Comic books November 1952

Volume 7, Issue 3 - September, 1952. True crime magazine with stories and article about women in the world of organized crime, murder, robbery, and debauchery. Softcover Magazine, 8.5" x 11", 74 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Art Cappello. Stories and art by Frank Frollo and Art Cappello. Early romance comics that include noirish tales of melodrama, scandal and deceit. Nora's family forbids her to date bad-boy Nick, so she marries him in secret - then learns her family was right about him. Anna's friend and neighbor starts to spy on her when she realizes she has a secret lover. A female judge declares a divorcing couple unfit parents. She sends their son to an orphanage despite the kid's pleas, and soon regrets it. Wedding Marches; For Money Not for Love; The Darkness Held My Secret; I Hated My Sister; The Supreme Cost of Love; My Secret Exploded; His Great Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Jack Sparling, Joe Certa and Bob Powell. Torrid tales of love and heartbreak dressed up as advice to the lovelorn from Harvey. Connie wants to dump sailor boyfriend Peter when she falls for Rex, but Peter's not ready to let her go. Laurie loves Ed, but he can't say no to his gambling problem. Redheaded Margo runs into old flame Dan, but now he's got dangerous underworld connections and doesn't want her to get involved. Saucy pre-Code cover, possibly by Al Avison. Foolish Illusion; Gambling with Love; Hidden Heartbreak; Dead End Desire; This Time Forever; Passion for a Stranger. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Drama melds with melodrama in an early romance comic from Fawcett. Gilda manages to steal Doug away from Laura, but a disastrous blizzard reveals Gilda's true nature to Doug. In a romantic Western tale, Gail falls for the handsome stranger who rides into town, but trouble rides with him. Heiress Terry isn't sure if she loves Dick or Hal, but the memory of a treasured goblet helps her decide. Brief Victory; Loves Impostor; The Stingy Boy Friend; Only a Memory. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow, Jack Kamen and Al Feldstein. Romance comics with "real world" problems from L.B. Cole's Star Publications. War widow Lorna isn't sure that she can love again. A story with mildly risque pre-Code bad-girl art, as Wendy is shocked when she catches new hubby Bob enjoying a burlesque show - but the real problem is he hates living with her folks. A story with art by EC legends Jack Kamen and Al Feldstein. Saucy narration and swimsuit pose on the cover by L. B. Cole. My Love Was Auctioned; My Road to Heartbreak; Tears of Joy; Fool's Desire. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 6, Issue 46 - November 15, 1952. Softcover, 5" 7", 42 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

True crime stories. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 66 pages, black and white text with photos.

Despite the US affiliation in the title, this was an original war comic from Canadian publisher Superior, with early issues focused on the then-current Korean War. A US pilot in Korea ponders the secret of the Bridge That Wasn't There, which can't be destroyed by any bomb. A rookie pilot makes one disastrous mistake after another. Pilot Blaze Kennedy investigates mysterious clouds over Korea that pull planes out of the sky. Clouds That Killed; Rookie Raiders; Operation Blast; Mission of Revenge. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by John Celardo. Contains horror stories. In order of appearance: "The Betraying Hands" art by Mike Sekowsky; "The Ghosts in Blue"; "Moon Madness" art by Jack Katz; "The Smiling Man"; "Vampires"; and "Time Is the Killer". "Blood Orchid: Uncle Randy Loved Flowers and They Told a Grim Deadly Story..." illustrated text story by Harrison Hendryx. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Gerald McCann and others. Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. One of Avons many combat titles during the Korean War, this one focusing on the tank corps. Korea experiments with robot tanks; Enemy forces set a trap in an abandoned town; Major Vic Storm contends with a new enemy strategy: coordinated tank-and-jet fighter attacks. Also featuring a nice contents page by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. Killer Tank!; Trap of Steel!; Torpedo Boat!; The Grenadier; Robot Armada!; Death Target. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Ad for MAD #1. "Silver Threads Among the Mold!