Comic books 1954 w/ month not specified

Elect Howell Your Senator (1954) is a promotional comic book published by Commercial Comics. First elected to the Senate in 1948, New Jersey Senator Howell seeks re-election on a platform that includes a strong anti-communist plank. The communist threat was real at the time, with communist agents and sympathizers active in both government and in the entertainment industry. Howell also describes economic plans to better the condition of the average citizen.

1954. Special Deluxe Edition featuring 12 breathtaking Esquire beauties in full color. Calendar in paper envelope, Horizontal format, 11" x 9", 12 pages, full color. Cover price $0.50.

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Issue #1 - 1954. Includes feature pictorials movie stars from Europe. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 74 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Otto Messmer. Stories and art by Otto Messmer, Joe Oriolo and A. W. Nugent. Comics adventures of the popular, long-running cartoon character; this series often featured art by the two men most associated with Felix, Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. Felix goes hunting and attracts the wrong kind of attention - from the game warden. Perpetual slacker Joe Blow goes looking for a job. Pied Piper; Two Gun Timmy; Jolly Jungle; Joe Blow; Fuss and Feathers; Puzzle Page; Nick's Knacks; Jungle Bungle. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Otto Messmer. Stories and art by Otto Messmer, Joe Oriolo and A. W. Nugent. Comics adventures of the popular, long-running cartoon character; this series often featured art by the two men most associated with Felix, Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. The Merry Midgets get ready for Felix's party. Felix's nephews Inky and Dinky have a snow day. Wee Willie goes to the beach. Billy Bragg boasts that he has the best garden. The Merry Midgets; Oliver's Twist; Inky; Play Fun; Decided Decision; Winky; Don Poco; Wee Willie; Billy Bragg. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 28, Issue 3 - May, 1954. 6.75" x 9", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 28, Issue 4 - July, 1954. 6.75" x 9", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 29, Issue 1 - September, 1954. 6.75" x 9", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker and Gene Colan. Charlton's long-running series focused on the miliary exploits of the US Marines throughout the 20th century. Canteen Kate causes comic chaos when she auditions for an upcoming stage performance for the troops, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. In Korea, Leatherneck Jack is trapped in the target area of the Marine Corps' own rocket attack, in a story with early art by future Marvel legend Gene Colan. Meanwhile, his buddies Monte and Gum travel toward a hidden enemy outpost at Junkyard Junction. Plus two more Colan stories. Cover by Baker. Frontline Private; Leatherneck Jack: Blitz at Junkyard Junction; Canteen Kate: Call to Arms; Front Line Snafu; Disguised for Death!; Enemy Breakthrough. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Molno. Stories and art by Pete Morisi, Bill Molno, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, and Sal Trapani. Charlton's long-running series focused on the miliary exploits of the US Marines throughout the 20th century. After his brother Billy is killed in combat, Jerry ignores orders in favor of a one-man war against the enemy. Old Sarge's Korean-conflict troops don't believe his heroic stories from WWII, until they see him in action. Soldier Tanglefoot Jones is captured by Korean forces and manages a desperate escape, but the enemy is close behind. One Man's War; Old Sarge; Must Be a Marine; Ozark Fighter!; Little Lady of Seoul. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

