Comic books June 1952

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Katy Keene back-up story by Bill Woggon Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Howard Boughner and Ruth Sterling. Sweethearts was the first monthly romance title. Jeanette makes a living by setting up her traveling goods store wherever disasters strike, but then she meets handsome Neil, who accuses her of living off of other people's misery. "Journeyman printer" Lonny settles in the small town where Jean works in a print shop, but when he feels she's betrayed him, he decides to leave on the next freight out of town. Helen's grandfather leaves her the family cave and its tourist business, and she meets handsome Ted, the archaeologist, but a cave-in forces her to risk her life to save trapped tourists. Crisis!; Pilot Pete Gives the Bird!; Miss Yesterday; The Best Kind of a Gift; Dizzy Daisy; Love Interred. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Davis. "Gas-tly Prospects!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; This story is narrated by a California gold miner who is shot by a claim jumper; He passes out from the pain and when he 'wakes up', he sees the jumper looming over him with a bloody knife and he realizes that he is dead. "A Hollywood Ending!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; A movie producer, who flies out to an Eskimo settlement, is surprised to find a beautiful American girl living among them and quickly falls for her. "Acid Test!" text story. "Auntie, It's Coal Inside!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; Young Toby hears a voice inside his head, telling him to do things that his aunt punishes him for. "Mournin', Ambrose...", script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A man goes to visit his uncle who turns out to be a ghoul. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Myron Fass, Bill Molno, Ed Smalle and Pete Morisi. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. A horribly disfigured man gets a chance to change his life, thanks to an incredibly lifelike mask. An engineer exploring subterranean depths stumbles on the kingdom of the demons and their beautiful queen, Laila. In future year 9852, scientists Tum and Jan are exiled for predicting that their perfect society has a doomed future. Plus a look at the challenges of space travel that reflects the technology of 1952. The Ugliest Man in the World!; Demons Below Us!; Willie; The 24th Guest; Exile to Death!; Problems of Space Travel. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Four stories are included in this issue: "Tarzan and the Riders from Rio Grande" (Tarzan and some cowboys free slaves from their Arab captors); "Tarzan and the Secret Weapon" (Doctor Mac's plane lands on a lake); "Brothers of the Spear"; and "The Omen" (a text piece). Art by Jesse Marsh. Lex Barker photo cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Jim Tyer and others. Long-suffering Papa Bear endures the hijinks of his cubs, the Terry Bears. The boys rescue a lost St. Bernard and want to keep him, but Papa's refusal just leads to more shenanigans. Sourpuss gets a detective's badge through a correspondence course, and is hired to safeguard jewels at a high society party. Heckle and Jeckle's latest prank involves a firecracker, a balloon, and Dimwit's open window. Little Roquefort; A Cry in the Night; Heckle and Jeckle; Dinky; Gandy Goose: A Detective's Dilemma; Papa's New Clothes; Gandy Goose: Generous Gandy; Safety First. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Art Bartsch and Connie Rasinski. St. John presents the comics adventures of the characters of animator Paul Terry's studio. Anticipating Kurt Vonnegut's ice-nine, The Claw develops a bomb which freezes water instantly, and manages to seal Mighty Mouse in a solid block of ice...except for his tail. Heckle and Jeckle seek their fortunes in Hollywood, where they're not the only slick characters in town. Gandy Goose challenges Slugger McPork, one of boxing's toughest fighters, to win back the affections of Agnes. Sourpuss Outsmarts Himself; Mighty Mouse: The Big Freeze; Heckle and Jeckle: Hollywood Hopefuls; Dinky: No Place Like Home; Gandy Goose: The Grudge Fight. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Tony Tallarico and others. Movie cowboy Tex Ritter tames the West with his six-guns, his horse White Flash and his dog, Fury. Tex takes issue when a ferry owner tries to price-gouge wagon-train settlers who are racing a deadline to make their claims on the Western frontier. Framed for murder in Ten Mile City, Tex must elude a mob and prove his innocence. Outlaws want Tex's saddle, because a map to stolen loot was hidden inside it by the hanged owlhoot Calabash. Plus a vintage ad for Daisy Air Rifles featuring Red Ryder. Barrier to Boot Hill; Loonie Les: Gentamental Critter; Li'l Buck: Good Historian; Journey to Jail; Saddle Conquest; Buffalo Bull: The Doggonedest Deal; Pinto Pete: Echo Canyon; Sagebrush: Quiz Kiddo; The Frame-Up; Gopher-Face: Quarrelsome Type; The Round-Up. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 36, Issue 6 - June, 1952. Lee Grant, Joan Blondell and Arthur Treacher photo cover by Paul Mimmel. TAM is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures. Broadway and Hollywood. Includes: "Bell, Book and Candle" by John Van Druten, "Some Killers, a Gun Maker and a Lady Healer by Arthur Knight, and much more. 8.5-in. x 11-in, 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Cover by Albert Tyler. "The Clutch of Doom," art by Bob Forgione; Galvin manor has been cursed by the previous owner; Anyone digging for the treasure hidden in the cellar will be attacked by Henry Galvin's skeleton hand. "Ghost Town Ghost," pencils by John Belfi , inks by Dick Giordano; Western outlaw Dude Fenley and his gang murder the prospector Old Cady and take off with his gold by kidnapping a train. "The Marching Dead Men," art by Bob Forgione; Two US-American pilots are forced to land in Mongolia, behind enemy Korean lines; They join a march of living dead, led by a shaman, returning to their home soil. "What Was It! The Adventure of Two Ghostbreakers" text story. "Crypt of the Vampire," art by Martin; Rumanian castle Zangra is still inhabited by its vampire baron. "Mirror, Mirror, On My Wall," art by Albert Tyler; James Garth is not only an antiques dealer, but also the middleman of a dope-smuggling ring; He employs the services of a demon to get back at all those who betrayed him financially. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Will Lieberson, B.J. Heyman and Al Jetter. Cover by Shelly Moldoff. Stories by Earl Hammer, Jr. and unknown. Art by George Evans, Bob Powell and unknown. Fasten your hand across your mouth to hold back the screams when you read this issue! Horror tales that are so scary they could only lead you to believe that This Magazine is Haunted! In this issue: The gangster Goldie Ricon escapes from death row into the Skontong swamplands. There he gets bitten by a zombie and from then on is haunted by terrible zombie encounters. Driven almost insane, Goldie returns to death row -- and to Skontong swamp -- in "The Slithering Horror of Skontong Swamp!" with art by George Evans. Plus: Country boy Hawkins comes to death in a fight with rival bully Withers. The victim's oversized shoes appear as ghostly accessories and chase the evildoer around. He will die the same way poor Hawkins went in "The Ghost of Fanciful Hawkins!" with pencils by Bob Powell. And: A small carnival pitches its tents in a small town where the cheapest room is $5 per night. Four men from the carnival go looking for cheaper lodgings and find an old abandoned house that a local man says is haunted by the ghost of a man who killed his friends with a hammer. The four men try to stay in the house and the murder begins in "The Last Man" with story by Earl Hammer, Jr. Also: 2-page text story "Horror at Midnight" written by John Martin, and an ad for Unknown World. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 40, Issue 2 - June, 1952. Letter-to-editor by Harlan Ellison (4 years before his first published work). Stories by Murray Leinster, Fletcher Pratt, George O. Smith, Wallace Umphrey, R.J. McGregor, and Fritz Leiber. Two Virgil Finlay illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Dick Van Buren, and Bob Lubbers. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. The Captain and the Kids meet Mister Funnybone, the panhandling clown. Tarzan leads the Duru tribe in a revolt against slave traders. Nancy needs more space to do the dishes, so she fills the bathtub with dirty dishes. Nancy; Strange as It Seems; How it Began!; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Tarzan. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 8, Issue 6 - June, 1952. Cover painted by Peter Driben. Vintage men's interest magazine that is highly focused on tasteful pin-up pictorials usually centered around women in lingerie being involved in wacky scenarios. 8.5" x 11.5", 54 pages, B&W/Color. Cover price $0.25.

