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Comic books April 1953

  • Issue #23
    Popular Romance (1949) 23

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    Photo cover. In order of appearance: "Free My Heart!" art by Alex Toth and Mike Peppe, reprinted in Genius Isolated The Life and Art of Alex Toth HC (2011 IDW) #1-1ST and in Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 TPB (2011 FB) #1-1ST; "Too Proud to Kiss" art by Art Saaf; Little Carbon Copy"; "Chapeau Chatter"; "Just Between Us... by Brenda Brant: With His Compliments! Double-Date Do's and Don'ts, How to Say Good-Night, Write to Servicemen" advice page; "Pursuit of Love"; and "Let's Talk It Over, by Brenda Brant: Can't Fall in Love, No Fun for the Bride, Wants to Look Thin" letters page. "Super-Market Romance: Russel and Jerry Found Love's Young Dream at a Check-Out Counter!" illustrated text story by Margaret Isbell. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 162 #4
    Popular Science (1872-Present Popular Science Publishing Co.) Vol. 162 #4


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    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

    America's Leading New Idea Magazine. 6.5" x 9.5", 300 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #27
    Porky Pig (1952-1962 Dell) 27

    Comic book starring the Warner Bros. cartoon character Porky Pig. Untitled story; Porky organizes the neighborhood kids in a water pistol fight. Porky Pig and the Sorcerer's Trunk; Porky accidentally buys an old trunk at an auction; The trunk turns out to have magical powers that will transport anyone inside to anywhere they wish; Bugs and Porky end up in Medieval England where they meet Merlin the Wizard. Untitled story; Porky is working on a K-ray to turn objects to gold; Through a mix-up with Bugs, Porky thinks his ray turns carrots into gold and buys Elmer's carrot patch for raw material. Untitled story; Porky takes Petunia with him when he goes to hunt a bear for a bearskin rug. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #98
    Prize Comics Western (1948-1956 Prize) 98

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    Cover by Will Elder and John Severin. Stories and art by Jerry De Fuccio, Ric Estrada, Will Elder and John Severin. Prize's flagship Western title featured early art by John Severin and other greats who worked for EC in the following decade. American Eagle returns to Canada to help a friend battle Louis Riel's rebellion. Three stories and a cover featuring early art by EC legends Jerry De Fuccio, Will Elder and John Severin. Confederate deserters plot to steal enough gold from the Black Hills to finance a second War Between the States. Rebellion; Sitting Bull; The Roundup; Army Beef; Zebulon Pike; Deserter. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 8 #14
    Quick News Weekly (1949-1953 Cowles Magazines) Vol. 8 #14


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    Pocket-sized digest. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 8 #15
    Quick News Weekly (1949-1953 Cowles Magazines) Vol. 8 #15

    Pocket-sized digest. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 8 #16

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    Pocket-sized digest. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 8 #17

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    Pocket-sized digest. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #6
    Racket Squad in Action (1952) 6
    • 1" spine split. Water damage. 2 1/2" tear from top of front cover.

    Cover art by Frank Frollo. The Kidnap Racket, art by Frank Frollo. Check and Double Check, art by Bob Forgione. When Odds Are Even It's Time to Be Wary, pencils by Dick Giordano, inks by Alfred Fago. Watch Out for the "Soft Job" Racket. Russian Roulette text story, art by Frank Frollo. You Can't Lose, art by Frank Frollo. Check Your Bag, pencils by Dick Giordano, inks by Alfred Fago. It's Time to Watch Out starring Dr. Neff, the Original Ghost-Breaker, art by Frank Frollo. Bet the Pot, art by Dick Giordano. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 12 #2

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  • Vol. 39 #5

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  • Vol. 60 #3
    Railroad Magazine (1929 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Carstens) 2nd Series Vol. 60 #3


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • 1 1/4" Spine split from bottom. Staple rust. Rust migration.
    • Staple rust with migration.
    • 1 1/2" cumulative spine split.
  • Vol. 177 #4
    Ranch Romances (1924-1968 Clayton/Warner/Best Books/Literary Enterprises/Popular) Pulp Vol. 177 #4

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  • Vol. 178 #1
    Ranch Romances (1924-1968 Clayton/Warner/Best Books/Literary Enterprises/Popular) Pulp Vol. 178 #1

