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Comic books May 1953

  • Vol. 30 #1
    44 Western Magazine (1937-1954 Popular Publications^) Pulp Vol. 30 #1


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
  • Vol. 1 #2
    Action (1953 Picture Magazines^) Vol. 1 #2
    • heavy book length crease, heavy color breaking spine stress, heavy spine wear with some color loss, moderate corner damage, heavy soiling, moderate scuffing, moderate denting
  • Vol. 40 #2
    Air Trails (1934-1942, 1950-1954 Street & Smith) Pulp / Magazine 2nd Series Vol. 40 #2


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  • Vol. 10 #4
    Airboy Comics (1945-1953 Hillman) Vol. 10 #4
    • Paper: Off white
    • Slab: See item notes
    • Inner well not fully sealed, book appears unaffected and secure.
    • Label #3872615005

    Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Lorence Bjorklund, Gerald McCann and Ernest Schroeder. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #111. No issue # on cover; Vol. 10, issue #4 in indicia. Airboy suspects that enemy agents who use giant guns and bullets to travel are somehow linked to Zomboli, a secretly evil clown who performs for the wealthy elite. An impoverished woman faces an evil countess in a horse race, and The Heap shows up to even the odds. Frogmen discover the link between lobster traps and an attack on a US warship. The final appearances of Airboy and The Heap, until the characters were acquired by Eclipse Publishing in the 1980s. Airboy; The Heap; Lobster Alley; Vitamin Vic; The Tombstone Click; Maloo and the Kicker; Chains of Khydoo. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 27 #4
    Amazing Stories (1926-Present Experimenter) Pulp Vol. 27 #4


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    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Staple rust: Slight.
  • Vol. 1 #3
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    • Spine split 5%.

    Volume 1, Issue 3 - May, 1953. Short-lived vintage men's magazine that focuses on the lifestyles of young models, especially those in bathing suits. 8.5" x 11.5", 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 19 #1
    American Manhood (1953 Weider Publications) Vol. 19 #1


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    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Vol. 336 #5
    Argosy Part 5: Argosy Magazine (1943-1979 Popular) Vol. 336 #5


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    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Vol. 51 #3
    Astounding Science Fiction (1938-1960 Street and Smith) Pulp / Digest Vol. 51 #3


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    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Cover Wrap Detached. Staple rust: Slight.

    May 1953. Volume 51, Issue 3 - 1st printing. Science fiction stories by Hal Clement ("Mission of Gravity" part 2), Robert Moore Williams, Algis Budrys, Irving E. Cox Jr., and Robert Sheckley. Illustrations by Dreany, Orban, Schecterson, Pawelka, and van Dongen. Article on creative engineering at M.I.T. Cover by Austin R. Baer. Softcover, 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; 168 newsprint pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #27
    Authentic Police Cases (1948) 27
    • Cover detached. Interior pages detached but present. Water saturation.
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    Stories and art by Antonio Canale, Edd Ashe, Ken Landau, George Olesen, Bernard Sachs, Enrico Bagnoli, Michael O'Malley¸ Ralph Lane, and Bill Molno. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. 100-page giant. Holdup man "Lefty" reveals the secrets of his past to a reporter as he's on the way to Alcatraz. Private eye Vic Flint goes to a fancy dinner and gets a lead on a cold murder case, in the evocatively titled "Hell-Bent for the Hot Squat." Nate is released from prison after five years and immediately picked up by his ex-partners, who want to know where he stashed the loot. Gunmans Gamble; Full Dress Shakedown; The Killer Quartet; The Push-Button Murder; Kingpins in Crime; The Short Beer Kid; Boomerang Booty; Ticketed for Murder; Escape by Night; Too Dumb to Be Dangerous; Guns for Gangland!; Vic Flint: Hell-Bent for the Hot Squat; Comedy Column; Gag Bag; Mr. Bluebeard Takes Wife No. 13. 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #3
    Basil ...The Royal Cat (1953 St. John) 3

