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(C) Sol Brodsky (A) Al Hartley, Joe Maneely, Ed Winiarski, Dave Berg. Parody/satire of King Arthur, Dracula, and others. FC, 32 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Molno and Ray Osrin. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Ray Osrin, Carl Memling, Albert Tyler and Bob Forgione. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, sometimes published under its short-lived Capitol or Law and Order imprints. Mr. and Mrs. Chase encounter espionage in postwar, divided Berlin, in one of several stories (and cover) this issue with art most likely by Bill Molno, ghosting for an ailing Joe Shuster. Crime kingpin Al has a habit of crumpling up paper when under pressure, which proves to be his downfall. Killers make a profit by ramming and hijacking cargo trucks on the highway. Mr. and Mrs. Chase: The $64,000 Question; Road Pirates; The Key to the Car; Finale for Fingers; Scene of the Crime; How Clever Are You? There was no issue #22; the series resumed with #23 the following year, under the Comics Code. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Claude Moore, Dick Wood and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. Each story starts with a little gravestone, showing the date and method of the criminal's death. Narrated by a ghost cop, Officer Common Sense. Bespectacled killer Danny Iamascia is even more dangerous with his glasses off - to his fellow hoods and himself. The story of notorious German serial killer Peter Kurten, known as The Vampire of Dusseldorf. Bootlegger Charles "Vannie" Higgins, called "Brooklyn's Last Irish Boss" is notorious for his escapes from the law. The Crimson Story of Vannie Higgins; Danny Iamascia, Dutch Schultz's Triggerman; Gyp Artist; Small Fry Killer; Butcher of Dusseldorf; Fingerprints Can't Be Changed!; The Feud of Happy McNulty and Fancy Campbell. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Alex Toth. Stories and art by Ben Brown, Bill Finger and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. All the stories in this issue attempt to simulate a 3-D effect (without glasses) through the use of page-wide panels with curved borders, a process called "Deep Dimension" in the promotional copy. A trick motorcycle rider decides to use his skill sets for stealing jewelry. An article on the Food and Drug Safety Dept., written by Batman co-creator Bill Finger! A gang decides to attempt a modern-day train robbery after their femme-fatale member cases the station. Death on Wheels; The Show-Off; Are You Being Poisoned?; Murder in the Bathtub; The Gang War Murders. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Dick Briefer, Gil Kane, and Dan Zolnerowich. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. In 1860s England, a man claims to be the missing heir Roger Tichborne, but something's not quite right. Yonnie Licavoli and his family become crimelords in the Prohibition-era Midwest. That story features art by Bob Powell of Sheena fame; other stories include art by Dick Briefer and comics legend Gil Kane. Wanted - Roger Tichborne; The Bootblack; Yonnie Is Always at Home; The Manuscript; The Imperfect Crime!; Ice Box Madden; Too Many Rudolphs. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Robert Sale, Jack Alderman, Rudy Palais, Edd Ashe, Dan Tay, Ann Brewster, and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. The FBI plants a trap for notorious outlaw John Dillinger outside a Chicago movie theater. Arsonist Charles Bohme sets fires not for money, but because of a special kind of crazy. A story that dares the reader to figure out who poisoned a movie star on the eve of her wedding at a party full of suspects. Also featuring several lurid text stories of the True Detective type, plus a special introduction by Mr. Crime. Who'll Buy My Wares?; The Trigger Happy Cop Killer; Lesson for Today: 7 Crooks + $2,500,000 = Robbery, Murder and the Chair; The True Story of John Dillinger; This'll Kill You!; The Fire Fiend; Crime of the Friendly Enemy; The Slayer of Smithfield; Whodunnit. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Fred Guardineer, Mike Roy, Sam Burlockoff, Rudy Palais, George A. Marko, Arne Arntzen, Jack Alderman, Red Woodbury, Harley M. Griffiths and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. The Schroeder gang robs and kills its way across 1920s America, led by bereted blonde Irene, featuring some classic bad-girl art by Fred Guardineer. Mr. Crime narrates the story of killers Steve and Tony, featuring a lurid image of an electric chair high atop the pile of their victims' bodies. The true story of violent criminal Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll. Also featuring a vintage ad for Pepsi starring Pepsi the Pepsi-Cola Cop, and a photo of the Lev Gleason creative staff: Bob Wood, Lev Gleason and Charles Biro. Thug's Throne; Fingers of Death; The Tri-State Terror; Mad Dog Vincent Coll; Triple Death and the Trail of Terror; The Terror Down Under; The Horrible Halzingers; Whodunnit. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Fred Guardineer, George Tuska, Dick Briefer, Rudy Palais, Bob Moore, Jack Alderman, Walter Johnson and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. The Fleagle brothers like to rob banks together, but superstitions may turn them against each other. Bespectacled killer Danny Iamascia is even more dangerous with his glasses off - to his fellow hoods and himself, in a story with early art by future "Flash Gordon" artist Dan Barry. A masked robber terrorizes the Massachusetts town of Belmont, so citizens organize a neighborhood patrol. The Kill-Crazy Fleagle Brothers; Danny Iamascia, Dutch Schultz's Triggerman; On the Level; Arkansas Killer; The Chicken-hearted Killer; Jail Didn't Save Them; The Belmont Bandit; Whodunnit: The Invisible Killer. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Bob Fujitani. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Fred Guardineer, Claude Moore, Tony DiPreta, Carl Wessler and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. Tough private eye Chip Gardner tries to prove an accident in a steelworks was murder and winds up in a barrel, featuring a great cover by Bob Fujitani and a story possibly written by Walter Gibson, creator of The Shadow. A man leaping from a building flashes back on the events that led him there. A story that dares the reader to solve a murder at a costume party in the Mephisto Club during Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Also featuring a vintage ad for the book "How to Get Along with Girls." Chip Gardner: The Payroll Bonus Murders; Fall Guy; On the Level; Our Police Hall of Fame; Rabbit's Foot; Who Dunnit?: The Death of the Grand Demon! 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Bob Fujitani. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Fred Guardineer, Tony DiPreta, Al McWilliams and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. Tough private eye Chip Gardner is hunted through the Florida swamps by a larceny and kidnapping gang, featuring a great cover by Bob Fujitani and a story possibly written by Walter Gibson, creator of The Shadow. An ex-con's search for the hidden loot from a robbery leads to a shootout in a carnival funhouse. A story that dares the reader to figure out who murdered an eccentric millionaire with a bomb hidden in a toy boat. Also featuring a vintage ad for the book "How to Get Along with Girls." Chip Gardner: The Ostrich Murder Case; Loot!; Laff It Off; Our Police Hall of Fame; Go Home and Wait for Death!; Who Dunnit?: Murder by Parcel Post! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Annual. 100 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Joe Orlando. Stories by Al Feldstein, Jack Oleck, John Larner, and Richard Smith. Art by Jack Kamen, Joe Orlando, Reed Crandall, and Johnny Craig. Part of EC's Picto-Fiction line, published in response to the Comics Code, featuring tales of law and outlaws in text stories copiously illustrated by EC's lineup of artists. A private eye investigating a woman's disappearance finds a vital clue in a mystery novel, but fails to notice the title, "Fall Guy For Murder," adapted from a story that originally appeared in Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) #18. In a noirish story, a chance encounter on the street gets Ben involved with the dangerous lives of Myra and her sister. Another historic moment occurs in Mother's Day (adapted from a story that originally appeared in Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) #21), when writer Al Feldstein uses the soon-to-be-famous moniker "Alfred