Comic books December 1952

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Jetta in "Man Trouble," "Jet Jaunt," and "My Cosmic Hero." Zoomer back-up story, "Frat Race." Dan DeCarlo art. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by George McManus (credited), and George Swanson. Humor comics based on the popular newspaper strip Bringing Up Father by George McManus. Wealthy rogue Jiggs tries to escape his dish-hurling wife Maggie and her plans to reform him. The theatre becomes yet another avenue for Maggie's pretensions to disrupt Jiggs's peace of mind. Half-Pint Hogan chases a thief. Also featuring stories from Bringing Up Father's topper strip, Snookums. Stage Struck!; Snookums: Harmonica Player!; Jiggs Can't Win!; Half-Pint Hogan: Stop, Thief!; The Close Call; If You Don't Weaken!; Grand Uproar!; The Flop Family: Talking Parrots. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Al Avison and Bob Powell. The amiable boxer strip becomes a pre-Code war comic as the Cold War and Korean conflict heat up. Sailors are forced to abandon ship and must survive a night in frigid ocean waters. US soldiers try to figure out how Korean forces keep attacking when their supply lines are supposedly cut. Joe and Knobby set out to meet a soldier stationed on the front lines in Korea, but that's a dangerous place to visit. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lionel Trains, offering a denim Engineer's Cap. Hero's Guts; Kitchen Police; Funny Guy; The Secret Bridge; Night of Terror. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Ross Andru cover. In order of appearance: "Joe Yank in G.I.s and Dolls"; "Jets"; "Joe Yank, 'Operation Knuckles'"; "Pinhead Perkins, P.F.C. in 'Flying High!'" art by Dan DeCarlo; "Joe Yank meets 'Hermit Girl'"; and "Ways of War: The Middle Ages". "Tin Can Brigade: You Can't Deny That Corporal Sweeney Had a Bright Idea!" illustrated text story by Charles S. Strong. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Everett. "The Bewitched Bike!," art by Tony DiPreta; A crook steals a bike from a time-traveler that has come from the year 1992, forty years in the future; He robs a bank and pedals into the future but is recognized anyway and shot as he attempts to flee. "Death Waits Within!," art by Carl Hubbell; An elderly couple that run an inn in Europe murder their guests in order to rob them and send the money to their son in America. "The Locked Door!," art by Ed Winiarski. "Out of the Jungle" text story. Out of the Jungle; Pete Norris is a con who is about to get the chair for the murders he committed. "Hiding Place," art by John Romita. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"It Makes Scents," art by Samm Schwartz; Ophelia bets Veronica that she can get Jughead to take her to the school dance. "Tanks for the Memory"; Jughead is left at the Lodge's to await the delivery of some tropical fish. "Plane Talk"; Archie accidentally launches Jughead in a glider he built. Jughead Fun Page. "Go West Young Man!"; Betty dresses as a cowgirl as part of Jughead's scheme to get Archie to take her to the prom. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Maurice Whitman. Edited by J. F. Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Robert Webb and Murphy Anderson. An influential anthology starring jungle hero Sheena, featuring early art by legendary comics artists in the Eisner-Iger Shop. An executed convict finds that justice pursues him beyond the grave; A robot boxer from Earth takes on the Martian champ; An ivory hunter attempts to fake his own death to swindle his partner, but Sheena isn't fooled. Multi-paneled cover offers a little bit of everything, from zombie convicts to space gals to fighter crashes. Ghost Gallery; The Eye; Life On Other Planets; Operation Shutter Bug; Star Pirate; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Emir Shekar is teaching his stepson how to be a ruthless ruler by watching the slaughter of slaves; Kaänga frees the slaves and takes Prince Kajumba with him; Kaänga and N'sungu build a stockade for the newly-freed slaves; Shekar attacks with his war elephants. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; A sacred white ape demands that Wambi worship him and is only prevented from hurting the boy by Tawn's timely interference; Then the ape falls into a crocodile pool and is rescued by Wambi and Tawn; The natives that worship the ape arrive and hope to kill Tawn. "Fan Mail" text story by Clyde Beatty. "The Shrunken Heads!", art by Tony D'Adamo; Jivaro headhunters lure several plantation owners to their death by promising them secret riches and then harvesting their heads. Untitled story; The Bantulis are wantonly slaughtering animals on the veldt. Jim and the bushmen put a stop to it. Untitled story; In order to loot the Masai's sacred treasure, Dawson pretends to be the prophet of the Masais' river god; Tiger Girl exposes him and he falls to his death. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 5, Issue 7 - Winter, 1952-53. 