Comic books December 1953

Funny animal characters from films: Blunderbunny, Whoo-Doodit, Puss an' Boots, Hector the Specter, and the Copycat. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Otto Feuer. United Nations Day - October 24 public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. "The Cat's Meow!" starring The Dodo and the Frog, art by Otto Feuer; Dunbar is suffering from a compulsion that he's a cat. Untitled story starring Bo Bunny and Skinny Fox, script and art by Sheldon Mayer. "Glue's Who?", art by Rube Grossman; The Cubs try to convince Blackie Bear he has Snazzifran of the muscles. Peter Panda ad. "Ring-Around-a-Rosy!" starring The Dodo and the Frog, art by Otto Feuer. "Down Under" text story. Untitled Pinky and Winky story, art by Rube Grossman; Winky finds an interesting newspaper. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

British Edition. Science Fiction and adventures stories featuring "Dust Thou Art.." by Kris Neville. 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.

Stories and art by Jack Sparling and others. The legendary Gabby Hayes, the sidekick of all sidekicks, gets the starring role in this one-shot Western comic from Toby Press. An outlaw is on a stagecoach that is transporting a gold shipment, joining forces with the sheriff in a tense standoff against marauding stage robbers. Ambush at Terror Canyon; The Sheriff and the Outlaw; Cowpoke's Nightmare; Ten-Gallon Allen; Old Timer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Comic book featuring the famous singing cowboy hero Gene Autry. Gene Autry photo cover. Lincoln Logs ad. "The Helicopter Gang," art by Nicholas Firfires; Bankrobbers use an helicopter to get away, but Gene captures one of them. "The Boss of the One Chance," art by Nicholas Firfires; Gene picks up a runaway Chinese kid, and runs into a crooked politician. "The Chase" text story, art by Nicholas Firfires. "The Broken Metate," art by Tony Sgroi; Panhandle Pete and the kids are going on a trip to the lost mines of San Saba. Taming a Raw Frontier article, art by August Lenox. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and A. C. Hollingsworth. Pre-Code tales of horror and monsters, part of the horror-comics craze of the 1950s. The heir to a haunted castle seeks the one weapon that can destroy its malevolent spirit. Jungle hero Jo-Jo and his mate Tanee encounter the slithery menace of Janeece, the Queen of the Cobras, and her venomous cohorts. A murderer's bride kills him in self-defense, but then faces justice from her own tribe. Terrible Encounter; Gems of Death; The Case of the Shrunken Heads; The Last Man Alive; Jo-Jo: The Cobra Kiss. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

December 1953: Cover by Dick Dillin and Charles Cuidera; "Breakthrough Inferno," 9 pages; "Bomb Squad #7," 6 pages; "All Hell Breaks Loose," 7 pages; "Rat in a Trap," 1 page text story; "Hand Grenade Hero," 6 pages. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Strange Gift from the Unknown starring Fate, art by Jim McLaughlin; In Paris, art painter Philip Rhodes is a failure; Though warned by Fate, he indulges in a satanic deal with the forces of the supernatural. Revenge of the Haunted starring Fate, art by Lou Cameron; Biff Stone is a monster-hunter; He supplies circuses around the world with werewolves, vampires and such. Phantoms of the Forgotten starring Fate, art by Louis Zansky; The crook George Crandall resurrects himself a posse of undead wild west bad men; They commit robberies until a wild west sheriff is brought back to life as well. Invitation to Your Wake; A congregation of; werewolves, zombies, vampires and other monsters meets in a castle; They invite all mystery writers there and kill them--so they won't reveal any more secrets of the supernatural. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Graham Ingels. Wish You Were Here--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A couple in financial difficulty recall a time when they picked up a jade statue in Hong Kong; The wife reads the text at the base of the statue that says it grants three wishes and she wishes for money. Chess-Mate--The Vault of Horror!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by George Evans; A marvel chess player in a small town shoots himself when they hold a parade and he is expected to remove his top hat to salute the flag. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs--The Old Witch's Grim Fairy Tale!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen. Model Nephew--The Crypt of Terror, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. A G-man becomes involved in the hunt for foreign agents; A ganglord creates and trains an army of criminals; A woman realizes too late her husband's love potion is a poison. Espionage; Efficiency System; Blind Alley; Blather Mouth; Closeups; Kiss of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by unknown. Art by Ogden Whitney and unknown. She had Jim now...and Gwen would never get him! He wouldn't leave her as long as he thought she was helpless. Don't miss..."I Tricked My Man" with art by Ogden Whitney. Also in this issue: "I Married a Mama's Boy"; "My Postponed Wedding"; and "I'll Never Love Again"! Plus: Advice on Love Problems letters page by Marilyn Minton. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Winter 1953. Humor Digest featuring jokes and cartoons. Cover and cartoons by Bob Tupper, Henry Boltinoff and Frank Beaven. Softcover Digest, 5 1/2-in. x 7-in., 100 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

