Comic books May 1952

Auction Item: GD 2.0 View scans Auction opens July 6 7" cumulative spine split. Cover and interior oxidation.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $32.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.

May 1952. Cover by Allen Anderson. "War-Maid of Mars" by Poul Anderson. Other stories by J. T. McIntosh, Bryce Walton, Robert Moore Williams, Peter Phillips, Lloyd Palmer, Bolling Branham, and John McGreevey. Illustrations by Herman Vestal, Kelly Freas. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 112 pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Pocket-sized digest. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $24.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Staple rust: Slight.

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Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $7.00 View scan Sticker on back.

Volume 57, Issue 4 - May, 1952. 6.5" x 9", 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Vol. 31 #7 - Aug. 1952. Boxing magazine. Features articles, departments, ratings, fight reports around the world and more. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/4-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Ralph Carlson and others. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. "Undercover Marshal" Rocky investigates wolf attacks in the area, and learns the secret of the Wolf-Man of Lost Skull Range, in a horror-tinged story. Rocky discovers the secret of an old mission in a Mexican border town. Dee Dickens lists the many faults of his new landlord. Plus a vintage ad for an autographed photo of Rocky Lane and Black Jack. The Wolf-Man of Lost Skull Range; Sagebrush; Dee Dickens: Everything's Relative; The Golden Gunload; The Secret of the Old Mission; Gopherface; Chuck Waggin; Six-Gun Territory; Mule Ears. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $500.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4349162003 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Lin Streeter, Bill Walsh, Ken Bald, Gus Ricca and Leonard Starr. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Jessie gets a job in a defense plant and meets fellow welder Harry, but hes all business; Dale gets a job after a newspaper editor mistakes her name for a mans, only to find herself in the middle of a dangerous crime expose; Redhead Ann learns a man has bought the cherished seaside house shes always wanted. Welded Hearts; Office Romance; Lover's Masquerade; Heart on Trial; Real Cute Sport; Wooed By a Westerner; Search for Celia. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Mike Sekowsky, Marvin Townsend, Sid Greene, Bernard Sachs, and Mike Roy. This early romance title from Ziff-Davis focused on the struggles of domestic life. Up-and-coming actress Trudy is forced to choose between her husband Danny or a promising career on the stage. Joan has great hopes for husband Jim's political career, but her ambition starts to alienate her from Jim's affections. Ruth dislikes her husband's workaholic tendencies and the sketchy parties she's forced to attend for potential clients. Love or the Limelight?; Candidate for Love; Model Wife; Are You the Girl He Married?; A Name for Francesca; Budget Blues; Married to His Work; Shopping Spree. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Trigger Fights For Life" and "Trigger Trails the Lost." Back-up story, "Weetamah's Bridle." Painted cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Men's interest magazine focusing on Western adventure stories. 8.5" x 11", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $80.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $62.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 213, Issue 5 (Whole Number 1973) - May, 1952. 6.75" x 9.75", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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May 3, 1952. Film trade publication with lots of news. 9.25 in. x 12.25 in.; black and white; 32 pages.

Add to cart Fair $5.00 View scans Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart Fair $5.00 View scans Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

Vintage monthly published magazine with a focus on the film industry as a whole. First published in November of 1930, publication continued through the late 1970s. Priding itself as a source for exclusive behind the scenes stories about filmmaking, Silver Screen also contained a fair amount of articles about celebrities, their relationships, the latest in fashion, and film reviews. Cover price $0.15.

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Stories and art by Louis Zansky and others. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. Hopalong Cassidy sets out to find the Kerr Gang, riding the very stagecoach that the gang is planning to rob. Assigned to guard a fortune in gold dust, Lash LaRue witnesses a murder, and must decide whether to pursue the killer or maintain his assignment. "Secret Marshal" Rocky Lane is suspicious when con men promote the healing waters of a fountain, using ex-cons as plants to sway the crowd. Hopalong Cassidy: The Unfinished Trip; Lash LaRue: The Perilous Decision; Honest John Deals; Ten-Gallon Tex; Li'l Buck; Black Banshee; Daisy and Maisie; Rocky Lane: The Fountain of Life; Lamebrain Lem. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Official Magazine of the RSROA of America (Roller Skating Rink Operators Association of America). News, articles, competition results, and more. 9-3/8 in. x 12-1/4 in.; black and white; 20 pages on slick paper. Cover price $0.15.

