Comic books January 1953

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Stories and art by Bill Fraccio, Tony Tallarico and A. C. Hollingsworth. Pre-Code tales of two-fisted criminals and the scales of justice from Story Comics. By this point, Fight Against Crime was edging away from crime stories to EC-style horror, as these stories demonstrate. Rival ganglords Mike and Toots feud over Mike's casino, but Toots makes a fatal error when he has Mike's gal Robin killed. Murderous thug George marries a wealthy widow and then has her declared insane, but fate has an ironic twist in mind. Stage magician Draco knows his wife and assistant are having an affair and planning his murder, so he arranges a gruesome revenge involving the old sawing-a-lady-in-half trick. Gangwar!; The Case of the Crazy Killer; The Striped Noose; The Corpse That Came Back!; Black Magic! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Gene Colan. Stories and art by Gene Colan and Mort Drucker. Charlton's long-running series focused on the miliary exploits of the US Marines throughout the 20th century. In Korea, Leatherneck Jack introduces a rookie squad to front-line combat, in a story with early art by future Marvel legend Gene Colan. Engineers struggle to bridge the untamed Yan River, in a story that may feature early art by future comics legend Ross Andru. Biff Barnes & Smokey Walsh take a dangerous assignment just to get away from Sgt. Kennedy, in a story featuring early art from future Mad magazine legend Mort Drucker. Plus some one-pagers by Drucker. Cover by Colan. The Impossible Bridge at Yan River; Curious Facts About Marines; Leatherneck Jack: The Night in Devil's Pocket; Marine Oddities; Thrilling Exploits of Fighting Marines; Fun Time; The Lighter Side; Biff Barnes & Smokey Walsh: Short Road to Trouble! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bill Walton and others. Tales of war from Harvey, published as the Korean War was at its peak. A soldier learns the truth about a battlefield legend. A unit's last chance for survival comes down to one hand grenade. An ordinary GI Joe learns what it takes to be called a hero. The Bullet; One Grenade!; Wake Island; Hero?; On Your Guard; Torpedo!; Roaring Ridge! Final issue of the series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Thrilling battle adventures! Private Luke Apple takes over a Korean chicken coop in "Chickens 'Come Home' to Roost"! Plus: Private Baxter is sent into a POW camp of Chinese prisoners to learn who their leader is in "Mutiny and Murder"; Private Jennings is the biggest goldbrick in the Army, at least until he gets into combat in "Goldbrick"; and the men of Company "A" are ordered to attack in "Operation Attack"! Also: 2-page text story "The Man with Two Heads"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Tony Tallarico and A. C. Hollingsworth. Bloody war stories from the height of the Korean Conflict. War correspondent Ted Fisher is resented by the Marine company he's embedded with, but soon they have a reason to appreciate him. A squad trapped by enemy fire is saved by the sudden arrival of a stranger. After a pilot named "Lloyd Bridges" is shot down, his air squadron vows revenge, in a story with some cool aviation art by A. C. Hollingsworth. The Fighting Eightball; Glory-Happy Stranger; A Legend of Valley Forge; The Death of the Red Vulture; Dear John. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Avison. "Beyond Passion," art by Jack Sparling; Kathie lives in the Everglades with her father and brother; She and visiting photographer Ted fall in love, but when magazine writer Eve arrives, she and Ted renew their acquaintance. "A Love To Lose," pencils by John Sink; Bored socialite Betty flirts with "poor-but-honest" Dave as a change from her usual boyfriends, then falls in love with him; He wants to become a veterinarian but she gets him to change his plans; Betty then falls in love with Stan and has to think of a way to dump Dave without being blamed; She pretends to be a "cheap, vulgar hussy" so Dave will break up with her. "No Greater Love..." text story. "Decision in Love," pencils by Bob Powell; Ellen is engaged to small town doctor Ralph, but becomes infatuated with miner Andy; She and Ralph break up, but Ellen finds herself repelled by Andys rough friends; Andy dumps her. "One Moment's Madness" text story. "Dangerous Interlude," pencils by Joe Certa; Heading home on spring break, college student Joyce falls for George, a handsome officer on a lake steamer; However, Joyce learns George isnt serious, and flirts with each attractive passenger in the same way. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 3, Issue 1 - January 1953. 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.