Comic books August 1972

Mark Jewelers Advertisement Insert Variant. Ira West's computer experiments inadvertently turn Flash into five Flashes in "The Flash Time Fives is Fatal." Script by Len Wein, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Frank McLaughlin. Green Lantern/Green Arrow backup stories begin. Green Arrow accidentally kills a bad guy in "The Killing of an Archer." Script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Neal Adams, inks by Dick Giordano. Letter to the editor from comics writer Bob Rozakis. Novick cover. Cover price $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Mark Jewelers Advertisement Insert Variant. Cover art by Dick Giordano. The Heart That Attacked The World!, script by Cary Bates, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Frank McLaughlin and Dick Giordano; Weather Wizard and Sinestro team up against Flash and Green Lantern. Ad for The House of Secrets #109. Pirates of the Caribbean MPC model kit ad. Prez ad. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Cover by Ray Dirgo. Stories and art by Gwen Krause and Ray Dirgo. Charlton presents the comic misadventures of The Flintstones, a "modern Stone Age family." Fred becomes a firefighter, but not a very good one. Fred is concerned that the TV soap operas are giving Wilma ideas. A Stone Age mouse manages to elude all efforts to catch it. Hot Stuff; Huckleberry Hound: Grounded!; The Knit Wits!; Cleaned Out; An Important Client; Gogo the Ghost; The Cheesescape!; Huckleberry Hound: Who Dat?; The Big Prize. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

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Stories and art by Don Sherwood, Art Cappello, Hugo Tombolan, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. The 1970s brought relationship complexities to romance comics, along with some unique fashion and design choices. Barbara falls for Greg, ignoring warnings that she's too young, and that he doesn't really love her. Lisa falls for Doug while he's shooting a television pilot, but is he just using her to promote his acting career? Plus a pin-up of Partridge Family star David Cassidy. Rediscovered Love!; Love Who Forever?; Let Love Come First. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

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With this issue, the comic changes to an anthology type format featuring suspenseful and spooky stories, all part of the world of the Dark Mansion, a world of the unknown, the suspenseful, and the strange. This issue features "The Psychic-Blood-Hound," (Art by Jack Kirby), a tale of man who by simple contact can get visual flashes of events that involve the subject, and "Diary of a Dead Woman," (Script by Mike Friedrich & art by Jose Delbo), in which a woman who lives a miserable existence in her home finds solace with a mysterious man in a mansion. Issue also has "Reincarnation: Fact or Fancy? The Strange Story of Devi" text feature. Cover price changes to 20 cents. Cover price $0.20.

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Magazine of true stories of the American Frontier. Features illustrations and photos of the old west. B&W text. Color cover. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 76 pages. Cover price $0.50.

UK Edition. Issue 2 - July/August 1972. Cover by Gaughan. Science Fiction Stories: "For G.O.D.'s Sake" by David Gerrold, "Seventy Years of Decpop" by Philip Jose Farmer, "Dying Inside (part 1)" by Robert Silverberg, and many more. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 176 pages, B&W.

"The Conjurors' Magazine." Vol. 36 # 8. Magic articles, demonstrations, and news. Approx. 8-in. x 11-in.; black and white; 44 pages on white paper stock. De Young photo cover. Cover price $0.75.

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Geronimo Jones discovers a mansion in the middle of nowhere which leads into one of his strangest adventures in an untitled story. Story and art credits: Unknown. Issue also has "The Charisma Kid," one-page "Doctor Daniel Decker" text feature, and "Authentic Western Portrait" pinup. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover art by Steve Ditko. Echo of the Last War Whoop, art by Pete Morisi. The Swamp Rat, art by Joe Staton; Herb Kurtin chases a young runaway thru the swamp. Wanda the Witch text story. The Lonely Dead, script by Joe Gill, art by Sanho Kim; Four friends meet to try to discover the afterlife. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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Regular cover with full color printing. Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Joe Gill, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, Pat Boyette, Sanho Kim and Pete Morisi. A horror anthology from Charlton, with a stable of artists that included Steve Ditko. During World War II, a US soldier in his family's old castle is aided by an ancestor's ghost, who doesn't like the Nazis either. WWI German pilots have fatal encounters after their picture is taken with a mysterious camera. An "Indian Agent" gets a lesson in life and death from the Pueblo people he's supposed to be "civilizing." Cover by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Why Wont They Listen to Me!?; The 10th Baron; Merlin the Magician; The Killer Camera!; The Secret of the Sacred Cave. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

