Comic books November 1951

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Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by unknown. Art by Dick Sprang, Charles Paris, Leonard Starr, Frank Bolle and Ruben Moreira. Who is the mysterious raider behind..."The Robberies in the Bat-Cave!" Find out in this tale starring Batman and Robin, with art by Dick Sprang and Charles Paris. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "Trail of the Secret Cave!" with art by Leonard Starr; Robotman in "Robotman Meets Robotgirl!" with art by Frank Bolle; and Impossible -- But True! tale "The Man No Prison Door Could Hold!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with art by Ruben Moreira. Also: Shorty half-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Quick Quiz activity page by H.T. Elmo; and 2-page text piece "Keys for Any Kingdom" by Mort Weisinger. And: Superman says "The World Is Our Schoolroom!" in a 1-page public service announcement by Jack Schiff and Win Mortimer. 44 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Mexican series. Stories and art by Chester Gould. 36 pages, full color, 7.25" x 10.5", Spanish language.

Cover art by Joe Simon. "The Case of Evil Eyes," script by Chester Gould, art by Chester Gould and Joe Simon (splash); Tracy and Patton discover a body floating in the bay; Vitamin Flintheart falls prey to Influence, a criminal who seems to be able to hypnotize people into doing his bidding. "Little Colored Circles," script and art by Chester Gould; Influence and his men decide to use the mansion of Florence Lane as a hideout. "The Trail Grows Hot!", script and art by Chester Gould; Tracy tracks Influence to the Lane mansion; He is captured by Influence and his men and left tied and unconscious in the Lane mansion. "A Minor Detail of Murder!!" text story; Lt. Hanson investigates the murder of Frank Tenner. Crimestoppers Handbook; Brief descriptions of evidence processing techniques: blood, laundry marks, and tire treads. "National Police Academy" text story. Dick Tracy Minit Mystery; Dick solves a murder. "How Well Do You Know the Law?" activity page; Questions about kidnapping, counterfeiters, T-Men, kangaroo court, and fingerprint identification. Untitled one-page story; B. O. helps Sparkle Plenty wash the dishes. Wheaties ad: "Sensational Offer! Not 2 - Not 4 - 8 Walt Disney Comic Books." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $4.70 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.

Volume 61, Issue 2 - November, 1951. 6.5" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Jim Tyer and others. Funny-animal comics featuring Dinky, one of the lesser-known of Paul Terrys Terry-Toons. Dinky seeks a way to save the farm from a plague of corn-boring insects. Papa takes the Terry Bears to Looney Park - what could go wrong? Sourpuss tries to cure Gandy of the hiccups, and soon regrets it. Sourpuss Pretends; A Peaceful Evening; Terry Bears: Hide and Seek; The Barnyard Invasion; Farmer Gray; Terry Bears: Riding High; Gandy Goose: The Hiccup Cure; Little Roquefort; Sink or Swim. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Digest sized humor book with tons of single-page gags. 5" x 7", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Mike Sekowsky and Dick Kraus. Classic pre-Code crime comics from Fawcett. Spurned by the woman he loved, escape artist Desarro begins using his skills for evil, eluding the cops so often he becomes known as the Houdini of Crime. Escaped convicts get "The Professor" to help them plan the biggest train robbery in history. Gambler Lucky Eddie makes his own luck, with things like loaded dice and two-headed coins, but he's too sloppy to get away with that for long. The Houdini of Crime; Express Car #105; Photo Finish; Born Lucky. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 2 #30 -Nov. 2, 1951. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders on the Range, Eagle cutaway centerfold, Adventures of TinTin, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Patrick, Fighter for Truth. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 14 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 2 #31 -Nov. 9, 1951. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders on the Range, Eagle cutaway centerfold, Adventures of TinTin, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Patrick, Fighter for Truth. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 14 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 2 #32 -Nov. 16, 1951. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders on the Range, Eagle cutaway centerfold, Adventures of TinTin, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Patrick, Fighter for Truth. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 14 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 2 #33 -Nov. 23, 1951. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders on the Range, Eagle cutaway centerfold, Adventures of TinTin, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Patrick, Fighter for Truth. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 14 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 2 #34 -Nov. 30, 1951. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders on the Range, Eagle cutaway centerfold, Adventures of TinTin, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Patrick, Fighter for Truth. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 14 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