    Cover by Tom DeAngelo. Stories and art by Tom DeAngelo and Frank Beck. Funny-animal comics featuring Basil, cat king of Katsmeow. For good optics, the king must take violin lessons, a prospect no one enjoys, least of all the king or his teacher. Sinister Fagin sees the king's bath as a good chance to get rid of Basil and become king himself. When exotic Prince Ali-Kaat impresses the Princess with his boasts, Basil decides to show him up by joining Ali-Kaat's next fox hunt. The King & the Fiddle; Bo; King-Size Bath; Prince Ali-Kaat; Comedy Column; Atomic Muscles. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #76
    Batman (1940) 76
    Tags: Batman
    Published May 1953 by DC.
    • Cover detached.
    • Water saturation. Cover oxidation.
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    Cover pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Charles Paris. "The Danger Club," script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Charles Paris; When members of the Danger Club are threatened, then violently are elminated one by one, Batman decides to join the club himself to try to track down the killer. Half-page Shorty story by Henry Boltinoff. One-page Casey the Cop story by Henry Boltinoff. Half-page Peg story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Penguin's Fabulous Fowls!", script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures only) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Charles Paris; Penguin is released from prison claims hes "going straight"; Batman and Robin go down to Gotham Harbor to confront the Penguin. One-page Varsity Vic story by Henry Boltinoff. 160,000,000 Policemen article by Jack Miller, art by Raymond Perry. People Are People! public service announcement with Superman, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. "The Man of 100 Murders," art by Jim Mooney (as Bob Kane); The Caped Crusaders go up against a ruthless, cold-blooded killer who shows no mercy to anyone. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #12
    Battle Action (1952) 12
    Published May 1953 by Atlas.
    • Cover coming loose at one staple.

    Major Chang Yung Rockets the Enemy. Fighting a Djin. Bastogne, art by Sam Kweskin. Orders!, art by Vernon Henkel. Expert!, art by Louis Ravielli. 32 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #9
    Battle Stories (1952 Fawcett) 9

    Stories and art by Clem Weisbecker, Mo Marcus, Carl Pfeufer and Pete Costanza. Pre-Code war comics from Fawcett, created during the height of the Korean War. Pinned down by enemy fire, a platoon must depend on Hennie, who has a score to settle after his brother was killed in the war. A sergeant and a lieutenant try to settle their differences on the battlefield when it turns out they both have a picture of the same gal back home. A US platoon and a Scottish fusiliers squadron must make some mighty adjustments when they share an assignment, in a story with unusually whimsical art for this title. Surprise Attack; No Time For Cupid; Fighting Man; Bill Battle: A Lot of Enemy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 12 #2
    Beauty Parade (1941-1956 Harrison Publications^) Magazine Vol. 12 #2





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    • Spine split 5%.
    • Staple rust. Centerfold detached, but still present. Foxing. Soiling. Moisture spotting.

    Volume 12, Issue 2 - May, 1953. 8.5" x 11.5", 54 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #3
    Beware (1953 Trojan/Merit) 3
    • 1" Cumulative spine split. Cover coming loose at one staple.
    • 8.25" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple.
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    Cover by 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) #15. A scientist encounters gigantic amoebas deep in the swamp - amoebas with a taste for humans. A man resurrects the spirit of his ancestor, a murderous pirate, hoping to learn where he hid his treasure. A magazine artist is hired to draw the faces of the dead. The Swamp Horror; Never Call a Ghost; The Stolen Soul; Chills in the Night; The Faces of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. NOTE: #15 May on cover (actual #3 in series). Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    Beware Terror Tales (1952 Fawcett) 7

    Stories and art by Sheldon Moldoff, Bill Woolfolk, Maurice Gutwirth and Bob McCarthy. Classic pre-Code horror from St. John. Chess master Roger engages Death in a chess game during a near-death experience, but after he's revived, Death wants to continue the game. A train engineer gets a job offer to conduct the train to Hell, a one-way trip for most. Scientist Hiram creates a machine that can transport the souls of the elderly into the bodies of the freshly dead, and it just gets worse from there. The Man Who Defeated Death!; Dripping Terror; Last Express!; Tempest in a Teapot; The Walking Cadaver. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #20
    Beyond (1950 Ace) 20
    • 2" Cumulative spine split. Water damage.

    Cover art by Lou Cameron. Prophecy of the Black Dream, art by Ken Rice; In Paris, art painter Dulaq finds magical paints; Everything he paints becomes reality; So he disposes comfortably of his rival and his landlady. Horde of the Faceless; Henry Keefe considers suicide because he lost his right arm in an accident; He is approached by the legion of "the faceless ones", a dark cult; They restore his arm and want a book of magic in exchange. Lair of the Spidery Fiend, pencils by Dick Beck. Calling All Ghouls, pencils by Chic Stone. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #21
    Big Town (1951) 21
    • Cover oxidation.

    Based on the TV and radio show of the same name, Big Town lasted 50 issues. This installment includes the following: "The Strange Invasion of Big Town!" (alien invaders do their thing in this sci-fi tale); "Halfway to Peril"; "Million Dollar Typewriter!"; and "Police Reporter." Scripts John Broome and Dave Wood, pencils by Manny Stallman, inks by John Giunta. Cover by Gil Kane and Bernard Sachs. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #64
    Blackhawk (1944 1st Series) 64
    • Oxidation.

