Comic books January 1951

Volume 5, Issue 5 - January, 1951. True crime magazine with stories and article about women in the world of organized crime, murder, robbery, and debauchery. Softcover Magazine, 8.5" x 11", 74 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Lee Elias and Bob Powell. Torrid tales of love and heartbreak dressed up as advice to the lovelorn from Harvey. Kim meets a handsome drifter and realizes he's her dream man, although others can't see his freewheeling spirit. Milly and Rita go on a Caribbean cruise to find romance, but Milly meets the wrong man. Talent agent Jerry remakes April into a star, but she falls in love with him in the process. My Secret Marriage; Betrayed By Beauty; I Was a Lovesick Fan; The Romantic Season; My Plan For Love. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 4, issue 39 January 1951. Photo cover. True Crime articles, stories and photos.Love Slave and the Flight Into Death. 8-1/4 in. x 112 in., 80 p, B&W Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by George Peltz and Manny Stallman. Romance comics with "real world" problems from L.B. Cole's Star Publications. A couple tries to keep their date a secret from nosy friends and neighbors. Rancher Louisa is torn between cowpokes Fred and Phil, until a horse attack decides the matter. The Secret Date; Song At Twilight; Fear Haunts My Love; Break A Girl's Heart; A Gift of Roses. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman and Johnny Craig. Art by Harvey Kurtzman, John Severin, Will Elder, Wally Wood, and Johnny Craig. Harvey Kurtzman's legendary series enlisted top EC artists for gritty tales of war and adventure. A soldier's first experience with death on the battlefield leads his sergeant to tell a story of World War II, with inks by MAD legend Will Elder. Murderous diamond thieves escape into the wilderness, and meet a grim fate. In the 18th century, Jeremiah is conscripted into a British Navy "press gang" under the command of the notorious Captain Bull, in a story with art by Wally Wood. War Story!; Escape; Decoy; Jivaro Death!; Flight From Danger!; Brutal Capt. Bull! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

25c Cover Price Edition

Donald, along with his nephews - Huey, Louie, and Dewey - bite off more than they can chew when the boys adopts a goat!

Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 28 pages, full color. All Ages

Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $4.00

35c Cover Price Edition

Donald, along with his nephews - Huey, Louie, and Dewey - bite off more than they can chew when the boys adopts a goat!

Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 28 pages, full color. All Ages

Cover price $0.35.

39c Cover Price Edition

Donald, along with his nephews - Huey, Louie, and Dewey - bite off more than they can chew when the boys adopts a goat!

Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 28 pages, full color. All Ages

Cover price $0.39.

Add to cart Very Good $2.50

49c Cover Price Edition

Donald, along with his nephews - Huey, Louie, and Dewey - bite off more than they can chew when the boys adopts a goat!

Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 28 pages, full color. All Ages

Cover price $0.49.

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Cover by Mort Lawrence. Stories and art by John Buscema, John Forte, Mort Leav, Bill Woolfolk, Bob Rogers, and Syd Shores. Bloody pre-Code crime comics, in imitation of Crime Does Not Pay - including a top-hatted, otherworldly narrator. The twist is that the publisher offers wanted posters (and rewards) for real-life criminals. A veteran with PTSD is haunted by delusions of murder, in an early story by future Marvel and Conan legend John Buscema. In a feature that invites readers to solve the crime for themselves, a man murders his brother for an inheritance. "Crime Lab" detectives "Loot" and "Doc" investigate a cold case after a skeleton is unearthed at a construction site. Citadel of Crime; Wanted: Earl David Bircham; Web of Crime!; He Died Alone; He's the Killer!; You're the Detective!: The Case of the Bereaved Brother!; Wanted: George Leonard Washington Hall; Crime Lab: The Case of the Kayoed Corpse! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart FR 1.0 $179.95 or Best Offer View scans 7.5" cumulative spine split, cover detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

