Comic books May 1951

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jim Wilcox and L. B. Cole. True-life tales of sporting greats, and stories about athletic people. Groundbreaking African-American baseball player Jackie Robinson breaks the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers start him at first base in 1947. Pee Wee Reese is noted for his baseball prowess as well as for his crucial early support of Jackie Robinson. Also featuring biographies of Sam Langford and Jimmy McLane, plus profiles of dangerous sports. Dick Cole: Basket "Balled-Up"; Sam Langford A True Story of a Courageous Fighter; Jackie Robinson; Pee Wee Reese; The Most Dangerous Sports on Earth: Bullfighting; Jimmy McLane; Dangerous Game; Motorboat Madness; The Most Dangerous Sports on Earth: Skiing. 32 pages, Full Color. NOTE: There is also a #13 "Accepted" reprint edition. In the reprint edition, the "Accepted" logo appears in upper left corner of cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $11.00

Cover by Sol Brodsky. Stories and art by George Tuska, Hank Chapman, Al Fass, Jay Scott Pike, Al Eadeh and John Buscema. Profiles of famous athletes from early Marvel Comics, when it was still called Atlas. A comics biography of baseball relief pitcher Casimir "Jim" Konstanty; Poor fisherman's son Jon Helso becomes the champion swimmer of Finland; Boxer Stanislaw Kiecal. Includes stories illustrated by future Marvel legends George Tuska and John Buscema. Konstanty the Constant; Stan Ketchel the Michigan Mauler; Sweat It Out; Sammy Urzetta: The Janitors Son Who Beat A Millionaire At A Rich Mans Game; The Great Swimming Ace Who Couldnt Be Beaten…Jon Helso. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes. Art by Charles Sultan and Lin Streeter. Tales of espionage from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG, published as the Cold War was just heating up. An American agent is accused of cowardice after he fails to prevent a kidnapping; A reporter in Burma encounters the beautiful and mysterious Lady Moonlight; In ancient Africa, Roman general Scipio and aide Caius Lelius use espionage against a Numidian king. Jonathan Kent, Espionage Ace; Coward's Case; Piano-Player Spy; Flare-Up; Blowup in Burma; Passport to Peril; Gunplay in the Gulf; Nazi Nemesis; Roman Ruse. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $145.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #1180360001

Tomahawk in "The Battle of Junction Fort," Captain Compass in "The Painter of Doom," Manhunters Around the World in "The Currency Cops" (pencils by Curt Swan?), and Robin in "The Man No One Could Kill!" One-page Handy Andy (art by Jack Farr?). Fred Ray cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $53.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.	Add to cart Very Good $39.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.	Add to cart Very Good $48.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Good $16.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $29.00 or Best Offer View scans 1" spine split from top. Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Volume 23, Issue 2 - May, 1951. Cover Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Fletcher Pratt, Matt Lee, Edmond Hamilton (Captain Future story), John Wyndham, Robert Moore Williams, and Samuel Mines. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 166 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $25.00 View scans	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $11.50	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $11.50	Add to cart GD 2.0 $9.00
Add to cart GD 2.0 $9.00	Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $7.80 Chew. 2" cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached at one staple.	Add to cart PR 0.5 $2.80 INCOMPLETE. Multiple pages missing, interrupts art and story.

Art by Bob Powell and Fred Meagher. Cover by Fred Meagher. Rancher Steve Adams, a Comanche raised by white settlers, has a secret identity as the warrior Straight Arrow, a hero who first appeared on a popular radio show. A lost race of conquistadors enslaves Straight Arrow's tribe. Red Hawk follows an errant tribesman into the far frozen north and battles a polar bear. Outlaws plan to stir up war to divert the Army from protecting the railroad. The Conquistadors Return; Treachery's Banner; Red Hawk: The Dead Man's Trail!; The Treasure Coach!; The Revenge of the Mountain Spirit. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Written by Gardner F. Fox. Art by Bob Oksner and Bernard Sachs. Cover by Win Mortimer. Scientist Ralph Gain invents a machine that can evolve animal subjects. His hoodlum friend, Johnny Farrel, accidentally kills him and uses the machine on himself, running up the evolutionary ladder until he finds himself devolved into a gorilla's form. Written by John Broome. Art by Alex Toth and Bernard Sachs. In the far future, E-semex conceives a plan to defeat the Vegan invaders by warning people in the past. Written by John Broome (as Robert Starr). Art by Jim Mooney and Ray Burnley. In the year 8685, mankind is ruled by a supreme machine that provides for their every need. After a meeting with a Neo girl, Athon discovers that the rule of the Machine is not so benevolent and works to destroy it. Written by Julius Schwartz. Art by Morris Waldinger and Tommy Nicolosi. Quizzes related to astronomy, geology, and physics. Written by Mann Rubin (as Manny Rubin). Art by Gil Kane and Frank Giacoia. A hoax goes awry and Bruce Karson accidentally journeys to Venus, only to be accused of staging a hoax on his return. Ad for Mystery in Space #1. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 5, Issue 2 - May, 1951. Vintage magazine featuring stories about, and tips for those interested in the nudist way of life. Softcover Magazine, 8" x 11", 32 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti. The Boy from Mars!, script by William Woolfolk, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti; A super-hero from Mars comes to Earth to steal the Sphinx. Jerry Jitterbug humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. Superboy Goes to School!, pencils by John Sikela inks by Ed Dobrotka; Dr. Hobson tries to force Superboy to attend school. Get It Off Your Chest! public service announcement starring Buzzy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. Pa Kent's Dangerous Assistant!, pencils by John Sikela; Pa Kent hires a new stock boy as a favor to an old friend. A Super Puppet--Superboy's Workshop activity page. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Features Superhombre, Garlitos el Pegador, Rodeo el Hombre de Texas, Congo Bill, El Capitan Carter y Sus Jovenes Comandos, and Hacha Brava. Size of issues vary in this series. 9-in.x 11 1/2-in. 20 pages, B&W. Spanish Language.

