Comic books October 1953

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Cover by Joe Kubert. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, Russ Heath and Norman Maurer. Numbering continues from One Million Years Ago (1953 St. John) #1. Comics legend Joe Kubert won fans early in his career with his tales of Tor, a caveman struggling for survival in a world where humans co-exist with dinosaurs. Kubert and St. John push the envelope with some of the earliest 3-D comics. Three versions of issue #2 exist; all are called Vol. 1 #2 in the indicia. This version is standard Silver Age size and includes the same contents as #2B. Tor aids an underground tribe in their battle with a Cave Snake. Then he battles a giant turtle, escapes a forest fire, and witnesses a dinosaur battle. Plus illustrations of dinosaurs by legendary artist Russ Heath. Tor; 1,000,000 B.C. History of Prehistoric Animals: Triceratops, Brontosaurus; Wizard of Ugghh; Danny Dreams. Standard size: 7 1/2-in. x 10-in. 36 pages, B&W with 3-D effects. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Eric Peters. Art by Eric Peters and others. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. Detectives Bud and Lou are hired to protect the priceless Hopeless Diamond during a masquerade party. The boys are competing against each other in a painting contest without knowing it. After Private Lou is mistaken for a general, the boys are pursued across an amusement park by spies who look a little like Boris and Natasha. Plus a PSA on preventing polio, a real window into its time. The Semi-Private Eyes; The Big Brush-Off!; The Admiral's Darling Daughter; Taken for a Ride!; Top This. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Al Plastino. Superman's Million-Dollar Photos!, starring Al Plastino. The Hidden City! starring Congo Bill, script by Jack Miller, art by Ed Smalle. Give Your Pet All the Breaks! starring Binky, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. The Cosmic Jigsaw Puzzle! starring Tommy Tomorrow, art by Jim Mooney. The Treasure of Get-Rich Creek! starring Vigilante, art by Bob Brown. 44 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Win Mortimer. Superboy's Lost Costume, art by John Sikela; three people find Superboys costume. Give Your Pet All the Breaks! public service announcement starring Binky, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. Secret of the Sea Monster starring Aquaman, art by Ramona Fradon. Thunderbolts on Mount Olympus starring Johnny Quick, art by Ralph Mayo. The Three Shots That Green Arrow Missed, art by George Papp. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart PR 0.5 $139.00 View scan Interior is complete. Extensive water damage, full length spine split (taped). Cover and centerfold detached and taped into place. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Contains a lingerie panel in "Serpent of Doom", story page two, panel four. In order of appearance: "Serpent of Doom" reprinted in Snake Tales: The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics HC (2016 IDW) #1-1ST; "The Spectral Sergeant"; "Horror's Scrapbook: The Breeder of Crime, Ship of the Dead..."; "The Living-Dead of Kulatum" art by Gene Fawcette; "Weird Maze" activity page reprinted in Haunted Horror (2012 IDW) #27; "Conspiracy with Death"; "The Last Dance"; "The Gypsy Curse"; and "Nightmare Island" art by Gene Fawcette. "Shanghai Ship: A Bucko Mate Learns an Important Fact About Kidnapping Sailors..." illustrated text story by John Marvin. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Whitney Ellsworth. Cover by Irv Novick. Stories by Robert Kanigher, Irv Novick, Joe Giella, Bill Woolfolk, Gene Colan, Henry Boltinoff, Ed Herron, Jerry Grandenetti, Sy Barry, Ed Herron, and Bernard Sachs. Adventure tales of war and the military, including some humor—go into combat with All American Men of War! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue #11 - Oct. 1, 1953. Includes four-page comic strip of Romeo and Juliette. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/4-in., 12 pages, printed using a purple ink instead of black. NOTE: French language publication.

