Comic books February 1951

Volume 65, Issue 2 - February, 1951. 6.75" x 9", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 60, Issue 2 - February, 1951. 6.5" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories by Buford Tune and Paul McCarthy. Art by Bill Schreiber, Buford Tune, Art Helfant and Paul McCarthy. Cover by Buford Tune. Reprints from the Dotty Dripple daily and Sunday comic strip. Dotty and husband Horace face domestic squabbles similar to those of Blondie and Dagwood, right down to the drawing style; the long-running family strip also featured tween daughter Taffy and dog Pepper. Horace's similarities to Dagwood Bumstead include his love of baths and naps; Horace is good at getting rid of salesmen, but baby-sitter Connie is better; Holly of Hollywood takes no prisoners while playing bridge with her friends. Also featuring a Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie Catches Hi Jackers," as well as instructions for making a scooter out of an orange crate. Dotty Dripple; Li'l Taffy; Li'l Taffy Puzzle Page; Holly of Hollywood; Rumpus; Nothing Like a College Man; How to Make a Scooter; The Pixie Search. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Gardner Fox and others. Art by Joe Certa, John Belfi and Frank Frazetta. Cover by Joe Certa. Sometimes listed as Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid #9. Western adventure based on the popular masked hero played in the movies by Charles Starrett. Durango Kid tries to prevent violence between Sioux and settlers; Steve Brand, the Durango Kid's alter ego, is accused of shooting the sheriff; Dan attempts to gain support for the American Revolution, in a "White Indian" story by legendary artist Frazetta. War on the Sioux Trail!; The Battle of the Dams!; Tory Treachery; His First War Party; Law of the Hangman's Noose; Charles Starrett, Star of Columbia's "Durango Kid" Western Movies. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 1 #43 - Feb. 2, 1951. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Skippy the Kangaroo, The First Man To..., Curious Creatures, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, The Great Adventurer. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 14 1/2-in., 16 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 1 #44 - Feb. 9, 1951. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders on the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Skippy the Kangaroo, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, The Great Adventurer. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 14 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 1 #45 - Feb. 16, 1951. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders on the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Skippy the Kangaroo, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, The Great Adventurer. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 14 1/2-in., 16 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 1 #46 - Feb. 23, 1951. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders on the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Skippy the Kangaroo, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, The Great Adventurer. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 14 1/2-in., 16 pages, B&W and full color.

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Vol. 2, No. 2 - February 1951. "The Woman's Magazine for Men". This issue with an article on mountain climber, Charlotte Jackson. 10.5" x 13", 42 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Issue 12 - February, 1951. "Bodies on Fire" by Joan Sherman. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7.5", 130 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 7, Issue 4 - February, 1951. Billie Nelson photo cover. Vintage men's interest magazine full of pin-up pictorials with humorous text. 8.5" x 11.5", 58 pages, B&W with spot color. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Carl Anderson, Chic Young, Tom Sims, Bill Zaboly, H. H. Knerr, Edwina Dumm, Jimmy Murphy, Feg Murray, Paul Robinson, Colin Allen, Russ Westover, Clyde Lewis, George McManus, Lee Elias, John Belfi, Brandon Walsh, Darrell McClure, C. D. Russell, Doc Winner, Ad Carter, Wally Bishop, Fred Lasswell, Jimmy Hatlo, Art Helfant, , Paul McCarthy, and Otto Soglow. Harvey presents reprints of classic comic strips from King Features Syndicate; each issue features one page per strip. Meet Brandon Walsh, Creator of Little Annie Rooney; Joke Parade; Flash Gordons Interplanetary Log; Why Kings Wear Robes; Mandrakes Magic Page; Blondie; Popeye; The Katzenjammer Kids; Dinglehoofer und His Dog; Snookums; Buz Sawyer; Felix the Cat; Tippie; Just Kids; Toots and Casper; Tillie the Toiler; Etta Kett; Elmer; Bringing Up Father; Henry; Flash Gordon; Pete the Tramp; Little Annie Rooney; Little Iodine; Barney Google and Snuffy Smith; Fun at the Zoo; Rumpus; Seein' Stars; Colonel Potter and the Duchess; What a Family!; Muggs and Skeeter; The Little King; Holly of Hollywood. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Contains comic strip reprints and a text story. In order of appearance: "Yipee" by Clark Haas; "Barney Carr, Space Detective"; "Ben Friday" by Lawrence Lariar and John Spranger; "Steve Roper and Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Dickie Dare" by Mabel Burwick (as Odin); "Bobby Sox" by Martha B. Links; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; and "Scorchy Smith" by Rodlow Willard. "Payment On Time" text story by George Roussos (as George Bell). 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 5 - January/February, 1951. Short-lived vintage men's interest magazine that focused entirely on tasteful amateur cheesecake pin-up pictorials. 8" x 10.5", 64 pages, B&W. -Recommended for ages 16+ Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 13, Issue 2 - February, 1951. Cover by Arnold Kohn. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "The Sword of Ra" by Geoff St. Reynard. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 132 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Science fiction reviews, plus ads. This issue reviews books by A.E. Van Vogt and others. Also in this issue: a short column by Robert Silverberg, and part 1 of "Space-Travel in Fact and Fiction" (by Arthur C. Clarke), a paper read to the British Interplanetary Society in London on April 1, 1950. 5-1/2 in. x 8-3/8 in.; black and white; 36 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Photo cover features Monte Hale. Story by Leo Dorfman, from the screenplay by Robert Creighton Williams. Art by Bob Powell. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on The Old Frontier, a 1950 Republic B-movie Western starring Monte Hale. A town doctor is accused of murder, but the marshal suspects that he's been framed. He sets out to prove that prescription-addicted "Pills" Fowler is the real killer. Featuring art by Bob Powell. Plus photo stills from the film. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 4, Issue 1 - February, 1951. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 1, Issue 7 - February, 1951. Movie fan magazine with a focus on the lives of celebrities from the Golden-Age of Hollywood. This issues stories include; "Love Can't Wait" by Jane Powell, "Waning to Teenagers" by Kathryn Grayson, "Speaking of Ladies" by Scott Brady, "How to Treat a Boss" by Lucille Ball, and many more. Softcover Magazine, 8.5" x 10", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Alex Raymond and Bill Schreiber. Harvey reprints the original comic-strip adventures of legendary space-opera hero Flash Gordon and his struggle against interstellar tyrant Ming the Merciless. This issue reprints Sunday strips from May 4 - Sept. 21, 1941. Flash, Dale and Dr. Zarkov finally return to Earth after their long battle with Ming, only to find the world embroiled in a war of its own, and the space travelers detained as possible spies. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie, Gridiron Hero" by Bill Schreiber. Bondage cover by an unknown artist. Battle To the Death; The Floating Monsters. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vintage men's interest magazine full of pin-ups and glamour photos paired with humorous text stories and adult comic strips. 8" x 11.5", 58 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Paul Murry. Stories by unknown. Art by Paul Murry, Al Hubbard, Gil Turner and various. Featuring the tales "The Mystery of the Double-Cross Ranch" and "Ringside Ruckus," plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Starring Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Pancho, Goofy, Canvas-back Charlie, Pluto, Morty and Ferdie! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "Zane Grey's AMBUSH (WESTERN UNION), No. 314." Painted cover art. Descriptions of Colt .44, Derringer pistol, and Winchester lever action rifle. Zane Grey's Ambush; Three cowboys and a tenderfoot become a team working with the crews of Western Union that are stringing the first transcontinental telegraph line; Adapted from the 1939 novel "Western Union" by Zane Grey. Lyrics to the western song "The Buffalo Skinners." 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and Art by unknown. Featuring three untitled tales, plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Starring Oswald the Rabbit, Floyd, Lloyd and Toby! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Rex Allen #1. Indicia title is "REX ALLEN, No. 316." Rex Allen photo cover. Posed photo of Rex playing a guitar inside cover photo. The Legacy, art by Jesse Marsh; When Rex goes to Oklahoma to investigate a claim on his uncle's estate, he is framed in the killing of a sheriff. Ghost Town Gun Runners, art by Jesse Marsh; Masked riders are attacking supply wagons to Mule Gulch to force the residents to leave. Rex riding his horse Koko inside back cover photo. Rex prepares to mount Koko, with adobe building in background back cover photo. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ralph Heimdahl. Stories by Don R. Christensen and various. Art by Fred Abranz, John Carey and Tony Strobl. Featuring the tales "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow," "Senor Bullfighter," "Duel at Dawn" and "[Backseat driver]," plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Starring Bugs Bunny! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Dan Gordon 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. Blunderbunnys automatic car wash washes their drivers instead; A cat refuses to harm a catfish because he thinks they're practically related; Alkali Ike is lost in the desert. Puss an' Boots; Jerkie; Blunderbunny; No Go!; Blunderbunny's Thinking Cap; Whoo-Doodit; Alkali Ike and His Horse Oatsie; A Fish Story; Whoo-Doodit Plays It Smart; Friends Forever. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Otto Feuer. Untitled The Dodo and the Frog story, art by Otto Feuer. Untitled story, art by Rube Grossman; The mice try to get Blabber to shut up by using advertising. Untitled Blackie Bear story, art by Rube Grossman; The cubs put up wanted posters with Blackie's picture on them. The Adventures of Bob Hope ad. Untitled story, script and art by Sheldon Mayer; Buttons has a machine that shovels his sidewalk and Doodles Duck wants it. Little Arthur's Scrambled Squares activity page by Martin Naydel. Fun an' Fact page by Martin Naydel. How to Bring Christmas Cheer public service announcement starring Superboy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. "Hansel and Gretel" starring The Dodo and the Frog, art by Otto Feuer; Parody of the fairy tale. Real Screen Comics ad. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Dick Kraus. The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. In a three-part story, Gabby must find prospector Sourdough's fortune, which he left "at the end of the rainbow." But daredevil Zing Boomer is looking for it too, and Gabby accidentally re-creates each of Zing's best stunts while on the hunt. But that's not nearly as dangerous as when he accidentally steals the lunch Aunt Hester made for the charity picnic. Favorite line this issue: "I shore hate to waste such dee-lishus vittles! But this is the only way to quiet them cussed mountain lions!" Sourdoughs Gold, Chapter 1: Chasing Rainbows; Young Falcon: The Silver Slaves; Stuttering Stuart; Old Slick; Sourdoughs Gold, Chapter 2: Bats in the Belfry!; Ambling Andy; Buck Desmond: Outlaw Snare; Sourdoughs Gold, Chapter 3: In the Lions Den; Chief Gray Matter. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 10 #2 - Feb. 1951.Humor Magazine featuring jokes and cartoons. 7 1/4-in. x 10 1/4-in., 64 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Features the first publication of "The Fireman" by Ray Bradbury (later expanded into the novel Fahrenheit 451). Cover by Chesley Bonestell. Stories: "The Fireman" by Ray Bradbury, "...And it Comes Out Here" by Lester Del Rey, "The Protector" by Betsy Curtis, "Second Childhood" by Clifford D. Simak, "Two Weeks in August" by Frank M. Robinson, and "Tyrann"(Part 2) by Isaac Asimov. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; 160 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Gene Autry stars in "Gene Autry Rides the Sawdust Trail" and "The Train-robbing Spook." Back-up story, "Bonanza Belle's Choice." Two-page text story, "A Real Westerner." 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Conjuror's Magazine." Vol. 15 # 6. Magic articles, demonstrations, and news. Approx. 8-in. x 11-in.; black and white with spot color; 40 pages on white paper stock. Joyce Holden/George Boston photo cover.

Stories by unknown. Art by Harvey Kurtzman (Egghead Doodle 1-pager), Hal Lockwood (Awful Oscar half-pagers) and unknown. More laughs with Georgie Lawson and his friends! Georgie stars in: "Jeep for Sail!"; "Help Wanted!"; and "Plane Paper!" Also in this issue: untitled Hank and Lank 1-pager; untitled Egghead Doodle 1-pager with art by Harvey Kurtzman; 2-page text story "A Dog's Life," reprinted from Comedy Comics (1948 Marvel) #10; and two untitled Awful Oscar half-pagers with art by Hal Lockwood. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Joe Maneely and George Tuska. Ride with Red Larabee...the Gunhawk! The cowboy with the smoking guns stars in three tales with art by Joe Maneely: "The Man Who Murdered Gunhawk!" (the man who brings down Red can just about name his own price!); "The Useless Guns!"; and "The Vengeance of Howling Wolf!" Plus: Back-up story "The Lawman Who Wore No Guns!" by Stan Lee and George Tuska, and 2-page text story "The Loaded Gun"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.