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Comic books October 1954

  • Vol. 1 #11
    Playboy Magazine (1953-Present HMH Publishing) Vol. 1 #11

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  • Issue #6
    Police Action (1954 Atlas) 6

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  • Issue #4
    Police Against Crime (1954) 4

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    "Death by Drowning," "Dollars of Death," "Murder Turns the Cards" (art by Hy Fleishman), and Grant Steel, Private Detective in "Murder For Sale." Two page text story, "Waterfront Killers," Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #8

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    Edited by Betty Sears. Featuring some comic content. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #9

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    Edited by Betty Sears. Featuring some comic content. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 102 #4
    Popular Mechanics Magazine (1902-Present Popular Mechanics Company) Vol. 102 #4


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Vol. 165 #4
    Popular Science (1872-Present Popular Science Publishing Co.) Vol. 165 #4


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    • Back cover detached 10%. Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

    America's Leading New Idea Magazine. 6.5" x 9.5", 300 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #36
    Porky Pig (1952-1962 Dell) 36

    Comic book starring the Warner Bros. cartoon character Porky Pig. Untitled story; Porky tries to get out of doing a chore for Petunia by hiding in a closet. Untitled story; Porky and Cicero, with some assistance from Daffy, try to get an eagle feather for an Indian. Untitled story; Petunia pretends to be in trouble so Porky will rescue her; Porky discovers it's a trick and decides to play a trick of his own. Untitled story; Porky tells Elmer that he makes his own problems; Cicero tells the two to trade places and see if things change. Untitled story; Porky and Petunia go on a picnic, but a flat tire leads to all sorts of trouble with a bunch of seals. Untitled story; Cicero gets in a fight with the new boy next door. Untitled story; A fly is determined to pester Porky. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $5 Porky Pig #36 (Sep-Oct 1954, Dell) - Good-

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  • Vol. 1 #1

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  • Issue #9

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  • Issue #107
    Prize Comics Western (1948-1956 Prize) 107

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    Cover by John Severin. Art by Marvin Stein, Joe Gevanter, and John Severin. Prize's flagship Western title featured early art by John Severin and other greats who worked for EC in the following decade. American Eagle and Buck try to prevent a wagon train massacre. The Lazo Kid must take down Arizona bandits without his handy rope. Greedy miners hatch a plot to drive the Crow from their silver-rich land, but they didn't reckon on American Eagle. The Wagon Trail; Desert Duel; Clay Allison; Joe Slade; Spirit on Vengeance. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #19
    PS The Preventive Maintenance Monthly (1951) 19
    • 1/2" Spine split from top.

    Will Eisner art.

  • Vol. 1 #1
    Pulse (1954 Dodshaw Publishing) Digest Vol. 1 #1


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    • Staple rust: Slight.
  • Issue #52
    Raccoon Kids (1954) 52

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  • Vol. 13 #4

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  • Vol. 65 #2
    Railroad Magazine (1929 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Carstens) 2nd Series Vol. 65 #2
  • Vol. 187 #4
    Ranch Romances (1924-1968 Clayton/Warner/Best Books/Literary Enterprises/Popular) Pulp Vol. 187 #4


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
  • Vol. 188 #1
    Ranch Romances (1924-1968 Clayton/Warner/Best Books/Literary Enterprises/Popular) Pulp Vol. 188 #1


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Vol. 5 #1
    Real (1952-1967 Excellent Publications) Vol. 5 #1


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    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Issue #79
    Real Screen Comics (1945) 79
  • Vol. 20 #3
    Real Western (1935-1960 Columbia Publications) Pulp Vol. 20 #3

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  • Issue #135
    Red Ryder Comics (1940-1955 Hawley/Dell) 135

