Comic books August 1952

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.

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Cover pencils by John Sikela. It's Smart to Check--And Double Check! public service announcement starring Superman, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. The Giant that Stalked Smallville starring Superboy, pencils by John Sikela. Lana Lang, Magician!, pencils by John Sikela; Clark has to make Lana think her magic wand is real in order to protect his secret identity. Underwater Telescope!--Superboy's Workshop activity page. Jerry Jitterbug story by Henry Boltinoff. The Most Famous Race on the Seas article by Eugene Kane. One Dozen Superboys!, pencils by John Sikela; Because of Superboy's speed, people begin to be convinced there are two of him. Private Pete humor page by Henry Boltinoff. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Win Mortimer. The Man Who Went To Krypton starring Superman and Happy Murrel, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Superman's origin retold. The Greatest Pitcher In the World, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Superman loses his memory and becomes a baseball star. P.T. Barnum bio. Superman Meets Pocahontas, script by William Woolfolk, art by Al Plastino; time travel story. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Bill Everett. The Ghost of Grimm Towers!, script by Stan Lee, art by Tony DiPreta; A man puts a sheet over his head to frighten his uncle out of the window to his death. No Escape!, script by Hank Chapman, art by Dan Loprino. The Horrible Hog, art by Carl Hubbel. The Graveyard Ghoul!, art by Ed Winiarski. The Secret; a Bluebeard story. Terror at Midnight, art by Manny Stallman. Up from the Grave!, pencils by Edwin Goldfarb, inks by Bob Baer. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Katy Keene back-up story by Bill Woggon. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Pete Costanza and Ruth Sterling. Sweethearts was the first monthly romance title. Susie falls for smooth-talking, talented Artie, but too late she realizes that he's a loser and she really loved Jerry all along. Jailbird Nancy tells the story of how it all went wrong, and the secret past that endangered Evan, the man she loved. Store detective Rick falls for beautiful would-be shoplifter Julie and gets her a job, but when things start to disappear, Julie is a prime suspect. I Fell for His Line!; The Personal Tragedy of Nancy Cole; Love or Nerves; The Mask of Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Davis. "Survival...or Death!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Two men aboard a cargo ship are bored until they get the idea to build a rat trap and ask the Captain to have a barrel built with a platform in the middle of it and a run off down the center. "The Thing In the 'Glades!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Al Williamson; A man's wife dies in childbirth giving him a deformed retarded son with stunted legs, and he becomes a hermit in his cabin in the Glades. "Soft!" text story. "Kamen's Kalamity!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen, Graham Ingels (draws himself), Johnny Craig (draws himself), and Jack Davis (draws himself); Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein tell this auto-biographical tale of hiring Jack Kamen to draw horror stories, first telling Kamen that his work is too sweet. "Buried Treasure!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); In 1667 Germany a fat Duke lords it over his starving peasants, but when he imposes a tax on the peasants for "dirtying his carriage' with the blood of a young child he rode down in the street, Johann conceives the plot of stealing some of the Duke's jewels in order to pay the tax. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Myron Fass, Lawrence Dresser, and A.C. Hollingsworth. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. A jealous architect schemes to feed his secretary and her new fiancee to his personal pet monster. A mad scientist can implant the personalities of dead people into the living, but maybe he shouldn't have started with Jack the Ripper. A henpecked horticulturist schemes to create his own little shop of horrors. The Thing in the Pool; The Hand of Jao Tze; The Rippers Return; Love from a Plant. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Three stories are included in this issue: "Tarzan and the March of the Lion Men" (Tarzan fights off sabretooth lions and helps build the city of New Cathne); "Brothers of the Spear"; and "Buffalo Hunt" (a text piece). Art by Jesse Marsh. Lex Barker photo cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

British comic magazine reprints Tarzan and other stories from various sources with some original British material. This issue features Tarzan comic strips drawn by Bob Lubbers and three short back up stories featuring Arizona Bill, Buffalo Bill, and Mike Meteor. 9 x 12.5, b&w w/color covers and spot interior pages, 24 pages.

