Comic books November 1952

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and Myron Fass. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Small-time hood Garton is plagued by guilt after he kills a man. The murder of a patient in the operating room leads to a redheaded nurse with a secret vendetta. Modern-day train robbers murder the locomotive crew on the Siskayu Tunnel. A Murderer's Reward; Corpse - Without Teeth!; Bloody Hands of Vengeance; Weird Operation!!; The Shocking Tunnel Murders. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Articles on sports, crime, and adventuring, plus pin-up photos. 8" x 10.5", 84 pages, B&W -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. Hopalong Cassidy shuts down Slim's gambling hall, but Slim is murdered before he can tell Hopalong who the true boss of the town's gambling ring is. Lash LaRue sets out to capture Hogg Hedd's outlaw gang, but soon realizes someone else is the true mastermind of the gang. "Secret Marshal" Rocky Lane discovers a killer's method for murder, involving raw cattle hide strips and direct sunlight. Hopalong Cassidy: Enemies of the West!; Sappy Nappy; Lash LaRue: The Double Setup!; Ten-Gallon Tex; Smiley Burnette: Ducking the Desperados!; Bangtail Bargains; Rocky Lane: Death By the Sun; Lamebrain Lem. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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8-in. x 11-in., 18 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Dick Giordano. "The Crazy Planet" one-page story, art by Frank Frollo. "The Hollow World," art by Art Cappello; Ships mysteriously disappear near the planet Marduk; Marduk is five times the size of Earth but has extremely low gravity; Captain Larq of the Lunex Luna sends a message as his craft is pulled in; Clive and Lansing investigate. "The Vixens of Venus," art by John Belfi; The Vixens of Venus, with their chief Delva, intend to invade the Earth; They must first plant Venusian vegetation to feed the giant insects that thrive on their planet; Rex Clive and Speed are captured while investigating the island where the Venusian Vixens have planted their flora. "War Cry of Mirza" text story. "The Cloudships of Magonia," art by Dick Giordano. "Convoy to Mars," art by Dick Giordano and Rex Clive; Space King leads the Space Rangers through the narrow pass between the Sun and Mercury, attempting to discover the hijackers there; The passage is taken as the best option to get to Mars at distant spots in its orbit. "The Time Skipper Travels to Ancient Rome"; The Time Skipper ends up in ancient Rome with Queen Ula and Professor Tempus; They encounter Cleopatra, who hears a prophesy from the absurdly-wrong soothsayer Rapidus. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Clarence Doore. Stories and art by Bernie Krigstein and Vic Martin. The short-lived tie-in to the fondly remembered early sci-fi TV series. The Robber Baron of Deimos dresses like a Renaissance noble and gives Buzz and Hap a rough time, in a story with art by EC legend Bernie Krigstein. Buzz and Hap venture to the dangerous world of Hecuba, where visitors from other planets are forbidden. In another Krigstein story, raiders from Pluto bring their space prisoners to the slave pits of Zikor the tyrant. Plus a biography of visionary writer H. G. Wells. And a vintage ad for the official Space Patrol Belt and Space Cadet membership card. Robber Baron of Deimos; The Free State of Hecuba; Space Spasms; A Giant of Prophecy: H.G. Wells; Treason in Space; Slave King of Pluto; Testtube Tyler. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

November, 1952. Volume 1, Issue 3. Featuring work from Lester Del Rey and Larry Shaw. Softcover, 5 1/2-in., x 7 1/2-in., 164 pages, Text (with chapter illustrations) Cover price $0.35.

