Comic books June 1953

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36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 6, Issue 3 - June, 1953. Painted cover by Earl Steffa Moran. Vintage men's interest magazine full of pin-ups and glamour photos paired with humorous text stories and adult comic strips. 8" x 11.5", 52 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

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Indicia title is "WILD BILL ELLIOTT, No. 472." Wild Bill Elliott cover photo. Facts about the western stock saddle. Wild Bill Elliott and the River Slaughter, art by Cary; Rustlers are stealing cattle, slaughtering them, and selling the meat to a crooked distributer; Bill, with the help of Larry Lane of the Cattlemen's Association and Zeb Waters, an old friend who runs a ferry, has to find the location of the illegal slaughterhouse somewhere along the river. Wild Bill Elliott and the Robber Roundup, art by Cary; Bill comes across a stage robbery in progress and one of the robbers is captured; After arriving in Twin Peaks with the captive, Bill learns that there have been four other holdups, all involving gold shipments from the Antler Mining and Smelting Company. Story of Cheyenne chief Black Kettle, whose camp was attacked in the Sand Creek Massacre, art by Till Goodan. Wild Bill Elliott back cover photo. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Canadian Edition. Cover by Jack Davis. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman. Art by George Evans, Alex Toth, Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Davis, and Wally Wood. The companion title to Kurtzman's groundbreaking war comic Two-Fisted Tales, showcasing the brutal realities of war. This theme issue focuses on the US Air Force. An aircraft observer suspects approaching bombers, and F-94 jets are scrambled in response. A detailed recounting of a B-29 bombing run over Korea from start to finish. Helicopters find action during Korea by rescuing soldiers from danger. F-94!; F-86 Sabre Jet!; Rocket Flight; B-26 Invader!; H-5. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Humor digest that features jokes and cartoons for men. Special Furlough Issue. Cyd Charisse inside photo cover. Cartoons by George Troop, Frank Beaven, Joe Buresch, Gregory d'Alessio, Robert Tupper, and others. 5-in x 7-in. 100 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

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Funny animal characters from films: Blunderbunny, Whoo-Doodit, Puss an' Boots, Hector the Specter, and Foolish Feline. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Otto Feuer. Choosing a Profession! public service announcement starring Buzzy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. Dodo and the Frog story, art by Otto Feuer. Biggety Bear story, art by Rube Grossman. Blabber Mouse story, art by Rube Grossman. Doodles Duck story, art by Sheldon Mayer. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Comic book featuring the famous singing cowboy hero Gene Autry. Gene Autry photo cover. "The Outlaw Army," art by Nicholas Firfires; Gene Autry is sent to Hayes City by the U.S. Marshal to clean up an army of false-faced bushwhackers, hiding out in an old fort. "The Siege," art by Bob Schoenke; Arriving at a huge hacienda to get water, Gene is turned off at the gate, but hearing yells for help, he forces his way past the gunman; Inside he finds the owner all tied up and his captors gone. "The Cowboy's Toothache" text story. "Isicle of Silver," art by Tony Sgroi; Tommy and Janey have discovered a cave on the ridge, but the rain keeps them from exploring it; Instead Panhandle Pete will tell them about a couple of other caves down in Texas. Law of the Gold Camps fact page. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Graham Ingels. Sucker Bait!--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; After his father is killed by a vampire, a chemist comes up with a plan to sacrifice himself so that others may live. Lover, Come Hack to Me!--The Vault of Horror!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by George Evans; Every generation, a madwoman is conceived on the night of her parent's wedding who follows the tradition of murdering her newly-wed husband with an ax in the same house. Double-Header!--The Old Witch's Grim Fairy Tale!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen. Foul Play!--The Crypt of Terror, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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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. A gang arranges getaways for fugitives from the law. A thug tries to outsmart his partner when he thinks he's being double-crossed. A frustrated writer kills a rival, and thinks he's found the perfect place to hide the corpse. Getaway Mob!; The Lines on the Map!; Killers Are Never Alone!; Closeups; Deadly Angle; Find the Corpse. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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June 1953. Humor Digest featuring jokes and cartoons. Big Love Issue. Cover by Robert Tupper. Ava Gardner inside front cover photo. Cartoons by George Troop, Frank Beaven, Joe Buresch, and others. Softcover Digest, 5 1/4-in. x 7-in., 100 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Painted cover by Harvey Fuller. Stories and art by Sam Burlockoff, John Belfi, Bill Walton, and Sam Glanzman. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. A woman saves a friend from drowning; A teen sacrifices her life to save a drowning boy; A veteran resuscitates an electrocution victim. The Bloody Third; 5 Fearless Fighting Men; The Big Man; Brave Soldier; Cool Courage; Hill 191; He Stuck to His Guns; A Shy and Timid Young Man; In The Face of Death; He Gave His Life; Mission of Mercy; A Friend in Need; Could You Answer This. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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L.B. Cole cover. All stories reprinted from Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) #5. In order of appearance: "Terror Castle" retitled and reprinted with alterations from "Carl Rittech, The King of Crime Castle" in Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) #5; "James Wayburn Hall, The Arkansas Butcher" art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth; and "The Dead Tell No Tales". Indicia states "THE HORRORS". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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

