Comic books August 1951

Photo Cover. Stories by unknown. Art by Charles Quinlan, John Forte and unknown. Featuring: "Timber Tempest" starring Betsy Grady and Pete Grady; "The Greater Sacrifice!" starring Bill Drexel and Julie Morley; and "Heart for Sale" starring Joan Andrews and Mary Andrews. Also featuring the retitled reprint story "I, Wendy Marsh" starring Wendy Marsh, Bob McLean, Sally, Bea Kimball, George Barclay, Mrs. Dowling, Dean Francis and Chip. Plus: 1-page text story "The Burden of Beauty" starring Angela Bronson. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

These are Canadian reprints of US romance comics Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Ogden Whitney, Sam Cooper, Paul Cooper, and Charles Sultan. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG, one of the earliest of the romantic comics genre of the postwar era. A woman faces stiff competition when her boyfriend becomes a major league baseball player; Foolish Fay and Wise Wilma demonstrate the dos and donts of becoming popular; Jeanne is unlucky in love, despite being a professional marriage counselor. Big League Love; The Kiss; No Room For Romance!; Born A Spinster!; Popularity Pointers; Afraid To Love; Too Much Marriage Wasn't For Me!; Going Steady. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Among the very best of the painted romance covers! And a clench-cover at that!

Painted cover by DownSo. Stories and art by Lee Ames, Robert Martinott, Tony DiPreta, Allen Baron, Dick Rockwell, Sid Greene and Eloise Taylor. From the publisher of Crime Does Not Pay, Lover's Lane offered somewhat edgier, more lurid tales than other romance comics of the era. Dorothy finally gets to date Glenn when he returns from the Navy, but she's jealous that she's not his first choice. Bert dares inquisitive Ginger that she can't leave an envelope sealed for six weeks. Judy and Tom meet over a raffle ticket. Slightly sultry painted cover by DownSo. One More Kiss; Poise = Boys; The Sealed Letter; Play it Straight; Extra Special Date; The Love Clinic; Love Problems; How Did He Propose? 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Chesley Bonestell. Fantasy and science fiction stories by Arthur C. Clarke, John P. McKnight, Robert Arthur, Betsy Curtis, Garrett Oppenheim, H. Nearing Jr, Philip MacDonald, John Langdon, Miriam Allen DeFord, John Leimert, H. F. Heard, Charles Dickens (1860 reprint), and Alan Nelson. Softcover. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in. 132 pages, black and white (all text). Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 2, Issue 2 - August 1951. Adventure stories, articles and pictorials. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Otto Binder and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. When whole towns disappear without a trace, The Marvel Family investigates and discovers the answers lead to the bottom of the ocean. Sivana is responsible, and when The Marvel Family gets close, he sets a trap for them using the great beasts of the deep, in an issue-length, multi-part adventure. Sivanas Undersea Kingdom , Chapter One: The Vanishing Towns; Music Thief; Boxcar Benny; Vouching Vardon; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Headline Harry: The Airport Scoop; Chapter Two: The Underwater Trap; Chapter Three: Monsters of the Deep. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"A Witch is Among Us," "The Man Who Dreamed" (art by Gene Colan), "The End of the World" (art by Basil Wolverton), and "The Island" (art by Cal Massy). Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Bill Ward and others. Master Comics was one of the cornerstones of the Fawcett lineup during the 1940s. Overstreet notes a "lower print run" for this issue. When a canny crook steals the winged shoes of Mercury himself, Captain Marvel, Jr. must track him down and get them back, or Mercury can't return to Olympus. Nyoka discovers that bad guys are using a tropical island to store their ammunition. Ozzie takes up bowling, but he's not that great at the aiming part. Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Flying Desperado; Muscle Hedd; Nyoka the Jungle Girl: Ammunition Isle; Ozzie: The Briny Deep; Vacuum Bloobstutter: Gooney Bird. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

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Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

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Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language

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Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

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Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

August 4, 1951 issue. Newsprint, 10.5" x 14", 12 pages, B&W with some color.

August 11, 1951 issue. Newsprint, 10.5" x 14", 12 pages, B&W with some color.

August 18, 1951 issue. Newsprint, 10.5" x 14", 12 pages, B&W with some color.

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Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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French language movie magazine. Joan Bennett and Robert Cummings cover. Errol Flynn back cover. 8 1/4 in. x 12-in., 16 pages, B&W. NOTE: French Language.

