Comic books August 1952

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Cover art by Win Mortimer. The World's Whackiest Inventions! starring Superboy, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti. The Raft of Doom! starring Aquaman, art by Ramona Fradon. The Modern Paul Bunyan!, pencils by Paul Norris, inks by Sy Barry; Johnny Quick and Tubby visit a Paul Bunyan festival; When crooks rob the gate Johnny uses stunts similar to what Paul Bunyan would have done to capture them. Green Arrow's New Partner!, art by George Papp. Casey the Cop humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Russ Heath. Dead Man's Escape!, art by Joe Maneely; A convict from an island prison tries to escape by being dumped in the bay inside of a corpse bag. Under the Knife!, art by Tony DiPreta; During an operation a man dies briefly and experiences a boatride with a beautiful woman named Zoe who is trying to outdistance Death. Caraniti's Curse text story. He Who Laughs Last, Gets the Horselaugh; A man who plays the rear end in a dummy horse act is jealous of the man who plays the head, so he kills him and when he returns to the stage that night, is trampled by the front part of the costume. Ed's Young Wife!, pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz; a man tries to get his lover's husband out of the way by sawing through the steering column of his car so it will give way on the mountain road. Island of Horror, art by Joe Sinnott. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue #1 is numbered #127 with a cover date of Aug.-Sep. 1952. The title was previously All-American Western. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Leonard Starr, Maurice Gutwirth and A. C. Hollingsworth. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Larry "Bullseye" Benson may be short in stature, but he kills his way to the top of the underworld, before the law catches up. Art and Winnie go on a spree of robbery and murder across Texas. Dutch Schultz was done in by his own cronies when the heat got too hot, but thanks to a buried treasure and some cryptic last words, his legend only grows after his death. Death and Destruction; The Lethal Pact; Death in the Night!!; Revenge!!; Beast of Evil. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 26, Issue 8 - August, 1952. Cover by Walter Popp. Science fiction stories by John Bloodstone, Robert Moore Williams, Rog Phillips, and Milton A. Rothman (as 'Lee Gregor'). Illustrations by Tom Beecham, William Llewellyn, Virgil Finlay, Ed Emsler (Emshwiller), and Ed Valigursky. 7" x 10"; black and white; 164 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover pencils by Bill Vigoda? "Fine Feathered Friends," pencils by Bill Vigoda, inks by Terry Szenics; Archie builds an elaborate combination bird house and feeder for Veronica, but the seed proves too tempting for Jughead. "Watch My Dust"; Mary is suddenly in a big hurry to clean the house. "Patch Me If You Can"; The school runs a dance where a male must take whichever female sews her patch on his pants. "It's a Gift"; Archie buys Veronica a present and leaves it with Betty's mother for safekeeping. "Eager Beaver," script by Frank Doyle, art by Harry Lucey; Jughead brings a live beaver to school with the hopes of making the animal the school mascot. Hollywood News article, art by Bill Vigoda. "Stop, Look and Lesson"; Fred pays Jughead's dad to write a composition for school for Archie; When the composition is discovered to be plagiarized, Archie takes the rap to protect his father's reputation. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 4, Issue 2 - August, 1952. Art Photography Magazine was a men's interest publication produced from July, 1949 to December, 1958 that focused heavily on photographing the nude female form, as well as a fair amount of "cheesecake" pin-up style photography. Included are articles on how to take better photographs, product reviews of different photography equipment, and diving deeper into what makes photography a legitimate form of art. 8.5" x 10.5", 52 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

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August 1952. Volume 49, Issue 6. Cover by Van Dongen. Science fiction stories by Thomas Wilson, Walter M. Miller Jr, M. C. Pease, Lester Del Rey and Mark Clifton. Article by J. A. Winter, MD. Illustrations by Cartier, Orban, Pawelka, and Van Dongen. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 172 pages, Text (with B&W Illustrations). Cover price $0.35.