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Harry Lazarus, Sam Cooper, Charles M. Quinlan and Jon Blummer. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A dead reporter files a story from beyond the grave; A subway traveler gets on the wrong train in the lonely reaches of Brooklyn; A terrifying dream sends a woman to an old house to help a friend – but she may already be too late. Invasion from Hades; United in Death; The Case of the Subway Spectres; The Man Who Knew All; The Thing Called Dharna; The Wings of Darkness. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Walt Disney's PETER PAN and CAPTAIN HOOK, No. 446." Cover art by Bob Grant. Treasure Hunt, art by Bob Grant; Peter Pan is given a treasure map to the Mermaid Queen's treasure; Captain Hook tries to get the map from Peter but only gets half after he accidentally cuts it in half; Tinker Bell tries to find the map on Hook's ship, but is captured and held for ransom; After fooling Hook with a fake map, Peter gets both halves of the map and takes Wendy and Peter and the Lost Boys with him on a boat to find the treasure at Skull Rock; Hook and his crew follow him and there's a battle over the treasure. Adaptation of the 1952 Walt Disney animated motion picture "Peter Pan." Captain Hook and Peter Pan Cutouts activity page, art by Bob Grant. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Dick Briefer. Cover by Dick Briefer. Prize Comics revives Dick Briefer's Frankenstein series in line with the horror trends of the Pre-Code 1950s. The Monster encounters a werewolf and an ancient curse; A Hindu-trained hypnotist and a woman's ghost seek vengeance on her killer; A woman is captured by voodoo cultists in Haiti. Mark of the Werewolf; Lorelei; Retribution; Drums of Voodoo. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mort Lawrence. Stories and art by Mike Suchorsky, Gerald McCann, Charles Nicholas, Dan Zolnerowich and Lorence Bjorklund. "Frogman" is not a frog-powered superhero, but a 1950s term for underwater special-ops soldiers. Frogmen with a US destroyer crew are assigned to ensure the safety of a Korean harbor. A mysterious intelligence agent named Mr. Q boards a US destroyer, for a special mission that not even the frogmen know about. Frogmen try to stop gun-runners from supplying Latin American revolutionaries. Tin Fish from Nowhere; Mr. "Q" of North Sea; Mississippi Frogmen; Diary of the Ice; Operation Back Door; Frogman to the Gulf; Get These Dresses. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by John Severin, inks by Bill Elder. "A Baby!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Wally Wood; Young Ok-Dong is born at the end of World War II and is a small child when the Korean War begins and kills his entire family. "Geronimo!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, pencils by John Severin, inks by Bill Elder; Geronimo and his band of renegades make forays into Mexico, where the Mexicans fight against the intrusion, but not too successfully; And the Americans along the Arizona border wonder just what can stop the Apache outlaws; Finally, Geronimo tires of running and surrenders. "Bayonet Drill!", script and art by Harvey Kurtzman. "Napoleon!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by George Evans; Using superior tactics, French General Napoleon Bonaparte manages to defeat the Russian and Austrian forces in the Battle of Austerlitz, a victory that will change history for the next seven years. "Anzio!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Jack Davis; The story of the invasion of Anzio during World War II. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman. Art by John Severin, Bill Elder, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, and Jack Davis. The companion title to Kurtzman's groundbreaking war comic Two-Fisted Tales, showcasing the brutal realities of war. This theme issue focuses on the Civil War, as the first part of an unfinished series. Also featuring a note from the editors and an illustrated frontispiece on the inside front cover, featuring President Jefferson Davis, President Abraham Lincoln, General Robert E. Lee, and General Ulysses S. Grant. A Black American tells the life story of Abraham Lincoln. The attack on Fort Sumter signals the start of the war, and the first battle, Bull Run, is a Confederate victory. Another iconic cover by Harvey Kurtzman. Abe Lincoln!; First Shot!; Speech; Choose Sides!; Bull Run! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Giant Xmas Issue. L. B. Cole cover. Santa Claus appears in the Neddy Bear story. Cute double-page spread "Merry Christmas from All Your Frisky Fables Friends!" "The Soul of a Shoe" with art by Dave Endlar is by far the stranges story in this issue devoted to various funny animals. Cover price $0.25.

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.

