Comic books October 1953

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Comic book featuring the famous singing cowboy hero Gene Autry. Gene Autry photo cover. "Gene Autry in Loggin' Trouble"; Two logger camps are competing to get their logs to the mill first, and Gene wonder if Murdoch is in cahoots with the other camp, and trying to get Bailey, but he can't prove it yet. "The Dice Tattoo," art by Nicholas Firfires; Gene is nearly run down by two men in a speeding car, and finds out they were bank robbers on the run; Later he and Windy meets up with them at a Rodeo. "The Curly Bill" text story. "Tit for Tat," art by Tony Sgroi; Pete is telling stories just for laughs this time, of dumb burros and arrested woodpiles. The Pike's Peak Saga fact page, art by August Lenox. The Great Buffalo Hunt fact page, art by August Lenox. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Graham Ingels. An Off-Color Heir--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A modern telling of Bluebeard. Dig That Cat...He's Real Gone!--The Crypt of Terror, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; A doctor transplants a cat's nine lives gland into a derelict in order to make money in death-defying stunts. Corker!--Haunt of Fear, script by Albert B. Feldstein, pencils by Jack Kamen, inks by Bill Elder. The High Cost of Dying!--The Vault of Horror!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Reed Crandall. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 2, Issue 2 - December, 1944. Long running magazine that features song lyrics, celebrity gossip, articles, and fan letters. This issue features songs from motion pictures such as; "Meet Me In St. Louis", "Reckless Age", "National Barn Dance", "Singing Sheriff", and many more. 8.5" x 11", 18 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 11, Issue 1 - October, 1953. Long running magazine that features song lyrics, celebrity gossip, articles, and fan letters. This issue features pictorials on celebrities such as Les Baxter, Tommy Edwards, Eddie Fisher, Georgia Gibbs, Silvana Mangano, Bill Lawrence, and many more. 8.5" x 11", 34 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

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Dick Giordano cover. In order of appearance: "Trial by Fire" art Lou Morales and Dennis Laugen; "Souped Up Siren!" art by Dick Giordano; "Death Takes the Wheel!"; "Hot Rod Talk"; "Trigger Temper" art by Art Capello and Dick Giordano; and "Swanson's Swan Song" art by Stan Campbell. "Salvo and Kemmo Join the Hot Rodders" illustrated text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Does not include original 3-D glasses. Cover by Joe Kubert. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, Les Zakarin and Enrico Bagnoli. Pre-Code horror from St. John featuring nice art by comics legend Joe Kubert and Enrico Bagnoli. St. John was a pioneer in 3-D comics during the original 3-D craze of the 1950s. Aspiring painter Henry makes a deal with the devil after he purchases a cursed painting, in a story with early art by comics legend Joe Kubert. In another Kubert story, robbers commit murder while fleeing police, then are pursued by the murdered man's spirit. A violinist falls under the spell of a cursed Stradivarius. Picture of Evil; The Violin of Death; The Curse of Khar; The Devil's Chair. 32 pages, B/W with 3-D effects. Cover price $0.25.

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Copy includes original 3-D glasses. Cover by Joe Kubert. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, Les Zakarin and Enrico Bagnoli. Pre-Code horror from St. John featuring nice art by comics legend Joe Kubert and Enrico Bagnoli. St. John was a pioneer in 3-D comics during the original 3-D craze of the 1950s. Aspiring painter Henry makes a deal with the devil after he purchases a cursed painting, in a story with early art by comics legend Joe Kubert. In another Kubert story, robbers commit murder while fleeing police, then are pursued by the murdered man's spirit. A violinist falls under the spell of a cursed Stradivarius. Picture of Evil; The Violin of Death; The Curse of Khar; The Devil's Chair. 32 pages, B/W with 3-D effects. Cover price $0.25.

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"Rocket Ransom" and "Doomed Cargo." Photo cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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2nd Series, resurrected in October 1953 as a 32 page weekly publication. Cover price $0.25.

