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Comic books October 1952

  • Issue #12
    Beware (1952 Youthful) 12
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #3723082011
    • Rough edges to a few pages (not fully cut during manufacturing). Water damage. Miscut.

    Cover by Joseph Szokoli. Stories and art by Joseph Szokoli, Vince Napoli, Bill Fraccio and Harry Harrison. Violent pre-Code horror comics from Youthful Magazines. This issue was mentioned in the text (p. 388) of the anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent. Grave-robber Harry gets a comeuppance when the dead rise from their graves. An artist for "Beware" comics feels that he's run out of monster ideas, until he meets his son's strange new playmate, in a story that name-drops several other Youthful Mag horror artists. In postwar Germany, American agents investigate a killer stalking a small town, and learn the ancient castle nearby hides a very modern horror. The Body Snatcher; My Daddy Should Have Listened; The Death Waltz; The Pied Piper of Ziess-Baden; Don't Dance With Me When I'm Dead. Final issue under this publisher; Trojan Magazines continues the title and numbering with Beware (1953 Trojan/Merit) #1 (aka #13), while Youthful continues it as Chilling Tales (1952) #13. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #16
    Beyond (1950 Ace) 16

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    Cover art by John Chilly. The Ghost on Television; A murderous couple is haunted by their victim, which appears on their television screen; A broadcast from death in person announces their doom; The victim steps out of the TV and takes his revenge! Vault of the Winged Spectres, art by Lin Streeter; Two American engineers discover ancient Egyptian tombs and get in a fight with living mummies; Resurrected queen Neferti helps them escape, because she didnt wish to be resurrected in the first place. Curse of the Midnight Piper, art by Lou Cameron. They Burned a Witch, pencils by Dick Beck. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #4
    Big Jon and Sparkie (1952 Ziff Davis) 4

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    Stories and art by Ruth Ruhman and Jason Comic Art (Studio). Numbering continues from Sparkie, Radio Pixie (1951) Big Jon #3. Sparkie, the elf "from the land of make-believe "and his human friend Big Jon were the stars of a children's radio show. Everyone, including Big Jon, wants to know what's in the mysterious box that Sparkie is carrying. Benny the Bug plays a joke on a bone-obsessed dog. Sparkie and Twinkle must save Jack from the Giant at the top of the Beanstalk. Sparkie pretends to be PT Barnum! Who Am I?; The Big Surprise; Sparkie's Bedtime; Operation Beanstalk; Twinkle's Riddle Bag; Benny the Bug; Indian Ghost; No School Today. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    6 days left Auction Big Jon and Sparkie #4 1952 Ziff-Davis Golden Age Radio Cartoon Comic GD

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  • Issue #17
    Big Town (1951) 17

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    Based on the TV and radio show of the same name, Big Town lasted 50 issues. This installment includes the following: "Reporter for a Day!" (A rewrite man for The Illustrated Press accompanies Steve Wilson on a dangerous assignment); "The Perfect Crime Club!"; "I Was an Eyewitness to Murder!"; and "Clay Pigeon!" (with Johnny Law). Scripts John Broome and Dave Wood, pencils by Manny Stallman and Frank Giacoia, inks by John Giunta and Bob Lander. Cover by Gil Kane and Joe Giella. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #1
    Bill Battle The One Man Army (1952 Fawcett) 1

    "Torture, When a Commie needs info, he doesn't care how he gets it!"

    Stories and art by John Martin and Clem Weisbecker. The Korea-set Bill Battle comics leaven the usual grim war stories with whimsical dark battlefield humor. A by-the-book captain has the misfortune to get loose-cannon Bill Battle as a driver. But when they're behind the lines, Captain Marshall must admit that Battle is a soldier's soldier. Redmond believes that Battle has died after a mission meets with an overwhelming enemy force. Plus a PSA for polio featuring Captain Marvel (Shazam). Im The Best There Is; Strike at Dawn; Three Cheers for Chen; A Snowball in Hades. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Bio-Muton (1952 Curtis Books) Digest 1-1ST

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    1st Printing - Written by Lee Elliot. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7", 128 pages, B&W, text only.

  • Issue #39
    Black Diamond Western (1949) 39

    Black Diamond in "Judas of the Plains," "Laughin' Fat Blackie," abd "King of Scoundrels." Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 2 #11
    Black Magic (1950-1961 Prize/Crestwood) Vol. 2 #11

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    Cover art by Jack Kirby. Freak!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby; Sylvia goes on a date with Doctor Austin, who has to make one house-call before they go out; While at the Sheridan house a storm comes and they are forced to stay overnight, where Sylvia learns the hidden family secret. Guardian Angel, art by Mort Meskin. I Wouldn't Let Him Die text story. Hoof Beats of the Devil's Horse, art by George Roussos. The Mary Celeste: Ship of Evil, art by Al Eadeh; The true story of the ship Mary Celeste. The Soul of a Man!, art by Bill Draut. The Boy Who Was 2000 Years Old!, art by Bob McCarty; While sick with fever, young Andy describes life in ancient Rome, in perfect Latin, which he does not know. 36 pgs. $0.10. Vol. 2 #11 (#17 on cover). Cover price $0.10.

