Comic books June 1953

Screen Stars Magazine was one among many of the supermarket celebrity tabloids that focused heavily on the day to day lives of the Hollywood elite, during the golden-age of cinema. This publication is filled cover to cover with typical fodder such as candid celebrity photos (some of which are in color), gossip columns, reader's letters to the editor, and the latest motion picture advertisements. 8.5" x 10.5", 74 pages, mostly B&W with a few color photos. Cover price $0.15.

Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. She made her choice...but she'll never forget him! Don't miss..."Unhappy Choice"! Also featuring: "Wedding Wish"; "Love By Mistake"; and "Love Came Too Late"! Plus: Oddities in Romance filler. And: Letters page by Ann Martin, Counselor-at-Love. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Original, pre-Code romance stories from Canadian publisher Superior, often featuring a crime or mystery element and plentiful good-girl art. A woman's attempt at "husband-hunting" leads to a fight between two men. Housemaid Edna romances her employer's son, a returning soldier, in a story featuring some good-girl art. Glenn falls for Martha, but she doesn't know how to tell him she has a terminal heart defect. Love Finds a Way; Trail of Broken Hearts; Thrill of His Kisses; Doomed! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Women's magazine with articles and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Frank Giacoia. The Phantom Castle!, script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Jerry Grandenetti, inks by Sy Barry; When Gloorie castle is transported from Scotland to the US, a stolen crown is hidden in the floor; Johnny Peril investigates and is confronted with three hooded henchmen posing as ghosts. Stairways of Destiny... half-page by Mort Drucker; Superstitions about stairways. How to Avoid a Witch! filler page, script and art by Mort Drucker; Account of precautious measures against confronting a witch. Vengeance of the Sea King!, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Bernard Sachs; Crew members impersonate Neptune and his sons to make a murderer come forward and confess his crime. Images of Death! filler page, script and art by Mort Drucker; Short feature about voodoo. The Half-Lucky Charm!, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Bernard Sachs; A man comes into possession of a half good-luck charm and makes some strange experiences: He inherits half his uncle's estate and falls in love with a woman in a half-white and half-black costume, learning only half her name and address. Mystery of the Yoga text article, script by Jack Miller, art by Raymond Perry. The Giant in the Swamp!, art by Murphy Anderson; Archeologist Steve Dexter discovers a hidden island of giant Indians and their gold treasure in the Okefenokee swamp in Georgia; He is being followed by three gangsters who attack and plan to rob him. A hermit comes to Dexter's rescue. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Albert B. Feldstein. The October Game, script by Ray Bradbury (original story) and Albert B. Feldstein (adaptation), art by Jack Kamen; A madman who hates his wife dismembers his daughter and passes around her body parts to children in a darkened cellar on Halloween. Came The Dawn!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wally Wood; A man thinks that the girl he has met in the woods may be a dangerous escaped lunatic because she matches the description, but his girlfriend ends up meeting a grim fate as the latest victim of the true escapee. Surgery! text story, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Marie Severin; In a Police Hospital room, criminal Bat Parker, seriously wounded in a gunfight with the Police, needs a gangrene-laden leg amputated before he dies. The Meddlers!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; The folk of a small town attempt to drive away a doctor who is attempting to create life in a test tube. Carrion Death!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Reed Crandall (his first story for EC); A man handcuffed to policeman is trying to make his way through the desert on foot; He realizes that he has to separate himself from the body but has nothing sharp to cut off the dead man's hand with. One-page bio (with photo) of Ray Bradbury. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Articles on sports, crime, and adventuring, plus pin-up photos. 8" x 10.5". 66 pages. B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Stories by Richard Hughes. Art by Pete Riss, Paul Cooper, Frank Simienski, and Edvard Moritz. Tales of pre-Code horror from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Jake discovers the horrifying secret of the Bogey Man. The construction of a new dam raises the spirits of the dead, and theyre not happy. Mark discovers the ancient legends of Finlands werewolves are all too real. The Rise and Fall of the Bogey Man; Specters of the Dam; The Were-Fiends of Finland; The Hidden Horror. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

