE KAZOOTIE, No. 415." Magic Carpet, art by Dan Gormley; Rootie turns a throw rug into a magic carpet with his magic kazootie and goes on an aerial tour of the city with Gala Poochie, ending up at a baseball game. The Puppy Who Wanted to be King!; Rootie writes a story about a dog who changes places with a king and reads it to Gala Poochie. Dottie Takes up Painting, art by Dan Gormley; Dottie wants to paint Rootie's picture, but he is trying to get ready to play in a baseball game. Rootie Kazootie's Zany Zoo, art by Dan Gormley; Rootie shows off his zoo of nonsensical animals, like the bulletproof "Gelf" who hops through the woods and catches hunters' bullets and throws them back. Rootie Dresses as a Girl, art by Dan Gormley; Rootie dresses as a girl to get accepted into Polka Dottie's all-girl club. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walter Lantz WOODY WOODPECKER, No. 416." Cover art by Dan Gormley. Woody Woodpecker, Telegram Messenger, pencils by Dan Gormley, inks by Suzanne Seaborne; Woody is a bicycle messenger boy for the Mercury Telegraph Company. Woody Woodpecker, Private Detective, pencils by Dan Gormley; Woody has just opened his detective agency. Woody Woodpecker, Babysitter; Woody is baby-sitting Mrs. Feeney's little boy. Woody Woodpecker, Mail Carrier, pencils by Dick Hall, inks by Suzanne Seaborne; Woody gets a job as a letter carrier for the post office. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories, Art and Cover by Bill MacLean. Double Trouble with Goober. Featuring the tales "Babes in the Woods," "Goober and his 'Double Trouble Pals' Jeannie and Johnnie," "You Can't Fool a Hot Dog" and "Goober and His Twin Pals Seek Hidden Treasure," plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Sam Savitt. Untitled story, script by Rod Reed, art by Frank Godwin; Rusty Riley, an orphan, loves horses and, after preventing a ex-jockey from injuring one of Quentin Miles' thoroughbreds, gets a job as a stable boy at the Miles horse farm. Reprinted from Rusty Riley (King Features Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1948. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "SERGEANT PRESTON OF THE YUKON, No. 419. Sergeant Preston and the Mutiny's Survivor; The two survivors of a ship's mutiny, each thinking the other is dead, cross paths at a dance hall in Dawson; Baxter, the ringleader of the mutiny, stabs Donahue, who hadn't participated in the mutiny, in order to eliminate the last witness; Yukon King brings Sgt. Preston to save the stabbed man; The next day Donahue tells his story to Sgt. Preston, who then tracks down Baxter. Golconda Claim; Sgt. Preston breaks up a quarrel between two cantankerous old sourdoughs; One claims the other sold him worthless stock in the Golconda Mine. Sergeant Preston and the Printed Tip-Off; A small gang, headed by "Stony" Logan, is terrorizing the Whitehorse District and the newspaper editor prints an editorial demanding action by the Mounted Police. Scripts by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Alberto Giolitti. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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#420, 8-9/52, 10c. Bugs Bunny in "The Mysterious Buckaroo" in which Bugs Bunny tries to help a town terrorized by Yosemite Sam, "The Cloud-Shooter" and two untitled stories. Issue also has one-page gag strips on back cover and inside covers. Story and art credits: unknown. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "TOM CORBETT, SPACE CADET, No. 421. Painted cover art by Alden McWilliams. Academy classroom photo from the Tom Corbett TV show. Colonists of Io, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Alden McWilliams; A headstrong swashbuckler, Skip McKay, is in command of a spaceship of colonists bound for Jupiter's moon, Io; Capt. Strong and the cadets accompany them in a separate ship to see that the colony is set up according to law; The colonists make it to Io, but McKay discovers uranium there and causes trouble. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Mort Meskin. Cover by Dick Briefer. Prize Comics revives Dick Briefer's Frankenstein series in line with the horror trends of the Pre-Code 1950s. Frankenstein encounters a colony of zombies hiding in a swamp. A man tries to contact his wife's ghost to find out who murdered her. An explorer in a long-buried Egyptian tomb believes he has been there before. The Tomb of the Living Dead; The Shadowboxer; Rest in Peace!; Marriage of Death; The Man Who Died Twice! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mike Suchorsky. Stories and art by Bill Ely, Mort Lawrence, Lorence Bjorklund, and Mort Meskin. "Frogman" is not a frog-powered superhero, but a 1950s term for underwater special-ops soldiers. Frogmen in explosive vehicles target an underwater holding pen for enemy subs. Special forces are assigned to rescue a captured agent from enemy territory. In a fanciful story, pirates use barrels filled with air to become the first "frogmen" during a harbor raid. Saturday Afternoon Frogman; Underwater Lighthouse; Objective Sam; The Twenty-First Cave; Gulf Stream Riddle; The Pirate Frogman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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August 1952. Cover by Emsh. Stories: "Surface Tension" by James Blish, "Yesterday House" by Fritz Leiber, "Proof of the Pudding" by Robert Sheckley, "Education of a Martian" by Joseph Shallit, and "Gravy Planet"(Conclusion) by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; 160 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.