Comic books February 1954

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Cover art by Win Mortimer. Clark Kent's New Mother and Father starring Superman, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley. The Mail-Order Hunter starring Congo Bill, script by Jack Miller, art by Ed Smalle. The Forbidden World starring Tommy Tomorrow, art by Jim Mooney. The One-Armed Bandit starring Vigilante, art by Howard Sherman. 44 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Harry Lazarus. Monster In The Fog, art by Harry Lazarus; Two men take a rich man out on their boat fishing and run into a strange old boat. They make the mistake of boarding the boat looking for gold. The Old Gold Ring text story. The Year of the Bat, art by Harry Lazarus; While taking Norma Stanhope home from a date Chris sees a vampire fly out of a house. An article talking about the new "TrueVision" method of telling stories; It asks for reader's input on what they think of the method and reprints two short letters from Dorothy Schirmers and P. Menendez. Till Death Do Us Part, art by Harry Lazarus; Ethan's wife Fay dies when the local doctor can't save her. An advertisement for Pro Baseball Game. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

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Written by unknown. Art by unknown. Cover by Owen Fitzgerald? Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis star in a 3-part untitled tale! Plus: Twisting the Dial text piece on 'Today'! And: Coby untitled back-up story. 40 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"African Man Hunt!" Major Dennis gets captured by African natives, prompting Rex to don a mask to scare off the superstitious tribe. Rex also battles wild creatures. Also includes: "The Case of the Runaway Ostrich!" (starring Detective Chimp); "Island of the Giants" (starring Rex); and "Canines against Crime!" Script by Robert Kanigher and John Broome, pencils by Gil Kane and Carmine Infantino, inks by Sy Barry and Joe Giella. Cover by Kane and Barry. Cover price $0.10.

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Walter Lantz' Andy Panda. Stories by Carl Fallberg and various. Art by Lynn Karp and Phil de Lara. Featuring three untitled tales, plus 1-page untitled stories on the inside front cover and the back cover! Starring Andy Panda, Charlie Chicken, Buzz Buzzard, Hardrock Hank and Sam the Slip! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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44 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Feb 1954. Volume 52, Issue 6 - 1st printing. Science fiction stories by Isaac Asimov ("Sucker Bait" part 1), A. Arthur Smith, Tom Godwin, E.G. von Wald, and Lee Correy. Illustrations by Freas, Smith, and van Dongen. Article on heat in space. Cover by Kelly Freas. Softcover, 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; 168 newsprint pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Win Mortimer. 1st Earth-1 appearance of Two-Face in "Two-Face Strikes Again!", script by David Vern Reed, pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Charles Paris; When the reformed Harvey Dent tries to prevent a robbery, he is caught in an explosion and reverts to Two-Face; He embarks on a new crime spree; At a ceremony making Bruce Wayne honorary chief of a local tribe, Batman and Robin are trapped by Two-Face and strapped to a giant coin. Half-page Shorty story by Henry Boltinoff. The Best Present of All! public service announcement by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. Two-page Varsity Vic story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Boy Wonder Confesses!", script by David Vern, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff (as Bob Kane), inks by Stan Kaye; When Dick is late to school one morning, he is asked by his teacher why....and he tells them that he was out catching a crook as Robin the Boy Wonder.....then goes outside and proves it! The Cruelest Racket in the World article by Jack Miller (as J. E. Melrose), art by Raymond Perry. One-page Casey the Cop story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Phantom Bandit of Gotham City!", script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Dick Sprang; Mystified by the crimes of the Phantom Bandit, who can break into even the most secure vault, Vivki Vale and the Caped Crusaders believe they know just who the bandit really is. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Based on the TV and radio show of the same name, Big Town lasted 50 issues. This installment includes the following: "The Six Lives of Steve Wilson!" (Steve uses a wax dummy of himself to defeat a criminal); "The Famous Mr. Nobody!"; "Death in Disguise"; "Newspaper Campaigns of Good Will"; and "Famous Newspaper Firsts." Scripts John Broome and Frances E. Heron, pencils by Manny Stallman, inks by John Giunta. Cover by Gil Kane and Joe Giella. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Manny Stallman and Jack Sparling. Former superhero comic Black Cat becomes a showcase for Harvey's unique brand of pre-Code horror. A killer is followed by the corpse of his murder victim. An ambitious woman is embarrassed for people to learn that her husband is an exterminator. A man's obsession over blood can't possibly end well. The Lonely; The Nick of Time; Terror Tricks; Les Miserables; Pest Control; The Game; Dream Or Nightmare?; River of Blood. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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by Bill Walton. Stories and art by Pete Morisi and others. Masked like the Lone Ranger or Zorro, Black Diamond fights for justice in the West, aided by his sidekick Bumper and his status as a federal marshal. Black Diamond and Bumper board a Mississippi steamboat to protect a Pinkerton detective who's been targeted by killers. Red Fire discovers the Tragedy of the Commons when an outlaw creates stampedes on shared grazing land. A rival plots to wreck the rodeo train at Deadman's Chasm, and only Buck Roper can stop them. Also featuring a vintage ad for a "Snake Bow Tie" prank tie. Black Diamond: Mask of Terror; Buck Roper: Danger at Deadman's Chasm; Trigger Happy; Western Lore; Red Fire: The Stampede of Death. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Alex Toth. Stories and art by Alex Toth, Mike Peppe, John Celardo and Mort Leav. Adventures in space, the Wild West and the jungle with actor Buster Crabbe, famed for playing Flash Gordon. Sometimes listed as The Amazing Adventures of Buster Crabbe #2. Buster boards an eccentric scientist's rocket and winds up on the moon. Buster and company discover a lost city in the jungle, but so do escaped convicts. Featuring art and a great cover by comics legend Alex Toth. Dark of the Moon; The Jungle of Death; Killer On the Loose. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Richard Hughes, Sidonie M. Gruenberg, Alice Calhoun Haines, Bee Lewi, John Masefield and Mary Mapes Dodge. A digest of fiction, fact and comics for children from the producers of Parents Magazine. A new version of the classic fairy tale The Snow Maiden; The story of Abraham Lincoln's most famous trial as a lawyer; An excerpt from the children's classic "Hans Brinker." Telephone Travel; Riddles; Trial by Moonlight; What Is a Tidal Wave?; The Snow Maiden; A Valentine for You; The Tender-Hearted Dragon; Some Fun; A Gift for Hans; Some More Fun; Fergie Fox in Sour Grapes; Sea Fever. 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 132 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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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 when the dispute between two men over the rights to a gold mine turns violent. The duo intervenes when a crooked land agent schemes to steal widow Martha Turner's land. Plus fun facts about cattle on the range. Range Cattle; The Cisco Kid and the Jackal Roundup; The Cisco Kid and the Land Jumpers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Bottle Imp, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art by Lou Cameron. (HRN 117, with 2/54 date). What would you do if you could have anything you wished for - for a price - the price of your soul? The Bottle Imp is the story of a man whose very fate depends on his outwitting the devil himself. Also included is Stevenson's exciting adventure story of the South Seas, The Beach of Falesa. Cover price $0.15.