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Volume 3, Issue 5 - January 1953. Cover by Milton Luros. Science Fiction and adventures stories featuring "Time Stops Today" by John Wyndham. Illustrations by Milton Luros and Paul Orban. 7-in. x 10-in. 96 newsprint pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 38, Issue 3 - Winter, 1953. 6.5" x 9.5", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. Gabby builds a self-driving lawnmower a century and a half early, but soon it's developed a mind of its own. Gabby sets out to expose land fraud in the local newspaper, but gets his beard stuck in the typewriter. Plus an educational strip featuring gun safety tips for young people. Favorite line this issue: "Tarnation! Dingbust this fool contrapshun! It's plumb trapped my whiskers!" Car Crazy!; Gabby Hayes Mows Them Down; Loco Lew; Gun Hints; Young Falcon: The Seller of Death; The Headline Hunter; Big Bow and Little Arrow: The Swami; Smokey Joe; King of the Peaks; Sports Champion. Final issue published by Fawcett; Charlton resumed publishing two years later with issue #51. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 3, Number 5, January 1953. 8-in. x 10-in., Text (with B&W photos, and illustrations) Cover price $0.25.

Volume 3, Issue 1 - Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley. The Lone Wolf of Carver City, art by Jerry Grandenetti. I Was a Prison Chef, art by Billy Ely. Sudden Death in Death Valley casebook mystery. Never Kill a Reporter, art by Jim McArdle. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Comic book featuring the famous singing cowboy hero Gene Autry. Gene Autry photo cover. Peter Pan comic ad. "Ghosts of the Modoc," art by Nicholas Firfires; Gene and Flappjack make a trip to the mountains, and run into a band of killers masked as Indian Ghosts. "The Big Joke," art by Tony Sgroi; Allie May and her brother, Jim, have inherited a ranch, but a neighbour is eager to get her sell out. He has not counted on Gene Autry, though. "Just Routine" text story starring Pony Express Rider Clint. "The Bad Luck Necklace"; Two bank robbers escape the posse and are returning to where they buried the strongbox, but an ancient Indian grave yield another find; Not a very lucky one. Daisy Air Rifles ad. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Comic book featuring stories focusing on famous singing cowboy hero Gene Autrys horse. Painted cover art by Sam Savitt. Night Horse non-fiction story; How horses are used at night during a cattle drive. "Blizzard Bound," art by Morris Gollub; Ricky and Champion get caught out in a blizzard. "Two-Way Roundup," script and pencils by Morris Gollub; A couple of outlaws attempt to hide at the Flying A. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Ken Hultgren and others. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG, with art by cartooning legend Dan Gordon. While on vacation, Witch Hazel and Owlie fall into the clutches of Dr. Brackenstein and his monster, Percival; City elephant Bungle says anyone -- not just the lion -- can be King of the Jungle, causing political chaos among the other animals not ready for his progressive ideas; Multiple ancestors of the Duke appear as ghosts, revealing how he and the Dope are linked for all eternity. Witch Hazel; The Duke and the Dope; Bungle of the Jungle; The Absent-Minded Squirrel; How Billy Got Even; Barry; Fluffy and Duffy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Without Love!" (art by Jerry Robinson), "The Sweetheart of Alice Dorne" (art by Morris Weiss), "Mine Alone," and "When Tears Must Fall!" Al Hartley cover. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage supermarket tabloid magazine full of high profile true crime stories of the FBI and the CIA, some with testimonials from those involved in, or close to the cases themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+. Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Jim Tyer and others. Talking magpies Heckle and Jeckle are known for their identical appearance, their distinctive chatter, and their mischievous schemes. Heckle and Jeckle convince Dimwit to become an organ grinder, with themselves as the monkeys. The talking magpies take over a farm, but all the animals are non-conformists with their own ideas of farm production... square eggs, for example. Dressed as sailors for a costume party, the duo is mistaken for deserters from the Navy. Monkey Business; Double Fun; Gandy Goose; Phony Farmers; Terry Bears: Is Silence Golden?; Dimwit's Solution; Sourpuss Borrows; Shipwreckers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Henry Kiefer. Stories and art by Sam Glanzman, Sid Couchey and Fran Matera. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. A passerby rescues children from a house fire; A truck driver rescues car crash victims on two separate occasions; A teen babysitter and a heroic dog save a young girl from a tornado. The Battle; In Spite of His Wounds; Into the Valley of Death; Hero of the Highway; Smoke Eating Truckman; Never Say Die; When Seconds Count; Stop That Tank!; No Time to Lose; Fireman Save My Child; The Cyclone and the Baby Sitter; So That They May Live to Fight Again; Alert Driver; Flames Attack Hero. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 8, Issue 11 - January 1953. Men's interest magazine containing editorials, comics and classic pinup photographs. Softcover, 8" x 11", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Frank Bolle and others. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. A death threat against a judge's life turns out to be a diversionary tactic for another crime. Hopalong tries to keep a novice prospector alive after he strikes gold, making him a target for every owlhoot, swindler and claim-jumper in the West. Joe swindles a lumber camp by adding an extra zero to a check, then disappears, with Hoppy hot on his trail. The Dobie Death Sentence; Hill Billy; Whitey Whiskers: His Remarkable Mule; The Pay Dirt Peril; Pistol Packing Pattie; Gun Hints; Critical Crossing; The Cookie Eater; The Evil Zero; Fizzy: The Goofybird Song. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Don Heck. Stories and art by Thompson L. Bennett and others. Pre-Code horror comics by the talents at the Iger Shop. After concert pianist John's hands are severed in an accident, the mysterious Mr. Jones gives him a pair that plays beautifully - but they also compel him to kill. A strange world offers terrifying secrets. Notorious cover by future Marvel legend Don Heck is also the first of the influential "face" covers. Devil Claws; The Silent Clock; Death's Cargo; Forbidden World; The Thing from Out There. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Numbering continues from Startling Terror Tales (1952-53 1st Series) #10. L. B. Cole cover. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "Spirit of War" art by Jay Disbrow; "The K-9 Killers..True Tales" art by Robert S. Pious, retitled and reprinted from "Old Cap Hawkins' True Tales" in Blue Bolt Vol. 05 (1944) #4; "Lightning Death..! True Tales" retitled and reprinted from "Old Cap Hawkins' True Tales" in Blue Bolt Vol. 04 (1943) #8; "Paratroop Patrol...True Tales" art by Robert S. Pious, retitled and reprinted from "Old Cap Hawkins' True Tales" in Blue Bolt Vol. 05 (1944) #6; and "Survival of the Fittest" art by Jay Disbrow. Indicia states "THE HORRORS". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Race adventure from the world of 1950s auto culture, featuring terrific "hip" racer slang of the era. The lifelong rivalry between Jimmy and Bern extends to their love for Janice, and, of course, to the racetrack. Buzz convinces his skeptical grandfather to use his mechanical skills to create a souped-up hot rod. A taxi with a passenger in a hurry takes a shortcut through a race course and wins the race. Home Town Grabs; Stacked for Speed; The Turnpike Orphan; The Two-Wheeled Rodders; Good Drivers Know!; The Sneak Mill; Nervous Pistons; The Steam-Gas Drag. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein. "The Wishes of Doom!," pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein; The idol head of Shandu travels from hand to hand, granting the owners one wish. "The Brush That Could Haunt Men's Souls," art by Jim Mooney; A magic painter's brush travels from hand to hand, exposing bad people and helping the good ones. "The Weirdest Museum in the World," art by Bob Brown; Eli Thornton runs the town's "Animal Theater" with exhibits of wildlife; Mr. Redgrave and Mr. Kirkson threaten to ruin him if he's not able to pay his debts. "The Magician Who Haunted Hollywood," script by George Kashdan, art by Leonard Starr; When actor Dick Mayhew begins to play the part of a famous escape artist for a film does the ghost of the escape artist help him with the stunts? 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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An icon of 1950s Americana, Howdy Doody was a star of early television, and a mischievous Tom Sawyer-type adventurer in this comic. Howdy and Dilly convince Mr. Bluster to dress like Santa and hand out presents to poor children. But is the guy in the Santa suit really Mr. Bluster? An eccentric millionaire gives Howdy and Dilly a trunk full of cash for shoveling his walk, but that proves to be a trunkful of trouble. Howdy Doody Fixes His Wagon; Howdy Doody's Old-Time Silent Movie; Flub-a-Dub; Dilly Dally. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Jan 1953. Science fiction stories by Rog Phillips, Walter Miller Jr., Mari Wolf, Rory Magill, Robert Turner, Alfred Coppel, Lynn Venable, Roger Dee, and Gordon R. Dickson. Cover by Anton Kurke. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 120 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

January, 1953 Volume 4, Issue 1. 5-3/8 in. x 7-5/8 in; black and white; 162 pages. Cover price $0.35.

Volume 8, Issue 37 - January 1953. Photo cover by Bill Stone. One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 72 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.15.