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Comic books December 1953

  • Vol. 48 #2
    10 Story Western Magazine (1936-1954 Popular) Pulp Vol. 48 #2


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
  • Vol. 2 #6
    2 Western Books (1948-1954 Fiction House) Pulp Vol. 2 #6


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    • Paper: Off white

    Volume 2, Issue 6 - Winter, 1953. 6.75" x 9.75", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #1
    3-D Dolly (1953 Harvey) 1
    • 3/4" Spine split from top. Water damage. Glasses detached but present.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #0764516010
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    A series of 3-D kids' stories, published to coincide with the 3-D craze in movies and comics of the era. The most significant item in 3-D Dolly is a reprint of the very first Richie Rich story, from Little Dot #1, reformatted to 3-D. May or may not include 3-D glasses. Kid Trouble; Circus Sideshow; 3-D Blinkey; Man of Iron; Richie Rich: The Dancing Lessons. 36 pages, B&W with 3-D effects. Cover price $0.25.

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    2 days left Auction 3-D Dolly Vol. 1 #1 FN+ 1st Richie Rich Story By 3-D Dolly Publishing SA

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  • Issue #1
    3-D Love (1953) 1
    • CGC Qualified
    • Paper: Off white
    • Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s); Significant side/edge cracks 1" or more
    • INCOMPLETE. 3-D GLASSES MISSING.
    • Label #3872610001
    • Glasses not included. Only one staple (manufacturing).
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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  • Vol. 127 #4
    Adventure (1910-1971 Ridgway/Butterick/Popular/New Publications) Pulp/Magazine Vol. 127 #4


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    Volume 127, Issue 4 - December, 1953. 8.5" x 11", 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #50
    Adventures into the Unknown (1948 ACG) 50

    Stories in this pre-Comics Code issue: "Vampire Spider", "The Labyrinth of Daboor," "The Road to Death," "The Impostor," and "I am a Zombie." Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Cover by Ken Bald. Stories by Robert McCarty, Dick Beck, George Klein, Pete Riss, Ken Bald, Bernard Sachs, Jack Abel, William Weltman, and Lin Streeter. Spine-chilling tales of suspense, horror, and the supernatural—prepare yourself for Adventures into the Unknown! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #24
    Adventures into Weird Worlds (1952-1954 Marvel/Atlas) 24
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #1462370011
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover art by Bill Everett. The One Who Was Dead, art by Paul Reinman; A man uses life restore serum to revive Cleopatra, but it also works on the Asp that she used to commit suicide, and it bites him. The Trap text story. He Kidnapped a Rocket; A criminal hijacks a rocket, but unknown to him, its destination is a space prison colony. The Hunter; A hunter winds up on a planet where animals are the masters and place humans in zoos. Halfway Home!, art by Chuck Winter; A scientist aboard a rocket without enough fuel to reach Earth wants to use a device to reduce the weight of the crew by half; when he tests it on a monkey, it shrinks the monkey to half-size. Look Out for the Martians, art by John Forte; A man realizes that he is actually a Martian that has been incubated into a human infant and only becomes aware of his identity once maturity has been reached. Human agents called 'scanners' attempt to neutralize him, but fail. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 41 #3
    Air Trails (1934-1942, 1950-1954 Street & Smith) Pulp / Magazine 2nd Series Vol. 41 #3


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    • Water damage: Moderate.
  • Issue #8
    All American Men of War (1952) 8
    • Water spotting.
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #3712147004
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Edited by Whitney Ellsworth. Cover by Irv Novick and Joe Giella. Stories by David Kahn, Carmine Infantino, Henry Boltinoff, Harry Harrison, Ross Andru, Mike Esposito, Irwin Hasen, Nat Barnett, Gene Colan, Bernard Sachs, Jack Miller, Raymond Perry, Robert Kanigher, Irv Novick, and Joe Giella. 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.

  • Vol. 3 #9
    Amateur Art and Camera (1950-1961 Camerarts Publishing^) Magazine Vol. 3 #9


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    • Spine split 5%.

    Volume 3, Issue 9 - December, 1953. Art and Camera Magazine is a great tool for the amateur artist. It contains articles, exposes and product reviews that you can use to your advantage while exploring creativity in the world of fine arts. 8.5" x 11", 52 pages, B&W. Contains nudity and is recommended for mature readers. Cover price $0.50.

