Comic books August 1953
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Cover pencils by Warren Kremer, inks by Al Avison. Wife In Name Only, pencils by Bob Powell, inks by Bob Powell Studio [Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, George Seifringer, Martin Epp]. Here Comes The Bride!, art by Bill Draut. Mockery of Marriage, art by Warren Kremer. Mockery of Marriage, art by Warren Kremer. Wrong Kind of Guy, pencils by Warren Kremer, inks by Lee Elias. I Was A Child Bride, art by Al Avison. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Tempo Magazine (1953 Pocket Magazines) Vol. 1 #9Published Aug 1953 by Pocket Magazines.
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Volume 1, Issue 9 - August 3rd, 1953. Celebrity gossip magazine. The issue features a Zsa Zsa Gabor cover and pictorials, and a look at the manufacturing portion of the fashion industry. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Tempo Magazine (1953 Pocket Magazines) Vol. 1 #10Published Aug 1953 by Pocket Magazines.
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Volume 1, Issue 10 - August 10th, 1953. Celebrity gossip magazine. The issue features a Billy Graham. cover and pictorials. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Tempo Magazine (1953 Pocket Magazines) Vol. 1 #11Published Aug 1953 by Pocket Magazines.
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Volume 1, Issue 11 - August 17th 1953. Celebrity gossip magazine. The issue features Elizabeth Taylor on the cover, and includes articles Canada's uranium reserves, and motherhood in Hollywood. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Tempo Magazine (1953 Pocket Magazines) Vol. 1 #12Published Aug 1953 by Pocket Magazines.
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Volume 1, Issue 12 - August 24th 1953. Celebrity gossip magazine. The issue features baseball legend Roy Campanella on the cover, and extensive articles on American concerns over the Hydrogen Bomb. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Ten-Story Love (1951-1956 Ace) Comic Series Vol. 32 #4Published Aug 1953 by Ace Periodicals.
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Photo cover. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "Too Many Sweethearts"; "Heart on Ice" reprinted from Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #31; "Tempted Because of Loneliness"; and "Snubbed!". Text articles: "Expressions that Reveal You: He Said He Loved Me..." reprinted from "Chats on Charm, It Shows in Your Face..." in All Love (1949) #30 and from "The Charm Corner..." in Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #50, and reprinted as "The Charm Corner..." in Ten Story Love Vol. 36 (1955) #5; "Why Some Girls Get the Brush-Off: How to Perk Up for That Last Minute Invitation..." reprinted as "Glamorizing Yourself..." in Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #68 and partially reprinted from "Chats on Charm..." in All Love (1949) #29. Indicia states "TEN-STORY LOVE". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Texas Rangers (1936-1958 Standard) Pulp Vol. 51 #3Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Aug 1953 by Standard Publishing.
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Published Aug 1953 by Theatre Arts, Inc..$15.00
View scansVolume 37, Issue 8 - August, 1953. TAM is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures. Broadway and Hollywood. Includes: "See the Jaguar" by N. Richard Nash, "My Sister Eileen Goes on the Town" by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and much more. 8.5-in. x 11-in, 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.
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Edited by Will Lieberson, V.A. Provisiero and Al Jetter. Stories by unknown. Art by Bud Thompson, Bob Powell and unknown. Come on in! Dr. Death has some real out-of-this-world stories to tell you! Horror tales that are so scary they could only lead you to believe that This Magazine is Haunted! In this issue: American writer Richard Mord visits the castle of Valord, home of the vampire lady Siroon. There he discovers the entrance to the beyond, hidden behind a strange door. When he returns for a second visit, the demons greet him all too familiar in "The Door" with art by Bud Thompson. Plus: A society lady wants to show off with an exquisite piece of pottery for her dinner party. She seeks the services of a ghoulish potter living next to a graveyard. He does create something unique in "The Store at the Cemetery"! Also: While nurse Sheila is waiting for her fiance Johnny, evil doctor Quantrell pushes her into a flesh-eating wall of pulsating meat he created. A race against the clock unfolds in "The Wall of Flesh!" with pencils by Bob Powell. And: A movie turkey about a Martian invasion is promoted by faking one. But instead of the hired actors real men from Mars land in Hollywood and begin their attack in "Ready -- Action -- Camera!" 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Aug 1953 by Standard Magazines Inc..
