Comic books April 1954

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Written by Martin Naydel, Henry Boltinoff and unknown. Art by Owen Fitzgerald, Martin Naydel, Henry Boltinoff and unknown. Bob Hope, America's favorite funnyman, takes to the skies in an untitled 3-part story, with art by Owen Fitzgerald. Plus: Teen Teasers activity page by Martin Naydel; Block Buster activity page by Naydel; A Bit of Disc and Data article; Honey in Hollywood 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff; and Liz back-up story. 40 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Whitney Ellsworth (credited) and Robert Kanigher (actual). Cover by Jerry Grandenetti. Stories by Robert Kanigher, Jerry Grandenetti, Bernard Sachs, David V. Reed, Irv Novick, Joe Giella, Irwin Hasen, Art Wallace, Jerry Grandenetti, Joe Giella, Bill Woolfolk, Frank Giacoia, and Sy Barry. 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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First issue in the series. "Pretty Boy Floyd" (pencils by Marcus, inks by Rocke Mastroserio), "Frankie Yale," Jack 'Legs' Diamond in "The Devil's Disciple," Lucky Dale in "The River Pirates." Overstreet lists this as having Wally Wood art, though none of the art looks like it. If he did indeed work on this issue, it's most likely on the last story or on the cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue #24 - Apr. 15, 1954. Cover of Joan Fontaine. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/4-in., 12 pages, printed using a dark purple ink instead of black. NOTE: French language publication.

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Cover by Al Hubbard. Stories and art by Al Hubbard and others. Teen comedy based on the hit Andy Hardy movie series. Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) #389, 447, 480 and 515 counted as the first four issues of this series in Dell's reckoning. Andy has some explaining to do after Polly sees him transporting a lifelike female mannequin to the dress store. Andy is encouraged to be more forceful to get Polly's attention. While fooling around with two-way radios, Andy and Beezy accidentally catch a crook. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Walter Lantz' Andy Panda. Stories by Don R. Christensen. Art by Ken Champin, Vic Lockman and Harvey Eisenberg. Featuring four untitled tales, plus an untitled story on the inside front cover! Starring Andy Panda, Charlie Chicken, Captain Sly and Poncho Panda (Andy Panda's nephew)! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Norman Saunders. The Witch Doctor, art by Paul Hodge; Wild Boy and his pal Keeto battle a maddened gorilla to defeat the evil plans of Zabba, the witch doctor. Great Volcanoes article. Star of the Jungle, art by Paul Hodge; Wild Boy and a filmcrew are captured by Zarkow and his hostile pygmies. Jungle Drum, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Bernard Sachs; Joe Barton leads a safari in the jungles of Congo. The Return, art by Paul Hodge; The chief's nephew, Jogo, returns to the jungle to drive a diamond mine that only brings misery to his people. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by John Buscema, Leonard Starr, Bernard Sachs, John Celardo and Bob Brown. An anthology from St. John, with a variety of genres, sources and artists. This issue features Old West hero Kid Cowboy. When Kid Cowboy and his Pawnee pal Red Feather intervene in a water war, they become the targets of outlaw Mal Thomas. Tied up by an outlaw, Kid Cowboy is left for an approaching grizzly, in a story with early art by future Marvel and Conan legend John Buscema. Kid Cowboy tries to get the goods on slippery outlaw Jeb Matthews. Painted cover by an unknown artist. Crisis in the Valley; The Grizzly's Debt!; Tom Smith of Abilene; Red Feather: The Massacre Game; Six-Gun Justice. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Gay Blades," pencils by George Frese; Betty conspires with a reluctant Jughead to break Archie and Veronica up at the ice skating pond. "Hunger Pains," art by Samm Schwartz; Suzie trades one-liners with a hobo looking for a handout. "The Apple Chump-Ling"; Archie swipes some apples from Jughead to give to Veronica so she can pass her Home Economics baking class. "Insufferable Pals"; Veronica breaks a date with Archie to go out with another boy; Betty at first refuses to be Archie's second choice, but then decides to date him. "Tomato Surprise"; When Jughead hears Betty and Veronica are buying fresh tomatoes for tomato sauce, he volunteers to make his family's special recipe sauce for them. "Ski Sick," art by Harry Lucey; When the boys spurn the girls' request to show them how to ski, the girls decide to go skiing anyway. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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April 1954. Volume 53, Issue 2 - 1st printing. Science fiction stories by E.B. Cole, Chad Oliver, Robert Abernathy, Joseph Whitehill, and Hal Lynch. Illustrations by Freas, Doore, and van Dongen. Article on atomic waste. 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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The Maze Master, art by Lou Cameron; Victor Rarlo is a sadist who loves puzzles and lets people perish in his fiendish mazes; Being challenged by a strange mystic, Rarlo travels into psychedelic mind-mazes and gets irreversibly caught in the maze of his own mind. Tune of the Zombie Queen, art by Louis Zansky; Washed-up dancers Ferdie and Doris take over a stage act from a genuine voodoo queen in New Orleans; They have to pay a price though--and turn into zombies. Hostage of the Unearthly, art by Ken Rice; Demons from the "half-world" invade our "earth-plane" through a pathway opened by radiation experiments. When Voodoo Drums Rumble, art by Jim McLaughlin. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Return to Freedom starring Medal-of-Honor recipient William F. Dean, art by Joe Sinnott. Trench War!, art by John Severin. Tunnel Mission text story. Waterloo! starring French Emperor Napolean I Bonaparte, art by Louis Ravielli. The Bulge! starring Adolf Hitler, General George Patton, and General Anthony C. McAuliffe. 36 pgs. $0.10 Cover price $0.10.

