Comic books August 1953
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Front and back photo covers. Article on the cowboy's language. Rex Allen and the Aztec Idol starring Koko, Chombo, Don Eduardo, Professor Lewis, Wendy Lewis, Lloyd Sheldon, and Ned Selby. Black-Out starring Rex Allen, Koko, Deputy Marshall Whitey Lawrence, Lobo Younger, Hawky, and Zero. Los Brazos De Dios "The Arms of God" article, art by August Lenox. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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4 days left Auction Rex Allen #9 - 1953 Dell - Photo front and back covers - Russ Manning - VG (4.0) Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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Published Aug 1953 by Fawcett/Charlton.$5.40
Stories and art by Ralph Carlson and Howard Boughner. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. Rocky tries to tame a Western town when a cattle drive comes through, making the place as wild as a future spring break, only with horses and guns. A beautiful woman causes strife in a small town, but that's as nothing to a woman scorned. Vengeful outlaw Hank plots to get even with Rocky in the town of Wheel Rim, where guns are banned. Peaceful Pete; The Green-Eyed Monster; Sagebrush; The Town Tamer; Gopherface; Bronko Betsy; Dee Dickens: The Mighty Masseur; The Mountain Lion Murder. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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$50 Fawcett Rocky Lane Western #52 1953 6.0 Fine, White pages! Nice! Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy. Rifles at Piute Wells starring Roy Rogers, Trigger, and Bullet, art by Albert Micale; Bannerman is going to blow up the dam at Piute Wells to ruin the sheep growers. The Missing Spinsters starring Roy Rogers, art by Albert Micale; Roy is called for help in finding a little niece of the Barlow "sisters." Bullet Guards a Friend, art by Al McKimson team. Prairie Ghost text story, art by Till Goodan. Chuckwagon Charley's Tales story, art by Ray Thayer. Frontier Merchant fact page. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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2 days left Auction Roy Rogers King of Cowboys Western Dell Comic Book August 1953 Vol. 1 #68 1 day left Auction Roy Rogers Comics #68 - Golden Age - Dell 1953 - Ungraded, Sold As Is Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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"Trigger Fights For Two" and "Trigger and the River's Secret." Painted cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Saga Magazine (1950 2nd Series) Vol. 6 #5Published Aug 1953 by MacFadden Publications.$7.20
View scansMen's interest magazine focusing on Western adventure stories. 8.5" x 11", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Aug 1953 by Gernsback Publishing.$14.25
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"Spacebred Generation" a short novel by Clifford D. Simak, and "Hands Across Space" a short story by Chad Oliver, plus Hugo Gernsback and Sam Moskowitz,
Volume 1 No 5. Covers by Frank R. Paul. Science Fiction includes short novel "Spacebred Generations" by Clifford D. Simak --- illustred feature "The End of the Moon" by Gustav Albrecht, Ph.D. --- short stories "Ultimate Life" by Albert de Pina and Henery Hasse --- and "Hands Across Space" by Chad Oliver. Interior illustrations by Frank R. Paul, Tom O'Reilly, Paul Cooper, Charles Hornstein, and Jay Landau. Softcover 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 66 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.35.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Aug 1953 by Columbia Publications.
- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$8.80
View scansSoftcover pulp magazine; 7-in. x 10-in.; 130 pages; B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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Screenland (1920 Popular Library) Magazine Vol. 57 #10Published Aug 1953 by Popular Library.$6.00
View scansVol. 57 #10 - Aug. 1953. Movie magazine featuring news, gossip, articles and photographs. Articles on Bing Crosby, Rock Hudson, martin and Lewis, Cyd Charisse, Tony Curtis, Leslie Caron, John Wayne, Doris Day, Deborah Kerr, Richard Widmark and more. 8 1/2-in. x 10 3/4-in., 74 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.
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Published Aug 1953 by Show Magazine.$35.00
View scansPocket sized magazine. Cover price $0.10.
