Comic books January 1954

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January, 1954 - Vintage Men's magazine featuring articles, pictorials, and pin-ups. This issue showcases a Pre-Celebrity Julie Newmar cover, How to Fly a Helicopter, and a woman known only as Lynn enjoying her record collection as photographed by Ed Carswell. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.50.

Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

January 1, 1954, French language movie magazine. 8 1/4 in. x 12-in., 18 pages, B&W. NOTE: French Language.

Debbie Reynolds cover and feature article. Also articles and features on Audie Murphy, Betty Grable, Bob Cummings, Martin and Lewis, Ava Gardner and more. Full-page movie ads include Easy to Love, Here Come the Girls, Three Sailors and a Girl. Profusely illustrated with photographs. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Irv Spector. Stories by Hal Seeger. Art by Irv Spector. The oddly named Muggy-Doo is a junkyard cat and a junk peddler by trade, but a con artist by inclination. When Osh the fez-wearing hound comes into some cash, Muggy-Doo tries everything he can think of to swindle him out of it. Muggy-Doo is the one getting swindled, for once, when he decides to go into showbiz. Orry Orangutan tells the girls about the time he faced down a lion. The Persistent Pest; Stuffy Derma: Life of the Party; Boy Star; Elmer the Elk; Orry Orangutan; Georgie Giraffe: Big Businessman; The Big Jewel Robbery. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Sheldon Mayer (credited as Bud Fisher). Stories and art by Al Smith (credited as Bud Fisher), Jack Schiff, and Sheldon Mayer. DC reprints the comic strip that defined the comic strip, featuring the original tall-and-short comedy duo. Also featuring the "topper" strip Cicero's Cat. Mutt tries to learn more about Jeff for the readers of the comic strip. Cicero's Cat has an encounter with a safety fan. Jeff's latest job is driving a tow truck. Plus an article about The Empire State Building. Mutt & Jeff; Cicero's Cat; Leave It to Binky: Home, Sweet Home!; The Fabulous Empire State Building. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Couples wrestle with marital strife in this pre-Code romance comic from Canadian publisher Superior that often features good-girl art. Looking for thrills, Claire develops a reputation that could doom her romance with Jack, in "I Was a Pick-up Girl," a story featuring some racy pre-Code bad-girl art. Redheaded farm girl Tessie romances handsome neighbor Rex Macon, but her Pa disapproves, in a story with some nice good-girl art. Bill and Wendy's marriage plans are derailed by her father's illness. Also featuring a vintage ad for the Rosary Cross of Seven Sorrows - an odd choice for a comic that features "I Was a Pick-up Girl." I Was a Pick-up Girl; Desperate Romance; Kisses of Forgiveness; Together...Forever. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Pre-Code mystery and horror stories from Canadian publisher Superior. A crook soon regrets stealing a cursed gem from the coffin of his aunt's twin sister, leaving a trail of bodies in his wake. After the grisly murder of his wife (in an iron lung!), Bill is repeatedly visited by a woman who looks just like her. Watching a horror movie unleashes the beast within henpecked Horace, turning him into a werewolf with a taste for the ladies. Some horror-comics covers are symbolic, but this cover actually illustrates a scene from the comic, when gangster Big Jim visits a hellish nightclub called the Charnel House. Trapped in the Tomb; The Deadly Double; Mark of the Beast; Horror a la Mode; Call Me Monster. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Russ Heath. The Movie House Horror!, art by Syd Shores. The Man Without Eyes!, art by Paul Reinman. What Happened Up There?, art by Dave Berg. You Can't Twin, art by Tony DiPreta. The Black Crows! 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

The Old Witch; Helen Bennet brings an old woman named Mathilda home and gives her a place to stay; Her husband George is irritated that Helen is always bringing home stray kids or homeless people; He discovers that Mathilda is actually a witch who is attempting an elaborate spell that will enable her to switch bodies with the younger, healthier Helen Bennet. The Man in the Tomb!, art by art by Al Luster; When a scientist realizes that, without his invention, humanity will perish after another fifty years of atomic warfare he decides this is preferable to having the cycle begin all over again. Good Morning, Mr. Smith!, art by Vic Carrabotta; A detached head gets its revenge by using hypnotic compulsion to remove the surgeon's head and place it in the life support machinery instead. The Living and the Dead!; Oscar Holmes, a man who does not believe in the supernatural, steals the plots of stories from his friend John, then publishes them as his own stories. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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The Man Who Killed the Devil!, art by art by Dick Ayers; A man discovers a book with instructions for slaying the Devil and decides the fame would be so great that he will chance it. Fatal Treasure text story. Friend or Foe, art by Robert Q. Sale; Aliens from another planet are divided on how to treat the humans when their spacecraft lands. The Itch!, art by Al Hartley; A miser who is doused in itching powder by a client he cheated goes to an underworld doctor who promises relief for his itching. You Are Me!, pencils by John Forte; A man meets a duplicate version of himself from another dimension and strangles him so that there will be only one of them in existence. What Happened in Midville; An evil postman gives small boxes to everyone in town that they can wish an evil into, but they must accept an unknown box from one of neighbors as part of the deal. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Book 1: Tom Swift and His Flying Lab - 1st printing. Written by Victor Appleton II. Art by Graham Kaye. These are the famous books about a young scientist whose amazing inventions promise to be the great achievements of the future! Hardcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).

