Comic books October 1953

Art by Fred Guardineer and Fred Meagher. Cover by Fred Guardineer. Sometimes listed as Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid #25. Western adventure based on the popular masked hero played in the movies by Charles Starrett. Durango Kid gets blamed after stagecoaches mysteriously disappear with all on board; DK investigates counterfeiters by passing a few phony bucks of his own; Dan Brand seeks the hunter who wounded the rare white wolf who befriended him, Balu. The Disappearing Stagecoach; The Hot Money; Gold Madness; Hear the Owl Hoot; The Revenge of Balu. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

October 1953. Cover by Alex Schomburg. "Snail's Pace" by Algis Budrys. Other stories by M. C Pease, James Gunn, Frank Belknap Long, Robert A. Madle, Leonard Wampler. W. Malcolm White, Anthony K. Van Riper, and Hal Annas. Illustrations by Luros, Murphy, Orban, and Sibley. Approx. 7" x 10"; black and white; 98 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Vol. 4 #26 - Oct. 2, 1953. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, Great Escapes, These Men Live Dangerously, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Storm Nelson begins, Alfred the Great. Supplement includes Marvell of MI5, Eagle Extra Funnies. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 18 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 4 #27 - Oct. 9, 1953. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, What's His Name?, It Isn't True, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Alfred the Great. Supplement includes Marvell of MI5, Eagle Extra Funnies. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 18 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 4 #28 - Oct. 16, 1953. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, What's His Name?, It Isn't True, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Alfred the Great. Supplement includes Marvell of MI5, Eagle Extra Funnies. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 18 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 4 #29 - Oct. 23, 1953. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, What's His Name?, It Isn't True, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Alfred the Great. Supplement includes Marvell of MI5, Eagle Extra Funnies. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 18 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 4 #30 - Oct. 30, 1953. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, What's His Name?, It Isn't True, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Alfred the Great. Supplement includes Marvell of MI5, Eagle Extra Funnies. Plus text stories and articles. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 18 pages, B&W and full color.

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Cover by Alvin C. Hollingsworth. Edited by Sol Cohen. Art by Norman Nodel, Harry Lazarus, and Vince Alascia. Tales of horror from the era just before the Comics Code was introduced. A big-game hunter learns the horrifying secret of the white gorilla (its man); A stray postage stamp proves to be the clue that traps a murderer; A couple discovers the ancient Egyptian secret of eternal life, but of course it includes a horrible twist. Third cover appearance of the gasping girl from issues #5 and #9. The Light That Lured!; The White Gorilla!; The Steps in the Cellar; The Spectre at the Opera!; Stamp Murder!; Help Us to Die! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 3, Issue 10 - October, 1953. Digest sized men's magazine with sensational photo illustrated articles and numerous glamor pictorials. 5.25" x 7.5", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Vintage men's interest magazine full of adult humor comics and tasteful pin-up pictorials. This issue with two pages of Bettie Page photos. 8.5" x 11.5", 52 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Mike Roy. Stories and art by Fran Matera, Allen Saunders, Elmer Woggon, Mike Roy, Ed Moore and Matt Christopher. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Tom Terriss, the Vagabond Adventurer, investigates the strange story of the Frozen Bride. Dickie Dare and Dan end up on the front lines of the Cold War in a remote village. A series of short "True Heroic Stories," featuring real-life tales of wartime action. Tom Terriss the Vagabond Adventurer; Dickie Dare; Steve Roper; The Chips Were Down; Uphill Fight; Devotion to Duty!; Glades Hostage. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Sept-Oct 1953. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Walter M. Miller Jr., Ralph Robin, William P. McGivern, Richard Matheson, Jerome Bixby, Robert Sheckley, Mack Reynolds, Phillip Latham, and Ivar Jorgensen. Bernard Krigstein illustration. Cover by Leo Summers. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 148 pages. Cover price $0.35.