E. Neuman." Vivid cover by Joe Orlando definitely would not have passed muster with the new Comics Code. Fall Guy For Murder; The Sisters; Fools Gold; Farewell To Arms; Mothers Day 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Reed Crandall. Stories by Al Feldstein, Jack Oleck, John Larner, and Maxwell Williams. Art by Jack Davis, Joe Orlando, Reed Crandall, Graham Ingels and Johnny Craig. Part of EC's Picto-Fiction line, published in response to the Comics Code, featuring tales of law and outlaws in text stories copiously illustrated by EC's lineup of artists. A movie stand-in plots to permanently replace a famous movie star, in a story adapted from "Cut!" which originally appeared in Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) #9. Condemned man Arnold tells the priest who's come for last rites why and how he murdered his wife. Norman and Sally conspire to kill Norman's wife in Pieces of Hate (adapted from "In Each and Every Package" in Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) #22, written by Al Feldstein using the soon-to-be-famous moniker "Alfred E. Neuman." Ax-wielding maniac cover by Reed Crandall is actually kind of tame for EC. Motive; Fair Trade; Clean Sweep; Screenplay For Murder; Pieces Of Hate. Final issue of the series; a third issue was planned, but not printed until the modern era, in EC Picto-Fiction HC Set (2006 Gemstone) #1. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Alvin Hollingsworth. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and others. Crime and adventure comics featuring detective heroes. Dr. Lance Storm battles mad scientist Dr. Zarno, who has discovered how to turn people into radiation-powered zombies. Chinese scientist Dr. Foo helps Don Grady solve crimes, in his debut. Plus a classic anti-marijuana story. Lance Storm: The Nightmare Monster; Jerry Jasper; The Fantastic Dr. Foo; Queenie Starr. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Earl Lonsbury. Stories and art by Earl Lonsbury and others. The WWII superhero formerly known as Spy Smasher starts a postwar career as a hardboiled private eye named Crime Smasher. Hired to deliver a mysterious package, Crime Smasher discovers a dead body and tries to figure out the meaning of the three-legged rabbit statue. Crime Smasher goes after a mob boss and his army of goons, facing a sinister trap by two thugs dressed as women. A Death Row inmate's last request is that Crime Smasher prove that his innocence by catching the real killer. The Trapping of Public Enemy No. 1; Sherlock the Monk; The Last Request; The Unlucky Rabbits Foot; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Lumber Camp Mystery! Only issue of the series; the Spy Smasher character did not return until revived by DC in the famous "Earth-S" crossover in Justice League of America (1960 1st Series) in the 1970s. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Robert Leslie Bellem, Tony Tallarico, Ray McClelland, Pierre Charpentier, John C. Mitchell, Bill Fraccio, William Grew and H. C. Kiefer. Despite the title, not true "crime" comics, but mystery comics featuring detective heroes. The ol' "injury-to-the-eye motif" returns, as Dan Turner seeks a killer who fires poison darts into his female victims' eyes! This story also features a deadly Punch & Judy show, hilarious Dan Turner tough-guy dialogue, and a villainous puppet-master who resembles Marvel's Puppet Master. Gail Ford goes undercover at a costume party to catch a wealthy man's killer, in a story with plentiful action-girl art. Sally the Sleuth and "The Chief" are mystified when an executed killer seemingly returns from the dead...for revenge. Gail Ford, Girl Friday; Ray Hale: Murder at First Base; Sally the Sleuth: Back From the Dead; Steve Wilder: Stuck With Murder; Dan Turner Hollywood Detective: The Poisoned Puppet. Final issue under this title; series continues as Crime Mysteries (1952-1954 Trojan Magazines) #7, while the numbering continues with Secret Mysteries (1954) #16. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Dale Evans stars in "Roughneck Romeos," "The Evil Eye of Eagle Eye," and "The Rodeo Rat!" Sierra Smith Western Detective stars in "The Case of the Battered Balloonist!" (art by Alex Toth). 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Among the best skeleton covers ever produced!