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Published Aug 1953 by Beacon Magazines.$11.00
View scan- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.
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- Staple rust. Foxing. Soiling. Heavy water damage.
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View scans- Paper: Off white
- Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
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- Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
Volume 42, Issue 3 - August, 1953. Cover by Jack Coggins. Stories by Kendell Foster Crossen, George O. Smith, Sam Merwin Jr., Robert Sheckley, Leslie Waltham, Charles A. Stearns, Mike Curry, R.J. McGregor, J.W. Groves, and Paul A. Torak. Three Virgil Finlay illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.
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Tags: Comic Strip ReprintsPublished Aug 1953 by United Features Syndicate.
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Cover pencils by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and Art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks and unknown. (Note: Who the inkers are is mainly unknown.) In this issue: Nancy by Ernie Bushmiller; The Captain and the Kids by Rudolph Dirks; Stamp Tips article "Louisiana Purchase"; How it Began article "The Prospector's Compass"; and Tarzan. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Aug 1953 by Roy Harmon.$62.00
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Volume 10, Issue 1 - August 1953. Cover by Steffa. Humorous pin-up magazine with photos and cartoons scattered throughout. This issue with a photo of Bettie Page. 8 1/2-in. x 1 1/2-in., 50 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.25.
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Vol. 17 #2
Published Aug 1953 by Columbia 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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Published Aug 1953 by Dell/Gold Key.$6.00
Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Featuring: Tom & Jerry tale; Bruiser picks on Tom in an Adventures of Tom tale; Barney Bear & Benny Burro tale; Polly the parrot tries to get Spike & Tyke in trouble so they can't go for a ride in a Big Spike & Little Tyke tale; Bertie Bird text story "Adventure in Apple Tree Lane"; Wuff the Prairie Dog tale; Jerry & Tuffy 2-pager; Fuzzy & Wuzzy tale; Flip 'n' Dip 2-pager; and Droopy half-pager. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #78
Published 1953 (est.) by L. Miller & Sons.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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Triple Western (1947-1958 Standard) Pulp Vol. 13 #2Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Aug 1953 by Standard Publishing.$44.00
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- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
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- Spine stress. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Scuffing. Soiling. Water damage.
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View scans- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.
Volume 13, Issue 2 - August, 1953. 6.75" x 9", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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True (1937-1976 Country/Fawcett/Petersen) Vol. 33 #195Published Aug 1953 by Petersen Publishing Company.$9.00
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Issue #373
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Published Aug 1953 by MacFadden Publications.
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Vol. 14 #154
True Police Cases (1946-2000 Fawcett) Magazine Vol. 14 #154This 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. 57 #6
True Romances (1923 MacFadden) Vol. 57 #6Published Aug 1953 by MacFadden 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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Published Aug 1953 by MacFadden Publications.$2.50
Volume 69, Issue 1 - August 1953. Cover by Ozzie Sweet. Photos and articles focusing on American life. "Teens: Good or Bad?", "Spawn of Satan." 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 138 pages B&W. Cover price $0.20.
