Comic books January 1954

"The Marshall Sisters" part 1. Written by Lee Falk. Art by Ray Moore and Wilson McCoy. "The Professor" part 1. Written by Lee Falk. Art by Wilson McCoy.

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Volume 3, Issue 1 - January 1954. Vintage men's magazine featuring pictorial articles on a wide variety of topics including sports, fitness, true crime, and of course, beautiful women. This issue features pictorials on White Slavery, Monsanto Chemical Works blaze in Texas City, and early four-wheeler mud racing. 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 44, Issue 2 - August 1953. Magazine focused on Hollywood and film celebrities. Cover features Doris Day. Articles feature Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio, Piper Laurie, and Audie Murphy. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 100 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Mike Sekowsky, Mike Peppe, Ric Estrada and Dana Dutch. Beautiful covers and art by Matt Baker elevate St. John's 1950s romance comic above the norm. Sue's interfering mother gets a New York apartment near Sue and her new husband, and starts throwing lavish parties designed to sabotage their marriage, in a story with art by Baker. Joan isn't sure how to go on after her soldier husband John goes missing in action. Carole loves scientist Ben, but interferes with his career in hopes that it will benefit their relationship, only to have the opposite effect. Cover by Baker. Menace to Marriage; Wherever He Goes; Love-Starved; I Was a War Widow. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"News in Review 1953"; Old Year 1953 tells New Year 1954 about major news events of 1953: Dwight D. Eisenhower's biography and inauguration as President of the USA, Georgi Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union; Edmond Hilary's expedition climbs Mount Everest; Elizabeth Windsor becomes Queen of England; the Korean War ends; and the New York Yankees win the World Series. "Picture Progress Quiz"; Multiple choice quiz about news events of 1953. "Review Crossword Puzzle"; Crossword puzzle about news events of 1953. Vignettes of new events of 1953: first heart-lung machine; Mickey Mantle's 565-foot home run; Queen Elizabeth's coronation coach; Senator Wayne Morse's 22.33-hour filibuster; discovery of a coelacanth. 28 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Reed Crandall. Stories by Carl Wessler and others. Art by Wally Wood, Al Williamson, Angelo Torres, Jack Davis, and Reed Crandall. One of EC Comics' early New Direction titles, featuring pre-Code tales of piracy on the high seas. Wally Wood's art highlights a Cain and Abel story played out on the pirate decks. A pre-Code tale of murder and mutiny with art by Jack Davis. A pirate ship on its way home encounters a Dutch merchant vessel. The cover is inspired by the 1911 Howard Pyle painting "Who Shall Be Captain?" Sea Food; Kismet; Loblolly Boy; The Shell Game; The Dive; A Fitting End. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 6, Issue 4 - January, 1954. Kelly Freas cover. "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury, "The Crystal Crypt" by Philip K. Dick, plus other stories by Charles A. Stearns, Fox B. Holden, James McKinney Jr, Robert Sampson, Jan Smith, and Leigh Brackett. Illustrations by Emsh, Freas. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera. The Magic Cup starring Plastic Man, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Jack Cole. Woozy Winks story, art by Jack Cole. A Lesson Well Learned text story. The Electronic Gun starring Plastic Man, art by Jack Cole. Untitled Plastic Man story starring Mr. Aqua, art by Jack Cole. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

MATURE READERS. Cover price $0.50.

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1st printing. By Walt Kelly. Trade paperback containing Pogo comic strips based on various fairy tales such as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and children's rhymes. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.00.

Hastings Edition - Volume 4 - 1st printing.
"Prince Valiant's Perilous Voyage!" Story and art by Hal Foster. Adapted by Max Trell. Prince Valiant will brave anything and face and any danger to reach home. Thrill as the brave hero comes face-to-face with jungle mammoths, turblent seas, and Saxon armies to reach his final destination. Hardcover, 128 pages, B&W.
NOTE: Prose story with B&W illustrations on every page. Dust jacket and exterior cover of the HC have matching artwork. Cover price $3.95.