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Sir! (1942 Valiant Publishing Corp.) Magazine Vol. 10 #11Published Aug 1953 by Valiant Publishing Corp..$14.00
View scansVolume 8, Issue 11 - August, 1953. In this issue; "Where Men Eat Men", "Key to Immortality Finally Discovered", "What You Should Know About Wines", and more. Plus, lots of cartoons, sports and war stories. 8.5" x 10.75", 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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Sportsman (1953-1968 Male Publishing) Vol. 1 #2Published Aug 1953 by Male Publishing Corp..$45.00
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Volume 1, Issue 2 - August 1953. Men's interest magazine focused on tales of daring and hunter's prowess. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.
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Star Western (1933-1954 Popular) Pulp Vol. 53 #4Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Aug 1953 by Popular Publications.$64.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
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Published Aug 1953 by Better Publications.$21.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
$8.60
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.
Volume 30, Issue 3 - August, 1953. Cover by Walter Popp. Stories by Sam Merwin Jr., Theodore Sturgeon, Ralph Sloan, William Ratigan, and George H. Smith. Emsh illustration. 6.5-in. x 9-in. trimmed format; black and white; 146 pages. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Aug 1953 by Archie Publications.
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Katy Keene back-up story by Bill Woggon. Cover price $0.10.
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- Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Cover oxidation.
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Cover by Jack Davis. "Dead Right!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; A doctor rigs up an elaborate hoax to convince his heart specialist friend that his theory of awareness immediately after death could be true by pretending to poison him but really only administering an anesthetic. "Pleasant Screams!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; A high school teacher narrates his experiences as the main character in the dream of a sadistic student. "Solid" text story. "Strop! You're Killing Me!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Bill Elder; When Clem retires as Fire Chief, that leaves old Dan Harper on the job.....until the Mayor appoints a younger man as Chief, and, from the beginning, Dan and Chief Miller never see eye-to-eye about anything. "The Rover Boys!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels; A doctor gets his revenge on the five members of the medical board who revoked his license to practice medicine by transferring their brains into the bodies of dogs, and using their reasoning abilities to make money as a novelty act. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Aug 1953 by Dell/Gold Key.$4.80
Lex Barker photo cover. "The Ancient Terror," script by Gaylord Du Bois, pencils by Jesse Marsh; Tarzan and Dr. MacWhirtle visit a land inside an extinct volcano; There they assist Ruandi, a young tribesman, in rescuing his beloved, Lula, from the machinations of the witch doctor Kuvuru. "Tarzan Fights for His Own," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; While Tarzan is away from home, visiting Pal-ul-don, Sheikh Ibrahim kidnaps Jane and Boy; Tarzan rides to their rescue on a gryf. "The River People" text story starring Mabu. "Boy and the Horned Monster," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; While exploring, Boy and Dombie are captured by the men of a small village; They witness the sacrifice of a man to a horned monster; While they are attempting escape, Boy realizes that the monster is the witch doctor in a costume. "Brothers of the Spear," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Russ Manning; The patriot army attacks Amotu and Mothibi manages to capture Nagopa. Jungle Canoe Trip, art by Jesse Marsh; A racing-type board game. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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$23 Tarzan (1948) #47 Lex Barker Photo Cover Jesse Marsh Russ Manning Art Dell FN- Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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Published 1953 (est.) by Westworld Publications.$11.00
View scan- Staple rust with migration.
Weekly U.K. comic featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous hero. 28 pages, B&W.
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Published Aug 1953 by Theatre Arts, Inc..$15.00
View scansVolume 37, Issue 8 - August, 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. Includes: "See the Jaguar" by N. Richard Nash, "My Sister Eileen Goes on the Town" by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and much more. 8.5-in. x 11-in, 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.
