Comic books December 1952

Cover by Eric Peters. Art by Eric Peters and others. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. Stranded in India after they run out of money, vacationing Bud and Lou run afoul of a rogue elephant. The boys fall in with an amnesiac gangster who's looking for his loot, while his gang is looking for him, causing confusion for all. A psychiatrist tells Lou that his psychotic boss is the root of his issues. Abbott and Costello in India; Look Before You Leap!; Private Eyes in Public; The Model Male; Quips and Queries; Throwing the Bull. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Jack Katz cover reprinted on Haunted Horror (2012 IDW) #29. In order of appearance: "The Pit of Horror"; "The Dancer From the Beyond" reprinted in Seduction of the Innocent (1985 Eclipse) #2; "Bride of Death" art by Jack Katz, reprinted in Seduction of the Innocent (1985 Eclipse) #2, Mammoth Book of Best Horror Comics TPB (2008) #1-1ST, Haunted Horror (2012 IDW) #12, and Haunted Horror: The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics HC (2013-2017 IDW) #4-1ST; "The Ghost That Warned a King"; "Death Drum" art by Art Saaf, reprinted in Seduction of the Innocent (1985 Eclipse) #5; and "The Origin of 'He Kicked the Bucket'". "The Clutching Reed: There Was Something About the Slimy Kelp That Was Frightening!" text story by Russ Hill with Art Saaf illustrations. 36 pages, Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Owen Fitzgerald. Untitled Bob Hope story, script by Cal Howard, art by Owen Fitzgerald; Bob tries to impress a girl he just met by claiming to be a business man and deep-sea fishing enthusiast; They end up tangling with gamblers on a casino ship out past the three mile limit. UNICEF spells Help For the Children of the World public service announcement starring Superman, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. Untitled Bob Hope story, script by Cal Howard, art by Owen Fitzgerald. Jerry the Jitterbug humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Untitled Bob Hope story starring Madge, Slinky Martin, Farro Mike, and Pete the Fixer, script by Cal Howard, art by Owen Fitzgerald. Untitled Kitty Karr of Hollywood story, art by Mort Drucker; Stanley Miles decides to create a movie especially for Kitty, then writes her out of the script. 44 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

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Actual #2 in series, dated Dec 1952 - Jan 1953. Edited by Whitney Ellsworth (credited) and Robert Kanigher (actual). Cover by Jerry Grandenetti. Stories by David Kahn, Jerry Grandenetti, Joe Giella, Robert Bernstein, Bernie Krigstein, Irwin Hasen, Dave Wood, Eugene Hughes, Jack Miller, Raymond Perry, David Kahn, Mort Drucker, and Bob Lander. Adventure tales of war and the military, including some humor—go into combat with All American Men of War! Actual #2 in series. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 26, Issue 12 - December, 1952. 7" x 10", 162 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Sol Brodsky. "Mystery at Midnight," script by Stan Lee, art by Gene Colan; A criminal survives a train accident where he is cut in two and his legs commit crimes while his torso provides an alibi. "The Final Scoop" text story. "The Cheap Skate," script by Carl Wessler, art by Ed Winiarski. "When You Die!", script by Stan Lee, art by Carl Burgos; A pro-Western propaganda story about various miserable alien cultures idea of Heaven. "Just a Little Farther," art by Vic Carrabotta. "Living Doll!", script by Stan Lee, art by Jerry Robinson; Dolls in a small European toy shop are committing murders, but the police can't locate the guilty one, so they guard a group of them day and night waiting for the culprit to move. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Dec 1952. Volume 50, Issue 4 - 1st printing. Cover by Gaylord Welker. Science fiction stories by Raymond F. Jones, Randall Garrett and Lou Tabakow, Mack Reynolds and Fredric Brown, Robert Sheckley, and Isaac Asimov ("The Currents of Space" part 3). Illustrations by Orban, Pawelka, and van Dongen. Article on positrons and time travel. Softcover, 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; 168 newsprint pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Stories by unknown. Art by Kenneth Rice, Jim McLaughlin, Lou Cameron and unknown. Only a strong America can prevent...atomic war! In this issue: "Operation Vengeance" with art by Kenneth Rice; "The Ice-Box Invasion" with art by Jim McLaughlin; 2-page text story "The Spy from Coney Island!"; and "Mission Demolition" with pencils by Lou Cameron. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Jim McLaughlin. Vengeance of the Tiger Queen, art by Chic Stone; Though the natives warn him about the "tiger people", big game hunter Deerson kills and beheads a noble tiger in Sumatra; Visions of a headless man and a visit from beautiful princess "Tigrina" lure him back into the jungle. Paint a Picture in Crimson, art by Al Eadeh; Count Damon, who seems to be the devil but also an art painter in Soho, London, weaves fates by painting people. House of the Screaming Fiends, pencils by Dick Beck; A young doctor and his wife inherit a spooky house where the old undead doctor and his caretaker conduct fiendish experiments on former patients; The young doctor wants to put these creatures out of their misery. Never Bargain with a Spirit, pencils by Mike Sekowsky. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Maneely. The Reds Attack. Report from Korea text story by Lt. Jeremiah A. O'Leary. Death in the Dust, art by George Tuska. Firing Pin! Over the Mountain, art by Dave Berg. 32 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Partial nudity. Two untitled Battle Brady stories (scripts by Hank Chapman, art by Syd Shores). Also in this issue: "Corporal Dugan's Grenades," "Don't Stop!" (art by Jerry Robinson), and a two-page text story, "I Was a Prisoner in Korea." Cover price $0.10.

