Comic books March 1951

Sweethearts was the first monthly romance title. Singer Fran is in love with the open road, but Doug, who helped her when she was struggling, wants her to settle down in his small town. Young Terry meets handsome Mitch at a nightclub, and soon learns that he runs a "lonely hearts club" dating service and wants her to be one of his "smart girls." Judith changes her mind after dumping handsome mechanic Jim, but her rivalry with his new love Lydia is destined for a tragic end. My Heart Is a Gypsy; The Sometime Bride; Smart Girl; One Mad Interlude. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

St. John presents the comics adventures of the characters of animator Paul Terry's studio. The cats form a peace agreement with the mice of Terrytown, but the dolls they give the mice children are filled with explosives, and only Mighty Mouse can save them. Heckle and Jeckle find haunted ghost money at the bottom of the lake, but it explodes whenever they try to spend it. Farmer Al Falfa builds a new scarecrow, but those crows are canny. Painted cover by an unknown artist. Gandy Goose; Mighty Mouse: Dolls of Doom; Heckle and Jeckle: The Haunted Money; Little Roquefort's Revenge; Farmer Al Falfa: Planting Time; The Big Fortune; Gandy Goose: African Antics; Dinky. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Doom in the Desert," "Phantom of Massacre Gulch," and "The Necktie Party" (art on all by Joe Maneely), and a back-up story, "The Promise!" Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 35, Issue 3 - March, 1951. Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer photo cover by Richard Avedon. TAM is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures. Broadway and Hollywood. Includes: "Death of a Salesman" and "Tragedy and the Common Man" by Arthur Miller, and much more. 8.5-in. x 11-in, 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Vintage British Men's magazine focusing on humorous cartoons, stories and anecdotes. 5-in. x 7-in, 28 pages, B&W.

Wally Wood art on comic story "Love Problems". Photo cover of actors Susan Hayward and Tyrone Powers starring in the 20th Century Fox film "Rawhide". In order of appearance: "No Bride Was I!"; "Love's Intrigue"; "Song of Love: The True Romance of Anton Dvorak and Anna Cermak" art by John Severin and Bill Elder; "Last Chance for Love"; "Date Quiz"; "Love Problems" art by Wally Wood, reprinted in Wally Wood Classics: Torrid Romances HC (2015 Vanguard) #1A-1ST; "My Other Heart" art by Al Carreno; and "Perseus and Medusa". Illustrated text stories: "Dance With Me: Sue Lamson's Dancing Feet Lead Her to Love!" by Betty Hill; and "Love's No Fortune Teller: Martha Blair Suddenly Finds Out Where Her Heart Belongs!" by Sally DeVries. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Frank Bolle and Dick Ayers. Cover by Frank Bolle. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Red Mask faces off against The Cape, an outlaw who also wears a mask; An arms dealer selling weapons to the Natives incurs the wrath of the Ghost Rider; Redmask intervenes in a fight between townspeople and a traveling medicine show. Cave of the Three Skeletons!; The Devil's Own; Dynamite!; The Ghost Rider: Death by the Flame!; The Blazing Land! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Sam Leff, Henning Mikkelsen, and Ernest Hix. Tip-Topper Comics collected some of United Features Syndicates most popular comic strips of the 1940s in full color, including Lil Abner and Fritzi Ritz. Fritzi was later known as "Aunt Fritzi" in the Nancy comic strip. Fritzi wants Phil to be the target for a game of "William Tell." After Phil insults hypnotist Professor Svengoo, Svengoo makes Phil think he's a goldfish. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp and the Ripley-like Strange as It Seems. Swimsuit cover by Bushmiller. Fritzi Ritz; Li'l Abner; Curly Kayoe; Ferd'nand; Stamp Tips; Strange as It Seems. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Lynn Karp. Stories by unknown. Art by Lynn Karp and unknown. Featuring: Two Droopy 1-pagers; Tom & Jerry tale with pencils by Lynn Karp; Adventures of Tom tale with pencils by Karp; Big Spike & Little Tyke tale; Bertie Bird text story "A Gold Star for Bertie"; Flip 'n' Dip tale; Wuff the Prairie Dog tale; Barney Bear & Benny Burro tale; and Fuzzy & Wuzzy tale. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Carl Pfeufer and others. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. Lost in a strange town, Tom suddenly finds himself pursued by both lawmen and outlaws. A wealthy rancher gives two nephews a thousand dollars and tells them to invest it, with the winner getting the ranch in his will. When outlaws threaten to silence the town newspaper, Tom gets particularly irate. Plus a vintage ad for Tom Mix merch in exchange for Ralston-Purina box tops, including glow-in-the-dark spurs and belt. The Hills Beyond; Roundup Time With Tom Mix; Tumbleweed Jr.: The Donkey's Tail; Lemuel and Lumpkin; Fightin' Forbes: The Green Coyote; The Betrayal; Red Eagle: The Exploding Land; The Car-Rear Men; Cowboy Cal; Saddlehead; The Free Press. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bruno Premiani. Tomahawk Wanted: Dead or Alive starring Tomahawk, art by Bruno Premiani. Tomahawk Wanted: Dead or Alive starring Tomahawk, art by Bruno Premiani. Chief Hot Foot humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Sequoyah humor page by Mort Drucker. The Legend of the Red Quarry--Tales of the Arrow Maker, art by Leonard Starr. The Indian War Over a Dead Cow! non-fiction by Al McLean. The Northwest Indians--Indian Album by Al McLean. How to Make a Tote Pole--Indian Album by Al McLean. They Speak with Their Hands text article by David Kahn, art by Raymond Perry. The Flying Frontiersman starring Tomahawk, art by Bruno Premiani. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 6, Issue 2 - Spring, 1951. 6.75" x 9.75", 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 5, Issue 6 - March, 1951. 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 Lee Elias. Stories and art by Peggy Walker and Bob Powell. Torrid tales of love and heartbreak dressed up as advice to the lovelorn from Harvey. Sally fakes musical expertise to win musician Paul, but soon becomes attracted to her own musical tutor, Steve. Knute and Ivy try to put the past behind them. Ellen finds love on the wrong side of a long-standing family feud. My Fatal Decision; One Wild Night!; Easy Money; Is He Too Old for Me?; Right Time for Love; I Was a Cheat!; Masquerade!; Afraid to Love. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover photo of Jane Powell. Stories and art by Edith Head, Vic Herman, Mel Lazarus, Joan Robin, and Denny Shane. A movie magazine for teens by Toby Press. A profile of Howard Keel, legendary singing star of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Annie Get Your Gun. A teen fashion guide by legendary Hollywood costume designer Edith Head! Plus fun facts and gossip about Jane Powell, Burt Lancaster, Rhonda Fleming, Roy Rogers and Mona Freeman. And a vintage ad for the Bing Crosby musical "Mr. Music." Jane Powell Grows Up; Hollywood Romance; I've Got News for You; There's No Business Like Show Business; Born Lucky; They Are for Real; New Faces; Tookie: Purely Personal; Destination Hollywood; The Star Maker; Relaxing with Rogers; Brains and Brawn; Teen Age Is a Clothes Age! Final issue of the series. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Issue 40 - March 1951. True crime magazine with period photographs. 8.5" x 11", 80 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 1, Issue 2 - Spring, 1951. Cover by Allen Anderson. Science Fiction by Edmond Hamilton "The Star Kings" and Arthur C. Clarke "Seeker of the Sphinx". Illustrations by Orban. 6 7/8" x 10"; black and white; 148 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman. Art by John Severin, Will Elder, Wally Wood, Jack Davis, and Harvey Kurtzman. Harvey Kurtzman's legendary series enlisted top EC artists for gritty tales of war and adventure. North Korean troops disguise themselves as American soldiers after a massacre and run afoul of their own plan, in a story with inks by MAD legend Will Elder. Sailors rescue an amnesiac castaway who is searching for a fortune in Spanish doubloons. Battle fatigue takes its toll on American soldiers during the D-Day invasion, with art by Wally Wood. Massacred!; Devils in Baggy Pants!; Army Revolver!; Pirate Gold! