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Comic books February 1953

  • Issue #57
    Headline Comics (1943 Prize) 57
    • Water damage.
    • Staples added (not manufacturing). Centerfold detached.

    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 forensics to reconstruct a killer from his footprints; An embezzler is forced to join a counterfeiting ring; A killer tries to strong-arm another man into taking the rap. Counterfeit; Closeups; The Deadly Alibi; Public Eye; See No Evil. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 11 #4

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    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.

  • Issue #59
    Hello Buddies (1940's) 59

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    February 1952. Humor Digest featuring jokes and cartoons for men. Pre-Playboy Photo pin-up of Marilyn Monroe inside front cover. Cartoons by George Troop, Frank Beaven, Henry Boltinoff, and others. Softcover Digest, 5 1/4-in. x 7-in., 100 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #29
    Henry (1948-1961 Dell) 29

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    "The Stone Age Story" and "Henry Lowers the Boom!" Little Guy back-up story, "Hi-Hat!" 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    Here's Howie Comics (1952) 7

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    Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Howie's in the army now! Featuring two untitled Here's Howie tales, plus an untitled Melvin tale. Also in this issue: Untitled Winnie the WAC tale; Block Busters activity page by Martin Naydel; two Private Pete 1-pagers by Henry Boltinoff; and 2-page text story "Accent on Wendy"! Plus: 1-page public service announcement "Superboy Discovers a New Kind of Junior Sport!" by Jack Schiff and Win Mortimer. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #80
    Heroic Comics (1940 Famous Funnies) 80

    Painted cover by Henry Kiefer. Stories and art by Ed Moore, Sam Glanzman, Sid Couchey, Van D. Bell, Jr. and John Belfi. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. A workman risks his own life to save another from electrocution; An ex-military medic resuscitates an accident victim; A newly trained teen lifeguard saves a boy. Rescue Under Fire; Fighting Man; Super Sergeant; Attack at Dawn; He Died to Save His Buddies; The Valiant Valvo; They Gave Their All; My Story; Kelley & Cutler; The Lifesaver; She Did Her Job; Runaway Outboard; Patrolman vs; Railroad Train; The Taxi Driver's Answer to a Call for Help!. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #19
    Hi-School Romance (1949) 19
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Slab: Scuffing on front of case; Scuffing to inner well of case
    • File Copy.
    • Label #1035106008
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Hidden Heartbreak; Kathie Thomas thought that her dreams had come true when she was hired as the personal secretary for Patricia Harlow, one of the top dress buyers in the city; Not long after she started, she met Walt Corby, a dress manufacturer who was dating Pat. Fool's Paradise text story. My Untamed Heart, art by Tom Hickey; Parkville was a quaint New England town full of history; Some of the new history was the romance between Judy Dunn and Lee Sanders that was going great until Peter Byrnes arrived to write a book on the history of the town. House ad for upcoming issues of the Harvey line of romance comics. I Went Too Far!, art by Bill Draut; Jennie Traynor loved to dance, and dreamed of being on the big stage. Treacherous Kisses; Jean Davies is the daughter of the mayor's daughter and always in the public eye; too much so if you ask her father who insists that she stop being the headline in Burt Medford's gossip column. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 1 #1
    His World Magazine (1953-1954 Westridge Publishing Corp.) Vol. 1 #1


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    Volume 1, Issue 1 - February, 1953. 8" x 10.5", 78 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #51
    Hollywood Funny Folks (1950) 51

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  • Issue #76
    Hopalong Cassidy (1943 Fawcett/DC) 76

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    Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. An outlaw sends a message to his gang by telegram, but has to think fast when the telegraph operator recognizes him. A gambler frames a hired hand for killing a rancher, but Hoppy is one step ahead. Pistol Packing Pattie meets Hiram, who's so dumb he would drop an infant to see if it was a bouncing baby boy. Six-Gun Stampede; The Mystery Message of Mayhem; Hill Billy; Whitey Whiskers: The Fishing Fiend; Pistol Packing Pattie; Hopalong Cassidy and Six-Gun Murder; The Living Dead Man; The Perilous Note. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #87
    Hopalong Cassidy (1950-1958 L. Miller) UK 87

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    UK Edition. black and white; 24 pages.

