Comic books July 1952

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"When Werewolves Howl," "The Monsters Strike," "The Girl Who Died Twice," "The Lair of Lost Souls," and "Fiend of Midnight." Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Cover by Ken Bald. Stories by Lin Streeter, Milt Knopf, Charlie Sultan, S. Cooper, King Ward, Al Camy, Paul Cooper, and Paul Gattuso. Spine-chilling tales of suspense, horror, and the supernatural—prepare yourself for Adventures into the Unknown! 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by Ben Brown, David Gantz, Carl Wessler, Dick Ayers, Vic Carrabotta, Tony DiPreta, and Hy Rosen. These tales of horror, sci-fi, and suspense will take you on Adventures into Alien Worlds! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 2, Issue 5 - July, 1952. Art and Camera Magazine is a great tool for the amateur artist. It contains articles, exposes and product reviews that you can use to your advantage while exploring creativity in the world of fine arts. 8.5" x 11", 52 pages, B&W. Contains nudity and is recommended for mature readers. Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart Very Good $39.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Foxing. Soiling. Moisture spotting.	Add to cart Very Good $39.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Foxing. Soiling. Water damage. 1 1/2" Spine split from bottom of book.	Add to cart Good $5.80 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 50%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.	Add to cart Good $5.80 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 60%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
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Volume 26, Issue 7 - July, 1952. Cover by Lawrence Stevens. "Son of the Black Chalice" by Milton Lesser. Other stories by Dean Evans, William P. McGivern, Don Wilcox, Tedd Thomey. Softcover pulp, 7-in. x 10-in., 164 pages, black and white (text with illustrations). Cover price $0.25.

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July 1952. Cover by Pawelka. Stories: "The Emissary" by Jim Brown, "Stardust" by Chad Oliver, "All the way Back" by Michael Shaara, "I am Nothing" by Eric Frank Russell, and "Gramp and his Dog" by Frank Quattrocchi. Article: "Comets" by Willy Ley. Softcover, 5.5-in x 7.75-in, 170 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Harry Harrison and Ernie Bache. Stories and art by Gerald Altman, Harry Harrison and Ernie Bache. Violent pre-Code war comics from Youthful Magazines. The "true" story of Lt. Ramsey Ninninger and his heroic sacrifice on Bataan during WWII. A tank crew makes an amazing discovery on Heartbreak Ridge during the Korean War. A US submarine is ordered to escort millions of dollars out of Manila banks before the advancing Axis line during WWII. Death of a Soldier; Here Come the Tanks; Escape!; Operation Bullion; Bravery Wears No Rank! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Ken Rice. When Black Wings Flap..., art by Lin Streeter; Bird-shop owner crossbreeds a vulture and a vampire bat, creating a "vulbat"; It attacks her with unfortunate consequences. Dread City of the Undead, pencils by Bill Molno; Trapped coal miners become zombie slaves of "the monster of the mines." Mad Matador's Fiendish Frenzy, art by Lou Cameron; An aspiring but unsuccessful matador comes back from the grave to seek revenge against his tormentors. Victims for the Crawling Menace, art by Louis Zansky; A woman seeks her missing brother in Hawaii, but finds a scientist who has created a dangerous form of protoplasmic life. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Joe Certa, Mike Sekowsky, Mike Peppe and John Martin. Pre-Code war comics from Fawcett, created during the height of the Korean War. US ships struggle to avoid floating enemy mines during the Korean War. Infantry foot soldiers are relieved by the timely arrival of a tank brigade. An outnumbered squadron tries to hold a mountain pass. Joint Effort; Well Done; They Stood and They Held; Call on Us Any Time. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $63.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

