Comic books 1953 w/ month not specified

Official program book for the National Aircraft Show in 1953. This was the sesquicentennial of Ohio and the 50th anniversary of the Wright Brothers first powered flight. Held on Sept. 5-7, 1953 at Dayton, Ohio. Gen. James Doolittle contributes an article entitled "Fifty Years that Changed the World." Air races also took place, including the prestigious Thompson Trophy. Also includes a daily schedule of events along with ads from all the major manufacturers like Boeing, North American, Westinghouse, Mobil and many more. 9-in. x 12-in., 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Network of Power (1953) is a promotional comic book published by General Electric as part of their "Adventures in Science Series." 16 pages, full color, 7-in. x 10-in., newsprint, no cover price.

1953 DISNEY "NEW ADVENTURES OF PETER PAN" Original COMIC BOOKLET in Near Mint Condition - Vintage ADMIRAL Co. PREMIUM - SIZE: 28 Pages, est. 5" x 7" - PRINTED on Newsprint with Cute FULL COLOR Artwork of "PETER PAN, TINKERBELL, WENDY, CAPTAIN HOOK & the 1953 ADMIRAL Co. PRODUCT LINE-UP!" - SHOWS GREAT ADVERTISING for TV's, APPLIANCES, RADIO's & Phonographs!

Contains Alex Toth art. Photo cover. In order of appearance: "Man of My Heart" art by Alex Toth, reprinted in Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 HC (2011 FB) #1-1ST and Buried Treasure (magazine) #3; "When You Have a Date"; "Broken Dreams" art by Art Saaf; "Smart Talk with Janet Lee"; "Love My Dogs"; and "I Need Your Love". "The Eyes of Love: It Was a Feminine Cupid Who Released the Arrow of Penny's Love!" illustrated text story by Mickey Klar Marks. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Contains Alex Toth art. Photo cover. In order of appearance: "Stars in My Eyes" art by Alex Toth and Mike Peppe, reprinted in True Love (1986) #1 and Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 HC (2011 FB) #1-1ST; "Smart Talk with Janet Lee"; "The Office Flirt, Every Office Has One..."; "I Toyed with Love"; "Watch Your Tongue!"; "Uncertain Heart" art by Alex Toth and Mike Peppe, reprinted in Buried Treasure (magazine) #1, Alex Toth Reader TPB (2003-2005) #1-1ST, and Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 HC (2011 FB) #1-1ST; "Color Cues!"; and "The Game of Hearts!". "Love's Lengthy Problem: Brenda Cole Learns That There's Always a King for a Proper Queen!" illustrated text story by Mickey Klar Marks. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover. "My Dream is You," pencils by Alex Toth, inks by Mike Peppe; Pamela Mason wants to find someone who she can be sure loves her for herself and not her inheritance which she receive in September; She meets Martin Shaw and romance ensues; He proposes telling her that he wants to wait until September; Pamela thinks he just wants her inheritance and turns him down. "Invitation to Romance," pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Vince Colletta. "Law of Love" text article by Mickey Marks, art by Vince Colletta. "Love Can Wait!", art by John Celardo; Country girl Sue comes to the city and becomes a model; Meets hunk Jerry and falls in love; He gets drafted; Sue gets no mail and visits his Mom; Mom tells her he married old girlfriend; Sue changes to Suzette and meets socialite Drake. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Circa 1953. Written and illustrated by Alfred Bestall. Stories include: "Rupert and the Wonderful Boots" and "Rupert and Dapple". Hardcover, issued without dust jacket. 8.5" x 10.5", 60 pages, full color.

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Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Norman Nodel, and Vince Alascia. Cover by Alvin Hollingsworth. Tales of pre-Code horror, curses, and vengeance from beyond the grave. A diary recounts a tale of men turning into monsters; An archer ill-advisedly ignores dreams about a cursed arrow; A killer searching for buried treasure inadvertently digs his own grave. Also featuring a moody, Jack Davis-style contents page illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler on the inside front cover. Night of Mystery; Diary of Doom!; The Horror in the Swamp; The Haunted Arrow!; The Strange Visitors!; The Giant From Earth!; The Ghost of the Coal Mine! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. Softcover, 10-in. x 8-in., 104 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.00.

First printing, 1953. Written by Jack Woodford and Graham Roberts. Erotic novel. 5 3/4-in. x 8 1/4-in., 182 pages, B&W text. Mature readers. Cover price $2.00.

Not many comics had a 6c cover price. This one does! Cover price $0.06.

"The Story of Air Force Basic Military Training," by Theodore J. Ritter & Bob Gadbor. Pamphlet-style humor book, featuring one cartoon per page; originally mailed in an illustrated envelope. Victoria Publishing Company, B&W; 7-1/4" x 5-1/4".

