Comic books August 1951

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Cover art by Otto Feuer. "Samson and Delilah" starring The Dodo and the Frog, art by Otto Feuer; An unusual re-telling of the Biblical story of Samson and Delilah. Untitled story, art by Rube Grossman; Blackie wants to be an artist and is tricked into buying a set of invisible paints. Untitled J. Rufus Lion, art by Howie Post; A dispute about acorns from Mortimer's tree falling into Rufus's yard ends up in a huge swindle. Untitled story, script and art by Sheldon Mayer; Dizzy Dog wants to be the smart one, like the Crow and the Frog he reads about in comic books, but to do that he needs a dumb counterpart, so he places an ad. "Dodo of Distinction" text story starring The Dodo and the Frog. Untitled The Dodo and the Frog story, art by Otto Feuer; Fenimore is tricked into buying a talking dog that doesn't talk, or so he thinks. Look for the Real Reason! public service announcement featuring Leave It to Binky, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer; Peggy wonders why Binky is so quiet on their date. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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August 1951. Cover by Emsh. Stories: "Beyond Bedlam" by Wyman Guin, "The Pilot and the Bushman" by Sylvia Jacobs, "The Fire and the Sword" by Frank M. Robinson, "Operation Distress" by Lester del Rey, "Pictures Don't Lie" by Katherine MacLean, and "A Little Journey" by Ray Bradbury. Softcover Pulp Digest, 5-in. x 7-in.; 160 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Gene Autry stars in "The Hermit of the Sand Dunes" and "The One-Eared Burro." Back-up story, "The Gold-Stuffed Cannon." Two-page text story, "The Slightest Slip." Cover price $0.10.

"The Conjuror's Magazine." Vol. 15 # 12. Magic articles, demonstrations, and news. Approx. 8-in. x 11-in.; black and white with spot color; 36 pages on white paper stock. Jay Leeand Jacii photo cover.

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GI Joe stars in "Attack at Dawn," "Korean Mata Hari," "Ambushed," "Admiral G.I. Joe," and "The Man Who Boasted." The Yardbirds in "Police Detail." Norman Saunders painted cover. There is no real # 1-5. This is the fourth issue (#13) in the Ziff Davis series, the numbering restarts at # 6 in 12/1951 and continues thru # 51. See also 1951-1957 series. 10-14 (# 1-# 5, 1950 to 10/1951) 6-51 (vol. 2, 12/1951 to 6/1957) Cover price $0.10.

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Auguat 17, 1951. "America's First Motion Picture Trade Journal." Variety-like magazine covering the movie news of the week. 9.25 in. x 12.25 in.; black and white; 12 pages.

August 24, 1951. "America's First Motion Picture Trade Journal." Variety-like magazine covering the movie news of the week. Double-page ad for "Fugitive Lady." Full-page ads for "LIttle Egypt" (starring Mark Stevens and Rhonda Fleming) and Walt Disney's "Alice in Wonderland." 9.25 in. x 12.25 in.; black and white with spot color; 16 pages.

Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories by unknown. Art by Mike Sekowsky, Gene Colan and unknown. Ride with Red Larabee...the Gunhawk! The cowboy with the smoking guns stars in three tales: "Riot at the Rodeo!" with pencils by Mike Sekowsky; "Terror Trail!"; and "The Guns That Build a Schoolhouse!" Plus: Back-up story "Billy's One Shot!" with art by Gene Colan; 2-page text story "Gun in Hand"; and Scrapbook of the West 1-pager "Wild Bill Hickok," reprinted from Two-Gun Kid (1948) #10. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Tony Loeb and others. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG, with art by cartooning legend Dan Gordon. Anthony the dog finds a treasure map, but Cleopatra the cat wants a share of the treasure; Windy McGonigle goes to the dentist; Hopalong Hoppity disguises himself as a turtle to avoid a rabbit hunter. Robespierre; The What-Is-It Bird; Rip Rooster; Izzy and Dizzy; Never say Lie!; Windy McGonigle; The Jet Job; Treacle; Anthony and Cleopatra; Maxwell; Hopalong Hoppity; Leapin' Looey. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Police track a professional arson ring; A hood dons disguises to rob other criminals; The racketeering squad sets out to break an extortion ring. This Match for Hire!; Leech of the Underworld!; Racket Squad; Play Dead; Loophole! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Avison. 3 on an Island, art by Lee Elias; Enid, the school's champion swimmer, has always liked Brad, but he is going steady with Sally; During a school outing on a boat, a freak accident leaves the three stranded on an island. My Sister's Husband, art by Al Avison; Ruth lived with her sister Ginny and her husband Spence, but all was not going well for the married couple. Unfaithful, art by John Sink; Gladys never thought that when she took the job as Dr. Henry Norman's assistant that she would end up engaged to him; Her euphoria was broken one day when she came in to help Henry with an experiment. Not Good Enough - For Me!, art by Tom Hickey; In Europe, Stella's family had been royalty and her mother resents that she has lost all of that by coming to America. House ad for subscriptions to Harvey line of romance comics. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Rube Grossman. Happy Time Bomb Factory, art by Rube Grossman; The guys at the bomb factory misplace two bombs and Nutsy finds them at the dump and thinks they're baseballs. Can't Talk, art by Rube Grossman; Doc Owl fixes it so that Blabber can't talk and therefor can't spill any secrets to Tom Cat. Owl in the Machine, art by Rube Grossman; Ozzie accidentally gets stuck inside his new invention. I'm Famous!, script and art by Sheldon Mayer; Dizzy answers some questions for the paper and then finds out he's hired a servant, who won't serve. Guaranteed Fresh starring Bernard the Brave, art by Otto Feuer. The Last Word starring Nutsy Squirrel, art by Rube Grossman. Sweet Land of Liberty public service announcement with Peter Porkchops, script by Jack Schiff, art by Otto Feuer. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Untitled story; Howdy and a fox team up to deter some hunters from going through his farm. "Mr. Bluster's Side Show"; Howdy, Dilly and Flub-a-dub look for exotic animals for Mr. Bluster's Side Show. Untitled Howdy Doody text story. "Out West"; Dilly becomes sheriff of Cactus Crossing. Untitled on-page story; Flub-a-dub gets his first bath. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Al Avison, Art Helfant and Warren Kremer. The comedic adventures of Humphrey, the buddy of Ham Fishers Joe Palooka, a sweetly dumb country bumpkin with super-strength, nigh-invulnerability and an incredible appetite. Humphrey and friends are trapped by a cave-in during a nature hike. Humphrey gets a motorcycle, but he's not sure he likes it. Humphrey gets caught up in the race between a rabbit and a talking turtle. The Belligerent Mutter Bike; Little Max and the Indians; Bumped Off; Talking Turtle; Let's Play Handies; Cave Man; Little Max: The Unluckily Cat; Hector the Director; Rumpus; The Night Riders; Ski-Daddle; Humphrey's Famous Americans Quiz. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Maurice Whitman, Ann Adams, and Ralph Mayo. Western adventure stories told from the perspective of the first Americans. Manzar and Red Cloud try to negotiate a peace among the Dakota and other tribes; Starlight and Grey Squirrel stumble on a rogue Mohawk war party; An illustrated text article on The Iroquois. Vivid cover by an unknown artist. Manzar the White Indian; Starlight; Swiftfoot and the Thunder Bird; Orphan of the Storm; The First Americans; Pow Wow; Wampum; Long Bow. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover art. "Pick-Up Girl!", art by Louis Zansky; Small-town girl Mary moves in to a New York apartment with Debbie and Vickie, and gets caught up in their wild, partying lifestyle; Mary is attracted to Brian, whom she meets accidentally, but instead dates flashy Fred, only to learn hes married and merely wants her as his mistress; Debbie dates drug dealer Lucky, who abuses and eventually murders her. "The Girl Who Went Bad!", art by John Rosenberger; Cynthia uses her beauty to steal John from his girlfriend Mary, but then dumps him for Everett, who runs with a fast crowd; Cynthia is fired from her job in the town library due to her association with Everett, and discovers he is a criminal. "I Made Men Love Me!", art by John Forte; Tony grows up on the streets to avoid her drunken, abusive father; She uses her beauty to control men: she convinces a group of her admirers to organize into a criminal gang; The men fight among themselves over her, and Tony has to flee. "The Night on My Conscience!", art by Maurice Del Bourgo; Connie grows up in a working class neighborhood and stays away from men, until she meets and falls in love with Navy sailor Jay; Jay ships out for Korea and Connies father throws her out of the house. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Sol Brodsky, inks by Chris Rule. The Day that Saturn Struck!; Creature of living flame from another planet plans to conquer Earth. The Voice of Death, art by Russ Heath. The Revolt of the Universe text story. The World Below. The Terrible Toy, art by Gene Colan. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by George Frese. "A Fool for Food!", pencils by George Frese; When Mr. Weatherbee realizes that Betty is passing food to Archie and Jughead from Home Economics class, he sabotages the next batch to teach them a lesson. "Fight! Fight!"; Jughead claims a fight is about to break out in the Choc'lit Shoppe. "The Baby Quitter," art by Samm Schwartz; An innocent remark to the child Jughead is baby-sitting gets him suspected of child abuse. "Flash in the Pan," art by Samm Schwartz; Ferdie's attempts to take cheesecake photos of Suzie end up making her father miserable. "Movie Chatter" article. "Bewitched Battered and Bewildered," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by George Frese, inks by Terry Szenics; Mr. Weatherbee tries to stop Jughead and Reggie from constantly fighting in class. In Hot Water" public service announcement, script and art by Dave Berg; Red goes swimming alone against Wilbur's advice. "Shirt from Skirt," art by Samm Schwartz; Jughead mails pictures of himself in a loud shirt to a strange woman. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 page issues begin. In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle" and "Long Bow" art by Robert Webb; "The Ghost Gallery" art by Jack Kamen; and "The Hawk" art by Robert Webb. "King of the Congo: Test of Courage" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Monsters of Kilmanjabo," art by Maurice Whitman; Kaänga, Ann, and Zulu aid the Walesas against the men of King Zando, who has vowed to destroy them. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; When Wambi asks Tawn and Ogg for their help in returning a hippo calf to its mother, they refuse, saying they owe nothing to the calf; Later, when Tawn's calf is endangered by native hunters, the hippo mother comes to the rescue; Tawn and Ogg learned a lesson in gratitude. Untitled story; Miss Porter and Kafir plot to make Kafir chief of the Kibalas; Kafir pretends to be blind and is granted entrance to the Kibalas' sacred temple; Once inside, he uses a camera to photograph the idol. Untitled story, art by Ralph Mayo; A pair of crooked traders take the Walsulis' sacred white hippopotamus; Camilla pursues them and recovers the sacred animal; The traders are killed by the other animals they had captured for the circus trade. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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First issue (formerly Tiny Tot Funnies). Dagwood and Blondie, Henry, the Katzenjammer Kids, Popeye, Rags Rabbit, and Felix the Cat. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Pioneering crime comic Justice Traps the Guilty was produced by the studio of comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America. Ruthie and Charles are in trouble when Ruthie's crooked brother gets out of prison. Willie the Whiz educates crooks on how to get away with crimes. A vicious thug is as dangerous to his fellow crooks as he is to the police. Extortion; Closeups; Willie the Whiz; The Time Trap; The Danby Case; Rat Hole. 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Allen Saunders and Alfred Andriola. Reprints of Alfred Andriola's detective comic strip Kerry Drake and other adventure tales. This issue features reprints from Dec. 1945 - Feb. 1946. After wheelchair-bound Messy Bessy wins the lottery, her husband Jackpot Jones plots her demise - as described with an unusual amount of detail on the front cover! The reader is invited to solve a crime before Inspector Smith can. Jackie Page solves The Case of the Noisy Room. Kerry Drake: The Case of the Frozen Clue; Jackie Page: The Case of the Noisy Room; Calling All Sleuths; The Body Is Missing; Death in the Afternoon; How Good a Detective Are You? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Marion Sitton and Howard Larsen. Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Stories inspired by the life of the famed frontier scout and other Western tales. Framed by his enemies, Kit has only a month to prove his innocence; Kit strikes back after trappers close off the hunting lands of the northwest to keep its bounty for themselves. Also featuring a typically atmospheric cover and contents page, both illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Kit Carson's Revenge; The Doom Trail; African Buffalo; Elephants; The Tomahawk Strikes; Scalping Knives Along the Frontier. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bob Montana. "I Wanna Do Homework"; Archie is forced to break a date with Betty to get his grades up. "The Poodle," script by Bill Woggon, pencils by Bill Woggon and Hazel Marten, inks by Hazel Marten and Floyd Norman (backgrounds); To pick up her spirits over her flagging movie career, Katy buys a new hat; Then she has a disastrous meeting with Randy's new trained poodle. "Class Mates," art by Dick Briefer; Jughead mistakes Veronica's uncle for a prowler. "Root of all Evil"; Ferdie offers to help Suzie's father remove a large fallen tree from the front yard, with disastrous results. "It's in the Bag"; Mr. Dripwaite takes a page out of Wilbur's book when making a speech to the school. Untitled story, script by Bill Woggon, pencils by Bill Woggon and Hazel Marten, inks by Hazel Marten and Floyd Norman (backgrounds); Debby wants new wallpaper for her room; Oliver decides to save money and do it himself. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