They said a strange curse befell any man who coveted those emerald orbs, but Vincent Gryce's greed was greater than his fear! Featuring: 7 page story "The Eye of the Cat!" drawn by Don Perlin. Plus: 8 page Mr. Dedd story "Journal of a Hanged Witch" drawn by Steve Ditko; 8 page Mr. Dedd story "Poltergeist" written by Bhob Stewart and drawn by Russ Jones & Bhob Stewart; 1 page text story "Ghost Versus Ghost." Cover by Steve Ditko. Cover price $0.20.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. "Death's Finger Points," "Touch Not My Tomb," "The Sweet Smile of Death." Michael Kaluta cover. Cover price $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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Page count reduction and price reduction to 20 cents. Cover art by Nick Cardy. A Specter Poured the Potion, script by Leo Dorfman, art by Art Saaf; When Master Apothecary Drucker fires his assistant for giving away medicine to the poor Johann Kant dies; His ghost comes back for revenge. Ride with the Devil, script by Leo Dorfman, art by John Calnan; In 1791 when Hiram Dunn and his daughter are lost in a storm they become phantoms, destined to forever be trying to reach Boston. Direct Currents ad for Teen Titans #40, Phantom Stranger #20, Our Fighting Forces #138, Superman #254, Korak, Son of Tarzan #47, Mister Miracle #9. Death Awaits Me, script by Leo Dorfman, art by Jerry Grandenetti; A ghostly vision warns Baron Charles of impending death, but is it his or Isadora's? Ghost Cargo from the Sky, script by Richard E. Hughes, art by Jack Sparling. Mystery of the Weird One text story. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Featuring: 12 page story "Jezebel"; 1 page text article "Ten Things to Look for in a Man"; 8 page story "We Can Never Marry" pencilled by John Rosenberger; 1 page text article "Can This Romance Be Saved?"; 4 page story "Out of My Mind"; 1 page From Barbara Miles, with Love letters page. Cover by Jay Scott Pike. Cover price $0.20.

Volume 9 - Issue 2, August 1972. Magazine dating back to the 60's consisting of reader-submitted photos, stories, poems, and letters, as well as classic advertisements, and even some comic strips and cartoons from the good old days. 8" x 10.75", 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Whitman edition. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Pat Boyette, and Pete Morisi. Charlton's long-running horror series eventually became the home of horror host Baron Weirwulf. Somewhere there is a house without time, in a story with art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Rink witnesses a crime but decides not to get involved. In another Ditko story, a fortune-hunter wants to marry a rich widow for her money - but her spider has other ideas. Don't Get Involved; Let Us Work Together; The Endless War; Stop the Clock; Can You be Your Own Double?; Along Came a Spider. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover pencils by Jay Scott Pike. Stories by unknown. Art by George Tuska, Tony Abruzzo and unknown. Pam plays the role of a princess on a children's television show, but her new boyfriend Gordon is a lawyer leading protests against the station where she works, which complicates their romance in "Treat Me Like a Princess"! Plus: Kelly assures her friends that she can attract a boyfriend any time she wants. Though her method is rather unusual, it works in "Personality Plus"! Also: Ava does everything she can to prove she's not interested in rich Ricky Randolph, but he finally wears down her resistance in the retitled reprint story "Come Closer, Love"! And: 2-page Test Yourself filler "Are You Afraid to Grow Up?" Plus: Letters page Like It Is! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.20.

Long running fanzine/newsletter for Old Time Radio fans. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 8 pages, black and white.