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    $300 Black Magic # 17 The Freak! CGC 4.0 OW (1952) Pre-Code Horror Jack Kirby Cover!

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  • Issue #10
    Black Magic (UK 1952-1954 Prize/Arnold Book Co.) 10

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    UK reprint series. Reprints material from Black Magic (1950-1961 Prize/Crestwood) Vol. 2 #10, Astonishing (1951-1957 Marvel/Atlas) #18, and Airboy Comics (1945-1953 Hillman) Vol. 8 #11. 7.25-in x 9.25-in, 68 Pages, B&W.

  • Issue #57
    Blackhawk (1944 1st Series) 57

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    Cover by Reed Crandall. Featuring: 10 page Blackhawk story "Slavery In Siberia" (a true war exposé) drawn by Reed Crandall; 4 page Chop Chop story; 7 page Blackhawk story "The Terrible Termite Twins"; 7 page Blackhawk story "The Paralyzed City of Armored Men" starring Boris Galub and Nalita. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $40 BLACKHAWK #57 (1952) - GRADE 2.0 - PAUL GUSTAVSON - GOLDEN AGE - DC!
    $140 Blackhawk # 57 FN- Quality Comic Publication Comic Book Golden Age 15 J858

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  • Issue #678
    Blighty (1939-1959 City Magazines Ltd.) UK Magazine 678


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    • Staple rust: Extensive.

    UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 32 pages, B&W

  • Issue #47
    Blondie (1947 McKay/Harvey/King/Charlton) 47

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    36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 95 #6
    Blue Book (1905-1956 Story-Press/Consolidated/McCall) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 95 #6

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  • Issue #16
    Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders (1950 ME/AC) 16

    Art by Bob Powell, Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Cover by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Teen cowboy adventures set in the 1950s, based on the popular radio program that ran from 1949 to 1955. Bobby and his friends Tex, Windy, and Irish face modern-day rustlers and other challenges of life on the ranch. Bobby and the gang hunt the Lost Treasure of Pancho Villa; Bobby wants to know why outlaws have targeted a traveling circus; Bobbys joke on superstitious Windy backfires when there really are bad men in Ghost Canyon. The Lost Treasure of Pancho Villa; The Man Who Hated the Circus; The Ghost Killers; The Fire Demon of Ghost Canyon. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #82
    Boy Comics (1942) 82

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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. Vacuum-powered supervillain the Vacuum returns, this time joining forces with Sniffer and the Deadly Dozen, at least until Iron Jaw gets involved. Rocky X risks his life to get a closer look at a "flying saucer" that turns out to be an alien spaceship. Crimebuster tries to help a man mixed up with gangsters who want to fix the World Series. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Crimebuster: Partners In Blunder; Nix On the Fix; Rocky X: Betrayal In Space; Laff Dis Off; Little Wise Guys: The Doctor Gets His Medicine. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #28
    Boy Loves Girl (1952) 28

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    Cover by Fred Kida. Stories by unknown. Art by Ruth Atkinson, Robert Martinott, Hi Mankin and unknown. Why was Dennis calling on her wedding night? And just when Terry was on his way back! Read..."Phone Call on My Wedding Night"! Also featuring "I Was Ashamed of My Husband" and "My Last Chance"! Plus: A True Love Story tale "My One Wrong Step"! And: "Do You Need Advice?" letters page by Agnes Holmes. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 47 #4

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  • Vol. 10 #3

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  • Issue #45
    Buzzy (1944) 45
    Tags: Archie
    Published Oct 1952 by DC.

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    44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 59 #1
    California Pelican (1903-1988 A.S.U.C) Vol. 59 #1


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    • Staple rust. Spine stress. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Scuffing.

