Comic books 1953 w/ month not specified

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May or may not include 3-D glasses, see individual item notes. In order of appearance: "Circus Time"; "Zingo the Zooper Zebra"; "Pell and Mell the Elfin Twins"; "Bobby and Capt'n Patch" by Jerry Iger; and "Crossbones Charlie" by Frank Little. 36 pages. Full color cover, red and cyan interior. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Bill Newton and Stan Louis. Comic Media presents funny-animal comics in 3-D, then a new concept in comics. Bugsey Bear takes a trip. Paddy Pelican becomes involved in the hunt for a great white whale. May or may not include 3-D glasses. Bugsey Bear; Pete and Tweet; Paddy Pelican; Lil Tinker. 32 pages, B&W with 3-D effects. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $59.00 View scans Tape under top staple. Water damage. 3-D glasses not present.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $50.00 View scans Water damage. With 3-D glasses.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $195.00 View scans Paper: Slightly britle 3-D glasses included. Label #4340732005 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

May or may not include 3-D glasses, see individual item notes. Maurice Whitman cover. In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle" art by Robert Webb, reprinted from Jumbo Comics (1938) #87; "The Great White Lion"; "Tabu" art by Howard Larsen, reprinted from Jumbo Comics (1938) #64; and "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle" art by Robert Webb, reprinted from Jumbo Comics (1938) #79. 36 pages. Full color cover, red and cyan interior. Cover price $0.25.

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Photo stories in 3-D featuring Rootie Kazootie: "Poochie To the Rescue," "The Polka Dot Treasure," and "Trouble At the Zoo." 36 Pages, 3D interior. Cover price $0.25.

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3-D-ell featuring Flukey Luke. 3-D comic. 36 Pages, 3D interior. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $33.00 View scan Staple rust.

Cover by Mort Drucker. Stories and art by Mort Drucker and Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. The boys find trouble while washing windows outside a modeling studio, in a story featuring early art from Mort Drucker, who would soon be famous for his movie-star caricatures in Mad magazine. In another Drucker story, Bud puts on a gorilla suit to fool Lou, but of course there is a real gorilla on the loose as well. In a fancy French restaurant, the boys work as waiters, but not very well. The Octopus; Pea Soup; The Ape; Gal-Bait; Window Watchers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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No cover price or publication date (publication date probably 1953 or a year or two earlier). Comic book-sized, full color, 16 newsprint pages.

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The world's mightiest mouse combines funny-animal antics with superhero adventure as he fights for mice everywhere. When zoo animals run amuck, Mighty Mouse must fend off lions and tiger and bears. But he can't help wondering if this is another scheme from his cat enemies, Claw and Professor Ohm. Gandy Goose is shipwrecked. Revolt at the Zoo; Gandy Goose: Castaways; Sourpuss; Terry Bears: The End of Their Rope; Bats in the Belfry. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Hubbell. Stories and art by Matt Baker and Carl Hubbell. Military humor with Anchors Andrews, who looks and acts like Archie's older brother joined the Navy. When Sleepy accidentally loses the pin-up photo of Ofc. Tugglebert's girlfriend, the result is a merry chase across the ship. In a story by good-girl art legend Matt Baker, Canteen Kate fights three approaching North Korean soldiers, armed only with a rolling-pin and moxie. In another Baker story, Canteen Kate's insistence on teaching baseball to a Korean boy results in trouble for her soldier pals. Knavery in the Navy; Canteen Kate; Tale of Two Middies; Canteen Kate: The Old Ball Game; Calling All Ships. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $350.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white 9" Tear on 47th Page. Label #0139618004 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