    Cover by Reed Crandall. Stories by Paul Gustavson and unknown. Art by Paul Gustavson, Reed Crandall and unknown. From the underwater kingdom of the demon Massacar, here come..."The Flying Submarines!" with art by Reed Crandall. Blackhawk is also featured in "The Legion of the Doomed!" and "The Ghost of Blackhawk Island!" Plus: Chop Chop in an untitled back-up story by Paul Gustavson. And: 1-page text story "Top Secret"! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #706
    Blighty (1939-1959 City Magazines Ltd.) UK Magazine 706
    • Staple rust: Slight.
  • Issue #707
    Blighty (1939-1959 City Magazines Ltd.) UK Magazine 707
    • Staple rust: Slight.
  • Vol. 97 #1
    Blue Book (1905-1956 Story-Press/Consolidated/McCall) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 97 #1

    Volume 97, Issue 1 - May 1953, 8.25" x 11", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #89
    Boy Comics (1942) 89

    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Norman Maurer 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. A convict just released schemes to claim the loot that's been hidden since his arrest, and frame his double-crossing girlfriend in the bargain. Sniffer & the Deadly Dozen flee from a dangerous Iron Jaw aboard a runaway roller coaster. After suffering heavy losses, the Rocketeers take on the alien invasion force, only to learn it comes from the planet of space villain the Claw. Also featuring Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Crimebuster: He Got What Was Coming; Sniffer & the Deadly Dozen: Iron Jaw's Biggest Bite; Little Wise Guys: The Four Musketeers; Rocky X: The Return of the Claw. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #30
    Bugs Bunny (1952-1980 Dell/Gold Key) 30

    Cover pencils by Tony Strobl. Stories by Don R. Christensen and various. Art by John Carey, Tony Strobl, Fred Abranz and various. Featuring the tales "The Smoke Smeller," "Beefy Bunny's Muscles," "The Loco Locomotive" and more! Starring Bugs Bunny, Petunia Pig, Horton (Horty) Hare, Beefy Bunny, Porky Pig, Sylvester Pussycat, Cicero Pig and Elmer Fudd! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #17
    Chamber of Chills (1952-1954 Harvey 2nd Series) 17
    • 4" cumulative spine split, cover detached at one staple.
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    • Interior complete. Near complete spine split. Glue at spine. Staple rust with migration. Oxidation and chipping.
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    Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Warren Kremer, Howard Nostrand, Joe Certa and Moe Marcus. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. An amnesiac rediscovers his evil past. The ghost of a murdered mobster haunts the gangsters who killed him. A hunter is stalked by his own magical double. Amnesia!; Cold Type; Chiller Dillers!; Big Fight!; Bridge!; Jealousy; The Collector. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $499 Chamber Of Chills #17 Harvey, Lee Elias Cover! Struck By Lightning! CGC 3.0 OW-W

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  • Issue #28
    Children's Digest (1950-2009 Better Reading Foundation) 28


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  • Issue #1
    Classics Illustrated 107 King of the Khyber Rifles (1953) 1

    King of the Khyber Rifles, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 108, with 5/53 date). Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #4
    Classics Illustrated 107 King of the Khyber Rifles (1953) 4

    King of the Khyber Rifles, 4th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 158). Cover price $0.15.

  • May 9 1953
    Collier's (1888-1957 Crowell-Collier Publishing) Magazine May 9 1953


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    • Staple rust: Moderate.

    May 9, 1953. The classic weekly magazine featuring news and fiction. Articles include: "He Tarzan - You Fan" (4 page article on Tarzan's success, with photos), "Should the Navy and the Air Force merge?", "Can Eisenhower End Segregation in Washington?", and more. Full page color ads include Kelly Tires, Nash, Seagrams, Kodak. 10.75" x 13.75", 74 pages, PC/B&W. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #42
    Cookie (1946) 42

    Stories and art by Ben Brown and David Gantz. Teen hijinks featuring Cookie and his pals, created by legendary animator Dan Gordon. Cookie and Jitterbuck go out into the country to rescue a stranded Angelpuss and her pop, but they get lost; Jitterbuck convinces Cookie to open a dog laundry; The Brain invents a flame-thrower to help Cookie clear snow off the sidewalk. Cookie; Clumsy Oaf; Girl Trouble; Too Old for Measles!; Buster; Cookie: There Was a Crooked Man! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 2 #9
    Cover Girls Models (1949-1955 Models Publishing Co.) Magazine Vol. 2 #9
    • Spine stress. Soiling. Water damage.