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Written by unknown. Art by Syd Shores, Dick Ayers, Mac Pakula and unknown. Our armed forces in action! Featuring: "Sixty Miles" with pencils by Syd Shores; "Kasserine Pass" with pencils by Dick Ayers; "Hannibal"; "Chateau-Thierry" with art by Mac Pakula; and 2-page text story "Helicopter Hunters"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera. Featuring: 10 page Blackhawk story "The Flying Cannon" starring Blackie (Blackhawk's hawk mascot) and Prof. Anton, drawn by Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera; 4 page Chop Chop reprint story "An Ill Wind" drawn by Paul Gustavson (?); 7 page Blackhawk story "Blind Victory" drawn by Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera; 1 page Blackhawk reprint text story "Bombs Away"; 7 page Blackhawk story "The Z Bomb Menace" drawn by Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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An offbeat comic presenting short, often risque humor stories in a sort of comics version of vaudeville. Each "sketch" is presented as if it's on a vaudeville stage, complete with footlights. A cop helps a drunk man break into his own house, but it's the wrong house. Before his death, a man creates the first "video will" with his motion-picture camera - much to his family's surprise. When two men learn they're dating the same woman, they find a way to settle the dispute with a gun that fires blanks. One Too Many; The Last Will and Testament; Best Friends; The New Dress; The Triangle; It's a Bet; The Pickpocket; The Lost Key; The Dead Duck; The Love Seat; Peppermint Candy; Two Timer; Once a Ham...; Broken Hearted; The Hearing Aid; Time Out; Trapped. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Featuring Buster Bear in: "The Unhappy Wolf"; "Willie Is All Washed Up"; and "The Gold Rush"! Plus: Buzzy Rabbit in "Mr. Fixit" co-starring Sammy Skunk, Betty Bunny and Witty Fox. Also: Rollo Raccoon in an untitled story co-starring Picklefoot Pig, Rufus Rabbit and Mr. Bear. And: 1-page text story "The Eager Beaver"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Ernest Nordli. 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. Runaway goats during a sandstorm lead Cisco and Pancho to Anna, who has found gold on her land. But outlaws Roby and Wes want to jump her claim, by force if possible. Cisco and Pancho set out to help an old friend find out if the man engaged to his daughter is only after his lands and fortune. Plus fun facts about cattle brands. Lively painted cover by Ernest Nordli. Brands and Branding; The Cisco Kid and the Petticoat Marker; The Cisco Kid and the Fiesta Cover-Up. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Rob Roy, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 119, with 4/54 date). His father's papers mysteriously stolen, young Francis Obaldistone rides up into the wild Highlands of Scotland in search of them. Suddenly, he finds himself in the midst of the plotting, treachery, heroism and drama of a fiery Scottish rebellion. And suddenly, and strangely, he meets the many-sided robber, Rob Roy, outlaw to the authorities, hero to the clans. Cover price $0.15.