Cover art by Frank Frollo and Vince Alascia. Stamp of Guilt, art by Frank Frollo and Vince Alascia. A Handful of Aces, pencils by Frank Frollo, inks by John Belfi. The Able Arsonist, art by Frank Frollo. When Two Thieves Meet, art by Frank Frollo and Vince Alascia. Door to Door Swindle, pencils by Stan Campbell, inks by John Belfi. The Stradivarius Swindle, pencils by Frank Frollo, inks by Vince Alascia. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Carl Memling and Dick Giordano. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, focusing on swindlers and con games. Bunk Crawford and his cronies masquerade as frozen-food delivery men to swindle thousands of dollars in food from grocers and food customers. Gangsters murder a marijuana dealer and take over his "route" and his customers. The series starts to resemble more traditional pre-Code crime comics, with stories like the one about a gang planting rigged slot machines around town. Plus advice to the reader on avoiding con artists. The Big Freeze; Shakedown; The Captain Kidd Racket; Slot Machine Rackets; The Double-Talk Artists. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Marty Taras and Steve Muffatti. Early funny-animal comics from Harvey, featuring breakout star Rags Rabbit, a precursor to Harvey's line of kid's comics. Rags brags about his boxing days, until someone actually challenges him to a fight. Screwy Squirrel thinks he's found a bargain on a used car. Pesty and Jesty try to outdo each other at ice fishing. Rags Rabbit: Skating School; Big Deal; Pesty and Jesty: Snow Use; Rags Rabbit: The Fighting Chump; Pesty and Jesty: The Martian Monster; Big Deal; Sweatering It Out; Pesty and Jesty: Fish Bowl; Shaggy: Help Wanted. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 62, Issue 4 - January, 1954. 6.5" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Vol. 3 #4 - January 1954. Men's adventure magazine with articles, stories and pictorials. This issue with a pictorial of Eve Meyer by husband Russ Meyer; Jackie Gleason's predictions for 1954. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Robert Ripley and others. Harvey presents the first comic-book based on the popular comic strip featuring oddball facts from around the world. The strange smoking habits of the Palaung women. The unknown true story behind the first Thanksgiving. How horses saved the human race. The Song That Brought Disaster; The Turkey That Caused a Gold Rush; The Name's the Same; A Horse Saved Mankind; Believe It Or Not!; The Story Behind Thanksgiving; The Ghost That Was Worth 120 Million Dollars. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover photo of Rocky Lane (Allan Lane). "Tin-star Trick" text story by John Martin. "Dangerous Past," pencils by Frank Bolle; Langdon is approached by an old "friend" who knows he once robbed a safe, and he wants money to keep his mouth shut. "The Tricky Problem" starring Dee Dickens. "Roping 'n' Riding with Allan Rocky Lane and Black Jack" one-page story, art by Ralph Carlson. "The Double D Dilemma Duty or Debt!", art by Frank Bolle; Rocky arrests a stagerobber who turns out to be an old friend that saved his life when they were kids, so he turn him loose and resigns his job as Marshal; But they meet again very soon. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Shelly Moldoff, Kenneth Landau, Charles Nicholas, Pete Riss, Bill Benulis and Jack Abel. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Trudy lets fear prevent her from finding love; An American doctor falls for a sheltered French countess; Young Polly takes a summer trip as a chance to spread her romantic wings. Fair Maid, Faint Heart; The Countess and I; Big Bad Wolf!; Too Young for Kisses!; Smart Girl; Mender of Broken Hearts. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Jim Mooney, Paul Gattuso, George Appel, Sam Cooper, Valerie Barclay, Mario Rizzi, Bernard Sachs and Dana Dutch. This early romance title from St. John focuses on the struggles of domestic life. Gwen convinces her artist husband Ron to go to work for his brother Martin, and soon Martin is controlling their lives. When she doesn't hear from absent husband Tommy, stationed overseas, Peg starts dating local men. Wealthy Sheila wants to support the work of her artist husband Steve, but she doesn't know how, and she's suspicious of his collaborations with Vera. For Richer or Poorer; The Dream I Couldn't Forget; I Married a Sailor; Tips on Your Trousseau; Misguided Love; What's There to Talk About?; For Love of His Art. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy. The Big Horn Lode starring Roy Rogers and Trigger, art by Albert Micale; Roy and Slim are in the mountains hunting big horns and run into an outlaw called Skunk Eye. Nester's Welcome starring Roy Rogers, art by Albert Micale; In snow and wind, two strangers ride into town and hold up Hopson's Store. The Red Raiders starring Roy Rogers, Trigger, and Bullet, art by Albert Micale. Breed of the Pioneers text story, art by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Chuckwagon Charley's Tales story, art by Ray Thayer. Indian Words fact page. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Sad Sack in "Results Guaranteed," "Snafu," and "Try Your Luck." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

With or Without 3-D glasses. 36 pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Men's interest magazine focusing on Western adventure stories. 8.5" x 11", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Women's magazine with articles and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Painted cover art. Sergeant Preston's Arctic Diary article, art by Frank Thorne. The Trader's Ransom; Red Carney wants to buy Jim Kenyon's trading post, but Jim knows the Indians won't get a square deal from that crook if he sells. The Missing Heir; Howard Holley has been sent from England to find a certain young man who is the heir to the lands of the late Earl of Richland. The Long Trail; While camping for the night, Preston is allerted by his dog; he finds a man in the snow with a gunshot wound; at the same moment a bushwacker appears, having trailed the wounded man. Scripts by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Alberto Giolitti. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vintage monthly published magazine with a focus on the film industry as a whole. First published in November of 1930, publication continued through the late 1970s. Priding itself as a source for exclusive behind the scenes stories about filmmaking, Silver Screen also contained a fair amount of articles about celebrities, their relationships, the latest in fashion, and film reviews. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 11, Issue 4 - January 1954. Adventure stories, articles and pin-up photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 86 Pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Stan Campbell and others. First issue published by Charlton. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. Hopalong Cassidy meets the strange killer called Bullethead, who can kill with a single blow from his bullet-shaped skull, and is called "the 3D killer" because he's "dangerous, demonic and demented." This is the only Charlton issue to feature Hopalong Cassidy; DC acquired the rights to the character around the same time. A dying killer confesses the names of his partners to Lash LaRue, and the partners want to kill Lash before he can report them to the authorities. Tex Ritter tracks a man who goes insane periodically and must be kept in a special room - or so he is told by the man's captors. Hopalong Cassidy: Bullethead the 3D Killer; Lash LaRue: The Dangerous Confession; Powerless Shots; Rocky Lane: The Hidden Cargo; Tex Ritter: Midnight Madness; Dee Dickens: The Found and Lost Treasure. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.