Operation Freedom, The Right to Free Speech and Press, Vol. 1 No. 5 (1953) is an educational comic book published by the Institute of Fiscal and Political Education. It features Joshua Strong, a time traveler from the past who explains our rights as Americans through examples from our past. This is a great historical comic book on America's freedom of speech and a free press right from our country's inception all the way up to the height of the Cold War in 1953. Black and white, eight pages, 8.25 x 10.5-in.

1st Printing - "Streets of Paris" by Robert E. Reynolds. Love, as a French girl knows it, may be a lot different from what American men have been brought up to expect! As an artists model in the gay world of Montmartre and the Moulin Rouge, Colette knew all the answers...and events made her a lovely young ambassadress of love, teaching one Yank after another...her GI husband, a playboy tourist, a hard-boiled private detective, and finally her husband's stodgy brother..a thing or two about women and what a man should know to appreciate them! When Colette was through, the partisan idea of love was a good deal better understood in the minds of American men...those lucky enough to have met her! Softcover Digest, 5" x 7", 130 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.35.

First printing, 1954. Nice place, Mayfield... just like your own home town. But maybe not as nice as it looked. This is the story of a girl whose beauty and brains were like a bombshell, exploding on her home town, stirring up its quiet surface and exposing what was underneath. 5 1/4-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Issue 744 - "City Streets" by Gene Harvey. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.35.

Cover art by Jack Katz. The Drums of Cajou, art by George Roussos; Haitian voodoo witch doctor Cajou turns the lovely Lora into a zombie to do his bidding and settle an old score with his adversary Neal; But Cajou is hunted down and killed; and Lora's mission can be thwarted. The Mask Of Death, art by Jerry Grandenetti; A window cleaner discovers the office of a vampire doctor. No one believes his fantastic accusations - until a fatal showdown ensues. Plunge into Doom text story by Margaret Isbell. The Man in the Mirror, inks by Rocco Mastroserio; The meek Mr. Blane comes into possession of a powerful druid mirror; Releasing the mirror's genie, Blane is drawn into a spiral of violence and death--until he destroys the evil mirror. Masque for a Monster, art by Charles Sultan; When trapped in a mining cave-in, Frank Wayne develops a trauma. He's afraid of the dark and sees monsters everywhere. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Outer Space (1953 Richfield) is a promotional comic book distributed by the Arco Oil Co.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Leonard Starr and others. A curious combination of pre-Code Western and crime comics from L.B. Cole's Star Publications Wild West gunfighter and outlaw Billy the Kid dies at age 21, but not before becoming a legend. Rancher William Hale rules frontier Oklahoma through bribery, intimidation, and extortion, but mainly murder. Pirate English Jim is known as the Terror of the Barbary Coast. Billy the Kid; The Osage Terror; The Hidden Joker; Terror of the Barbary Coast. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dave Tendlar. Stories and art by Marty Taras and Dave Tendlar. Harvey presents characters licensed from Paramount's Famous Studios, the most famous of which is super-sized duckling Baby Huey. Katnip the cat is a big-game hunter, but he still gets the short end of the slapstick from Herman Mouse. Buzzy Crow builds a birdhouse in the middle of the lake, but the cat isn't licked yet. Papa gets a new exercise machine, but super-strong Baby Huey makes short work of it. Herman and Katnip: The Big Game Hunter; Whys Guy; Casper the Friendly Ghost; Home Made Muscles; Buzzy: Sea-In is Believin; Caged; Little Audrey; Herman and Katnip: Two Years Before the Mice. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover photo of Kathleen Crowley and Robert Wagner from the movie "The Silver Whip." Stories and art by Jim McArdle, Fran Matera, Jerry Fasano, and Bill Ely. Romance comics and movie stars of yesteryear from Famous Funnies. Eve loses her fiance to her beautiful cousin Beth; Profiles of film legend Robert Wagner and actress Kathleen Crowley; Judge Lois Cameron tries to settle love disputes in domestic relations court. Rejected; My Hero; The Couple in the Next Apartment; March Is Red Cross Time; The Hairbrush-Off; Lois Cameron and Her Domestic Relations Problems; Robert Wagner "Our Cover Man"; Kathleen Crowley "Our Cover Girl". 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover photo of Roberta Peters and Byron Palmer from the movie "Tonight We Sing." Stories and art by Mike Roy, Ben Thompson, Al Thompson, Ed Moore and Sam Burlockoff. Romance comics and movie stars of yesteryear from Famous Funnies. Widow Carol wants to make her daughter a star like her father, but her new man disagrees. Vicky wants to settle down and raise a family, but Hal decides to re-enlist in the Army instead. Lila becomes a big star, but she can't forget the man who trained her as a dancer. Ill Make You Care; Dont Ever Leave Me!!!; My Impatient Patient; I'll Never Forget; Schools Need You; Byron Palmer "Our Cover Man"; Roberta Peters "Our Cover Girl". 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover photo of Jeanne Crain and Dale Robertson from the movie "City of Bad Men." Stories and art by Mike Roy, Jim McArdle and Bill Ely. Romance comics and movie stars of yesteryear from Famous Funnies. Margie is torn between firefighter Gary and arsonist Charley. Violet thinks her doctor boyfriend is a coward when he avoids a fight, but he's just protecting his hands. Ex-con Blanche tries and fails to keep new love Johnny from getting involved in her criminal misdeeds. Burnt Fingers; No Illusions; Doorway to Heartbreak; The Man She Married; Handsome Dale Robertson "Our Cover Man"; The Girl Next Door Lovely Jeanne Crain "Our Cover Girl". 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover photo of Rhonda Fleming and William Lundigan from the movie "Inferno." Stories and art by Mike Roy, Jim McArdle, Ben Thompson and Bill Ely. Romance comics and movie stars of yesteryear from Famous Funnies. Ann is torn between Tom and the man she met while traveling in Mexico. Danger follows when tightrope walker Maya and big-cat trainer Kara vie for the attentions of acrobat Bill. Anne falls for a handsome smuggler while they're both fleeing the Japanese occupation during World War II. Save That Man for Me; The Wrong Kind of Love; I Wanted Him Too; Lois Cameron and Her Domestic Relations Problems; Blonde, Blue-Eyed William Lundigan "Our Cover Man"; Flame-Haired Rhonda Fleming "Our Cover Girl". 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover photo of Jeanne Crain and Elliott Reid from the movie "Vicki." Stories and art by Mike Roy, Bill Everett and Frank Frazetta. Romance comics and movie stars of yesteryear from Famous Funnies. A Love of My Own, a romance tale featuring early art by comics legend Frank Frazetta. Tennis instructor Blanche is torn between two swim coaches at the summer camp where she works. Mala is ready for new horizons after growing up on a farm, but then she falls for handsome farmer Joe.... Love Knows No Rules; Dark Future; A Love of My Own; Strike Two on Love; You Can Have Good Schools; Elliott Reid "Our Cover Man"; Titian-Tressed Star Jeanne Crain "Our Cover Girl". 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

