Comic books April 1954

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and others. Romance comics with "real world" problems from L.B. Cole's Star Publications. A woman sees her fiance in another woman's arms and flies into a destructive rage. Gerry finds love with Paul, but domineering, critical Ireen threatens to rob them of their happiness. "Miss Ashton" provides vintage romantic advice for readers. My Stormy Love Affair; Love Questions; She Robbed Me of Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by John Severin and Will Elder. Stories by Colin Dawkins and John Severin. Art by John Severin. Harvey Kurtzman's legendary series enlisted top EC artists for gritty tales of war and adventure. In the post-Kurtzman era, the series turns to spy drama, as Ruby Ed Coffey seeks the truth about a Soviet agent's arrival in Canada. During the Age of Western Expansion, the Shoshoni tribe debates whether to live peacefully with the whites or make war. A British policeman gets a surprise, in a rare tale set during the Irish conflict prior to World War II. Action!; Warrior!; How Jim Thorpe Began to Play Football; Homemade Blitz!; Showdown! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Russ Heath. Untitled story, art by Bob Fujitani; After a successful raid of a stagecoach carrying gold, the Flaminco gang head back across the Mexican border; Shortly after the attack the Two-Gun Kid comes across the coach and investigates. Untitled story, art by Bob Fujitani; After having bought a new guitar the Two-Gun Kid beds down on the range for the night; In the middle of the night he is awoken by a stampede and barely avoids getting trampled to death. "Gun Wild" text story. Untitled story, art by Dick Ayers; Kid Colt tries to spend the night in a bunk house when he is recognized and has to fight for his life to escape; The Kid manages to escape, but takes a bullet in the chest trying to get away. Untitled story, art by Bob Fujitani; As the Two-Gun Kid is riding to help his friend Tom Wayne and his Lazy W ranch from attacks by Blade Ramrod and his Bloody Mountain Raiders, he is shot at by the gang. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Sol Brodsky. Stories by unknown. Art by Mort Lawrence, Ed Moline, Chuck Winter, Sy Grudko, Vic Dowling? and Dick Briefer. The most uncanny tales ever told! In this issue: "More Than Human" with art by Mort Lawrence; "The Empty World" with art by Ed Moline; 2-page text story "Steps Going Down" with illo by Chuck Winter; "Timber!" with art by Sy Grudko; "Aftermath!" with art by Vic Dowling?; and "The Man Who Died Again!" with art by Dick Briefer. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. Jerry learns the horrifying truth about Jessica's many husbands. In another classic story, a cheating wife and her lover have their heads shrunk while they're still alive. When undertakers go on strike, zombies rise to take over. Another strange cover by an unknown artist features a beauty contest with Death as the judge. Witch or Widow; Heads of Horror; Morgue Bait; Assignment Terror!; Corpses…Coast to Coast. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

In This Issue: "Jackie Gleason's Glitter Girl," "Strip City," "Tough School Belles," "Prettiest Months of the Year," and much more. Digest, 5 1/4-in. x 7 1/2-in., 132 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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#163, 4/54, Vol 14/No. 7, 10c. Donald Duck, the Li'l Bad Wolf, Pluto, Little Hiawatha, and Grandma Duck in untitled stories and Mickey Mouse and Goofy in part three and conclusion of "The Case of the Vanishing Bandit." The Donald Duck story is by Carl Barks. Issue also has one-page and half-page gag strips, and a two-page text feature "Danny's Ride." 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Warren Kremer, Jack Sparling, Lee Elias, Manny Stallman and Bob Powell. Tales of war from Harvey, published as the Cold War was heating up. A soldier under secret orders is forced to work with two other soldiers he hates. An assignment to take out an enemy stronghold results in the place they call Heartbreak Hill. In a truly strange story, a clown visiting US troops turns out to have a nefarious secret. I Was Under Secret Orders; Escape!; Battlegrounds; No Wonder They Called It Heartbreak Hill!; The Lucky Stiff; Sniper!; The Clown of Death! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Demon Inferno," pencils by Charles Nicholas; Raymond Stevens discovers the abode of inner-earth demons Hate, Violence and Betrayal; They brand him with the devils sign and send him back home. "Timepiece of Terror"; Horror writer Ward Blake searches for a fabled "bronze clock of Tibet"; When chiming, the artifact is revealing projections of terrifying events of history. "Prehistoric Beast," pencils by Louis Ravielli; Museum curator Edmond Manard unfreezes a prehistoric man from an iceberg and brings him back to life by transfusing him his blood. "From Outer Space" text story. "The Ghoul of Ghost Swamp," pencils by Charles Nicholas; "Ghost Swamp" in the Florida everglades is said to host a supernatural ghoulish creature killing all who dare enter. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1, Issue 4 - April, 1954. 6.75" x 9", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Sy Barry. The Law's Outlaw starring Pow Wow Smith, script by France Herron, art by Carmine Infantino. A Cage for Nighthawk starring Nighthawk, script by Don Cameron, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Bernard Sachs. The Riddle of the Vanishing Rodeo Rider starring Rodeo Rick, script by Gardner Fox, art by Ed Smalle Jr. The Boy Lawman starring the Wyoming Kid, script by Don Cameron, art by Howard Sherman. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

