Comic books February 1952

Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. "Roving marshal" Lash learns of the Outlaw Haven and risks his life to get inside. Lash dresses as a convict for a costume party, just as three actual convicts escape a chain gang and head for town. Dusty claims that he's going to be a dance teacher, despite having two left feet and no education. The Outlaw Haven; Wagonwheels; Dusty: Mis-Step; Molasses Mouth; The Escape!; Cactus Brain; Deadline for Death; Gambler's Showdown! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Al Tyler, Bob Forgione, and Stan Campbell. Pre-Code crime comics typical of the era, featuring violent crimes, no-nonsense cops, and grim fates for the lawless. Lt. Mac McCoy sets out to find the missing witness who could put racketeer Sid Hilton away for good. A murder at the creepy old Donovan house remains unsolved for years, until police suddenly realize that an opium ring is using the house. Crooks scam a freight-yard operator out of a semi trailer worth of goods, putting the FBI on the case. Plus true facts about how police trace criminals with ballistics. Crime Tracks: How Criminals Are Trapped...; The Missing Witness Mystery; Crimewave; Words of Death; Scene of the Crime; The Acme Hi-Jack; Racing Facts: The 500. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Marc Swayze and others. Romance comics from Fawcett with tales of love, betrayal, heartache and - in the later issues - sometimes crime. Ginny becomes a racketeer's girlfriend and soon becomes involved in his criminal schemes, much to the surprise of her strait-laced sister and brother-in-law. Ellen plans to marry Steve after he returns home from the war, but when he's disabled by an injury, she has second thoughts, in a story that is a product of its time. Neil loves Donna, but when he finds out about her last relationship and how it ended, he's filled with doubt. I Was an Underworld Courier; I Was a War Casualty's Fiancee; Love Blight; The Unforgiving. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Lulu Goes Skating one-page story. Mumps; Lulu figures out a way to get the West Side gang out of the Fellers' clubhouse. The Apple Watcher; The Fellers find out Lulu is going to be watching Joe's fruit stand all alone. The Merry-Go-Roundup; Lulu tells Alvin about a merry-go-round horse that came to life. Riding the Pookle; Tubby impresses the West Side gang by pretending to swim through a pipe. Tubby Plays Football one-page story. Two-page text story, Lulus Diry ("Diary"). Back cover has advertisement for Dell Comics Club. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Warren Kremer and others. Joe Palooka's speechless sidekick from the popular Ham Fisher boxing strip gets his own comic, noteworthy for early versions of Little Dot and other Harvey characters. Max dreams himself into the story of Alice Through the Looking-Glass, with himself as the Cheshire Cat, in a retelling with fun artwork by Warren Kremer. Humphrey soon regrets agreeing to babysit Baby Gooberfooful. Plus solo stories featuring Rags Rabbit and Little Max. Little Max in Wonderland; Humphrey: Babysitter Jitters; Waisted Energy; Hide and Seek; Cat-Tale; Little Max Rhymes with Reason; Room on Top; Rainy Day Puzzles; Wouldn't It Be Funny?; Little Max Visits Storybook Land. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover art. Definitions of the Indian words potlatch and How. The Masked Lady, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; A female opera singer wears a mask after she is wounded on the cheek by a bullet during a train holdup. Red Cloud's First Battle; True story of Sioux chief Red Cloud's first battle against the Army in Wyoming in 1866. When the Earth Opened text story Gaylord Du Bois. Up the Rio Grande, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; After escaping from the Aztec slave train with the help of High Cloud, the trio make their way back to their canoe which they had hidden on an island in the Rio Grande; After taking the canoe upriver, they rescue a young Pueblo couple from Apache warriors. Based on the popular Western TV series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art. Plains Indian Homes; Full-page article with four black and white photos about various Indian dwellings. The Range War, art by Alberto Giolitti; A ranch foreman who desires his boss's daughter provokes a range war between cattlemen and sheep herders. The Trespassers, art by Alberto Giolitti; Crow braves trespass on Stone Bear's land, capture a young boy, and battle Tonto. The Eskimo; Full-page article with three black and white photos about the Eskimo. Indian Basketball; Full-page article with one color illustration about an ancient Mayan ball game similar to soccer and basketball. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Western comics featuring the masked hero Lone Rider and other champions of Old West justice. Golden Arrow reveals the story behind his tribe's chieftainship ritual. A Native woman helps Lone Rider catch a killer in a gold mine, in a story with some nice good-girl art. The Old Hermit gets creative when it's time to pay his water tax. The Laughing Bandit; The Old Hermit: Wanted! Dead or Alive!; Golden Arrow: The Arrow in the Stone!; Devil Dirt! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian edition with same content as U.S. edition. Inside front cover is blank; indica appears on bottom of back cover rather than at bottom of first story page. Cover price $0.10.

