Comic books March 1952

Digest sized humor book with tons of single-page gags. 5" x 7", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 19, Issue 4 - March, 1952. 6.5" x 9", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Stories and art by Bernard Baily and Mike Sekowsky. Classic pre-Code crime comics from Fawcett. Frankie finds that Bonnie is impressed by his killings, so he takes her on a crime spree across the Midwest. Lin gets caught smuggling heroin. Superstitious convict Jeff earns the nickname "Hex." The Gun; H Is for Heroin; A Mistake; The Signs of Doom. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 2 #48 -Mar. 7, 1952. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders on the Range, Eagle cutaway centerfold, Adventures of TinTin, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Louis the Fearless. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 2 #49 -Mar. 14, 1952. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders on the Range, Eagle cutaway centerfold, Adventures of TinTin, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Louis the Fearless. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 2 #50 -Mar. 21, 1952. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders on the Range, Eagle cutaway centerfold, Adventures of TinTin, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Louis the Fearless. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 2 #51 -Mar. 28, 1952. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders on the Range, Eagle cutaway centerfold, Adventures of TinTin, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Louis the Fearless. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

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Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Dean Fisher and others. A rare comics incarnation of the famed mystery writer and amateur detective. Ellery is puzzled after a dead man returns to kill his own murderer. A mysterious chain letter transforms decent citizens into raging killers. Second-story man Slippery Slim sets out to steal the Hopeless Diamond from Mrs. Fullvalt, and literally crashes her costume party. The Corpse That Killed!; Zachary; Comedy Cop; The Chain-Letter Murders; The Hopeless Diamond! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover from movie "Iron Man" starring Evelyn Keyes and Jeff Chandler. Footsteps to Fame The Story of Gene Kelly. Happiness At Last, art by Frank Giacoia; Biography of Heddy Lamar. Courage Above All! The True Story of June Allyson, art by Ogden Whitney; June Allyson biography. Hopalong Cassidy Just A Guy Named Bill; Biography of Bill Boyd, aka Hopalong Cassidy. Janet In Wonderland; Biography of Janet Leigh. Back cover color photograph of Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron from "An American in Paris. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $20.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $11.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Fair $9.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front and Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 14, Issue 3 - March 1952. Cover by Leo Ramon Summers and Ed Valigursky. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "He Fell Among Thieves" by Milton Lesser. Softcover Pulp, 6.75" x 9.75", 132 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 5 - Issue 2, February/March 1952. Pulp magazine devoted to exploring the paranormal. This issue includes articles on the Sex in the Spirit World, the Key to the Great Religions, and asks the question "Did Man Tame the Dinosaur?" Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 page, Text (with B&W Illustrations and Photos). Cover price $0.35.

Cover by Otto Messmer. Stories and art by Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. 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 rides a rodeo horse all the way into the Old West, and becomes a bounty hunter. Perpetually jobless Joe Blow always has trouble finding work, but especially during the dog days of summer. Nick loses a dime that goes on a little journey. Felix Books an Act; Nick's Knacks; Joe Blow; Percy: The Negative Pig. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Maurice Whitman. Edited by J. F. Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Ken Battefield, Lee Elias, and Robert Webb. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. A treasure hunter sees a golden opportunity when a tribe has to move their shrine after a flood; In a secret underwater city, the Space Rangers encounter the beautiful but deadly Satura, Queen of the Space Pirates. Action-packed Tiger Girl cover. Tiger Girl; Space Rangers; Kayo Kirby; Footlights On the Frontier; Rip Carson of Risks, Unlimited. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Gerald McCann and Howard Larsen. Cover by Leonard Starr. Western tales focusing on the great Native leaders of the past and their struggles against the invaders of their homelands. Crazy Horse takes on the Dakota Renegades; Geronimos forces wage guerrilla warfare against settlers; A stolen Native religious icon brings tragedy to all who possess it. Redskin Terror; The Navajo God of Blood; Chief Black Hawk and His Dogs of War; Chief Black Hawk; The Dakota Renegades! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bob Powell, Jack Sparling, Tom Hickey and Lee Elias. Harvey's entry in the romance-comic genre includes love poetry, advice to readers, and occasional pre-Code notoriety. Washington DC beauty Jean is dismayed to learn her father has basically arranged a marriage for her. Terry must choose at the altar between the man she loves and the man she's been pledged to marry. Joan falls for Carl, but he's not ready to risk his heart. Plus "true" reader tales of love, love poetry from classic authors, and vintage love advice. My Heart Played Politics; The Difference Between Us! ; My Golden Dream!; Strange Romantic Customs; Ice-Bound Love!; Interrupted Wedding; Nobody Must Know!; My Outcast Love. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Alex Kotzky and George Tuska. Aerial action with the aviator hero known as Flyboy. Larry gets constant ribbing and hazing from his peers and officers in the Air Force, but when his trainer blacks out in midair, Larry takes the controls and earns the name "Flyboy." A Korean War veteran, two lovely ladies, a case full of cash and trigger-happy gangsters add up to trouble for Flyboy and Happy. Anne's father, who looks like J. Jonah Jameson in colonel's stripes, becomes even worse after he learns he has reputation as a "monster." Plus a look at 1950s combat training for pilots, and a story with art by future Marvel legend George Tuska. Training for Combat; Stunting with Death; Angels Without Wings; The Dogface; The Gripes of Wrath!; Navy Wings; Fortress in the Sky. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $9.00 View scans 1/2" Spine split from top.

