Comic books September 1952

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Theatre Arts 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" x 11", 100 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.50.

Art by Frank Bolle, Dick Ayers, Ernie Bache and Bob Powell. Cover by Frank Bolle. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Redmask faces three of his greatest foes returned: Scarecrow (aka Strawman), Whip Woman and The Man of 1000 Faces. Strange green men attack a stagecoach, but whether they are alien or human will be determined by the Ghost Rider. Redmask faces a masked outlaw gang that cannot be stopped by bullets. Also featuring a one-page profile of Swissair, Switzerland's airline, with art by Bob Powell, and a full-color ad for the "Complete 15 Piece Bronco Buster" Cowboy and Cowgirl Outfits. Know Your Airlines!; The Three Deaths of Red Mask!; The Deathless Riders!; The Ghost Rider: The Green Men from Horro!; Fighting Editor!; Doom Trail! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by unknown. Art by Lynn Karp and unknown. Featuring: Tom & Jerry tale with pencils by Lynn Karp; Adventures of Tom tale; Barney Bear & Benny Burro tale; Jerry & Tuffy 2-pager; Big Spike & Little Tyke tale; Bertie Bird text story "Meets a Bandit"; Wuff the Prairie Dog tale; Flip 'n' Dip 2-pager; Fuzzy & Wuzzy tale; Droopy half-pager; and Droopy 1-pager. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Carl Pfeufer and Chad Grothkropf. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. Tom must run for his life when he comes into possession of a camera that reveals the identities of the Red Mask Gang. Tom escorts a valuable race horse to its new owner, so outlaws enlist the aid of a man who hates Tom Mix. Tom tracks the outlaws who are smuggling "dope" into Dobie. Plus a vintage ad for a "jet glow" decoder belt and "cosmic smoke" ray gun based on TV's Space Patrol. The Deadly Camera; Double Motive Revenge; Tumbleweed Jr.: The Race; Jeeter; Saddlehead; Cowboy Cal; Fightin' Forbes: Branding Iron; Rawhide Hotchkiss: The Bum Steer; The Cursed Dobie Dope Ring. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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B&W British Edition published by L. Miller & Son. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. When a hundred-year-old land deed is destroyed, outlaws set a dangerous plan into motion. A mastermind thinks he's got a foolproof robbery plan, as his cohorts never speak or meet until it's time for the crime. Tom witnesses a murder, then tries to figure out why the victim is a Native American dressed in ill-fitting cowboy garb. The One Hundred Year Old Deed; Roundup Time With Tom Mix; Tumbleweed Jr. Gets His Goat; Cowboy Cal; Saddlehead; The Perfect Set-Up; Fightin' Forbes: Warning to Snoopers; The Indian in the Cowboy Suit. 24 pages, B&W.

Cover art by Bob Brown. Dan Hunter's Rival starring Tomahawk, art by Bruno Premiani. The Frontier Doctor starring Tomahawk, art by Bruno Premiani. The Legend of the Cave-That-Talks-Back--Tales of the Arrow Maker, art by Fred Ray. Battle at the Tollgate starring Tomahawk, art by Fred Ray. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Don Perlin, Abe Simon, Lee Elias, Joe Certa, Moe Marcus, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, John Belfi and Joe Certa. Tomb of Terror was one of Harvey Comics' notorious pre-Code horror comics. A mad scientist builds a body from the parts of his murder victims, but their spirits seek revenge. Gangsters join a mountaineering expedition for a lost treasure and find instead the Glacier Beast. Lars uses his murder victim as lawn fertilizer, but the lawn itself takes its revenge. Graveyard Monsters; His Brothers Keeper; Shangrila!; Devil-Doll!; Glacier Beast; Dirt of Death; Trail Of Death. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Bob Powell, Ralph Mayo, Ray Willner, George Olesen, Ed Silverman, Art Peddy, Mike Suchorsky, Edd Ashe, and Ed Jon Smalle. An anthology of past adventure comics from Ziff-Davis, rebound into a single volume. The eclectic mix includes sports, Western and sci-fi: He-Man (1952) #1, Football Thrills (1951) #1, The Hawk (1951 Ziff Davis/St. John) #3, and Crusader from Mars (1952) #2. A history of attempts to climb Mount Everest, written before the 1953 summit, with art by Everett Raymond Kinstler. A Bob Powell story about Paul Bunyan has the best title, perhaps of all time: "The He-est He-Man of the Them All." The Hawk stops a hanging, but that doesn't sit right with a group of vigilantes. Owlhoots