"Henry Steps Forward--on a Few Toes" and "Suit Yourself!" Little Guy in "'Sno Fun!" 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art and Cover by Owen Fitzgerald. Featuring two untitled Here's Howie tales with art by Owen Fitzgerald, plus an untitled Melvin tale with art by Fitzgerald. Also in this issue: Untitled Winnie the WAC tale with art by Fitzgerald; Block Busters activity half-pager; Khaki-Yaks half-pager by Irwin Hasen; Private Pete 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff; and 2-page text story "Linda A-Weigh!" 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Avison. Shame, art by Bob Powell; Marge was from the wrong side of the tracks, and wealthy Sally Croft would never let her forget it; Sally did whatever she could to keep Marge out of all the popular clubs at school. House ad for Teen-Age Brides. One Night of Danger, art by John Sink; Pat liked Johnny Blaine but was not ready to go steady... especially when Mike Morse offered to drive her home in his new car; She thrived on that attention and Johnny was the jealous type. Promo ad for upcoming issues of Harvey's romance comic line. Stolen Moments; Tom McCoy was the youngest and best looking teacher on campus; After history class, Janet Lansing stayed behind to speak to her favorite teacher. Bitter Truth; Tex Adams was the big man on campus; He was captain of the football and basketball team and Betty was Tex Adams' girl; But Tex had big dreams of being the foreman of the factory. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

United Nations Day public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. Why Lie?; The Professor convinces Nutsy never to tell a lie, then immediately comes to regret it. An Ill Wind starring Nip And Chip; Nip laments that he has no wind to fly his kite in; So Chip disguises himself as a weather man and sells Nip some wind. Mine Over Matter; When the cubs find out the gold mine they inherited is worthless, they change the name to a honey mine and try to palm it off on Blackie. King Arthur's Throne, script and art by Sheldon Mayer; The kids swipe Doodles' easy chair to play King Arthur with. Echo Mountain; The Professor tries to convince Nutsy that Echo Mountain isn't actually talking to him. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

UK Edition. black and white; 24 pages.

Stories by Buford Tune. Art by Buford Tune. Cover by Buford Tune. Dotty and husband Horace face domestic squabbles similar to those of Blondie and Dagwood, right down to the drawing style; the long-running family strip also featured tween daughter Taffy and dog Pepper. Dotty turns out to share Horace's love of midnight snacks; The family has to deal with Horace's new obsession: television; Horace and Bix are in a world of hurt after the wives find out they were playing poker. Also featuring a Christmas-themed ad for Daisy Red Ryder B-B Rifles, as celebrated in the film "A Christmas Story." Plaster Disaster; The Awakening; Food Trouble; Boss Trouble; Office Trouble; The Marrying Grind; Channel No. 5; Marital Bliss: Circumstantial Evidence; The Pixie Search; Nothing Like a College Man; Housewife Blues. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Dick Giordano cover. In order of appearance: "Death Is a Racer!" art by Dick Giordano and Art Capello; "Dead Man's Luck" art by Dick Giordano; "Custom Contest, Dear Readers: Whoa! Slow Down!"; "Dark Victory" art by Dick Giordano; "Hot-Rod Talk!!"; and "The Monster Had a Mind". "The Hot Rod Song" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Leonard Starr. "The Man Who Could See Death!," art by Ruben Moreira; Under the command of the medium Tilang Meers, a band of mediums conspires to prevent their exposure as frauds by brave newspaperman Chuck Simms. "The Madman of Maricombe Island!," art by Nick Cardy; In the prison colony on Maricombe Island the guard Letrec tries to break the prisoner Dubois. Rex the Wonder Dog ad. "The Sorrow of the Spirits!," script by Jack Miller, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley; Conrad Ganges has found a way to see the spirit world and to communicate with its inhabitants. "How Mind-Readers Trick You" article by David Kahn (as Don King), art by Raymond Perry. "The Magic Spotlight!," pencils by Leonard Starr. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 3, Issue 5 - December 1953, 8.5" x 11", 78 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

