Comic books January 1953

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Hastings Edition - Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Prince Valiant on the Inland Sea!" Story and art by Hal Foster. Adapted by Max Trell. Across a decaying Roman Empire, on the isles of Greece, and upon the waves of the Mediterranean Sea, Prince Valiant repels the attacks of pirates and Arab raiders as he searches for the ever elusive, and bewitching, Aleta, Queen of the Misty Isles. Hardcover, 128 pages, B&W. NOTE: Prose story with B&W illustrations on every page. Cover price $3.95.

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Stories and art by Ben Brown, David Gantz and Ed Smalle. Horror-themed superheroics from Toby Press featuring Dr. Weir, who wields the mystic power of the Purple Claw. Dr. Jonathan Weir crash-lands in Africa, where he helps a local tribe survive a plague. The grateful tribe entrusts him with the mystical artifact known as The Purple Claw, giving him the power to battle evil. In his debut adventures, he faces Dr. Gool's army of the undead, and gangster's moll Brima Stone, who has the powers of witchcraft. Plus a look at the challenges of space travel that reflects the technology of 1953. The Power of the Purple Claw; The Devil Is a Dame; Doorway to Darkness; Problems of Space Travel. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Pocket-sized digest. Cover price $0.10.

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Red Ryder stars in two untitled stories. Untitled Aunty Duchess and Little Beaver back-up stories. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Red Ryder story, Red Ryder and Little Beaver follow a pair of bank robbers to an old mill. Little Beaver story. Auntie Duchess story. Traveling in the Old West article by Fred Harman, art by Tony Sgroi. Red Ryder story, Red Ryder wards off two men trying to steal a map from a stagecoach. Placer miners and lode miners article, art by August Lenox. Indian Moccasin Tracks article, art by August Lenox. Tom Fears of the Los Angeles Rams Wheaties ad. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Ralph Carlson and others. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. "Undercover Marshal" Rocky learns that the unveiling of a town's new statue will set off a dynamite explosion, and then it's a race against time. Framed for murder, Rocky is stymied when the real killer is female and he "can't hit a woman," so he goes for a Three Stooges approach instead. A man thinks he might make a good actor, because his arm was in a cast once. Sagebrush; Gopher-Face; The Statue of Devastation; Dee Dickens: The Tough Hombre; The Frame-Up; Doctor of Law; Experienced!; The Ghost City That Came to Life; Fizzy: Barber Shop Blues. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. Ad for Whitman Peter Pan books. Christmas at Corbett's Curve starring Roy Rogers, Trigger, and Bullet, art by Albert Micale; Roy and the FBI are on the lookout for two men suspected of sabotaging government installations. Mountain Mystery, art by the Al McKimson team; Roy and an old prospector track down an armored car that has been stolen. Man Hunt starring Roy Rogers, art by Albert Micale. Highway Robbery text article. Chuckwagon Charley's Tale story, art by Ray Thayer. Sugar Crisp comic strip on back cover. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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January 1953. Previously published as Fantasy Advertiser until Vol 5. Science fiction reviews, ads, essays, illustrations and articles. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Vol. 49 #1 - January 1953. Movie Fan Magazine that uses movie stills and text to retell a movie. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 82 pages. B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Volume 1, Issue 1 - Winter, 1953. Vintage digest full of dramatic sea adventure stories including an entire novel by Pulitzer Prize winner, James G. Cozzens titled, "S.S. San Pedro" - Tragedy and terror trail the S.S. San Pedro like some dark-finned tiger shark the moment she is put to sea. Aboard are such memorable characters as Dr. Percival, first to notice that the ship "floated not quite level"; First Mate, Anthony Bradell, who faced duty as he found it; and the lovely, wholly desirable Marilee, who proved to Bradell that there is more to life than salt water and ship schedules. Drama, suspense and action against a backdrop of restless waters, makes "S.S. San Pedro a reading experience never to be forgotten! Other stories include; "The Diver of the Rebecque" by Garland Roark, "Port of Lonely Men" by William McFee, "The Mistress of Cku" by Thomas H. Raddall, and many others. 5" x 7.5", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. Hopalong Cassidy offers to trade places with a stagecoach driver who's been targeted by the corrupt ex-partner he helped put in jail. Monte Hale is ambushed by a man with a strawberry birthmark, who mistook him for another tall cowpoke. "Secret Marshal" Rocky Lane tries to get to the bottom of it when one rancher's cattle show up in another rancher's pen. Hopalong Cassidy: The Ominous Note; Brainy Buster; Lash LaRue: The Mystery of the Locket; Ten-Gallon Tex; Monte Hale: The Case of the Strawberry Birthmark; Hammer Head; Wrangler's Woes; Rocky Lane: The Marks of Innocence; Lamebrain Lem. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 4, Issue 1 - January 1954. Men's adventure magazine featuring articles on sports, hunting politics and crime. 10-in. x 13-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 28, Issue 3 - January, 1953. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by Damon Knight, Murray Leinster, James E. Gunn, Kendell Foster Crossen, Roger Dee, Isaac Asimov, Jack Lewis, and Jack Vance. Virgil Finlay (2), Emsh, and Alex Schomburg illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 146 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $490.00 View scans Paper: Off white Slab: Scratch on front of case; Scratch on back of case; Scuffing to inner well of case Label #3886194003