    Volume 2, Issue 9 - May, 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", 70 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #84
    Crack Western (1949) 84

    Cover by Paul Gustavson. Stories by Robert Bernstein and unknown. Art by Edmond Good, Paul Gustavson, Charles Sultan & unknown and Reed Crandall. Managing Lucy as a singer is only Pollard's front -- he's actually an outlaw and murderer holding Lucy in slavery in the Two-Gun Lil story "The Kissing Monster"! Plus: Sharp Stenger and his band of big-city desperados are threatening to massacre the town of Broken Creek if they don't surrender to them in the Arizona Raines story "The Revolt at Broken Creek!" Also: Once the outlaw world unmasked the Whip and knew his secret, he was as good as dead in "Unmasked"! And: Bob Allen, Frontier Marshal in "Five Against the Law"! Plus: Arizona Ames in 1-page reprint text story "The Other Gun"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    Crime Mysteries (1952-1954 Trojan Magazines) 7

    Cover by Harry Harrison. Stories and art by Richard Kahn, Mo Marcus, Al Gordon, Paul S. Newman, Tony Tallarico, Cerrone, Al Tyler, John Belfi, Ray McClelland and Pierre Charpentier. Crime and adventure comics featuring detective heroes. Dr. Lance Storm's arch enemy Professor Zarno gets his hands on an atomic bomb. A hunted man seeks help from Chinese-American scientist Dr. Foo and gets him involved in international intrigue. Sally the Sleuth uncovers the secret of the mysterious House of Death. Good-girl mummy cover by future sci-fi author Harry Harrison. Sons of Satan!; Dead at the Wheel!; The Fantastic Dr. Foo: The Case of China's Stolen Funds!; Terror in the Dark; Sally the Sleuth. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 1 #1
    Crime Police Cases (1953 Westridge Publishing Corp.) Magazine Vol. 1 #1


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    • Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
  • Vol. 11 #3
    Detective World (1943-1981 Detective World Inc) True Crime Magazine Vol. 11 #3
    • Staple rust. Rust migration. 2" Spine split from base of spine with heavy chewing. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing.

    Vol. 11, No. 3. May 1953. Sensationalistic tales of true crime. 8.5" x 11". 82 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #1
    Dilly (1953) 1
    Published May 1953 by Lev Gleason.
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    Cover art by Charles Biro. "The Big Dance," art by Bart Tumey; Dilly tries to find a way to get $5 so he can take Carol to the dance; Dilly gets the $5 from Hoppy by trying to keep Gruesome Jones from taking Dilly's sister Nancy to the dance; But Gruesome ends up going with Nancy anyway; Meanwhile, crooked furnace repairmen damage the Duncans' furnace so they'll have to buy a new one from them. Dilly Dallies text story. "Introducing Betty Campus"; Betty runs against Bob Lewis for student council president of Suburban High; The campaign ends up a battle of the sexes. "Speed Kings"; Short articles about the fastest race cars, fastest baseball pitch, and fastest electronic computer. "Gruesome Gets the Girl" starring Dilly Duncan of Dorset High; Dilly and Marvin help the new neighbors move in; Noticing the move-in is supervised by a pretty girl named Sue, Gruesome also volunteers his services; Thinking his work would land him a date with the girl, Dilly calls at the home and gets a date with their daughter Sue, who turns out to be just a little girl. Two Lev Gleason Trading Cards in the "Famous Fighting Planes Series." 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 21 #114
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1941-Present Davis-Dell) Vol. 21 #114


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    • Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.
    • Back cover detached 5%.
  • Vol. 5 #3
    Fantastic Story Magazine (1950-1955 Best Books) Pulp Vol. 5 #3


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 60%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    May 1953. Cover by Ed Emshwiller. Stories by Murray Leinster, Jerry Shelton, Ed Weston, Kelvin Kent, Curt Storm, William Fitzgerald, and robert Moore Williams. Alex Schomburg illustration. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 146 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #41
    Felix the Cat (1948 Dell/Toby/Harvey) 41
    • Piece missing from back cover. 4" Spine split from bottom. Cover detached.