52 page issue. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 5 No. 5 Cover price $0.10.

This is the first issue of the series although it is marked #10 on the cover. Dated July/August 1951. Cover price $0.10.

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Jerry Muddle in "Pop's a Sharpshooter!" text story (2 pg, inside covers), Little Iodine 'untitled' (A) Jimmy Hatlo, Little Iodine [How to Handle Your Parents], Yogurt 'untitled". 36 pages, FC. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by John Stanley. Five Little Babies, script by John Stanley, pencils by John Stanley (layouts) and Irving Tripp, inks by Irving Tripp; The Fellers play a trick on Lulu, and the girls retaliate with an equally good trick. Business Girl; The Fellers try to put Lulu and Annie's lemonade stand out of business. The Door Game; Lulu tells Alvin about a girl who lived all alone in a 237-room house. The Watchdog starring Tubby; The Fellers find a stray dog to guard their clubhouse. Two-page text story, Lulus Diry ("Diary"). Back cover has advertisement for five color Little Lulu pinups and Dell Comics Club. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art. Facts about the U.S. Cavalry. The Lone Ranger Fights the Ghost Gang, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; An old prospector helps The Lone Ranger find "The Ghost Gang," which is hiding out in an abandoned mine under a ghost town. Headlines in Lead, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Red Wilkins and Mayor Barnes conspire to close down a newspaper in Faro. Wolf Brothers Partner text story, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small. Rescue from Flood, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; A flood on the Mississippi causes part of the bank Little Buck is standing on to cave into the river; Young Hawk must rescue him and the two float downstream on a tree before being rescued by High Cloud. Based on the popular Western TV series. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian edition with same content as U.S. edition. Inside front cover is blank; indica appears on bottom of back cover rather than at bottom of first story page. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo Cover. Stories by unknown. Art by Charles Quinlan, John Forte and unknown. Featuring: "Timber Tempest" starring Betsy Grady and Pete Grady; "The Greater Sacrifice!" starring Bill Drexel and Julie Morley; and "Heart for Sale" starring Joan Andrews and Mary Andrews. Also featuring the retitled reprint story "I, Wendy Marsh" starring Wendy Marsh, Bob McLean, Sally, Bea Kimball, George Barclay, Mrs. Dowling, Dean Francis and Chip. Plus: 1-page text story "The Burden of Beauty" starring Angela Bronson. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.