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Painted cover art by Dik Browne (?). "The Sleeping Beauty," script by Charles Perrault (adapted from his original story), art by Peter Costanza; An evil fairy believes she has been snubbed at the christening banquet of a newborn princess and places the baby under a dreadful curse; Sixteen years later the curse takes effect when the princess pricks her finger on the distaff of a spinning wheel and falls into a sleep that lasts one hundred years; She marries a Prince who braves the perils of a tangled wood to find her. "The Real Princess," script by Hans Christian Anderson (adapted from his original story), art by Peter Costanza; A prince wants to marry a real princess; A young woman who claims to be a real princess is tested by placing a pea under the twenty mattresses on the bed where she will sleep; The next day, she says something hard in the bed kept her awake all night; The Prince rejoices—only a real princess can feel a pea through twenty mattresses. "Simple Simon," art by Alex A. Blum; Nursery rhyme about a simpleton who meets a pieman, fishes in a pail of water, and tosses salt on a bird's tail. Sleeping Beauty pinup on back cover by Peter Costanza. The Wonderful World of Fairy Tales ad. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories and art by Bill Everett, Russ Heath, Joe Maneely, Howie Post, and Al Hartley. The very first incarnation of Marvel's humor publication, started in the first wave of 1950s Mad imitators. A visitor discovers the horrifying secret of the wax museum, with art by Bill Everett, creator of Namor and co-creator of Daredevil. A tribute to military pilots, in a story with art by comics legend Russ Heath. A look at college football. Football Fever!; I Ain't Got No Body; The Bull Thrower; Bang!; Whacks' Museum; The Wild Blue Yonderrr! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Johnny Craig. "Mother's Day," script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Al Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Reed Crandall; Brothers Fred and Harold grew up with Harold given the best of everything, and Fred began to hate his brother; One day, Fred discovered that Harold had committed a theft and decided to take the rap for his brother and went to jail. "In the Groove," script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; A small-time radio announcer devises a plot to kill his wife, while he was broadcasting at the radio station; But he does not foresee a snag in those plans with the pre-recorded record he made and was playing over the airwaves. "On Schedule!" text story by Albert B. Feldstein. "Understudies!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Gail and Jim are unhappily married to their respective spouses, but, in fact, love one another; They decide on a daring plan to kill their mates and dissolve their bodies in quicklime to leave no trace. "Blood Brothers," script b Bill Gaines (plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (plot, script), art by George Evans; Alex arrives unannounced at the beach house of his brother who invites him to stick around and stay with him; Alex's intent is to kill his brother after putting into place a whole series of alibis. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Kamen. Stories by Carl Wessler and Al Feldstein. Art by George Evans, Bernie Krigstein, Marie Severin, Jack Kamen, and Graham Ingels. EC's New Trend crime title featured top-notch art and writing, barrier-pushing graphics and pre-Code violence. The new town librarian is murderously obsessed with the idea that she may be the next victim of a serial killer on the loose. A tense standoff with a gunman in a diner can be resolved if a state trooper just makes his regular daily visit on time. A man denies that his son could be bad, until the police show up at his house looking for a killer. Plus "In Memoriam," a note to readers about the cancellation of Crime Suspenstories and EC's future plans. Also, A Collector's E.C. Check-List, giving the issue numbers and dates of EC New Trend titles. Maniac at Large; Just Her Speed; Horror Hobby; Where Theres Smoke…; Good Boy. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro and others. This boys' adventure title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. The Little Wise Guys try to help a kid escape from a tyrannical reform-school administrator. Dilly Duncan and his pals take some girls to the town's haunted house, only to run into actual ghosts. The backup historical strip "Human Endurance" includes some amazing feats of survival. Also featuring a vintage ad for a novelty "snake bow tie." Little Wise Guys: From Worse to Worst, Or It's Never Too Late to Reform; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: A Ghost of a Chance; Human Endurance; Little Wise Guys: Too Real for the Movies. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Marty Elkin. Stories and art by Max Elkin and others. Tales of love and heartbreak from the golden era of romance comics. Secretary Laura dates her boss Carl, who tells her he'll marry her as soon as his terminally ill wife dies. Louise gets a bad reputation because of her habit of hanging out with various influential men, but she's just trying to help her boyfriend get a better job. Farmer Susan falls for handsome hired hand Rusty, but she becomes convinced that he's the escaped killer the police are looking for, in a curious mix of suspense and romance. Married Man's Lies; Jealous Heart; They Called Me a Tramp; First Night on the Farm; Heartache into Horror. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Paul Murry and Don MacLaughlin. Stories and art by Harvey Eisenberg, Roger Armstrong, Fred Abranz, Gil Turner, Paul Murry, Vic Lockman, and Chase Craig. This Dell Giant series features adaptations of classic Disney animated shorts. A comics adaptation of Mickey and the Beanstalk, as Mickey, Donald and Goofy face off against a giant. An adaptation of Bongo, from the animated feature Fun and Fancy Free. Bongo the circus bear runs away to the forest. Plus games and activities. Mickey Mouse and the Beanstalk; More Kittens from a Silly Symphony; Pablo, the Cold-Blooded Penguin; The Flying Gauchito; Special Delivery; Pluto Junior; Pluto's Problem. 100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Win Mortimer. The Man Who Could Live Forever starring Batman and Robin, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Stan Kaye. The Best Present of All! public service announcement starring Binky, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. The Stars Spell Doom starring Roy Raymond TV Detective, art by Ruben Moreira. Casey the Cop humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Passenger Who Never Went Ashore starring Captain Compass, art by Joe Certa. Unofficial Detective text article. The 3-D Crimes starring Mysto Magician Detective, art by Leonard Starr. 44 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Art Peddy, Bernard Sachs, Ric Estrada and Dana Dutch. Early romance comics from St. John with an emphasis on scandal and great covers by Matt Baker. Jan falls for her mother's fiance Brandon, creating an awkward situation for him and even more so for Jan's boyfriend, Kip. Former "good-time girl" Nora thinks she's put her wild days behind her, and then she meets Bill, who brings her "torrid past to life again!" Nancy wants to win over Curt, but he's older and "faster" than the boys she usually goes with. Good-girl cover by Baker, a master of the form. False Infatuation; Love's Wrong Number; Babe in His Arms; Ring Out the Wedding Bells; That One Wild Night. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Paul Murry. Stories and art by Dick Moores. The classic adventures of Disney's Donald Duck, featuring art by Carl Barks and other great Disney artists. Scrooge flips out when Donald's friend captures a bird that lays eggs filled with cash. Donald pursues a skiing bandit who steals clocks. Donald and Gladstone compete to make the best portrait of Scrooge. The Money Bird; The Skiing Bandit; A Big Bust. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Fred Guardineer and Fred Meagher. Cover by Fred Guardineer. Sometimes listed as Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid #27. Western adventure based on the popular masked hero played in the movies by Charles Starrett. The cover features a fun, dialogue-free murder mystery, complete in nine panels; A killer tries to pin his crime on Durango Kid's alter ego, Steve Brand; Dan Brand and Tipi get some help against the British from an escaped gorilla. Strong Medicine!; The Showdown!; Apache Lesson; The Bear Who Became a Man!; The Charge Is Murder! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 4, Issue 2 - February, 1954. 5" x 7", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 13, No. 5 - February 1954. 6.75" x 9.75", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Jan-Feb 1953. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Ray Bradbury, Algis Budrys, Walter M. Miller Jr., Wallace West and John Hillyard, Frank Freeman, Jerome Bixby, Vern Fearing, William P. McGivern, Sam Merwin, and Gordon Schendel. Cover by Vernon Kramer. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 7 - Issue 2, February 1954. Pulp magazine devoted to exploring the paranormal. This issue features Dreams for Profit, Science Views on The Faith Cure, and the Moon and You! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 page, Text (with B&W Illustrations and Photos). Cover price $0.35.