Cover by Bill Fraccio. Stories and art by Hy Fleishman and Doug Wildey. A pre-Code horror series that is not as well-known other horror comics, but makes up for it with grue. Mona discovers that her husband Frank has made an unholy pact with the demonic creature called Bobo. The ghost-crew of a ship lost on an uncharted island waits only for a new captain to lead them. Steve seeks a friend who vanished in a South American town, and the trail leads to the deadly Cat Woman, in a story with art by Doug Wildey. The Strange Affair with...Death!!; The Vigil of the Ghost Pirates!; Chimes of Death; Terror of the Cat-Men; Horror of the Ghostly Statue. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by A.C. Hollingsworth and Myron Fass. A pre-Code horror series that is not as well-known other horror comics, but makes up for it with grue. On a fog-shrouded night, an odd little man approaches a stranger and begins talking. His tale reveals the truth behind the strange deaths of rival magicians Mord and The Great Gobbo. Sinister Secret. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Imogene Williams photo cover. "Dangerous Love!"; Bettys father Mike runs a logging camp and zealously prevents the workers from approaching Betty; However, she and newcomer Larry fall in love, but when her father threatens to kill him, Betty tells Larry she doesnt care for him. "Heart Sick" poem by Lizabeth Wall. "Love Thief"; Nurse Celia works with Dr. Peter in a malaria control station in the Philippines; Peters wife Elaine is also there: she hates the living conditions but says her husband is her life; Celia and Peter have an affair and Elaine finds out. "Platter Patter" record reviews. "Your Handwriting" article by Ellyn Lee. "Thrill Hungry!"; Although she has an engineering degree, Barbaras father and foreman Red wont allow her to enter a tunnel they are digging; Barbara has herself appointed a city building inspector and goes into the tunnel. Darling Romance #4 ad. "Cinema Chatter" movie reviews. "The Darling Bandbox" article by Miss Darling; Helpful fashion and household hints. "Second Fiddle Wife"; Petroleum engineer Dale and his wife Meg are transferred to Tampico, Mexico; Meg dislikes the accommodations and complains: Dale says hes not leaving but Meg is free to go. "Hello Darling" poem by May Richstone. "What's on Your Heart?" advice column by Laura Brown. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Regular 25 cent cover price edition. Walt Kelly Pogo reprints from Animal Comics: "Albert the Alligator," "Albert the Whaler," "Albert and Pogo and the Fountain of Youth," "Albert and the Noah Count Ark," "Albert and Pogo" (six stories), and "Ol' Albert is Really a Deer." 100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Regular 25 cent cover price edition. Walt Kelly Pogo reprints from Animal Comics: "Albert the Alligator," "Albert the Whaler," "Albert and Pogo and the Fountain of Youth," "Albert and the Noah Count Ark," "Albert and Pogo" (six stories), and "Ol' Albert is Really a Deer." 100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Sheldon Moldoff. The Golden Rule public service announcement starring Bob Hope, script by Jack Schiff, art by Mort Drucker. "Captives of the Alien Zoo!" starring Batman and Robin, script by Dave Wood, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Charles Paris; Batman and Robin are mistaken for two-legged animals by alien hunters, are captured and are placed on display in an alien zoo; The Dynamic Duo manage to escape the alien zoo and they are able to locate the authorities of the alien planet, who inform them that the hunters that captured them are in fact criminals who use exotic animals for their crimes; Batman and Robin help the authorities of this world to capture the criminals and later they are sent back to Earth on a special spaceship. Casey the Cop humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Four-Legged Sleuth article. "The Death of John Jones, Detective" starring John Jones Manhunter from Mars, script by Jack Miller, art by Joe Certa; A criminal steals the idol head of Diabolu unaware that once it's opened it will release an ancient evil at each full moon; Jones is apparently killed by the first monster. Manhunter vows to hunt down each monster until he finally finds the idol head. 32 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Jim Aparo. New Batman story, "Judgement Day!" (script by Archie Goodwin, art by Howard Chaykin). New Manhunter story, "Cathedral Perilous" (chapter 5; script by Archie Goodwin, art by Walt Simonson). 1945 Plastic Man untitled reprint. Two 1940's Batman reprints, "The Case of the Prophetic Pictures" (from Detective 42) and "The Carbon Copy Crimes!" (from Batman 38). Ibis the Invincible Golden Age reprint, "Holocause, God of Destruction!" (from Whiz 95; art by Kurt Schaffenberger). Eclipso reprint, "The Two Faces of Doom" (from House of Secrets 66; art by Alex Toth). Alias the Spider 1942 untitled reprint (from Crack Comics 25; art by Paul Gustavson). Sal Amendola contents page illustration. Cover price $0.60.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by James Wilcox and J. D. Triem. Boys' adventure with military cadet and sportsman Dick Cole, who appeared in Blue Bolt, 4Most and Target Comics before getting his own series. A new student from a different academy promises to give star athlete Dick Cole a run for his money. Teen athlete Rip Rory executes The Decoy Gambit on the opposing team. On April Fool's Day, Dick Cole deals with prankster Obie Winters and his efforts to outdo himself. Dick Cole; Rip Rory; River Rat; Dick Cole: April Fool's Day At Farr! Final issue under this title; series continues as Sport Thrills (1950 Star) #11. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Dick Tracy and the Tiger Lily Gang (1949 Whitman BLB) #1460, Chester Gould

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"Trouble on Parade" a Doc Savage novel by Kenneth Robeson.

