Comic books January 1952

Christmas Carol Lyrics and music booklet by H. B. Burnstine for Flying A Dealers. 10 1/2-in. x 8-in. Paper cover 16 Pages Full Color Illustrations

Art by Frank Bolle and Dick Ayers. Cover by Frank Bolle. Western adventure starring movie cowboy Tim Holt. An escaped convict kidnaps Chito; A former hangman is haunted by sleepwalking and nightmares, but such things don't scare the Ghost Rider; Redmask encounters the Scarecrow-like masked outlaw known as Strawman. Redmask vs. the Strawman; Apache Killer; The Ghost Rider: The Haunted Hangman; The Death Trail; The Bandits of Bloody Basin. 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 Elsie 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. Fritzi gets lost in the redwood forest. After losing the world championship, Curly Kayoe is accused of assaulting a press agent. Meanwhile, Abner faces the wrestler called The Octopus, 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: Droopy 1-pager; Tom & Jerry tale; Adventures of Tom tale; Bertie Bird text story "Dangerous Adventure"; Wuff the Prairie Dog tale; Flip 'n' Dip 2-pager; Fuzzy & Wuzzy tale; and Droopy half-pager. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Carl Pfeufer and others. Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. Tom is determined to track down the Missing Killer, and five years later, he finally gets his chance. In another story, an errant pair of eyeglasses gives Tom the clue to identifying a killer. An undertaker claims he killed the fugitive robber Hoot Mondy - but then why is his coffin filled with stolen gold? And a vintage ad for Tom Mix merch in exchange for Ralston-Purina box tops, including glow-in-the-dark spurs and belt. The Missing Killer!; Roundup Time With Tom Mix; Blind Date with Death!; Tumbleweed Jr.: His Infuriating Friend!; Saddlehead; Cowboy Cal; Fightin' Forbes: Gold Cache; The Golden Double Cross. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Fred Ray. The Five Doomed Men starring Tomahawk, art by Bruno Premiani. The Wisdom of Great Owl starring Tomahawk, art by Bruno Premiani. Bull Boat, Dugout Canoe--Indian Album fact page by Al McLean. The Red Pipe-Stone Quarry article byTom Galloway, art by Raymond Perry. Little Pocahontas humor half-page by Henry Boltinoff. Little Pocahontas fact page by Henry Boltinoff. The Traitor starring Tomahawk, art by Bruno Premiani. In all of North America during the 16th century fact page by Morris Waldinger. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by George Olesen, Bill Ely, Mike Becker, and John Prentice. One-shot featuring Cold War-era spy shenanigans from Hillman. An aircraft designer learns his son-in-law is selling his secrets to foreign spies. The key member of a missile-design team goes missing. A bicycle repair shop is the last place anyone would look for a communist spy ring. The Fifteenth Step; A Word Here, and a Word There; The Ambassador's Brief Case!; The Missing Part; You Can't Trust Benjamin; The Attractive Smugglers; Agent Twenty-One. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 12, Issue 3 - January, 1952. 8" x 11", 62 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Volume 6, Issue 5 - January, 1952. 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.

