Comic books March 1952

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There were only three hombres in the county nearly as tough as Copperhead Daly, art by Leonard Starr; Lobo is chasing bankrobbers, and uses a huge bow to catch them. It was only an old buffalo hide, art by Ed Moritz; Two white badmen are stirring up trouble between the Sioux and the Apache to get to some valuable battle trophies. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Frank Bolle and Rod Reed. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. An outlaw frames a newcomer to town for the murder he just committed, but Hopalong thinks that a freshly painted floor tells the real story. Pattie gives second-rate actor Showboat Pierce some destructive criticism. The Mark of Guilt; Hill Billy; Whitey Whiskers: The Western Troubadour; The Perfect Alibi!; Pistol Packin' Pattie; The Left-Handed Gang; Convict Conley; Murder Stalks the Grave. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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March 1952. Science fiction stories by Theodore Sturgeon, Howard Browne, Ray Palmer, Walter Miller Jr., Milton Lesser, Richard S. Shaver, Rog Phillips, and Alvin Heiner. Cover by Martin Key. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

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March 1952. Cover by Malcolm Smith. Science fiction stories by Dwight V. Swain, John W. Jakes, Charles E. Fritch, J. T. Oliver, Milton Lesser, and Daniel F. Galouye. Illustrations by Malcolm Smith, H. W. McCauley, and Joe W. Tillotson. 5-3/8 in. x 7-5/8 in; black and white; 162 pages. Cover price $0.35.

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Painted cover art. "Caribou!" text story by George Haas. "The Sacred Fire," script by Paul S. Newman, art by Alberto Giolitti; Creek warriors put out the sacred flame of the Natchez while it is being guarded by Black Crow and Painted Thunder; Black Crow attempts to hide their failure. Painted Thunder ends up with the task of replacing the sacred flame. "The False Face," script by Paul S. Newman; When Huron warriors overthrow an Iroquois camp, a young boy is taken as hostage in exchange for allowing the women to live; After ten years of peace, war breaks out again; A masked warrior comes to defend the Iroquois against the Huron. "On the Southern Plains in 1860" illustration; reproduction of Fredric Remington painting. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Ham Fisher and Bob Powell. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Humphrey is feared dead after being lost swimming the English Channel. Meanwhile, Jerry is being visited by angelic Humphrey in his dreams. Plus an adventure of Chickie Ricks, the Flyin' Fool. Bondage cover (with Humphrey, of all characters, subject to torture) possibly by Al Avison. The Red Plot; Behind the Iron Curtain!; The Confession!; The Spider Room; Joe's Nightmare; Flyin' Fool. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Partners in Blood; Professor Martin and his daughter Rose learn the hard way that vampires do exist. Tomb for Two. The Case of the Fiery Spirit text story. Die, My Darling!; A witch doctor curses Maxwell Harley; Once back in the U.S.A., Maxwell starts shrinking. The Rose of Doom! Television Puppet Theater toy ad. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Marvin Stein. Art by Marvin Stein, George Roussos 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. A petty thief who steals from boxcars runs afoul of an organized freight-larceny mob. An ex-con is blackmailed into returning to crime to keep his past secret. Johnny spends years tracking down the woman he blames for his father's death. Hot Freight Mob!; Blackmail in Reverse!; His Big Mouth!; Fatal Message; Closeups; Find the Woman. 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. "Roving marshal" Lash learns of a plot by revolutionaries to overthrow and execute the president of "Guataxco," and only he can stop it. Lash goes after two con men who are pulling "the kleptomaniac con" on unsuspecting jewelers and making off with a fortune in diamonds. Dusty explains why living in a barn is less trouble than living in a house. Unofficial Assignment; Wagonwheels; Cactus Joe and Snake-Eye; The Prairie Ruse; Dusty: The Boardinghouse; Mesquite Murder; Molasses Mouth; The Million-Dollar Target. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $60.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.

March 10, 1952. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 164 pages. Cover price $0.20.

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March 31, 1952. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 114 pages. Al Capp interview about Lil' Abner getting married. Cover price $0.20.