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Fanged Nemesis of the North, script by Robert Turner; Gold prospector Jason Fee has to fight off wolves, but is hurt in the process; Every now and then he turns abruptly into a werewolf. The Gong Of Singh Chlam; In India, art collector Ralph Burgess steals the sacred gong of Singh Chlam; This mythical artifact summons the ghosts and demons of an ancient sect of thugs. Wedded to a Witch, script by Robert Turner, pencils by Bill Molno. Satana's Fatal Beauty, pencils by Robert S. Pious. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Kirby. Art by Bill Draut, Bill Walton, George Roussos, Mort Meskin, and Bob McCarty. Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby present their own contribution to the horror comics trend of the 1950s, featuring tales of ghosts and the paranormal. Issue # 15 on cover; listed as Vol. 2, issue #9 in indicia. One man realizes the truth about the strange, deadly creature flying over the village. A boxer is haunted by a man he killed in the ring. An arsonist is haunted by the spirits of his victims. The Angel of Death!; Dead Ringer!; Ashes to Ashes; The Flight That Failed; Shades of Rex!; Last Date; The Promised Land. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Reed Crandall. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Paul Gustavson and unknown. Art by Reed Crandall, Dick Dillin, Paul Gustavson, Chuck Cuidera and unknown. Featuring Blackhawk in: "Red Ransom!" with pencils by Reed Crandall; "The Horror Bomb" by Bill Woolfolk, Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera; and "The Rocketmen!" with inks by Cuidera. Plus: Chop Chop in an untitled back-up story by Paul Gustavson. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 32 pages, B&W

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Norman Maurer, William Overgard 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. The Deadly Dozen, super-foes of Daredevil, recruit Iron Jaw by busting him out of prison. FBI agent William "Rocky" Rockwell protects a scientist working on a top-secret moon mission, becoming the space hero Rocky X in the process. Crimebuster battles the Vacuum, whose superpower is an atomic-powered super-vacuum. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Crimebuster: Iron Jaw and the Deadly Dozen; Crimebuster Battles the Vacuum; Who Is Rocky X?; Little Wise Guys: Scarecrow's Success Story. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Mort Lawrence and Mike Becker. Cover by Mort Lawrence. Tales of adventure and espionage from the Cold War featuring ace pilot Steve Savage. Savage leads a squad of American POWs out of a North Korean prison camp; Savages Squadron A targets an enemy airfield; The conflict between two soldiers threatens an entire squadron. Operation Destruction; Sabotage; Crash Dive; Medals Don't Make Heroes. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 24, Issue 3 - August 1952. Children's Playmate Magazine features creative stories, poems, rebuses, recipes, activities, crafts, science experiments, and health articles for children. 6" x 9", 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Painted Cover by Ernest Nordli. Stories by unknown. Art by Bob Jenney. Featuring the tales "The Riddle of the Running-L" and "The Blue Lady Mine Mystery"! Also: the 1-page filler "Surprise Attack" on the inside front cover! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Red Badge of Courage, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 98, with 8/52 date). This is no epic history of great generals, glorious victories or dire defeats. This is simply the story of what befell only one young lad on that fateful day when he came face to face with the monster called war. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 2, Issue 5 - August, 1952. Cover Girls Models Magazine was an early men's interest publication distributed between November, 1949 and December, 1955 that focused mainly on bathing suit pin-up photography, but also included the occasional Hollywood tabloid human-interest story. 8" x 10.5", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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In order of appearance: "Cowboy Saddles"; "Adventures of Mickey and Sitting Bull"; "Annie Oakley"; "Jessie James, King of the Outlaws"; "Bill Bent, Border Sheriff, and Pancho, South of the Border"; "Kinowa"; and "Ropes and Roping". "The Prince Albert Kid" illustrated text story. Numbering continues with Space Western (1952) #40. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bill Ely and others. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. A jewel thief sets his sights on the famed Blue Star diamond as a gift for his wife. A simple-minded town fool stumbles on the evidence of a murder, but townspeople think he is involved himself. It's gangsters vs. cowboys when a new rustling scheme involves hijacking a cattle drive onto a schooner. The Glass Gibraltar; The Rats on the Vine; Haunted Headlines; The Kind Nuisance; The Mink in the Balcony; The Hamburger Pirates; The Gypsy Link. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 3 No. 3 Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Harry Lazarus. Edited by Sol Cohen. Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Gene Fawcette, Harry Lazarus, and Vince Alascia. Tales of horror from the era just before the Comics Code was introduced. A couple accidentally releases a monster from an ancient European castle; Traveling musicologists discover the Mexican Song of the Undead, but fail to heed the warnings; an explorer finds a Bulaga monster frozen in the Antarctic wastes, and unwisely thaws it. The Monster of Zollmort Castle; Song of the Undead!; The Alchemist; The Phantom Python; The Deformed of Zoar; The Curse of the Bulaga! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 9, Issue 1 - August, 1952. Pin-up magazine for men. Cover by Peter Driben. 8.5-in. x 11.5-in. 52 pages, B&W with spot color. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.25.

