Comic books September 1951

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Volume 46, Issue 3 - September, 1951. Movie Fan Magazine. "Rich, Young and Pretty" starring Jane Powell and Vic Damone photo cover. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 88 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 2, Issue 2 - September, 1951. Esther Williams and son, Kimball Gage on the cover. Stories and photos of all the top Hollywood stars. 8.5" x 10.75". 82 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 24, Issue 1 - September, 1951. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Sam Merwin Jr., William Campbell Gault, Jack Vance, H.B. Fyfe, John D. MacDonald, and Alexander Samalman. Three Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.

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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. Apaches abduct Dr. Whiteley, an ally of the Comanche, and Straight Arrow must find him. Red Hawk's Lenny Small-like friend Bigfoot is captured by a bloodthirsty tribe, so his beloved Desert Flower sets out to save him. Steve is accused of robbing a train, so he becomes Straight Arrow to clear his name. Apache Raiders; Trapped in Bat Cave!; Red Hawk: The Canyon Killers!; Death by Inches! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Captain Comet in "The Girl From the Diamond Planet" (script by Edgar Ray Merritt, art by Murphy Anderson?), "The Brain Masters of Polaris" (script by John Osgood, pencils by Alex Toth, inks by Sy Barry), "Sideways in Time" (script by Jack Miller and John Braillard), and "Exiled From Earth" (script by Gardner F. Fox). Gil Kane cover and art. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "The Living Corpse"; A wife has dreams about a man dead for 10 years. Her husband makes a deal with the devil to bring the corpse back to life; The corpse kidnaps his wife; The husband gets the wife back, but is shot by her. "The Blood Curse"; A woman is killed by ghosts as a result of a curse; A psychic researcher investigates and ends the curse. "The Man with No Shadow" text story. "The Lost World Below"; Two brothers take off in an experimental rocket ship and land inside the Earth in a frozen world; They find a woman in suspended animation. "Fangs of the Wolf Woman!"; A major in the army is sent to Hungary to help the resistance; He is shot but recovers with the help of locals. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by John Sikela, Win Mortimer, and Al Plastino, inks by Ed Dobrotka, Mortimer, and Al Plastino. The Strange Costumes of Superboy, pencils by John Sikela; Lana promises to eat Superboy's cape if he can prove he's not Clark Kent. The Worst Circus on Earth!, pencils by John Sikela, inks by Ed Dobrotka; Superboy brings a run-down circus to Smallville and then has to help spruce the acts up. Peg humor page by Henry Boltinoff. A Sappy Story text story by B. Fairbanks. Remote Control Magnetic Derrick--Superboy's Workshop activity page. Superboy on Mars!, script by William Woolfolk, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti; Superboy and Marsboy switch places to see who has an easier life. Old Folks Are People, Too! public service announcement starring Buzzy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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In the Dead of Night, script by Hank Chapman, art by Pete Tumlinson; based on the CBS radio/television series. Haunted!, script by Stan Lee, art by Joe Maneely. Dog Watch Death text story. The Suitcase!, script by Carl Wessler, art by Manny Stallman. Harry's Hate, pencils by Mike Sekowsky. Behind the Door!, art by Norman Steinberg. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1, Issue 3 - Fall, 1951. 5" x 7.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Four stories are included in this issue: "Tarzan on the Trails of Antiquity" (Tarzan, Paul D'Arnot, and Professor MacWhirtle gather dinosaur eggs); "Tarzan and the Moving Forts" (Tarzan and Waziri tame a herd of gryfs in order to help liberate A-lur); "Two against the Jungle" ends in this issue; and "Ways of the Elephant" (a text piece). Art by Jesse Marsh. Lex Barker photo cover. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories by Hank Chapman, Sol Brodsky, and Tony DiPreta. Rootin tootin shoot-em-up cowboy stories with the Texas Kid! The Marshall of Lawson City text story. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 35, Issue 1 - January, 1951. TAM is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures. Broadway and Hollywood. Includes: "The Man Who Came to Dinner" by Danton Walker, "The Innocents" by William Archibald, and much more. 8.5-in. x 11-in, 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Volume 43, Issue 2 - Fall 1951. Pulp adventure magazine focusing on westerns. This issue features Gold Dust Trail by Giff Cheshire, and Two of a Kind by Francis H. Ames. 7-in. x 9-in., 130 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations throughout) Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Sam Leff, Henning Mikkelsen, and George Jahns. 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. Fritzi gives bearded beachgoers helium balloons, so they don't get their beards wet, in a strip whose final panel would be a delight to Dr. Seuss or Salvador Dali. After defeating Curly Kayoe for the world championship, boxer Dynamite Dunn refuses Happy Daye's demand for a rematch. Abner takes the place of a statue he broke, in a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Plus the Ripley-like Strange as It Seems. Fritzi Ritz; Li'l Abner; Curly Kayoe; Ferd'nand; Stamp Tips; Strange as It Seems. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Featuring: Two Droopy 1-pagers; Tom & Jerry tale; Adventures of Tom tale; Big Spike & Little Tyke tale; Bertie Bird text story "Bertie Bird Chases Robbers"; 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.

