Comic books March 1954

Stories and art by Steve Muffatti and others. One of the mainstays of Harvey's long-running kids' comics, Little Dot also features Richie Rich and Little Lotta. Little Dot turns out to be surprisingly fast on the track at the midget auto races. Richie Rich accidentally disrupts a movie shoot, in a rare story that does not focus on his wealth. Little Dot Meets Uncle Speedy; Richie Rich: Ride 'em Cowboy; Little Lotta. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Mischievous Eva is an adorable counterpart to those other 1950s misadventurers, Little Audrey and Little Lulu. In a surreal, fairy-tale like story, a talking polar bear offers to take Eva to the North Pole. Eva makes good use of her cousin Itsy-Bit's superhuman strength. Nipper makes a new vitamin drink with his chemistry set, but it fails the taste test. South Sea Island Eskimo; Cousin Itsy-Bit; Nipper: Balloon Bargain; Snow Boys Allowed; Vitamin Venders. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Phooey on Miss Feeny; Tubby teaches Miss Feeny's parrot to say "Phooey on Miss Feeny." The Marble Player; Lulu breaks the Van Snobbes' prize statue to pieces. The Substitute; Tubby's father spanks Lulu by mistake for Tubby's bad report card. The Case of the Faceprint on the Towel; Tubby thinks faceprinting will do away with fingerprinting. The Gravedigger; Lulu thinks that Alvin has buried Tubby. Ol' Witch Hazel's Bag of Tricks; Lulu tells Alvin about when the poor little girl does Hazel's laundry. Calling All Elephants; Tubby's violin playing attracts a circus elephant. Two-page text story, Lulus Diry ("Diary"). 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Hank Hartman. The Hostage, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Tonto is taken hostage by a gang which is robbing Army supply wagons. Wagon of Refuge, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; After robbing a bank and general store, two outlaws hitch a ride with a covered wagon. The Placid Dutchman, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; A Dutchman uses his pleasant demeanor to catch his victims off guard. The Man of the Family text story by Gaylord Du Bois. A Cold, Wet Journey, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; Leaving the valley where they have spent most of the winter, Young Hawk and Little Buck head for the plains, crossing a flood-swollen river and escaping attacks by lynx and wolves. Ad for Whitman coloring books; Covers depicted include Howdy Doody, Rootie Kazootie, Bugs Bunny, Lucille Ball-Desi Arnez, Roy Rogers, and Ding Dong School. Ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Rochester Royals basketball player Bob Davies. Based on the popular Western TV series. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Western comics featuring the masked hero Lone Rider and other champions of Old West justice. Lone Rider's horse Lightnin' is blamed for the damage done by a mountain lion. Golden Arrow tracks the horse rustlers who attacked his tribe, but his tribal elders, not knowing the whole story, find his absence suspicious. The Hermit encounters a staged robbery that isn't quite as staged as it appears. Six-Gun Showdown; Swift Arrow: Revenge; The Horse They Called Killer; Cattle Country Massacre; The Hermit: Gettin' an' Givin'. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

March 23, 1954. Audrey Hepburn Actress of the Year cover. Singer Eddie Fisher, Copa Girl, Double page ad for Saskatchewan movie film, Al Capp's Fearless Fosdick comic strip ad for Wildroot Cream-Oil (1/4 page), and tons more. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/4-in., 132 pages, PC/BW. Cover price $0.15.

