Comic books November 1952

Cover by Bernard Bailey. Stories and art by Sheldon Moldoff and Bob McCarthy. Classic pre-Code horror from St. John. A musician with alien-hand syndrome doesn't mean to strike back against his cruel mentor, but he can't stop himself. Seeking shelter from a storm in a forgotten Tibetan cave, hikers Jeff and Marjorie light a black candle, which is the absolute worst thing they could have done. Scientists Grimm and Wilbur have created a living mass of protoplasm and an "electronic brain" (or computer), and decide to see what happens when they combine the two. Revolt of the Fingers; The Black Candle of Life; Little Lady; The Crawling Horror. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Jim McLaughlin. The Terror of Dread Isle, art by Louis Zansky; Off the coast of Scotland lies Dread Isle; There live "fog creatures" with the ability of shapeshifting. I Walked at Midnight, art by Al Eadeh; Two vampires live in a cemetery; One day this hunting ground cannot provide nourishment for both of them. The Lyre of Doom. Treasure of the Dead, art by Gene Colan; On the deathbed of his father, Ralph Sandon promises to return a pirate treasure the father stole. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Harvey Kurtzman and Vic Herman. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. Billy investigates reports of a ghostly stagecoach haunting the trail when a beautiful woman fears it will mean the end of her father's coach line. Judy, a rancher's beautiful daughter, falls for Billy, but that causes trouble with the jealous ranch foreman, whose name is "Pete Parker." Nerdy boxer Kid Science faces a dirty fighter in the ring, but he's got psychology on his side. Plus a one-page comedy short by Mad creator Harvey Kurtzman. The Phantom Stagecoach; The Taming of Shugrue; The Bow and Arrow Kid; Genius; The Case of the Bullet in the Leg; Kid Science: The Pug With the Perfect Profile. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kirby. Art by George Roussos, Mort Meskin, Bob McCarty, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. 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 # 18 on cover; listed as Vol. 2, issue #12 in indicia. Hobos learn a magical member of the Celtic Wee Folk has hopped their same freight car. Skin divers discover a monstrous creature living in a cave at the bottom of the sea. Truckers encounter a beautiful woman, like the Lorelei of old, who lures their trucks off the road. Nasty Little Man!; You'll Die Laughing!; The Man with a Vision; The Horror That Came Out of the Sea; The Red Bird; Come Claim My Corpse; The Poltergeist - Practical Joker of the Spirit World; A Deadly Dream; Detour - Lorelei on Highway 52. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Reed Crandall. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Paul Gustavson and unknown. Art by Reed Crandall, Paul Gustavson and unknown. Featuring Blackhawk in: "King Cobra!" with art by Reed Crandall; "The Spider of Delanza!"; and "Last Stand on Suicide Island!" with story by Bill Woolfolk. Plus: Chop Chop in an untitled back-up story by Paul Gustavson. And: 1-page text story "The Assassin"! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Norman Maurer, Carl Wessler 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. While in prison, Sniffer and the Deadly Dozen learn where Iron Jaw's loot is stashed. Rocky X discovers the presence of invisible alien scouts on Earth, but a mad scientist has already begun negotiating with them. A con man tries to scam an elderly couple by posing as a doctor. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Crimebuster: Horselaugh on Iron Jaw; Rocky X: The Invisible Men; Slugger Passes the Test; This'll Gag Ya!; The Fleece. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Fred Kida. Stories by unknown. Art by Tom Baron, Ralph Owen, Fred Kida, Al Wenzel and unknown. Featuring these A True Love Story tales: "Love Must Go On"; "I Went Too Far"; "Little Blond Lies"; and "I Was Afraid of Love"! Plus: "Do You Need Advice?" letters page by Agnes Holmes. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Mort Lawrence. Art by Mort Lawrence. Military comedy-drama typical of the time, featuring the hijinks of enlisted men Jon Wendall and Mike McClusky and the women they pursue. Wendall and McClusky become lifelong friends in the barracks, as the only thing they enjoy more than a good fight is fighting over the same woman; Wendall and McClusky risk their lives on the front to bring back tokens for the nurse they both desire; The boys get involved with communist agents in Tokyo. Includes an ad for a U.S military-style combat judo training manual. When Pal Met Pal; Operation Love!; G.I. Raffle; Rendezvous with Death!; U S O Commando; Dangerous Dilemma. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Candy tries to win the heart of the school's new super-athlete by playing every sport he does in an untitled story. Plus: Candy and rival Cornelia vie to get the captain of the football team to take them to yet another school dance in an untitled story. Also: Candy stars in three more untitled stories. And: Will Bragg claims to be a great chef in an untitled story co-starring Effy Gissel, Mrs. Mahoulahan and Fire Chief Carl Swenson. Plus: Candy in 1-page text story "Candy's Competition" co-starring Ted Dawson, Cornelia Clyde, Marcia Johnson and Cleo. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker and others. Fifties-style cheesecake from good-girl art legend Matt Baker and military mischief combine to make this series a snapshot of its times. When the guys get caught off base without their passes, the only thing to do is dress them up like geisha girls. Anchors Andrews and his sailor pal Sleepy board the wrong ship at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and don't wake up until they're out at sea. Kate and Al think they've found a map to buried treasure. Cover by Baker. Quips and Queries; Trouble in Major Key; Anchors Andrews: The Fleets Out; Party Line; Power of the Press. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza and unknown. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) stars in: "Captain Marvel Fights the Flying Disk Danger" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck; "The Horrible Haunted Armor" by Otto Binder, C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza; and "Captain Marvel Battles the World's Maddest Ghost!" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck (appearances by Sivana and Dexter Knox). Plus: Captain Kid in "The Losing Winner"! And: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "Interplanetary Firebug" by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Art Helfant and Howard Boughner. Art by Bud Thompson, Art Helfant, Howard Boughner, and Joe Certa. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Captain Marvel Jr. discovers the "flying saucers" everyone is talking about are piloted by gigantic floating eyeballs, in a story with plenty of "injury-to-the-eye motif" (for the monsters). An angry fire demon curses Captain Marvel Jr. so that any fire near him will go out, even if he doesn't want it to. The Mad Mongol Monster; Judge Smudge; Rubbernose Randolph; Kanvasback: The Examination; The Thousand-Eyed Idol of Doom; Waterfront Cop; The Curse of the Fire Demon. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - November, 1952. Vintage men's interest magazine dedicated to War, Hunting, and Adventure stories, along with adult themed comic strips, and nude pin-up pictorials. This issue features articles on Auto Insurance, the Top Sports Cars, and Ballads For Men! 8.5" x 11", 84 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Vic Donahue, Pete Morisi, Moe Marcus, Abe Simon and Rudy Palais. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. The owner of a mansion by a graveyard sees ghostly figures building a tower. A professor's new web-fluid has horrific effects, in a story called "The Spider Man" a full decade before the debut of the famous superhero. A prospector discovers the alien survivor of a flying-saucer crash in an ancient cave. It!; Strange Superstitions; Down to Earth; The Spider Man!; The Devil's Necklace; Flight into the Past; Murder of a Monster. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cartoons and jokes by readers and artists of the time. 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 64 pages, Text,(with B&W Illustrations and photos) Cover price $0.35.

