Comic books February 1953

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Photo Cover. Stories by unknown. Art by Ogden Whitney, Ruth Atkinson?, Jon Blummer, Leo Morey and unknown. She knows he's not the kind of man she dreamed about -- he's no good -- but in spite of that, she loves him! Don't miss..."I Fell for a No-Good Guy" starring Dave Wilson, Floyd Collins, Lorna Forbes and Marge. Also featuring: "Man-Crazy" starring Dale Medford, Evan Warfield, Joan Danby and Mrs. Danby; "Night of Temptation" starring Ben Travers, Don McMasters, Mrs. Eilers and Nina Travers; and "We Drifted Apart" starring Diane Forrest, Jim Forrest, Lou and Terri Page. Plus: 1-page text story "Jealousy Destroys" starring Janet Morris, Marcie Maddon and Shep Huntley. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by John Buscema. Stories and art by John Buscema, Bill Woolfolk, Ed Robbins and Mort Leav. A post-war, pre-Code romance comic from pioneering female publisher Rae Herman of Orbit-Wanted (who doubled as Love Diary's advice columnist, Ray Mann). Jan swears she'll never love again, but then she meets Peter at a New Year's party, in an early story (and cover) by future Marvel and Conan legend John Buscema. Buscema also drew the Prescription for Happiness story, in which Gertrude asks for advice from "Ray Mann" on dealing with Jack's gambling addiction. Sheila's doomsayer persona drives away boyfriend Guy, until a flood crisis forces her to make a choice. Stars in her Eyes; Make Way for Love; Prescription for Happiness; Calamity Jane! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Ogden Whitney and Edvard Moritz. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG, one of the earliest of the romantic comics genre of the postwar era. A woman seeking success on the stage gets sidetracked by romance; A girl tries to harden her heart so she doesnt get hurt by love again; A couple learns that the course of true love never does run smooth. I Had Footlight Fever; The Girl With the Hard-Boiled Heart; Portrait of Love; Nothing In Common; My Imprisoned Heart; Romance On the Rocks! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. "Dragged Net!", art by Bill Elder (as Sergeant Elder); Joe and Ed travel around the world NOT solving a crime; A parody of Dragnet TV show. "Sheik of Araby!", art by John Severin; Melvin has joined the Foreign Legion to escape his wife and kids, but she decimates the entire regiment at Fort Wadi El Aycare. E.C. comics ad. "Rookie Gladiator" text story. "The Dandelion Caper" text story. "V-Vampires!", art by Wally Wood; A vampire goes on a date with a werewolf. "Lone Stranger!", art by Jack Davis; The Lone Stranger bumbles his way through foiling a stage coach robbery; A parody of the Lone Ranger. First letters page. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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February 1953. Cover by George Gibbens. Fantasy and science fiction stories: "The Green Thumb" by L. Sprague De Camp and Fletcher Pratt, "The Time Watcher" by Oliver La Farge, "Loo Ree" by Zenna Henderson, "Technical Advisor" by Chad Oliver, "The Enemy" by Christopher Wood, "Stickeney and the Critic" by Mildred Clingerman, "Experiment" by Kay Rogers, "Virtuoso" by Herbert Goldstone, "Slipping Through the Keyhole" by Vance Randolph, "One in Three Hundred" by J.T. M'intosh, "Carne Vale" by Emilie H. Knarr, "Maybe Just a Little One" by R. Bretnor, "Roog" by Philip K. Dick. Softcover, 5.5-in. x 7.5-in.; 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 3, Issue 2 - February 1953. Adventure stories, articles and nude photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 100 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Men's interest magazine focusing on adventure, hunting, and true crime articles, war stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 82 pages. B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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February 1953. Detective stories: "Everybody's Watching Me" (part 2) by Mickey Spillane, "The Imaginary Blonde" by John Ross Macdonald, "So Dark for April" by John Evans, "Stabbing in the Streets" by Eleazar Lipsky, "The Lesser Evil" by Richard Deming, "Sex Murder in Cameron" by Michael Fessier, "Carrera's Woman" by Richard Marsten, "Dirge for a Nude" by Jonathan Craig, "As I Lie Dead" by Fletcher Flora, and "Attack" by Hunt Collins. Uncredited illustrations (Kinstler or someone imitating him). 5-1/2 in. x 7-5/8 in.; black and white; 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

Stories and art by Otto Binder, Kurt Schaffenberger and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. In another Korea/Cold War story, The Marvel Family searches the Korean Peninsula for the Commie mastermind known as the Great Red Brain, whose inventions include robot soldiers and giant magnets on submarines, to pull ships underwater. The mysterious World Jumbler rearranges geography so that mountains are by the sea, and cities are at the North Pole. The Great Red Brain; The Winner; Lazy Lee; Boxcar Benny; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Headline Harry: Among the Missing; The World Jumbler; The Ghastly Space Ghoul. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Howard Boughner, Carl Pfeufer and John Jordan. Master Comics was one of the cornerstones of the Fawcett lineup during the 1940s. When Freddy Freeman finds a US Army canteen in the river containing maps of Korea, he realizes it has something to do with the War then going on in Korea. Nyoka helps police track a killer into the jungle, but he manages to trick them and strand them all on Whirlpool Island. The corrupt boss of a gambling casino wants to get rid of Western hero Tom Mix, but first he must discredit him, and a visiting virtuoso gives him just the thing. Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Note from Nowhere; Dizzy Daisy; Muscle Hedd; Vacuum Bloobstutter: Death Ray Gun; Nyoka: Whirlpool Island; College Boy Baxter; Ozzie: The Dirty White Lie; Tom Mix: The Command Performance. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

No. 2, Feb 1953 - German language reprint. 32 pages, full color.