    "Golden Pelican" by Ron Goulart. Volume 59, Issue 1 - October, 1953. University of California, Berkeley student magazine, published from 1903 to 1988. Features cartoons, articles, and advertisements for local business. 8-in. x 11-in., 40 pages, Text (with B&W images) Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #137
    Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 137

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    Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck and unknown. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) stars in: "King Kull and the Seven Sins" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck (appearances by Shazam, Dexter Knox and King Kull); "Mr. Tawny's Culture Craze" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck; and "The Royal Riddle" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Plus: Big Bow and Little Arrow tale "Old Age"; Captain Kid in "The Sat-On Baby Sitter"; and Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "Pied Piper of Space" by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $995 CGC 8.0 VF == 1952 CAPTAIN MARVEL #137 / 3rd Highest Graded / Scarce / Mr Tawny

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  • Issue #114
    Captain Marvel Jr. (1942-1953 Fawcett) 114

    Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories by Bill Woolfolk and others. Art by Bud Thompson, and Joe Certa. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. A train is abducted by aliens from Jupiter for a novelty show, but luckily, Captain Marvel Jr. is on board. A strange old man appears on an island predicting natural disasters, but when the disasters start happening, the people start listening. Professor Edgewise gets a crush on a woman who lived 1000 years before, so he travels back in time to King Arthur's Court to meet her. The Train That Travelled Through Space; Young Gunman; Kanvasback: Punchy Words; The Ruler of the Earth; Windy: Presents of Mind; Sir Edgewise in King Arthur's Court. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #70

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  • Issue #7
    Captain Steve Savage (1950-1953 1st Series) 7
    • Water spotting.

    Art by Mort Lawrence and Everett Raymond Kinstler. Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Tales of adventure and espionage from the Cold War featuring ace pilot Steve Savage. Savage and his sidekick Check Bryan battle an enemy PT boat at sea; Steve and Check parachute into enemy territory after their plane is shot down. Also featuring a nice contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. Captain Steve Savage's Flight to Kill!; Pinned-Down; Flight Into Danger; Riot on Koje; Operation Death; Operation: Havoc! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $28 Captain Steve Savage's Flight to Kill! #7 1952 - Avon Golden Age FR FR/GD RAW

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  • Issue #13
    Chamber of Chills (1952-1954 Harvey 2nd Series) 13

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    Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Abe Simon, Nat Barnett and Moe Marcus. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. A scientist descends into a pit of primitive creatures in Africa. An explorer climbs inside a gigantic statue before realizing it's actually a living giant. Treasure hunters are pursued by deadly ants after stealing sacred gems from an idol. Man in the Hood; The Lost Race; The Man Germ; The Things. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $650 CHAMBER OF CHILLS #13 CGC 6.0 AL AVISON

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  • Vol. 8 #3

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    5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 64 pages, Text, (with B&W Illustrations and photos) Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #21

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  • Issue #11
    Cisco Kid (1951-1958 Dell) 11
    • Water damage. Piece missing from back cover.

    Painted Cover by Ernest Nordli. Stories by unknown. Art by Bob Jenney. Featuring the tales "The Missing Men of Shirttail Ridge" and "Trouble in Tiptop"! Also: the 1-page filler "Wyatt Earp - Dodge City Marshal" on the inside front cover! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #64
    Classics Illustrated (Australian 1949-1953 Ayers & James) 64

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    Issue 64 - Australian Edition. Circa early to mid 1950's. Reprints "Green Mansions" in abridged form with new cover art. 6.5 x 8.5, color covers with b&w interior, 24 pages-all newsprint.

  • Issue #1
    Classics Illustrated 100 Mutiny on the Bounty (1952) 1
    • Only one staple manufacturing.

    Mutiny on the Bounty, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 100, with 10/52 date). Beginning the first part of the Bounty trilogy, the story continues in Classics Illustrated #103 and 109. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #6
    Classics Illustrated 100 Mutiny on the Bounty (1952) 6

    Mutiny on the Bounty, 6th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 167). Beginning the first part of the Bounty trilogy, the story continues in Classics Illustrated #103 and 109. Cover price $0.15.

  • Oct 25 1952
    Collier's (1888-1957 Crowell-Collier Publishing) Magazine Oct 25 1952


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    Classic weekly magazine featuring news and fiction. This issue with "Poor Little Rich Town" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #5
    Combat (1952 Atlas) 5
    • Cover glued to first wrap at spine. Water damage.

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    $175 COMBAT #5 VG/F Atlas war Classic Heath cover

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  • Issue #1
    Comics Library (Australian 1952-1954 Red Circle Press) 1

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    Australian Edition. Reprints in black and white. Tim Holt cover logo. 7-in. x 10 3/4-in., 24 pages, black and white.

  • Vol. 13 #5

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  • Vol. 27 #4
    Complete Love Magazine (1951-1956 Ace Magazine) Vol. 27 #4

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    Alice Kirkpatrick cover. In order of appearance: "His Life Belonged to Me"; "Love on a Blind Date"; "I Was That Carter Girl"; and "More Than She Bargained For". "For a More Glamorous You: Your Hands Reveal You..." text article reprinted from "Glamorizing Yourself..." in Glamorous Romances (1949) #59, and reprinted as "Help Yourself to Allure..." in Love Experiences (1949) #22 and as "Your Charm Guide..." in Love at First Sight (1949) #29. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 18 #9
    Complete Western Book Magazine (1933-1957 Newsstand) Pulp Vol. 18 #9


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Issue #192
    Coronet Magazine (1936 Esquire) 192

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    Volume 32, Issue 6 (Whole Number 192) - October, 1952. Softcover, 5.5" x 7.5", 152 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 133 #4
    Published Oct 1952 by Hearst.