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Volume 11, Issue 3 - July, 1952. Magazine featuring pin-up pictorials with humorous captions. 8.5" x 11.5", 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Bernard Bailey. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Otto Binder, Ross Andru and Mike Sekowsky. Classic pre-Code horror from St. John. Mountain climber Rigo is so determined to be the first to scale Mount Olympiad, he murders his fellow climbers, in a story with art by comics legend Bob Powell. A modern-day schoolteacher visits the New England town where his ancestor was executed for congress with the Devil, in a story with art by comics legend Ross Andru (and possible inks by Mike Esposito). A murderer is pursued by the fiery ghost of his victim, which he sees in every fire, in a story by Supergirl co-creator Otto Binder. Eerie Footsteps in the Red Snow!; Fiend of Fire; The Devil's Creation; The Slaying of Joshua Sprague! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Art Helfant and Tom Gill. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. Billy comes across a dying man who entrusts him with the map to a hidden treasure. Billy learns the local bartender is behind a robbery ring. Prospector Pete takes his gold with him to the laundromat. Plus the true story of Western legends Doc Holliday and the Earp brothers. The Treasure of Death; Jack Slade of the Overland; Death in Falling Rock Canyon; The Stagecoach's Last Ride; The Hidden Brand; Doc Holliday the Fast Draw Dentist; Prospector Pete. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Hy Mankin, Norman Maurer and Charles Biro. An anthology title from publisher Lev Gleason and his primary creator, Charles Biro, featuring teen hero Crimebuster and his nemesis Iron Jaw. A construction worker seeks Crimebuster's help to extricate his father from rival mobsters who are shaking down construction crews. Iron Jaw disguises a rebellious crony as himself to throw police and Crimebuster off the trail. A mobster on trail thinks he's killed Crimebuster, the chief witness, by placing a bomb inside a TV set. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Crimebuster: The Son of a Scoundrel; Iron Jaw's Twin; The Big Blast; Little Wise Guys: Crusher Crashes. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Charlie McCarthy and the Wolf of Cave Canyon, art by Harvey Eisenberg; Charlie and Mortimer stop a group of cattle rustlers. Charlie McCarthy and the Dancing Grizzly Bear, art by Harvey Eisenberg. Untitled one-page strip, art by Harvey Eisenberg; Charlie and Mortimer go golfing. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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King Solomon's Mines, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 96, with 7/52 date). Through steaming jungles, facing danger at every turn came the expedition - three men and a native with only a crude, hand-drawn map to guide them in the unknown depths of darkest Africa. Their destination - King Solomon's Mines; their destiny - thrilling adventure, a fabulous fortune in jewels...and death. Cover price $0.15.

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Two untitled Combat Kelly stories (scripts by Hank Chapman, art by Joe Maneely), plus "One Survivor" (art by Dave Berg), "The Easy Way Out" (art by Ogden Whitney), and a two-page text story, "The Deadliest Enemy." Maneely cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Carl Wessler and others. Teen hijinks featuring Cookie and his pals, created by legendary animator Dan Gordon. Angelpusss father wants her to hang out with a better class of person than Cookie and Jitterbuck; Harry installs a new engine in his car; the engine takes off without the car; Cookie and Jitterbuck get hypnotized on stage, but a fire alarm goes off before they can snap out of it. Cookie; Hotrod Harry; Starlet O'Hara in Hollywood; Windy McGonigle; Cookie 'Calamity' O'Toole! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Alvin Hollingsworth. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and others. Crime and adventure comics featuring detective heroes. Dr. Lance Storm battles mad scientist Dr. Zarno, who has discovered how to turn people into radiation-powered zombies. Chinese scientist Dr. Foo helps Don Grady solve crimes, in his debut. Plus a classic anti-marijuana story. Lance Storm: The Nightmare Monster; Jerry Jasper; The Fantastic Dr. Foo; Queenie Starr. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Dismemberment and hypo blood draining stories

Stories and art by A.C. Hollingsworth, Jon DAgostino, and Harry Harrison. A pre-Code horror series that is not as well-known other horror comics, but makes up for it with grue. Dr. Parker's scheme to turn plants into humans only succeeds in giving plants a taste for human blood. A governor who refused to pardon an innocent man is haunted by a deadly disembodied hand that only he can see. An insanely jealous astronomer with failing eyesight murders his partner and harvests his eyes (haven't seen that one before). The Terror of the Killer Plant; The Hand of Death!; Strange Curse of the Mountain; The Eyes of Death!; Adventure in Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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American Edition 25¢ cover price. 100 page giant size comic. 100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by unknown. Art by Dick Sprang, Charles Paris, Leonard Starr, Ruben Moreira and unknown. Batman's lost his utility belt...and it means the end of his career if the underworld discovers what's in pocket X! Don't miss Batman and Robin in "The Secret of Batman's Utility Belt!" with art by Dick Sprang and Charles Paris. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "The Man Who Killed Pow-Wow Smith!" with art by Leonard Starr; Robotman in "The Three Impostors!"; and Impossible -- But True! tale "The Case of the Modern Aladdin!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with art by Ruben Moreira. Also: 2-page text piece "He Foresaw Wonders" by David Kahn. 44 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 10, No. 6 - July, 1952. Sensationalistic tales of true crime. 8.5" x 11", 82 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 62, Issue 2 - July, 1952. 6.5" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 19, Issue 6 - July, 1952. 6.5" x 9", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and Herb Gartner. Classic pre-Code crime comics from Fawcett. Alfred Menks becomes infamous for his long series of successful prison escapes, and he dares the police to catch and hold him. Mobsters hire the hit woman known as Icy Vanes, but she's after a bigger score, in a story featuring some bad-girl art. Ditch Dekker deliberately pulls several jobs in the same neighborhood, because he's trying to create a trap for Delainey, the cop who sent him to prison. No Jail Can Hold Me!; The Female of the Species; The Booby Trap Killer; Case No. 118: Ditch Dekker's Crime Career! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 20, Issue 104 - July, 1952. 5.5" x 7.5", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $51.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $23.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $23.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $21.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate.
Add to cart Fair $10.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Fair $10.00 View scans Paper: Off white Back cover detached 5%. Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

"And the Monsters Walk" a novelette by John Jakes.