  • Issue #28
    Horace and Dotty Dripple (1952) 28

    Hapless hubby Horace takes over the title of this Blondie-like series, formerly known simply as Dotty Dripple. Dotty and husband Horace face domestic squabbles similar to those of Blondie and Dagwood, right down to the drawing style; the long-running family strip also featured tween daughter Taffy and dog Pepper. Horace wants to watch the game, but Dotty has other ideas; Horace sets out to balance the checkbook and quickly regrets it; Solo stories featuring daughter Li'l Taffy. Football Fan; Home Sweet Home; Checking the Budget; Lil Taffy: Reading Hour; Lil Taffy: Mechanical Horace; Lil Taffy: Small Fry; Wet Paint; Snow Fun; Animal Trainer; Lil Taffy: Checking for Size; Lil Taffy: New Rule; When Do We Eat?; Horace is Stubborn; Friendly Rivals; Lil Taffy: Fan Mail; In the Swim. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    Hot Rod Comics (1951 Fawcett) 7

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    Cover by Bob Powell. Stories and art by Bob Powell and Pat Moran. Fawcett taps into the teen racing scene of the 1950s with one of the earliest racing comics. Clint and his friends build a sports car to race against the ones bought by Clint's boss and his father. Every issue has illustrated mechanical and racing-culture features. This issue includes a Sports Car Gallery featuring the Type 35 Bugatti and Type 56 Bugatti. After a town is cut off by a snowstorm, Clint and his car club the Road Knights are enlisted to run snowplows, in a story with art by Bob Powell. Handy Rules for Hand Tools; Clint Curtis: Sports Car Road Race; Tire Tips; Car Care; Sports Car Gallery; The Cooling System; Race to Death; Clint Curtis: Avalanche. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $35 Hot Rod Comics #7; Fawcett February 1953 cars

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  • Issue #7
    Hot Rod Comics (UK 1951 Arnold) 7

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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.

  • Issue #8
    Hot Rods and Racing Cars (1951) 8

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    Violent racetrack car collision cover by Lou Morales. In order of appearance: "Indy Before the Races" art by Lou Morales; "A Pine Box!" art by Dick Giordano; "Corry's Custom" art by Lou Morales and Dennis Laugen; "Hot Rod Talk"; "Mile a Minute Killer"; "Auto Oddities" art by Stan Campbell; "High-Heeled Tempest!" art by Lou Morales and Dennis Laugen; and "A Costly Lesson". "The Hot Rod Taxi Idea" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #11
    House of Mystery (1951-1983 1st Series) 11

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    Cover by Leonard Starr. "The Deadly Game of G-H-O-S-T," art by Leonard Starr; Murderer is driven to a confession by making him believe hes being haunted by a ghost. "The Bewitched Clock!," art by Ruben Moreira; A man comes into possession of a magic clock and has to relive the same day for eternity. "The Demon," art by Bob Brown; A genie appearing from a magic lamp is an actor in a luminous suit. "Nine Lives Equal Death!," pencils by Curt Swan; George Crowley is granted the nine lives of a tiger he spares while on safari. He uses them up in criminal activities. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 4 #2
    Imagination (1950-1958 Greenleaf) Stories of Science and Fantasy/Science Fiction Vol. 4 #2

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    February, 1953 Volume 4, Issue 2. 5-3/8 in. x 7-5/8 in; black and white; 162 pages. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 8 #38

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    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.

  • Vol. 5 #11

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  • Issue #39

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  • Issue #6
    Jetta of the 21st Century (1952) 6

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    Jetta in "What a Specimen," "Music From Afar," and "Pardon My Power." Zoomer back-up story, "Time Out For Trouble." Space Cop Kelly back-up story, "Time Marches Back." Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #21
    Jiggs and Maggie (1949) 21
    • 3.75" Cumulative spine split.

