Comic books January 1953

Stories and art by Henry Kiefer, Vince Napoli, Gerald Altman and Harry Harrison. Pre-Code horror comics from Trojan Magazines. Series continues from Beware (1952 Youthful) #12. Sometimes listed as Beware (1953 Trojan) #13. What is the connection between henpecked Clarence Homes and the humanoid slug that demands the love of beautiful Melissa? Brian lives to regret the things he said to his dying aunt after she returns from the grave. A modern-day family inherits a creepy old house inhabited by the Keeper of the Ghosts. Rebirth; The Horrible Offering; His Brother's Keeper; Wish For the Dead; Keeper of the Ghosts. 32 pages, Full Color. NOTE: #13 January on cover (Actual #1 in series). Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bernard Bailey. Stories and art by Sheldon Moldoff, Bill Woolfolk, Maurice Gutwirth and Bob McCarthy. Classic pre-Code horror from St. John. A police detective encounters a magical clock that sends people to Hell when it strikes thirteen. Traveling the polar wastes, two explorers are trapped in an igloo for months, and one of them is slowly going insane... or is it both? Gangsters force a Romani witch to use her powers to bring a ganglord back from the dead. The Horrors of the 13th Stroke; The Lonely One!; The Ghoul at Eldritch Manor!; Gray Matter; Return of the Dead! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Gene Colan. Curse of the Fire-Bird, art by Lin Streeter; When "ambitious" Lydia kills her husband with the stroke of a mace to inherit his fortunes, he changes into a phoenix and hunts her down to a fiery end. Wanted: Ghost Writer, art by Sy Grudko; Newspaper reporter Jerry Vincent takes on a night job for a creepy man with a hood sitting in a room full of torture instruments; Vincent writes story beginnings about actual events. The Hand of the Ancient Evil! The Scourge of the Undead, art by Jim McLaughlin. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "The Book of Beginnings (From Creation to Joseph)!" Adapted by Arthur S. Maxwell. Art by Harry Anderson and Russell Harlan. The Bible Story is a series of easy to read and understand books featuring over 400 stories in 10 hardcover volumes covering the entire Bible from Genesis to Revelation. Also including over 1,200 full color illustrations, this series is a wonderful look at the greatest story ever told and easily assessable by readers of all ages. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 192 pages, full color. All Ages

Stories and art by Frank Frazetta and Art Helfant. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. After Billy gets involved in a range war, everyone believes he is dead...which is just the way he wants it. True facts about gunfighting and slang terms of the Old West, featuring early art by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. Prospector Pete gives up prospecting for acting, and gets cast in a movie... as a prospector. The Cave on Suicide Mountain; Billy's Round Trip - To Death and Back; Billy the Kid Meets 'Monk'; Guns - Facts About Firearms; Somebody Gets Caught; Prospector Pete. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Winter 1953. The Black Bat in "Hot, Willing--and Deadly" by Stewart Sterling; "Right Guy" by William Degenhard; "Enough Rope" by Harold Helfer; "The Eyes of Murder" by Philip Ketchum; "A Place to Hide" by Richard Deming; "Holdup at Twin Palms" by Roger Dee; "Crazy" by Murray Leinster; "Girl in Trouble" by Robert Sidney Bowen; "He Killed 31" by Freeman Hubbard; and "Keep It Quiet" by Edward Ronns. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Black Diamond in "The Sanctuary of Death," "The Terror of the Headless Rider," and "The Sinister Saga of the Rattlesnake Pit." Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Kirby. Art by John Prentice, Alden McWilliams, Manny Stallman, George Roussos, Bob McCarty, Bill Draut, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby present their own contribution to the horror comics trend of the 1950s, featuring tales of ghosts and the paranormal. Issue # 20 on cover; listed as Vol. 3, issue #2 in indicia. A circus strongman is haunted to madness by the sound of his victim's footsteps. A man faces grim torture, but his torturer gets his comeuppance. Pilots who fly too fast find themselves growing younger. Birth After Death; Hatchet Man; Pied Piper of Flame; Ruby Riddle; The Patter of Little Feet!; Oddities in Miniature - The Strangest Stories Ever Told!; The Malay Boot!; Paid in Full; Crash Report. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Three untitled Black Rider stories (art by Syd Shores?). Two-Gun Kid back-up untitled story (art by George Tuska). Classic cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Reed Crandall. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Paul Gustavson and unknown. Art by Reed Crandall, Paul Gustavson and unknown. Featuring Blackhawk in: "Terror of the Crimson Hoods" by Bill Woolfolk and Reed Crandall; "Devil's Squadron!"; and "Vampire Men of Kunwalo!" with story by Bill Woolfolk. Plus: Chop Chop in an untitled back-up story by Paul Gustavson. And: 1-page text story "Man-Killer"! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Blondie Book (1953 Australian) is an Australian comic reprinting American material. 24-pages, color cover/b&w interior.

