Comic books May 1952

Vol. 3 #4 - May 2, 1952. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Adventures of TinTin, Great Headlines of the Past, Ships Through the Ages, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Louis the Fearless. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 3 #5 - May 9, 1952. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, Great Headlines of the Past, Ships Through the Ages, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Louis the Fearless. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 3 #6 - May 16, 1952. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, Great Headlines of the Past, Ships Through the Ages, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Louis the Fearless. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 3 #7 - May 23, 1952. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, Great Headlines of the Past, Ships Through the Ages, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Louis the Fearless. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 3 #8 - May 30, 1952. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, Great Headlines of the Past, Ships Through the Ages, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Louis the Fearless. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

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Volume 19, Issue 102 - May, 1952. 5.5" x 7.5", 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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May 1952. Cover by Leo Ramon Summers. Stories include "The Soul Snatchers" by Lee Francis, "Strictly Formal" by Gerald Vance, "Who Flee Their Chains" by Guy Archette, "Let's Have a Little Reverence" by Paul W. Fairman, and "A Star Has Fallen" by John Fletcher. Illustrations by Ed Emsler, Frank Navarro, Tom Beecham, and Paul Lundy. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 5 - Issue 3, April/May 1952. Pulp magazine devoted to exploring the paranormal. This issue includes and expansive article on King Tut's Curse! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 page, Text (with B&W Illustrations and Photos). Cover price $0.35.

Cover by Otto Messmer. Stories and art by Otto Messmer, Joe Oriolo and A. W. Nugent. Comics adventures of the popular, long-running cartoon character; this series often featured art by the two men most associated with Felix, Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. Felix thinks he's stumbled onto a crime in progress. Kokey Koala enjoys the spring weather, maybe a little too much. Flub learns to carry an umbrella...sort of. Food for Naught; Kokey Koala; Come Up and See Me Some Crime; Billy Beaver: Slide Billy, Slide; Flub; Play Fun. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $56.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 25, No. 3. May 1952. 7" x 9.75". 114 pages. B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Bill Fraccio. Stories and art by Tony Tallarico, A. C. Hollingsworth and Hy Fleishman. Pre-Code tales of two-fisted criminals and the scales of justice from Story Comics. Chance allows a murder victim to identify its killer from beyond the grave. Criminals think they've found a foolproof way to elude the law, but justice has an ironic fate in store. Grave-robbing pre-Code cover by Bill Fraccio. Death Needs No Alibi; Foul Play; Dead Men Will Talk; The Unknown Killer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Maurice Whitman. Edited by J. F. Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Murphy Anderson, Ken Battefield, David Heames, and Robert Webb. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. A scientist dressed in a white gorilla suit gives Tiger Girl an ominous warning before being abducted by a strange tribe; Reprints of a great Murphy Anderson strip from Planet Comics speculating about extraterrestrial life; The life of explorer Francis Drake. Another fantastic Tiger Girl cover. Tiger Girl; Famous Fighters; Kayo Kirby; Ringside Stories; Life On Other Worlds; Risks, Unlimited. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Louis Ravielli and Everett Raymond Kinstler. Cover by Louis Ravielli. Sometimes listed as Undersea Fighting Commandos #1, the title in the indicia; the first two words were flipped for the remaining issues. Tales of the U.S. Navys Underwater Demolition Team, popularly known as the frogmen. U.S. frogmen become the point men in a suicidal undersea invasion of the North Korean coast during the Korean War. A soldier posthumously receives a Medal of Honor, but turns up alive in time to receive it in person. Also featuring a stunning contents page illustrated by Louis Ravielli on the inside front cover. Assignment Suicide!; Parachute Open!; Marooned on a Raft; Medal of Honor. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Al Williamson, Pete Riss, Sam Cooper, Paul Gattuso and Paul Gustavson. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. An adventurous medical researcher gets more than he bargained for in the backcountry of Brazil; A writer sells his soul so that he can tell this very story; The strange tale of the African Were-Jackals. Any similarity to King Kong on the cover is purely commercial. The Domain of the Dead; The Haunted Gallery; The Sorcerers Play-Kit; The Flapping Head; The Haunting Refrain; The Devils Typewriter!; Stranglers Spirit; Bride of the Beast; The African Were-Jackals. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dan Gormley. Stories by unknown. Art by Dick Hall, Irene Little, Dan Gormley and Suzanne Seaborne. Featuring three untitled tales, plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Starring Woody Woodpecker and Mr. Tackhammer! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Barks. Stories by Del Connell and various. Art by Jack Bradbury. Featuring the tales "Malayalaya" and "[Donald buys a TV set]," plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Starring Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey and Louie, Uncle Scrooge and Daisy Duck! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

