Comic books January 1954

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Cover by Marvin Stein. Art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Pioneering crime comic Justice Traps the Guilty was produced by the studio of comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America. A con man hires a killer as his new partner - but first he must get rid of the old partner. An elderly shut-in plans to kill his neighbor to get his spot by the window. A man becomes a vicious thug after his brother is killed by cops during a robbery. Art from this issue is featured in Dr. Fredric Wertham's 1954 anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent, illustration #14, with the caption, "Treating police contemptuously is a comic-book commonplace." The Swindler; Something to Kill for!; The Last Laugh; Closeups; Desert Justice; Cotton Clue; Two-Gun Crowley. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Syd Shores. Untitled story, art by Jack Keller; Marshal Frosty Dance captures Kid Colt and aims to bring him in but finds out he isn't the kind of man he thought he was when they are both attacked by Indians. Untitled story, art by Jack Keller; Kid Colt comes upon Cat Hardin's camp and finds a young lady who has been kidnapped; When he frees her Copper Moss mistakenly believes it is so that he can get the ransom money, but he soon discovers that Kid Colt is nothing like him. "Killer In Town" text story. "Rustler's Range," starring Black Rider (Doc Masters), Satan (Black Rider's horse), Gibbs, Carney, and Harwell, art by Dick Ayers. Untitled story, art by George Tuska; Kid Colt stumbles upon an attempt to kill Jed Martin in front of his family by outlaws hired by a rival rancher Frog Rankin; Kid Colt guns the outlaws dead before they can injure Jed and the Kid learns about the situation; Kid Colt then offers to ride them back to their ranch. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Benulis and Jack Abel. Edited by Jack Byrne. Stories and art by Ruth Roche, Nick Cardy, Robert Webb, John Forte and Matt Baker. Fiction House presents a partial reprint of Fight Comics (1940) #53 under a new title. Boxer Kayo Kirby finds trouble while on a tour of Central America, in a story with art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker; Hooks Devlin and his gal Peaches find danger at a dude ranch; Senorita Rio sets out to rescue munitions factory workers who have been captured by El Sangre, in a story drawn by Rio creator Nick Cardy. Risks, Unlimited starring Rip Carson; Kayo Kirby; Hooks Devlin; Senorita Rio. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Morris Gollub. Jungle Weapons; Facts about bows and arrows. The White Jewel; Lassie spots an unconscious man, Marc Lauro, in a canoe; He is trying to bring a big diamond safely to Goias, but he is pursued by Herman Klemm and Pedro Verde. Mission Accomplished; Gerry, Rocky and Lassie fly to New York to meet Rocky's publisher; Lassie leaves the briefcase with the manuscript behind to save a child at the airport. From the hotel, Lassie sets out to retrieve it. Marooned in the Jungle; Flying back to their homestead, our friends are caught by a storm, forcing capitao Jorge to crash-land the plane in the jungle; Gerry, Rocky and Lassie stay at a Bororo village known to capitao Jorge, while he goes for help. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Leon Winik and others. Mischievous Eva is an adorable counterpart to those other 1950s misadventurers, Little Audrey and Little Lulu. Eva and the boys challenge each other to spend the night in a haunted house, then plot to scare each other. Ike makes the mistake of letting Nipper cut his hair. Short Stuff thinks a giant is on the loose after he finds a giant shoe. Bigger and Better Ghosts; Little Ike: Shine and a Haircut, Two Bits; Gag-Bag; Nipper: Rich Eccentric; Short Stuff: The Giant; Fair Play; Comedy Column; The Horrible Hat. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Dolly's Ghost; The Fellers think they are being haunted by the ghost of Lulu's doll. Good Little Citizen; Lulu earns money by drawing mustaches on rival political candidates' posters. Gran'ma Jones; Lulu dresses as an old lady to protect Tubby from the West Side gang. The Case of the Disappearing Drums; Tubby solves the case of who took Alvin's drum. Best-Dressed Boy; Tubby can't go to Miss Feeny's dance party with Lulu because he tore his coat. Ol' Witch Hazel and the Trip to the Moon; Lulu tells Alvin about the poor little girl who was the first person on the moon. Kite Flight; Tubby takes Chubby kite flying and Chubby disappears. Two-page text story, Lulus Diry ("Diary"). 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Don Spaulding. The Long Bridge, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Cheyenne raiders besiege Fort Adams and ambush a wagon train near the "Long Bridge." Rocky Ridge Mystery, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; A rancher's son returns from attending college in the east, to find his artistic talents are not appreciated by his father. Charro Credit text story by Gaylord Du Bois. The Grizzly's Revenge, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; After escaping from the Blackfeet, Young Hawk and Little Buck find a secluded valley full of fish and deer. Little Buck makes the mistake of wounding a grizzly, which seeks revenge. Descriptions of Indian smoking pipes. Ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Los Angeles Rams end Tom Fears. Based on the popular Western TV series. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Don Spaulding. Article that recounts the Menomini legend of the Good Spirit Nanabush, the first Menomini brave Shekatcheke, and the wild rice found at Lake Winnebago. War Feathers, art by Alberto Giolitti; Young Crow wants to win glory in war and finds his chance when enemy braves steal his tribe's calumet. Fight for the Water Hole, art by Alberto Giolitti; A gang controlling the only water hole for miles about charge pioneers exorbitant sums per barrel; Tonto tricks the gang using a tomato. Story includes inside back cover and concludes on back cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Silver Fights His Foe," "Silver Wins a Trophy," and "The Voice of Terror." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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#147, 1/54, 10c. Issue has untitled stories featuring Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd and Daffy, Mary Jane and Sniffles, Henery Hawk, Tweety and Sylvester, and Little Pancho Vanilla. Issue one-page gag strips and a two-page text feature "Santa Claus Junior." 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Fred Kirberger. Fantasy and science fiction stories by J. T. McIntosh, Sherwood Springer, J. B. Priestley, Philip K. Dick, Robert Abernathy, Leonard Wolf, Roger Dee, Norman R. Jaffray, Powell Jenkins Jr, Miriam Allen DeFord, and Raymond E. Banks. Softcover. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in. 128 newsprint pages, black and white (all text). Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 2, Issue 1 - January, 1954. 5.5" x 7.5", 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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"The Fountain of Youth," "The Runaway Statue," "Camping In," and "The Guest in the Ghost Hotel." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Mechanical science and technology magazine. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/4-in., 228 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Volume 55, Issue 217 - January, 1954. Digest-size UK men's magazine. Articles, humor, and pin-up photos. 5" x 7.25", 140 pages, B&W with color.