July 1952. Cover by Walter Popp. Stories include "The Spectre of Suicide Swamp" by E. K. Jarvis, "Temptation" by William Morrison, "And The Monsters Walk" by John Jakes, "One Guitar" by Sam Merwin Jr., and "This Planet For Sale" by Ralph Sholto. Illustrations by Bill Ashman, David Stone, and Paul Lundy. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Add to cart Good $10.00 View scans Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Summer 1952. Stories by A.E. Van Vogt (reprinting his classic "Slan"), Daniel Keyes, Leigh Brackett, Raymond Z. Gallun, Mari Wolf, and Larry Clinton. Virgil Finlay (3) and Alex Schomburg illustrations. Schomburg cover. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Bill Fraccio and Lou Cameron. Pre-Code tales of two-fisted criminals and the scales of justice from Story Comics. Rocky and Shadow hide out from the cops in a cave with gun moll Rosemarie, but then they encounter a pair of deadly snakes. Escaping from both cops and his double-crossed pals after a payroll robbery, Stan steals an antique knife that carries an ancient curse. Dave falls for his boss's beautiful wife Lorrene, and helps her plot her husband's murder. Strangler Snake's Revenge!; The Knife of Death; Shot By a Corpse; Death Backfired; Shaft of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $285.00 View scans Cover detached at one staple.

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Cover by Maurice Whitman. Edited by J. F. Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Ken Battefield and Lou Cameron. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. The final appearance of Tiger Girl in Fight Comics; A rare Tiger Girl text story; The life of conqueror Genghis Khan. The final Tiger Girl cover features upside-down bondage imagery, a Fight Comics trademark. Tiger Girl next appears in a reprint in Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) #152; her next original story is in Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) #161. Tiger Girl; Famous Fighters; Kayo Kirby; Smoky Joe; Rip Carson. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $48.00 View scans Cover oxidation.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $34.50 View scans Centerfold detached at one staple. Staple rust. Residue on cover.	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $27.00 View scan	Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $9.80
Add to cart CGC 6.0 $235.00 View scans Paper: Off white Label #1240844006 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.	Add to cart FN- 5.5 $189.00 View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.	Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $100.00 View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $45.00 View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Henry'sGoods
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Cover art by Carl Barks. The Golden Helmet, script by Carl Barks; The ducks and a museum curator race Azure Blue, a descendant of the Vikings, to the coast of Labrador to find a golden helmet left by a Viking explorer; once the helmet is saved from Blue, the curator and Donald have visions of ruling the continent. Rigged-Up Lawn Roller; Donald is angry because the nephews have lent his lawn roller. Awash in Success; The nephews sell towels to the victims of an over-active park fountain. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dan Gormley. Stories by unknown. Art by Dick Hall, Irene Little and Dan Gormley. Featuring three untitled tales, plus a 1-page story on the inside front cover. Starring Andy Panda and Charlie Chicken! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "PORKY PIG in THE WATER WIZARD, No. 410." Cover art by Ralph Heimdahl. The Water Wizard, art by Tony Strobl; Porky has the gift of using a divining rod to find water; The Sultan of the Sahara Desert kingdom of Drybub hears of Porky's gift and sends a flying carpet to bring him to the kingdom to find water. Porky Pig and "The Safecracking Goat, script by Don R. Christensen, art by Tony Strobl; Sylvester buys a goat to eat the grass on Porky's lawn. The Deep Sea Diver, art by John Carey; Porky sprays a mosquito-attracting mist to disrupt Petunia's garden date with Stormy the sailor. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $100.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

British Edition. 7-in. x 9 3/4-in., 98 pages, black and white.