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  • Vol. 178 #2
    Ranch Romances (1924-1968 Clayton/Warner/Best Books/Literary Enterprises/Popular) Pulp Vol. 178 #2


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Vol. 28 #1
    Range Riders Western (1938-1953 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 28 #1


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    • Paper: Off white

    Volume 28, Issue 1 - April, 1953. 6.75" x 9", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 10 #4
    Rangeland Love Stories (1950-1954 Popular Publications) Pulp 3rd Series Vol. 10 #4

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  • Vol. 1 #1

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  • Vol. 2 #1
    Real (1952-1967 Excellent Publications) Vol. 2 #1


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    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Front cover detached 5%.
  • Issue #2
    Real Clue Crime Stories Vol. 8 (1953) 2

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    Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Art by Mike Becker, Bill Ely and Mike Roy. Another crime comic from the prolific studio of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, this one featuring crimes throughout history as well as the standard gangster tales. Sometimes listed as Real Clue Crime #86. No issue # on cover; Vol. 8, issue #2 in indicia. A shopkeeper's superstition that a bell will protect him is tested by his son's crooked friend. Feds seek the evidence that an art dealer is actually the head of an espionage ring. Small-time hoods enlist a slow-witted muscle man as their patsy. A Tinkle From Poland; Little Paper Voices; The Fingering Dove; The Count's Big Sleep; The Brick Overcoat; The Mule's Front Door. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. W #6

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  • Issue #54
    Real Love (1949 Ace Magazines) 54

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    Photo cover. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "Anything to Attract Him"; "Whispered About" art by Al Hartley, reprinted from Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #25; "Too Frivolous"; and "I Was an Outcast". "The Charm Corner: Play up Your Beauty Asset, An Alphabet of Men..." text article reprinted from Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #28 and reprinted as "Glamorize Yourself" in Glamorous Romances (1949) #84. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #61
    Real Screen Comics (1945) 61

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  • Vol. 18 #6
    Real Western (1935-1960 Columbia Publications) Pulp Vol. 18 #6

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  • Vol. 3 #4

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  • Issue #117
    Red Ryder Comics (1940-1955 Hawley/Dell) 117

    Cover art by Mike Arens. Red Ryder story, Red goes after a cabin burglar. Little Beaver story. Auntie Duchess story with Sheriff Newt. Slang with a Tang western article by Fred Harman. Red Ryder story, Indians led by a white man try to take over Fort Pell. Indian sign language article, art by August Lenox. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #35

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  • Vol. 32 #6

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  • Vol. 1 #1
    Rocket Stories (1953 Space Publications) Pulp Vol. 1 #1


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    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight.

    April, 1953. Cover by Ed Emsh. Stories: "The Quest of Quaa" by H. A. DeRosso, "Jackrogue Second" by John Jakes, "The Idols of Wuld" by Milton Lesser, "Welcome, Voyagers" by Hubert J. Bernhard, "This World is Condemned" by Ward Botsford, "The Haters" by William Morrison. Softcover Pulp, 5-in. x 7-in., 164 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #48
    Rocky Lane Western (1949) 48

    Stories and art by Ralph Carlson, Tom Cooke and Howard Boughner. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. Rocky gets to town just in time to witness a murder by defenestration, but he doesn't buy the official story of a drunken accident. A stranger comes to Rocky with a tale of murder, but no one else remembers him and the dead body has disappeared. Bronko Betsy finds a friend. The Big Strike; The Accident; Give Him Room; Good Night!; The Devils Hoof; Bronko Betsy: A Cure for Lonesomeness; Assignment: Peril!; The Paint Job; Dead Mans Revenge!. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #20
    Rod Cameron Western (1950 Fawcett) 20

    The comics incarnation of movie cowboy Cameron pursues desperadoes and owlhoots in the days of the Old West. Rod discovers that the commanding officer of an Army fort is an outlaw impostor, and his only recourse is to lead neighboring tribes in a siege on the fort. Sam the Sheriff investigates the case of the baby-sitting gambler, and discovers a toddler with loaded dice. Rod discovers that the advance scouts for a traveling circus are actually bandits using the circus as a distraction for their crimes. Thunder McGuire; The Great Army Hoax; The Gold Dust Murder; Saddlehead; Cowboy Cal; Sam the Sheriff: The Case of Trouble; The Clueless Crimes; Quiz; The Evil Spirits. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 32 #4
    Romance (1938-1954 Popular Publications) Pulp 5th Series Vol. 32 #4