Volume 2, Issue 2 - November, 1951. 5" x 7", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 13, Issue 11 - November, 1951. Cover by Ed Valigursky. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "The Man Who Stopped at Nothing" by Paul W. Fairman. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 132 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Science fiction articles and reviews, plus ads. This issue has reviews "Between Planets" by Robert Heinlein, plus articles "Cybernetics, Science Fiction, and Survival" by Clyde Beck and "Those Critical Standards" by Stewart Kemble. 5-1/2 in. x 8-3/8 in.; black and white; 24 pages. Cover price $0.20.

Cover by Otto Messmer. Stories and art by Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. Comics adventures of the popular, long-running cartoon character; this series often featured art by the two men most associated with Felix, Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. Felix takes Inky to the beach, but when a fish makes off with their picnic lunch, they have to improvise. Needing some cash, Felix decides to turn his magic flying carpet into an aerial taxi service. A leopard sets out to change his spots, with help from a custom tailor shop. Shore Enough; The Taxi Grab; Pic-nixed; Jungle Jumble. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Maurice Whitman. Edited by J. F. Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Ken Battefield, Alex Blum, Bill Walsh and Dick Giordano. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Tiger Girl, Abdola and her pet tigers face the sorcery of Gayenda, the witch woman; The tale of the wild stallion named Firebrand features exquisite Alex Blum horse and wildlife art. Tiger Girl; Firebrand; Kayo Kirby; The Final Test; Rip Carson of Risks, Unlimited. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Al Avison. "Side-Street Love," art by Bob Powell; Bored Sally is engaged to Frank but begins an affair with department store night watchman Buck, who gives her gifts he "bought" with his "employee discount" (Buck actually stole the merchandise); Sally spends time with Buck in the closed store at night, hoping hell propose marriage. "Afraid To Tell" text story. "Brute Force," art by Lee Elias; Janie has a crush on former schoolmate Clark, now a professional boxer; Clark repeatedly sends her away because he has no future and no security to offer her. "No Hope for Happiness!", art by Jack Sparling; Reporter Bart investigates the death of Janice, a mysterious blonde whose body was washed up on a beach; He becomes obsessed with her, to the detriment of his relationship with fellow newspaper employee Sylvia. "She's No Lady," art by Tom Hickey; At lunchtime each day, Meg helps her father Frank with his lunch wagon business outside a local factory, then returns to school; She breaks up with factory worker Biff in order to date wealthy classmate Hal; Hal asks Meg to hide her humble origins from his parents, but when a factory worker gets fresh and Biff defends her, Hals father—who owns the factory—sees her there. Column in which Nancy Powers gives advice to readers. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Charles Spain Verral and others. Art by Ogden Whitney, King Ward, Emil Gershwin, Edvard Moritz and Leo Morey, plus one story by Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, and Joe Orlando. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A couple studying ancient castles in Europe comes upon one that is the lair of an ancient vampire, situated on an inaccessible peak. Another couple accidentally flung into space on an experimental balloon lands on a purgatory planet inhabited by atomic mutants, in a story full of ludicrous science and genuinely disturbing art by King Ward. But the real gem is about a boy who accidentally summons the spirit of a vengeful sorcerer while playing with the skull on his fathers desk. This oft-reprinted story, Skull of the Sorcerer, features pencils by EC legend Al Williamson, inks by Joe Orlando and Wally Wood, and one panel (page 6 panel 3?) inked by Frank Frazetta himself. Lair of the Vampire; The Return; The Vengeful Spirit; The Domain of the Doomed; Giants on the Earth; Skull of the Sorcerer; Pursuit Into the Past. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Barks. Stories by unknown. Art by Frank McSavage and various. Featuring the tales "Rags To Riches," "[Child psychology]" and "[Horse-back riding]," plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Starring Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey and Louie, Uncle Scrooge and Daisy Duck! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia reads "Zane Grey's Comeback (The Shepherd of Guadaloupe), No. 357." Comeback, script by Gaylord Du Bois; Cliff Forrest, a disabled war veteran who has been told he only has six months to live, returns to his home town in the southwest; only to find that his parents have lost their ranch. Sam Bass; lyrics to a traditional cowboy song about 1870s Texas outlaw Sam Bass. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walter Lantz ANDY PANDA, No. 358." Cover art by Dan Gormley. Kayaking on Sunnybrook Creek, pencils by Dick Hall, inks by Irene Little; Andy and Charlie have a series of misadventures while taking a kayak trip on Sunnybrook Creek. A Mysterious Train Ride, pencils by Dick Hall, inks by Irene Little; Andy and Charlie are taking a train trip through the mountains and get involved with a spy who has stolen some government papers. A Mystery in a Pyramid, pencils by Dick Hall, inks by Irene Little; While vacationing in Egypt, Charlie and Andy get trapped inside a pyramid. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "FROSTY THE SNOWMAN, No. 359." The Evil Snowman; Frosty judges a snowman contest by putting his magic hat on each snowman; An evil snowman runs off with the magic hat and Frosty can't pursue him. Frosty and the Snow Bunny; Frosty meets an impulsive young rabbit in the forest and has to save him from a fox. Frosty the Snowman and Santa's Toys; Frosty decides to go to the North Pole to help Santa Claus; On the way, he finds a group of toys who have run away from Santa's workshop. Frosty and the Eskimo Boy; Santa sends Frosty to check up on a mischievous Eskimo boy. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "PORKY PIG in TREE OF FORTUNE, No. 360." Cover art by Dan Gormley. Porky Pig and "The Tree of Fortune, art by Fred Abranz; Porky and Sylvester go to the island of Can't Tiki to bring back a rare breadfruit tree, which is guarded by a tribe of cannibals; Along the way they also free a genie from a bottle. Porky Pig and the Friendly Octopus, art by John Carey; Porky and Sylvester are divers sent to recover a crate of jelly beans. Spurs as Skates back cover strip, art by Ken Champin. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 361." Illustrated lyrics to the Christmas carol "Jingle Bells." Christmas in the Circus; The circus animals have never celebrated Christmas before; Whiskers, a little tiger, somehow learns about the Christmas traditions and tells the other circus animal children. Santa's First Christmas Trip; Santa works in a village of toymakers high in the mountains; He loves children, but doesn't have the skill to make toys. The Big Christmas Robbery; Two mice, who are traveling salesmen selling shoe polish, foil an attempt by two thugs to rob a train of presents intended for Santa Claus. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

