Comic books June 1951

Volume 24, Issue 3 - June, 1951. 6.75" x 9", 118 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Al Plastino. The Superman Who Couldn't Fly, art by Al Plastino. Bodyguard to a Billion starring Congo Bill, art by Ed Smalle. The Interplanetary Baby-Sitter starring Tommy Tomorrow, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti. The Impossible Escapes starring Vigilante, art by Bob Brown. Know Your Country public service announcement starring Superboy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Win Mortimer. Superboy's School for Stuntmen! starring Superboy, script by William Woolfolk, art by John Sikela. Gadget Boom in Camelot! starring Shining Knight, script by Don Cameron, art by Ramona Fradon. The Warrior of the Lightning Flash starring Johnny Quick, script by Don Cameron, art by Ralph Mayo. Dick Mansfield bio. Archers Without Arrows starring Green Arrow and Speedy, art by George Papp. Captain Tootsie stars in a one-page Tootsie Roll ad, Emergency Landing. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Brain!, art by Russ Heath; A warped Nazi scientist, sentenced to death, has an assistant dig up his body, remove his head and keep it alive in his laboratory. He makes plans for world domination (follow-up story in Adventures into Terror #6). Hands of Murder, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Christopher Rule; A young woman fears that her late sister has come back from the grave to kill her. Vampire Ship text story. Torture Room, art by Don Rico; the Nazi commander of a concentration camp is captured by the prisoners and placed in their secret torture room. Vampire Brats, pencils by Allen Bellman; A nurse gets a job at an infants' home where all the babies seem just a little different. The Thing in the Water; A fish enthusiast encounters a menacing "water monster" from Atlantis when he brings home a new breed of guppies. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Ogden Whitney. The Little People's Revenge, art by Edvard Moritz. The Zombie Death, art by Lin Streeter. World of Werewolves, art by Ken Bald. The Vampire's Victim, art by Emil Gershwin. The Man Who Met His Own Ghost, art by Al Camy; A man who died on the operating table is miraculously saved by his doctor, but later he is menaced by his own ghost, who was released at the time of death and who wants him to die again. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Written by Richard Hughes. Art by John Rosenberger. Cover by Ogden Whitney. Reprints Adventures into the Unknown (1948 ACG) #105. 68 pages, B&W.

Cover art by Owen Fitzgerald. Untitled Bob Hope story, script by Cal Howard, art by Owen Fitzgerald; Bob accidentally gets dragged to the reading of a will in a haunted house. Untitled Bob Hope story, script by Cal Howard, art by Owen Fitzgerald; Bob and Lily have to stay in the haunted house all night in order to inherit Aunt Matilda's estate. A Bit of Disc and Data record reviews. Untitled Miss Beverly Hills of Hollywood story, art by Bob Oksner. Know Your Country public service announcement starring Superboy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Weird aircraft plus a flying buzz saw! Easily one of the best crazy cool war machine covers! Only Blackhawk comics had more weird war machines!

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Ernest Schroeder and others. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #88. No issue # on cover; Vol. 8, issue #5 in indicia. Airboy investigates a mysterious, gigantic airplane from outer space and learns it's actually a space ark from a destroyed planet. The Heap confronts an inhuman jewel thief aboard the Berlin Express. An early steam-driven car is used by the Union during the Civil War. Airboy: The Great Plane from Nowhere; The Heap; Jung the Robber; All for a Little Boy; High Steppers; The Fabulous Trail; The Galloping Jockey. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 6, Issue 6 - June, 1951. 6.75" x 9.75", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $60.00 View scans Interior tearing and water damage.	Add to cart FR 1.0 $41.00 View scans Water saturation.	Add to cart CGC 8.0 $759.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4391256001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka	Add to cart CGC 6.5 $315.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #2080434001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
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Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Leonard Starr, Frank Giacoia, John Giunta and Paul Parker. Sci-fi and fantasy from Ziff-Davis, edited by the legendary co-creator of Superman, Jerry Siegel. Brad is jealous of Chet for stealing Nina, so he shrinks all three of them with his shrinking invention... but he didn't reckon on the housecat. WWII vet John gets the chance to trade places with his exact duplicate from the year 3951. Col Rulak leads a revolt against the totalitarian world government of "Europa" in the year 2200. A gigantic, floating Cosmic Brain menaces the city. Painted cover by Norman Saunders predates The Incredible Shrinking Man. The Evil Men Do; The Princess of the Future; Blood Stands for Freedom; The Cosmic Brain!; Escape on a Planetoid; The Steel Monster. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