December, 1953 Volume 4, Issue 11. 5-3/8 in. x 7-5/8 in; black and white; 162 pages. Cover price $0.35.

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Indian Chief stars in "White Eagle." Back-up stories: "The Journey of Standing Bear" and "The Outlander." Painted cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Western action with an emphasis on the Native tribes and their conflicts with incoming settlers, published in 3-D during America's first 3-D craze. Sioux warrior Thunderstorm and his friend, scout Johnny Travers, try to prevent war from erupting between the Shoshoni and settlers. Long before Columbus, The Mohawks join forces with other tribes to form the Iroquois League, the first "united states" of America. The mysterious warrior Warbonnet tries to prevent war from erupting between the Dakota and settlers. Thunderstorm at War; The Mohawk Massacre; Apache Attack!!; War Party of the Sioux; Chugwater Wyoming; The Pawnee Arrow. 36 pages, B&W with 3-D effects. May or may not include 3-D glasses. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 8, Issue 47B - December, 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 $0.25.

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Vol. 16 #2 - Dec. 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.

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One 3-D story (four pages). Cover price $0.10.

Men's interest humor digest with cartoons, jokes and tasteful pin-up photography. 5" x 6.5", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Birth of the Blues; Jonesy accidentally sends Carols birthday card to Weepy, and Weepys card to Carol. Jive Daze; Chloe is in town and asks Scootch on a date. Hot Rod Hop! starring Jonesy. Buster's Last Stand! starring Jonesy. Gabby has a Fit! starring Gabby. Top Man text story starring Candy. Lover Boy starring Jonesy. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

"Not Normal!," art by George Roussos; A man with a gun that fires silver bullets has difficulty finding a girl with no demon blood in her, even in Budapest, so he ends up marrying an American girl who is neither a witch nor a vampire. "A Bargain With Satan" text story, art by Carl Burgos. "Keep Off the Grass," art by John Forte; When a gangster buys an estate and damages the lawn with his golf practice, the grass gets even. "The Living and the Dead," art by Myron Fass; A man who enters a cemetery finds that he has crossed a barrier between the living and the dead, and the damned souls there wish him to plead to Satan their case that they should be released. "What Harry Saw!;" A man uses a device to look into the future to check up on his wife; When he sees her with another man, he attempts to shoot her. "We Don't Want Your Head!," art by Vic Carrabotta; After a pianist arranges for his wife to be murdered on safari for her money he is captured by native hand-hunters. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by Stan Lee, Dan Keyes and unknown. Art by George Tuska, Basil Wolverton, Bill Everett, Louis Zansky, George Roussos and unknown. In this issue: "The Lighthouse Ghost" by Stan Lee and George Tuska; 2-page text story "The Ultimate Weapon" with illo by George Roussos; "One of Our Graveyards Is Missing!" by Dan Keyes and Basil Wolverton; "One Little Mistake"; "The Scarecrow" with art by Bill Everett - A destitute couple, out of money and nearly out of hope, wish for a miracle to happen to ease them out of their plight...when their fields are plowed and corn planted overnight, and a mysterious scarecrow appears on their property, their wish seems to have come true...in more ways than one; and "The Spy" with art by Louis Zansky. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Carl Burgos, inks by Sol Brodsky. The Vampire's Fangs, art by Paul Reinman; A stowaway on a freighter is bitten by a vampire bat and transforms into a bat; After draining one of the crew of his blood, he hides in a casket that is being shipped over the ocean. The First Time Machine text story. The Men from Earth, art by Mac Pakula. The World's End, art by Gene Colan; An astronomical disaster means the destruction of human civilization; Our story's protagonist is despondent over this state of affairs until he encounters a group of time travelers who are present to record the last days of humanity. Weather Balloons, art by Jack Abel. Crashing Through the Time Barrier, art by Russ Heath. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Final issue of the series. Judy Joe in "The Magic Serum," "The Burglar," and "The Hypnotist." Cover price $0.10.

