Comic books December 1951

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Stories and art by Phil De Lara and others. Funny-animal antics from Magazine Enterprises. Wanda the Good Witch (not the later Harvey character) uses her magic to get even with mean teacher Miss Skinflint. Moths steal the Pixies' clothes and blind Mighty Atom with a flashlight. Tom-Tom's monkey and elephant pals must rescue him when he's captured by a dragon. Robert Robot; Wanda the Good Witch; Koko and Kola; The Pixies; Mighty Atom; Tom-Tom the Jungle Boy. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Dick Van Buren, and Bob Lubbers. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. The Captain puts Hans and Fritz to work as organ-grinder's monkeys, but that backfires in a hurry. In his return to Tip Top Comics, Tarzan must protect a wounded warrior from a leopard attack, but that just angers the nearby apes. Nancy and Sluggo learn the best place to hide during an explosion. Nancy; How it Began!; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Tarzan. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 8, Issue 3 - December, 1951. Cover painted by Peter Driben. Vintage men's interest magazine that is highly focused on tasteful pin-up pictorials usually centered around women in lingerie being involved in wacky scenarios. This issue includes a centerfold poster of infamous pin-up legend, Bettie Page, in two poses. 8.5" x 11.5", 52 pages, B&W/Color. -Recommended for ages 16+ Cover price $0.25.

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Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Featuring: Droopy 1-pager; Tom & Jerry tale; Adventures of Tom tale; Big Spike & Little Tyke tale; Bertie Bird text story "Snow Tracks"; Flip 'n' Dip 2-pager; Fuzzy & Wuzzy tale; and Droopy half-pager. 36 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 three-part story, Tom must ride fast to protect the township when a hurricane strikes. In an action-packed sequence, he takes to a boat in raging floodwaters, then must abandon ship when a lightning strike sets the boat on fire. Then he must avoid a rockslide to warn the town that the dam is collapsing! And a vintage ad for Tom Mix merch in exchange for Ralston-Purina box tops, including glow-in-the-dark spurs and belt. The Rampaging Elements: Part 1: Death Island; Roundup Time With Tom Mix; Part 2: Hazardous Journey; Hoghead Harry; Tumbleweed Jr.: Magic in the Air; Saddlehead; Cowboy Cal; Fightin' Forbes: Necktie Party; Part 3: Passage to Safety; Pinto Pete; Evers the Englishman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

