Comic books December 1954

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $85.00 View scans 5" cumulative spine split (taped). Cover detached at one staple. Cover oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover art by Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye. The Phantom Superman starring Lex Luthor, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Interplanetary Bank starring Tommy Tomorrow, art by Jim Mooney. The School for Hunters starring Congo Bill, script by Jack Miller, art by Ed Smalle. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley. Smallville's Worst Athlete starring Superboy, art by John Sikela; Timothy Marker wants to play football, but hes an awful athlete. Know Your Country public service announcement starring Superboy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. The Courtship of Tubby Watts starring Johnny Quick, art by Ralph Mayo. Varsity Vic humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Green Arrow in Wonderoland, art by George Papp. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $5.00 View scans Spine stress. Corner Damage. Centerfold detached. Denting. Edge damage. Soiling.

Volume 10, Issue 1 - December, 1954. Amateur photography magazine focusing on pin-up and tasteful nude portraits. 8.25" x 11", 44 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.50.

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Monthly magazine focusing on human interest stories, social issues and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 140 pages, full color. Cover price $0.35.

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Walter Lantz' Andy Panda. Stories by unknown. Pencils by Ken Champin and Dick Hall. Featuring the tales "Mystery ship," "Kings of the high wire," "The social (sea) lion" and an untitled story, plus an untitled 1-page story on the inside front cover! Starring Andy Panda, Charlie Chicken, Farmer Henry Brown, Fatso (Fatty) Pig, Billy Goat and Dandy Gander! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Drown and Out"; Archie gets a job as a lifeguard; Betty pretends to be drowning in order for Archie to rescue her, but she overdoes the hugging in the water and Archie has to sock her to get them to shore. "Pranks For the Memory"; Jughead gets hit on the head by a baseball and apparently has temporary amnesia. "Change Your Oil!"; Archie asks the pharmacist to fill a prescription; The prescription is mostly castor oil. "Backfield in Emotion"; The girls are upset that the boys signed up for football and won't date them as much. Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Annual ad. "A Shorts Story"; The boys are wearing Bermuda shorts to school, much to Miss Grundy's displeasure. "Snow Use" text story. "Rags to Riches"; Wilbur and Red sneak into the exclusive Westfield Country Club to go swimming on a hot day. "Missile-Man"; Archie makes a homemade boomerang; It almost hits Mr. Lodge, who tries to get rid of it by throwing it away, which doesn't work. "Pair of Spectacles"; Moose has a part in the school play that requires him to have bad eyesight except when wearing glasses; He's having trouble remembering that, so Betty and Veronica tell him to stay in character until the next rehearsal. Archie's Joke Book ad. Archie Club ad. "Dragnut!"; Everywhere he turns, Mr. Weatherbee is faced with students singing the "Grabnet" [Dragnet] theme song or using versions of the show's catch phrases ("Just the facts, ma'am," etc.), which is driving him crazy. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Archies Christmas Stocking Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 339, Issue 6 - December, 1954. 8" x 11", 90 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Greed!, art by Pete Tumlinson; A researcher receives telepathic signals from evil Martians, now long dead, who want him to build a machine that will allow them to cross space and conquer Earth. The Snowman!, art by Dave Berg; Two explorers determined to find the Abominable Snowman revert to savage ways to ensure that only one of them makes the discovery. The Man Who Melted!, art by Al Eadeh; An alien from Jupiter dresses as a caveman in order to capture an Earth specimen in ice. No Feelings!, art by Paul Reinman. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Dec 1954. Volume 54, Issue 4 - 1st printing. Science fiction stories by Frank Herbert, Raymond F. Jones, Rex Jatko, J. Anthony Ferlaine, and M.C. Pease. Illustrations by Freas and van Dongen. Article on visual perception. Cover by Chesley Bonestell. Softcover, 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; 168 newsprint pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover pencils by Win Mortimer and Sheldon Moldoff (figure of boy), inks by Win Mortimer and Charles Paris (figure of boy). "The Mystery of the Four Batmen!", script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Dick Sprang (as Bob Kane), inks by Charles Paris; The Batman and Robin board a cruise ship at sea, the Vardonic, in order to track down an accomplish of a gang operating in Gotham City. One-page Movie Mirth story by Harry Lampert. "Three Letters To Batman!", pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Charles Paris; When loot from a crime mysteriously disappears, a series of letters arrive to the Caped Crusaders, and Robin succeeds in tracking down the letter writer: Batman himself! Half-page Casey the Cop story by Henry Boltinoff. One-page Little Pete story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Case of the Harmless Crackpots" text story by Jack Miller (as Joe Maloney), art by Raymond Perry. "The Son of Batman!", pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Charles Paris; While impersonating Batman to impress his son, ex-con Ed Wilson is shot and gravely wounded; To protect Tommy, his son, and his father's image, Batman impersonates Wilson and eventually saves the boy from the Garver gang. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Sparling. Stories and art by Jack Sparling and others. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. An aging sheriff is still a threat to an outlaw gang, so they try to arrange a fatal run-in with Billy the Kid. Billy meets a dying prospector and learns the truth about a hidden vein of gold that brings death to all who see it. Billy must talk fast when a woman wants to kill him to avenge her brother's death. The Sheriff's Pride!; Diggings of Death!; The Water Poisoner; End of the Trail!; Sunrise Orders the Blue Plate Special. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bill Walton and Allan Bellman. Masked like the Lone Ranger or Zorro, Black Diamond fights for justice in the West, aided by his sidekick Bumper and his status as a federal marshal. Black Diamond and Bumper track an outlaw gang to their secret hideout on an island in a lake. Buck Roper and Hotfoot investigate after a robbery of the rodeo payroll turns to murder. Red Fire is abducted while investigating the disappearance of the town's neighboring tribe. Black Diamond: Terror Island; Buck Roper: Rodeo Payroll Murder; Western Lore; Too Young to Die; Red Fire: Fight for Life. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera. Stories by Dick Wood, Paul Gustavson and unknown. Art by Dick Dillin, Paul Gustavson and Chuck Cuidera. Featuring Blackhawk in: "Hammer and Sickle" by Dick Wood, Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera; "Trapped In the Kremlin" by Wood, Dillin and Cuidera; and "The Magnetic Mountain" with art by Dillin and Cuidera. Plus: Chop Chop in an untitled back-up story by Paul Gustavson, reprinted from issue #53. And: 1-page text story "Amateur Red Killer"! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Al Wenzel, Carl Hubbell, Ben Brown, Ralph Mayo and Charles Biro. An anthology title from publisher Lev Gleason and his primary creator, Charles Biro, featuring teen hero Crimebuster and his nemesis Iron Jaw. At a joust for a medieval charity fair, someone switches Crimebuster's lance with a real one and tries to frame him for attempted murder. Sniffer and Iron Jaw stage fake prize fights with stand-in champs, until the real champion boxers show up to give them what for. A traffic accident leads Crimebuster to a fugitive killer, featuring a wrist-mounted gun apparently of Charles Biro's design. Crimebuster: Robin Hood Lives Again; Behind the Clown's Laugh; Sniffer and Iron Jaw: Unfortunate Fortune; Crimebuster: Mr. Judge and Jury; Rocky X: Never Kick a Quiz Kid. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $53.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

