Comic books June 1953

"Public Enemy" (art by Jack Keller), "Cell Block," "The Lowest Crime" (art by Sam Kweskin), "On Parole," and a two-page text story, "Slaughter For One." Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Art by Marvin Stein 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 cop impersonates a mobster to infiltrate a gang. A con man tries to pass as a small-town doctor. A disgraced baseball player turns to crime, but still dreams of revenge against his old manager. Mob Rule!; Trapped; The Two-Way Con; The Third Strike; Closeups; Death Gun; The Great Strongo. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Sol Brodsky. Untitled story, art by Jack Keller; Kid Colt pauses along his travels to watch a group of wild horses frolicking, taking note of the black stallion that leads them and that Steel instinctively wants to join them; Suddenly a gang of horse rustlers begin running the horses into a pen; Not liking how the men are rounding up all the wild horses, Kid Colt rushes to their rescue, freeing them and forcing the men to retreat. "Range Revenge," art by Pete Morisi. "The Lady and the Outlaw!", art by Jack Keller; Kid Colt watches as an eastern woman named Miss Winthrope gets off the Union Pacific train into town to visit her uncle who owns a ranch nearby; The woman is completely put off by the "savages" who live in the west and is irritated to learn that it will take time to get a horse and buggy to take her to her uncle's ranch; She goes into a nearby saloon where two men gawk at her; Insulted, Miss Winthorpe slaps one of the men across the face, but before they can do anything about it, Kid Colt appears and shoots their guns out of their hands. "The Coward!", art by Vernon Henkel. "Four Graves to Fargo!", art by Jack Keller; A fire starts in the town of Fargo as Kid Colt rides into the area; He learns from men fleeing the area that there are women and children trapped in the fire and forces them to go back and help him carry water buckets from the nearby river to put the flames out; With a water line formed, Kid Colt rides into the blazing inferno to look for anyone who might be still trapped in the flames. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Howard Boughner and others. Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. In a disturbing pre-Code story, Lash must decide if Crusher Moran or Tom Carson murdered a group of children, as each accuses the other of doing it. "Roving marshal" Lash discovers that the new sheriff in Rampus is behaving suspiciously, and robberies have increased since he took office. Dusty invites his boss to dinner so he can ask for a raise - what could possibly go wrong? Mysterious Map; Tainted Justice; Dusty: He "Nose" All; The Road To Danger; Wagonwheels; Trader Tom; The Trap; Molasses Mouth; Big Bow and Little Arrow. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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June 1, 1953 Programme from the Lido cabaret and burlesque in Paris. 8.25" x 10.5", 24 pages, B&W and color. NOTE: All text in French.

