Comic books 1953 w/ month not specified

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by A. C. Hollingsworth and others. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. A carnival aerialist plots to murder his partner in midair during their act. A murderous con man goes into hiding as a fortune-telling mystic, featuring art by pioneering African-American cartoonist Alvin Hollingsworth. Obsessed with fashionable clothes and his own reflection, hood Moxie Roberts is a classic narcissist, but his love of mirrors leads to his downfall. The Carnival Killer; Murder and Roses; The Swami's Last Seance; Corpus Delicti - Without Teeth!; Through the Looking Glass; Lawbreakers Never Win. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Charles Miller and others. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Detectives Burns and Cooper investigate organized crime and gambling at a pari-mutuel horse track. A car thief figures out a way around new registration laws by selling and stealing the same cars over and over again. Jockey Rube Morgan has expensive tastes and gets in over his head with gangsters. The Long Shot of Evil; The Fool-Proof Plot; Some Day I'll Kill Her!; Death Held the Whip; Three Lives - Three Deaths. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. The Dillon Brothers' crime spree isn't over just because they're behind bars, as they figure out a brutal escape plan. The reader gets a chance to find the clues and solve a murder before Officer Arthur Kelly. Stage magician Gene Simpson supplements his artistic income by turning to crime. Double-Cross of Death; Shock Mystery You Solve It.; Escape Into Death; Murder In The Air; The Mysterious Madman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by George Peltz, Louis Ravielli and Pete Morisi. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Petty crooks murders a spiritual medium to take over his business, but it turns out you can't get rid of a medium that easily. Ex-con Blacky resumes his arson-y habits soon after release with girlfriend Mavis, but two hunters catch him in action. Hoods Frank, Iggie and Charlie ruthlessly carry out the kidnapping of a wealthy man's son-in-law. Return from Death; Gangster's Weird Death; Shoot to Kill; Trial and Execution; The Trio of Terror. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. An accountant swindles the gangster he works for and winds up hunted by crooks and cops alike. Con artists Pete, Lon and Lina use drugs to make their marks more willing. After murdering his brother, Hank tries to conceal his injured right hand that will link him to the crime. The Chase..!; Death On Broadway; Wicked Cheat; The Hand of Crime. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by George Peltz and others. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. A hood learns the true price of murder and crime. Ray Hamilton, a member of the Barrow Gang that included Bonnie & Clyde, accumulates a prison sentence of 362 years by the time he's 21 years old. George Kelly, aka Machine Gun Kelly, kidnaps oil tycoon Charles Urschel for a $200,000 ransom. A Terrible Price; Gems of Death..!; The Crimson Orgy of Crime; The Cruel Mask Of Mystery. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Shooting Adventures of "Doc" Peters (1953) was a promotional comic book published by the Peters Cartridge Division of Dupont. An early giveaway promoting guns and ammo. 16 pages, full color, newsprint, 6.5-in. x 10-in.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - Winter, 1953. 8.5" x 10.5", 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Smokey Bear's Story of the Forest is a promotional activity book illustrated by Harry Rossoll and distributed by the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources Division of Forestry, in cooperation with U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Forest Service. Learn and grow as Smokey promotes forest conservation, forest fire prevention, and pants on land mammals. 16 pages, black and green ink, 7.54-in. x 10-in., newsprint, with no cover price.

1953 General Motors Giveaway. Standard comic book dimensions, 16-pages, full color, no cover price or publication. Copyright 1953.

Australian reprint series. "Platoon, Forward", "Timely Tyson", "These Clever Chinese!", "Egbert the Explorer Leaves Them Cold!", and "Dateline: Korea!"

