Comic books December 1952

Indicia title is "ANNIE OAKLEY, No. 438." Cover art by Mike Arens. Different ways to build campfires for cooking, art by August Lenox. Annie Oakley and the Death Brand; Annie and Tagg find a steer with a message branded on it with a running iron saying "Dying - BB shot LS"; Annie's neighbor is Luke Simmons and when they go to check they find that Bat Braddock is in charge of the Simmons ranch and Simmons is missing; Annie goes to town to get advice from Colonel Dyke, not knowing that Dyke is a partner with Braddock in the scheme. Gunsight Gal; Annie is working as a sharpshooter in her uncle's traveling carnival, when she receives a telegram that she has inherited a ranch from a distant relative. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Harvey Eisenberg. Stories by unknown. Art by Lee Hooper and Harvey Eisenberg. Featuring four untitled tales and a 1-pager on the inside back cover, plus activity pages on the inside front cover and the back cover. Starring Little Hiawatha, Sunflower and Big Chief! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "THE FAMOUS HORSE CLASSIC, BLACK BEAUTY, No. 440." Painted cover art by Morris Gollub. Black Beauty, art by Morris Gollub; Adventures of the horse Black Beauty in the 19th Century, who is owned by a variety of owners, ranging from kind to cruel. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "FEARLESS FAGAN, No. 441." Cover art by Don Gunn. Fearless Fagan, art by Don Gunn; Lion-tamer Floyd Hilston is drafted into the Army. Not wanting to leave his pet lion, Fearless Fagan, he keeps him the woods near the base; One afternoon he and Fagan are discovered by actress Abby Ames, who is playing a show at the base; She guides the Army to Fagan, but they think it's a publicity stunt and tow Fagan and his cage to the base; After some misadventures, Fagan has to be transferred back to the circus, but he attacks a cruel lion-tamer during the transfer and is wounded; Fagan escapes into the forest, where he is sought by Floyd and Abby. Based on the 1952 M-G-M movie "Fearless Fagan." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Jim Davis. Uncle Bernie's Fun Shop novelty shop ad. Untitled The Fox and the Crow story, pencils by Jim Davis; Fox drives Crow crazy with his music for "Little Boy Blue". Crow shows up as Little Boy Blue, dupes Fox out of $200, and makes him stop singing. Ad for Tootsie Rolls and the Tootsie Hippodrome television show. Superman Shows How UNICEF Spells Help for the Children of the World public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. Untitled he Fox and the Crow story, pencils by Jim Davis; Crawford Crow makes amends with Fauntleroy Fox to trick him into giving him half of his inherited billion -- feet of string! Untitled The Hound and the Hare story, pencils by Jim Davis. House ad for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer #3. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Clement Moore, L. B. Cole and Al Fago. Funny-animal hijinks from Star Publications. Neddy Bear and Squire Squirrel set out to collect berries for a pie, but then Greedy Pig comes along and does what Greedy Pig does best. Jocko takes Myrtle to the ball game for a date, and comical hijinks ensue. Kittens Tick, Tack and Toe's plan for a picnic in the woods turns into a battle with wasps, bears and a snapping turtle. Plus the classic Christmas poem Twas the Night Before Christmas. The Night Before Christmas; Neddy Bear; Fast Little Fox; Myrtle and Jocko; Fraidy Colt; Tick, Tack and Toe; Johnny and Woof. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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December 1952. Humor Digest featuring jokes and cartoons. Marie Wilson and Esther Williams interior photo covers. Cover by Frank Beaven. Cartoons by Frank Beaven, Bob Tupper, George Troop, Bill Wenzel, and others. Softcover Digest, saddle-stitched, 5 1/4-in. x 7-in., 100 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Otto Feuer. Buzzy Says "You Get What You Vote For!" public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer; Joe discovers you can't get what you want if you don't vote. Unttiled The Dodo and the Frog story, art by Otto Feuer; Fenimore inherits a million dollars and Dunbar asks for just one dollar (with a catch). Untitled story, art by Rube Grossman; Pinky and Winky go fishing. The Dodo and the Frog Fun Shop activity 2 pages by Martin Naydel; Puzzles and factoids. Untitled story, art by Otto Feuer; Chip tries to get Nip to buy his flattened football. Comic Cavalcade ad. Untitled story, art by Rube Grossman; Biggety wins a new car in a raffle and Willy tries to trick him out of it. "Mr. Dodo Meets Mr. Wolf" text story starring Dunbar Dodo and Fenimore Frog. Untitled The Dodo and the Frog story, art by Otto Feuer; Fenimore schemes to get into the circus for free. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. What better way to best the outlaw called Pop Corn than by using the smell of popcorn itself? Gabby's horse Corker, in many ways the brains of the team, is hypnotized by the mesmerist Evil Eye Blink. When a shipment of sports equipment comes through town, Gabby winds up using tennis rackets and golf clubs to take on outlaw Hot Lead McNasty. Favorite line this issue: "Seems I stepped on yore corn, Corn! Now to bop yuh on the jaw, Pop!" Popping Trouble; Loonie Les; Chief Gray Matter; Young Falcon: Killer at the Hunt!; Hammer Head; Loco Lew; Corker, the Outlaw; Snow Fun; Lil Buck; Cactus Brain; Sports Champion. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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December 1952. Cover by Camerage. Stories: "Ring Around the Sun"(Part 1) by Clifford D. Simak, "The Reluctant Weapon" by Howard L. Myers, "The Deep" by Isaac Asimov, "Homesick" by Lyn Venable, "The Leech" by Phillips Barbee, and "Cost of Living" by Robert Sheckley. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; 160 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Comic book featuring the famous singing cowboy hero Gene Autry. Gene Autry photo cover. "Guns of Chance"; Blackie Swan is busted out of jail by his bunch, and hit in the leg, needs a doctor; Gene is mistaken for the doc, and is taken blindfolded to the killer's hideout. "Gene Autry in Twin Trouble," art by Nicholas Firfires; A bank robber disguised as Gene Autry, makes his getaway, and the Sheriff chase the real Gene instead; He escapes, and is soon on the track of his double. "The Torch," art by Tony Sgroi; Gene is commissioned by The Vigilantes to hunt down a breed renegade called El Hachon, The Torch, and he trace him to a small town below the border. "The Combination," art by Tony Sgroi; Gene is on his way to clear an innocent man for a murder; The same man is caught in a framed up stage robbery, but Gene has his idea who the real robbers are. "The Wrong Rustler" text story. "Treasure of the Rock Pens," art by Tony Sgroi; Panhandle Pete are figuring on having a look for the elusive treasure of the Rock Pens, but the kids are eager to hear more about the Pens before he leaves. The famous Daysy 1000-shot Red Ryder Cowboy Carabine ad. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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(A-1 Comics #71) Cover by Dick Ayers. Art by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #71. Western horror with the original Ghost Rider, a marshal who uses special effects to make outlaws think he's an otherworldly avenger. The Ghost Rider investigates after the Monster of Frankenstein itself suddenly begins terrorizing his little Western town; Jed Gunner sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for a gold mine; Ghost Rider learns that the tiger terrorizing a traveling circus is actually two contortionists in a bullet-proof tiger suit. Ghost Rider vs. Frankenstein; Tales of the Ghost Rider: The Devil and Jed Gunner; The Spirit Spurs; Tales of the Ghost Rider: My Friend the Hangman; The Devil Tiger. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Dick Dillin. "Operation Massacre" Korean War story, script by Robert Bernstein, pencils by John Daly. "Prison Camp Slaughter," script by Robert Bernstein, art by Pete Morisi; Some panicked G.I.s decide that surrender is better than certain death in battle; After all, how bad can the Communist prison camps be?; They learn, to their regret, that their seemingly enlightened captors are really heartless butchers. "Behind Enemy Lines"; A paratrooper, uncertain of his own valor, goes afoul on his first mission; Alone and wounded behind enemy lines, he is aided by a young boy who looks up to him; The G.I. must find the bravery within him when the enemy closes in on him and the boy. "Killer Raid" text story. "The Human Fly on Heartbreak Hill" Korean War story, art by Charles Nicholas. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Giant-sized issue. Painted cover art by Clarence Doore. 