Comic books March 1953
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Issue #172
Published Mar 1953 by American Mercury Inc..This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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Issue #2
Published Mar 1953 by Trojan Magazines.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Cover by Roy Krenkel and Harry Harrison. Stories and art by Henry Kiefer, Martin Smith, Paul S. Newman, Leo Hagler, Richard Kahn, Al Gordon, Jesse Merlan and Harry Harrison. Pre-Code horror comics from Trojan Magazines. Sometimes listed as Beware (1953 Trojan) #14. A human is abducted by aliens for their gladiatorial games, but even his victory may hold disaster. Edward hates cats, but they seem to follow him everywhere - and what is their connection to the mysterious beautiful woman? According to the Table of Contents, the last story has the charming title Give Me Back My Head. It is described thusly: "Strange and horrifying are the mysterious happenings in the looming darkness of the jungle. Sorcery or not, Dr. Carter learned a terrible lesson when his greedy eyes rested on the jeweled crown of the Ugarnos." No improving on that. Also, a severed hand avenges its owner's murder. The Uninvited; The Clutching Hand; Death Trap; Revenge of the Dead; Give Me Back My Head. 36 pages, Full Color. NOTE: #14 March on cover (actual #2 in series). Cover price $0.10.
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$1,450 Beware 14 (2) CGC 5.0 Scarce! Graveyard cover by Krenkel/Harrison. Trojan | 1953 3 days left Auction Beware 14 (2) | G+ | Very scarce! Krenkel/Harrison cover. Trojan PCH | 1953 Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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Issue #6
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Stories and art by Sheldon Moldoff, Bill Woolfolk, and Maurice Gutwirth. Classic pre-Code horror from St. John. Lighthouse keeper Lester encounters an underwater alien with a hunger for shipwrecked sailors. Alan seeks his war buddy Ted, who's vanished in India, encountering strange mysteries and ancient magic in his quest. A Nazi war criminal is pursued by the ghosts of those who died in his concentration camp. Horror at the Lighthouse!; The Tattooed Heart!; The House of Death; Strange Friendship; Search into the Unknown! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #19
Tags: Pre-Code HorrorPublished Mar 1953 by Ace Comics.$90.00
View scan- 6 1/2" cumulative spine split.
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Cover art by Jim McLaughlin. The Haunted Recording, pencils by Jim McLaughlin; Sound technician Rex Vorse (sic!) produces horror sound effects by actually strangling a woman. Because she has "a strong gypsy strain" in her, she haunts him with her ghost. Blooded Altar on Frykon Tower; In a small Balkan village, demons are unleashed and sent back to hell by the caretaker of the Frykon tower. The Vampire of Montmartre, art by Jim McLaughlin. Black Coffin of the Voodoo Jinx, pencils by Charles Nicholas. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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3 days left Auction Beyond 19 | G- | Scarce! McLaughlin grave robber/vampire cover | 1953 Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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Issue #8
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Issue #15
Published Mar 1953 by Toby Press.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Stories and art by Vic Herman and others. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. Billy takes on Ton O'Toole, a Kingpin-like outlaw leader who uses his massive size as a weapon. Billy realizes that a tribe's magical "river of fire" is actually an oil deposit. Teen Tookie finds a creative solution when she realizes she has two dates on the same night. Plus a vintage ad for Lionel Trains. The Ton of Evil!; The River of Fire; Border Duel; Tookie's Double Date; Billy Spoke First. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #43
Published Mar 1953 by Lev Gleason.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
"Ride With Red fire as He Meets the Bullet Eater," plus Black Diamond in "The Gold Strike Hoaxers" and "Star of Evil." Two Al McWilliams illustrations appear in an ad for Lev Gleason trading cards (fighter planes). Cover price $0.10.
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Vol. 3 #4
Black Magic (1950-1961 Prize/Crestwood) Vol. 3 #4Tags: Pre-Code HorrorThis item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Cover by Jack Kirby. Art by John Prentice, Alden McWilliams, Al Eadeh, Bill Walton, Harry Lazarus, Bill Draut, 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 # 22 on cover; listed as Vol. 3, issue #4 in indicia. A man tells the tale of his abduction by saucer aliens. A strange table in a restaurant captures the spirits of people who sit there. Mutant Herman has terrifying mental powers...but he also has an equal. The Monsters on the Lake!; Death by Magic; Fletcher's Talent!; Stanwick's Theory!; Ready to Retire; Horrible Herman!; Barbados Burial Vault; The Only Job; The Soul Catcher! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #15
Published 1953 (est.) by Arnold Publications.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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Issue #21
Published Mar 1953 by Marvel/Atlas.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
The Black Rider in three untitled stories (art on one--or possibly more--by Syd Shores). Two-Gun Kid back-up story (art by George Tuska). Two-page text story, "A Debt is Paid." Shores cover. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #52
$5.20
36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Mar 1953 by McCall Company.$41.00
View scans- Soiling.