"Talk is Cheep"!";Jughead tries to teach his parakeet to talk, but the only person it will talk to is Mr. Weatherbee. "What's Watt?"; Souphead gets confused when he thinks Veronica is planting light bulbs instead of flower bulbs. "Paper Caper"; Jughead is acting strangely as he searches for a mysterious "paper." "Heavens to Jugsy"; Jughead tries to get past the doorman of the Riverdale Hotel in order to study stars with his new telescope. "The Awful Tooth!", art by Harry Lucey; Jughead and Betty talk about associating things with certain people. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Devil's Temple," art by Maurice Whitman; Kaänga helps a woman pursue her fiancée who has become obsessed with a lost pool of immortality. "Jungle Justice" text story by Frank Riddell. "End of the Trail" starring Kaänga, art by Maurice Whitman; Hilton finds the pool of immortality, but he is killed by a sea monster living in the pool. "The Shadow Men"; An anthropologist, an ivory hunter, and a tax collector each tell a story related to pygmies. Untitled Jungle Tales story; Jim describes the training of cheetahs. "The Enchanted Valley"; A curse is put on a safari that dares to enter the Enchanted Valley; They are attacked by what appears to be a giant python; It is, in reality, a model of a snake, manned by the natives of the Valley; Tiger Girl leads the safari out of the Valley. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Joe Orlando and others. May or may not include 3-D glasses. A one-shot featuring tales of jungle heroes presented in 3-D. Bwaani tries to stop a slaver before he causes a tribal war. Jungle Jo battles a rhino to save Lura, but it's a trap set by hunters who want to sell Jo and Lura to a circus. A diamond hunter disguises herself as Jungle Lil to violate the Kumbes' sacred burial cave. Bwaani: Jungle Death Trek; Jungle Jo: Jungle Man Hunt; Rulers of the Jungle; Jungle Lil: Betrayer of the Jungle Dead. 32 pages, B&W with 3-D effects. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Art by Marvin Stein, Bill Molno and Mort Meskin. 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 killer joins a seagoing outfit that sabotages ships for the salvage. A bitter retiree decides to rob his business before he leaves. The life and crimes of real-life bank robber Wilbur Underhill, known as "The Tri-State Terror." Salvage Sharks!; Dead Wrong!; Big Loser!; Closeups; Weird Epidemic; The Tri-State Terror. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Harvey Comics presents an anthology series featuring kids comics, starring those eternal rapscallions, the Katzenjammer Kids. The original German Bart Simpson x2, the Kids are up to constant mischief, usually directed against the stern authority figures in their lives: their long-suffering Mama, Der Captain (a stranded sailor and their surrogate father), and the schools envoy, Der Inspector. This issue features a story in early 3-D, a popular trend at the time. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Syd Shores. Untitled story, art by Jack Keller; Kid Colt is riding through a pass into a nearby town when he is shot at by a welcoming committee; Blazing past them, Kid Colt gets to town and stops in at the Last Chance saloon; There the locals try to start a fight with him as well, but he fights them off; He learns that the locals are upset that a female rancher named Nan Carstairs has been hiring guns to protect her ranch. Untitled story, art by Jack Keller; Kid Colt is facing three outlaws named Turk, Scar and Pedro in the town of Hidden Valley; the Kid thinks back to how he got into this situation to begin with. "Killer's Challenge" text story. "The Backbreaker," art by George Tuska. Untitled story, art by Jack Keller; Aboard a coach rides two passengers, when one of the men tries to engage conversation with the other and the man is shocked when his fellow passenger is really an ape; The ape suddenly attacks, strangling the passenger to death; The ape then climbs outside of the coach and kills the drivers and then rides off with the wagon; Passing through the area is Kid Colt who comes across the dead bodies and decides to investigate the cause of death. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.