Comic books July 1953

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Issue #24 - Summer 1953. Jokes and single panel cartoons. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 1, Issue 4 - July 1953. Vintage Men's interest magazine focusing on sports, music, hunting, celebrities, models, and showgirls. 4-in. x 6-in., 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Henry Kiefer. Stories and art by Ed Moore, Mike Roy, Bill Walton, Harold LeDoux, First Lt. Jack H. Pittman and Sam Glanzman. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. A military medic discovers a stray grenade that could go off at any second. A teen sacrifices his life to save his mother from a runaway steam shovel, a tragic story with exceptionally dramatic art. A pilot writes a letter home after being wounded in action. Operation Bang Bang; Jolting Joy, Herbert L. Joy; He Stayed Behind; Volunteer; A Letter from Daddy; One Man Counter Attack; Disregard For His Own Safety; Hero in the Sky; Something Has Been Added; Incident at a Bridge; Charlie Company; No Greater Sacrifice; Time Bomb; Top Award. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Long running magazine that features song lyrics, celebrity gossip, articles, and fan letters. 8.5" x 11", 36 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

Volume 9, Issue 2 - July 1953. Men's interest magazine containing editorials, comics and classic pinup photographs. Softcover, 8" x 11", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

UK Edition. black and white; 24 pages.

Cover by Don Heck. Stories and art by Marty Elkin, Alberta Tewks, Eve Koridor and Don Heck. Pre-Code horror comics by the talents at the Iger Shop. Jack the Ripper returns to London a century later and resumes his crimes, in an oft-reprinted story. A woman's obsession with bowling drives her husband over the edge and results in his acquiring a macabre new bowling ball, in a story with special meaning for league night. A scientist explores the truth behind love potions, featuring art and a cover by future Marvel legend Don Heck. Jack The Ripper; Night Owl; Sorcery; Death; Pen Pal. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Curt Swan. "Dead Men Tell No Tales!," pencils by Leonard Starr; A crooked businessman tries to fool his partner by arranging for his brother's kidnapping. "Lady Luck Wore Black!;" A gambler in Monaco meets a mysterious "Lady Luck" who lets him win all the time. "The Man Who Killed His Shadow," script by Jack Miller, pencils by Curt Swan; After having murdered the private detective Maxon, the gangster Nesbitt is followed by Maxon's bodiless shadow. "His Name on a Bullet!," art by Bill Ely; Police detective lieutenant Hodges overcomes his superstitions. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Edward Kean and others. An icon of 1950s Americana, Howdy Doody was a star of early television, and a mischievous Tom Sawyer-type adventurer in this comic. Howdy and Dilly adopt a kitten, only to find out too late that it is actually a tiger cub. In the Old West, Howdy and Dilly battle outlaw Pinto Pete. Dilly and Clarabell the Clown visit an amusement park. Special Playground; Howdy Doody's Old-Time Silent Movie; Clarabell; Dilly Dally. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

July 1953. Science fiction stories by Jack Vance, Walt sheldon, H.B. Fyfe, Richard O. Lewis, James McKimmey Jr., Tom Leahy, Russell Burton, Edward W. Ludwig, Mark Clifton and Alex Apostolides, and Evan Hunter (as "S.A. Lombino"). Virgil Finlay and Kelly Freas illustrations. Wrap-around cover by Ken Fagg. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 120 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

July, 1953 Volume 4, Issue 6. 5-3/8 in. x 7-5/8 in; black and white; 162 pages. Cover price $0.35.

Volume 8, Issue 43A - July, 1953. One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.15.

Vol. 6, No. 4. July 1953. Fictional romance stories with photo illustrations. 8.5" x 10.75". 88 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

'"Sagebrush Stake-Out" and an untitled back-up story. Joel McCrea photo cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 15 #9 - July 1953. Children's magazine featuring articles, activities and text stories. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in., 68 pages, B&W with single and full color illustrations. Cover price $0.25.

Adult Humor digest featuring cartoons by various artists. Softcover Digest, 5 1/2-in. x 7-in., 98 Pages, B&W, Mature Readers 18+. Cover price $0.25.