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Painted cover art by Morris Gollub. Facts about the Matto Grosso. Untitled story, pencils by John Lehti; Gerry and Rocky travel to Brazil to set up their homestead in the wilderness, bringing Ben and Lassie with them; They hire Jose dos Patos as their guide. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Does not include original 3-D glasses. Mischievous Eva is an adorable counterpart to those other 1950s misadventurers, Little Audrey and Little Lulu. St. John was a pioneer in 3-D comics during the original 3-D craze of the 1950s. When Eva and her friends go camping, it quickly becomes the boys against the girls, until the boys get stuck on an outcropping. Short Stuff accidentally starts a feud with the neighborhood bully. Little Ike has a new way of making mischief when he gets a water pistol. Camping Out; Short Stuff: Bouncing Ball; Little Ike: Pistol-Packin Half-Pint!; Baby Kitten. 32 pages, B/W with 3-D effects. Cover price $0.25.

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Copy includes original 3-D glasses. Mischievous Eva is an adorable counterpart to those other 1950s misadventurers, Little Audrey and Little Lulu. St. John was a pioneer in 3-D comics during the original 3-D craze of the 1950s. When Eva and her friends go camping, it quickly becomes the boys against the girls, until the boys get stuck on an outcropping. Short Stuff accidentally starts a feud with the neighborhood bully. Little Ike has a new way of making mischief when he gets a water pistol. Camping Out; Short Stuff: Bouncing Ball; Little Ike: Pistol-Packin Half-Pint!; Baby Kitten. 32 pages, B/W with 3-D effects. Cover price $0.25.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by John Stanley. Two Scents Worth; Lulu soaks each boy with perfume to keep them from disturbing the girls' picnic. The Throw Rug; Lulu gets pulled into another world through a rug. The Exterminator; Lulu wants Tubby to get rid the Moppets' kitchen of a mouse. Harry Hoodwink; Lulu thinks Tubby and his family are hiding a criminal in their house. Soapsud Special; Lulu gives Tubby a soda made of soapy water and he doesn't even notice. Ol' Witch Hazel and the Villainous Vine. The Talking Dog; Tubby buys a talking dog from a man in the park. All scripts and pencils by John Stanley, inks by Irving. Two-page text story, Lulus Diry ("Diary"). Tripp. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Little Roquefort the mouse and Percy Puss the cat have a Tom & Jerry relationship - or Itchy & Scratchy, if you prefer. Roquefort realizes that Percy is getting wise to all his usual tricks, so when he makes a simple mistake, Percy thinks it's a new scheme. Roquefort finds new ways to bedevil Percy when Percy goes golfing. My Hero; Percy Puss: Bulls Eye; Hammer-Head; Vita-Might!; Percy Putts; The Trap; A Friend in Need. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Article on Potogojecs (Potawatomi Chief). Six-Gun Troublemaker, art by Alberto Giolitti; When Lynn drew his gun to settle with Jim, Tonto's shot hit Lynn's gun, but Jim don't believe it; He think he is the fastest gunman, and that Tonto is lying. The Captive, art by Alberto Giolitti; Chief Stone Bear will sign a peace treaty with the palefaces; Chief Wolf-Voice thinks Stone Bear has become a squaw, and will sign away all his lands for all time. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 2, Issue 6 - October 1953. "The Incredible Theft" by Agatha Christie and seven other stories by famous authors including Margery Allingham and John Dickson Carr. Squarebound, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. "Shermlock Shomes!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Bill Elder; Fearing for her uncle's life, a woman has Shermlock break into his room and Shermlock goes nuts trying to solve the non-crime; Sherlock Holmes parody. "Treasure Island!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by John Severin; A parody of Classics Illustrated comics version of Treasure Island. E.C. comics ad. "Operation Under-the-Ground" (Chapter 1) text story. Six pages of "Hey Look" by Kurtzman. "Smilin' Melvin!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Wally Wood; A parody of the aviation comic strip Smiling Jack. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ed Emshwiller. "Attitudes" by Phillip José Farmer, plus other fantasy and science fiction stories by Esther Carlson, Arthur Porges, Charles M. Harness, Raymond Chandler, Bill Brown, Poul Anderson, and Kay Rogers. Softcover. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in. 128 newsprint pages, black and white (all text). Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 3, Issue 10 - October 1953. Adventure stories, articles and pictorials. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 98 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Men's interest magazine focusing on adventure, hunting, and true crime articles, war stories and photos. Cover price $0.25.

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"The Girl Behind the Hedge" a novel that by Mickey Spillane, plus a Lou Archer novelette, "The Beat-Up Sister" by John Ross MacDonald.

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The Naturalist, The Chemist, The Castaway. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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October 1953. Articles about the nudist lifestyle. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 44 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.50.