Stories and art by Steve Muffatti and others. Harvey Comics presents the adventures of Little Audrey, mischievous star of movie cartoons. In the first appearance of Little Audrey's friend Tiny, Tiny and Audrey try to outwit Melvin when he won't let them join the boy's club. Little Audrey and Pal manage to save a cop. Little Audrey imagines herself as a Stone Age girl and invents the wheel. Cover by Steve Muffatti or possibly Warren Kremer. Little Audrey; Wood Scents; Clubhouse Capers; No Parking; The Stone Age. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Little Ike is one of one of Little Eva's gang of friends, similar to the Little Lulu characters. Numbering continues from Little Joe (1953) #1. Ike and his friends get cowboy costumes and roam the neighborhood looking for owlhoots and rustlers. Bobby's foray into the mud puddle behind the house eventually results in a mud coating for everyone, including the kids' parents. Nipper thinks he's made a diamond with his chemistry set. Cowboy Kid; Free Soda; Gag-Bag; Mud; The Big Race; Safety First; The Diamond Maker; Comedy Column; How to Catch a Mouse; Big Apple. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Rich Little Poor Boy; Lulu accidentally appears in a photo with a stuck-up young movie actor named Gregory Gallant. Red Faces; The Fellers keep wetting Lulu and Annie's dresses with water pistols. Unfair Exchange; Lulu's T-bone steak bone becomes mixed up with Wilbur's mother's string of pearls. Queen Lulu; Lulu claims she can get the West Side gang to bow down and kiss her feet. Tub Solves a Case Over the Phode; Tubby is in bed with a head cold, but he solves the case of Lulu's pop's missing coat anyway. That Ol' Witch, Hazel, and the Magic Crown; Lulu tells Alvin about when Hazel made her try to get the magic crown for her. The Parrotnapper; Tubby kidnaps Miss Feeny's parrot so that he can then return it and get in good with Miss Feeny. Two-page text story, Lulus Diry ("Diary"). 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Vic Herman 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. Joe Palooka reads the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, and Max dreams himself into the story. Max learns the meaning of generosity when he spends his soda money on his friends. Li'l Dot, yet to develop her Harvey look or her dot-obsession, annoys her father by making noise while he's trying to fish. This is one of the last stories before she was redesigned later that year. Max and the Beanstalk; Little Stuff; Comic Puzzlers; Caught Short; Better to Give; Li'l Dot Stays Home; Humphrey: Buzz Bombed; Fishing Fever; Li'l Dot Goes Fishing; Max-imum Visibility; Side Show; Humphrey to the Rescue; Little Max Puzzle Page. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Jim Tyer and Connie Renza. Little Roquefort the mouse and Percy Puss the cat have a Tom & Jerry relationship - or Itchy & Scratchy, if you prefer. When Little Roquefort builds a robot mouse, Percy retaliates with a robot cat, and events soon escalate to a robot war. Heckle and Jeckle find a catcher's chest protector and decide to have a little fun with Dimwit the dog. Roquefort tries to make Percy lose his temper, with the result that they're both covered in hair restorer - and soon, hair. Temper, Temper; Heckle and Jeckle; Terry Bears; The Mechanical Age; Mighty Mouse; Folding Fun; Terry Bears: Noisy Papa; Mighty Mouse: The Doubtful Mouse; The Deep Freeze. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover art by Ernest Nordli. Illustrated ad for Whitman 15 cent Tell-a-Tale books. Night Stage, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; A banker tips off a gang about night shipments of cash that are being carried by the stagecoach. The Flame, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; A land speculator imports a Mexican bandit called El Flamenco ("The Flame"), who specializes in burning down ranches, in order to get land on the proposed route of a railroad. Gray Hawks Inheritance text story, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small. The Smoking Mountain, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; Young Hawk and Little Buck make their way up a volcanic mountain in Oregon during an eruption; They receive a sign to travel north; They build a canoe and go down a tributary to the Columbia River. Facts about plainsmen of the early west. Promo for subscriptions to Dell Lone Ranger Comics; Premium is group picture of Dell Comic characters. Color ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring New York Yankees second baseman Phil Rizzuto. Based on the popular Western TV series. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Peggy wants to love Les, but it wouldn't be fair to Jim! Read..."My Lonely Hours" starring Jim Wyatt, Les Ferguson, Mr. Ansley and Peggy Drake. Also featuring: "Not Free to Marry" starring Emily, Joe, Luke Ramsey and Red Benson; "Somewhere I'll Find You" starring Patricia Royce, Randy Gleason, Vance Eldridge, Emily Royce and Doris Eldridge; and "My Tragic Flirtation" starring Michael Hartley, Shelley and Richard Simms. Plus: 1-page text story "Don't Gamble on Love" starring Ed Bascom and Francie. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by John Buscema. Stories and art by John Buscema, Mort Leav, Syd Shores and Bill Woolfolk. Offbeat romance comic, from pioneering female publisher Rae Herman of Orbit-Wanted, often featured early work by future comics legends. Wealthy Brad falls for working-class Delia, but his family thinks she's after his money, in one of two early stories (and cover) in this issue by future Marvel and Conan legend John Buscema. Buscema also drew the S.O.S. for Love story, in which Eleanor seeks advice from Love Journal after Danny dumps her because of her weight. Claudia finds that Joe's time in service during the Korean War has changed him. Strangers in Love; Song of My Heart; SOS for Love!; Dear Little Monster! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