  • Vol. 1 #1
    Animal Life Magazine (1953 Animal Life Publications) Vol. 1 #1


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    • Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 1, Issue 1 - December 1953. Men's interest Magazine focusing on Hunting and Animal stories and articles. This issue features "Monster Marlin of Tahiti" and "Africa - Bird Hunter's Paradise". 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 66 pages, Text, with B&W images through out Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #30
    Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) 30

    Cover art by Joe Maneely. The Eyes, art by Pete Tomlinson. The Rulers of Earth, art by Joe Sinnott. The Death of Me, art by Al Carreno. The Future of Oswald Flush!, art by Ed Winiarski. Until You Are... Dead!, art by Tony DiPreta; Gangster Killer Ryan forces biochemist Dr. Knight to create an antidote for poison gas so the criminal can avoid execution in the gas chamber; But the antidote alters Ryan's metabolism so he can only breathe poison gas. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 52 #4
    Astounding Science Fiction (1938-1960 Street and Smith) Pulp / Digest Vol. 52 #4


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    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 52, Issue 4 - December, 1953. Cove by Van Dongen. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 162 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #11
    Best of the West (1951 A-1 Comics) 11

    (A-1 Comics #97) Cover by Fred Meagher. Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Art by Fred Meagher, Fred Guardineer, Frank Bolle and Dick Ayers. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #97. Part of A1 Comics, an anthology from Magazine Enterprises with content that varied from month to month. This issue featured tales of Old West heroes. Ghost Rider intervenes when a farm foreman tries to take over Liz Nelson's farm by brute force; Straight Arrow intervenes in a man's hunt for the hermit he believes killed his family. The Hunter and the Hunted; The Horns of Horror; When the Pack Rat Strikes; The Sting of Death! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #47
    Black Cat Mystery (1951-1963 Harvey) 47
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #3880395001
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case
    • Label #2045610004
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Manny Stallman and Joe Certa. Former superhero comic Black Cat becomes a showcase for Harvey's unique brand of pre-Code horror. A scientist tries to convince future Earth of the folly of shooting convicted criminals into space. A prisoner gets a chance to escape his cruel captors, or so he thinks. A dark spoof of the movie High Noon, an experiment in the Mad-style humor that resulted in Harvey's short-lived comic Flip. Supreme Penalty; Low Noon; Torture; Regent 3! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $175 BLACK CAT MYSTERY COMICS #47 GOOD/VERY GOOD 3.0 (A) LEE ELIAS COVER

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  • Issue #736
    Blighty (1939-1959 City Magazines Ltd.) UK Magazine 736
    • Staple rust: Slight.
  • Issue #737
    Blighty (1939-1959 City Magazines Ltd.) UK Magazine 737
    • Staple rust: Moderate.
  • Issue #738
    Blighty (1939-1959 City Magazines Ltd.) UK Magazine 738
    • Staple rust: Moderate.
  • Vol. 98 #2
    Blue Book (1905-1956 Story-Press/Consolidated/McCall) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 98 #2


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    • Edge damage. Soiling.

    Volume 98, Number 2 - December 1953. Christmas cover by John Cullen Murphy. 8.25" x 11", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #1
    Captain 3-D (1953 Harvey) 1
    Published Dec 1953 by Harvey.
    • 2" cumulative spine split. Cover detached. No 3-D glasses present.

    May or may not contain 3-D glasses. For consignment items, please check individual item notes to see whether the copy offered still has the 3-D glasses intact. "The Man From the World of D," "The Menace of the Living Dolls," and "Iron Hat McGinty and his Destruction Gang." Pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko (tied for third published work with Strange Fantasy 9). Kirby cover pencils, Mort Meskin cover inks. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

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    $347 PGX 9.2 CAPTAIN 3-D #1 JACK KIRBY + JOE SIMON Harvey 1953 GLASSES INTACT cgc
    23 hours left Auction Captain 3-D #1 Harvey 1953 PGX 8.5

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  • Issue #33
    Children's Digest (1950-2009 Better Reading Foundation) 33


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    • Front cover detached 5%.
  • Issue #18
    Cisco Kid (1951-1958 Dell) 18

    Painted Cover. Stories by unknown. Art by Bob Jenney. Featuring the tales "Double Dynamite" and "The Prairie Schooner"! Also: the 1-page filler "The Cisco Kid" on the inside front cover! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #1
    Classics Illustrated 114 The Red Rover (1953) 1
    • Centerfold detached at one staple.
    • Centerfold detached at one staple. Staple rust.
    • Small chew-hole through book.
    • .5" Spine split.
    • Centerfold detached.
    • Cover and centerfold detached at one staple.
    • Chew. 2" cumulative spine split. Staple rust.
    • 4" Spine split from bottom. Centerfold detached at one staple.

