Comic books December 1954

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Cover art by Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye. The Phantom Superman starring Lex Luthor, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Interplanetary Bank starring Tommy Tomorrow, art by Jim Mooney. The School for Hunters starring Congo Bill, script by Jack Miller, art by Ed Smalle. 36 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cover price $0.10.

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Walter Lantz' Andy Panda. Stories by unknown. Pencils by Ken Champin and Dick Hall. Featuring the tales "Mystery ship," "Kings of the high wire," "The social (sea) lion" and an untitled story, plus an untitled 1-page story on the inside front cover! Starring Andy Panda, Charlie Chicken, Farmer Henry Brown, Fatso (Fatty) Pig, Billy Goat and Dandy Gander! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Drown and Out"; Archie gets a job as a lifeguard; Betty pretends to be drowning in order for Archie to rescue her, but she overdoes the hugging in the water and Archie has to sock her to get them to shore. "Pranks For the Memory"; Jughead gets hit on the head by a baseball and apparently has temporary amnesia. "Change Your Oil!"; Archie asks the pharmacist to fill a prescription; The prescription is mostly castor oil. "Backfield in Emotion"; The girls are upset that the boys signed up for football and won't date them as much. Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Annual ad. "A Shorts Story"; The boys are wearing Bermuda shorts to school, much to Miss Grundy's displeasure. "Snow Use" text story. "Rags to Riches"; Wilbur and Red sneak into the exclusive Westfield Country Club to go swimming on a hot day. "Missile-Man"; Archie makes a homemade boomerang; It almost hits Mr. Lodge, who tries to get rid of it by throwing it away, which doesn't work. "Pair of Spectacles"; Moose has a part in the school play that requires him to have bad eyesight except when wearing glasses; He's having trouble remembering that, so Betty and Veronica tell him to stay in character until the next rehearsal. Archie's Joke Book ad. Archie Club ad. "Dragnut!"; Everywhere he turns, Mr. Weatherbee is faced with students singing the "Grabnet" [Dragnet] theme song or using versions of the show's catch phrases ("Just the facts, ma'am," etc.), which is driving him crazy. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Archies Christmas Stocking Cover price $0.25.

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Dec 1954. Volume 54, Issue 4 - 1st printing. Science fiction stories by Frank Herbert, Raymond F. Jones, Rex Jatko, J. Anthony Ferlaine, and M.C. Pease. Illustrations by Freas and van Dongen. Article on visual perception. Cover by Chesley Bonestell. Softcover, 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; 168 newsprint pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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"The Town" (art by Russ Heath), "21 Days" (art by Syd Shores), "Anthem," "The Serbs" (art by Dick Ayers), and a two-page text story, "The Signal." Heath cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 1, No. 2 - December 1954. 4.25" x 5.75", 70 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Jack Kirby. Art by Bernard Baily, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby present their own contribution to the horror comics trend of the 1950s, featuring tales of ghosts and the paranormal. Issue # 33 on cover; listed as Vol. 5, issue #3 in indicia. Nuclear tests create a mutant shark as smart as a human, as divers are horrified to discover. An undead she-creature stalks fugitives from justice on a remote island. Vampires awaken, and they're hungry. Lone Shark!; The Strangest Facts; Apprentice; This Time You'll Die!; Wake up the Dead!; The Ring; Mister Tree. 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: "Hammer and Sickle" by Dick Wood, Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera; "Trapped In the Kremlin" by Wood, Dillin and Cuidera; and "The Magnetic Mountain" with art by Dillin and Cuidera. Plus: Chop Chop in an untitled back-up story by Paul Gustavson, reprinted from issue #53. And: 1-page text story "Amateur Red Killer"! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Al Wenzel, Carl Hubbell, Ben Brown, Ralph Mayo and Charles Biro. An anthology title from publisher Lev Gleason and his primary creator, Charles Biro, featuring teen hero Crimebuster and his nemesis Iron Jaw. At a joust for a medieval charity fair, someone switches Crimebuster's lance with a real one and tries to frame him for attempted murder. Sniffer and Iron Jaw stage fake prize fights with stand-in champs, until the real champion boxers show up to give them what for. A traffic accident leads Crimebuster to a fugitive killer, featuring a wrist-mounted gun apparently of Charles Biro's design. Crimebuster: Robin Hood Lives Again; Behind the Clown's Laugh; Sniffer and Iron Jaw: Unfortunate Fortune; Crimebuster: Mr. Judge and Jury; Rocky X: Never Kick a Quiz Kid. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Bernard Sachs, Mario Colavito, Art Peddy, Merrylen Townsend and Jack Sparling. Numbering continues from Romantic Marriage (1950) #24. St. John's influential romance title was noted for its memorable covers by Matt Baker. Struggling waitress Annette gets the chance to impersonate one of the wealthy college students she always sees at work, and date handsome Brian, but soon she's leading a double life with a man who doesn't know her real identity. Photographer Carol creates a fake photo of herself with wealthy polo star Jock for her own amusement, but when it gets leaked, she's accused of blackmail. Struggling actress Marcia hits it off with famous co-star Richard, but a newspaper gossip columnist threatens to spoil everything. Plus a guide to making your own fashion accessories. Iconic cover by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker, one of his most famous.My Double Life!; Dating Dilemmas; My Gay Deception!; Queen for a Week; The Big Date; Stage Door Johnny; Man Hunt; Home-Made Glamour; Cindy. 32 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. Blackwell's plan hinges on getting rid of Cisco, so he can't compete in The Roaring River Rodeo. Someone takes a shot at Cisco during a performance of Rosa's play. Investigating, Cisco and Pancho learn that she stands to inherit the Silver Deuce mine after her brother's murder, but someone doesn't want that to happen. Plus fun facts about big cats. The Big Cats; The Roaring River Rodeo; The Silver Deuce. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Combat Kelly in "The Skull and Crossbones Circus," "War Prize," and an untitled story (art on all by Dave Berg). Back-up story, "Cookie's Combat Course: Rifle Grenades" (art by Robert Q. Sale) and a two-page text story, "Behind Enemy Lines." Joe Maneely cover. Cover price $0.10.

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H-Bomb Cover. Adventures with the "Atomic Commandos" featuring Commander Bill Battle, "Doc" Blake, "Champ" Ruggles, and Tony Gardello. Issue features a two-part story "Journey to the Moon" and "Death of the H-Bomb" in which the sub is retro-fitted for outer space and the Atomic Commandos head to the moon. Stories introduce the Junior Atomic Commando M. Jonathan Flint to the team. Issue also has "Untold Sagas of the War," "A Day in the Life of an Atomic Commando," and a one-page text stories "Escape From Corregidor" and "There's No Telling What You'll Find." Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Kamen. Stories by Carl Wessler and Al Feldstein. Art by Jack Kamen, Marie Severin, 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 struggling family takes a turn for the worse when suspicions fall on them for serial killings, but no one suspects the identity of the true murderer. A jealous husband sees a TV wrestling match as proof of his suspicions, but forgets that not everything you see on wrestling shows is real. A firefighter is the last person anyone would suspect of arson. The cover by Jack Kamen directly references Bernie Krigstein's famous story "Master Race," originally scheduled for this issue, but postponed to Impact (1955 EC) #1 instead due to art delays. The Fixer; Dead Center; The Firebug; Comeback. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Win Mortimer. The Batman Encylopedia starring Batman and Robin, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Charles Paris. Know Your Country public service announcement starring Superboy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. The Island That Was a Ship! starring Captain Compass, script by Otto Binder, art by Joe Certa. Casey the Cop humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Amazing Mr. Hercules! starring Roy Raymond TV Detective, art by Ruben Moreira. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Paul Murry. Stories and art by Tony Strobl and Phil De Lara. The classic adventures of Disney's Donald Duck, featuring art by Carl Barks and other great Disney artists. Donald travels to Hawaii to win a songwriting contest. Donald wonders if he's found the secret to Scrooge's intellect. Gyro's new robot is a thinking machine. Slippery Soap; The Song Writers; Fish Eating; The Mechanical Brain; The Water Geyser; Trick Cookies. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Dec. 14, 1954. Weekly movie magazine published in Chile. Cover of Robert Wagner. 8-in. x 11-in., 30 pages, B&W. NOTE: Spanish language.