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Henry Kiefer and others. Cover by Maurice Whitman. Jungle hero Wambi is a boy who can talk to animals, including his friends Tawn the elephant and Ogg the ape. Wambi helps a family of leopards cross a dangerous river; A jungle quiz featuring fun facts and nice animal art; Sirdah the tiger tricks Wambi with a boy-who-cried-wolf gambit. Lovely wildlife montage on the cover by Maurice Whitman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Syd Shores. Stories and art by Rafael Astarita, Mort Lawrence, J. Deckter, Mort Leav, Bill Woolfolk, Bob Rogers, and Syd Shores. Bloody pre-Code crime comics, in imitation of Crime Does Not Pay - including a top-hatted, otherworldly narrator. The twist is that the publisher offers wanted posters (and rewards) for real-life criminals. This issue was cited in the text (page 160) of the famous anti-comics classic, Seduction of the Innocent. Gangland killer Steve wants to split up with his girlfriend, but she knows too much. A new contest feature invites readers to send in their solutions to real-life unsolved mysteries. "Crime Lab" detectives "Loot" and "Doc" use aspirin to catch a robber. The Arson Racket!; Don't Let Me Die!; Wanted: Glen Roy Wright; Shoe Shine; Wanted: Morley Vernon King; Great Unsolved Mysteries: Who Killed Emma Brewster?; Crime Lab: The Clue of the Aspirin Tablets; Lady Killer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Al Feldstein. "Space-Warp," script by Bill Gaines (plot) and Al Feldstein (plot, script), art by Al Feldstein; Frank readies himself for a monumental two-year journey to Altair, using the invention of Professor Hartlow: the Space-Warp Drive, which makes use of the theory that space is curved, and, that by entering into the 4th Dimension, one can travel great distances in a relatively short period of time. "The Dimension Translator," script and art by Harvey Kurtzman; Willy has created a dimension translator, which can translate a series of photos into an electric impulse and through a series of other processes, creates an actual three dimensional object; His boss does not like his research engineer "wasting the company's time" on such things...so Willy uses a photo of his boss to create a three dimensional figure of Mr. Bankbuck so that Willy can slap him around and get even. Tales From the Crypt ad. "Experiment" text story. Picture Stories From the Bible ad. "And Then There Were Two!", script by Bill Gaines (plot) and Al Feldstein (plot, script), art by Jack Kamen; American soldiers land on an atoll, ordered to remove any native inhabitants so that the U.S. government could conduct a hydrogen bomb test there; The natives have told the government that iron gods live on the atoll and soon the soldiers discover two of these "gods" (actually robots), which tell the men of their creator, and then are taken back to America. "Rescued!", script by Wally Wood (plot) and Al Feldstein (script), art by Wally Wood; A crew had been sent into space a year earlier to examine a planet in the solar system of a neighboring star; Upon discovering it, and noting it was about the size of the Earth, they landed next to the ship of the previous expedition two years earlier; Then and there they discovered was had happened to the previous expedition and what would happen to theirs. No cover number. NOTE: See #13A-17A for the 1st five issues in the series. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Feldstein. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Kamen, Wally Wood, and Al Feldstein. EC's influential New Trend title featured some legendary sci-fi and comics artists. A bodybuilder gains super-strength from his scientist brother's device, but isn't prepared for the side effects, in a story by Harvey Kurtzman. A time-traveling scientist wants to save the Titanic and his parents, but creates a "12 Monkeys" effect instead, with art by Wally Wood. A harmless-looking flower found by astronauts on Venus becomes monstrous when brought back to Earth. Spawn of Venus; Man and Superman!; Dilemma; Sinking of the Titanic!; Divide and Conquer. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 43, Issue 3 - March 1951. Cover by Bill Wayne. This issue features A Black Solitude by H. Russell Wakefield, Dearest by H. Beam Piper, Each Man Kills by Victoria Glad, The Invaders by Benjamin Ferris, The Mississippi Saucer by Frank Belknap Long, Old Mr. Wiley by Greye La Spina, The White Feather Hex by Don Peterson, and the poems Revenant by Leah Bodine Drake, and Weirditties of Science by Hannes Bok. Softcover, 96 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations) Cover price $0.25.

