Comic books August 1954

Stories by unknown. Art by Iger Shop and unknown. Featuring: "The Late-Late-Late-Late Show"; "Mr. and Mrs. South, or -- Look, You'all -- No Head!"; "Captain Kiddeo, Space Bum" (art by Iger Shop); and "The Trans-Continental"! Plus: 2-page text story "Crazy Mixed Up Kids!" 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Kirby. Written by unknown. Art by Jack Kirby and John Prentice. He never misses! Featuring: Bulls Eye Chapter 1 "The Boy"; Bulls Eye Chapter 2 "The Youth" (with splash panel by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon?); and Bulls Eye Chapter 3 "The Man" (with splash panel by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon?). Plus: 1-page text stories "The Outlaw" and "Stagecoach Incident," and two Zany 1-page fillers by Art Gates? 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Featuring Buster Bear in: "Water on the Brain"; "Aged in the Woods"; and "Gone to the Dogs"! Plus: Buzzy Rabbit in "Buzzy's Busy Butler" co-starring Humphries and J.B. Whiphand. Also: Buster Bunny in "Scrambled Eggs" co-starring Wilbur. And: Rollo Raccoon in an untitled reprint story co-starring Picklefoot Pig and Rufus Rabbit. Plus: Honey-lover Bear in 1-page text story "Honey-lover Bear's Escape" co-starring Micky Monkey. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

The well-meaning but misunderstood Casper becomes one of Harvey Comics' best-known stars. Casper's pal Billy Bunny uses a wishing well to wish for powers like Casper, in a three-part story. After taking a day off from scaring, Spooky uses the wishing well to wish for the best scare-day of his life. Casper the Friendly Ghost; The Wishing Well; Spooky; Sky High; A Pale Pal; Spooky; Casper's Diary; From Bad to Voice; Spooky: Boo Boo Black Sheet. 36 pages, four color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 2, Issue 5 - August 1954. Men's interest magazine featuring War, Hunting, and Adventure stories, humor, and pin-up pictorials. This issue features "The Judas Hour" by Howard Hunt. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 1, issue 5 - August 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.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Bob Oksner and Jack Sparling. St. John's influential romance title was noted for its memorable covers by Matt Baker. College student Connie tutors the campus football star Ken, but Ken's rich girlfriend gets jealous and interferes. In Paris, soldier Beth is torn between fellow GI Bob and wealthy Frenchman Henri. Joyce volunteers at a charity to meet wealthy bachelors, but Delia decides to cut to the chase by introducing her to her cousin Dick. The first of several iconic covers by Matt Baker for this title. My Textbook Sweetheart; The Wall of Wealth; Penny-Pinching Love; The Long Way Home!; You Can't Trap Love. Final issue of the original run; the title resumed a few months later with issue #25. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted Cover. Stories by unknown. Art by Bob Jenney. Featuring the tales "The River Boat Bandit" and "The Lost Canyon"! Also: the 1-page text article "The Vaquero's Lariat" on the inside front cover! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Dik Browne. "Puss in Boots," script by Charles Perrault (adapted from his original story), art by William A. Walsh; A cat helps a poor miller's son attain wealth and the hand of a princess in marriage after defeating a wicked magician. "The Fox and the Stork," script by Aesop (adapted from his original story), art by William A. Walsh; A fox thinks it a great joke to serve a stork dinner in a flat dish but the stork turns the tables by serving the fox dinner in a tall, narrow vase; "If you can't take a joke, don't make one," the stork remarks. "There Was a Crooked Man," art by Alex A. Blum; Nursery rhyme about a crooked man finding a crooked sixpence. Article about the platypus, art by William A. Walsh. Puss in Boots pinup on the back cover by William A. Walsh. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.15.

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

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Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Norman Fruman. Art by Paul Gustavson, Harry Lazarus, John Rosenberger, Sheldon Moldoff, Ed Good, and Kenneth Landau. A pre-Code horror comic in the vein of the famous EC horror comics, but the stories are a good deal less grisly. A gambler in debt to gangsters tries to trick his parents into giving him money with a fake kidnapping and wax body parts; A greedy native-art exporter steals the wrong shrunken heads; Two strange deaths occur at a carnival, leaving police mystified. Includes words like Shock! and Terror! on the cover, in a font very similar to the EC horror comics it imitates. The Real McCoy; Flowering Death!; The Tiny Heads!; Yawning Graves; Death of a Doll!; Vampires? Dont Make Me Laugh!; The Trainer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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UK Edition. "The Colorado Kid Meets Pancho Lopez", "Buffalo Bunny and His Invisible Horse", and Grey Coyote in "Scalp Hunt!". 26pgs. B&W. 10in x 7in.