Stories by unknown. Art by Lynn Karp and unknown. Featuring: Two Droopy 1-pagers; Tom & Jerry tale with pencils by Lynn Karp; Big Spike & Little Tyke tale; Bertie Bird text story "Lunch Hour"; Wuff the Prairie Dog tale; and Barney Bear & Benny Burro tale. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. In a three-part story, the town of Huckster Flats can't keep a sheriff because of the Rattler's deadly outlaw gang. When Tom volunteers to be the new sheriff, he finds himself targeted by a posse who thinks Tom is part of the gang. Then he sets out to discover the Rattler's true identity. Tom Mix and the Rattler! Part 1: Invitation to Death!; Roundup Time With Tom Mix; Part 2: The Trail of the Dried Beans; Tumbleweed Jr.: The Prize Winner; Saddlehead; Cowboy Cal; Fightin' Forbes: Wooden Witnesses; Part 3: The Empty Closet! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Warren Kremer. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Warren Kremer, Pete Morisi and Joe Certa. Tomb of Terror was one of Harvey Comics' notorious pre-Code horror comics. A ghost awakens to resume his old life with a murder, but doesn't reckon on the murder victim's ghost returning as well. Scientists discover something living deep beneath the Earth's crust - something evil. Puppeteers buy strangely lifelike puppets from an odd little man. The Dead Awaken; The Thing from the Center of the Earth; The Marriage of the Monsters; Strange Superstitions; The Little People; The Wax Museum; The Living Dead/Root Of Evil; Weird Facts. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 11, Issue 1 - June, 1952. 6.75" x 9", 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 2, Issue 3 - Fall 1952. 5.5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Summer 1952. Vol. 1, No. 6. Featuring "The Cructars Are Coming!" by Paul Lawrence Payne and "Minions of the Moon" by William Gray Beyer. Softcover Pulp, 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in.; B&W, 96 Text Pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman and Al Feldstein. Art by John Severin, Will Elder, Wally Wood, Jack Davis, and Harvey Kurtzman. Harvey Kurtzman's legendary series enlisted top EC artists for gritty tales of war and adventure. A naive lieutenant leaves himself open to sniper attacks in Korea, in a story with inks by MAD legend Will Elder. The real-life story of the legendary ascent of the US Rangers up the cliffs of Pointe Du Hoe during the Normandy Invasion. A member of the 7th Cavalry witnesses Custer's Last Stand, with art by Wally Wood. Plus The EC "Artist of the Issue" featuring Wally Wood. Luck!; Custers Last Stand; Escape Plot; D-Day!; Jeep! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Judgement Day," art by Pete Tumlinson; Charlie Stark is brought to court and is innocent of his crimes; however, judge Ahab Ravage does not believe it but is forced to let him go due to the jury's verdict of his innocence. "The Valley of the Spirits," art by Tom Gill; Chief Red Hawk brings the Apache Kid to the Apache burial ground located in the heart of the Rugged Eagle Mountains, the secret place where their bravest warriors have been buried; Red Hawk tells the Kid that a lot of Apache treasure is buried there. "No-Gun Cowboy" text story. "Cave of Death." "The Mountain of Doom!", script by Robert Bernstein, art by Jay Scott Pike; The American southwest is rocked by an earthquake; the local Apaches believe that this has been caused by the gods; renegade Wreck Lasker watches as his coach filled with weapons and ammunition is knocked off a cliff; Lasker goes looking for his supplies and runs into some Apache warriors. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Mort Lawrence and others. One of many titles focusing on heroic American soldiers that came out as the Korean War was heating up. In a three-part story, U.N. forces in Korea are stymied at a mountain outpost, until the arrival of crack U.S. paratroops who have been training for a mission such as this. A Marine risks his life to save a trapped platoon. Also featuring an enemys-eye-view contents page illustrated by Mort Lawrence on the inside front cover. Attack on Suchon Pass; Bloody Ridge 309; Captain Courageous; One-Man Army. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Stan Lee, Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Paul Reinman, Dick Ayers, Manny Stallman, Russ Heath and unknown. "Satan and Sammy Snodgrass" by Stan Lee and Paul Reinman - The Devil wants to claim the soul of a man who never refuses to take a bet so he offers to grant the man a wish, since anyone who makes a Devil's pact forfeits their soul. He makes a bet with the man that he won't let the Devil grant him a wish. Satan thinks he wins either way. The man agrees to let him grant him a wish. The Devil is overjoyed as he thinks he's won. The man wishes that the Devil never claim his soul. Plus: "The Drop of Blood" with story by Carl Wessler and pencils by Dick Ayers - A man stabs to death another