6.75" x 9.75", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by John Alton and Matt Baker. Tales of jungle heroes and other adventurers, male and female. Numbering continues from Sport Thrills (1950 Star) #15. Jungle hero Rulah encounters a man who is following a strange letter into a death-trap, in a story with art possibly by Matt Baker. Jo-Jo the Jungle King battles Gabu, an aging white-haired giant who kidnaps his mate in a gesture of pure primate politics. Phantom Lady learns that an accused murderer has an identical twin sister, in a story inked by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Also featuring a great gorilla-girl cover by L. B. Cole. Rulah, the Jungle Goddess: Jungle Murder In Duplicate; Bonnie Hawks; Jo-Jo the Jungle King: Kingdom of Unseen Terror; Jack Kent, Lock Expert; Kit Carson and the Two Bears; Phantom Lady: The Substitute Cinderella. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Art by Marvin Stein, George Roussos 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 hood frames other crooks for his crimes, but his luck can't last. A superstitious mobster doesn't believe the fortuneteller's dire prediction of his fate. A crooked accountant gets in over his head when he joins a bank swindle. The Framer!; Destined to Kill; Mail Trap; Embezzlement; Closeups; Hoodlums Must Die; Easy Money. 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Untitled story, art by John Celardo; Ann is taken by slavers; Kaänga and N'geeso pursue and rescue her. "Slave Galley of the Lost Nile," art by John Celardo; A schemer from Princess Valla's city comes to Kaänga's jungle and takes the princess's bracelet from Kaänga; Kaänga, Ann, and N'geeso pursue the thief back to the city, where Ann is taken captive; The schemer, Kasna, demands that Valla follow the law and wed the holder of the bracelet; if she refuses, he will kill Ann. Untitled story, art by Kurt Caesar (as Jack Away); King of the Congo vs. Gloria and Rex. "The Mark of the Python" text story by Frank Riddell. "Beware the Gorilla-Master," art by John Celardo; Mad scientist Roho takes N'Tito's brain and places it in ape; He then kidnaps Ann and plans to allow the ape inhabiting N'Titi's body to kill her; Kaänga and N'Tito arrive in time to save Ann but N'Tito and Roho are both killed. 36 pgs., 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 three untitled stories: Katy is dreading her beach date with Chubby but becomes jealous when Gloria steals him away; Katy happens to get a poodle cut just as Randy brings his French poodle Fifi around in his new dog tail car; and after Katy admonishes Sis for being jealous of Sue Ann's time with Billy, Katy gets jealous of Gloria's time with K.O. and Randy. Plus: "Katy Fashions" 1-pager; untitled Sis the Candy Kid story - Bill Woggon can't think of what to do in his next story, so Sis jumps off the comics page to share her ideas; "Sis Fashions" 1-pager; untitled K.O. Kelly story - Danny the Demon encourages K.O. to use his tool set to intentionally damage what he thinks is Randy's car; and 2-page Katy Sees Stars article. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Joe Kubert, Norman Maurer, Leonard Starr, Gerald McCann and Vic Martin. First issue published by St. John. Baby-faced gunslinger Kid Cowboy fights for justice in the Old West with his sidekick, Red Feather. Ghost-like robbers have the town spooked, but when Laughing Fawn sees camel riders in the night, everyone thinks she was dreaming. A mysterious figure in a wolf mask wants a prospector's gold, and kidnaps Lucy Belle when she interferes, in a story that plays like Scooby-Doo in the Old West. Plus one-pagers about Wyatt Earp, rodeos, cowboy hats and How to Ride a Bronc. And a one-pager on "Uncle" Billy Tilghman by comics legend Joe Kubert. Vanished Herds; How to Ride a Bronc; Little Sheriff: The Rodeo Rider; Menace of the Wasteland; Ghost Towns of the Old West: Helldorado; Uncle Billy Tilghman; Hats of the Old West; Red Feather: Comanche Vengeance!; Fanged Gold; Rodeo Time; The Cowpokes Working Clothes; Cowboy Chuckles; Cactus Cackles; The Comstock Lode. There was no issue #12. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. "Roving marshal" Lash captures bank robber Madman Dutton, then must protect the man who ID'd him. But first, he and his faithful horse Rush face Dead Man's Chasm and a mine trap, in a multi-part story. Dusty runs across a con man who promises to make him a movie star. Madman Duttons Capture; Cowboy Cal; Smooth Hands of Death; Dusty: The Talent Scout; Molasses Mouth; The Mine Trap; Windy; Neglected Duty. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bob Oksner. You Get What You Vote For! public service announcement with Buzzy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. Untitled story, art by Bob Oksner; Binky tries to keep his costume for the masquerade ball a secret and winds up meeting the President of the United States. Stevie humor page by S. B. Stevens. Hello, Coby! This is Richard!, art by Mort Drucker; Coby has two boys fighting over which one will take her to the dance, then she actually goes with a third one. Varsity Vic humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Untitled Leave It to Binky story, art by Bob Oksner; Binky gets creative when the gang's picnic is rained out. House ad for Big Town #18, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Bernard Sachs. House ad for World's Finest Comics #61, art by Win Mortimer. Untitled story, art by Bob Oksner; Binky's father tries to trick Binky out of asking for a raise in his allowance. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Mike Sekowsky and others. Romance comics from Fawcett with tales of love, betrayal, heartache and - in the later issues - sometimes crime. Norma is wracked by guilt after having her mother committed to a mental hospital because she objected to Norma's romance with Frank! After her fiancee Rick is injured saving another man, Ann sees her dreams of suburban comfort diminishing with every medical bill, and the financial tension soon drives them apart. In a noirish story, Diana is suddenly confronted by Frank, who went to prison for something she did, and the whole story unfolds from there. Expendable: One Human Life; I Need You, Darling; Newspaper Girl; You Cant Escape the Past. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Steve Muffatti and Marty Taras. Harvey Comics presents the adventures of Little Audrey, mischievous star of movie cartoons. Audrey tries to get her dog Pokey entered in a big dog show. The Wolf puts on a dress when he hears Baby Huey needs a babysitter, but super-strong Huey is not an easy meal. Audrey's wish that it never rain again causes a drought, in an adaptation of a Paramount Little Audrey cartoon. Little Audrey; Prize Pup; The Rainmaker; Baby Huey and the Baby Sitter; Winter Sleep. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Snowjinks; Tubby fakes an injury so that he doesn't have to shovel Lulu's sidewalk. Tubby's Doll; Tubby cannot seem to get rid of the doll his aunt gave him for Christmas. Feathered Friends; Lulu is sick in bed, so the pigeons she feed in the park come to her room. The Leftover Christmas Tree; Lulu claims that a leftover Christmas tree will get her 50 cents. That Ol' Witch Hazel and Her Son Calvin; Lulu tells Alvin about Hazel's son Calvin who is a giant. Camping In; Tubby, Willy, and Eddie camp out overnight in Tubby's living room. Inside back cover has advertisement for Buck Rogers Space Ranger Kit. Two-page text story, Lulus Diry ("Diary"). 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bill Schreiber and others. Joe Palooka's speechless sidekick from the popular Ham Fisher boxing strip gets his own comic, noteworthy for early versions of Little Dot and other Harvey characters. Max is befriended by a Talking Balloon that he rescues. Rags Rabbit performs dangerous stunts to win a photograph contest, but Pesty forgets to put film into his camera. A bully sends Little Max and his friends on a sled-ride they'll never forget. Plus solo stories featuring Humphrey. The Friendly Balloon; Beat the Band; Little Max Meets the Farm Animals; Flying High; Rags Rabbit; Humphrey Eats Again!; Ranch Rhymes; Talkin' Turkey; Kite Kapers; The Payoff; It's Auto-matic; Happy Birthday; Presidential Puzzle Page; Little Max Game Page. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Little Roquefort the mouse and Percy Puss the cat have a Tom & Jerry relationship - or Itchy & Scratchy, if you prefer. Roquefort tries to use a trick mirror to convince Percy that food is making him ill. Another cat tries to fill in for Percy. Gandy Goose gets tired of talking about the weather, and decides to do something about it. The Tricky Mirror; Dinky; Heckle and Jeckle; Gandy Goose: The Weather Maker; Sourpuss; Substitute Cat; Heckle and Jeckle: Café Dimwit; Present for Percy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Ernest Nordli. Color illustrated ad for Whitman 49 cent hard-cover story books. Bandits in Uniform; Andrew Gage, the U. S. government tax collector in newly-annexed Mexican territory, is hiring men to rob ranch owners so he can take over their property for not paying their taxes; The son of one of the victimized ranchers impersonates the Lone Ranger to get some of the gold back. In His Father's Footsteps, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Quick draw artist Mike Pickens has terrorized a town and killed its sheriffs; When Pickens shoots Jim Carver, the current sheriff, Carver's son leads a posse to the gang's hideout. The Great Theft text story by Gaylord Du Bois. Westward to the Redwoods starring Young Hawk, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small. Color ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Los Angeles Rams quarterback Bob Waterfield. Based on the popular Western TV series. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Ernest Nordli. A brief description of the life and hunting habits of owls, art by Nat Edson. Land Grab, art by Alberto Giolitti; A man posing as a doctor tells Tonto's tribe that their water supply is contaminated with typhus and that they must move their campsite or die; Tonto discovers that the man is actually a railroad promoter and is trying to take the tribal lands for the railroad. Danger Trail, art by Alberto Giolitti; Tonto saves a friend of his from a lynch mob that has accused him of rustling horses; After the escape, Tonto and War Feather track down the real rustlers and help the ranchers recover their horses. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Maurice Whitman. Adventures of Long Bow, a young Blackfoot boy raised by kindly Trapper Jim. Long Bow smells a rat after Nightwind is accused of helping the Cree rob the Blackfeet camp; The boys plot to free a captive Arapahoe who saved Long Bow's life; Hawkeye and his father stumble on hostile Pequots during a fishing trip. One last dynamic cover by Maurice Whitman. Long Bow; The Arapahoe Goes Free; Showdown; Hawkeye of the Mohicans; The Windigo; The Decoy. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Men and Fire," "Space Race," "Outlaws of Space" (art by Alex Toth), and "The First Man to Reach the Moon." Toth cover? Cover price $0.10.