3 untitled Combat Casey stories (art on all by Robert Q. Sale). Back-up story, "Dudley the Demon" (art by Bill Savage) and a two-page text story, "Up From the Ranks." Russ Heath cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Three untitled Combat Kelly stories (all art by Dave Berg), plus "From Cookin' to Combat!" (art by Mort Lawrence). Two-page text story, "Army-Navy Team." Cover price $0.10.

Australian Edition. Warfront cover logo. 7-in. x 10 3/4-in., 24 pages, black and white.

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Stories by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Sheldon Moldoff. Cover by Ogden Whitney. The crew of an atomic-powered submarine roams the seas, battling threats to American naval supremacy. Commander Bill Battle, Doc Blake, Champ Ruggles, and Tony Gardello become The Atomic Commandos, sea-going adventurers assigned to battle a secret new threat to American security. Hostile flying saucers attacking the U.S. turn out to originate from neither outer space nor Soviet Russia, but from the undersea kingdom of Atlantis! Produced in 3-D Truevision, says the cover, with no glasses needed. This turns out to mean the panels are shaped like little TV screens against a black background, with no 3-D effects. Atomic Sub; What Do You Know About Torpedoes?; Nothing Ever Happens! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 3, Issue 2 - August, 1954. Cover Girls Models Magazine was an early men's interest publication distributed between November, 1949 and December, 1955 that focused mainly on bathing suit pin-up photography, but also included the occasional Hollywood tabloid human-interest story. 8" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Giordano-Alascia cover. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "Golden Arrow, Where Death Rode the Range"; "No Chance!" art by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia; "The Action Packed Story of Wild Bill Hickok" reprinted from Cowboy Western Comics (1948) #20; "Young Falcon, Death By-Passed" reprinted from Real Western Hero (1948) #75; "Whitey Whisker, The Get-Rich-Quick Scheme" and "Jesse James" reprinted from Cowboy Western Comics (1948) #20. "The Prince Albert Kid in Rustler's Roundup" text story. Indicia states "COWBOY WESTERN". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by George Evans. Stories by Carl Wessler and Al Feldstein. Art by Jack Kamen, Marie Severin, Joe Orlando, Bernie Krigstein, Al Feldstein and Reed Crandall. EC's New Trend crime title featured top-notch art and writing, barrier-pushing graphics and pre-Code violence. A man plots to take the place of a murdered millionaire, but the millionaire did some murdering of his own. A woman and her lover kill her husband, but the victim's body returns, first in nightmares and then in the most unlikely of ways. Spouses who've grown deadly tired of each other plot to end their marriage with fatal anniversary presents. Double-Crossed; Crushed Ice; Food for Thought; More Blessed to Give…. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Don Heck. Stories and art by Pete Morisi, Bill Discount and Don Heck. Tales of men's adventure, similar to the magazines that were then becoming a burgeoning market unto themselves. Secret agent Duke Douglas is assigned to discover what a French diplomat is hiding. Troubleshooter O'Bannon finds himself caught between drug gangs, Communist agents and a beautiful woman in a Central American nation. Convicts escaping from a prison island on a raft meet terrible fates one by one. Featuring art and a cover by future Marvel legend Don Heck. Accomplice in Murder; Red Killers; Kill the Tiger; Escape to Death; The Choker. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1, Issue 15 - August 1954. Men's interest magazine focusing on Military, Politics, celebrities and showgirls. 4-in. x 6-in., 68 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ralph Mayo. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Ralph Mayo, Carl Hubbell and Robert Martinott. This boys' adventure title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. The Little Wise Guys get involved with a captive lion and a bully who terrorizes a lumber camp. Dilly Duncan runs afoul of Man Mountain Mulvey, the only person bigger, stronger and dumber than his rival, Gruesome Jones. The backup historical strip features true tales about animals (other than horses) that people have ridden. First issue with the new logo portraits (and bigger Little Wise Guys credit) on the cover. Little Wise Guys: Hold That Lion; Who Rides a Horse?; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Dig Man Mountain Mulvey; Little Wise Guys: Low Blow to the Head; Little Wise Guys: The Fighting Fool. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Graham Place. "Peter Porkchops Gives Tips on Summer Fun!" public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Otto Feuer. Untitled story, art by Graham Place; Judy worries about her weight after she gains a pound, so Oogie agrees to give up ice cream too; They go to sit in the ice cream parlor to test their resolve. Word puzzle by Martin Naydel. Untitled story, art by Graham Place; Judy wakes early in the morning and wants to tell Oogie about her dream but by the time they meet she has forgotten what it was about. Superman and Batman with Robin house ad. One-page Jerry the Jitterbug story by Henry Boltinoff. Untitled story, art by Mort Drucker; Coby's dad tries to show Coby and Tom that he can concentrate on their homework better than they can. "A Taxing Situation" text story. Word puzzle by Martin Naydel. Untitled story, art by Graham Place; Oogie wants to win a popularity contest. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Marty Elkin. "Unwed Mother," art by Marty Elkin; High school student Lynn marries Danny and becomes pregnant, then learns he has a wife elsewhere; Lynn has the baby and moves with her parents to another town, where she will finish high school; However, her story comes out and she is a social pariah with the other students. "Problem Corner" advice column by Mildred Norton. "Doubting Heart"; Marge gets lonely and bored while her husband Bud is away in the Army; she decides to date Neal because she thinks Bud is enjoying himself in his free time; Bud comes home and finds Marge kissing Neal: he says he was injured and in the hospital for 3 months, and has now received a medical discharge. "Love in High Style"; Bobbie dates Chick, but is flattered by the attentions of her fathers business associate Douglas, an older man; Bobbie argues with Chick and goes on a date with Douglas, but he forces himself on her in the car; Chick arrives and rescues her, and he and Bobbie reconcile. "Girl into Woman"; Ruth separates from her boyfriend Bob to attend nursing school; Bob agrees to wait for her, but after a time he writes and says hes engaged to marry another girl, Sylvia; Ruth decides to sneak out of school and confront Bob, but witnesses a horrible traffic accident. "Friends, this is Mary Benson"; Mary and Bob are married and have a child, but his alcoholism taints their life; Mary runs into John, an old friend who has always loved her; Mary is torn: she loves Bob but wants their child to have the decent, stable life that John can give them. "I Lied for Love" text story. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Don Heck. Stories and art by Don Heck, Bill Discount and Ross Andru. Violent, pre-Code tales of gunplay, outlaws and horsemanship in the Wild West. This issue introduces the narrator known as The Old Scout, who tells his own adventures and tales of the West. (He remained when the title was taken over by Charlton, sometimes known as The Old Timer.) The cover calls him "the toughest dang critter west of the Rio Grande." Outlaw Bull Donovan abducts Belle to force her beau Chuck to support Bull for town sheriff. A stagecoach robber becomes a folk hero with his rhyming notes signed "Jack Tate, the P-08." Featuring art and a cover by future Marvel legend Don Heck. The Old Scout; Nortons Lucky Star; Bull Donovan for Sheriff; Saddle Bum; Counterfeit Outlaw; Trouble in Mexico. Final issue of the series (continues the following year from Charlton). 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Western Stock Saddle"; Drawings and descriptions of various saddles. "The Silver Bullet," art by Tom Gill; The Lone Ranger and Tonto track a band of rustlers; The secret of the Lone Ranger's silver bullets is revealed. "The Lone Ranger's Peacemakers"; Short article about the Colt .45 revolver. "Cowboy Clothes"; Drawings and descriptions of cowboy work clothes and items. "The Mission of Mercy," art by Tom Gill; The Lone Ranger and Tonto ride guard on a shipment of smallpox serum intended for the Sioux Indians. "Lost Treasures of the West"; Short articles about lost mines and lost riches in the Old West. "The Great Range War," art by Tom Gill; The Lone Ranger and Tonto help settle a dispute among cattlemen, sheepmen and farmers. "Cowboy Words"; A glossary of cowboy terms. "Brands and Branding"; An explanation of the way cowboys brand and mark cattle. "Indian Scout," art by Tom Gill; When a wagon train's scout is killed, Tonto guides the wagon train through the desert and helps them ward off attacks from the Sioux and the Cheyenne Indians. "The Western Scout"; Survival skills used by a western scout. "Ransom for Silver," art by Tom Gill; An Indian chief holds Silver hostage to force the Lone Ranger to arrange peace between two warring tribes. "The Anatomy of the Horse"; Diagram of the horse and its parts. "The Eagle's Nest," art by Tom Gill; Silver encounters a nest of eagles and helps save a herd of horses from a wildfire. "Famous Cattle Trails of the Old West"; A map of the trails used in the cattle drives in the late 1800's. 100 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