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Big Idea Man; Private Apple has several "ideas" that he thinks would make his job easier, set in the Korean War. Blood Buddies; Steve and Jim, two mortar men, deal with enemy mortars and a North Korean sniper. Jelly Nerves Jones text story. The Ghosts of Devil's Pass; A small patrol must brave an area feared by Koreans as haunted, set in the Korean War. Koje Incident!; Tujo helps save an American soldier; Later while a prisoner the soldier returns the favor and rescues him from a POW camp, set in the Korean War. 32 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Based on the TV and radio show of the same name, Big Town lasted 50 issues. This installment includes the following: "Nightmare Town!" (Pickpocket Frisky Gates steals an atomic explosive, spurring Steve Wilson into action); "Target of the Underworld!"; "Crime Sheet"; and "Whispering Doom!" (with Johnny Law). Scripts John Broome and Dave Wood, pencils by Manny Stallman and Irwin Hasen, inks by John Giunta and Bernard Sachs. Cover by Gil Kane and Sachs. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by John Martin and Clem Weisbecker. The Korea-set Bill Battle comics leaven the usual grim war stories with whimsical dark battlefield humor. Bill tries to find out how the enemy is getting tanks across the river, when the bridge has already been blown up. Two airmen struggle to survive in a raft after their bomber is shot down over open ocean. After Bill Battle is wounded by a stray shell, he refuses to cooperate with medics, telling them, "You're holdin' up my war!" Six Feet Under!; And Then the Bugle Blew!; Barrage; Eyes Right!; Strictly a Southpaw; Me? I Hate Fish! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Harlem Globe Trotters--Clown Prince of Basketball" (art by Everett Raymond Kinstler; 12 pages), "A Tale of the Gringo Matadors" (art by Bernard Krigstein, 7 pages), "Mighty Mikan, Mr. Basketball," "The Heart of a Champion" (a boxing story about Harry Greb), "A Pair of Queens" (an ice skating story about Sonja Henie and Barbara Ann Scott), "Wrestling, TV's Pride and Joy," "The Lion Roars" (a story about Lou LIttle's 1933 Columbia football team), "The Man They Call the Rocket, Maurice Richard" (an ice hockey story), "Ray Robinson, 14-Karat Slugger" (a boxing story), "Forty-Nine Gates to Fame" (about Olympic skier Andrea Mead Lawrence), "You Pick the Winner, [Joe] Louis or [Jack] Dempsey in the All-Time Dream Fight" (a boxing story; art by Frank Giacoia), "Mile-a-Minute T.N.T." (about the 1920 Olympic U.S. bobsled team), and "The Pros vs. the Rah Rah Boys" (about Paul Brown's Cleveland Browns 1950 championship game versus the Los Angeles Rams and the 1940 college game between Purdue and Wisconsin), plus a two-page text story, "The Buckeye Bullet" (about Jesse Owens). Painted cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Kirby. Art by George Roussos, Mort Meskin, Bill Walton, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby present their own contribution to the horror comics trend of the 1950s, featuring tales of ghosts and the paranormal. Issue # 19 on cover; listed as Vol. 3, issue #1 in indicia. A simpleton's magic gem reveals people's true nature. A man meets his fiancee's strange family, who live in a secluded mansion on Dead Man's Isle. A greenhouse worker creates a gigantic meat-eating plant, in a story reminiscent of the later film "Little Shop of Horrors." Sammy's Wonderful Glass!; Dead Man's Isle; The Monster; Return from the Grave; The Swindle; The Man Eater!; This'll Kill You! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Reed Crandall. Featuring: The mysterious space missiles from "Beachhead on Asteroid X," a 7 page Blackhawk story drawn by Bill Ward (?); 10 page Blackhawk story "The Sea Devil" drawn by Bill Ward; 4 page Chop Chop story "The Missing Eyes of the Buddha" drawn by Paul Gustavson; 7 page Blackhawk story "The Red Tomorrow" drawn by Bill Ward; 1 page text story "Dangerous Assignment." 