Comic books July 1953

Features Superhombre, Capiango, Lucho Villegas, and Vigilante. 20 pages, B&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-

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Lex Barker photo cover. "Tarzan Defends a City," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Returning to Cathne, Tarzan and the Cathnians find the city under siege by Terribs; More help for Cathne arrives in the form of the Gallugos, looking for a new home; The siege is lifted and Tarzan helps the Gallugos select a new site for their city, with the approval of Cathnian king Jathon. "Boy Faces the Fangs of the Mamba," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Ungali, the former witch doctor of the Matusis, frames Boy for the theft of King Atumbo's throne stool; Boy is kidnapped by the Matusis and forced to undergo trial by mamba; Tarzan arrives in time to take Boy's place. "Tarzan and the Treasure of the Apes," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; When hunters discover a mangani wearing a ruby necklace, they become obsessed with killing other mangani for jewelry; The apes had found a pirate's treasure chest and were wearing the jewelry from it; They were also fighting each other over the treasure. "Silent Journey" text story starring Mabu. "Brothers of the Spear," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Russ Manning; Dan-El and Natongo free Mothibi from Ulgo's guards and then capture the bulk of Ulgo's army. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Weekly U.K. comic featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous hero. Tarzan by Barry, reprinting daily comic strips. Colorized Lex Barker Movie Cover. "Arizona Bill" fumetti. 28 pages, B&W.

