Comic books 1953 w/ month not specified

Cover by Martin. Twenty-five short science fiction stories by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Jack Lewis, Sylvia Jacobs, Joseph Slotkin, and others. Illustrations by Mirachi and Martin. Softcover pulp digest, 5 1/4-in. x 7 3/4-in., 160 pages. BW. Cover price $0.35.

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Reprint of Uncle Scrooge comics. 36 Pages, Full color.

Mailer only

1st Printing

Written by: Jane Werner and Elizabeth Beecher Art by: Milton Banta, Campbell Grant and John Ushler

Contains 3 stories, Mickey Mouse's Picnic, Mickey Mouse and Pluto Pup, and Mickey Mouse and his Space Ship

Hardcover, 8-in x 11-in., full color

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Vic Donahue and others. Tales of war from Harvey, published as the Cold War was heating up. Sailors try to track down the mystery submarine that is creating chaos on the waves. A young soldier freezes up during a firefight. When a patrol is trapped behind enemy lines and out of ammo, a mechanic hatches a desperate plan. Trapped; Honor Roll; Ring of Fire!; The Ranger Story; The Train Busters!; Glory Road; Mystery Sub!; King of the Battlefield. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

German language promotional flyer for the 1953 Paramount Pictures movie "War of the Worlds". 7" x 10.5", 4 pages, B&W.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Ben Brown and Dave Gantz. Love plus war equals bittersweet 1950s drama, featuring art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Ginny latches on to a young military cadet after all the other eligible men in town have been drafted. Artist Sally tires of Greenwich Village life and marries well, leaving behind struggling artist David, who loves her. Fran marries Ron before he ships out, but when he returns, he expects her to give up her successful business and not be a "career wife." Plus a letters page offering to connect overseas GIs with romantic pen pals. World Without Men; Two Stripes Against Love; Wartime Wife; Correspondence Club; Too Good for Him?; I Was a Lonely Heart. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $624.00 View scans Paper: Off white Slab: Significant side/edge cracks 1" or more Label #2021670019

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Jim Mooney, Bernard Sachs, Dana Dutch, Ben Brown and Dave Gantz. Love plus war equals bittersweet 1950s drama, featuring art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Kay and Bill get married on a game show while he's on furlough, then must deal with their families' reactions. Claire doesn't know how to tell hometown steady Bart about her soldier boyfriend Steve, until Steve comes back from overseas on a surprise furlough. Nurse Lynn isn't meeting the right men at the hospital, so she enlists in the Navy. Plus a story with early art by future Marvel artist Jim Mooney. And a letters page offering to connect overseas GIs with romantic pen pals. Marriage on a Dare; Wayward Girl; I Thought I Was Manproof; Correspondence Club; Navy Nurse. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Bernard Sachs, Ben Brown and Dave Gantz. Love plus war equals bittersweet 1950s drama, featuring art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Military nurse Peggy goes against the wishes of her fiance and boss John and ventures to the shores of Korea to help wounded soldiers. After a deadly crash, air traffic controller Valerie enlists in the Air Force, hoping to forget the tragedy. Bill eludes some MPs with help from a special Sergeant, in a story with a twist ending. Plus a letters page offering to connect overseas GIs with romantic pen pals. I Was a Nurse on a Hospital Ship; Guilt Deferred My Desire; No Dollar Dates for Me!; Some Sergeants Are Sweethearts; Correspondence Club; I Had No Faith in Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Weather Bird Shoe Store promotional Giveaway. Weather Bird cover rebound over Jace Pearson of the Texas Rangers (1953) #3. Contents are complete minus original cover. Contains the stories "Rocket Ransom" and "Doomed Cargo". 32 Pages, Full Color.