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Cover art by Fred Ray. The Punishment of Tomahawk!, art by Bruno Premiani; When Tomahawk humiliates Black Feather in a friendly wrestling match, the Indian brave tries to retaliate by capturing Tomahawk and forcing him to join in the work of the Indian women. The Paleface Warrior! starring Tomahawk, art by Bruno Premiani. The Legend of Mesaba, Bringer of Light--Tales of the Arrow Maker, art by Leonard Starr. Redskin Napoleon text story. Sand Painting--Indian Album fact page. Old Folks Are People, Too! public service announcement starring Buzzy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. The Voyage of Fort Flotsam! starring Tomahawk, art by Bruno Premiani. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Johnny Craig. "One Last Fling!", script and art by Johnny Craig; The knife-throwing act in the little theatre in Hungary was extremely popular, but the couple was glad to be moving on to Paris the next day; Harry discovers Olga was a vampire. "That's a 'Croc'!", art by Howard Larsen; At the local zoo, people crowd around the newest attraction: a pit with four crocodiles. "Now or Never!" text story by William M. Gaines. "Child's Play", art by Jack Kamen; As a group of boys were playing football in front of Mr. Collin's house, they were rudely told by him to get away from the front of his home or he'd call the police. "Trapped!", art by Jack Davis; Inside a moving railroad boxcar, Marty rolled over and grabbed his black bag as he spied a new person inside the car; Just as they passed the Smoky Mountains, and the stranger told Marty that those parts were deserted because the area was haunted, they heard a noise and saw a rail policeman nearing them, so they jumped from the train, killing the stranger. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Henry Kiefer and others. Cover by Maurice Whitman. Jungle hero Wambi is a boy who can talk to animals, including his friends Tawn the elephant and Ogg the ape. A sinister monkey leads animals into a hunter's traps; A leopard learns the hard way about obeying jungle laws; A lion inspires a tribe to resist invaders. Another beautiful cover by Maurice Whitman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Jack Sparling, Rudy Palais, Lee Elias, and Bob Powell. Tales of war from Harvey, published as the Cold War was heating up. A sergeant with four men is assigned to take down a tank in 1951 Korea. A PT boat crew takes on an enemy cruiser in the Philippines just after Pearl Harbor. A bomber pilot seeks revenge on the Nazis after his brother is shot down. War Is Hell!; Korean Combat; Glory Road!; Wet Death!; Battlegrounds; Screaming Grenades; Taps for Texas Jim!; Bullets, Babies and Bombs; The Fighting Corpse. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Spawn of Mars" (art by Wally Wood), "The Duplicates" (art by Jack Kamen), "The Connection" (art by Marty Elkin, the cousin of Gil Kane and "A Mistake in Multiplication" (art by Joe Orlando, his first science fiction story for EC). Al Feldstein cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Wally Wood. Stories by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Jack Kamen, Wally Wood and George Olesen. EC's influential New Trend title featured some legendary sci-fi and comics artists. Comics fan Freddy encounters a Martian in the woods near his home. Space explorers discover a derelict spacecraft full of human skeletons and a terrifying secret, with art by Wally Wood. In another Wood story, refugees from a war on Earth head into space to start society anew. Classic Wally Wood aliens vs. jet fighters cover was actually Woods first cover for EC. The Gray Cloud of Death!; The Martian Monster; Perchance to Sleep; The Invaders; The Slave of Evil! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $57.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $39.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $39.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $24.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
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Sept 1951. Cover by Lee Brown Coye. Horror and supernatural stories by H. Bedford-Jones "Gimlet Eye Gunn", Clark Ashton Smith, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Seabury Quinn, Garnett Radcliffe, Arthur J. Burks, and Anthony M. Rud. Illustrations by Fred Humiston, Herbert Freeman, Vincent Napoli, Lee Brown Coye, and Barnett. 6 3/4" x 10"; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Photo cover features classic horror actor Rondo Hatton. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Murphy Anderson, Sy Barry, Ross Andru, George Olesen, John Prentice, Bob Powell, and Pete Morisi. Classic 1950s science-fiction and horror tales from Ziff-Davis. In the Venusian city of Spaceport, a hive of scum and villainy, Brad's girlfriend cajoles him into going after the priceless Sandflower. But beautiful Venusian Melinda accompanies him, warning that even if they escape the Swamp Spider, they must still elude the space pirates. In another story, with art by future Marvel legend Ross Andru, Bruce and Vina accidentally discover that the President of Earth has been replaced by a robot. Our Amazing Universe; Sandflower of Venus; The Menace of R Day; The Canals of Mars; Terror from the Depths; The Monster and the Model; Measuring a Comet's Tail; One-Sided Life. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Outlaws, gunfighters, and tales of the Old West - some true, and others merely legends. Pedro Montez, a new recruit to the US Cavalry, must overcome prejudice to prove himself a good soldier. Mexican bandits target an Arizona rancher when US troops leave to fight in the Civil War. An outlaw foolishly goes on a solo raid into town while his gang is hiding out in the hills. The Sand Soldier; Death Rides the Slug; The Man From the Point; Arizona Ketchum; Teacher of the Tribes; The Trail in the Mud; .44-Calibre Tonsils; The Homesick Bandit. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $50.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 5, Issue 2 - September, 1951. Painted cover by Peter Driben. Men's interest magazine with humor and pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11.5", 58 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

