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Comic books April 1954

  • Vol. 48 #4
    10 Story Western Magazine (1936-1954 Popular) Pulp Vol. 48 #4


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Foxing. Soiling. Moisture spotting.

    Volume 48, Issue 4 - April, 1954. 6.75" x 9", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #191
    Action Comics (1938 DC) 191
    Published Apr 1954 by DC.
    • Cover oxidation. Water spotting.

    Cover art by Win Mortimer. Calling Doctor Superman, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Janu, the Jungle Boy starring Congo Bill, script by Jack Miller, Ed Smalle. Nine Worlds Hotel starring Tommy Tomorrow, script by Edmond Hamilton, art by Jim Mooney. The Purple Raiders of Cripple Hill starring Vigilante, art by Howard Sherman. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 127 #6
    Adventure (1910-1971 Ridgway/Butterick/Popular/New Publications) Pulp/Magazine Vol. 127 #6


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    • Staple rust. Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.

    Volume 127, Issue 6 - April, 1954. Cover and interior art by H.R. Van Dongen. Stories by Arthur C. Clarke, Evan Hunter and Jacob Hay. 8.5" x 11.5", 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #30
    Adventures into Terror (1951) 30
    • Tearing to cover and water spotting.

    Cover art by Syd Shores. They Fly By Night; A boy's parents are killed by a vampire during a trip to Hungary and he survives because the vampire is too sated to drain his blood. Uninvited Guests text story. The Dead Don't Sleep, art by Al Eadeh; Have you ever wondered if the dead resent the Mediums who disturb their rest?; This story answers that question. The Man in the Shadows. Don't Nod, art by Sy Grudko. A Scream in the Night, art by Vince Colletta; All of the people surrounding a writer turn out to be members of a sacrificial cult and since one of them is a psychologist, they have the writer committed to an asylum after he stumbles upon one of their ritual human burnings. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #28
    Adventures into Weird Worlds (1952-1954 Marvel/Atlas) 28
    • 1.5" Cumulative spine split. Staple rust. Rust migration.
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    "Heads Will Roll" (art by Paul Reinman), "The Supreme Test," "In the Bag!" (art by Doug Wildey), "The Strange Shop!" (art by Ed Moline), "From the Dead" (art by Burlockott), and a two-page text story, "Voyage to Mars." Atom bomb story' decapitation panels. Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Harry Anderson. Stories by Paul Reinman, Doug Wildey, Ed Moline, and Sam Burlockoff. These tales of horror, sci-fi, and suspense will take you on Adventures into Alien Worlds! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #26
    Adventures of Bob Hope (1950) 26

    Written by Martin Naydel, Henry Boltinoff and unknown. Art by Owen Fitzgerald, Martin Naydel, Henry Boltinoff and unknown. Bob Hope, America's favorite funnyman, takes to the skies in an untitled 3-part story, with art by Owen Fitzgerald. Plus: Teen Teasers activity page by Martin Naydel; Block Buster activity page by Naydel; A Bit of Disc and Data article; Honey in Hollywood 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff; and Liz back-up story. 40 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Issue #10
    All American Men of War (1952) 10
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #3712147006
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Edited by Whitney Ellsworth (credited) and Robert Kanigher (actual). Cover by Jerry Grandenetti. Stories by Robert Kanigher, Jerry Grandenetti, Bernard Sachs, David V. Reed, Irv Novick, Joe Giella, Irwin Hasen, Art Wallace, Jerry Grandenetti, Joe Giella, Bill Woolfolk, Frank Giacoia, and Sy Barry. Adventure tales of war and the military, including some humor—go into combat with All American Men of War! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    3 days left Auction ALL AMERICAN MEN OF WAR #10 (DC Comics, 1954). Golden Age. HIGH Grade!

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  • Issue #2
    All True Detective Cases (1954) 2
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4369208024
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    First issue in the series. "Pretty Boy Floyd" (pencils by Marcus, inks by Rocke Mastroserio), "Frankie Yale," Jack 'Legs' Diamond in "The Devil's Disciple," Lucky Dale in "The River Pirates." Overstreet lists this as having Wally Wood art, though none of the art looks like it. If he did indeed work on this issue, it's most likely on the last story or on the cover. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 4 #4
    Amateur Art and Camera (1950-1961 Camerarts Publishing^) Magazine Vol. 4 #4


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    • Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 4, Issue 4 - April. 1954. Cover by David M. Mills. Art and Camera Magazine is a great tool for the amateur artist. It contains articles, exposes and product reviews that you can use to your advantage while exploring creativity in the world of fine arts. 8.5" x 11", 44 pages, B&W. Contains nudity and is recommended for mature readers. Cover price $0.50.