UK edition, one shilling cover price. Vol. 43 #3 - Mar. 1951. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/4-in., 96 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Howard Sherman. Two Trails to Gold Gulch starring the Wyoming Kid, art by Howard Sherman. The Storming of Cassoway's Roost starring Rodeo Rick, script by Gardner Fox, art by Tom Cooke. Rattlesnake Hollow starring Nighthawk, script by Gardner Fox, art by Leonard Starr. Sixguns for Sale starring Cowboy Marshal, art by Ed Smalle Jr. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by John Prentice. Stories and art by John Prentice, Gerald McCann, Mike Becker, Charles Biro and Ross Andru. Outlaws, gunfighters, and tales of the Old West - some true, and others merely legends. Stage robbers confront Confederate guerrillas at a remote way-station in the wilderness. A tenderfoot from the city manages to stop bank robbers with a soapy solution. Outlaws are undone by the advent of the telephone, in a story with early art by Marvel legend Ross Andru. Also featuring a US Savings Bonds PSA with art by Crime Does Not Pay legend Charles Biro. The Grass Grows High…; The Arab of Lonesome Pass; Soapy Six-Gun; Uncle Sam Has a Green Thumb; Trixie Comes to Town; Scared; The Wonderful Squawk Box; Frontier Facts; Buckskin Benson. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover of western film actors Fred MacMurray and Irene Dunn appearing in RKO Pictures' "Never a Dull Moment". Contains western romance stories. In order of appearance: "Lasso 'Round My Love" art by John Severin and Bill Elder; "Hiawatha's Romance"; "A Date For Three"; "Dancehall Bride" art by Al Carreno; "Indian Princess"; and "Sweetheart Ranch". "A Heart for the Law: All Joan Carter's Dreams of Romance Come True!" illustrated text story by Sally Devers. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk, Leonard Frank and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. The opening caption puts it best: "Gold! The glittering yellow metal which has set the hearts of men aflame with avarice from time immemorial! Because of one man's greed, Tex Ritter, the indomitable Prairie Ranger, must play a deadly game of hide and seek with The Killer of Nugget Creek." Gabby Hayes loses his hearing after being thrown into a trough by a bucking bronco, and an outlaw mistakes him for the town doctor and kidnaps him. Monte Hale discovers a legendary arrow that is sort of a Native American Sword in the Stone, and whoever pulls it from the rock is the new chieftain. Tex Ritter: The Killer of Nugget Creek; Bole and Weavel; Monte Hale: The Guardian of the Arrow; Slim Carson: Within the Skull; The Fat of the Land!; Gabby Hayes: Oh! Doctor!; Li'l Buck; Pop Potter; Big Bow and Little Arrow: Unwelcome Return; Cactus Brain; Tom Mix: The Perfect Alibi! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Syd Shores. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Syd Shores, Mort Leav, Pete Tumlinson, Otto Binder, John Buscema, and Ray Thayer. True tales from the Old West, starring such real-life characters as Wild Bill Pecos, Nuggets Nugent, Chief Angry Sun, Kid Runt, Yancy Bates, Kate Henshaw, Owlhoot Orton, and Pancho. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 4, Issue 5 - March, 1951. Painted cover by Peter Driben. Men's interest magazine with articles, pin-ups, and glamour photos. 8" x 11.5", 60 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.