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Everett Raymond Kinstler art in two stories, "Jungle Vengeance" and "Death Wears the Jungle Crown," plus inside front cover. Other stories include "The Witch Doctor Murder Cult" and "The Strange Mission to Ormuz." Origin of Malu, Slave Girl Princess is reprinted. Kinstler cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Pete Costanza. Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk, Otto Binder, Charlie Tomsey, Anthony Cataldo, and Kurt Schaffenberger. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. When Captain Marvel learns that stamps from around the world are prized by collectors, he decides to see what they are worth to stamp collectors from other worlds, and goes on a tour of the universe. Lance helps a government agency track seal poachers. Ibis faces his old foe Karnok again, and this time he's got the Termite Men doing his dirty work. Captain Marvel: The Universe Stamp Collection; Lance O'Casey: The Seal Pirates; Doc Sorebones; Golden Arrow: Bull Jeffer's Reign of Terror; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Ibis the Invincible: The Termite Men. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue 639 - September, 1951. The true adventure magazine for men. A collection of true stories from all over the world. 6.5" x 9.5", B&W.

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Edited by J.F. Byrne. Stories and art by John Celardo, Lee Elias and Richard Case. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Captain Wings sets out to free a prince imprisoned by communist forces; A true tale of war and survival from the Battle of Midway; Captured by communist rebels, lovely Dale makes a daring leap from an airborne plane to give Suicide Smith a fighting chance. Captain Wings; Call the Bird Dogs; Suicide Smith. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "Return of the Phantom Empire," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Paradise Island finds itself at war with the land of Mu from 90 centuries ago! Jerry The Jitterbug humor page by Henry Boltinoff. "Little Miss Wonder Woman," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman adopts a little girl who has lost her parents. Wonder Women of History: two-page Emilja Plater bio by Julius Schwartz, art by John Giunta. "Happy Landing" text story. "The Mystery of the Magic Typewriter," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter Wonder Woman vs. leprechaun Moon O'Day; story used in Fredric Wertham's "Seduction of the Innocent." 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 5 #7 - Sept. 1951. Will Henry, Zane Grey abridgement and others. 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in. 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.