Comic books 1953 w/ month not specified

Reprints content from Campus Romances (1949) #1. Art by Walter Johnson, Manny Stallman, and Ed Waldman. Tales of romance at the university. Honor student Norma wonders if she should spend more time thinking about boys; A woman pines for her soldier husband; Love drives a girl to crime. Featuring a painted cover reprinted from one of Avons paperbacks. When She Wanted Love; I Was a War Bride; Fast Company; The Story Behind the Cover; I Stole for Love. 36 pages, Full Color Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by Jack Cole and unknown. Candy stars in: "Music Half Charms"; "Aching Back to Nature"; "One for the Record"; and two untitled stories. Plus: Will Bragg in an untitled reprint story co-starring Effy Gissel, Mrs. Mahoulahan, Fire Chief Carl Swenson, Etta Swenson and Dolly De Mure (art by Jack Cole). Also: Candy in 1-page text story "What Price Charm" co-starring Ted Dawson and Miss Carter. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by unknown. Art by Jack Cole and unknown. Candy stars in: "A Good Skate!"; "No Rhyme or Reason"; "Egg Hamlet"; "Clean-Up Squad"; and "Chemical Formula"! Plus: Will Bragg in an untitled reprint story co-starring Effy Gissel, Mrs. Mahoulahan, Fire Chief Carl Swenson and Trixie Moran (art by Jack Cole). Also: Candy in 1-page reprint text story "Candy's He-Man" co-starring Ted Dawson and Miss Sinclair. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Junior Annual (1953, United Kingdom). Cover story: Captn Marvel Jr. in "The Giant of the Bean Stalk" (titled The Magic Bean Stalk" on splash page. Inside front cover: Whippersnapper humor strip. Capt. Marvel Junior in "The Acrobat's Death Trap," plus "The Unlucky Buddha," and "The Flying Men" with art that appears to be by Russ Manning. If so, it is some of his earlies work in comics. Full color, 36 pages counting covers (back cover image same as front, 8-in. x 10.75-in., spiralbound, heavy card stock covers, inter paper heavy creme matt stock. Published in the United Kingdom by L. Miller Publishing. NOTE: Covers are delicate at edges due to being larger than interior pages.

Captain Midnight Secret Squadron badge, a non-permanent badge, printed in 1953 for the 15th anniversary of Captain Midnight, a 1930s radio character. 2" X 2"; colored badge.

Issue 905, 1st Printing - "Strangers in the Dark" by Peggy Gaddis. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, all text. Cover price $0.35.

Issue 912, 1st Printing - "Wild Party" by Frederic Spencer. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, all text. Cover price $0.35.

Issue 913, 1st Printing - "Affairs of a Career Girl" by Mitchell Coleman. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.35.

Issue 918, 1st Printing - "Rapture Alley" by Whit Harrison. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 130 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.35.

Issue 919, 1st Printing - "City Hotel" by Jane Manning. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 130 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.35.

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Issue 920 - "Hotel Waitress" by Gene Harvey. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.35.

Cartoon Annual the Cream of the Year's Best Laughs (1953), was published by A.A. Wyn, Inc. Edited by Ralph E. Shinkes. Features cartoons by E. Simms, Ed Reed, Scott Taber, Goldstein, and many more. Includes cartoons from American Magazine, Saturday Review of Literature, King Features, Sport, and more. 100 pages. Cover price $0.50.

8 1/2-in x 11in. 98 pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Promo comic published to bring awareness to White Cross Health and Accident plans. 5" x 7", 16 pages, full color.

Stories and art by Marty Taras, Steve Muffatti and Warren Kremer. Cover by Warren Kremer. The well-meaning but misunderstood Casper becomes one of Harvey Comics' best-known stars. Casper travels all the way to the South Pole to find some friends, but even the Antarcticans are afraid of ghosts. Casper meets an impoverished puppy that lives in a shoe and tries to change his destiny with a magic stick that points to gold. Baby Huey creates chaos when trying to join a band, in a story by Huey creator Marty Taras. Casper the Friendly Ghost; At the South Pole; Herman and Katnip: Shocking Behavior; The Ant; Watch the Birdie; Gold Diggers; Buzzy the Funny Crow: Hot Stuff; The Magic Fiddle; Brownie: Honey Bear; Baby Huey: Barn Yard Band: The Winner. 36 pages, four color. Cover price $0.10.

UK Reprint - 28 Pages

Add to cart FR 1.0 $37.00 View scans 6" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Centerfold detached at one staple. Multiple lateral spine tears.

