Comic books December 1951

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Vol. 10 #12 - Dec. 1951. Military, Civil and Commercial aviation-themed magazine. Articles this issue include Korean War coverage, Sweden's Air Force, aircraft painting, reviews, news and all heavily illustrated. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Ogden Whitney. Ad for Forbidden Worlds, art by Ken Bald. Untitled Lance Larson Soldier Of Fortune story, art by Sam Citron; While on vacation, Lance becomes involved with a fugitive princess. The Lighter That Failed! text story. Untitled Captain Crossbones story, art by Sheldon Moldoff; A lover's quarrel between Crossbones and Nancy puts Nancy's life at risk when she chooses to sail with one of Crossbones' rivals. The Fatal Slip text story. Lydia Darrah, Quakeress Spy; A Quaker spy helps Washington defeat the British at Whitemarsh. Untitled Ace Carter Adventurer story, art by Leonard Starr; Ace solves a forty-year-old mystery when he investigates a surge of radio-activity in Siberia. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Sparkie, the elf "from the land of make-believe" and his human friend Big Jon were the stars of a children's radio show. Sparkie investigates after the Town Hall bell disappears. Sparkie and Charlie help Charlie's Uncle Horace promote his Human Fly climb on the Town Hall Tower, but they don't realize Horace is terribly out of shape. Sparkie and Twinkle set out to save Hansel and Gretel from a wicked witch. Sparkie pretends to be Jim Hawkins from Treasure Island. Painted cover by an unknown artist. Who Am I?; The Case of the Missing Bell; Benny the Bug; The Human Fly; Big Jon & Sparkie Riddle Bag; The Golden Egg; Benny the Bug: No Dogs Allowed; Sparkie and Twinkle: The Wicked Witch. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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. The story of how Straight Arrow first earned his shield by facing an Apache raid during a buffalo hunt. Red Hawk seeks a stolen tomahawk that is sacred to his tribe. Outlaws dress as Comanches to scare off settlers, but Straight Arrow does some scaring of his own. The Sky-Hook Gang!; The Shield of Straight Arrow; Red Hawk: The Truth Tomahawk!; The Snake Terror! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Evil Eye," art by Bill Everett; Prof. Lyle Chambers summons a gigantic, floating eye from outer space, which has the power to shoot death rays and blow up buildings merely by looking at them; Chambers' idea is to force the government to make him the dictator of America in exchange for removing the destructive force, but the eye eventually turns on him and blasts him into nothingness. "Dial...City Morgue!", art by Sol Brodsky; Our protagonist, Ted, uses his new phone in an attempt to call a business rival, but instead hears a mysterious voice saying "City Morgue!"; Just ten minutes later, Ted's rival dies in a hit-and-run killing. "Sculpture of Death" text story. "It!", art by John Romita; Bill and Jenny, a young married couple, adopt a baby, but they are soon plagued by a mysterious series of accidents, including a poisoned mug of coffee and a house fire; Jenny trips over the baby's teddy bear and falls down the stairs to her death; the story is a swipe of Ray Bradbury's "The Small Assassin." "The Man on the Beach!", art by Bill LaCava; While walking on the beach, a young couple encounters a ragged beachcomber who claims that the world is doomed; He explains that he used to be a clumsy and inept bookkeeper named Robert Gordon who was transported 5,000 years into the future as part of a scheme to save the world. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Win Mortimer. Hank Garvin, Man of Steel starring Superman, Hank Garvin, Honest Jack Dugan, Friendly Al Piper, and Harry Dane, script by Bill Finger. The Mighty Mite starring Superman, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Jeremy Kendall, Henrietta Kendall, Horace Preson, and Cynthia Preston, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Jerry Jitterbug humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. Boxing's Forgotten Man text story by Frank Minton. Perry White Vs. Clark Kent, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti; Clark Kent briefly becomes Planet editor; Planet combines with rival Dispatch. Superman is also featured in a one-page public service announcement, "The World is Our Schoolroom! 