Comic books May 1952

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Cover by Johnny Craig. Biography of artist Johnny Craig with a photo. "A Bloody Undertaking!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Gilbert is headed for his car after arriving by train, but notices a young woman coming out of the shadows and asking for a ride; the get married; the town thinks he is a vampire. "With All the Trappings!", art by Graham Ingels; People were starting to leave the town cemetery after the burial of Emile, and Pierre swore to Maria that he'd never be buried like that.... his body being left to the worms and crawling things. "Prescription" text story by William M. Gaines. "Impressed by a Nightmare!", art by Joe Orlando; As Fred poured himself a cup of coffee, Emma told him that she'd had a nightmare about cutting her finger, and she couldn't stand the sight of the blood. "The Death Wagon!", art by Jack Davis; Herman surveyed the beat-up car and told the man he wouldn't buy it, but when the man said he HAD to sell it, the price offered was a low $400; Once the deal was made, Herman, and his partner Amos Sink, took the car inside, rolled back the odometer, packed the transmission with sawdust and poured grease into the radiator, all to mask the auto's problems. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Matt Baker and Robert Webb. 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. Jungle hero Olane tracks a man who collects human skulls, in a story with art by good-girl legend Matt Baker. A couple seeks help at a haunted house after their car breaks down. Paranormal investigator Dr. Trimm realizes that Ellen's uncle Caleb is not a ghost, or even dead at all. The Shelf of Skulls; Lucky Wings: The Golden Ghouls; Jungle Magic; The Werewolf; Voodoo Fact or Fancy?; The Haunted One. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Barks. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Bill Walsh, Manuel Gonzales, Bob Karp, Tony Strobl, Gil Turner, Don Christensen, Frank McSavage, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 12 #8. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured art by Carl Barks, the legendary Good Duck Artist. Mickey helps Shamrock Bones and Chief O'Hara investigate the Shattered-Glass Mystery. In a story by Barks, Donald and his family try to learn the secret of Gladstone's luck. This story features the first-ever appearance of Gyro Gearloose. The Big Bad Wolf's Easter stunt doesn't go over well with the roosters, after the chicks get painted like Easter eggs. Donald Duck; Li'l Bad Wolf; Grandma Duck in the Swiss Alps; Dumbo: The Smoke Signal; Mickey Mouse: The Shattered-Glass Mystery. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Three On a Match" (art by Al Hartley), "Change of Plan" (art by Sol Brodsky), "Kid Stuff," "Coming Home" (art by Joe Sinnott), "Muzzle Flash," and a two-page text story, "Give Me a Gun!" 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!; Rear Guard; Sub-Killer!; 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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"Showdown For a Shavetail"; Lieutenant Graham must replace the leader of Company B who was loved by his men. "Last Chance on Hopeless Hill"; Sergeant Tom Cargill learns his little brother Ed has gone AWOL and is charged with being in a black market ring. "Operation: Pots and Pans," art by Lou Cameron; Mess Sergeant Connelly and his two helpers take a hot meal to the soldiers on the front line; Korean War story. "What Price Courage" text story. "The Sacrifice Platoon," art by Jim McLaughlin; Sergeant Fiske and his men stay behind as a "sacrifice platoon" to buy the rest of the men in his company time to escape. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Jack Sparling, Lee Elias and Bob Powell. Tales of war from Harvey, published as the Cold War was heating up. During WWII, a Coast Guard patrolman finds himself facing Nazi spies disembarking from a U-boat. A history of the US National Guard. A fighter pilot seeks revenge after his friend is shot down over Korea. The Fear of Death; Night Shadows; When Dead Meet; Don't Leave Me!; The Fighting Guard; Killed By a Friend; Battlegrounds!; Revenge! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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

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"The End" (art by Wally Wood), "The Trip" (art by Jack Kamen), "Home to Stay" (art by Wood; unauthorized swipe of two Ray Bradbury stories, "Kaleidoscope" and "Rocket Man"), and "Don't Count Your Chickens" (art by Joe Orlando). The letters page features a well-reasoned response from the editors to a letter from a parent critical of SF and horror comics such as those published by EC. Al Feldstein classic outer space cover. NOTE: See 1st Series for 1950 #13.