June 1951. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Science fiction stories by P.F. Costello, Walt Sheldon, Gerald Vance, Peter Worth, Rog Phillips, and H.B. Hickey. Illustrations by Ogden Whitney (2 stories), Leo Ramon Summers, Henry Sharp, and Gerald Hohns. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 162 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Bob Montana. Stories by unknown. Art by Sam Schwartz?, Dan DeCarlo?, Bill Vigoda? and unknown. Featuring Archie in: "That's the Point"; "Hire Education"; "Bored of Strategy"; "Private First Class"; "Clothes Meek the Man"; "Gold Rush" (Pop Tate begins to look like his later self); and "Messy Message"! Plus: Jughead in "Dog-Gone" and the 1-pager "The Road Back"! Also: Archie in the 2-page public service announcement "Gas Tester" (about not testing gas leaks with a match)! And: 2-page "Hollywood Tattle Tales"! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 2, Issue 12 - June, 1951. Art Photography Magazine was a men's interest publication produced from July, 1949 to December, 1958 that focused heavily on photographing the nude female form, as well as a fair amount of "cheesecake" pin-up style photography. Included are articles on how to take better photographs, product reviews of different photography equipment, and diving deeper into what makes photography a legitimate form of art. 8.5" x 10.5", 50 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

Cover art by Bill Everett. Screaming Tomb!, script and art by Bill Everett; Marvel Boy's lady friend Starr Ryder and her father set out on an expedition in one of Europe's catacombs; There they meet Madame La Morte, a fiend who Marvel Boy theorizes is the spirit of death herself. The Nightmare, script by Hank Chapman, art by Wayne Boring; Hank Chapman and Stan Lee appear in this story. Walking Ghost, script and art by Bill Everett. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

June, 1951 - Volume 7, Issue #10.

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Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $5.00 View scans 6" crease on front cover. Front cover detached 50%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

June 1951. Cover by Hubert Rogers. Stories: "...And Then There Were None" by Eric Frank Russell, "Breeds There a Man...?" by Isaac Asimov, "Bait" by Roy L. Clough, Jr., "Crisis" by Edward Grendon, and "The Mauki Chant" by J. A. Meyer. Article: "Two-Edged Miracle" by Arthur Yuwiler. Softcover, 5.5-in x 7.75-in, 162 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Fred Lasswell and others. Contrary to the cover claim, this is the third comic book featuring Billy DeBeck's hillbilly hero and the original Google, his seldom-seen sidekick Barney. Snuffy Smith goes and gets his shotgun when he thinks "revenooers" are on his property. Jughaid wonders why his mother tells him one thing and his father another. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Frank Bolle, Paul Parker, and Mario DeMarco. Sports comics from Ziff-Davis, featuring their eye-catching painted covers. A biography of baseball great Yogi Berra, with art by Bob Powell. Other baseball greats of yesteryear in this issue include Christy Mathewson, Rabbit Maranville, and Jim Konstanty. The story of the 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers-NY Yankees World Series. Plus a look at the All-American Girls' Baseball League, the inspiration for the film A League of Their Own 30 years later. Each story is "narrated" by another baseball legend, Bob Feller. Bob Feller's Questions and Answers; Yogi Catches On; The Fadeaway Kid; Run, Rabbit, Run!; Series Opener; The Jim Konstanty Story; A Dodger Grows Horns; How to Throw a Curve; The Girls Are Stars, Too! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Gene Colan, Mike Sekowsky, and Bernard Sachs. Sports comics from Ziff-Davis, featuring their eye-catching painted covers. A biography of baseball great Bob Feller. Other baseball greats of yesteryear profiled include Stan Musial and Don Newcombe. Plus Bob Feller on How to Slide, and Lou Boudreau on How to Play Shortstop. Each story is "narrated" by Feller. Bob Feller's Sports Quiz; The Bob Feller Story; Stan Musial; Feller on How to Slide; Pennant Picks; Baseball Facts; Young Mound Master: Don Newcombe; The Pitcher and the Catcher!; Pitcher-Catcher Signals; Lou Boudreau Shows Bob Feller How to Play Shortstop; Sports Questions and Answers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage British humor magazine aimed primarily at men. 4 1/2-in. x 7-in., 36 pages, B&W.

1951 Edition - 1st Printing. Edited by Lawrence Lariar. 300 of the best Cartoons featured in Colliers, the Saturday Evening Post, and Argosy. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 128 pages, B&W Cover price $1.00.