Volume 6 - Issue 10, October 1953. Pulp magazine devoted to exploring the paranormal. This issue features Lost Language of the Bible, Space, Time, and Dr. Einstein, and Canada Builds a Flying Saucer! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 page, Text (with B&W Illustrations and Photos). Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Chad Grothkopf. Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf, Bill Woolfolk and Walter Farmer. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Bunny, Bobby Bantam and Kenny Kangaroo. Kenny Kangaroo is such a bad boxer, he loses a shadow-boxing match. Skeezel's latest scheme goes so wrong that Teddy falls off a building into a tomato truck, plastering passersby in tomato puree. Hoppy gets jealous when Millie makes eyes at carnival strong man Herman Hare, but his superhero days are long behind him. Ambitious Cat; Slinky Stinky: The Stolen Swimming Pool; Teddy Bear and Skeezel the Weasel: All Washed Up; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Muscle Tussle; Kenny Kangaroo; Bobby Bantam: Bailing, Bailing; Buzzy Bee. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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 and his pig pal take the magic flying carpet to Roboteria, where they meet a race of robots and their creator. Felix's nephew Inky schemes to win a cookie. Kokey Koala tries to milk a cow. Roboteria; Inky; Planned Troubles; Omar the Owl; Donny Boy; Stage Struck; Kokey Koala; Loco. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Film in Review is a publication of the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, Inc, an independent, non-profit organization of public citizens founded in 1909 to represent the interests of the motion picture public. This National Board further assists the development of the motion picture as a source of entertainment, as education, and as art, by providing media for the expression of the public's opinion about films and their cultural and social effects. 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Cover art by Joe Certa. "Unafraid, I Love Thee," art by Bob Powell; Tom and Lynn are high school sweethearts but hes drafted into the Army shortly after graduation; Lynn follows Tom to camp but finds the town crowded and boring. "How To Make a Man Propose!", art by Tom Hickey; Advice how to please different types of men. "No Longer Alone" text story. "Runaway Passion," pencils by John Sink; Sally loves Greg but he is possessive, selfish and domineering; After a fight, Sally agrees to elope with Fred, another suitor, out of spite; She then has a nervous breakdown and contracts amnesia. "Trapped," art by Tom Hickey; Peggy and Jim are engaged; Jim is enraged when visiting sailor Dick flirts with her; Dick later writes her a love letter and Jim is even more jealous; Peggy says they cant be together if he doesnt trust her. Advice to readers from Nancy Powers. "Pride..." text story. "I Laughed at Love," art by Jack Sparling; Connie is the assistant to television producer Peter; He is critical and domineering but she falls in love with him; Connie then dates dancer Allen and they fall in love; Peter says Allen is an incurable womanizer who is lying to Connie; Allen tricks Connie into visiting him at the hospital, falsely claiming hes ill: he proposes marriage to her and she realizes he is the man she loves. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 6, Number 5 - October 1953. 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", 54 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

Volume 3, Issue 10 - July 22, 1953. 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.