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Edited by Will Lieberson, V.A. Provisiero and Al Jetter. Stories by unknown. Art by Bud Thompson, Bob Powell and unknown. Come on in! Dr. Death has some real out-of-this-world stories to tell you! Horror tales that are so scary they could only lead you to believe that This Magazine is Haunted! In this issue: American writer Richard Mord visits the castle of Valord, home of the vampire lady Siroon. There he discovers the entrance to the beyond, hidden behind a strange door. When he returns for a second visit, the demons greet him all too familiar in "The Door" with art by Bud Thompson. Plus: A society lady wants to show off with an exquisite piece of pottery for her dinner party. She seeks the services of a ghoulish potter living next to a graveyard. He does create something unique in "The Store at the Cemetery"! Also: While nurse Sheila is waiting for her fiance Johnny, evil doctor Quantrell pushes her into a flesh-eating wall of pulsating meat he created. A race against the clock unfolds in "The Wall of Flesh!" with pencils by Bob Powell. And: A movie turkey about a Martian invasion is promoted by faking one. But instead of the hired actors real men from Mars land in Hollywood and begin their attack in "Ready -- Action -- Camera!" 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Aug 1953 by Beacon Magazines.$11.00
View scan- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.
$4.00
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- Staple rust. Foxing. Soiling. Heavy water damage.
$5.80
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- Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
$4.00
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View scans- Paper: Cream
- Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
Volume 42, Issue 3 - August, 1953. Cover by Jack Coggins. Stories by Kendell Foster Crossen, George O. Smith, Sam Merwin Jr., Robert Sheckley, Leslie Waltham, Charles A. Stearns, Mike Curry, R.J. McGregor, J.W. Groves, and Paul A. Torak. Three Virgil Finlay illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Aug 1953 by Roy Harmon.$62.00
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Volume 10, Issue 1 - August 1953. Cover by Steffa. Humorous pin-up magazine with photos and cartoons scattered throughout. This issue with a photo of Bettie Page. 8 1/2-in. x 1 1/2-in., 50 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.25.
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Published Aug 1953 by Dell/Gold Key.$6.00
Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Featuring: Tom & Jerry tale; Bruiser picks on Tom in an Adventures of Tom tale; Barney Bear & Benny Burro tale; Polly the parrot tries to get Spike & Tyke in trouble so they can't go for a ride in a Big Spike & Little Tyke tale; Bertie Bird text story "Adventure in Apple Tree Lane"; Wuff the Prairie Dog tale; Jerry & Tuffy 2-pager; Fuzzy & Wuzzy tale; Flip 'n' Dip 2-pager; and Droopy half-pager. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Triple Western (1947-1958 Standard) Pulp Vol. 13 #2Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Aug 1953 by Standard Publishing.$44.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$8.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Spine stress. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Scuffing. Soiling. Water damage.
$8.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.
Volume 13, Issue 2 - August, 1953. 6.75" x 9", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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True (1937-1976 Country/Fawcett/Petersen) Vol. 33 #195Published Aug 1953 by Petersen Publishing Company.$9.00
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Published Aug 1953 by MacFadden Publications.$2.50
Volume 69, Issue 1 - August 1953. Cover by Ozzie Sweet. Photos and articles focusing on American life. "Teens: Good or Bad?", "Spawn of Satan." 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 138 pages B&W. Cover price $0.20.
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$110.00
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Cover by Jack Davis. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Davis, Wally Wood, and Jerry De Fuccio. Art by George Evans, John Severin, Marie Severin, Wally Wood, and Jack Davis. Harvey Kurtzman's legendary series enlisted top EC artists for gritty tales of war and adventure. An outlaw takes over a Western town but doesn't reckon on an elderly homesteader. (This story was written and drawn by Jack Davis while Harvey Kurtzman was busy shaping the early MAD.) French pilot Georges Guynemer becomes a legendary fighter ace during World War I. During feudal times, a charge of murder leads to a duel, with art by Wally Wood. Action-packed cover by Wood. Betsy!; Trial by Arms!; Salty Speech; En Crapaudine!; Guynemer! NOTE: This issue was reprinted by East Coast Comics with a $1 cover a 1970's copyright date (see E.C. Classic Reprints #9). These and other changes make the reprint easy to distinguish from the original which has a 10-cent cover price and a 1950's publication date. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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- INCOMPLETE. Half of first page missing, affects art and story. Heavy interior oxidation with some spine splitting to wraps as well as cover.