Volume 2, Issue 3 - March 1952. Men's interest magazine featuring Athletes, True Crime, Starlets, and Pin-ups. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Roy Krenkel and Al Williamson (credited as Roy G. Williams), Lou Cameron, Lin Streeter, George Wilhelms and Al Camy. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A doctor explores the evil inhabiting the ancient manor of Stormway Hall; An American couple in Egypt discovers the horrifying secret of the Sphinx; A dead man writes in to Forbidden Worlds in an effort to clear his name in Land of the Living Dead, with art by comics legends Roy Krenkel and Al Williamson. The Tomb of Terror; The Merman Menace; Rocket for Two; Priestess of the Sphinx; Dance of the Savages; The Day the World Died; Circe, the Sorceress; Land of the Living Dead. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bob Grant. Stories by Del Connell and various. Art by Bob Moore and various. Featuring the tales "Southern Hospitality" and "Big Fishing Contest," plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Starring Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey and Louie, Uncle Scrooge, Gladstone Gander and Daisy Duck! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "RAGGEDY ANN & ANDY, No. 380." Painted cover art by Dan Gormley. Train Trip to Cookieland; A toy wind-up train engine and three cars fall off a truck; The Raggedys take their friends on a trip on the train, but inadvertently ride into the hole that leads to Hookie the Goblin; Raggedy Ann is captured by Hookie. The Glass-Diamond Pendant; Blackstone Crow steals a diamond-glass pendant and takes Babette, the doll who is wearing it, along as well. The Sign of the Snoopwiggy; The Snoopwiggy is painting his sign ("S") on everything; When the Raggedys confront him, he gets revenge by painting spots on them so they think they have chickenpox. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Marge's Tubby (#1). Indicia title is "MARGE'S TUBBY, CAPTAIN YO-YO, No. 381." Captain Yo-Yo, script by John Stanley; While playing pirate with the gang, Tubby is left marooned on Pine Tree Island. While on the island, he dreams of having adventures as captain of a pirate ship. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Snow White & the 7 Dwarfs reprint of Four color #49. 1944. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Dick Briefer. Cover by Dick Briefer. After a three-year hiatus, Prize Comics revives Dick Briefer's Frankenstein series, now in line with the horror trends of the Pre-Code 1950s. Frankenstein's Monster is revived in the 20th-century; A beautiful statue keeps the Monster from going on a rampage, but then it is discovered by humans; The Monster follows the last descendant of Dr. Frankenstein on a ship to America. The Rebirth of the Monster; The Monster and the Statue; Spirit of the Leopard; The Fatal Habit; Voyage of Death. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Harvey Kurtzman. Biographies of Severin and Elder, with photo. "442nd Combat Team," script by Harvey Kurtzman, pencils by Harvey Kurtzman (layouts) and John Severin, inks by Bill Elder; A story about the experience of a combat unit composed of Japanese-Americans during the war; The enemy attempts to get them to come over to their side, but they attack and win, and when questioned, they give a thumbs up and say "The enemy forgot that we're Americans!" "Stonewall Jackson!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Jack Davis; The Confederate soldier who accidentally shot General Stonewall Jackson during nighttime battle conditions relates the story of Jackson and the brigade he was a part of, and the conditions that led to the General's demise. "The King's Spy" text story, script and art by Harvey Kurtzman. First letters page. "War Machines!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by John Severin; The story describes the efforts of American planes and tanks to dig Koreans out of their cave hill fortifications; The Koreans survive the efforts of the war machines, but they are killed when the infantrymen are sent in to finish the job. "Big 'If'!", script and art by Harvey Kurtzman; A soldier who is dying by the roadside after taking a piece of shrapnel in the chest thinks about how his life might have gone differently if he was only standing a little to the left when the explosive had gone off. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 2, Issue 6 - March 1952. Cover by Virgil Finlay. Science Fiction and adventures stories featuring "Devil's Cargo" by Tom Wilson, "Go To the Ant" by Walter Kubilius, and "Fountain of Death" by Joseph Farrell. Illustrations by Kiemle, Luros, and Poulton. 7-in. x 10-in. 96 newsprint pages B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $81.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight. Foreign edition: UK.