Weather Bird Shoe Store promotional Giveaway. Weather Bird cover rebound over Paramount Animated Comics (1953) #15. Contents are complete minus original cover. Stories and art by Marty Taras and others. Harvey presents characters licensed from Paramount's Famous Studios, the most famous of which is super-sized duckling Baby Huey. Baby Huey "helps" Papa make their house safer, but only makes it more dangerous for Papa. Herman and Katnip take their eternal slapstick battle out into the snow, demonstrating how they inspired "Itchy and Scratchy" from The Simpsons. Baby Huey: False Alarm; Buzzy; Food for Nought; Baby Huey Meets Matilda; Running Wild; Daffy-nitions; Herman and Katnip: Snow Bound. 36 pages, full color.

Weather Bird Shoe Store promotional Giveaway. Weather Bird cover rebound over Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #156 (Sept. 1953). Contents are complete minus original cover. Contains Donald Duck, Li'l Bad Wolf, Pluto, Little Hiawatha, Mickey Mouse and Grandma Duck. 48 Pages, Full Color.

"Hangman's Horror"; Jeb Daws is looking to run for mayor in a small town to restore democratic processes; The current corrupt mayor and his cronies want to get rid of him and frame him for murder. "Ghost Ship"; Rival tug boat captains Hook Larson and Blackjack Grant go head to head in a small port; Grant eliminates the competition by ramming down Larson's ship. "Make-Up for Death"; Theater make-up artist Karl Rageese murders three actors who talked bad about him. "The Sobbing Thing" text story. "The Corpse That Wouldn't Die!", art by Jack Cole; Charles Venable is hired to translate an ancient book by Carl Granger in the hopes that it can reveal the secret to stoping his brother, Andrew. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.5 $1,595.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white Tape on interior cover. Label #2066880011 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart CGC 1.5 $1,675.00 View scans Paper: White Cover re-attached with 2 extra staples added after manufacturing. Label #2077039008 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Jack Cole. "The Man Who Died Twice," pencils by Jack Cole; Lester Paley is framed for a murder he did not commit; He dies in the electric chair, but its all a set-up; He is only stunned by the electricity and proclaimed dead by a bribed doctor. "Laughter from Hell," pencils by Charles Nicholas; Old and wealthy John Grome wont part with his money, so his unfaithful wife Della joins family lawyer Loring in a fiendish plot. "The Vengeful Curse," pencils by Jack Cole; Andrew Craven leaves his friend Dave Burk to die in a hole after claiming the riches they were digging for together for himself and taunts Dave that he will marry his fiance Elsa. "Lair of Doom" text story. "The Corpse That Wouldn't Hide"; Walter Mains lives on the allowance of his wife, the successful chemical inventor Anna Mains; They both make their lives a living hell. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Jack Cole. "Orgy of Death," pencils by Jack Cole; Greedy Dr. Morgan discovers the remnants of a Phoenician cult on a remote island; Hes willing to sacrifice his niece Lela and his pilot Alan to get his hands on the lost treasure of Moloch. "The Man Who Saw Doom," pencils by Charles Nicholas; The Hindu mystic Arnar lets John Durrand wear a death-foreseeing magic ring; If John encounters a person with a blank face, that person is going to die in the next minute. "The Spectre's Face," pencils by Jack Cole; Mob gunman Barker Crane retires from his killing career and aims for a life of respectability; Whenever Crane has his picture taken, the photograph will reveal a ghostly rotting zombie looming behind him. "Vampire Valley" text story. "The House Where Horror Lived"; John Carlton, "The Bravest Man Alive", and his man-servant, Drake, spend a night in a haunted house. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jim McLaughlin. Stories by Jim McLaughlin, Ken Rice, Lou Cameron, and Lin Streeter. Suspense-filled horror tales that weave a Web of Mystery for the reader! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Canadian edition. Cover by Wally Wood. Story by Al Feldstein. Art by Wally Wood, Al Williamson, Jack Kamen, and Joe Orlando. Canadian publisher Superior reprints EC's influential New Trend title, featuring some legendary sci-fi and comics artists. 32 pages, Full Color. Not to be confused with #6, which is also numbered #17. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Feldstein. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman and Al Feldstein. Art by Wally Wood, Jack Kamen, and Graham Ingels. Like other EC annuals, this is a compilation of unsold copies of EC sci-fi comics with a new cover, and a title that preceded the later EC comic called Weird Science-Fantasy. Contents vary, but usually include issues of Weird Science and Weird Fantasy. The back cover features an ad for Picture Stories of the Bible, originally published back when EC was still "Educational Comics." 132 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Christopher Rule. Stories by unknown. Art by Christopher Rule and Morris Weiss. Three untitled Wendy Parker stories with art by Christopher Rule: Wendy has a book report due on Monday and instead of reading the book, the plan is to watch a television play version of the book on Sunday night; Wendy has an idea of how to better use her savings rather than leaving the money in the bank; and Wendy hopes to win a thousand dollars on a television quiz show. Plus an untitled Patsy Walker story with art by Morris Weiss: After seeing a movie, Patsy demands that Buzz gives her a token to show how he feels about her. And 2-page reprint? text story "Quiet, Please!" with illo by Frank Frazetta (note: illo is taken from the psa "Prayer Works Wonders," the entirety of which was printed previously in Lovers (1949 Atlas) #43): Rhoda is dating "Silent Steve" and is desperate to get him to be more talkative. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by Christopher Rule and unknown. Three untitled Wendy Parker stories: Wendy's friend Phyllis asks her to help find out if her boyfriend Alby would cheat on her (art by Christopher Rule); Wendy tries to find a quiet place to do some studying; and after hiring Wendy as his new secretary, Mr. Parker trusts her to admit an important client, Mr. Anderson, into his office to sign a contract (art by Christopher Rule). Plus an untitled Patsy Walker story: Patsy's dad is waiting for an important business call, but Patsy keeps hogging the phone while gabbing with Nancy. And 2-page text story "When in Rome"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

