Comic books December 1953

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Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Estelle was laughing at her -- she had only invited her there because she knew no one would dance with her! Don't miss..."As Love Danced By"! Also featuring: "Ornamental Sweetheart"; "Love is Dangerous"; and "Wait for Tomorrow"! Plus: Oddities in Romance filler. And: Letters page by Ann Martin, Counselor-at-Love. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Albert B. Feldstein. Deadline, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; An alcoholic ex-reporter tries to get back on his feet after meeting a girl, and his old boss says he can have his job back if he brings in a story. The Monkey, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; A drug addict murders his father in order to get his fix. Last Laugh! text story, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Marie Severin; Major Clagg was a parachute corps pilot that liked to take real risks when parachuting from a plane, and every feat he accomplished was accompanied by a practical joke of some kind. The Kidnapper, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Reed Crandall; A man's baby is kidnapped and when his wife's mental health grows so bad that he desperately attempts to steal another baby, he is beaten to death by a crowd of onlookers for attempting to kidnap...his own son. Fall Guy, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wally Wood; A hotel clerk steals $100,000 from a diamond merchant and then rents a safety deposit box years in advance under the name 'Brad Gilbert'; He serves 15 years for the theft, then meets with the girl who promised to wait for him because she wants the money. 36 pgs. $0.10. NOTE: This issue was reprinted by East Coast Comics with a $1 cover a 1970's copyright date (see E.C. Classic Reprints #3). 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. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 4, Issue 12 - December, 1954. Men's adventure magazine featuring articles on sports, hunting politics and crime. 10-in. x 13-in., 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley. The Yellow Ribbon, script by Harry Harrison, art by Jerry Grandenetti. Old Soldier, script by Art Wallace, art by Jim McArdle. Unwanted Medal, script by Art Wallace, art by Ramona Fradon. Combat Cameraman, script by France Herron, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Joe Giella. Private Pete filler page by Henry Boltinoff. Rapid Fire humor story. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Bob Powell and Fred Meagher. Cover by Fred Meagher. Rancher Steve Adams, a Comanche raised by white settlers, has a secret identity as the warrior Straight Arrow, a hero who first appeared on a popular radio show. A wealthy baron wants to re-establish his kingdom in the Old West, leading Straight Arrow to siege a modern castle. A practical joke backfires and pits Red Hawk against a demonic bear-creature. Straight Arrow takes a job on a Wild West show so he can buy the land where his secret cave is located. Also featuring an ad for a "Jack and the Beanstalk" playset featuring an actual beanstalk. Madman's Empire!; The River Robbers!; Red Hawk: The Demon Bear!; Straight Arrow Wild West Star! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bruce Hamilton and Steve Ditko. Offbeat pre-Code horror stories from Ajax-Farrell, with art by the Iger Shop staff. A man's long hair comes to life, in a truly bizarre escalating series of events partially illustrated by future Marvel legend Steve Ditko. An artist tries and fails to maintain the balance between madness and genius. Luther is cursed with the ability to know who is going to die. Dream of Horror; Hair Yee-eeee; Magic Formula; Portrait of Doom; Mirror of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Despite the cover, this (and the other variants) is not Strange Fantasy #9, or any other comic by Ajax. The covers were used to repackage reprints of Harvey comics, in this case an issue of "Black Cat." Other variants than these may exist; the publishing dates are uncertain. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Win Mortimer. The Super Athlete of Smallville!, pencils by Curt Swan. Hydroplane--Superboy's Workshop. The Tree That Drove Smallville Wild!, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Sy Barry. Jerry Jitterbug humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Eyes Have It article. Little Pete humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Know Your Community! public service announcement starring Binky, script by Jack Schiff, pencils by Win Mortimer. The Puppet Superboy!, art by John Sikela. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Win Mortimer. Luthor, Hero starring Superman and Lex Luthor, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Clark Kent, Gentleman Journalist starring Superman, Harvey Grey (intro, latest Planet publisher), Griselda Grey, and Egbert Smills, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. U.S.S.? text story by E. C. Jeffrey. The Weakling Who Became a Superman, art by Al Plastino; Prof. Caspar Snelling gains super powers. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Lex Barker and Cheetah photo cover. "Tarzan and the Terribs' Captive," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Returning to the village of the Stork Men, Tarzan and Dr. MacWhirtle stop to collect some gorobar eggs; MacWhirtle is captured by Terribs but he is rescued by Tarzan when the thipdar egg that he's carrying hatches and the thipdar frightens away the Terribs. "The Elephants' Child," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Boy, with the help of an elephant herd, dams a river in order to flood a tiger trap and allow the baby elephant trapped in it to swim to safety. "Tarzan and the Raging River," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Tarzan accompanies Harvey Norton to the land of the Hokyus in order to free Norton's son, Bruce, from captivity. "Mabu's New Friend" text story starring Mabu. Untitled Brothers of the Spear, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Russ Manning; Dan-el and Natonga locate the missing Tavane and are briefly imprisoned and threatened with drowning by Nagopa. Tarzan illustration by Jesse Marsh. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1, Issue 27 - December 7th 1953. Celebrity gossip magazine. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1, Issue 30 - December 14th 1953. Celebrity gossip magazine. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1, Issue 29 - December 21st 1953. Celebrity gossip magazine. The issue features Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh on the cover, and offers an eight page guide to last minute Christmas gifts. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1, Issue 30 - December 28th 1953. Celebrity gossip magazine. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and Matt Baker. Pre-Code jungle adventures from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Torga and Luana try to keep their old foe Laskar from sacrificing a visiting professor to the devil-beast called Zong. Jungle warrior Rulah follows a trail of dead bodies to a trap from her old foe Joppa, who wants to make her his bride. Rulah uses jungle strategy against what appears to be an invading Mongolian horde. Another bondage/good-girl/gorilla cover by L. B. Cole. Torga: Bride of the Devil-Beast; African Jungle Hunt; Rulah: Tyrant of the Jungle; Rulah: The Jungle Flames of Terror. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 53, Issue 1 - December, 1953. 6.75" x 9", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 37 Issue 12 - December 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: "La Boheme" by Howard Dietz, "Mother Met at Seventy" by Irving Kolodin, and much more. 8.5-in. x 11-in, 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Copy does not include 3-D glasses. St. John pioneered 3-D comics during the 1950s 3-D craze. Deep beneath the Earth, Mighty Mouse must protect Mitzi from the strange lava giants. Heckle and Jeckle take their hijinks into the third dimension. The World Beneath; Dinky; Sting of Defeat; Heckle and Jeckle. 32 pages, B/W with 3-D effects. Cover price $0.25.

