Comic books December 1951

Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG, with art by cartooning legend Dan Gordon. Izzy and Dizzy use the magic lamp to keep Uncle Looie from selling the house; Robespierre's pal Tiger is such a trouble-maker that hes sent to human prison and then deported, but even Stalins Russia doesnt want him; Red Robin Hood strikes back at the Kings men. Robespierre; Safe and Sound!; Squirrely; Izzy and Dizzy; Billy an' Doc; The Thin Air Robbery; Red Robin Hood. The series goes to 36 pages with this issue. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Ken Rice. The Revolt of the Heads, pencils by Lou Cameron, inks by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio; Anthropologist Lasker on Borneo learns mighty magic from witch doctor; When his brother takes over his post, he gets massacred by evil natives; Lasker returns and conjures deadly spell upon native chief. Canyon of the Living Dead, pencils by Jim McLaughlin; Airplane pilot looks for planes gone missing above the Andes and discovers ghostly Shangri-La. Death Howls by Moonrise, art by Maurice Gutwirth; George Appel; Couple visit friend at cabin in the woods; At the full moon a werewolf roams about. Monster of the Bayous, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Vince Alascia; Scientist creates live-giving wonder serum; his assistant spills it accidentally on the grave of a long-dead pirate; a huge zombie stalks the countryside. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Clarence Doore. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Murphy Anderson, George Tuska, Ed Silverman and Alex Kotzky. Tough marshal Bob Hardie is better known to friend and foe alike as The Hawk. The lawless town of Adobe Bend must change after Marshal Bob "Hawk" Hardie rides into town, but outlaw Slash hires Lobo Moreno to get rid of The Hawk. Marshal Hardie arrives in Armadillo Flats and goes after Reb Sutton and his band of killers. Pajaro, new chieftain of the Mescaleros, declares war on white settlers, but his blood brother Sangre tries to convince him otherwise, in a story with art by comics legend Murphy Anderson. Plus the lyrics to the Western tune "Billy Venero" and a comics biography of Walter Scott, the man known as "Death Valley Scotty." Nice painted cover by Clarence Doore. Death Valley Scotty; The Law of the Colt; Cowboy Songs of the Old West: Billy Venero; A Fair Exchange; Six-Gun Showdown; Ghost Towns of the Old West: Cripple Creek; Blood Brothers; The Great American Desert. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Moe Marcus, Jack Abel and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Gangsters seek the informant who is getting their nightclubs busted. A hood tries to arrange an inheritance by bumping off the other heir, a beautiful woman. A parolee resists going straight, despite a cop's insistence. Muscle Man; Legacy of Death; One Man Dog; Closeups; Time To Kill; Cross and Double-Cross! 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage supermarket tabloid magazine full of high profile true crime stories of the FBI and the CIA, some with testimonials from those involved in, or close to the cases themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+. Cover price $0.25.

December 1951. Humor Digest featuring jokes and cartoons. 5 page romance comic strip. 4 cartoons by Frank Beaven. Softcover Digest, 5 1/2-in. x 7-in., 100 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Carl Anderson's Henry in "A Slice of Ham" and "Country Style!" Plus: "Henry Observes Unk's Daze!" text story; Henrietta in "Who's Zoo!"; and a Barnyard Quiz! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 10, Issue 12 - December, 1951. Cartoons and humorous prose. 8.25" x 11", 60 pages, B&W with some color. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Jack Sparling, Bob Powell and Al Avison. A romance comic from Harvey, as the teens of the 1950s explore the new world of dating. Ellen falls for Ralph, her boss's son, but he already has a fiancee. Betty is engaged to Charley, but her dalliance with Red gets her a scandalous reputation around town. Linda's pursuit of sleazy Jack puts her in an illegal gambling parlor, right as the police raid the place. Anybody's Girl!; Danger in His Eyes!; Love in the Saddle; Nobody Wanted Me; My Most Romantic Moment; My Heart Took Lessons. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Joe Certa, Max Elkan and John Martin. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. An outlaw's identical twin brother approaches Hopalong for help after his brother escapes jail...or is it all a trick? An outlaw turns to arson after Hoppy punches him out for beating a horse. A greedy land baron uses "loco weed" in a scheme to secure the valley's supply of silver ore. Twin Treachery; Hill Billy; Whitey Whiskers: Scientific Sap; Burning Revenge; Marrying Marrin; Quiz; Loco Lobo; The Doomed Decision; Black and White: Stupor Salesman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

UK Edition. black and white; 24 pages.

