Comic books April 1952, graded by CGC

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Cover pencils by Carl Burgos. "Unarmed," script by Hank Chapman, art by George Tuska; A company has been pinned down in a bloody battle, their Medic killed while trying to extract the wounded; The company gets a replacement team of Medic and litter bearers, whose dedication takes them squarely into harm's way. "No News..!", art by Paul Reinman; Company B has tough duty in Korea, and a man watches as mission after mission brings death to every member of his troop but him; Gravely injured and being transported home, he overhears the radio crackle "No news today! Nothing important happened in Korea..." "Attack" text story. "Howitzer...155," art by Werner Roth; Shorty Ryan finds himself pulled from the camp KP duty into the field; He longs to leave his mess duties to work with artillery, and his ambition makes it come true; He excels in his duties, and when the order comes to abandon his gun in the face of the advancing enemy, Shorty stays to show extraordinary valor...until his last breath. "Land Mine," art by Norman Steinberg; A company it trapped on a ridge, half their members dead, and unable to bury them; Trapped, injured, and doomed by the advancing enemy, they set a field of land mines as a welcome mat, and comfort each other, awaiting the spectacle of the coming enemies arrival and their own deaths. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories by Bill Woolfolk and others. Art by C. C. Beck and Bud Thompson. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Sivana Jr.'s latest invention reduces all language to gibberish, causing worldwide chaos and spurring Captain Marvel Jr. to action. In an educational strip by Shazam co-creator CC Beck, Dr. Science explains rocket science to young Johnny, and predicts future "rocket liners" (not yet) and space stations. A mad scientist's invention removes all the sand from a small community, and deposits it in the city where Captain Marvel Jr. sells his papers. Plus a vintage ad for Paramount Pictures' When Worlds Collide (the movie and the comic). The World of Babel; Mannerly Manners; Kanvasback: The Easy Mark; Faster Than Sound; Painted in Blood; Freddy Freeman's Lost Week End; The Great Sandstorm. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia: "PORKY PIG in THE ISLE OF MISSING SHIPS, No. 385, March-April 1952. Cover pencils by Ralph Heimdahl. The Isle of Missing Ships, art by Fred Abranz; Porky and Sylvester are on a ship full of bubble gum that is captured by modern-day pirates, Jack the Jabber and Stupid. Porky Pig To the Rescue, art by John Carey; Porky gets in big trouble while trying to rescue Petunia's escaped canary. Back cover strip with Porky and Petunia, art by John Carey. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Carl Barks. Only a Poor Old Man; When the Beagle Boys erect a building next to Scrooge's money bin, with plans to puncture the bin and drain out the money, Scrooge secretly transfers his money to an old reservoir, where he hides it underwater; Learning of this stratagem, the Beagle Boys try to destroy a dam so that Scrooge's money will flow onto their land. Coffee for Two; Scrooge takes a bum to a diner for a "free" cup of coffee. Soupline Eight back cover strip; Scrooge decides to "take a chance" on the Soupline Eight car. Scripts and art by Carl Barks. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 386 CGC 3.5

