Comic books June 1954

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52 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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"I Saw a Vampire" (art by Manny Stallman), "The Worm Turns" (art by Bill Walton), "Inside Is Ty" (art by Seymour Moskowitz), "the Impatient Ghost" (art by Dan Loprino), "When Worlds Meet" (art by Joe Sinnott), and a two-page text story, "Two-Headed Snake." Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Manny Stallman, Bill Walton, Seymour Moskowitz, Dan Loprino, and Joe Sinnott. These tales of horror, sci-fi, and suspense will take you on Adventures into Alien Worlds! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Owen Fitzgerald. Untitled Bob Hope story, script by Cal Howard, art by Owen Fitzgerald; Bob takes a job as first mate on a garbage scow and gets $80 in return for an act of charity. Untitled Bob Hope story, script by Cal Howard, art by Owen Fitzgerald; Bob wins a Hawaiian vacation and abandons his responsibilities on the scow. Honey in Hollywood one-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Honey daydreams that she's big movie star. Untitled Bob Hope story, script by Cal Howard, art by Owen Fitzgerald; The Classy Clothes Company takes back Bob's prize and he is forced to stowaway in a shipment of orchids to get back to New York. Untitled Liz story, art by Mort Drucker; Liz spends too much time on the telephone. 44 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Whitney Ellsworth and Robert Kanigher. Cover by Jerry Grandenetti. Stories by Ed Herron, Jerry Grandenetti, Joe Giella, David Kahn, George Papp, Irwin Hasen, Eugene Hughes, Ed Herron, Sam Burlockoff, and Bob Stuart. 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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Monthly magazine focusing on human interest stories, social issues and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 140 pages, full color. Cover price $0.35.

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Walter Lantz' Andy Panda. Stories by unknown. Art by Lynn Karp and Phil de Lara. Featuring four untitled tales, plus 1-page untitled stories on the inside front cover and the back cover! Starring Andy Panda, Charlie Chicken, Professor Ziggle, Snifter, Buzz Buzzard and Jose! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bob Powell, George Olesen, and Leonard Starr. An anthology from St. John, with a variety of genres, sources and artists. This issue features pre-Code crime comics. The Inspector learns why hero cop Joe always turns down medals and awards. A comics version of the strange true story of Michael Malloy, who survived multiple attempts to kill him. The life and crimes of Prohibition-era outlaw John Dillinger. Plus a story with art by Bob Powell. A Tough Beat; Durable Mike Malloy; The Squealers; Kill-Crazy John Dillinger; The Dream Horse Winners. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Bill Woggon (1-pager) and unknown. Art by George Frese, Samm Schwartz, Joe Edwards, Bill Vigoda, Bill Woggon (1-pager) and unknown. In this issue: Whether Archie goes to the Saturday dance depends on his getting a good report card in "Card Sharps" with pencils by George Frese; "Ring That Bell!"; Archie is forbidden from going out at night until his grades improve in "No Butts About It!" with pencils by George Frese; 1-pager "The Spoken Word!"; 1-pager "Better Oily, Than Late!" with pencils by Samm Schwartz; Jughead 1-pager "The Split Decision!"; Suzie in "Sock Full of Troubles" with pencils by Samm Schwartz; Hollywood Reporter article; untitled Katy Keene 1-pager by Bill Woggon; when Archie loses a button off his jacket, Midge offers to repair it in "Neat But Not Gaudy!"; Fun Page activity page; Wilbur in "The Lie Diver" with pencils by Joe Edwards; Mr. Weatherbee is wondering what keeps causing Archie and Reggie to fight in "Arbi-traitor!"; Archie needs to show Veronica he's a hero in "Call Me Hero!" with pencils by Bill Vigoda; Archie asks Betty to iron his pants so he looks nice for a visiting celebrity in "Caught Short!"; and Jughead 1-pager "The Ties of Friendship"! 40 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"This Is so Southern!"; Archie and Reggie become infatuated with a couple of southern girls who are in town to visit their uncle. "Lady Good Diver!"; Betty is jealous of a girl who has attracted Archie's attention. She decides to sabotage her. "A Light Bite!"; Jughead complains about the size of the hamburgers. "A Little Ray of Sunshine"; Veronica decides to hold a beach party for the girls and sleep outside so they can watch the sun come up the next morning. "Second Choice"; Suzie tells her friend she can't decide between two boys. "The Latin Touch"; The boys are infatuated with the new Latin teacher and want to enroll in her class; The jealous girls register first so the class will be full before the guys can get in. "A Day to Remember"; Veronica stayed up all night cramming for a test that is canceled. "In Fine Print"; Wilbur gets personalized stationary for Laurie with his name on it. "Movie News" article. Untitled one-page Katy Keene story, script and pencils by Bill Woggon. "Frantic Antics!"; Archie acts like he doesn't even know Betty or Veronica. "Coin of the Realm"; Pop Tate is enlarging his quarters. "Harem Scarem"; Veronica dresses up in disguise in harem-style clothing and pretends to be a girl from Morocco in order to trick Archie after she finds out about his plan to trick her. "Skirts Ahoy!"; A middle-aged man complains to Betty and Veronica about women wearing short skirts. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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June 1954. Volume 53, Issue 4 - 1st printing. Science fiction stories by Poul Anderson, Frank Herbert, Clifford D. Simak, Dennis Wiegand, Edward Grendon, and Victor Stephan. Illustrations by Freas, Faragasso, Kirberger, and van Dongen. Article on Bertrand Russell's logical paradoxes. Cover by 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. Act Your Age! public service announcement with Binky, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. "The Valley of the Giant Bees!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Charles Paris; The Dynamic Duo trail a gang of sugar thieves into a secluded jungle; A freak accident gives Batman an hallucination that the thieves are actually drones working for a race of giant bees! One-page Casey the Cop story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Sleeping Beauties of Gotham City!", script by David Vern, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Stan Kaye; Selina enters a beauty contest and succeeds in preventing Batman from arresting her without proof of being the Catwoman. "The Mechanized Mounties" article by Jack Miller (as Jack Mabely), art by Raymond Perry. Two-page Shorty story by Henry Boltinoff. "Ten Nights of Fear!", script by David Vern, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Charles Paris; The Caped Crusader begins having horrible nightmares after getting his utility belt radio back from Scotland Yard, whom he had lent it to for inspection. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Written by unknown. Art by Chuck Miller, Joe Maneely, John Rosenberger and Russ Heath. Featuring: Korean War tale "Tank Column!" with art by Chuck Miller; World War I story "U-Boat!" with art by Joe Maneely; "John Paul Jones!" with art by John Rosenberger; "The Fortress!" with art by Russ Heath; and 2-page text story "Hero's Weakness"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bill Walton and Ben Brown. 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. All the stories in this issue attempt to simulate a 3-D effect (without glasses) through the use of page-wide panels with curved borders, a style called "Deep Dimension" in the promotional copy. Buck Roper is blamed when a rodeo bull gets loose and tramples a cowhand. Red Fire tries to prevent war between federal troops and local tribes that oppose the coming railroad. Black Diamond: Pastures of Peril; Buck Roper: Vengeance at the Rodeo; Dressed to Kill; Red Fire: Ride to Doom! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera. Stories by Dick Wood, Paul Gustavson and unknown. Art by Dick Dillin, Paul Gustavson and Chuck Cuidera. Featuring Blackhawk in: "The Fiendish Electronic Brain" by Dick Wood, Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera; "The Jet Propelled Terror" with art by Dillin and Cuidera; and "Slaves of the Disabler Ray" with art by Dillin and Cuidera. Plus: Chop Chop in an untitled back-up story by Paul Gustavson, reprinted from issue #68. And: 1-page text story "Airborne Adventure"! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Bob Jenney. The Cisco Kid rode the range as the Robin Hood of the Old West with his corpulent sidekick Pancho, earning a permanent place in 20th-century pop culture. Cisco and Pancho encounter Jackie, who is hunting the Grizzly Ghost, a ghostly bear holding a rifle and axe that appears once every 13 years. The ghost is terrorizing a lumber camp, but Jackie suspects Ferret Scrudge, who wants to buy the timberland, is behind it all. Pancho's uncle, Padre Tomas, enlists Cisco and Pancho to help catch the thief stealing relics from nearby missions. Plus fun facts about the grizzly bear. Ciscos Tales of the Trail: The Grizzly Bear; The Grizzly Ghost; The Mission Thief. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Hurricane, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 121, with 6/54 date). The proud Terangi makes a final, desperate attempt to escape from unjust imprisonment. As the authorities draw closer, nature intervenes. The skies blacken, the tides rise, the wind snaps through the palm trees and the South Sea of Manukura is battered by a howling hurricane. Cover price $0.15.