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"Arrows of Fire," art by Jon Small; Pawnee Indians attack the Kiowa with flaming arrows. "War Trail," art by Jon Small; The Arikara attack the village of the Mandan. "The Dead Men" illustration; reproduction of Fredric Remington painting. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 15 #8 - June 1953. Children's magazine featuring articles, activities and text stories. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in., 68 pages, B&W with single and full color illustrations. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Joe Maneely. The Man with a Knife, art by Gene Colan; A knife grinder who only works for hated nobles uses blood on the grindstone to curse the blades so that they will kill with a mind of their own; When he is arrested on suspicion because he is in the area of the stabbing, the jail cook uses the grindstone to sharpen the knife that the grinder will use for his jail meal. Grim Victory text story. Beelzebub!, pencils by Larry Woromay, inks by Matt Fox; A man spends twenty years looking for a book that will make the Devil his slave, but he doesn't know that Satan has joined his expedition to make sure he acquires the book first. The Rivals, art by Al Luster; Two circus performers despise each other so one makes it so the highwire snaps and the other drains the water out of the barrel underneath the plunge. The Man from Another World!, art by Robert McCarty. The Long Wait, art by Sam Kweskin. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Big Game Hunters!", art by Maurice Whitman; A trio of big game hunters are slaughter drugged animals in order to capture the kill on film and enhance their reputations; Kaänga puts a stop to their hunts by stampeding Marmo's herd over them, killing them. "The Devil Dog" text story by Gus Cassell. "The Magic Tree," art by Tony D'Adamo; The queen of a vulture cult attempts to force the artists of the Bushangos to created vulture fetishes for her. Objecting that such objects were evil, the Bushangos refused; The queen placed a curse on them and then attempted to kill them, but they were protected by the eagle spirit of a magic tree. Untitled Jungle Tales story; Jim tells a story about the faithfulness of elephants. "Voodoo"; A fictionalized account of the Haiti slave rebellion of 1794. Untitled story, art by Matt Baker; Treasure hunters capture and torture Abdola, but he refuses to reveal the location of Tiger Girl's secret temple; However, the thieves drug one of her tigers and follow it as it staggers back to the temple; There they attempt to find the treasure but are killed when Tiger Girl topples the idol of Kahiva on them. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Sol Brodsky. Untitled story, art by Jack Keller; Kid Colt pauses along his travels to watch a group of wild horses frolicking, taking note of the black stallion that leads them and that Steel instinctively wants to join them; Suddenly a gang of horse rustlers begin running the horses into a pen; Not liking how the men are rounding up all the wild horses, Kid Colt rushes to their rescue, freeing them and forcing the men to retreat. "Range Revenge," art by Pete Morisi. "The Lady and the Outlaw!", art by Jack Keller; Kid Colt watches as an eastern woman named Miss Winthrope gets off the Union Pacific train into town to visit her uncle who owns a ranch nearby; The woman is completely put off by the "savages" who live in the west and is irritated to learn that it will take time to get a horse and buggy to take her to her uncle's ranch; She goes into a nearby saloon where two men gawk at her; Insulted, Miss Winthorpe slaps one of the men across the face, but before they can do anything about it, Kid Colt appears and shoots their guns out of their hands. "The Coward!", art by Vernon Henkel. "Four Graves to Fargo!", art by Jack Keller; A fire starts in the town of Fargo as Kid Colt rides into the area; He learns from men fleeing the area that there are women and children trapped in the fire and forces them to go back and help him carry water buckets from the nearby river to put the flames out; With a water line formed, Kid Colt rides into the blazing inferno to look for anyone who might be still trapped in the flames. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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9.25" x 12.25", B&W with some color.

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Stories and art by Howard Boughner and others. Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. In a disturbing pre-Code story, Lash must decide if Crusher Moran or Tom Carson murdered a group of children, as each accuses the other of doing it. "Roving marshal" Lash discovers that the new sheriff in Rampus is behaving suspiciously, and robberies have increased since he took office. Dusty invites his boss to dinner so he can ask for a raise - what could possibly go wrong? Mysterious Map; Tainted Justice; Dusty: He "Nose" All; The Road To Danger; Wagonwheels; Trader Tom; The Trap; Molasses Mouth; Big Bow and Little Arrow. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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June 1, 1953 Programme from the Lido cabaret and burlesque in Paris. 8.25" x 10.5", 24 pages, B&W and color. NOTE: All text in French.