Volume 3, Issue 17 - October 28, 1953. 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 Robert McCarty, Bob Forgione, Harry Lazarus and Walter Davoren. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A prospector makes a deal with the devil to keep his gold even after hes dead; A fiery spirit is unleashed from a cursed casket in an Egyptian tomb; Pilots in Rangoon encounter a beautiful woman and a deadly native dance. Ghost Gold!; The Hungry Picture; The Cursed Casket!; Dead Mans Tree!; The Dance of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "UNCLE WIGGILY, No. 503." Cover art by Bill Weaver. Finding a Job for Shaggy Wolf; Wiggily tries to help Shaggy Wolf get a job and become successful; but Shaggy gets fired as quickly as he's hired. Contests for Rights to the Turtle Pond; Pokey Turtle and his cousin Trundle go through a series of contests to settle who has rights to the turtle pond. A Fortune in the Stove; Wiggily sells an old stove, not knowing that's where Nurse Jane hid her life savings. All art by Bill Weaver. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "KRAZY KAT, No. 504." Cover art by Dan Gormley. Krazy Kat, Inventor text story. The Smartest Kat in the World; Ignatz gives Krazy a vase he finds in the dump; It is a magic vase and a genie appears; Krazy wishes to be smart and dazzles everyone with his intelligence. Ignatz Makes a 3-D Movie; Ignatz hires some Indians and makes a 3-D western movie with Krazy as cameraman. The Not-Scared Crow; Ignatz hires Mr. Crow to pretend to be afraid of the scarecrow he sells Krazy. The White Mice Circus; Ignatz paints himself with white paint to be able to join a circus comprised entirely of white mice. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Sword and the Rose (Disney movie adaptation). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Incidia title is "LITTLE SCOUTS, No. 506." The Hanford House Mystery; Mr. Hanford disappeared years ago and his house has been empty since; While collecting scrap, the Little Scouts are given some picture frames and a painting from the Hanford House. Poor Little Rich Boy; Clifton Courtney IV, son of very rich man, comes to the Scouts' camp on Farmer Brown's farm, accompanied by his valet Jarvis and all the comforts of home. The Rambling Wreck; Scoutmaster Johnson shows up in a beat-up old car to take the Scouts to Eagle Lake; When the car breaks down, the Scouts dismantle it while trying to help fix it. Giants and Fairies; The Scouts are volunteered to take part in Miss Primly's dramatic club's play, "The Fairies of Yellow Mountain." All art by Don Gunn. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Jim Davis. Untitled The Fox And The Crow story; Crow destroys Fox's tuba. A comic strip advertisement for Fleer's Double Bubble bubble gum, art by Ray Thompson. Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! starring The Fox and the Crow; Crow pretends to be a horse in order to get fed by Fox. An in-house promotional advertisement for DC Comics Peter Panda. Untitled The Hound and the Hare story, art by Jim Davis; At their first meeting, the hare persuades the hound that the hound is a dog hound, not a hound dog. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Charles Schulz, Russell Patterson, Rudolph Dirks, Elizabeth Woodward, and Raeburn van Buren. The comic-strip adventures of aspiring model Fritzi Ritz and her boyfriend, the bumbling Phil Fumble. Fritzi was later known as "Aunt Fritzi" in the Nancy comic strip. Phil and Fritzi's boring dude-ranch vacation becomes a breathless chase after Phil accidentally lassos a moose. New in town, Sue Groggins of Abbie an' Slats ill-advisedly takes a ride from notorious lecher "Gropeworth Snootingham." One of the backup strips in the comic is Charles Schulz's Peanuts, then only in its fourth year; several daily strips are presented in full color. Other backup strips include the Katzenjammer Kids and Russell Patterson's Mamie. Fritzi Ritz; Peanuts; The Captain and the Kids; Abbie an' Slats; Stamp Tips; Mamie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. Cover by Wally Wood. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman and Jack Davis. Art by Wally Wood, Joe Kubert, Harvey Kurtzman, George Evans, and Jack Davis. The companion title to Kurtzman's groundbreaking war comic Two-Fisted Tales, showcasing the brutal realities of war. During the American Revolution, the seagoing Battle of Flamborough Head inspires John Paul Jones to say "I have not yet begun to fight!" in a story with early art by comics legend Joe Kubert. Pioneering WWI air ace Max Immelman contributes to the development of synchronized guns after accidentally shooting himself down. A gung-ho young Confederate soldier gets a belly full of war. Albatross!; Bonhomme Richard!; Abduction; Immelman!; Whupped! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Holiday Comics becomes Fun, featuring classic funny-animal antics. This issue introduces Mighty Bear, a black bear cub with prodigious strength who gets into comedic misadventures. Mighty Bear became the subsequent star of the series, taking over the title with the next issue. Final issue under this title; series continues as Mighty Bear #13. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Dan Gordon and Bob Wickersham. Funny-animal comics from independent publisher ACG, featuring the Itchy & Scratchy-like Puss an Boots, misguided inventor Blunderbunny, owl detective Whoo-Dunnit, and Western dog marshal Alkali Ike. Sometimes the characters break through the fourth wall and into the laps of the kids who are watching their cartoons. Puss fears hes lost his touch when his jokes on Boots start backfiring; Blunderbunny drills for oil in the house, but only finds the landladys water heater; Hector the Specter gets a job with a duck whos running a scam selling chicken eggs to owls. Puss an' Boots; Blunderbunny; Muttsy; Hector the Specter; Dog Gone; The Booby Trap; Whoo-Doodit; Bill an' Coo. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Otto Feuer. "Space Dodo Rides Again," art by Otto Feuer; Dodo and the Frog appear as actors in a science fiction story. "Get a Horse!" starring Nip and Chip, art by Otto Feuer. Comicode puzzle page by Martin Naydel. Untitled Biggety Bear story, art by Rube Grossman; Willy tries to convince Biggety that Biggety isn't Biggety but really Elmer Hassenpfeffer and thus can't stay in Biggety's house any longer. "Buzzy Asks: How Safe Is Your Driving?" public service announcement by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. "Gyp Ahoy!" starring Custer Cat and Cheesy the Mouse, art by Rube Grossman. "The Autographed Tortoise" text story. Peter Panda ad. Untitled story, script and art by Sheldon Mayer; Skinny sells Bo a "magic wishing bean". 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

British Edition. 7-in. x 9 3/4-in., 98 pages, black and white.

NOTE: #1-5 titled Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories. #6-14 titled Future Science Fiction. Cover price $0.25.

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October 1953. Cover by Emsh. Stories: "The Caves of Steel" (Part 1 of 3) by Isaac Asimov, "At The Post" by H. L. Gold, "The Model of a Judge" by William Morrison, "The Carnivore" by G. A. Morris, and "With a Vengeance" by J. B. Woodley. Non-Fact Article: "Origins of Galactic Etiquette" by Edward Wellen. Softcover Pulp Digest, 5-in. x 7-in.; 160 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 3, Issue 8 - Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Comic book featuring the famous singing cowboy hero Gene Autry. Gene Autry photo cover. "Gene Autry in Loggin' Trouble"; Two logger camps are competing to get their logs to the mill first, and Gene wonder if Murdoch is in cahoots with the other camp, and trying to get Bailey, but he can't prove it yet. "The Dice Tattoo," art by Nicholas Firfires; Gene is nearly run down by two men in a speeding car, and finds out they were bank robbers on the run; Later he and Windy meets up with them at a Rodeo. "The Curly Bill" text story. "Tit for Tat," art by Tony Sgroi; Pete is telling stories just for laughs this time, of dumb burros and arrested woodpiles. The Pike's Peak Saga fact page, art by August Lenox. The Great Buffalo Hunt fact page, art by August Lenox. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.