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52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Pre-Code romance comic from Canadian publisher Superior, featuring elements of crime, infidelity and good-girl art that later romance comics eschewed. A woman learns her soldier husband has been cheating on her. A man falls in love with his fiancee's sister. A gal falls for the mysterious stranger who rooms in her aunt's boarding house, but she doesn't know anything about him, including whether he can be trusted. Also featuring a vintage ad for the Rosary Cross of Seven Sorrows. A Wife in Every Camp; Change of Hearts; Too Many Kisses; Stranger in My Arms. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by unknown. Art by Milt Knopf, Leo Morey, Bill Fraccio, Jack Abel and unknown. Stirring stories of real romance! In this issue: She didn't dream he cared enough to risk his life for her! He did...once! But now...he hates her! Can a romance be built on contempt...nourished on hatred? You'll gasp at the strange and fascinating answer in "The Hero -- or the Dreamer?" with art by Milt Knopf. Plus: "The Other Woman!" with art by Leo Morey; "Heart Asleep!" with art by Bill Fraccio; "My Backstage Romance" with inks by Jack Abel; 1-page text story "Cupid's No Snob"; 1-page text story "Not Kissproof!"; and 1-pager "It Isn't Romance, If..." with art by Milt Knopf. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. E.C. Fan-Addict Club ad. "Little Orphan Melvin!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Wally Wood; Daddy is continually too late to save Melvin from danger, and also cannot save himself from Mommy; Little Orphan Annie comic strip parody. "The Raven," script by Edgar Allan Poe, art by Bill Elder; An adaptation of Poe's poem "The Raven." Ad for Panic magazine. "Bop Jokes!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by John Severin; Five gags using Bop terms. "Operation Under-the-Ground" (Chapter 3) text story. "Hah! Noon!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Jack Davis; Marshall Kane dithers about leaving town, beats up another marshall, and kills some accomplices of Miller before subduing Miller without violence; Parody of the Gary Cooper film "High Noon." 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Fred Kirberger. "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury, "The Last Caper" by Charles Beaumont, and "Bulletin" by Shirley Jackson, plus more fantasy and science fiction stories by Alfred Bester, Miriam Allen DeFord, Bill Brown, Roger Dee, Robert Abernathy, Manly Wade Wellman, and Anthony Boucher. Softcover. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in. 128 newsprint pages, black and white (all text). Cover price $0.35.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - March 1954. Men's interest magazine. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

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The Voice from the Grave; A woman buries her husbands alive for their money until the ghost of the first victim digs up the latest and they get their revenge upon her. The Cannibals; A son is eaten by his father who has converted to the cannibal way of life. The Gamble!; A gambler's idiot son can spell out the names of winning ponies but refuses to do so after a few wins. Appointment with Death; A 25-year-old with a brain tumor is given small odds of surviving surgery to remove it and has a hallucination of encountering Death. Down Down Down; A professor and his assistant become the victims of mermen who open up their bathysphere in order to get a better look at them. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 55, Issue 219 - March, 1954. Digest-size UK men's magazine. Articles, humor, and pin-up photos. 5" x 7.25", 144 pages, B&W with color.

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"Midnight in the Morgue" (art by Dick Ayers), "I Walked on the Moon" (art by Gene Colan), "The Burning Sands" (art by George Evans), "Gorilla Man" (art by Robert Q. Sale), and a two-page text story, "Look in the Mirror." Russ Heath cover. 1st appearance of Ken Hale/Gorilla Man. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Russ Heath. Half Man, Half...?, art by Robert Q. Sale; A scientist invents a cobalt bomb that results in monstrous mutations in a few individuals present at the test site. The Night Crawlers, art by Tony DiPreta; A man who enjoys hunting night crawlers at night strangles his wife when she threatens to leave him and he buries the body in the yard. The Fake!, art by Al Eadeh; A hag that expertly applies makeup looks for a rich elderly man to support her. The Plotters!, art by Sheldon Moldoff; This story is told from the point of view of ants plotting to conquer humanity. In The Cardboard Box, art by Joe Sinnott; An old homicidal maniac uses his disguise as a mute wheelchair bound cripple to throw suspicion off of himself as he cuts off people's heads and collects them as trophies. 36 pgs. $0.10. 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.

No ads in book. Entire issue from cover to cover is comic stories and one page strips. Mickey Mouse in "Thunderbolt Machine" in which Mickey and Minnie investigate mysterious thunderbolts that ruin their picnic and "The Missing Prince." No art/story credits given. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Mickey Klar Marks and Al Fago. The comical misadventures of black bear cub Mighty, who doesn't know his own strength. Mighty Bear tries to help out Red Riding Hood by reforming the Big Bad Wolf. Chucky brags about his bravery, until a run-in with wild beasts on a camping trip makes him change his tune. Lee O'Lion, a beatnik funny-animal with a goatee and beret, tells the story of how a dripping faucet inspired his musical composition. Plus ideas for games to play. Mighty Bear; Balloon "Football"; Chucky and Bub; Spunky; Beanbag Tossing Game; The Monkey Game; "The Faucet-Drip" Concerto; The Twisty Trunk; Bill and Koo; Horseshoe Pitching Game; The Six Holes Game; Bowling Game; Balloon Baseball. Final issue under this title; series continues as Unsane (1954) #15. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.