Comic books August 1953

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Art by Fred Guardineer and others. Cover by Fred Guardineer. Sometimes listed as Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid #24. Western adventure based on the popular masked hero played in the movies by Charles Starrett. The Kid intervenes when hooded vigilantes terrorize settlers; Durango investigates after a couple is murdered for their apparently played-out gold mine; Dan Brand gets jealous when he thinks fellow spy Linda "The Fox" has a sweetheart. The Scourge of the Vigilantes!; The Mansion of Murder; The Return of the Owlhoot; Hard As They Come!; The Battle. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Duplicated Man" a complete novel by James Blish and Michael Sherman.

Volume 1, Issue 4 - August, 1953. Cover by Alex Schomburg. "The Duplicated Man" by Robert A. W. Lowndes (as 'James Blish & Michael Sherman'), "The Last Man in the Moon" by Charles Dye, "The Winning Losers" by Gene L. Henderson, and "No Greater Glory" by Donald A. Wolheim (as 'W. Malcolm White'). Illustrations by Paul Orban and Milton Luros. Approx. 7" x 10"; black and white; 132 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Vol. 4 #18 - Aug. 7, 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. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 4 #19 - Aug. 14, 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. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 4 #20 - Aug. 21, 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. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 4 #21 - Aug. 28, 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. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

Cover by Gene Fawcette and Vince Alascia. Edited by Sol Cohen. Art by Gene Fawcette and Vince Alascia. Tales of horror from the era just before the Comics Code was introduced. Eerie departs from its usual short-story formula for an issue-length adaptation of the pioneering horror novel Dracula, by Bram Stoker. Real-estate agent Jonathan Harker helps an eccentric Transylvanian count buy a house in England, not realizing that hes an ancient vampire who lives on the blood of the innocent – including Harkers own wife, Mina. Dracula; The Man Who Could Read Minds. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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6 1/2-in. x 9 1/4-in., 224 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 10, Issue 1 - August, 1953. Bettie Page photo cover. Vintage men's interest magazine full of adult humor comics and tasteful pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11.5", 54 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Mike Roy. Stories and art by Fran Matera, Allen Saunders, Elmer Woggon, Stuart Hawkins, 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 rumors of a vampire in a Carpathian mountain village. Dickie Dare and Dan's rocket lands them safely back on Earth, but in the middle of a war zone. A series of short "True Heroic Stories," featuring real-life tales of wartime action. Tom Terriss the Vagabond Adventurer; Dickie Dare; Steve Roper; Express-Collect; No Higher Honor; Dry Run; Easley Does It; Eyes of the Hunted. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 14, Issue 4 - August, 1953. 6.75" x 9.75", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $3.80 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

July-Aug 1953. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Theodore Sturgeon, Evelyn Waugh, John Wyndham, Ralph Robin, William P. McGivern, H.L. Gold, Charles Larson, Ivar Jorgensen, Robert Terrall, and Robert Sheckley. Cover by Rupert Conrad. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white with some spot color; 164 pages. Cover price $0.35.