"Zane Grey's Forlorn River" - Written by Gaylord Du Bois (adaptation) and Zane Grey (novel). Art by Bob Jenney and Al McWilliams. Cover painting by Sam Savitt. Adapts Zane Grey's 1927 novel "Forlorn River." (The sequel "Nevada" is adapted in #412.) Starring Ben Ide, Ina Blaine, Less Settler, Nevada and Modoc. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "TALES OF THE TEXAS RANGERS, No. 396." Photo cover of Joel McCrea as Jace Pearson. Short history of the Texas Rangers, art by August Lenox. Panhandle Manhunt, art by Tom Cooke; Three members of bank robber Hock Denton's gang help Denton escape from the Bitter Creek jail; Jace Pearson is sent to lead an investigative team to find the gang. Underwater Cache, art by Tom Cooke; Jace Pearson becomes involved in a scheme to retrieve a box from the bottom of a lake near a dam and disguises himself as a diver to solve the mystery. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "SERGEANT PRESTON OF THE YUKON, No. 397." Painted cover art by Morris Gollub. Facts about the modern-day Royal Canadian Mounted Police, art by Bob Jenney. Forgotten Grubstake, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Alberto Giolitti; When Bobby Piggot's father dies and leaves him an orphan, he goes with Sgt. Preston to Sulphur City in the Yukon to live with his aunt and uncle; Later, two broke prospectors lure Bobby away from his uncle's trading post in order to rob it. Reward for Shiloh, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Alberto Giolitti; Ben Yates takes Jed Norris's daughter hostage in order to force him to take $5,000 for a gold mine that's worth $75,000; Unknown to Yates, Sgt. Preston is escorting the man who is making the $75,000 offer. Snowslide, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Alberto Giolitti. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Don Gunn. Stories by unknown. Art by Don Gunn. Featuring the tales "The Brownies and the Badkins," "The Brownies and the Doctor," "The Brownies Have a Hay Ride" and "The Brownies Go Visiting," plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Starring The Brownies! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "PORKY PIG in THE LOST GOLD MINE, No. 399." Cover art by Ralph Heimdahl. The Lost Gold Mine, art by Tony Strobl; On Bugs' advice, Porky and Cicero go to Tumbleweed Springs to hunt wild flowers for Cicero's school assignment, but the pair set off a gold rush when they find what appears to be an old mine shaft. Harry Hog, the Bully, art by John Carey; Sylvester tries to teach Porky how to box so that he can stand up to Harry Hog, the local bully. A Great Dane for Cicero, art by John Carey; Porky gets Cicero a Great Dane from the dog pound for his birthday. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "TOM CORBETT, SPACE CADET, No. 400." Painted cover art by Alden McWilliams. Space Academy: The University of the Planets pledge with photos of Tom Corbett (as played by Frankie Thomas), Astro the Venusian (Al Markim), and Roger Manning (Jan Merlin). Space Pirates of Mercury, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Alden McWilliams; The Space Cadets are on a training mission on the passenger spaceliner "Prince of Centurus" when it is attacked and boarded by space pirates; The pirates take the cargo and also take the passengers and crew to work in the mines of Mercury; Tom, Astro, and Roger secretly slip back into the crippled and abandoned space liner and send a distress call that is picked up by the Solar Guard patrol. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $26.00 View scan 2.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover and two center wraps detached. Water spotting. Includes certificate of authenticity from IRS Collection.