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8.5-in. x 11-in. 104 pages, PC/B&W. Cover price $0.05.

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Volume 13, Issue 5 - August, 1952. 6.75" x 9", 118 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Contains comic strip reprints and a text story. In order of appearance: "Scorchy Smith" by Rodlow Willard; "Bobby Sox" by Martha B. Links; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Dickie Dare" by Francis A. Matera; and "Steve Roper and Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon. "Devil's Loot" text story by Matt Christopher. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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August 1952. Cover by Walter Popp. Stories include "The Man Who Lived Twice" by Rog Phillips, "All Flesh is Brass" by Milton Lesser, "The Yellow Wind" by Dean Evans, "Tomorrow's Shadow" by Arthur G. Stangland, and "Mars Invites You" by Don Wilcox. Illustrations by Ed Emsler, Mendoza, John Giunta, and Virgil Finlay. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 1, Issue 1 - August, 1952. 8.5" x 11.5", 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Photo cover features Anthony Dexter and Jody Lawrence. Story by Leo Dorfman, from the screenplay by George Bruce and Jesse L. Lasky Jr. Art by Kurt Schaffenberger. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on The Brigand, a 1952 Columbia adventure film starring Anthony Dexter and Jody Lawrence. Carlos, a criminal who bears a strong resemblance to the King of Mandorra, is pardoned by the King. After the King is injured in an assassination attempt, Carlos must impersonate the king, seeking the assassins while falling in love with the King's fiancee, Teresa. Plus photo stills from the film. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Jack Sparling, Al Avison, Vic Donahue, Bob Powell and Warren Kremer. Tales of war from Harvey, published as the Korean War was at its peak. WWII pilot Pete is shot down, and only his buddy Mike can save him. A US convoy truck confronted by enemy soldiers makes a desperate ramming attack. A soldier on his last tour in Korea brings along a movie camera to capture footage of the war. Plentiful vintage ads for toy soldiers and war comics (including one starring Joe Palooka) provide a time capsule of Cold War-era culture. Buddy System; Do or Die; Eye Witness; He Knew!; The Last Patrol; Conways Revenge. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Jimmy Dixon and others. Bloody war stories from the height of the Korean Conflict. A medic must risk his life to aid wounded soldiers on the battlefield, a topic that inspired MASH, two decades later. When an experimental US jet is forced down in enemy territory, an American platoon must risk their lives to retrieve it. "Hate!" is an example of the sort of gung-ho war story that inspired Harvey Kurtzman to create Frontline Combat over at EC Comics. Help Me!; Forced Landing!; Hero or Traitor?; Guilty!; Hate! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 5, No. 4. August 1952. Vintage men's interest magazine full of pin-ups and glamour photos paired with humorous text stories and adult comic strips. Peter Driben cover. 8" x 11.5", 50 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