November 1951. 8.5" x 10.75". 72 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Harvey Kurtzman. "Tin Can!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Jack Davis; Sailors aboard a U.S. Destroyer are busy shaving while Seaman 2/C Yearling gets on them about dirtying up newly cleaned sinks, when General Quarters is called after the ship hits a mine; During the confusion and lights going out, Yearling gets trapped in a flooded compartment, whose door has been shut and secured to prevent the rest of the ship being flooded, not knowing Yearling is inside. "Desert Fox!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Wally Wood. "The Bridge" article, script and art by Harvey Kurtzman. "Sea Battle!" article, script and art by Harvey Kurtzman. "Prisoner of War!", script and art by Harvey Kurtzman; American soldiers, plucked from occupation duty in Japan, and sent into the heat of battle in the Korean War, are taken prisoner; One of them, Benedict, brown-noses the enemy and is put in charge of marching his fellow grunts towards Seoul. "How They Die!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, pencils by John Severin, inks by Bill Elder; As U.S. Army jeeps roll across France toward Chalon in WW2, a Frenchman remembers the wars involving the French: back to the times when Attila the Hun raced across toward the same destination and met defeat at the hands of the Romans, then the British in the 1300's, on to the time of Napoleon and his defeat at the hands of the Russians, and then WW1. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 2, Issue 4 - November 1951. Cover by Peter Poulton. Science Fiction and adventures stories featuring "Experiment in Genius" by William F. Temple, and "Ismail, the Outworlder" by Manly Wade Wellman. Illustrations by Finlay, Kiemle, and Poulton. 7-in. x 10-in. 96 newsprint pages B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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.