August 1953. Fantasy Stories: "So Sweet as Magic..." by Bruce Elliott, "A Stray from Cathay" by John Wyndham, "The Other Ones" by David Alexander, "Out in the Garden" by Philip K. Dick, "Much Ado about Plenty" by Charles Fritch, "The Frost Giant's Daughter" by Robert E. Howard, "Koenigshaufen's Curve" by H.B. Fyfe, "Foxy's Hollow" by Leah Bodine Drake, "Mr. Mottle Goes Pouf" by Laurence Manning, and "Nom d'un Nom" by Randall Garrett. Softcover Pulp Digest, 5-in x 7 1/2-in, 160 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Chad Grothkopf. Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf and others. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Bunny, Bobby Bantam and Kenny Kangaroo. At a restaurant, Bobby Bantam's uncle Forgetful Fogety accidentally claims a magician's magic-trick-laden coat. In the second and last appearance of "The Forest Folk," Gopher and Mole conspire to get maple sugar from Fox's maple trees to make Gopher's pie for the pie contest. Hoppy and Quick-Quack follow an ape stealing lollipops to a mystery at the waterfront. Funny Chicken; Bobby Bantam: Watch Your Coat; Teddy Bear and Skeezel the Weasel: Easy Money; Buzzy Bee; Kenny Kangaroo; Champ the Chump of Chimps: Stop, Luck, and Listen; The Forest Folk: Prize Surprise; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: The Mystery of the Last Licks. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Otto Messmer. Stories and art by Otto Messmer, Joe Oriolo and A. W. Nugent. 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 oversleeps. Donny goes to the movies. A Perpetual Motion Machine actually makes everything ELSE move constantly, resulting in Felix and a cop in a frantic chase, as neither of them can stop running! Perpetual Motion; Cleaning Up; Flub; Low Score; Donny Boy; Kokey Koala. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Al Avison. "Another Man's Kisses," art by Bill Draut; Generals daughter Lynne dates soldier Earl but then falls in love with new officer Vic; When she sees Vic kissing his old girlfriend Margo, Lynne goes back to Earl, who steals a jeep and goes AWOL to be with her. "When Your Lover Has Gone...", art by Al Avison; Advice for women whose boyfriends are serving in the military. "Threat to My Love!" text story. "One Moment's Madness," pencils by John Sink; Because Ellens mother is the maid for the wealthy Van Gould family, Ellen gets second-hand dresses from Gloria Van Gould; Ronnie mistakes her for one of Glorias rich friends and Ellen maintains the deception to date him. "Payment for My Sin," pencils by Joe Certa; Beth dates her fellow factory workers but refuses to get serious and gets the reputation as "a cheap, fast date!"; She accepts Larrys proposal of marriage but really loves his friend Nick. Advice to readers from Nancy Powers. "Weak with Wanting" text story. "Meant for Passion," art by Jack Sparling; Lawyer Grace joins the Ordway law firm, even though fellow worker Alex doesnt think women should be lawyers; Grace agrees to date him, planning to put him in his place; She also agrees to represent Carl when Alex says he "is as guilty as sin!"; Carl says hes innocent but the man who can clear him has left town. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $53.00 View scans Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling. Water spotting.

