Comic books September 1953

Volume 1, Issue 1 - Fall, 1953. 5.5" x 7.5", 162 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Teen hijinks featuring Cookie and his pals, created by legendary animator Dan Gordon. Cookie and his pop try to survive without his mom for a week, and are quickly at wits end; Cookies pop gets a new job thats too good to be true; Cookies ideas for the school carnival include a fortune-teller and a kissing booth. Cookie; Polly's Folks; A Girl Named Jane!; The Waterheads; A Real Deal. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

September 1953. Stories: "The Troublemakers" by Poul Anderson, "The Great C" by Philip K. Dick, "Gateway" by A. Bertram Chandler, "The Fiends In The Bedroom" by John Jakes, "The Orneks and the Gogos" by Charles E. Fritch, "The Curse" by Arthur C. Clarke, and "The Big Tick" by Ross Rocklynne. Scientific Article: "Icarus Brought To Earth" by R.S. Richardson. Softcover Pulp Digest, 5-in x 7-in, 128 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Lou Morales. Stories and art by Lou Morales, Carl Memling, and Stan Campbell. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, sometimes published under its short-lived Capitol or Law and Order imprints. Nick and Nora-like Mr. and Mrs. Chase take a second honeymoon at a remote resort, and quickly stumble on a corpse and a murder plot. Police investigate a locked-room mystery after jewel thieves steal the Harriman necklace, and all the clues lead to Gabbo the monkey. Escaped killer Brady hijacks a boat to freedom, but a rough storm and a savvy female navigator make short work of him. Mr. and Mrs. Chase: Vacation from Violence; Behind Locked Doors; Kill the Witness!; The Breath of Death; Stormy Crossing; Inside Job; Radio Patrol: Death Car; Eye Witness. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Charles Biro and others. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. Sicilian siblings the Genna Brothers rule Chicago's Little Italy, until they come up against Capone's Chicago Outfit. Trivia about strange crimes includes the Gorilla Man robberies, perpetrated by a man in a gorilla suit. A master of escaping from prison tells his story in the first person. The Genna Brothers; Crime Oddities; Harry The Artist Hamilton; It's a Fact!; The Five Lives of Lucky Lane. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Sewer Rat," "The Kiss of Death" (art by Jack Keller), "Dead End," "He Rapped Three Times" (art by Sitton), and a two-page text story, "Somebody's Killer." Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Moe Marcus, Al Gordon, Bernard Case and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. Insane killer Fred Blore loves his banjo, but woe to anyone who crosses him or his instrument. A gang war erupts between country bootleggers the Gordon mob and their city-mouse rivals, the Kivac gang. A hired killer tries to set up somebody else to take the rap for his double-cross. Killers from the Sticks; Kill-Crazy Fred "Banjo" Blore; Strange Criminals; Crime Oddities; Violence. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Signed in His Own Blood," "Double X Marks the Spot," "Flowers for a Mobster," "Death Has Two Faces." Two page text story, "Time to Kill." Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Mo Marcus, Al Gordon, Art Gates, Ross Andru and Mike Esposito. Crime and adventure comics featuring detective heroes. Dr. Lance Storm's latest case involves three beautiful but deadly women, his arch enemy Professor Zarno, and a killer robot. Chinese-American scientist Dr. Foo learns the thief at the museum's Egyptian ward is a mummy - or so it seems - in a story featuring early art by future Marvel legends Ross Andru and Mike Esposito. A yogi with the power to put people in a deathlike state becomes a stage sensation, until his Hollywood agent and his wife begin an affair and scheme to get rid of him. Cover by an unknown artist is an homage to (or swipe from) H. J. Ward's cover for pulp magazine Spicy Mystery Stories (1934-1942 Culture Publications) Pulp, Nov 1937. Lance Storm: Revenge of Professor Zarno!; You Are the Murderer!; Susan and the Devil; One Last Bullet; The Fantastic Dr. Foo: The Ancient Thief. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Don Heck. Stories and art by Pete Morisi, Ross Andru, Mike Esposito, Vic Evans and Don Heck. Tales of men's adventure, similar to the magazines that were then becoming a burgeoning market unto themselves. A "bring 'em back alive" hunter is trapped in a pit with a man-eating tiger. Navy divers are the only chance for a stranded submarine crew at the bottom of the ocean. Oil workers battling a derrick fire risk planting a nitroglycerin charge in the heart of the blaze. Featuring art and a cover by future Marvel legend Don Heck.. Hungry Killer; Deep Death; Dangerous Deception; The Dud; Detonation Squad; Black Gold. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Canadian Edition - Volume 1, Issue 9 - September 1953. Men's interest magazine focusing on Military, Politics, celebrities and showgirls. 4-in. x 6-in., 68 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro and Burt Frohman. This boys' adventure title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. The Little Wise Guys find a new swimming hole on a kindly millionaire's estate, but the man's stern butler has secret reasons for keeping them away from there. Dilly Duncan learns a lesson about plagiarism after he swipes a song written by a kid with social anxiety issues. The backup historical strip "American Heroes" includes Paul Revere, Robert Rogers, Gen. Robert E. Lee, and Stephen Decatur. Little Wise Guys: No Swimming Allowed; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Creepy Caswell's Caper; American Heroes; Puzzle Page; Little Wise Guys: The Cave-In. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Sam Brier and unknown. Art by Sam Brier and unknown. Television and radio's coast-to-coast favorite! In this issue: Five untitled A Date with Judy stories. Plus: Randolph 2-page text story "Higher Larnin'"; Datewise 2-pager "Giving and Getting"; untitled Stevie 1-pager by Sam Brier; and Time Out to Grin 1-pager. Plus: Teen Teasers activity page by Martin Naydel. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Tom Gill and Paul S. Newman. This Dell Giant special features Western hero the Lone Ranger. The origins of the Lone Ranger, Tonto, and Silver. The Ranger and Silver find adventure in Wild Horse Valley. A Silver solo story. Plus fun facts about life in the Old West. Silver; The Story of the Lone Ranger; Gold Coin Fraud; Western Money; Gunfight; American Firearms; The Red Feather; The Indian Peoples; The Story of Silver; Horses and History; Silver Dares the Deadly Rapids; Tonto. 96 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Dick Moores. Stories and art by Floyd Gottfredson, Gil Turner, Ken Hultgren, Manuel Gonzales, and Merril De Maris. One of a series of 100-page specials Dell produced with the Disney characters, this one featuring Mickey Mouse. In a classic Floyd Gottfredson story from the Mickey Mouse comic strip, Mickey competes with Montmorency for Minnie's affections. Mickey's nephews get so involved in building a soap-box racer that Mickey thinks they've forgotten his birthday. Mickey and Goofy collect donations to build an orphanage for skunks. The Soap Box Derby; The Great Swami Mooh-Lah; Goofys Orphans; Love Trouble. 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Regular 25 cent cover price edition. Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Walt Kelly. This Dell Giant features Walt Kelly Pogo reprints from Animal Comics. It was actually a dispute over this reprint comic that caused Walt Kelly to leave Dell Comics. In an early Pogoverse story by Kelly, the other animals try to trick Albert the Alligator with a help wanted ad from a suitcase factory, but luckily for him, Albert can't read. A fish story keeps growing until Pogo and Albert are hunting for a whale in the pond. Albert and Pogo want to find the Fountain of Youth, so they hold an election to see who should lead the expedition. Albert and Pogo and the Fountain of Youth; Albert and the Noah Count Ark; Albert the Alligator; Albert the Whaler; Dear Fellow Passengers; Ol Albert is Really a Deer. 100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

30 cent cover price variant! Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Walt Kelly. This Dell Giant features Walt Kelly Pogo reprints from Animal Comics. It was actually a dispute over this reprint comic that caused Walt Kelly to leave Dell Comics. In an early Pogoverse story by Kelly, the other animals try to trick Albert the Alligator with a help wanted ad from a suitcase factory, but luckily for him, Albert can't read. A fish story keeps growing until Pogo and Albert are hunting for a whale in the pond. Albert and Pogo want to find the Fountain of Youth, so they hold an election to see who should lead the expedition. Albert and Pogo and the Fountain of Youth; Albert and the Noah Count Ark; Albert the Alligator; Albert the Whaler; Dear Fellow Passengers; Ol Albert is Really a Deer. 100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