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Painted cover art by Dik Browne. "Jack and the Beanstalk," script by William Godwin (adapted from his original story), art by Alex A. Blum; Jack exchanges the family cow for a few beans; His mother is furious and tosses the beans out the window; The next morning, Jack finds a beanstalk growing to the clouds and climbs it; In the clouds, he discovers a land dominated by a cruel Giant; On several trips up and down the beanstalk, Jack steals the Giant's bags of gold, his magic hen, and his talking harp; The Giant attempts to pursue Jack down the beanstalk but falls to his death; A good fairy restores Jack's long-lost father, a knight who has been serving for many years in the wars. "My Shadow," script by Robert Louis Stevenson, art by Alex A. Blum; Poem from "A Child's Garden of Verses" about a child's shadow. Article about the gorilla, illustrated by William A. Walsh. Jack and the Beanstalk pinup on back cover by Alex A. Blum. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.15.

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

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

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The classic weekly magazine featuring news and fiction. 10.75" x 13.75", 106 pages, PC/B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 2, Issue 12 - April, 1954. Cover Girls Models Magazine was an early men's interest publication distributed between November, 1949 and December, 1955 that focused mainly on bathing suit pin-up photography, but also included the occasional Hollywood tabloid human-interest story. 8" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories and art by Dick Ayers, Sol Brodsky, Joe Maneely, Howie Post, and Mike Sekowsky. The very first incarnation of Marvel's humor publication, started in the first wave of 1950s Mad imitators. A parody of werewolf movies, with art by Dick Ayers. A Crazy look at censors, a hot topic in 1953. Sinbad the Tailor must leave town in a hurry to flee angry customers, and that's how his adventures begin. Racket Buster!; Rose-Colored Glasses; The Wolf Man; Spencer the Censor; Sinbad the Tailor!; Gentlemen Prefer Bonds. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Bernie Krigstein, Marie Severin, Jack Kamen, Joe Orlando, and Reed Crandall. EC's New Trend crime title featured top-notch art and writing, barrier-pushing graphics and pre-Code violence. A couple's intricate plot to have the mistress impersonate the murdered wife is undone by a game show, of all things. A banker who swindles a fortune from an old woman is betrayed by his own guilt. An attempt at murder-by-fire becomes suicide-by-spouse instead. Severed-head cover is one of the most infamous in comics history, mentioned during Gaines' testimony before the US Senate. In Each and Every Package; Monotony; Cinder Block; Sight Unseen. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1, Issue 12 - April 1954. Men's interest magazine focusing on Military, Politics, celebrities and showgirls. 4-in. x 6-in., 68 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.

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Skeleton cover by Hy Fleishman. Stories and art by A.C. Hollingsworth, Hy Fleishman and Jon D'Agostino. A pre-Code horror series that is not as well-known other horror comics, but makes up for it with grue. This issue is hosted by "The Old Gravedigger," a take-off on EC's Crypt Keeper and other horror hosts. In a typically boundary-pushing story, a vampire includes an infant in its list of victims. A ape-human hybrid terrorizes a city. Lady with the Mask of Death; Horror of the Fifth Corpse; Terror of the Man-Ape; Verdict of Terror. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Paul Murry. Stories and art by Dick Moores and Carl Fallberg. The classic adventures of Disney's Donald Duck, featuring art by Carl Barks and other great Disney artists. Donald and his nephews try to organize a party for Uncle Scrooge's birthday. Donald's nephews are inspired by a movie to put on their own production. Donald tries to teach his nephews how to sell can openers. Scrooge's Birthday; Nephews' Show; Can Opener Salesman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 10, Issue 5 - April, 1954. Vintage men's interest magazine full of adult humor comics and tasteful pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11.5", 50 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

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April 1954. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Theodore Sturgeon, William Lindsay Gresham, William P. McGivern, Robert Bloch, Jerome Bixby, Doris E. Kaye, and Naille Wilde. Cover by Augusto Marin. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