June 1953. Cover by Ed Emshwiller. "The Dark Side of the Moon" by Sam Merwin, Jr. Other stories by Noel M. Loomis, Charles A. Stearns, Roger Dee, and Charles Foster. Illustrations by Emsh, Alex Schomburg. 7-in. x 9 1/4-in., 130 pages, black and white (text with illustrations). Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Stan Campbell. "The Madman of Mars," script by Walter Gibson, art by Stan Campbell; Rockets bearing hydrogen bombs and originating from Mars are destroying major cities on Earth; Spurs Jackson is called in by General Carpenter to go discover the source of the Martian bombs; Nazis who travelled to Mars in 1935 are discovered to be sending the bombs. "Spurs Sees Red!", script by Walter Gibson, art by John Belfi; When a flying saucer lands at the McLeod farm, Pop McLeod leaves his daughter Jane in the house while goes out to investigate; He is shot by a sniper, so Jane goes to Spurs for help; Spurs investigates, discovering the saucer is of Soviet design. "Visit in Spaceman's Gulch!" one-page story. "Spurs Jackson and the Selenites!" text story. "The Stone Men From Space," script by Walter Gibson, art by John Belfi; Queen Thuvia is talking to Spurs, the Mayans Strong Bow, Rapid Fox about desert petrified logs; She gives Strong Bow a thuvia flower she says will grow in the desert then goes Mars; Strong Bow says the flower won't grow in desert and discards it. "The Menace of Comet 'X'", script by Walter Gibson, art by John Belfi; Spurs and his Space Vigilantes are contacted to investigate a dangerous comet; Spurs takes along Queen Thula of Mars; Spurs and the other vigilantes are captured, only to discover Spurs's old enemies, Korok, ex-Prime Minister of Mars, and Vodor from Venus are piloting the deadly comet toward Earth to devastate the planet. Mars is next. "SPACE WESTERN COMICS." 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Warren Tufts and Ernest G. Osborne. United's anthology featured reprints of early comic strips, including Casey Ruggles, Captain and the Kids and Nancy. Casey Ruggles, the sheriff, and a posse track the fearsome outlaw Juan Soto to his hideout in the wastelands of the Diablo Range. But Soto isn't giving up without a fight. The Captain catches up to the pirates and tries to retrieve his gold from the ocean floor, but the Kids aren't helping with their constant pranks. Plus a PSA for the Junior Safety Institute. The Family Workshop; Nancy; Captain and the Kids; Casey Ruggles; Bill. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Fred Ray. The G.I. and the Gambler, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley. The Last Bullet, art by Jerry Grandenetti. Corporal Busybody, art by Leonard Starr. They Fought Under the Black Flag, art by Fred Ray. Private Pete filler page by Henry Boltinoff. Capt. Jack Marston text article by Jack Miller. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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June 1953. Cover by Ed Emshwiller. Stories by Philip Jose Farmer "Moth and Rust" (sequel to "The Lovers"), Fox B. Holden, Leslie Waltham, and Robert F. Young. Virgil Finlay (3) and Emsh illustrations. 6.5-in. x 9-in. trimmed format; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Art by Bob Powell and Fred Meagher. Cover by Fred Meagher. Rancher Steve Adams, a Comanche raised by white settlers, has a secret identity as the warrior Straight Arrow, a hero who first appeared on a popular radio show. Straight Arrow suffers a mysterious illness, unaware he's being poisoned by radioactive material. Red Hawk seeks the truth about the Flying Cat-woman of legend, who suddenly seems all too real. Straight Arrow seeks the hidden valley where rustlers are storing their stolen herds. The Treasure of Pedro Bomba; The Invisible Terror; Red Hawk: The Flying Horror!; The Invisible Terror. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Offbeat pre-Code horror stories from Ajax-Farrell, with art by the Iger Shop staff. A man discovers the formula for eternal life, but now he wants the antidote. A man gaslights his wife and has her committed to an asylum, but her ghost somehow haunts him. Female space explorers find a world where beauty standards are the reverse of Earth. Skull Scavenger; Rest in Peril; Death on Ice; Love Trap.... 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Russ Heath. "The Extra Coffin," art by Larry Woromay; The uncle of two sponges has had enough so he orders coffins fitted for them; When the two make a deal with the coffin maker to pad his bill so that they can split the extra cash, the uncle orders an extra coffin and offers the coffin maker a modeling fee if he will lie down in it after the other two are sealed in the air tight coffins placed in the cellar. "Flight to Where" text story. "You Made the Pants Too Long," art by Fred Kida; A tailor's obnoxious customer meets his end when he refuses to heed a warning about staying out of the man's pressing room invention that can press multiple suits of clothes at once. "The Rag Doll," art by Joe Certa; An abusive foster parent is concerned about an agency evaluation so when one of her charges acts up, instead of hitting him like she usually would do, she hands the child a rag doll and tells him to take out his anger on the doll. "The Farmer Takes a Life!", script by Carl Wessler, art by Bob Fujitani; A sadistic farmer who beheads chickens merely to watch their headless bodies run around gets the tables turned on him. "Look Out," art by George Tuska; A man in an auto accident attempts to con the insurance company out of a fat settlement by pretending to be blind, but fate has the last laugh when he is warned about a falling window box and believes it to be a trick. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage magazine featuring stories about, and tips for those interested in the nudist way of life. Softcover Magazine, 8" x 11", 32 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

UK Edition - June, 1953. Softcover pulp, B&W.

Australian Edition - June, 1953. Softcover pulp, B&W.