Cover by Frank Carin. "The Big Row!" (inside front cover), "The Invisible Stranger!", "Octo, The Evil One!", "The Mouse on the Moon" text story (2 pgs), "The Crazy Comet" , "The Space Machine!", "The High Chump!" (inside back cover), and "The Speed Demon" (back cover). 36 pages, FC. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Frank Carin and others. Funny-animal antics in space, featuring the first character to claim the name Space Mouse. The space mice and Professor Brawdome investigate an unscheduled eclipse and encounter the devious Major Moto; Molly can handle the scariest of space creatures, but Halloween is another story; Major Moto escapes from prison and swears revenge on Space Mouse and The Earth. Fright Sight!; Major Moto; Oh, You Kidd!; Plane Crazy!; The Space Siren; Major Moto Strikes Again!; Danny Duck: Dinah Has Her Way! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

1st Printing - Written by Jack Vance. Five men held the secret that made them absolute rulers of the universe. Five worlds organized their spy systems to thwart Paddy Blackthorn's efforts to release the secret for the benefit of all mankind. Five times Paddy and the mysterious Fay went to the valley of the shadow, pitting their wits against a merciless enemy who had every conceivable advantage in the uneven struggle. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.35.

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Stories by Alden Getz, Ken Fitch, Joan Lewis, Paul Newman and I. Zweifach. Art by Joe Kubert, Sid Lazarus, Howard Larsen and Louis Ravielli. Reprints Sparkling Love (1950) #1. Lurid tales of love, with lush covers reprinted from Avon paperbacks. Elda believes in astrology, but her heart tells her one thing and the stars another; Lydia is torn between workaholic John and passionate Ed; Photographer Janet loves model Rod, but hes been paired with the lovely Gloria for their photo shoot. Featuring an early story by legendary artist Joe Kubert. Written in the Stars; Once for Any Girl!; Heart Gone Astray; Love Pose; Doomed to Stay Single. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

1953 promotional comic book advertising Benson Opticians in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The bespectacled cowboy hero, Specs Forsite, proves that to be a a sharpshooter like him, you need to get regular eye exams! 5.25-in. x 8-in. 16 pages, full color.

Art by Frank Carin and others. Cover by Frank Carin. Funny-animal hijinks with a rabbit named Speedy and his friends. A reprint of Television Puppet Show (1950) #2. Speedy learns about knights and armor during a visit to a friends castle; Speedy learns the strange tale of The Cannonball Ghost; Retellings of Pecos Bill folktales running alongside the comics stories. A Hot Knight in Old England!; The Way of the West; The Cannonball Ghost; Adventures of Pecos Bill; Pecos Bill's Life with the Coyotes; The Great Sherlock; Pecos Bill and the Rattlesnake; Sparky's Puzzle Page; The Secret Cave. 32 pages, Full Color.

