Comic books January 1954

Add to cart FN 6.0 $7.00 View scan Minor chipping to lower right corner of several pages.

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1st printing. By Walt Kelly. Trade paperback containing Pogo comic strips based on various fairy tales such as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and children's rhymes. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.00.

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With dust jacket. Hastings Edition - Volume 4 - 1st printing.
"Prince Valiant's Perilous Voyage!" Story and art by Hal Foster. Adapted by Max Trell. Prince Valiant will brave anything and face and any danger to reach home. Thrill as the brave hero comes face-to-face with jungle mammoths, turblent seas, and Saxon armies to reach his final destination. Hardcover, 128 pages, B&W.
NOTE: Prose story with B&W illustrations on every page. Dust jacket and exterior cover of the HC have matching artwork. Cover price $3.95.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $100.00 View scans Water damage. Chew.

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Cover art by Frank Frollo and Vince Alascia. Stamp of Guilt, art by Frank Frollo and Vince Alascia. A Handful of Aces, pencils by Frank Frollo, inks by John Belfi. The Able Arsonist, art by Frank Frollo. When Two Thieves Meet, art by Frank Frollo and Vince Alascia. Door to Door Swindle, pencils by Stan Campbell, inks by John Belfi. The Stradivarius Swindle, pencils by Frank Frollo, inks by Vince Alascia. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Carl Memling and Dick Giordano. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, focusing on swindlers and con games. Bunk Crawford and his cronies masquerade as frozen-food delivery men to swindle thousands of dollars in food from grocers and food customers. Gangsters murder a marijuana dealer and take over his "route" and his customers. The series starts to resemble more traditional pre-Code crime comics, with stories like the one about a gang planting rigged slot machines around town. Plus advice to the reader on avoiding con artists. The Big Freeze; Shakedown; The Captain Kidd Racket; Slot Machine Rackets; The Double-Talk Artists. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Marty Taras and Steve Muffatti. Early funny-animal comics from Harvey, featuring breakout star Rags Rabbit, a precursor to Harvey's line of kid's comics. Rags brags about his boxing days, until someone actually challenges him to a fight. Screwy Squirrel thinks he's found a bargain on a used car. Pesty and Jesty try to outdo each other at ice fishing. Rags Rabbit: Skating School; Big Deal; Pesty and Jesty: Snow Use; Rags Rabbit: The Fighting Chump; Pesty and Jesty: The Martian Monster; Big Deal; Sweatering It Out; Pesty and Jesty: Fish Bowl; Shaggy: Help Wanted. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 62, Issue 4 - January, 1954. 6.5" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart Very Good $13.00 View scans 1/2" Cumulative spine split. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling.