No. 2, Feb 1954 - German language reprint. 32 pages, full color.

Art by Art Bartsch, Jim Tyer and Connie Rasinski. The world's mightiest mouse defends Mouseville from danger - mostly cats - in the comic-book adventures of the Terrytoons animated superhero. 100-page giant. In a double-length story, The Claw and Professor Ohm use a newly-discovered substance to create an army of unstoppable robots. Mighty Mouse must rescue a missionary's daughter from a volcano sacrifice at Krakatoa. Baba the sheep tests Mighty Mouse's patience with his jokes, in an adaptation of the 1947 Mighty Mouse cartoon "Crying Wolf." Adventure of the Steel Slaves; Krakatoa; Beauty and the Beast; Aladdin's Lamp; Adventure in Mexico; The Sheep Who Cried Wolf; Mighty Mouse in Storyland; Mighty Mouse's Fan Club: The Strike-Out; The Toy Shop; Heckle & Jeckle: Hiking Headaches; Little Roquefort: Percy Takes a Beating; Heckle & Jeckle: Dimwit's Tattle Tail; Terry Bears: Smart Papa. 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

2nd and later printings - U. S. Army Korean War manual with photos and illustrations, from the Engineer Technical Intelligence Team.Softcover 4 1/2-in. x 6-in. 122 Pages B&W.

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Stories and art by Hal Kanter, Tony Mortellaro, Ed Smalle, Charles Stern and Eugene E. Hughes. Pre-Code horror tales from Aragon, an imprint of Stanley Morse Publications. A monster stalking Forest Hills is somehow connected to the man a taxi driver picks up at a train station. A scientist matches wits with an ant during an experiment. Satan himself visits Herman to learn the family secret of a magic candle that can snuff out life. The Taxi Driver; The Thin Line; Whats in a Name?; Rage in Darkness; Intelligence; Everlasting Life. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 48, Issue 2 - February, 1953. Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 2, No. 8. February 1953. Vintage Men's magazine featuring articles, pictorials, and pin-ups. This issue features "The Day They Laid Ten Miles of Track!", "Famous Cars of Yesterday", "Weather Eye on Tempest Storm", and more. Cover by Bernard of Hollywood. MATURE. Cover price $0.50.

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Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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February 1953. Articles about the nudist lifestyle. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 44 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.50.

Stories and art by Dick Kraus and Leonard Frank. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Monte gets trapped in a mine cave-in caused by outlaws who want to steal the mine payroll. Monte suspects that a developer's plan to build a canal from Texas to Chicago is a swindle, and gets trapped in a gas chamber when he tries to prove it. Gabby Hayes invents the bullet-proof vest, but can't figure out how to protect his head or other important parts of his body. Disaster Strikes Unannounced; Bronko Betsy; Gabby Hayes: Headless Horseman of the Prairies; Blood of the Renegade; The Great Canal; Gray Hawk: Mountain Getaway; Gun Hints; Jawbone Jeffers: The Mountain Movers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Mel Keefer and Jack Sparling. US Marine Monty Hall (no relation to the game-show host) fights for America during the Korean War. An embedded war correspondent causes trouble for a Marine squad, until a minefield and a captive village offer him the chance to be a hero. Marine "Pin-Up Pete" discusses women he has known, an excuse to present three full-page pin-ups featuring good-girl art by Jack Sparling. Plus a tale from the Korean front by Staff Sergeant Charles F. X. Houts, a "Marine Corps Correspondent." The Little Black Book; The Vial of Death; Henry the Fighting Leatherneck; Mabel and the Snorkel; The Lord of the Forbidden Interior; Pin-Up Pete. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Warren Kremer and others. Teen comedy featuring Mazie and her nerdy pal Mortie. Only Mortie could confuse ice cream with a skunk for a package delivery. During a snowstorm, Mazie imagine what dating was like in the 1890s. Flat-Top, Stevie, and Mazie wonder why Mortie is suddenly giving away money. Switch is Which?; Mortie's Favorite Jokes; Dollars and Sense; Star Subjects from Hollywood; Mazie: The Good Ol' Daze; Stevie: Parrot-ise; Scents and Nonsense. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover of Countess Nita Orde (Barbara Rush) and Prince Roland (John Derek). "Prince of Pirates," art by Harold LeDoux; Adaptation of the 1953 movie; The newly crowned King Stephan, leader of a 16th century kingdom in the Netherlands, enacts a secret treaty with the Spanish, putting him at odds with his younger brother, Prince Roland, who prefers a treaty with the French. John Derek bio with photo. Bios of Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Wilding. Bios of Esther Williams and Ben Gage. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.