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52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Pre-Code war comics, speculating on atomic warfare, from the nervous early years of the Cold War. During the nuclear war between UN and Soviet forces in far-off 1977, an intelligence agent warns authorities of a game-changing new atomic-weapons system located on a Pacific island. During the Korean War, helicopter pilot Jack proves that his aircraft can go where jet planes can't. When tough Sgt. "Bull" Whip is in trouble, his buddy Pete has to be even tougher to save him. The Island That Disappeared; Blood and Guts; The Attack; Expedition Chopper; Heroes Are Born, Not Made. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Kirby. Art by George Roussos, Mort Meskin, Al Eadeh, Harry Lazarus, Bill Draut, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby present their own contribution to the horror comics trend of the 1950s, featuring tales of ghosts and the paranormal. Issue # 26 on cover; listed as Vol. 4, issue #2 in indicia. A strange little man gives petty hood Archie everything he dreams of. An eerie astrologer warns a woman to beware of Scorpio. A wind summoned by natives threatens to destroy colonial island settlements. Fools Paradise; The Beast in You!; The Wish; The Sting of Scorpio; The Strange Antics of the Mystic Mirror; The Voice; Demon Wind! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Dick Wood, Paul Gustavson and unknown. Art by Paul Gustavson and unknown. Featuring Blackhawk in: "The Conference of the Dictators" with story by Dick Wood; "The Cyclone From Hell"; "The King of the Iron Men"; and 1-page text story "No Clue of Danger," reprinted from Modern Comics (1945) #99. Plus: Chop Chop in an untitled back-up story by Paul Gustavson, reprinted from issue #44. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 97, Issue 9 - October 1953, 8.25" x 11", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $10.50 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 1, Issue 7 - October, 1953. Men's interest digest with stories of war, science, and crime, as well as many full pages dedicated to tasteful pin-up photography. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $449.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4548078004 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

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Cover by Matt Fox. Stories and art by Harry Harrison and Steve Kirkel. Tales of pre-Code horror from Youthful Magazines. A horror story based on the classic Sir Walter Scott story, "The Strange Case of Wandering Willie." Two other stories are adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe classics. In "The Tell-Tale Heart," a killer's guilt drives him to madness, or maybe it's the other way around. In a story based on Poe's "MS Found In a Bottle," a shipwrecked sailor is taken aboard a ghost ship. Cover art by noted artist Matt Fox, better known for his covers of pulp magazines such as Weird Tales. Strange Case of Wandering Willie; The Secret of Life and Death; The Tell-Tale Heart; Doomsday Ship; The Evil Eye. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Bob Jenney. The Cisco Kid rode the range as the Robin Hood of the Old West with his corpulent sidekick Pancho, earning a permanent place in 20th-century pop culture. Cisco and Pancho get involved in a dispute over who's carrying the mail to towns on the remote frontier. That leads to a tense dogsled run through a raging blizzard. Cisco and Pancho set out to run a reverse scam on a crooked real-estate broker. Plus fun facts about the cowboys in Old California. Another nice painted cover, likely by Ernest Nordli. California Vaquero of 100 Years Ago; White Fury; Two-Way Frame-Up. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Adventures of Kit Carson, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art by Rudy Palais. (HRN 113, with 10/53 date). Cover price $0.15.

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Adventures of Kit Carson, 3rd Printing, Painted Cover. Art by Rudy Palais. (HRN 141). Cover price $0.15.

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Adventures of Kit Carson, 6th Printing, Painted Cover. Art by Rudy Palais. (HRN 167) Cover price $0.15.

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"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," script by Mayer A. Kaplan (adapter) and Brothers Grimm (adapted from their original story), art by Alex A. Blum; Snow White flees a wicked Queen to live in the forest with the Seven Dwarfs; When the Queen poisons Snow White, she falls into a death-like sleep until a Prince awakens her with love's first kiss. "The Farmer in the Dell," art by Alex A. Blum; Nursery rhyme about a farmer and the people and animals in his life. Article about the lion, art by William A. Walsh. Dot-to-Dot Puzzle, art by Alex A. Blum. Snow White back-cover pinup by Alex A. Blum. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.15.

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. NOTE: We do not currently differentiate between HRN 576 copies and other HRN #'s of Classics Illustrated Junior reprints. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $6.00 Interior is complete. Full length spine split.