    The Red Rover, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 115, with 12/53 date). Hazarding lashing winds, high seas and severe storms, the Red Rover stalks his prey. Here is an adventure-packed, suspense-filled tale of ruthless pirates and their plotting to capture cargo ships. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #503
    Classics Illustrated Junior (1953-1971) 1st Printing 503

    Painted cover art by Dik Browne (?). "Cinderella," script by Charles Perrault (adapted from his original story), art by Peter Costanza; Cinderella is a drudge in her stepmother's household but attends the Prince's ball through the agency of her Fairy Godmother; The Prince falls in love with her; At midnight, she loses her glass slipper while fleeing the palace, but the Prince tries the slipper on every maiden in the land until he discovers the woman he loves. "Jack and Jill," art by Alex A. Blum; Nursery rhyme about two children climbing a hill to draw a pail of water. Article about the panda, art by William A. Walsh. Cinderella pinup on back cover by Peter Costanza. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #20
    Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) 20
    • Restored: C1
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover, piece re-attached to cover with glue. (TOP EDGE OF COVER TRIMMED). COVER TRIMMED.
    • Label #1252580003
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein and Johnny Craig. Art by Johnny Craig, Marie Severin, Jack Davis, Jack Kamen, and Reed Crandall. EC's New Trend crime title featured top-notch art and writing, barrier-pushing graphics and pre-Code violence. A cheating wife and a murderous husband plot to out-murder each other with a fire and a wild horse. Brothers who owe a huge debt to mobsters prove to be even worse at murder than they were at gambling. When jealous stunt fliers fall for the same woman, the opportunities for them to murder each other are plentiful. Famous hanging-corpse cover by Johnny Craig was cited in illustration #10 of the famous anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent. Fire Trap!; The Welchers; Rope!; Double Jeopardy; Plane Murder. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #1
    Danger Is Our Business! (1953) 1
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4304819001

    Stories and art by Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Mel Keefer and Fred Kida. Tales of adventure from Toby Press. Treasure hunters resort to kidnapping and murder to force Native diver "Fiji Joe" to dive for pearls in the White Octopus's waters, where none have returned. A tale of crime and corruption on the docks. Captain Comet is captured by space pirates who want the plans for the solar system's new shipping lanes, featuring terrific art by comics and fantasy legends Al Williamson and Frank Frazetta. Plus a vintage Popsicle ad in comics form featuring Major Mars ("America's #1 Space Soldier") and an offer for a "Real Rocket Water Pistol." The White Octopus; Death on the Waterfront; Famous Battles: Hastings 1066 A.D.; Life on the Ocean Waves; The Vicious Space Pirates!; One Night in Singapore.... 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #2
    Death Valley (1953 Comic Media) 2
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #3895654003
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover by Don Heck. Stories and art by Ken W. Fitch and Don Heck. Violent, pre-Code tales of gunplay, outlaws and horsemanship in the Wild West. The discovery of a lost gold mine leads to double-crosses and triple-crosses. Newly elected sheriff Bart is actually the secret head of the outlaw gang that's been terrorizing the town. Mark single-handedly takes on the outlaw gang that shot up Silver City. Featuring art and a cover by future Marvel legend Don Heck. Fools Gold; Outlaw Nightmare; Bloody Sheriff; Alone. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #2
    Dell Giant Tom and Jerry Winter Carnival (1952-1953 Dell) 2

    "Droopy" written by Carl Barks. 100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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    $35 Tom and Jerry Winter Carnival #2 1953 2.5 GD+ Dell Giant Comic 1st Printing MGM

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  • Issue #202
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 202
    • Paper: Off white
    • Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
    • Label #4307315007
    • INCOMPLETE. First wrap missing, interrupts art and story.
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    Cover art by Win Mortimer. Know Your Community! public service announcement starring Binky, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. Millionaire Island starring Batman and Robin, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Charles Paris. The Dummy With a Mind of It's Own starring Roy Raymond TV Detective, art by Ruben Moreira. Casey the Cop humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Human War Machine starring Robotman, art by Joe Certa. Mystery of the Seaman Smuggler text article by Jack Miller. Pow-Wow Goes Hollywood starring Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman, art by Leonard Starr (Craig Delich). 44 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    $100 Detective Comics #202 CGC 2.5 Off-White to White Pages Batman DC Comics 1953

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  • Issue #32
    Donald Duck (1952-1980 Dell/Gold Key/Whitman/Gladstone) 32

    Cover by Paul Murry. Stories by unknown. Art by Jack Bradbury. Donald Duck is featured in "Money on Moon" and "Paint the House"! Also: 1-pagers "Equal Parts," "Face Names" and "Cannon Shot"! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    3 days left Auction Donald Duck #32 G/VG 1953 Missing Centerfold