$41.00
View scans- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Volume 96, Issue 5 - March 1953, 8.25" x 11", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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Issue #87
Published Mar 1953 by Lev Gleason.$7.90
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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. Iron Jaw hires a double of Sniffer as part of his revenge plot against the Deadly Dozen. Rocky X and the Rocketeers explore the deserted city on jungle planet Kantrax and encounter gigantic vulture-like creatures. Two brothers in love with the same woman try to resolve their triangle by competing to swim the English Channel. Crimebuster: The Big Rat Race; Rocky X: Death From the Skies; Little Wise Guys: Sugar Sloan; The Swim For Life. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #32
Published Mar 1953 by Lev Gleason.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Stories by unknown. Art by Tom Baron and unknown. They were tormented by guilt...couldn't escape their pasts...tried to cheat love...and paid for their mistakes. Read these stories your heart will never forget: "Second Chance for Love"; "Loves of My Life (Part Three)" (continued from last issue & continues next issue); "Our Carefree Marriage"; and "Vengeance in My Heart"! Plus: Half-page readers' poll "What Do You Think?" Also: "Do You Need Advice?" letters page by Agnes Holmes. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Vol. 1 #3
Published Mar 1953 by Mutual Magazines.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Volume 1, Issue 3 - March, 1953. Men's interest digest with stories of war, science, and crime, as well as many full pages dedicated to tasteful pin-up photography. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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Vol. 48 #3
Published Mar 1953 by British National Newspapers.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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Issue #29
Published Mar 1953 by Dell/Gold Key/Whitman.$5.60
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- Severe water damage. Mold.
Comic book adventures of the famous Warner Bros. cartoon character Bugs Bunny. Bugs Bunny in "The Roamin' Roman Rabitt" and two untitled stories. Issue also has one-page gag strips. No story/art credits given. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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California Pelican (1903-1988 A.S.U.C) Vol. 59 #6Published Mar 1953 by Associated Students of University of California.$22.00
View scans- Corner Damage. Denting.
"Skit-Dat-De-Dat" by Ron Goulart. Volume 59, Issue 6 - March, 1953. University of California, Berkeley student magazine, published from 1903 to 1988. Features cartoons, articles, and advertisements for local business. 8-in. x 11-in., 40 pages, Text (with B&W images) Cover price $0.25.
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Issue #36
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Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Candy stars in five untitled stories. Plus: Will Bragg in an untitled story co-starring Effy Gissel, Mrs. Mahoulahan and Luke. Also: Candy in 1-page text story "Candy-Coated Caper" co-starring Ted Dawson and Porky Pickler. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #142
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Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Kurt Schaffenberger and unknown. Has The World's Mightiest Man met his match? Find out in "The Beauty in Black!" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck (Black Beauty introduction). Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) also stars in: "The Red Lightning Blitz" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck (Red Crusher appearance); "Sabotage Aboard the Space Station" by Otto Binder and Kurt Schaffenberger (appearances by Doc Quartz and Dexter Knox); and "The Tiger Terror" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck (Tawky Tawny appearance). Plus: Captain Kid in "The Boisterous Bully"! And: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "Korea of Space" with script by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #58
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Issue #59
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Issue #60
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Issue #61
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Cars (1953 Fawcett) Vol. 1 #1$6.00
View scan- 1.5" Cumulative spine split.
Vol. 1 #1, March 1953 - Exotic Cars, antique cars, how to take care of your car, racing cars and more for the automobile enthusiast. 8.5" x 11", 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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Vol. 2 #2
Published Mar 1953 by Burlesque Historical Company.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Volume 2, Issue 2 - March, 1953. Men's interest vintage magazine that dives deep into the history of Burlesque from it's roots to it's future. Issues include celebrity testimonials, jokes and LOTS of tasteful pin-up photography. Introduction by "The Great One", Jackie Gleason. Softcover Magazine, 8" x 11", 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.
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Vol. 1 #3
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Volume 1, Issue 3 - March 1953. Men's interest magazine featuring War, Hunting, and Adventure stories, along with cartoons, and in later issues Pictorials. This issue features articles on Suicide in the Snow, and Pills for Birth Control! 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 90 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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Issue #16
- Only one staple (manufacturing). Cover oxidation.
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- INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story.
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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Al Eadeh, Howard Nostrand, Rudy Palais and Moe Marcus. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. A fugitive criminal discovers the elixir of immortality. A woman learns that her ancestors are cat people, much like the classic horror film. The guardian of an ancient city returns to life when scientists take it out of the city. Cycle of Horror; Curse of the Black Panther; The Wax Man; The Creeping Death. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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$325 Chamber of Chills #16 / March 1953 Harvey / Pre-Code Horror Lee Elias Cover VG/F Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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Vol. 8 #8
Published Mar 1953 by Jayhawk Press.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 64 pages, Text, (with B&W Illustrations and photos) Cover price $0.35.