100 page giant. Cover by George Frese. "Uncover Girl," script by Frank Doyle, art by George Frese; Veronica refuses to give Betty a picture of herself for the yearbook, since all the pictures have her wearing out-of-date fashions. "Twin Killing," art by Samm Schwartz; As a welcoming gesture to two new girls who just transferred to Riverdale High, Veronica and Betty agree to set them up with one time only dates with Archie and Reggie. "Wrong Track," pencils by George Frese; Dateless, Betty agrees to babysit for her Aunt Lucy. "Dyeing For A Date," script and art by Joe Edwards; Betty helps Reggie play a prank on Veronica so she won't go to the dance with Archie. "Shop, Look And Listen," script by Frank Doyle, art by Samm Schwartz; Mr. Weatherbee assigns Archie and Reggie to rehabilitate his desk. "Gals Are Too Clever" text story. "For Better Or Verse," script and art by Joe Edwards; Archie pays Jughead to write a love poem, and then gives it to Veronica claiming he wrote it. "Big Fad Mamas," art by Samm Schwartz; In order to embarrass the girls out of the fad fashions they've taken to wearing, Archie and Reggie dress up in clothing from the Gay '90s. "Ugly Rumor," pencils by George Frese; Reggie tells Veronica he saw Archie escorting another woman. "With Mallet Toward None," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; Veronica insists on teaching Archie and Reggie croquet, but the collateral damage is too much for Mr. Lodge. 100 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $72.00 View scans INCOMPLETE. 1 centerfold page missing, impacts story.	Add to cart CGC 5.0 $400.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s); Significant inner well scuff(s) Label #1030879005 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics	Add to cart CGC 4.5 $275.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white Tape on interior cover and centerfold. Label #0958503001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.	Add to cart CGC 4.0 $232.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #0016841021 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $149.00 View scans Cover and centerfold detached at one staple. Tape on interior cover. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.	Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $94.00 View scans Corner piece missing from interior (slightly affects panel edge). 1" Spine split from top. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

No # on cover Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $59.95 or Best Offer View scan INCOMPLETE. Ad page missing, does not interrupt art or story. Centerfold detached. Interior tearing. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Stories of horrific atomic warfare include Top Secret, Yellow and the self- titled Atomic Attack, a World War III story set in 1976. Stories and art by Roy Krenkel, Ed Goldfarb, Vic Carrabotta and Vince Napoli. 36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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In 1976, American soldiers encounter a hidden, floating Soviet airbase disguised as an iceberg. Included in Paul Gravetts 2008 book The Worlds Weirdest Comic Books. Stories and art by Ed Goldfarb, Vic Carrabotta and Vince Napoli. 36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $15.00 View scan 1 1/2" cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple. Staple rust.

Cover and Atomic Mouse art by Al Fago. Contains funny animal stories. In order of appearance: "Atomic Mouse"; "Atomic Mouse, Seeing Is Believing"; "Jerry and Perry"; "Mann Mountain and Moal Hill"; "Atomic Mouse, A Dragon Has Many Lives" reprinted in Atomic Mouse (1953 1st Series) #17, Giant Comics (1957) #3, and All Top Comics (1959 Norlen Magazines) #6A; "Solve These Puzzles If You Can"; "Count Gatto, Do Stamps Take a Lickin?"; "The Professor, Lost and Found"; and "Atomic Mouse". "Two Easy Lessons" text story reprinted in Atomic Mouse (1953 1st Series) #16. "Atomic Mouse, Pin-Up Series No. 2, Found!" back cover pin-up. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $37.00 View scan Water damage.

Cover and art by Al Fago. Contains funny animal stories. In order of appearance: "Atomic Mouse Extra Special Page!"; "Atomic Mouse, Who Turned out the Light?" reprinted in Funny Animals (1984) #1; "Atomic Mouse, 3-D Crime Wave" reprinted in Funny Animals (1984) #2; "Leon the Lyin' Lion, Empty Words"; "Atomic Mouse, The Treasure Map" and "Professor Invento, Pretty Soft" reprinted in Atomic Mouse (1984 2nd Series) #11; "Count Gatto"; and "Atomic Mouse". "Dream Ship to Ice Cream Land" text story. "Atomic Mouse, Smooth Sailing, Pin-Up No. 5" back cover pin-up. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $109.95 or Best Offer View scans 2" cumulative spine split. Cover coming loose at both staples. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

6 of Me on the Prowl, art by Ken Rice; An evil sculptress and a mad doctor create six clones of ex-G.I. Barney Phelps; As the clones commit crimes, the real Phelps is desperate to stop them. 12 Hours to Doom, art by Lou Cameron; Businessman Arthur Matlin discovers a magic sundial which summons Chronos, the spirit of time;p With the help of Chronos, Matlin can travel some hours ahead into the future; He uses this ability to commit crimes. The Ghost in the Portrait, art by Ken Rice; A young couple free the ghost of an evil ancestor; He takes revenge on the bones of the people who sentenced him to death; Then he commands the man to murder his wife, as he did with his wife. Crimson Wraith from the North, art by Sy Grudko. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $61.00 View scan Cover detached at one staple. 1" cumulative spine split. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheGoodOlDays

Pin Point Hill. Home Run text story. Who Cares About Charlie? The Great Betrayal, art by Dick Ayers. Those Who March, art by Vernon Henkel. 32 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $40.00 View scan Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheGoodOlDays

Syd Shores cover. Referenced in Parade of Pleasure. Plus color and B/W illustrations. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $135.00 View scans Staples misaligned (manufacturing), slightly affects readability.