Issue 65 - Australian Edition. Circa early to mid 1950's. Reprints "The Call of the Wild" in abridged form with new cover art. 6.5 x 8.5, color covers with b&w interior, 24 pages-all newsprint.

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William Tell, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 101, with 11/52 date). The year 1307 finds the freedom-loving Swiss under the harsh rule of Austria. They are forced to bow before an arrogant governor's cap; they are humiliated and deprived of the personal freedoms. William Tell, by defying the tyrant governor's restrictive laws, through his unyielding belief in freedom, leads his people in rebellion against oppression. Cover price $0.15.

William Tell, Unknown Printing, Painted Cover. (No HRN, with November 1952 date). The year 1307 finds the freedom-loving Swiss under the harsh rule of Austria. They are forced to bow before an arrogant governor's cap; they are humiliated and deprived of the personal freedoms. William Tell, by defying the tyrant governor's restrictive laws, through his unyielding belief in freedom, leads his people in rebellion against oppression. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Australian Edition. Reprints in black and white. Warfront logo. 7-in. x 10 3/4-in., 24 pages, black and white.

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Nancy and Sluggo. Cover price $0.10.

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L.B. Cole cover. All stories reprinted in Popular Teen-Agers (1950) #23. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. "Heart-Break" art by Jay Disbrow; "Will I Have His Kisses Forever??"; and "I Was Dazzled by Love" retitled and reprinted from "I Hid My Lover" in My Desire (1949) #3. "Love's Mailbox" and "It's Personal, Do You Wear a Girdle?" text articles. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lynn Karp. Stories and art by Lynn Karp and others. Teen hijinks featuring Cookie and his pals, created by legendary animator Dan Gordon. With no car, Cookie and the gang take to riding around on bikes; Sisters dad doesnt approve of her trendy new hairstyle, the poodle-cut; A guy gets swindled by two teens when the vintage horseless carriage they sell him turns out to be a baby carriage. Cookie; Lardhead; Sister; Zoot: Zoot Splits an Atom; Baseball Bobby; Big Time Operators; Cookie: A Pair of Proud Papas. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Agriculture and farming magazine. Includes articles, fiction, and humor. 11" x 14", 152 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

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Volume 2, Issue 6 - November, 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.