    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. Half-Pint Hogan seeks the crook who stole the Boys Club Thanksgiving Day dinner money. Papa goes out the window while playing hide-and-seek with Snookums. Uncle Hugo buys a lot of toys for Willie Flop of the Flop Family. What's Cooking?; Snookums: Pipe Dream!; Music Hath Charm; Half-Pint Hogan: Birds Of A Feather; Stormy Weather!; Snookums: Fast Getaway; The Cardboard Cave; The Flop Family; Man About Town. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #27
    Joker (1942-1959 Timely 1st Series) 27

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    Men's interest humor digest with cartoons, jokes and tasteful pin-up photography. 5" x 6.5", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #74

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  • Issue #5
    Journey into Mystery (1952) 5

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    Cover by Bill Everett. "Fright," script by Stan Lee, art by Russ Heath; A cruel asylum keeper is drugged by his assistant as he and the asylum keeper's wife wish to marry. "The Big Shoes" text story. "Zombie!," art by Tony DiPreta; In a Haitian village, a criminal named Blackie becomes afraid for his life when a man named Larson he framed for a crime has learned how to raise the dead and control the reanimated corpses as zombies; After a close brush with death when fighting off the zombie, Blackie decides to go and learn how to raise a zombie himself. "Condemned!," art by Carl Hubbell. "Innocent Bystander," art by Dick Briefer; A woman buys an antique statue that murders her in her sleep. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #15
    Journey into Unknown Worlds (1951 2nd Series) 15

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  • Issue #16
    Jughead (1949 1st Series Archie) 16

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    "Fuddy Duddy"; Mr. Lodge is feeling sick and on a diet and Jughead tells him about his Uncle Fud. "The Romantic Tripe"; Thinking he knows more about romance than Reggie and Archie, they make a bet with him using those skills on any woman they choose. Jughead Fun Page. "Brats to You!"; Jughead meets with a woman and her son for a potential baby-sitting job. "Skate of Confusion"; Jughead wears skates with rubber wheels in school. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $84 ARCHIE'S PAL JUGHEAD #16 in FN+ condition a 1953 Golden Age Archie comic

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  • Issue #166
    Jumbo Comics (1938) 166
    • 1" spine split through bottom of cover and all wraps. Centerfold detached at one staple. Staple rust.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Maurice Whitman. Edited by J. F. Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Robert Webb and others. An influential anthology starring jungle hero Sheena, featuring early art by legendary comics artists in the Eisner-Iger Shop. A ghostly pilot reveals the location of his crashed plane and the men who shot him down; A war story offers plenty of anti-communist jargon of the era, along with great shots of fighter jet combat; Sheena and her allies stage a daring attack on the slaver convoy of the evil El Sheikh. Ghost Gallery; The Eye; This Time Tomorrow; Poll of Guilt; Jinx Ship; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $560 Jumbo Comics 166 CGC 4.5 Ghost Pilot & Noose GGA 1953 Fiction House Horror Comic

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  • Issue #47
    Justice Traps the Guilty (1947 Prize) 47

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    Cover by Marvin Stein. Art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Pioneering crime comic Justice Traps the Guilty was produced by the studio of comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America. A mob offers loans to cabbies, and takes their cabs when they can't pay. An insurance beneficiary decides to hasten the payoff with homicide. A killer uses a tape recorder to fake an alibi for murder. The Taxi Tricksters; Payoff; Hard Luck Guy; Closeups; Too Perfect; Caught. 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #1

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  • Issue #11

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    Kay-Mar Trader Vol. 4 No. 11, #69 in running series. (Feb. 1953) features science fiction and fantasy news, editorial content and ads. Published by K. Martin Carlson, 14 pages, 8.5-in. x 11-in.