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes. Art by King Ward and others. Tales of espionage from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG, published as the Cold War was just heating up. US agent Phil hunts a missing atomic scientist in Czechoslovakia; True-life double agent Alfred Redl plays Austro-Hungary against Russia; Real-life French spy Marthe Richer risks her life during World War I. Chase into Czechoslovakia; Pick-Up Point; Two Against Time; Palace in Vienna; The Double Spy; Vengeance in Vienna; Case of the Iron Rock; True Epics of Espionage. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 3, Issue 10 - November 1952. Men's adventure magazine featuring articles on sports, hunting politics and crime. 10-in. x 13-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. Hundred-Mission Mitchell, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. Ride the Steel Horse, art by Bob Brown. General For A Day, art by Jerry Grandenetti. Booby Trap, art by Ramona Fradon. Capt. Jack Marston text story by Jack Miller. Private Pete humor page by Henry Boltinoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 28, Issue 1 - November, 1952. Cover by Walter Popp. Stories: "The Star Dice" by Roger Dee, "The Crook In Time" by R.J. McGregor, "The Night The World Turned Over" by Joel Townsley Rogers, "Proposal" by L. Sprague de Camp, and "Some Like It Cold" by Dave Dryfoos. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 9-in, 146 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Teen comedy featuring Mazie and her boyfriend Stevie. Stevie discovers that Mazie and Jeannie are determined to become movie stars. Quiz Kid-ing; Stevie's Favorite Jokes; Water Matter; Star Subjects from Hollywood; Mazie: The Play Is The Sting; Easel Does It; Mortie: Soda Jerky. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Murphy Anderson & Gil Kane art. Captain Comet Cover. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "Flaming Horror"; A fat man's face is horribly scarred when he accidentally sets fire to his hotel room; He inherits a house and meets a lonely ghost. A man tries to kick him out of his house so he kills him. "Mask of the Devil"; The wife of an evil ruler gives birth to a demon because of a curse; The demon is raised in secrecy and vows revenge on his father. "Brain of Belial" text story by David Palmer. "Through Wicked Eyes"; A witch leaves a pair of glasses for a man; These glasses allow the man to see how people will die; He looks at a picture of his wife and sees that she will be killed by a taxi. "Return of the Corpse"; A policeman and doctor scheme to catch a grave robber; The policeman pretends to die and is buried in a coffin; The doctor is the grave robber and blocks the air hole. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Carl Burgos, inks by Christopher Rule. "Love Story," art by Tony DiPreta; A chemist mixes up a love potion but leaves it too close to the guinea pig cage and they drink it all. "Pharaoh's Finger" text story. "The Corpse," art by Jim Mooney; A murderer is being sought by the police for a killing that he did not commit so he drives to his girlfriend who can provide an alibi; On the way over he strikes someone crossing the street in the dark and does not stop. "The Warning!"; A man considers a criminal career until his dead brother dissuades him. "The Dumb Slob," art by George Tuska; Sailors make fun of a dumb person the captain picked up in port to do free labor until he tells them that he sees the edge of the ocean and warns them not to go over; They put him in a rowboat and tell him to return so that he can warn others. "Graveyard at Midnight!", art by Bill Everett; An actor robs a bank in disguise and then kills his manager in the cemetery for trying to blackmail him; The caretaker sees the murder and phones the police. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by William Ekgren. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, George Tuska and Charles Sultan. Classic pre-Code horror from St. John. Robbers commit murder while fleeing police, then are pursued by the murdered man's spirit, in a story with early art by comics legend Joe Kubert. Amateur paleontologists exploring an old mine are attacked by petrified arms that appear from the walls. A vengeful Incan spirit arises in modern times, in a story with early art by Marvel artist George Tuska. Offbeat and beautiful cover, atypical of its time, by William Ekgren. The Curse of Khar; The Spectres in Shaft 13; Terror from the Tombs; Gag Bag; Murder by Myth. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Syd Shores, Michael Becker, Vince Alascia, and Gene Fawcette. Cover by Gene Fawcette. Science fiction adventure from Avon, featuring stories and art from legends in the comics and sci-fi fields. A man discovers by robots in the fourth dimension that are holding humans captive; Space agent Mike Gordon is assigned to rescue the daughter of Earths president from a space bandit; Space criminals are mutated by the planetoid they use as a hideout. Also featuring the finest contents page yet, illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. The Radium Monsters; Mystery of Asteroid 9; World of the Monster Brain!; Ransom — One Million Decimars!; Interplanetary Safari; Revenge at Callisto Orbit. Issues #10 through #17 were not published. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage magazine featuring stories about, and tips for those interested in the nudist way of life. Softcover Magazine, 8" x 11", 32 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

UK Edition - November, 1952. Softcover pulp, B&W.

Australian Edition - November, 1952. Softcover pulp, B&W.

Features Superhombre, Proa al Norte, Lucho Villegas, Capiango, Congo Bill, Flecha Verde, Chris, and Vigilante. 16 pages, PC/PB&W. Spanish Language.