Cover by Reed Crandall. Stories by Robert Bernstein and unknown. Art by Pete Morisi, Paul Gustavson, Charles Sultan, Harry Anderson and unknown. Two-Gun Lil in an untitled story co-starring Hank, Sam Ericson, Jed Maxon and Charley. Plus: The only way to get Mortez and his gang in Terror Canyon is by trickery in "Arizona Raines and the Secret of Terror Canyon"; the Whip in "Hangmans Horror!"; Bob Allen, Frontier Marshal in an untitled story co-starring Kanawis and Pete Dorger; and a 1-page untitled text story. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lou Morales. Stories and art by Lou Morales and Stan Campbell. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, sometimes published under its short-lived Capitol or Law and Order imprints. Nick and Nora-like Mr. and Mrs. Chase seek Bomber Denny and the men behind his extortion racket. Night-shift "Radio Patrol" cops Tex and Barry seek a killer who leaves his victims mutilated, as if by a gigantic beast. Vagrants kill a soldier who catches a ride on a freight train, but police radio ahead to the next stop. Can You Solve This?; Mr. and Mrs. Chase: The Bomber; Dead Justice; Run, Killer, Run; Radio Patrol: Mark of the Monster; Death, Incorporated! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Torture cover by Charles Biro! Ouch! Oh, my!

Stories and art by Dick Rockwell, Carl Wessler and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. Les Everhurd is riding high on slot machines and illegal liquor in Prohibition-era Brooklyn, until he meets a beautiful redhead who signals his downfall. The untimely arrival of Detective Clarke during a speakeasy shakedown causes Johnny Morrow to say, "You've stuck your nose into my business just once too often, copper!" In chapter 2 of the life of "Louie the Punk," Louie has killed his way to the top of the Duranto mob, but also inherited Duranto's enemies. Especially sadistic pre-Code bondage cover. A Dame Deals Death; The 3,623 Hours of Louie the Punk!, Chapter II; A Flaw in the Law!; The End of Johnny Morrow; News Oddities; "Baby Face" Benson. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Norman Maurer and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. The violent life and death of legendary outlaw John Dillinger. A young doctor and his wife are abducted by bank robbers after one of the gang is shot during a robbery. A former circus acrobat with a knack for safecracking becomes known to the police as The Human Fly. Also featuring a vintage ad for "Lev Gleason Comics picture trading cards." John Dillinger, Desperado to the Death; Bloody Hideout; The Alky Racket; Hear No Evil; The Human Fly. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Born to Burn" (art by Mike Sekowsky?), "Death Was His Partner," "The Homicidal Hitchhikers," "Teen-Age Private Eye," and "The Legacy of Death." Two page text story, "Cops Don't Cry!" by Jim Hendryx, Jr., and one page filler "X Marks the Spot." Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Frank Frazetta, Keats Petree, and Newt Alfred. Crime and adventure comics featuring detective heroes. Dr. Lance Storm's old enemy Dr. Zarno surprises him on a pleasure cruise, and tries to feed him to Zarno's monstrous "pets." Chinese-American scientist Dr. Foo investigates a plot to torture and hypnotize the mayor. Hollywood starlet Queenie Starr gets stuck in the middle of a gang war while working as a carhop. A classic religious PSA featuring early art by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. Pre-Code blood-draining bondage cover by an unknown artist. Ship of the Damned!; The Fantastic Dr. Foo: The Campaign of Horror; Trap for a Killer; Queenie Starr: Drive in to Danger; Jerry Jasper: Murder Goes Backstage! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by A. C. Hollingsworth. Stories and art by Frank Frazetta, Robert Leslie Bellem, Max Plaisted, Pierre Charpentier and Newton H. Alfred. Despite the title, not true "crime" comics, but mystery comics featuring detective heroes. Dan Turner investigates after a masked dancer murders a performer on stage in the middle of an act. Gail Ford risks her life to catch a sniper preying on young women in the city streets. Sally the Sleuth suspects that a photographer's wife is being set up for his murder when her picture appears on the camera in the dead man's hand. Plus a classic religious PSA featuring early art by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. Gail Ford, Girl Friday; Ray Hale: Trail of Terror; Prayer Works Wonders; Sally the Sleuth: Film of Murder; Murder by Sound; When Justice Slipped Its Cogs; Dan Turner Hollywood Detective: Strangler's Ballet. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.