50 Combat Action Plastic Toys ad. Mr. President starring G.I. Joe, art by Henry Sharp. Scared starring G.I. Joe, art by Henry Sharp. The Willing Woodchopper starring Pvt. Bragg, pencils by Ben Brown and David Gantz [as Brown & Gantz], inks by David Gantz [as Brown & Gantz]. Ordered to Die! starring G.I. Joe, art by Henry Sharp. Smile of Koo Gang starring G.I. Joe, art by Henry Sharp. Cover Me, Buddy--Here Are Your Boys, art by Bill Ely. Musical Chairs starring The Yardbirds, pencils by Dan DeCarlo. Medal for Willie starring G.I. Joe, pencils by Irv Novick. Two Men on a Bike starring G.I. Joe, pencils by Irv Novick; Joe and the Sarge meet a strange Korean character named Chansun Chollie. Top-Secret Shop-Lifter starring Wendy the WAF, pencils by Dan DeCarlo. Dear John starring G.I. Joe, pencils by Irv Novick. Some get letters from girls at home and some dont. Mirror, Mirror on the Wall starring Buddies, art by Bill Ely. 100 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 5, Issue 10 - December, 1952. Cover photo of Lili St. Cyr by Bernard of Hollywood. Glamor photos of models both professional and amateur. 8" x 10.5", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Ben Brown & David Gantz. Stories by unknown. Art by Ben Brown & David Gantz, Myron Fass?, Leon Winik and unknown. She had to fight her sister...for love! Was her sister a love thief...or wasn't he meant for her? Featuring: "I'll Wait for You"; "Man Crazy"; "Momism or Me"; and "Goodbye to Love"! Plus: 2-page text story "Cooking...with Love" by Gertrude Jameson; "Tell it to Sweeney!" letters pages; and 1-page Fat Stuff the Happy Hobo humor tale by Art Helfant. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Jim McLaughlin. Dead Ringer, pencils by Mike Sekowsky; Death and Fate take control on a France-bound airplane; They crash the plane, leaving a sole survivor; Hubert Newton takes on the identity of rich French heir Victor de Murrain and moves into his family castle. The Mystery Of The Tarot, pencils by Mike Sekowsky; A husband kills his wife, who loves her tarot cards; The murderer is hunted down by Fate and the personifications of the tarot cards. Ring Of Evil; Nada Chenier steals an ancient mummy's ring commanding a genie; Fate warns her that she will not find happiness, but damnation; Nada wishes herself beautiful things, but they are tainted and crawling with spiders and scarabs. The Doom of the Lucky Devil, pencils by Bill Molno; Gangster "Lucky" Daniels is requested by Fate to change his ways. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Graham Ingels. Nobody There!--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A man blackmails a doctor into transplanting his head onto another man's body, at first to avoid deformity and eventually to achieve immortality. A Creep in the Deep!--The Vault of Horror!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by George Evans; A man's wife is a attacked by a vampire while she is out in a rowboat in the middle of a lake and he is spear fishing. ...From Hunger!--The Old Witch's Grim Fairy Tale!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen. The Coffin!--The Crypt of Terror, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; E.C.'s first authorized Ray Bradbury adaptation. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Clarence Doore. Stories and art by George Olesen, Ed Silverman and Art Peddy. Tough marshal Bob Hardie is better known to friend and foe alike as The Hawk. The Hawk stops a hanging, but that doesn't sit right with a group of vigilantes. Outlaws lead a band of renegade Apaches, and Hardie tries to stop them without angering the other Apaches nearby. Owlhoots ambush the Hawk and leave him to die in the desert. Dead Man's Vengeance!; Leverett's Last Stand; The Disappearing Mustang; Killer Venom; Creatures of the Western Badlands; The Desert Rat: Trap for a Killer; The Little Sheriff : The Safe Guard; Dry River Rampage! Final Ziff-Davis issue; St. John took over publishing with the next issue. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and others. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Cops use technology to track down dealers in black-market medicines; An ex-con goes to work for a crooked charity run by mobsters; G-men track murdering train robbers for five years. The Charity Chiselers!; Closeups; An Eye for an Eye!; Shoe Tipoff; The Has-Been!. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage supermarket tabloid magazine full of high profile true crime stories of the FBI and the CIA, some with testimonials from those involved in, or close to the cases themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+. Cover price $0.25.