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Copy includes original 3-D glasses. St. John pioneered 3-D comics during the 1950s 3-D craze. Deep beneath the Earth, Mighty Mouse must protect Mitzi from the strange lava giants. Heckle and Jeckle take their hijinks into the third dimension. The World Beneath; Dinky; Sting of Defeat; Heckle and Jeckle. 32 pages, B/W with 3-D effects. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 10, Issue 3 - December, 1953. Painted cover by Steffa. Vintage men's interest magazine focused entirely on amateur lingerie pin-up pictorials. This issue with a two-page pictorial featuring Bettie Page. 8.5" x 11", 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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December 3, 1953

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December 17, 1953

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December 31, 1953

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Cover by Howard Nostrand. Stories and art by Bob Powell and Howard Nostrand. A series of 3-D adventure stories, published to coincide with the 3-D craze in movies and comics of the era. A visitor to a carnival learns the story behind a daredevil pilot. A Pony Express rider dares to cross the West to get a message through. An explanation of the 3-D process, then a new craze. Plus a story that takes advantage of the 3-D technology of the era by telling two separate tales on the same page. May or may not contain 3-D glasses. The Diver; Pony Express; Brain Power; Warrior; Three-D Blinkey; The Duel; The Story Behind Harvey 3-D. 36 pages, B&W with 3-D effects. Cover price $0.25.

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Issue #3 - Winter 1953. Cover price $0.25.

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Winter 1953. Vol. 1, No. 10. Cover by Frank Kelly Freas. Featuring "Silent Victory" by Poul Anderson, and "Ballroom of the Skies" by John D. MacDonald. Softcover Pulp, 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in.; B&W, 128 Text Pages. Cover price $0.35.

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December 1953. Science fiction stories: "The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound" by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson, "Everest" by Isaac Asimov. 5-1/4 in. x 7-1/8 in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

Auction Item: GD/VG 3.0 View scans Auction opens July 6 Restored (see item notes) RESTORATION. Color touch. Cover oxidation. Slight glue along spine.

