Comic books February 1952

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Featuring a memorable science fiction cover by Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. Plus Everett Raymond Kinstler art in the 6-page Kenton of the Star Patrol story, "The Monster-Men of Space!", and a 3-page Kinstler titled "Death Claims an Enemy." Kinstler also draws the inside front cover. All the art in this issue is impressive. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage magazine featuring stories about, and tips for those interested in the nudist way of life. Softcover Magazine, 8" x 11", 32 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

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Cover art by Win Mortimer; 2nd Lex Luthor cover for this series. The Lost Secrets of Krypton starring Superman and Lex Luthor, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Superman's Masters starring Superman, Ernest Gadden, Kid Kole, and Miss Swift, script by Alvin Schwartz, art by Al Plastino. Super Ships text story by David King. The Secret of Superman's Home starring Superman and Hatchet Kaims, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Superboy stars in a one-page public service announcement, Share With Others! 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Marc Swayze and Sheldon Moldoff. Sweethearts was the first monthly romance title. Janice falls for Ray, but he questions her relationship with her boss, Mr. Lassner, and if she's taking advantage of his generosity. Marriage counselor Julia finds her next case particularly challenging when she falls for the male half of the couple, handsome Vic. Joyce works at a home for wayward boys, but when she falls for fellow teacher Kirk, she makes a choice that threatens to drive them apart. Big-Hearted; I Was a Courtship and Marriage Counselor; Crossroads Courtship; Heart Astray. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Feldstein. EC Artist of the Month article by Al Feldstein about Joe Orlando. "Bargain In Death!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Two medical students need to procure a corpse in order to get an anatomy credit to graduate and pay an imbecile five bucks to grave rob a newly dug grave. "Ants In Her Trance!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; A hypnotist places his wife in a trance and commands her to stop her heart; He brings her out of it with the phrase 'snap out of it'; When he falls for another woman, they decide to murder the wife by using the words 'wake up' instead, which won't bring her out of the trance. Break Out! text story. "A-Corny Story," script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; An elderly man is fired due to age discrimination and returns to Haiti to work revenge upon his boss. "The Ventriloquist's Dummy!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A man with a homicidal head growing out of his wrist pursues the career path of a ventriloquist. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Three stories are included in this issue: "Tarzan Tracks a Robber Band" (Tarzan and Thurag face a storm at sea, then rescue Mrs. Louis D'Arnot from Arab Berbers); "Brothers of the Spear" (Dan-el is sad over the passing of Queen Liloma); and "Jungle Stampede" (a text piece). Script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Jesse Marsh. Lex Barker photo cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Frank Thorne and Dana Dutch. Tales of teen angst and amour, often featuring art and covers by celebrated good-girl artist Matt Baker. Gloria regrets her bad reputation only when she falls for Bill, in a story with art by Baker. In another Baker story, Carol gets caught in a classic romance trap when she accidentally makes dates with two boys on the same night. Jane marries dirt-poor Lon in secret so her wealthy family doesn't find out, but has trouble maintaining the charade, in an story with early art by good-girl artist Frank Thorne. I Was a Love Gypsy; The Love I Couldnt Hide; Confessions of a Farm Girl; Secret Marriage; My Dangerous Pasttime; Too Many Sweethearts. 7 1/2-in. x 11-in., 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Pete Riss and others. Movie cowboy Tex Ritter tames the West with his six-guns, his horse White Flash and his dog, Fury. An amnesiac Tex is captured by owlhoots who convince him that he is also an outlaw. A known coward joins forces with gun-toting killers, and Tex wants to find out why. A sheriff seeks Tex's help in catching the masked killer called The Spider. Plus vintage ads for View-Master, Fleers Dubble Bubble Gum, Cracker Jacks, Daisy Air Rifles, and Erector sets. Bullet Blackout; The Kid Comes Back; The Coward; Pudgy and Muscles; The Spider's Web. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Shrunken head cover pencils by Albert Tyler, inks by Bob Forgione. "The Creature From Dimension 2-K-31," pencils by Albert Tyler, inks by Bob Forgione; Soldiers fight an otherworldly shape-shifting alien creature during the Korean War. "Grunwald," pencils by Albert Tyler, inks by Bob Forgione; Three men fight to maintain their sanity when they are trapped in a lighthouse and besieged by thousands of hungry, murderous rats. "Nightmare," pencils by Albert Tyler, inks by Bob Forgione; A serial killer randomly decapitates his victims. "The Thing!" text story. "Hellfire of Doom," pencils by Albert Tyler, inks by Bob Forgione; A killer blackmails a city by causing people to spontaneously combust. Buy the New Hot Rods and Racing Cars Comics ad. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Roy Ald, Al Jetter and Will Lieberson. Cover by Shelly Moldoff. Stories by unknown. Art by Bob Powell, Bernard Baily and Shelly Moldoff. Horror tales that are so scary they could only lead you to believe that This Magazine is Haunted! In this issue: When landlord Semple Ridgedon finds a society of murderers lodging in one of his buildings, he tears the place down and rebuilds it in a modern way. But the evil ghosts appear anew and confront Ridgedon with his promise to join them in their cult of murder in "The Cult of the 13 Ghosts" with art by Bob Powell. Plus: Trapped in a mirror world, two men face a flesh-eating monster. The horror subsides when the magical mirror is smashed from the outside in "Beware the Jabberwock" with art by Bernard Baily. And: On behalf of his friend Hans Buloff, Lawrence Avery, "famous investigator of psychic phenomena," looks into the strange happenings at Buloff mansion. Avery encounters Buloff's vampire bride and her creepy butler. The investigator manages to foil all evil plans in "Quest of the Vampire!" with art by Shelly Moldoff. Also: 2-page text story "Ditworth's Little Friend" written by John Martin, and an ad for Down with Crime. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 39, Issue 3 - February, 1952. Stories by Jack Vance, Kendell Foster Crossen, John Wyndham, Walt Sheldon, Walter Kubilius and Fletcher Pratt, Frank Belknap Long, and Erik Fennel. One Virgil Finlay illustration. Mini-review of Isaac Asimov's "Foundation" and Robert Heinlein's "The Day After Tomorrow." 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and Art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Dick Van Buren, Bob Lubbers and unknown. (Note: Who the inkers are is mainly unknown.) In this issue: Nancy by Ernie Bushmiller; Strange as It Seems 1-pager "The Desertion of a Cabin Boy"; How It Began article "The Marigold"; The Captain and the Kids by Rudolph Dirks; Stamp Tips article "The Christmas Holidays"; and Tarzan by Dick Van Buren (script, as Edgar Rice Burroughs) and Bob Lubbers. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 8, Issue 4 - February, 1952. Cover painted by Peter Driben. Vintage men's interest magazine that is highly focused on tasteful pin-up pictorials usually centered around women in lingerie being involved in wacky scenarios. 8.5" x 11.5", 50 pages, B&W/Color. -Recommended for ages 16+ Cover price $0.25.

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Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Featuring: Two Droopy 1-pagers; Tom & Jerry tale; Big Spike & Little Tyke tale; Bertie Bird text story "Surprise Farewell"; Wuff the Prairie Dog tale; Flip 'n' Dip 2-pager; and Barney Bear & Benny Burro tale. 36 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. In a two-part story, Tom investigates robberies of pack trains in the Pecos Valley. But the murder of the local sheriff points to an unlikely suspect. Tom pursues the ruthless killers into the Garnett Valley. And a vintage ad for Mark Trail magazine, a boys' magazine featuring the popular comic-strip naturalist. The Pack Train Mystery: Chapter 1: Shots in the Night; Roundup Time With Tom Mix; Chapter 2: A Killer Stalks the Night!; Tumbleweed Jr.: Rolling Along; Saddlehead; Cowboy Cal; Fightin' Forbes: Teaching Toughy; The Red Beard Bandit. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 10, Issue 2 - February, 1952. 6.75" x 9", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman and Al Feldstein. 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. A German soldier during WWII is accidentally targeted by Nazi "buzz bombs," in a story with inks by MAD legend Will Elder. An American soldier walking along the Imjin River faces a fight for his life, in the famous, oft-reprinted Kurtzman story Corpse on the Imjin! The story of the Battle of Bunker Hill during the American Revolution is retold with art by Wally Wood. Plus The EC "Artist of the Issue" featuring Jack Davis. Mud!; Bunker Hill!; The Ditch; Corpse on the Imjin!; Buzz Bomb! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Maneely. "Sands of the Mesabi"; Kid Colt is watching the sorting pen in the San Joachim Valley; He notices that one man Jack Shellfire is rather rough with his cattle, and that they have mixed brands. "Guns of the Claim-Jumpers" text story. "The Apache Kid's Surrender!"; Red Hawk falls ill and is under the care of the tribal medicine man; Red Hawk calls to his son the Apache Kid to be with him at his time of need; the medicine man calls to the gods for their advice. "Silent Guns!" "Killers' Holiday"; At the Deer Lodge prison, some prisoners have weapons smuggled in and use them to stage a break; The escaped outlaws were all put into the prison by the Texas Kid, and their leader is determined to get revenge. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Russ Heath. Stories by Sol Brodsky, Vic Carrabotta, Gene Colan, Vern Henkel, Stan Lee, George Roussos, and Jim Mooney. Tantalizing tales of suspense and horror, sometimes with science fiction elements. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Russell Patterson, Elsie Hix and Raeburn van Buren. The comic-strip adventures of aspiring model Fritzi Ritz and her boyfriend, the bumbling Phil Fumble. Phil buys a coffee shop under a ski jump. Phil wants to forget Fritzi after a fight, but her image is on every billboard. Bathless Groggins is in trouble after he pledges money he doesn't have to the city pledge drive, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with art by Raeburn van Buren. Backup strips include Russell Patterson's Mamie and the Ripley-like Strange As It Seems by Elsie Hix. Fritzi Ritz; Mamie; Abbie an' Slats; Stamp Tips; Strange as It Seems. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Johnny Craig. Biography of artist "Ghastly" Graham Ingels, with photo. "A Stitch in Time!", script and art by Johnny Craig; The scene opens in an old-fashioned sweatshop, run by a Mr. Lasch, who makes the women work 14 hours a day, 6 days a week, for a salary of $6; The machinery is outdated and dangerous, and Lasch treats the women like slaves. "99 44/100% Pure Horror!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Life had been good to Ernie ever since he had become manager of the Hudson Soap Company, and his predecessor, Benny Anderson, had disappeared; He suddenly remembered a date he had with a showgirl. "Superstition!" text story by William M. Gaines. Dead Wait!, script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; In an isolated plantation home on a tropic isle, a shot rings out and 'Red' Buckley's former plantation boss lies dead at his feet. "Staired... in Horror!", art by Graham Ingels; Irma stared down at the grave of her late husband and smiled.... just as a gentleman came near to pay respects to his late wife; As the two conversed, Irma gleaned that this old boy must have money, so she struck up an on-going affair with this Mr. Hornsby, and plotted to have him murdered for his insurance. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Sealed Specters." Venus and Whitney Hammond enter a tunnel of love, only to discover strange creatures. "The Mad Mountain!" After a plane crash, Venus encounters plant creatures. Also includes: "Tidal Wave of Terror!"; "The Little Man"; and "Beware...The Cat-Woman's Revenge." Pencils, inks, and cover by Bill Everett. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Syd Shores. Stories and art by Syd Shores, Harry Anderson, and Bill Woolfolk. 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. Kansas City crime boss Charles Binaggio hatches a bold plan to take over the Kansas City and St. Louis police departments. A male police detective must dress in drag to trap a gang preying on young women. The Great Unsolved Mysteries contest invites readers to ponder the murder of a Boston racketeer. Kansas City Killer!; Blood Brothers; Wanted: Charles Edward Crews; Great Unsolved Mysteries: Find the Killer of Joseph Fantasia; Wanted: Sydney Gordon Martin; Girl Trap. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Lee Elias, Vic Donahue and Jack Sparling. Tales of war from Harvey, published as the Cold War was heating up. A soldier must decide whether to save a hated rival or let him drown. Baseball fan Joe tries to put his talents to use during the Battle of the Bulge. Navy frogmen take the battle to the ocean floor. Devils of the Deep; The Trap!; Diving Death; American Heroes; Teamwork; The Battle of Brooklyn; Air Combat!; Aces Low!; Coward or Hero? 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"No Survivors" (art by Russ Heath), "The Face of the Enemy," "Road Block," "Final Mission," and a two-page text story, "The Road Back." Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Charles Nicholas, Mike Sekowsky, Vince Alascia, Lou Cameron, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, and Louis Zansky. Suspense-filled horror tales that weave a Web of Mystery for the reader! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.