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Reprints Dumbo (4-color 234). Morris the Midget, Moose, The Country Cousin, Bongo, and Clara Cluck. 100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Win Mortimer. The Brain that Ruled Gotham City! starring Batman and Robin, pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Charles Paris. The Diamond that Turned Men to Stone! starring Roy Raymond TV Detective, art by Ruben Moreira. Casey the Cop humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Capt. Compass Meets Capt. Kidd!, script by Otto Binder, art by Joe Certa. Step Right Up article by Jack Miller. Tips on Summer Fun! public service announcement starring Peter Porkchops, script by Jack Schiff, art by Rube Grossman. Manitoba's Magic! starring Mysto Magician Detective, art by Leonard Starr. 44 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Simon (as Chester Gould). Untitled story, script and art by Chester Gould; When Charlie confronts Spinner about the investigation surrounding the pilfered evidence boxes, Spinner kills him; To escape, Spinner puts the body in a rigged shipping crate and dumps the body at a railroad depot; Spinner then exits the crate at a later stop and picks it up and burns it. Untitled story, script and art by Chester Gould; Casper, the Friendly Ghost house ad. Spinner tortures Ginny's friend to learn the location of the incriminating recording; Tracy and Sam chase Spinner through the cold and catch him in a junk yard; Ginny takes Spinner's record to the police; After listening to the recording, the Sheriff and district attorney drop all charges against Tracy. "Detective's Holiday" text story; Detective Lane suspects that an apparent suicide is actually a murder. Untitled one-page Girl Friday story; Myra and Glen expose a phony heir. "Lonely Hearts Murder" text story; Philips solves a murder tied to a lonely hearts club. Dick Tracy Comics Monthly house ad. Minit Mystery Starring the Count; Boris solves a case of arson and murder. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Paul Murry. Stories by unknown. Art by Dick Moores, Phil De Lara and Tony Strobl. Donald Duck is featured in "Show Biz," "The Hypno Thief" and "Scavenger Hunt"! Also: 1-pagers "No Umbrella," "Tennis Watcher" and "Dinner's Ready!" Characters in this issue: Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey, Louie, Daisy Duck, Uncle Scrooge, Gladstone Gander and Gyro Gearloose. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