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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. A comic-book writer devises a fiendish revenge against the editor who fired him. After treasure hunters rob a jungle idol, the idol comes to life and pursues them. In colonial India, Colonel Rankin finds a way to get rid of his daughter's suitor for good, or so he thinks. Vanishing Cadavers; Mask of the Monster; Fangs of the Werewolf; Idol of Evil; Tusks of Terror. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Aug 1953 by Dell/Gold Key.$5.10
52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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- Restored (see item notes)
- RESTORATION. Color touch, spine and edges rebuilt/reinforced, re-glossed, piece fill, TRIMMED. Interior cover slightly tacky,
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Gory cover by Bernard Bailey shows a man with his heart ripped out. Interiors reprint Weird Mysteries # 1: "High Voltage" (art by Hy Fleishman), "The Planet Eaters," "Death Takes a Holiday" (art by Nick Frank), "A Stone's Throw From Eternity," "The Spirits From Outer Space!" Edited by Stanley Morse. Stories by Fleishman, Frank Frollo, Frank, Loffredo, Walter Palais, and Mike Esposito. Futuristic science fiction, sometimes with elements of horror—these are Weird Tales of the Future! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Aug 1953 by George Newnes Ltd..$78.00
View scans- Staple rust: Moderate.
Issue 662 - August, 1953. A collection of true stories from all over the world. 100 Pages, B&W.
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Tags: ArchiePublished Aug 1953 by Archie Publications.$41.00
Kary Keene back-up story by Bill Woggon. Cover price $0.10.
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Wings Comics (1940) #120Published Aug 1953 by Fiction House.
- Cover coming loose at one staple.
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Edited by J.F. Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by John Belcastro, A. Albert, Maurice Gutwirth, Art Peddy, Bernard Sachs and Bill Discount. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. A vanished pilot discovers a sort of elephant's graveyard of ancient aircraft, all still flying inside a mysterious cloud; US airmen track a Soviet superbomber into the arctic wastes; After crash-landing at sea, Buzz Bennett is a sitting duck for enemy fighters. Doomsday Mission; Blood on the Ice; The Curse of Squadron 3; Buzz Bennett; The Raiders' Roost. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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$60 WINGS COMICS #120 (1953) - GRADE 5.0 - GOLDEN AGE - FICTION HOUSE! Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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Wink (1944-1955 Wink Inc.^) Magazine Vol. 9 #1$72.00
View scansVol. 9, No. 1. August 1953. Cover by Peter Driben. Single photo of Bettie Page. 8.5" x 11.5". 48 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Aug 1953 by Witches Tales.
- 2.5" Cumulative spine split partially taped.
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- Pen on front cover and margins of first page, cover coming loose at staples.
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Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Manny Stallman, and Jack Sparling. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. The manager of a jazz club thinks his new trumpet player is inhumanly good. John and Heather meet, fall in love and marry, but each has a secret they haven't told the other. A mad scientist plans to attack the city with a herd of monster cows. Jazz!; Project X; Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes; Kiss and Kill; Shock!; Great Illusion; Legends of the Sky; I'll String Along. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Wonder (1942-1953 AP) UK #1755Tags: Anthology / CollectionPublished Aug 1953 by Amalgamated Press.$14.00
View scanAugust 8, 1953. Adventure and humor comic strips, plus short text pieces. 9.75-in. x 13-in.; black and white; 12 newsprint pages.
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Wonder (1942-1953 AP) UK #1756Tags: Anthology / CollectionPublished Aug 1953 by Amalgamated Press.$22.00
View scansAugust 15, 1953. Adventure and humor comic strips, plus short text pieces. 9.75-in. x 13-in.; black and white; 12 newsprint pages.
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Wonder (1942-1953 AP) UK #1757Tags: Anthology / CollectionPublished Aug 1953 by Amalgamated Press.$14.00
View scanAugust 22, 1953. Adventure and humor comic strips, plus short text pieces. 9.75-in. x 13-in.; black and white; 12 newsprint pages.
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Wonder (1942-1953 AP) UK #1758Tags: Anthology / CollectionPublished Aug 1953 by Amalgamated Press.$35.00
View scansAugust 29, 1953. Adventure and humor comic strips, plus short text pieces. 9.75-in. x 13-in.; black and white; 12 newsprint pages.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Aug 1953 by Dell Magazines.$8.00