June, 1953. Novelettes: "Dream-Haunted" by Louise Knickmeyer, "Eligible Chaperone" by Helen S. Allen, and "Perilous Engagement" by Alice Warner. Short Stories: "Heart Adrift" by Shelby Steger, "The Old Moonlight Malarkey" by Nicki Stevens, "Man Made To Order" by Gladys Knipe, and "Danny and Daniela" by Kathleen Lawrence. Pulp format, 114 pages, B&W, 7" x 9.25" Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by unknown. Art by Dick Beck, Ralph Owen, Charles Sultan, King Ward and unknown. Stirring stories of real romance! In this issue: Who knew the real Dale Denham? To each man, her love was a fire captivatingly different! See her strange story in "Big City Girl!" with art by Dick Beck. Plus: 1-page text story "Don't Count the Kisses!"; "Twin Loves Had I" with art by Ralph Owen; "I Was a Woman-Hater!" with pencils by Charles Sultan; 1-page text story "Men Hate to Marry"; and "Dawn of Love" with art by King Ward. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Lily Renee, Connie Williams and Vince Fago. Archie-style 1950s teen comedy from pioneering female cartoonist Lily Renee. Thinking that she's found a poem Wally wrote for another girl, Kitty goes out with nerdy Rodney Bookmark to get back at Wally. Told that the new guy in town is a "woman-hater," Rita sees that as a challenge, in a story by another pioneering female cartoonist, Lily Renee. Jelly Bean gets a job at a movie studio, but without her glasses, all she can create is chaos. Plus "Lucy's Cut-Outs" paper dolls, showcasing the fashions of the era. Lucy; How Do I Love Thee?; Gag-Bag; Rita: Strike 'em Spellbound!; Lucy's Cut-Outs; Ginny; Jelly Bean. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 2, Issue 3 - June 1953. "A Matter of Life and Death" by George Simenon and eight other stories by famous authors including Agatha Christie and Mignon G. Eberhart. Squarebound, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Low distribution. Cover by Bill Elder. The EC "Publisher of The Issue"; A fake biography of William M. Gaines. "Outer Sanctum!", art by Bill Elder; The Professor creates Heap and uses him to rob banks until Heap leaves to find a mate. "Black And Blue Hawks!", art by Wally Wood (as Woodhawk); The Black And Blue Hawks stage a mutiny; Blackhawks parody. E.C. comics ad. "Miltie of The Mounties!", art by John Severin; Miltie the Mountie doesn't get his man. "Kane Keen! Private Eye," art by Jack Davis; Kane finds the murderer: the butler did it. One-page William Gaines biography. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by George Gibbons. Fantasy and science fiction stories by Charles L. Harness, Isaac Asimov, Kris Neville, Bruce A. Agnew, Con Pederson, Leslie Charteris, Ralph Robin, Philip K. Dick, Arthur Porges, James Blish, W. B. Ready, Morris Hershman, H. Nearing Jr, and Evelyn E. Smith. Softcover. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in. 132 pages, black and white (all text). Cover price $0.35.

Volume 3, Issue 6 - June 1953. Adventure stories, articles and nude photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 98 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 4, Issue 5 - June 1953. Cover by Mark Schneider. Men's interest magazine focusing on true crime and war stories. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 68 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.25.

Volume 1, Issue 6 - June 1953. Men's interest magazine looking at cars, the military, and pin-up models. This issue features a Fishing Round-Up, The Revolt against Marilyn Monroe, and The Avenging Crocodile! 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Men's interest magazine focusing on adventure, hunting, and true crime articles, war stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 82 pages. B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Kurt Schaffenberger, Art Helfant and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. In a multi-part adventure, the Sivana family plots three different death traps for each of the three members of the Marvel Family in their human identities. This triple death-trap is the Golden Age swan song of the younger Sivanas, who don't appear again until the 1970s. The Triple Trap of Terror, Chapter One: The Sinister Sivana Scheme; Chapter Two: The Boiling Menace; Chapter Three: The Avalanche Terror; Chapter Four: Rulers of Land, Sea and Air; Jungle Fate; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Headline Harry: The Haunted House; Wilbur the Waiter; Dizzy Daisy; Rubbernose Randolph; Captain Marvel, Jr.: The Victim of Circumstances. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Man With No Face," "A Thousand Years Later" (art by Don Perlin), "The Two Dollar Bill" (art by Dick Ayers), "In the Bag," "The Hunter of Men," and a two-page text story, "The Little People." Cover price $0.10.