#7 (A-1 No. 109) Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Art by Pete Costanza and Bob Powell. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #109. Tales of hearts broken and mended from Magazine Enterprises, featuring movie-star covers. Tina is torn after reuniting with old fling Jerry, a musician. Nancy swears to never love again after her fiancee is killed in Korea, but art teacher Warren has baggage of his own. Carnival performer Jeannie is afraid local boy Bob will dump her if he knows she's a carny. Cover features a film still of Anne Baxter and Steve Cochran in "Carnival Story." Old Loves are Dangerous!; The Dream Mirror; Neither Sin Nor Shame; Carnival of Love; Untamed Love! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Fred Guardineer and others. Cover by Fred Guardineer. Sometimes listed as Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid #30. Western adventure based on the popular masked hero played in the movies by Charles Starrett. Durango Kid tries to intervene in the Fallon family feud, only to have both sides turn against him; A murdered gambler leaves behind a string of IOUs and suspects; Dan Brand and Tipi must escape British soldiers to ring the town bell and warn colonists about an impending attack. The Feuding Fallons!; Death is the Dealer!; Ring the Bell for Freedom!; The Long Wait; Muley Puts on His Act! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 5 #33 - Aug. 13, 1954. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Riders of the Range, Luck of the Legion, Storm Nelson, The Baden Powell Story. 10 3/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 5 #34 -Aug. 20, 1954. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Riders of the Range, Luck of the Legion, Storm Nelson, The Baden Powell Story. 10 3/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 5 #35 - Aug. 27, 1954. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Riders of the Range, Luck of the Legion, Storm Nelson, The Baden Powell Story. 10 3/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

Art by Mo Marcus, Rocke Mastroserio, Maurice Gutwirth, Ed Goldfarb, Bob Baer, Joe Kubert and Wally Wood. Tales of horror from the era just before the Comics Code was introduced. This issue is a reprint of issue #3 with a new cover. The hideous monster from an art-contest painting comes to life; A killer checks to make sure his victims corpse isnt coming back to life, and winds up trapped in the tomb with it; An ancient Egyptian mirror threatens to take over a modern-day woman and make her kill her fiance. The Case of the Painted Beast!; Was He Dead?; The Monster of the Storm; Kill a Witch; The Mirror of Isis! Final issue before the title changed to Strange Worlds with #18. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Fred Ottenheimer. Stories and art by Dick Ayers and Fred Ottenheimer. Eh! was Charlton's attempt at a one-word-title humor and satire comic, inspired by the success of EC's Mad. A send-up of the 1950s comic book industry. Dick Tracy parody "Slick Spacey" follows crime into outer space. Spoofs of 1950s advertising, including cigarettes, correspondence art schools, and cigars. Plus illustrated limericks. The H-Bum!; From Hair to... EH-Ternity!; Elmer's Tune; Slick Spacey in the 4th Dimension; Maverick Limericks; Underwater Agent. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 4, Issue 8 - August, 1954. 5" x 7", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Vintage men's interest magazine full of adult humor comics and tasteful pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11.5", 64 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.