November 1945. "Trouble on Parade" by "Kenneth Robeson"; "Roughwater Skipper" by John Scott Douglas; "Return Match" by Lt. Jerome M. Cowle; and "Arctic Interlude" by Stuart Friedman. Five illustrations by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Digest size, 5-5/8" x 7-3/4"; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.

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February 1946. "Se-Pah-Poo" by "Kenneth Robeson"; "More Deadly Than the Diamond" by C. William Harrison; "The Rank of Mr. Cameron" by Sam Carson; "Buttermilk and Harvest" by De Witt Newbury; and "The Short Cut" by Howard Haynes. Two illustrations by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Digest size, 5-5/8" x 7-3/4"; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.

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January 1947. "Target for Death" by Kenneth Robeson; "Borrowed Brawn" by John Scott Douglas; and "Eight Dozen Agents" by John D. MacDonald. Digest size, 5-5/8" x 7-3/4"; black and white; 132 pages. Cover price $0.15.

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"The Pure Evil" by a Doc Savage novel by Kenneth Robeson.

March-April 1948. Cover by Edd Cartier - only Doc Savage cover ever done by Edd Cartier. "The Pure Evil" by "Kenneth Robeson"; "Revolt" by Robert Addison Nicolis; "Fast One" by Coleman Meyer; and "Not for Forty Bucks" by C.P. Donnel Jr. Digest pulp; 5.75-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Number/month on cover: 10192-611, no month listed. Comic book version of the pulp magazine hero of the 1930s/40s. Issue features an adaptation of the Doc Savage story "The Thousand-Headed Man" in which Doc and his team search for the three keys which will lead to the Thousand-Headed Man. Pinups on inside and back covers. No ads, entire issue is comic from cover to cover. Story and art credits: unknown. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover art by Al Bryant. Beauty and Her Beasts, art by Al Bryant; The Queen of Beauty commands her beasts to horde cosmetics so that she could be the only looker in the city! Murder Is No Circus starring Doll Man, art by Al Bryant. Stand-In For a Princess starring Torchy, art by Bill Ward. The Monster of Mist Manor! starring Doll Man, art by Al Bryant. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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The Doll Man stars in "The Boy Who Knew All the Answers," "The Man in the Iron Mask," and "The Undertaker!" Torchy untitled back-up story (art by Bill Ward). Cover price $0.10.

