Comic books June 1951

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Cover art by Al Plastino. The Superman Who Couldn't Fly, art by Al Plastino. Bodyguard to a Billion starring Congo Bill, art by Ed Smalle. The Interplanetary Baby-Sitter starring Tommy Tomorrow, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti. The Impossible Escapes starring Vigilante, art by Bob Brown. Know Your Country public service announcement starring Superboy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Win Mortimer. Superboy's School for Stuntmen! starring Superboy, script by William Woolfolk, art by John Sikela. Gadget Boom in Camelot! starring Shining Knight, script by Don Cameron, art by Ramona Fradon. The Warrior of the Lightning Flash starring Johnny Quick, script by Don Cameron, art by Ralph Mayo. Dick Mansfield bio. Archers Without Arrows starring Green Arrow and Speedy, art by George Papp. Captain Tootsie stars in a one-page Tootsie Roll ad, Emergency Landing. 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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The Brain!, art by Russ Heath; A warped Nazi scientist, sentenced to death, has an assistant dig up his body, remove his head and keep it alive in his laboratory. He makes plans for world domination (follow-up story in Adventures into Terror #6). Hands of Murder, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Christopher Rule; A young woman fears that her late sister has come back from the grave to kill her. Vampire Ship text story. Torture Room, art by Don Rico; the Nazi commander of a concentration camp is captured by the prisoners and placed in their secret torture room. Vampire Brats, pencils by Allen Bellman; A nurse gets a job at an infants' home where all the babies seem just a little different. The Thing in the Water; A fish enthusiast encounters a menacing "water monster" from Atlantis when he brings home a new breed of guppies. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Ogden Whitney. The Little People's Revenge, art by Edvard Moritz. The Zombie Death, art by Lin Streeter. World of Werewolves, art by Ken Bald. The Vampire's Victim, art by Emil Gershwin. The Man Who Met His Own Ghost, art by Al Camy; A man who died on the operating table is miraculously saved by his doctor, but later he is menaced by his own ghost, who was released at the time of death and who wants him to die again. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Written by Richard Hughes. Art by John Rosenberger. Cover by Ogden Whitney. Reprints Adventures into the Unknown (1948 ACG) #105. 68 pages, B&W.

Cover art by Owen Fitzgerald. Untitled Bob Hope story, script by Cal Howard, art by Owen Fitzgerald; Bob accidentally gets dragged to the reading of a will in a haunted house. Untitled Bob Hope story, script by Cal Howard, art by Owen Fitzgerald; Bob and Lily have to stay in the haunted house all night in order to inherit Aunt Matilda's estate. A Bit of Disc and Data record reviews. Untitled Miss Beverly Hills of Hollywood story, art by Bob Oksner. Know Your Country public service announcement starring Superboy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Ernest Schroeder and others. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #88. No issue # on cover; Vol. 8, issue #5 in indicia. Airboy investigates a mysterious, gigantic airplane from outer space and learns it's actually a space ark from a destroyed planet. The Heap confronts an inhuman jewel thief aboard the Berlin Express. An early steam-driven car is used by the Union during the Civil War. Airboy: The Great Plane from Nowhere; The Heap; Jung the Robber; All for a Little Boy; High Steppers; The Fabulous Trail; The Galloping Jockey. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Evil Men Do" (art by Parker), "The Princess of the Future," "The Cosmic Brain," and "Escape on a Planetoid." Art by Leonard Starr and others. Painted cover. Cover price $0.10.

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June 1951. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Science fiction stories by P.F. Costello, Walt Sheldon, Gerald Vance, Peter Worth, Rog Phillips, and H.B. Hickey. Illustrations by Ogden Whitney (2 stories), Leo Ramon Summers, Henry Sharp, and Gerald Hohns. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Bob Montana. Stories by unknown. Art by Sam Schwartz?, Dan DeCarlo?, Bill Vigoda? and unknown. Featuring Archie in: "That's the Point"; "Hire Education"; "Bored of Strategy"; "Private First Class"; "Clothes Meek the Man"; "Gold Rush" (Pop Tate begins to look like his later self); and "Messy Message"! Plus: Jughead in "Dog-Gone" and the 1-pager "The Road Back"! Also: Archie in the 2-page public service announcement "Gas Tester" (about not testing gas leaks with a match)! And: 2-page "Hollywood Tattle Tales"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bill Everett. Screaming Tomb!, script and art by Bill Everett; Marvel Boy's lady friend Starr Ryder and her father set out on an expedition in one of Europe's catacombs; There they meet Madame La Morte, a fiend who Marvel Boy theorizes is the spirit of death herself. The Nightmare, script by Hank Chapman, art by Wayne Boring; Hank Chapman and Stan Lee appear in this story. Walking Ghost, script and art by Bill Everett. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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June 1951. Cover by Hubert Rogers. Stories: "...And Then There Were None" by Eric Frank Russell, "Breeds There a Man...?" by Isaac Asimov, "Bait" by Roy L. Clough, Jr., "Crisis" by Edward Grendon, and "The Mauki Chant" by J. A. Meyer. Article: "Two-Edged Miracle" by Arthur Yuwiler. Softcover, 5.5-in x 7.75-in, 162 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Vintage British humor magazine aimed primarily at men. 4 1/2-in. x 7-in., 36 pages, B&W.