"Gangster's Girl!", art by Bill Draut; Gangster Joe sends his girlfriend Ann to renew her friendship with honest politician Phil; They fall in love; When Phil loses an election to Joes crooked candidate, he says at least he has Ann. "Dangerous Deception" text story. "It's a Date!" one-page story, art by Tom Hickey. "No Love for Me," art by Leonard Starr; 17-year-old Myrna marries the older Randolph at her fathers urging, but then falls in love with Devon; She refuses to consider divorce and Devon becomes engaged to Vivian; When Randolph is killed in an accident, Devon comes back, but Myrna wont let him break his promise to marry Vivian. "Doomed to Heartbreak," art by Bob Powell; Glorys widowed father Steve marries Margaret and she and her grown son Jack move to Steves ranch; Glory and Jack fall in love, but Margaret opposes their match; Glory finally learns the truth: Jack has a hereditary disease and only a few years to live. "Champion's Girl" text story. Advice to readers from Nancy Powers. "Bedeviled," art by John Prentice; Ross is forced to work as a carnival dancer to pay off her boyfriend Lukes gambling debt to carnival owner Jonah; Ross is caught up in the carny atmosphere and breaks up with Luke, but when Jonah makes a move on her, she rejects him; An angry Jonah physically abuses Ross but Luke returns and defeats him in a fight. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by John Prentice and Lee Elias. Tales of love and heartbreak in 1950s America from publisher Harvey. Fran struggles to understand John's violent mood swings. Nina falls for handsome Steve and swears to stand by him, even after he's arrested for a woman's murder. Paul and Eloise elope on impulse, then have second thoughts. Crisis!; Hard Guy; Party Patter; Trouble In July; Bitter Honeymoon; Crazy Romance; Heartbreak Flight. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Zane Grey's THE RUSTLERS (Raiders of Spanish Peaks), No. 532." Painted cover art by Sam Savitt. Zane Grey's The Rustlers, art by William Overgard; Laramie Nelson, Lonesome Mulhall and Tracks Williams help the inexperienced owner of a cattle ranch battle rustlers. Adapted from the 1938 novel "Raiders of Spanish Peaks" by Zane Grey. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Charles Schulz, Al Capp, Russell Patterson, Elizabeth Woodward, and Elsie Hix. 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 and Phil are caught in a comedy of errors after making a fish-vendor spill his catch. Phil chases a stolen guitar that no one wants him to catch. One of the backup strips in the comic is Charles Schulz's Peanuts, then only in its fifth year; several daily strips are presented in full color. Other backup strips include Al Capp's Li'l Abner, Russell Patterson's Mamie, and the Ripley-like Strange As It Seems. Fritzi Ritz; Peanuts; Li'l Abner; Stamp Tips; Mamie; Strange as It Seems. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 7, Issue 5-A - February 1954. Numbered Volume 5, Issue 5-A in Indicia. Cover by Emsh. Stories inclue "Beep" by James Blish, "Pet Farm" by Roger Dee, "Inanimate Objection" by H. Chandler Elliot, and "Men Like Mules" by J. T. M'Intosh 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; 160 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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February 1954: Cover by Dick Dillin and Charles Cuidera; "Commando Assault," 9 pages, art by Dillin and Cuidera; "One Man Army, 6 pages; "A Medal for a Coward," 7 pages; "Escape at Dawn," 1 page text story; "Ambush," 6 pages. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Carl Anderson's Henry in "Warm Hearts and Cold Feet!" and "Things Are Tough All Over!" Plus: Little Guy in "The Big Heart!" And: Rinky in the 2-page "Ski - Doo!" 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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The magazine of hillbilly and western stars. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 8, Issue 49A - February, 1954. One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 16 #4 - Feb. 1954. Children's magazine featuring articles, activities and text stories. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in., 68 pages, B&W with single and full color illustrations. Cover price $0.25.