Art by Joe Kubert and others. Cover by Gene Fawcette. Reprints Jesse James (1950 Avon) #1. True tales (some slightly embellished) of Old West outlaws, focusing on the James brothers and other real-life figures from history. The story of Jesse James is given a war-hero spin, as he fights for the Confederacy against the Union commander Redbeard Randolph, who humiliated his family. Joining the guerrilla band of Bloody Bill Anderson, he takes part in the Centralia Massacre before becoming a bandit and outlaw. Split-Second Stand In introduces Alabam, who becomes sheriff of Broken Creek after his family is murdered, with art by Joe Kubert. Bloody Bill Anderson; The Centralia Massacre; Split-Second Stand In!; The San Antonio Stage Robbery; The Great Plains Robbery! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ham Fisher. Stories and art by Ham Fisher. The amiable boxer strip resumes its focus on boxing as the Korean conflict winds down. In the South Pacific, Joe prepares to face Grumpopski, the US Navy boxing champ, in the ring. But Grumpopski holds a grudge and can't wait that long. Plus a history of boxing. The Grudge Fight of the Age; Athlete's Feat; In This Corner. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Jury of the Undead; vengeful corpses come back to haunt a sadistic hanging judge. Deadly Revenge; Lester Parke brings into existence a kidnapper ape. Fatal Impersonation text story. Return of the Corpse. The Green Witch; an evil witch steals the body of young Sandra Jones. Comic strip ad for Joe Bonomo body building books. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Burgos. "The Wrong World" [The Only Man in the World, Part 2], art by Jerry Robinson; The professor from the first story in the previous issue rebuilds the cyclotron that he destroyed in order to activate it and restore time to the moment just before humanity was wiped out. "Jack and Jill Went up the Hill!," art by Larry Woromay; A woman named Jill murders her stepbrother Jack while mountain climbing, and the tether between them drags her down as well. "Witch-Girl" text story. "Now You See It...," art by Sam Kweskin; When his wife threatens to leave him for the manager, the magician really does saw his wife in half. "The Assassin of Paris," art by Charles A. Winter; A thief picks the wrong mark when he targets a mindreader. "Vacation for Vincent," pencils by Bill Benulis, inks by Jack Abel. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Carl Burgos. Bwana Brown!, art by Gene Colan; Bwana Brown, a member of the Explorer's Club, gives a talk at their meeting of an African tribe who will give gold and diamonds to one who can prove they are immortal; The explorers ask for the location of this tribe, figuring to impress the natives with modern gadgets and pass the test, but Bwana Brown refuses to tell them. The 'Genie' text story. The Son of Rasputin, art by Russ Heath; A man uses Pavlovian conditioning on his actress beloved in order to get her to automatically shoot his rival when he rings a bell. The Secret of Asteroid #85!, script by Stan Lee, art by Gil Evans. A Monument to Mortimer!, art by Hy Fleischman. The Race That Vanished, art by Don Perlin. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Art by Marvin Stein and Rudy Palais. Pioneering crime comic Justice Traps the Guilty was produced by the studio of comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America. A mechanic secretly runs a protection racket targeting other auto shops. A woman learns her fiancee is a con man when she sees his wanted poster in the post office. A reporter seeks the arson gang that blinded him and murdered a cop. The Vandals!; Con Game; Cancelled; Organized for Arson; Fake Alibi; Justice Laughs; Closeups; Gang Doctor! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories, Art and Cover by Bill Woggon. America's pin-up queen Katy Keene in four untitled stories: K.O. has a weenie roast with Katy, so Randy shows him up by arriving with steaks; Sis tries to make a good impression with Randy's Aunt Fanny, who's visiting the ranch from Boston; Randy takes Katy golfing with K.O. serving as caddy; and it starts to rain after Katy gets her hair done at Colossal Studios, so she borrows a diver's suit from the prop department for her walk to the soundstage. Plus: "Katy Beach Fashions" 1-pager; untitled Sis the Candy Kid story - After Sis notices that Katy hides her candy on the top shelf in the closet, she takes a sudden interest in reading large books...that she can use a step stool to reach the candy; "Sis Fashions" 1-pager; "Katy Fashions" 1-pager; untitled Sis the Candy Kid 1-pager; and 2-page Hollywood Gossip article. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Three Kent Blake stories, plus "The Butcher of Wulfhausen" back-up. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Hubie Karp and others. Art by Bob Wickersham and others. The Kilroys (Americas Funniest Family!) combined the family humor of the then-new sitcom format with Archie-style teen hijinks featuring Katie, Natch, and pal Solid Jackson. Wilbur tries to sabotage Judys date with Natch by giving him a flat tire; Pops offers to put his boss up in the Kilroy house for a few days, and disaster looms; Natch chooses fishing over a date with Judy, but neglects to tell Judy. The Big Blow Out!; Big Date; Hot Rod Robbie; I Love You, Boss!; Handsome Is...; Natch and Jackson; The Frampton Twins. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Howard Boughner and Stan Campbell. Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. Fawcett was experimenting with longer tales in some titles, eventually resulting in issue-length stories like this one. "Roving marshal" Lash finds a lost ticket to an opera-house performance of "Horatio Hamlet" in Apache Falls. But while he watches the show, a mysterious figure mistakes him for a hired killer, and passes him a note targeting the editor of the town paper. Self Defense; Ticket to Despair; Dusty: The Chief Chef!; Wagonwheels; Trader Tom; Molasses Mouth. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover art by Morris Gollub. Facts about the bald eagle and the golden eagle. Tennis, Anyone?; Lassie interrupts a game of tennis with a stick which turns out to carry a help-message. Blood Donor; On a car ride, Gerry, Rocky and Lassie encounter a young boy and his puppy; The puppy has been hit by a car. Surprises; While preparing for the final exams at college, Gerry receives a cable from Mr. Lawrence, saying that he'll fly over for graduation. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Carl Memling, Stan Asch, John Belfi, Albert Tyler, Sal Trapani, Lou Morales and Bob Forgione. Pre-Code crime comics typical of the era, featuring violent crimes, no-nonsense cops, and grim fates for the lawless. A man kills his wealthy uncle for his fortune, then visits a fortune-teller who claims his uncle desires vengeance from beyond the grave. An injured criminal plans to escape through a hospital window, but he doesn't know his room has been moved to a higher floor. A hired killer plans to push his intended victim in front of a subway train, but things don't quite go as planned. Death Raps Twice; Escape from the Noose; Hot Seat; The Vibrations of Destruction; Murder on Time; Sharp Idea!!!; Change in Script!; Deep Freeze. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