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Volume 1, Issue 2 - Winter, 1951. 6.5" x 9", 164 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover pencils by Win Mortimer, inks by Charles Paris. "I Fell in Love with a Witch!", pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley; Private investigator Carter Blake falls head over heels in love with Jean Brewster; Without knowing anything about her, he's willing to marry her; Checking old newspaper clippings, Blake finds out that his fiancée seems to possess witch-like powers. "Man or Monster?", art by Bob Brown; Dr. Hunt gets addicted to a formula which transforms him into a brutish beast and commands him to murder his friends. "The Curse of Seabury Manor"; A man spends the night in haunted Seabury manor and dies 24 hours later. Casey the Cop humor page by Henry Boltinoff. 2 page text article "Exposing Voices From Beyond" by David Kahn--investigation into the world of false Spiritualism, reporting and debunking many of the procedures used. "Wanda Was a Werewolf!"; Doug Martin visits the village of his fiancée Wanda where the townsfolk are hunting a female werewolf. "Superstitious Lover!" one-page story, art by Morris Waldinger; A young man thinks a ghost is following him, but it's only a white ribbon attached to his hat. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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An icon of 1950s Americana, Howdy Doody was a star of early television, and a mischievous Tom Sawyer-type adventurer in this comic. Howdy and Dilly get chased by miniature Keystone Kops and an angry bull before escaping in a farmhouse attached to a hot-air balloon. You can't make this stuff up. A mad scientist tries out his shrinking formula on Howdy, and now he and Dilly must stop him from using it on the city. Howdy and Dilly get jobs at a dude ranch and Howdy tries to ride the dreaded horse Midnight Fireball. Howdy Doody and Tom the Turkey; Howdy Doody; Dilly Dally; Flub-a-Dub. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Al Avison, Art Helfant and Warren Kremer. The comedic adventures of Humphrey, the buddy of Ham Fishers Joe Palooka, a sweetly dumb country bumpkin with super-strength, nigh-invulnerability and an incredible appetite. Humphrey dives into the lake after Pruney's watch and winds up wrestling with a whale. Even Humphrey must diet, once his clothing no longer fits. Humphrey goes bowling and leaves destruction in his wake. Bowled Over; Humphrey's Costoom Party; Fishy Story; Little Max: The Magic Carrots; Strictly from Hunger; Humphrey's Own Puzzle Pages; Waisted Effort; Hector the Director; Rumpus; Paint in the Neck; Little Max: Skip It; Stop Calling Me a 'Dude'!; The Big Dipper; Make-It Shop. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover art. "The Cayman" text story by George Haas. "White Owl--Black Fish," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Alberto Giolitti; Micmac life is shaped by spiritual beliefs; Deaf Nolmi kills a white owl, a sin; Lame Mah-Leet defends him. Nolmi offends another tribe; This means war! Nolmi offers his life for the injury to their chief; he paddles, Mah-leet jumps in the water, Nolmi saves her; Blackfish flee to the shallow of the river where Nolmi drives them ashore; The bandaged Passamaquoddy chief receives them as a gift, and rewards Nolmi with gifts. "Vengeance," art by Alberto Giolitti; Chief Silver Fox vs. Wahopthon. "An Old Time Plains Fight" illustration; reproduction of Fredric Remington painting. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.15.

Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, John Rosenberger, and Howard Larsen. Tales of romance with lush, lurid covers reprinted from Avon paperbacks and a title that suggests more than the stories themselves. A secret from the past threatens a married couples present happiness; A woman longs for the one man she cant have. Featuring a painted cover reprinted from Avon paperback #250. Also featuring a nice contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. A Love You Can Touch; The Wrong Kind of Love; Threat to Our Marriage; The Only Man for Me. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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December, 1951. Text stories and illustrations. pulp format. 6.75" x 10", 72 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Ham Fisher. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. After World War II, Joe tries to prove that the real killer was an imposter. Plus a solo story featuring Knobby. Innocent or Guilty; Trapping the Killer; Fight To the Finish; Above Suspicion; Knobby's Sure Bet. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue 62 - "Now or Never" by Manning Cole. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Joe Maneely. Face of Stone, art by Paul Reinman; Artist uses murder victims as basis for incredibly life-like sculptures; plot elements in common with House of Wax (Warner Bros. Pictures, 1953). When a Planet Dies!, art by Joe Maneely. Hate Is a Lonely Hunter text story. No Return!, art by Russ Heath. The World Beyond, art by Werner Roth. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Vigoda. "Inside Dope"; Jughead and Archie show Mr. Weatherbee how to put a vase of water upside down on one's head. "Taste of the Town"; Jughead is excited about eating at Veronica's because of the cook Gaston; When he finds out that Gaston is gone he knows that Veronica and Betty will cook, so he numbs his tongue before the meal. "Tonsil Tonic"; Jughead confuses everyone by not speaking because he has tonsillitis; They buy him ice cream to soothe his throat after the tonsillectomy. "Glue or Die"; Archie and Reggie are competing to see who can score the most points in the football game, to get a date with Veronica. "Sky High"; Jughead doesn't want to pay five dollars for a plane ride, so the pilot agrees that it will be free if they can stay silent throughout the flight. "Essay It Isn't So"; Jughead won an essay contest with his essay about neatness and personal appearance. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle" art by Robert Webb; "The Ghost Gallery" art by Jack Kamen; and "The Hawk" and "Long Bow" art by Robert Webb. "Totem Thunder" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Maurice Whitman. "Quest of the Dragon's Claw," art by Maurice Whitman; Kaänga, disguised, enters the kingship contest of the Bafwasendes in the place of the wounded Nyika; Despite the interference of the witch doctor, Nyika recovers in time to complete the contest on his own. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi frees a Cape buffalo from a tangled mass of vines; Later, Sirdah attempts to kill Wambi; He is stopped by the grateful Cape buffalo who learns of Wambi's plight from a macaw. Untitled story; Captain Terry Thunder and the lancer go upriver to deal with the murderous Barotes and their priestess. "The Big Top Battles a Storm" text story by Clyde Beatty. Untitled story, art by Ralph Mayo; In an effort to loot a lost Egyptian temple, Reagan a safari guide, hypnotizes a scientist into believing that she is an ancient Egyptian queen; Camilla rescues the scientist and kills the guide. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Hy Eisman. Stories and art by Harold Knerr, Chic Young and EC Segar. A collection of reprints of popular comic strips of the time, including the Katzenjammer Kids, Blondie, Dagwood, Henry, Popeye, and Felix the Cat. While visiting a farm, Cookie Bumstead leads readers through a series of puzzles and games. Star Fun; Daisy and Cookie: Down on the Farm; How to Make a Tree; Daisy Party Game; Circus Man; Rags Rabbit: Ice Land; Proud Mule; Paper-Cutting Fun. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Pioneering crime comic Justice Traps the Guilty was produced by the studio of comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America. A killer leads cops on a dangerous chase atop a roller coaster track. Ralph impersonates the long-vanished heir to a fortune, but his crooked cohorts have a deadly finale planned. A robber gets himself sent to prison to learn the location of stolen loot from his ex-partner. The Fake Heir Swindle!; Straight to the Chair!; Deadly Dime!; The False Clue; Closeups; Monster on the Midway! 