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Indicia title is "Zane Grey's NEVADA, No. 412." Painted cover art. Facts about the Walker .44 Colt handgun. Zane Grey's Nevada, script by Zane Grey (original story) and Gaylord Du Bois (comic adaptation), art by Bob Jenney; Jim Lacy, a former gunfighter who later went by the name of Nevada, tries to start his life over in Arizona as a ranch hand named Texas Jack; Eventually he has to resume the Jim Lacy, gunfighter, identity when he goes undercover to break up a ring of cattle rustlers. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Robin Hood" - Written by Gaylord Du Bois. Art by Morris Gollub and Jon Small. Photo cover of Richard Todd. First Disney movie Four Color book. Adaptation of the Walt Disney motion picture, "The Story of Robin Hood and his Merry Men." Starring Robin Hood, Maid Marian, Little John, The Sheriff of Nottingham, Prince John and Richard the Lionheart! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "BOB CLAMPETT'S BEANY in HORSE-FLY HUBBUB, No. 414" Cover art by Jack Bradbury. Horse-Fly Hubbub, art by Jack Bradbury; The Leakin' Lena is blown hundreds of miles off course by a storm; They find a mysterious island inhabited by giant horse-flies (who look more like horses than flies, except for the wings and six legs); When a young horse-fly injures his leg, the crew takes him back to the United States; Dishonest John gains possession of the now healthy horse-fly and rides him to a win in a horse race. The Blue Man, art by Jack Bradbury; The Leakin' Lena and her crew sail to the North Pole in search of an "elephant wearing a fur coat." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walter Lantz WOODY WOODPECKER, No. 416." Cover art by Dan Gormley. Woody Woodpecker, Telegram Messenger, pencils by Dan Gormley, inks by Suzanne Seaborne; Woody is a bicycle messenger boy for the Mercury Telegraph Company. Woody Woodpecker, Private Detective, pencils by Dan Gormley; Woody has just opened his detective agency. Woody Woodpecker, Babysitter; Woody is baby-sitting Mrs. Feeney's little boy. Woody Woodpecker, Mail Carrier, pencils by Dick Hall, inks by Suzanne Seaborne; Woody gets a job as a letter carrier for the post office. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Sam Savitt. Untitled story, script by Rod Reed, art by Frank Godwin; Rusty Riley, an orphan, loves horses and, after preventing a ex-jockey from injuring one of Quentin Miles' thoroughbreds, gets a job as a stable boy at the Miles horse farm. Reprinted from Rusty Riley (King Features Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1948. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "SERGEANT PRESTON OF THE YUKON, No. 419. Sergeant Preston and the Mutiny's Survivor; The two survivors of a ship's mutiny, each thinking the other is dead, cross paths at a dance hall in Dawson; Baxter, the ringleader of the mutiny, stabs Donahue, who hadn't participated in the mutiny, in order to eliminate the last witness; Yukon King brings Sgt. Preston to save the stabbed man; The next day Donahue tells his story to Sgt. Preston, who then tracks down Baxter. Golconda Claim; Sgt. Preston breaks up a quarrel between two cantankerous old sourdoughs; One claims the other sold him worthless stock in the Golconda Mine. Sergeant Preston and the Printed Tip-Off; A small gang, headed by "Stony" Logan, is terrorizing the Whitehorse District and the newspaper editor prints an editorial demanding action by the Mounted Police. Scripts by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Alberto Giolitti. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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#420, 8-9/52, 10c. Bugs Bunny in "The Mysterious Buckaroo" in which Bugs Bunny tries to help a town terrorized by Yosemite Sam, "The Cloud-Shooter" and two untitled stories. Issue also has one-page gag strips on back cover and inside covers. Story and art credits: unknown. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Mort Meskin. Cover by Dick Briefer. Prize Comics revives Dick Briefer's Frankenstein series in line with the horror trends of the Pre-Code 1950s. Frankenstein encounters a colony of zombies hiding in a swamp. A man tries to contact his wife's ghost to find out who murdered her. An explorer in a long-buried Egyptian tomb believes he has been there before. The Tomb of the Living Dead; The Shadowboxer; Rest in Peace!; Marriage of Death; The Man Who Died Twice! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Humor digest that features jokes and cartoons for men. Dorothy Lamour & Corinne Calvet inside photo covers. Cartoons by Bill Wenzel, Gred D'Alassio, George Troop, Johnny Bell, Gene Rowls, and others. 5-in x 7-in. 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. Gabby wants to know why outlaw Buck Mustang wants the carpet Gabby bought for Aunt Hester. Gabby meets a South American cowboy who tells even bigger lies than Gabby does. Frustrated with the lack of good help, Gabby opens a college for cowboys. Favorite line this issue: "Men? What men? Why, we haven't got an hombre on the whole spread who could stop a rustler with a cannon ball!" The Magic Carpet; Loco Lew; Gold Rushers; The Gaucho of the Prairies; Silly Sills; Young Falcon: The Men of Many People!; Chief Gray Matter; Cowboy College. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.