All stories reprinted in True Love Problems and Advice Illustrated (1949) #32. Most stories further reprinted with post-Code story alterations in Romance Stories of True Love (1957) #47. "Bittersweet Love"; Betsy and her father run a desert gas station; One day Toby wanders in and is hired to help. Betsy tries to make friends but Toby is cold to her; She discovers an inscribed photo of actress Rosalind in Tobys room and he says he was married to her. "I Won't Cry Anymore!" text story. Intimate "Interlude"; Harriet takes a cross-country train to a new job in California; On the journey, she meets Ed and they have an affair; However, when they arrive in Los Angeles, Ed is greeted by his wife and children. "Can I Trust Him?", art by Bob Powell; Pat is engaged to Ted but he confesses hes having an affair with diner waitress Daphne. My Scarlet Affair!", art by Jack Sparling; Although boyfriend Johnny wants her to "forget all these career ideas" and marry him; Doris wants to be an artist; Middle-aged patron of the arts Rodney offers to help Doris; Doris allows Rodney to make love to her to repay his assistance. "Broken Love"; College teacher Valery marries Barry, an older student back in school because "the war had interrupted [his] education"; They have to keep their marriage a secret because it is against the colleges rules. "LOVE PROBLEMS AND ADVICE ILLUSTRATED. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Romance comics with "real world" problems from L.B. Cole's Star Publications. Hollywood comedian Jackie finds love with struggling starlet Brenda, but she has trouble getting close because he's always cracking jokes. Redheaded heiress Caroline loves middle-class John, but her wealthy family interferes, until her dying grandfather has the last laugh. Small-town sweetheart Ed wants to marry Sue, but she wants to see the world first. Love's Last Laugh; Legacy of Love; My Secret Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Hy Mankin, Fred Kida, Dick Rockwell, Bob Fujitani and Charles Biro. Singular comics talent Charles Biro, a legend in hardboiled comics fiction, here reinvents himself as "Uncle Charlie," providing fairy tales for an audience of children - all of whom are featured in a black-and-white photo at the start of each issue. Baker's apprentice Peter Pester gets a chance to help out the king himself. Stable boy Michael rises up to become a noble through the help of his faithful black horse. Untidy Janice meets a giant who teaches her how to be lazy. Peter Pester: This Is a King?; Michael the Misfit; Bedtime For Benjy; Janice and the Lazy Giant; Lawrence and the Fortune Teller. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Syd Shores. Stories and art by John Buscema, Mort Meskin, and Bill Woolfolk. 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. Chinese immigrant Chung Maio becomes involved with the Tong criminal gang, in an early story by future Marvel and Conan legend John Buscema. Straight-arrow cop Harold survives multiple injuries in the line of duty, and just keeps on busting crooks. The Great Unsolved Mysteries contest invites readers to ponder a widow's murder. Hatchet Man; The No. 1 Enemy; Wanted: Leo Bezemer; Great Unsolved Mysteries: Murder By Person Unknown; The Cop They Couldn't Kill! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Cold Steel" (art by Robert Q. Sale), "Battle Fatigue," "The Weapon," "News Item," and a two-page text story, "Pass the Ammunition!" Cover price $0.10.

"The Vultures and the Shark," "One Move Means Death," "The Dame," "Spot!" (art by Mac Pakula), and a two-page text story, "War Cry." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by John Spranger, Lee Elias, and Bob Powell. Tales of war from Harvey, published as the Cold War was heating up. The true story of the Four Chaplains, who sacrificed their lives to save others on a sinking troop ship during World War II. Allied pilots target a crucial German oil reserve in 1943. During the Battle of the Bulge, Allied flight crews figure out how to get support aircraft out through heavy fog. Too Young to Die!; Four Chaplains!; Fighting Air Force; The Mystery of the Secret Well!; Death - Pint Size!; Gates of Hell!; Combat Photographer; The Crying Heroes! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Feldstein. Stories by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Jack Kamen, Wally Wood and Joe Orlando. EC's influential New Trend title featured some legendary sci-fi and comics artists. An artificial-intelligence program develops a crush on the female scientist who's developing it. An attempt to mine the moon ends disastrously, with art by Wally Wood. Raymond travels back in time and seeks the truth about his father's disappearance, with art by Joe Orlando. Plus The EC "Artist of the Issue" featuring Jack Kamen. Classic Al Feldstein rockets and outer space cover. The Conquerors of the Moon; Only Human; Why Papa Left Home; The Worm Turns! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Jan 1952. Cover by Jon Arfstrom. Horror and supernatural stories by August Derleth "The Black Island", Anthony M. Rud, Robert Bloch "Lucy Comes to Stay", E. Everett Evans, Paul Suter, Harold Lawlor, E. W. Tomlinson, and David Eynon. Illustrations by Fred Humiston, Joseph Eberle, Carl Kidwell, Boris Dolgov, and Vincent Napoli. 6 3/4" x 10"; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

UK edition, one shilling cover price. Vol. 44 #2 - Jan. 1952. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/4-in., 96 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.

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Painted cover by Allen Anderson. Stories and art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Dan Barry, Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, George Tuska, Ed Silverman, Martin Epp, and John Giunta. Classic 1950s science-fiction and horror tales from Ziff-Davis. John falls in love with Tania, a mermaid, after she saves him from drowning, in a story with early art by future Flash Gordon artist Dan Barry. Ben's soul seeks a new body to inhabit, in one of two stories this issue with art by comics legend Bob Powell. Bull, meanwhile, finds his soul split into two bodies, in a story with early art by comics legend George Tuska. Plus a one-pager by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Classic painted cover of a mermaid vs. a sea monster by Allen Anderson. Letter in Black; Princess of the Sea; The Soul of Benjamin Sprague; The Mind Reader; Death x 2 = 0; The Shadow on the Screen; Space Age Glass. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Sheldon Moldoff, Bill Woolfolk, Leonard Frank, Edmond Good and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Even the Army can't get to the Renegades Rook gang in their mountain hideout, so Tex Ritter decides to take action himself. Eccentric inventor Bike McSyke's "youth formula" makes him irresistible to horses - and he's afraid of horses. Monte Hale realizes that the three ranchers who disappeared recently all filed wills benefiting the same man. Tex Ritter: The Raiders of Renegades Rook; Gabby Hayes: Crazy Over Horses; Monte Hale: The Mystery of the Three Wills; Slim Carson: Border Feud; Tom Mix: Shadow of Doubt. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 5, Issue 4 - January, 1952. Painted cover by Peter Driben. 8.5" x 11.5", 50 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