December 3, 1951. "Determined To Win" (tennis player Doris Hart), "I'm No Traitor" (Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel and Surrey), "Love Was His Fire," "The Singing Strings" (Franz Josef Haydn), and "The Shipwreck of Marie de Bourk." Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 12, Issue 2 - December, 1951. 8" x 11", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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"Farewell to Arms" (art by Morris Weiss), "No Second Chance," "No Cure For a Plain Jane," and "This Man I Love" (art by Tony DiPreta). Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover. "The Big Shot," art by Bob Powell; Gangster Danny's car breaks down and he decides to stay on a nearby farm owned by Laura's father; Danny and Laura fall in love; Danny is identified by Laura's brother; Danny promises Laura to go straight; He returns to the city to see his mother but she rejects him. "My Darkest Hour"; Jean's parents don't like the rough crowd she socializes with; in contrast, they are proud of her older sister Lil and her bank manager fiancé Dale; When Jean's date Kip is killed in a nightclub brawl, Jean asks Lil to say it was she who was there; Lil becomes the subject of gossip and Dale's parents say the scandal will harm his career. "The Late Miss Early" text story by John Martin. "Sheltered Love"; Talent agent Sheila receives a recording of Don's singing; She discovers he is a coal miner who sings on the weekends, and thinks her offer of a contract is a scam; Sheila and Don fall in love and she "admits" he's right about the contract; Sheila is prepared to give up her career and marry Don, but her partner Steve arrives. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Winter 1951. Vol. 1, No. 4. Cover by Allen Anderson. Science Fiction by H. G. Wells "The Time Machine" and L. Sprague De Camp "The Tritonian Ring". Illustrations by Vestal. 6 7/8" x 10"; black and white; 132 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman. Art by John Severin, Will Elder, Wally Wood, Jack Davis, and Harvey Kurtzman. Harvey Kurtzman's legendary series enlisted top EC artists for gritty tales of war and adventure. American soldiers setting a trap for German tanks learn they themselves have been lured into a trap, in a story with inks by MAD legend Will Elder. UN forces fight to the last man to hold a Korean hill, with art by Jack Davis. The sole survivor of a Korean engagement is tortured by PTSD, then known as "shell shock," illustrated by Wally Wood. Hill 203!; Bug Out!; Boomerang!; Rubble!; Weak Link! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Maneely. "The Silver Spurs"; While riding along the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, Kid Colt spots a gang of five men on horseback chasing after a lone rider and decides to come to the man's aid. "The Apache Kid's Last Stand!"; In the town of Madison, Aloysius Kare and gambling house owner Kit Faraday watch as some men from back east ride into town; Kare muses that these men could provide good business for Kit's gambling house. "Bushwacker" text story. "Dead Man's Boots!" "The Man with the Bullet-Hole Stetson"; Lance Temple rides his buck wagon into Caliber City and sees that the town is in pandemonium; The sheriff tells Lance to tie up his horses and take cover as the Calendar Gang is riding into town. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - December 7, 1951. "Did the FBI Help the Reds Escape?", "America's Secret Government", "A Study of Prostitution Today", "Salinger vs. Maryland: Psychiatry Challenges the Law", More. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Russell Patterson and Raeburn van Buren. The comic-strip adventures of aspiring model Fritzi Ritz and her boyfriend, the bumbling Phil Fumble. Phil gets a job at a women's water polo club, in a strip that showcases Bushmiller's "good girl" art. Fritzi starts a taxi service. Bathless Groggins must return to the land where no one bathes - and change their minds, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with detailed art by Raeburn van Buren. Fritzi Ritz; Mamie; Abbie an' Slats; Stamp Tips. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Johnny Craig. "Fountains of Youth!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Eileen reads an ad in the newspaper asking for a traveling companion for a Madam DuBois, who is traveling abroad; She and Madam DuBois go on a cruise, but Eileen gets seasick. "The Monster in the Ice!", art by Graham Ingels; As Gerald Dawson sits as his desk in a shack in the Arctic, Herbert Campbell enters, telling him that their Eskimo guide refuses to take them any further; Dawson goes to see Lomo in his igloo, and the Eskimo tells him of the monster in the ice. "Choice" text story by William M. Gaines. "Gone... Fishing!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Maxwell and Steven's car rolled up to the water's edge, and they got out to unload their equipment; Max was a noted sport-fisherman, but Steven hated the sport, which he considered cruelty to animals. Unauthorized adaptation of Ray Bradbury's short story "The Emissary" in "What the Dog Dragged In!", script by Al Feldstein (adaptation), art by Jack Kamen; As she sat in her wheelchair, blind Betty reached out for her dog, Jerry, put a list in his collar, and sent him to the butcher's; unknown to her, Jerry was hit by a car on the way. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"Tower of Death!" Venus rescues a faux ghost who claims to have been entombed in a tower a decade ago. "The Cartoonist's Calamity!" A comic book artist's drawings come to life, and Venus steps in. Also includes: "The Stone Man!"; "The Storm!"; and "The Madmen of Mogan." Pencils, inks, and cover by Bill Everett. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Henry Kiefer and August Froehlich. Cover by Maurice Whitman. Jungle hero Wambi is a boy who can talk to animals, including his friends Tawn the elephant and Ogg the ape. A hostile pygmy tribe is drugging other natives and selling them into slavery; A pair of tigons tries to dethrone the lion king named Simba; Renegades flee their village with a sacred talisman, leaving chaos in their wake. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Syd Shores. Stories and art by Syd Shores, Harry Anderson, Mort Lawrence, and Bill Woolfolk. Bloody pre-Code crime comics, in imitation of Crime Does Not Pay - including a top-hatted, otherworldly narrator. The twist is that the publisher offers wanted posters (and rewards) for real-life criminals. The true story of Big Jim Colosimo, Chicago's first gangster. Eddie plots a desperate escape from Death Row. The Great Unsolved Mysteries contest invites readers to ponder a murdered engineer with many secret lovers. Plus a rather spicy vintage ad for lingerie, "Bewitch Her with Daring." Big Jim Colosimo...Crime Lord; Death Row; Wanted: Myron Selik; Great Unsolved Mysteries: The Murder of the Bridge Expert; The Big Squeal. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Alone" (art by Russ Heath), "Stormy Weather" (art by Joe Maneely), "The Fighting Machines" (art by Norman Steinberg), and "A.P.O." (art by Heath). Two-page text story, "The Twist of Death." Cover price $0.10.

