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Comic books July 1953

  • Issue #39
    Lovelorn (1950) 39

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    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Al Eadeh and others. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG, one of the earliest of the romantic comics genre of the postwar era. A handsome man makes a pass at his boss, a career woman who hates men; Advice for women on not being a neat-freak; Ellie doesnt understand why her date never said a word all evening, while she talked and talked. My Beautiful Boss; How to Make a Man Miserable!; Mistaken Love; Short-Changed by Romance; O.A.O!; What Would He Say About You?; Lonely For Love?; Riches of Romance. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #35
    Lovers' Lane (1949) 35

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    Cover by Fred Kida. Stories and art by Robert Martinott, Al Luster, Al Wenzel and Eloise Taylor. From the publisher of Crime Does Not Pay, Lover's Lane offered somewhat edgier, more lurid tales than other romance comics of the era. Lorry falls for bullfighter Johnnie in Mexico, but his dangerous profession threatens to split them apart. Eddie pretend-dates Jeanne to get her to take romance more seriously, and winds up falling for her for real. Kate dates the foreman at her father's logging camp, and a jealous lumberjack tries to sabotage the whole operation. Romance In Mexico; Should You Write a Love Letter?; Love's No Gamble; The Flirt; Surrender to Love; Love Problems. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    Lucky Duck (1953) 7

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    Funny animal stories. Art by Irving Spector, whom Harvey Kurtzman tried to hire for Mad #1. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 2 #5
    MacKill's Mystery Magazine (1952-1954 Todd Publishing) UK Edition Vol. 2 #5

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  • Vol. 2 #4
    MacKill's Mystery Magazine (1952-1954 Todd Publishing) US Edition Vol. 2 #4

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  • Vol. 5 #1
    Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (1949-Present Mercury Publications) Vol. 5 #1


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    July 1953. Cover by Emsh. Science fiction stories: ""The Star Gypsies" by William Lindsay Gresham, "The Adventures of the Snith in Time" by Mack Reynolds and August Derleth, "The Hypnoglyph" by John Anthony, "The Untimely Toper" by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt, "Man" by Dave Dryfoos, "Mop-Up" by Arthur Porges, "Yankee Exodus" by Ruth M. Goldsmith, "The Model of a Science Fiction Editor" (poem) by Anthony Boucher, "The Friends of the Friends" by Henry James, Judgment Planet" by Idris Seabright, "Expendable" by Philip K. Dick, "The King's Wishes" by Robert Sheckley, and "Star Light, Star Bright" by Alfred Bester. Softcover, 5.5-in. x 7.5-in.; 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 3 #7
    Male (1950-1981 Male Publishing Corp.) Vol. 3 #7

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    Volume 3, Issue 7 - July 1953. Adventure stories, articles and nude photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 98 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 4 #6
    Man to Man Magazine (1949 Picture Magazines) Vol. 4 #6
  • Vol. 1 #5
    Man's Life (1952-1961 Crestwood) 1st Series Vol. 1 #5


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    • 1/2" spine split from top.
    • Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 1, Issue 5 - July 1953. Adventure stories, articles and humor. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 82 pages. B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 1 #7
    Manhunt (1953 digest) UK Edition Vol. 1 #7

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  • Vol. 1 #7
    Manhunt (1953-1967 Eagle Publications) Magazine Vol. 1 #7


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  • Issue #99
    March of Comics (1946 K.K. Publishing/Western) 99

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    "The Ostrich Horse Race"; Porky enters his ostrich named Oscar in a horse race; Petunia Pig and Bugs Bunny appear. Untitled story; Porky Pig buys two canes from Pharmacist Bugs. 4 pages of puzzles. 36 pgs., full color.

  • Issue #5
    Marge's Tubby (1953-1961 Dell) 5
    • Staple rust with migration.
    • Centerfold plus one wrap detached at one staple.

    Tubby in "The Indian Fighter" and "The West Side Guys Get Skinked." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    1 day left Auction "Marge's Tubby" #5 Dell Comic July-Sept., 1953

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  • Issue #39
    Marmaduke Mouse (1946 Quality) 39
  • Issue #85
    Marvel Family (1945 Fawcett) 85

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    Cover by C. C. Beck. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Kurt Schaffenberger, Bill Woolfolk, Bud Thompson, Art Helfant and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. In a multi-part adventure, an empire of the apes is discovered in the remote Amazon jungle. Vampira manages to awaken the Beast of Shenshu and send him after US forces in Korea, but Captain Marvel, Jr. is there too. The Primate Plot, Chapter One: The Jungle Jigsaw; Chapter Two: The Ape Army Attacks; Chapter Three: World of Apes; Vacuum Bloobstutter: Crime at High Noon; Lost and Found; Vampiras Beast of the Battlefield; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $40 Marvel Family #85 Fair C.C Beck Cover Art Golden Age Shazam Fawcett Comics 1953

