Comic books December 1951

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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.

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. Someone has dammed up the Dead River to end a peace treaty between settlers and the Dakota, and Monte wants to find out who did it. Gabby Hayes, in the dictionary next to the word "grizzled," enters the Beard Beauty Contest and the judges are in for a shock. Monte learns about a blackmail scheme and swears to find the owlhoot behind it all. River Menace; Gray Hawk: Forest Pinto; Old Slick; Bronko Betsy; The Gully-Hoppers; Druggist Dugger; Gabby Hayes: The Beard Beauty Contest; Hitt and Runn; Our Ancestors ...As It Might Have Happened!; Blackmailer's Doom. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mel Keefer. Stories and art by Mel Keefer and Jack Sparling. US Marine Monty Hall (no relation to the game-show host) fights for America during the Korean War. Monty, Tex and Canarsie accompany an intelligence officer to investigate reports of an epidemic among enemy troops. Canarsie is assigned to an experimental unit using helicopters, then still a new concept in warfare. Marine "Pin-Up Pete" discusses women he has known, an excuse to present three full-page pin-ups featuring good-girl art by Jack Sparling. This issue's pin-ups focus on women in sports. Danger Below!; The Flying Mare; Up Front with the Marines; Prisoner of War; Pin-Up Pete. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Ann Blyth cover and feature article. Also articles and features on June Allyson, Jane Powell, Piper Laurie, Anne Francis, Lana Turner and more. Full-page movie ads include Close to My Heart, Too Young to Kiss, My Favorite Spy, The Racket, Golden Girl. Profusely illustrated with photographs. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Photo cover of Bill Baker (Dean Martin) and Junior Jackson (Jerry Lewis). Nancy Olson article with photo. "Submarine Command," art by Ed Moore; Adaptation of the 1951 movie; Submarine commander Ken White remembers his wartime years aboard the USS Tiger Shark, a submarine. "Susan Hayward," art by Henry Kiefer; Susan Hayward talks about the filming of David and Bathsheba. Article on Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. "That's My Boy," art by Harold LeDoux; Adaptation of the 1951 movie; The greatest player in the history of Ridgefield College gets his sickly, nerdy, uncoordinated son on the schools football team. Famous Funnies Patterns ad. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Howard Purcell and Charles Paris. Stories by Ed Herron, Morris Waldinger and unknown. Art by Howard Purcell, Charles Paris, Allen Ulmer and Morris Waldinger. Brand-new adventures of radio's No. 1 hit! Mr. District Attorney in: "The Killer in the Iron Mask!", the case history of the strangest criminal ever to stalk the city streets, by Ed Herron, Howard Purcell and Charles Paris; "Witness for Sale!" with art by Purcell and Paris; and "Occupation, Killer!" with art by Purcell and Paris. Also in this issue: Unusual Laws! 1-pager by Morris Waldinger; A Casebook Mystery "The Case of the Circus Queen Crime" with art by Allen Ulmer; and The Crime File 2-page text article. Plus: Superman stars in the 1-page public service announcement "The World Is Our Schoolroom!" by Jack Schiff and Win Mortimer. 44 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ann Cantor. Edited by Sol Cohen. Art by Wally Wood, Michael Becker, Vince Alascia and Mike Roy. Pre-Comics Code crime comics from classic 1950s independent publisher Avon, featuring fabulously lurid covers recycled from Avons paperback line. The true tale of real-life bank robber Baby-Face Nelson; Anthony and William Esposito are known as the Mad Dog killers because of their short but ferocious crime spree, and later attempts to plead insanity by barking like dogs. Cover by Ann Cantor, recycled from Avon Murder Mystery Monthly # 47: The Blonde, The Gangster and the Private Eye. Baby-Face Nelson; The Mad Dog Espositos; The Claws of the Mafia!; Two-Fisted Justice! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Sheldon Mayer (credited as Bud Fisher). Stories and art by Al Smith (credited as Bud Fisher) and Bill Schreiber. 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. Jeff has insomnia. Mutt and Jeff get picked up by police as suspicious-looking characters. Jeff gets a job as a milkman. Plus a Tootsie Roll ad, "Pete the Flash Scores For Captain Tootsie," with art by Bill Schreiber. Mutt & Jeff; Cicero's Cat; Tame and Woolly. 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Scripts by Stan Lee, art by Dan DeCarlo Cover price $0.10.