A racy pageant of peppy cartoons, girls, and giggles. 98 pgs, B&W. 5 1/2" x 7 1/2". Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 4 Issue 1 - December 1954. Men's interest vintage magazine that dives deep into the history of Burlesque from its roots to its future. Issues include celebrity testimonials, jokes and LOTS of tasteful pin-up photography. 8" x 11", 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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"The Roaring River Rodeo" and "The Silver Deuce." Painted cover. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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H-Bomb Cover. Adventures with the "Atomic Commandos" featuring Commander Bill Battle, "Doc" Blake, "Champ" Ruggles, and Tony Gardello. Issue features a two-part story "Journey to the Moon" and "Death of the H-Bomb" in which the sub is retro-fitted for outer space and the Atomic Commandos head to the moon. Stories introduce the Junior Atomic Commando M. Jonathan Flint to the team. Issue also has "Untold Sagas of the War," "A Day in the Life of an Atomic Commando," and a one-page text stories "Escape From Corregidor" and "There's No Telling What You'll Find." Cover price $0.10.

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Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "The Action Packed Story of Wild Bill Hickock" reprinted from Cowboy Western Comics (1948) #20; "Rocky Lane, Killer Stallion"; "Western Wonders, Did Buffalo Bill Kill Any Buffalo? No!" art by Clinton Harmon, reprinted from Cowboy Western Comics (1948) #32; "Novelist Nevers"; "Annie Oakley, Queen of the Sharpshooters" reprinted from Cowboy Western Comics (1948) #32; "Chemist Keeber"; "Mack the Magician" reprinted from Western Hero (1949) #84; "Young Jesse James" reprinted from Cowboy Western Comics (1948) #18; "Buffalo Bill" art by Michael Nargi, reprinted from Cowboy Western Comics (1948) #21; and "Western Wonders, Did Camels Ever Travel Our Great Western Deserts? Yes!" art by Clinton Harmon, reprinted from Cowboy Western Comics (1948) #32. "Train Robbers" text story reprinted in Racket Squad in Action (1952) #25. Indicia states "COWBOY WESTERN". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Kamen. Stories by Carl Wessler and Al Feldstein. Art by Jack Kamen, Marie Severin, Joe Orlando, and Reed Crandall. EC's New Trend crime title featured top-notch art and writing, barrier-pushing graphics and pre-Code violence. A struggling family takes a turn for the worse when suspicions fall on them for serial killings, but no one suspects the identity of the true murderer. A jealous husband sees a TV wrestling match as proof of his suspicions, but forgets that not everything you see on wrestling shows is real. A firefighter is the last person anyone would suspect of arson. The cover by Jack Kamen directly references Bernie Krigstein's famous story "Master Race," originally scheduled for this issue, but postponed to Impact (1955 EC) #1 instead due to art delays. The Fixer; Dead Center; The Firebug; Comeback. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Paul Murry. Stories by unknown. Art by Tony Strobl and Phil De Lara. Donald Duck is featured in "The Song Writers," "Fish Eating" and "The Mechanical Brain"! Also: 1-pagers "Slippery Soap," "Trick Cookies" and "The Water Geyser"! Characters in this issue: Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey, Louie, Gladstone Gander, Daisy Duck, Uncle Scrooge and Gyro Gearloose. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Dec. 14, 1954. Weekly movie magazine published in Chile. Cover of Robert Wagner. 8-in. x 11-in., 30 pages, B&W. NOTE: Spanish language.

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Cover by Fred Ottenheimer. Stories and art by Dick Ayers and Fred Ottenheimer. Eh! was Charlton's attempt at a one-word-title humor and satire comic, inspired by the success of EC's Mad. This issue features parodies of some of the TV legends of the time, including I Love Lucy, Steve Allen (the first host of The Tonight Show) and The Colgate Comedy Hour, with a focus on tough-guy detective heroes like Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer. Liberitchy, a spoof of pianist Liberace, builds bigger and bigger musical instruments, until he creates one that levels New York City with sound waves. Spoofs of 1950s advertising, including the Book of the Month Club, Charles Atlas, and hair care. Liberitchy!; Do Friends Call You Fatty?; I Love Loosely; Inside Smellivision by Hatta Hooplah; The Steve Alley Show; Beat the Cluck!; The Coldgate Tragedy Theatre Presents a Preview of Aye, the Fury!, or Vengeance Is My Quick Gun on a Lonely Night. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $40.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

6 1/2-in. x 9 1/4-in., 224 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $43.00 View scans Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling.

Vol. 4, No. 12. December 1954. Digest-sized men's interest magazine with articles and glamour photos. This issue with a Julie Newmar pictorial. 5.25" x 7.5". 128 pages. B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $145.00 View scans Paper: Off white

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $34.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white Back cover detached 15%. Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 15, Issue 6 - December, 1954. 6.5" x 9", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Dec 1954. Science fiction and fantasy stories by John Toland, Robert Moore Williams, Niall Wilde, Lawrence Chandler, and Raymond Stark. Cover by Ralph Castenir. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

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Dec 1954. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Science fiction stories by Harlan Ellison ("Hal Ellson") - "Down With the Tyrants", Poul Anderson, Richard Matheson "The Doll that Does Everything", Irving E. Coxe Jr., John Wyndham, Roger Dee, Theodore Pratt, Evelyn E. Smith, Dal Stivens, John Christopher, Ed M. Clinton Jr., Ralph Williams, and Winston Marks. No interior illustrations. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago and Fred Ottenheimer. Funny-animal comics from Charlton. With this Charlton issue, Funny Animals gets a new star, the comics incarnation of 1950s kids' TV personality The Merry Mailman. Merry Mailman and Wheezer are off for adventure when someone mails a treasure map to Long John Silver. Millie wonders why Hoppy doesn't want to kiss her when they're playing kissing games at her party. Plus the legends of folk hero Paul Bunyan. Li'l Buck; The Merry Mailman Goes to Treasure Island; Merry Mailman's Coloring Page; Hoppy: Missed Kiss; Fuzzy's Song Page; The Mouse Has the Last Laugh; The Merry Mailman: King for a Day!; Legends of Paul Bunyon; Color-Me-Up Puzzle Page; The Merry Mailman Goes to Africa; Wilbur the Waiter. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $86.00 View scans 2" Spine split from bottom. Oxidation and water damage.