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  • Issue #116
    Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) 116

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    Cover art by Joe Maneely. Won't You Step Into My Parlor? Werewolf by Night!, inks by Jack Abel; A young man becomes forced into being an accomplice for a werewolf when he commits robberies for his lady love and leaves the victims for the werewolf; It turns out the girl is a werewolf too, the daughter of the elderly werewolf. The Starmen text story. The Final Payment!, art by Al Eadeh; A miser is beheaded in an auto accident and can't understand why people flee at the sight of him. When Billy Says Bang!, art by Tony DiPreta; A doctor discovers a young boy who has the ability to kill people by pointing his finger and saying 'bang' so he decides to use the child to eliminate his rivals. Not Wanted!, art by Sam Kweskin; A talent agent doesn't even bother to look at the person who walks in his door and auditions; He is unimpressed, and the talking and singing dog walks out of the office. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 46 #5
    Master Detective (1929 MacFadden) Magazine Vol. 46 #5

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  • Vol. 7 #3
    Max Brand's Western Magazine (1949-1954 Popular Publications) Pulp Vol. 7 #3


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Staple rust. Foxing. Soiling.

    Volume 7, Issue 3 - July, 1953. 6.75" x 9", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 49 #3
    Mechanix Illustrated (1928 Fawcett) Vol. 49 #3


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Vol. 2 #7
    Men (1952-1982 Zenith Publishing Corp.) Magazine Vol. 2 #7


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    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Vol. 53 #211
    Men Only (1935 C. Arthur Pearson) UK Digest Vol. 53 #211


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    Volume 53, Issue 211 - July, 1953. Digest-size UK men's magazine. Articles, humor, and pin-up photos. 5" x 7.25", 132 pages, B&W with color.

  • Issue #5
    Menace (1953 Atlas) 5

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    Cover art by Bill Everett. Zombie!, script by Stan Lee, art by Bill Everett; Simon Garth, the Zombie, wanders through the swamps of Louisiana, until it is time to answer the call of his master, Gyps. Crack-Down!, script by Stan Lee, art by Joe Maneely; A gang lord warns a small time hood not to pull any jobs in the next couple of weeks because a senator is in town, or else. Nightmare!, script by Stan Lee, art by George Tuska; Hunk Gillem returns home after a night of drinking only to be plagued by nightmares of being chased by the corpse of Tom Britton, a man that he had murdered. Rocket Ship!, script by Stan Lee, art by Russ Heath; In the year 2005 a rocket ship heads for Venus to relieve over population on Earth, but unfortunately the atmosphere of Venus dissolves human flesh like acid. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #143
    Mickey Magazine (Belgian 1950-1959 NV Uitgaven Pont-Levis) Dutch Edition 143

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    Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

  • Issue #144
    Mickey Magazine (Belgian 1950-1959 NV Uitgaven Pont-Levis) Dutch Edition 144

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    Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

  • Issue #145
    Mickey Magazine (Belgian 1950-1959 NV Uitgaven Pont-Levis) Dutch Edition 145

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    Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

  • Issue #146
    Mickey Magazine (Belgian 1950-1959 NV Uitgaven Pont-Levis) Dutch Edition 146

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    Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

  • Issue #147
    Mickey Magazine (Belgian 1950-1959 NV Uitgaven Pont-Levis) Dutch Edition 147

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    Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

  • Issue #143

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    Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

  • Issue #144

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    Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

  • Issue #145

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    Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

  • Issue #146
    Mickey Magazine (Belgian 1950-1959 NV Uitgaven Pont-Levis) French Edition 146

    Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

  • Issue #147
    Mickey Magazine (Belgian 1950-1959 NV Uitgaven Pont-Levis) French Edition 147
    • 1 1/2" interior tear.

    Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

  • Issue #31
    Mickey Mouse (1953-1987 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone) 31

    No ads in book. Entire issue from cover to cover is comic stories and one page strips. Mickey Mouse in "The Spirited Drizzlepuss" in which Mickey and Goofy solve the mystery of watery spirit. Issue also has an untitled story in which Mickey and Goofy deal with problems at a camp and "Happy Birthday." Last story continues onto inside back cover and back cover. No art/story credits given. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • 1953, #7
    Micky Maus (German 1951 Egmont Ehapa) 1953, #7

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    No. 7, July 1953 - German language reprint. 32 pages, full color.

  • 1954, #7
    Micky Maus (German 1951 Egmont Ehapa) 1954, #7

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    No. 7, July 1954 - German language reprint. 32 pages, full color.