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Untitled story starring Doll Man, Nemo Black, and Mike Robb. The Stork, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Alex Kotzky; Newsman Mark Clay decides to use an open mike to listen in on people's conversations, and succeeds in recording a conversation during the robbery of an armored car......a conversation that could lead to his death! Untitled Torchy story, art by Bill Ward. Coffins For Crime starring Doll Man and The Undertaker. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Doll Man battles a swamp monster down in the bayou in "Monster In The Mire." In the second story, Doll Man takes on a troll-like man, an evil crime lord who lives beneath the streets and within the sewer system. The luscious Torchy appears in a six page story by Gil Fox. Finally, the Doll Man is back, nearly drowning in a sea of troubles as he tries to turn back "Lord Damion's Crime Wave." IA text story titled Hypno The Great rounds up this issue. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Reed Crandall. The Mind-Monster, script by Bill Woolfolk,art by Art Gates; A supernatural monster called Kain comes to life from his creator's typewriter and kills the author; He was later dispelled by Doll Girl when she types him out of existence! It's a Dog's Life starring Torchy, art by Gill Fox. The Spectre In Steel starring Doll Man, Doll Girl, Elmer Ronald, and John Brath, script by Bill Woolfolk. Diary of Death starring Doll Man, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Art Gates. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Donald Duck in Volcano Valley (1949 Whitman BLB) 1457 VF- 7.5

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Donald Duck in Volcano Valley (1949 Whitman BLB) #1457, Barks

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Stories and art by Bob Powell, Bernard Baily, Charlie Tomsey and Myron Fass. Classic pre-Code crime comics from Fawcett. Melden, a dangerously unbalanced artist, has a lucrative trade in forged masterpieces, but when he's found out, he resorts to murder. Doc Bailey wants to mastermind one last job so he can retire and marry his moll, Dolly, in a story with art by comics legend Bob Powell. When Charley learns that he has only a year to live, he decides to start a life of crime. Signature of Death; The Aristocrat of Crime; The T.V. Kidnappers; One Year To Live. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Pete Morisi. Stories and art by Pete Morisi, Bill Discount and Don Heck. Men's adventure comics that served as a platform to launch one-eyed private eye Johnny Dynamite. A blonde murdered before Johnny's eyes sends him on the trail of the mob, in a story with some particularly classic hard-boiled narration. Former street racer Jim becomes a pro racecar driver, but tough guy Trask challenges him on the track. Rookie reporter Tom sets out to learn how veteran Barney gets such reliable info on mob action. Featuring art by future Marvel legend Don Heck. The cover blurb describes the violent action as "Adult Reading," a rare distinction at the time. Final issue from Comic Media; numbering continues with Johnny Dynamite (1955 Toby) #10. Death Be My Judge; The Perfect Kill; Hell Driver; Final Scoop. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Harry Lazarus. Edited by Sol Cohen. Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Gene Fawcette, Harry Lazarus, and Vince Alascia. Tales of horror from the era just before the Comics Code was introduced. A couple accidentally releases a monster from an ancient European castle; Traveling musicologists discover the Mexican Song of the Undead, but fail to heed the warnings; an explorer finds a Bulaga monster frozen in the Antarctic wastes, and unwisely thaws it. The Monster of Zollmort Castle; Song of the Undead!; The Alchemist; The Phantom Python; The Deformed of Zoar; The Curse of the Bulaga! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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Stories and art by L.B. Cole and Maxfield R. Pater. Adventures of the famed detective from Canadian publisher Superior, also featuring some early horror classics. The police are baffled by the strange murders at Surfside Manor, in a story with horrific imagery that was reprinted often in later horror comics. A case of missing diamonds leads to a phony redhead and an even phonier ghost. A banker's ordinary day goes awry when he finds The Devil inside the bank vault. Terror Tide; Calamity Clock; The Bell That Screamed; The Case of the Vanishing Phantoms; The Devil in the Vault. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by R. Kay and Edd Ashe. A rare comics incarnation of the famed mystery writer and amateur detective. Ellery investigates after a mayoral candidate's campaign manager is murdered. An escaped convict takes Ellery hostage and uses him as a human shield when the cops come after him. Sleepy Slade, the somnambulistic sleuth, is hired to protect an armored car from Ratty Rattigan, the Terrible Terror of Thirty-Three Territories. Painted cover with bondage and torture elements by Norman Saunders. The Death Parade; Smythe of Scotlandyard; Shake Well Before Using; A Killer's Revenge; Sleepy Slade; The Judge and the Thief. Final issue of the series.32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Winter, 1937. Photography magazine featuring a variety of subjects. 8-1/2" x 11-1/2", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Colin Dawkins and Johnny Craig. Art by John Severin, Johnny Craig, and Reed Crandall. One of EC Comics' late New Direction titles, a response to the new Comics Code, featuring reporters finding danger while pursuing stories. Reporter Keith Michaels finds danger in the tropics when an ex-Nazi munitions dealer is selling weapons to Costa Rican revolutionaries. Photographer Steve Rampart sees suspicious doings while covering a peace conference in Geneva. Reporters find shady business while vacationing in sunny Key West. Dateline: Cayo Romano, Cuba!; Camera!; Holiday for Macduff; Thirty; Dateline: Key West! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Featuring: 7 page story "While My Love Waits"; 6 page story "There Goes My Heart!" drawn by Arthur Peddy and Bernard Sachs; 3 page biography (nonfictional) "A Woman to Remember" (bio of Hannah Moore) drawn by Frank Giacoia (?); 1 page letters page "To You...From Carol Andrews"; 6 page story "The Only Man for Me!" drawn by Mike Sekowsky and Bernard Sachs; 8 page story "In Love with Love!" drawn by Tony Abruzzo and Bernard Sachs (splash page is same as cover). Cover price $0.10.