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Rich Little Poor Boy; Lulu accidentally appears in a photo with a stuck-up young movie actor named Gregory Gallant. Red Faces; The Fellers keep wetting Lulu and Annie's dresses with water pistols. Unfair Exchange; Lulu's T-bone steak bone becomes mixed up with Wilbur's mother's string of pearls. Queen Lulu; Lulu claims she can get the West Side gang to bow down and kiss her feet. Tub Solves a Case Over the Phode; Tubby is in bed with a head cold, but he solves the case of Lulu's pop's missing coat anyway. That Ol' Witch, Hazel, and the Magic Crown; Lulu tells Alvin about when Hazel made her try to get the magic crown for her. The Parrotnapper; Tubby kidnaps Miss Feeny's parrot so that he can then return it and get in good with Miss Feeny. Two-page text story, Lulus Diry ("Diary"). 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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June, 1953. Novelettes: "Dream-Haunted" by Louise Knickmeyer, "Eligible Chaperone" by Helen S. Allen, and "Perilous Engagement" by Alice Warner. Short Stories: "Heart Adrift" by Shelby Steger, "The Old Moonlight Malarkey" by Nicki Stevens, "Man Made To Order" by Gladys Knipe, and "Danny and Daniela" by Kathleen Lawrence. Pulp format, 114 pages, B&W, 7" x 9.25" Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by George Gibbons. Fantasy and science fiction stories by Charles L. Harness, Isaac Asimov, Kris Neville, Bruce A. Agnew, Con Pederson, Leslie Charteris, Ralph Robin, Philip K. Dick, Arthur Porges, James Blish, W. B. Ready, Morris Hershman, H. Nearing Jr, and Evelyn E. Smith. Softcover. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in. 132 pages, black and white (all text). Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 4, Issue 5 - June 1953. Cover by Mark Schneider. Men's interest magazine focusing on true crime and war stories. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 68 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Kurt Schaffenberger, Art Helfant and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. In a multi-part adventure, the Sivana family plots three different death traps for each of the three members of the Marvel Family in their human identities. This triple death-trap is the Golden Age swan song of the younger Sivanas, who don't appear again until the 1970s. The Triple Trap of Terror, Chapter One: The Sinister Sivana Scheme; Chapter Two: The Boiling Menace; Chapter Three: The Avalanche Terror; Chapter Four: Rulers of Land, Sea and Air; Jungle Fate; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Headline Harry: The Haunted House; Wilbur the Waiter; Dizzy Daisy; Rubbernose Randolph; Captain Marvel, Jr.: The Victim of Circumstances. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 2, Issue 6 - June, 1953. 8.5" x 10.5", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 53, Issue 210 - June, 1953. Digest-size UK men's magazine. Articles, humor, and pin-up photos. 5" x 7.25", 148 pages, B&W with color.

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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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French language movie magazine. 8.25" x 12", 16 pages, B&W. NOTE: French Language.

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"Swamp Horror"; A man chases away a woman who comes to his cabin; The woman is his mother just released from an insane asylum; She dies, but returns every night until she chases him out of the house. "The Screaming Room"; A man has been raised to fear committing any sins; He receives a vase from the devil which allows him to remove a sin from his conscience when it is spoken into the vase. "Goddess of Vengeance" text story. "Monsters Three"; Uranium prospectors are attacked by uranium creatures; Two prospectors are killed; The remaining two evade the creatures until they are hit by lightning and destroyed in an atomic explosion. "Revenge in Small Form"; A woman breaks up with a man when the man's money dries up; The man places a curse on a voodoo doll and gives it to the woman; The man's brother arrives and, although killed by the woman, uses his last breaths to kill the woman with the doll. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Ed Goldfarb, Bob Baer, and Jon D'Agostino. Pre-Code tales of horror and the supernatural from Story Comics. A geologist has a narrow escape from a voodoo tribe in the South Pacific...or so he thinks. A sadistic football coach meets an ironic fate, "Foul Play"-style. The owner of a crematorium thinks he has a way of getting rid of his unfaithful wife, but she returns for revenge. The Human Clay; A Dead Ball; Haunted Houses; Money Hungry; Flame Thrower! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Ghoulash," art by Bill Savage. "Chef's Delight"; A vile famous chef named Francois Nicole, treats everyone in his life like garbage except his rich girlfriend whom he lavishes money on; Meanwhile his wife and two children are left to suffer in squalid conditions; Francois doesn't care about his family and treats them like animals; After Francois beats his wife and his young son (who dies as a result of appendicitis after the attack), his wife snaps. "Grave Information" text story by Ellen Lynn. "No Noose is Good Noose," art by Charles Nicholas; a demon is a hangman. "Partners in Death"; a tale of a slimy corpse. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 7, Issue 21 - June, 1953. Squarebound, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, Text Only.