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Bondage cover by Bill Fraccio. "Ghouls Feast at Midnight," art by A. C. Hollingsworth; A father and his son are under suspicion to be grave-robbing ghouls. "The Pool of Eternity," art by Lou Cameron; Adventurer David Murstone crashes in the jungle and is severely injured; Jivaro goddess Konocry saves his life by letting him drink from the "Pool of Eternity" and thus giving him immortality; The Jivaro tribe disagrees with her action and tortures the couple. "Terror of the Sleeping Monster!", art by Bill Fraccio; Sculptor Lawrence Matthews is endowed with a magic chisel; In his dreams a strange man called Maroff commands him to sculpt his image; Maroff is a vampire who comes alive again to wreak vengeance on the townspeople. "Strange Grotto of Death" text story by Ellen Lynn. "Horror of the Walking Dead," art by John D'Agostino; The young woman Kathy pleads with her dead mother to help her against the cruel woman her father married recently; Rosamund, the new stepmother is found dead—mysteriously shot through the head. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Knights of the Galaxy star in "Outcast of Lost World" (script by Robert Kanigher as "Dion Anthony," pencils by Carmine Infantino?); "Kidnapped in Space!" (script by Gardner Fox); "The Pool of Time!" (script by Jerry Coleman); and "The Secret Story of Ray-Gun 64!" (script by "John Osgood"). One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie Bags Mountain Lion" by Bill Schreiber. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 4, Issue 12 - Winter, 1951. Squarebound, 5" x 7.5", 96 pages, B&W, Text Only.

Issue #9 - December 1951. Literary short story fiction magazine. 6-in. x 9 1/2-in., 136 pages, no illustrations, text only, black and white. Cover price $0.50.

Stories and art by Howie Post and others. Classic fairy tales and nursery rhymes in comics form. All the stories in this issue are told entirely in rhyming verse. The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe has landlord problems, but her kids' musical talents might help. Orphan children create a magical chest that makes all their dreams come true, but greed may undo them. Little Boy Blue-in-the-Face; The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe; The King's Short Subject; The Magic Chest; Test of the Three Princes; The Three Friends; The King Who Wouldn't Laugh; The Clock with the Dirty Face; Mad About Mountains. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover features Kay Aldridge from the movie serial Perils of Nyoka. Raised in the jungle by her scientist father, Nyoka faces its dangers like no man ever could. In a three-part story, Nyoka is hired to explore some South Pacific islands, including one where the sunflowers turn gigantic just before a volcano erupts. She inadvertently finds herself on the island, and the "Blooms of Doom" are indeed sprouting. But smugglers would like to make sure that Nyoka stays on that island. The Bloom of Doom, Chapter One: The Circled Island; The Show Must Go On; Chapter Two: The Underground Volcano; Egbert the Explorer; Ballyhoo Barney: The Trapeze Bar!; Track of the Beast; Perplexed Plexy; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: The Lucky Stars; Chapter Three: The Scalding Death!; Animal Quiz; Frat Brothers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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December, 1951; Volume 3, No 7 / Issue 15. 5 1/4-in. x 7 1/2-in.; black and white; 164 pages. Cover price $0.35.

Comic strip reprints. Sports action stories with Ray Gotto art. In order of appearance: "Through the Hoop!'"; "The Dream Game!"; "Ozark Ike's Whodunits" with Jack Dempsey boxing trivia; "Ozark Ike Presents 'Sagebrush Sal'"; "Squirrel Feud!"; "Two Strikes on Ozark"; "Ozark Ike Presents 'Sagebrush Sal'; and "Ozark Ike's Whodunits" with Helen Wills Moody tennis trivia. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Ozark Ike Christmas Card (1951) is published by Harvey. This card wishes you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Art by Ray Gotto. 4 pages, full color, 4.25 x 5.25.

Art by John Rosenberger, Michael Becker, Ed Goldfarb, and Allen Ulmer. Erroneously listed as #2 in indicia. Stories about mobsters, bank robbers and other bad guys and gals from the golden age of crime. The violent career and demise of gangster Jakie Orgen; Gun-crazy Helen Willis finds her calling as a gang moll; Frank Nash was called the most successful bank robber in U.S. history, until the day of the Kansas City Massacre. Also featuring a noirish contents page illustrated by John Rosenberger on the inside front cover. Helen Willis Gun-Crazy Gang Moll; Little Jakie Orgen--The Two-Gun Terror; Frank Nash Brains of the Underworld!; Mike Strong Swings an Election. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 40, Issue 1 - July 1951. Hollywood magazine. Ava Gardner Cover feature, and articles including The Prettiest Legs in Hollywood and The Best Dressed Girls! 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.20.

