Comic books April 1954

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Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes and others. Art by Dan Gordon, Ken Hultgren and Bob Wickersham. Funny-animal comics from independent publisher ACG, featuring the Itchy & Scratchy-like Puss an Boots, misguided inventor Blunderbunny, owl detective Whoo-Dunnit, and Western dog marshal Alkali Ike. Sometimes the characters break through the fourth wall and into the laps of the kids who are watching their cartoons. Cadwallader the ghost looks down his nose at Hector the Specter because he doesn't haunt a fancy mansion; Detective Whoo-Doodit is robbed of his special crime-solving clothing; Blunderbunny invents various humane weapons, but the U.S. government rejects them, in a story with overt Cold War references, including a mention of USSR premier Georgy Malenkov. Puss an' Boots; Blunderbunny; Too Much to Bear!; Hector the Specter; The Trouble-Shooter; Chow Hound!; Whoo-Doodit. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Otto Feuer. Dear Diary starring Dodo and the Frog, art by Otto Feuer. Nip and Chip story, art by Otto Feuer. Bo Bunny story, art by Sheldon Mayer. Custer Cat and Cheesy the Mouse, art by Rube Grossman. Start the Day Off Right public service announcement starring Buzzy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bob Oksner. Choo Choo Chums starring Dodo and the Frog, art by Otto Feuer. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

British Edition. 7-in. x 9 3/4-in., 98 pages, black and white.

NOTE: #1-5 titled Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories. #6-14 titled Future Science Fiction. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 8, Issue 1 - April 1954. Cover by Emsh. Science Fiction and Adventure Pulp magazine. Stories include "The Midas Plague" by Frederik Pohl,"Hands Off" yb Robert Sheckley, "Special Delivery" by Damon Knight, "Limiting Factor" by Theodore R. Cogswell, "Wainer" by Michael Shaara, and "Black Charlie" by Gordon R. Dickson. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; 160 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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#86, 4/54, 10c. Comic book featuring the famous singing cowboy hero Gene Autry in "The Oil Hijackers" in which Gene Autry investigates the disappearance of three hikers and "The Photogenic Holdup" in which Autry goes after crooks disguised as movie producers. Issue also has "The Gallopin' Ghost" and a two-page text feature "The Missing Stallion." Photo cover. Story and art credits: unknown. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted Cover by Sam Savitt. Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Champion in "Champion Sees Red" and "Killer at Bay"! Plus: 1-page Range Law text article "The Skinning War" on the inside front cover! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

April 1954: Cover by Dick Dillin and Charles Cuidera; "Invasion, Top Secret," 9 pages, art by Dillin and Cuidera; "The Red Goons of Berlin," 6 pages; "Trapped in Hell," 7 pages; "Escape from Red Fury," 1 page text story (reprinted from G.I. Combat #4); "Spearhead Assault," 6 pages. Cover price $0.10.

