Comic books March 1954

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Spring 1954. Humor Digest featuring jokes and cartoons. Cover and cartoons by Joe Buresch, Vic Martin and Frank Beaven. Softcover Digest, 5 1/2-in. x 7-in., 100 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Gene Colan, Julius Schwartz, Mort Drucker, Jack Miller, Morris Waldinger, Joe Giella, Sy Barry, Raymond Perry and Don Cameron. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. Trained animals commit robberies, including a bear, bobcat, eagle, timber wolf, porcupine, and even a prairie dog, in one of three stories this issue illustrated by future Marvel legend Gene Colan. How rivers both aided and hindered the colonization of the Old West, in a one-pager written by legendary DC editor Julius Schwartz. And a one-pager by future Mad Magazine legend Mort Drucker. Plus a vintage ad for the Superman TV series starring George Reeves, and a hair-cream ad featuring Al Capp's Fearless Fosdick. The Tenderfoot Outlaw; Range Signals!; Cattle Trains; All in a Day's Work!; Pioneer River Crossings; The Trail to Yesterday!; Cattle Trains; The Amazing Animal Bandits! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Don Heck. Stories and art by Max Elkin, Rudy Palais, and Don Heck. Pre-Code horror comics by the talents at the Iger Shop. A magical piper inspires the animals of a small European village to revolt and attack their owners. The sinister Mr. Dark offers to make Ivan a champion wrestler, but first he must kill for him. A thief ill-advisedly breaks into a legendary sculptor's mansion to steal a cursed artwork. Also featuring a cover by future Marvel legend Don Heck. The Revolt of the Beasts; Death Wins the Fall; Beneath the Grave; Sculptor of the Damned; Story of Ghosts; Magnolia Mary. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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March, 1954 Volume 5, Issue 3. 5-3/8 in. x 7-5/8 in; black and white; 162 pages. Cover price $0.35.

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Vol. 16 #5 - Mar. 1954. Children's magazine featuring articles, activities and text stories. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in., 68 pages, B&W with single and full color illustrations. Cover price $0.25.

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Doomed to Live Forever; Jeff Booth falls in love; When visiting Nina, he sees her ages to 103 years old; A talking ape claims to be her husband. Carnival of Death; a thing that likes blood and the sound of crunching bone haunts a carnival. Out of the Coffin text story. Here's to Horror! The Devil's Store; a man opens a tricks store that carries itching powder, exploding cigars, and the like. Comic strip ad for Joe Bonomo body building books. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"Wild Boy!", art by Maurice Whitman; Greg Hartley has come to Kaänga's jungle to find his lost nephew. "Congo Justice" text story by John Starr. "The Temple of the Leopard" starring Kaänga, art by Maurice Whitman; Hurley pursues the treasure allegedly hidden by Billy's father; Billy's friend and guardian, Noguli, overcomes Hurley, and Billy is reunited with his uncle. "The Firebirds," art by Bill Benulis; A terrorist group vows to drive all whites from Africa; Their leader, Boku, is shot by a young white boy. "Jackal-Man"; Fossil hunters are thought to be prospecting valuable ores and are pursued by Hakkim Rood; Rood is killed by a dinosaur that survived in a warm pool. "The Voodoo Master!"; Tiger Girl exposes a witch doctor's curse of blindness as a trick of hypnotism. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by John Belfi and others. First issue published by Charlton. Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. In a double-length tale, Lash tries to protect an old prospector when outlaws want the sunken treasure chest he found in the river. Lash tries to help the sheriff of Ulster Gulch prove that Ned Cleery's gang is behind all the recent stagecoach robberies. "Roving marshal" Lash interrupts a hanging and tries to figure out who really belongs on the end of a rope. Treasure of Doom; The End of the Rope; The Unknown Trail; Sitt and Satt; The Ghost Gang. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Morris Gollub. Facts about the toucan, the sloth, the manatee, the rhea, and the armadillo. Roundup in Rio, pencils by John Lehti; Gerry, Rocky and Lassie fly to Rio de Janeiro for a Mardi Gras holiday; A pickpocket, cornered by Lassie, gets away with the help of Diavolo. Diavolos's master, Gorey, has plans for a big hotel robbery. Lassie and the Forest of Flame, pencils by John Lehti; Back at the homestead Lassie alerts our friends to a cloud of smoke; Using the bulldozer they quickly get to the neighboring estancia which is threatened by a forest fire. Lassie Finds a New Friend, pencils by John Lehti; On a hunting trip our friends encounter a young indian, Timbu, sole survivor of the Taquari tribe, and bring him back to the homestead. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Mischievous Eva is an adorable counterpart to those other 1950s misadventurers, Little Audrey and Little Lulu. In a surreal, fairy-tale like story, a talking polar bear offers to take Eva to the North Pole. Eva makes good use of her cousin Itsy-Bit's superhuman strength. Nipper makes a new vitamin drink with his chemistry set, but it fails the taste test. South Sea Island Eskimo; Cousin Itsy-Bit; Nipper: Balloon Bargain; Snow Boys Allowed; Vitamin Venders. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Phooey on Miss Feeny; Tubby teaches Miss Feeny's parrot to say "Phooey on Miss Feeny." The Marble Player; Lulu breaks the Van Snobbes' prize statue to pieces. The Substitute; Tubby's father spanks Lulu by mistake for Tubby's bad report card. The Case of the Faceprint on the Towel; Tubby thinks faceprinting will do away with fingerprinting. The Gravedigger; Lulu thinks that Alvin has buried Tubby. Ol' Witch Hazel's Bag of Tricks; Lulu tells Alvin about when the poor little girl does Hazel's laundry. Calling All Elephants; Tubby's violin playing attracts a circus elephant. Two-page text story, Lulus Diry ("Diary"). 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Voice from the Grave; A woman buries her husbands alive for their money until the ghost of the first victim digs up the latest and they get their revenge upon her. The Cannibals; A son is eaten by his father who has converted to the cannibal way of life. The Gamble!; A gambler's idiot son can spell out the names of winning ponies but refuses to do so after a few wins. Appointment with Death; A 25-year-old with a brain tumor is given small odds of surviving surgery to remove it and has a hallucination of encountering Death. Down Down Down; A professor and his assistant become the victims of mermen who open up their bathysphere in order to get a better look at them. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 55, Issue 219 - March, 1954. Digest-size UK men's magazine. Articles, humor, and pin-up photos. 5" x 7.25", 144 pages, B&W with color.

