Comic books 1953 w/ month not specified

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Indicia title is "MARGE'S TUBBY, No. 444." Cover art by John Stanley. The Bank Robber; Tubby gets involved with a trio of kids playing cowboy outside a bank; When the trio go inside they actually rob the bank instead of pretending. Lassoing the Dog Catcher; While aiming for a fire hydrant, Tubby accidentally lassoes the dog catcher while he's chasing a dog. Well-Ventilated back-cover pantomime story. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "CHARLIE McCARTHY, No. 445." Charlie McCarthy, the "Dinosaur Hunter, pencils by Harvey Eisenberg; After Mortimer takes a dinosaur bone from a museum to use in a garbage disposal demonstration, he and Charlie have to travel to the Lost Swampland of Zambogoola to find a replacement. Charlie McCarthy and "The Menace of Misty Island, pencils by Harvey Eisenberg; Mortimer delivers a telegram to the mysterious Misty Island; When he fails to return, Charlie goes to the island, and finds it occupied by several men who are victims of a mist that clouds their minds and makes them forget. Pin the Tail on the Donkey back cover strip, art by Harvey Eisenberg; Mortimer has a birthday party for Bessie, his cow. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "ANDY HARDY COMICS, No. 447." Cover art by Al Hubbard. Company Masquerade Party; Glamourpuss records Andy pretending to be an executive in order to impress Polly; She then blackmails Andy by threatening to take the cylinder transcription to Andy's boss if he doesn't take her to the company masquerade party instead of Polly. Dressed for Success; Andy is wearing a dress of his mother's that she is altering when his car starts rolling down the hill. Romance with Lana Grable; Andy gets jealous when Polly rides with rich Clarence Goldsack. All art by Al Hubbard. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Bob Clampett's Beany and Cecil (TV). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Zane Grey's TAPPAN'S BURRO, No. 449." Painted cover art by Mo Gollub. The Wagon Train; A traditional cowboy song about Sioux Indians attacking a wagon train. Zane Grey's Tappan's Burro, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Ray Thayer; The adventures of the prospector Tappan and his faithful burro Jenet as they battle desert heat, rustlers, and mountain snowstorms over the years. Adapted from the 1923 novel "Tappan's Burro" by Zane Grey. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Barks. Stories by unknown. Art by Tony Strobl, Al Hubbard, Frank McSavage and Bob Moore. Walt Disney's Duck Album. Featuring the tales "Donald the Dude," "Still the Champion," "Duck Luck," "Spear Fishing" and "The Copycat," plus an untitled story running through the inside front and inside back covers. Starring Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey and Louie, Uncle Scrooge, Beagle Boys, Daisy Duck, Clara Cluck, Gladstone Gander, Grandma Duck, Gus Goose and Farmer Buzzard! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "RAGGEDY ANN & ANDY, No. 452." Painted cover art. Pickle Wickle-Wiggly Worm filler page, script by Claire L. Devaney, art by Don Gunn; Two short jingles with illustrations. The Meanness of Fuzzy Fox; Fuzzy Fox kidnaps Cheepy Chick for lunch; but accidentally gets Raggedy Ann, too. Bad Bertram and the Bugs; Bad Bertram Bear captures a cage full of insects just to torment them; Raggedy Ann and Andy release the insects, who team up to force Bertram into the cage. The Magic Soapsuds; Eddie Elf is blowing bubbles from magic soapsuds; He blows a soap bubble dragon to frighten the Snoopwiggy and Gruffy Bear who have been bullying the residents of the forest. Repairing Toys and Keeping Busy, art by Don Gunn; A short poem about repairing toys and always keeping busy. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "DAFFY, No. 457." Cover art by Phil de Lara. Vacation by Train, script by Don R. Christensen, art by Phil de Lara; Elmer decides to take a train trip to spend the winter in the South and get away from Daffy; Daffy hides in his luggage and causes havoc when his prank about Elmer having counterfeit money is taken seriously. Six-Gun Gertie, script by Don R. Christensen, art by Phil de Lara; Daffy meets up with "Two-Gun Gertie" in a Wild West town; Gertie is better at shooting, roping, and riding than the men, who are scared of her. Deerhead, script by Don R. Christensen, art by Phil de Lara; Tired of being picked on because he's a duck, Daffy decides to change his identity by wearing a stuffed deer's head; Unfortunately, he forgets it's deer hunting season. Skywriting for Elmer, art by Phil de Lara. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walter Lantz OSWALD THE RABBIT, No. 458." Cover art by Dan Gormley. Nothing in Life is Free; Reddy Fox gets a gullible Oswald hooked by free flying lessons, free carrots, free carrot stew, and free photos; Each time he is saved by Floyd and Lloyd from becoming Reddy's lunch. Cousin Jacques; Oswald's Cousin Jacques, a loudmouth lumberjack from the North Woods, comes to visit. Outwitting Reddy Fox; Floyd and Lloyd have some fun outwitting Reddy Fox in an abandoned house; Later Reddy tries a fake camera trick on the rabbits, but he ends up grabbing a passing skunk instead. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "ROOTIE KAZOOTIE, No. 459." Cover pencils by Dan Gormley. Joining the Lions on TV, art by Dan Gormley; Rootie uses his magic Kazootie to step into a jungle program on TV; He immediately gets into trouble and is saved when Gala-Poochie uses the magic Kazootie. Pinockey-Pup, pencils by Dan Gormley; Rootie tells Poochie a bedtime story about a woodcarver who carves a wooden dog that is brought to life by Winkety Blink, the lucky star. Dottie and the Baseball Game, art by Dan Gormley; Dottie wants Rootie to take her to the baseball game, but he'd rather go to the game with the other boys. Rootie's Zany Zoo, art by Dan Gormley; Rootie takes Dottie to his Zany Zoo, which features nonsensical animals like the Fidgell, the Boojy, the Glonk, the Quissie, the Twaddy, and the Bliff. New Clubhouse, art by Dan Gormley; When Rootie's clubhouse is blown down by a windstorm, the club members decided to rebuild it bigger and better than before. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "FRANCIS, THE FAMOUS TALKING MULE, No. 465." Cover art by Don Gunn. Circus and Cannibals; Francis's timely remarks get Peter hired as a high wire performer in a circus after the regular wire walker falls; After Francis foils a burglary of the circus's safe, he and Peter are rewarded but give the money to the wife of the injured performer; As they leave the circus, they seek refuge from a storm in the basket of a balloon, which breaks loose and carries them to a tropical island. Francis Insults a Policeman; Francis insults a cop, but Peter is the one who has to spend ten days in jail. All art by Don Gunn. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "RHUBARB, THE MILLIONAIRE CAT, No. 466." Rhubarb Gets Amnesia, art by Don Gunn; Unknown to Eric and Polly Yeager, his guardians, Rhubarb the cat, who inherited a fortune when his owner died, is slipping away from the estate each night to carouse with the neighborhood cats; While on one escapade, Rhubarb is clipped on the head by a thrown shoe, causing amnesia; A city-wide appeal is made for his return; A young boy has a cat that looks like Rhubarb and takes him to the Yeagers, wanting to be made a bat boy on the Brooklyn baseball team that Rhubarb owns; The impostor cat escapes and comes back to the boy, who is guilt-stricken and returns with the cat to the Yeagers to confess his deception. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Tom McKimson and Dick Moores. Stories by Carl Fallberg and various. Art by Al Hubbard. Featuring the tales "Two-Gun Sheriff," "Ski for Two" and "The Junior Jet," plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Starring Goofy, Morty and Ferdie, Black Pete, Horace Horsecollar and Mickey Mouse! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ralph Heimdahl. Stories by unknown. Art by Phil de Lara, Tony Strobl, Ken Champin. Featuring four untitled tales, plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Starring Elmer Fudd, Bugs Bunny, Beaky Buzzard, Felicia Fudd (aunt of Elmer Fudd), Daffy Duck, Sylvester Pussycat, Baby Bear, Poppa Bear, Momma Bear, Little Red Riding Hood, Petunia Pig and Porky Pig! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is"DOUBLE TROUBLE with GOOBER, No. 471." Cover art by Bill MacLean. Goober and his Double Trouble Pals Lay It on the Line; Goober and Jeannie and Johnnie help the twins' mother with spring cleaning. The Memory Kid; Goober tries to remember two items that he's supposed to get at the grocery store. The twins try to trick him into buying ice cream instead. The Fruit of Misunderstanding; The twins' mother gives Goober some bananas to take to the playground to give to Johnnie and Jeannie. Measles Learns That All Pussies Are Not Cats; Measles the dog has an encounter with a pair of skunks. Scripts and art by Bill MacLean. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Gil Turner. Stories by unknown. Art by Harvey Eisenberg. Featuring four untitled tales, plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Starring Li'l Bad Wolf, Big Bad Wolf, Three Little Pigs, Little Hiawatha, Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "MARY JANE AND SNIFFLES, No. 474." Cover art by Al Hubbard. The Torn Gingham Dress; Mary Jane tears her new gingham dress and she and Sniffles go to Tassel Castle to get it repaired; There they help defend the castle from an attack by moths. The Missing Musical Notes; When Mary Jane turns off the radio to take a nap, the music notes run off to Noteville. The Golden Eggs, art by Al Hubbard; Puzzled by the colored clouds over Blue Mountain, Mary Jane and Sniffles get Gertrude Goose to fly them there to see what's happening; There they are captured by mushroom people who grow diamonds on bushes. The Flood at Cricketville, art by Al Hubbard; Mary Jane and Sniffles warn their friends in Cricketville of an impending flood. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "M.G.M.'s THE TWO MOUSEKETEERS, No. 475." Cover art by Harvey Eisenberg. The Mouseketeers Come to the King's Castle, art by Harvey Eisenberg; The Two Mouseketeers come to the castle of a greedy King; They outwit the castle's cat (called "Poosycat" in this story), put the King in the dungeon, and invite the townspeople to a banquet. Milky Way, art by Lee Hooper; he Three Little Kittens are punished for losing their mittens by having to go to bed with no supper; In their room they come up with a plan to use some balloons and a basket to escape out their window. Nibbles Comes to Town, art by Lynn Karp; A farm mouse named Nibbles comes to town and settles in a house that has a parrot and a dim-witted dog. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "RIN TIN TIN, No. 476." Rin Tin Tin photo cover. Canyon Peril, art by Sparky Moore; Rin Tin Tin and his owner Capt. Red Johnson meet J. B. Mooney at an airport; Mooney has secret plans for a government rocket; He, Johnson, and Rinty are escorted from the airport by men who are supposed to be government agents, but they slug Johnson and Rinty and kidnap Mooney; After going to the rocket plant, Johnson and Rinty trail the spies to a hidden valley that holds ancient cliff dwellings, as well as Mooney and the spies. Rin Tin Tin back cover photo. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "BOB CLAMPETT'S BEANY AND CECIL, No. 477." In Search of Caboose Goose Egg, script by Don R. Christensen, art by Jack Bradbury; Beany, Cecil, and the Captain take the Leakin' Lena to Inka Dinka Doo Land in order to find Sir Cuttlebones Jones, the famous bird watcher, who was searching for the Giant Caboose Goose egg and is missing; Dishonest John is along to keep things interesting. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "CHARLIE McCARTHY, No. 478." Painted cover art. The Hunting Snerd, script by Don R. Christensen, art by Harvey Eisenberg; Charlie and Mortimer stow away on an expedition to the Himalayan Mountains; There they find a large, hairy beast, who turns out to be one of Mortimer's relatives. The Feuders, script by Don R. Christensen, art by Harvey Eisenberg; While searching for Mortimer's missing grandfather, Charlie and Mortimer find themselves in the middle of a mountain feud. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Hubbard. Untitled stories starring Andy Hardy, art by Al Hubbard. Andy 'wuffs' down Polly's home-cooked dinner. Andy takes a job as an escort. Andy takes little Hunky on a picnic with Polly. Andy has troubles as a delivery boy. Andy rents a magicians tuxedo. Photographer tries to get Andy to smile. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Annie Oakley and Tagg (TV) in "The Dead Letter" and "Clue of the G." Painted cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "THE BROWNIES, No. 482." Cover art by Don Gunn. The Brownies Find a Home and Wobble Takes a Trip; The Brownies decide they need to move to a bigger place; They take up residence in Farmer Brown's mailbox; When Farmer Brown mails a letter, it comes unsealed and Wobble gets caught inside then the mail carrier picks it up. The Brownies Go to Work; After being scolded by the Wizard for not working, the Brownies decide to take up careers; Spindly becomes a detective; Brainy a doctor; Wobble a cowboy. The Brownies and Prof. Teeny's Magic Hair Restorer; Prof. Teeny comes to Brownieland with his medicine show, selling hair restorer; After Wobble is doused with the stuff, he wanders off and gets his head caught inside a chestnut burr. The Badkins Kidnap Peanut; The Badkins kidnap Peanut, a "junior-sized Brownie" in order to have him wash their dishes. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "LITTLE BEAVER, No. 483." Painted cover art. Facts about the Crazy Dog warriors of the Crow Indians. Horse Race; Laughing Doe wants to marry Bright Knife, but he can only offer ten ponies for her; and Bad Wolf offers twenty ponies; Little Beaver proposes a horse race between Bright Knife and Bad Wolf, with the winner to win ten ponies and the hand of Laughing Doe. Renegades Raid Auntie Duchess' Ranch; Little Beaver and Po-Ko visit Auntie Duchess on Red Ryder's Ranch; Duchess is alone while the men are out on the range. Two renegade Indians raid the house and loot it. Greatest Hunter of Them All text story. Ride Back from Death; Bandits set up a gruesome death trap for an Indian who has interrupted a robbery. The Root and Hog War filler page, art by August Lenox; True story of Bannock Indians of Idaho going to war when white settlers bring hogs to eat the camas plants that were the Indians' primary source of food. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Duck Album (Disney). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "JOHNNY MACK BROWN, No. 493." Johnny Mack Brown photo cover. Short bio of mountain man Ben Lilly, art by August Lenox. Johnny Mack Brown and the Bow-and-Arrow Killer, art by Sparky Moore; Four prospectors near the town of Pitchfork have been killed by bow and arrow; Sheriff Andy Loper calls on Johnny to help him investigate; On the way there, Johnny has an encounter with the bow and arrow killers himself. The Town for Outlaws Only, art by Sparky Moore; Johnny wanders into a ghost town that has been taken over by outlaws; He is captured and sentenced in a kangaroo court to hang. Four Maps to Death filler page art by August Lenox; True story of gold and silver buried by four bandits near El Tigre, Mexico, in 1879. Johnny Mack Brown back cover photo. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "THE LITTLE KING, No.494." Designing an Airplane; When the new airplane won't fly, the Little King designs one that will. Changing Identities; The Little King befriends a young boy named Kit and takes him along on his official duties one morning; Tired of all his official duties, the Little King abdicates and names Kit as his successor; After thieves steal the gold in the royal treasury, King Kit declares jelly beans as the currency of the country. The Junior Forest Rangers; The Little King goes to his mountain lodge, only to find that it has been taken over by the Junior Forest Rangers. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "THE GREEN HORNET, No. 496." Painted cover art. How to lift a fingerprint from an object with talcum powder and transparent tape. The Freightyard Robberies; A gang hijacks trains in freight yards, killing the crews and stealing medical supplies for the European black market; After two such robberies, a note is found saying the Green Hornet is behind the crimes. Proof of Treason; A university professor has an attempt on his life when a hand grenade is thrown at his apartment; The professor, who at one time was a member of the Communist Party, holds information on a mayoral candidate who is secretly a member of the party and was involved in espionage. Scripts by Paul S. Newman, art by Frank Thorne. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "THE SWORD OF ZORRO, No. 497." Description of the basics of fencing moves. The Sword of Zorro, art by Everett Raymond Kinstler; Night riders are raiding ranches, looting them of anything of value, then burning what's left; The militia always seems to arrive too late; Zorro comes out of retirement to investigate the raids and finds himself in the midst of a conspiracy to overthrow the government of Alta California. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ralph Heimdahl. Stories by Don R. Christensen. Art by Fred Abranz. Bugs Bunny's Album. Featuring the tales "Buggly Bunny," "Bugaboo Bunny," "Bugalardo Bunny" and "Honey Bunny"! Starring Bugs Bunny, Buggly Bunny (an ancestor of Bugs Bunny), Paul Revere, Bugaboo Bunny (an Egyptian ancestor of Bugs Bunny), Fuddlix (apparently an Egyptian ancestor of Elmer Fudd), Porky Pig, Petunia Pig, Christopher Columbus, Bugalardo Bunny (great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great-grandfather of Bugs Bunny) and Honey Bunny (cousin of Bugs Bunny) (note: this Honey Bunny is not the same character as the Honey Bunny who appears in later stories). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is MGM'S SPIKE AND TYKE, No. 499." Cover art by Harvey Eisenberg. Bored at the Beach; Spike and Tyke are at the beach, but Spike is bored. Camping Out; Spike and Tyke go camping. High-Wire Walker; When their master threatens to throw them out for eating too much, Spike and Tyke try to learn some tricks so they can make some money. Bunny Trap; Tyke decides he wants a rabbit for a pet and Spike sets a trap to capture one. Cat or Dog?; The cat next door disguises himself as dog so Spike and Tyke won't chase him. All pencils by Ken Champin. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Don Spaulding. Stories by unknown. Art by Mike Arens. Featuring the tales "The Haunted Hacienda" and "Owlhoot Ballyhoo"! Starring Buck Jones! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "FRANCIS, THE FAMOUS TALKING MULE, No. 501." Cover art by Don Gunn. The Farm Auction; Francis thinks he's bidding on a horse blanket, but ends up with a buggy, instead. The Missing Link; After hiring on a freighter, Francis and Pete end up in Africa; Francis is sentenced to death by a sheik because he is "full of evil spirits"; Pete helps Francis escape by painting stripes on him so that the mule supposedly looks like a zebra. All art by Don Gunn. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "ROOTIE KAZOOTIE, No. 502." Knights and Dragons; Rootie uses the magic Kazootie to make Gala-Poochie big enough to ride on and then wishes he was back in the days of King Arthur and his Knights. Pup in Boots; Rootie reads Poochie the story "Pup in Boots," about a puppy who was always scared before being given magic boots. Rootie Kazootie's New Clubhouse; Rootie builds a new clubhouse; He finds that it is over a tunnel that leads to an old house that is the hideout of Poison Zoomack. Rootie Kazootie's Zany Zoo; Rootie takes Junior Mash to visit his Zany Zoo, which has a hatchet-nosed Plorn, a Zizzle, a Prux, a Quirn, and a Glurk. All art by Dan Gormley. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walter Lantz OSWALD THE RABBIT, No. 507." The Giant Leprechaun; A giant leprechaun is kicked out of Ireland for being a bully and can't return until he does a good deed; The magic kick lands him near Oswald's new home. The Lost Thousand Dollar Bill; When his boss loses a thousand dollar bill, Oswald invites him to his house for dinner to cheer him up. Oswald the Magician; Oswald decides to become a magician. The Fake Violinist; Oswald pretends to play his violin to a record, but a passer-by thinks Oswald is the one doing the playing and takes him to join his orchestra. All art by John Carey. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "BOZO, featuring Bozo the Capitol Clown, No. 508." Cover art by Lee Hooper. Bozo the Capitol Clown and the Vanishing Elephants; Elephants keep disappearing from the circus despite being under guard; Bozo and Sparky investigate and it appears the Boss is using an inflatable elephant to swindle the insurance company. Bozo the Capitol Clown and the "Ya-Chi-Ta Lion"; When a lion escapes from his cage, Bozo uses some ventriloquism to convince the Boss that it is a "Ya-Chi-Ta," a lion that talks. Mojah's Evil Spell; The Boss fires Mojah the elephant trainer, who puts a curse on the circus; A small man applies for work as a magician, but the Boss doesn't believe him and hires him as a water boy for the elephants. Scripts by Don Sheppard, art by Lee Hooper. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Moores. Stories by unknown. Art by Tony Strobl and Paul Murry. Featuring six untitled tales, plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Starring Pluto, Mickey Mouse, Morty and Ferdie, Emery, Chief O'Hara and Minnie Mouse! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Son of Black Beauty. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Zane Grey's OUTLAW TRAIL (The Border Legion), No. 511." Painted cover art. Zane Grey's Outlaw Trail, script by Zane Grey (original story) and Gaylord Du Bois (comic adaptation), art by Everett Raymond Kinstler; Spurned by Joan Randle, Jim Cleve goes to join Jack Kells' gang of outlaws, the Border Legion; Joan follows Cleve, but gets captured by Kells; She poses as Kells' wife when the gang comes to get Kells to go to his ranch on the Idaho border; Cleve comes to join the gang right before they head to Adler Gulch, which has become a boom town because of discovery of a rich gold strike. Adapted from the 1916 novel "The Border Legion" by Zane Grey. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "FLASH GORDON, No. 512." Painted cover art. The Zarkov Line, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Frank Thorne; Ming's raiders stage an attack on "The Zarkov Line," an early warning defense system based in an asteroid belt, as a diversion to allow a ship to slip through and kidnap Dr. Zarkov and Dale Arden; Ming intends to force Zarkov to give him information about the Earth's defenses. Flash goes to Mongo to rescue Dale and Zarkov but is captured; Ming's daughter Zara comes up with a plan to allow her and the three captives to return to Earth; Once on Earth, Zara will give false information about the attack in order to sabotage the asteroid defenses. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "BEN BOWIE AND HIS MOUNTAIN MEN, No. 513." Painted cover art. Short overview of what is meant by "mountain men. The Hostiles, script by Paul S. Newman, pencils by William Overgard; Ben and his friends help fend off Huron Indian raiders at a rickety fort nicknamed "Fort Indefensible." A Trap for the Beaver Trappers, script by Paul S. Newman, pencils by William Overgard; Ben and his men are trapping beaver, but their traps are being robbed by a renegade white man and his Algonquian Indian helpers. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "FROSTY THE SNOWMAN, No. 514." Painted cover art. Frosty the Snowman Makes the Forest Safe; A wolf captures the forest elves when they try to leave the woods to spend their diamonds. Frosty comes to their rescue. Frosty the Snowman Goes to the City; Tess and Tom run off to the city. Frosty has a series of misadventures there before he finds the pair and brings them home. Frosty the Snowman and the Crystal Castle; Every single hobby-horse has been stolen from Santa's workshop and taken to the Crystal Castle in the Frozen Forest. Santa summons Frosty to go to the castle to retrieve the toys with the help of the toy soldiers Pip and Squeek. All art by Don Gunn. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "ANDY HARDY, No. 515." Cover art by Al Hubbard. Andy's Musical Talent; Andy's mother hopes that Andy has some musical talent; He tries several instruments with no success. Job at a Costume Shop; Andy gets a temporary job at a costume shop, which leads to an extended problem with a knight's helmet. Souped-Up Hot Rod; Polly decides that she'll got to the Prom with whoever wins the Jones Beach Hot Rod Race; Stuffy buys a fancy $10,000 race car, but Andy befriends Elwood Undershod, a teen genius who soups up Andy's car with high-octane fuel. Andy in High Heels; Andy's mother has bought some high heels, but they are a little tight; She asks Andy to wear them for a while to stretch them out. All art by Al Hubbard. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "DOUBLE TROUBLE with GOOBER, No. 516." Cover art by Bill MacLean. Monkey Business; Goober, Jeannie, and Johnnie fix up an old broken wind-up record player to use as a hand-organ; With Goober playing the part of a monkey and Jeannie and Johnnie singing "Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush," the trio attract a crowd downtown. Goober Puts the Freeze on His "Double Trouble" Pals; Goober gets Jeannie and Johnnie to crank his ice-cream freezer for him. Blow Wind - Blow Some More; Goober and Johnnie take some old newspapers in for scrap, but on the way a strong wind scatters the papers over the neighborhood, with some surprising results. Fun, Food, and Frolic; Measles goes to the woods to get some exercise. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Moores. Stories by unknown. Pencils by Ken Champin and Riley Thompson. Featuring four untitled tales, plus an activity page on the inside front cover and a 1-page story on the back cover. Starring Chip 'n' Dale, Donald Duck, Pinocchio, Wicked Witch, Brer Rabbit, Brer Bear and Pluto! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "RIVETS, No. 518." Dog Daze; Rivets is let in the house during a storm; A burglar breaks in, but Rivets cluelessly helps him collect all the valuables. The Boner; Rivets is accused of stealing a dinosaur bone after visiting the Museum of Natural History with his owners. Scents and Nonsense; While on a picnic with his owners, Rivets and his master, Stevie, a young boy, get sprayed by a skunk. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Milton Caniff's STEVE CANYON, No. 519." Painted cover art. South American Spy Caper, script by Paul S. Newman, art by William Overgard and Milton Caniff; Steve Canyon is sent on an undercover mission to a communist-infiltrated South American country; The task is complicated when the owner of the plane Canyon is to fly down decides to go along for the ride, and to take his kid brother along. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "WILD BILL ELLIOTT, No. 520." Photo cover of Wild Bill Elliott. Famous Marksmen; Short anecdotes about Buffalo Bill Cody, Wyatt Earp, and Annie Oakley's expert marksmanship. Wild Bill Elliott and Death on Black Mesa, art by Cary; Bill finds a Hopi Indian, apparently dead from a rattlesnake bite; Upon investigation, he discovers a plot by white men to attack a wagon train disguised as Hopis. Wild Bill Elliott and the Lone Wolf Killer, art by Cary; Three days before Christmas, Bill is summoned by Sheriff Conner of Stirrup Gulch to help him capture a lone wolf killer there. Photos of Bill patting his horse, lifting a hay bale, and cleaning his six-gun. Posed studio photo of Bill leaning on a saddle that is draped over a fence. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "BEETLE BAILEY, No 521." Cover pencils by Mort Walker. The New Major; A new major is assigned to this battalion; Beetle is assigned to clean up his room, but is mistaken for the major by two lieutenants, who Beetle cons into cleaning the room for him. The Librarian; A librarian puts Killer in his place when he gets fresh with her. Always Room for One More; Capt. Scabbard leaves his apartment at the Bent Arms for a week and asks Sarge to keep an eye on it. Beetle Bailey Gets Promoted; Sarge absent-mindedly puts Beetle on the list for promotion to Corporal; For this mistake, Sarge is demoted to private and Beetle runs him ragged. Scripts and pencils by Mort Walker, inks by Fred Rhoads. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.