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Cover art by Gene Colan. Kill Me a Monster, art by Paul Reinman; A professor hires an assassin to kill creatures who possess the bodies of men. Blood Relation, art by Ed Winiarski; This story postulates that love can cure hereditary vampirism. The Fangs of the Wolf, art by Bill Everett; A man who shoots dogs for fun is bitten by a werewolf; He even has hired a sharpshooter to kill any strays that might venture onto his property, but he regrets this action when he changes to wolf form and his hired hand shoots him. Symphony in Death, art by Joe Maneely; When a music critic steals a work from a composer and passes it off as his own, the composer attaches a rope to a phonograph and strangles the critic slowly by playing the recording. The Walking Dead, art by John Forte; A zombie tries to eat a man but is tricked into a crematory chamber. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

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Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

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Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

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Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

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Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

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No ads in book. Entire issue from cover to cover is comic stories and one page strips. Mickey Mouse in "Pied Piper Goofy" in which Goofy's bagpipes cause all sorts of commotion. Mickey attempts to win a photography contest and searches for a lost Pluto in two untitled stories. No art/story credits given. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Scripts by Stan Lee, art by Dan DeCarlo. Hanover and His Gals back-up. Chili back-up. 36 pages Cover price $0.10.

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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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January, 1954 - Vintage Men's magazine featuring articles, pictorials, and pin-ups. This issue showcases a Pre-Celebrity Julie Newmar cover, How to Fly a Helicopter, and a woman known only as Lynn enjoying her record collection as photographed by Ed Carswell. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.50.

