Comic books September 1951

Art by Henry Kiefer and others. Cover by Maurice Whitman. Jungle hero Wambi is a boy who can talk to animals, including his friends Tawn the elephant and Ogg the ape. A sinister monkey leads animals into a hunter's traps; A leopard learns the hard way about obeying jungle laws; A lion inspires a tribe to resist invaders. Another beautiful cover by Maurice Whitman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Syd Shores. Stories and art by Harry Anderson, Mort Leav, Bob Rogers, Charles Miller, Syd Shores 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. Brutish Martin gets a job as a carnival strongman, but no one knows he's a killer on the lam. "Crime Lab" detectives "Loot" and "Doc" investigate the murder of a symphony conductor. The Great Unsolved Mysteries contest invites readers to ponder a 1944 murder in Chicago. Goons With Guns!; Martin Main the Brute!; Wanted: Roy Franklin Murphy; This Way - To Death!; Great Unsolved Mysteries: Who Killed Adele Born Williams... And Why?; Wanted: Vernon McDonald Gill; Crime Lab: The Musical Murder; Danny Boy Sullivan's Gashouse Gang. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Jack Sparling, Rudy Palais, Lee Elias, and Bob Powell. Tales of war from Harvey, published as the Cold War was heating up. A sergeant with four men is assigned to take down a tank in 1951 Korea. A PT boat crew takes on an enemy cruiser in the Philippines just after Pearl Harbor. A bomber pilot seeks revenge on the Nazis after his brother is shot down. War Is Hell!; Korean Combat; Glory Road!; Wet Death!; Battlegrounds; Screaming Grenades; Taps for Texas Jim!; Bullets, Babies and Bombs; The Fighting Corpse. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

"Spawn of Mars" (art by Wally Wood), "The Duplicates" (art by Jack Kamen), "The Connection" (art by Marty Elkin, the cousin of Gil Kane and "A Mistake in Multiplication" (art by Joe Orlando, his first science fiction story for EC). Al Feldstein cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Wally Wood. Stories by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Jack Kamen, Wally Wood and George Olesen. EC's influential New Trend title featured some legendary sci-fi and comics artists. Comics fan Freddy encounters a Martian in the woods near his home. Space explorers discover a derelict spacecraft full of human skeletons and a terrifying secret, with art by Wally Wood. In another Wood story, refugees from a war on Earth head into space to start society anew. Classic Wally Wood aliens vs. jet fighters cover was actually Woods first cover for EC. The Gray Cloud of Death!; The Martian Monster; Perchance to Sleep; The Invaders; The Slave of Evil! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Sept 1951. Cover by Lee Brown Coye. Horror and supernatural stories by H. Bedford-Jones "Gimlet Eye Gunn", Clark Ashton Smith, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Seabury Quinn, Garnett Radcliffe, Arthur J. Burks, and Anthony M. Rud. Illustrations by Fred Humiston, Herbert Freeman, Vincent Napoli, Lee Brown Coye, and Barnett. 6 3/4" x 10"; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

UK edition, one shilling cover price. Vol. 43 #6 - Sept. 1951. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/4-in., 96 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Auction Item: GD 2.0 View scans Auction opens January 4 Some interior corner pieces torn out (slightly affects some panel edges, readability unaffected).

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Photo cover features classic horror actor Rondo Hatton. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Murphy Anderson, Sy Barry, Ross Andru, George Olesen, John Prentice, Bob Powell, and Pete Morisi. Classic 1950s science-fiction and horror tales from Ziff-Davis. In the Venusian city of Spaceport, a hive of scum and villainy, Brad's girlfriend cajoles him into going after the priceless Sandflower. But beautiful Venusian Melinda accompanies him, warning that even if they escape the Swamp Spider, they must still elude the space pirates. In another story, with art by future Marvel legend Ross Andru, Bruce and Vina accidentally discover that the President of Earth has been replaced by a robot. Our Amazing Universe; Sandflower of Venus; The Menace of R Day; The Canals of Mars; Terror from the Depths; The Monster and the Model; Measuring a Comet's Tail; One-Sided Life. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Howard Sherman. The Looters of Lost Valley starring the Wyoming Kid, art by Howard Sherman. Wheaties ad starring Phil Rizzuto. Article on how American Indians were captured and sold as slaves to Cuba and the West Indies. The Rodeo Clown starring Rodeo Rick, script by Gardner Fox, art by Tom Cooke. Mayor Hawkes and Marshal Nighthawk, script by Don Cameron, art by Ralph Mayo. Old Folks Are People, Too! public service announcement starring Buzzy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. The Grand Pipe, art by Jerry Grandenetti. A short article about the Iroquois Indians by Frank Barber, art by Raymond Perry. Balloon Bait starring Cowboy Marshal, art by Ed Smalle Jr. Wheaties ad with Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Cinderella, Dumbo, Pinocchio, Brer Rabbit, Bambi, and Lucifer. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Outlaws, gunfighters, and tales of the Old West - some true, and others merely legends. Pedro Montez, a new recruit to the US Cavalry, must overcome prejudice to prove himself a good soldier. Mexican bandits target an Arizona rancher when US troops leave to fight in the Civil War. An outlaw foolishly goes on a solo raid into town while his gang is hiding out in the hills. The Sand Soldier; Death Rides the Slug; The Man From the Point; Arizona Ketchum; Teacher of the Tribes; The Trail in the Mud; .44-Calibre Tonsils; The Homesick Bandit. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk, Edmond Good and Carl Pfeufer. Fawcett's tales of Western heroes from folklore and the movies. Tex Ritter sets a trap for the bank robber known only as The Rattler. Tom Mix goes undercover as a lumberjack at a northwestern lumber camp to track outlaws hiding out in the lawless forest. Monte must rescue a pal from the inaccessible bandit stronghold known as Outlaw Mesa. Tom Mix: South of the Timberline; Big Bow and Little Arrow: Brushing Off the Brush!; Old Timer Oldham; Monte Hale Invades the Bandit Stronghold; Slim Carson: White Chief's Capture; Tex Ritter: The Rattler Strikes Again! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 5, Issue 2 - September, 1951. Painted cover by Peter Driben. Men's interest magazine with humor and pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11.5", 58 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