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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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The world's mightiest mouse defends Mouseville from danger - mostly cats - in the comic-book adventures of the Terrytoons animated superhero. Mighty Mouse tries to prevent dim-witted Ooky from doing himself in, but MM moves so fast, Ooky doesn't even know he's being rescued. A cat who has never caught a mouse creates a cheese-like trap. Mighty Mouse pursues bank-robbing cats who wear gas masks and carry guns that fire paralyzing gas. Mixed-Up Mouse; A Faulty Diet; Sourpuss; The Nervel Gas Raiders; Little Roquefort: Quiet; Heckle and Jeckle: Public Enemy Number One; Mischief Brew. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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March 1954. Vintage Men's magazine featuring articles, pictorials, and pin-ups. This issue with an early Anne Bancroft photo. 8.5" x 11", 50 pages, B&W. MATURE Cover price $0.50.

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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.

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French language movie magazine. 8 1/4 in. x 12-in., 16 pages, B&W. NOTE: French Language.

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Cover by Sheldon Mayer (credited as Bud Fisher). Stories and art by Al Smith (credited as Bud Fisher), Jack Schiff, and Win Mortimer. DC reprints the comic strip that defined the comic strip, featuring the original tall-and-short comedy duo. Also featuring the "topper" strip Cicero's Cat. Mutt takes out a $10,000 life insurance policy on Jeff. Jeff gets a job as a lion tamer at the circus. Jeff debates shaving off his iconic sideburns. Plus a PSA about breakfast. Mutt & Jeff; Cicero's Cat; Buzzy Says Start the Day Off Right!; Thunderbolts in Harness. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Howling Horror"; On a trip to the mountains, writer Adam Hunt makes the acquaintance of lovely Vikki Barstow; Something is uncanny about her, because she keeps dogs with men's names. "Swamp Vengeance"; Trouble in the bayous: Jake Kern kills a man for some precious animal pelts, but is blackmailed by eye-witness Belle; Kern murders her too, by throwing her to the alligators. "The Kill" text story by John Martin. "Evil Disguise"; Sam wants to give his friend Tom a scare; He asks him to come to the cemetery, whither he's ordered some actors to appear in costume; The men are confronted with real fiends from the grave. "Death's Rehearsal"; Peter Edson wants to commit the perfect crime; With the help of his attorney, Tom Ferris, he plans a murder scenario for his philandering wife; But does he know that Ferris is the man his wife is seeing? 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Lonely Dungeon, pencils by Tony DiPreta. Peril from the Cave text story. Into the Fourth Dimension, art by Gene Colan. Up!, art by Vince Colletta. The Graveyard!, art by Dick Ayers. Missing Persons!, art by Werner Roth. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"Not Dead Enough" (art by Vince Colletta), "Too Human" (art by Doug Wildey), "The Truth About the Flying Dutchman" (art by Vic Carrabotta), "The Terrible Triangle," "Forbidden" (art by Tony DiPreta), and a two-page text story, "The Bad Omen!" Joe Maneely cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Norgran Records 2 page news-sheet for five releases in March of 1954. Norman Granz was an American jazz record producer, concert promoter, and founder of the Verve, Pablo, Clef, Norgran, and Down Home record labels.

