Comic books June 1954

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He Who Robs The Dead starring Fate, art by Lou Cameron; Grave robber Albert Torrence finds a treasure beneath a cemetery; As he spends the loot, Torrence learns that he has been framed by the dead. Shattering The Time Barrier starring Fate; Philip Spayne, state executioner and operator of the electric chair, accidentally establishes a link between the worlds of the living and the dead. Hell Beyond The Crystal Ball starring Fate, art by Richard Case; Scientist Max Bronislaw is fascinated by the future; To travel there, he makes a deal with a strange apparition named Natas. Thrust of a Ghost Lance starring Fate, pencils by Jim McLaughlin; A medieval knight returns from the dead to avenge his unrightful death in a tournament. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Graham Ingels. The New Arrival--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Otto Binder, art by Graham Ingels; This story is told by a mansion; The occupant is a lunatic old woman who lost her mind when her husband was killed in WWI and kept her new born infant uneducated and in shackles for 40 years. Indisposed!--The Vault of Horror!, art by George Evans; A man uses his new garbage disposal to eliminate the remains of his wife's body, but his plumber friend who installed it doesn't have experience and connects it to the water intake. Out Cold--Haunt of Fear, script by Carl Wessler, art by Jack Kamen; The old witch tells us a story with two endings; The first ending relates what would have happened to the protagonist if he had pursued a relationship with a new office girl who turns out to be a ghoul using human meat to feed her mother's cats, but the old witch tells us that's not what actually happened. The Light In His Life!--The Crypt of Terror, script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Davis. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Pre-Code horror comics from Ajax-Farrell and their anonymous talents. A dying man suspects shenanigans after learning his doctor is sleeping with his wife. Richard's new wife is repeatedly possessed by the spirit of his departed lover. The Devil Collects; Terror on Location; Fear of the Witch; Dead on Arrival; Death Is the Jury! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 11 - June 1954. Vintage Men's interest magazine focusing on sports, music, hunting, celebrities, models, and showgirls. 4-in. x 6-in., 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

June 1954. Humor Digest featuring jokes and cartoons for men. Interior photo cover of Marla English. Cartoons by George Troop, Joe Buresch and Vic Martin. Softcover Digest, 5 1/4-in. x 7-in., 100 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

"Small Talk" and "The T.T.T. Club!" Little Guy in "Help Wanted!" 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art and Cover by Owen Fitzgerald. Featuring two untitled Here's Howie tales with art by Owen Fitzgerald, plus an untitled Melvin tale with art by Fitzgerald. Also in this issue: Untitled Winnie the WAC tale with art by Fitzgerald; Block Busters activity half-pager; Private Pete 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Shorty 1-pager by Boltinoff; 2-page text story "Wendy Adrift"; Play Army! activity half-pager; and Word Battle activity page by Martin Naydel. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by H. G. Peter, Harold LeDoux, Sid Couchey, and John Belfi. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. A scuba diver encounters another diver in trouble; Golfers rescue a boy from a pond; A trainyard worker pulls a man out of the path of a train. Red Cross Certificate of Merit; Kid of the Week; Tragedy on the Golf Links; Carnegie Award Hero; Soldier Saves Civilian; Baby Buggy Versus Bumper; Raw Courage; One Man in a Million; Medal Collector; One Man Destroyer; Pvt. Drummond Takes Over!; Fighting Captain. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 5 - June, 1954. 8.5" x 10.5", 76 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Gene Colan, Julius Schwartz, Bernard Sachs, Jack Miller, Morris Waldinger, Joe Giella, Tom Nicolosi, Ray Burnley, Raymond Perry and Don Cameron. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. Rodeo clown Barrelhead Baggs is a suspect when robbers make use of his stunts, in one of three stories this issue illustrated by future Marvel legend Gene Colan. Hopalong matches wits with a rival lawmen and a bulletproof bandit. Life on the rodeo circuit is illustrated in a one-pager written by legendary DC editor Julius Schwartz. Cowboy Clown Robberies; Indian Name-Calling; The Rival Lawmen; The Mysterious Walk-Along Smith; Wild Names of the Wild West; Bulletproof Bandit; Rodeo Circuit. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Curt Swan. "The Magic Mask of Murano!", art by Bill Ely; An allegedly magic mask prevents those who wear it from harm; When two thugs steal it and perform a bank robbery, the joke is on them. "Death's IOU," art by Ruben Moreira; Two French noblemen duel themselves over a period of weeks; One manipulates the pistol of the other, but the plan backfires. "The Man Who Built a Crazy House!", art by Jim Mooney; Asa Hartley builds a loony-looking house to ruin the neighborhood, because the townsfolk drove off his father; The police chief, however, digs deeper and uncovers a crime committed years ago. "Fate Holds Four Aces!", pencils by Curt Swan; Jane Howard, newspaperwoman, remembers her encounter with Joe Kerr, the gambler who was searching frantically for a special "joker" card; Kerr was killed in the process, a victim of his own greed. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Carl Burgos. Vampire Tale starring the Human Torch, art by Dick Ayers; Torch and Toro encounter alien bat people who explain that vampires are their criminals that they exiled to Earth long ago when there was no intelligent life; A scout ship having informed them that there is now an intelligent species on the planet being preyed on by the vampire aliens, the bat people are now rounding up vampires to deposit on some other planet without an intelligent species since they do not believe in killing. A Spy There Was starring the Human Torch, art by Dick Ayers. Ghost Lights text story. The Underwater People starring Sub-Mariner, script and art by Bill Everett. The Menace of the Unhuman starring the Human Torch, art by Dick Ayers. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Bernard Baily. "The Loneliest Night in the Week"; Beths fiancé Tom is in the Army and ships out for duty; Her former boyfriend John reappears and Beth remembers their good times together; Tom promises to come home on a weekend pass but cancels, so a bored Beth goes out with John. "Memories!"; Ruths husband is killed in the Korean War; Feeling depressed, she takes her doctors advice and goes to a cabin in Colorado for a vacation; Guide Paul is rude to her, but they are attracted to each other. "Town Girl"; Bea is snubbed by her high school friends when they enter college; she decides to stick to her own social class, the "town" people; When her boyfriend Randy quits his mechanic's job and enrolls in college, Bea opposes his plan; Now that Randy's a student, Bea fears shes losing him, so she monopolizes his free time. "Mix-Up" text story. "Security!"; After Pennys father dies, she and her mother are plunged into poverty; Penny grows up determined to be financially secure, and gets a job in an ad agency. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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June 1954. Science fiction stories by Raymond F. Jones, Mari Wolf, Lester del Rey, Richard Stockham, George H. Smith, Alan E. Nourse, and Edward W. Ludwig. Two Kelly Freas illustrations. Wrap-around cover by Ken Fagg. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 120 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