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Jesse James stars in "King of the Bandits!" (art by Everett Raymond Kinstler; 7 pages). Wild Bill Hickok stars in "Payoff in Lead!" Kit Carson stars in "Guns of Death!" (art by Geral McCann?; 6 pages). And "The Saga of Frank Carplin--Sixgun Killer!" (pencils by Larsen, inks by Alascia). Cover and inside front cover by Kinstler. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Bob Powell, Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Cover by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Teen cowboy adventures set in the 1950s, based on the popular radio program that ran from 1949 to 1955. Bobby and his friends Tex, Windy, and Irish face modern-day rustlers and other challenges of life on the ranch. Bobby investigates when wild animals start targeting cattle; Bobby joins the Boy Scouts; Windy Wales tells a tale of Paul Bunyan. The Wildcat Rustlers; Death Makes a Movie; Bobby Benson Boy Scout; Mosquito Expert. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Norman Maurer and Charles Biro. An anthology title from publisher Lev Gleason and his primary creator, Charles Biro, featuring teen hero Crimebuster and his nemesis Iron Jaw. Crimebuster tracks down a trio of con men who are playing the long con with phony money. The Rocketeers race to Pluto to forge a peace treaty with the Plutonians, but an unhinged member of the crew threatens to sabotage the mission. A redheaded waitress and her crooked boyfriend rob the guy who collects money from jukeboxes, a pretty penny in 1952. Crimebuster: Three Men On a Lie; Rocky X: Betrayal In Space; Little Wise Guys: Loot At the Lake; I Won't Be Caught. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1, Issue 1 - December, 1952. Men's interest digest with stories of war, science, and crime, as well as many full pages dedicated to tasteful pin-up photography. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7.5", 162 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Art by Mike Arens and others. Western adventure with movie cowboy Buck Jones fighting for justice on the frontier. Buck wants to know what happened to his old pal Clint. He soon discovers that the gunslinging cowhand Blackie Dawson is involved in Clint's disappearance. Buck and the sheriff investigate when a man is killed while volunteering for a trick-shot artist - but the performer can prove he didn't fire the shot. Painted cover may be the work of Nicholas Firfires. Buck Jones and the Treasure Map Thief; Buck Jones and the Trick-Shot Artist. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Howard Boughner and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Howard Boughner and unknown. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) stars in: "Captain Marvel Battles the Red Crusher" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck; "Spider's Doom" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck (Dexter Knox appearance); and "Captain Marvel Fights Niatpac Levram!" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Plus: Windy tale "The Fishing Dog" by Howard Boughner; Captain Kid in "Jinx Day"; and Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "The Hawkmen" with script by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Art Helfant and Howard Boughner. Art by Bud Thompson, Art Helfant, Howard Boughner, and Joe Certa. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Captain Marvel Jr. discovers that a leading candidate for the US President is actually a reptilian space alien. The cover and the story "Vampira" put Captain Marvel Jr. squarely amid the USA's involvement in the Korean War. A time-traveling mad scientist from the year 2400 brings his futuristic weaponry to bear on the 20th century and Captain Marvel Jr. The Space Voters; Judge Smudge; Rubbernose Randolph; Kanvasback: Bughouse Blues; Crime On Time; Vampira, Queen of Terror; Big Bow and Little Arrow: Not So Batty; The Scientist From the Future. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Monthly children's magazine with stories, crafts, puzzles, and games. 10.5" x 13.5", 56 pages, B&W Cover price $0.50.