December 1952. Humor Digest featuring jokes and cartoons. Photo pin-ups of Martha Vickers & Barbara Bates on interior covers. 4 cartoons by George Troop. 5 cartoons by Frank Beaven. Softcover Digest, 5 1/4-in. x 7-in., 100 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories by unknown. Art and Cover by Owen Fitzgerald. Howie's in the army now! Featuring two untitled Here's Howie tales with art by Owen Fitzgerald, plus an untitled Melvin tale with art by Fitzgerald. Also in this issue: Untitled Winnie the WAC tale with art by Fitzgerald; Private Pete 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Block Busters activity half-pager by Martin Naydel; and 2-page text story "A Knotty Problem"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

"V For Valor" (art by Bill Walton); "Orders are Orders"; "At the Risk of Death"; "He Went Over the Hill" (art by Walton); "Commended for Saving a Life"; "Mother Receives Son's Medal"; "Johnny on the Spot"; "Like Father Like Son"; "Lost in the Woods"; "Congressional Medal of Honor"; "River Loses Victim"; "A Friend in Need"; and "No Greater Love" (art by Sid Couchey). Painted cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Tom Hickey and Lee Elias. A romance comic from Harvey, as the teens of the 1950s explore the new world of dating. Toni is torn between possessive chauffeur Vic and his unsuspecting boss, Phil. "Bathing beauty" contest winner Janice dates pushy Nick, who sullies her reputation with late-night dates and reckless driving. Norma hopes a school counsel election will get her close to longtime crush Jack, but never expects to win the attention of class president Tommy. Love-Crazed; Violent Passion; Bitter Interlude; One Wild Night!; It's Too Late Now; Too Young To Kiss! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Frank Bolle and others. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. Hopalong escorts two businessmen to retrieve the pirate treasure they've had shipped to them, but outlaws find out about the shipment and plan a dynamite heist, in a three-part story. Knocked overboard unconscious, he actually recovers because "...clean-living keeps Hopalong healthy." In another story, Hoppy tries to figure out the connection between a counterfeiting ring and a drowned man. The Treasure Trove of Death; Hill Billy; Whitey Whiskers: The Witness; Vaudevillian Vic; Silent City; The Mysterious Drowning; Windy: The Desert Dope. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

UK Edition. black and white; 24 pages.

Cover by Bob Powell. Stories and art by Bob Powell and others. Fawcett taps into the teen racing scene of the 1950s with one of the earliest racing comics. When a judge takes an interest in the Road Knights hot rods, Clint feels pressure to impress him that they can be responsible street racers. Every issue has illustrated mechanical and racing-culture features. This issue includes Unique Cars, a look at experimental models the Jetmobile, The Fulton Airphibian, and the Phantom Corsair. Clint enters a contest that will test his hot rods ability to take to the hills, in a story with plenty of cool car imagery by Bob Powell. Clint Curtis Drags Hizzoner; Know Your Spark Plugs!; Code of the Road; Squeaks and Rattles; Unique Cars; Steeler the Dealer; Locating Engine Miss; Clint Curtis: Hot Rod Hillclimb; Tightwad Tad. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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.

Cover by Ruben Moreira. "The Secret of the Little Black Bag!," art by Ruben Moreira; Louis the barber meets a childhood friend, Andy Decca; Decca is a rising counterfeiter in the mob hierarchy with contempt for the little people. "Partners In Fear!," art by Leonard Starr; Two friends try to outrival each other; One has high anxiety, the other goes mad with fear of falling. Unicef Spells Help for the Children of the World! public service announcement with Superman, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. "The Unwanted Guest!," art by Jerry Grandenetti; Englishman Mark Yeaton blackmails his American relatives and moves into their home, indulging in luxuries. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Australian Publication. Featuring Humphrey in "Safer at Home", "Between The Acts", and "Humphrey's Joggerfy Quiz"; Li'l Dot in "The 'Yes' Woman"; Little Max in "The Funny Bunny", and "Nobody's Nickel". 20 Pages, B&W.

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December, 1952, Issue 7. 5-3/8 in. x 7-5/8 in; black and white; 164 pages. Cover price $0.35.

Painted cover art by Sam Savitt. "Split Pine" text story by George Haas. "Bear Medicine"; Crippled warrior Crooked Knife seeks ways to be a warrior again so he might wed Willow Fern; After a cliff fall pushes his broken leg bone back into place, he travels to the Blackfoot camp to rescue his fellow warriors. "A Chief is Made"; Strong Pine loves Raven Eye, but a Chief's daughter may only marry a Chief's son, such as Gray Porpoise, the son of Chief Whale Fin. Photograph of a skunk family with commentary. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Maurice Whitman. Art by Tony D'Adamo and others. Western adventure stories told from the perspective of the first Americans. Lone Wolf discovers a plot to assassinate a peaceful chieftain and send tribes into a disastrous war with the U.S; The true story of Chief Black Hawk, who initiated the last Native American war east of the Mississippi River; An illustrated text article on Tribes of the Southeast (Part 1). Another vibrant cover likely by Maurice Whitman. Indians of the Plains; Warriors of the West; Orphan of the Storm; The First Americans; Lone Wolf; Long Bow; Indian Legends. 32 pages, Full Color Cover price $0.10.

One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.15.

Jetta in "Man Trouble," "Jet Jaunt," and "My Cosmic Hero." Zoomer back-up story, "Frat Race." Dan DeCarlo art. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by George McManus (credited), and George Swanson. 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. The theatre becomes yet another avenue for Maggie's pretensions to disrupt Jiggs's peace of mind. Half-Pint Hogan chases a thief. Also featuring stories from Bringing Up Father's topper strip, Snookums. Stage Struck!; Snookums: Harmonica Player!; Jiggs Can't Win!; Half-Pint Hogan: Stop, Thief!; The Close Call; If You Don't Weaken!; Grand Uproar!; The Flop Family: Talking Parrots. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.