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St. John's original version of Audrey is a little different than Harvey's version - her friends are Patches and Sarge - but she still loves to create mischief. When her folks get a checkerboard rug, Audrey decides to play giant checkers. Little Audrey vexes violin virtuoso Maestro Guiseppi. Audrey decides she wants to be a doctor. A Toothsome Tale; Fiddlin Around; Watch the Birdie; The Letter; Little Joe: Fire Away; Calling Dr. Audrey. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Three untitled Little Beaver stories. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Irving Tripp. The Case of the Exploding Cigar; Lulu wants Tubby to find out who gave her pop a cigar that exploded in his face. The Contest; Lulu and Tubby eat everything out of each other's refrigerators. The Magic Wand; Wilbur pretends to have a magic wand that makes Lulu disappear. That Awful Witch, Hazel, Again; Lulu tells Alvin about when Hazel turned her into a water pipe. Cousin Jefferson; Tubby's cousin Jefferson steals Tub's clothes at the lake. All scripts by John Stanley, art by Irving Tripp. Two-page text story, Lulus Diry ("Diary"). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Longest running British mystery magazine lasting from 1949 to its 132nd issue in 1982. Title changes to "London Mystery Selection" after issue 35. 5.5" x 7.25", 128 pages, B&W

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Painted cover art. Facts about Indian horses. The Train from Independence, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Three outlaws stir up Indians into attacking a wagon train so that they can steal the $50,000 aboard. Red Cloud's Victory, art by Tom Gill; Sioux chief Red Cloud loses a battle to Army soldiers and their new repeating rifles, but still wins the war when the government decides to abandon its forts in the Sioux hunting grounds. The Long Bow text story by Gaylord Du Bois. Apaches attack Pueblo, script by Gaylord Du Bois; After rescuing the young Pueblo hunter Tuari and his wife from raiding Apaches, Young Hawk, Little Buck and High Cloud return with the pair to their city on a lake; That night they help fight off an Apache attack. Based on the popular Western TV series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Pre-Code romance comic from Canadian publisher Superior, featuring elements of crime, infidelity and good-girl art that later romance comics eschewed. While her husband Eddie is assigned overseas, Gail decides she's not ready to be a soldier's wife, and starts dating Don - who's not ready to be tied down. Nat and Laura fall in love at a party, but fate and a fiery bus crash conspire to keep them apart. When Fred is accused of a hit-and-run, Lydia is the only one who will stand by him until the truth is revealed. For Better or for Worse; Paper Kisses; Forget If You Can!; My Love for Yours. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 3, Issue 2 - February/March 1952. Men's interest magazine with articles, fiction, humor, and pin-up pictorials. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 66 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $46.95 or Best Offer View scan Staples added (not manufacturing). Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Kurt Schaffenberger and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. In an issue-length, multi-part adventure, Billy, Mary and Freddy are made into senior citizens by an unknown force. This prevents the Marvel Family from transforming into their eternally young alter-egos, until they can get to the bottom of this strange manifestation of time. The Menace of Old Age, Chapter One: The Secret of the Castle; Tomb Time; Lazy Lee; Chapter Two: The Doddering Doom; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Headline Harry: The Big Bounce; Nick and Dick; Chapter Three: The Hoary Horror. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 5, Issue 3 - March, 1952. 6.75" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 49, Issue 195 - March, 1952. Digest-size UK men's magazine. Articles, humor, and pin-up photos. 5" x 7.25", 140 pages, B&W with color.

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Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

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Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

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Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

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Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French language.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $490.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4094063005

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Cover art by Dan De Carlo. Untitled stories featuring Millie the Model, Percy, Daisy, Iggy, and Chili. Stories by Stan Lee, art by Dan De Carlo. Millie's Fashion Page, art by De Carlo. Helen the Helper text story. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Pre-code horror. Cover pencils by Ross Andru. Button, Button, Who's Got the Button?, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; Imprisoned wife murderer Michael Carter tries to escape the electric chair by pretending to be insane. It Can Happen To You; Terminally ill Mr. Lane is drawn into a murder mystery and helps out a young woman. Burning Sands, pencils by Don Perlin, inks by Abe Simon; The survivors of a French foreign legion battallion attacked by Arabs struggle through the desert and kill each other for water. The Painting, inks by Mike Esposito; Mad art painter Charles Craven tells his story to a reporter: How he could only paint when using fresh blood for the brilliant reds in his pictures. The Faker!, pencils by Ross Andru; Lumber tycoon Horace Turner employs a circus swami to experiment with thought transmission; The swami almost gets killed in the process. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $90.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

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Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Issue #315. March 9, 1952. French language movie magazine. Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift cover. 8 1/4 in. x 12-in., 16 pages, B&W. NOTE: All text in French.

