Comic books May 1952

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Western hero Bob Colt, a Fawcett creation, fights for justice with his sidekicks Pablo and Terry. The model on the photo covers was Steve Holland, later the cover model for Bantam Books' Doc Savage reprints. Bob tracks the killer who shot a man in the back, and the trail leads to a sobbing youngster and hideout in a mining shack. Rawhide tries to get a job as a reporter, leading to wordplay in more ways than one. Bob investigates a series of horrible killings, and finds the strange, apelike beast of Vulture Mountain. Plus pinups of Steve Holland in his Bob Colt getups. The Mystery of the Missing Deed; Hibble the Hunter; Rawhide Hotchkiss: The Headline Maker; Sappy Nappy; The Flowers of Fury; Chuck Waggin; Curly and Lock; The Fiend From Vulture Mountain. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Norman Maurer, William Overgard, and Charles Biro. An anthology title from publisher Lev Gleason and his primary creator, Charles Biro, featuring teen hero Crimebuster and his nemesis Iron Jaw. An aging boxer gets drawn into a crooked scheme that results in the blinding of another fighter. Teen delinquent Sammy (who looks like Jimmy Olsen) gets a second chance from Crimebuster, but his mean streak keeps getting the better of him. Iron Jaw's attempt at suicide by poison turns out to be another clever ploy to escape the police and Crimebuster. Crimebuster: Blind Alley; Action Shot; Iron Jaw's Poison; Little Wise Guys: Birthday Boomerang. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Nicholas Alascia and Everett Raymond Kinstler. Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Tales of mystery and adventure with Dan Tayler, Boy Detective. Dan stalks a killer who laughs as he approaches his victims; He grapples with a gunman while investigating a murder on a skyscraper; Dan leaps aboard a speeding train to save a boy from kidnappers. Death Trap; The Laughing Killer; The Masked Terrorists; The Case of the Construction Crooks; The Smart Guy. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Aviation adventure over Korea, featuring a hero using the first generation of jet technology. Captain Jet is summoned by a native girl who is actually a secret agent in disguise. A story purports to describe the actual experience of a bombing run in Korea. A profile of real-life WWII aviator and war hero Dick Bong, who battled Axis forces over New Guinea. Greased Lightning; The Sky Fell Down!; Ace Reynolds: Betrayal Over Pangjun; Flight Heroes; Operation Jet; Hidden Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Frank Bolle and Al Liederman. Art by Pete Costanza, C.C. Beck, Frank Bolle and Al Liederman. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) stars in: "Captain Marvel Battles Flood" by Otto Binder and Pete Costanza; "The Man Who Never Saw Captain Marvel" by Otto Binder and Pete Costanza; and "Captain Marvel and the Dizzy Dervish Day" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Plus: "Freddy Freshman and the Excuse" by Frank Bolle; Captain Kid in "Two Tickets to Nowhere!" by Al Liederman; and Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "The Ancient Secret" with script by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Art Helfant and Howard Boughner. Art by Bud Thompson, Art Helfant, Howard Boughner and Joe Certa. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Captain Marvel Jr. encounters Ybles, an extraterrestrial predator who is hunting, not individual humans, but the planet Earth itself. Seven-foot-tall Sarkum is ejected from Giantland because he's too short, and Captain Marvel Jr. tries to help him regain his stature in the community. A recurring nightmare of being trapped in a fire is actually a warning to Freddy Freeman about the Mad Arsonist. Ybles, The Planet Hunter; Rubbernose Randolph: The Last Resort!; Judge Smudge: Likely Story!; Train Trip; Rubbernose Randolph: Isnt Pig-Headed; Judge Smudge: It Certainly Is!; The Littlest Giant!; Kanvasback: The Bog Bout; The Horrible Nightmare of Freddy Freeman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1, Issue 3 - May, 1952. Men's interest vintage magazine that dives deep into the history of Burlesque from it's roots to it's future. Issues include celebrity testimonials, jokes and LOTS of tasteful pin-up photography. Softcover Magazine, 8" x 11", 46 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Abe Simon, Rudy Palais, and Vic Donahue. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. A man's new property contains an evil tree. A scientist can revive the dead, but unfortunately, they return as monsters. Treasure hunters murder a woman to keep their latest find a secret, but her curse ensures that they will never make it through Egypt. Green Killer!; A Safari of Death!; Headless Horror!; Formula for Death. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 7, Issue 10, March, 1953. Each issue of Laugh Book magazine is packed with hilarious stories, cartoons, verse, jokes, articles, quips, and bright sayings. All the content of Laugh Book is supplied by the readers making Laugh Book a window into American humor in the 1950's. Also each issue contains a letter from Charley Jones himself. 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 64 pages, Text,(with B&W Illustrations and photos) Cover price $0.35.