  • Issue #43
    Mighty Mouse (1947 St. John/Pines) 43

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    Art by Art Bartsch and Connie Rasinski. The world's mightiest mouse defends Mouseville from danger - mostly cats - in the comic-book adventures of the Terrytoons animated superhero. 100-page giant. Sterno the Dragon kidnaps Princess Marie of Mouseland on her 18th birthday, but MM discovers that it's all a plot by Sir Rat to make himself look good by scaring off the dragon. On a movie-studio tour, Heckle and Jeckle get mistaken for stuntmen, and forced to perform dangerous stunts. Mighty Mouse inspires Cecil the runt to stand up to Bruiser the bully. Flaming Peril; Arctic Danger; The Dragon; The Perils of Pearl Pureheart; Gandy Goose: Caddy Capers; The Perils of Pearl Pureheart; The Runt; Heckle and Jeckle: Hollywood Heave-Ho; Dinky; Dimwit; Terry Bears: Happy Haunting Grounds; Heckle and Jeckle: Blankety Blanket; Little Roquefort; Sourpuss Shirks Work; Terry Bears: The Son's Sunlamp; The Port of Missing Mice. 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #44
    Millie the Model (1945 Marvel) 44

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    Scripts by Stan Lee, art by Dan DeCarlo. Daisy and Iggy back-up. Chili back-up. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #54
    Miss America Magazine Vol. 7 1952 (#45-93) 54

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  • Issue #12
    Mister Mystery (1951) 12

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    Cover by Bernard Baily. Stories and art by Hy Fleishman and others. Pre-Code horror tales from Aragon, an imprint of Stanley Morse Publications. Scientists seeking a subterranean paradise where people live forever instead find horrifying monsters. A man gets wishes from a genie and uses them for the perfect crime spree, but makes one wish too many, in a story featuring a pre-Code decapitation panel. Cover by Bernard Baily is the all-time classic "injury-to-the-eye motif" cover, a strange pre-Code horror trend. Shangri-La; Unknown Factor; The Curse of Aladdin; The Monster; The Trap. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $4,000 MISTER MYSTERY #12 RARE 1953 VG cond. Classic INJURY TO EYE Horror Cover!!!!

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  • Vol. 49 #1
    Model Airplane News (1929 Air Age Media) Magazine Vol. 49 #1


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    • Staple rust: Slight.
    • Staple rust: Extensive.

    Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 3 #1
    Modern Man (1951-1976 PDC) Magazine Vol. 3 #1



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    • Rust migration. Spine stress. 4 1/2" Cumulative spine split. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Residue. Scuffing. Soiling.

    Vol. 3, No. 1. July 1953. Vintage Men's magazine featuring articles, pictorials, and pin-ups. 8.5" x 11", 50 pages, B&W. MATURE. Cover price $0.50.

  • Vol. 45 #2

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  • Vol. 47 #2

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    Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

  • Vol. 23 #7

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  • Issue #35

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  • Issue #18
    Mopsy (1948) 18
    Published Jul 1953 by St. John.

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    Cover by Gladys Parker. Stories and art by Gladys Parker and Pete Field. One of the first female-centric comic strips, by pioneering female artist Gladys Parker, Mopsy combines an Ever Meulen art style with pantomime-style gags and good-girl art. When Susie snipes the dress she wanted, Mopsy finds a "helpful" way to get even by hanging wallpaper, in a four-page story. Mopsy's dog keeps dragging her through the snow, so she makes a dogsled. Mopsy is a crack shot with a firearm, but not so hot with a vehicle. Plus "Mopsy Modes" paper dolls, showcasing the fashions of the era. Mopsy; Mopsy Modes; Girl's Swimming Meet; Pixie; Gag-Bag; Comedy Column. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 85 #6
    Motion Picture Magazine (1911-1978 MacFadden/Fawcett) Vol. 85 #6

    Vol. 85 #6 - July 1953. Movie magazine featuring news, reviews and feature articles on movie stars. Featuring articles about Rock Hudson, Rita Hayworth, Doris Day, Tab Hunter, Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter, Robert Wagner, Howard Duff, Judy Garland, Full-page movie ads include Young Bess with Charles Laughton, South Sea Woman with Burt Lancaster, White Witch Doctor with Robert Mitchum, Houdini with Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W with some full color portraits. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 46 #11

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  • Jul 1953
    Motor Age (1899 Chilton Co.) Jul 1953

    Vol. 72, No. 8. July 1953. Cover by R. Hook. Monthly trade journal supporting independent automotive service providers. Wonderful period advertisements for auto parts and accessories. 8.25" x 11.25". 142 pages. Black and white.

  • Vol. 13 #8

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