Based on the TV and radio show of the same name, Big Town lasted 50 issues. This installment includes the following: "Death of a Skyscraper!" (Steve Wilson investigates the phenomenon of construction workers falling to their deaths); "Crime Takes a Holiday!"; "The Indirect Murder!" (with Johnny Law); and "The Man Who Plundered Big Town!" Scripts by Miriam Hecht and Dave Wood, pencils by John Lehti and J. Winslow Mortimer, inks by Frank Giacoia. Cover by John Lehti and Sy Barry. Cover price $0.10.

Movie cowboy Bill Boyd, best known for playing Hopalong Cassidy, stars as himself in tales of Western adventure. Bill tries to figure out how outlaws are vanishing during pursuit, a quest that leads him to the legendary Lost City of the Sun. Windy Whopper tries to impress a famous opera director so he can get a job back east, but all he knows are terrible music-related jokes. Bill's sidekick Crowbait gets mixed up with a redheaded lady barber and a robbery. Plus a vintage ad for View-Master, featuring Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, Gene Autry, The Cisco Kid and Pancho. The Lost City of the Sun; Absent-Minded Abernathy; Dough Minded Doby; Close Shave; Windy Whopper: The Musical Moron; Brainy Buster; Shear Luck; Live Wire Warren. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Ogden Whitney. Stories and art by Harry Anderson, Paul Parker, Marvin Stein, Irv Novick, Harry Wilson, Frank Bolle, Jay McArdle and Bill Stern. Despite the numbering, this is actually the first issue. True sports stories. Early baseball legend Ty Cobb. The life of boxing great Jack Dempsey. The story of the 1939 Rose Bowl game. Plus "Pigskin Oddities." The Bill Stern Story; The Greatest of Them All: Ty Cobb; The Georgia Peach; My Greatest Sports Thrill! The Louis-Galento Fight!; Ewell Blackwell's Pitching Tips; Hands of Fate; Tinker, Evers and Chance; Nobody Loves an Umpire; The Champ Goes Down: The Winning Pass. Followed by Bill Stern's Sports Book (1951-Summer/1952) #2. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Lee Elias, Paul McCarthy and Art Helfant. Early female superhero Black Cat is a martial artist with a lasso and a double life as a Hollywood starlet. In the lead-up to its transition into a horror comic with the next issue, this issue features horror-themed stories, including Black Cat's battle with a witch, and a bondage cover by Lee Elias. Linda Turner plays the Hollywood Bowl, in a story featuring good-girl art and cameos by celebrities Jack Benny, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. Cunning master criminal The Sceptre mocks both police and Black Cat. The Salem Witch; A Day With Linda Turner; Diet for Death; Black Cat's Encyclopedia of Superstition; Time for Murder; Obviously, the Sceptre; Hunting for Murder; Holly of Hollywood; Hector the Director; Calling All Sleuths. Final issue as a superhero comic; switches to horror with the next issue as Black Cat Mystery (1951 Harvey) #30. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Reed Crandall. Battle of the Sky Tanks starring the Blackhawks, art by Reed Crandall. The Man Who Owned Blackhawk Island starring the Blackhawks and Captain Blake, art by Reed Crandall. The Lost Tribe of Ormolu starring the Blackhawks, Endicore, and Zaraart, art by Bill Ward. Untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; Chop Chop goes fishing and finds a treasure map that leads him to a fish shop. The Mad Dictator text story. Assassination In Argo starring the Blackhawks, Dr. Trojan, and Nakal, art by Bill Ward. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Leonard Starr and others. Tales of the Old West from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Blazing West was an anthology title that featured the adventures of Texas Tim, a Texas Ranger; Buffalo Belle, a redheaded sheriffs deputy with quick wits and a fast gun; Injun Jones, a white man who worked with the Apache tribe; Bantam Buckaroo, a young boy who could outshoot any man; and the Hooded Horseman, a mysterious masked gunslinger with a secret identity. The Hooded Horseman assists a family whose water supply has been hijacked to force them off their gold claim; A wealthy woman competes with Buffalo Belle for the Sheriff Lukes attention, but shes not as nice as she looks; Boy gunslinger the Bantam Buckaroo tracks bandits who disguise themselves as Native Americans. The Hooded Horseman; Buffalo Belle; Injun Jones; Bantam Buckaroo; Wyoming Warrior; Sure-Fire Plan; Snake Bites Snake; Sheep-Hater. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 28 pages, B&W

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UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 28 pages, B&W

Add to cart VF- 7.5 $18.00 View scans Staple rust: Extensive.

UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 28 pages, B&W

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.