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$120.00
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Cover by Jack Davis. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Davis, Wally Wood, and Jerry De Fuccio. Art by George Evans, John Severin, Marie Severin, Wally Wood, and Jack Davis. Harvey Kurtzman's legendary series enlisted top EC artists for gritty tales of war and adventure. An outlaw takes over a Western town but doesn't reckon on an elderly homesteader. (This story was written and drawn by Jack Davis while Harvey Kurtzman was busy shaping the early MAD.) French pilot Georges Guynemer becomes a legendary fighter ace during World War I. During feudal times, a charge of murder leads to a duel, with art by Wally Wood. Action-packed cover by Wood. Betsy!; Trial by Arms!; Salty Speech; En Crapaudine!; Guynemer! NOTE: This issue was reprinted by East Coast Comics with a $1 cover a 1970's copyright date (see E.C. Classic Reprints #9). These and other changes make the reprint easy to distinguish from the original which has a 10-cent cover price and a 1950's publication date. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Tags: Pulp Adventure
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Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by Harry Anderson, Gene Colan, Reed Crandall, Bill Walton, Mike Sekowsky, and Jack Abel. Tantalizing tales of suspense and horror, sometimes with science fiction elements. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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$299 Uncanny Tales #11 1953 Atlas Comics Bill Everett, Stan Lee Golden Age ✨ 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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Vol. 4 #8
Underworld Detective Magazine (1949 UDI) Vol. 4 #8Published Aug 1953 by Underworld Detective 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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Cover by Johnny Craig. Ad for MAD magazine. "Whirlpool," script and art by Johnny Craig; Her mind was whirling as three horrid creatures hovered over her, asking her name, and she ran to escape; A series of events: thrown into boiling water, plunged into ice, poked with a hypodermic, strapped into an electric chair, and put into a small room that kept shrinking. "Out of His Head!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Alex had murdered Stanley with an axe to his head, trying to blame the death on a maniac; It seemed, however, that the dead man kept haunting him. "Crash Landing!" text story. 'An Ample Sample," art by George Evans; Irwins wife Hannah gets fat from eating too many chocolates; he admits to killing her. "Funereal Disease!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); Jasper went to his cottage on the Fairchild Estate and counted up the money he had been saving, a total of $4970, and knew as soon as Mr. Fairchild paid him the last $30 he owed him, he'd be set.... set to have the funeral that was denied to his parents. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Aug 1953 by Flying Eagle Publications.
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Published Aug 1953 by Flying Eagle Publications.
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- INCOMPLETE. Half of first page missing, affects art and story. Heavy interior oxidation with some spine splitting to wraps as well as cover.
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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. A comic-book writer devises a fiendish revenge against the editor who fired him. After treasure hunters rob a jungle idol, the idol comes to life and pursues them. In colonial India, Colonel Rankin finds a way to get rid of his daughter's suitor for good, or so he thinks. Vanishing Cadavers; Mask of the Monster; Fangs of the Werewolf; Idol of Evil; Tusks of Terror. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Aug 1953 by Dell/Gold Key.$5.10
52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Cover art by Joe Certa. "Fog!", art by Jack Sparling; A soldier is shot in the spine and paralyzed during the attack on Red Inchon. "Expendable" text story. "Death Bait!"; South Korean War story about the 5th Marine Division. "Joe Palooka Helps His Young Friends Start a Safe Air Rifle Club!" public service announcement. "Battlefront Madness!"; Murphy borrows a trick from his brother in the Air Force by mounting rockets on a tank. "Veteran" text story. "American Heroes"; Four examples of American heroism during wartime. "Ambush"; A young Korean boy helps the American soldiers by throwing grenades. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Aug 1953 by Gillmore Publ..
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Cover by Bernard Baily. Stories and art by Tony Mortellaro and others. Pre-Code tales of horror from Stanley Morse Publications. A convict sees a chance to escape prison by feeding a visiting rat. A scientist who manages to shrink down in size is accidentally swallowed by a colleague. A cursed pearl brings murder and death to all who possess it. The Castle of Fear; Rat-Trap; While the Iron Was Hot; Jonah; The Cycle. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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- RESTORATION. Color touch, spine and edges rebuilt/reinforced, re-glossed, piece fill, TRIMMED. Interior cover slightly tacky,
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Gory cover by Bernard Bailey shows a man with his heart ripped out. Interiors reprint Weird Mysteries # 1: "High Voltage" (art by Hy Fleishman), "The Planet Eaters," "Death Takes a Holiday" (art by Nick Frank), "A Stone's Throw From Eternity," "The Spirits From Outer Space!" Edited by Stanley Morse. Stories by Fleishman, Frank Frollo, Frank, Loffredo, Walter Palais, and Mike Esposito. Futuristic science fiction, sometimes with elements of horror—these are Weird Tales of the Future! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Aug 1953 by Columbia Publications.