  • Issue #24
    Amor Film (French 1953-1963 Editions du Carquois) 24

    Issue #24 - Apr. 15, 1954. Cover of Joan Fontaine. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/4-in., 12 pages, printed using a dark purple ink instead of black. NOTE: French language publication.

  • Issue #5
    Andy Hardy (1952 Dell) 5

    Series continues from Andy's appearances in Four Color Comics. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #24
    Andy Panda (1953-1962 Dell) 24

    Walter Lantz' Andy Panda. Stories by Don R. Christensen. Art by Ken Champin, Vic Lockman and Harvey Eisenberg. Featuring four untitled tales, plus an untitled story on the inside front cover! Starring Andy Panda, Charlie Chicken, Captain Sly and Poncho Panda (Andy Panda's nephew)! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #4
    Approved Comics (1954) 4

    Stories and art by John Buscema, Leonard Starr, Bernard Sachs, John Celardo and Bob Brown. An anthology from St. John, with a variety of genres, sources and artists. This issue features Old West hero Kid Cowboy. When Kid Cowboy and his Pawnee pal Red Feather intervene in a water war, they become the targets of outlaw Mal Thomas. Tied up by an outlaw, Kid Cowboy is left for an approaching grizzly, in a story with early art by future Marvel and Conan legend John Buscema. Kid Cowboy tries to get the goods on slippery outlaw Jeb Matthews. Painted cover by an unknown artist. Crisis in the Valley; The Grizzly's Debt!; Tom Smith of Abilene; Red Feather: The Massacre Game; Six-Gun Justice. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #12
    Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (1951) 12

    "Gay Blades," pencils by George Frese; Betty conspires with a reluctant Jughead to break Archie and Veronica up at the ice skating pond. "Hunger Pains," art by Samm Schwartz; Suzie trades one-liners with a hobo looking for a handout. "The Apple Chump-Ling"; Archie swipes some apples from Jughead to give to Veronica so she can pass her Home Economics baking class. "Insufferable Pals"; Veronica breaks a date with Archie to go out with another boy; Betty at first refuses to be Archie's second choice, but then decides to date him. "Tomato Surprise"; When Jughead hears Betty and Veronica are buying fresh tomatoes for tomato sauce, he volunteers to make his family's special recipe sauce for them. "Ski Sick," art by Harry Lucey; When the boys spurn the girls' request to show them how to ski, the girls decide to go skiing anyway. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 5 #10
    Art Photography (1949-1958) Magazine Vol. 5 #10


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    • Water damage: Slight.

    Volume 5, Issue 10 - April, 1954. Art Photography Magazine was a men's interest publication produced from July, 1949 to December, 1958 that focused heavily on photographing the nude female form, as well as a fair amount of "cheesecake" pin-up style photography. Included are articles on how to take better photographs, product reviews of different photography equipment, and diving deeper into what makes photography a legitimate form of art. 8.5" x 10.5", 50 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

  • Vol. 53 #2
    Astounding Science Fiction (1938-1960 Street and Smith) Pulp / Digest Vol. 53 #2


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    • Front cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

    April 1954. Volume 53, Issue 2 - 1st printing. Science fiction stories by E.B. Cole, Chad Oliver, Robert Abernathy, Joseph Whitehill, and Hal Lynch. Illustrations by Freas, Doore, and van Dongen. Article on atomic waste. Cover by Kelly Freas. Softcover, 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; 168 newsprint pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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  • Issue #20
    Baffling Mysteries (1952) 20
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    The Maze Master, art by Lou Cameron; Victor Rarlo is a sadist who loves puzzles and lets people perish in his fiendish mazes; Being challenged by a strange mystic, Rarlo travels into psychedelic mind-mazes and gets irreversibly caught in the maze of his own mind. Tune of the Zombie Queen, art by Louis Zansky; Washed-up dancers Ferdie and Doris take over a stage act from a genuine voodoo queen in New Orleans; They have to pay a price though--and turn into zombies. Hostage of the Unearthly, art by Ken Rice; Demons from the "half-world" invade our "earth-plane" through a pathway opened by radiation experiments. When Voodoo Drums Rumble, art by Jim McLaughlin. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    2 days left Auction Baffling Mysteries #20 (1954)(CGC 1.5) -- BONDAGE COVER -- PRE-CODE GOLDEN AGE

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  • Issue #28
    Battle (1951 Atlas) 28
    Published Apr 1954 by Atlas.