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August 1953. Painted cover by Earl Steffa Moran. 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", 50 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 60, Issue 4 (Whole Number 249) - August, 1953. Softcover Magazine, 8" x 11", 58 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 3, Issue 8- June 24, 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 Jon L. Blummer, Sam Citron, Harry Lazarus and Charles Nicholas. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. An antique mirror is the doorway to another dimension; Jim and Sally discover that goblins are real, and become caught up in a war between the benevolent Forest Goblins and the malevolent Water Goblins; A mad doctor on a deserted island is creating human-animal hybrids (but his name isnt Moreau, its Kurtz). The Haunted Mirror!; The Transformation; War of the Goblins!; The Bog of Evil!; Terror Island! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Zane Grey's RIVER FEUD (Rogue River Feud), No. 484." Facts about salmon and catching them with nets. Zane Grey's River Feud, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Morris Gollub; After an extended recuperation in an Army Hospital after a gun blows up in his face, Kevin Bell returns to his home town in the Pacific Northwest; He finds that Gus Atwell, who had served in the Army with Bell, has been spreading lies about him; His former fiancé spurns him and most of the townspeople shun him; After a confrontation with Atwell, Bell and his friend Garry Lord, a down-on-his luck fisherman, are forced to leave town; The pair go to the mouth of the river to await the salmon run; They have a series of good catches, but eventually run afoul of Red Mulligan, whose boats are fishing with illegal nets. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "THE LITTLE PEOPLE, No. 485." Cover art by Don Gunn. The Little People and the Sick Fawn; When Mrs. Doe's fawn is sick, the Little People must go to the cave of their enemies, the Groons, to bring back yop-yop leaves to make a medicine to cure the fawn. The Little People's Carnival; The Little People are putting on a carnival, but there doesn't seem to be anything that Loop can do to participate. Scripts by Paul S. Newman, art by Don Gunn. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Official title in indicia is "Rusty Riley, a Boy, a Horse, and a Dog." Painted cover art by Sam Savitt. Dr. Quinn's Double, script and art by Frank Godwin; After an auto accident, a drifter steals the identity of Dr. Quinn, who is coming to work at the Miles Farm; The impostor becomes involved in a scheme by gamblers to inject thoroughbred "Big Blaze" with performance-enhancing drugs so that he will be disqualified after winning a big race. Reprinted from Rusty Riley (King Features) newspaper strips from 1948-49. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Rudyard Kipling's MOWGLI JUNGLE BOOK, No. 487." Painted cover art by Morris Gollub. Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli, script by Rudyard Kipling (original story) and Paul S. Newman (comic adaptation), art by Morris Gollub; The story of Mowgli, a boy raised by a wolf pack and instructed in the ways of the jungle by Baloo the Bear and Bagheera the Panther. Mowgli is threatened by the Bandar-Log (monkey people) and Shere Khan, a crippled tiger. Story is adapted in part from "Mowgli's Brothers" and "Kaa's Hunting" from the 1894 collection "The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art. Tyrant of the North, script by Phil Evans, art by Jesse Marsh; John Carter rescues Dejah Thoris when she is kidnapped by Thurid and taken to the forbidden land of Okar in the polar icecap. The Fantastic Creatures of Mars filler page, art by Jesse Marsh; Introduction of three animals from this story, the legendary Apt, the Woola and the carnivorous Calot Tree. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "TWEETY AND SYLVESTER, No. 489." Tweety's Puddy Tat Trouble activity page. Tweety at the Zoo; Sylvester chases Tweety through various animal's cages at the zoo, narrowly escaping disaster each time. Snowbound in a Mountain Cabin; Tweety and Sylvester declare a truce; Granny takes the pair to a mountain cabin, but forgets to bring any food except for bird seed for Tweety. Chaos at the Golf Course. Mascot Spat; Sylvester is having a good time as mascot of a ship, but then Granny and Tweety come to visit. The New Pet Goldfish; Tweety has to keep Sylvester from eating Granny's new pet goldfish. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Jungle Jim." Painted cover art. Map of Malaya with teaser for the Jungle Jim story. Through Devil-Devil Gorge, script by Paul S. Newman, art by William Overgard; Jungle Jim and Kolu brave jungle dangers to rescue an American professor and his son who are being held hostage in Malaya. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Max Brand's SILVERTIP, No. 491." Painted cover art. Map of the area where the story takes place, with teaser for the story. Silvertip, original story by Max Brand, art by Everett Raymond Kinstler; Silvertip meets up with Bandini, an old enemy, and another man is killed when Bandini tries to ambush Silvertip; Silvertip takes the dead man's horse back to his father to tell him of his son's death and finds himself in the middle of a deadly feud between the Mexican Casa Monterey and the gringo Drummon Ranch. Adapted from the 1933 novel "Silvertip" by Max Brand. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Untitled The Fox And The Crow story; Fox is convinced Crow is a bad luck hoo-doo. Untitled The Fox And The Crow story; Crow needs money to buy cigars, so naturally his first thought is to con the money out of Fox. Fishing For Trouble starring The Hound And The Hare; The Hound tries using vegetables tied to the end of a fishing pole to lure the Hare out of a hollow log. The Pup And The Pooch text story. Mistaken Identity starring The Fox And The Crow; A hunting dog tracks Crow down, so Crow convinces the dog that he's a fox hound and sends him after Fox. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Charles Schulz, Russell Patterson, Henning Dahl Mikkelsen, 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 wants to capture a rare butterfly for the reward, but it leads him and Fritzi on a merry chase. Phil and Fritzi get stranded on an artificial island that's drifting out to sea. 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 pantomime strip Ferd'nand and comedy adventure Abbie an' Slats. Fritzi Ritz; Peanuts; Ferd'nand; Abbie an' Slats; Stamp Tips; Mamie. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian Edition. Cover by Wally Wood. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman and Jerry DeFuccio. Art by George Evans, John Severin, Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Davis, and Wally Wood. The companion title to Kurtzman's groundbreaking war comic Two-Fisted Tales, showcasing the brutal realities of war. Navy pilots take Panther Jets into combat. A medieval shepherd uses his trained hawk as a weapon when his father's castle is attacked. Air ace Frank Luke plays by his own rules once too often. Plus The EC "Artist of the Issue," focusing on George Evans. Pantherjet!; War Dance!; Symbols; Wolf!; Frank Luke! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 19, Issue 5 - August, 1953. Men's magazine featuring articles on true crime, and politics. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 86 pages, B&W Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart Very Good $4.80 View scans Front cover detached 5%.	Add to cart Very Good $4.80 View scans Staple rust: Extensive.	Add to cart Very Good $4.80 View scans Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $4.30
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August 1953. Cover by Mel Hunter. Stories: "Mind Alone" by J. T. M'Intosh, "Diplomatic Immunity" by Robert Sheckley, "Stamped Caution!" by Raymond Z. Gallun, "We're Civilized" by Mark Clifton and Alex Apostolides, "The Trap" by Betsy Curtis, and "Minimum Sentence" by Theodore R. Cogswell. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; 160 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.