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Volume 96, Number 3 - January 1953, 8.25" x 11", 154 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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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. Sniffer and the Deadly Dozen start a new scam by impersonating a dating service. The Rocketeers return to Earth from Pluto, but on the way Simpy discovers a Soviet space-station and sets out to investigate. Smugglers come up with the unique idea of concealing gems inside a live tiger. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Crimebuster: Sniffer's Love or Money; Rocky X: Courage in a Sea of Fear; Jest For Laffs; Little Wise Guys: Scarecrow Believes in Signs; Two Hands in a Tiger's Mouth. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Comic book adventures of the famous Warner Bros. cartoon character Bugs Bunny. Bugs Bunny in "Football Luck," "Simple Si, the Private Eye," and an untitled story. Issue also has one-page gag strips. No story/art credits given. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Candy stars in: "A Passion for Fashion"; "Cave-Man Tactics"; "Earn While You Learn"; "So Nice on Ice"; and an untitled story. Plus: Will Bragg in "Tossin' the Bull!" co-starring Effy Gissel, Mrs. Mahoulahan and Fire Chief Carl Swenson. Also: Candy in 1-page text story "Exciting Interviews" co-starring Ted Dawson, Miss Kramer, Stewart Blair and Lana Lowry. 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 must find out how enemy fighters are staging raids far past where their available fuel should end. Captain Jet is assigned to take out miniature enemy submarines known as "sharks." A rescue helicopter saves Captain Jet after he is shot down over the ocean, at a time when helicopters were still a new technology. Sky Slaughter; Shark Killer; Secret Weapon; Crash Dive; Flying Skeletons. Final issue under this title; confusingly, numbering continues with Fantastic Fears (1953) #1, which was also listed as issue #7; there was no issue #6. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza and unknown. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) stars in: "Hand of Horror" with story by Otto Binder; "Captain Marvel Fights the Mongol Blood-Drinkers" by Otto Binder, C.C. Beck and Pete Costanza (the Scarlet Vampire appearance); and "Captain Marvel Battles Viking Villainy" with story by Otto Binder (Dexter Knox appearance). Plus: Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb tale "The Well-Dressed Dope!"; Captain Kid in "The New Suit"; and Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "Space Salvage" 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 C. C. Beck, 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. A tale of espionage in London sets Marvel Jr. against international spies, including a werewolf! A ham-radio operator alerts Captain Marvel Jr. to the presence of invading aliens, but the aliens are the size of insects. Plus an educational strip, Nature's Navigators, by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. The Werewolf of London; Judge Smudge; Rubbernose Randolph; Kanvasback: The Clothes Horse; Nature's Navigators; Bubble Trouble; The Lost Space Ship; The Funniest Looking Boy in the World. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Mort Lawrence, Gene Fawcette and Vince Alascia. Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Tales of adventure and espionage from the Cold War featuring ace pilot Steve Savage. Savage volunteers to take on a highly-armored experimental Soviet jet; Steve appears to enemies as the pilot of a ghost-plane after his jet is apparently shot down. Red Mystery Jet; Death at Bunker Hill; The Search; The Ghost Ship. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 2 - January 1953. Men's interest magazine featuring War, Hunting, and Adventure stories, along with cartoons, and in later issues Pictorials. This issue features articles on Bull Fighting! 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 90 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Al Avison, Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Abe Simon and Moe Marcus. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. Scientists create a ravenous bacteria and realize they can control its actions. Archaeologists encounter deadly ants and living mummies in a pyramid. A doctor learns how to read the minds of others, but the first person he tries it on turns out to be a murderous lunatic. Nightmare of Doom; Vengeful Corpse; The Place!; The Living Mummies; True Tales Of The Tomb; Mind Over Matter; Web of Doom! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Wiseman. Cartoons and jokes by readers and artists of the time. 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 64 pages, Text,(with B&W Illustrations and photos) Cover price $0.35.