    Article on the two Pegleg Smiths. Outlaw's Return starring Red Ryder, Matt Thomas orchestrates the murder of the newspaper editor prior to the election for mayor. Haunted Fort starring Little Beaver. Kit Carson story by Fred Harman. Indian Wampum Belts article. Billy Comstock's Betrayal article. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #53
    Revealing Romances (1950-1970 Ace Publications) Magazine 53

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  • Vol. 33 #12

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  • Issue #2
    Ringo Kid Western (1954 Atlas) 2

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    Cover art by Joe Maneely. Untitled story, art by Joe Maneely; Seeking to ride into the town Dry Wells to get a drink, the Ringo Kid is stopped outside by a pair of gunmen who tell him to stay out of town as their employers, the Starr brothers, are planning to ambush the local sheriff in about 10 minutes. Untitled story, art by Joe Maneely; After his horse is wounded escaping from the law, the Ringo Kid takes it to a local vet who tells the Ringo Kid that the horse is going to die and needs to be put out of its misery; With the law on the way, the vet gives Ringo his own horse so that he can get away. "Ransom," art by Syd Shores; The Black Rider is riding through the range when a young boy ties him up with a lasso and pulls him off his horse Satan; The boy then takes the Black Rider's guns and demands that the hero give him all his money. "The Jester" text story. Untitled story, pencils by Syd Shores. Untitled story, art by Joe Maneely; As the Ringo Kid rides across the range he is spotted by outlaw Jackknife Jordan who fancies that he is going to capture the Ringo Kid and turn him in for the ransom, having got an inside man to help him turn over the Kid without getting arrested himself. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #63
    Rocky Lane Western (1949) 63

    Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. "Secret Marshal" Rocky captures the gang of vandals causing trouble in Bloody Gap, but soon learns they're just a distraction for a robbery. Jetter names his talking horse Preposterous, because what else are you going to call a talking horse? Cactus Brain isn't half as dumb as he thinks he is. The Bloody Gap Plot; Big Bow and Little Arrow: Buckaroos; Kit Carson; The Sneak Rustlers!; Jetter and His Talking Horse Preposterous: A Night Time Fable; Cactus Brain. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #23
    Romantic Love (1949) 23

    Art by Louis Zansky and Rafael Astarita. Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Lurid tales of love and crime, with lush covers reprinted from Avon paperbacks. Jean rejects handsome boy next door Barney because she still sees him as a childhood pal; Mary is torn between arrogant but handsome boxer Rocky and her fiance Joe; Lila fools around with her husbands boss in order to advance her husbands career. The Dream Next Door; Deadline for Love!; Too Great a Temptation; Our Stolen Love; Promotions for Harry; Love Across the Atlantic. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #82
    Roy Rogers Comics (1948-1961 Dell (And Trigger, # 92 on) 82
    • Moisture damage. Cover oxidation.

    "The Vanished Ore" and "The Missing Brother" (both with art by John Buscema). Chuckwagon Charley's Tales back-up story. Photo cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    3 days left Auction Roy Rogers Comics #82 (FN) (1954, Dell)

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  • Issue #39
    Sad Sack (1949 Harvey) 39

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    Sad Sack in "The Star," "Tired Out," "A Big Mess," and "Rumor." Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 9 #1
    Saga Magazine (1950 2nd Series) Vol. 9 #1


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    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
  • Vol. 2 #4
    Saint Detective Magazine (1953-1967 King-Size) Pulp Vol. 2 #4

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    • Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Vol. 12 #5

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    Screen Stars Magazine was one among many of the supermarket celebrity tabloids that focused heavily on the day to day lives of the Hollywood elite, during the golden-age of cinema. This publication is filled cover to cover with typical fodder such as candid celebrity photos (some of which are in color), gossip columns, reader's letters to the editor, and the latest motion picture advertisements. 8.5" x 10.5", 74 pages, mostly B&W with a few color photos. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 52 #4
    Screen Stories (1948-1979 Dell) Magazine Vol. 52 #4


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  • Issue #24
    Secret Hearts (1949) 24
    Published Oct 1954 by DC.