NOTE: Also, this issue was reprinted by East Coast Comics with a $1 cover and 1970's copyright date (see E.C. Classic Reprints # 5). 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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Cover by Wally Wood. Stories by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Jack Kamen, Wally Wood and Joe Orlando. NOTE: There are two issues in this series numbered 13. The one dated May/June 1950 is issue # 2 in the series. The issue pictured here, dated May/June 1952, is the actual # 13 in the series. EC's influential New Trend title featured some legendary sci-fi and comics artists. A scientist and his mistress decide to use a suspended-animation serum so they can be together in the future, but that future is farther away than they think. A space mission is endangered by a stowaway, in a Wally Wood story published before the similar science fiction classic "The Cold Equations." In another Wood story, a stranded space traveler on a primitive planet becomes a messianic figure. Science-fantasy cover by Wally Wood. A Weighty Decision; Saving for the Future; He Walked Among Us; Say Your Prayers. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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May 1952. Cover by Virgil Finlay. Horror and supernatural stories by Thorp McClusky "The Lamia in the Penthouse", Arthur J. Burks, Susanne Pickett, G. G. Pendarves, Frederick Sanders, Garnett Radcliffe, Cyril Mand, C. F. Birdsall, August Derleth "The Night Road", Douglas Leach, and Alvin Taylor & Len J. Moffatt. Illustrations by Virgil Finlay, Jon Arfstrom, Joseph Eberle, E. E. Cleland, Fred Humiston, and Vincent Napoli. 6 3/4" x 10"; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

UK edition, one shilling cover price. Vol. 44 #4 - May 1952. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/4-in., 96 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 16, Issue 1 - May, 1952. 6.75" x 9.75", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 5, Issue 6 - May, 1952. Magazine with sensational articles illustrated with mostly pin-up photos, plus some pin-up and glamour photos. 8" x 11.5", 52 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.25.

Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler and Gene Fawcette. Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. In the tradition of Sheena and Tarzan, redheaded, blue-eyed jungle queen Taanda rides a trained zebra and fights for the people of her adopted tribe, the Tauruti. Soviet forces invade Taandas jungle home; Taanda fights to save her people from an invading army of monster-sized ants; Scientists find danger while tracking the elusive blue gorilla. Also featuring a classic contents page by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. The Army of Terror!; Black Death; The Ant Invasion!; The Story behind the Cover… The Leopard Men!; The Blue Gorilla! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C. C. Beck. Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk, Otto Binder, Charlie Tomsey, Anthony Cataldo, and Kurt Schaffenberger. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. When Billy Batson goes to cover a uranium rush, Captain Marvel finds Dr. Sivana at the bottom of it, and a dinosaur-like creature at the bottom of the cave. Inspector Blake seeks Lance and Mike's help in smashing an oil-stock racket. Outlaws decide the best way to stop Golden Arrow is to steal his bow and quiver. Ibis and Taia face the Rust Men of Mars. Captain Marvel Battles the Underground Mystery Menace!; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb; Lance O'Casey: The Great Oil Swindle; Golden Arrow: Outlaws Upset; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Wilbur the Waiter; Ibis the Invincible: The Magician of Mars. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue 647 - May, 1952. The true adventure magazine for men. A collection of true stories from all over the world. 98 pages, B&W.