The recording said to have launched the career of Andy Griffith. Originally released by Colonial Records and shortly after picked up by Capitol Records. This is the Capitol release. Reached Number 9 on the Billboard record charts in February, 1954.

What Parents Don't Know About Comic Books" (Baptist General Convention of Texas, 1953). Large-size tabloid publication that was given out by Dr. Fredric Wertham in the course of his anti-comics lecture tours in 1953/54. It reprints Wertham's Ladies' Home Journal article, which in turn excerpted a sizeable chunk of his infamous book Seduction of the Innocent. A bunch of illustrations from the book are reproduced here as well. The booklet is certainly RARE. It is eight pages in length while measuring approximately 11.5-in. x 13.5-in.

Who'd of Thought It? (1953) is a promotional comic book distributed by Dodge Motor Company. Would you have guessed that the Inca Indians built a great highway from Ecuador thru Peru, to central Chile. Who'd of thought it shows the evolution of the road from ancient times to our own modern roadways. 16 pages, full color, newsprint, 7-in. x 5-in.

Volume 1, Number 3 - 1953 - In this issue; Roy Rogers, Gabby Hayes, Dale Evans, Bill Boyd and Shooting Star. 8.5" x 10.5", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Matt Baker. "Gift of the Jungle Gods"; A sea lion from a shipwrecked wandering circus is looked upon as a sea monster by some natives. "The Adventurous Scribe" starring Henry Morton Stanley, art by George Tuska; Stanley is sent to Africa to look for Dr. Livingstone. "Jungle Mystery" starring Wild Boy, art by Gerald McCann; Young gorillas are stolen by a white hunter. "The Invincible Weapon" text story. "Adventurer..Statesman," art by Everett Raymond Kinstler; The story of Cecil Rhodes, the Father of the Union of South Africa. "Journey of the Dead"; When an evil man dares to trail the sacred elephant to the burial grounds of the dead Youriba chiefs, Wild Boy is forced to follow. Polio Precautions public service announcement - Fight Infantile Paralysis. Published by St. John. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Published in Australia. Collection of Eric Jolliffe's Witchetty's Tribe cartoons. 10" x 6.5", 40 pages, B&W

Published in Australia. Collection of Eric Jolliffe's Witchetty's Tribe cartoons. 10" x 6.5", 40 pages, B&W