Volume 40, Issue 6 - December 1951. Hollywood magazine. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 106 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.20.

Volume 1, Issue 4 - Winter, 1951. Softcover, 7" x 8", 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Stories by John Mitchell, credited as John Starr. Art by Robert Webb and David Heames. Cover by Maurice Whitman. Adventures of the Western hero Firehair, a white woman raised by the Dakota tribe. Gold fever causes prospector Jake to go all Fred C. Dobbs on his partners; Rustlers pay an unsuspecting Wild Bird to lead a herd of wild horses into a trap; Unscrupulous traders offer alcohol to the Crow tribe. Typically exquisite cover by Maurice Whitman. Final issue under this title; resumes the Firehair title with Firehair Comics (1948) #7. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Walt Kelly. Scripts and art by Walt Kelly. "A Tiger Tale" text story. "The Return of the Fiasco Kid"; The fire brigade plus assorted followers-on go after Albert in a pie wagon, but Albert thinks they ride a stagecoach that he can hold up. "Hickory Dickory Parlory Phoo!"; Porky goes to work in his own clock as a cuckoo. "150 Watts Cookin'?"; Albert eats Howland's and Churchy's atomic experiment, making them think he can explode any minute. "A New Jag on the Old Bean Stalk"; Albert telling the story of Jack and the beanstalk for Rackety Coon Chile; Pogo acting as Jack, and Albert as his stepmother--as well as the giant. Pogo and Albert at swimming hole illustration on back cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Reed Crandall/Nick Cuidera cover. Ken Shannon, the two-fisted detective in "Murder with a Bang," Inspector Denver in "The Murder of a Little Man," T-Man in "Green is a Danger Signal," and "Pattern of Violence." One page filler, "Pict-O-Crime." One page text story, "Hot Seat for Two." Cover price $0.10.

Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Joe Kubert, Mort Lawrence, Howard Larsen, and Gerald McCann. Painted cover by Renaldo Epworth, originally from Avon Murder Mystery #45. Lurid pre-Code tales about mobsters, bank robbers and other bad guys and gals from the golden age of crime. A murdered detective sets out to ID his killer before he dies; Leech McCoy has a yen for arson and a name like a Dick Tracy villain; No mere gun moll, Mae Crandall builds her gang of hoods into a ruthless mob and earns the name One Girl Crime Wave. Also featuring a grim contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. But perhaps the most amusing touch is the cover list of featured characters identified only by their prison numbers. Killer at Large; The Unseen Murderer!; Louie Gruber Czar of the Underworld; Death Danced the Samba!; Mystery of the Headless Corpse!; Leech McCoy the Incendiary Killer! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bud Sagendorf. Scripts and art by Bud Sagendorf. Sammy Bug's Big Leap! text story. The Box!; Pappy gives Popeye a box for safekeeping and everyone wants to know what's inside. Kitty! Kitty!; Someone calls Popeye in the middle of the night to ask him to care for a cat, but the cat turns out to be a lion. The Tunnel; Popeye wants to dig a tunnel through a mountain for his railroad, but the hermit who lives on top of the mountain doesn't like the idea. Duck Dinner!; The R. O Spring Company is testing their new mechanical duck, but Wimpy can only see the potential of a delicious dinner. Untitled story; Popeye reels in a big fish but he doesn't get to eat it. Based on the classic cartoon and comic strip character. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover. "Design for Love," art by John Celardo; Joyce is a secretary for an American firm in Paris; Shes courted by fellow worker Dave, but falls for handsome local man Pierre; Joyce discovers Pierre loves someone else and only wants to marry her so he can get to the USA. Makeup tips to make your neck appear lovely. "D as in Darling" text story by Margaret Isbel. "I Followed My Heart," art by Nina Albright; Stella is engaged to her childhood sweetheart Doug, but is having doubts because hes not demonstrative with his love; Shes tempted by handsome and wealthy playboy Kev. "Hallowe'en High Jinks," art by Paul Robinson; How to plan a successful Halloween party for young people. "My Empty Arms," art by Nina Albright; Sally thinks she is "plain, homely" and is surprised when her ham radio friend Bob visits and treats her well; They attend a "Radio Club" dance but Sally thinks the other guests are patronizing her and leaves. "Office Wise," art by John Celardo; How to get a job in an office and keep it. "Love Problems," art by Nick Cardy; Although she's merely a shop clerk, Donna pretends to be wealthy but this causes her to lose her boyfriend Randy, who thinks he can't afford to date her. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.