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Comic books January 1953

  • Vol. 70 #3
    Thrilling Detective (1931-1953 Standard) Pulp Vol. 70 #3

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  • Vol. 77 #2
    Thrilling Love (1931-1955 Metropolitan-Standard) Pulp Vol. 77 #2

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  • Vol. 45 #1
    Thrilling Ranch Stories (1933-1953 Standard) Pulp Vol. 45 #1

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  • Vol. 67 #3
    Thrilling Western (1934-1953 Standard) Pulp Vol. 67 #3

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  • Issue #33
    Tim Holt (1948 Magazine Enterprises) 33

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    Art by Frank Bolle, Ernie Bache and Dick Ayers. Cover by Frank Bolle. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Redmask travels to Mexico to take on the bandit king Senor Satan; The Ghost Rider pursues robbers who disappear like shadows; Redmask escorts a tribal treaty document to draw out the killers who want to destroy it. Tyrant of San Tomas!; The Treaty Trail!; The Ghost Rider: The Shadow Slayers; No Match for Gunslicks!; The Flying Daggers! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $20 1953 Tim Holt 33 Magazine Enterprises Fair
    $79 Tim Holt #33 FN+ 1953

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  • Issue #20
    Tip Topper Comics (1949) 20

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    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. Fritzi figures out how to make popcorn in the toaster. One of the backup strips in the comic is Charles Schulz's Peanuts, then only in its third year; several daily strips are presented in full color. Curly Kayoe lets wrestler Beautiful Benny practice in his gym, but the hulking brute is a germophobe. Strangers arrive in Dogpatch, in a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Fritzi Ritz; Peanuts; Li'l Abner; Curly Kayoe; Ferd'nand; Willie; Stamp Tips. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #102
    Tom and Jerry (1949-1980 Dell/Gold Key) 102

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

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  • Issue #59
    Tom Mix Western (1948 Fawcett) 59

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    Stories and art by Carl Pfeufer and others. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. In a two-part story, Tom tracks the serial killer known as the Mad Killer of the Hills, who kills not for money but for the thrill of it. Tom pursues him deep into the desert, where it comes down to a hand-to-hand struggle to the death. Outlaws target Tom when they learn he's holding on to a prospector's priceless diamond. Plus a vintage ad for a "jet glow" decoder belt and "cosmic smoke" ray gun based on TV's Space Patrol. The Mad Killer of the Hills, Chapter 1: The Trail of the Dead; Chapter 2: The Sip of Death; Jeeter: The Expected Journey; Cowboy Cal; Saddlehead; Fightin' Forbes: Dangerous Clud; Brainy Buster; The Double-Dealing Diamond Desperadoes. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #71

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  • Issue #15
    Tomahawk (1950) 15
    Published Jan 1953 by DC.

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    Cover art by Bob Brown. The Wild Men of Wigwam Mountain starring Tomahawk, art by Bruno Premiani. Mission to Fort Bold starring Tomahawk, art by Bruno Premiani. The Legend of the Walking Trees--Tales of the Arrow Maker, art by Fred Ray. The Golden Boy Frontiersman starring Tomahawk, art by Bruno Premiani. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    Tomb of Terror (1952 Harvey) 7

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    Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Warren Kremer, Abe Simon, Moe Marcus, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, and Rudy Palais. Tomb of Terror was one of Harvey Comics' notorious pre-Code horror comics. Space explorers seeking new life and new civilizations instead find The Eyeless Ones. A couple's car breaks down near a town where witches are planning an evil rite. Lighthouse workers find a treasure map and soon turn on each other with murderous results. The Eyeless Ones; Shadow of Death; Medical Superstitions; Colony of Horror; World's Greatest Legend; Beam of Terror. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $100 Tomb of Terror #7 Harvey Golden Age Comic 1953 Pre Code Horror Poor Complete

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  • Issue #9
    Treasure Chest Vol. 08 (1952) 9
  • Issue #10
    Treasure Chest Vol. 08 (1952) 10
  • Vol. 8 #3
    Triple Detective (1947-1955 Standard) Pulp Vol. 8 #3

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  • Vol. 32 #188
    True (1937-1976 Country/Fawcett/Petersen) Vol. 32 #188


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    • Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 40%.
  • Vol. 7 #4

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    Volume 7, Issue 4 - January, 1953. True crime magazine with stories and article about women in the world of organized crime, murder, robbery, and debauchery. Softcover Magazine, 8.5" x 11", 74 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #366

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  • Vol. 58 #3

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  • Issue #11
    True Life Secrets (1951 Capitol Publications Inc.) 11
    • INCOMPLETE. Missing pages (affects art and story). 1" lateral spine tear. Cover detached.
  • Issue #19
    True Love Problems and Advice Illustrated (1949 McCombs/Harvey) 19