"The Wedding," "The Cheat," "May I Help You, Sir," and "Second Chance." Photo cover featuring Elizabeth Taylor and Don Taylor from the movie "Father of the Bride." Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Graham Ingels. Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes...--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Otto Binder, art by Graham Ingels; A blob story that features a cuckolded moonshine-swilling mountain man as the vengeful blob creature that is created when his wife and her lover shove him into a still to drown and be dissolved with a bag of lye. ...Only Sin Deep--The Vault of Horror!, script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Kamen; A heartless young woman pawns her beauty for 1000.00 to a shopkeeper she assumes is a crank. The Secret--Haunt of Fear, script by Carl Wessler, art by George Evans. Head-Room!--The Crypt of Terror, script by Carl Wessler, art by Jack Davis. 36 pgs. $0.10. NOTE: Used in Senate Investigative Report, page 8. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Robert Webb and others. Pre-Code horror comics from Ajax-Farrell and their anonymous talents. A wealthy man has a special place for his unfaithful wives. A bank robbery turns out to be the work of the most unlikely suspect. The Trumpet that will signal the Apocalypse falls into the hands of Gabriel, who's only too ready to use it. Frigid Fear!; Wheel of Terror; Doctor Death; Trumpet of Doom; Dying Is So Contagious. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 9 - April 1954. Vintage Men's interest magazine focusing on sports, music, hunting, celebrities, models, and showgirls. 4-in. x 6-in., 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. A soldier returned from the war takes on the extortion gang terrorizing his neighborhood. Red roses and kerosene are the clues to catch a killer. An early medical examiner exonerates a man for the murder of his wife. First appearance of the "Crime Never Pays" cover banner, similar to Lev Gleason's "Crime Does Not Pay" title. The Black Hand; Red Roses and Kerosene; Savage Circle; Double Play; Closeups; Innocent Murderer; Long Green; The Big Pay-Off. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art and Cover by Owen Fitzgerald. Featuring two untitled Here's Howie tales with art by Owen Fitzgerald, plus an untitled Melvin tale with art by Fitzgerald. Also in this issue: Untitled Winnie the WAC tale with art by Fitzgerald; Block Buster activity half-pager; Sgt. Route-Step O'Malley half-pager by Irwin Hasen; 2-page text story "All-Out Control"; and Private Pete 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Henry C. Kiefer. Stories and art by H. G. Peter, Bill Ely, Ben Thompson, Ed Moore, and John Belfi. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. The emphasis of Heroic Comics moves back to the home front once the Korean conflict is over. A woman saves two boys from drowning in a pond; A mother pulls her daughter from the path of a moving train; A man tracks and rescues his lost hunting partner. Dives in Fully Clothed; The Happy Heroine; Horror and Heroism; Wheels of Death; Hunting a Human; Darwin Was Right; Rescue at the Dam; To Fight Fire; Both Hero and Genius; No Way Out; Crisis and Courage; He Took Command. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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L.B. Cole cover. All stories reprinted from All Famous Crime (1951) #5. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "The Mad Bandit" originally retitled and reprinted from "Tiger of the South" in Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) #9A; "Bodyguard"; "The Gangdom Brain" originally retitled and reprinted from "Frank Nash, Gangdom Brain!" in Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) #11; "Why Did You Kill Me?"; and "Stop or We'll Shoot!" art by George Peltz. "Holdup!" text story originally retitled and reprinted from "Buddies in Life, Crime, and...Death!" in Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) #9A and Famous Crimes (1948) #18. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ruben Moreira. Featuring: 6 page story "The Man With Three Eyes" pencilled by Curt Swan; 6 page story "The Devil's Toy Shop" drawn by Bill Ely; 6 page story "The Hands That Could Haunt" drawn by Ruben Moreira; 6 page story "The Whirlpool of Doom" pencilled by Howard Purcell. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Carl Burgos. The Atomic Blaster starring the Human Torch, art by Dick Ayers; A soviet spy steals plans for an atomic hand blaster and creates one that gets confused with toys he has created for decoys; The Torch buys it when looking for a present for a poor boy; The spy falls to his death in battle with Torch and Toro at an industrial plant. The Beast From the Egg starring the Human Torch, art by Dick Ayers. Voodoo Magic text story. The Devil Octopus starring the Sub-Mariner, art by Bob Powell. The Ape starring the Human Torch, art by Dick Ayers. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Bernard Baily. "Afraid To Love!", art by Eugene Hughes; Lynn is engaged to Don but hes killed in the war; She vows never to date a soldier again; She becomes Bills private secretary; he proposes to her but she cant decide; Lynn then falls in love with Bills brother Tony, unaware that hes an Army pilot. "The Professor's Wife!", art by Eugene Hughes; Ruth is married to college professor John; she is disappointed in his low salary and their concomitant low standard of living; When her former beau Tom arrives, Ruth finds herself wishing shed married him; Tom urges her to leave John and run away with him. "Love Isn't For Sale"; Leslies wealthy father wants her to marry boring businessman Walter; Leslie runs away and gets a job with Toms one-man trucking company, which she puts on a paying basis, even driving a truck herself in an emergency. "The Sentence!" text story. "The Other Sister!", art by Eugene Hughes; Secretary Jane has always been overshadowed by her more glamorous sister Carrie; When Jane and Larry fall in love, she fears Carrie will steal him away. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

April 1954. Science fiction stories by Philip K. Dick, Robert Sheckley, Winston Marks, Walter Miller Jr., Gene L. Henderson, Louis Trimble, and Morton Klass. Two Kelly Freas illustrations. Wrap-around cover by Ken Fagg. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 120 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

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April, 1954 Volume 5, Issue 4. 5-3/8 in. x 7-5/8 in; black and white; 162 pages. Cover price $0.35.

"The Blood Stained Mink" (art by Mike Sekowsky), "The End of Hector the Spectre," "The Cop!", and "Case of the Soggy Blonde." One page filler, "The Lingo of the Lawless," and a two page text story, "H is for Homicide." Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole." I Learned a Lesson in Love," "I Fought For My Love," and "My Two-Timing Heart." Romance comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. A singer gives her heart to a handsome man, only to learn that he's not honest in love or life. Lesson in Love. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Hot Trucks" and an untitled story. Photo cover. Cover price $0.10.