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Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, John Forte, and Paul Reinman. Cover by Mort Lawrence. True tales (some slightly embellished) of Old West outlaws, focusing on the James brothers and other real-life figures from history. Jesse finds trouble during the California Gold Rush. Several reprints from Avons Butch Cassidy, including the story of Butch and Sundance fleeing to meet their fates in South America, as told in the famous film. A search for the Lost Superstition Mine turns deadly. Killers from the Gold Fields; Butch Cassidy Cashes In!; The Curse of the Lost Superstitions; Deaths Double Doom!; Tales of the Silent Spaces; Western Revenge! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 8, No. 6 - February, 1954. 7" x 9.75", 16 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover inks by Carl Burgos. "Earth," art by Joe Sinnott; When the first expedition to Mars contracts a deadly plague, the surviving astronauts are despondent to learn upon returning to Earth that they must remain quarantined an indefinite period. "The Mummy Lives!", pencils by Tony DiPreta; A man discovers a giant mummy which turns out to be female and abducts him to be her mate. "Eyes of Doom!" text story, art by Russ Heath. "Getaway!", art by Dick Ayers; In 1983 a space pirate on the run from cops mistakenly bails out of his spaceship onto a comet. "The Specimen," pencils by Chuck Winter; A man seeking to collect a giant spider finds himself encased in a glass jar by the spider that he is seeking. "The Voice from Venus," art by Robert Q. Sale; A member of the space patrol believes that he is being telepathically contacted by a beautiful woman on one of the moons of Venus, but when he arrives he learns that it is a crab. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Easel Said Than Done!"; Reggie impresses Veronica with his paintings, but Jughead helps Archie by planting small doubts about the portrait Reggie paints of Veronica. "Dixie Doodles!"; Jughead dresses up as a woman, the fictional Agatha Culpepper with a Southern accent; After buttering up Moose, he exclaims his joy in meeting Midge and kisses her. Ginger ad. Super Duck ad. "It's All Mental"; Professor Snodgrass tries a word association test with Jughead, but Jughead responds every time with the word "hamburgers." In "What the Doctor Ordered"; Pop Tate offers to sell a sundae of the customer's design for only one dollar. "Tape A Chance!"; Jughead records his lessons on tape and learns them by playing them while he sleeps; Reggie tries this trick by switching Jughead's tape with an old tape of lullabies. "Cat and Mouse," art by Samm Schwartz; Archie wants out of a date with Veronica to the Cat Show, so he takes advice from Jughead and makes her ashamed to be seen with him by making up his eye to look as if he's been in a fight. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Worry Wart; Jughead charges Archie and Reggie to keep them out of detention; His plan to cover their books using paint backfires when Mr. Weatherbee grabs the still-wet books and gives Archie and Reggie a month of detention. Book Shnook; Reggie makes fun of Jughead working in a book shop, but he finds something interesting in one of the books, what appears to be a personal note from William Shakespeare to Marc Antony, the subject of the play. Two Pages from Debby's Diary; Debby helps her mother clean the attic and discovers her mother's old diary. "Balance of Power"; Reggie thinks he's fooled Jughead by out-balancing him using a Thermos bottle to balance on his head and only dropping it three times. "If the Shoe Fits"; Reggie is the judge at a Cinderella dance, where the girl whose foot fits his shoe will win a dArchie wants to buy perfume for his girlfriend, but when the salesman learns Archie has only two dollars, he kicks him out of the store.ate of her choice at the nicest restaurant in town. "There Are Smells That Make Us Happy"; 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Gaylord Du Bois. Art by Stan Campbell. Painted cover by William George. The adventures of Canadian Mountie Dave King, a character created by Western novelist Zane Grey. This series featured gorgeous cover paintings of derring-do in the best Men's Adventure tradition. Enemy agents try to use a mentally disabled man to steal atomic secrets. The text pieces called True Stories of the R.C.M.P. begin this issue. Dynamic painted cover by William George. Arctic Patrol; Stolen Secrets. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Car Hop"; Reggie wins a midget hot rod in a contest and it attracts all the girls; Veronica decides that she wants to ride with Reggie instead of Archie. "Re-Covered Fumble"; Betty tries a complete make-over in order to get Archie to notice her. "Whistle Stopped"; The boys hang around the school entrance and whistle at Ginger when she comes out. Archie Giant Series ad. "Time Marches Back!", art by Joe Edwards; Miss Gargle has the class write a composition through the eyes of someone in history. Archie Club ad. Untitled story, script by Bill Woggon; Katy takes Sis along on a studio photo shoot. Archie's Pals 'n' Gals ad. Sport Fashions for Katy and Gloria paper dolls. "Man of the Hour," art by Joe Edwards; Wilbur daydreams about all the honors he can win in the future, then gets a rude awakening with his score on a test. "Lucky Stiff"; Moose demonstrates on Jughead the treatment he'll give any other boy talking to his girlfriend Lottie. Ginger Comics ad. "The Slow Shirker"; Red spends his time sitting under a tree while the other students are working on a school garden project. "Prize Package"; Suzie tells Angela that eating Krispy Rice Flakes will make her pretty and smart. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.