Comic books August 1951

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Volume 8, Issue 3 - August, 1951. Cover art by Leo Morey. "Outpost Zero" by James MacIntosh, "Terminal Quest" by Poul Anderson, "Half-Past Fear" by John Jakes , "Journey's End" by Walter Kubilius, "When Earth Is Old" by Raymond Z. Gallun, "The Star Killers" by Neil R. Jones. Interior illustrations by Virgil Finlay, Hannes Bok, and Paul Callé. 6.75" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Win Mortimer. Clark Kent's Super-Masquerade starring R24, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Superman gains temporary amnesia. The Anti-Superman Club, script by Edmond Hamilton; Superman builds a Superwoman robot. Jerry Jitterbug humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. Minus Three Ninety text story. The Man Who Stole the Oceans starring Superman and Lex Luthor, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. (In #48 he was The Man Who Stole the Sun! This guy thinks BIG!) Full-page, full-color Schwinn bicycle interior ad. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Feldstein. "The Trophy!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; A sportsman who is only interested in game for the trophy ends up the victim of a lunatic who thinks the same way about humans. "Judy, You're Not Yourself Today!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Wally Wood; An old crone utters a magical spell that causes her to switch bodies with a man's young wife. "Cunning!" text story. "Loved to Death," script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; A rejected young man buys a love potion that works a bit too well. "The Works...In Wax!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; Henri and Marie are the owners of a wax museum, and Marie claims that the wax figures in the chamber of horrors tell her that they are being tortured, so she averts their eyes from their victims and lowers their weapons. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Tony Tallarico and others. Movie cowboy Tex Ritter tames the West with his six-guns, his horse White Flash and his dog, Fury. Owlhoots call in hired guns in an attempt to get rid of Tex once and for all. Loonie Les learns you shouldn't eat gooseberries off the bush too fast. Tex investigates the Death Ranch, a strange castle-like structure on the prairie where a sinister scheme is unfolding. The Death Ranch; Loonie Les: Gooseberry Goof; The Killer Bait; The Bite of Toothless Trigger. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 43, Issue 3 - August, 1951. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Aug 1951. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Arthur C. Clarke, Raymond F. Jones, Walter Kubilius and Fletcher Pratt, William Tenn, Fredric Brown, Larry Clinton, Cleve Cartmill, and Edwin James. Alex Schomburg illustration. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Funny-animal antics from Magazine Enterprises. Tom-Tom pretends to be his own ghost to save a bear cub from Lupo the Wolf; Koko, Kola and Raymond go to Dogtown, where people can be caught and put in the pound; Punchy the Creampuff Cowpuncher opens a dude ranch. Connect-the-dots cover featuring Judy and her Magic Chalk. Daffy Doodles; Jesse Jimmy; Muggsy Mouse; Tom-Tom the Jungle Boy; Nightmare Noonan; Koko and Kola: The Black Bag; Punchy the Creampuff Cowpuncher; Judy and the Magic Chalk; Jest for Fun. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 8, Issue 1 - August, 1951. Painted cover by Peter Driben. Pin-Up pictorials, many with humor. 8.5" x 11.5", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Stanley Baer, Betsy Baer and Rod Ruth. A domestic-comedy strip collected into comics form by Ziff-Davis. A trip to the seashore becomes a nerve-rattling adventure after twins Pat and Penny fall asleep on a boat, which then drifts out to sea. Twinkie, the magical (alien?) creature, grants Mickey's wish for Playland, where children play all the time... whether they want to or not. Terrific painted cover by an unknown artist. Tots at Sea; Smiley Winds Up with Adventure; Twinkie; The Toodles. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 9, Issue 2 - August, 1951. 6.75" x 9", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Chuck Miller. "The Vengeance of the Apache Kid," art by Werner Roth; When a band of Coyotes attack a stage coach, it is rescued by the Apache Kid who sends the renegade band of Native Americans fleeing; When the coach arrives at Fort Madison, it passenger Anthony Nichols - a businessman setting up a gold prospecting company - tells off Captain Bill Gregory for not doing anything about the attackers; Gregory is shocked when Nichols names an Apache Kid as one of his attackers. "The Gun That Ruled the West" text story. "Judgment Day," art by Pete Tumlinson. "Blood Will Tell." "Smokey Showdown" starring Texas Kid, art by Joe Maneely. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Russell Patterson and Raeburn van Buren. The comic-strip adventures of aspiring model Fritzi Ritz and her boyfriend, the bumbling Phil Fumble. Fritzi's friends have a "Gay '90s" party, in a strip that shows Bushmiller's design sense. Phil visits an old-time penny arcade. Fritzi figures out how to get Phil to pay for watching her TV, in a strip that showcases Bushmiller's "good girl" art. Bathless Groggins realizes that the voice on a radio quiz show is his old crony in crime, Forked Tongue Freddie, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with art by Raeburn van Buren. Fritzi Ritz; Mamie; Abbie an' Slats; Stamp Tips. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Johnny Craig. Weird Fantasy ad. "About Face!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Lydia was a circus lion tamer and considered the best, until one evening she was attacked and severely injured by a black panther. "The Reluctant Vampire!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; As the last rays of the sun retreated in the sky, a coffin opens and out steps Mr. Drink, vampire, who quickly hurries to his job as night watchman at the Blood Donor Center. 'Grandma's Ghost!', art by Jack Kamen; Little Peggy is awoken from her sleep by her Grandmother, who is having a heart attack. "Revenge is the Nuts!", script by William Gaines and Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; At the eerie Croydon Insane Asylum, horrible screams are heard as patients are being whipped, and as Mr. Aldershot, a relative of a patient, is in Blackpool's office in response to a letter from his patient-relative. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Stalked by a Nameless Dread," "Vengeance of the Undead," "Sign of the Smiling Spectre," and "The Haunted Horse". Stories by Jim McLaughlin, Vince Alascia, Jerry Grandenetti, and Gene Colan. Suspense-filled horror tales that weave a Web of Mystery for the reader! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Howard Sherman. The Storming of the Santa Fe Trail starring the Wyoming Kid, art by Howard Sherman. The Disappearing Ranchman starring Rodeo Rick, script by Gardner Fox, art by Tom Cooke. The Gold Mine That Ran Itself starring Nighthawk, script by Don Cameron, art by Leonard Starr. The Brand of the Golden Ladder starring Cowboy Marshal, art by Ed Smalle Jr. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk, Sheldon Moldoff, Max Elkan and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. The search for a missing land deed leads Tex Ritter to actually being tied to a lumber yard's buzz saw, like in a classic cliffhanger movie serial. Tom Mix tries to get the goods on the Jones Brothers after they rob a train. Robbers masquerade as demons to scare away a farmer, and they'd have gotten away with it too, if not for that meddling Monte Hale. Tex Ritter: The Mystery of the Hidden Deed; Big Bow and Little Arrow: Brushing off the Brush!; Old Timer Oldham; Monte Hale: The Uninvited Demons!; Slim Carson: Arrows of Honor; Tom Mix: The Barrel Mystery Case! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue 638 - August, 1951. The true adventure magazine for men. A collection of true stories from all over the world. 6.5" x 9.5", 98 pages, B&W.

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Volume 7, Issue 1 - August, 1951. Painted cover by Peter Driben. Vintage men's interest magazine focused entirely on amateur lingerie pin-up pictorials. 8.5 x 11.5", 58 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Winslow Mortimer. The City That Was For Sale starring Superman, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; An encounter with an unknown black planet destroys Superman's fine motor control. Casey the Cop humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Master of 1000 Duels starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp. The Battle of the Beasts starring Tom Sparks, Boy Inventor, pencils by Bob Brown, inks by Sy Barry. Valley of Dusty Death starring the Wyoming Kid, script by Gardner Fox, art by Howard Sherman. Passage to Peru, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Frank Giacoia. Varisty Vic humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Prof Eureka humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Stages Through The Ages text article by B. Fairbanks. The Private Life of Commissioner Gordon starring Batman, script by David Vern, pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Charles Paris; Flashback of the life of Jim Gordon. Sweet Land of Liberty public service announcement starring Peter Porkchops, script by Jack Schiff, art by Otto Feuer. One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie and His Vacation-Time Pals" by Bill Schreiber. 76 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Stories and art by Pete Riss and Alan Willis. Frontier scout Young Eagle and his trained eagle Clawfoot aid the US Cavalry at Fort Wayne. When river pirates terrorize vessels on the Snakeroot River, Young Eagle is the only one who can stop them. Investigating mysterious accidents in local mines, Young Eagle stumbles on the secret of the Golden Flood. But before he can reveal the truth, outlaws trap him in a collapsed mine. Mule Ears; Young Eagle and the River Pirates; Unlucky Lode; Old Smokey: Salt King!; The Golden Flood; Buckshot. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.