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Maurice Whitman. Untitled story, art by John Celardo; Seeking revenge on those who took his command away, Capt. Damon and his twin daughters wreak havok throughout Kaänga's jungle. Untitled story, art by John Celardo; Treasure hunters want to know the location of the plane wreck that brought Ann to Kaänga's jungle, believing that it contains valuable jewels; Kaänga helps raise the wreck and then insures that the treasure hunters are eaten by crocodiles; Ann declines to look at the planes passenger manifest and burns it. Untitled story, art by Marcia Snyder; A white renegade leads a band of slavers who are taking pygmy girls while disguised as gorillas. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. Cover art by Maurice Whitman. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; Satina, an animal trainer, hopes to take a sacred ape back to the United States; Kaänga rescues the ape and restores it to the jungle. "The Sky Serpents' Prey!" text story by Frank Riddell. Untitled story; The medicine man of the bird people misinterprets a prophecy and for a while, the bird people believe Kaänga to be evil; But when Kaänga assists women being attacked by wild dogs, the bird people realize the truth. Untitled story; A young couple steal an idol and are pursued by a shape shifting witch until Tabu takes the idol and returns it to her. Untitled story, pencils by Robert Webb; Hagar, priestess of the apes, warns Amrâna, the tribal prince, that his people should continue to pay tribute to the ape god; Amrâna refuses until he and his men are attacked by the apes and saved by Hagar. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Otto Binder and Carl Pfeufer. Bygone movie cowboy Maynard stars in offbeat stories that set this Fawcett book apart from run-of-the-mill Western comics. Instead of "Hi-yo, Silver," Ken directs his horse Tarzan to "Bite wind, Tarzan!" In a three-part story written by Supergirl co-creator Otto Binder, Ken agrees to guide two artists to the legendary Seven Wonders of the West. In order to get there, they must cross the Mankiller Badlands, from which no white man has ever returned. But one of the artists has a sinister plan, and joins forces with outlaw Grizzly Gus. Plus a Shazam dot-to-dot puzzle! The Seven Wonders of the West!, Chapter 1: Into the Unknown; Bird Brain; Jeeter and His Talking Horse Ya-Ta-Ta: The Big Difference; Chapter 2: The Badland Horrors; Sassy Sam; Terrible Temper; Chapter 3: The Greatest Wonder. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Allen Saunders and Alfred Andriola. Reprints of Alfred Andriola's detective comic strip Kerry Drake and other adventure tales. This issue features reprints from Nov. 1948 - Jan. 1949. Gourmand gangster Feedbag loves crime, but not as much as he loves a good meal. The reader is invited to solve a crime before Inspector Smith can. Plus how to do magic tricks, and a PSA on the dangers of crooked auto mechanics. Kerry Drake: The Case of the Million Dollar Lipstick!; Tricks to Mystify Your Friends; The Perfect Murder!; Jackie Page: The Case of the Second Key; Revenge Meant Death!; Beware of These Rackets; How Good a Detective Are You? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Clarence Doore. Stories and art by Gene Colan, Al Carreno, Dave Berg, Jack Sparling and Gerald McCann. Baby-faced gunslinger Kid Cowboy fights for justice in the Old West with his sidekick, Red Feather. Kid Cowboy investigates after his uncle Jonathan is murdered on his doorstep by someone who leaves a silver dollar. The Singing Cowboy intervenes after drunken braggart Billy challenges Powder River Joe to a showdown. Plus a one-pager about John Wesley Hardin with early art by future Marvel legend Gene Colan. And a Little Sheriff comedy by future MAD artist Dave Berg. John Wesley Hardin; The Stovepipe Hat; Rustlers Route; The Invisible Brand; The Singing Cowboy: Billy Staggs Boast!; The Little Sheriff and the Candy Bandit; Ghost Towns of the Old West: Virginia City. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Gerald McCann and Jimmy Thompson. Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Stories inspired by the life of the famed frontier scout and other Western tales. The love between a mountain man and a Blackfeet woman causes trouble with her tribe; Kit strikes back after Comanches abduct settlers. Kit Carson Fights the Comanche Raiders; Terror Out of Taos; The Knives of Doom; Gopher Moore; Six-Shooter Serenade. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.