Weekly U.K. comic featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous hero. Tarzan by Barry, reprinting daily comic strips. "Arizona Bill" fumetti. 28 pages, B&W.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Bernard Sachs and others. Tales of teen angst and amour, often featuring art and covers by celebrated good-girl artist Matt Baker. Chuck is worried about what Pat will do while he's overseas with the military. Joan is working as a tutor for wealthy Barbara, and falls for Barbara's goofy brother Jack. After her father's death, Margaret resists the efforts by her stepmother Anna to curtail her wild dating life and move to New York. Stunning beachwear cover by Baker. No Trust in My Love; I Wanted a Good Time; My Lesson in Love; Comedy Column; Gag-Bag; Someone to Look Up To; The Man I Really Wanted. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 6 - July 13th 1953. Celebrity gossip magazine. The issue features dancer Leslie Caron on the cover, and includes article asking "is Ike Keeping his Promises?" 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 7 - July 20th 1953. Celebrity gossip magazine. The issue features Peggy Maley on the cover, and includes articles asking "Do Women Resent Glamour?" and details "How We Can Fight the 'New' Russia." 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 8 - July 27th, 1953. Celebrity gossip magazine. The issue proclaims the New Queens of Sheba and looks at the arrest of Soviet Secret Police boss Lavrenti Beria. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 37, Issue 7 - July, 1953. Art cover by Al Hirschfeld. 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. Includes: "The Deep Blue Sea" by Terence Rattigan, "Gentleman Still Prefer Blondes" by A.E. Hotchner, and much more. 8.5-in. x 11-in, 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Cover by Bob Forgione. "Mardu's Masterpiece," script by Carl Memling, art by Bob Forgione; Etienne Mardu, Parisian art painter, gains success by painting with blood. "The Road to Madness," script by Carl Memling, pencils by Bob Forgione, inks by Vince Alascia; The sadistic and ruthless collector of gems, Francisco de Cobra, hears about the world's largest diamond; He travels to the Amazonian jungles to get his hands on the item. "The Skull Stretchers" text story. "Operation Massacre," script by Carl Memling, art by John Belfi; Madman Marko controls an army of robots by pure thought; On his way to world domination he makes one fatal mistake. "The Dead Man's Hand," script by Carl Memling, art by Bob Forgione; A cruel master pianist is killed by his wife and her lover; The maestro's hand, however, returns. This issue is mentioned in "Seduction of the Innocent" (by Fredric Werthem) pg. 388 & illo "Stomping on the face is a form of brutality which modern children learn early." 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Gardner Fox and others. Art by Frank Bolle, Ernie Bache and Dick Ayers. Cover by Frank Bolle. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. Redmask faces a shootout with his own alter ego, Tim Holt. Marshal Rex Fury lets outlaws run amuck in town, but he has something up his sleeve as the Ghost Rider. Redmask seems to have met his destiny. Tim Holt vs. Redmask!; The Ghost Rider: No Law in Little Bend; Death Ride of the Iron Horse; The Killing of Red Mask! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Al Capp, Sam Leff, Henning Mikkelsen, and Elsie Hix. 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 tries to catch a nap at the beach, in a strip that showcases Bushmiller's "good girl" art. Curly Kayoe observes many strange traditions in his friend Pepito's country, but when he meets Rosario the female boxer, he can't believe his eyes. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Fritzi Ritz; Back Home Again; The Captain and the Kids; Li'l Abner; Curly Kayoe; Ferd'nand; Stamp Tips. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Featuring: Tom & Jerry tale; Tom tale; Barney Bear & Benny Burro tale; Big Spike & Little Tyke tale; Bertie Bird text story "The Pine Woods Story"; Wuff the Prairie Dog tale; Jerry & Tuffy 2-pager; Fuzzy & Wuzzy tale; and Flip 'n' Dip 2-pager. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bob Brown. Bring in M'sieur Pierre starring Tomahawk, art by Bruno Premiani. Tomahawk's One-Man Army starring Tomahawk, art by Bruno Premiani. Indian Warrior. The Legend of the Rainbow Chief--Tales of the Arrow Maker, art by Fred Ray. The Amazing Luck of Percy Lassiter starring Tomahawk, art by Bruno Premiani. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Al Eadeh, Manny Stallman, and John Giunta. Tomb of Terror was one of Harvey Comics' notorious pre-Code horror comics. Practical jokers have fun and games scaring each other, until one of them gets his brain knocked out. A history of all the horrible things that have happened on a Monday. A man named Noah builds a boat to escape his nagging wife, in the hilariously titled "Noahs Arg-h!" Big Joke; Murder for Sale; Why We Call It Blue Monday; Noahs Arg-h!; A Rose Is a Rose; The Big Idea; Man Made Monsters; The Trial. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Art Cappello. Stories and art by Art Cappello and others. Early romance comics that include noirish tales of melodrama, scandal and deceit. Lillian knocks out a would-be rapist, then wonders if she's an accidental murderer after reading press reports of his death. During Korea, Army nurse Trudy gets a chance for revenge against the commander who caused a friend's death, but falls in love with him instead. Amnesia separates a man from his daughter. Was I Branded?; I Wanted Happiness; I Deceived My Love; Summer Holliday; I Was Alone; X-Ray of Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Jack Sparling and Bob Powell. Torrid tales of love and heartbreak dressed up as advice to the lovelorn from Harvey. Mary misses out on love because everyone thinks she's too nice. Betty finds love with a handsome stranger, but he has a dark secret. Nurse Connie loses her professional edge around a handsome patient. Classic nursesploitation cover, possibly by Al Avison. Too Nice For Kisses; Love Problems and Advice; Shattered Dream; Dead End Love; Out of Control; Which Man Shall I Choose?; Dangerous Escapade; Double Heartbreak. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 68, Issue 6 - July 1953. Cover by Ozzie Sweet. Photos and articles focusing on the American life. "High School Thrill Marriage," "How To Dress Your New Baby." 120 pages. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and Ken Battefield. Romance comics with "real world" problems from L.B. Cole's Star Publications. Bill and Grant are so divided over Betty's love that they come to blows, and that's just the start of the story. Marilyn falls for Steve, but she can't guess at the secret that's keeping them apart. "Miss Ashton" provides vintage romantic advice and tips on overcoming shyness for readers. Also featuring a vintage ad for "Jail-Jamas... the provocative gift for prisoners of love": striped "jailbird" pajamas sold in His and Hers sets. Torn Between Two Loves; Love Questions; Advice for the Shy Girl; My Hour of Love; Heartbreak. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Russ Heath. Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Joe Maneely, John Romita, Sr., Sam Burlockoff, Myron Fass and Paul Reinman. The most uncanny tales ever told! In this issue: "Money Mad!" by Stan Lee and Joe Maneely; "The Mark of Death" with art by John Romita, Sr.; "Murder Will Out!" with art by Sam Burlockoff; "Call for Luther Kane" with art by Myron Fass; "The Man Who Came Back to Life" with art by Paul Reinman; and 2-page text story "The Ghost of Nesterfield Hall," reprinted from Adventures into Terror (1951) #8 (original title: "The Nesterfield Horror"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Johnny Craig. Biography of writer Ray Bradbury with a photo. "Easel Kill Ya!", script and art by Johnny Craig; A lonely, unappreciated artist was going to jump from a bridge when a car slammed into a barrier, and from the crumpled wreck a woman staggered out. "A Peach of a Plot!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Lieutenant Dolan looked at the roots of a peach tree that held the corpse in its roots, and ordered the corpse and tree be taken in for an autopsy. "One Shot" text story. "The Lake," script by Ray Bradbury (plot) and Al Feldstein (adaptation), art by Joe Orlando; Years ago, a little boy and his young girl friend, Tally played at the beach building sand castles together; One day, Tally swam out into the water and drowned. "One Good Turn," script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); Jennifer has a husband who has been paralyzed; She tells him about killing miserable people to make them happy. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker and Ric Estrada. Love plus war equals bittersweet 1950s drama, featuring art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Cindy is torn between military fiancee Len, just returned from overseas, and hometown soldier Jimmy, who she just met, in a story with art by Baker. Joan doesn't want her husband Mike to know that she's seeing the night-shift guy at his garage, Roger, while Mike is at work on the day shift. Korean immigrants Kim and Lee love each other, but take separate sides in the Korean War, in a story with an unusually high political content for a romance book. Another Baker cover featuring a wealth of detail. Plus a letters page offering to connect overseas GIs with romantic pen pals. We Married in Haste; When Things Got Rough; Correspondence Club; His Fraternity Pin. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Al Feldstein. "For Us the Living," script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), pencils by John Severin, inks by Bill Elder; Dr. Cromwell tells the F.B.I. that he came from an alternate timeline. "I, Rocket," script by Ray Bradbury and Albert B. Feldstein (adaptation), pencils by Al Williamson and Frank Frazetta, inks by Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, and Roy Krenkel; A very expensive new rocketship, once built for war and now rusting away, relates the story of her glory with Captain Lamb in charge, but also of treachery aboard ship, which the rocket secretly dealt with. "Discovery" text story. "Conquers All!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Al Feldstein (co-plot and script), art by Jack Kamen; As a prelude to an invasion of the Earth, an infiltration rocket from a far distant world is sent to the Earth to examine, estimate, judge and report back to their leaders. "The Automaton," script by Al Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando. "The Automaton," script by Al Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Loathsome" (art by Wally Wood); "50 Girls 50" (art by Al Williamson with Frank Frazetta and Roy Krenkel), "Surprise Package" (adapted from a story by Ray Bradbury, "Changeling"; art by Jack Kamen), and "The Reformers" (art by Joe Orlando). Wood cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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July 1953. Last pulp format issue. Cover by W. H. Silvey. Horror and supernatural fiction by David Eynon, August Derleth "The House in the Valley", Richard Matheson "Slaughter Huse", Glen Malin, Lyn Venable, Joseph Payne Brennan, Paul Ernst, and Nictzin Dyalis. Illustrations by Joseph Eberle, Virgil Finlay, Vincent Napoli, Anthony Di Gianurrio, and Jon Arfstrom. 6 3/4" x 10"; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Don Heck. Stories and art by Alberta Tewks, Alvah Null, Edwin Green, Kenneth Landau and Rudy Palais. Pre-Code horror comics by the talents at the Iger Shop. Louella is accused of murdering her fiance and sent to an asylum, in a story with some weird, hallucinatory art by Rudy Palais. A man reveals how he tried to poison a romantic rival. A man murders his wife because of her obsession with quiz shows, and winds up on a hellish game show of his own. Also featuring a cover by future Marvel legend Don Heck promising "shrunken skulls, decapitations, cemeteries, murders." Die; Cemetery; The Wizard; Waterfront; A Devil of a Racket; Decapitation. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Christopher Rule. Stories by unknown. Art by Christopher Rule and Morris Weiss. Three untitled Wendy Parker stories with art by Christopher Rule: Wendy puts off studying Latin until the very end of the weekend; Laura tries to trick Timmy into buying a suit that Wendy will hate; and Wendy announces to her father that she and Timmy are getting married. Plus an untitled Patsy Walker story with art by Morris Weiss: Buzz can't take Patsy to the dance, as his father wants him to bring a client's daughter instead. And 2-page text story "Something Fishy" with illo by Morris Weiss, reprinted from Hedy of Hollywood Comics (1950 Marvel) #46 (original title: "Jinny's Big Catch"): Jinny goes fishing with her dad. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 7, Issue 1 - July, 1953. Comical, non-nude pictorials. Cover by Peter Driben. 8.5" x 11", 52 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.25.

