Comic books June 1953, graded by CGC

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Cover by Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. Their clothes are lost while Bud and Lou are in the jungle, searching for the Fountain of Youth. Book collector Bibly O'Phile hires detectives Bud and Lou to find out who stole a rare book from his collection. Lou volunteers himself and Bud to carry a crate across town for a woman. The Tropics; Crate Adventure; Booked for Larceny; All That Glitters; Gag Bag; Comedy Column; Rhapsody in Black and Blue. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Joe Certa, and Jack Sparling. Former superhero comic Black Cat becomes a showcase for Harvey's unique brand of pre-Code horror. A witch offers to provide a man's fondest wish: to understand the true nature of evil. An escaped convict meets mysterious hooded figures in a cemetery, but he should have kept running. A young couple is taken captive aboard the ship of the damned called the Satana. Excursion; Oil; Destiny; Search for Evil! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Paul Gustavson and unknown. Art by Paul Gustavson, Chuck Cuidera and unknown. Featuring Blackhawk in: "Dungeon of Fear" with inks by Chuck Cuidera; "The City of Mindless Men"; and "The Space Mirror"! Plus: Chop Chop in an untitled back-up story by Paul Gustavson. And: 1-page text story "Diplomatic Courier"! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Art Helfant and Howard Boughner. Art by Bud Thompson, Art Helfant, Howard Boughner, and Joe Certa. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Captain Marvel Jr. investigates when a US regiment in Korea is suddenly gripped by inexplicable fear. The world seems topsy-turvy when Captain Marvel Jr. confesses to murdering his cop friend Jim, and is sentenced to the electric chair. Prof. Edgewise thinks he's figured out the location of Atlantis, and with Captain Marvel Jr.'s help, learns that it's still occupied. The Hunted; The Regiment That Was Afraid to Fight; Judge Smudge; Rubbernose Randolph; Kanvasback: The Big Businessman; Guilty of Murder; The Fourth Dimensional Elephant; The City In the Maelstrom. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by A.C. Hollingsworth and Hy Fleishman. A pre-Code horror series that is not as well-known other horror comics, but makes up for it with grue. Phony showbiz psychic Rita wants to know how a competitor speaks with the dead so convincingly. After agreeing to split his gains with the magical Dr. Wong, a successful writer reneges on the deal through murder, but his girlfriend pays the price. Sculptor Roland likes to create masks from the faces of the dead - but what is his link to a string of horrible murders? Voices of the Dead; A Murderer's Mask; Best Seller!; The Lamp of Doom; The Wish of Doom. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

First Love Illustrated (1949-1963 Harvey) 29 CGC 8.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #1996166005

Stories and art by Lee Elias, Jack Sparling, John Sink, Tom Hickey and Bob Powell. Harvey's entry in the romance-comic genre includes love poetry, advice to readers, and occasional pre-Code notoriety. Shary dates a dangerous rebel despite her friends' warnings. Mary loves struggling grocery clerk Ralph, but she really admires a go-getter like Bob. Doris will stop at nothing to keep Mark in her life, but he's turned off by her dishonesty. Tainted Kisses; Your Problem; Marriage Memos!; My Perfect Love; I Loved a Weakling; Shameful Surrender; A Child at Love; I'll Never Let You Go. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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L.B. Cole cover. All stories reprinted from Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) #5. In order of appearance: "Terror Castle" retitled and reprinted with alterations from "Carl Rittech, The King of Crime Castle" in Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) #5; "James Wayburn Hall, The Arkansas Butcher" art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth; and "The Dead Tell No Tales". Indicia states "THE HORRORS". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Ed Goldfarb, Bob Baer, and Jon D'Agostino. Pre-Code tales of horror and the supernatural from Story Comics. A geologist has a narrow escape from a voodoo tribe in the South Pacific...or so he thinks. A sadistic football coach meets an ironic fate, "Foul Play"-style. The owner of a crematorium thinks he has a way of getting rid of his unfaithful wife, but she returns for revenge. The Human Clay; A Dead Ball; Haunted Houses; Money Hungry; Flame Thrower! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Ghoulash," art by Bill Savage. "Chef's Delight"; A vile famous chef named Francois Nicole, treats everyone in his life like garbage except his rich girlfriend whom he lavishes money on; Meanwhile his wife and two children are left to suffer in squalid conditions; Francois doesn't care about his family and treats them like animals; After Francois beats his wife and his young son (who dies as a result of appendicitis after the attack), his wife snaps. "Grave Information" text story by Ellen Lynn. "No Noose is Good Noose," art by Charles Nicholas; a demon is a hangman. "Partners in Death"; a tale of a slimy corpse. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Ghoulash," art by Bill Savage. "Chef's Delight"; A vile famous chef named Francois Nicole, treats everyone in his life like garbage except his rich girlfriend whom he lavishes money on; Meanwhile his wife and two children are left to suffer in squalid conditions; Francois doesn't care about his family and treats them like animals; After Francois beats his wife and his young son (who dies as a result of appendicitis after the attack), his wife snaps. "Grave Information" text story by Ellen Lynn. "No Noose is Good Noose," art by Charles Nicholas; a demon is a hangman. "Partners in Death"; a tale of a slimy corpse. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Albert B. Feldstein. The October Game, script by Ray Bradbury (original story) and Albert B. Feldstein (adaptation), art by Jack Kamen; A madman who hates his wife dismembers his daughter and passes around her body parts to children in a darkened cellar on Halloween. Came The Dawn!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wally Wood; A man thinks that the girl he has met in the woods may be a dangerous escaped lunatic because she matches the description, but his girlfriend ends up meeting a grim fate as the latest victim of the true escapee. Surgery! text story, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Marie Severin; In a Police Hospital room, criminal Bat Parker, seriously wounded in a gunfight with the Police, needs a gangrene-laden leg amputated before he dies. The Meddlers!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; The folk of a small town attempt to drive away a doctor who is attempting to create life in a test tube. Carrion Death!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Reed Crandall (his first story for EC); A man handcuffed to policeman is trying to make his way through the desert on foot; He realizes that he has to separate himself from the body but has nothing sharp to cut off the dead man's hand with. One-page bio (with photo) of Ray Bradbury. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Albert B. Feldstein. The October Game, script by Ray Bradbury (original story) and Albert B. Feldstein (adaptation), art by Jack Kamen; A madman who hates his wife dismembers his daughter and passes around her body parts to children in a darkened cellar on Halloween. Came The Dawn!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wally Wood; A man thinks that the girl he has met in the woods may be a dangerous escaped lunatic because she matches the description, but his girlfriend ends up meeting a grim fate as the latest victim of the true escapee. Surgery! text story, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Marie Severin; In a Police Hospital room, criminal Bat Parker, seriously wounded in a gunfight with the Police, needs a gangrene-laden leg amputated before he dies. The Meddlers!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; The folk of a small town attempt to drive away a doctor who is attempting to create life in a test tube. Carrion Death!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Reed Crandall (his first story for EC); A man handcuffed to policeman is trying to make his way through the desert on foot; He realizes that he has to separate himself from the body but has nothing sharp to cut off the dead man's hand with. One-page bio (with photo) of Ray Bradbury. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Stan Campbell. "The Madman of Mars," script by Walter Gibson, art by Stan Campbell; Rockets bearing hydrogen bombs and originating from Mars are destroying major cities on Earth; Spurs Jackson is called in by General Carpenter to go discover the source of the Martian bombs; Nazis who travelled to Mars in 1935 are discovered to be sending the bombs. "Spurs Sees Red!", script by Walter Gibson, art by John Belfi; When a flying saucer lands at the McLeod farm, Pop McLeod leaves his daughter Jane in the house while goes out to investigate; He is shot by a sniper, so Jane goes to Spurs for help; Spurs investigates, discovering the saucer is of Soviet design. "Visit in Spaceman's Gulch!" one-page story. "Spurs