British reprints of the American edition.

The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. To tackle rustlers, Gabby uses a new invention, the rubber lasso, after accidentally putting on a dress. When Gabby is up to his neck in trouble, Tippy's ventriloquism lessons come in handy. Gabby tries to keep Miss Ellie from being swept off her feet by the visiting actor and ladies' man Hartley Braker. Favorite line this issue: "What's that thing heading for us? Looks like a flying bearded lady!" The Rubber Lasso; Chief Gray Matter; Young Falcon: The Tired Trappers; The Talking Duck; Loco Lew; Tar and Feathers; The Rich Town!; The Bad Actor. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Ruben Moreira. The Big Heist, art by John Lehti. Heroes of the Highway, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. The Case of the Dazzling Diamonds, art by Bernard Baily. Carnival of Crime, art by John Prentice. 44 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Gene Autry stars in "The Devil's Grave." Back-up story, "The Fast One." Two-page text story, "The Key." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Dan De Carlo, Rudy Lapick, Jack Sparling, Paul S. Newman, Mort Lawrence, and Wally Littman. Neither a tie-in with the later toy line/cartoon nor a grim war comic, this first-gen GI Joe focused on lighthearted tales of military life. The Yardbirds, featuring Pvts. Windy and Whitey, was straight-up comedy of the Beetle Bailey/Sad Sack variety. A guy who never gets letters from home wonders if he's better off than the guy who gets a "Dear John" letter. Scantily clad USO stage magician Little Miss Magic lends a hat when the boys are captured by enemy soldiers during R&R. Joe reveals key information to beautiful enemy agent Lilith the Tigress, or so it seems. Plus the story of how draftees Windy and Whitey became the dimwittest privates in the Army, with art by future Archie legend Dan De Carlo. Quick Change; Dear John; G.I. Joe Meets Lilith the Tigress; Buddies: Grumpys Sweetheart; The General Who Led The Way; Little Miss Magic; Ancient Sam; The Yardbirds: Draft Bait!; The Baby of Company B. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Alex Toth. Let Me Forget; Patty works hard to overcome her impoverished past, becoming a fashion designer; She falls in love with Phil, a dedicated doctor. Castoff Sweetheart!, script by Natalie Krigstein; Carol keeps dumping boring boyfriends and coming back to reliable Paul each time, but maybe she's waited too long to discover that it's Paul she really loves. Love Without Faith, script by Natalie Krigstein; Nina falls in love with Gil, a struggling inventor, in spite of everyone telling her she should marry a successful and practical man. Julia Roberts' Romance Report advice column. One Reckless Moment, pencils by Alex Toth; Impulsive rich girl Alison meets penniless merchant seaman Joe and they fall in love, but their different backgrounds keep coming between them and eventually drive them apart. House ad for Girls' Love Stories #15. 44 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 5, Issue 6, March, 1952. This issue contains B&W pictorials of a very classy Jane Easton by Peter James Samerjan and Barbara Osterman in various bathing suits on the beach, photographed by Peter Gowland. 8" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. -Recommended for ages 16+ Cover price $0.25.