Comic books July 1954

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Volume 5, Issue 7 - July, 1954. Men's adventure magazine featuring articles on sports, hunting politics and crime. 8.5" x 10.5", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $10.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

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Summer 1954. Cover by Ed Emshwiller. Stories: "The Spiral of the Ages" by Fletcher Pratt, "Finders Keepers" by Margaret St. Clair, "Stormy Weather" by Judith Merril, "The Garden" by Charles A. Stearns, and "Summer Heat" by Sam Merwin, Jr. Special Features: "Topologically Speaking" by George O. Smith, and "Aristotelian and Non-Aristotelian Logic" by Gotthard Gunther. Softcover, 6 1/2-in x 9-in, 128 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $225.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #0347600033

Add to cart PR 0.5 $84.00 View scan INCOMPLETE. Page missing. Interrupts art and story. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "Death Deals a Hand"; Several people join a club in which one person kills another each meeting until only one is left; The remaining person inherits all the others possessions. "Heart of the Corpse"; A man kills himself because he is fired; Another employee kills the mean boss, and is executed; A doctor digs up the three bodies, and finds that the mean boss had a stone heart. "Vengeance Night" text story by John Martin. "Tomb for a Werewolf"; A tombstone engraver is a werewolf who kills villagers and then makes money by carving their tombstones. "Call from the Grave"; Two newlyweds crash off of a cliff; The wife is killed; The disconsolate widower is urged by his dead wife to kill himself and join her. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Auction Item: FR/GD 1.5 View scans Auction opens May 6 5 1/2" cumulative spine split. Cover loose at both staples. Centerfold detached at one staple. Water damage.

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Cover art by Win Mortimer. Superman's Last Job starring Superman and Red Evans, script by Jerry Coleman, art by Al Plastino. Superman's Secret Past, script by Edmond Hamilton, art by Al Plastino; Superman returns to Smallville. The Man Who Caught a Sub text story by Jack Miller. The Titanic Thefts starring Superman and Lex Luthor, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Superboy stars in a one-page public service announcement, Don't Give Fire a Place to Start. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Gossip magazine with sensationalistic stories. Heavily illustrated with photographs. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Painted cover art by Morris Gollub. Untitled story, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; While visiting A-lur, Tarzan learns of the appearance of some giant white apes; He goes to investigate and finds the apes and their captive, a white woman, Alice Jenner; He helps Alice escape and the pursuit of the apes is cut off by Alice's husband Paul, bearing a rifle. Untitled story, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Boy and Jad-bal-ja watch a young Waziri battle an ostrich in order to claim its plumes for his warrior's headdress; The warrior is attacked by more ostriches and Boy and Jad-bal-ja go to his rescue, each killing another ostrich. Boy claims the plumes. Untitled story, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Keeping his promise to return to Castra Sanguinarius, Tarzan witnesses the kidnapping of a Castra Mare tribune's son; Tarzan follows the kidnappers to Castra Sanguinarius and enters the gladiatorial games to rescue the son. "The Hyena Attacks" text story starring Mabu by Elizabeth Beecher. Untitled Brothers of the Spear story, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Russ Manning; Dan-El and scavenge food, clothing, and weapons from the wreck of the slavers' ship. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Weekly U.K. comic featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous hero. Tarzan by Bob Lubbers and Dick Van Buren, Colorized Movie Photo Cover, reprinting daily comic strips. 28 pages, B&W.

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Weekly U.K. comic featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous hero. Tarzan by Bob Lubbers and Dick Van Buren, Colorized Lex Barker Movie Photo Cover, reprinting daily comic strips. 28 pages, B&W.

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Theatre Arts 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. 8.5" x 11", 100 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.50.