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"This Is How It Is," "I'll Take You Home, Kathleen," and "That Makes Us Even!" 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Long running magazine featuring short news articles on musicians and bands, and lyrics to popular songs. 8-in. x 11-in., 36 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

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May, 1952. Volume 1, Issue 1. Featuring work from Lester Del Rey and Isaac Asimov. Softcover, 5 1/2-in., x 8 1/2-in., 164 pages, Text (with chapter illustrations) Cover price $0.35.

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Sparkie, the elf "from the land of make-believe "and his human friend Big Jon were the stars of a children's radio show. Sparkie and Twinkle try to help a princess in a golden garden, and meet the one who turned it golden, King Midas. Sparkie tries to create a new act for the show and gets stuck in a runaway ladder. While selling newspapers, Sparkie and Charlie get mixed up with a gorilla and a competitor in a gorilla suit. Who Am I?; Golden Garden; Something Old Something New; The Show Goes On; The Gorilla; Twinkle's Riddle Bag; Benny the Bug: Down With Dogs; Sparkie and Twinkle Visit Puzzle Land. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $8.00 View scans Foxing. Soiling. Moisture damage.

Volume 3, Issue 4 - May, 1952. Men's adventure magazine featuring articles on sports, hunting politics and crime. 10-in. x 13-in., 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $21.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD 2.0 $22.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Fair $9.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 80%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.	Add to cart Fair $12.50 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart Fair $14.50 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 15%. Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 26, Issue 1 - May, 1952. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by George O. Smith, Kendell Foster Crossen, Margaret St. Clair, Eric Frank Russell, and Robert Zacks. Three Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 148 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $449.95 or Best Offer View scans INCOMPLETE. Two panels cut from Jekyll and Hyde story. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Startling Terror Tales (1952) is a comic published by Star. Prepare to lose your mind with fear with the stories "A Star Presentation", "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (pencils by Wally Wood, inks by Harrison; 25 pages). Back-up story, "The Repulsive Dwarf" (art by Wood). Jay Disbrow/L. B. Cole cover. 36 pages, full color, 7-in x 10-in. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart CGC 3.5 $295.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4091493008 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $99.95 or Best Offer View scan INCOMPLETE. Piece missing, interrupts art or story. 6" Cumulative spine split. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "Blood of the Zombie"; A man asks to be embalmed because a zombie colony will think that he has white blood and thus believe him to be a god. "Dead Men Never Die!"; A reporter covers his first execution, and sees the executed man alive later; He pretends to kill someone so that he will be executed. "The Ghost Came Back" text story by Michael Arthur. "Eyes of Evil"; A woman buys an idol which is missing its eyes; Her husband brings home two rubies which are the eyes of the idol. "Bury Us Not!"; A woman answers a classified ad for assisted suicide; Her husband's ghost convinces her to leave. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $249.95 or Best Offer View scans Cover detached, 2" cumulative spine split. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Norman Nodel, Michael Becker, Vince Alascia, and Gene Fawcette. Cover by Mort Lawrence. Science fiction adventure from Avon, featuring stories and art from legends in the comics and sci-fi fields. A mutant with strange powers only wants to use them for good, but the world doesnt understand; An Earth soldier defends a space station from a Venusian invasion; A woman marooned on a distant planet is worshipped as a goddess, until other humans show up. Also featuring an epic contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. Space-Gods of Planetoid 50; Sabotage on Space Station 1; The Man Who Fought the World!; The Space Monster of Eros; Man-Trap! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Four stories are included in this issue: "Tarzan and the Nandi Bear" (A bear chases Tarzan through a slaver's encampment); "Tarzan and the Blue Baboon" (Professor MacWhirtle lands in a valley that is filled with man-eaters); "Brothers of the Spear"; and "The Rainbow" (a text piece). Art by Jesse Marsh. Lex Barker photo cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $1,900.00 View scans Restored: C1 Paper: Off white to white Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover. Label #4373408007