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Published in 96 weekly parts. Saddle-Stitched, 28 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.95.

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Published in 96 weekly parts. Saddle-Stitched, 28 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.95.

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Published in 96 weekly parts. Saddle-Stitched, 28 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.95.

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Published in 96 weekly parts. Saddle-Stitched, 28 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.95.

Stories and art by Matt Baker, Antonio Reynoso, Ezra Jackson, Oscar Fraga and Alberto Macagno. Legendary publisher Myron Fass presents another Eerie series, featuring tales of horror and the macabre. Antarctic explorers discover a long-frozen caveman. A fugitive criminal discovers the elixir of immortality. A Scotland Yard detective delays his retirement so he can solve one last case. Plus a story by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker - altered to fit the Horror Tales mold. Featuring altered reprints from Chamber of Chills and other 1950s pre-Code comics. The Demon; Grotesque; In the Slime Below; Voodoo's Queen of Witchcraft; Deadly Fangs; Frigid Fear; Drums of Doom; Zombie Vengeance. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.60.

Stories and art by Warren Kremer and others. Harvey reprints the adventures of the mischievous little devil and his regular backup feature, Stumbo the Giant. Hot Stuff tries for mischief, but misses and does good instead. Dr. Cesspoole disguises himself as an astrophysicist and sends Stumbo into outer space. But the giant is big enough to hop from planet to planet. Hot Stuff; Stumbo: The Spaceman. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Jack Sparling. "The Coffin Creature," script by Mike Fleisher (dialogue) and Jack Sparling (plot), art by Jack Sparling; Two trappers in the swamp find the treasure the ghostly Coffin Creature has been searching for. "Phony Face!", script by E Nelson Bridwell, art by Gerry Talaoc; Grant Weymore is on the run from the police after pulling a big bank job; Dr. Magog offers to change Grant's face so he won't be recognized. One page of Cain's Game Room cartoons, art by John Albano. "Over The High Side," script by Lore Shoberg, pencils by Alan Weiss, inks by Ralph Reese; Dave the Buck, a member of a motorcycle gang, brags that he'd take on Beelzebub himself for his girlfriend. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Berni Wrightson splash page; Alan Weiss art. Cover price $0.20.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Berni Wrightson splash page; Alan Weiss art. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $44.95 or Best Offer View scan Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover art by Mike Kaluta. "Beyond His Imagination," script by Bill Meredith, art by Nestor Redondo; An artist seeks inspiration from a Gypsy séance, but when he threatens the old woman, he finds himself face-to-face with her in limbo after her heart gave out and she was his spirit's link back to the world of the living. "Beat the Devil," script by Jack Oleck, pencils by Jack Katz, inks by Tony DeZuniga; A thief robs a church of its poor box and when a priest attempts to stop him, the thief stabs him; That night he dreams the priest visits him and begs him to repent, but the thief claims that while he lives he can always repent at a later time; During a robbery, the police put a bullet into him and he makes his escape into the catacombs where he meets up with Satan. "Goodbye, Nancy," script by John Albano, pencils by Vic Catan and Frank Redondo, inks by Abe Ocampo; The lonely ghost of a dead girl attempts to kill off her little playmate so that she can have his company, but when the boy's father learns from her parents that she has died, he demands that the spirit depart and have no more dealings with his son. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Berni Wrightson splash. Stories include "Beyond His Imagination" (script by Bill Meredith, art by Nestor Redondo), "Beat the Devil" (script by Jack Oleck, pencils by Jack Katz, inks by Tony de Zuniga), and "Goodbye, nancy" (script by John Albano, pencils by Vic Catan and Frank Redondo, inks by Abe Ocampo). Michael Kaluta cover. Cover price $0.20.

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July-August 1972. Volume 21, No. 6 (Whole No. 161). Squarebound, 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 176 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.75.