    Return to Freedom starring Medal-of-Honor recipient William F. Dean, art by Joe Sinnott. Trench War!, art by John Severin. Tunnel Mission text story. Waterloo! starring French Emperor Napolean I Bonaparte, art by Louis Ravielli. The Bulge! starring Adolf Hitler, General George Patton, and General Anthony C. McAuliffe. 36 pgs. $0.10 Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #18
    Battlefront (1952 Atlas) 18
    • 2.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover coming loose at one staple. Water damage.

    Written by unknown. Art by Syd Shores, Dick Ayers, Mac Pakula and unknown. Our armed forces in action! Featuring: "Sixty Miles" with pencils by Syd Shores; "Kasserine Pass" with pencils by Dick Ayers; "Hannibal"; "Chateau-Thierry" with art by Mac Pakula; and 2-page text story "Helicopter Hunters"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #49
    Black Cat Mystery (1951-1963 Harvey) 49
    • Paper: Slightly britle
    • Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case
    • Tape on interior cover.
    • Label #2017097003
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4122534005
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
    • Label #3845867002
    • 4.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple. Centerfold detached at one staple. Staple rust. Rust migration.
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    Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, John Giunta and Joe Certa. Former superhero comic Black Cat becomes a showcase for Harvey's unique brand of pre-Code horror. Henpecked Abner contends with his domineering wife over their shared bathroom, until one day Abner just snaps. A dark spoof of The Three Musketeers finds the sinister Milady with a secret advantage against the heroes. A harried businessman is tormented by letters from Death, promising an impending meeting. Clean As a Whistle; The Three Musketeers; Paranoia; A Promise Kept. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 4 #5
    Black Magic (1950-1961 Prize/Crestwood) Vol. 4 #5
    • 3.75" Cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached at one staple.
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    # 29 on cover. Vol 4 No 5 inside. Cover art by Jack Kirby. The Monsters of St. Laurant, art by Bob McCarty. The Greatest Horror of Them All, art by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby; Johnny lives in Sanctuary where other deformed people live free from the prying eyes of the public; He falls in love with Elena, the lovely secretary, until he learns her secret. No Cure text story. Madame Cyanide and Master Tricks!, art by Steve Ditko. Message from a Murder Victim!, art by Al Eadeh. The Flying Dutchman, art by Al Eadeh. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #75
    Blackhawk (1944 1st Series) 75
    • Oxidation and moisture damage.
    • Cover oxidation.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera. Featuring: 10 page Blackhawk story "The Flying Cannon" starring Blackie (Blackhawk's hawk mascot) and Prof. Anton, drawn by Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera; 4 page Chop Chop reprint story "An Ill Wind" drawn by Paul Gustavson (?); 7 page Blackhawk story "Blind Victory" drawn by Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera; 1 page Blackhawk reprint text story "Bombs Away"; 7 page Blackhawk story "The Z Bomb Menace" drawn by Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $180 BLACKHAWK #75 QUALITY COMICS GOLDEN AGE MID GRADE 1ST BLACKIE THE HAWK

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  • Issue #753
    Blighty (1939-1959 City Magazines Ltd.) UK Magazine 753
    • Staple rust: Moderate.
  • Issue #754
    Blighty (1939-1959 City Magazines Ltd.) UK Magazine 754
    • Spine split 25%.
  • Issue #755
    Blighty (1939-1959 City Magazines Ltd.) UK Magazine 755
    • Staple rust: Slight.
  • Issue #756
    Blighty (1939-1959 City Magazines Ltd.) UK Magazine 756
    • Cover Detached. Staple rust: Moderate.
  • Issue #100
    Boy Comics (1942) 100

    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by C. H. Moore, Ben Brown, Jay Scott Pike, Ralph Mayo, and Charles Biro. An anthology title from publisher Lev Gleason and his primary creator, Charles Biro, featuring teen hero Crimebuster and his nemesis Iron Jaw. Iron Jaw's new face is revealed, and it's even more horrifying than his previous one. A comics retelling of the famed 1938 rematch between heavyweight champion Joe Louis and German boxing legend Max Schmeling. Their space battles over, Rocky and Simpy are reassigned the Korean peninsula as the Korean War heats up. Crimebuster: One Second To Zero; Conquer Any Worlds Lately?; Sniffer and Iron Jaw: Riot; Famous Eccentrics; Crimebuster: They Called Him Crazy; Rocky X: Planet To FBI - Over; Best Fights Of The Century: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #1
    Broadway Hollywood Blackouts (1954) 1
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    An offbeat comic presenting short, often risque humor stories in a sort of comics version of vaudeville. Each "sketch" is presented as if it's on a vaudeville stage, complete with footlights. A cop helps a drunk man break into his own house, but it's the wrong house. Before his death, a man creates the first "video will" with his motion-picture camera - much to his family's surprise. When two men learn they're dating the same woman, they find a way to settle the dispute with a gun that fires blanks. One Too Many; The Last Will and Testament; Best Friends; The New Dress; The Triangle; It's a Bet; The Pickpocket; The Lost Key; The Dead Duck; The Love Seat; Peppermint Candy; Two Timer; Once a Ham...; Broken Hearted; The Hearing Aid; Time Out; Trapped. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    Buster Bear (1953) 3

    Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Featuring Buster Bear in: "The Unhappy Wolf"; "Willie Is All Washed Up"; and "The Gold Rush"! Plus: Buzzy Rabbit in "Mr. Fixit" co-starring Sammy Skunk, Betty Bunny and Witty Fox. Also: Rollo Raccoon in an untitled story co-starring Picklefoot Pig, Rufus Rabbit and Mr. Bear. And: 1-page text story "The Eager Beaver"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 1 #4
    Carnival (1955 Show Magazine) Vol. 1 #4
    • Staple rust: Slight.
  • Vol. 2 #3
    Cavalier (1952-1992 Fawcett-DuGent-Arzill) Magazine Vol. 2 #3


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    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 10%. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 2, Issue 3 - April 1954. Men's interest magazine featuring War, Hunting, and Adventure stories, along with cartoons, and in later issues Pictorials. This issue features "The Snatchers" by Lionel White, and When Conan Doyle Played Sherlock Holmes to Trap a Vicious Murderer!" by Alan Hynd. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 1 #1
    Celebrity (1954 Magnum Publications) Vol. 1 #1


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    • Staple rust.

    Volume 1, issue 1 - April 1954. Men's interest magazine focusing on celebrities, athletes, and pin-up models. 4-in. x 5 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #37
    Children's Digest (1950-2009 Better Reading Foundation) 37


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  • Issue #20
    Cisco Kid (1951-1958 Dell) 20
    • Staple rust.

    Painted Cover by Ernest Nordli. Stories by unknown. Art by Bob Jenney. Featuring the tales "The Petticoat Marker" and "The Fiesta Cover-Up"! Also: the 1-page filler "Brands and Branding" on the inside front cover! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #1
    Classics Illustrated 118 Rob Roy (1954) 1
    • 1/4" Spine split from bottom.

    Rob Roy, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 119, with 4/54 date). His father's papers mysteriously stolen, young Francis Obaldistone rides up into the wild Highlands of Scotland in search of them. Suddenly, he finds himself in the midst of the plotting, treachery, heroism and drama of a fiery Scottish rebellion. And suddenly, and strangely, he meets the many-sided robber, Rob Roy, outlaw to the authorities, hero to the clans. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #507
    Classics Illustrated Junior (1953-1971) 1st Printing 507

    Painted cover art by Dik Browne. "Jack and the Beanstalk," script by William Godwin (adapted from his original story), art by Alex A. Blum; Jack exchanges the family cow for a few beans; His mother is furious and tosses the beans out the window; The next morning, Jack finds a beanstalk growing to the clouds and climbs it; In the clouds, he discovers a land dominated by a cruel Giant; On several trips up and down the beanstalk, Jack steals the Giant's bags of gold, his magic hen, and his talking harp; The Giant attempts to pursue Jack down the beanstalk but falls to his death; A good fairy restores Jack's long-lost father, a knight who has been serving for many years in the wars. "My Shadow," script by Robert Louis Stevenson, art by Alex A. Blum; Poem from "A Child's Garden of Verses" about a child's shadow. Article about the gorilla, illustrated by William A. Walsh. Jack and the Beanstalk pinup on back cover by Alex A. Blum. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #503
    Classics Illustrated Junior (1953-1971) Reprints 503
    • Water damage.

    Cinderella. NOTE: We do not currently differentiate between HRN 576 copies and other HRN #'s of Classics Illustrated Junior reprints. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #507
    Classics Illustrated Junior (1953-1971) Reprints 507

    Jack and the Beanstalk. NOTE: We do not currently differentiate between HRN 576 copies and other HRN #'s of Classics Illustrated Junior reprints. Cover price $0.15.