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Photo cover features Allan "Rocky" Lane. Story by Leo Dorfman, from the screenplay by M. Coates Webster. Art by Werner Roth. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on Rough Riders of Durango, a 1951 Republic B-movie western starring Allan "Rocky" Lane. Marshal Rocky Lane intervenes when a corrupt banker plans to foreclose on ranchers who have been targeted by outlaw raids. Rocky suspects that seemingly blameless harness-maker Blake is the secret head of the outlaw gang, working in cahoots with the banker. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $1,895.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: White Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #4356104005 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

"The Dark Tunnel," art by Gene Colan; An exterminator enters into a dark tunnel on one of his jobs and is taken captive by giant telepathic cockroaches who are waiting for mankind to destroy itself before they emerge and rule Earth. "The Doll of Doom" text story. "The Little Black Box!", script by Hank Chapman, art by Joe Maneely; A man finds a black box which grants him wishes when he tells a lie; When he gets the black box open, the spirit inside incinerates him to take his place. "The End of the World," art by Paul Reinman; A carnival swami predicts the world will end at midnight; His skeptic client scoffs at the prediction, but the man's words haunt his thoughts for the rest of the evening; When the clock begins to strike twelve, he is distracted by it, and doesn't see the vehicle that strikes and kills him. "The Horror on Channel 15," art by Pete Tumlinson; A man in a small Iowa town creates a monster for a TV show that comes to life and kills everyone in the town. "The Stroke of 12," art by Paul Reinman; An embalming assistant murders an undertaker for his money, but when he goes to the cemetery at midnight where he hid the money, the undertaker drags him into the grave with him. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Baseball cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart Fair $10.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream Back cover detached 15%. Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 24, Issue 2 - March, 1952. 6.75" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 4, No. 3 - March 1952. "America's Picture Magazine of Entertainment". This issue with an article on Kerima, starring in Carol Reed's "An Outcast of the Islands". 10.5" x 13", 42 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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March, 1952; Volume 4, No 2 / Issue 17. 5 1/4-in. x 7 1/2-in.; black and white; 164 pages. Cover price $0.35.

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"Winter Carnival," pencils by George Frese; Despite Mr. Weatherbee's worrying, the gang wins the Winter Carnival games trophy for Riverdale, through chaos. "The Hats in the Fire," pencils by Samm Schwartz; Suzie needs a new hat. "For Goodness Sake," script and art by Joe Edwards; After the 463rd time that Wilbur has caused a disturbance, Mr. Dripwaite has a day dream that he can write a best-selling book based on Wilbur's bad behavior. "Knights of the Night"; Archie and Jughead go camping and get caught in a storm; Thinking they are in the middle of the woods, they end up setting up camp in Charlie's backyard. Gossip about Hollywood movies and their stars. Untitled story, script and art by Bill Woggon; After refusing three rides, on a hike alone Katy gets treed by a bull. K.O. Kelly paper doll by Bill Woggon. "Too Good to be True," script and art by Joe Edwards; Bill's old college chum's daughter is the complete opposite of Li'l Jinx. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 40, Issue 4 - October 1951. Hollywood magazine. Elizabeth Taylor cover photographed by John Engstead. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 116 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $86.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.

Add to cart Good $56.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $53.00 View scans Paper: Off white Back cover detached 30%. Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

"Captives of the Centaurianess" a novel by Poul Anderson, PLUS "Tonight Stars Revolt!" a novel by Gardner F. Fox., and a short story "Ricochet on Miza" by Gordon R. Dixon,

Cover by Allen Anderson. Stories by Poul Anderson, Garnder F. Fox, Kendell Foster Crossen, Gordon R. Dickson, Dick Hetschel, Raymond Z. Gallun. Illustrations by Emsh, Herman Vestal. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 112 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $149.95 or Best Offer View scan Interior complete. Full length spine split. Cover oxidation and chipping. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Three untitled Plastic Man stories, plus Woozy back-up. 36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Walt Kelly. Scripts and art by Walt Kelly. Untitled one-page story; Churchy painting a portrait of Pogo. "Cinderella and the Three Bears"; Albert telling the fairy tale of Cinderola to Pogo and the bug children, with Pogo acting as Cinderola, the three bears as Cinderola's stepmother and stepsisters, Churchy as the King's page, Howland as Cinderola's furry godmother, and Albert as the prince. "Berried Treasure"; The three children disguised as old men, try tricking a blueberry pie off Albert. "The Boastful Bird" text story. "The Big Rock Candy Quarry"; Rackety Coon Chile and Pogo find sheet music for the song "The Big Rock Candy Mountain" in Albert's trunk, and Albert sets out to find the mountain in order to become a millionaire; Seminole Sam sells him a pile of garbage, claiming it to be rock candy in disguise. Untitled one-page story; Churchy catches the frog's fishing hook. Untitled one-page story; Pogo mistakes Albert's tail for a water melon. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $85.00 View scans Cover detached. Staple rust. Rust migration. Internal page tears. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

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Reed Crandall/Nick Cuidera cover. Ken Shannon in "The Corpse with the Size 13 Shoe" (art by Crandall), Inspector Denver in "The Walking Death" (art by W.G. Hargis), T-Man in "The Devil's Agent" (art by Creed), "Cops are Courageous," One page filler, "Pict-O-Gram." One page text story, "The Sweet Tooth." Cover price $0.10.