Issue 59 - Australian Edition. Circa early to mid 1950's. Reprints "The Gold Bug and Other Stories" in abridged form with new cover art. 6.5 x 8.5, color covers with b&w interior, 24 pages-all newsprint.

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All Quiet on the Western Front, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 96, with 5/52 date). The time is World War I - the scene, the battlefield, the story, told by one who was in the midst of it. Here is the unglorious, the unexciting, the unglamorous side of war and death...here is the story of the soldiers who fight. Here is the soul-stirring drama of the frontlines. Cover price $0.15.

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All Quiet on the Western Front, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 99, with 5/52 date). The time is World War I - the scene, the battlefield, the story, told by one who was in the midst of it. Here is the unglorious, the unexciting, the unglamorous side of war and death...here is the story of the soldiers who fight. Here is the soul-stirring drama of the frontlines. Cover price $0.15.

Two untitled Combat Kelly stories (scripts by Hank Chapman, art by Joe Maneely), plus "The Hard Way" (script by Chapman, art by Russ Heath), "Gold-Brickers," and a two-page text story, "The Fire of Courage." Cover price $0.10.

"Sunshine! Sunshine! I must have sunshine!" starring Fox and the Crow, art by James F. Davis. Cracking Up starring Blabber Mouse, art by Rube Grossman; Tom Cat decides to resign from being a cat because he can't catch the mice. Blabber suggests he become a mouse instead. The Race starring Tortoise and the Hare. Championshio Football Game starring Pinky and Winky, art by Rube Grossman; Pinky and Winky try to sneak into the football game. "These Flies ought to do it" starring Blackie Bear. Gala Party of the Science Club starring Dodo and the Frog, art by Otto Feuer. Bernard the Brave story, art by Otto Feuer. "Here Comes Muggsy with a Big Watermelon" starring the Raccoon Kids, art by Otto Feuer. "My Grandpa's Old Eye Glasses!" starring Doodles Duck, script and art by Sheldon Mayer. "Would You Like to Buy a Vacuum Cleaner?" starring Dizzy Dog, script and art by Sheldon Mayer. "Have some crackle popsies!" starring Nutsy Squirrel, art by Rube Grossman. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Teen hijinks featuring Cookie and his pals, created by legendary animator Dan Gordon. Cookie and Jitterbuck compete on Jerk of the Week, the TV game show where the dumbest answer wins; Fritzi finally gets her big break, and she instantly forgets her friend Starlet OHara; Cookies frustrated Pop finally hops a train and runs off to be a hobo. Cookie; Zoot: Hobo Hi-Jinx; Starlet O'Hara in Hollywood; Petey; Jitterbuck: Jitterbuck and the Glorious Girl! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Reed Crandall. Stories by Robert Bernstein and unknown. Art by Pete Morisi and unknown. Featuring: Two-Gun Lil in an untitled story; Arizona Raines in "The Killers of Laurel Ridge"; Bob Allen, Frontier Marshal in "Greed is a Deadly Disease!"; the Whip in an untitled story; and 1-page text story "The Vanishing Stagecoach" starring Jeff Riley and Becky Mills. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lou Morales. Stories and art by Stan Campbell, Lou Morales and Dennis Laugen. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, sometimes published under its short-lived Capitol or Law and Order imprints. Nick and Nora-like Mr. and Mrs. Chase help the police investigate a robbery-homicide. Police use a stolen armored car when they close in on the criminals who stole it. A historical feature on how "ordeals" were used to determine a person's innocence or guilt in medieval times. Trials; Mr. and Mrs. Chase Mystery: Death Does a Double; The Armored Car's Revenge; The Alibi; Front Page Story; Radio Patrol: Syndicated Death; Crime Trackers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bob Fujitani. Stories and art by Ross Andru, Al Luster, Dick Rockwell, Bob Fujitani, Al Wenzel, and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. Inept hoods cause so much death and property damage that the mob itself sets out to track them down. A gang blackmails ordinary citizens into committing crimes for them, and they're willing to kill to keep the secret. Cop killer Ronald Brandton pulls the biggest mail robbery in US history to that point, and is hunted by authorities for six years. The Hunt; Blackmailed Into Crime; "Holiday" Hoodlums; Ronald Brandton, Cop Killer; Disgrace In Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by George Tuska, Fred Guardineer, Dick Rockwell, and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. A small-time hood falls for a blond femme fatale, unaware she's setting him up to be a gangster's fall guy. After a plane crash, robbers fleeing a crime wind up stranded in the ocean and turn on each other. The Danero brothers rise in the underworld of Prohibition Brooklyn, until they run into a gangster even more ruthless than them. Also featuring a vintage ad for "Lev Gleason Comics picture trading cards." Fall Guy Artie Black; Dis'll Kill Ya; Journey into Horror; Banks and Bullets; Bootleg Gold; Ya'll Die Laffin'; Trigger-Happy Torpedo. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ken Battefield and Pierre Charpentier. Crime and adventure comics featuring detective heroes. "Crime psychologist" Jim Phillips investigates a crime wave that seems to be masterminded by a hypnotist who died in prison. Private eye Jerry Jasper is hired by gang boss Mike Bullen to find out who is trying to take over his racket. Showgirl Babe Dawson hires master of disguise Don Grady to protect her from her ex-con ex-husband, Spider Webb. Bondage cover may be the work of Adolphe Barreaux. Jim Phillips: Death Is the Victor; Jerry Jasper: Murder Backfires; Don Grady: The Hidden Clue; Hate Backfires; Queenie Starr: Death Directs. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Louis Ravielli, Gerald McCann, Harry Lazarus, Michael Becker and Vince Alascia. Numbering continues from Famous Gangsters (1951) #3. Tales of crime and punishment featuring pre-Code levels of violence. Immigrant Bruno Papko lives out the dark side of the American dream as he rises to become a waterfront mob boss; Smuggler Luke Conrad sees his glory days as a rumrunner during Prohibition; Thelma Grant turns to murder to make ends meet. Also featuring a nice contents page illustrated by Louis Ravielli on the inside front cover. Bruno Papko - Boss of the Waterfronts; Luke Conrad - Harbor Racketeer; Murder on the Piers; Blackmailed to Death; Arsenic Murders; Thelma Grant---The Money-Mad Murderess! Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color.