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Cover by John Severin. Stories by Colin Dawkins. Art by John Severin. Harvey Kurtzman's legendary series enlisted top EC artists for gritty tales of war and adventure. Soldier of fortune Ruby Ed Coffey follows a stolen statue to a lost city and a hidden uranium lode. A Harvard-educated Cheyenne chieftain's son returns to challenge Flaming Arrow, who killed his father and wants to lead his people to war. The new ranch hand seems like a coward to the other cowboys, until they encounter a band of rustlers. Lost City!; Warpath!; Two-Fisted Men: Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton; Bullets!; Stampede! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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July, 1954. Science fiction stories: "Dead End Kids of Space!" by Frank M. Robinson, "No Species Alone!" by Tom Godwin. 5-1/4 in. x 7-1/8 in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Mike Roy. Final issue. In order of appearance: "The Monsters of Harlow Caverns"; "The Missing Man"; "Hand of Glory"; "Stronger Than Death"; "Date with a Corpse"; "Cellini's Night With the Demons" art by Gene Fawcette; "The Curse of the Undead!"; "The Man They Couldn't Bury"; "Masks For the Dead"; and "The Ghost Hunter". "Last Point of Return: Whose Was the Mystery Voice That Sent Jonathan Homeward?" illustrated text story by Margaret Isbell. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Johnny Craig. Ad for Panic. "Surprise Party!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Jerry Adams arrived in a small town on a rainy night; He hits a detour and turns off on a dirt road until he spots a house; He sees that a party is in progress. "Sharp" text story. "Take Care," pencils by Al Williamson, inks by Angelo Torres; The former butler to Avery Ballusk waited on the owner hand and foot, but seemed only interested in inheriting his money after Ballusk's death, which soon came, at the end of a rope. "Oh! Henry!", art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); Lionel Hart, plainclothes detective, thought back to when he had just started on the force. He made many arrests, not listening to phony stories from the guilty... but one day he caught an old lady for shoplifting, and she pleaded for him to understand that the food she took was for her sick, paralyzed husband, Henry. Letter to the editor from E. Nelson Bridwell. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Charles Nicholas. "The Medium of Murder"; Zakor, master medium, offers his services to underworld czar Keller; Zakor conjures ghosts from beyond to dispose of Kellers rival mobsters. "The Fiend of Terror Mountain," pencils by Charles Nicholas; The brutish Roco escapes from a mental institution and finds shelter at the house of the criminal Mr. Leache; He uses Rocos strength for a series of holdup murders and thefts. "The Hamlet of Horror," pencils by Charles Nicholas; John Ames and his wife Doris have a car accident in the wilderness and are taken by a gang of misshapen creatures. "Murder Trap" text story. "Death's Vengeance," pencils by Charles Nicholas; Curator Arthur Dunster collects Aztec relics of horror; When museum visitors laugh at his stories, the ancient artifacts come to life. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Man Who Died Tomorrow," "Lair of the Silken Doom" (art by Lou Cameron), "MIne Own Executioner," and "Keeper of the Flames." Cover by Jim McLaughlin. Stories by Ken Rice, Sy Grudko, Lou Cameron, Jim McLaughlin. Suspense-filled horror tales that weave a Web of Mystery for the reader! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart Good $25.00 View scans Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

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Volume 46, Issue 3 - July 1954. Edited by Dorothy McIlwraith. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $465.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #2001431002

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Cover by Don Heck. Stories and art by Ken Fitch, Bill Discount, Pete Morisi, Rudy Palais and Don Heck. Pre-Code horror comics by the talents at the Iger Shop. A daughter's death by a mysterious ailment coincides with the arrival of a handsome stranger. Tough cop Corrigan is murdered by crooks, but even that won't stop him from protecting his partner. Glass figurines in a Munich shop resemble missing women a little too exactly. Also featuring a cover by future Marvel legend Don Heck. The Black Heart; Thieves; King Whitey; The Man Who Died Twice; Corrigan; China Doll. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue #673 - July 1954. A collection of true stories with photographs from all over the world. 7-in. x 9 3/4-in., 88 Pages, B&W.

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Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "Confessions of a Spy," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Diana acts as a spy to infiltrate a spy ring for Steve. "Portraits of Peril" starring Wonder Woman, Steve Trevor, and Albert Easel, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter. "Those Precious Pearls" text article. Superboy stars in a one-page public service announcement, "Don't Give Fire a Place to Start!", script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. "The Runaway Meteor," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; A strange meteor turns Wonder Woman anti-magnetic. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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First time Superman and Batman appeared in the same story. Previously they had only been in separate stories. Cover art by Winslow Mortimer. Batman - Double for Superman!, script by Alvin Schwartz, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye; Lois accidentally learns Superman's identity while he is trying to rescue Batman and Robin, so Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne exchange roles to convince Lois that Clark is not Superman. The Invisible Death! starring Green Arrow, script by Ed Herron, art by George Papp. Jerry the Jitterbug humor page by Henry Boltinoff. 3-D Daredevils text article by Jack E. Miller. Feathered Fighters for Freedom! starring Tomahawk, script by Dave Wood, art by Nick Cardy. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 2, Issue 11. Whole number 17. Cover by John Prentice. Art by Mort Meskin and Art Gates Another spinoff of the Young Romance comics series, created and produced by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. A doctor gives up medicine after failing to save the woman he loves, but then he meets a new love. Carol fears that her flirtatious roommate Mitzi will steal her boyfriend. Carol (a different Carol) starts hanging out with a wild crowd, and marries Randy on a dare. Act of Faith; Every Man for Herself; Three Lil Pigs; Thrill Wedding; Price Tag on Love; Til the End of Time; Does He Love Me?; Mother to All. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.