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Cedric wants to marry a model named Christine; he makes a statue of her. "People Who Live in Brass Hearses," script by Al Feldstein and Bill Gaines, art by Jack Davis; The children ran up to the hearse as Mr. Byrd drove by, yelling things at him as he made his way to the general store; They couldn't understand why a man, who was NOT an undertaker, would drive such a contraption. "Treasure!" text story by William M. Gaines. "Strictly from Hunger!", art by George Evans; The posse stands before the mouth of the dark cave, where they had trailed a creature that had killed ten of their own, stripping their flesh from their bones. "A Grim Fairy Tale!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); A tiny kingdom is overrun with rats. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Barks. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Merrill De Maris, Bill Wright, Bill Walsh, Manuel Gonzales, Bob Karp, Don Christensen, Frank McSavage, Gil Turner, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 13 #2. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured art by Carl Barks, the legendary Good Duck Artist. Mickey Mouse frees a genie. In a story by Barks, Donald's new scheme to raise chickens doesn't work out as planned. Mickey takes in Goofy's new pet, which turns out to be a camel. Donald Duck; Li'l Bad Wolf; Pluto; Little Hiawatha; Halloween Ghost; Mickey Mouse: The Miracle Master. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 34, Number 2 - November, 1952. University of Southern California monthly humor magazine with articles, cartoons and photos. 9" x 12", 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Don Heck. "Harrigan's Hat," art by Don Heck; Guadalcanal War story about a soldier named Harrigan and how he wanted to wear a derby hat. "Ozark Killer!", art by Pete Morisi; Korean War story about a soldier named Tanglefoot Jones being captured and escaping from the enemy. "Bloody Mission" text story by Charles F. X. Houts. "Counterspy!", pencils by Joe Galotti, inks by Fred Bell; Korean War story about a Korean-American soldier named Nate who became an undercover spy for the Americans in North Korea. "Mail Call," pencils by Don Perlin, inks by Abe Simon; Pappy and "The Kid" deal with problems with their women back home while fighting a Japanese Patrol. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Ajax-Farrell presents battlefield stories from the Korean conflict. A squad is assigned to hold a beachhead at any cost. Two soldiers find themselves behind enemy lines and decide to do as much damage as they can. A letter from home gives a soldier a stark contrast with his war-torn surroundings. Hold That Beach-Head; Narrow Outlook; Two-Man Invasion!; Letter From Home. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ray Osrin, Ben Brown, and Dave Gantz. Love plus war equals bittersweet 1950s drama, featuring art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Joyce tells her friends overseas soldier Don is her fiance, and when he returns with a British wife, she tries to break them up, in a story with art by Baker. USO performer Nancy cozies up to sailor Jack because she thinks he's got connections in showbiz, but she didn't expect to fall in love. Vicky's fiance Peter pushes her away after he loses his sight, not wanting to burden her, so she secretly becomes a nurse in his rehab hospital. Plus a letters page offering to connect overseas GIs with romantic pen pals. Love Pirate; The Colonel's Daughter; Target: Sailor; Correspondence Club; One Heart: Missing in Action. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Ghosts of Doom"; Zombies and a giant crocodile populate the eerie Everglades; Gangsters arrive from Miami with a kidnap victim, looking for a hide-out; Soon the parties battle each other. "The Phantom Freaks"; Emil Lorenz runs a carnival freak show and mistreats his animal-like creatures. "Custodian of the Dead," art by Jack Cole; Undertaker Horace Vennery is a grave-robber at night, stealing valuable possessions off his dead clients. "Laughter of Doom" text story. "Rehearsal for Death"; Understudy Fenton demands his chance on stage and murders leading man Worthington. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Sign of Doom," "You Dare Not Speak About It," "The Dead Dance on Halloween," and "Haunt of the Iskander Fjord." Stories by Bill Molno, Mike Sekowsky, Bill Walton, and Charles Nicholas. Suspense-filled horror tales that weave a Web of Mystery for the reader! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Al Feldstein classic outer space cover. "Mass Meeting" (art by Joe Orlando), "Skeleton Key" (art by Al Williamson), "What He Saw" (art by Jack Kamen), and "The Green Thing" (art by Orlando). The letters page comments on EC's Ray Bradbury adaptations with a disingenuous implication that the author approved them from the beginning. As is well-known now, Feldstein swiped the stories without authorization, but Bradbury called them on it, and soon an agreement was worked out in which EC paid Bradbury for the adaptations. NOTE: See 1st Series for 1950 #16. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Don Perlin, Gus Ricca, Abe Simon, and Charles Sultan. Classic pre-Code horror from St. John. A ghostbreaker investigates sightings of skeletal horsemen, and finds something even worse... Commies! Simon sets out to scare his wealthy uncle to death by faking ghost voices with technology, in a story with art by future Marvel legend Don Perlin. A prison guard from a Nazi concentration camp seeks revenge, and meets a grim comeuppance. The Knife on Murderer's Knoll; Ghost Riders; The Haunter; Comedy Column; The Fiend of Dachau. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Wally Wood. Stories by Jerry De Fuccio, Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Wally Wood, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Jack Kamen, and Joe Orlando. EC's influential New Trend title featured some legendary sci-fi and comics artists. A time traveler from the future helps a modern-day man with a convoluted cross-time murder plot. A man discovers the horrifying truth about the girl he left behind on an alien planet, with art by Al Williamson and some panels by Frank Frazetta. The classic flying saucer/aliens cover by Wally Wood actually inspired the Topps trading card series "Mars Attacks" and its subsequent spin-offs. Down to Earth; Space-Borne!; The Green Man; Given the Heir!; The Peoples Choice! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Nov 1952. Cover by Anthony Di Giannurio. Horror and supernatural fiction by Alice Farnham "Black as the Night", Frank Owen, Arthur J. Burks, Dorothy Quick, Francis J. O'Neil, Curtis W. Casewit, Seabury Quinn, Hamilton Craigie. Illustrations by Andrew Brosnatch, Virgil Finlay, Joseph Eberle, Vinent Napoli, Frank Kelly Freas, Anthony Di Giannurio, Joseph Howard Krucher, Boris Dolgov, and Jon Arfstrom. 6 3/4" x 10"; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

UK edition, one shilling cover price. Vol. 44 #7 - Nov. 1952. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/4-in., 96 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Basil Wolverton and Ed Robbins. Stories and art by Tony Mortellaro, Eugene Hughes, Hy Fleishman and Basil Wolverton. Pre-Code tales of science fiction and horror from Stanley Morse Publications. After a nuclear war, a self-proclaimed king rules over an underground kingdom of survivors. A time traveler brings an inventor his own future interstellar-drive invention, but of course there's a horrible time-travel catch. Plus an adventure of whimsical spacefaring hero Jumpin' Jupiter. Stories and a classic horror cover by comics legend Basil Wolverton. Day of Doom; The Engine That Came Through Time; The Masquerade; Jumpin' Jupiter; Speck of Stardust. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Allen Hardy. Cover art by H. C. Kiefer. Horror, suspense, and Weird Terror tales patterned after the classic EC comics. "The Evil Ones!", art by Don Heck; Statistician John Anders finds out that accidents do not happen by accident; They are caused by evil gnomes living below the city; When the gnomes spot him, Anders has to run for his life. "Wrath of Satan," pencils by John Belcastro, inks by Joe Galotti; Simon Fergus, a trash picker at the carnival, enters a pact with the devil to get even with the business partners who cheated him; As one by one dies in freak accidents, Simon realizes that Satan will be coming for him, too. "Fear - What Is It?" text article; Glossary of terms like "Torture", "Demonology", "Sadism" and "Insane Persons". "Isle of Doom!", art by Pete Morisi; A crew of explorers lands on a volcanic island, freshly risen from the sea. They find treasures and a lost race of unholy beings. "Death Song!", art by Don Heck; Violinist Marleau murders his rival Ricco to get his share of wealth and fame; Then he starts seeing things and is haunted by the dead man's spirit. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bob Powell, Frank Giacoia, Robert Bernstein, Ray Willner, and Vic Martin. Classic 1950s science-fiction and horror tales from Ziff-Davis. Jim encounters zombie soldiers in Haiti, in a story with art by comics legend Bob Powell. A hunter kills a rare white eagle and activates an ancient curse, in a story with art by future Marvel artist Frank Giacoia. A ghost in an old New Orleans mansion seeks a couple's help in bringing his killer to justice. Plus an article on Egyptian freemasonry. Payment in Full!; The Stalking Doom; Cagliostro: Swindler or Superman?; Out of the Unknown; Wings of Death!; Vic Martin; Spirit Spasms; All the King's Men. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 6, No. 3. November, 1952. Cover by Peter Driben. Men's tabloid magazine: "The Stories Behind the Headlines". 8.25-in. x 11-in., 52 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.25.

Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Vince Alascia and Gene Fawcette. In the tradition of Sheena and Tarzan, redheaded, blue-eyed jungle queen Tarinda (formerly Taanda) rides a trained zebra and fights for the people of her adopted tribe, the Tauruti. Tarinda discovers a lost tribe of cavemen and joins forces with them to fend off a monstrous gorilla. Tarinda battles the priestess of Koomalo atop a rocky crag in the Mountains of Madness. A rival tribe worships a giant snake and provides it with human prey. Also featuring a terrific contents page by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. King of the Gorillas!; Coils of the Monster Snake; The Giant Cataract; Mountains of Madness!; Slaves of the Diamond Mines; Return of the Blue Gorilla! Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Pete Costanza. Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk, George Marko, Otto Binder, and Kurt Schaffenberger. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. A mysterious dancing plague sweeps over America, and Captain Marvel must discover who's behind it before people dance themselves to death. Lance and Mike go undercover on an offshore gambling ship to help a reporter investigate gangster Giant Pretts. Ibis investigates a strange river flood and encounters the otherworldly Riverman. Captain Marvel Battles the Dancing Plague; Doc Sorebones; Lance O'Casey: Gamble with Death; Golden Arrow: Wanted for Murder and Robbery; Brainy Buster; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; What's the Name?; Wilbur the Waiter; Ibis the Invincible Battles the Amazing Riverman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue 653 - November, 1952. The true adventure magazine for men. A collection of true stories from all over the world. 6.5" x 9.5", B&W.

Cover art by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Inside front cover art by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Bloody Canyon Massacre starring Wild Bill Hickok, art by Howard Larsen. The Man From Boot Hill starring Wild Bill Hickok, art by Howard Larsen. Flaming .45's text story. The Stallion text story. The Ghost of Sudden Jim starring Wild Bill Hickok, art by Howard Larsen. The Quick Colt Killer, art by Gerald McCann. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art. G.I. Joe ad. "The Curse of Kalunga!"; The coward Wagabi changes into a reptile. "Man-Eater"; Rex Cutler is taking pictures of wild animals until Watibbi force him to leave the territory. "The Bird-Man Legend" text story. "The River of Allah," art by Irv Novick; Joe is hired by a fanatical man to guide him on a holy mission to find the river of Allah. Kid Cowboy ad. "Giants of the Jungle"; Wild Boy must win a contest of running, jumping and throwing to free his friend Keeto from the Wattusi tribe. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "Homicide Highway!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman battles hot-rodders. Strange Beliefs About Wedding Gowns! article. "Wonder Woman's Invincible Rival!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Steve tries to prove he's Wonder Woman's equal. Wonder Women of History: three-page Sarah Josepha Hale bio by Julius Schwartz. Women In War text article. "The Case of the 8 Million Witnesses!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Winslow Mortimer. Superman's Blackout, pencils by Al Plastino, inks by Stan Kaye. The Rogue Archer starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp. Camels on the Warpath starring Wyoming Kid, script by Don Cameron, pencils by Howard Sherman, inks by Bruno Premiani. Mustapha Maim starring Vitamin Vic, script and art by Jack Farr. Gold Coast Cops starring Manhunters Around the World, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti. The Crimes of Batman starring Batman and the Joker, script by David Vern, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman & Robin figures) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Charles Paris. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Sheldon Moldoff, Bob McCarty and John Martin. Pre-Code tales of horror from Fawcett, a publisher not normally noted for grue. After a deadly car crash, Stephen travels to the realm of Death itself to rescue his wife. A stolen necklace brings a female ghost and a curse from the southern swamps, in a story that may be the work of sci-fi author Harry Harrison. An arrogant violinist acquires a cursed violin and joins the orchestra of the damned. Journey to Chaos; Ghost of the Swamp; Haste Makes Death; Satan's Stradivari! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.