Comic books August 1952

Volume 1, Issue 1 - August 1952. Men's interest magazine looking at cars, the military, and pin-up models. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by C. C. Beck. Stories and art by Otto Binder, C. C. Beck and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. In an issue-length, multi-part adventure, The Marvel Family encounters the alligator-like Hissmen, who've traveled through their Time Tube from a million years in the past. The Marvels must change to human form to use the Time Tube, but then they are captured and transformed into Hissmen themselves by the Hissmaker Machine. The Hissing Horror, Chapter 1: Attack of the Missing Men; Lazy Lee; Boxcar Benny; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Chapter Two: Peril in the Past; Headline Harry: The Perfect Strategy; The Sure Hand; The Hotel Guest; Chapter 3: Battle of the Crossroads. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Everett, John Romita, Bill La Cava and unknown. The strangest stories ever told! In this issue: "The Terrible Tunnel" with art by Bill Everett; "The Guillotine" with art by John Romita; "Pain in the Neck"; "Horror in the Moonlight!" with art by Bill Everett; "Hate!" with art by Bill La Cava; and 2-page text story "Come into My Parlor"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Carl Pfeufer and John Jordan. Master Comics was one of the cornerstones of the Fawcett lineup during the 1940s. Captain Marvel Jr. encounters a race of mer-people, who, in grand comics tradition, wish to stay hidden from the surface world. Jungle queen Nyoka is captured by a pygmy tribe that hates outsiders, ever since their chief's ritual diamond necklace was stolen by an explorer. Western hero Tom Mix warns a rancher to move his herds out of the path of a flood, but the rancher has a hidden agenda. Captain Marvel Jr. and The Underwater Mountain Mystery; Willer the Driller: A Vacuum Bloobstutter Story; Ozzie: The Hot Rod Race of the Century; Nyoka, the Jungle Girl and the String of Pygmies; Muscle Hedd: A Big Creep!; Tom Mix: The Storm of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

August, 1952. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue features: "Science Finds the Fountain of Youth", "How to be a Yogi", "McCahill Drives the Rolls-Royce", "Pin-up car: 1928 Bentley", "Museum of Automotive Masterpieces" and more. 6.25-in. x 9.25-in. 168 pages, B&W with red and yellow accents. Cover price $0.20.

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Volume 50, Issue 200 - August, 1952. Digest-size UK men's magazine. Articles, humor, and pin-up photos. 5" x 7.25", 132 pages, B&W with color.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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August 2, 1952 issue. Newsprint, 10.5" x 14", 12 pages, B&W with some color.

August 9, 1952 issue. Newsprint, 10.5" x 14", 12 pages, B&W with some color.

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August 16, 1952 issue. Newsprint, 10.5" x 14", 12 pages, B&W with some color.

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August 23, 1952 issue. Newsprint, 10.5" x 14", 12 pages, B&W with some color.

No. 8, Aug, 1952 - German language reprint. 32 pages, full color.