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Painted cover art by Dik Browne. "Beauty and the Beast," script by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont (adapted from his original story), art by Dik Browne; Beauty's father picks a rose in the Beast's garden and the price is his daughter, Beauty; She is carried to the Beast's palace, and enjoys every luxury; Eventually, she overcomes her fear of the Beast and looks forward to his company; One day, she returns home to tend her ailing father, and returns to the palace to find the Beast dying; She is heartbroken but confesses her love by accepting his offer of marriage; The Beast is transformed into a Prince. "The Dog and the Shadow," script by Aesop (adapted from his original story), art by William A. Walsh; A greedy dog drops his piece of meat into a stream when he thinks the reflection he sees in its depths is carrying a bigger piece. "Ride a Cock-Horse," art by Alex A. Blum; Nursery rhyme about a lady at Banubury Cross with rings on her fingers and bells on her toes. Article about the hippopotamus, art by William A. Walsh. Beauty and the Beast pinup on back cover, art by Dik Browne. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.15.

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Beauty and the Beast. 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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Volume 36, Issue 2 (Whole Number 212) - June, 1954. This issue with a 16 page article on cartoonists. Softcover, 5.5" x 7.5", 162 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 3, Issue 1 - June, 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", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by George Evans. "This'll Kill You!", script by Otto Binder, art by Reed Crandall; The police are stunned when Victor Gattling brings in the dead body of his best friend and then claims that he, Victor, has been killed by his best friend. "Standing Room Only," script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Kamen; Siblings Carl and Cynthia spent their early years cross-dressing in order to have laughs on their friends but fall out of favor with each other; Stime later, Carl sees that his sister has married into money, so he murders his sister and her husband and then disguises himself as her in order to have access to those funds as beneficiary. "The Real Thing" one-page text story by Al Feldstein, art by Marie Severin. "Return Blow," script by Carl Wessler, art by Reed Crandall; Alma and Luke decide to butter up Alma's boss lady at the fabulous Sanford Manion in order to get Alma listed in the old lady's will as beneficiary for a cool $250,000. "Last Resort," script by Carl Wessler, art by George Evans; Jerry hated Mona, hated her for being controlled by her money, so he seeks out a diversion in young and beautiful Jane, a waitress in town. Jerry kills Mona and dumps her into a lake at night, which eventually trips him up because he had dumped her body into crystal clear Silver Springs! 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Terror of the Burning Corpse"; Lovely Nikki is in love with the juggler Tony; Her colleague Corey, a brilliant impersonator, is jealous of Tony and devises an evil scheme: Corey murders Tony and takes his place. "House of Horror," art by John D'Agostino; A vampire from the spooky Tennant house on the hill terrorizes the town; The three councilmen burn down the building, but fall prey to further vampire attacks. Is young and mysterious Gena, last of the Tennants, the fiend - or someone else? "Horror of the Drowned" text story by Ellen Lynn. "Terror of the Stolen Legs," art by Gerald Altman; In a Nazi Concentration Camp Dr. Franz Burch experiments on finding the secret to bring the dead back to life; Most prisoners are too weak to survive the process, until Burch gets his hands on the handsome and healthy political renegade Rolfe. "Some Die Twice," art by Alvin Hollingsworth; Slave trader Barney Degris takes aboard a tribe of cannibals in Africa; His wife Marna detests his cruelty; When Degris murders a native witch doctor and Marna's friend Philip, Marna throws her husband between the cannibals. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover with Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Johnny Mack Brown, Bill Elliott, and Rex Allen. Gene Autry photo. The Disintegrator Gun starring Gene Autry; Gene tracks down a group of crooks who are using a stolen disintegrator gun to rob banks. The chase involves a missing government scientist. Rustler's Roundup starring Champion, art by Tony Sgroi. A brief explanation of how indians cooked acorns, rabbit and buffalo. The Cracked-Up Getaway starring Roy Rogers, art by Mike Arens. Trigger Joins the Boys' Club, art by Sparky Moore. The Vengeful Roustabout starring Johnny Mack Brown, art by Sparky Moore. A Lucky Flood starring Wild Bill Elliott, pencils by Sparky Moore. A Neat Twist starring Rex Allen, art by John Ushler. 100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Curt Swan and Stan Kaye. Act Your Age! public service announcement starring Binky, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. The Nine Worlds of Batman starring Batman and Robin, script by France Herron, pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Charles Paris. The Mechanical Crime-Buster starring Roy Raymond TV Detective, art by Ruben Moreira. Casey the Cop humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Ship With the Magic Motor starring Captain Compass, script by Otto Binder, art by Joe Certa. The 22-Year Manhunt text article by Joe Madison. Word puzzle page with Robin. School for Boy Magicians starring Mysto Magician Detective, art by Leonard Starr. 