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Cover art by Carl Barks. Only a Poor Old Man; When the Beagle Boys erect a building next to Scrooge's money bin, with plans to puncture the bin and drain out the money, Scrooge secretly transfers his money to an old reservoir, where he hides it underwater; Learning of this stratagem, the Beagle Boys try to destroy a dam so that Scrooge's money will flow onto their land. Coffee for Two; Scrooge takes a bum to a diner for a "free" cup of coffee. Soupline Eight back cover strip; Scrooge decides to "take a chance" on the Soupline Eight car. Scripts and art by Carl Barks. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Carl Barks. Only a Poor Old Man; When the Beagle Boys erect a building next to Scrooge's money bin, with plans to puncture the bin and drain out the money, Scrooge secretly transfers his money to an old reservoir, where he hides it underwater; Learning of this stratagem, the Beagle Boys try to destroy a dam so that Scrooge's money will flow onto their land. Coffee for Two; Scrooge takes a bum to a diner for a "free" cup of coffee. Soupline Eight back cover strip; Scrooge decides to "take a chance" on the Soupline Eight car. Scripts and art by Carl Barks. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Marvin Bradley and Frank Edgington. Stories and art by Marvin Bradley and Frank Edgington. The first issue of this showcase series from future children's publisher Harvey has a place in comics history. It reprints the comic strip Rex Morgan, MD, by Marvin Bradley and Frank Edgington, featuring a standard anti-drug storyline. But the lurid pre-Code cover blurb and art attracted the attention of anti-comics crusader Dr. Frederic Wertham, who mentioned it in the text of his anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent (p. 27). The Comics Code, of course, was soon to follow. Rex Morgan, MD: Teen-Age Dope Slaves; Meet the Creators of Rex Morgan, M.D. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Graham Ingels. The E.C. Artist of the Issue - Al Feldstein photo and bio. Poetic Justice!--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A wealthy man and his son want the property of the well-liked elderly town garbageman and so they instigate a smear campaign to drive him out. ...On a Dead Man's Chest!--The Vault of Horror!, art by Johnny Craig; A man's younger brother begins an affair with his wife; After the three of them go out for a night on the town, the elder brother gets a tattoo on his chest of himself, his brother, and his wife arm-in-arm; the younger brother and the married woman hatch a plot to murder the husband. Till Death Do We Part!--Haunt of Fear, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando. What's Cookin'?--The Crypt of Terror, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis. 36 pgs. $0.10. NOTE: This issue was reprinted by East Coast Comics with a $1 cover a 1970's copyright date (see E.C. Classic Reprints # 4). These and other changes make the reprint easy to distinguish from the original which has a 10-cent cover price and a 1950's publication date. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Maurice Whitman and others. Western adventure stories told from the perspective of the first Americans. Rogue elements threaten the fragile intertribal peace negotiated by Manzar and Red Cloud; The true story of American explorer Sacajawea; An illustrated text article on the Pontiac tribe. Action-packed cover by an unknown artist. Manzar the White Indian; The Grey Terror / Bull of the Woods; Sacajawea "Bird Woman"; Catfish John; Warriors of the West; Orphan of the Storm; The First Americans; Long Bow. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Fraccio. Stories and art by A. C. Hollingsworth and Lou Cameron. Pre-Code tales of horror and the supernatural from Story Comics. While honeymooning in the South Pacific, Patty tries a native potion and soon develops a yen for human flesh. While seeking authentic English ghost stories, Tim encounters the armored zombies of Sleed's Castle. A captain who abandons his foundering ship and crew on the rocks is picked up by the legendary ghost vessel the Flying Dutchman, for a fate far worse than being shipwrecked. The Absent Minded Fiend; The Secret of Sleeds Castle; The Ghost in the Mirror; The Curse of the Flying Dutchman; The Terror of a Tattooed Man! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Wally Wood. Kickback!, script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Jack Kamen; A young woman marries an older man for his money and gets tried of caring for him after a heart attack leaves him paralyzed; She comes up with a plot to stock the cellar with canned goods for three weeks and then pretends to be locked inside while her husband starves to death. Gee, Dad... It's a Daisy!, script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Wally Wood; pace explorers land on a planet teeming with intelligent carnivorous plants and fall victim to a demonstration of "She loves me...She loves me not..." Time to Kill! text story by Albert B. Feldstein. Hiding Place text story by Albert B. Feldstein. The Patriots!, script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Jack Davis; A mob at a military parade to honor wounded Korean War soldiers, whipped up by anti-communist sentiment, beats to death a blind war vet when he doesn't doff his hat to the flag during the parade. Halloween!, script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); On Halloween night, when a new matron at an orphanage discovers the manager has been stealing the state's allotment for the children and threatens to strangle her to keep her quiet, the children take matters into their own hands and use his hollowed-out head as a pumpkin. 36 pgs. $0.10. NOTE: This issue was reprinted by East Coast Comics with a $1 cover a 1970's copyright date (see E.C. Classic Reprints # 12). These and other changes make the reprint easy to distinguish from the original which has a 10-cent cover price and a 1950's publication date. Cover price $0.10.

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Canadian Edition. Cover by Wally Wood and Joe Orlando. "Kenton of Space Control - Sirens of Space" - Art by Wally Wood and Joe Orlando; "End of His Service" - Art by Norman Nodel, John Rosenberger, and Werner Roth; "Shining Sands of Death" - Art by Ed Goldfarb and Bob Baer; "The Abduction of Earth" - Art by Gene Fawcette and Steve Kirkel.

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Cover art by Al Plastino. The Prankster's Star Pupil starring Superman and The Prankster, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Superman--Thrill Salesman, script by Edmond Hamilton, art by Al Plastino. So You Want To Be a G-Man? text story. The Man Who Stole Memories starring Superman, Moose Collins, and Professor Higgins, script by Bill Woolfolk; Lois Lane suffers temporary amnesia. Full-page ad for the feature film "Superman and the Mole Men." 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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L.B. Cole cover. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "I Saved My Love for Him" art by Arthur Gates, retitled and reprinted with alterations as "When You Love Too Much..." in My Personal Problem (1955-56 Ajax) #4 and "At Long Last!" in Secret Love (1957 Four Star) #3; "I Wanted Two Men" retitled and reprinted from "I Wanted Both Men" in My Love Secret (1949) #26; and "My Bargain with Life" retitled and reprinted from "The Man I Wronged" in My Past (1949 Confessions) #8. "My Daring Date.." text story retitled and reprinted as "My Pickup Date" in Confessions of Love (1953 Star Pulbications) #12. Indicia states "True-To-Life Romances". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Charles Schulz, Russell Patterson, and Raeburn van Buren. The comic-strip adventures of aspiring model Fritzi Ritz and her boyfriend, the bumbling Phil Fumble. Fritzi wants Phil to lose some weight. This issue is noteworthy as being the first comic book (along with Tip Top Comics (1936) #173, published the same month) to reprint Charles Schulz's beloved Peanuts comic strip, then only in its third year. Bathless Groggins is mistaken for his wealthy cousin and loses a poker game with millionaires, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with art by Raeburn van Buren. Fritzi Ritz; Peanuts; Mamie; Stamp Tips; Abbie an' Slats. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lou Cameron. Stories by Jim McLaughlin, Lou Cameron, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Louis Zansky, and Mike Sekowsky. Suspense-filled horror tales that weave a Web of Mystery for the reader! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.