1st printing. By George Price. A collection of hilarious comic strips from the Golden Age. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, B&W.

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"The Vampire's Weird Duel," "Gargoyles' Revenge," "The Mad Beast of Monaco," and "Tribe of the Terrible Trees." Stories by Richard Case, Louis Zansky, Lou Cameron, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, and Jim McLaughlin. Suspense-filled horror tales that weave a Web of Mystery for the reader! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Howard Sherman. The Green-Haired Killer starring the Wyoming Kid, art by Howard Sherman. Lesson for Outlaws starring Nighthawk, script by Don Cameron, art by Ruben Moreira. The Killer of Terror Trail starring Cowboy Marshal, art by by Ed Smalle Jr. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Ken Battefield. The Claim Jumpers starring Fighting Bob Dale, art by Robert McCarty. The Range Runs Red starring Wilma West, art by Keats Petree. Fire and Bullets starring K-Bar Kate, art by Ken Battefield. Fury and Hot Lead text article. Frame For A Cowpoke starring Six-Gun Smith. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by John Daly and others. Numbering continues from Indian Warriors (1951 Star) #8. A hybrid of pre-Code Western and crime comics from L.B. Cole's Star Publications. A night at the gambling tables turns deadly as a Texas cowboy becomes known as the Card-Sharp Killer. While visiting Colombia, heroic cowboy Bull's-Eye Bill encounters the bank robber known as Whistlin' Utah. White Rider's plan to capture rustlers involves Superhorse becoming the king of a herd of wild horses. Card-Sharp Killer; White Rider & Superhorse: Six-Guns Talkin'; Bullet In The Back; Whistling Utah, Bank Bandit; Law In Loon City. Only issue under this title; series continues as Outlaws, The (1952 Star) #10. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover of western film actors Whip Wilson and Reno Browne. Contains western romance stories. In order of appearance: "Reins on My Heart"; "Cowboy's Kisses"; "A Bid for Love"; "Prairie Schoolma'm"; "Western Beauty"; and "Love Rides By". Comic advertisements for Slinky and Sheafer's Skrip Writing Fluid. "Montana Heart: Loved by Two Suitors, a Daughter of the Range Makes Her Choice..." illustrated text story by Donald Bayne Hobart. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Sheldon Moldoff, Bill Woolfolk, Leonard Frank, Edmond Good and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Monte Hale matches gunplay with the dreaded gunslinger known as the Chisholm Kid. Gabby Hayes gets involved in the town scavenger hunt and inadvertently catches a killer. Tex Ritter tries to find the source of the counterfeit bills that have been flooding Fairmount County. Tex Ritter: The Greenback Flood; Gabby Hayes: Scavenger Hunter; Li'l Buck; Monte Hale: The Killer's Faith; Slim Carson: Forty Below; Cactus Brain; Tom Mix: The Death Toll. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Harlon Brothers" (art by George Tuska), "The Man Who Couldn't Be Killed," "The Six-Shooter," "The Iron Monsters," and a two-page text story, "Texas Tenderfoot." Joe Maneely cover. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition has blank white inside covers. "The Harlon Brothers" (art by George Tuska), "The Man Who Couldn't Be Killed," "The Six-Shooter," "The Iron Monsters," and a two-page text story, "Texas Tenderfoot." Joe Maneely cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Syd Shores. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Syd Shores, Otto Binder, Mort Lawrence, and Al Luster. True tales from the Old West, starring such real-life characters as Wild Bill Pecos, Nuggets Nugent, Jason Joss, Lobo the Wolf Boy, Big Claw, Black Cloud, and Blazes Barnes. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"White Tops" is the official magazine of the CFA and keeps the circus industry connected with news, articles and history and is sent to members four times per year. 8" x 10.5", 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk, Otto Binder, Charlie Tomsey, Anthony Cataldo, and Kurt Schaffenberger. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. Captain Marvel becomes President of the U.S.A. Lance and Mike track pirates who are targeting pearl shipments. When a rancher finds gold on his property, it brings the sort of trouble only Golden Arrow can rectify. Captain Marvel Becomes President of the U.S.A.; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb; Lance O'Casey: The Pearl Pirates; Golden Arrow: Dynamite Trail; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Ibis the Invincible: The Zombie Master; Doc Sorebones. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue 642 - December, 1951. The true adventure magazine for men. A collection of true stories from all over the world. 6.5" x 9.5", B&W.