Nifty Gals & Gags (1951) is a humor digest published by Dearfield Publishing Company. Features the character Dead-Eye Nick who as a "wolf" is always on the prowl for his next young catch. Also contains a page with words of advice from Nick. 96 pages, color cover with B&W illustrations, 5.25-in x 7.25-in. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Irv Novick. The Duel, script by David Kahn, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Joe Giella. Frontier Fighter, script by Nat Barnett, pencils by Jerry Grandenetti, inks by Sy Barry. Delayed Action, script by John Reed, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. Wake Up--and Fight, script by William Woolfolk, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Bernard Sachs. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Fountain of Fear, art by George Roussos; An escaped convict finds the fountain of youth; He tries to change his appearance by getting younger, but vengeful Indian spirits won't let him leave the fountain. The Coin of Evil, script by W. W. Jacobs (original story), pencils by Nick Cardy; Three wishes come true by the magic of a beggar's coin; But there's a horrible price to pay. Hands of Fate text story by Gordon Jones, pencils by Jack Katz. The Prophecy, pencils by Jack Katz; Carlotta sees death in the cards for thief Chuck Hanson; He kills Carlotta and is doomed to die by water; He does so after weeks on the run. The Wig, art by Mike Roy; A barber kills a man and steals his hair for a wig, but the wig seeks revenge. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

January, 1954. Vintage humor digest magazine that pokes fun at the relationships of men and women of the time. Digest, 5" x 7", 96 pages, B&W. -Recommended for ages 16+ Cover price $0.25.

Travelers Insurance Street and Highway Accident Data for 1954 (20th annual edition). Cartoons by Don Tobin, O. Soglow, Ralph Stern, Virgil Partch (VIP) and others.6-in. x 9-in. Softcover 28 Pages B&W

Stories by unknown. Pencils and Cover by Al Jaffee. In this issue: untitled Patsy and Hedy tale; untitled The Walkers tale; untitled Wendy Parker tale; and untitled Patsy and Hedy tale. Plus: 2-page text story "A Lesson for Sally." 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art and Cover by Morris Weiss. Patsy Walker's gals & pals! In this issue: untitled Patsy Walker tale - Patsy and her friend Gloria made a pact long ago not to have boyfriends, but Gloria is back and they decide to fool each other by pretending they're unattached; 2-page text story "The Birthday Gift!"; untitled Hedy Wolfe tale - Hedy decides to throw a surprise birthday party for herself; untitled Wendy Parker tale - confusion reigns when Wendy gets involved in trying to secretly buy a birthday present for Mr. Wallace, her grumpy boss; and untitled Patsy Walker tale - Patsy's scheme to convince friends Lydia and Gregory to not cancel their wedding is a disaster. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Jaffee. Untitled Patsy stories. Untitled Hedy Wolfe story. Untitled Wendy Parker story. All art by Al Jaffee. The Trouble with Andy text story. Paper doll. Patsy's Club Page. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Animator Paul Terry's Terrytoons featured Mighty Mouse, Heckle & Jeckle, and other classic cartoon characters of yesteryear. Mighty Mouse must save Mitzi from the clutches of The Claw. Heckle and Jeckle's latest scam involves the roller derby, but those birds play rough. Percy tries to get out of mouse-chasing by playing sick. Dimwit's Lesson; Mighty Mouse: Menace in the Meadow; Dinky: Ring of Luck; Heckle and Jeckle: Roller Derby Chumps; Can You Complete 'Em?; Percy Puss: Playing Sick. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Short-lived vintage men's interest magazine from the 1950's era that focuses heavily on tasteful black and white pin-up photography with short bios of the models and captions included with the photos. Two pages of Mamie Van Doren. 9.5" x 12.5", 50 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 8, Issue 2 - Jan. 27th, 1954. Estelle Dru cover and article. Celebrity gossip magazine. 4-in. x 6-in., 66 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.10.

Cover photo of Terry Moore and Tyrone Power from the movie "King of the Khyber Rifles." Stories and art by Frank Frazetta, Mike Roy, Jim McArdle, and Bill Ely. Romance comics and movie stars of yesteryear from Famous Funnies. Secretary Lila tries to break up her boss's marriage, in a story featuring early art by comics legend Frank Frazetta, and a lead character based on famed pinup model Bettie Page. Boxer Bob is torn between wealthy socialite Gloria and his manager's daughter Ann, but it's soon clear which one really loves him. Jan convinces med student Bob to give up his studies, and soon regrets it. Too Late for Love; The Dark Light; False Promises; K-O for Love; Lois Cameron and Her Domestic Relations Problems; Handsome Tyrone Power "Our Cover Man"; Pert Terry Moore "Our Cover Girl". 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ben Brown and others. Funny-animal comics from Key, an imprint of Stanley Morse. When Peter becomes a contestant on a TV quiz show, Moxie Fox decides he wants to be his manager. Peter tries to defend Honeybunny's honor after a wolf insults her, but the wolf is a tough customer. Peter tells his nephews the wolf's side of the Red Riding Hood story. Smarty Pants; The Ducktater; Ferdy the Fawn Grows Up; Rudolph the Pup: Bee-Cause; Cry Wolf; Buster and Brownie Bear: World Series Today; The True Story of Little Red Riding Hood. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Rube Grossman. The Missing Chimp, art by Rube Grossman; When Peter, Jane, and Jimmy visit the zoo, they meet Charlie the Chimpanzee, who is very sad and lonesome because his twin brother Charlie was left behind in Africa. Nature Wonderland fact two-pager by Martin Naydel. Ad for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer #4. Flying Low text story. School Daze!, art by Rube Grossman; Stanley's father asks Gus Gobbler to train Stanley not to be frightened of crows; Stanley is assigned to bring back a crow's tail feather to prove he is getting over his fear. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.