Comic books June 1952

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Indicia title is "THE RANGE RIDER, No. 404." Cover photo of Jock Mahoney as Range Rider. Facts about the Overland Stage Line, which ran from St. Louis to San Francisco from the 1850s to the 1870s, art by Till Goodan. Range Rider and the Monster of the Desert, art by Bob Schoenke; Dick West's uncle Jed Perdue leaves him tied to a tree in the mountains to die of exposure; With Dick's death, Perdue would inherit a valuable ranch. Range Rider and the Killer of Rio Hondo, art by Bob Schoenke; While out riding, Range Rider and Dick West come across a burning wagon; Range Rider rescues a man from the wagon, but he has been shot and dies soon after telling the pair to search for "El Asesino. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Dan Gormley. Stories by unknown. Art by Dick Hall, Anahid Dinkjian and Suzanne Seaborne. Featuring four untitled tales, plus a 1-page story on the inside front cover. Starring Woody Woodpecker, Buzz Buzzard and Mr. Tackhammer! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "BUGS BUNNY, FOREIGN LEGION HARE, No. 407." Cover art by Ralph Heimdahl. The Foreign Legion Hare, script by Don R. Christensen, art by Tony Strobl; Porky and Bugs stow away in a camel's crate thinking they are going to the circus; Instead the camel is being returned to his home in the Sahara Desert; After a long trip in a ship's cargo hold, Porky and Bugs arrive in port where they are discovered and mistakenly sign-up for the Foreign Legion. The Ferryboat Admiral, script by Don R. Christensen, art by Fred Abranz; Porky buys a ferryboat and, due to a mix-up, receives a telegram from the Navy to take the boat to a naval training exercise; Bugs and Sylvester go along; When they get there, Bugs and Porky go aboard the commander's ship, where they find the Navy wants to use their boat for target practice. Bon Bon Juggler back cover strip, art by John Carey. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Dick Briefer. Cover by Dick Briefer. Prize Comics revives Dick Briefer's Frankenstein series in line with the horror trends of the Pre-Code 1950s. A hypnotist wants to use an experimental serum to control the Frankenstein Monster; Explorers in a Mexican tomb unwittingly discover the Monster's hiding place; An artist hides a terrifying painting, in a story similar to Lovecraft's "Pickman's Model." Terror Under Trance; The Tomb of Death; The Coughing Corpse; Nightmare. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. Gabby takes exception when Bill Board plasters his advertising signs all over the West, obscuring the natural views. Outlaws swindle food from Aunt Hester by pretending to be injured in her boarding house. British landowner Sir Loinstake, who looks like Charlie McCarthy come to life, takes exception to Gabby and his uncouth ways. Favorite line this issue: "Bill Board is a spry young hustler, while Gabby creaks in so many joints he sounds like a rusty gate when he bends over!" Gabby Hayes Wins His Spurs; Gopherface; Young Falcon: The Tumbleweed of Death; Bearded Baby; Diggem the Dentist; Chief Gray Matter; Hoghead Harry; Vittles for Villains; Loco Lew; Sagebrush; A Battle Royal. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 9, Issue 3 - June, 1952. 6.75" x 9", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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June 6, 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; 22 pages.

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June 20, 1952. "America's First Motion Picture Trade Journal." Variety-like magazine covering the movie news of the week. Full-page two-color ad for "Has Anybody Seen My Gal" starring Piper Laurie and Rock Hudson. 9.25 in. x 12.25 in.; black and white with spot color; 12 pages.

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June 27, 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.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $135.00 or Best Offer View scans 3 1/2" cumulative spine split. Cover and interior oxidation. Tape on interior cover. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Roots of the Evil Tree, art by Louis Zansky; Crazed artist Kurt Coleman shapes an "execution tree" into human form; It comes alive during a thunderstorm and follows him around like a pet. The Final Curtain, pencils by Lou Cameron, inks by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio; Actor Morissey kills his colleagues to get the leading part in "Hamlet", though he has been warned several times by Fate personally to refrain from these acts of murder. The Man Who Bought a Genie, pencils by Bill Molno, inks by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio; Antiques dealer Ridley buys a chest containing the genie of Kuo; Ridley wants to marry Annabelle for her money, the genie helps him achieving this goal; But Annabelle dies and Ridley is accused of murder. The Brew of Frightful Faces, pencils by Jim McLaughlin; In a cave in Central America, Van Jacobi discovers a potion which distorts a person's features; As Jacobi is a film studio's make-up man and jealous of the leading man, he applies the brew to his face. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Graham Ingels. For the Love of Death!--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A man envious of the accolades showered upon the dead at their funerals resolves to slay the town's richest man so he can substitute for the corpse and enjoy the pomp and circumstance. Fed Up!--The Vault of Horror!, art by Johnny Craig; A sword-swallower marries a man who becomes obese over time by spending all the money she earns with her act on food. Minor Error!--Haunt of Fear, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen. Wolf Bait!--The Crypt of Terror, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Pre-Code horror comics from Ajax-Farrell and their anonymous talents. Wealthy playboy Peter Brooke has a secret life as a creature of the darkness. The police are baffled by the strange murders at Surfside Manor. A Nazi bomb frees a 17th-century witch from her grave to fulfill her curse. A Coffin Waits...; Ghost Gloves; Ghost of R'wana; Skeletons Have Secrets!; The Witch's Curse! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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June 1952. Humor Digest featuring jokes and cartoons. Jan Sterling pin-up on interior front cover. Softcover Digest, 5 1/2-in. x 7-in., 100 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. When Mason discovers buried treasure on the ranch belonging to his neighbors, they decide to let Hopalong choose who gets it. But Mason meets washed-up master of disguise Keene and gets a fiendish plan, in a three-part story. An outlaw plans to trick both Hopalong and his partner with a phony murder charge. The Disguise of Doom; The Last Chance; Cactus Brain; Whitey Whiskers: The Champion; Hill and Dill: Big Shots; Hill Billy; The Case of the Confused Crimes. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art and cover by Bob Powell. Covers and interior stories correspond to U.S. issues, but in this U.K. edition, stories are in black and white. Cover priced 6-D.