"Going Steady," "Prejudice!" (art by Morris Weiss), "When Faith Fails" (art by Weiss), and "Our Hearts Were Worlds Apart" (art by Bill Everett). Al Hartley cover. Cover price $0.10.

Photo Cover. Stories by unknown. Art by John Forte and unknown. Featuring: "I Was Too Beautiful" starring Carole Allison, Dr. Dave Walsh, Mr. Allison, Mrs. Allison, Mr. Fordyce, Mrs. Fordyce and Wally; "Misery Loves Company" starring Gale Sanders, Brian, Frank Oliver and Marge; "I Tangled with a Spiteful Blonde!" starring Aunt Marcia, Doreen, Gil Anthony, Pamela Brooks and Ralph Turner; and "My Secret" starring Ann Scott, Julia Bishop, Mat Hanson and Steve Adams. Plus: 1-page text story "The Two-Timers" starring Doris, Gary, Karen, Mrs. Neuman and Shirley. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

"My Stage-Struck Heart," "My Shameless Vanity," "A Word to the Wise," and "Heart Divided." Photo cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Al Camy and Edvard Moritz. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG, one of the earliest of the romantic comics genre of the postwar era. A womans past threatens her present happiness because some people cant mind their own business; A look at world superstitions having to do with love, romance and marriage; Love comes to the socially awkward. The Love Fix; Too Good for Love; Girl with a Past!; Wallflower's Triumph; A Honeymoon for One!; Sweetheart Superstitions; Dreams Can Come True; Heart's Choice; Hearts Aflame. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Dick Briefer, Dick Rockwell, Al McWilliams, Al Wenzel and Eloise Taylor. From the publisher of Crime Does Not Pay, Lover's Lane offered somewhat edgier, more lurid tales than other romance comics of the era. A woman feels she's living in the shadow of her mother, who left her father for another man. Wendy is torn between steady Don and ex Paul, who both want to marry her. Anne and Bill are unpleasantly surprised when Bill's ex Dora shows up at the hotel where they are spending their honeymoon. The Doctor's Secret; Test of a Love-Time; I Belong to You!; Honeymoon Merry-Go-Round; Love Problems. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Chesley Bonestell. Fantasy and science fiction stories by H. B. Fyfe, L. Sprague DeCamp & Fletcher Pratt, Jan Struther, L. Major Reynolds, R. Bretnor, Mildred Clingerman, John R. Pierce (as J. J. Coupling), Walter B. Gibson (as Edward S. Sullivan), John Wyndham, W. B. Ready, Ray Bradbury, Kenneth H. Cassens, Edward Everett Hale, James Thurber, and Margaret St. Clair (as Idris Seabright). Softcover. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in. 132 pages, black and white (all text). Cover price $0.35.

Cover by Pete Costanza. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Pete Costanza and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. The Marvel Family must prevent the Sivana family from capturing the Rock of Eternity, and hence the universe, in an issue-length, multi-part adventure. During the family fracas that results, the wizard Shazam reveals that the Rock of Eternity is the Keystone of the Universe, and the universe itself cannot survive without it. The Capture of the Universe, Chapter One: The Raid at the Rock; Post the Host!; Double for Murder; Lazy Lee; Chapter Two: Sivana's Triumph!; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Headline Harry: The Crazy Assignment; Chapter Three: The Rightful Ruler Rules. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Russ Heath. The Spider Waits!, pencils by Fred Kida; Sven is a factory worker who is charged with the task of keeping his workplace free of spiders; Unfortunately, Sven suffered a harrowing incident as a child and is deathly afraid of them; As an adult however, he manages to overcome his fear and takes great delight in killing every spider he can find. In Little Pieces; A man finds he has the power to kill people by tearing photos of them. The Curse Of Makhe-Sof text story. The Red Face; A man arranges for a rival to be murdered at Mardi Gras, but instead of meeting the assassin in a Devil costume, he gets hauled away by the real Devil. The Drop of Water, script by Hank Chapman, pencils by Gene Colan. The Man Who Vanished!, art by Joe Sinnott; An evil old man in a cabin tends plants who used to be people. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Bill Ward, Howard Boughner, Carl Pfeufer and John Jordan. Master Comics was one of the cornerstones of the Fawcett lineup during the 1940s. Captain Marvel, Jr. battles a vengeful human panther (who wears a short cape, like that other comics Panther), in a story with art by Torchy artist Bill Ward. Jungle queen Nyoka undertakes a dangerous voyage. Western hero Tom Mix battles a powerful land baron. Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Panther Man; Muscle Hedd; Nyoka the Jungle Girl: Perilous Journey; Ozzie: His Catastrophic Career; Vacuum Bloobstutter: Giant from Mars; Dizzy Daisy; Tom Mix: The Crushing Empire. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Firing Squad" (art by Robert Q. Sale), "Combat Veteran" (art by Al Hartley), "Kill or Be Killed," "The Enemy Strikes" (art by Paul Reinman), and a two-page text story, "Mutiny Means Death!" Cover price $0.10.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $20.00 View scan