Cover art by L. B. Cole. "Revenge of the Black Magic Idol"; Amazo destroys Gahna's village and enslaves his people. She pricks her finger on the idol of Janus, which she had hoped would help her defeat Rulah, and dies from its poison. "Silent Death"; Skeeter sends his wife, Liz, to Rulah's village to try out the Red Death bacteria he stole. "The Strangest Punishment" text story. "Mankillers"; Renture keeps his subjects by lying to them that they are cursed; In fact, it is their dimly-lit city that disfigures them. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 36, Issue 5 - May, 1952. TAM is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures. Broadway and Hollywood. 8.5-in. x 11-in, 104 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $285.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white Top staple removed. Label #1969457018 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Charles Schulz, Al Capp, Sam Leff, and Henning Mikkelsen. Tip-Topper Comics collected some of United Features Syndicates most popular comic strips of the 1940s in full color, including Lil Abner and Fritzi Ritz. Fritzi was later known as "Aunt Fritzi" in the Nancy comic strip. Phil and Fritzi's boring dude-ranch vacation becomes a breathless chase after Phil accidentally lassos a moose. This issue is noteworthy as being the third comic book (after Tip Top Comics (1936) #173 and United Comics (1940/1950) #21, tied for first place) to reprint Charles Schulz's beloved Peanuts comic strip, then only in its third year. Curly Kayoe becomes involved with Grace's center for troubled boys, and mixes it up with gangster Mooch. Surprising Smith wants to marry Daisy Mae, in a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Fritzi Ritz; Peanuts; Li'l Abner; Curly Kayoe; Ferd'nand; Stamp Tips. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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 "Capture"; Wuff the Prairie Dog tale; Flip 'n' Dip 2-pager; and Barney Bear & Benny Burro tale. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Presenting fiction and non-fiction stories, many of which are religious in nature - a Treasure Chest of fun and facts! Includes a game page, "The Treasure of Paradise Island," by Capt. Frank Moss, illustrated by Frank Borth, "Lets Get Acquainted - a guessing game," "What Are We Doing," by the Catholic University of America, illustrated by Lloyd Ostendorf, "The Witch's Tor," a story by Ivy Bolton, "Chuck White," by H.G. Felsen, illustrated by Mart Bailey, "Tips to You," (on sewing a hat), "I Have CHosen You," (writer and illustrator not stated), "You Said It," (letters), "Who Am I?" (a game), and an ad for U.S. Army War Surplus Camping Gear. 32 pages, full color.

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Cover by Johnny Craig. Biography of artist Johnny Craig with a photo. "A Bloody Undertaking!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Gilbert is headed for his car after arriving by train, but notices a young woman coming out of the shadows and asking for a ride; the get married; the town thinks he is a vampire. "With All the Trappings!", art by Graham Ingels; People were starting to leave the town cemetery after the burial of Emile, and Pierre swore to Maria that he'd never be buried like that.... his body being left to the worms and crawling things. "Prescription" text story by William M. Gaines. "Impressed by a Nightmare!", art by Joe Orlando; As Fred poured himself a cup of coffee, Emma told him that she'd had a nightmare about cutting her finger, and she couldn't stand the sight of the blood. "The Death Wagon!", art by Jack Davis; Herman surveyed the beat-up car and told the man he wouldn't buy it, but when the man said he HAD to sell it, the price offered was a low $400; Once the deal was made, Herman, and his partner Amos Sink, took the car inside, rolled back the odometer, packed the transmission with sawdust and poured grease into the radiator, all to mask the auto's problems. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $77.00 View scans 1/2" Cumulative spine split (chew). Staple rust.

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"Three On a Match" (art by Al Hartley), "Change of Plan" (art by Sol Brodsky), "Kid Stuff," "Coming Home" (art by Joe Sinnott), "Muzzle Flash," and a two-page text story, "Give Me a Gun!" Cover price $0.10.