44 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Barks. Stories and art by Dick Moores and Phil De Lara. The classic adventures of Disney's Donald Duck, featuring art by Carl Barks and other great Disney artists. Donald tries to prove that a hair-growth formula doesn't work, so he can get double his money back. Donald and his nephews imagine themselves back into the days of Merry Old England. Donald's nephews want a dog. The Hair Grower; Ye Olden Days; The Great Dane. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Louis Ravelli, Rocke Mastroserio, Henry C. Kiefer, Manny Stallman, Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. Tales of horror from the era just before the Comics Code was introduced. This issue is a reprint of issue #2 with a new cover. A drowned corpse pursues his killer back to New York; A newlywed groom makes a deal with the devil to be reunited with his dead bride; A prediction of death turns into a self-fulfilling prophecy. The Thing from the Sea!; A Honeymoon of Horror!; The Chamber of Death!; The Stranger in Studio X; Nightmare! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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June 1954. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Robert K. White, Robert Sheckley, J. Munro MacLennan, Richard Matheson, Lawrence Chandler, Vern Fearing, William Lindsay Gresham, Randall Garrett, Richard Wilson, Michael Shaara, Louis Estes. Cover by Ernest Schroeder. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 7, Issue 2 - Summer, 1954. Cover by Walter Popp. Stories: "A God Named Kroo" by Henry Kuttner, "The Brink of Infinity" by Stanley G. Weinbaum, "The Lotos Eaters" by Bolling Branham, "Promotion To Satellite" by Ray Bradbury, "Elixer of Doom" by Ray Cummings, "Lorelei" by Charles F. Ksanda, "A Thousand Futures" by Conan T. Troy, "Martians Twitter" by Wilbur S. Peacock, and "The New Wine" by William Vine. Four Virgil Finlay illustrations. Softcover pulp, 6.75" x 9", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Otto Messmer. Stories and art by Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. Comics adventures of the popular, long-running cartoon character; this series often featured art by the two men most associated with Felix, Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. Felix tries to get in the ring and be a pro wrestler. Pokey Pig feels snubbed by his friends. Radio Control; Pleasant Surprise; A Gripping Tale; Lil' Forget Me Not; Don Poco; Flub; Pokey Pig. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Lee Elias and Bob Powell. Tales of love and heartbreak in 1950s America from publisher Harvey. A redheaded woman gets a bad reputation after she falls for a married man. A woman who grew up in poverty will stop at nothing for the good things in life. A blonde blues singer reveals the lost love that torments her still. This Love of Ours; I Gambled on Love; Care for Your Clothes; Temptress; Luxury Mad; Moment of Madness; Secret Torment. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover of Jock Mahoney. Stories and art by Mike Arens, Tony Sgroi and August Lenox. The Range Rider and his sidekick Dick patrol the West; based on the classic 1951-1953 TV series. The Duff family tries to keep poachers off their land with bullets. But when the poachers notice the bullets are made of gold, they realize the Duffs have struck it rich. On a rainy night, the duo follows the outlaw gang of The Trackman, who targets track-laying crews on payday. Plus fun facts about Firsts in the West. Firsts in the West; The Gold Bullets; The Trackman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 8, No. 3 - June , 1954. 5.5" x 7.5", 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover art by Maurice Whitman. Lords of the Upper Air, art by John Belcastro [as "Johnny Bell"]; A group of mountain climbers in the Himalayan stumble upon a tribe of snowmen with supernatural powers. Grab-Bag, pencils by Bill Benulis, inks by Jack Abel; A group of girls is being haunted by the ghost of a mysterious evil woman, whose stylish accessories came into the girls possession. The Witch's Doll, script by Marilyn Mercer, pencils by Jerry Grandenetti and Will Eisner; Dr. Drew hunts down the missing explorer Leander Miles, who is torturing the actress Jennie Paris--by means of an African "kaffir" witch doll. This black magic works like voodoo. Untitled story, art by George Evans; a magic bottle containing a miniature ship arrives at the house of an old acquaintance. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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June 1954: Cover by Dick Dillin and Charles Cuidera; "Vengeance Assault," 9 pages, art by Dillin and Cuidera; "Indo-China Raid," 6 pages; "Missiles of Death," 7 pages; "The Trap," 1 page text story; "Killer Pursuit," 6 pages. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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He Who Robs The Dead starring Fate, art by Lou Cameron; Grave robber Albert Torrence finds a treasure beneath a cemetery; As he spends the loot, Torrence learns that he has been framed by the dead. Shattering The Time Barrier starring Fate; Philip Spayne, state executioner and operator of the electric chair, accidentally establishes a link between the worlds of the living and the dead. Hell Beyond The Crystal Ball starring Fate, art by Richard Case; Scientist Max Bronislaw is fascinated by the future; To travel there, he makes a deal with a strange apparition named Natas. Thrust of a Ghost Lance starring Fate, pencils by Jim McLaughlin; A medieval knight returns from the dead to avenge his unrightful death in a tournament. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Graham Ingels. The New Arrival--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Otto Binder, art by Graham Ingels; This story is told by a mansion; The occupant is a lunatic old woman who lost her mind when her husband was killed in WWI and kept her new born infant uneducated and in shackles for 40 years. Indisposed!--The Vault of Horror!, art by George Evans; A man uses his new garbage disposal to eliminate the remains of his wife's body, but his plumber friend who installed it doesn't have experience and connects it to the water intake. Out Cold--Haunt of Fear, script by Carl Wessler, art by Jack Kamen; The old witch tells us a story with two endings; The first ending relates what would have happened to the protagonist if he had pursued a relationship with a new office girl who turns out to be a ghoul using human meat to feed her mother's cats, but the old witch tells us that's not what actually happened. The Light In His Life!--The Crypt of Terror, script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Davis. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Pre-Code horror comics from Ajax-Farrell and their anonymous talents. A dying man suspects shenanigans after learning his doctor is sleeping with his wife. Richard's new wife is repeatedly possessed by the spirit of his departed lover. The Devil Collects; Terror on Location; Fear of the Witch; Dead on Arrival; Death Is the Jury! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Small Talk" and "The T.T.T. Club!" Little Guy in "Help Wanted!" 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Carl Burgos. Vampire Tale starring the Human Torch, art by Dick Ayers; Torch and Toro encounter alien bat people who explain that vampires are their criminals that they exiled to Earth long ago when there was no intelligent life; A scout ship having informed them that there is now an intelligent species on the planet being preyed on by the vampire aliens, the bat people are now rounding up vampires to deposit on some other planet without an intelligent species since they do not believe in killing. A Spy There Was starring the Human Torch, art by Dick Ayers. Ghost Lights text story. The Underwater People starring Sub-Mariner, script and art by Bill Everett. The Menace of the Unhuman starring the Human Torch, art by Dick Ayers. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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June 1954. Volume 5, No. 6 (Issue 31). Cover by Malcolm Smith. Science fiction stories: "Slaves to the Metal Horde" by Milton Lesser, "Reception Committee" by Len Guttridge, "The World is But a Stage" by Daniel F. Galouye, "Earthmen Die Hard!" by Richard O. Lewis, "Beware the Star Gods" by S.J. Byrne, and "The Scandalized Martians" by Arnold Marmor. Short review of Isaac Asimov's "Second Foundation." Illustrations by W.E. Terry and H.W. McCauley. . 5-3/8 in. x 7-1/4 in; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.35.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 8, No. 10 - June, 1954. 7" x 9.75", 16 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Harry Anderson. "Vampire Tale," art by Doug Wildey; A man wrapped in bandages is on trial for murder after slaying a vampire. "The Curse" text story. "Man Alone!," art by Al Eadeh; Communists get the idea to swap a spy for the village idiot in a centrally located village by taking a hermit and training him to pass for the idiot. "The Man Who Wasn't," art by Bill Walton; A man invents a youth serum and wishes to give it to the oldest member of an old folks home, but the man doesn't want it. "The Vultures," art by Mannie Banks; Unknown to his children, a man leaves his estate to the ones who attend his funeral. "The Question!," art by Vic Carrabotta; An inventor who loves his wife asks an electronic brain which he devised two questions, 'When will my wife die?' and 'When will I die?' 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Maurice Whitman. "The He-Lions Lair," art by Maurice Whitman; Kaänga, Ann, and Zulu escort Claudia Morris to her trading post; When they arrive, they learn that the Lotukos have been raiding regularly; Kaänga leaves to go to the Lokuto kraal; Ann learns that the post manager's assistant has been paying the Lokutos to raid the post and destroy it; At the Lokuto kraal, Kaänga learns the truth as well and defeats the Lokuto chief in combat in order to become the tribe's leader. "Value Received" text story by Noel Lee. "Swindle in Ivory" starring Captain Terry Thunder, art by Charles Sultan; Conmen Vinson and Marge have persuaded several tribes to wager all their ivory on a rigged duel between elephants; The plot is exposed and Vinson and Marge are trampled by elephants. "Tiger Hunt" starring Jan of the Jungle, art by Enrico Bagnoli. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.