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Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $9.50 View scan 1 1/2" Spine split from bottom. Water damage. Pencil marking.

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Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

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Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $9.50 View scan Oil stains. Water damage. Interior activity completed.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $8.00 View scan 2 3/4" Cumulative spine split. Interior activity completed.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language

No.2 February, 1952 - German language reprint. 32 pages, full color.

Stories and art by Pete Riss and John Adler. Mike Barnett, who did not carry a gun, was one of the first private-eye heroes on the brand-new medium of television. "Iron-fisted" Mike sets out to discover who destroyed the priceless art masterpiece the Blue Madonna, and why. Mike happens to be in Doc Borden's office when two gunsels abduct the doctor. But after Borden operates on their fellow gangster, it's curtains for Doc, unless Mike can track them down. Like many great private eyes, Mike narrates his stories in first-person. The Mystery of the Blue Madonna; Dizzy Daisy; Talking Gas; The Lead Poison Cure; Musclehedd; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Antique Antics! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ross Andru. Stories and art by Ross Andru and others (credited as Walter T. Johnson Studio). The adventures of pro wrestler Mr. Universe was the only comic published by "Mr. Publishing," an imprint of Stanley Morse publishing. Mr. Universe sheds the glamour of professional wrestling and enlists in the Korean War. Mr. U's wacky sidekick Scarcely Able also enlists, but only succeeds against enemy through a series of unlikely accidents. Mister Universe meets his exact double in the wrestling ring. Art and cover by future Marvel artist Ross Andru. Mister Universe; In the Army with Scarcely Able; The Arena; Mister Universe Picks a Winner. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $49.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

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Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

February, 1952 - Vintage Men's magazine featuring articles, pictorials, and pin-ups. This issue features 3 time cover girl Lily Christine in "The Hectic History Of Belly Dancing" pictorial, "Sex Battle Of The Century" article on English writer D.H. Lawrence whose sex laden books upset the 19th Century Victorians who dubbed him a 'French sewer', "The Man Who Lives On Cheesecake" examining the photographic work of Earl Wilson, including his photos of Marilyn Monroe, Gina Lollobrigida, Mamie Van Doren, Kim Novak, and Anita Ekberg. Finally famous burlesque star Texas Sheridan explains "Why Every Girl's A Stripper At Heart"! MATURE READERS Cover price $0.50.

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Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Volume 22, Issue 2 - February, 1952. Vintage magazine featuring stories and tips intended for those interested in nudism. Softcover Magazine, 8.5" x 11", 42 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

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Add to cart Fine $41.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

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Volume 5, Issue 1 - February, 1962. 8" x 10.5", 76 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Stories and art by Edmond Good, Dick Kraus and Leonard Frank. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Monty must stop a prison break after convicts manage to smuggle a shipment of Army rifles into Cayungo Penitentiary. Monte is hired to protect a gold train from outlaw Gopher Graham. Forger "Scribble La Forge" fakes a letter convincing sidekick to the stars Gabby Hayes he's lost his job as ranch foreman, so Scribble can forge with impunity. The Killers of Cayungo; Gray Hawk: Trapper's Ambush; Old Slick; Bronko Betsy; Guns Against the Gold Train; Fitch and Chippes; Gabby Hayes Gets Fired; Land Above the Sky. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.