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Pre-Code mystery and horror stories from Canadian publisher Superior. A crook soon regrets stealing a cursed gem from the coffin of his aunt's twin sister, leaving a trail of bodies in his wake. After the grisly murder of his wife (in an iron lung!), Bill is repeatedly visited by a woman who looks just like her. Watching a horror movie unleashes the beast within henpecked Horace, turning him into a werewolf with a taste for the ladies. Some horror-comics covers are symbolic, but this cover actually illustrates a scene from the comic, when gangster Big Jim visits a hellish nightclub called the Charnel House. Trapped in the Tomb; The Deadly Double; Mark of the Beast; Horror a la Mode; Call Me Monster. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Russ Heath. The Movie House Horror!, art by Syd Shores. The Man Without Eyes!, art by Paul Reinman. What Happened Up There?, art by Dave Berg. You Can't Twin, art by Tony DiPreta. The Black Crows! 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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The Old Witch; Helen Bennet brings an old woman named Mathilda home and gives her a place to stay; Her husband George is irritated that Helen is always bringing home stray kids or homeless people; He discovers that Mathilda is actually a witch who is attempting an elaborate spell that will enable her to switch bodies with the younger, healthier Helen Bennet. The Man in the Tomb!, art by art by Al Luster; When a scientist realizes that, without his invention, humanity will perish after another fifty years of atomic warfare he decides this is preferable to having the cycle begin all over again. Good Morning, Mr. Smith!, art by Vic Carrabotta; A detached head gets its revenge by using hypnotic compulsion to remove the surgeon's head and place it in the life support machinery instead. The Living and the Dead!; Oscar Holmes, a man who does not believe in the supernatural, steals the plots of stories from his friend John, then publishes them as his own stories. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Fountain of Fear, art by George Roussos; An escaped convict finds the fountain of youth; He tries to change his appearance by getting younger, but vengeful Indian spirits won't let him leave the fountain. The Coin of Evil, script by W. W. Jacobs (original story), pencils by Nick Cardy; Three wishes come true by the magic of a beggar's coin; But there's a horrible price to pay. Hands of Fate text story by Gordon Jones, pencils by Jack Katz. The Prophecy, pencils by Jack Katz; Carlotta sees death in the cards for thief Chuck Hanson; He kills Carlotta and is doomed to die by water; He does so after weeks on the run. The Wig, art by Mike Roy; A barber kills a man and steals his hair for a wig, but the wig seeks revenge. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Animator Paul Terry's Terrytoons featured Mighty Mouse, Heckle & Jeckle, and other classic cartoon characters of yesteryear. Mighty Mouse must save Mitzi from the clutches of The Claw. Heckle and Jeckle's latest scam involves the roller derby, but those birds play rough. Percy tries to get out of mouse-chasing by playing sick. Dimwit's Lesson; Mighty Mouse: Menace in the Meadow; Dinky: Ring of Luck; Heckle and Jeckle: Roller Derby Chumps; Can You Complete 'Em?; Percy Puss: Playing Sick. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Short-lived vintage men's interest magazine from the 1950's era that focuses heavily on tasteful black and white pin-up photography with short bios of the models and captions included with the photos. Two pages of Mamie Van Doren. 9.5" x 12.5", 50 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 8, Issue 2 - Jan. 27th, 1954. Estelle Dru cover and article. Celebrity gossip magazine. 4-in. x 6-in., 66 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 3, Issue 1 - January 1954. Vintage men's magazine featuring pictorial articles on a wide variety of topics including sports, fitness, true crime, and of course, beautiful women. This issue features pictorials on White Slavery, Monsanto Chemical Works blaze in Texas City, and early four-wheeler mud racing. 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Reed Crandall. Stories by Carl Wessler and others. Art by Wally Wood, Al Williamson, Angelo Torres, Jack Davis, and Reed Crandall. One of EC Comics' early New Direction titles, featuring pre-Code tales of piracy on the high seas. Wally Wood's art highlights a Cain and Abel story played out on the pirate decks. A pre-Code tale of murder and mutiny with art by Jack Davis. A pirate ship on its way home encounters a Dutch merchant vessel. The cover is inspired by the 1911 Howard Pyle painting "Who Shall Be Captain?" Sea Food; Kismet; Loblolly Boy; The Shell Game; The Dive; A Fitting End. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $77.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 6, Issue 4 - January, 1954. Kelly Freas cover. "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury, "The Crystal Crypt" by Philip K. Dick, plus other stories by Charles A. Stearns, Fox B. Holden, James McKinney Jr, Robert Sampson, Jan Smith, and Leigh Brackett. Illustrations by Emsh, Freas. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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1st printing. By Walt Kelly. Trade paperback containing Pogo comic strips based on various fairy tales such as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and children's rhymes. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.00.

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With dust jacket. Hastings Edition - Volume 4 - 1st printing.
"Prince Valiant's Perilous Voyage!" Story and art by Hal Foster. Adapted by Max Trell. Prince Valiant will brave anything and face and any danger to reach home. Thrill as the brave hero comes face-to-face with jungle mammoths, turblent seas, and Saxon armies to reach his final destination. Hardcover, 128 pages, B&W.
NOTE: Prose story with B&W illustrations on every page. Dust jacket and exterior cover of the HC have matching artwork. Cover price $3.95.

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Cover art by Frank Frollo and Vince Alascia. Stamp of Guilt, art by Frank Frollo and Vince Alascia. A Handful of Aces, pencils by Frank Frollo, inks by John Belfi. The Able Arsonist, art by Frank Frollo. When Two Thieves Meet, art by Frank Frollo and Vince Alascia. Door to Door Swindle, pencils by Stan Campbell, inks by John Belfi. The Stradivarius Swindle, pencils by Frank Frollo, inks by Vince Alascia. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Carl Memling and Dick Giordano. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, focusing on swindlers and con games. Bunk Crawford and his cronies masquerade as frozen-food delivery men to swindle thousands of dollars in food from grocers and food customers. Gangsters murder a marijuana dealer and take over his "route" and his customers. The series starts to resemble more traditional pre-Code crime comics, with stories like the one about a gang planting rigged slot machines around town. Plus advice to the reader on avoiding con artists. The Big Freeze; Shakedown; The Captain Kidd Racket; Slot Machine Rackets; The Double-Talk Artists. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 62, Issue 4 - January, 1954. 6.5" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.