Features Superhombre, Garlitos el Pegador, Rodeo el Hombre de Texas, Congo Bill, El Capitan Carter y Sus Jovenes Comandos, and Hacha Brava. Size of issues vary in this series. 9-in.x 11 1/2-in. 20 pages, B&W. Spanish Language.

Cover art by Sol Brodsky. Don't Open This Door!, art by Russ Heath. You Take a Pin... The Other Head, script by Hank Chapman, art by Gene Colan. The Face of Doom text story. The Evil Eye. The Walking Ghost, art by Gene Colan. The Maker of Dolls. The Picture, art by Don Rico; A man buys a painting at an auction which depicts damnable tortures and wonders why he bought it since it is so gruesome; His wife dislikes it so he puts it in the attic, but when he glances at the picture again, it appears as though one of the victims is outstretching her hand to him. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Sol Brodsky. Alone in the Dark!, script by Stan Lee, art by Fred Kida; Ten-year-old Donald Dugan is scared to death of his creepy Uncle Claude; One night, his parents go out for the evening, leaving Uncle Claude to watch over Donald. My Coffin Is Crowded. The Place. The Corpse. Backstage Madness, art by Ogden Whitney. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover. "No Other Love"; Ruthies high school sweetheart Al goes off to college; She thinks theyll be married when he graduates, but then learns he eloped with fellow student Inez; Ruthie vows never to marry and moves to the city and throws herself into her career; Ruthie dates fellow employee Ben but turns down his marriage proposal. "A Fearful Redemption"; Renée loves Charley but his small business doesnt yet earn enough for them to marry; She feels life is passing her by; Learning her former classmate Neil is now a famous singer and composer, Renée rekindles their acquaintance. "Photo Finish" text story by John Martin. "I Lived For Danger"; Printer Larry agrees to perform dangerous publicity stunts to earn money so he can have his own shop and marry drugstore clerk Irene; Irene is afraid Larry will be hurt and wants him to quit, but ad executive Selma urges him to continue; Irene and Larry break up, but when Larry is injured during a stunt, he sees that Selma only cares about him as a performer, not a person. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Long Running vintage men's interest digest magazine that features articles, war stories, short fiction, true crime, and black and white pin-up photography. 5" x 7.5", 130 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS-

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $33.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. Centerfold detached at one staple. Water damage.