NOTE: #1-5 titled Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories. #6-14 titled Future Science Fiction.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $70.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $39.00 View scans Paper: Cream vibrant cover colors, supple cream pages with little to no flaking, firm spine with moderate wear, moderate edge wear with light chipping and moderate color loss, light denting, light color breaking spine stress, moderate corner damage with chipping at top and bottom of spine, heavy soiling, moderate scuffing, cover is detached from book, 3" spine split from top of book	Add to cart Very Good $48.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $26.00 View scan
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Volume 3, Issue 2 - July 1952. Cover by A. Leslie Ross. Science Fiction and adventures stories featuring "Because of the Stars" by Charles Dye. Illustrations by Luros and Murphy. 7-in. x 10-in. 96 newsprint pages B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Gene Autry stars in "The Mysterious Jail Breaks." Back-up story, "The Tip-Off." Two-page text story, "The Cowboy's Mistake." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Adventures with Champion, the "Wonder Horse of the West" and the "World's Wonder Horse," who appeared with the legendary film, radio and television cowboy Gene Autry. Issue features "Rampage at Wildcat Canyon" in which Champion goes after some rustlers and "The Poacher" in which Champion goes after a villain who has snuck into the ranch. Issue also has a feature on "Sports of the Vaqueros" on the inside front cover. Entire issue is comic story and related features; no advertisements. Story & art credits: Unknown. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 5, Issue 8 - July, 1952. Glamour and pin-up photography. 8.5" x 11.25", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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July 4, 1952. "America's First Motion Picture Trade Journal." Variety-like magazine covering the movie news of the week. Half-page two-color ad for "The Quiet Man" starring John Wayne. 9.25 in. x 12.25 in.; black and white with spot color; 12 pages.

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July 18, 1952. "America's First Motion Picture Trade Journal." Variety-like magazine covering the movie news of the week. Half-page two-color ad for "The Quiet Man" starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. Double-page two-color ad for "Woman of the North Country" starring Ruth Hussey and Rod Cameron. 9.25 in. x 12.25 in.; black and white with spot color; 16 pages.

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Stories and art by Frank Bolle and Daniel Sheldon. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. Desmond plans to use a burning runaway wagon to distract the town from his bank robbery. And when Hopalong finds out, he winds up inside the wagon. Pistol Packing Pattie opines that Quigley would burn down a wagon to find a missing quarter. Prairie Blackmail; Hill Billy; Whitey Whiskers: Blank Expression!; Dusty Wins Out; Pistol Packin' Pattie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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July, 1952, Issue 4. Harold McCauley painted cover. In this issue: No Time for Toffee! by Charles F. Myers, The Reluctant Hero by Daniel F. Galouye, This World is Ours! by Emil Petaja, The Mischievous Typesetter by Noel Loomis, and So Many Worlds Away by Dwight V. Swain. Illustrations by artists Bill Terry and Harold McCauley. This issue also includes a cartoon by Harlan Ellison which was Harlan Ellison's first professional work! These are the original first printings of these classic science fiction stories in any publication. 5-3/8 in. x 7-5/8 in; black and white; 162 pages. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $63.00 or Best Offer View scan Cover detached at one staple. Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Al Avison (credited as Ham Fisher). Stories and art by Ham Fisher and Bob Powell. The amiable boxer strip becomes a pre-Code war comic as the Cold War and Korean conflict heat up. A sailor regrets firing the first shot of World War II. A hotshot soldier learns the hard way that he needs his unit to back him up when the fighting gets tough. Plus a year-by-year history of World War II, and a Joe Palooka story with a possible art assist from Fisher's assistant, future Li'l Abner cartoonist Al Capp. Fighting Blood; I Started World War II; Up And At 'Em!; The Story of World War II! 1939; The Final Blow; The Push. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Bells of the Damned; Joe travels to Europe to buy famous bells; He discovers that the bells are imbued with the voices of humans who were killed during the bells' manufacture. Fatal Footsteps; Dale buys the shoes of Jack the Ripper. The Thing in the Well text story. Ghost Command. Pages of Death; Alvin invents a drug that lets him enter a book. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Niles and Glutz use the warriors of the Watimbis, fire hunters, to take over the post run by Trader Sanders; Instead it is a ruse to help attack the B'Shongo Temple and steal its riches. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi has to take on King Rhino and his animals in order to cross the jungle. "Escape at Midnight" text story by Clyde Beatty. Untitled story, art by Robert Webb; Kruger pays off some members of Chief Bambo's tribe to help kill Gloria and gain control of her plantation; He is tricked by Kleeto and Thunder into exposing himself and is arrested. Untitled Jungle Tales story; Moloki and Babongo share tales of their their large animal encounters that also serves as inspiration to stand up to Big Tembu. Untitled story, art by Ralph Mayo; Mason and his men capture Professor Brownley over native gold and are stopped by Camilla. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Morris Gollub. The Coyote-Dog text article. Lassie Goes to College, art by Morris Gollub; Mr. Lawrence has to go to England; Gerry and Rocky enter Bixley Heath College and Lassie gets to stay with Rocky after rescuing the dean's son from drowning. Lassie Saves a Date, art by Morris Gollub; Cliff challenges Rocky to a race to see who gets to take Gerry to the soph dance. Lassie Comes Through, art by Morris Gollub. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.