Contains Alex Toth illustrations. Contains Korean War era stories. In order of appearance: "Farewell to Korea!", "G.I. Giggles"; "The War of Nerves" art by Mike Roy; "G.I. Jokes"; "Private Parks"; "Pinhead Perkins, P.F.C. The Power of the Mail!"; and "Morale Builders". "Fire Fighter: It Took Some Doing, But Sergeant Quinn Finally Impressed the General..." text story by Charles S. Strong with illustrations by Alex Toth; illustrations reprinted in Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 HC (2011 FB) #1-1ST. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Jonesy Gets the Bird; Miss McNutt tells the class, including Jonesy and Weepy, that theres going to be a French quiz tomorrow. Untitled Candy story; Candys Aunt Agatha has decided to stay longer, much to Candys dismay. Free! While They Last! 10 "Hitler Heads" ad. Book of the Lump Club starring Jonesy. Snow Use starring Jonesy. What a Drip starring Gabby. Teener Wiener Roast text story starring Taffy Tilghman. The Voice is Yet to Come starring Jonesy. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Sol Brodsky. "Satan Can Wait," art by Paul Reinman; When a man enters a bar and, as a gag, offers a skeptic a contract for his soul for one million dollars, the skeptic signs it. "Killer in the House" text story. "Till Death Do Us Part," art by Vic Carrabotta; A man finally works up the nerve to strangle his cheating wife but an atomic war breaks out, and the two of them find their bodies fused together by atomic radiation. "The Face That Followed," script by Paul S. Newman, art by Al Luster; An escaped convict vows to haunt a hermit who has murdered him after ascertaining where his stolen loot was buried. "Bewitched," art by Mannie Banks; In 1686 a man asks a woman to marry him and is turned down so he plants evidence to get her condemned as a witch. "The Man Who Was Nobody," script by Paul S. Newman, art by Ed Winiarski; A Martian sleeper agent is eradicated when his usefulness is ended due to incarceration in an asylum. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Harry Anderson. The Haunted House, art by Pete Tumlinson; A ghost-breaker becomes the victim of a murderess when he attempts to exorcise the old woman's husband's ghost from the premises. Strange Journey text story. Unharmed; A scientist assembles a create-a-Martian kit and tries to destroy it unsuccessfully in an atomic blast. The construct sends a radio message to Mars to attack since nothing on Earth can harm it. It Floats in Space, art by Bill Savage; A dead man in space hijacks a rocket to sail towards Alpha Centuri. The Hiding Place, art by Seymour Moskowitz; When a man breaks his foot in an open grave while attempting to flee with a jewel heist, the funeral procession comes with the casket assigned to the grave site. Betrayal, art by Bob Forgione. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

"Dots the Trouble"; Jughead gets in trouble with Miss Grundy by completing a "connect-the-dots" drawing of her on the blackboard. Archie's Joke Book ad. "Paint It the Truth"; Reggie makes fun of Jughead's painting; When Mr. Weatherbee is going to have a door added to his office, Jughead paints a realistic door and Reggie bangs into the wall. "Down the Hatch"; Jughead thinks Reggie has drunk a glass of turpentine, thinking it was soda pop, and rushes him to the school dispensary. Wilbur Comics ad. "Bum Steer"; Jughead helps Archie overhaul his car; However, when Archie takes it out for a drive, the steering doesn't work and he ends up driving through the Justice of the Peace's yard and flowers. "Brain or Shine!"; When Dilbert only gets a 99 on a test instead of 100, he is depressed and goes to the chemistry lab. "Duel Personalities"; Reggie and Archie decide to have a duel over who gets to take Veronica to the dance; Archie chooses a custard pie duel in their evening clothes. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"With Gun in Hand" (art by Mac Pakula), "Break-Out," "Hush Money" (art by C.A. Winter), and "Captured" (art by Myron Fass). Two-page text story, "Night Visit." Robert Q. Sale cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Marvin Stein. Pioneering crime comic Justice Traps the Guilty was produced by the studio of comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America. An explosives expert is forced to join a gang of safecrackers. A petty thug kills another criminal and takes his place, but he picked the wrong man to impersonate. The story of notorious real-life gunman Pretty Boy Floyd. The Safecrackers!; Lucky 7-11; Pretty Boy Floyd; Closeups; Legacy of Doom; Boomerang! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Two Lulus; A department store dummy maker makes one that looks just like Lulu. The Clown; Tubby tries to cheer up Lulu after her doll's head breaks. The Hunters; The Fellers play a trick on Lulu with jelly beans. Black Mumday; Iggy accidentally talks to Lulu on Mumday and is thrown out of the club. Cats; Tubby and Iggy round up all the stray cats in the neighborhood. A Bus to Fairyland; Lulu tells Alvin about the little girl who found Fairyland. Three Feathers; Wilbur dresses Alvin up like a baby to fool the Fellers. Two-page text story, Lulus Diry ("Diary"). 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Hank Hartman. Illustrated ad for Whitman 15 cent Tell-a-Tale children's books. End of the Chase, art by Tom Gill; Rambo, Lyman, and Grinning Wolf are a gang terrorizing settlers near Infernal Blazes. Chinese Gold, art by Tom Gill; Red Estey and his men are out to control the gold boomtown of Oreville; They stir up a mob against a Chinese settlement to cover their robbery of the Chinese miners' gold. A Message Gone Wrong, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; A gang uses a fake telegraph message to steal a gold shipment from the Army. Apache Raised text story by Gaylord Du Bois. Bear Attacks Girl in Canoe, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; Descending to the Wyoming plains after their long winter, Young Hawk and Little Buck save a Shoshone girl in a canoe from an attack by a bear. Based on the popular Western TV series. 48 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Don Spaulding. Full-page, inside front cover article about an Assiniboin dance in which the hunting and war deeds of the braves are re-enacted. The Young Warrior, script by Paul Newman, art by Alberto Giolitti; Tonto's companion Raven ignites a war with the Crow by stealing their medicine bundle. The Stolen Pony, script by Paul Newman, art by Alberto Giolitti; Tonto and his friend Bill Weston use a stolen pony to discover the identity a stage coach robber. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.