84 pages. Movie tie-in. Clyde Beatty in "The Floating Jungle," "Circus Killer," "Big Magic," "The Man From Hollywood," and "The Tamed Killers" (art on all by Mel Keefer). 12-page photo feature, Clyde Beatty's "The Pit of Umangi." Also "Big Bear and Lenny Lion," "Battling Bingo," "True Tales From the Big Top," and "The Gooflesnoof." One page Ed Nofziger cartoons. Photo cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Moe Marcus, Al Gordon, John Belfi and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. After their gambling ship goes down, leaving them stranded on a desert island, gangsters face a dead man's revenge. A charming New York businessman lives a double life as a holdup man. Harry Tracy was the last surviving member of the Hole in the Wall Gang. Dead Man's Revenge; Best Fights of the Century; The Jekyll and Hyde Killer; A Nose for Murder; The Death Hunt of Slippery Tiger Tracy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $89.95 or Best Offer View scan Cover oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Stories and art by Doug Wildey and Vince Colletta. Tales of love and heartbreak, with a twist: in-story appearances by real-life musicians of the era. Scheming star Carla tries to break up the romance between her understudy Terry and TV director Ted, until real-life singer Julius LaRosa intervenes, in a story with early art by Doug Wildey. Denny wants to get her family out of the horse-racing business, but her dangerous actions get her jockey boyfriend Pete blackballed instead. Reformed juvenile delinquent Lucille is afraid her past will catch up with her and ruin her romance and job with department-store manager Will. Cover features a photo of Julius LaRosa. Julius LaRosa!; Bet Love To Win; My Sister and I; Finger of Shame. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $1,399.95 or Best Offer View scans 4.5" cumulative spine split (chew). Cover oxidation. Water damage. Interior folds. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Bernard Baily. Stories and art by Steve Ditko and Sal Trapani. A standard romance comic of the 1950s, notable for publishing Steve Ditko's earliest work. Redhead Lani struggles to tell her soldier boyfriend, stationed overseas, that she's breaking up with him. Bill wants to marry Abby, but she's already married...to her job. Liza is dating farmboy Seth, but wants to meet someone more sophisticated, in the first published story by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Slightly saucy pre-Code cover by Bernard Baily. Dear John; Career Girl!; Love...and Obey!; Cold Cash!; My Sister's Keeper!; Paper Romance! Final issue under this title; series continues as Radiant Love (1954) #2. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $299.95 or Best Offer View scans Water damage, staple rust/migration. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

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Cover by Hy Fleishman. Stories and art by A.C. Hollingsworth, Jon D'Agostino and Hy Fleishman. A pre-Code horror series that is not as well-known other horror comics, but makes up for it with grue. A man snaps and disposes of his wife in a cement mixer, but her hands somehow survive to come after him. Redheaded Karen is saved from drowning by a skeleton whose whispered message seals his killer's doom. A convict successfully escapes prison by hiding in a coffin; too bad it's headed for the crematorium. Fingers of Doom; The Skeleton's Revenge; An Eye for an Eye?; Terror of the Boa Constrictor; Escape to Death! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by unknown. Art by Lew Sayre Schwartz, Charles Paris, Leonard Starr, Joe Certa and Ruben Moreira. Batman and Robin clash with an underground broadcasting menace in "Radio Station C-R-I-M-E!" with art by Lew Sayre Schwartz and Charles Paris. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "The Unwilling...Witness!" with art by Leonard Starr; Robotman in "Superstitious Robot!" with art by Joe Certa; and Impossible -- But True! tale "The Maker of Mental Giants!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with art by Ruben Moreira. Also: Casey the Cop half-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Peg 1-pager by Boltinoff; and 2-page text piece "Calling All Cars!" by Jack Miller. 44 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Paul Murry. Stories and art by Jack Bradbury and Carl Fallberg. The classic adventures of Disney's Donald Duck, featuring art by Carl Barks and other great Disney artists. Donald's annual vacation finally starts, but there's no opportunity to relax. Donald competes with Gladstone Gander in a count-the-beans competition. Donald gets a visit from his inventor cousin Botcho, and takes a ride in his homemade helicopter. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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October 1953. Cover by Alex Schomburg. "Snail's Pace" by Algis Budrys. Other stories by M. C Pease, James Gunn, Frank Belknap Long, Robert A. Madle, Leonard Wampler. W. Malcolm White, Anthony K. Van Riper, and Hal Annas. Illustrations by Luros, Murphy, Orban, and Sibley. Approx. 7" x 10"; black and white; 98 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $199.95 or Best Offer View scan Interior is complete. Full length spine split (partially taped). Brittle. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Alvin C. Hollingsworth. Edited by Sol Cohen. Art by Norman Nodel, Harry Lazarus, and Vince Alascia. Tales of horror from the era just before the Comics Code was introduced. A big-game hunter learns the horrifying secret of the white gorilla (its man); A stray postage stamp proves to be the clue that traps a murderer; A couple discovers the ancient Egyptian secret of eternal life, but of course it includes a horrible twist. Third cover appearance of the gasping girl from issues #5 and #9. The Light That Lured!; The White Gorilla!; The Steps in the Cellar; The Spectre at the Opera!; Stamp Murder!; Help Us to Die! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $15.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Vintage men's interest magazine full of adult humor comics and tasteful pin-up pictorials. This issue with two pages of Bettie Page photos. 8.5" x 11.5", 52 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $44.00 View scan Minor chew.