Long Running vintage men's interest digest magazine that features articles, war stories, short fiction, true crime, and black and white pin-up photography. 5" x 7.5", 130 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS-

Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Myron Fass, Mel Keefer, and Ben Brown. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. A deadly snake gets hold of a mad scientist's giantification formula, and soon menaces the city. A strange clock transports a man into the distant past, where Satanists appeal to him to sacrifice his wife. An evil pharaoh doll comes to life and commands the toys of the world to rise up in revolt against humanity. The Big Snake; The Devils Closet; The Toy Army; Trespasser from Beyond. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Four stories are included in this issue: "Tarzan and the Cat Men of Crater Lake" (Tarzan faces giant water snakes when he rescues Prince Keelim); "Tarzan Revisits Opar" (Pygmy warriors help Tarzan rescue a greedy treasure hunter's stepsister); "Brothers of the Spear"; and "Sign from the Gods" (a text piece). Art by Jesse Marsh. Lex Barker photo cover. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker and Cal Massey. Tales of teen angst and amour, often featuring art and covers by celebrated good-girl artist Matt Baker. Former prom queen and cheerleading captain Kay thinks back to how she lost it all, in a story with art by Baker. Lois dates Jim on a bet with her girlfriends, but didn't expect to fall for him, or that he would find out. Cynthia's jealously spirals out of control when Frank runs into his old friend Carole. Vacation Love; Love or Money; Ruled by Jealousy; Quips and Queries; Gag-Bag; Classroom Crush. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover. In order of appearance: "Her Foolish Demands"; "Inconstant Lover"; "She Wanted My Husband"; and "He Didn't Mean Marriage" reprinted in Love Experiences (1949) #23. Text articles: "Men Will Like You If...", "Perfume Charm", "If You Want Him to Propose...", "If You're Shy...", "What Frightens Men Away?" reprinted in "Help Yourself to Allure..." in Love Experiences (1949) #31, and "Personality Pitfalls". Indicia states "TEN-STORY LOVE". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 36, Issue 11 - November, 1952. TAM is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures. Broadway and Hollywood. 8.5-in. x 11-in, 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Art by Frank Bolle, Ernie Bache and Dick Ayers. Cover by Frank Bolle. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Redmask's strange rogues' gallery continues to grow, as a gunman in an iron mask holds up stagecoaches. Enemies of the Ghost Rider hire an East Coast assassin known as The Brain. Redmask is arrested by a female sheriff who thinks he's part of the gang he 's chasing. A Pony for Tim; The Iron Mask!; The Sheriff of Silver Creek!; The Ghost Rider: The Brain Came West; The Comanche; Three Graves in Boot Hill! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Charles Schulz, Al Capp, Sam Leff, and Henning Mikkelsen. Tip-Topper Comics collected some of United Features Syndicates most popular comic strips of the 1940s in full color, including Lil Abner and Fritzi Ritz. Fritzi was later known as "Aunt Fritzi" in the Nancy comic strip. Fritzi finds creative ways to save her hat and shoes from the weather. One of the backup strips in the comic is Charles Schulz's Peanuts, then only in its third year; several daily strips are presented in full color. Curly Kayoe's boxer buddy Mickey wants to retire from the ring so he can become a painter, but he needs to box to afford his art classes. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Fritzi Ritz; Peanuts; Li'l Abner; Curly Kayoe; Ferd'nand; Stamp Tips. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by Lynn Karp and unknown. Featuring: Tom & Jerry tale; Adventures of Tom tale; Barney Bear & Benny Burro tale; Jerry & Tuffy 2-pager with pencils by Lynn Karp; Big Spike & Little Tyke tale; Bertie Bird text story "The Mysterious Cat"; Wuff the Prairie Dog tale; Flip 'n' Dip 2-pager; Fuzzy & Wuzzy tale; and Droopy half-pager. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Carl Pfeufer and others. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. In a two-part story, Tom Mix's new neighbor is injured by robbers. Tom pursues them and falls into a trap they have rigged under a boulder. Target For Plunder, Chapter 1: The Sign of the Jinx; Chapter 2: The Doomed Exhibition; Jeeter: Silence Is Golden; Mule Ears; Cowboy Cal; Fightin' Forbes: Threat and Promise; Brainy Buster; Dimwit Diddle; The Open Safe. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bob Brown. The Frontier Tinker starring Tomahawk, art by Bruno Premiani. The Phantom River starring Tomahawk, art by Bruno Premiani. The Legend of Wo-Kan, the Friendly--Tales of the Arrow Maker, art by Fred Ray. Bring Back Edgar Carter starring Tomahawk, art by Bruno Premiani. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 7, Issue 3 - September, 1952. True crime magazine with stories and article about women in the world of organized crime, murder, robbery, and debauchery. Softcover Magazine, 8.5" x 11", 74 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.