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(A-1 No. 82) Stories by Gardner Fox. Art by Bob Powell. Cover by Bob Powell. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #82. Classic good-girl art by Bob Powell, as a girl raised by wolves becomes the jungle hero Cave Girl. Orphaned in the primeval Dawn Lands (where Thun'da also resides), Carol Mantomer is adopted by wolves and rejects the king of beastmen and others who want to tame her; An explorer discovers Cave Girl's true identity as an heiress and takes to Nairobi, but she prefers the jungle; A big-game hunter wants to make Cave Girl his latest catch. Featuring early stories by future comics legend Gardner Fox. The Pool of Life!; The City of Terror; Tiger by the Tail!; Spears of the Snow-Men. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $72.00 View scans Water damage. Cover oxidation. Date stamp on back cover.

(A-1 No. 96) Stories by Gardner Fox. Art by Bob Powell. Cover by Bob Powell. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #96. Classic good-girl art by Bob Powell, as a girl raised by wolves becomes the jungle hero Cave Girl. White men disguised as natives steal ivory and archaeological treasures; Cave Girl is captured by the Amazons and forced to fight lions; Jungle lord Thun'da must prevent discovery of an ancient machine that can turn anything into gold. Featuring early stories by future comics legend Gardner Fox. The Devil Boat!; Prey of the Headhunters!; The Amazon Assassins!; Thunda: The Gold-Maker! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Chariot into Time by Karl Zeigfried.

A pictorial report on the impact of the female form from September Morn to Marilyn Monroe. 8.5" x 10.5", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Just Visited Chicago's Art Institute (1953, 3C-H550) is a post card published by Curt Teich & Copmany. A rare, unused linen postcard for one of Chicago's most famous attractions, and the place where many comic artists in decades past studied. Full color, 3.50-in x 5.50-in.

The Star Coloring Book of Children Around the World (1953) is a coloring book published by Star Publications, an Atom Age comic book publisher. Comic book content is limited. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Good $20.00 View scans Water damage: Slight.

First Edition - 1953. Written by Wilmar H. Shiras. The stories in this collection have been credited, but never confirmed, as a source of inspiration for Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's, "The Uncanny X-Men". Hardcover in dustjacket, 5.5" x 8.25", 216 pages, text. Cover price $2.75.

Cover by Matt Fox. Stories and art by Harry Harrison, Joe Galotti and Bob Baer. Tales of pre-Code horror from Youthful Magazines. A horror story based on Samuel Taylor Coleridge's classic poem, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," as a sailor's curse follows him home. A man thrown into a snake-pit by his parents somehow survives, and learns the truth about a subterranean race of snake-people descended from the snake in the Garden of Eden. Or was it all a hallucination born of madness? Cover art by noted artist Matt Fox, better known for his covers of pulp magazines such as Weird Tales. The Ancient Mariner; The Smell of Death; Don't Wear That Suit; The Snake Pit. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $1,200.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #1297351003 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by thegeneral

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Add to cart FR 1.0 $899.95 or Best Offer View scans 7" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple and coming loose at the other. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Matt Fox. Stories and art by Harry Harrison, Joe Galotti, Henry Kiefer and Vince Napoli. Tales of pre-Code horror from Youthful Magazines. A proud Medieval lord boasts that he loves hunting so much he would ride with the Devil himself, but the wrong person takes that literally. Cover art by noted artist Matt Fox, better known for his covers of pulp magazines such as Weird Tales. The Hounds of Hell; The Monster; Curse of the Tomb; Sacrifice. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $1,620.00 View scans Paper: Off white Label #4504615004

Add to cart PR 0.5 $549.00 or Best Offer View scans Interior is complete. Full length spine split, back cover detached, front cover near detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Stories and art by Steve Kirkel, Henry Kiefer and Vince Napoli. Tales of pre-Code horror from Youthful Magazines. A horror story based on the classic Rudyard Kipling story "The Mark of the Beast." Another story is based on an Edgar Allan Poe story, his first to see print, in which the survivor of a brutal family feud is undone by fate and an untamed horse. An artist makes a deal with the devil, and receives a disembodied hand that will do anything he asks, even draw...or kill. The Mark of the Beast; The Curse of Metzengerstein; The Creeping Hand; The House of Greed. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Second Edition. "An American Annual of Christmas Literature and Art." Christmas stories, Scripture, hymns, art (modern and classical), poems, and photography in a deluxe oversize format. Extraordinary production values. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; part color; 68 pages. No cover price. Augsburg Publishing House.