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Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman. Art by John Severin, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, and Jack Davis. The companion title to Kurtzman's groundbreaking war comic Two-Fisted Tales, showcasing the brutal realities of war. In Korea, Ed gets promoted to sergeant, but must explain why that's not really good news. A Shawnee warrior reflects on the grim history of white settlement in America before following Tecumseh into battle. A WWI pilot going for an "ace" rating flies right into a trap. Plus The EC "Artist of the Issue," focusing on Harvey Kurtzman. A Platoon!; War of 1812!; Fate; Ace!; Bellyrobber! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $46.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $29.00 View scans Paper: Off white muted cover colors, supple off white pages with little to no flaking, firm spine with light wear, moderate edge wear with light chipping and color loss, light denting, light color breaking spine stress, light corner damage with chipping, heavy soiling, moderate scuffing, heavy dust-shadowing on back cover, moderate water damage, handwriting on table of contents page

Add to cart Very Good $32.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 3, Issue 1 - May 1952. Cover by Milton Luros. Science Fiction and adventures stories featuring "Equations for Destiny" by John Berryman, and "Thy Days are Numbered" by Wallace West. Illustrations by Luros, Murphy, and Poulton. 7-in. x 10-in. 96 newsprint pages B&W. Cover price $0.20.

The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. Gabby discovers a sea monster in Massacre Lake - or is it just a plot by Fish Head Pike to get the lake's fishing for himself? To race Moose Mustard and his brothers to a land claim, Gabby harnesses two actual moose to his sled. Gabby tries to live off the land, to prove he's a true frontiersman. Favorite line this issue: "What a dee-lishus odor of vittles! Reckon my mind is cracking under the strain!" The Monster of Massacre Lake; Laughing Boy; Young Falcon: The Legend of the Winged Beast; The Land Rush; Bronko Betsy; Chief Gray Matter; Nitro Nick; Loco Lew; Crafty Woodcraft! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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May 1952. Cover by Jack Coggins. Stories: "Category Phoenix" by Boyd Ellanby, "Lover When You're Near Me" by Richard Matheson, "Garden in the Void" by Poul Anderson, "Lost Memory" by Peter Phillips, "Wheels Within" by Charles V. De Vet, and "Freudian Slip" by Franklin Abel. Science Department article: "For Your Information" by Willy Ley. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; 160 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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I Hunted My Own Son, art by John Lehti. Twenty Floors of Felony, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley. The Crime of the Century, art by Ed Robbins. The Machine That Haunts Men, art by Ralph Mayo. 44 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Gene Autry stars in "The Rx Mystery." Back-up story, "A Lucky Accident." Two-page text story, "A Killer and a Match." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

2 #11s exist. See previous Ziff Davis Series (1950-51). Painted cover art by Norman Saunders. For the Love of Benny starring G.I. Joe; An army contains all kinds of men. One was Long John Silver, who lounged all day in his long red woolen underwear. Yousouff the Terrible Turk starring G.I. Joe, art by George Tuska; Joe and Sgt. Mulvaney meet a big Turkish wrestler in a new U.N. brigade in Korea. Waltzing Mathilda starring G.I. Joe, art by Bob Powell. Damon and Pythias starring Buddies, art by George Roussos; The two pals fight over the same girl. Medwick the Medic starring G.I. Joe, art by George Olesen. My Bullet Can Wait starring G.I. Joe, art by Alex Kotzky. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 4, No. 6 - May 1952. Men's interest magazine with articles, humor, and Hollywood star photos. 10.5" x 13", 42 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Issue #18 - Apr.-May 1952. Jokes and single panel cartoons. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $8.10

May 2, 1952. "America's First Motion Picture Trade Journal." Variety-like magazine covering the movie news of the week. Full-page two-color ad for "Macao" starring Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell. 9.25 in. x 12.25 in.; black and white with spot color; 12 pages.

"America's First Motion Picture Trade Journal." Variety-like magazine covering the movie news of the week.

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May 16, 1952. "America's First Motion Picture Trade Journal." Variety-like magazine covering the movie news of the week. 9.25 in. x 12.25 in.; black and white with spot color; 16 pages.

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May 23, 1952. "America's First Motion Picture Trade Journal." Variety-like magazine covering the movie news of the week. 9.25 in. x 12.25 in.; black and white with spot color; 12 pages. Humphrey Bogart photo cover.