The Earwich; Alvin gives an earwich to a man on the beach, and the man chases him all over. The Spider and the Secret Six; Lulu gets a phone call saying the Secret Six are after her pop. The Blackout Party; Tubby gives a party with no lights on and the girls disappear. The Hungry One; Tubby pretends he has fainted from hunger on Lulu's front sidewalk. The Daredevil; Lulu proves to the Fellers she is brave by catching two bats in the cave. The Human Mudpie; Lulu tells Alvin about the little girl who refused to take a bath. The Shark in the Lake; Tubby makes Wilbur and Gloria think he has been eaten by a shark in the lake. Two-page text story, Lulus Diry ("Diary"). 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover art. Rio Grande Gun Runners, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Kyle Ferris and his gang robs rifles from Army wagon train shipments and sells them to Mexican bandits across the Rio Grande River. Stalled Armistice, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Red Dog and his Cheyenne braves attack a settlement to get rifles in order to fight an Army detachment. The Crossbow text story by Gaylord Du Bois. Geysers and Hot Springs, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; In what is now Yellowstone Park, Young Hawk and Little Buck kill a moose that is attacking an old man and his teenage granddaughter; The old man dies of a heart attack; After making friends with the girl, the two boys explore the geysers and hot springs. Promo for subscriptions to Dell Lone Ranger Comics; Premium is Dell Comics Club ballpoint pen. Based on the popular Western TV series. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Ernest Nordli. War Party, art by Alberto Giolitti; A Crow war party surprises Stone Bear's undefended camp of old men, women, and children. The Miners' Treasure, art by Alberto Giolitti; With Tonto's help, two prospectors recover a cache of Spanish treasure stolen by Jim Harmon and his gang; Story continues in black and white on inside back cover and concludes in color on back cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Lone Ranger's Famous Horse Hi-Yo Silver (1952) is a western comic book published by Dell Publishing Co. Featuring "The Leaning Tower," "Silver Strikes Back," "Silver Explores the Ancient Walls," and "Race for Life." 32 pages, full color, 7.25-in. x 10.25-in., newsprint, with $0.10 cover price. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Western comics featuring the masked hero Lone Rider and other champions of Old West justice. Lone Rider takes it personal when outlaws target a newlywed couple for the silver spurs he gave them. A Native American legend reveals that horses could once talk, and why they stopped. Lone Rider gives the Old Hermit a device that makes it look like his donkey is talking. Six-Gun Code; The Hermit: Donkey Business; Arresting a Shadow; How the Horse Lost His Speech!; Bantam Badman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.