Mike Barnett, who did not carry a gun, was one of the first private-eye heroes on the brand-new medium of television. Mike is hired by a crimelord with tax problems - whether Mike likes it or not - and finds himself caught in the crossfire between rival gangsters. Mike is on vacation upstate when he runs afoul of the local morphine dealers. Before he knows it, he's tied to a boiler that's been rigged to explode. Like many great private eyes, Mike narrates his stories in first-person. Dishonor Among Thieves; Peter the Prisoner; The Blue Hand of Death; Market For Morphine; Hook the Crook; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Car Talk; Sawyer the Lawyer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Stan Lee. Art and Cover by Dan DeCarlo. In this issue: Millie the Model in three untitled stories and one untitled 1-pager. Plus: untitled Hanover and His Gals story; 2-page text story "Education Is a Wonderful Thing!" (creators unknown); and untitled Daisy and Iggy story. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 108 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and Leonard Frank. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Monte and the townspeople think Peter Jemson is just a crackpot, until they discover the truth about what he calls "the Sea of Flame." Monte is the only one who believes town liar Red Jonas when he says he witnessed a murder. Gabby Hayes also seems to be telling a tall tale, but could he actually have unearthed a gigantic, prehistoric beast? The Sea of Flame; Wesley Cuts the Herd; Bronko Betsy; Gabby Hayes: Whipping the Whopper; Old Slick; The Stolen Six-Gun. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Mel Keefer, Vic Herman and Jack Sparling. US Marine Monty Hall (no relation to the game-show host) fights for America during the Korean War. Monty, Tex and Canarsie find danger after they are assigned to observe an atom-bomb test. Monty, Tex and Canarsie discover a sinister plot during a leave on a ski resort. Marine "Pin-Up Pete" discusses women he has known, an excuse to present four full-page pin-ups featuring good-girl art by Jack Sparling. The Fireball Express; Peace, Its Wonderful; Avalanche Ambush; It Takes a Marine; Pin-Up Pete; Gwendolyn. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover of Leslie (Angela Lansbury) and Capt. James Marshall (Mark Stevens). "Mutiny," art by Harold LeDoux; Adaptation of the 1952 movie; During the War of 1812, Captain James Marshall is commissioned to run the British blockade and retrieve an unofficial war loan from France; Marshall recruits former British Navy captain Ben Waldridge as his first mate; Waldridge brings his former gun crew, who begin plot mutiny to steal gold aboard the ship. Mark Stevens article with photo. Angela Lansbury article with photo. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Howard Purcell and Charles Paris. Stories by Al McLean and unknown. Art by Howard Purcell, Charles Paris, John Prentice, Al McLean and unknown. Brand-new adventures of TV and radio's favorite! Mr. District Attorney in: "Beware the Bogus Beggars!", where a cruel racket is exposed, with art by Howard Purcell and Charles Paris; "The Hot-Rod Racket!" with art by Purcell and Paris; and "The Sound Waves of Crime!" with art by Purcell and Paris. Also in this issue: A Casebook Mystery "The Case of the Poisoned Candle!" with pencils by John Prentice; Beware the Rackets! 1-pager by Al McLean; and The Crime File 2-page text article. 40 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Sheldon Mayer (credited as Bud Fisher). Stories and art by Al Smith (credited as Bud Fisher), Jack Schiff, and Win Mortimer. DC reprints the comic strip that defined the comic strip, featuring the original tall-and-short comedy duo. Also featuring the "topper" strip Cicero's Cat. Mutt takes Jeff golfing, but Jeff is a bit unclear on the rules. Mutt decides to write a screenplay. Jeff meets Count de Moola. Plus a PSA starring Superman about traffic safety. Mutt & Jeff; Cicero's Cat; Superman Says: It's Smart to Check-- And Doublecheck!; How to Build a Bridge. 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Scripts by Stan Lee, art by Dan DeCarlo Cover price $0.10.

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"Terror of the Lion's Revenge"; A businessman is sent to Africa to learn how a remote tribe's secret method for dying lion heads; When he arrives, he finds that they believe men come back in the form of wild animals; He scoffs at the belief, but when he tried to make off with the tribe's stash of diamonds, he wishes he hadnt. "The Terror of the Lively Corpse"; To fulfill the terms of their uncle Herman's will, one of the Duane brothers has to die; Their scheme goes awry when murderer Luke Harris fits Les's coffin better than Les does, and vice-versa. "Horror of the Voodoo Dolls"; Daily Telegram police reporter Tom Decker discovers former members of the 721st Regiment have all died from Persian voodoo. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Seven Wonders of Space" (script by John Broome as "Robert Starr"), "The Perfect Planet" (script by Gardner F. Fox), "The Meteor of Revenge" (script by Jack Miller), and "The Martian Horse" (script by "Manny Rubin"). Murphy Anderson art. Ad for Phantom Stranger 1. Superman stars in a one-page public service announcement, "It's Smart to Check and Doublecheck!" Anderson cover. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Death and Tommy Norton, script by Stan Lee, pencils by John Romita; A boy's toy soldier shoots his aunt when she attempts to murder him. Dangerous Love text story. Horror in the City, pencils by Werner Roth; A man meets a woman who tells him of a war beneath the Earth between the Clabs and the Paladorns; He is separated from her but she returns later, reveals herself as a Paladorn, and kills him in order to silence him. Not Flesh and Blood!, script by Carl Wessler, art by Myron Fass; Howard Walton hires a mechanic, Karl Luger, to build a robot to murder his business partner. The Black Gloves, pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz; A man named Mr. Gamin wears black gloves in order to cover up the fanged mouths centered in his palms. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art and Cover by Howie Post. In this issue: untitled Nellie the Nurse tale with story by Stan Lee; untitled Nellie the Nurse 1-pager; untitled Speedy and Ingy tale with story by Stan Lee; untitled Nellie the Nurse 1-pager; 2-page text story "Better Than Best"; untitled Nellie the Nurse 1-pager; untitled Nellie the Nurse tale with story by Stan Lee; two untitled Nellie the Nurse 1-pagers; and untitled Dr. Dingbat tale with story by Stan Lee. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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August 1952. Cover by Norman Saunders. "The Clay Pigeon Shoots Back!"by John D. MacDonald, "The Trunk Lady" by Ray Bradbury, plus other detective and mystery stories by Frederic C. Davis, Mark Hope, Larry Holden, Philip Ketchum, Charles Beckman Jr. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in., 114 newsprint pages, black and white (text with illustrations). Cover price $0.25.