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Cover by Dick Moores. Stories and art by Paul Murry, Ken Champin, Harvey Eisenberg, Dick Moores, Frank McSavage, Jack Bradbury, Al Hubbard, and Phil De Lara. This Dell Giant series features adaptations of classic Disney animated shorts. A comics adaptation of one of Mickey's most famous cartoons, The Sorcerers Apprentice, from Fantasia. An adaptation of the classic animated cartoon Lambert the Sheepish Lion. Elmer Elephant stands up to bullying from Gooch Gorilla to save Tillie Tiger. Plus games and activities. The Sorcerers Apprentice; Peculiar Penguins; Lambert the Sheepish Lion; Spotty Pig; The Golden Touch; Cock of the Walk; Elmer Elephant; The Pelican and the Snipe. 100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Photo cover with Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Johnny Mack Brown, Bill Elliott, and Rex Allen. Plan for Murder starring Roy Rogers, art by John Ushler; Roy investigates an automobile accident. The No-Good Brother starring Trigger and Bullet, art by Sparky Moore. The 13th Knot starring Gene Autry, art by Tony Sgroi. A short lesson in how to read Indian pictographs. The Last Trick starring Champion, art by Nicholas Firfires. Surprise Witness text story, art by John Ushler. Brief history of Richard Wetherill's ranch. The Bullet Tip-Off starring Wild Bill Elliott, art by Hi Mankin. The Cold-blooded Frame-Up starring Johnny Mack Brown, pencils by Tony Sgroi. The Ghost starring Rex Allen, art by Mike Arens. Picture of Roy Rogers and Trigger. 100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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35¢ Canadian price variant. Photo cover with Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Johnny Mack Brown, Bill Elliott, and Rex Allen. Plan for Murder starring Roy Rogers, art by John Ushler; Roy investigates an automobile accident. The No-Good Brother starring Trigger and Bullet, art by Sparky Moore. The 13th Knot starring Gene Autry, art by Tony Sgroi. A short lesson in how to read Indian pictographs. The Last Trick starring Champion, art by Nicholas Firfires. Surprise Witness text story, art by John Ushler. Brief history of Richard Wetherill's ranch. The Bullet Tip-Off starring Wild Bill Elliott, art by Hi Mankin. The Cold-blooded Frame-Up starring Johnny Mack Brown, pencils by Tony Sgroi. The Ghost starring Rex Allen, art by Mike Arens. Picture of Roy Rogers and Trigger. 100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by Bill Woolfolk and unknown. Art by Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Ray Burnley, Stan Kaye, Leonard Starr, Joe Certa and Ruben Moreira. While battling a crime spree in Gotham, Batman is accidentally doused with a radioactive dye, rendering himself invisible. Don't miss Batman and Robin in "The Invisible Batman!" by Bill Woolfolk, Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Ray Burnley and Stan Kaye. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "The Thunder Warrior of Hollow Mountain!" with art by Leonard Starr; Robotman in "The Robber Robot!" with art by Joe Certa; and Impossible -- But True! tale "The Girl Who Became a Witch!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with art by Ruben Moreira. Also: Varsity Vic half-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Quick Quiz activity half-pager by H.T. Elmo; Casey the Cop 1-pager by Boltinoff; and 2-page text piece "Cracking the Blackmail Bandits" by Jack Miller (as John Marston). 44 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 2, No. 2 - September 1953. 7" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, Warren King, John Giunta, Robert Bernstein and Max Elkan. Early romance comics from St. John with an emphasis on scandal and great covers by Matt Baker. Jan sets her sights on co-worker Elmer, but he's smitten with Eve, who already has a boyfriend. Silver-screen villain Jon is famous for his "ugly" face, but fellow actor Gina loves him for the man inside, even after a fire disfigures him further. Susan smells trouble when her brother Carl starts dating Georgia, but she has no idea how much trouble is actually coming. Plus a story with early art by comics legend Joe Kubert. Matt Baker outdoes himself with this cover. Ring Around My Heart; My Stand-in for Love; Comedy Column; Gag-Bag; The Face of an Angel; My Boomerang Lies. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Mexican series. Stories and art by Chester Gould. 36 pages, full color, 7.25" x 10.5", Spanish language.