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Cover art by Irv Novick. Abandon Ship, script by Bob Kanigher, pencils by Jerry Grandenetti, inks by Bernard Sachs. The Flying Crackerbox, script by Joseph Daffron, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. The Blue and the Gray, script by Ed (France) Herron, art by Frank Giacoia. TNT Mail, script by William Woolfolk, pencils by Jerry Grandenetti, inks by Joe Giella. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Hand of Death, art by Rocco Mastroserio; Mexican matador Juan Savola is in alliance with a witch; When they hassle over money, a hand goes missing, but is restored by the powers of magic; Until the next hassle over money. The Man Who Was Always on Time, pencils by Alex Toth, inks by Mike Peppe; Darland Fanshaw, owner of the world's largest clock collection, commits murder to obtain a priceless Cellini time-piece; The ghosts of his victims take revenge and make him into a statue on the local clock tower. Two Shrunken Heads text story by James B. Hendryx (as Harrison Hendryx). Images of Sand, pencils by Alex Toth, inks by Mike Peppe; French gambler Henri Monard is washed up in Northern Africa, but learns about a Tuareg treasure in the Sahara desert; He kills for it and returns to Paris, indulging in luxury. But the curse of the Djenoun is upon him. Kill Happy, art by Jack Katz. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ben Brown. Stories and art by Ben Brown and others. Funny-animal comics from Key, an imprint of Stanley Morse. Peter becomes determined to catch a butterfly and win a newspaper contest. Peter and his nephews are abducted by visiting aliens and taken to their planet. Sandy Skunk and Peter compete to be the first to finish reading a book in their book club, but Sandy Skunk plays dirty. Kitten Around; Rudolf the Pup; Space Salad; Captain Kidds Half Dollars; Patty Beaver; Flutterby Butterfly; Luck Out! Here I Come!; Wally Woodpecker; Solly Squirrel. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Indicia erroneously lists date of issue as March 1953. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ric Estrada and Dana Dutch. Beautiful covers and art by Matt Baker elevate St. John's 1950s romance comic above the norm. Mary gets a little too involved with professional escort or "gigolo" Tom, in a story with art by Baker. Dancer Nancy falls for George, the head of her ballet troupe, but he expects her to give up her career when they marry. Redheaded Claudia pressures her lawyer husband Clint to get involved in city politics, and soon Clint is consorting with corrupt political bosses and crimelords. Sordid cover by Baker. I Hired a Gigolo; I Danced into His Heart; Old Man's Sweetheart; This Business of Love; A Wife's Worst Sin. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1, Issue 2 - March 1954. Pictorial digest magazine featuring mostly photograph articles, with short written articles. This issue features pictorials on Abbe Lane, Mau Mau Witch Doctor rituals, the Baseball pitcher with no arms Lewis Watts, and "My Body Scares Me" a pictorial featuring ballet dancer Priscilla Darbon.. 4-in.x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.

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"The Galactic Ghost" a short story by Mac Reynolds.

Stories by Mack Reynolds, Fox Holden and Eric Storm, Illustrations by Larry Woromay (Marvel Artist). 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 112 pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Walt Kelly. Scripts and art by Walt Kelly. "The Magic of the HooDoo Man" text story. "Teeth For Two"; Albert gets inspired by "The Three Musketeers" to rescue beautiful maidens in distress, and expects Pogo to be his valet; He ends up saving Miz Beaver from Beauregard brushing flour off her. "The Deaf Trail"; Bun Rabbit, Beauregard, Pogo and Churchy go visiting Bun's hard-of-hearing uncle. Beauregard tries to entertain the uncle with a tall tale from the seven seas. "The Semi-Mental Gentlemints"; Howland wants to enter Churchy in a stupidity contest at the county fair. Untitled story; Pogo receives a letter from Walt Kelly advising the cast to act more refined...of course to no avail. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.