"Revolt of the Redskins" (art by George Tuska), "Guns of the Baron" (pencils by Benuiis, inks by Jack Abel), "Death and the Pony Express" (art by Tony DiPreta), and "Hired Killer!" (art by John Forte). Two-page text story, "Afraid of No Man." Cover by Sol Brodsky. Stories by Tuska, Benulis, Abel, DiPreta, and Forte. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue #670 - April 1954. A collection of true stories with photographs from all over the world. 7-in. x 9 3/4-in., 88 Pages, B&W.

"Rodeo Schmoe," "The Big Wheels" (art by Russ Heath), "The Scarlet Pumpernickel" (art by Ed Win), "Genghis Can't," and "Florence Nightgown," plus a two-page text story, "Jackpot Jitters!" Art by Bill Everett and Joe Maneely. Carl Burgos cover. Cover price $0.10.

Two untitled Kid Colt stories (one with art by Jack Keller, another by Dick Ayers). The Black Rider stars in an untitled story (art by Syd Shores). Back-up story, "Man Without Guns." Two-page text story, "The Tenderfoot." Joe Maneely cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Bettie Page photo feature in this issue.

Volume 9, Issue 5 - April, 1954. Men's interest magazine with pin-up style photos. 8.5" x 11.5", 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Joe Certa, and Manny Stallman. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. An undertaker's son is sheltered from the outside world, knowing only death, until he finally snaps, in a story with strong Eisner influences by Howard Nostrand. A MAD-style spoof of the classic Mutiny on the Bounty. Private eye Rudy Crane is hired to find a beautiful woman's missing husband, in a spoof of hardboiled detective stories. Undertaker; Pictures; Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes; Mutiny on the Boundary; Eye Eye, Sir; Surgery; Monumental Feat. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "The Stone Slayer," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman is captured by the statues from Easter Island. "The Tornado Detective," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman battles a flying saucer that creates tornadoes. Wonder Women of History bio on Florence Rena Sabin by Julius Schwartz, art by John Giunta. Your Favorite Color text article. "The Last Amazon," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman wakes to find she's been shrunken and stuck in a display case along with Steve Trevor and some others; Then she finds out Duke Deception has conquered Earth. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

#24, 4-5/54, 10c. Comic book version of Walter Lantz's classic cartoon series. Issue features "Double Trouble" which continues onto the inside back cover and the back cover and three untitled stories. Issue also has one-page gag strips. Story and art credits: unknown. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 2, Issue 8. Whole number 14. Cover by John Prentice. Art by John Prentice, Mort Meskin, and Bob McCarty. Another spinoff of the Young Romance comics series, created and produced by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Ben and Julie's marriage suffers because they can't have children. Laura is torn between handsome Walt and disabled Eddie, whom she's been caring for since childhood. Cathy wants race-car driver Don to find a safer occupation. Half a Wife!; My Love; Faithless!; Take Me As I Am!; Too Fat; Crazy Streak! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Carl Burgos. Written by Joe Gill, Don Rico and unknown. Art by Carl Burgos, John Romita, Sr. and Bill Everett. In this issue: The Human Torch (Jim Hammond), Toro (Thomas Raymond) and the Hypnotist in a story by Joe Gill and Carl Burgos; Captain America, Bucky and the Red Skull in "The Return of the Red Skull!" by Don Rico and John Romita, Sr.; the Sub-Mariner in a story with art by Bill Everett; and "The Big Theft" reprint text story. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

#68 on cover; Vol. 7 No. 8 in indicia. Cover by Bill Draut. Stories by unknown. Art by John Prentice, Bill Draut, Mort Meskin and unknown. Ellen thinks she's pretty special, doesn't she? She's a fine lady and Joe's not good enough to marry her! But then...why does she go there day after day -- why does she hang around him? Well...she doesn't know why and hates herself for it! Joe's no good for her -- when she's in his arms, she feels like trash! Why doesn't Joe just go away, somewhere she can't find him -- out of her reach...and out of her heart? Don't miss..."High Class Trash!" Also featuring: "Bought!"; "Brotherly Love!"; and "The Man I Couldn't Have!" Plus: 1-pager "Good Manners"; 1-page Nancy Hale article "He and His Shadow"; and 1-page Charmaigne article "Sound and Fury"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.