ambush the Hawk and leave him to die in the desert. Martian criminals Tarka and Zira fight crime on Earth, as a form of cosmic community service. The Brave Belmonte; Winner Give All; Horror on Horseback; The Man Who Murdered an Empire; He-Man of a Mountain; We Who Are About to Die; The He-est He-Man of the Them All; Dead Man's Vengeance!; Leverett's Last Stand; The Disappearing Mustang; Killer Venom; Creatures of the Western Badlands; The Desert Rat: Trap for a Killer; The Little Sheriff : The Safe Guard; Dry River Rampage!; Harold "Red" Grange: The Famous 77; The Touchdown Twins; Jim Thorpe: Greatest Indian Athlete of All Time!; Tommy Touchdown; Gridiron Thrills; Johnny Lujack, The Shoe Filler; Grid Standouts; The Fighting Heart; From Red Grange's Sports Scrapbook; Night of Terror; Beachhead on Saturn's Ring; Astronomical Oddities!; Meteors: Terrible Missiles from Space; Fun in the Future; Prison Planet; The Space Bums: Venus or Bust. 132 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 2, Issue 4 - Fall 1952. Stories include; "Give a Man a Horse..." by Joseph Henry Jackson, "Loeb and Leopold" by Miriam Allen deFord, "The Trial of William Herbert Wallace" by Edgar Lustgarten, "The Red Barn Revisited" by Lenore Glen Offord, and "Murderers on the Loose" by Frank Mullady. Squarebound, 5.5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Stories and art by Jack Sparling, Tom Hickey, Al Avison, John Sink and Bob Powell. Torrid tales of love and heartbreak dressed up as advice to the lovelorn from Harvey. Karen wants to play the field, until she drives away the man she really loves. Stacey is willing to sacrifice the respect of one man for a smile from another. Reporter Cynthia falls for a man she despises. Torrid pre-Code cover, possibly by Al Avison. I Courted Heartbreak!; Stars in My Eyes; Can I Betray My Love?; Assignment to Love!; 3 Kisses to Paradise. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Floyd Torbert and Ruth Sterling. Drama melds with melodrama in an early romance comic from Fawcett. Lissa is obsessed with Les, even though he's already married to Janice, and tries to convince him that he made a mistake. Pro baseball player Jeff decides that the game is more important to him than Denny, the woman who loves him. Gossip columnist Joan tries to use her column to turn the man she loves against the woman he's dating, but that's a dangerous game. The Big Guy; The Long Wait for Happiness; The Beauty Contest; Gossip Columnist. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and others. Romance comics with "real world" problems from L.B. Cole's Star Publications. Thinking of Jan, his sweetheart back home, is all that keeps a wartime soldier going. A woman feels that her beau doesn't make enough time for them to be together. A decorated veteran misleads his girlfriend about his tragic romantic past. Dream of Love; My Double Dilemma; Part Time Sweetheart; Tears of Joy; My War Hero's False Heartbreak. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Warren Kremer, Vic Donahue, and Jack Sparling. Harvey presents war stories as Korea was becoming the latest American conflict. The indicia reads Vol. 2, issue #1, but the cover lists it as issue #2. Soldier Fando, member of a circus-clown family, gets to use his special skills on the battlefield. A soldier writes a letter home to his mother on the eve of a big battle. Garrison enlists in the war, but his fellow soldiers wonder if he's past his prime. This is War!; Too Old to Fight!; The Wild Bulls of Korea; The Toll of War!; 'T Was the Night...; Extra Helping of Guts!; Dear Mom; The Sucker! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Hy Mankin, Dick Rockwell, Norman Maurer, Carl Hubbell and Charles Biro. Singular comics talent Charles Biro, a legend in hardboiled comics fiction, here reinvents himself as "Uncle Charlie," providing fairy tales for an audience of children - all of whom are featured in a black-and-white photo at the start of each issue. Peter Pester tries to help protect the kingdom of Gladiola from the wrath of Carboni the Plunderer. Two children have an adventure on a raft and save their town from a flood. A gypsy woman and the town blacksmith find love, but neither of their communities approve. Trouble by the Bushels; Two Who Built a Dream; The Blacksmith and the Gypsies; The Dog Who Lost His Bark; The Sleepy King. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 3, Issue 8 - September 1952. True Crime and Detective stories. 96 pages, Text with B&W photos and illustrations throughout. Cover price $0.10.