(A-1 Comics #94) Stories by Gardner Fox and others. Art by Frank Frazetta. Cover by Frank Frazetta. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #94. Dan Brand, a white man adopted by the Catawba tribe, battles alongside American Revolutionary forces as White Indian. This issue collects his early adventures from Durango Kid (1949 ME). Exiled from Philadelphia and accused of murdering his fiancee, Dan becomes White Indian after being taken in by Catawba chieftain Great Eagle; Dan protects a group of settlers by helping them build a floating fort, in a story by legendary artist Frazetta and iconic writer Gardner Fox; While guiding a wagon train through the mountains, Dan is torn between returning to the life of the settler or remaining with his tribe. White Indian; Blood on the Frontier!; The War of the River!; Brothers of the Wilderness. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

July 4, 1953. Adventure and humor comic strips, plus short text pieces. 9.75-in. x 13-in.; black and white; 12 newsprint pages.

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Cover art by Irwin Hasen. "The War That Never Happened!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman journeys 10 years into the future (1963) to stop an atomic war. "The Secret Olympics!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Princess Diana contests against the gods themselves to prove herself worthy. Unlucky Brides / Lucky Brides; Superstitions about getting married. "Wonder Woman's Double Date!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Steve has a date with Diana, but Wonder Woman keeps butting in. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.