    Cover by Otto Messmer. Stories and art by Otto Messmer, Joe Oriolo and A. W. Nugent. Comics adventures of the popular, long-running cartoon character; this series often featured art by the two men most associated with Felix, Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. In a classic story featuring great train art by Messmer and Oriolo, Felix takes a ride in his vintage locomotive, but winds up trying to stop a runaway train. Cats do bark, when Felix gets a job as a carnival barker. Joe Blow feels that any day is improved by a quick midday nap. Terrific steam engine cover by Otto Messmer and/or Joe Oriolo. Testing the Tester; Joe Blow; Jigsore; Fibber Fox; Felix On the Go; Kokey Koala; Play Fun. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Vol. 27 #1
    Fifteen Western Tales (1942-1955 Popular^) Pulp Vol. 27 #1


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.
  • Issue #13
    Fight Against Crime (1951) 13
    • Restored: C1
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover. (Tape on interior cover.)
    • Label #0355647017
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    • Cover coming loose at staples, cover oxidation.
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    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #2048470015
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    • Heavy cover oxidation, edge chipping, tape on interior front cover.
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    Cover by Dick Beck. Stories and art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth, Sal Trapani and Ed Goldfarb. Pre-Code tales of EC-style horror from Story Comics. Seeking revenge for his wife's death, a doctor ensures that a reporter really does have ink in his veins. Cowardly Crowell goes on safari with his wife, but when she has an affair with the guide, he manages to make at least one kill. A horror host (based on EC's Crypt-Keeper) reveals the story of Paul, who falls in love with the vampire next door. Two Heads Are Better Than One; Deadline; The Rat and the Rattlesnake; The Big Game Hunter; The Bloodless Killer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #467
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 467
    • Centerfold detached at one staple.
    • Centerfold detached at one staple.

    Indicia is "Zane Grey's Desert Gold, No. 467." Painted cover art. Desert Gold, script by Gaylord Du Bois; Led by a Yaqui Indian, four men and a woman escape from a siege by Rojas, the Mexican rebel and bandit, who wants the woman; They make their way to a hidden valley where they await the attack of Rojas and his men. Adapted from "Desert Gold" by Zane Grey, originally published in 1913. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #24
    Frankenstein Comics (1945) 24
    • Paper: Slightly britle
    • Tape on interior cover.
    • Label #2013153014

    Stories and art by Dick Briefer. Cover by Dick Briefer. Prize Comics revives Dick Briefer's Frankenstein series in line with the horror trends of the Pre-Code 1950s. Two boys innocently befriend the Monster, but townspeople soon discover him; A modern-day Scandinavian sea captain meets his Viking ancestors; A man's ghost watches over his widow, in a story similar to the 1990s film "Ghost." Friendly Enemies; Death Leap; Tomb of Ice; Oddly Enough; Death Departs; Spirit World. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #12
    Frontline Combat (1951 EC) 12
    • Interior is complete, back cover is missing. Brittle along spine. Full length spine split to several interior pages.

    Cover by Jack Davis. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman. Art by George Evans, Alex Toth, Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Davis, and Wally Wood. The companion title to Kurtzman's groundbreaking war comic Two-Fisted Tales, showcasing the brutal realities of war. This theme issue focuses on the US Air Force. An aircraft observer suspects approaching bombers, and F-94 jets are scrambled in response. A detailed recounting of a B-29 bombing run over Korea from start to finish. Helicopters find action during Korea by rescuing soldiers from danger. F-94!; F-86 Sabre Jet!; Rocket Flight; B-26 Invader!; H-5. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 4 #1
    Future Science Fiction (1952-1960 Columbia Publications) Pulp Vol. 4 #1


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 4, Issue 1 - May, 1953. Science Fiction and adventures stories featuring "The Liberation of Earth" by William Tenn. 6.5" x 9", 100 newsprint pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #75
    Gene Autry Comics (1946-1959 Dell) 75

    Photo Cover. Stories by unknown. Art by Bob Schoenke and Nicholas Firfires. Gene Autry in "Gene Autry and the Mystery of Gallows Pass" and "Gene Autry and the Murder Mountain Mine"! Plus: "The Lucky Guitar"; 2-page text story "The Pancake Trap"; and the 1-page text article "Border Patrol" with art by Till Goodan! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #1
    GI Jane (1953) 1
    Published May 1953 by Stanhall.
    • Label #4148532001

    Cover by Bill Williams. Stories and art by Hal Seeger and Bill Williams. GI Jane is part of the WACs (Women's Army Corps), allowing her cartoonists, Hal Seeger and Bill Williams, to combine military humor with plentiful good-girl art. Jane crashes Colonel Oppenheim's party, and gets confined to quarters after she gets caught. But a chance discovery provides her the opportunity to get off the hook, and have a great story for the girls in the barracks besides. Plus the adventures of Sad Sack-like grunt PX (post exchange) Pete. GI Jane; PX Pete. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #89
    Ha Ha Comics (1943) 89
    Published May 1953 by ACG.