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Published Mar 1953 by Parents' Magazine.$9.00
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Issue #69
Published Mar 1953 by Ayers & James.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Issue 69 - Australian Edition. Circa early to mid 1950's. Reprints "Buffalo Bill" 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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Issue #1
Published Mar 1953 by Classics Illustrated.$21.50
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From the Earth to the Moon, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 106, with 3/53 date). Cover price $0.15.
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Issue #2
Published Mar 1953 by Classics Illustrated.$2.50
$2.50
From the Earth to the Moon, 2nd Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 118). Cover price $0.15.
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Issue #3
Published Mar 1953 by Classics Illustrated.$2.50
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From the Earth to the Moon, 3rd Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 132). Cover price $0.15.
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Issue #5
Published Mar 1953 by Classics Illustrated.$6.00
$2.50
From the Earth to the Moon, 5th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 146). Cover price $0.15.
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Published Mar 1953 by MacFadden Publications.$7.00
View scan- Staple rust: Moderate.
Volume 1, Issue 1 - March 1953. Cover by Tran Mowicke. Story by Robert Sheckley. Men's interest magazine focusing on war and adventure stories, along with buxom beauties. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 100 pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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Issue #10
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Issue #8
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Issue #11
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Published Mar 1953 by Timely Features, Inc..
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Issue #55
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68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.
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Issue #6
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Australian Edition. Reprints in black and white. Navy Combat logo. 7-in. x 10 3/4-in., 24 pages, black and white.
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Issue #88
Tags: Comic Strip ReprintsPublished Mar 1953 by United Features Syndicate.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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Vol. 28 #1
Published Mar 1953 by Ace Periodicals.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Photo cover. In order of appearance: "My Secret Fling"; "They Called Me Cheat"; "Glamour Mother"; and "Heartbreak House". "For a More Glamorous You: Eye Savers..." text article reprinted from "Glamorizing Yourself..." in Glamorous Romances (1949) #43 and from "For a More Glamorous You..." in Complete Love Magazine Vol. 27 (1952) #6, and reprinted as "For Beauty's Sake..." in Ten Story Love Vol. 36 (1955) #2. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Vol. 8 #4
Tags: Pulp AdventureThis item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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Issue #4
$249.00
View scan- Paper: Cream to off white
- Label #4346141004
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- 4" Cumulative spine split (held with paper tape). Cover detached. Centerfold loose at one staple. Staple rust.
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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and others. Romance comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Numbering continues from Confessions of Love (1953 Star Publications) #14, confusingly enough. Gary longs for love, but women pass him by because he's not handsome or handy. Con man Bill Hale kills and swindles his way to a fortune in black gold in oil-boom Oklahoma. Convict Frank convinces the parole board that he's fallen in love and wants to go straight, but is soon blamed for another murder. The Longing Heart; I Waited For Him; I Fought For My Love; My Tragic Affair. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #41
Cookie (1946) #41Published Mar 1953 by Michel Publishing.$6.49
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Cover by Lynn Karp. Stories and art by Lynn Karp and Ben Brown. Teen hijinks featuring Cookie and his pals, created by legendary animator Dan Gordon. Cookie and Jitterbuck get the Brain to help them figure out if a fortune-teller is on the up and up; The aged Tessie Sisters trade in their Model T for a sporty new convertible; Jit and Cookie decide to run off to Africa to find wealth and glory. Cookie; The Jelly-Tot; The Tessie Sisters; Run, Cookie, Run!; Monkey Business; Cookie: Two's Company - Three's Revoltin'! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Vol. 134 #3
Cosmopolitan (1886 Hearst) Vol. 134 #3This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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Published Mar 1953 by Models Publishing Co., Inc..
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Volume 2, Issue 8 - March, 1953. 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", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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Issue #83
$24.00
Cover by Reed Crandall. Stories by Robert Bernstein and unknown. Art by Leo Morey, Paul Gustavson, Charles Sultan & unknown and Reed Crandall. Can Two Gun Lil keep the Doc from murdering Pop Lodge? Find out in "The Fiend In Knee Pants"! Plus: Ricardo Portego joins ranks with Blue Flame to take over Fort Jennings because he wants the land and the silver he could mine from it in an untitled Arizona Raines story. Also: Johnny Lash (the Whip) heads for the bank to cash a check when he learns that Lupo Dorish and his men have just cleaned every penny out of the bank, killing the Sheriff and one other, in "The Dead Shot"! And: Cal Kimball wants Bob Allen, Frontier Marshal deader than a doornail for messing up his plans in "Rattlesnake Pete's Revenge"! Plus: Mary Emmett needs Arizona Raines' help to keep George Whitfield alive in 1-page text story "Draw Against Death"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