Stories and art by William Donahey and others. Adventures of the Borrowers-like tiny people known as the Teenie Weenies. The Teenie Weenies had their own Sunday newspaper strip; each strip consists of an illustration with an accompanying text story and cut-out. Plus; Judy and Jack dream themselves into Storyland, where they follow a pieman to a fair. A Woman's Way; Fowl Talk; Trailing Arbutus; Cooking Oil; Tilly's House; Spring Greens; Uninvited Guest; A New House; No Cats or Dogs; Judy and Jack: An Adventure At the Fair; Much Too Much; A Bad Duckling; Cooperation; A Watchbug; Moonses; An Invention; Snapping Snapper; A Stranger; The Prowler; A Bath in a Cup; Canned Summer; Atomic Muscles; A Tiny Man. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Art Bartsch, Jim Tyer and Connie Rasinski. St. John presents the comics adventures of the characters of animator Paul Terry's studio. Heckle and Jeckle set out to end the city's crime wave with Heckle's latest invention, "Liquid Magnetism." The Claw captures Mitzi, and forces her to sing torch songs at a dive bar for mouse sailors (!). Farmer Al Falfa finds a treasure map buried on his land... but is it real, or just a hoax? Dimwits New Car; Heckle and Jeckle: Magpie Madness; Sourpuss; Mighty Mouse: Mystery on the Waterfront; Dinky: The Picnic Stowaway; Farmer Al Falfa: Sunken Treasure. Final issue under this title; series continues as Paul Terry's Comics (1954) #85; confusingly, both series had near-identical issues #85 and #86. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"A House Divided," "Riot at the Rodeo," and "Man Who Didn't Exist!" (art on all by Joe Maneely). Black Bob Harrigan back-up story, "Last Request!" (art by Ed Moline). Maneely cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $14.00 View scan Cover detached at one staple. 2" Cumulative spine split.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and Art by Ernie Bushmiller, Leonard Sansone, Rudolph Dirks and unknown. (Note: Who the inkers are is mainly unknown.) In this issue: Nancy by Ernie Bushmiller; How It Began article; Willie by Leonard Sansone; Stamp Tips article "Palace of Fontainebleau"; Broncho Bill; The Captain and the Kids by Rudolph Dirks; and Back Home Again 1-pager. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Sam Leff, Henning Mikkelsen, and Ernest Hix. Tip-Topper Comics collected some of United Features Syndicates most popular comic strips of the 1940s in full color, including Lil Abner and Fritzi Ritz. Fritzi was later known as "Aunt Fritzi" in the Nancy comic strip. Phil helps Fritzi distribute flyers for the charity dance... sort of. It's a comic-strip crossover of sorts, when Joe Jinks must choose between managing Dynamite Dunn or Curly Kayoe (all three of them had their name on the strip at one point or another). Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp and the Ripley-like Strange as It Seems. Swimsuit cover by Bushmiller. Fritzi Ritz; Li'l Abner; Curly Kayoe; Ferd'nand; Stamp Tips; Strange as It Seems. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Lynn Karp. Stories by unknown. Art by Lynn Karp and unknown. Featuring: Two Droopy 1-pagers; Tom & Jerry tale with pencils by Lynn Karp; Adventures of Tom tale with pencils by Karp; Big Spike & Little Tyke tale; Bertie Bird text story "Touch Cat and Go Hide"; Flip 'n' Dip 2-pager; Wuff the Prairie Dog tale; Jerry & Tuffy 2-pager; Barney Bear & Benny Burro tale; and Fuzzy & Wuzzy tale. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. In a three-part story, Tom is caught between Brack Dillon, one of the West's most feared badmen, and Dirk, a trigger-happy desperado itching to kill Dillon for the $5000 reward. Tom and his horse Tony must escape a boulder trap set by his rival. Then he must find a way to deal with the survivor after Dirk and Dillon have a shootout. Treachery's Reward: Part One, The Ditch Of Death; Roundup Time With Tom Mix; Tumbleweed Jr.: The Time Saver; Cowboy Cal; Saddlehead; Part Two, The Jail Break; Trapped!; Fightin' Forbes: Death But No Clues; Part Three, The Double Cross. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bruno Premiani. The Girl Who Was Chief starring Tomahawk, art by Bruno Premiani. Danger in the Deep ad for Royal Crown Cola. A summary of the exploits of Chief Black Hawk by Al McLean. The Tenderfoot Tomahawk, art by Bruno Premiani. Get It Off Your Chest! public service announcement starring Buzzy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. Signs and Trail Marks--Indian Album, script and art by Sol Harrison. How to Make a Tom Tom activity page by Sol Harrison. The Legend of Indian Summer--Tales of the Arrow Maker, art by Leonard Starr. Some highlights of the life of Sam Bass. Fighting skills of the plains Indians by Morris Waldinger. Article about the fighting skills of the Blackfeet Indians, script by David Kahn, art by Raymond Perry. The Ghost Ship of Crooked Arrow Lake starring Tomahawk, art by Bruno Premiani. Chief Hot Foot humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Ad for Wildroot Cream-Oil, art by Lou Fine. Ad for U. S. Royal Bicycle Tires, art by Al Plastino. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

L.B. Cole cover. Numbering continues from Gasoline Alley (1950 Star) #2. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "Fools in Love!!" art by George Peltz; "Not the Marrying Kind!" retitled and reprinted from "I Loved to Hate" in I Loved (1949) #28; and "Jilted!!" retitled and reprinted from "Danger Called Me" in Women in Love (1949-50 Fox) #1. "Scarred by Scandal" text story retitled and reprinted from "My Fearful Night" in My Past (1949 Confessions) #7 and as "Love Must Be Faithful.." in Popular Teen-Agers (1950) #15. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 6, Issue 1 - May, 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 Peggy Walker and Bob Powell. Torrid tales of love and heartbreak dressed up as advice to the lovelorn from Harvey. In an unusual story, an amnesiac woman found on the docks is taken in by the waterfront folk, and transformed into torch singer Chichi. Jilted Taffy decides to take out her hatred of men on the next one who comes along. Joan decides that if she's going to be hurt by love, it might as well be with a rich guy. Gangster Girl!; Sunday Rendezvous; Jilted; I Cheated On Love!; Should I Elope?; Freshman Fiasco; The Truth Hurts. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman. Art by John Severin, Will Elder, Wally Wood, Jack Davis, and Harvey Kurtzman. Harvey Kurtzman's legendary series enlisted top EC artists for gritty tales of war and adventure. On the battlefield, Roman commander Decius faces a savage comeuppance for his behavior in the Arena, in a story with inks by MAD legend Will Elder. An Italian-American soldier meets his long-lost brother on the battlefield at Anzio during WWII. A sailor's carelessness dooms a ship trying to avoid enemy submarines, with art by Wally Wood. Ambush!; Pigs of the Roman Empire; Hero; Dig, You Mutinous Cur!; The Murmansk Run!; Search! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.