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Volume 17, Issue 2 - August, 1953. 6.75" x 9.75", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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Cover art by Howard Sherman. Blind Man's Bluff starring Wyoming Kid, script by Gardner Fox, art by Howard Sherman. The Petticoat Puncher starring Rodeo Rick, script by Gardner Fox, art by Ramona Fradon. Trigger Target starring Cowboy Marshal, art by Ed Smalle Jr. The Outlaw Picture starring Nighthawk, script by Don Cameron, art by Ruben Moreira. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Vol. 221 #5
Published Aug 1953 by Street & Smith.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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Published Aug 1953 by George Newnes Ltd..$78.00
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Issue 662 - August, 1953. A collection of true stories from all over the world. 100 Pages, B&W.
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Tags: ArchiePublished Aug 1953 by Archie Publications.$41.00
Kary Keene back-up story by Bill Woggon. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Aug 1953 by Marvel/Atlas.
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Kid Colt Outlaw stars in an untitled story (art by Jack Keller), plus "Killer at Bay" (script by Stan Lee, art by George Tuska), "Water Hole" (art by Sam Kweskin), and "The Kid!" Cover price $0.10.
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Wings Comics (1940) #120Published Aug 1953 by Fiction House.
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Edited by J.F. Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by John Belcastro, A. Albert, Maurice Gutwirth, Art Peddy, Bernard Sachs and Bill Discount. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. A vanished pilot discovers a sort of elephant's graveyard of ancient aircraft, all still flying inside a mysterious cloud; US airmen track a Soviet superbomber into the arctic wastes; After crash-landing at sea, Buzz Bennett is a sitting duck for enemy fighters. Doomsday Mission; Blood on the Ice; The Curse of Squadron 3; Buzz Bennett; The Raiders' Roost. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Wink (1944-1955 Wink Inc.^) Magazine Vol. 9 #1$72.00
View scansVol. 9, No. 1. August 1953. Cover by Peter Driben. Single photo of Bettie Page. 8.5" x 11.5". 48 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Aug 1953 by Witches Tales.
- 2.5" Cumulative spine split partially taped.
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- Pen on front cover and margins of first page, cover coming loose at staples.
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Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Manny Stallman, and Jack Sparling. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. The manager of a jazz club thinks his new trumpet player is inhumanly good. John and Heather meet, fall in love and marry, but each has a secret they haven't told the other. A mad scientist plans to attack the city with a herd of monster cows. Jazz!; Project X; Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes; Kiss and Kill; Shock!; Great Illusion; Legends of the Sky; I'll String Along. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Vol. 16 #11
Published Aug 1953 by Woman's Day.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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Wonder (1942-1953 AP) UK #1755Tags: Anthology / CollectionPublished Aug 1953 by Amalgamated Press.$14.00
View scanAugust 8, 1953. Adventure and humor comic strips, plus short text pieces. 9.75-in. x 13-in.; black and white; 12 newsprint pages.
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Wonder (1942-1953 AP) UK #1756Tags: Anthology / CollectionPublished Aug 1953 by Amalgamated Press.$22.00
View scansAugust 15, 1953. Adventure and humor comic strips, plus short text pieces. 9.75-in. x 13-in.; black and white; 12 newsprint pages.
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Wonder (1942-1953 AP) UK #1757Tags: Anthology / CollectionPublished Aug 1953 by Amalgamated Press.$14.00
View scanAugust 22, 1953. Adventure and humor comic strips, plus short text pieces. 9.75-in. x 13-in.; black and white; 12 newsprint pages.