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Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "Zombie Vengeance"; An aviator crashes in Haiti. He finds a house of zombies who welcome him in; He and a zombie woman escape the other zombies and their zombie dogs. "Death Thumbs a Ride"; A man learns that his wife is having an affair; He kills her and her lover and buries them in the basement. "Was It a Dream?" text story by Charles James. "You Can't Cheat a Ghost"; Three criminals search for pirate gold; One fools the others into thinking he's the ghost of the pirate. "Night of Horror"; A writer of horror books has writer's block; He goes to a movie to steal an idea; He falls asleep and when he wakes he's alone in the theater so he runs a movie. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Horrible Herman, script by Stan Lee, art by Joe Maneely. The Grinning Skulls, art by Werner Roth; When a man attempts to steal skulls from a totem pole, his head becomes the latest addition to the top of the pole. You Only Die Once text story. The Experiment, art by George Tuska; A scientist creates a process that he thinks will evolve a gorilla into a human being. The Golden Coffin, pencils by Mike Sekowsky; A man summons the ghost of King Midas and demands his power to turn objects to gold. The Man Who Talked To Ghosts, script by Stan Lee, art by Carl Burgos. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Albert Tyler. Stories and art by A. C. Hollingsworth, Gus Ricca, Pete Morisi, Rafael Astarita, Lou Cameron, Ben Brown, David Gantz, Albert Tyler and Bill Molno. Classic pre-Code horror from St. John. 100-page special. An amusement park is cursed by the vengeful ghost of its murdered owner. The stage magician named Satan the Great gets a chance to make a deal with the real thing. A modern-day doctor from a Native reservation finds himself 80 years in the past. In another time-travel story, modern-day hunters are transported 200 years in the future, when humankind is enslaved by monsters, and firearms are a lost technology. Bondage cover by Albert Tyler. The Devils Chair; The Amusement Park Terror; A Plot of Land; The Vision on Death; The Deep Pit; The Forgotten People; Satan the Great; Carnival of Death; Back from the Dead; Wrath of Ra-Amun; Monsters of Another Time; The Ghost Light; Peril Haunts the Depths; Life Without End; Convicted by a Ghost; The Phantom Airman; Payment in Full. 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Ernest Schroeder, Ben Brown, David Gantz and Myron Fass. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. For sinister reasons, a man slips his niece and her husband a magic potion that shrinks them down to four inches tall. A monster created for a hoax turns out to be real. A scientist's super intellect-booster works too well on the test rats. The Curse of King Kala; Death from the Sea; The Man Who Imagined a Monster; Who Shall Inherit the Earth?; Li'l Pepp. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Lex Barker photo cover. "Tarzan Faces Death on the Desert," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Tom Culver, seeking the lost Maypools, meets Dr. MacWhirtle in Nairobi; MacWhirtle agrees to introduce Culver to Tarzan; When they find Tarzan he tells them that the Maypools are in New Athne. MacWhirtle flies Tom there and Tom is captured by the Athneans. "Tarzan on the Trail of the Leopard Men," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Tarzan helps his friend Buto rescue Buto's younger sister, Nee-Issa, from a leopard cult; With Tantor's help, the leopard cult village is destroyed. "The Day of Departure" text story starring Mabu. "Brothers of the Spear," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Russ Manning; Kongoni arranges for the Aba-Zulu headmen to pledge their loyalty to Dan-El. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Hypnotized Hero"; Spike is sent on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines after being hypnotized by Bat. "Week-End in Paris"; Spike and Bat encounter a cadre of communists in Paris. "Coney Island Caper," art by Jack Sparling; Spike and Bat are asked to tend a brat who leads them on a wild goose chase around Coney Island. "Here comes Lover O'Leary...," art by Jack Sparling; Lover O'Leary takes a couple of nerdy, young Marines to the circus and expounds upon Good Girls. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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L.B. Cole cover. Referenced in Geoffrey Wagner's "Parade of Pleasure". All stories reprinted from Jo-Jo Comics (1945) #10. In order of appearance: "Tyrants of Terror" retitled from "The Tiny Tyrants!"; "Jungle Curiosities" art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth; "Trance of Terror" retitled from "Jo-Jo Congo King, Trance of Terror!"; and "Ransom for the Dead" retitled from "Jo-Jo Congo King, Ransom for the Dead!". "Death Dance" text story also reprinted in Jungle Prince (1948) #4, Crimes by Women (1948) #9, Spook (1954) #28 and Strange Mysteries (1958 I.W. Reprint) #9. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Theatre Arts Monthly (January, 1953). TAM is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures. Broadway and Hollywood. 8.5-in. x 11-in, 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Cover by Bob Forgione. "The Tale of a Salem Witch," pencils by Art Capello, inks by Dick Giordano; A witch helps a man regain his stolen horses; She lets a ship sink so that the animals can swim ashore. "The Weird Tale of the Rock Bound Ghost," art by Bob Forgione; A gang of smugglers encouters ghosts from the past at a lighthouse; In helping the ghosts settle an old score, the men are promised a gold treasure. "Vengence Will Be Mine," art by Dick Giordano; Two businessmen commit theft and murder, but frame their partner for the crimes. "The Riddle of Benares" text story. "The Warlock of London," art by Collier; The witcher Rego takes human form by using magic brews and terrorizes London society in the disguise of Lord Harwood. "An Ancient Ghost Story," art by Dick Giordano. "Jibaro Madness," art by Bob Forgione; Explorers searching for the secret of head-shrinking are captured by madman Maximo; He shrinks them to doll size and prepares to cut their heads off. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Featuring: Tom & Jerry tale; Adventures of Tom tale; Barney Bear & Benny Burro tale; Jerry & Tuffy 2-pager; Big Spike & Little Tyke tale; Droopy 1-pager; Bertie Bird text story "New Friend"; Wuff the Prairie Dog tale; Flip 'n' Dip 2-pager; and Fuzzy & Wuzzy tale. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Art Cappello and Al Fago. Stories and art by Frank Frollo and Art Cappello. Early romance comics that include noirish tales of melodrama, scandal and deceit. After a plane crash, Gail assumes the identity of her wealthy twin sister Wendy. But when a witness blackmails her, she contemplates murder. Ruth falls for wealthy Chris, but fortune-hunter Diana learns about Ruth's criminal past. Ellen is worried that her family's scandal will prevent her from finding love, and worse, that her father's insanity might be hereditary. Plus a comics adaptation of a Romantic poem by Lord Byron, "On With the Dance." Understudy to a Tragedy; They Called Me a Sinner... But!; My Diary Exposed My Secret; It Happened That Way; Out of the Darkness. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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2nd and later printings. By Walt Kelly. Trade paperback containing Pogo comic strips based on various fairy tales such as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and children's rhymes. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.00.