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Cover by Sol Brodsky. Stories by Hank Chapman and unknown. Art by Tony DiPreta, Bernie Krigstein, Mike Sekowsky, Manny Stallman, Al Eadeh and unknown. "The Dirty Dog" by Hank Chapman and Tony DiPreta - A down and out ventriloquist picks up a stray dog to con a millionaire out of five hundred dollars by convincing the man that the dog can talk. After completing the sale, the dog says to the ventriloquist, "You're a sucker, Charlie. You could've got fifty thousand dollars for a dog like me." Also in this issue: "The Man Who Couldn't Be Killed!" with art by Bernie Krigstein - A gangster sells his Lady Luck to another thug who rubs him out; 2-page text story "The Wise Witch" with illo by Al Eadeh (note: illo taken from "The Walking Dead!" from Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) #10); "The Things in the Dark" with pencils by Mike Sekowsky; and "Close Your Eyes" with art by Manny Stallman - A brother murders his brother for money. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Sol Brodsky and Christopher Rule. Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Tony DiPreta, Dick Ayers, Ben Brown, Bill Everett, Joe Maneely, Ernie Bache and David Gantz. In this issue: "The Last Body" with art by Tony DiPreta - When the reanimator demands that his assistant bring him a fresh body, the assistant unknowingly victimizes the reanimator; "The Vampire's Bride" by Stan Lee, Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache - When an actress claims that she would marry a vampire if it would make her famous, a vampire kidnaps her to make her his bride; "The Dope Eloped!" with art by Ben Brown and David Gantz - A man elopes with the body of his beloved; "Don't Close the Door!" with art by Bill Everett - A thief finds that the key he has killed an old man for merely opens door after door in a never ending succession of rooms; "The Crank!" by Stan Lee and Joe Maneely - A man threatens the elevator repairman with violence unless the elevator car arrives at his floor within five minutes so the repairman leaves the floor off the car; and 2-page text story "Dragon of Death!!", reprinted from Combat (1952 Atlas) #3 (original title: "Korean Cowboy"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Russ Heath, Howie Post, Dick Ayers, Joe Sinnott, Ernie Bache and unknown. Another two taps and he'll be free! He told those cops no one would ever give him the hot seat! But what lies in wait at the end of ..."The Last Mile"? Also in this issue: 2-page text story "Snake of Snigasi"; "Z-Z-Z-P!" with art by Russ Heath; "The Man Who Hated Children" by Stan Lee and Howie Post; "Shock Treatment!" with art by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache; and "The Operation" with art by Joe Sinnott. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Russ Heath, Ed Goldfarb, Bob Baer and unknown. In this issue: "The Vampire and the Lady!" by Stan Lee and Russ Heath - The vampire leaves his coffin and changes into a bat who must find blood before the morning or perish; 2-page text story "The Martians' Mistake"; "The Morgue!" - Impoverished Henry Thompson finally fulfills a promise to his wife when they were married fifty years ago -- to get their own telephone installed and get their names in the phone book; "The Death of Agatha Slurl!" with art by Ed Goldfarb and Bob Baer - Agatha Slurl pays a big price for the never-ending abuse she heaps on poor, young Joe; "The Millionaire!" - Extreme miser Spencer van Lucre hires engineer Cogwheel Collins to design the world's most impenetrable vault for him to store his valuables in; and "At Your Service!" - The maniacally demanding Mrs. Cotsworth demands absolute obedience and perfection from her servant...her new housekeeper accomplishes every one of Mrs. Cotsworth's impossible orders perfectly, but one last wish proves to be her undoing. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Bill Everett, Manny Stallman, Tony DiPreta, Bill Benulis, Jack Abel and unknown. "How Many Times Can You Die???" with art by Bill Everett - A man is double-crossed by his partner-in-fraud who leaves the police a note framing him for murder by the riverside. Their deal was to fake a suicide, but the partner decided to take all the money and frame the fall guy. The man gets out of the stir and guns down his old partner figuring they can't put him on trial for killing the same man twice, but since the man was living under a new identity, they try him for killing a separate person and send him to the gas chamber. Also in this issue: "The Living Mummy" with art by Manny Stallman - When a man brings a mummy back to life, the mummy kills him in order to wrap up the body and substitute it back in the museum exhibit; 2-page text story "Dreams of Death"; "When Grugg Goes to Sleep!" by Stan Lee and Tony DiPreta - This story asserts that you are an alien who has to look into a mirror when you read this story; "Where There's Smoke" - A miser hides his money in the stove and his wife burns it; and "Don't Turn Your Back" with art by Bill Benulis and Jack Abel - A collector of trophies turns the tables on a vampire who was stalking him. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover inks by Christopher Rule. Stories by Carl Wessler, Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Ed Goldfarb, Tony DiPreta, Art Peddy, Sid Greene and Bill Benulis. The coffin...is empty! But not for long in "The Empty Coffin" by Carl Wessler and Ed Goldfarb. Also in this issue: "Never Trust a Woman" by Stan Lee and Tony DiPreta; "The Madman" by Stan Lee and Art Peddy; "Watch the Birdie" with art by Sid Greene; 2-page text story "Voodoo Vengeance"; and "The Hypnotist" by Stan Lee and Bill Benulis. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Russ Heath. Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Paul Reinman, Tony DiPreta, Russ Heath, Sam Kweskin, Louis Zansky and unknown. "On the Spot" with art by Paul Reinman - An actor kills the man who directs the spotlight on stage when he finds out his girlfriend is seeing him. He gets condemned to the chair and escapes, but the spotlight pins him to the wall and the cops open fire. Only after his lifeless body slumps to the ground do the cops realize that there is no one at the spotlight. Plus: "My Friend the Ghost" with art by Tony DiPreta - A doctor and his friend cook up a plot to acquire the family fortune by the doctor declaring the man dead and then he pretends to return as a ghost and scare the remaining members to death. But the doctor wants all the money and betrays the man by injecting poison into him rather than a drug to make him appear dead, and so he realizes at the end of the story that he actually is a ghost. He kills the doctor. Also in this issue: "What Happened to Mister Snively?" by Stan Lee and Russ Heath - During an atomic war, grocer Snively hoards food in his bomb shelter...however, he starves to death after the bombs fall because he forgot to bring a can opener; 2-page text story "M'Batu -- Giant Jelly Fish"; "The Diet of Donald Moore" with art by Sam Kweskin - A man uses a chlorophyll spray as a health tonic until he develops plant-like qualities; and "The Gas Man" with pencils by Louis Zansky. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Jim Mooney, Bob Brown, Pete Tumlinson and unknown. "Let's Face It!" - When a man develops pills that can take twenty years off one's age, an older actor threatens him with violence unless he hands them over. The man tells the actor not to take any of the pills because he is only "half finished," but the actor doesn't listen, and winds up with a face that is half aged and half young. Also in this issue: "The Dead Men" with story by Stan Lee; "The Death of a Puppet!" with art by Jim Mooney - A puppet master is apprehensive when his performances of a puppet murder mystery seem to coincide with real killings; 2-page text story "The Devil Dog" - An American man returns to his hometown to settle old scores, accompanied by his pet dog, whose body is host to the spirit of a Ugandan witchdoctor; "The Pitchman!" by Stan Lee and Bob Brown - A gag story about a conman who actually does sell the Brooklyn Bridge; and "A Sight for Sore Eyes" with art by Pete Tumlinson - A man is taken to an unorthodox surgeon who transplants a second pair of eyes into his forehead in order to correct his vision. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Ed Winiarski, Fred Kida, Joe Maneely, Russ Heath and unknown. "The Saddest Story Ever Told!" by Stan Lee and Ed Winiarski - A scientist discovers a cure for baldness which he claims will "grow hair on a billiard ball". When the men who try the formula remain bald, the scientist loses everything and ends up sleeping rough in a park. Telling his story to a policeman, the scientist claims that the cure DOES work, but not on men. To prove it, he produces a handful of billiard balls -- all covered in hair! Plus: "Close Shave!" with art by Fred Kida - A shrew wife finds an electric razor annoying so she demands her husband use a straight razor. She demands he kiss her before he leaves for work, but each time he attempts to do so, she complains of beard stubble and sends him back into the bathroom to shave again. Ultimately, he cuts off his face with the straight razor. Also in this issue: "Love Story" by Stan Lee and Joe Maneely - The wife of an African guide plots with a doctor to murder her husband; 2-page text story "The Whirlpool of Gairloch" - A jewel thief ignores local superstitions to cross a haunted strait but finds that his disastrous voyage was only a dream when he wakes up with police at the door; "The Revolt of Wilbur Bixby!" - A man becomes free of his shrew wife when they travel to Greece and he drinks from a fountain that transforms him into a centaur so he can eat grass and no longer has to depend upon her favor to buy him meals; and "The Heat's On!" by Stan Lee and Russ Heath - A succubus uses a mirror to blind a sea captain on leave as he attempts to push his homely wife out the top story window so that he tumbles out instead and winds up in Hell stoking the flames the way he used to torture his men. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Carl Burgos. Lover Beware, art by Joe Sinnott. The Idiot text story. Give Him Enough Rope, art by Tony DiPreta. Get Out of My Graveyard! The Miracle!, art by Chuck Winter. The Living Dead, script by Stan Lee, art by Carmine Infantino. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Russ Heath. Stories by Carl Wessler, Stan Lee and unknown. Art by John Forte, Vic Carrabotta, Bill Everett, Russ Heath, Joe Sinnott, Matt Fox, Jack Abel and Joe Maneely. "Only a Rose!" by Carl Wessler, John Forte and Matt Fox - A woman suspects her husband of cheating on her and so she follows him during the evenings where he is seen giving flowers to young girls. She becomes enraged and sends poisoned candy to her victims. After several deaths reported in the newspaper, her husband reveals that he was delivering flowers to make extra money to buy her a gift. His wife is stricken by remorse for the poisonings, and eats a few of the chocolates the husband has left on the table, which turned out to be poisoned. Plus: "Too Human to Live!" with art by Vic Carrabotta and Jack Abel - A human-looking robot employed to work in a factory of mechanical robots resents the conditions of his employment as he doesn't know he's a robot. When he meets a pretty young lady and makes a date with her, he tries to escape the factory, but the other robots take him back to his workstation. He makes a dash for the fire escape but the other robots pursue him and he falls from an open window to smash to pieces on the ground below. The robot supervisor says that it is unfortunate when robots come to think of themselves as different from other robots merely because they look different. Also in this issue: "When You Believe" with art by Bill Everett - An escaped con goes after his defense lawyer on Christmas day with the intent to murder him and his wife and child...the boy got a disintegrator gun as his present and he aims it at the convict which provokes fits of laughter...the boy pulls the trigger and disintegrates him; "A Very Grave Matter" by Stan Lee and Russ Heath - Two brothers get hired as watchmen for a cemetery...one falls in a grave and calls for help...a bystander tries to dig him out and the other brother thinks he's grave robbing and shoots him...a month later, the buried brother returns as a zombie and strangles his brother; "Behind the Door" with art by Joe Sinnott - A wealthy old man builds a viewing device so powerful that it even displays Death approaching him...he hires bodyguards and builds a vault to hold Death once the beam reveals its presence; and 2-page text story "Werewolf Village" with illo by Joe Maneely, reprinted from Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) #5 (original title: "Welcome to the Werewolves"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Jules Feiffer and Will Eisner. Art by Jim Dixon and Al Wenzel. Reprints of the later years of the Spirit strip, when Will Eisner's crimefighter was being run by other cartoonists in his studio. This issue includes Spirit strips #566, 588, 607, and 621. Jules Feiffer seeks to convince Eisner to use the end of the world as a plot device in The Spirit; Humbolt Weepy tries to send a man to the Moon using only the power of his mind; A mysterious figure who may be the Devil himself plagues The Spirit, but is no match for Ellen Dolan. The Last Prowl of Mephisto; Design for Doomsday; The Sword and the Savage; The Great Galactic Mystery. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Wally Wood and others. Pre-Code horror comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Baroness Eloise Wagner-Bousquet declares herself the Pirate Queen of Galapagos in the 1930s, just before a strange series of murder and disappearances, featuring art by comics legend Wally Wood. The real-life story of the Homicidal Hit-Runner of Donelson, Tennessee. A mask is created from a synthetic rubber that has strange new properties. The pirate story in this issue is mentioned in the text of the infamous anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent, p. 182 - 183. Macabre cover by L. B. Cole. The Mummy's Curse; Spook Diary; Mad Demon of the Grave; Death Teaches a Lesson; The Ghost Returns; The Weird Mask of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Rudy Palais and Vern Henkel. Pre-Code horror comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. A crook ill-advisedly enters the door that has been sealed with a curse, despite the warnings, and pays the price. Buck Kelly and his cohorts have a robbery and murder spree across 1927 San Francisco. Treasure hunters trick natives by masquerading as a long-dead chieftain, at least until Jungle Lil gets wind of it. Also featuring vintage ads for the "New! 1953 Space Commander Vibro-Matic Walkie Talkies" and All Live Rubber Giant Beach Ball. Horror Beyond the Door; Death at Midnight!!; The Kill-Crazy Monster; Jungle Lil: The Lurking Ghosts. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Pre-Code horror comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. A sailor learns he has signed aboard a cursed Ship of Dread filled with sinister spirits. Two Sgt. Spook stories, including one where the ghostly cop turns the tables on a would-be poisoner. After helping an elderly man attacked by ruffians, Charles "Lucky" Rogers is protected by guardian spirit. Ship of the Dead; Jungle Ghost; Sgt. Spook: The Spook; Guardian Angel; Sgt. Spook: Ghost Town. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Matt Curzon and Kate Kellogg. Art by Frank Carin and Matt Curzon. Cover by Frank Carin. Funny-animal hijinks with Spotty the Pup and other characters. Western hero Sparky Smith pursues the outlaw Jesse Jim; a Pixie Puzzle page from Matt Curzon. Also featuring retellings of classic folk tales running alongside the Peter Rabbit stories. Hopalong Spott!; The Capture of Jesse Jim; Snow White and the Magic Mirror; Dream World; Pixie Puzzle Adventures; Speedy Rabbit: Carnival Daze; The Country Mouse and the City Mouse; Puss in Boots; Big Business; A Spring Story; Bull's Eye Boob!; All Aboard! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Coloring book published in 1953. 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Squirt Party Fun Book (1953) is a comic book promoting Squirt soft drinks.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Pre-Code horror and crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. A temple idol in the jungle swears vengeance against any who violate its sanctity. The life and crimes of real-life bank robber Wilbur Underhill, known as "The Tri-State Terror." Harry Wells becomes known as the Texas Phantom. The Gruesome Demon of Terror; There Is No Escape; Tri-State Terror; The Bloody Phantom. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Pre-Code horror and crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Soldiers on the battlefield are aided by the spirit of a dead comrade. Clare Mangin uses poison to collect insurance policies on her hapless husbands. The so-crazy-it-must-be-true story of the stealing of the steamship SS Ferret from Scotland to Australia in 1880. Footprint of Death; Killer at Large; The Witch of Terror; The Weird Murder; The Saga of the Slaughter at Sea. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Rudy Palais and others. Pre-Code horror and crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. A Foreign Legionnaire in the desert is pursued by a sandstorm and made part of a phantom brigade because of his love for a native woman. Johnny Socks Lazia rises to be the supreme gang boss in Kansas City of the late 1920s. Daring crook Fred Bell sets out to live up to his motto "the sky's the limit" by becoming the first person to hijack an airplane. The Curse of the Phantom Brigade; Facts About Crime; Monarch of Murder; Wanton Terror; Career of Terror. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Rudy Palais and others. Pre-Code horror and crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Gangster Steve Bory gets in over his head in eastern Europe when he dares to open the Forbidden Tomb. Don and Bud Hoover try to get away with murder. The Forbidden Tomb; The Forgers; Two Faces of Crime; Hideous M-U-R-D-E-R. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Teen comedy featuring Mazie and her boyfriend Stevie. The gang gets involved in a dispute over who has the best shoes. Mazie and friends head to an Old West town. The new student in school has everyone convinced that he's European royalty, but Stevie isn't fooled. It's a Shoe Thing; Stevie's Favorite Jokes; Guest of the West; Star Subjects from Hollywood; Mazie: The Fluke Duke; Who Nose; Mortie: Hustle Muscle. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Teen comedy featuring Mazie and her boyfriend Stevie. Mazie and her envious friends among the Greenview High gals plan to sabotage the pretty new student Jasmine with bogus fashion tips. Knocked out during a field trip, Stevie dreams of the gang back in the Flintstone Era, complete with leopard-skin bikinis. Mazie's dad finds the department store a battlefield while trying to buy Mazie a new dress. Oh, Brother; Stevie's Favorite Jokes; Clothes Shmoes; Star Subjects from Hollywood; Mazie: Sale Silly; Club Women; Flat-Top: Fooler Dueler. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stop and Go the Safety Twins (1953) is a promotional comic book from J.C. Penney Company. Stop and Go the Safety Twins (1953) was distributed by the J. C. Penney Co. in conjunction with the National Safety Council. Features play time safety tips along with comic book stories on the Oregon Trail, the French artist Paul Bonheur, plus other features. Full color, 16 pages, 7-1/8-in. x 10-in., white paper stock, no cover price.

Issue #3 - 1953. In association with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Written by Eugene Peterson, illustrated by Norman Hamilton. 7-in. x 10-in. 16 pages, full color.

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Written by Frances R. Horwich and Reinald Werrenrath, Jr. Illustrated by Ruth van Tellingen. 6.5" x 8", 28 pages, full color.

The Little Black Box, art by Joe Maneely; people kill for the secret of the little black box. Night of Horror, art by Werner Roth; When a pledge dies during a college initiation, the frat boy responsible for it continues to think up more sadistic rituals. Norman Was Right! Joe's Friend!, art by Pete Morisi. The Dungeon, art by Hy Rosen. The Murder Club, art by Gene Colan. The Thing in the Shadows, art by Allen Bellman. The Dead Witch! 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.