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Cover art by Matt Fox. The Screaming Skull, art by Harry Harrison. The Hand of Glory, art by Matt Fox; A mystical item is made from the hand of a dead thief that grants the user the ability to steal from anyone. What Is a Ghoul? text story. Pursued, art by Vic Carrabotta. Spider Hider. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Dave Berg, Carl Wessler, Klaus Nordling, A. W. Nugent, Milt Story and Burton Geller. A 100-page giant of Christmas stories from St. John. St. George meets a dragon whose main concern is affording presents for his nephews for Christmas. Handy Hoggy ventures into outer space to get a star for his Christmas tree. The Wolf tries to trick the Three Little Pigs by sending them a fake letter from Santa. And an activity page and a back-cover illustration by future MAD artist Dave Berg. Little Boy Blue-in-the-Face; Purvis the Pooch Visits Santa; Frankie the Fox: Christmas Spirit; Saint George and the Dragons; Slapsie and Maxie; Seven at One Blow; Funland; Algy Alligator Goes Visiting; Handy Hoggy's Christmas Star; The Wolf Who Didn't Believe in Santa Claus; Li'l Eskey and Big Moe; Jack and the Beanstalk; Prickly Porcupine Runs Away; Joe and Jennifer: The Wonderful Snowhouse; Christmas Dishes in Other Lands; Santa's Red Red Nose; Wacky Wizard; Shorty the Squirrel: Home Made; How to Draw Your Own Snowman; The Little Snowman Who Ran Away; Let's Play Journey to Wonderland; Twas the Night Before Christmas; Mad About Mountains; Alice. 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Painted cover by Ernest Nordli. Art by Bob Jenney. The Cisco Kid rode the range as the Robin Hood of the Old West with his corpulent sidekick Pancho, earning a permanent place in 20th-century pop culture. Cisco and Pancho find a dying man in the desert who sets them on the trail of Black Mike in Bootstrap. This leads them to the Grogan Gang, a train robbery, and Pancho trapped on a runaway caboose. While taking temporary shelter at the mission of El Refugio, Cisco and Pancho encounter the mysterious riders known as the Black Ghosts. Plus "fun" facts about The Gatling Gun. The Gatling Gun; Alias Ex-Jailbird; The Black Ghosts of El Refugio. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The White Company, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 101, with 12/52 date). Into the midst of an adventure-seeking band of soldiers, known as The White Company, comes twenty-year-old Alleyne Edricson. For the first time, he steps out into the world of men, away from the protection of the monastery where he was raised. Neither serf nor nobleman, neither soldier nor farmer, the scholarly youth quickly learns the skills of knights in order to survive in a strange world of jousts, tourneys and fierce battles. Cover price $0.15.

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No. 27 - Dec 1952. UK Men's Magazine featuring fiction, editorials, satire, and photographs. 8 3/4" X 11 3/8". 52 pages. Mostly text articles with photographs and cartoons.

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Photo cover. In order of appearance: "Two Weeks with Love" reprinted in Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #76; "Out of Her Class"; "Uncertain Heart" reprinted in Love Experiences (1949) #38; and "Behind His Proposal" reprinted in Glamorous Romances (1949) #90. "For a More Glamorous You: The Art of Being Feminine, Your Most Glamorous Self, For Lovelier Legs..." text article reprinted as "Help Yourself to Allure..." in Love Experiences (1949) #18 and as "Glamorize Yourself..." in Glamorous Romances (1949) #79, partially reprinted from "For Beauty's Sake..." in Revealing Romances (1949) #5 and from "Glamorizing Yourself..." in Glamorous Romances (1949) #65, and partially reprinted in "The Charm Corner..." in Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #59, "Enhance Your Appearance..." in Ten Story Love Vol. 33 (1954) #3, and "Bring Out Your Best..." in Ten Story Love Vol. 36 (1955) #2. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Maurice Whitman and Pete Morisi. Tender tales of romance among the cowhands and roughnecks of the Old West. After a stagecoach mishap, a woman impersonates another to sneak onto a ranch. Stella Dawson realizes that her rodeo stablehands are horse thieves, and handsome Rick was the only one to warn her. A woman discovers one of her ranch hands is a deserter on the run from the Confederate army. The Ranch of Riddles; Love Rode In; Revenge on the Rebound; Send Back My Love; My Rebel Heart. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Fred Guardineer and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. The story of notorious real-life gunman Pretty Boy Floyd. Mob boss Chris Ramsdell must face the music after one of his hoods shoots a senator's daughter. A tough DA is targeted by a gangster after he convicts his brother of murder. Also featuring a vintage ad for "Lev Gleason Comics picture trading cards." Pretty Boy Floyd, "Racketeer" Reward; Test Your Judgment!; Crime News Oddities; The End of the Underworld? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Al Feldstein and Johnny Craig. Art by Johnny Craig, Jack Kamen, Graham Ingels, and Fred Peters. EC's New Trend crime title featured top-notch art and writing, barrier-pushing graphics and pre-Code violence. A writer seeks solitude for his writing, and also for the murder that he's planning. A condemned murderer escapes the courtroom, only to have justice catch up with him on the subway. A jewel thief picks the wrong house for his next crime, and witnessing a murder is only the start of his ordeal. Sweet Dreams!; The Perfect Place!; The Electric Chair; The Hangmans Noose; The Guillotine!; Private Performance! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Claude Moore and William Overgard. This boys' adventure title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. While helping a professor with his research, the Little Wise Guys get trapped in a plane's cargo hold with a jaguar. Dilly Duncan and his pals set out to stop two crooks after a blizzard paralyzes the town. The Little Wise Guys form a winning bobsled team, but a jealous competitor plots sabotage. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Little Wise Guys: The Haunted Jungle; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Snowed Under; Crimebuster: A Case of Frostbite; Little Wise Guys: Lose, Or Else; Deny It If You Can. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Droopy written by Barks. 100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Canadian Edition. 35¢ Cover Price. Droopy written by Barks. 100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by A.C. Hollingsworth. Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Norman Nodel, Vince Alascia, A.C. Hollingsworth and Charles Nicholas. Tales of pre-Code horror, curses, and vengeance from beyond the grave. A man decides to kill his wealthy uncle at a Central American waterfall, despite warnings of a curse on the location; A sailor on shore leave has a double identity as a gentleman jewel thief, but he runs afoul of a vengeful local deity. Also featuring a spooky contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. Beware of the Undead!; The Mirror of Death!; Black Bart: Poetry in Lead!; Diary of Horror!; The Ghost's Curse!; The Phantom of Philip Hawks. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Lynn Karp and others. ACG Comics presents classic slapstick and screwball comedy stories featuring attractive women pratfalling their way into and out of trouble. Denise and Dottie infiltrate the Rockettes to elude their financial troubles; Goofie Gertie gets in trouble with a traffic cop; An investment banker hires Moronica and soon regrets it. Broadway Babes; Kitty's Cat; Goofie Gertie; Man-Huntin Minnie of Delta Pu; Moronica; Brief... but Beautiful!; Buttons. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Thing That Killed, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Art Gates; Johann Dupro creates artificial life called the Thing, and the tiny duo are called in to burn it. The Mink Coat Gig starring Torchy, art by Gill Fox. The Emerald Eye of Evil starring Doll Man, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Art Gates; In Haiti, Darrel and Martha face a witch doctor and his hypnotic Emerald Eye of Evil. Satan's Sculptor starring Doll Man, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Art Gates. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart PR 0.5 $13.00 INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story. Entire back cover missing.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $53.00 View scan Cover detached. Cover oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheInnerGeek

Cover by Carl Barks. Stories and art by Carl Barks. The classic adventures of Disney's Donald Duck, featuring art by Carl Barks and other great Disney artists. The Donald Duck issues of Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) (#147, 159, 178, 189, 199, 203, 223, 238, 256, 263, 275, 282, 291, 300, 308, 318, 328, 339, 348, 356, 367, 379, 394, 408 & 422) are the first 25 issues of this series, in Dell's reckoning. Huey, Dewey and Louie compete with Donald during Halloween trick or treating. This story was based on the classic 1952 Disney cartoon "Trick or Treat." Gyro Gearloose invents a "goblin foiler" for Huey, Dewey and Louie. Donald tries to scare Daisy with a Halloween mask. The back cover is a Donald Duck mask for kids to cut out and wear. Trick of Treat; Hobblin Goblins. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $499.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4433662014 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $129.95 or Best Offer View scan Restored (see item notes) Interior is complete. Full length spine split. RESTORATION. Color touch, amateur piece fill, incorrect back cover married. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Alvin C. Hollingsworth. Edited by Sol Cohen. Art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth, Harry Lazarus, Charles Nicholas, George Roussos and Everett Raymond Kinstler. Tales of horror from the era just before the Comics Code was introduced. A couple takes refuge in a haunted house, where they learn about the hidden treasure and the mad ghost of Uncle Ezra; A scientists assistant murders him for his new super-grow plant formula, but learns too late that it makes things grow anywhere; Statues in a wax museum come to life, and one has revenge on its mind. Great if inexplicable cover by Alvin C. Hollingsworth. Only the Dead Live Here!; Green Grows the Grass; World Below the Ground; Phantom of the Waxworks!; Castle of Terror! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $2.65 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Whole number 139. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/4-in., 224 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.