Cover by Al Hartley. Written by Hank Chapman and unknown. Art by Al Hartley, Joe Sinnott, Sam Kweskin and Dave Berg. Combat Kelly stars in an untitled story by Hank Chapman and Al Hartley. Plus: "Thou Shall Not Pass!!!" with art by Joe Sinnott; "Rocket Squad" with art by Sam Kweskin; "Trees" with art by Dave Berg; and 2-page text story "Unknown Quantity"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $53.00 View scan Cover detached at one staple.

Written by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Sam Burlockoff, Vern Henkel, Manny Stallman, Russ Heath and unknown. Rugged combat tales on actual battlefields! Featuring: "Flare-Up in Fuchon" with art by Sam Burlockoff; "The Lucky MIG!" with art by Vern Henkel; "Platoon Leader!" by Carl Wessler and Manny Stallman; "In the Cards!"; and 2-page text story "Recruit!" with art by Russ Heath. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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No Dust Jacket - 1st printing. A memorial collection of the late cartoonist best work. Also includes a preface by Robert E. Sherwood and biographical sketch by Philo Calhoun. Hardcover, 255 pages, B&W.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $11.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

Add to cart Very Good $11.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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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: "Last Stop?Murder!" (buses replace streetcars as the preferred mode of transportation, and criminals discover that a streetcar conductor has made a model of the streetcar system); "The Puzzle of the Burglar-Proof Bank"; "Appointment with Death!"; and "Promotion Stunt." Scripts Frances E. Heron and John Broome, pencils by Manny Stallman, inks by John Giunta. Cover by Gil Kane and Joe Giella. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $230.00 View scan Interior is complete. Full length spine split with back cover detached.

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Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Mell Lazarus, Robert Bernstein and Ernest Schroeder. Medieval adventure featuring the wandering knight errant known as the Black Knight. The Black Knight battles an army to prevent a woman from being burned at the stake as a human sacrifice. The Black Knight searches for his missing friend, the Sheriff of Blisford, but he's vanished as if he never existed. Plus an early cartoon by Mell Lazarus, creator of the Momma and Miss Peach comic strips. Human Sacrifice; Old Liz; The Invitation. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $469.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white Slab: Scuffing on front of case Label #0111922002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Remaindered copies of several different issues from the 40's and 50's were rebound with leftover covers from Blazing Comics #5. This issue's interior is a copy of Web of Evil (1952) #2. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $65.00 View scans 1" spine split from bottom of comic. Cover loose at one staple.

UK Series. Reprints Material from Four Color #460. 28 pages, B&W.

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Final issue of the series. "Wolves on the Loose," "Fighting Fools," "Assignment: Death!" (art on all by Mort Lawrence). Also "Flash Flood!" (pencils by Gene Fawcette, inks by Vince Alascia). Lawrence inside front cover and front cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $30.00 View scans Spine split 10%. Staple rust: Slight.

10.5" x 8.5", 20 pages, full color

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Stories by unknown. Art by Jack Cole and unknown. Candy stars in: "Music Half Charms"; "Aching Back to Nature"; "One for the Record"; and two untitled stories. Plus: Will Bragg in an untitled reprint story co-starring Effy Gissel, Mrs. Mahoulahan, Fire Chief Carl Swenson, Etta Swenson and Dolly De Mure (art by Jack Cole). Also: Candy in 1-page text story "What Price Charm" co-starring Ted Dawson and Miss Carter. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $21.00 View scan Staple rust.

Issue 912, 1st Printing - "Wild Party" by Frederic Spencer. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, all text. Cover price $0.35.