Stories and art by Robert Leslie Bellem, Max Plaisted, Newton H. Alfred and Keats Petree. Despite the title, not true "crime" comics, but mystery comics featuring detective heroes. Redheaded reporter Ruth Meriden helps Ray Hale track the bespectacled spy known as The Owl, in a story combining good-girl and action-girl art. Gail Ford goes undercover as a "taxi dancer" to catch a killer and tracks down a fugitive druglord as a bonus, in a story with action-girl art by Keats Petree. After a cinematographer's on-set practical joke humiliates two movie starlets, Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective must figure out which one killed him, in a story with good-girl art (and a girl-fight) by Max Plaisted. Gail Ford, Girl Friday: Dime-A-Dance Death; Sally the Sleuth: Death Watch; Ray Hale, News Ace; The Sinister Guest; No Crooks Wanted; Dan Turner Hollywood Detective: Death Trumps the Joker. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, and William Overgard. This boys' adventure title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. The Little Wise Guys are mortified when their baseball team is beaten by a girls' team, but it turns out to be a prank. Dilly Duncan is targeted by hoods who mistake him for a wealthy architect while he's working for the school paper. The Little Wise Guys get involved in boys' roller derby (then a new sport) and try to find out why pal Silky threw a game. Little Wise Guys: Lumps, Bumps and Speed; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Scoop Duncan Returns; Little Wise Guys: The Athletic Slacker; Crimebuster: Perils of a Paper Route. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Henry Boltinoff, Sam Brier and unknown. Art by Henry Boltinoff, Sam Brier and unknown. Television and radio's coast-to-coast favorite! In this issue: Four untitled A Date with Judy stories. Plus: A Date with Judy 2-page text story "TV Party"; untitled Stevie 1-pager by Sam Brier; untitled Randolph story; untitled Peg 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff; and The Fittin' Thing 2-pager "Taking Ways." Plus: Teen Teasers activity page by Martin Naydel, and Criss-Cross activity page on fabrics. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mort Lawrence. Stories and art by Gerald McCann, Charles W. Winter, Ed Smalle, Paul Reinman, John Daly and Carmine Infantino. Western tales both true and fictional, which, like Hillman's crime comics, are often told from the outlaw's point of view. Outlaws see a golden opportunity when the town dance requires everyone to check their guns at the door. A cavalry corporal matches wits with a sergeant who hates gambling over the sergeant's two-headed coin. An aging rodeo cowboy tries to prepare his young protege for the dangerous Bonus Ride. The Shotgun Waltz; Study Period; Cactus Pointers; McKell's Two-Headed Dollar; Last Slug in the Deck; The High Steppers; Codger's Bonus Ride; Prayer Works Wonders; The Kaitsenko Anchor; Seal of Lightfoot. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by unknown. Art by Dick Sprang, Charles Paris, Leonard Starr, Ruben Moreira and unknown. Batman and Robin challenge the phantom menace behind the..."Famous Name Crimes!" with art by Dick Sprang and Charles Paris. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "Manhunt in Manhattan!" with art by Leonard Starr; Robotman in "The Wrecking of Robotman!"; and Impossible -- But True! tale "The Man in the Iceberg!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with art by Ruben Moreira. Also: Casey the Cop 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Varsity Vic half-pager by Boltinoff; and 2-page text piece "Phony Documents" by Dan Keene. And: Superboy in the 1-page public service announcement "Happy Hobby Time!" by Jack Schiff and Win Mortimer. 