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  • Issue #55
    Crime and Punishment (1948 Lev Gleason) 55

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    Stories and art by Dick Rockwell, Fred Guardineer 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. In the 1930s, a high-stakes gambler decides he wants to put a rising boxer to work for him. The life and death of a small-time hood is revealed, as a warning to others that crime does not provide a sustainable lifestyle. A mobster gets himself elected sheriff so he can control the town. Also featuring a vintage ad for a Sherlock Holmes detective cap. Dive or Die; The 3,623 Hours of Louie the Punk!; The Reckless; On the Level; Message of Death; Crimetown, U.S.A. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 12 #7

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  • Issue #4
    Crime Detective Comics Volume 3 (1952) 4

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    Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. A gangland murder sets two teens on a lifelong path toward tragedy, as one becomes a mayoral candidate and the other a cheap hood. A diminutive French aristocrat turns to crime to buy nice things for the dancer he loves. A stolen shrub proves to be a dishonest banker's undoing. Diana and the Dwarf; The Shadow of Dice Canale; The Shovel at Twilight; Plenty for Three; Just Like a Swan; The Plow and the Pen; The Hound from Abroad. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #115
    Crime Does Not Pay (1942-1955 Lev Gleason) 115

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    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Fred Guardineer 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. Cass Varger uses murder and trickery to get to the top of the mob heap, but he's made too many enemies along the way. Police are puzzled when a hood insists on confessing to a murder he clearly didn't commit. A mayor faces scrutiny when his opponent is murdered just before the election by someone dressed like a cop. Also featuring a vintage ad for "Lev Gleason Comics picture trading cards." Trapped by the Dead!; The Criminal Who Wanted to Punish Himself; The Late Tour; Terror on Loon Street; The Lone Witness. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #28
    Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) 28

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    "When the Showdown Came," "King on a Junk Pile," "Dirty Money," and "Boomerang Bobby-Trap." Two page text story, "Killer's Impersonation." Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #1
    Crime Must Stop (1952) 1

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    Stories and art by Mort Lawrence, Paul Reinman and Bernie Krigstein. A low print run and high price for the time (15 cents!) combined to make this one-shot among the rarest of the era's crime comics, with perhaps 20-100 copies surviving. A fugitive criminal takes an ill-advised detour to visit his long-lost daughter. A spy in Washington takes advantage of the distraction provided by nearby sunbathing women. A cave-in spurs a miner to quit his job and turn to crime as a getaway driver. Both of the last two stories feature early art by EC legend Bernie Krigstein. A Trigger in the Family; Rusty Bullets; The Sunshine Courier; The Black Chain; The Loaded Dutchman; The Cardboard Lamb; The Stone Net; The Gypsy Water Curse. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #13
    Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) 13
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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #0266170001

    Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Al Feldstein. Art by Johnny Craig, Jack Kamen, Sid Check, and Al Williamson. EC's New Trend crime title featured top-notch art and writing, barrier-pushing graphics and pre-Code violence. Helen suspects her sister Joan is having an affair with her husband, and the result of her suspicion is a fatal misunderstanding. In another version of the same story, she's not suspicious enough. These two are half-length stories called Quickies, featuring similar characters and romantic triangles. A young woman's homicidal rage could be the result of a cursed axe that once belonged to Lizzie Borden. Hear no Evil!; First Impulse!; Second Chance?; Freak!; A Question of Time!!; Forty Whacks! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #13
    Cuentos De Brujas (Mexican 1951-1964 La Prensa) 13

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    Spanish Language.

  • Issue #23
    Dagwood Comics (1950) 23

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    36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    5 days left Auction Harvey comics Chic Young's Dagwood #23 Oct vol 1 1952 very good

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  • Issue #91
    Daredevil Comics (1941 Lev Gleason) 91
    • Heavy water damage.

    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro and Norman Maurer. 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 race a crook to find the lost gold of outlaw Jesse James. Dilly Duncan gets a summer job at the circus and encounters a gorilla, whom he assumes to be his rival Gruesome Jones in a gorilla suit. The Little Wise Guys help the fire department track down a serial arsonist who's obsessed with the number 3. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Little Wise Guys: The Pistol Of Jesse James; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Circus Daze; Crimebuster; Little Wise Guys: Out Of The Firehouse Into The Fire. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #8
    Dear Lonely Heart (1951 Artful) 8

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    "Hopeless Dreams," "Subway Romance," "Taboo Love," and "Too Many Kisses." Published by Artful. Cover price $0.10.