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Painted cover art. "Prairie Hunt" text story by George Haas. "The Rain Maker," art by Rex Maxon; When jealous Blackbird ridicules Long Lance, the Zuni rain maker, his son, Eagle, must challenge Blackbird. "The Talisman"; Two young warriors shoot the same deer and become friends, even though their tribes are at war. "The Apache" illustration; reproduction of Fredric Remington painting. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by George McManus (credited). Stories and art by George McManus (credited), George Swanson and Otto Soglow. Humor comics based on the popular newspaper strip Bringing Up Father by George McManus. Wealthy rogue Jiggs tries to escape his dish-hurling wife Maggie and her plans to reform him. Jiggs' plans to get a little peace and quiet and stay up late are violently opposed by Maggie. Plus adventures of The Flop Family and The Little King. The Night Owl!; The Little King: Mt. Yoodle; Life With Jiggs!; Rest Cure!; The Flop Family: The Runaround; A Good Try!; Nobody Home!; Music Has Its Charms; The Nervous Wreck!; Peace and Quiet! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Rhino Rampage," art by Maurice Whitman; A trio of criminals decided to find and loot the kingdom of the Phantom Queen; The queen sends her most trusted servant and a trained lion for help; The servant is killed but the lion takes a liking to Kaänga; Kaänga and Ann go to the kingdom and help defeat the criminals. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi sides with Leo in his feud with Sirdah and prepares a decoy in the shape of an antelope for Sirdah to attack; The decoy is filled with tree sap and while Sirdah is stuck, the leopards are free to hunt. "Tiger Rampage" text story by Clyde Beatty. Untitled story, art by Robert Webb; Terry is captured by leopard cultists but is freed by a hunter. Untitled Jungle Tales story; Trader Jim tells the story of the baboons' vengeance against an ivory hunter. Untitled story, art by Ralph Mayo; Jules Ranier, a crooked trader, hopes to get to a peace conference of native chiefs in time to stir up trouble and start a war that would drive out other traders; Camilla kidnaps him and keeps him away from the conference. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Maurice Whitman. Untitled story, art by John Celardo; Lansing, a trader scarred by a rifle accident for which he blames Kaänga, is collecting slaves from among the pygmies for his gold mining operation; Kaänga, N'geeso, and Ann ride to the rescue of the slaves and Lansing is killed. "Primitive African Cults" Jungle Facts. Untitled story, art by John Celardo; Treasure hunter Luca works with witch doctor Lago to discover the location of a tribe's hidden jewels; Determining that the jewels are located in the river bed, they dam the river, causing drought in Kaänga's jungle. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; Camilla hears that Senga (an evil Zombi queen that reportedly cannot die) has declared that K'Bali must die; She rescues K'Bali from a leopard and sends a message that K'Bali will tell Senga's secrets; Senga kidnaps him and gives K'Bali a knife and tell him to kill her so that she can prove that she can't be killed. "The Queen's Curse" text story by Frank Riddell. Untitled story, art by John Celardo; Treasure hunters are seeking a little boy with a treasure map hidden in his clothes; Kaänga and Ann protect the child and find his parents. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Katy Keene by Bill Woggon Cover price $0.10.