Issue 67 - Australian Edition. Circa early to mid 1950's. Reprints "Uncle Tom's Cabin" 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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Men Against the Sea, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 104, with 1/53 date). Story continued from CI #100 "Mutiny on the Bounty". Following the mutiny, Captain Bligh and eighteen members of his crew are set adrift in an open boat. Unprotected against fierce storms, unarmed against attacks by savage natives and facing slow starvation, the men embarked on an amazing voyage of breathtaking adventures across thousands of miles of treacherous sea. Second part of the Bounty trilogy, last part continues in CI#109 "Pitcairn's Island". Cover price $0.15.

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Men Against the Sea, 2nd Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 114). Story continued from CI #100 "Mutiny on the Bounty". Following the mutiny, Captain Bligh and eighteen members of his crew are set adrift in an open boat. Unprotected against fierce storms, unarmed against attacks by savage natives and facing slow starvation, the men embarked on an amazing voyage of breathtaking adventures across thousands of miles of treacherous sea. Second part of the Bounty trilogy, last part continues in CI#109 "Pitcairn's Island". Cover price $0.15.

"Gracious! The Boards are loose on my house again! And the shingles!" starring Fox and the Crow, art by Jim Davis; Crawford convinces Fauntleroy he'd be better off living in a tree. Oil's Well starring Nutsy Squirrel, art by Rube Grossman; Nutsy tries to figure out what an oil can is for. Boy What a Perfect Day For a Picnic starring Dodo and the Frog, art by Otto Feuer. "Hey, Bo! Who's your tailor?" starring Bo Bunny, script and art by Sheldon Mayer. "Hey Unc - Too bad we haven't got a bottle of milk with us!" starring Doodles Duck, script and art by Sheldon Mayer. WREEEOOOOOOOOOOOEEE starring Dizzy Dog, script and art by Sheldon Mayer. "Let's take a dip in the old swimming hole and cool off!" starring Goofy Goose, art by Rube Grossman. "Farmer Brown left the door of his hen house open!" starring Pinky and Winky, art by Rube Grossman. "Misery! Misery! Suffer! Suffer! Suffer!" starring Nip and Chip, art by Otto Feuer. Robin Could starring Tortoise and the Hare, art by Rube Grossman. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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

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Photo cover. In order of appearance: "My Uncertain Heart" reprinted in Love Experiences (1949) #36; "His Mother Came Between Us"; "Dollar-Sign Romance"; and "Defiant Love". "For a More Glamorous You: Eye Savers, Sunlight in Your Eyes, A Line a Day, Some Eye Tricks, How to Make a Boy Feel Important, Dress Up for Him..." text article reprinted from "Glamorizing Yourself..." in Glamorous Romances (1949) #43 and reprinted as "For a More Glamorous You..." in Complete Love Magazine Vol. 28 (1953) #1 and as "For Beauty's Sake..." in Ten Story Love Vol. 36 (1955) #2. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Art Gates and others. Romance comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Marianne falls for handsome artist Owen when he rents a room in her family's Victorian-era boarding house. A fortune teller gets blindsided by love, but she also doesn't see the heartache coming. Rebellious Florence is torn between bad-boy Mark and lawyer Louis, and gets arrested for being a "good-time girl." Also featuring a vintage ad for "50 Combat Action Plastic Toys." Halfway Up the Landing; He Kissed and Told!; My Fateful Love; My Day-Dream of Love; I Rebelled Against Convention. Followed by Confessions of Love (1953 Star Publications) #4, confusingly enough. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lynn Karp. Stories and art by Lynn Karp and others. Teen hijinks featuring Cookie and his pals, created by legendary animator Dan Gordon. Cookie gets his fingers stuck in a bowling ball, and Jitterbuck schemes to conceal it; A TV hypnotist puts Cookie to sleep, so Zoot changes the channel to keep him that way; Disapproving business types want to shut down Reds Soda Jerkerie, where Cookie and his gang hang out. Cookie; Genius on Wheels; Fatfoot Freddie; Jitterbuck: Jitterbuck 'Wot a Pal' Jones!; Baseball Bobby; Big Time Operators; Cookie: Cookie and the Brazen Hussy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.