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    Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Jack Sparling, Al Avison, Joe Certa, Mike Peppe, John Sink and Bob Powell. Torrid tales of love and heartbreak dressed up as advice to the lovelorn from Harvey. May falls for her sister's fiancee and he wants her too, but that can't end well. Dot is a private in the Women's Army Corps who meets and falls for another soldier at a USO dance. Redheaded Kitty loves Larry, who loves someone else, but for Kitty it's all or nothing. Sultry pre-Code cover by Al Avison. Stolen Passion; Test of Love; How Can I Win Him Back?; Prove You're a Woman!; Careless Love; Journey to Heartbreak; I Couldn't Share Love. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 5 #51

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  • Vol. 56 #5

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  • Vol. 67 #6

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  • Issue #11
    True Sweetheart Secrets (1950) 11

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    Photo cover. "I Had to Learn the Hard Way," pencils by George Evans; Jerry proposes to Helen, but reveals that hes a widower with a young son, Danny; Helen agrees that Danny can live with her and her mother until the marriage, but finds that the boy constantly reminds her that she wasnt Jerrys first love; Helen accuses Jerry of just wanting a caretaker for his son, and they break up. "At the Mid Hour of Night," script by Thomas Moore; 19th century poem by Thomas Moore, illustrated. "Love's Anchor"; Small-time carny Jim meets Sharon, whose father is wealthy; Jim and Sharon fall in love, but hes really interested in her money; He and Sharon leave with the carnival, but Jim wont marry her until hes sure hell get money from her father. "Love on Approval" text story by Ruth Sterling. "No Time for Love"; Louise breaks up with Bob and goes to New York to make her fortune, planning to return to marry him when she does; Louise is soon a top model and when Bob asks her to come home, she refuses; They break up: "Youve got gold fever Louise, and youll never be cured." 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #4
    True War Romances (1952) 4

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  • Vol. 7 #5
    TV Digest (1947 TV Digest) Vol. 7 #5

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    Volume 7, Issue 5 - January 31, 1952. Softcover, 5" 7", 42 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 8 #7

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  • Issue #1-1ST
    Uncle Pogo So-So Stories TPB (1953) 1-1ST

    1st printing. By Walt Kelly. Trade paperback containing Pogo comic strips based on various fairy tales such as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and children's rhymes. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.00.

  • Issue #1-REP
    Uncle Pogo So-So Stories TPB (1953) 1-REP

    2nd and later printings. By Walt Kelly. Trade paperback containing Pogo comic strips based on various fairy tales such as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and children's rhymes. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.00.

  • Vol. 4 #1
    Underworld Detective Magazine (1949 UDI) Vol. 4 #1
  • Issue #3
    United States Fighting Air Force (1952 Canada) 3

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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. Ace pilot Steve is given a suicide mission to rescue a kidnapped general from behind enemy lines. Army air corps pilot Mike crash-lands near a Navy carrier, and must endure the ridicule of his old Navy nemesis Bill. US pilots discover an enemy scheme to create decoy targets for their bombing raids. Rescue Raider; Crash Hero; Secret Mission; Operation Decoy; Panmunjom Treachery. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3

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  • Issue #5
    Voodoo (1952 Ajax/Farrell) 5
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #2039114001

    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. Three men spend the night in a haunted lighthouse. A wife's hatred of her husband's undertaking job drives her murderously insane. A woman poisons her lover's wife, resulting in madness and revenge from the beyond the grave. Corpses of the Jury; Death Light?; Man-Killer; Ghoul for a Day; The Spiteful Spirit. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $500 VOODOO #5 CBCS 3.5 NAZI DEATH CAMP STORY PRE-CODE HORROR NOT CGC

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  • Issue #148
    Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone) 148

    52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $15 Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 148 1953 Carl Barks Donald Duck Christmas Cover
    $16 Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 148 (VGFN 5.0) 1976, Guides $22.50, Now $15.75
    3 days left Auction Walt Disney Comics & Stories #148 - Doak Walker ad on back (315

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  • Issue #10
    War Action (1952) 10
    Published Jan 1953 by Atlas.

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  • Issue #15
    War Comics (1950 Atlas) 15

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    "Shoot Anything That Moves" (art by Dave Berg), "Unarmed," "Army Policy" (art by Jerry Robinson), "The Last Stand," and a two-page text story, "General Harte Gets a Purple Heart." Russ Heath cover. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    War Fury (1952) 3
    • Full detachment to cover and interior wraps (staple disintegration). Heavy water damage/rust migration.

    Cover art by Don Heck. "Grim Trio," art by Don Heck; Korean War tale about three American soldiers, Russo, Barnes and Cooper. "Death-Trap," art by Don Heck; Korean War story about an American piloting a plane called "Death-Trap." "A Man's Weapon" text story by Charles X. F. Houts; Korean War story about Sgt. Bill Barker. "Wise Guy!", art by Don Heck; Korean War story about American sharp-shooter Marine PFC Lou O'Neil. "Loudmouth!"; A Korean War story where Clancy, a loudmouth soldier, claims he can fly a plane, then has to prove it when his entire crew is incapacitated. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    War Report (1952) 3
    Published Jan 1953 by Ajax.