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Cover pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by John Severin. Hell Is a Very Small Hulk!, script by Archie Goodwin, pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by John Severin; Hulk breaks into Ant-Man's lab and starts drinking stuff to try and shrink himself to subatomic size; Chameleon, who is stealing some papers from the lab, takes advantage of the rapidly shrinking Hulk and brings the pint-sized hero back to his current employers, Hydra; Hulk escapes into the air ducts but Hydra sends in a group of plague carrying rats to finish him off; Ant-Man arrives to help Hulk out but is unable to prevent the jade giant from shrinking out of sight; Meanwhile, Betty leaves Project Greenskin to get her life together. The Ant-Man story continues from Avengers 100 and continues in Marvel Feature 4. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

National Diamond Sales Advertisement Insert Variant. Cover pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by John Severin. Hell Is a Very Small Hulk!, script by Archie Goodwin, pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by John Severin; Hulk breaks into Ant-Man's lab and starts drinking stuff to try and shrink himself to subatomic size; Chameleon, who is stealing some papers from the lab, takes advantage of the rapidly shrinking Hulk and brings the pint-sized hero back to his current employers, Hydra; Hulk escapes into the air ducts but Hydra sends in a group of plague carrying rats to finish him off; Ant-Man arrives to help Hulk out but is unable to prevent the jade giant from shrinking out of sight; Meanwhile, Betty leaves Project Greenskin to get her life together. The Ant-Man story continues from Avengers 100 and continues in Marvel Feature 4. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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 $0.50.

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"There Lurks the Adaptoid!" Story by Mike Friedrich. Art by George Tuska and Vince Colletta. Cover by Gil Kane. Marianne Rodgers has a vision that something bad is going to happen at Avengers Mansion. Tony dons his armor and flies to the mansion and encounters...the Adaptoid! Shell-head and the Adaptoid fight from cover-to-cover, but the battle ends without a winner as both combatants break contact after being injured. (Note: The letters page includes a letter from comics editor David McDonnell.) 32 pages Cover price $0.20.

Mark Jewelers Advertisement Insert Variant. "There Lurks the Adaptoid!" Story by Mike Friedrich. Art by George Tuska and Vince Colletta. Cover by Gil Kane. Marianne Rodgers has a vision that something bad is going to happen at Avengers Mansion. Tony dons his armor and flies to the mansion and encounters...the Adaptoid! Shell-head and the Adaptoid fight from cover-to-cover, but the battle ends without a winner as both combatants break contact after being injured. (Note: The letters page includes a letter from comics editor David McDonnell.) 32 pages Cover price $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

National Diamond Sales Advertisement Insert Variant. "There Lurks the Adaptoid!" Story by Mike Friedrich. Art by George Tuska and Vince Colletta. Cover by Gil Kane. Marianne Rodgers has a vision that something bad is going to happen at Avengers Mansion. Tony dons his armor and flies to the mansion and encounters... the Adaptoid! Shell-head and the Adaptoid fight from cover-to-cover, but the battle ends without a winner as both combatants break contact after being injured. Note: The letters page includes a letter from comics editor David McDonnell. 32 pages. Cover price $0.20.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 6p cover price. "There Lurks the Adaptoid!" Story by Mike Friedrich. Art by George Tuska and Vince Colletta. Cover by Gil Kane. Marianne Rodgers has a vision that something bad is going to happen at Avengers Mansion. Tony dons his armor and flies to the mansion and encounters...the Adaptoid! Shell-head and the Adaptoid fight from cover-to-cover, but the battle ends without a winner as both combatants break contact after being injured. (Note: The letters page includes a letter from comics editor David McDonnell.) 32 pages

August 1972. Magazine for children, text stories and illustrations. "Napoleon and Samantha" by Ellen Taggart, "Splash Down" by Edith Osborn Corbett and "My Father Rides a Wild River" Jimmy Zanelli. 64 pages PC/B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Vintage men's interest magazine heavily focused on articles, short fiction stories, adult humor comics, and nude pin-up photography .8" x 10.5", 72 pages, mostly B&W with some color pages. -MATURE READERS-