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  • Issue #1
    Eh! (1953) 1
    • Restored (see item notes)
    • RESTORATION. Minor color touch.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Cover art by Vince Colletta. Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Dick Ayers, and Lou Morales. Eh! was Charlton's attempt at a one-word-title humor and satire comic, inspired by the success of EC's Mad. A parody of Buck Rogers. Another parody focuses on medical soap operas like the long-forgotten Young Dr. Malone. Young vampire Elmer just can't make himself act like other vampires, but he doesn't fit into the human world either. Spoofs of 1950s advertising, including cars, razors, and smoking remedies. The Shave of Champions; Young Dr. Baloney!; The House of Whacks!; Awakening; Eh-h!?! A Puzzle Page; Buck Hodges in the 26th Century!; That's How T.V. Was Born!!; Stop Smoking!; Motorists... Stop! Look! Listen! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 22 #121
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1941-Present Davis-Dell) Vol. 22 #121


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    • Water damage: Slight.
    • Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight.
  • Vol. 40 #6
    Esquire (1933 Esquire, Inc.) Magazine Vol. 40 #6
  • Vol. 10 #3
    Eyeful (1943-1955 Eyeful Magazine Inc.^) Vol. 10 #3


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    • Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling.

    Volume 10, Issue 3 - December, 1953. Vintage men's interest magazine full of adult humor comics and tasteful pin-up pictorials. This issue with a full-page Bettie Page photo. 8.5" x 11.5", 50 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #209
    Famous Funnies (1934) 209
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    • INCOMPLETE. Majority of 2 pages missing (affects Dickie Dare story). 7" cumulative spine split. Oxidation.

    Cover by Frank Frazetta. Stories and art by Rick Yager, Colton Waugh and Harold LeDoux. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Seminal sci-fi strip Buck Rogers returns to Famous Funnies, ushering in the first of a series of iconic Buck Rogers covers by fantasy and comics legend Frazetta that ran during the title's last years. A series of short "True Heroic Stories," featuring real-life tales of wartime action. Buck Rogers; Dickie Dare; The Terrible Titans; The Smoke Eating Marine; The River Secret; Star Scout in Star Act; The Best Automobile Sticker. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    3 days left Auction Famous Funnies #209 Buck Rogers Classic Frank Frazetta Cover, Golden Age Book

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  • Vol. 14 #6
    Famous Western (1937-1960 Columbia Publications) Pulp Vol. 14 #6


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Staple rust. Foxing. Soiling.

    Volume 14, Issue 6 - December, 1953. 6.75" x 9.75", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 2 #6
    Fantastic (1952-1980 Ziff-Davis/Ultimate) Vol. 2 #6


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    • Water damage: Slight.
    • Water damage.

    Nov-Dec 1953. Science fiction and fantasy stories by William P. McGivern, Frank M. Robinson, Robert Sheckley, Rog Phillips, Robert Bloch, Ralph Robin, Wallace West and Richard Burr, and Bill Peters. Cover by Vernon Kramer. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 132 pages. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #1
    Felix the Cat and His Friends (1953) 1
    • Water damage. Centerfold detached.

    Cover by Otto Messmer. Stories and art by Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. Comics adventures of the popular, long-running cartoon character by the two men most associated with Felix, Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. Felix has an adventure in the sun. Flub gets a job as a hunting dog. Inky causes mayhem while Felix is trying to take a nap. Plus an odd vintage ad from a photography studio, offering a free live parakeet (!). Sunny Daze; Two Gun Timmy; Jolly Jungle; Joys and Toys; Flub; Play Fun; Kongo Kid. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 6 #6
    Flirt (1947-1955 Whisper, Inc./Flirt^) Magazine Vol. 6 #6


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    Volume 6, Issue 6 - December 1953. Irving Winer cover. Pin up photos. 8.5" x 11.5". 54 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 3 #21
    Focus (1951 Leading Magazine Corp.) Magazine Vol. 3 #21

    Volume 3, Issue 21 - December 23, 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.