  • Apr 2 1954
    Collier's (1888-1957 Crowell-Collier Publishing) Magazine Apr 2 1954


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    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

    The classic weekly magazine featuring news and fiction. 10.75" x 13.75", 106 pages, PC/B&W. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 30 #1B
    Complete Love Magazine (1951-1956 Ace Magazine) Vol. 30 #1B

    First issue with whole numbering in indicia (176). All reprints. Stories reprinted from All Love (1949) 31 and Real Secrets (1950) 5. Photo cover. In order of appearance: "Behind Our Wedding Vows"; "Her Reckless Pretense"; "I Was One Among Others"; and "I Woke Up Married". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #5
    Crazy (1953) 5
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
    • Label #4181190003
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #7010419-AA-032
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    (C) Carl Burgos (A) Joe Maneely, Dick Ayers, Howard Post, Mike Sekowsky. Parody/satire of Sinbad the Sailor, The Wolf Man, Censorship, and others. FC, 32 pages. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #109
    Daredevil Comics (1941 Lev Gleason) 109
    • INCOMPLETE. Piece missing from last page, interrupts art or story.

    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Irving Watanabe, Ben Brown, Robert Martinott and Tony DiPreta. This boys' adventure title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Slugger gets taken up in yet another runaway plane, this one a large-scale model radio-controlled aircraft. Dilly Duncan's prank war with Gruesome Jones escalates during April Fool's Day, until Gruesome winds up in court. The backup historical strip features true stories of people who were amazingly lucky. Also, a biography of baseball legend Lou Gehrig, and a history of the Aztec Empire. Little Wise Guys: The Racket Busters; The Little Wise Guys Scrap Book: More Than Muscle; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: April Fool; Fortune's Favorites; Little Wise Guys: Up a Mysterious Tree; Little Wise Guys: Wise Guys vs Gravity; History in Our Backyard. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #17
    Dark Mysteries (1951) 17
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4368350017
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    • Paper: White
    • Label #4338111008
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    Skeleton cover by Hy Fleishman. Stories and art by A.C. Hollingsworth, Hy Fleishman and Jon D'Agostino. A pre-Code horror series that is not as well-known other horror comics, but makes up for it with grue. This issue is hosted by "The Old Gravedigger," a take-off on EC's Crypt Keeper and other horror hosts. In a typically boundary-pushing story, a vampire includes an infant in its list of victims. A ape-human hybrid terrorizes a city. Lady with the Mask of Death; Horror of the Fifth Corpse; Terror of the Man-Ape; Verdict of Terror. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #34
    Donald Duck (1952-1980 Dell/Gold Key/Whitman/Gladstone) 34

    Cover by Paul Murry. Stories by Carl Fallberg and unknown. Art by Dick Moores. Donald Duck is featured in "Scrooge's Birthday," "Nephews' Show" and "Can Opener Salesman"! Also: 1-pagers "Bumper Sled" and "Cats' Crossing"! Characters in this issue: Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey, Louie, Uncle Scrooge and Daisy Duck. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 23 #125
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1941-Present Davis-Dell) Vol. 23 #125


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    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Vol. 10 #5
    Eyeful (1943-1955 Eyeful Magazine Inc.^) Vol. 10 #5


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    • Spine split 30%. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 10, Issue 5 - April, 1954. Vintage men's interest magazine full of adult humor comics and tasteful pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11.5", 50 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 15 #2
    Famous Western (1937-1960 Columbia Publications) Pulp Vol. 15 #2


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    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Vol. 3 #2
    Fantastic (1952-1980 Ziff-Davis/Ultimate) Vol. 3 #2

    April 1954. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Theodore Sturgeon, William Lindsay Gresham, William P. McGivern, Robert Bloch, Jerome Bixby, Doris E. Kaye, and Naille Wilde. Cover by Augusto Marin. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

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    2 days left Auction FANTASTIC, April 1954 VG+, w/ McGivern, Bloch, Sturgeon and more. Great copy!

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  • Vol. 7 #1
    Fantastic Story Magazine (1950-1955 Best Books) Pulp Vol. 7 #1


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Paper: Off white
    • Book length crease on front cover. Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Spring 1954. Cover by Jack Coggins. Stories by Murray Leinster, Arthur Leo Zagat, Tom Wilson, Walter H. Mulstay, R.J. McGregor, Alfred Coppel, and William L. Bade. Virgil Finlay (2) and Alex Schomburg illustrations. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 130 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 7 #2
    Flirt (1947-1955 Whisper, Inc./Flirt^) Magazine Vol. 7 #2


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    Volume 7, Issue 2 - April, 1954. 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.