The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. Thinking it's a joke, Gabby enters a rodeo for outlaws only, but it's all too real. Gabby gets a return on an African investment that turns out to be a live giraffe, Bongo from the Congo. Gabby matches muscles with circus strongman Hercules, and comes up short. Plus a vintage Wheaties ad featuring baseball legend Stan Musial. Favorite line this issue: "Dingbust yore ornery neck! I figgered on collecting gold and diamonds, not a freak critter!" Rustlers Rodeo; Jumping Jiminy; Gabby Hayes Wins by a Neck!; Loco Lew; Young Falcon: The Lost Wagon; Chief Gray Matter; The Hercules of the West. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 3 #2, Nov. 1951 - "Puppet Masters" conclusion by Robert Heinlein. Interior illustrations by Emsh, Sibley, Fawcette, Stone. 5.5" x 7.25", 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Cover art by Ruben Moreira. The Jail-Break Gang, art by Ruben Moreira. Circus Cop, art by John Prentice. The Case of the Sunset Alibi, art by Bill Ely. State's Witness, art by Sy Barry. 44 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Sid Check, Ed Goldfarb, Bob Baer, Moe Marcus, Martin Rose and Jack Kamen. Stories about mobsters and the women who love them, with a special focus on women who were notorious criminals in their own right. Edna Murray escapes prison three times, but she kisses one hostage and shes known ever after as the Kissing Bandit; The violent career and demise of legendary bank robbers Bonnie & Clyde; A Saint adventure from All True Detective Cases is reprinted as a Mike Strong detective story. Featuring a painted cover reprinted from one of Avons paperbacks. Edna Murray, the Kissing Bandit!; Bonnie Parker & Clyde Barrow; The Wild Genna Brothers—The Maniac Killers of Chicago!; Murder in Lovers Lane; The Case of the Emerald Robbery! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Gene Autry stars in "The Imposters." Back-up story, "A Lead-Pipe Cinch." Two-page text story, "Jed's Death-Defying Invention." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Ken Hultgren and others. Cover by Ken Hultgren. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG, with art by cartooning legend Dan Gordon. Spencer opens a school to teach haunting, but the only pupil to show up is a sarcastic cat; Binky the puppy has to take care of a brood of baby ducks; A mouse conceives a foolish plan to trap an elephant. Spencer Spook; The Duke and the Dope; The Mice-Keteers; The Baaadman!; Danny; Fetch!; Binky. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Till Death Do Us Part." A woman fantasizes that her love saves a man from dying aboard a bush crash. Also includes: "The Breaking Point!"; "I Hate Janet Briggs"; "Unwanted!"; and "Murder on the Mesa." Pencils and inks by Sieminski and Dan Morino. Cover by Sol Brodsky. Cover price $0.10.

Her search for happiness led her to a road marked..."One Way to Heartbreak," the cover-featured 10 page story. Plus: 8 page story "Meddling Heart"; 1 page Fran story "Ted Called"; 8 page story "Tragic Souvenir"; 1 page Joan story "Love Seats"; 8 page story "The End of Love" written by Natalie Krigstein; 2 page text article "Love in Many Lands"; 1 page Carol story "Dog Scares Beaus"; 1 page Oddities in Romance story; 1 page poem "My Love." Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 5, Issue 4 - November, 1951. Glamour and pin-up photography. 8.5" x 11.25", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.