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Spring 1954. Cover by Jack Coggins. Stories by Murray Leinster, Arthur Leo Zagat, Tom Wilson, Walter H. Mulstay, R.J. McGregor, Alfred Coppel, and William L. Bade. Virgil Finlay (2) and Alex Schomburg illustrations. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 134 pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. 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 mystified after a strange figure hands Fritzi a package and runs away. Fritzi tries to clean up after the neighbor kid fills her yard with paper airplanes. 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 and the Ripley-like Strange As It Seems by Elsie Hix. Fritzi Ritz; Peanuts; Li'l Abner; Stamp Tips; Strange as It Seems. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes and others. Art by Dan Gordon, Ken Hultgren 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. Cadwallader the ghost looks down his nose at Hector the Specter because he doesn't haunt a fancy mansion; Detective Whoo-Doodit is robbed of his special crime-solving clothing; Blunderbunny invents various humane weapons, but the U.S. government rejects them, in a story with overt Cold War references, including a mention of USSR premier Georgy Malenkov. Puss an' Boots; Blunderbunny; Too Much to Bear!; Hector the Specter; The Trouble-Shooter; Chow Hound!; Whoo-Doodit. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 8, Issue 1 - April 1954. Cover by Emsh. Science Fiction and Adventure Pulp magazine. Stories include "The Midas Plague" by Frederik Pohl,"Hands Off" yb Robert Sheckley, "Special Delivery" by Damon Knight, "Limiting Factor" by Theodore R. Cogswell, "Wainer" by Michael Shaara, and "Black Charlie" by Gordon R. Dickson. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; 160 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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#86, 4/54, 10c. Comic book featuring the famous singing cowboy hero Gene Autry in "The Oil Hijackers" in which Gene Autry investigates the disappearance of three hikers and "The Photogenic Holdup" in which Autry goes after crooks disguised as movie producers. Issue also has "The Gallopin' Ghost" and a two-page text feature "The Missing Stallion." Photo cover. Story and art credits: unknown. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Sam Savitt. Stories and art by Morris Gollub and others. Equine adventure with Champion, also known as Champ, faithful steed of cowboy hero Gene Autry. Ricky's prospector pal Dan buys a jalopy with the money he made panning for gold. But then his gold stash is robbed by someone pretending to be a traffic cop. Ricky and Champ help the sheriff investigate a murder at a fancy new trailer park. Range Law: The Skinning War; Champion Sees Red; Killer at Bay. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Combination military and romance comic from Canadian publisher Superior. Red Cross worker Betty falls for a withdrawn soldier with a past, but their love is forbidden by regulations. Bernice secretly marries her sweetheart George before he ships out with the Marines. Mike is dating nice girl Janet, but secretly yearns for her bad-girl sister Gwynn. G.I. Kisses, Marine in My Heart; A G.I.s Faith; A Soldier in Love; Navy Bride. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Robert Webb and others. Pre-Code horror comics from Ajax-Farrell and their anonymous talents. A wealthy man has a special place for his unfaithful wives. A bank robbery turns out to be the work of the most unlikely suspect. The Trumpet that will signal the Apocalypse falls into the hands of Gabriel, who's only too ready to use it. Frigid Fear!; Wheel of Terror; Doctor Death; Trumpet of Doom; Dying Is So Contagious. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Henry C. Kiefer. Stories and art by H. G. Peter, Bill Ely, Ben Thompson, Ed Moore, and John Belfi. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. The emphasis of Heroic Comics moves back to the home front once the Korean conflict is over. A woman saves two boys from drowning in a pond; A mother pulls her daughter from the path of a moving train; A man tracks and rescues his lost hunting partner. Dives in Fully Clothed; The Happy Heroine; Horror and Heroism; Wheels of Death; Hunting a Human; Darwin Was Right; Rescue at the Dam; To Fight Fire; Both Hero and Genius; No Way Out; Crisis and Courage; He Took Command. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Carl Burgos. The Atomic Blaster starring the Human Torch, art by Dick Ayers; A soviet spy steals plans for an atomic hand blaster and creates one that gets confused with toys he has created for decoys; The Torch buys it when looking for a present for a poor boy; The spy falls to his death in battle with Torch and Toro at an industrial plant. The Beast From the Egg starring the Human Torch, art by Dick Ayers. Voodoo Magic text story. The Devil Octopus starring the Sub-Mariner, art by Bob Powell. The Ape starring the Human Torch, art by Dick Ayers. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 8, Issue 51 - April, 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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Photo cover features Joel McCrea. Stories and art by John Ushler and Mel Keefer. Western adventure based on a famous radio show starring screen legend Joel McCrea. Ham-radio operator Tommy sends an urgent call for help that gets the attention of Jace Pearson of the Texas Rangers. But to capture the mastermind behind the "Big Steal," Jace must use himself as the bait in a trap. Jace goes after a gang of arsonists. Hot Trucks; Jace Pearson of the Texas Rangers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 16 #6 - Apr. 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.