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Cover by Fred Ottenheimer. Stories and art by Dick Ayers and Fred Ottenheimer. Eh! was Charlton's attempt at a one-word-title humor and satire comic, inspired by the success of EC's Mad. This issue features parodies of some of the TV legends of the time, including I Love Lucy, Steve Allen (the first host of The Tonight Show) and The Colgate Comedy Hour, with a focus on tough-guy detective heroes like Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer. Liberitchy, a spoof of pianist Liberace, builds bigger and bigger musical instruments, until he creates one that levels New York City with sound waves. Spoofs of 1950s advertising, including the Book of the Month Club, Charles Atlas, and hair care. Liberitchy!; Do Friends Call You Fatty?; I Love Loosely; Inside Smellivision by Hatta Hooplah; The Steve Alley Show; Beat the Cluck!; The Coldgate Tragedy Theatre Presents a Preview of Aye, the Fury!, or Vengeance Is My Quick Gun on a Lonely Night. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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6 1/2-in. x 9 1/4-in., 224 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 4, No. 12. December 1954. Digest-sized men's interest magazine with articles and glamour photos. This issue with a Julie Newmar pictorial. 5.25" x 7.5". 128 pages. B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 15, Issue 6 - December, 1954. 6.5" x 9", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 2, No. 5 - December , 1954. 5.25" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 7 Issue 12, December 1954. Pulp magazine devoted to exploring the paranormal. Stories .... factual accounts based on actual experiences. Articles .... on the strange and unknown. Features .... reporting on unusual topics. This issue - The Golden Inca, Aldous Huxley-Science and Survival, The Truth about Dowsing, plus much more. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 page, Text (with B&W Illustrations and Photos). Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago and Fred Ottenheimer. Funny-animal comics from Charlton. With this Charlton issue, Funny Animals gets a new star, the comics incarnation of 1950s kids' TV personality The Merry Mailman. Merry Mailman and Wheezer are off for adventure when someone mails a treasure map to Long John Silver. Millie wonders why Hoppy doesn't want to kiss her when they're playing kissing games at her party. Plus the legends of folk hero Paul Bunyan. Li'l Buck; The Merry Mailman Goes to Treasure Island; Merry Mailman's Coloring Page; Hoppy: Missed Kiss; Fuzzy's Song Page; The Mouse Has the Last Laugh; The Merry Mailman: King for a Day!; Legends of Paul Bunyon; Color-Me-Up Puzzle Page; The Merry Mailman Goes to Africa; Wilbur the Waiter. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Otto Messmer. Stories and art by Otto Messmer. A collection of the Felix the Cat comic strip, reformatted to fit comic-book pages. Felix has an adventure in the land of the Little People. Back cover features a Felix paper doll by Messmer, with four different outfits. Squarebound, 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 7, Issue 6 - December, 1954. Painted cover by Peter Driben. Vintage men's interest magazine full of pin-ups and glamour photos paired with humorous text stories and adult comic strips. This issue with two Bettie Page photos. 8" x 11.5", 50 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

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Cover photo of Jock Mahoney [as Range Rider]. How to Ground Tie fact page. The Mystery of the Missing Banker, art by Tony Sgroi; A banker is at night forced to open the bank vault, then kidnapped; Troy Duncan accuses the banker of having skipped with the cash; Range Rider and Dick West are deputiced by the sheriff to investigate. The Robbers of Rillito. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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December 1954. Men's interest magazine featuring true adventure articles and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 10 3/4-in., 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Indicia title is "Zane Grey's SHADOW ON THE TRAIL, No. 604." Painted cover art by Sam Savitt. Zane Grey's Shadow on the Trail, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Bob Correa; After being shielded from a posse by Jacqueline Pencarrow, Wade Holden promises to go straight; After five years, Holden, now sporting a beard and known as Tex Brandon, returns to the area and learns that the Pencarrow ranch is about to go under because of rustlers; Brandon takes a job as Mr. Pencarrow's foreman and assembles a band of young ex-rustlers, who want to change their ways; Brandon slowly succeeds at his task of retrieving the Pencarrow cattle and eliminating the rustlers, while wondering if his past will come back to haunt him and deny him the love of Jacqueline Pencarrow. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "THE BROWNIES, No. 605." Cover art by Don Gunn. The Brownies and the Magic Cave; A Brownie, Droopy, gets lost while retrieving a ball in a cave, which is supposed to be magic; Droopy decides to take a nap. The Brownies and the Owlet; Spindly disguises himself as a bird in order to help a baby owl learn to fly; The mother owl mistakes Spindly for her baby and takes him back to her nest. Buttons Takes a Ride; Constable Buttons goes for a wild ride with Uncle Dude in his new toy car. The Badkins and Good Deed Day; The Brownies are giving apple jelly to those who do good deeds; The Badkins try to get jelly without doing any good deeds. All art by Don Gunn. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted Cover by Sam Savitt. Stories by unknown. Art by Bob Fujitani. Featuring the tales "The Castle Dangerous" and "Ordeal By Battle"! Starring Sir Lancelot! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Charles Schulz, Leonard Sansone and Gus Arriola. St. John takes over publishing from United Features. 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. Coming back from a fishing trip, Phil and Fritzi realize they shouldn't have walked through the aquarium. Bingo the Monkey Doodle Boy wins an actual white elephant, leading to the question: what does one do with an elephant? One of the backup strips in the comic is Charles Schulz's Peanuts; several early daily strips are presented in full color. Other backup strips include the Dennis the Menace-like Willie, and Gus Arriola's Little Coronado. Blind Date Blues; Fritzi Ritz; Little Coronado; Willie; Peanuts; Bingo, the Monkey Doodle Boy: White Elephant. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 20, Issue 10 - December 1954. Men's magazine featuring articles on true crime, and politics. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 9, Issue 3 - December 1954. Cover by Emsh. Stories include "Skulking Permit" by Robert Sheckley, "Assignment's End" by Roger Dee, "Collector's Item" by Evelyn E. Smith, and "Uncle Tom's Planet" by Finn O'Donnevan. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; 160 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Photo cover of Gene Autry. Stories and art by Till Goodan and Nicholas Firfires. Singing cowboy Gene Autry was a multimedia star from the 1930s-1950s, in music, movies, radio, and television, as well as comic books. Finding an amnesiac stranger on the road, Gene offers to help him. Soon he is drawn into conflict with counterfeiters. Panhandle Pete tells the tale of the Waterfall Cache and a hillside full of gold nuggets in the Grand Canyon. The Man from Jackrabbit Hill; The Waterfall Cache; The Perfect Pipe; Commodore Owens, The Long-Haired Sheriff of Navajo County. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera. Written by unknown. Art by Charles Nicholas, Louis Ravielli? and unknown. War front fury! Battlefield adventures! In this issue: "Red Invasion," with pencils by Charles Nicholas; "No Escape"; "Storm Attack," with art by Louis Ravielli?; 1-page text story "The Plane from Nowhere," reprinted from Blackhawk (1944 1st Series) #30; and "Death on Helicopter Hill"! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Williams. Stories and art by Hal Seeger and Bill Williams. GI Jane is part of the WACs (Women's Army Corps), allowing her cartoonists, Hal Seeger and Bill Williams, to combine military humor with plentiful good-girl art. Jane thinks her boyfriend Tommy played a prank on her, and her attempt to retaliate leaves her in the men's barracks when the Colonel drops by. Jane's dinner with her grandfather's old college buddy, a general, inadvertently starts a scandal over anti-fraternization rules. A soldier asks Jane to mind his jeep, unaware she's never learned to drive, and comic chaos results. The Impractical Joke; Patti; General Confusion; PX Pete: The Payin' Customer; Jill Jones, WAC: Photo Finish; The Runaway Jeep; The Sarge. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Last Hiding Place starring Fate, art by Lou Cameron; Fate presents us with Madame Lizette and her carnival wax museum of unnatural history; Resorting to witchcraft, she breathes new life into a werewolf and a tiger woman. Rendezvous with the Phantom Gypsies, art by Ken Rice; A gypsy boy flees the orphanage he lives in and travels with a salesman to a gypsy camp. They witness a gypsy wedding; In an outburst of jealousy the salesman kills the groom and drives away, burning down the camp. The Witch's Wicked Words, art by Larry Woromay; Running from the police and his gangster friends, crook and murderer Louie Brink is sent back to the year 1450 through a time machine. When His Number's Up... starring Fate, art by Louis Zansky. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Pre-Code horror comics from Ajax-Farrell and their anonymous talents. A murdered animal trainer returns as a tiger to get revenge on her killer, in a story with multiple killings-by-tiger. Detective Bill White goes all Kolchak on a murderous demon called Kehama. A dead man's soul is judged by the afterlife to be completely neutral. Tiger - Tiger!; If I Should Die; The Ghost and the Gallows; Fanged Terror; Strange Spirits; No Place to Go. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Winter 1954. Humor Digest featuring jokes and cartoons for men. Denise Darcel Photo inside front cover. Cartoons by George Troop, Joe Buresch and Vic Martin. Softcover Digest, 5 1/4-in. x 7-in., 100 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Painted cover by Henry C. Kiefer. Stories and art by Frank Frazetta, H. G. Peters, Ed Moore, John Belfi, Bill Walton, Bill Ely, Matt Christopher and Sam Glanzman. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. A teen saves a horse from drowning, featuring early art by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. A motorcycle cop saves a woman from being killed by a train. An early tech nerd uses his knowledge of radio and telephony to coordinate rescuers after a tornado. Cindy Is Saved; He's Her Hero; It Happened This Way; The Drag of Death; Trapped Twin; Level Headed Play Pal; Kid of the Week; Weak Ice; TV Tot; Jungle Cat; His Five Day Vigil; Rabid Dog; Doctor Acrobat; Highway Hero. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Paul McCarthy and Bob Powell. A romance comic from Harvey, as the teens of the 1950s explore the new world of dating. Lois gets together with handsome campus jock Pete, but she's afraid he only sees her as a "petting partner." Ann falls hard for football star Rick, but she just can't seem to get his attention. Struggling art student Kit finds a job and love on a department store's marketing team. Second String Sweetheart; Outcast Love; Hand-me-down Lover; Prelude to Tears; Hi-school Hi-spots; Love Thief; Those Wild Kisses. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Dan Gormley and others. An icon of 1950s Americana, Howdy Doody was a star of early television, and a mischievous Tom Sawyer-type adventurer in this comic. Dilly and Flub-a-Dub try to make the house elderly-friendly when Grandpa Doody comes for a visit. But Grandpa turns out to be a daredevil with his own jet plane and motorcycle. Howdy and the Inspector try to help Phineas T. Bluster run his resort hotel, and the result is like something out of the Marx Brothers. An ice storm brings the town to a standstill. Old Pirate Haunts; Howdy Doody and the Magic Sea Chest; Howdy Doody's Old-Time Silent Movie; Dilly and Flub-a-Dub. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 17 #2 - Dec. 1954. Children's illustrated text stories, puzzles and activities. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in., 68 pages, B&W with full color and single color illustrations. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Carl Burgos. "Quick-Change!", art by Pete Tumlinson; A guy in love with an evil woman tries to woo her with an amulet which changes him into legendary creatures but she steals it to commit robberies; After one success she realizes that she doesn't know any more legendary creatures so she rushes into the library with police right behind her. "The Man in Black!" text story. "After Man...What?", script by Paul S. Newman, art by Bob Powell; A man discovers that Starlings have actually come from the moon and are planning on displacing humans on Earth. "Hector!", art by John Tartaglione; A woman who has a robot servant for a husband is the envy of all the other neighborhood women. "The Messenger!", script by Paul S. Newman, art by Jack Abel; A warehouse employee from the future gets the foreman taken away as a mental case after he shows him impossible products. "The Crazy Car!", art by Bill Everett; When a stranger approaches Karl Baxter on the street and invites him to take a test drive in his car: a car that runs on no fuel of any kind, Karl decides to kill the old man and figure out a way to duplicate the engine in the car so that he can make a fortune....or so HE thinks! 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.