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All stories reprinted from Famous Crimes (1948) #13. In order of appearance: "The Erdon Twins" reprinted without first story page; "Bennie Dickson and Stella Mae Irwin, Marriage in Crime!!" earlier retitled and reprinted as "Bloodstained Bullets" in Crime-Fighting Detective (1950) #18; and "Frankie 'Angles' Marlowe" earlier retitled and reprinted as "Paid Back With Death" in Thrilling Crime Cases (1950) #48. "Decoy for Death" text story originally reprinted from Jo-Jo Comics (1945) #11 and earlier retitled and reprinted as "Brother of Death" in All Famous Police Cases (1952-54) #14. "Indicia" states "No. 51 - M. S. Dist. Famous Crimes". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Victor E. Pazmiño cover. Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; "The Nut Brothers" and "Our Boarding House" by Gene Ahern; "Connie" by Frank Godwin; "Above the Crowd" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "Captain Easy" by Roy Crane; "Alley Oop" by V. T. Hamlin; "Dumb-Bells" by Charles J. Dunn (as Gar); "Dizzy Dramas" by Joe Bowers; "Otto Honk" by Bela Zaboly; "Out Our Way" by J. R. Williams; "Boots" by Edgar Martin; "Hairbreadth Harry" by F. O. Alexander; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Holly of Hollywood" and "Keeping Up With The Joneses" by Pop Momand; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Herky" by Clyde Lewis; "Flying to Fame" by John Welch and Russell Ross; "Butty and Fatty" by M. E. Brady; "Nipper" and "Footprints on the Sands of Time" by Clare Victor Dwiggins; "Dan Dunn" by Norman Marsh; "Simp O' Dill" and "The Nebbs" by Sol Hess and Wallace A. Carlson; "Jolly Geography" and "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Fisher's History of Boxing" and "Joe Palooka" by Al Capp (as Ham Fisher); "This Curious World" by William Ferguson; "Freckles and his Friends" by Merrill Blosser; "Queenie" by S. M. Iger (as Bob Bliss); "Ned Brant of Carter" by Bob Zuppke and Bill W. Depew; "Flapper Fanny" by Gladys Parker; "Salesman Sam" by C. D. Small; "The Adventures of Jabby" by Tom Carlisle; "Alec and Itchy" by Jimmy George and Merle Mulholland; "Amaze A Minute" by Arnold; "Salesman Sam" by C. D. Small; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "Babe Bunting" by Roy L. Williams; "Screen Oddities" by Captain Roscoe Fawcett and Bruno Thompson; "Goofie Gags" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Lena Pry" and "Jane Arden" by Monte Barrett and Jack W. McGuire; "The Frog Pond Ferry" by M. E. Brady; "Flight" by W. D. Tipton and J. H. Mason; "Apple Mary" by Martha Orr; "Little Brother" and "The Bungle Family" by Harry J. Tuthill; "Strange as it Seems" and "The John Hix Scrap Book" by John Hix; and "Dixie Dugan" by J. P. McEvoy and J. H. Striebel. "Men in Ice" text story by Robert M. Hyatt. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.