Cover art by Joe Simon (as Chester Gould). "Dick Tracy and the Case of the Killer's Revenge," script by Chester Gould, art by Joe Simon (splash panel) and Chester Gould; Junior identifies the man who put him in the barrel; The man jumps through a sixth-floor window and tries to take Junior with him; Meanwhile, Blowtop is holding Vitamin as a semi-prisoner and using him to fence stolen money through a laundry; Not knowing there is money in the laundry he is delivering, Vitamin trades it for a shrunken head. Blondie's Cook Book house ad. Untitled story, script and art by Chester Gould; Tracy and Sam trace stolen money and discover where Blowtop has been fencing the money he stole in Boston; When the newspapers report the Boston robbery solved, Blowtop panics, seals the remainder of the loot in a can, and throws it into the river; He slips and falls into the river and almost drowns but is rescued by Vitamin, who attempts to recover the money. "Missing or Dead" text story; Lt. Morton investigates a missing persons report. Dick Tracy Comics Monthly house ad. Untitled Girl Friday story; Myra solves a murder at the theater. "Shotgun Killer" text story; Detective Cudahy investigates a robbery that turned into a murder. Ripley's Believe It or Not house ad. Minit Mystery Starring the Count; Boris believes a caretaker to be guilty of his employer's murder. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Art by Al Wenzel and others. After long runs in Boy Comics and Daredevil Comics, teen comedy series Dilly Duncan gets his own solo series. Dilly and Marv convince themselves that their friend Carol has run away with the circus, and they must kidnap her back. Betty Campus thinks her handsome teacher sent her a love note, but it's another gag by wacky Bob Lewis. Dilly and his pals decide to start a baby-sitting service, and comic chaos ensues. The Carnival Queen Kidnapping; Classroom Classics; Teacher Trouble; Dilly Dallies; Thrills of the Hot Rods; The Baby-Sitting Service. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Digest sized humor book with tons of single-page gags. 5" x 7", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Pete Morisi. Stories by William Waugh and Larry Sanger. Art by Don Heck and Pete Morisi. Men's adventure comics that served as a platform to launch one-eyed private eye Johnny Dynamite. The first appearance of hard-boiled private detective Johnny Dynamite - even before he lost his eye! - an influential figure in crime comics for decades. Beautiful femme fatale Ginger gets Johnny mixed up with gangsters Rocky and Frank, owners of the 13 Club. The cops think that a gangster's shooting was suicide, but Johnny suspects that beautiful junkie Cora knows better. Featuring art by future Marvel legend Don Heck. I'll Find That Killer; Double Dynamite; Promise to a Corpse; Excuse for Murder. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 4 #22 - Sept. 4, 1953. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, What's His Name?, It Isn't True, Harris Tweed, Extra Special Agent, Alfred the Great. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 4 #23 - Sept. 11, 1953. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, What's His Name?, It Isn't True, Harris Tweed, Extra Special Agent, Alfred the Great. Supplement includes Marvell of MI5 and Eagle Extra Funnies page. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 18 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 4 #24 - Sept. 18, 1953. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, What's His Name?, It Isn't True, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Alfred the Great. Supplement includes Marvell of MI5, Eagle Extra Funnies. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 18 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 4 #25 - Sept. 25, 1953. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, What's His Name?, It Isn't True, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Alfred the Great. Supplement includes Marvell of MI5, Eagle Extra Funnies. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 18 pages, B&W and full color.

Volume 3, Issue 9 - September, 1953. 5.5" x 7.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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"Haunted Matador"; Matador Pepe Gonzales kills his rival by poisoning a bull's horns. "The Zombi's Bride"; Roy Gifford inspects a banana plantation in Hispaniola; He encounters a master "Zombi" and his army of servants; Gifford tries to put an end to his business. "Mirror Torment" text story; Mysterious ghost reflections appear in the mirrors of mobsters; The "Mirror Men" make the gangsters hallucinate and smash their crime syndicate. "Druid's Castle"; Ghostly druids haunt a manor in England; Psychic investigator Christopher Fenn uses a dematerializing machine of his own invention; With it, he turns himself, his dog Drum, and Lady Seeley into immaterial ghosts; They use their new form to better negotiate with the ghost druids. "Floating Coffin"; Ships are caught in the treacherous Sargasso sea and attacked by a seaweed monster named "Sargasso." 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 6, Issue 2 - September, 1953. Alex Schomburg cover. Stories by Manly Wade Wellman, L. Sprague de Camp, Otis Adelbert Kline, Roscoe Clark, Robert Moore Williams, R.W. Stockheker, Clyde B. Smith, Charles A. Stearns, and Sam Sackett. Two Virgil Finlay illustrations. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 130 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 6 - Issue 9, September 1953. Pulp magazine devoted to exploring the paranormal. This issue features Nefertiti, the Immortal Queen of Egypt, How to See the Future, and Psychic Paintings! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 page, Text (with B&W Illustrations and Photos). Cover price $0.35.