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Everett Raymond Kinstler art in two stories, "Jungle Vengeance" and "Death Wears the Jungle Crown," plus inside front cover. Other stories include "The Witch Doctor Murder Cult" and "The Strange Mission to Ormuz." Origin of Malu, Slave Girl Princess is reprinted. Kinstler cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Pete Costanza. Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk, Otto Binder, Charlie Tomsey, Anthony Cataldo, and Kurt Schaffenberger. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. When Captain Marvel learns that stamps from around the world are prized by collectors, he decides to see what they are worth to stamp collectors from other worlds, and goes on a tour of the universe. Lance helps a government agency track seal poachers. Ibis faces his old foe Karnok again, and this time he's got the Termite Men doing his dirty work. Captain Marvel: The Universe Stamp Collection; Lance O'Casey: The Seal Pirates; Doc Sorebones; Golden Arrow: Bull Jeffer's Reign of Terror; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Ibis the Invincible: The Termite Men. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue 639 - September, 1951. The true adventure magazine for men. A collection of true stories from all over the world. 6.5" x 9.5", B&W.

Photo cover of Wild Bill Elliott. Stories and art by Bob Jenney and others. Western adventure featuring movie cowboy Wild Bill Elliott, star of the Red Ryder and Wild Bill film series. Bill uses a lip reader to collect evidence against some rustlers. Then he pretends to be in the market for stolen cattle. Bill tracks two outlaws who are after his friend Jerry's gold shipment. Problem Horses; Twin Trouble; A Plumb Plain Trail; Mount and Dismount. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Issue #3 is numbered #12 on the cover. Painted cover by Norman Saunders. "The Killers of the Jungle"; Keeto and Tumar, king of the apes are captured by pygmies to be sacrificed. "How to Survive in the Jungle," art by Ross Andru. "The Ice-Age Men!", art by John Prentice; Out of the prehistoric age they came to reconquer their ancient domain. "A Friend in Need" text story. Jungle Weapons one-page non-fiction story, pencils by Ross Andru. "The Brute's Last Fight!", pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Bernard Sachs; Brute Bronson is shipped out of Africa by the Commissioner, but he swears he will be back. "Terror Rules The Jungle!", art by Paul Parker; Latour has a mad desire to escape with a fortune in precious gems, but he did not reckon with Wild Boy. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by J.F. Byrne. Stories and art by John Celardo, Lee Elias and Richard Case. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Captain Wings sets out to free a prince imprisoned by communist forces; A true tale of war and survival from the Battle of Midway; Captured by communist rebels, lovely Dale makes a daring leap from an airborne plane to give Suicide Smith a fighting chance. Captain Wings; Call the Bird Dogs; Suicide Smith. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bob Powell, Vic Donohue and Rudy Palais. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A photo clerk uses black magic on the subjects of the photos he develops. Evil caterpillar-creatures populate a remote inn. A washer-woman discovers her legacy of witchcraft from a Salem ancestor: magic gloves. Bondage cover by an unknown artist. The Spell of the Black Gloves; Share My Coffin; The Clinging Phantom; Curse of the Caterpillar. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "Return of the Phantom Empire," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Paradise Island finds itself at war with the land of Mu from 90 centuries ago! Jerry The Jitterbug humor page by Henry Boltinoff. "Little Miss Wonder Woman," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman adopts a little girl who has lost her parents. Wonder Women of History: two-page Emilja Plater bio by Julius Schwartz, art by John Giunta. "Happy Landing" text story. "The Mystery of the Magic Typewriter," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter Wonder Woman vs. leprechaun Moon O'Day; story used in Fredric Wertham's "Seduction of the Innocent." 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Mort Meskin, Marvin Stein and Jack Kirby. Part of Prize's influential romance comics line, produced by the studio of Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Issue #25 on cover; Vol. 3, issue #7 in indicia. Peggy Hill (no relation to the King of the Hill character) falls for a handsome sailor, but has to tell him that she's only sixteen. Alice has a rocky relationship, in a story featuring an "Alice in Wonderland" splash panel full of Wonderland characters. An engaged man decides to reconnect with an old flame, but it doesn't quite go as planned. Also featuring vintage ads for weight gain, Uncle Bernie's Toy Shop, and "How to Write Thrilling Love Letters." Off Limits to Love!; Alice Finds Her Wonderland!; How to Meet Men; Nancy Hale's Problem Clinic; How Can You Tell It's Love!; My Old Flame!; Marriage Bargain! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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#37 on cover; Vol. 5 No. 1 in indicia. Photo Cover. Stories by Jack Kirby and unknown. Art by Jack Kirby, Bill Draut, Mort Meskin, George Roussos? and unknown. Featuring: "These Foolish Things"; "I'll Never Set You Free!"; "Just to Be Near Him!"; "The Last Stages of Love"; and 3-page Nancy Hale's Problem Clinic story "Another Chance"! Plus: 1-page article "Let's Look Our Best"! Also: 1-page text piece "It's the Little Things"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 5 #7 - Sept. 1951. Will Henry, Zane Grey abridgement and others. 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in. 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.