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    36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    War Stories (1952 Ajax) 3

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    2 days left Auction WAR STORIES #3 AJAX-FARRELL 1953 CGC 5.0 RARE 5 Graded PRE CODE Golden Age

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  • Vol. 1 #3
    War Stories Magazine (1952-1953 Stadium) Pulp Vol. 1 #3

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  • Issue #16
    Web of Mystery (1951) 16
    • Staple rust. Water damage.

    Stories by Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas, and Bill Discount. Suspense-filled horror tales that weave a Web of Mystery for the reader! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #17
    Weird Fantasy (1951 E.C. Comics 2nd Series) 17
    • 3/4" Cumulative spine split. Tape on interior of cover.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
      Other items consigned by Bud Plant

    This key and very classic EC issue begins with an Al Feldstein dinosaurs and space cover. "In the Beginning" (art by Joe Orlando), "Ahead of the Game" (art by Bill Elder), "The Aliens" (art by Al Williamson with Roy Krenkel), the classic story that features a single full infinity page in which two aliens gaze at a page the repeats itself into infinity and say "Squa Tront!" and "Spa Fon" (and we ALL know what that means!), and Ray Bradbury's haunting "There Will Come Soft Rains" (art by Wally Wood). NOTE: See 1st Series for 1951 #17. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #17
    Weird Science (1950 E.C.) 17

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    Cover by Wally Wood. Stories by Ray Bradbury, Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Wally Wood, Al Williamson, Larry Woromay, Jack Kamen, and Joe Orlando. EC's influential New Trend title featured some legendary sci-fi and comics artists. A lecture from Professor Dingle becomes a strange self-fulfilling prophecy. A Carl Denham-like promoter captures a strange creature on a remote island and brings it back to New York, but its alien cohorts are not amused, with art by Al Williamson. Plus An adaptation of a classic Ray Bradbury Martian story, The Long Years, and a letter from Bradbury himself in the letters column. Classic drooling aliens cover by Wally Wood. Plucked!; The Island Monster; Cargo of the Hesperus; Off Day!; The Long Years! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 44 #8
    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 44 #8


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    Jan 1953. Cover by Frank Kelly Freas. Horror and supernatural fiction by Everil Worrell "Once There Was a Little Girl", Dr. Cyrus Macmillan, Suzanne Pickett, Garnett Radcliffe, H. Warner Munn, Richard Matheson "Wet Straw", August Derleth "Sexton, Sexton, In the Wall", Carroll F. Michener, and Marjorie Murch Stanley. Illustrations by Andrew Brosnatch, Joseph Eberle, Virgil Finlay, W. H. Silvey, Frank Kelly Freas, Vincent Napoli, Fred Humiston, and Jon Arfstrom (credited to 'John Arfstrom'). 6 3/4" x 10"; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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    3 days left Auction Weird Tales v44 #8 (VG) (1953, Weird Tales) Freas Cover!

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  • Jan 1953

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    UK edition, one shilling cover price. Vol. 44 #8 - Jan. 1953. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/4-in., 96 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #5
    Weird Tales of the Future (1952) 5

    Cover by Basil Wolverton. Stories and art by Tony Mortellaro, Eugene Hughes, Hy Fleishman and Basil Wolverton. Pre-Code tales of science fiction and horror from Stanley Morse Publications. After being abducted by aliens, a man returns to Earth to find civilization destroyed. During a mountain-climbing trip, a man plots revenge against the friend who's sleeping with his wife. A woman decides to free herself from her domineering sister once and for all. Plus an adventure of whimsical spacefaring hero Jumpin' Jupiter. Stories and a classic alien cover by comics legend Basil Wolverton. The Man from the Moon; The Worm Turns; Else Youll Be Dead; Jumpin' Jupiter; Worst Enemy; Under Her Thumb; Torture! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    Weird Terror (1952) 3

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    Don Heck cover. Includes the particularly gruesome "Den of Horror," in which an evil playboy transforms his lavish drawing room into a...well, you know. Plus text pieces on sin eating and dowsing. Edited by Allen Hardy. Stories by Pete Morisi, Don Perlin, Abe Simon, and Rudy Palais. Horror, suspense, and Weird Terror tales patterned after the classic EC comics. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $675 WEIRD TERROR #3 CGC 3.5 Killer eye-appeal for grade.

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  • Vol. 78 #1
    West (1926-1953 Doubleday) Pulp Vol. 78 #1


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Issue #1
    When We Get Back Home from Japan SC (1953) 1

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    Cartoon Digest Written by John Annarino Illustrations by Bill Hume - Softcover 116 Pages B&W 2 Color Cover Cover price $1.00.

  • Vol. 1 #3

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