Long-suffering Papa Bear endures the hijinks of his cubs, the Terry Bears. Papa takes the cubs to the circus, but all of their fun seems to be at his expense. Heckle and Jeckle try to convince Chesty that they can predict the weather, but of course it's another prank. Papa is determined to keep smiling all week long for "Keep Smiling Week," no matter how the boys infuriate him. Dimwit; Papa Performs; Heckle and Jeckle; Papa's Day at School; Dimwit: The Golden West; Papa's New Clothes; Gandy Goose; Heckle and Jeckle: The Head Performer; A Lesson for Papa; Farmer Gray; Keep Smiling; Papa's Exit. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Tony Tallarico and others. Movie cowboy Tex Ritter tames the West with his six-guns, his horse White Flash and his dog, Fury. A mysterious Hopi woman helps Tex track rustlers who seem to make herds of cattle disappear into thin air. Tall tale-spinner Buffalo Bill meets his match in a dynamite-eating hog. "Undercover Prairie Ranger" Tex investigates the causes of mysterious prairie fires that are causing stampedes and destroying ranches. Plus vintage ads for Dubble Bubble and P-F Canvas shoes. Tex Ritter and the Hopi Mystery; Pinto Pete: Top Secret!; Prairie Inferno; Buffalo Bill and the Hardy Hog!; Cactus Brain: Movie Marker; Horses! Horses!; The Mystery of Echo Cave! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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. 8.5-in. x 11-in, 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Cover by Al Fago. "The Hounds of Dartmoor," art by Dick Giordano; Account of phantom hounds of Dartmoor, allegedly the inspiration for the Sherlock Holmes novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles." "I Was A Zombie," art by Al Fago; Engineer Alden Blake is called to Haiti to build a dam; When he ecounters zombie slave laborers, Blake threatens to go public. "The Promise of Ying Ko," art by Al Tyler; Skipper Steve Payne makes a living cruising the waters off the Chinese coast; After saving the life of a man called Ying Ko, Payne himself gets rescued years later by the now turned "pirate king" Ying Ko. "The Unseen Thing" text story. "The Petrified Ghost"; A sculptor is crushed to death by one of his statues; But his blood (and ghost) are absorbed by the sandstone. "Partners In Death," art by John Belfi; Ray Bruce withholds heart pills from his business partner Howard Croft, thus killing him slowly. "Twins of Doom"; Identical twins Peter and Paul Leverett are going to meet again after a ten-year separation; A rival steps in and kills Paul, sending Peter into (by twin-magic) a coma and summoning the local sheriff. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Will Lieberson, B.J. Heyman and Al Jetter. Cover by Shelly Moldoff. Stories by unknown. Art by Leonard Frank, Shelly Moldoff and unknown. Turn down the lights, lock the door and read this issue...if you dare! Horror tales that are so scary they could only lead you to believe that This Magazine is Haunted! In this issue: Scientist Peter Tam works as a graveyard keeper to conduct experiments on the deceased. When he succeeds in waking a corpse he fatally chooses to revive a homicidal maniac in "The Secret of the Walking Dead"! Plus: Tod Tilstrom, window display designer at a big store, abuses his manikins. An especially hideous one comes alive, chases him and substitutes Tod for itself in the window display in "Showcase for Horror!" with art by Leonard Frank. And: Jonathan Lodge comes to Salem, New England, to disprove theories that one of his ancestors was a witch. When he finds a magic crystal with the soul of a man trapped inside, Lodge delves into witchcraft himself, with tragic consequences, in "The Curse of the Crystal!" with art by Shelly Moldoff. Also: 2-page text story "The Unhaunted House" written by Eando Binder, and ads for Worlds of Fear, Strange Suspense Stories, and Terror Tales. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 40, Issue 3 - August, 1952. Cover by Ed Emshwiller. Stories by Edmond Hamilton, Jack Vance, Alan E. Nourse, Murray leinster, Charles E. Fritch, Phyllis Sterling Smith, and Jerome Bixby. One Virgil Finlay illustration. Alex Schomburg illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 146 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Dick Van Buren, and Bob Lubbers. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. The Captain and the Kids give chase after an ape steals pirate treasure. Tarzan is captured by Gunnar Milo and put to work in his illegal copper mine. Fritzi wants to know why Nancy is collecting alarm clocks. Nancy; Strange as It Seems; How it Began!; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Tarzan. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 9, Issue 1 - August, 1952. Painted cover by Peter Driben. Vintage men's interest magazine focused entirely on amateur lingerie pin-up pictorials. 8" x 11.5", 52 pages with spot color, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Featuring: Tom & Jerry tale; Big Spike & Little Tyke tale; Bertie Bird text story "The Strange Worm"; Wuff the Prairie Dog tale; Flip 'n' Dip 2-pager; Barney Bear & Benny Burro tale; and Droopy 1-pager. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Silent-movie cowboy Tom Mix became a pop-culture icon with his 1940s radio show and this tie-in comic. A con man swindles a small fortune by claiming to be Tom Mix's brother, but his telltale spurs give him away. A ranch hand sees a dispute between Tom and his cranky neighbor as the perfect opportunity to commit robbery-murder and frame Tom for it. Tom races to free a witness captured by two outlaws before he can put them away. The Deadly Spurs; The Murderers' Quest; The Trial of Tom Mix; Tumbleweed Jr.: The Race; Jeeter; Saddlehead; Cowboy Cal; Fightin' Forbes: Dead Man's Tale; Hoghead Harry. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Lee Elias, Joe Certa, Moe Marcus, Rudy Palais and Joe Certa. Tomb of Terror was one of Harvey Comics' notorious pre-Code horror comics. Invading aliens wipe out the entire human race, except for Joe. Evil Countess Aurora trades her soul to Satan in exchange for ruling her country. A pagan idol gives a losing gambler incredible luck, for exactly one year. Crypt of Tomorrow; The Captain of Death; Cavern of the Doomed; The Ape Man; Weird Worlds; The Cry of Satan; Death Pact; Birth of a Vampire. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Warren Kremer, Vic Donahue, and Jack Sparling. Harvey presents war stories as Korea was becoming the latest American conflict. US soldiers face a vicious counterattack from enemy forces. A weary sergeant tries to keep two soldiers from fighting each other while patrolling the Korean front. US fighter pilots seek a hidden airbase somewhere in the Korean wild. The Spirit of '52; Counter-Attack!; Operation Diamond; Iron Joe; The Hero; The Mystery of Mig Alley. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 6, Issue 31 - August 2, 1952. Softcover, 5" 7", 38 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Harvey Kurtzman. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman and Al Feldstein. Art by John Severin, Will Elder, Wally Wood, Jack Davis, and Harvey Kurtzman. Harvey Kurtzman's legendary series enlisted top EC artists for gritty tales of war and adventure. A checkers game gives tank commanders the strategy they need on the battlefield, in a story with inks by MAD legend Will Elder. A Mexican soldier is an unwilling participant in the siege of the Alamo. During the American Revolution, the conflict at Pell's Point is a loss for both sides, with art by Wally Wood. Plus The EC "Artist of the Issue" featuring Harvey Kurtzman. Checkers!; Pells Point!; Submerge!; Alamo!; Saipan! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Henry Kiefer and others. Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. One of many titles focusing on heroic American soldiers that came out as the Korean War was heating up. Soldiers face a sneak attack by Korean soldiers disguised as civilians; King is a combat dog, trained from puppyhood to aid human soldiers. Also featuring an especially violent contents page on the inside front cover. Airborne Assault on Gensan!; The Valley of Death; Combat Jump; Sneak Attack!; The Snow Men of Death!; Beyond Courage! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories by Hank Chapman, Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Fred Kida, Bill Everett, Paul Reinman, Manny Stallman and Ed Smalle. "Skin-Deep" by Hank Chapman and Fred Kida - A man is attempting to do a face transplant from a corpse but his interfering wife is always getting underfoot by trying to help him in his endeavors. When she burns the skin that he has harvested off the corpse in her attempt at cleaning up around the place, he fixes her wagon by transplanting the corpse's head onto her shoulder. Also in this issue: 2-page text story "The Vault of Doom"; "The Monster Maker!" with art by Bill Everett - A statue maker falls in love with one of his statutes and finds a black magic spell that transmutes him into stone; "The Man Who Believed in Ghosts" with art by Paul Reinman - A man who lives next to a cemetery is not frightened of the ghosts which show up every night until he meets his own; "Skeleton in the Closet" with art by Manny Stallman - A rich man marries into a family of freaks; and "The Man Who Melted" by Stan Lee and Ed Smalle - A forgetful inventor shoots his wife for testing his serum that will allow him to melt away and commit the perfect crime, but he forgets to devise a way to return himself to normal. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Carl Pfeufer. Stories and art by Mike Becker and John C. Adler. Classic pre-Code crime comics from Fawcett. Matches Brody is the best arsonist in the business, so he doesn't see trouble coming when simple-minded brute Clarence asks to be his understudy. Brainy Nelson works out every detail of his upcoming jewelry story robbery in advance, except for one thing. Charlie's convict pals agree to help him escape prison so he can retrieve his embezzled loot from its hiding place. The Torch; Blueprint for Death; Uncle George; Jailbreak. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Charles Schulz, Russell Patterson, and Raeburn van Buren. The comic-strip adventures of aspiring model Fritzi Ritz and her boyfriend, the bumbling Phil Fumble. Fritzi and Phil fall into a cave that is the secret base of a mad scientist! One of the backup strips in the comic is Charles Schulz's Peanuts, then only in its third year; several daily strips are presented in full color. Bathless Groggins accidentally drinks a formula that will kill him in 30 days, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with art by Raeburn van Buren. Fritzi Ritz; Peanuts; Mamie; Stamp Tips; Abbie an' Slats. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Louis Ravielli and Gerald McCann. Cover by Louis Ravielli. One of Avons many combat titles during the Korean War, this one focusing on the Marines. The sole survivor of a U.S. platoon targets an enemy ammo dump; Private Johnny Bishop risks his life to save a fellow soldier he doesnt particularly like; The 36th Marine Combat Unit becomes known as The Blood n Guts Platoon. Also featuring a photo-realistic contents page by Louis Ravielli on the inside front cover. The Blood n Guts Platoon!; The Greater Glory; Objective: Hill 33; Operation Explosion; Flying Ace!; Death at Twelve OClock High! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Johnny Craig. Ad for Weird Science and Weird Fantasy. "Two of a Kind!", script and art by Johnny Craig; The huge ocean liner pulled into the pier with many photographers waiting to snap a picture of camera-shy Willow Dree In the past, attempts were made to photograph her; the photos showed backdrops behind her, but she was never in any picture. "Graft in Concrete!", art by Jack Davis; Hornsby gruffly enters the Mayor's office planning to threaten the Mayor to get the road contract he was after, but the Mayor tells him the City Council will vote on that at the regular meeting; a member demands the new road also go through his town cemetery. "Joker!" text story by William M. Gaines. "Half-Way Horrible!", art by Sid Check; a voodoo witch doctor story. "Hook, Line, and Stinker!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels; Bernice was tired of his Saturday fishing trips and all the fish-mounted trophies she had to care for; One Saturday morning, she followed him on one of his trips where she discovered that he was cheating on her. NOTE: This issue was reprinted by East Coast Comics with a $1 cover and 1970's copyright date (see E.C. Classic Reprints # 10). These and other changes make the reprint easy to distinguish from the original, which has a 10-cent cover price and a 1950's publication date. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by John Buscema. Stories and art by John Buscema, Harry Anderson, and Bill Woolfolk. Bloody pre-Code crime comics, in imitation of Crime Does Not Pay - including a top-hatted, otherworldly narrator. The twist is that the publisher offers wanted posters (and rewards) for real-life criminals. A man tries to steal a diamond from his boss, in an early story (and cover) by future Marvel and Conan legend John Buscema. After killing his neighbor and the neighbor's dog, a deranged man is haunted by the dog's ghost. The Great Unsolved Mysteries contest invites readers to ponder the case of a man who made a lot of enemies at a dance, just prior to his murder. Eyes of Vengeance!; Hot-Rod Killers; His Last Meal!; Great Unsolved Mysteries: The Case of William Grant; Wanted: Joseph F. Moore; The Dog That Cried Murder! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Grenade Burst," "Suicide Patrol," "Sunday Bath," "Spit and Polish!" (art by Mac Pakula), "The Killer" (art by Robert Q. Sale), and a two-page text story, "Secret Weapon." Cover price $0.10.