Vol. 3 #4 - January 1954. Men's adventure magazine with articles, stories and pictorials. This issue with a pictorial of Eve Meyer by husband Russ Meyer; Jackie Gleason's predictions for 1954. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Robert Ripley and others. Harvey presents the first comic-book based on the popular comic strip featuring oddball facts from around the world. The strange smoking habits of the Palaung women. The unknown true story behind the first Thanksgiving. How horses saved the human race. The Song That Brought Disaster; The Turkey That Caused a Gold Rush; The Name's the Same; A Horse Saved Mankind; Believe It Or Not!; The Story Behind Thanksgiving; The Ghost That Was Worth 120 Million Dollars. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover photo of Rocky Lane (Allan Lane). "Tin-star Trick" text story by John Martin. "Dangerous Past," pencils by Frank Bolle; Langdon is approached by an old "friend" who knows he once robbed a safe, and he wants money to keep his mouth shut. "The Tricky Problem" starring Dee Dickens. "Roping 'n' Riding with Allan Rocky Lane and Black Jack" one-page story, art by Ralph Carlson. "The Double D Dilemma Duty or Debt!", art by Frank Bolle; Rocky arrests a stagerobber who turns out to be an old friend that saved his life when they were kids, so he turn him loose and resigns his job as Marshal; But they meet again very soon. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Shelly Moldoff, Kenneth Landau, Charles Nicholas, Pete Riss, Bill Benulis and Jack Abel. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Trudy lets fear prevent her from finding love; An American doctor falls for a sheltered French countess; Young Polly takes a summer trip as a chance to spread her romantic wings. Fair Maid, Faint Heart; The Countess and I; Big Bad Wolf!; Too Young for Kisses!; Smart Girl; Mender of Broken Hearts. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Jim Mooney, Paul Gattuso, George Appel, Sam Cooper, Valerie Barclay, Mario Rizzi, Bernard Sachs and Dana Dutch. This early romance title from St. John focuses on the struggles of domestic life. Gwen convinces her artist husband Ron to go to work for his brother Martin, and soon Martin is controlling their lives. When she doesn't hear from absent husband Tommy, stationed overseas, Peg starts dating local men. Wealthy Sheila wants to support the work of her artist husband Steve, but she doesn't know how, and she's suspicious of his collaborations with Vera. For Richer or Poorer; The Dream I Couldn't Forget; I Married a Sailor; Tips on Your Trousseau; Misguided Love; What's There to Talk About?; For Love of His Art. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy. The Big Horn Lode starring Roy Rogers and Trigger, art by Albert Micale; Roy and Slim are in the mountains hunting big horns and run into an outlaw called Skunk Eye. Nester's Welcome starring Roy Rogers, art by Albert Micale; In snow and wind, two strangers ride into town and hold up Hopson's Store. The Red Raiders starring Roy Rogers, Trigger, and Bullet, art by Albert Micale. Breed of the Pioneers text story, art by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Chuckwagon Charley's Tales story, art by Ray Thayer. Indian Words fact page. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Sad Sack in "Results Guaranteed," "Snafu," and "Try Your Luck." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

With or Without 3-D glasses. 36 pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Men's interest magazine focusing on Western adventure stories. 8.5" x 11", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Women's magazine with articles and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Painted cover art. Sergeant Preston's Arctic Diary article, art by Frank Thorne. The Trader's Ransom; Red Carney wants to buy Jim Kenyon's trading post, but Jim knows the Indians won't get a square deal from that crook if he sells. The Missing Heir; Howard Holley has been sent from England to find a certain young man who is the heir to the lands of the late Earl of Richland. The Long Trail; While camping for the night, Preston is allerted by his dog; he finds a man in the snow with a gunshot wound; at the same moment a bushwacker appears, having trailed the wounded man. Scripts by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Alberto Giolitti. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vintage monthly published magazine with a focus on the film industry as a whole. First published in November of 1930, publication continued through the late 1970s. Priding itself as a source for exclusive behind the scenes stories about filmmaking, Silver Screen also contained a fair amount of articles about celebrities, their relationships, the latest in fashion, and film reviews. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $7.00 View scans Corner Damage. Soiling.