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Stan Lee scripts; Dan DeCarlo art Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Hy Fleishman. Stories and art by Bill Savage, Mike Esposito and Ross Andru. Pre-Code tales of horror and the supernatural from Story Comics. A big-game hunter seeks the beautiful, deadly ghost of native legend. The sadistic new manager of an insane asylum finally gets what's coming to him, in a story featuring early art by future Marvel legend Ross Andru. A satirical rendition of the classic Cinderella story. Insane!; Two for the Money; The Ghostly Recluse; Mother Ghoul's Nursery Tales: Cinderella; The Manhunting Lion. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Wilfred Takes a Wife!" (art by Tony DiPreta), "How?" (art by Paul Reinman), "Genuine Alligator" (art by Byron Fass), "Bring Back My Feet" (art by Mac Pakula), "There's No Pleasin' Some Gals," and a two-page text story, "I Was a Clock!" Cover price $0.10.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Williams. Stories by Hal Seeger. Art by Bill Williams. Teen comedy in the Archie tradition with Babs and Brother. Brother wants to know who the new girl in school is, and so does everybody else. A simple request for first aid becomes needlessly complicated. Gold Rush; Babs; Oh, Sister!: The Mystery Girl; First Aid; Ricky Raises Dust; Melvin: The Dream Man. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Irv Novick. Thunder in the Skies, script by Bob Kanigher, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Sy Barry. Tourist With T.N.T., script by Art Wallace, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Bernard Sachs. A Sunday Walk, script by John Reed, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Joe Giella. The Fifteen-Minute War, script by John Reed, pencils by Jerry Grandenetti, inks by Bernard Sachs. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Ken Bald. The Electric Spirit, pencils by Dick Beck, inks by George Klein. Beware the Bejango, art by Harry Lazarus. The Weird Winger, pencils by Pete Riss. The Awful Mr. Ishveli, art by Robert McCarty. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by George Roussos. Destroy My Enemy, art by Nick Cardy; Meek Elmer Grimes commands a murderous pirate-genie in a bottle; Fulfilling a death contract the genie turns on his master. 'Til Death Do Us Part, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Mike Peppe; The husband of a dominating wife is sent over to inquire about the rich neighbors. Harvest of Hate text story by Irving Werstein, pencils by John Celardo. Revenge of the Little People, inks by John Celardo; The circus midget "Major" Martin marries the lovely trapeze artist Lila, but is betrayed by her and killed for his money; Lila is haunted by apparitions of ghost midgets, who sabotage her act and let her drop to certain death. The Corpse That Lived!, pencils by Alex Toth, inks by Mike Peppe; A woman is buried with her jewels; When grave robbers open the coffin, the lady stirs again. She recovers and lives happily ever after. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Comic book starring the Warner Bros. cartoon character Porky Pig. Untitled story; When Porky sees a rough-looking boy pulling a cannon, he ducks into a costume shop and emerges in a suit of armor. Untitled story; Porky and Petunia win a one-day vacation in a contest; On the way they are kidnaped by square-headed men and taken by ship to the land of Skware; The square-heads try to figure out why the two are "round-heads." Untitled story; Bugs and Cicero make fun of Porky for reading spy novels; They plan to play a trick on him with a phony phone call, but the call gets intercepted by a pair of mice who think the plot is real. Untitled story; Bugs brags to Petunia that Porky will grow a beard for Pioneer Days, but Porky doesn't even shave. Untitled story; Bugs helps Porky try to find the cause of squeaks in his car. Untitled story; Petunia makes Porky tie a string around his finger so he won't forget to mail her letter. Untitled story; Porky has trouble catching punts in football until he switches pants. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Frank Frollo and Vince Alascia. Two Fisted Fix, pencils by Frank Frollo, inks by Vince Alascia. Ten for Five, pencils by Dick Giordano, inks by Sal Trapani. Reverse Twist, pencils by Frank Frollo, inks by Vince Alascia. Penny-Ante Saledman, art by Sal Trapani. The Catsup Racket text story. Letter Perfect, pencils by Frank Frollo, inks by Vince Alascia. Sharp Salesman, pencils by John Belfi, inks by Sal Trapani. The Fake Bond Swindle, pencils by Frank Frollo, inks by Vince Alascia. Watch Out for... the Hold-Out, art by Jack Alderman. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.