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Cover art by Win Mortimer. Lois Lane Joins the WACs! starring Superman, Lois Lane, Sgt. Gloria Mulvaney, Perry White, and Judy Masters, script by Bill Woolfolk, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Jerry Jitterbug humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. The Unemployed Superman starring Superman, Mr. Mxyztplk, Lois Lane, and Perry White, art by Al Plastino. The Hurricane Hunters text article by John Marlowe. The Super-Reporter of Metropolis starring Superman, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Al Plastino; Superman single-handedly puts out an issue of the Dailey Planet. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Davis. EC Artist of the Month article about George Evans (with photo) by Al Feldstein. "Fare Tonight, Followed By Increasing Clottyness...", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; A cab driver has a dream that he is pursued by a Dr. Mueller into a basement filled with vampire-occupied caskets. "Curiosity Killed...", script by Al Feldstein, art by George Evans; A woman is convinced that her friend down the hall has been murdered by her husband and that he is disposing of her remains bit by bit via carrier pigeon to a local kennel. "Tight Squeeze" text story. "How Green Was My Alley," script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; A bigamist is decapitated by his two athletic wives when they find they've been deceived; The golfer putts with his eyes and the bowler uses his severed head. "The Handler," script by Ray Bradbury and Albert B. Feldstein (adaptation), art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); A mortician avenges himself against perceived slights upon the closed-casket victims of his parlor by violating their bodies until a corpse who isn't quite dead yet overhears his gruesome doings and begs the dead to rise from their graves and stop this horrid man. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Lex Barker photo cover. "Tarzan and the Haunted Plantations," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Tarzan and Chief Buto discover the secret behind the "ghosts" who are haunting Buto's people. "Boy and the Shamba Raider," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Boy helps Dombie and his people catch a buffalo that has been raiding their corn. "The Elephant's Problem" text story starring Mabu. "Tarzan Returns to Cathne," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Tarzan and his Wazari warriors travel to Cathne and learn that Timon has seized power and plans to attack the neighboring city of Athne. "Brothers of the Spear," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Russ Manning; Nagopa and his men trap Dan-el and Natongo underground. Tarzan's World illustration by Jesse Marsh. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1, Issue 1 - June 8th 1953. Celebrity gossip magazine. The issue features President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Daughter-in-Law Barbara Eisenhower, and features a look at the families private life. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover. In order of appearance: "Free with Her Kisses"; "Faithless!"; "Fallen Angel"; and "What I Couldn't Forgive". Text articles: "Stretch Your Way to Beauty", "How to Express Yourself", "Your Hair and Your Permanent", "Be Good to Your Feet", "Beauty in Your Hands", and "Gesture Prettily". Indicia states "TEN-STORY LOVE". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Pre-Code jungle adventures from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Rulah, Jungle Goddess battles devil-women, featuring some delightful bad-girl art, possibly by Matt Baker. Rulah learns a frustrated hunter has trained jungle animals to kill for him. A witch doctor foe of Rulah's creates an army of amoeba-men, in a truly bizarre tale. Also featuring a vintage ad for boogie-woogie lessons ("If You Can Play Piano at All, You Can Play Boogie-Woogie!"). Another fun cover with bondage elements by L. B. Cole. Rulah: The Death Five; Rulah: The Stalking Death; Rulah: Plasma Peril. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Art Bartsch, Jim Tyer and Connie Rasinski. St. John presents the comics adventures of the characters of animator Paul Terry's studio. Mice scouts on a forest hike accidentally discover the secret hideout of Mighty Mouse's foe The Claw. Heckle and Jeckle give a scarecrow a brain - an "electronic brain," that is, a 1950s term for a computer. Sourpuss and Gandy Goose get jobs as farmhands to get away from the noisy city, but they're no farmers. Mighty Mouse: Trail to Trouble; Heckle and Jeckle: Luck; Dinky: Barnyard Baby Sitter; Heckle and Jeckle: The Misdirected Scarecrow; Gandy Goose: Peace and Quiet. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 37, Issue 6 - June, 1953. Art cover by Paul Harvey. TAM is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures. Broadway and Hollywood. Includes: "Toward American Opera" and "My Darlin' Aida" by Charles Friedman, and much more. 8.5-in. x 11-in, 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Edited by Will Lieberson and V.A. Provisiero. Cover by Shelly Moldoff. Stories by unknown. Art by Bob McCarty, Leonard Frank, Bob Powell and unknown. Horror tales that are so scary they could only lead you to believe that This Magazine is Haunted! In this issue: Actor Raymond Lawrence is cheating on the many women he dates. When one of them commits suicide, her former boyfriend swears revenge and builds a female robot...with the mission to search and destroy in "Lover"! Plus: Psychiatrist helps man overcome his delusion of turning into a bat in "And Then What????" with art by Bob McCarty. Also: Host character Dr. Death actively stars in this story as a satanic magician fulfilling wishes -- with a catch, of course -- in "The Bags of Trouble" with pencils by Leonard Frank. And: The age-old witch Mudga is cursed with the ability that anything that comes in contact with her is killed instantly. She's trying to live a reclusive life, but townsfolk just won't leave her be in "Touch of Death" with art by Bob Powell. Plus: 2-page text story "Vendetta" written by John Martin, and ads for Terror Tales and Worlds of Fear. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.