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Volume 11, Issue 4 - January 1954. Adventure stories, articles and pin-up photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 86 Pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Stan Campbell and others. First issue published by Charlton. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. Hopalong Cassidy meets the strange killer called Bullethead, who can kill with a single blow from his bullet-shaped skull, and is called "the 3D killer" because he's "dangerous, demonic and demented." This is the only Charlton issue to feature Hopalong Cassidy; DC acquired the rights to the character around the same time. A dying killer confesses the names of his partners to Lash LaRue, and the partners want to kill Lash before he can report them to the authorities. Tex Ritter tracks a man who goes insane periodically and must be kept in a special room - or so he is told by the man's captors. Hopalong Cassidy: Bullethead the 3D Killer; Lash LaRue: The Dangerous Confession; Powerless Shots; Rocky Lane: The Hidden Cargo; Tex Ritter: Midnight Madness; Dee Dickens: The Found and Lost Treasure. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Long running magazine featuring short news articles on musicians and bands, and lyrics to popular songs. This issue with a section of Christmas songs. 8-in. x 11-in., 36 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Dick Giordano. "Speed-Up!", script by Carl Memling, art by Art Cappello; The aggressive and ambitious Dr. Eric Bruno, along with his assistant Norman Durocher, creates a microscopic society similar to the Neanderthals of Earth's past; Speeding up the process, Bruno and Durocher watch as the microscopic society develops in a progression nearly identical to that of humanity; Progressing past the atom, hydrogen, and cobalt bombs, Bruno pushes the society to the year 2153. "A Fistful of Doom," script by Carl Memling, art by Dick Giordano; Astro-Botanist, Ned Brovo, wealthy Carl Monat, and veteran space pilot Burt Loog take a trip to Venus; The purpose is to recover an example of the nearly-extinct Spider Flower of Venus, for which a million dollar reward is promised. "The Thought Space Ship" text story. "Out in Space" one-page story, art by Tony Tallarico. "The Good Old Days," script by Carl Memling, pencils by Frank Frollo, inks by Vince Alascia; War threatens Earth in the year 1995; Vann tries to protect Lori, but the pair are separated; Lori returns to the lab of her scientist father who works with Dr. Kron; They escape the planet's demise in a spaceship and head for the planet Mantor, the only planet that can sustain human life. "The Day Fido Sang," script and art by Carl Memling; Herman Lindsay gives his new dog, Fido, an injection to cause the canine to talk; Fido learns to read and write; Herman tells the dog he is to stay with his friends, Ted and Marion Kent. "Discovery," Tony Tallarico. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Charles Schulz, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Warren Tufts and Ernest G. Osborne. United's anthology featured reprints of early comic strips, including Casey Ruggles, Captain and the Kids and Nancy. Failing at bank robbery, inept outlaws buy a stagecoach business with a hot check. When the larceny is discovered, the Army sets out after the coach and its lone passenger, Casey Ruggles. After Fritz is crowned king of the island, the Captain and the Inspector kidnap Mama as part of a plan to turn the tables. One of the backup strips is Charles Schulz's Peanuts, then only in its fifth year; several daily strips are presented in full color. The Family Workshop; Nancy; Peanuts; Captain and the Kids; Strange as It Seems; Back Home Again; Casey Ruggles. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Frank Carin and others. Funny-animal hijinks with Spotty the Pup and other characters. Spotty the Pup and Slicker Fox go to Hollywood, where Spotty is cast as a fox and Slicker becomes miserable as Spottys stunt double; A mad scientist transforms hapless victims into the figures in a wax museum, and tries to add Spotty and Dolly to his collection; In the Old West, Spotty and Dolly track the Phantom Gang, who rob banks and then ride off into the sky. Hair Scare!; A Star is Born!; Doctor X!; Egbert's First Lesson; The Phantom Riders!; Dilly's Dizzy Day! Final issue under this title; the series continues as Super Pup (1954) #4. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart Very Good $9.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 5, No. 1. January 1954. Men's adventure magazine featuring articles on sports, hunting politics and crime. 8.5" x 11". 98 pages. B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $90.00 View scans Staple rust with migration.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $189.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #3712150024 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover art by Irv Novick. Prize Target, script by France Herron, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley. All Quiet, script by William Woolfolk, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Joe Giella. Turnabout, script by William Woolfolk, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. The Fort and the Flea, script by France Herron, art by Jim McArdle. Private Pete filler page by Henry Boltinoff. From Blueprints to Battlefield humor story. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Starlanes: The International Quarterly of Science Fiction Poetry #13 (January 1954). This issue contains poetry by Lilith Lorraine [Mary M. Wright], Hyacinthe Hill [Virginia Anderson], Garth Bentley, Vera L. Eckert, Isabelle E. Dinwiddie, Keran O'Brien, William J. Noble, Emili A. Thompson, Stan Woolston, Crystal Kalmeer, Robert L. Peters, Emerald Etone Smith, Agatha Gray Southern, Dorothy B. Winn, Hal J. Martin, Theda L. Pobst, Truda McCoy, Orma McCormick, and others. 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.40.

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Issue #261 - January 1954. True crime magazine, illustrated with period photographs. 8.25" x 11.25", 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.