Stories and art by Dick Kraus and Leonard Frank. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Monte finds himself in a horse race for his life against Ahmed, the Arabian considered the fastest horse on the planet, but Monte's horse Pardner is no three-toed sloth. A reporter suggests that the really dangerous outlaws were in the early days of the West, and then he meets Mad Dog McKee. Grizzled goober Gabby Hayes dresses as Santa for Christmas (in a red union suit), but accidentally picks up an outlaw gang's bag of stolen gold. Plus a vintage comics-format ad from Popsicle for the "Cowboy Boot Ring," a sort of Swiss Army knife in the shape of a boot...but it's a ring. Monte Hale and the Champion; Gabby Hayes: Shooting at Santa; Gray Hawk: Victims of the Kasagi; The Worst of the Badmen; Old Slick; Bronko Betsy; The Hard Luck Ranch. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Mel Keefer. Stories and art by Mel Keefer, Steve Bobb and Jack Sparling. US Marine Monty Hall (no relation to the game-show host) fights for America during the Korean War. A look at basic training for the US Marines during the post-WWII era, as Monty goes through the process.When a corrupt native leader uses a ceremonial mask to intimidate with threats of magic, Monty decides two can play that game. Marine "Pin-Up Pete" discusses women he has known, an excuse to present four full-page pin-ups featuring good-girl art by Jack Sparling. Plus a vintage ad for Orange Crush featuring Li'l Abner and the Shmoo. Boots; The Devil's Mask; Monty Hall Meets Murder; The City of Flame; Pin-Up Pete. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 82, Issue 1 - August, 1951. Film magazine famous for being the 1st ever fan magazine. Stories on - Doris Day, Alan Ladd, Esther Williams and Howard Keel. 76 pages. 8.5 in. x 11 in. B&W Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover of Miriam Wilkins (Mona Freeman), Pete Black (John Payne), and Rose Billings (Arleen Whelan). "Ageless - Mona Freeman" article with photo. "Dear Brat," art by Bill Walton; Adaptation of the 1951 movie; A woman gets involved with a crook who is trying to reform. "Leaping Lancaster" six-page story with Burt Lancaster, art by Frank Frazetta. "Passage West," pencils by Henry Kiefer; Adaptation of the 1951 movie; In 1863, six prison escapees led by convicted murderer Pete Black take over a small wagon train headed by preacher Jacob Karns; Tension mounts as the travelers trek toward California across dry, desolate country. Famous Funnies Patterns ad. "Comical Billy De Wolfe" article with photo. 52 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Movie magazine featuring gossip, news and articles. Heavily illustrated with posed and candid photographs. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Howard Purcell and Charles Paris. Stories by Dick Wood, Morris Waldinger and unknown. Art by Howard Purcell, Charles Paris, John Lehti, Ruben Moreira and Morris Waldinger. Brand-new adventures of radio's No. 1 hit! Mr. District Attorney in: "The Marksman of Crime!" with art by Howard Purcell and Charles Paris; "The Revenge of Johnny Raadik!" with art by Purcell and Paris; and "Blueprint of a Traitor!" by Dick Wood, Purcell and Paris. Also in this issue: Crime Oddities 1-pager by Morris Waldinger; "I Drive a Paddy Wagon" with art by John Lehti; A Casebook Mystery "The Case of the Stolen Cathode Ray!" with art by Ruben Moreira; Crime and Punishment! 1-pager by Waldinger; and The Crime File 2-page text article. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

One of the more notorious pre-Code crime comics. Johnny Shea pursues the hidden witness to a crime; Tommy Morgan's murder case shocks the world because of the age of the people involved. The Dead Can Still Deliver!; The School Children Killers The True Crime Saga of Tommy Morgan; Caught Behind Bars!; The Unseen Witness. Final issue of the series; this issue was actually published after issues #5 and #2. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Sheldon Mayer (credited as Bud Fisher). Stories and art by Al Smith (credited as Bud Fisher), Bill Schreiber, Jack Schiff, and Otto Feuer. DC reprints the comic strip that defined the comic strip, featuring the original tall-and-short comedy duo. Also featuring the "topper" strip Cicero's Cat. Mutt wants to buy Jeff's horse, so he comes up with a wacky scheme. Mutt gets a television, still a new technology at the time. Mutt and Jeff join a baseball team. Plus a Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie and His Vacation-Time Pals," with art by Bill Schreiber, and a vintage ad for Walt Disney mini-comics in exchange for Wheaties box tops. Also featuring a PSA about polio, then a national health crisis. Mutt & Jeff; Cicero's Cat; Message to Parents; Sweet Land of Liberty; Blind Singing Starlet. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.