Jackson and the Selenites!" text story. "The Stone Men From Space," script by Walter Gibson, art by John Belfi; Queen Thuvia is talking to Spurs, the Mayans Strong Bow, Rapid Fox about desert petrified logs; She gives Strong Bow a thuvia flower she says will grow in the desert then goes Mars; Strong Bow says the flower won't grow in desert and discards it. "The Menace of Comet 'X'", script by Walter Gibson, art by John Belfi; Spurs and his Space Vigilantes are contacted to investigate a dangerous comet; Spurs takes along Queen Thula of Mars; Spurs and the other vigilantes are captured, only to discover Spurs's old enemies, Korok, ex-Prime Minister of Mars, and Vodor from Venus are piloting the deadly comet toward Earth to devastate the planet. Mars is next. "SPACE WESTERN COMICS." 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Davis. EC Artist of the Month article about George Evans (with photo) by Al Feldstein. "Fare Tonight, Followed By Increasing Clottyness...", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; A cab driver has a dream that he is pursued by a Dr. Mueller into a basement filled with vampire-occupied caskets. "Curiosity Killed...", script by Al Feldstein, art by George Evans; A woman is convinced that her friend down the hall has been murdered by her husband and that he is disposing of her remains bit by bit via carrier pigeon to a local kennel. "Tight Squeeze" text story. "How Green Was My Alley," script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; A bigamist is decapitated by his two athletic wives when they find they've been deceived; The golfer putts with his eyes and the bowler uses his severed head. "The Handler," script by Ray Bradbury and Albert B. Feldstein (adaptation), art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); A mortician avenges himself against perceived slights upon the closed-casket victims of his parlor by violating their bodies until a corpse who isn't quite dead yet overhears his gruesome doings and begs the dead to rise from their graves and stop this horrid man. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Pre-Code jungle adventures from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Rulah, Jungle Goddess battles devil-women, featuring some delightful bad-girl art, possibly by Matt Baker. Rulah learns a frustrated hunter has trained jungle animals to kill for him. A witch doctor foe of Rulah's creates an army of amoeba-men, in a truly bizarre tale. Also featuring a vintage ad for boogie-woogie lessons ("If You Can Play Piano at All, You Can Play Boogie-Woogie!"). Another fun cover with bondage elements by L. B. Cole. Rulah: The Death Five; Rulah: The Stalking Death; Rulah: Plasma Peril. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and Jess Cole. Classic pre-Code crime comics from Fawcett. Police are unable to topple the masked and mysterious Black Hand gang, but lone citizen John Stephens wages a one-man campaign of vengeance to bring them down. Ace and Killer agree to take the rap for a warehouse job in exchange for a cash payoff, but a cop goes undercover in prison to see if he can get Killer to crack. Moonshiner Poison Mike has souped-up the roadster he uses to escape the Feds on winding mountain roads, to deadly effect. Cover, possibly by Edd Ashe, contains elements of bondage and the ol' injury-to-the-eye motif. Two Bullet Holes; The Man Who Broke The Black Hand; Muscle Hedd; Careless Clara; Trapped!; Surgeon Sturgess; Important Man Manners; The Saga of "Poison" Mike McCroy. Final issue of the series. 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. A murder plot is undone by overzealous and underfed guard dogs. A man purchases a cursed rug in a plot to kill his wife with demon power. A woman learns the hard way not to toy with the affections of a voodoo mage. Blood and Old Bones; Beast of Baghdad; Death's Shoes; Torture Travelogue. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Barks. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Carl Fallberg, Bill Walsh, Paul Murry, Manuel Gonzales, Bob Karp, Don Christensen, Frank McSavage, Gil Turner, Lee Hooper, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 13 #9. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured art by Carl Barks, the legendary Good Duck Artist. Mickey discovers that the resort is being hassled by shadowy developers who have discovered uranium on the land. In a story by Barks, Gyro Gearloose develops super fishing-worms that do all the work. The Big Bad Wolf poses as the head of a school to trick the Three Little Pigs. Donald Duck; Li'l Bad Wolf; Pluto; Little Hiawatha; The Spring Bazaar; Grandma Duck; Mickey Mouse: The Last Resort. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.