Comic books March 1954

Volume 45, Issue 3 - March 1954. Vintage movie and celebrity magazine. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 110 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.25.

Volume 4, Issue 1 - Spring, 1954. Softcover, 7" x 8", 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ric Estrada and Dana Dutch. Beautiful covers and art by Matt Baker elevate St. John's 1950s romance comic above the norm. Mary gets a little too involved with professional escort or "gigolo" Tom, in a story with art by Baker. Dancer Nancy falls for George, the head of her ballet troupe, but he expects her to give up her career when they marry. Redheaded Claudia pressures her lawyer husband Clint to get involved in city politics, and soon Clint is consorting with corrupt political bosses and crimelords. Sordid cover by Baker. I Hired a Gigolo; I Danced into His Heart; Old Man's Sweetheart; This Business of Love; A Wife's Worst Sin. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1, Issue 2 - March 1954. Pictorial digest magazine featuring mostly photograph articles, with short written articles. This issue features pictorials on Abbe Lane, Mau Mau Witch Doctor rituals, the Baseball pitcher with no arms Lewis Watts, and "My Body Scares Me" a pictorial featuring ballet dancer Priscilla Darbon.. 4-in.x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Eleanor Lidofsky and others. Children's comics and activities from Gilberton, the publisher of Classics Illustrated. This issue focuses on each of the four seasons and the activities and weather associated with them. The Four Seasons; Picture Progress Quiz; Things to Do; Did You Know That... 24 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $28.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

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"The Galactic Ghost" a short story by Mac Reynolds.

Stories by Mack Reynolds, Fox Holden and Eric Storm, Illustrations by Larry Woromay (Marvel Artist). 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 112 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Cover pencils by Dick Dillin. The Inhuman Brute starring Plastic Man. Woozy Winks story. Untitled Plastic Man story. Tottering Genius text story starring Plastic Man. The Invisible Invaders starring Plastic Man. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

MATURE READERS. Cover price $0.50.

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Cover art by Walt Kelly. Scripts and art by Walt Kelly. "The Magic of the HooDoo Man" text story. "Teeth For Two"; Albert gets inspired by "The Three Musketeers" to rescue beautiful maidens in distress, and expects Pogo to be his valet; He ends up saving Miz Beaver from Beauregard brushing flour off her. "The Deaf Trail"; Bun Rabbit, Beauregard, Pogo and Churchy go visiting Bun's hard-of-hearing uncle. Beauregard tries to entertain the uncle with a tall tale from the seven seas. "The Semi-Mental Gentlemints"; Howland wants to enter Churchy in a stupidity contest at the county fair. Untitled story; Pogo receives a letter from Walt Kelly advising the cast to act more refined...of course to no avail. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Fugitive" (art by John Forte), "Over the Wall," "Hired Hood" (art by Mannie Banks), and "No Escape." Two page text story, "For the Defense." Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bud Sagendorf. Scripts and art by Bud Sagendorf. Space Ball! text story. The Happy Little Island!; Popeye wants to find out why the people of a once-happy island are now walking around in tears. Full Power!; Swee'Pea eats ten dozen cans of spinach so he can be even stronger than Popeye. Untitled story; Lonely Cam builds a robot dog to keep him company but then he has to convince his dad to let him keep the dog. Based on the classic cartoon and comic strip character. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Apple Vote text story. Mud! starring Popeye and Swee'Pea. Exile, or, Bein' King Is Fer De Boids! starring Popeye and King Blozo. Golly! Pop spends such long hours... starring Axle and Cam. Now, sit still! I'll paint your picture! starring Popeye. Cover and interior art by Bud Sagendorf. Based on the classic cartoon and comic strip character. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $10.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