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. Lance and Mike track a racing yacht that smugglers are using to transport stolen gold. Outlaws fake a gunfight to create a diversion from a jailbreak. When Taia must report on the mysterious Ghost Ship, Ibis uses his magic to bring it uncomfortably close. Captain Marvel: The Terrible Tourists; Quiz!; Conversation Piece!; Lance O'Casey: The Race to Doom; Golden Arrow: The Duel of Vengeance; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Ibis the Invincible: The Ghost Ship. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue 643 - January, 1952. The true adventure magazine for men. A collection of true stories from all over the world. 6.5" x 9.5", B&W.

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 takes an experimental camera on a test flight, but enemy agents want it too; Clipper King spots hidden Russian missiles and steals a B-29 to smoke them out; Captain Wings gets shot down behind Korean lines and steals a Korean helicopter to escape. Captain Wings; Clipper King; Suicide Strike. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bob Powell, John Giunta, Vic Donahue, and Rudy Palais. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A couple buys a statue that curses its owners to become killers. An experimental tree-sap transfusion changes a man into a living tree. In one of the most infamous pre-Code horror tales, a cruel Caribbean governor executes criminals by having them eaten alive by crabs. League of the Damned; Curse of the Statue; Invitation to Doom; Screaming City. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "The Amazing Impersonation!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; The Daily Globe runs a contest to discover Wonder Woman's secret identity and discovers she is Jane Case, a librarian. "Wonder Woman's Strange Substitute!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Luria wins an atheletic contest on Paradise Island and demands the right to go to Man's World and fight crime like Wonder Woman, even though it means she will forfeit her immortality. Wonder Women of History: two-page Caroline Herschel bio by Julius Schwartz. "Let's Dance" text article by M. Sarafianos. Peg humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Superboy stars in a one-page public service announcement, "Share With Others!", script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Bill Draut, Mort Meskin, and John Prentice. Part of Prize's influential romance comics line, produced by the studio of Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Issue #29 on cover; Vol. 3, issue #11 in indicia. Playboy Larry finally meets a woman he can't just forget and walk away from. Doug loves plus-size redhead Ginny, but she's sensitive about her weight and doubts his sincerity. Ann tries to decide what to do when her fiance falls for someone else. Love 'Em and Leave 'Em Guy!; Heavy Date!; What Did I Do Wrong?; Nancy Hale's Problem Clinic; My Conscience!; The Over-All Picture; The Sensible Thing To Do!; Dumb Blonde! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

#41 on cover; Vol. 5 No. 5 in indicia. Photo Cover. Stories by unknown. Art by Jack Kirby, Bill Draut, George Roussos, Mort Meskin, Joe Simon and unknown. Featuring: "Dangerous Companion!"; "Baby, it´s Cold in Here!"; "The Bashful Type!"; 2-page story "Kill Her With Kindness!"; What Advice Would You Have Given? 2-pager; and 2-page Nancy Hale's Problem Clinic story! Plus: The Way They Met! 1-pager; 1-page article "It´s Up to Him"; and 1-page article "Beauty is as Beauty Does"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Harry Harrison and Bob Bache. Stories and art by Doug Wildey, Manny Stallman, Harry Harrison, Bob Bache and Henry Kiefer. Tales of love and heartbreak, with a twist: in-story appearances by real-life musicians of the era. Pat's romance almost goes awry, until an intervention by real-life singing legend Mel Torme, in a surprise cameo. Plus a profile and photo of Mel Torme. If you're a Mel Torme fan, this is the comic book for you! Cindy falls in with the wrong crowd and gets involved in teen gangs, weapons smuggling, zip guns, and a shooting, in a story much like the "juvenile delinquent" films of the era. College coed Betty Jo suspects her football-player boyfriend Hack is involved in a betting ring, but the truth is more complicated, in a story with early art by Doug Wildey. Cover features a photo of Mel Torme, along with his nickname, "The Velvet Fog." Mel Torme, DRx of Love; War Can't Stop Love; Mel Torme - The Velvet Fog; I Was a Teen-Age Toughie; Captain of My Heart! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.