Cover by Mike Roy. Stories and art by Fran Matera, Allen Saunders, Elmer Woggon, Mike Roy, Ed Moore and Matt Christopher. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Tom Terriss, the Vagabond Adventurer, investigates the strange story of the Frozen Bride. Dickie Dare and Dan end up on the front lines of the Cold War in a remote village. A series of short "True Heroic Stories," featuring real-life tales of wartime action. Tom Terriss the Vagabond Adventurer; Dickie Dare; Steve Roper; The Chips Were Down; Uphill Fight; Devotion to Duty!; Glades Hostage. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $9.30 View scans

Volume 6 - Issue 10, October 1953. Pulp magazine devoted to exploring the paranormal. This issue features Lost Language of the Bible, Space, Time, and Dr. Einstein, and Canada Builds a Flying Saucer! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 page, Text (with B&W Illustrations and Photos). Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $9.60 View scan 1/2" Cumulative spine split.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $6.40

Cover by Chad Grothkopf. Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf, Bill Woolfolk and Walter Farmer. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Bunny, Bobby Bantam and Kenny Kangaroo. Kenny Kangaroo is such a bad boxer, he loses a shadow-boxing match. Skeezel's latest scheme goes so wrong that Teddy falls off a building into a tomato truck, plastering passersby in tomato puree. Hoppy gets jealous when Millie makes eyes at carnival strong man Herman Hare, but his superhero days are long behind him. Ambitious Cat; Slinky Stinky: The Stolen Swimming Pool; Teddy Bear and Skeezel the Weasel: All Washed Up; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Muscle Tussle; Kenny Kangaroo; Bobby Bantam: Bailing, Bailing; Buzzy Bee. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Otto Messmer. Stories and art by Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. Comics adventures of the popular, long-running cartoon character; this series often featured art by the two men most associated with Felix, Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. Felix and his pig pal take the magic flying carpet to Roboteria, where they meet a race of robots and their creator. Felix's nephew Inky schemes to win a cookie. Kokey Koala tries to milk a cow. Roboteria; Inky; Planned Troubles; Omar the Owl; Donny Boy; Stage Struck; Kokey Koala; Loco. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart Good $14.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. Spine stress. Water damage.

Volume 6, Number 5 - October 1953. Vintage men's interest magazine full of pin-ups and glamour photos paired with humorous text stories and adult comic strips. 8" x 11.5", 54 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VF+ 8.5 $25.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 3, Issue 17 - October 28, 1953. Men's interest magazine featuring Athletes, True Crime, Starlets, and Pin-ups. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $2.65 Interior complete. Front cover missing with back cover attached with tape. Cover oxidation.