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"Showdown For a Shavetail"; Lieutenant Graham must replace the leader of Company B who was loved by his men. "Last Chance on Hopeless Hill"; Sergeant Tom Cargill learns his little brother Ed has gone AWOL and is charged with being in a black market ring. "Operation: Pots and Pans," art by Lou Cameron; Mess Sergeant Connelly and his two helpers take a hot meal to the soldiers on the front line; Korean War story. "What Price Courage" text story. "The Sacrifice Platoon," art by Jim McLaughlin; Sergeant Fiske and his men stay behind as a "sacrifice platoon" to buy the rest of the men in his company time to escape. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart VG 4.0 $199.95 or Best Offer View scans Staple rust. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $138.50 View scans 1.75" Cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached at one staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Ken Rogers. Stories by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Jim McLaughlin, Louis Zansky, and Lou Camero. Suspense-filled horror tales that weave a Web of Mystery for the reader! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $145.00 View scans 1" Spine split from bottom with lateral spine splitting. Cover coming loose at one staple. Staple rust/migration.	Add to cart CBCS 5.5 $495.00 View scans Paper: White Label #20-48E05B5-013 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.	Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $350.00 View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant	Add to cart CGC 4.0 $399.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4276005004 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka
Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $139.00 View scans 4" cumulative spine split. Cover detached and glued to first wrap. Brittle cover. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.	Add to cart PR 0.5 $119.95 or Best Offer View scan Interior is complete. Full-length spine split (taped). Cover detached and taped to first wrap. Tape on interior cover and pages. Cover and interior oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

"The End" (art by Wally Wood), "The Trip" (art by Jack Kamen), "Home to Stay" (art by Wood; unauthorized swipe of two Ray Bradbury stories, "Kaleidoscope" and "Rocket Man"), and "Don't Count Your Chickens" (art by Joe Orlando). The letters page features a well-reasoned response from the editors to a letter from a parent critical of SF and horror comics such as those published by EC. Al Feldstein classic outer space cover. NOTE: See 1st Series for 1950 #13.

NOTE: Also, this issue was reprinted by East Coast Comics with a $1 cover and 1970's copyright date (see E.C. Classic Reprints # 5). These and other changes make the reprint easy to distinguish from the original, which has a 10-cent cover price and a 1950's publication date. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $329.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #1301311006 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $249.95 or Best Offer View scans 3/4" Spine split from top. Two center wraps detached at one staple and glued together at spine. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Wally Wood. Stories by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Jack Kamen, Wally Wood and Joe Orlando. NOTE: There are two issues in this series numbered 13. The one dated May/June 1950 is issue # 2 in the series. The issue pictured here, dated May/June 1952, is the actual # 13 in the series. EC's influential New Trend title featured some legendary sci-fi and comics artists. A scientist and his mistress decide to use a suspended-animation serum so they can be together in the future, but that future is farther away than they think. A space mission is endangered by a stowaway, in a Wally Wood story published before the similar science fiction classic "The Cold Equations." In another Wood story, a stranded space traveler on a primitive planet becomes a messianic figure. Science-fantasy cover by Wally Wood. A Weighty Decision; Saving for the Future; He Walked Among Us; Say Your Prayers. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $157.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $86.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

May 1952. Cover by Virgil Finlay. Horror and supernatural stories by Thorp McClusky "The Lamia in the Penthouse", Arthur J. Burks, Susanne Pickett, G. G. Pendarves, Frederick Sanders, Garnett Radcliffe, Cyril Mand, C. F. Birdsall, August Derleth "The Night Road", Douglas Leach, and Alvin Taylor & Len J. Moffatt. Illustrations by Virgil Finlay, Jon Arfstrom, Joseph Eberle, E. E. Cleland, Fred Humiston, and Vincent Napoli. 6 3/4" x 10"; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $7.00 View scans Paper: Off white Spine stress. Corner Damage. Denting. Edge damage. Scuffing. Soiling. Water damage.

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Volume 16, Issue 1 - May, 1952. 6.75" x 9.75", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $56.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $39.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Extensive.	Add to cart Good $37.00 View scans	Add to cart Good $37.00 View scans Spine stress. Spine split from base. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. 3 inch tear bottom left front cover.
Add to cart Poor $30.00 View scans Staple rust. Foxing. Soiling. Water damage. Back cover is missing from book.

Volume 5, Issue 6 - May, 1952. Magazine with sensational articles illustrated with mostly pin-up photos, plus some pin-up and glamour photos. 8" x 11.5", 52 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.25.

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Issue 647 - May, 1952. The true adventure magazine for men. A collection of true stories from all over the world. 98 pages, B&W.