First printing, 1953. Written by Wanda House and illustrated by Hal Doremus. 6 1/2-in. x 8 1/4-in., 20 pages, full color. Cover price $0.29.

A promotional comic published by Charlton for the Peter Paul Candy Company, and distributed by direct mail order. Each issue contained four Charlton comics, bound together without separate covers. This issue may include Racket Squad in Action (1952) #3, Space Adventures (1952 1st series) #3, Crime and Justice (1951) #10, and Space Western (1952) #41. Other variants may exist. 132 pages, Full Color.

Cover art by Otto Feuer. Untitled story, art by Otto Feuer; Wolfie tries to trick Peter into falling through thin ice but of course it's Wolfie who falls in. Smarty Party!, art by Otto Feuer; Wolfie is angry that Peter is planning a party and didn't invite him, so he spoils the decorations and then finds out that it was a surprise party for him. Play Lobster board game by Martin Naydel. Untitled story, art by Rube Grossman; When Goofy declares that he doesn't like winter at all, a snowman shows up at his door and takes him to Jack Frost, the King of Winter, where he must stand trial (with a jury of snowmen) for his unpopular opinion. Snow Foolin'!, art by Otto Feuer; Wolfie steals Peter's new snowshoes but then gets lost trying them out. Mail Call text story. Ad for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer #4. The Stowaway!, art by Otto Feuer; Peter refuses to take Wolfie along on a trip to California so Wolfie stows away in a trunk, but motor trouble in the airplane forces the crew to toss out all the baggage. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Frank Carin and others. Cover by Frank Carin. Funny-animal hijinks with a rabbit named Peter and his family and friends. While exploring space, Peter and Dazy discover a planetoid thats actually a gigantic diamond; A thief stealing furs on the frontier looks just like kid frontiersman Sparky Smith; Retellings of the classic fables running alongside the Peter Rabbit stories. Also featuring drawing lessons from Peter Rabbit artist Frank Carin. Strange Dream; A Diamond in the Sky; The Sorcerers Apprentice; Cicero and Timmy; Sparky Smith: The Fur Trappers; You, Too, Can Draw; Destination X. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.