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Vol. 164 #3, March 1954 - Features include "If Atomic Fuel Were Shared", "Future Atomic Fleet Emerges from Desert", "Detroit's Latest Plastic Fantasies" and more. 6.5" x 9.5", 312 pages, PC/B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Carl Memling, Art Cappello and Dick Giordano. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, focusing on swindlers and con games. Gangsters try to pass stolen money with a phony counterfeiting racket, a sort of crime within a crime. Jerry employs his beautiful girlfriend Dot in a scheme to catch ordinary men in compromising photographs. Widow Arlene falls for a phony "lonely hearts" club. Plus advice to the reader on avoiding con artists. Look Them Over; Limited Edition; Blackmail; Double Trouble; The Two Buck Hype; Photo Finish; Beware of the Swami; No Bargain; The Lonely Hearts Racket; The Old Shell Game. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Marty Taras and Steve Muffatti. Early funny-animal comics from Harvey, featuring breakout star Rags Rabbit, a precursor to Harvey's line of kid's comics. Pesty and Jesty ask Rags to judge their snowman-building contest, but he didn't count on a snowball attack. A salesman keeps interrupting Rags's nap. Shaggy gets fired from his dishwasher job at a fancy restaurant, but ends up eating there all the same. Rags Rabbit with Pesty and Jesty; Ice Scream; Sun Daze; Pesty and Jesty: Arty Antics, No Sale, Yard Birds; Rags Rabbit Tells a Fish Story; Dizzy Beaver; Shaggy: Dollar Daze. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 63, Issue 2 - March, 1954. 6.5" x 9", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Untitled stories: Red Ryder (2), plus Little Beaver and Auntie Duchess back-ups. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Robert Ripley and others. Harvey presents the first comic-book based on the popular comic strip featuring oddball facts from around the world. The faceless men of Africa. Strange tales from the Indian subcontinent. Weird things about George Washington. The Man Who Was a Tiger; The Woman More Powerful Than 40 Cannons; Born Five Years After His Mother's Burial; Fun With Words; Believe It Or Not!; Father of Our Country. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Vince Alascia, Ralph Carlson and Frank Bolle. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. "Undercover Marshal" Rocky looks for a rancher's kidnapped son and finds trouble at the river's edge. Rocky gets in the middle of a hotly contested mayoral election on the edge of outlaw territory. Dee Dickens is excited to meet a pretty girl, but not if it means he has to clean up first. The Edge of Doom; Pony Boy Pedro; Pistol Packing Pattie; Tenderfoot Terror; Dee Dickens: The Big Joke; Lawless Territory! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Valerie Barclay, Kenneth Landau, and Bill Walsh. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Clarabelle uses her youth and beauty as a love weapon; Lora goes to the city looking for love, but only finds a succession of losers; Terrys Aunt Sue tells her a story about why she shouldnt wait for love. Featuring art by Valerie Barclay, aka early Marvel inker Violet Barclay, one of the few female comics artists of the 1950s. Heartless Little Demon!; Love Duet; Brief Case for Love!; One Last Fling!; It's an Old Custom; Love Can't Wait! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Maurice del Bourgo and Sam Cooper. This early romance title from St. John focuses on the struggles of domestic life. Fun-loving Marilyn marries older David, but soon she misses her carefree lifestyle. Magazine fashion editor Karen marries foreign correspondent Kip, but while he's gone on assignments, she falls for handsome co-worker Dave. Flight attendant Mara marries Clayton for his money, but she still isn't over Paul, the man who abandoned her. Playgirl Bride!; The Husband I Loved; Victim of Passion; The Love Charm; Love Without Kisses. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Thundering Flood," "Man Hunt," and "Roy Meets a Giant." Art on two stories by John Buscema. Chuckwagon Charley's Tales back-up story. Photo cover. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Trigger in "Peril Rides the Storm" and "Deep-Water Rustlers." Painted cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 7, Issue 6 - March, 1954. Cover painting by Mort Kunstler. Men's interest magazine focusing on Western adventure stories. 8.5" x 11", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

March 6, 1954. The classic magazine featuring current event articles, editorials, human interest pieces, humor, illustrations, a letter column, poetry, single-panel gag cartoons, and stories by the leading writers of the time. In this issue: Communist GIs; failing schools; tax collectors; and more. Wildroot Cream-Oil ad featuring Fearless Fosdick by Al Capp. Cover by Norman Rockwell. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; part black and white, part color; 116 pages on white paper. Cover price $0.15.

Vol. 3 #7 - 1954. Science Fantasy, which later became Impulse and then SF Impulse, was a UK published science-fiction and fantasy digest that began production in the Summer of 1950 and was distributed by Nova Publications as a companion to Nova's New Worlds. When Nova went out of business in early 1964, The title was changed to Impulse in early 1966, to little avail, and then changed once more to SF Impulse for the last few issues. Science Fantasy ceased publication the following year, after the printer went bankrupt. Edited by John Carnell. Stories by J.T. McIntosh, John Christopher, E.C. Tubb and others. Guest editorial by John Wyndham. Cover by Quinn. 5 1/2-in. x 7 3/4-in., 96 pages, black and white.

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March, 1954. Approx. 5.5" x 7.5", 164 pages, B&W Cover price $0.35.

Vol. 3 #2 -Mar. 1954. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 74 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.