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Issue 920 - "Hotel Waitress" by Gene Harvey. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $139.95 or Best Offer View scans 3" cumulative spine split, cover coming loose at staples. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

(A-1 No. 82) Stories by Gardner Fox. Art by Bob Powell. Cover by Bob Powell. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #82. Classic good-girl art by Bob Powell, as a girl raised by wolves becomes the jungle hero Cave Girl. Orphaned in the primeval Dawn Lands (where Thun'da also resides), Carol Mantomer is adopted by wolves and rejects the king of beastmen and others who want to tame her; An explorer discovers Cave Girl's true identity as an heiress and takes to Nairobi, but she prefers the jungle; A big-game hunter wants to make Cave Girl his latest catch. Featuring early stories by future comics legend Gardner Fox. The Pool of Life!; The City of Terror; Tiger by the Tail!; Spears of the Snow-Men. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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(A-1 No. 96) Stories by Gardner Fox. Art by Bob Powell. Cover by Bob Powell. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #96. Classic good-girl art by Bob Powell, as a girl raised by wolves becomes the jungle hero Cave Girl. White men disguised as natives steal ivory and archaeological treasures; Cave Girl is captured by the Amazons and forced to fight lions; Jungle lord Thun'da must prevent discovery of an ancient machine that can turn anything into gold. Featuring early stories by future comics legend Gardner Fox. The Devil Boat!; Prey of the Headhunters!; The Amazon Assassins!; Thunda: The Gold-Maker! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $3,999.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4153735002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Matt Fox. Stories and art by Harry Harrison, Joe Galotti, Henry Kiefer and Vince Napoli. Tales of pre-Code horror from Youthful Magazines. A proud Medieval lord boasts that he loves hunting so much he would ride with the Devil himself, but the wrong person takes that literally. Cover art by noted artist Matt Fox, better known for his covers of pulp magazines such as Weird Tales. The Hounds of Hell; The Monster; Curse of the Tomb; Sacrifice. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $3,458.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #2105123014 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $589.00 or Best Offer View scans Interior is complete. Full length spine split, back cover detached, front cover near detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Stories and art by Steve Kirkel, Henry Kiefer and Vince Napoli. Tales of pre-Code horror from Youthful Magazines. A horror story based on the classic Rudyard Kipling story "The Mark of the Beast." Another story is based on an Edgar Allan Poe story, his first to see print, in which the survivor of a brutal family feud is undone by fate and an untamed horse. An artist makes a deal with the devil, and receives a disembodied hand that will do anything he asks, even draw...or kill. The Mark of the Beast; The Curse of Metzengerstein; The Creeping Hand; The House of Greed. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Three Musketeers (see Classics Illustrated 41, Twenty Years After, for the sequel story), 8th Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 60). Cover price $0.15.

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Add to cart VG 4.0 $9.00

The Three Musketeers (see Classics Illustrated 41, Twenty Years After, for the sequel story), 11th Printing, Line Drawing Cover. No current printing date given inside the book. The date used is the original printing date. (HRN 93). Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Fair $2.50

Add to cart Fair $2.50

Pudd'nhead Wilson, 2nd Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 165). Treachery and murder come to arouse a sleepy town along the banks of the mighty Mississippi River in the days just before the Civil War. Here is a gripping story of the Old South, written by one of America's greatest story-tellers. Cover price $0.15.

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Bring 'Em Back Alive, 2nd Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 118). Cover price $0.15.

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Bring 'Em Back Alive, 3rd Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 133). Cover price $0.15.

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Buffalo Bill, 3rd Printing, Painted Cover. Art by Maurice del Bourgo. (HRN 132). Cover price $0.15.

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King of the Khyber Rifles, 2nd Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 118). Cover price $0.15.

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Add to cart GD 2.0 $2.50 Water damage.

King of the Khyber Rifles, 3rd Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 146). Cover price $0.15.

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Add to cart Good $7.70

A Study in Scarlet, 2nd printing, Painted Cover. Sherlock Holmes stars in "A Study in Scarlet" and "The Adventure of the Speckled Band." Art by Seymour Moskowitz. Comic book adaptation of the classic detective story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that introduced Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson to the world. Issue also has an comic book adaptation of another Sherlock Holmes story, "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" and a text biography on Doyle and text stories on "Our American Heritage" and "Stories from the World of Sports." (HRN 165). Cover price $0.15.

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Add to cart Good $2.50

Adventures of Kit Carson, 4th Printing, Painted Cover. Art by Rudy Palais. (HRN 152). Cover price $0.15.

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Add to cart GD 2.0 $2.50

Adventures of Kit Carson, 5th Printing, Painted Cover. Art by Rudy Palais. (HRN 161). Cover price $0.15.