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  • Issue #32
    Romantic Adventures (1949) 32

    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Edvard Moritz and others. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Jeff loves Irene, but everything she does reminds him of his ex; An actress falls for a man she despises; A broke dancer and a broke writer bond over two halves of a $1000 bill. The Other Girl!; Off-Duty Love; Kiss of Hate; Campus Kisses; Private Property...Hands Off!; Thousand Dollar Romance. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #39
    Romantic Secrets (1949 Fawcett) 39

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    Stories and art by Marc Swayze and John Martin. This early romance comic from Fawcett had particularly complex plots to go with the tears and kisses. Joan stows away on a military air transport to be closer to Ned, the pilot she loves. But that's the worst mistake she could make, in a story with art by Marc Swayze that purports to be based on true events. When Jeff returns from the war with a walking disability, he tells Josie they must give up on the house they've been building together. But she protests so strongly, he wonders if it was really the house she wanted all along. Joan finds a way to get even with Ellen for stealing her boyfriend Doug, but new beau Wally sees through her charade. Plus profiles of 1950s Hollywood heartthrobs Wendell Corey and June Allyson. Honor Bright; I Stowed Away on an Air Transport!; The House That Love Built; Dream Beau of the Month: Wendell Corey; Dream Girl of the Month: June Allyson; Yesterday's Tears! Final issue of the series; Charlton resumed the title under new numbering with Romantic Secrets (1953 Charlton) #5. 32 pages, Full Color Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #64
    Roy Rogers Comics (1948-1961 Dell (And Trigger, # 92 on) 64

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    Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy. Mantrap at Broken Butte starring Roy Rogers, art by Albert Micale; Purdy Mellish sells dope to the Calders, and they begin rustling to pay him. Trouble at Tanner's Ford starring Roy Rogers, art by the Al McKimson team. Saving a girl from ambush, Roy comes upon the trail of a wanted mail robber and his gang. Medicine Smoke starring Roy Rogers, Trigger, and Bullet, art by the Al McKimson team. Lion Hound text story. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Vol. 6 #1
    Saga Magazine (1950 2nd Series) Vol. 6 #1


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    • Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Extensive.

    Men's interest magazine focusing on Western adventure stories. 8.5" x 11", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 1 #2
    Science Fiction Plus (1952-1953 Gernsback Publications) Vol. 1 #2


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  • Issue #4
    Science Fiction Quarterly (1952) Pulp UK 4

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  • Vol. 11 #2

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    Screen Stars Magazine was one among many of the supermarket celebrity tabloids that focused heavily on the day to day lives of the Hollywood elite, during the golden-age of cinema. This publication is filled cover to cover with typical fodder such as candid celebrity photos (some of which are in color), gossip columns, reader's letters to the editor, and the latest motion picture advertisements. 8.5" x 10.5", 74 pages, mostly B&W with a few color photos. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 49 #4
    Screen Stories (1948-1979 Dell) Magazine Vol. 49 #4

    Vol. 49 #4 - Apr. 1953. Movie Fan Magazine that uses movie stills and text to retell a movie. Stories include "Salome" starring Rita Hayworth, "Confidentially Connie" starring Janet Leigh, "Dream Wife" starring Cary Grant, "Off Limits" starring Bob Hope, "I Love Melvin" starring Donald O'Connor and "I Confess" starring Montgomery Clift. Movie ads include Bette Davis in The Star, Humphrey Bogart in Battle Circus, Virginia Mayo in She's Back on Broadway, Anne Baxter in The Blue Garden, Bob Hope in Off Limits. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 94 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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  • Issue #15
    Secret Hearts (1949) 15
    Published Apr 1953 by DC.