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Despite the US affiliation in the title, this was an original war comic from Canadian publisher Superior, with early issues focused on the then-current Korean War. Pilot Pete is in hot water after enemy soldiers disguise themselves as US forces to confuse air support. Bombers face heavy anti-aircraft fire from an unknown source. Tod is assigned to take out Yin Soy, the female fighter ace who's been decimating US planes. Cowards Courage; Radar Roulette; His Last Mission; Operation Panic; Mig Alley Dame. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by George Roussos. Contains horror stories. In order of appearance: "The Phantom Bus" reprinted in Haunted Horror (2012 IDW) #18 and Haunted Horror: The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics HC (2013-2018 IDW) #6-1ST; "Ghost Portraits: Meet Some Members of the International Society of House Haunters!"; "Bayou Vengeance"; "Dr. Death"; "Mirror of Hate"; "Peg Powler" art by Alex Toth and Mike Peppe, reprinted in Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 HC (2011 FB) #1-1ST; and "The Eerie Glen". Comic advertisement for Dubble Bubble bubble gum from Fleer. "Death by Darkness: Silas Hager Held a Grip on Jed Runston Even After Murder Struck!" illustrated text story by John Marvin. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. A murderous treasure hunter with a fortune in blood diamonds is pursued by a severed hand. Deadly mandrake roots attack the human residents of a tea plantation. A pilot and a female detective track an embezzler into the jungle. The Game Called Dying; Plantation of Fear; Jewels of Death; Congo Terror; There's Peril in Perfection! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories featuring Donald Duck, the Li'l Bad Wolf, Grandma Duck, Little Hiawatha, and Mickey Mouse. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Henry Kiefer and Lena Buffalente. Cover by Maurice Whitman. Jungle hero Wambi is a boy who can talk to animals, including his friends Tawn the elephant and Ogg the ape. Wambi uses the fearsome disease called "jungle madness" to his own advantage when Ogg is captured; A poisoned dart causes Wambi's elephant pal Tawn to turn against him; King of the Congo uses his plane to turn the tables after he's captured by cruel hunters. Fangs of Fear; Pygmy Peril; King of the Congo; Malida's Jungle; The Treasure of the Elephants. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Big Blow-Up" (script by Hank Chapman), "Barrage" (script by Chapman, art by Jack Keller); "Attack at Dawn!" (art by Robert Q. Sale); and "Danger Point" (art by Dan Loprino). Cal Massey cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Jack Sparling, Manny Stallman and Bob Powell. Tales of war from Harvey, published as the Cold War was heating up. An American soldier gets a chance for revenge on the Japanese soldier who killed his brother in World War II. (This story is based on the real-life phenomenon of post-WWII Japanese military "holdouts.") Cigar-chomping paratroopers leap into enemy fire. The Holdout; The Smoke of Battle!; Armed Forces; And Then There Was...; Windmill to the Rescue!; Taps at Arlington; Brothers! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Don Heck. Cover with bullet hole in forehead. Exact same hole-in-head was reused by Heck on Horrific #1. "The Unconquered," art by Don Heck; Sgt. Norman Kaney and his raw recruits head to Korea. "River Crossing!", pencils by Don Perlin, inks by Abe Simon; World War II story set in Germany where Lieutenant Stacy uses his athletic skills to hold his breath underwater and sneak up on a Nazi gun post. "The Sniper" text story. "The Runt," art by Rudy Palais; World War II story in the South Pacific in 1943 where a soldier named Pete gets the nickname "Runt." "True Hero"; A North Korean who fights on the American side of the Korean war proves himself to be a loyal American. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

US soldiers face combat action as the Korean War heats up, from publisher Ajax-Farrell. A seasoned corporal and a fresh lieutenant get caught in an ambush with their squad. Injured Private Fenton is captured by enemy forces and fears being listed as MIA. Tensions between Air Force and infantry soldiers come to a head during a fight at a USO club in Okinawa. The Dawn's Early Light; Missing in Action; Dirty Fighter; I'll Take the Infantry; Operation Bridgehead. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Ajax-Farrell presents battlefield stories from the Korean conflict. Soldiers manning a secret radar outpost find enemy forces approaching. A homefront rivalry between two soldiers carries over when they meet on the battlefield in Korea. Native American patriot Sgt. Lone Wolf sacrifices himself for his white compatriots. Enemy Landing; A Hero Too Late; Lay of the Land; Hatchet Man; Wrong Way Out. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Jack Sparling, Manny Stallman, Abe Simon, Al Gordon and Bob Powell. Tales of war from Harvey, published as the Cold War was heating up. During WWII, US soldier Zeke goes looking for chicken dinner and finds a Nazi patrol. A comics history of the U.S. Navy. A third-generation Marine finds the reality of war much more terrifying than he expected. The Failure!; Beachhead; Anchors Aweigh; Pretty Boy!; The Rebel Yell; Chicken on Sunday; Get Down Wilson. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Al Feldstein classic outer space cover. "Revulsion" (art by Joe Orlando), "The Quick Trip" and "The Long Trip" (art by Al Williamson)., "He Who Waits" (art by Jack Kamen), and "By George" (art by Williamson with Jack Hearn). NOTE: See 1st Series for 1950 #15 Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by George Tuska and Bob Forgione. Classic pre-Code horror from St. John. A 20th-century GI drinks from a cursed chalice and finds himself trapped in the body of 15th-century Roland De Ville. An Arabic mage battles the evil sheik who has taken over his city, in a story with art by future Marvel legend George Tuska. An archaeologist makes the mistake of reviving a mummified Egyptian priestess of Baal. Beware the Vampire Virus; The Fantastic Chalice; The Return of the Phantom Fakir; Vengeance of the Fiery Phantoms; The Priestess of Baal. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Wally Wood. Stories by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Wally Wood, Al Williamson, Jack Kamen, and Joe Orlando. NOTE: There are two issues in this series numbered 15. The one dated July/Aug 1950 is issue # 4 in the series. The issue pictured here, dated sept/oct 1952, is the actual # 15 in the series. (This issue was reprinted by East Coast Comics with a $1 cover and 1970's copyright date (see E.C. Classic Reprints #2). 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.) EC's influential New Trend title featured some legendary sci-fi and comics artists. Lonely Melvin gets his own personal harem - just add water, featuring good-girl art by Jack Kamen. Cowboys are lured by a beautiful woman into a trap set by alien ranchers, with art by Joe Orlando. Scientists accidentally travel back in time, in Al Williamson's first Weird Science story. Plus The EC "Artist of the Issue" featuring Joe Orlando, which has a special meaning for fans of the original Watchmen. Cool dinosaur cover by Wally Wood. The Martians!; Captivity; Cunning!; Miscalculation; Bum Steer. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Sept 1952. Cover by Virgil Finlay. Horror and supernatural stories by H. P. Lovecraft (verse) "Hallowe'en in a Suburb", Margaret St. Clair "Island of the Hands", Curtis W. Casewit, Frederick Sanders, David Eynon, L. Sprague De Camp & Fletcher Pratt "Where To, Please?", H. Thompson Rich, E. Everett Evans, August Derleth "The Lost Path", and G. G. Pendarves. Illustrations by Virgil Finlay, Jon Arfstrom, Joseph Eberle, Fred Humiston, A. R. Tilburne, and Hannes Bok. 6 1/2-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

UK edition, one shilling cover price. Vol. 44 #6 - Sept. 1952. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/4-in., 96 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Basil Wolverton. Stories and art by Tony Mortellaro, Ed Smalle and Basil Wolverton. Pre-Code tales of science fiction and horror from Stanley Morse Publications. Stranded on Mars, astronaut Bob encounters a giant living hand with eyes. A scientist's new discovery accidentally animates a suit of armor. A hallucinogenic substance transports a scientist to a nightmare planet. Plus an adventure of whimsical spacefaring hero Jumpin' Jupiter. Stories and a classic horror cover by comics legend Basil Wolverton. The Monster on Mars; The Slave Pits of Uranus; Jumpin' Jupiter; Frontiers of Tomorrow; The Desert Castle; Nightmare World. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Allen Hardy. Cover by Don Heck. Horror, suspense, and Weird Terror tales patterned after the classic EC comics. "Hitler's Head," art by Don Heck; The Devil is hunting down ex-Nazi's with the ghost of Adolph Hitler. "The Wage-Earners," art by C. A. Winter; While driving through a cemetery at night Henry Mason accidentally hits a beautiful woman; He is shocked and relieved to find out that she is unharmed; He becomes so smitten by this strange beautiful woman that he kills his wife to be with her; It turns out this beautiful woman is really a ghoul out to collect sinful souls for her 'father', the Grim Reaper himself! "The Cave of the Bats" text story by Burr Dett. "Portrait of Death," art by Rudy Palais. "The Invisible Curse," pencils by Don Perlin, inks by Abe Simon. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.