5th ISSUE in series (see note following) - Al Feldstein classic outer space cover. "Child of Tomorrow" (art by Feldstein), "The Time Machine and the Shmoe" (script and art by Harvey Kurtzman), "Deadlock" (art by Wally Wood as "Woody"), and "Prediction of Disaster" (art by Jack Kamen). NOTE: See 2nd Series for 1953 #17 Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Feldstein. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Kamen, Wally Wood, and Al Feldstein. EC's influential New Trend title featured some legendary sci-fi and comics artists. Scientists wonder if a threat from another world would unite humanity's warring factions, then get the chance to find out, in a story by Harvey Kurtzman. Space travelers visit their war-ravaged homeworld to find nothing's changed, with art by Wally Wood. A time-travel murder mystery is so convoluted it needs its own explanatory diagram, which is included. Classic Al Feldstein atom bomb/space cover. Made of the Future!; Return; Progress; The Last War on Earth; The Man Who Was Killed in Time. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $49.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

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Jan 1951. Cover by Charles A. Kennedy. Horror and supernatural stories by Gordon MacCreagh "The Hand of Saint Ury", David Eynon, Allen Masterson, August Derleth "Something From Out There", Margaret St. Clair, Frank Owen, Elizabeth Counselman, and Allison V. Harding. Illustrations by Charles A. Kennedy, Joseph Eberle, Vincent Napoli, John N. Anderson, Hannes Bok, and Fred Humiston. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

UK edition, one shilling cover price. Vol. 43 #2 - Jan. 1951. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/4-in., 96 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Howard Sherman. Death Detail starring the Wyoming Kid, art by Howard Sherman. A Man Must Do His Best starring Rodeo Rick, script by Gardner Fox, art by Tom Cooke. The Invisible Rustlers starring Nighthawk, script by Gardner Fox, art by Leonard Starr. The Hostage of Carrion Gulch starring Cowboy Marshal, art by Ed Smalle Jr. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by John Prentice. Stories and art by Ed Smalle and others. Outlaws, gunfighters, and tales of the Old West - some true, and others merely legends. A stagecoach driver figures out how to get the drop on robbers every time. A high-stakes card game leads to a gunfight when the con is revealed. A traveling tenor decides to join forces with the Blanton Gang to rob the patrons of his shows. Tuffy's Hidden Cannon; Buckskin Benson; The Stranger from Idaho; Star-Heeled Boots; Tonsils on the Trail; Frontier Facts; The Tin Badge; Death of a Polecat. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Tex Ritter sets out to prove Riley innocent of horse thievery, before he hangs for it. Gabby Hayes is enlisted by his old pals in the Canadian Mounties to come north and help them find the crazed outlaw Deadshot Dagger. Outlaws steal an entire train, and masquerade as the train crew sent to pick up a gold shipment. Plus a profusion of vintage comics-format ads, including one featuring movie cowboy Rocky Lane. Tex Ritter: The Web of Death!; Tall Tale Talbert and His Escapade; Monte Hale: The Mother Goose Crimes; Slim Carson: The Goatherd's Clue; Stirup Stuart; Gabby Hayes: Danger in the Frozen North; Li'l Buck; Big Bow and Little Arrow: The Lost Trust!; Cactus Brain; Tom Mix: The Train of Doom! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 7, Issue 5 - January, 1951. 6.75" x 9.75", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Mort Leav. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Syd Shores, Bill Woolfolk, Mort Lawrence, Pete Tumlinson, and John Rosenberger. True tales from the Old West, starring such real-life characters as Wild Bill Pecos, Nuggets Nugent, Lobo the Wolf Boy, Ike Clanton, Calamity Kate (Patricia Layne), and Waco Johnny. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $86.00 View scans Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling.

Add to cart Poor $23.00 View scans Spine split 90%. Cover Detached.

January 1951. Cover by Peter Driben. "The Stories Behind the Headlines". This issue: Inside the White Slave Rings, Do Wives Ruin Athletes?, Half Woman - Half Lion, What Bing Saw in Paris?, What Did 8000 Women Confess to Dr. Kinsey? Movie He-Men go Girlie and more. 8.25-in. x 11-in., 58 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Clem Weisbecker, Walter Palais, Otto Binder, Bill Woolfolk and Kurt Schaffenberger. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. Captain Marvel has fought a lot of strange villains, but the cloud thief is a new one even for him. Bluenoses in Dry Gulch threaten violence against a theater troupe if they put on their show, and Golden Arrow gets bodyguard duty. Ibis and Taia must prevent evil sorcerers from taking over the Earth. Plus a "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton, featuring useless but hilarious advice on "How to Clap without Mishap." Captain Marvel: The Man Who Stole the Clouds; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb; Golden Arrow: Box Office Appeal; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Doc Sorebones; Lance O'Casey: Pirate Warfare; Wilbur the Waiter; The Big Beating; Memories; Fainthart; Ibis the Invincible: The Day the Sorcerers Rule. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart Good $8.00 View scans Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.