June 1954. Volume 5, No. 6 (Issue 31). Cover by Malcolm Smith. Science fiction stories: "Slaves to the Metal Horde" by Milton Lesser, "Reception Committee" by Len Guttridge, "The World is But a Stage" by Daniel F. Galouye, "Earthmen Die Hard!" by Richard O. Lewis, "Beware the Star Gods" by S.J. Byrne, and "The Scandalized Martians" by Arnold Marmor. Short review of Isaac Asimov's "Second Foundation." Illustrations by W.E. Terry and H.W. McCauley. . 5-3/8 in. x 7-1/4 in; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.35.

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Stories and art by Mike Sekowsky and others. Pre-Code crime comics from Sterling, aka Feature Television Productions, focused on police-procedural stories in the "Dragnet" vein. Detective Mark Fabian seeks drug dealers after a young woman overdoses on heroin. Beat cop Kenny Cogan tries to prevent a rumble between teen street gangs. In a whimsical story, con man Luke the Spook devises a scheme to sell railroad tracks that are still being used. Death Is the Payoff; Gang War; A Short Wait for Death; Panic in the Park; Luke the Spook. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.25.

Men's interest humor digest with cartoons, jokes and tasteful pin-up photography. 5" x 6.5", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

The Tale of the Fish; Jeepers, Jonesy, and Weepy go fishing. Untitled Candy story; Carol writes a fan letter to actor Cranston Crawford. He Snoops to Conquer; Jonesy wants Weepy to spy on Carol for him. Short Order Weepy starring Jonesy. Nothing But the Tooth starring Gabby. A Case of Trickery text story starring Candy. Barn Dunce starring Jonesy. Charles Atlas back cover ad. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Harry Anderson. "Vampire Tale," art by Doug Wildey; A man wrapped in bandages is on trial for murder after slaying a vampire. "The Curse" text story. "Man Alone!," art by Al Eadeh; Communists get the idea to swap a spy for the village idiot in a centrally located village by taking a hermit and training him to pass for the idiot. "The Man Who Wasn't," art by Bill Walton; A man invents a youth serum and wishes to give it to the oldest member of an old folks home, but the man doesn't want it. "The Vultures," art by Mannie Banks; Unknown to his children, a man leaves his estate to the ones who attend his funeral. "The Question!," art by Vic Carrabotta; An inventor who loves his wife asks an electronic brain which he devised two questions, 'When will my wife die?' and 'When will I die?' 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Harry Anderson. The Creature!, art by Pete Tumlinson; The first human to visit another world sets down on a farm and is gunned down by shotgun-wielding yokels. Wonders of Other Worlds text story. The Missing Men!, art by Ed Winiarski; An employment agency gasses old derelicts to supply corpses for medical research. Brain Wash, art by Bill Savage; A man arrested as a traitor to the Soviet state hypnotizes his captors to leap to their deaths. The Corpse Lives!, art by Seymour Moskowitz; A ghost poses as a biographer in order to revenge himself upon his egoistic vampire slayer. The Vampire's Master!, art by Al Eadeh; When a man finds that he has the power to kill vampires merely by staring into their eyes, the vampires summon their king to do battle with him, who is blind. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Pioneering crime comic Justice Traps the Guilty was produced by the studio of comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America. A private eye seeks the brains behind a carjacking ring. A cop-killer becomes obsessed with a janitor's hidden treasure. The Carnation Killer sets out to frame another man for his crimes. Highway Pirates; Ricochet!; Deadly Detour; Closeups; The Deadly Gimmick; Awol Clue; Big Wheel. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Maurice Whitman. "The He-Lions Lair," art by Maurice Whitman; Kaänga, Ann, and Zulu escort Claudia Morris to her trading post; When they arrive, they learn that the Lotukos have been raiding regularly; Kaänga leaves to go to the Lokuto kraal; Ann learns that the post manager's assistant has been paying the Lokutos to raid the post and destroy it; At the Lokuto kraal, Kaänga learns the truth as well and defeats the Lokuto chief in combat in order to become the tribe's leader. "Value Received" text story by Noel Lee. "Swindle in Ivory" starring Captain Terry Thunder, art by Charles Sultan; Conmen Vinson and Marge have persuaded several tribes to wager all their ivory on a rigged duel between elephants; The plot is exposed and Vinson and Marge are trampled by elephants. "Tiger Hunt" starring Jan of the Jungle, art by Enrico Bagnoli. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Sol Brodsky, inks by Carl Burgos. "The Flaming Arrow," art by Jack Keller; Kid Colt is spending time with the tribe of his friend White Cloud as his people celebrate his union with the chief's daughter Little Star; However, the jealous Black Wolf seeks to claim Little Star for himself and ruins the festivities by trying to kill White Cloud, but Kid Colt intervenes, beating Black Wolf into submission. Untitled story, art by Jack Keller; Kid Colt is riding in the wasteland when he spots a man being chased and gunned down by some outlaws; When the outlaws flee, Kid Colt goes to the dying man who tells him that that he escaped from the Silver Lode Mine not far away and begs Kid Colt to free the others there before he dies. "Smoke-Out" text story. Untitled story, art by Al Gordon and Joe Kubert; The Black Rider sees smoke off in the distance and finds that a Comanche camp has been wiped out; The lone survivor warns the Black Rider of Kun-Tan-Ho who is responsible for this massacre before he dies; The Black Rider realizes that they have all died of a plague that has caused the Comanches to go mad; He is suddenly attacked by some infected warriors and is forced to fight them, killing many, but the rest flee. Untitled story, art by Jack Keller; Kid Colt happens upon the cabin owned by Ted Fuller as it has been set ablaze by members of the Nelson gang who are trying to make the fire look like an accident. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Clarence Doore. Stories and art by Al Carreno, Jack Sparling and Leonard Starr. Baby-faced gunslinger Kid Cowboy fights for justice in the Old West with his sidekick, Red Feather. Kid Cowboy befriends a traveling medicine-show performer and tries to prove him innocent of murder. Kid Cowboy and Red Feather encounter outlaws in a ghost town. The Singing Cowboy and Chuckawalla match wits with a ghost in a deserted gold mine. Plus one-pagers about Buffalo Bill and Daniel Boone. The Medicine Show Murder!; The Ghost Town of Twin Buttes; Buffalo Bill; Killer's Caliber; The Singing Cowboy: The Ghost of Hangman's Lode; Battle Cry!; The Little Sheriff: The Gun Fight!; Hero of the Dark and Bloody Ground. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Hot Seat"; Reggie manages to get himself invited to Archie's date with Veronica on a fishing boat. "Now Ear This"; Archie and Reggie make the girls think that they're really into girls who wear hoop earrings. "So-Ing Circle"; Ferdie and Suzie both try to get the last word in an argument. "Unlucky Buck!"; Jughead bets Reggie that he can duplicate a magician's trick where he tears up a dollar bill and burns it and then makes it whole again. Archie house ad. "Smell and the World Smells with You"; Linda buys a new perfume to get Wilbur interested in her. "Dollar Diplomacy"; Suzie finds a dollar on the sidewalk but Ferdie tries to convince her that it's wrong to spend it. Hollywood gossip column. "Blessing in Disguise" starring Wilbur, pencils by Joe Edwards. "By Request!" starring Ginger. Untitled story, script and art by Bill Woggon; Randy takes Katy Keene on a fishing trip. Gloria Grandbilt fashion page. Katy's Fun Page. Love-sick Romeo story with Suzie. "Quiet Please!"; Ickky buys an overly colorful coat. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Warren Kremer and Larry Silverman. Cover by Warren Kremer. Harvey Comics presents the adventures of Little Audrey, mischievous star of movie cartoons. Little Audrey wins a treasure chest of candy after Melvin kicks her and Tiny off the pirate raft they helped build. Little Audrey's love of pranks results in some pranks coming back at her. Little Audrey; Raft of Pirates; Trick or Mistreat; Tiny: The Private Eye. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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A Case of Green Toes; Lulu paints Tubby's toes green while he is asleep. Sandwich Boys; Lulu wants the boys to advertise Gran'ma Jones's restaurant instead of the Sunset Diner. Queen of the Crows; Lulu tells Alvin about when Hazel sold scarecrows in her image. The Ball of String; Tubby tricks Gloria with his ball of string. Two-page text story, Lulus Diry ("Diary"). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.