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    Cover inks by Bernard Sachs. Stories by unknown. Art by Sid Greene, Ross Andru, Mort Drucker, Bernard Sachs and unknown. Poor Carol - this was her last evening with him! Don't miss..."The Last Dance!" Also featuring: "Love is a Lie!"; "Blind Date!" (art by Sid Greene); and "Love Came Calling!" (pencils by Ross Andru) Plus: Oddities in Romance filler. And: Letters page by Ann Martin, Counselor-at-Love. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #22
    Secret Romances (1952) 22
    • Cover loose at top staple.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Original, pre-Code romance stories from Canadian publisher Superior, often featuring a crime or mystery element and plentiful good-girl art. While her husband Eddie is assigned overseas, Gail decides she's not ready to be a soldier's wife, and starts dating Don - who's not ready to be tied down. Nat and Laura fall in love at a party, but fate and a fiery bus crash conspire to keep them apart. When Fred is accused of a hit-and-run, Lydia is the only one who will stand by him until the truth is revealed. For Better or for Worse; Paper Kisses; Forget If You Can!; My Love for Yours. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #12
    Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (1952-1959 Dell) 12

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    Painted cover art. Hunting the Walrus, art by Frank Thorne. The Lucky Pup; Two strangers want to buy Bert Richford's claim, and he brings them home to his cabin; Preston is on the trail of the two for bank robbery and when he approaches the cabin, they take young Jimmy as hostage and hide in the mine tunnel. The Malemute; Two men rob the safe of Wallace's safe, but when making the sled ready for the getaway, their Malemuke dog tears a piece of one of the men's jacket; Preston finds it, and his dog now has a clue to catch them. The Missing Express Driver; The Express sled is found abandoned; both the driver and its gold shipment is missing; suspicion falls on Jim Manley, the substitute young driver from the Express Office. Scripts by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Alberto Giolitti. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $4 SERGEANT PRESTON OF THE YUKON #12 Aug/Oct 1954 Dell Comic Book Fair 1.0

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  • Issue #17
    Shock Suspenstories (1952) 17
    • Water damage. Cover oxidation.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover art by George Evans. 4-Sided Triangle, script by Carl Wessler, art by Jack Kamen; A farmer tries to molest a retarded girl he keeps to work on the farm as a servant; She tells him that she's got a boyfriend that she sees in the evening. In Character, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Reed Crandall; Boris Karloff murders all of his Hollywood contacts after he has been typecast in pictures. Timetable text story by Albert B. Feldstein. The Assassin, script by Carl Wessler, art by George Evans; An assassin unknowingly pursues his mark backstage of a theater and kills the man just before the curtain rises. The Operation, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; A diamond thief surgeon cuts open his two goons to smuggle diamonds into the country in their bodies. Letter to the editor from E. Nelson Bridwell. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #60
    Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) 60

    Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by George Peltz and L. B. Cole. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Police close in on criminal genius Duke Morane and his underworld empire. In pre-WWII Germany, Hilda marries wealthy older men and then poisons them. The leader of one of the earliest New York street gangs, the Bowery Boys, Bill the Butcher later enters city politics. Underworld Mastermind; Crime Run-Down; The Poisoner; Death Dream; Strong Arm Terror. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 3 #2

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  • Issue #1
    Silver Kid Western (1954) 1

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    Stories and art by Eugene Hughes and others. Tales of gunfighters and outlaws from publisher Stanley Morse. An Old West settler orphaned by murderous cattle rustlers is raised by a Native tribe to become the Silver Kid. The Silver Kid sets out for revenge on the rustlers who killed his parents after they destroy the Kid's adopted village. A violent pre-Code story about the dire consequences of greed for gold. Outlaws and Apaches battle over a lost fortune hidden somewhere in a ghost town. Silver Kid; Gold Dust; Ghost Town; Avenging Arrows; Tough Hombre. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    5 days left Auction VINTAGE 1954 WESTERN COMIC BOOK  #  1  SILVER KID WESTERN VG +

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  • Vol. 11 #12
    Sir! (1942 Valiant Publishing Corp.) Magazine Vol. 11 #12


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    • Water damage: Slight.
    • Front cover detached 20%.