Cover by Otto Messmer. Stories and art by Otto Messmer. A collection of the Felix the Cat comic strip, reformatted to fit comic-book pages. Felix has an adventure in the land of the Little People. Back cover features a Felix paper doll by Messmer, with four different outfits. Squarebound, 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $86.00 View scans Margin piece torn out (does not affect panels)

Stories and art by Ross Andru, Mike Esposito, Jon D'Agostino, Jack Abel and Gerald Altman. Series continues from Fight Against Crime (1951) #21. Story Comics' violent horror title reverts back to crime stories as the Comics Code comes into effect. Vicky thinks back on the events that led her to become a double murderer, A motorcycle cop tracks down the truck hijackers who ambushed his partner, in an early story by future Marvel artists Ross Andru and Mike Esposito. A variation on the "Killer in the Backseat" urban legend features possible early art by Marvel legend Steve Ditko. No Escape; Blackmail; Motorcycle Cop; About Face; The Chain Of Fear; Danger. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart $75.00 View scans Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 7, Issue 6 - December, 1954. Painted cover by Peter Driben. Vintage men's interest magazine full of pin-ups and glamour photos paired with humorous text stories and adult comic strips. This issue with two Bettie Page photos. 8" x 11.5", 50 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

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Cover photo of Jock Mahoney [as Range Rider]. How to Ground Tie fact page. The Mystery of the Missing Banker, art by Tony Sgroi; A banker is at night forced to open the bank vault, then kidnapped; Troy Duncan accuses the banker of having skipped with the cash; Range Rider and Dick West are deputiced by the sheriff to investigate. The Robbers of Rillito. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 4, Issue 13 - December, 1954. Men's interest magazine featuring Athletes, True Crime, Starlets, and Pin-ups. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $12.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

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December 1954. Men's interest magazine featuring true adventure articles and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 10 3/4-in., 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $7.49 Water damage.

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Indicia title is "Zane Grey's SHADOW ON THE TRAIL, No. 604." Painted cover art by Sam Savitt. Zane Grey's Shadow on the Trail, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Bob Correa; After being shielded from a posse by Jacqueline Pencarrow, Wade Holden promises to go straight; After five years, Holden, now sporting a beard and known as Tex Brandon, returns to the area and learns that the Pencarrow ranch is about to go under because of rustlers; Brandon takes a job as Mr. Pencarrow's foreman and assembles a band of young ex-rustlers, who want to change their ways; Brandon slowly succeeds at his task of retrieving the Pencarrow cattle and eliminating the rustlers, while wondering if his past will come back to haunt him and deny him the love of Jacqueline Pencarrow. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "THE BROWNIES, No. 605." Cover art by Don Gunn. The Brownies and the Magic Cave; A Brownie, Droopy, gets lost while retrieving a ball in a cave, which is supposed to be magic; Droopy decides to take a nap. The Brownies and the Owlet; Spindly disguises himself as a bird in order to help a baby owl learn to fly; The mother owl mistakes Spindly for her baby and takes him back to her nest. Buttons Takes a Ride; Constable Buttons goes for a wild ride with Uncle Dude in his new toy car. The Badkins and Good Deed Day; The Brownies are giving apple jelly to those who do good deeds; The Badkins try to get jelly without doing any good deeds. All art by Don Gunn. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted Cover by Sam Savitt. Stories by unknown. Art by Bob Fujitani. Featuring the tales "The Castle Dangerous" and "Ordeal By Battle"! Starring Sir Lancelot! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $26.50 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

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Add to cart Very Good $21.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Men's magazine with tasteful, non-nude pictorials. 8" x 10.25", 68 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 9, Issue 3 - December 1954. Cover by Emsh. Stories include "Skulking Permit" by Robert Sheckley, "Assignment's End" by Roger Dee, "Collector's Item" by Evelyn E. Smith, and "Uncle Tom's Planet" by Finn O'Donnevan. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; 160 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.