man and gets a spot of blood on his shoulder when he carries the body out to a field to bury it. He tries soap and water and even kerosene but the stain won't come off his skin. He buys a nostrum from a carnival snake oil salesman who promises that it "will restore the flesh" and when he uses it, it removes the blood stain, but regenerates the body of the murder victim who then strangles him. Also in this issue: "They Live Alone!" with art by Manny Stallman - Two old ladies feed investigating welfare bureau agents to their pet rats; 2-page text story "The Night Horror"; and "While the City Sleeps" by Stan Lee and Russ Heath - Martians infiltrate Earth by landing in cemeteries and burrowing into graves in order to wear the bodies of dead humans as a disguise. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 7, No. 12. June 1952. True Crime Magazine. 8.5" x 11". 64 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Edd Ashe. Stories and art by Bernard Baily, Mike Sekowsky and Bob Correa. Classic pre-Code crime comics from Fawcett. Gangster Joey Savage admires the Nazi general Modell, and utilizes Modell's strategy and tactics in an attempt to pull off the biggest robbery in history. Tired of being called a "punk," Joey sets out to make his name, but he goes too far when he kills a beloved cop. The "Shotgun Gang" goes a spree in Florida that's no fun for anyone. The Army of Crime; The Punk; Contraband; White Birds of Death! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Charles Schulz, Russell Patterson, Elsie Hix, George Jahns and Raeburn van Buren. The comic-strip adventures of aspiring model Fritzi Ritz and her boyfriend, the bumbling Phil Fumble. Fritzi and Phil go on a country drive that spins out of control when the brakes fail. One of the backup strips in the comic is Charles Schulz's Peanuts, then only in its third year; several daily strips are presented in full color. Bathless Groggins learns about the ghost of the pool hall, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with art by Raeburn van Buren. Fritzi Ritz; Peanuts; Mamie; Stamp Tips; Abbie an' Slats; Strange as It Seems. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Sheldon Moldoff, Bill Woolfolk, John Martin and Bob McCarthy. Classic pre-Code horror from Fawcett. Sea captain Bullard thinks he's escaped justice for the sea disaster he caused years before, but then realizes his latest command is a ghost ship. Mountain climbers don't believe in the ancient serpent queen called Shanri, until they encounter her in person. Gangsters train a zombie dog for the vaudeville stage, invoking the wrath of the zombie humans. Classic, pulpy painted cover by Norman Saunders. The Sea of the Dead; The Quiet One; Shanri the Serpent Queen: The Trail of the Serpent Queen!; Footprints on the Ceiling. Final issue under this title; series continues as Strange Stories from Another World (1952) #2. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Chu F. Hing and others. Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. One of Avons many combat titles during the Korean War, this one focusing on the tank corps. A Korean super-tank is piloted by a beautiful and deadly female commander; A deadly new tank is more beast than machine; Capt. Vic Storm leads his unit on a suicide mission. Ironically (considering the Chinese are portrayed as villains in this comic), artist Chu Hing was a first-generation Chinese-American. The Test of the U. S. Tank Commandos; The Battle of the Iron Monsters!; Truth not Fancy: Pony Express; Charlton's Choice; Death Trap; Will Rogers A Great American; Invasion from Nowhere. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Henry Kiefer and others. Cover by Maurice Whitman. Jungle hero Wambi is a boy who can talk to animals, including his friends Tawn the elephant and Ogg the ape. The monkeys of the jungle form a cult and begin attacking the other animals; Fun facts about African wildlife; Elephant hunters draw the ire of the jungle god Ushingo. Another great wildlife cover by Maurice Whitman. Jungle Animals; Simba; Wambi; Elephant Hunt. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Syd Shores. Stories and art by John Buscema, Rafael Astarita, Syd Shores, Harry Anderson, and Bill Woolfolk. Bloody pre-Code crime comics, in imitation of Crime Does Not Pay - including a top-hatted, otherworldly narrator. The twist is that the publisher offers wanted posters (and rewards) for real-life criminals. Gambler Irwin "The Cat" relies on his phenomenal luck to keep him alive. Three paroled ex-cons pull a robbery that goes horribly wrong, in an early story by future Marvel and Conan legend John Buscema. The Great Unsolved Mysteries contest invites readers to ponder the curious case of a dog in the nighttime. The Man With Nine Lives!; Start Screaming, It's Murder; Wanted: Harry A. Achey; Great Unsolved Mysteries: The Guilty Person Is...; Wanted: Bernard Lee Thomas; They All Died. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.