  • Issue #25
    Kid Colt Outlaw (1948) 25

    Cover art by Sol Brodsky. Untitled story, art by Jack Keller; Frisco Foyle and his gang take over the town of Salt Lick, due to the fact that it is the only way through to the south, allowing them to force any cattlemen passing through the area to pay a toll to bring their cattle through the area; However, in the process of taking over the town they are opposed by Kid Colt who tries to fight them off; However, despite shooting down many of Foyle's gang members, their numbers are too large and Kid Colt is knocked over by Foyle on horseback and trampled; Still alive, the outlaw hero is then dragged out into the desert and left to die. "The Cop Went West!" text story, art by Pete Morisi. Untitled story, art by Jack Keller; Mexican bandit El Jaguar has forced the population of a small town to give tribute to him; However, when one of the villagers complains that they have no food to feed themselves, El Jaguar shoots him dead; Meanwhile, Kid Colt has just rounded up a gang of outlaws for the law, who let him go free as he helped capture criminals that are more trouble than the outlaw hero; He happens into the town of Ramrod Pike where El Jaguar—drunk on tequila—is challenging men to a knife fight. "Gun Crazy," script by Stan Lee, art by Vernon Henkel. Untitled story, art by Ed Smalle, Jr.; A pair of Apache warriors are stalking buffalo unaware that they are being watched by a man named Casco and his men; Casco waits until the Apaches slay the buffalo and shoot the Native American braves dead so they can steal the buffalo fur; This leads to a number of murders of Apache warriors; Eventually, Kid Colt passes through the area and comes across two of the slain Apaches. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #10
    King of the Royal Mounted (1952-1958 Dell) 10

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    Stories by Gaylord Du Bois. Art by Stan Campbell. The adventures of Canadian Mountie Dave King, a character created by Western novelist Zane Grey. This series featured gorgeous cover paintings of derring-do in the best Men's Adventure tradition. A rogue bear is attacking miners at a facility crucial to national security, but King knows something doesn't add up. Also featuring a text piece on the Canada lynx. Stunning horse-and-rider cover by an unknown artist. The Canada Lynx; Terror in the Wilderness. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $40 Zane Grey's King of the Royal Mounted 10 Dell 1953 5.5 FN- Painted Cover

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  • Vol. 14 #6

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  • Issue #37
    Lash Larue Western (1949 Fawcett/Charlton) 37
    • Single staple missing. Centerfold detached at one staple.

    Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. "Roving marshal" Lash trails an outlaw named Hexx (but not Jonah) and learns the truth about the fatal hayride. Lash tries to prevent an illegal cross-border arms deal with Mexican revolutionaries. Dusty suspects his neighbor is going to con him out of twenty bucks, so he decides on a pre-emptive con. The Champs; The Sign of the Hexx!; Wagonwheels; Molasses Mouth; Border Incident; The Misleading Clue!; Dusty: The Chair Trick; The House in the Desert! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #55
    Laugh Comics (1946 Archie 1st Series) 55

    Katy Keene by Bill Woggon Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #30
    Leave It to Binky (1948) 30

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  • Vol. 6 #4
    Line-Up Detective (1944) True Crime Magazine Vol. 6 #4

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    Volume 6, Issue 4 - February, 1953. Painted cover. True crime articles, stories and photos. 8 1/4-in. x 10 3/4-in., 82 p, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #51
    Lion (UK 1952-1959 Amalgamated Press) 1st Series 51
    • Staples missing (disintegrated).
  • Issue #52
    Lion (UK 1952-1959 Amalgamated Press) 1st Series 52
    • Staples missing (disintegrated).
  • Issue #53
    Lion (UK 1952-1959 Amalgamated Press) 1st Series 53
    • Staples missing (disintegrated).
  • Issue #54
    Lion (UK 1952-1959 Amalgamated Press) 1st Series 54
    • Staples missing (disintegrated).
  • Issue #28
    Little Audrey #25-53 (1952 Harvey) 28

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    Stories and art by Steve Muffatti, Marty Taras and Bill Hudson. Harvey Comics presents the adventures of Little Audrey, mischievous star of movie cartoons. Audrey's leaking snack stash gets her lots of animal friends. Casper the Friendly Ghost refuses to join his ghostly cohorts in a "scare raid." Baby Huey wants to be a circus performer, and the Fox sees a chance for a duck dinner. Little Audrey; Aw Nuts; Casper the Friendly Ghost: Scare Raid; Baby Huey: Circus Duck; My Hero. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #16
    Little Iodine (1950-1962 Dell) 16

    36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #56
    Little Lulu (1948-1980 Dell/Gold Key) 56
    • Cover detached at one staple.