Stories and art by Jack Sparling and Vic Herman. Toby Press re-presents adventures of the US Marine Corps, as seen in such other Toby titles as Monty Hall of the U.S. Marines (1951) and Fighting Leathernecks (1952). When a corrupt native leader uses a ceremonial mask to intimidate with threats of magic, Monty the Marine decides two can play that game. Marines Quigley and Beals volunteer for corpsmen (medic) duty so they can protect (and fight over) a curvaceous war correspondent. Seasoned Marine Tex chafes at taking young new recruits on a mock patrol, but then things get real. The Devils Mask; Operation Peeping Tom; Errand of Mercy; Tex and the Jerk Patrol. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $27.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

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Volume 2, Issue 1 - 1953 Edition - Giant-size issue featuring stories by Jack Williamson, Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Henry Kuttner, Isaac Asimov, Samuel Mines, and Fredric Brown. Cover by Ed Emshwiller (Emsh). Virgil Finlay and Alex Schomburg illustrations. 6-1/2 in. x 9-3/8 in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Woody Woodpecker Meets Scotty MacTape Scotch Tape. Promotional comic.

Christmas Story Book (1953) is a promotional comic book published by F.W. Woolsworth Co.. "Santa and the Snowball Patrol" features a Christmas tale, games, activities, and illustrated advertisments for products sold in the Woolsworth stores. Art is in the Walt Kelly style. Back cover has Christmas themed artwork with text box featuring the Woolsworth Lay-Away-Plan. 32 pages, full color, 7.25-in. x 10-in., with no cover price.

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Cover by Sheldon Moldoff. Stories and art by Sheldon Moldoff, Bob McCarty and John Martin. Pre-Code tales of horror from Fawcett, a publisher not normally noted for grue. Paul returns from the jungle safari he barely survived, but he won't discuss how he survived the deadly plane crash. Rival puppeteers share a dark secret. Crooks rob an old pirate captain, and are cursed for their efforts. ?; The Phantom Gloves; The Rivals; The Curse of Manu. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Would You Believe It? (1953) was a promotional comic book distributed by Dodge Motor Company. Would you believe, in the world's first auto race, in 1894, over 100 cars were entered. This booklet is filled with many other fun facts and trivia. 16 pages, full color, newsprint, 7-in. x 5-in.

1st Printing - 1953. "You'll Die Now!" written by Raymond Drennen. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.35.

Issue #24 - undated, circa early 1950s. Humorous British men's magazine featuring single-panel cartoons and jokes. Cover, story and art credits unknown. 4 3/4-in. x 7 1/4-in., 26 pages, black and white.

Issue #25 - undated, circa early 1950s. Humorous British men's magazine featuring single-panel cartoons and jokes. Cover, story and art credits unknown. 4 3/4-in. x 7 1/4-in., 26 pages, black and white.

Issue #26 - undated, circa early 1950s. Humorous British men's magazine featuring single-panel cartoons and jokes. Cover, story and art credits unknown. 4 3/4-in. x 7 1/4-in., 26 pages, black and white.

Issue #27 - undated, circa early 1950s. Humorous British men's magazine featuring single-panel cartoons and jokes. Cover, story and art credits unknown. 4 3/4-in. x 7 1/4-in., 26 pages, black and white.

Issue #28 - undated, circa early 1950s. Humorous British men's magazine featuring single-panel cartoons and jokes. Cover, story and art credits unknown. 4 3/4-in. x 7 1/4-in., 26 pages, black and white.

Issue #29 - undated, circa early 1950s. Humorous British men's magazine featuring single-panel cartoons and jokes. Cover, story and art credits unknown. 4 3/4-in. x 7 1/4-in., 26 pages, black and white.

Issue #30 - undated, circa early 1950s. Humorous British men's magazine featuring single-panel cartoons and jokes. Cover, story and art credits unknown. 4 3/4-in. x 7 1/4-in., 26 pages, black and white.

UK Edition.

UK Edition.

UK Edition.

UK Edition.

UK Edition.