1951 Edition - 1st Printing. Edited by Lawrence Lariar. 300 of the best Cartoons featured in Colliers, the Saturday Evening Post, and Argosy. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 128 pages, B&W Cover price $1.00.

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Based on the TV and radio show of the same name, Big Town lasted 50 issues. This installment includes the following: "Death of a Skyscraper!" (Steve Wilson investigates the phenomenon of construction workers falling to their deaths); "Crime Takes a Holiday!"; "The Indirect Murder!" (with Johnny Law); and "The Man Who Plundered Big Town!" Scripts by Miriam Hecht and Dave Wood, pencils by John Lehti and J. Winslow Mortimer, inks by Frank Giacoia. Cover by John Lehti and Sy Barry. Cover price $0.10.

Bill Boyd in "The Lost City of the Sun" and "Shear Luck (A Crowbait Story)." Windy back-up story, "The Musical Moron." Photo cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Reed Crandall. Battle of the Sky Tanks starring the Blackhawks, art by Reed Crandall. The Man Who Owned Blackhawk Island starring the Blackhawks and Captain Blake, art by Reed Crandall. The Lost Tribe of Ormolu starring the Blackhawks, Endicore, and Zaraart, art by Bill Ward. Untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; Chop Chop goes fishing and finds a treasure map that leads him to a fish shop. The Mad Dictator text story. Assassination In Argo starring the Blackhawks, Dr. Trojan, and Nakal, art by Bill Ward. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Leonard Starr and others. Tales of the Old West from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Blazing West was an anthology title that featured the adventures of Texas Tim, a Texas Ranger; Buffalo Belle, a redheaded sheriffs deputy with quick wits and a fast gun; Injun Jones, a white man who worked with the Apache tribe; Bantam Buckaroo, a young boy who could outshoot any man; and the Hooded Horseman, a mysterious masked gunslinger with a secret identity. The Hooded Horseman assists a family whose water supply has been hijacked to force them off their gold claim; A wealthy woman competes with Buffalo Belle for the Sheriff Lukes attention, but shes not as nice as she looks; Boy gunslinger the Bantam Buckaroo tracks bandits who disguise themselves as Native Americans. The Hooded Horseman; Buffalo Belle; Injun Jones; Bantam Buckaroo; Wyoming Warrior; Sure-Fire Plan; Snake Bites Snake; Sheep-Hater. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dick Rockwell, C.H. Moore, William Overgard and Charles Biro. An anthology title from publisher Lev Gleason and his primary creator, Charles Biro, featuring teen hero Crimebuster and his nemesis Iron Jaw. The cover story - involving a crashed airplane, a jungle boy, and a society of gorillas - includes a survey for the readers, asking what kinds of stories they'd like to see. Dilly Duncan doesn't think he'll make it off the bench, until the opposing team starts deliberately injuring players. Drama unfolds on the midget racing track. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Another gorilla-on-the-loose cover by Charles Biro. Crimebuster: Adventure To Danger; Genius Will Out; Taking Ways; Deny It If You Can; Dilly Duncan: Slide, Dilly, Slide; Little Wise Guys: The Private Bucks the Sergeant. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Tales of mystery and adventure with Dan Tayler, Boy Detective. Dan, the son of a murdered policeman, is adopted by the cops in the homicide bureau, and he tracks down the criminal who killed his father; He matches wits with the School for Crime and ends up trapped; Dan investigates a murder at the Statue of Liberty. Plus backup stories featuring Foo Shampoo and Rusty & Dusty. Death Wears a Plastic Mask; School for Crime; The Statue of Liberty Murder Case; This Way to Death; Foo Shampoo; Young Folks at Home. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Last Mail to Red Fork." Splash pages and cover by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. All other art by Mort Meskin. Cover price $0.10.

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See Four Color Series 2 # 299 for 1st issue in this title. "Gunsmoke and Wagon Wheels" and "The Box of Trouble." Painted covers. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Candy stars in four untitled stories. Plus: Jitters in an untitled story co-starring Bugs, Lolita Brewster, Mr. Brewster, Rover, Babykins and Mr. Dripplesnip. Also: Fire Chief Swenson's plan to expose Will Bragg as a braggart backfires in an untitled story co-starring Effy Gissel, Mrs. Mahoulahan, Inspector Flanagan and Gully. And: Candy in 2-page text story "Ted Turns the Tables" co-starring Ted Dawson, Tina, Trish Traynor, Cornelia Clyde and Freddy Burton. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Science stars in "The Martian Slavers" and "The Insidious Doctor Khartoum" (art on both by Joe Orlando/Wally Wood). Also in this issue: "The Legion of the Dead" and "When Time Stood Still" (art by Fass). Orlando/Wood cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Captain Video in "The Industructible Antagonist" and "Project X." Art on both by George Evans (with minor Al Williamson assist?). Rod Cameron back-up story, "Gunman's Invasion!" Painted cover. Cover price $0.10.