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Cover by Johnny Craig. E.C. Fan-Addict Club promo. "Star Light, Star Bright!", script and art by Johnny Craig; As falls in sheets, Hartley stands over the open coffin as he nervously and sickeningly watches people run up to the corpse and do terrible things to it. "While the Cat's Away...", art by Jack Davis; John and Frank work their little travel agency scam for almost a year; they book trips for wealthy clients, then clean out their homes of valuables while they are away. "Sudden Death!" text story. "Smoke Wrings," art by Reed Crandall; Nervously, Hubert waited to see Miss Jackson about the Llama Cigarette account, and when he did get to see her, he proffered ideas to her concerning new revolutionary billboard ads using live steam; someone gets scalded to death. "Where There's a Will...", art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); The relatives of Harold Farber are gathered in his house, awaiting his certain death while Dr. Crotty and lawyer Walker go upstairs to see the old man, and tell him what vultures they really are. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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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 dying man makes an unholy pact involving his brain and a mad scientist. A look at the use of forensic science in 1950s police work. A man travels to his ancestral Scottish estate and encounters the deadly ghost named The Red Laird. Skulls of Doom; Fear Has a Name; Hangman's Noose; Blood and Barbed Wire; Castle of Fright. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"A Pact with the Devil," pencils by Jack Cole; Suicidal John Masters enters into a pact with the devil and gets ten golden years of wealth and fortune; When his time is up, Masters tries to run. "The Subterranean Beast"; Allan Mills discovers a monstrous monkey captivated between rocks in a cave; By feeding the beast, Mills tries to command him. "Killer from Beyond," pencils by Jack Cole; Thief and killer Benny Renz is ratted out to the police by his partner, Simon Fox. Fox and his girlfriend Lili buy the Renz home and tear it down looking for the hidden loot. "Dark Sorcery" text story. "The Monster in Flesh," pencils by Charles Nicholas; Antol Meers is shunned by society for his ugliness; One day he cant take it anymore and beats up beautiful people; He gets a prison sentence and encounters a therapist who believes in change. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Final issue of the series (becomes Weird Science-Fantasy with issue #23). Cover art by Joe Orlando. "The Silent Towns," script by Ray Bradbury and Al Feldstein (adaptation), art by Reed Crandall; Walter surveys a little white silent town on the edge of a dead Martian sea, wondering what happened to all of its inhabitants; He suddenly hears a phone ringing, but he is too late to answer it; After this happens twice, he succeeds in answering a phone and finds a Miss Selsor on the other end, and he meets her, only to find that she is fat and ugly; An adaptation of a Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles story. "The Freaks," script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Al Feldstein (co-plot and script), art by Jack Kamen; The freaks at a circus side show are sick and tired of the stares of the crowds, their snickers, their groans of disgust...and one decides to quit. But when the freak is found dead in his tent, the circus owners go in search for a replacement. "Public Service!" text story. "The Fossil," script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Al Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Joe Orlando; Astronauts land on a deserted planet and begin hunting for archaeological evidence of the former inhabitants; They find a huge skeleton of a creature that apparently walked on all fours, but are baffled by its nature. "Derelict Ship," script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Al Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Bernie Krigstein; Captain Vance Kaye is the commanding officer of an exploratory spaceship; He's obsessed with searching every derelict ship his crew discovers, but nobody knows why. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Howard Sherman. The Mystery Man of the Black Hills starring the Wyoming Kid, script by Don Cameron, art by Howard Sherman. The Gun-Fighting Statue starring Nighthawk, script by Don Cameron, art by Ruben Moreira. The Vanishing Landmark starring Rodeo Rick, script by Gardner Fox, art by Ramona Fradon. Desert Double-Cross starring Cowboy Marshal, art by Ed Smalle Jr. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $105.00 View scans Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling.

Add to cart Very Good $105.00 View scans 3/4" Cumulative spine split. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Residue. Scuffing. Soiling.

Volume 9, Issue 3 - December, 1953. Painted cover by Billy DeVorss. Men's interest magazine focused on lingerie pictorials with humorous captions. 8.5 x 11.5", 52 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $765.00 View scans Paper: Off white Label #4338240015

Cover by Warren Kremer and Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Pete Riss, and Jack Sparling. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A town is beset by suspicion when one resident may be a vampire. In a parody of Dick Tracy, detective Hector Protector discovers the man he's pursuing is actually a robot. A gun is followed on its path around the city, as it is used in one murder after another. Classic subway-of-the-dead cover by Warren Kremer and Lee Elias. Day of Panic; The Baby; Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes; Chain Reaction; The Hunter; Debut!; Double Crossed. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Burgos. Written by Hank Chapman, Don Rico and unknown. Art by Russ Heath, Carl Burgos, John Romita, Sr., Mort Lawrence and Bill Everett. In this issue: The Human Torch (Jim Hammond) and Toro (Thomas Raymond) in "The Return of...the Human Torch" by Hank Chapman, Russ Heath and Carl Burgos (art for Torch figure on splash page); Captain America, Bucky and the Red Skull in "Back From the Dead!" by Don Rico, John Romita, Sr. and Mort Lawrence (art for first panel of splash page); the Sub-Mariner returns in a story with art by Bill Everett; and "A Traitor Among Us" text story. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.