Comic books January 1953

Stories and art by Otto Binder, Kurt Schaffenberger and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. In an issue-length, multi-part adventure, The Marvel Family battles an ancient mummy that has been revived with evil intent. The story finds them lifting a pyramid, catching a plummeting Sphinx, and being struck with "the weird silence of the sphinx" so they cannot say their power words. The Marvel Family Battles the Dynasty of Horror, Chapter One: The Mad Mummy; Crooks in the Broth; Lazy Lee; Boxcar Benny; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Chapter Two: The Horn of Howling Horrors; Headline Harry: The Courthouse Scoop; Substitute for Error; Chapter Three: The New Pyramid of Peril. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 45, Issue 5 - January, 1953. 8.5" x 10.5", 90 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

No ads in book. Entire issue from cover to cover is comic stories and one page strips. Mickey Mouse in "The Icy Hand" in which Mickey and Goofy investigate the disappearance of Shamrock Bones, the world's greatest detective and "Lucky Land." No art/story credits given. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

No. 1, Jan 1953 - German language reprint. 32 pages, full color.

No. 1, Jan 1954 - German language reprint. 32 pages, full color.

The world's mightiest mouse defends Mouseville from danger - mostly cats - in the comic-book adventures of the Terrytoons animated superhero. In a double-length story, Mighty Mouse battles outlaw cats in the frontier town of Gunshot Junction. Dinky gets an inflatable horse for his birthday, but Rudy Rooster wants to play cowboy. Heckle & Jeckle attempt to teach Dimwit Dog about fire prevention by setting his house on fire. Rustlers Revenge; Dinky: Busting the Bronco; Hungry Harry; Little Roquefort: Slippery Sleeper; Heckle & Jeckle: Phony Firemen. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Stan Lee. Art and Cover by Dan DeCarlo. In this issue: Millie the Model in two untitled stories and five untitled 1-pagers. Plus: untitled Daisy and Iggy story, and untitled Chili story. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11.5", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $14.00 View scans Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.

French language movie magazine. 8 1/4 in. x 12-in., 16 pages, B&W. NOTE: French Language.

Cover by Gladys Parker. Stories and art by Gladys Parker and others. One of the first female-centric comic strips, by pioneering female artist Gladys Parker, Mopsy combines an Ever Meulen art style with pantomime-style gags and good-girl art. After her date eats all the chocolates he brings over, Mopsy finds a new use for the box at the beach. Mopsy gets a job as an organ grinder, and lets the monkey handle the business end of things. Private Thistlewait proves he can be first in line at the mess hall, inspiring the Sarge to make him a "runner" to the troops on Ridge 39. Mopsy; Private Thistlewait. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover features George Montgomery and Karin Booth. Story by Leo Dorfman, from the screenplay by Richard Schayer. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on Cripple Creek, a 1952 Columbia Western starring George Montgomery. Federal agents go undercover in gold-rush town Cripple Creek to discover who is smuggling gold out of the country. They learn that the gold is being disguised as lead for export. But before they can discover that the local sheriff is corrupt, he uncovers their true identities. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 4, Issue 1 - January 1953. Hollywood Movie and TV Celebrity gossip magazine. Features stories on Ava Gardner, Debbie Reynolds, and Terry Moore. 8 1/2-in.x 11-in., 84 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.25.

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

"The Ghost Hunter," "The Man Who Was a God" (script by Stan Lee, art by John Romita Sr.), "Rudolf's Revenge" (script by Lee, art by Jerry Robinson), "Grim Harvest" (art by Ed Win), "The Iron Man," and a two-page text story, "The Torture Chamber." Cover price $0.10.

Ghosts in the Night, script by Stan Lee, art by Carmine Infantino. Birth of a Vampire! Dream's End text story. The Most Miserable Man in the World; A man with terrible luck finally uses a book of black magic to summon the Devil, who informs him that he actually is in Hell. A Scream in the Dark!; When a couple arrive at the end of the tunnel of love, they find that they have aged rapidly and the fairground deserted. The Wooden Box, script by Stan Lee, art by George Roussos; When a pawn shop owner opens a wooden box that he has been warned against opening, he is transformed into a skeleton. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 7, Issue 19 - January, 1953. Squarebound, 5" x 7.5", 96 pages, B&W, Text Only.

Cover features Kay Aldridge from the movie serial Perils of Nyoka. Stories and art by Howard Boughner and John Martin. Raised in the jungle by her scientist father, Nyoka faces its dangers like no man ever could. Seeking the creature that is attacking large jungle beasts, Nyoka discovers that the mythological griffin actually exists, in a three-part story. She must capture the creature so she isn't blamed for its attacks. The Jungle Myth of Terror, Chapter One: The Griffin: Real or Fable; Trader Tom; Ballyhoo Barney: Which Twin Is the Phony?; Chapter Two: The Monster's Lair; Forbidden Secret; Quiz; Egbert the Explorer; Gate to Doom; Chapter Three: The Valley of Death!; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: The Job Seeker!. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.