Issue 631 - January, 1951. The true adventure magazine for men. A collection of true stories from all over the world. 6.5" x 9.5", 100 pages, B&W.

Cover art by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Along the Apache Trail starring Wild Bill Hickok, art by Howard Larsen. The Dave Tutt Duel starring Wild Bill Hickok, art by Howard Larsen. The Bandits of Devil's Gap starring Wild Bill Hickok, art by Howard Larsen. Escape! text story, art by Howard Larsen. Triple Cross--Tales of the Silent Spaces, art by Paul Reinman. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Al Avison, Rudy Palais, John Sink, Bob Powell and Tom Gill. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. The young wife of Captain Joshua Flint likes to flirt, but she doesn't realize he has evil voodoo powers. The ship called the Black Swan is cursed from the start. The mad scientist of Mad Mountain meets the perfect subject for his unholy experiments with life and death. The Monster of Mad Mountain; Horror Island; Voodoo Vengeance; The Fatal Bullet; Strange Superstitions; The Cursed Diamonds; The Icy Death; Launched in Blood; Strange Legends; The Dead Wont Die; Ghosts of Famous Pirates. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $500.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #3727489017

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $319.95 or Best Offer View scans Cover detached and taped in place, tape on centerfold, staining throughout interior. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "The Wonder Woman Story," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; A female reporter gets the scoop that will win her a job at the Daily Globe over her male rival - the secret story of Wonder Woman and the Amazons. "Wonder Woman Story Part 2: Act of Treachery," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; As Mary Ellen observes the early days of the Amazons and Wonder Woman's origin, her male rival tracks her to Paradise Island, where his reckless flying threatens the Amazons. Wonder Women of History: two-page Helene Kottauer bio by Julius Schwartz, pencils by Robert Oksner, inks by John Giunta. "The Amazon and the Leprechaun," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; A leprechaun wins a scholarship to Holliday College, and Wonder Woman, as acting dean, must endure his pranks while protecting him from gangsters attempting to steal his pot of gold. "Gentlemen Be Seated" text story. "Wonder Woman - Western Whirlwind," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman and the Holliday girls travel to the "New West" for a wedding that may be cancelled when the groom's father is suspected of resuming his career as a stagecoach robber. Superboy stars in a one-page public service announcement, "How to Bring Christmas Cheer." 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

January, 1951. Cover by Van Dongen. Stories: "March Hare Mission" by Ford McCormack, "Tree of Wrath" by John Christopher, "The Tourist Trade" by Bob Tucker, "Ghost of Mr. Kitcat" by Rumer Godden, "Survival Ship" by Judith Merril, "NAAM" by R. E. Morrough, "The Green Cat" b Cleve Cartmill, "The Supremacy of Uruguay" by E. B. White, "The Fittest" by Katherine MacLean, "A Matter of Fact" by Rudyard Kipling, and "Null-P" by William Tenn. Softcover Pulp, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 128 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - January, 1951. Wrestling magazine with some tasteful swimsuit and pin-up photography. Softcover Magazine, 8.5" x 11", 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

#29 on cover; Vol. 4 No. 5 in indicia. Photo Cover. Stories by unknown. Art by Jack Kirby, Mort Meskin, Bill Draut and Joe Simon. Featuring: "You´re not the First!"; "Diagnosis: Love!"; "Love Also Ran!"; "Three´s a Crowd!"; 3-page Will You Help Me? story; and 2-page Nancy Hale's Problem Clinic story! Plus: 1-page article "The Well-Mannered Young Lady"! Also: 1-page article "Are You a Martyr?" 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.