  • Issue #523
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 523

    Indicia title is "RIN-TIN-TIN, No. 523." Rin Tin Tin photo cover. Rinty Finds a Friend, art by Sparky Moore; When one of his best friends is murdered, J. B. Mooney sends Red and Rinty to the site of the murder to investigate. Bound in Red, art by Sparky Moore; Thieves break into J. B. Mooney's study and steal a red-bound confidential report on his employees to use for blackmail; Mooney suspects his former personnel manager, Brad Pearson, of ringleading the crime and Red and Rinty investigate. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #552
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 552

    Indicia title is "BEETLE BAILEY, No. 552." Cover art by Mort Walker. Key to the Safe; Beetle accidentally drops the key to the Captain's safe in the back of a garbage track; He races to the dump, only to be detained by the police twice, once for speeding and later for looking like a vagrant after digging through the trash to find the key. Roughing It; A Senator comes to inspect the camp after receiving complaints that the troops have been living in the woods for two months. Beetle's Furlough; Beetle returns to his home town for a furlough; He is chosen to judge a beauty contest, but gets some salt and pepper in his eyes and can't see. All scripts and pencils by Mort Walker, inks by Fred Rhoads. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #13
    Fox and the Crow (1951) 13
    Published Dec 1953 by DC.
    • 1/2" Spine split from bottom (chew). Cover detached. Extra staples (manufacturing). Staple rust.

    36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #31
    Fritzi Ritz (1948) 31
    Published Dec 1953 by United.

    Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Charles Schulz, Rudolph Dirks, Russell Patterson, 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. Fritzi wants Phil to be the target for a game of "William Tell." After Phil insults hypnotist Professor Svengoo, Svengoo makes Phil think he's a goldfish. 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 golf strip Divot Diggers and comedy adventure Abbie an' Slats. Fritzi Ritz; Peanuts; Divot Diggers; Abbie an' Slats; Stamp Tips; Mamie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    3 days left Auction Fritzi Ritz No. 31 United Features Comics Fair Condition *early peanuts

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  • Vol. 3 #3
    Frolic (1951-1967 Frolic Magazine, Inc.^) Magazine Vol. 3 #3


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    • Staple rust. Rust migration. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Foxing. Chew.

    Volume 3, Issue 3 - December, 1953. Men's magazine with tasteful, non-nude pictorials. 8" x 10", 66 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #1
    Funny 3-D (1953) 1
    Tags: 3D
    Published Dec 1953 by Harvey.
    • With 3-D glasses.

    Cover by Steve Muffatti. Stories and art by Bob Powell and Howard Nostrand. A series of 3-D funny-animal stories, published to coincide with the 3-D craze in movies and comics of the 1950s. Bozo Bear sets a "human trap" for lunch, and uses a female mannequin as bait. Willie Wildcat wants Buddy Beaver and his wife for breakfast, but they're too wily for him. Plus a story that takes advantage of the 3-D technology of the era by telling two separate tales on the same page. May or may not contain 3-D glasses. How to Use Your Magic 3-D Specs; Helpful Hank: A Night's Rest; Stinky; Bozo Bear; Jumpin' Jack; Buddy Beaver. 32 pages, B&W with 3-D effects. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 7 #3
    Galaxy Science Fiction (1950-1980 World/Galaxy/Universal) Vol. 7 #3


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  • Issue #82
    Gene Autry Comics (1946-1959 Dell) 82

    Comic book featuring the famous singing cowboy hero Gene Autry. Gene Autry photo cover. Lincoln Logs ad. "The Helicopter Gang," art by Nicholas Firfires; Bankrobbers use an helicopter to get away, but Gene captures one of them. "The Boss of the One Chance," art by Nicholas Firfires; Gene picks up a runaway Chinese kid, and runs into a crooked politician. "The Chase" text story, art by Nicholas Firfires. "The Broken Metate," art by Tony Sgroi; Panhandle Pete and the kids are going on a trip to the lost mines of San Saba. Taming a Raw Frontier article, art by August Lenox. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #121
    Ghostly Weird Stories (1953) 121
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Centerfold re-attached with tape. Tape on interior cover.
    • Label #3711285021
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #1488647015
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and A. C. Hollingsworth. Pre-Code tales of horror and monsters, part of the horror-comics craze of the 1950s. The heir to a haunted castle seeks the one weapon that can destroy its malevolent spirit. Jungle hero Jo-Jo and his mate Tanee encounter the slithery menace of Janeece, the Queen of the Cobras, and her venomous cohorts. A murderer's bride kills him in self-defense, but then faces justice from her own tribe. Terrible Encounter; Gems of Death; The Case of the Shrunken Heads; The Last Man Alive; Jo-Jo: The Cobra Kiss. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $285 GHOSTLY WEIRD STORIES #121 CGC FR 1.0 STAR 1953 L.B.COLE COVER HOLLINGSWORTH ART

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  • Issue #22
    Haunt of Fear (1950 E.C. Comics 2nd Series) 22
    • Cover detached at one staple and coming loose at the other, 2.5" cumulative spine split.
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