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  • Issue #13
    Secret Romances (1952) 13

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    Original, pre-Code romance stories from Canadian publisher Superior, often featuring a crime or mystery element and plentiful good-girl art. A female writer must start over after her husband's surprise divorce proceedings. A romance with a soldier inspires Miss Lane to move on from her showgirl past, which is portrayed with some lovely good-girl art. Good-girl art features in the next story as well, as sailor on leave Tex falls for beautiful Wilma the first time he sees her at the hotel pool. Some art may be the work of Robert Webb, art director of the Jerry Iger comics studio. Spicy cover by an unknown artist depicts a scandalous 1950s party. My Forgotten Past; Kisses, Not Riches; Amateur Wife; She Didn't Buy My Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 33 #5

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    Women's magazine with articles and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #114
    Sensation Mystery (1952) 114

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    Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Frank Giacoia. The Haunted Diamond, script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Jerry Grandenetti, inks by Frank Giacoia; Johnny Peril and his companion Sandra Shaw are visiting the exhibit of the infamous cursed Bahara diamond; Suddenly they plunge into a dangerous diamond world and are being stalked by diamond creatures. Death Knock! half-page by Mort Drucker; Knocking as omen of approaching death. The Return of Cagliostro!, pencils by Gene Colan; Bruce Clark is researching the life of count Cagliostro; A clever impostor visits him and tries to steal the Cagliostro foundation's money. Hazel Magic! half-page by Mort Drucker; Superstitions about hazel twigs. The Ghost Snowman, pencils by Mort Drucker, inks by Joe Giella; Eric Wright lets his business partner fall to death on a mountain slope; Back in the US Wright is haunted by a living snowman seeking revenge. It is, however, the victim's brother in a clever disguise. The Mystic Marvel, script by Jack Miller, art by Raymond Perry. Beware after Dark!, inks by Joe Giella; Mrs. Dutton's cat Wendy is in reality a shape-shifting alien from the planet Deneb; At night it leaves the house and goes on a killing spree to decimate human life. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #6
    Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (1952-1959 Dell) 6

    Painted cover art. The Great White Bear article, art by Frank Thorne. Man on the Trail; Sergeant Preston and Private Downey are on their way to Blizzard Creek to find a dozen men with criminal record and escort them back to the border. Rainbow Gold; The stage has been robbed and the guard killed, and the driver swears he knows the killer is Mike Brady. White Water; They say Johnny Elk has got a fortune cached so he don't have to pan dust any more, and now two men are going to tackle the old-timer for his gold. Scripts by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Alberto Giolitti. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Apr 1953
    Shaft Humor Magazine for Illinois (1946 Clyde Suckfinger) Apr 1953

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    Volume 7, Issue 8 - April, 1953 - College humor magazine independently published by students at Illinois State University, beginning in 1946. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 28 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #8
    Shock Suspenstories (1952) 8
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4210025002
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover art by Albert B. Feldstein. Piecemeal, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; A woman plots to give her naturalist husband an overdose of sleeping pills so that she can be with his younger brother. The Assault!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wally Wood; Lucy, who was spending hours away from home on a regular basis, comes home one night and claims that old Hodges kidnapped and raped her, when, in fact, she had been with her lover. Suicide text story by Albert B. Feldstein. The Arrival, script by Al Feldstein, art by Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta (some panels on pages 4-6), and Roy Krenkel (alien architecture), inks by Al Williamson (signed), Frank Frazetta (some panels on pages 4-6), and Roy Krenkel (alien architecture); Ninety-five thousand years after man destroys himself with nuclear weapons, the evolved rats develop space travel and meet their Martian neighbors. Seep No More!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by George Evans; Every morning, after a man stabs a woman to death and stashes her body in the attic, he sees a huge bloodstain spreading across his ceiling; He tries to cover it up with paint, but every morning it's there. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 215 #4
    Short Stories (1890-1959 Doubleday) Pulp Vol. 215 #4

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  • Vol. 1 #8

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  • Vol. 23 #6
    Silver Screen (1930-1977 J. Fred Henry Publications) Magazine Vol. 23 #6

    Vintage monthly published magazine with a focus on the film industry as a whole. First published in November of 1930, publication continued through the late 1970s. Priding itself as a source for exclusive behind the scenes stories about filmmaking, Silver Screen also contained a fair amount of articles about celebrities, their relationships, the latest in fashion, and film reviews. Cover price $0.15.