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Art by Sid Check, Norman Nodel, Vince Alascia, Ed Goldfarb, and Joe Kubert. Cover by Gene Fawcette. Tales of pre-Code horror, curses, and spells. A cursed tattoo gives its owner hypnotic powers, but slowly drives them to madness and death, then goes off to find a new victim. A scientist creates a formula that brings inanimate objects to life, then finds himself trapped in his own living and malevolent house. In the frozen north, explorers ill-advisedly investigate a lost Viking ship that is not as dead as it seems. Also featuring a classic horror cover, probably by Gene Fawcette, and a campy contents page illustrated by Sid Check on the inside front cover. Witchcraft; The Death Tattoo!; The Vampire Puppet; The Dead Do Tell! A True Ghost Story; House to Let; The Northern Horror! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Vic Donahue, Warren Kremer, Joe Certa, and Manny Stallman. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A scientist's electrical experiments create an evil energy being. Another scientist creates a one-celled organism that grows out of control. The ghost of a murdered tailor animates empty clothing to seek revenge on his killer. It!; The Flash of Doom; Witches Tricks; The Room; The Mask of Murder; Keepers of Horror; The Flaming Horror; Cloth of Terror; The Howl of Death! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "The Crime Master of Time," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Tibro comes from the future to steal a hydrogen bomb and sends Steve and Wonder Woman to the past so they can't stop him. "The Wonder Woman Nobody Knows," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; A magazine reporter follows Wonder Woman around all day for a story that might save her job. Wonder Women of History: two-page Martha G. Kimball bio by Julius Schwartz, art by John Giunta. "Fashions of the Far East" text article. "The Secret Treasure At Rainbow's End," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman helps revive a ghost town. Superboy stars in a one-page public service announcement, "Happy Hobby Time!" 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Winslow Mortimer. Happy Hobby Time public service announcement starring Superboy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Winslow Mortimer. 'Scoop' Smith, Boy Reporter starring Superman, art by Al Plastino; A teen age genius becomes the Daily Planet's star reporter- and then publisher of a rival paper! The Amazing Robot Archer starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp. The Treasure In The Ice starring Wyoming Kid, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Howard Sherman. Chief Hot-Foot humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Topsy-Turvy Treasure Hunt starring Tom Sparks, Boy Inventor. Private Pete humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. The Murder of Bruce Wayne starring Batman, script by David Vern, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman & Robin figures) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Charles Paris. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Sheldon Moldoff. Stories and art by Bob Powell and Sheldon Moldoff. Pre-Code tales of horror from Fawcett, a publisher not normally noted for grue. Ted dies in an accident, but is allowed to return to life until he finds his soul mate. A pro athlete finds an evil way to enhance his performance, by channeling the abilities of dead baseball stars. A gang boss's head is kept alive by a mad scientist to help his cronies plan their crimes. The Dead Lover Returns!; The Man Who Lost His Body; The Shrunken Head; The Resurrected Head. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by George Roussos, Mort Meskin, Bill Draut, Al Eadeh and Ross Andru. Part of Prize's influential romance comics line, produced by the studio of Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Issue #33 on cover; Vol. 4, issue #3 in indicia. Beautiful Letty throws herself at Stan, while ignoring her landlady's handsome son Willie. Angela has anger-management issues and a way with a withering insult, but it's not helping her love life. The Legs are Familiar!; Temper, Temper!; Nancy Hale's Problem Clinic; Under My Skin; The Pretenders!; The Suffering Susans; The Man Around Her House! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

#45 on cover; Vol. 5 No. 9 in indicia. Photo Cover. Stories by unknown. Art by Jack Kirby, Mort Meskin, John Prentice, Joe Simon and unknown. Featuring: "The Things I Didn't Know About Him!"; "By Appointment Only!"; "Let´s Call it Off!"; "Treat 'Em Rough!"; and What Advice Would You Have Given? 2-pager! Plus: 1-page article "I Want Him Back"! Also: 1-page article "There´ll be Some Changes Made"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Doug Wildey, Stephen Kirkel, Ed Goldfarb, Bob Baer, Harry Harrison and Henry Kiefer. Tales of love and heartbreak, with a twist: appearances by real-life musicians of the era. Real-life singing star Frankie Laine and his assistant Tom scour the city for a mysterious singer with a golden voice, never suspecting Jo, Tom's neglected girlfriend. Plus a profile and photo of Frankie Laine. In an anti-drug story that seems an odd choice for a romance comic, orphaned Mary tries to help her heroin-addicted sister and gets busted for transporting drugs as a result. Aspiring figure skater Gloria is tricked by a rival into performing a dangerous knife-jumping stunt that already injured one skater, in a story with early art by Doug Wildey. Cover (featuring a photo of Frankie Laine) may be the work of Wildey as well. Frankie Lane in Cherchez la Femme; Monkey On Her Back; A Date With Fame; The Show Must Go On!; Which Way Lies Happiness. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 6, No. 3 - May , 1952. 5.5" x 7.5", 162 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.