Photo Cover. Stories by unknown. Art by Gene Colan and unknown. She couldn't help but turn away, for deep down inside, her tortured conscience whispered, "You're cheap, Billie Arden"! Don't miss..."They Called Me Shameless"! Also featuring: "No Man at All" (art by Gene Colan); "Kisses Didn't Matter"; and "The Beginning of the End"! Plus: 1-page text story "Only One Love"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by John Buscema. Stories and art by John Buscema, Bill Woolfolk, Harry Anderson, Syd Shores and Mort Leav. A post-war, pre-Code romance comic from pioneering female publisher Rae Herman of Orbit-Wanted (who doubled as Love Diary's advice columnist, Ray Mann). Viola drives away everyone with her withering commentary, including her boyfriend, in an early story (and cover) by future Marvel and Conan legend John Buscema. Shelley falls for fun-loving Dennis, but his irresponsible nature gets her fired from the bank. Cruise passenger Lisa falls for ship steward Jeff, but he makes some unfortunate assumptions about her motives. Darling, Theres No Tomorrow!; A Heart Like Stone!; Secrets from a Love Diary; Prescription for Happiness; Passions Whirlpool! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover. In order of appearance: "Love Was My Career"; "My Name Was Glamour"; "Blamed by Everyone"; and "I'll Follow My Man" art by Alice Kirkpatrick. "Help Yourself To Glamour: How to Express Yourself, Secrets of a Popular Girl, Beauty on a Budget, If You Are Miss Five-by-Five, If You Are Miss Six-by-Two..." text article reprinted from "For Beauty's Sake..." in Revealing Romances (1949) #1, "Glamorizing Yourself..." in Glamorous Romances (1949) #51, and "The Charm Corner..." in Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #42, reprinted as "Your Charm Guide..." in Love at First Sight (1949) #28 and as "For a More Glamorous You..." in Complete Love Magazine Vol. 32 (1956) #1, partially reprinted from Ten Story Love Vol. 30 (1952) #1, and partially reprinted in Love Experiences (1949) #15, Ten Story Love Vol. 32 (1953) #3, Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #65, and Love at First Sight (1949) #35. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Stirring stories of real romance! In this issue: "Man of My Dreams"; 1-page text story "Change of Heart"; "Mary Luvs Jack"; Are You Feminine? 1-pager "Mighty Like a Rose?"; "Deadline on Love"; 1-page text story "Independent Feet"; 2-pager "Everyone's Girl Friend!"; "The Foolish Heart"; and untitled How She Proposed! 1-pager. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Davis. Weird Fantasy ad. "Hex!", art by Jack Davis; Casey's team wins the pennant but loses Casey to the Old Dame. "Melvin!", art by John Severin; Melvin escapes from the Ookaballakonga tribe with the help of the jungle animals but the tribe shrinks Boy's head; Tarzan parody (see issue 6 for a sequel). "Lady-In-Mascara" text story. "Calling Cosmo McMoon!" text story. "Gookum!", art by Wally Wood (as Melvin Wood); A Martian escapes the Gookum on his home planet only to find it apparently exists on Earth also. "Mole!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Bill Elder; Melvin is captured during a bank robbery and continually digs his way out of jail. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Chesley Bonestell. Fantasy and science fiction stories by Wilson Tucker, Esther Carlson, Charles L. Harness, Jack Finney, Richard Goggin, H. Nearing Jr, C. M. Kornbluth, Gerald Heard, Anthony Boucher, and Ron Goulart. Softcover. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in. 132 pages, black and white (all text). Cover price $0.35.

Volume 2, Issue 12 - December 1952. Adventure stories, articles and nude photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 98 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.