44 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Simon (as Chester Gould). "The Case of the High-Tension Hijackers," script by Joe Simon (splash panel) and Chester Gould; Dick investigates the destruction of several streetlights in the city and discovers that several people are eager to blame the damage on kids that are the same age as Junior. "The Heat's On!", script and art by Chester Gould; Tracy arrests Danny Wilts, who admits to rigging the streetlights to explode; It was part of Mrs. Volts' plan to create a diversion that allowed her gang to steal electrical equipment; A hijacked drive manages to escape the Volts gang with Flapsie the Dog's license medallion; Tracy traces the license owner, but an insider tips Mar. Volts that the police are closing. House ads for Dick Tracy Comics Monthly and Black Cat Mystery. "Innocent Victims!", script and art by Chester Gould; B. O. Plenty confronts Mrs. Volts when she dumps her stolen cargo on his property; She manages to convince him to accept twenty dollars to let her leave it there; Her dog Flapsie runs away but is found by Sparkle; Mrs. Volts and her driver escape to a cabin in the woods 300 miles away. "Sugar-Coated Death" text story; Two detective solve a case where the victim was killed by poison candy. Warnings against mail-order schools, stamp dealers, miracle suits, weight loss products. Untitled one-page Beware of These Rackets story, art by Rudy Palais; Warnings against mail-order schools, stamp dealers, miracle suits, weight loss products. "The Case of the Closed Sash" starring Jackie Page, Lt. Gil Mason, and Oswald Hume, script and art by Bob Powell. "The Clue in the Diary" text story. Kerry Drake house ad. "Your F. B. I.", pencils by Rudy Palais, inks by Rocke Mastroserio; A brief history of the F. B. I. A Bernard Barnet Minit Mystery, art by Arthur Peddy; Bernard solves a murder. Calling All Sleuths activity page, art by Rudy Palais; Questions about Lindbergh kidnapping, machine guns, poison, and equalizers. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Funny-animal comics featuring Dinky, one of the lesser-known of Paul Terrys Terry-Toons. The other animals in the barnyard think Dinky is being paranoid by organizing a Civil Defense Unit - until the vultures attack. When a chick falls down a narrow pipe, Dinky is the perfect size to play hero. Dimwit tries to cure a horse with the hiccups. Terry Bears; The Scarecrow Strikes Back; Gandy Goose; Little Roquefort; Duck on Defense; Terry Bears: Camera Cubs; Wee Duck; Farmer Gray; Sink or Swim; Gandy Goose; Farmer Gray: Gate Crasher. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Story by J. P. McEvoy. Art by John Striebel. Reprints of the long-running comic strip, featuring a former showbiz star who encounters adventure and, sometimes, romance. Dixie assists Ken, who wants to build homes for returning GIs, but the wealthy neighbors object. Neighbor Nero decides to set a fire when his advances on Dixie are rejected. When Dixie investigates the crime, Nero tries to get rid of her too. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Digest sized humor book with tons of single-page gags. 5" x 7", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 19, Issue 5 - May, 1952. 6.5" x 9", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Stories and art by Bob Powell, Bernard Baily, Charlie Tomsey and Myron Fass. Classic pre-Code crime comics from Fawcett. Melden, a dangerously unbalanced artist, has a lucrative trade in forged masterpieces, but when he's found out, he resorts to murder. Doc Bailey wants to mastermind one last job so he can retire and marry his moll, Dolly, in a story with art by comics legend Bob Powell. When Charley learns that he has only a year to live, he decides to start a life of crime. Signature of Death; The Aristocrat of Crime; The T.V. Kidnappers; One Year To Live. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.