    Cover pencils by John Stanley. The Downfall of Mr. McNabbem; Lulu picks up her principal's forgotten pipe at home and is chased by Mr. McNabbem. Elephant Ride; Lulu and Alvin are on a runaway circus elephant. Space Kids; Lulu thinks the Fellers have gone to Mars in their homemade space ship. The Little Pink Cloud; Lulu tells Alvin about the little girl who tried to catch a cloud. The Buzzard; A very jealous Tubby follows Wilbur and Gloria on a date to the amusement park. All scripts and pencils by John Stanley, inks by Irving Tripp. Two-page text story, Lulus Diry ("Diary"). 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $23 Marge's Little Lulu #56: Dell Comics (1953) FN- (5.5)

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  • Issue #21
    Little Max (1949) 21
    Published Feb 1953 by Harvey.

    Stories and art by Ham Fisher (credited) and Vic Herman. 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. Joe Palooka takes Little Max to the zoo to cheer him up, but it doesn't work the way he thought. Max gives Alice a lift on his go-cart. Li'l Dot, yet to develop her Harvey look or her dot-obsession, finds a way to keep playing while having her photograph taken. Fun on Ice; Be Glad You're You; The Hero; Humphrey and the 'Criminuls'; Ready - Aim - Fire; Little Max Rhymes with Reason; Shiver Me Timbers; Li'l Dot Has Her Picture Taken; Horse Sense; Li'l Dot's Strange Appetite; Max-imum Effort. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #5
    Little Roquefort Comics (1952) 5

    Little Roquefort the mouse and Percy Puss the cat have a Tom & Jerry relationship - or Itchy & Scratchy, if you prefer. Percy is dismayed to learn that Roquefort's new pal is a gigantic bulldog. Sourpuss tries to get rid of an ugly vase, starting a comedy of errors involving an antique shop, a wealthy aunt, and a well-meaning Gandy Goose. Percy tries to use fake silhouettes to mess with Roquefort's mind, but when it comes to mind-messing, Roquefort is the master. Butch's Weakness; Sourpuss; Catch as Catch Can; Sweet Tooth Percy; Terry Bears: Vacating a Vacation; Bouquet. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #56
    Lone Ranger (1948-1962 Dell) 56

    Painted cover art by Ernest Nordli. Color illustrated ad for Whitman coloring books, activity books, and story books featuring Walt Disney's Peter Pan. Guns of Jeopardy, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; A gang uses a hidden pass in the border mountains as a base to rob towns. Ranchers in Arms, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; A band of train robbers trick ranchers into helping them stop a train carrying gold for the railroad track crew's payroll. The Great Horn Bow text story by Gaylord Du Bois. Whaling Camp Spies, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; Young Hawk and Little Buck and their Sea People friends kill the whale they had harpooned earlier and bring it ashore; Later they capture Wakiash spies who are planning a raid on the whaling camp. The Lone Ranger's Origin one-page story, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill. Color ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Minneapolis Lakers basketball player George Mikan. Based on the popular Western TV series. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #9
    Lone Ranger's Companion Tonto (1951-1959 Dell) 9

    Cover art by Ernest Nordli. A brief account of the Thunderbird legend with drawings from various tribes, art by August Lenox. Warrior of the Plains, art by Alberto Giolitti; A group of Indians led by Black Fox attacks isolated hunting and fishing parties of Tonto's tribes to prove that they are true warriors; Stone Bear and Tonto are forced to attack Black Fox's camp in order to rescuea group of young boys. The Buffalo Hunter, art by Alberto Giolitti; Tonto aids a buffalo hunter for the raiload in an effort to prevent a group of other hunters from slaughtering the buffalo for their hides and horns. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    6 days left Auction GOLDEN AGE WESTERN COMICS! TONTO NO. 9 (1953) IN FINE CONDITION

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  • Issue #136
    Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (1941-1962 Dell) 136

    52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    3 days left Auction Looney Tunes Merrie Melodies Feb. 1953 No. 136, Golden Age, Dell Publishing

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