1954 Annual, 8.5" x 11", 68 pages, spiral-bound, Color and B&W. Cover price $1.00.

UK hardcover annual featuring characters and stories for the Golden age of cinema. Hardcover, 8" x 10", 100 pages, full color.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - December, 1954. Short-lived pocket-sized vintage true crime digest that focused entirely on high profile cases that were receiving lots of attention during it's era. 4" x 5.5", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Indicia title is "BOB CLAMPETT'S BEANY AND CECIL, No. 530." Painted cover art. Beany and the Miner Bird; Professor X reconstructs a map to the buried treasure of 17th Century pirate Captain Kidder; The treasure is buried on the Pacific island of Pogo Pogo; On the way there, the Leakin' Lena is diverted by Dishonest John to cross the International Date Line in the mysterious waters of Latitude Q and is thrown back into time into the 17th Century. The Gold Cup Race; Cap'n Huffenpuff enters the Leakin' Lena in the annual boat race to Holiday Island. Professor X has invented jet pills to make the gasoline in the boat's tank 1,000 times more powerful than normal. All interior art by Jack Bradbury. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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#531, 1953, 10c. Walt Disney's Duck Album. Donald Duck gets out the "Ye Olde Duck Family Album" and off we go on five different duck stories featuring Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Scrooge McDuck, Huey, Dewey & Louie, and Grandma Duck. All stories are untitled. Back cover features pinup. Story and art credits: unknown. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "RAGGEDY ANN & ANDY, No. 533." Painted cover art by Dan Gormley. Party in the Attic; Swept by a storm into the "Big Folks" basement, the Raggedys decide to play in the attic. Dickie Bird's Dream; Dickie Bird, the canary, escapes from his cage and the Raggedys track him to Cloudland, the land where the Clouds are made. In the Deep, Deep Woods; Freddy Fox steals Mr. and Mrs. Gingerbread and their child Crumby in order to eat them; They are rescued by the Raggedys and the forest gnomes. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "Ernest Haycox's WESTERN MARSHAL, No. 534." Painted cover art. Map of River Bend, setting for the story. Western Marshal, art by Everett Raymond Kinstler; Sheriff Dan Mitchell tries to balance the competing interests of a trail town; One half is the gamblers and saloon men on one side of town, the other is the merchants and law-abiding people on the other side. Each needs the other to survive. Adapted from the 1941 novel "Trail Town" by Ernest Haycox. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "I LOVE LUCY, No. 535." Lucille Ball photo cover. Intro with four photos from the TV series. The Midnight Snack; Lucy's midnight snacks are giving her hiccups, which are keeping Ricky awake. Suds in Your Eyes; Lucy buys boxes of Fado Soap Flakes looking for the lucky ticket that's included in a box as a prize. Strike Up the Band; Ricky's orchestra gets a job playing a a party on Mr. Bluechip's yacht. Lucy stows away and causes havoc while trying to stay out of sight. Art by Hy C. Rosen. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "DAFFY, No. 536." Cover art by Tony Strobl. Daffy meets Crusoe and Sam, script by Don R. Christensen, art by Phil de Lara; Daffy gets marooned on a tropical island where he becomes "Pay Day" to a Robinson Crusoe-type castaway; Yosemite Sam comes to the island looking for pirate treasure. Substitute Stork, art by Phil de Lara; Daffy and a stork have a mid-air collision; The stork strains his back and Daffy has to deliver his bundle--a baby monkey to Missus Monkey at the circus. New House and Beavers, art by Phil de Lara; Daffy cons a home builder into building him a house; When the builder uses a loophole in the contract to give Daffy a rickety shack, Daffy has his beaver friends flood the site, trapping the builder. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Sam Savitt (painting) and Paul Murry (inset). Stories by unknown. Art by Tony Sgroi and Paul Murry. Featuring Walt Disney's "Stormy" (the thoroughbred with an inferiority complex), plus "Uninvited Guest" (starring Pluto, Mickey Mouse, Morty and Ferdie and Aunt Agatha). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "THE MASK OF ZORRO, No. 538." Painted cover art. Facts about Zorro's flintlock pistols. The Mask of Zorro; Don Sandoval uses attacks on his fur traders as a part of a plot to give Russia an excuse to declare war on Alta California. Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Walt Disney's "Ben and Me" - Written by Del Connell. Declaration of Independence cover and interior art by Al Hubbard. Also features three text articles on Benjamin Franklin. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "UNCLE WIGGILY, No. 543." Cover art by Bill Weaver. The Golden Totem Poles; Eenie Q. Wolverine has an old Indian map that shows two golden totem poles are buried underneath Wiggily's house; He convinces Wiggily that the dam behind his house is cracked and that he should move his house immediately. The Unlucky Coin; When Shaggy and Pokey fight over a nickel, Wiggily seeks to solve the problem by hiding the coin so that whoever finds it first is the owner. The Egg Thieves; Wiggily has to find out who is stealing eggs from Roscoe Rooster's chicken yard. Art by Bill Weaver. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Walt Disney's Rob Roy movie adaptation. Russ Manning art. Photo cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Walt Disney's The Wonderful Adventures of "Pinocchio" - Written by Carlo Collodi (novel) and Chase Craig (adaptation). Art by Walt Kelly. Cover by Norm McGary? Partial reprint of #92. Adaptation of the 1940 Walt Disney film PINOCCHIO. Starring Pinocchio, Jiminy Cricket, Gepetto, The Blue Fairy, John Worthington Foulfellow, Gideon, Stromboli and Figaro! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "BUCK JONES, No. 546." Painted art by Don Spaulding. The story of Bill Fairweather of Bannock, Montana, who had a strange power to charm rattlesnakes. The Half-Eared Horse Thief, art by Sparky Moore; On the way to Walnut Creek, Buck is jumped when he stops to help an apparently injured man in the middle of the road; The thieves steal Silver-B. When Buck gets to Walnut Creek he finds that a gang of horse thieves is operating in the area. The Killer with Two Faces, art by Mike Arens; After receiving a letter from Hal Younger, Buck comes to his Rocking-H ranch near Gila City; He arrives to find the ranch house in flames and learns that Hal has been knifed and money he kept in a strong box is missing. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "FRANCIS, THE FAMOUS TALKING MULE, No. 547." Cover art by Don Gunn. The Gold-Finder, art by Don Gunn; A millionaire lets Pete and Francis fly a helicopter to his gold mines in Alaska; In Alaska they meet an eccentric old miner named Billygoat, who has invented a "gold-finder"; The invention finds gold, but it's in the vault of the town bank. The Art Critic, art by Don Gunn; Francis critiques an artist's painting of a horse. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "KRAZY KAT, No. 548." Cover art by Dan Gormley. The Kashinkari Diamond; Krazy and Ignatz go after pirates who have stolen the Kashinkari Diamond. Statue of Offissa Pupp; Krazy makes a statue of Offissa Pupp. Crime Prevention Program; Offissa Pupp decided he can prevent crime by arresting Ignatz before he can throw a brick at Krazy. Ignatz's Grocery Store; Ignatz opens a grocery store; Everyone wants samples of the produce, but no one wants to pay. All art by Dan Gormley. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walter Lantz OSWALD THE RABBIT, No. 549." Cover art by Lynn Karp. Choosing an Unusual Hobby, script by Don R. Christensen; Floyd and Lloyd decide that Oswald needs to take up an unusual hobby. The Giant Tar Pit Bird, art by Phil de Lara; Floyd and Lloyd have a new bird whistle; When they use it near a tar pit they attract a huge, but playful, prehistoric bird out of the tar pit and it follows them home. Making Chores Fun; Oswald's attempts to make chores into fun for Floyd and Lloyd backfire. Oswald the Strong, script by Don R. Christensen; Floyd and Lloyd rig a carnival test of strength so that Oswald appears to be much stronger than he really is; The boys are then forced to keep up the charade when Oswald keeps trying to show off his new-found strength. All art by Phil de Lara. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "THE LITTLE SCOUTS, No. 550." Cover art by Don Gunn. The Hidden Cave; While on a boat ride, the Scouts and Mr. Johnson find an opening to a huge cave; They go exploring but find something they weren't expecting. Seeing Double; Snackbar, Wilmar, and Mr. Johnson get confused when a pair of twins with contrasting personalities moves into the neighborhood. Campfire Tale; Scoutmaster Johnson tells the scouts about the stars and Wimbish has a dream about visiting the Milky Way. Bagging a Big One; Scoutmaster Johnson gets himself stuck in an extra-large sleeping bag when the zipper jams. All art by Don Gunn. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "BOZO, featuring Bozo the Capitol Clown, No. 551." Cover painting by Lee Hooper. Bozo's Day Off; Bozo has the day off and decides he wants to see a circus. Professor Calculas and the Voodoo Box; ozo takes a trip in a balloon to investigate strange objects which appear to be floating in the sky; He and Sparky get involved with a strange inventor who wants the pair to help him in his search for the "missing link." Bozo the Lion Tamer; The circus owner wants Bozo to do the lion-tamer act while their handler is away. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "SUSIE Q. SMITH, No. 553." Cover art by Linda Walter. Beauty Contest; Susie and Legs compete in a beauty contest to be the mascot of the Boys' Club. Illustrated letters from teen girls complaining about teen boys; and vice versa. Susie Learns to Play Baseball; Thinking Hutch prefers playing baseball to seeing her, Susie gets Wolf Wilson to teach her baseball; but Wolf has some other lessons on his mind. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Rusty Riley, a Boy, a Horse, and a Dog, No. 554." Painted cover art by Sam Savitt. The Haunted Canyon, script and art by Frank Godwin; Rusty, Patty, Miss Blake, Tex, and Dr. Quinn go west to a dude ranch, where they become involved in a plot to swindle a rancher out of some valuable land. Reprinted from Rusty Riley (King Features) newspaper strips from 1949. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Hank Hartman. Explanation of the causes of range wars between cattlemen and sheep herders. Zane Grey's Range War, script by Zane Grey (original story) and Gaylord Du Bois (adaptation); The Hash Knife outfit has been using Yellow Jacket Valley as open range for their cattle; The owner of the Diamond Ranch now has proved ownership of the valley and his nephew and his friends must keep the Hash Knife cowboys from rustling the Diamond cattle. Based on the 1933 novel "Hash Knife Outfit" by Zane Grey. This is a sequel to "Drift Fence" by Zane Grey. All art by Albert Micale. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "BEN BOWIE AND HIS MOUNTAIN MEN, No. 557." Painted cover art. Directions for tanning a deerhide. The Wilderness Trail; Ben and his men help a wagon train of settlers fight off hostile Shawnee Indians as they make their way to the end of the Wilderness Trail at Garsen's Gap. The Rival Company; Ben and Jim bring their beaver skins to the trading post only to find that the post operator is only buying from a man named Weber, who is using 20 Indians to force a monopoly on beaver trade in the area. All interior art by Frank Thorne. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "ELMER FUDD, No. 558." Cover art by Phil de Lara. Elmer's Twin Brother; Elmer's twin brother comes to visit; He looks exactly like Elmer except that he has a full head of hair; He takes advantage of the resemblance to sell bottles of hair restorer. Trailer Trouble; Daffy stows away in Elmer's trailer before Elmer goes on vacation; After getting doused with flour, Daffy tries to convince Elmer that he is a white duck, not black. Window Washing Woes; Elmer hires Sylvester to wash the windows on his house. Jo-Jo the Wild Man; After Elmer ruins his wild man act in the circus; the out-of-work performer tracks down Elmer and forces him to flee to the forest. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "I LOVE LUCY, No. 559." Photo cover of Lucy Ricardo (as played by Lucille Ball). Shopping Spree; Lucy takes Ricky with her to Lacy's department store to buy some gloves. Follow the Leader; Lucy volunteers Ricky and his band to play at their charity bazaar; The band has a television appearance a half-hour before the bazaar, but Lucy helpfully draws a map to get from the TV station to the bazaar. Child's Play; Lucy needs money to buy a dress for a party, so she fills in as caretaker for ten children on a Saturday. The group causes chaos in a museum. All interior art by Hy C. Rosen. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "The Nearsighted MR. MAGOO and GERALD McBOING BOING, No. 561." Sloppy Jalopy; Magoo takes a used car salesman on a wild test ride. Mighty Moe; Magoo and Waldo go deep-sea fishing. Gerald Goes to the Grocery; Gerald's parents send him to the grocery store, where the grocer has to decipher Gerald's sound effects to know what he wants. Trip to Hoboken; Magoo mistakes the Hudson River Ferry to Hoboken for an ocean liner, art by Don Sheppard. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Paul Murry. Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Wright and Phil de Lara. Featuring five untitled tales, plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Starring Goofy, Mickey Mouse, Gilbert and Clarabelle Cow! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "RHUBARB, THE MILLIONAIRE CAT, No. 563." Painted cover art. Facts about cats. Rhubarb Wins by a Whisker, art by Don Gunn; Rhubarb the cat is the owner of the Brooklyn professional baseball team; He and his guardians, Eric and Polly Yaeger, are in Florida for spring training. Circus Capers; Eric and Polly take Rhubarb to the circus, where the cat becomes part of the show; That night the cat returns to the circus and is taken captive by an unscrupulous animal trainer, who gets a hypnotist to make Rhubarb think he's a dog. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.