    "Can the H-Bomb Stop Sex?" Probably not, but our guess is it sure could slow it down!

    Volume 11, Issue 12 - October, 1954. Atomic Bomb cover by Mark Schneider. Adventure stories, articles and pin-up photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 82 Pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #195410
    Skating News 195410
    Skating News #195410
    Published Oct 1954 by RSROA.

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    Official Magazine of the RSROA of America (Roller Skating Rink Operators Association of America). News, articles, competition results, and more. 8-5/8 in. x 11-3/4 in.; black and white; 28 pages on slick paper. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 18 #3
    Song Hits Magazine (Charlton/Song Lyrics, Inc.) Vol. 18 #3


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  • Issue #13
    Space Adventures (1952 1st series) 13
    • Paper: Off white
    • Slab: Scuffing on back of case
    • Label #0282332018
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Carl Memling, Vince Alascia, Joe Shuster, John Belfi, Seymour Moskowitz and Dick Giordano. Ahead of the Comics Code, Space Adventures switches from horrific tales of sci-fi to super-heroics, reviving 1940s hero Blue Beetle, in what proved to be a long and influential series for both Charlton and the Blue Beetle himself. In the far-off future year of 1988, Blast Baker and Astra Adams of the Planet Police battle a tentacled monster from outer space. Someone tries to frame reporter Joan Mason by planting a bag of cocaine in her purse. Blue Beetle: Murder in the Ring; The Thing in Outer Space; From Planet Rathe to Planet Earth; The Beauty Parlor Murders; Minit Mystery; Heritage. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #8
    Space Fact and Fiction (1954) UK Pulp 8

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    Cover by ??. Science Fiction stories by Walter Kubilias, E.A. Grosser and Martin Pearson. Non-fiction science articles by Max Ritter and Anthony Lowell. 7 1/4-in. x 9 1/2-in. 34 pages, black and white text with illustrations.

  • Issue #30
    Spook (1954) 30
    Published Oct 1954 by Star.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #21-230DC57-015

    Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and George Peltz. Pre-Code horror comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. A female reporter is the only witness as a long-dead mummy revives and goes in search of his ancient bride. A night watchman at a museum is dragged into a painting that is actually the door into an evil dimension. A writer's latest manuscript holds the potential to destroy all evil in the world. Another top-notch cover by L. B. Cole. Swamp Spirit; The Vengeful Phantom; The Mummy; The Ghost Who Cried; Picture a Nightmare; Maniac; The Insider. Final issue of the series. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $250 Spook #30 1.8 (CRM) GD- Last Issue Star Publications 1954 Golden Age
    $600 SPOOK #30 CGC 4.5 LAST ISSUE JAY DISBROW

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  • Vol. 1 #4
    Sport Life (1954-1957 Select Publications) Vol. 1 #4

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  • Vol. 5 #10
    Stag (1949-1994 Atlas Magazine, Inc.) Magazine Vol. 5 #10


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

    Vol. 5, No. 10. October 1954. Men's adventure magazine featuring articles on sports, hunting, politics and crime. 10-in. x 13-in., 100 pages, B&W. MATURE. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #26
    Star Spangled War Stories (1952 DC #3-204) 26

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    Cover art by Jerry Grandenetti. Bazooka Man, script by David V. Reed, art by Jerry Grandenetti. The Sea Trigger, script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Eugene Hughes, inks by Bernard Sachs. Paratroop Pirates, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Mort Drucker. The Flag on the Hill, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Jerry Grandenetti. Filler page with Private Pete by Henry Boltinoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.