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Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. Three men spend the night in a haunted lighthouse. A wife's hatred of her husband's undertaking job drives her murderously insane. A woman poisons her lover's wife, resulting in madness and revenge from the beyond the grave. Corpses of the Jury; Death Light?; Man-Killer; Ghoul for a Day; The Spiteful Spirit. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Don Heck. "Grim Trio," art by Don Heck; Korean War tale about three American soldiers, Russo, Barnes and Cooper. "Death-Trap," art by Don Heck; Korean War story about an American piloting a plane called "Death-Trap." "A Man's Weapon" text story by Charles X. F. Houts; Korean War story about Sgt. Bill Barker. "Wise Guy!", art by Don Heck; Korean War story about American sharp-shooter Marine PFC Lou O'Neil. "Loudmouth!"; A Korean War story where Clancy, a loudmouth soldier, claims he can fly a plane, then has to prove it when his entire crew is incapacitated. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas, and Bill Discount. Suspense-filled horror tales that weave a Web of Mystery for the reader! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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This key and very classic EC issue begins with an Al Feldstein dinosaurs and space cover. "In the Beginning" (art by Joe Orlando), "Ahead of the Game" (art by Bill Elder), "The Aliens" (art by Al Williamson with Roy Krenkel), the classic story that features a single full infinity page in which two aliens gaze at a page the repeats itself into infinity and say "Squa Tront!" and "Spa Fon" (and we ALL know what that means!), and Ray Bradbury's haunting "There Will Come Soft Rains" (art by Wally Wood). NOTE: See 1st Series for 1951 #17. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Basil Wolverton. Stories and art by Tony Mortellaro, Eugene Hughes, Hy Fleishman and Basil Wolverton. Pre-Code tales of science fiction and horror from Stanley Morse Publications. After being abducted by aliens, a man returns to Earth to find civilization destroyed. During a mountain-climbing trip, a man plots revenge against the friend who's sleeping with his wife. A woman decides to free herself from her domineering sister once and for all. Plus an adventure of whimsical spacefaring hero Jumpin' Jupiter. Stories and a classic alien cover by comics legend Basil Wolverton. The Man from the Moon; The Worm Turns; Else Youll Be Dead; Jumpin' Jupiter; Worst Enemy; Under Her Thumb; Torture! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Don Heck cover. Includes the particularly gruesome "Den of Horror," in which an evil playboy transforms his lavish drawing room into a...well, you know. Plus text pieces on sin eating and dowsing. Edited by Allen Hardy. Stories by Pete Morisi, Don Perlin, Abe Simon, and Rudy Palais. Horror, suspense, and Weird Terror tales patterned after the classic EC comics. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 6, Issue 4 - January, 1953. Cover by Peter Driben. Men's interest magazine: "The Stories Behind the Headlines". 8.5" x 11.5", 54 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $380.00 View scans Paper: Off white Label #4317343007

Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "The Man Who Shook the Earth," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman vs. Mole Men. Wonder Women of History: three-page Marie Elizabeth Zakrzewska bio by Julius Schwartz. Superboy stars in a one-page public service announcement, "Superboy Discovers a New Kind of Junior Sport!" Superman is on Television! ad. "Her Crowning Glory" text article. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.