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"Charlie One-Sleep's Strange Visitor" and two untitled stories. Painted cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Jerry Muddle in "Wheels of Fortune" (2 pg, inside covers), Little Iodine 'untitled' (A) Jimmy Hatlo, Little Iodine 'untitled', Yogurt [Men at Work]. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Irving Tripp. Mr. McNabbem; Lulu hides from Mr. McNabbem inside a piano. Untitled story; Wilbur handcuffs Lulu and puts a valuable antique vase on her head. That Awful Witch, Hazel; Lulu tells Alvin about Hazel's spell that makes everyone walk upside down. Untitled Tubby story. All scripts by John Stanley, art by Irving Tripp. Two-page text story, Lulus Diry ("Diary"). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Warren Kremer and Al Avison. Joe Palooka's speechless sidekick from the popular Ham Fisher boxing strip gets his own comic, noteworthy for early versions of Little Dot and other Harvey characters. Baby Wind takes Little Max and Talking Balloon into outer space, where they help a sky-fairy polish a star and meet the Man-in-the-Moon. Little Max finds a way to deal with a bad hair day. Humphrey and his neighbor John cement their friendship in the most literal way possible. Little Max Visits the Moon; Humphrey: Hole-Y Mess; Hair Raising Problem; Little Max Rhymes with Reason. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Western comics featuring the masked hero Lone Rider and other champions of Old West justice. Lone Rider assumes the sheriff's office of Hades, AZ to avenge the former sheriff, killed by outlaw Jack Spade. The story of how warrior Atsani earned the name Swift Arrow. The Old Hermit must clear his name after he is accused of burning down the new stagecoach post. Bullets and Badges; The Old Hermit: Horselaughin' Ain't Healthy!; Killer's Trail; Swift Arrow: The Claws of Courage; Rails on the Range. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Maurice Whitman. Adventures of Long Bow, a young Blackfoot boy raised by kindly Trapper Jim. High Bear plots to have a white trader blamed for shooting Red Eagle, but luckily Long Bow overhears the conspiracy; Little Fox puts a curse on Boasting Bear, but Long Bow isn't sure whether to believe it; A wise woman predicts Long Bow will find death on his next buffalo hunt. Detailed cover by Maurice Whitman. Night Hawk Rides the War Trail; Hawkeye of the Mohicans; Long Bow; Thunderbolt of Wild Horse Mesa; Blackfoot Revenge. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo Cover. Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. She was perfectly at home in Chet's protecting arms -- she was no longer torn between duty and love! Read..."The Man for Me" starring Private Kathy Phillips, Lt. Frazer, Walter Leland and Chet Harvey. Also featuring: "Backstage Baby"; "So Much to Learn"; and "Hearts Were My Hobby"! Plus: 1-page text story "The Bus Ride"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ed Emshwiller. Fantasy and science fiction stories by Richard Wilson, Margaret St. Clair (as Idris Seabright), Manly Wade Wellman, Hannibal Coons, Clifton Dance, R. Bretnor, Ralph Robin, Elmer Roessner, Kris Neville, Harold Lynch Jr, Agatha Christie (1933 reprint), Mack Reynolds, and Sam Merwin Jr. Softcover. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in. 132 pages, black and white (all text). Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $45.00 View scan Water damage.

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"The Mistake" (art by Robert Q. Sale), "The Luck of Lieutenant Nelson" (art by David Berg), "the First Time I Died" (art by Dan Loprino), "Combat Patrol" (script by Hank Chapman), "Small War" (art by Henkel), and a two-page text story, "Never Die Alone." Russ Heath cover? Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by C.C. Beck. The Pandora Pirates Ch. 1: The Treasure Danger, script by Otto Binder, art by C.C. Beck; Sterling Morris finds a magic bottle that leads him, along with Billy, Freddy and Mary, to what they hope is a buried treasure; Unfortunately there is no treasure, but they manage to release the Barbary Pirates. Crime On the Speedway text story by Daniel Sheldon. Marvel Family Puzzle Page. Doubtful Strategy humor half-page starring Boxcar Benny. Front Page Foolishness starring Headline Harry, script and art by Howard Boughner. The Pandora Pirates Ch. 2: The Pirate Plunder; Sterling Morris finds a magic hat that turns him into the leader of the Barbary Pirates. The Pandora Pirates Ch. 3: The Pirate Pay-Off; The Marvel Family rescues Sterling Morris from the Barbary Pirates and sends them to jail. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Kurt Schaffenberger. The Panther Man's Trap, art by Bill Ward; Captain Marvel, Jr. vs. The Panther Man. In the Big Time text story by John C. Adler. The Dancing Statues starring Nyoka the Jungle Girl. Horse Holiday starring Ozzie. The Strong Box Mystery, pencils by Carl Pfeufer, inks by John Jordan; Tom Mix is called in by Matt Collinge to get to the bottom of how gold dust keeps getting stolen right under their noses while being transported to the essayers office; When Tom arrives he finds a posse, led by Zeke Ezzard, about to hang on Lewis, the driver of the stagecoach taking the gold dust to the essayer's office; Tom stops the hanging and sets about finding out how the gold dust is stolen and who is stealing it. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"And Then There Were None" (art by Sol Brodsky), "Escape" (script by Hank Chapman, art by Russ Heath), "The Big Job," "Dead Silence," "Spring Offensive" (art by Henkel), and a two-page text story, "Too For Wong." Heath cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 50, Issue 198 - June, 1952. Digest-size UK men's magazine. Articles, humor, and pin-up photos. 5" x 7.25", 132 pages, B&W with color.

Auction Item: VG 4.0 View scans Auction opens July 6 Residue on interior cover.

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"name, Rank, Serial Number" (art by Robert Q. Sale), "Retreat" (art by Gene Colan), "Insane" (art by Norman Steinberg), "The Coffin" (art by Bill Everett), and a two-page text story, "Military Man With a Spear." Everett cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

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Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

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Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

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June 7, 1952 issue. Newsprint, 10.5" x 14", 12 pages, B&W with some color.