Indicia title is "UNCLE WIGGILY, No. 503." Cover art by Bill Weaver. Finding a Job for Shaggy Wolf; Wiggily tries to help Shaggy Wolf get a job and become successful; but Shaggy gets fired as quickly as he's hired. Contests for Rights to the Turtle Pond; Pokey Turtle and his cousin Trundle go through a series of contests to settle who has rights to the turtle pond. A Fortune in the Stove; Wiggily sells an old stove, not knowing that's where Nurse Jane hid her life savings. All art by Bill Weaver. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Sword and the Rose (Disney movie adaptation). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $5.60

Incidia title is "LITTLE SCOUTS, No. 506." The Hanford House Mystery; Mr. Hanford disappeared years ago and his house has been empty since; While collecting scrap, the Little Scouts are given some picture frames and a painting from the Hanford House. Poor Little Rich Boy; Clifton Courtney IV, son of very rich man, comes to the Scouts' camp on Farmer Brown's farm, accompanied by his valet Jarvis and all the comforts of home. The Rambling Wreck; Scoutmaster Johnson shows up in a beat-up old car to take the Scouts to Eagle Lake; When the car breaks down, the Scouts dismantle it while trying to help fix it. Giants and Fairies; The Scouts are volunteered to take part in Miss Primly's dramatic club's play, "The Fairies of Yellow Mountain." All art by Don Gunn. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Charles Schulz, Russell Patterson, Rudolph Dirks, Elizabeth Woodward, and Raeburn van Buren. The comic-strip adventures of aspiring model Fritzi Ritz and her boyfriend, the bumbling Phil Fumble. Fritzi was later known as "Aunt Fritzi" in the Nancy comic strip. Phil and Fritzi's boring dude-ranch vacation becomes a breathless chase after Phil accidentally lassos a moose. New in town, Sue Groggins of Abbie an' Slats ill-advisedly takes a ride from notorious lecher "Gropeworth Snootingham." One of the backup strips in the comic is Charles Schulz's Peanuts, then only in its fourth year; several daily strips are presented in full color. Other backup strips include the Katzenjammer Kids and Russell Patterson's Mamie. Fritzi Ritz; Peanuts; The Captain and the Kids; Abbie an' Slats; Stamp Tips; Mamie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $8.00

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $6.20 3 3/4" Cumulative spine split (chew).

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Dan Gordon and Bob Wickersham. Funny-animal comics from independent publisher ACG, featuring the Itchy & Scratchy-like Puss an Boots, misguided inventor Blunderbunny, owl detective Whoo-Dunnit, and Western dog marshal Alkali Ike. Sometimes the characters break through the fourth wall and into the laps of the kids who are watching their cartoons. Puss fears hes lost his touch when his jokes on Boots start backfiring; Blunderbunny drills for oil in the house, but only finds the landladys water heater; Hector the Specter gets a job with a duck whos running a scam selling chicken eggs to owls. Puss an' Boots; Blunderbunny; Muttsy; Hector the Specter; Dog Gone; The Booby Trap; Whoo-Doodit; Bill an' Coo. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Otto Feuer. "Space Dodo Rides Again," art by Otto Feuer; Dodo and the Frog appear as actors in a science fiction story. "Get a Horse!" starring Nip and Chip, art by Otto Feuer. Comicode puzzle page by Martin Naydel. Untitled Biggety Bear story, art by Rube Grossman; Willy tries to convince Biggety that Biggety isn't Biggety but really Elmer Hassenpfeffer and thus can't stay in Biggety's house any longer. "Buzzy Asks: How Safe Is Your Driving?" public service announcement by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. "Gyp Ahoy!" starring Custer Cat and Cheesy the Mouse, art by Rube Grossman. "The Autographed Tortoise" text story. Peter Panda ad. Untitled story, script and art by Sheldon Mayer; Skinny sells Bo a "magic wishing bean". 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $15.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

October 1953. Cover by Emsh. Stories: "The Caves of Steel" (Part 1 of 3) by Isaac Asimov, "At The Post" by H. L. Gold, "The Model of a Judge" by William Morrison, "The Carnivore" by G. A. Morris, and "With a Vengeance" by J. B. Woodley. Non-Fact Article: "Origins of Galactic Etiquette" by Edward Wellen. Softcover Pulp Digest, 5-in. x 7-in.; 160 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.