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Wally Wood. "Well-Cooked Hams!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Two American producers want to bring Parisian-style, Grand Guignol, gory plays to a Broadway theater, but the owner refuses to do business with them. "Madame Bluebeard," script by Al Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; A woman raises her daughter to hate men and so for six years she murders a husband a year, making each appear an accidental death, as trophies for her departed mother. "Nature" text story. "Return!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; A woman ends up getting pregnant by her husband's ghost! "Horror! Head... It Off!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; A member of the French nobility during the Terror betrays his fellow's confidence in order to curry favor with the revolutionary government. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Three stories are included in this issue: "Tarzan and the Apeling" (Tarzan and a small ape rescue a lumberman's wife); "Brothers of the Spear" (Dan-el and Natongo realize that they have saved Queen Liloma); and "Mabu's Great Idea" (a text piece). Art by Jesse Marsh. Lex Barker photo cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Pete Riss and Dennis Neville. Movie cowboy Tex Ritter tames the West with his six-guns, his horse White Flash and his dog, Fury. Tex aims to take down boomtown baron Lucky Marlin, but first he must win a bare-knuckles match against a wrestler known as the Crusher, in a multi-part story. Cowboy Cal wants to cross a snake with a parrot, for a more captivating conversationalist. Fun facts and cowboy lingo from the Old West. Plus a vintage ad for Wheaties cereal ("Breakfast of Champions!") featuring baseball legend Stan Musial. Lawless Furnace Valley; Loonie Les: Small Obstacle; Death's Grip; Pinto Pete: Talented Retort; Cowboy Cal: Experimenter Deluxe; Incident by the Creek; Showdown; Stage Struck Stewart. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Will Lieberson, Roy Ald and Al Jetter. Stories by unknown. Art by George Evans and unknown. Have you ever been too frightened to scream...too terror-stricken to move? This is the sensation that awaits you! Horror tales that are so scary they could only lead you to believe that This Magazine is Haunted! In this issue: Jenk and Slezak, two killers on the run, hide in a house where a chemist is experimenting with "synthetic protoplasm" -- thus creating aggressive body parts which attack any intruder in "The Green Hands of Terror" with art by George Evans. Plus: A sadistic Nazi colonel kills his prisoners of war single-handedly. The dead return to take revenge in "The Devil's Due"! And: Exterminator George Harris is troubled with his profession. All the killing gets to him. Things turn for the worse when mice start stalking him and he mysteriously begins to shrink in "The Weirdest Corpse of All Time!" Also: 2-page text story "Pause for Vengeance" written by John Martin, and an ad for Down with Crime. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 39, Issue 2 - December, 1951. Stories by Fletcher Pratt, E. Hoffmann Price, Walter M. Miller Jr., Sam Merwin Jr., Anthony Boucher, Stanton A. Soblentz, and Murray Leinster. Three Virgil Finlay illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Phil De Lara and others. Funny-animal antics from Magazine Enterprises. Wanda the Good Witch (not the later Harvey character) uses her magic to get even with mean teacher Miss Skinflint. Moths steal the Pixies' clothes and blind Mighty Atom with a flashlight. Tom-Tom's monkey and elephant pals must rescue him when he's captured by a dragon. Robert Robot; Wanda the Good Witch; Koko and Kola; The Pixies; Mighty Atom; Tom-Tom the Jungle Boy. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 8, Issue 3 - December, 1951. Cover painted by Peter Driben. Vintage men's interest magazine that is highly focused on tasteful pin-up pictorials usually centered around women in lingerie being involved in wacky scenarios. This issue includes a centerfold poster of infamous pin-up legend, Bettie Page, in two poses. 8.5" x 11.5", 52 pages, B&W/Color. -Recommended for ages 16+ Cover price $0.25.

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Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Featuring: Droopy 1-pager; Tom & Jerry tale; Adventures of Tom tale; Big Spike & Little Tyke tale; Bertie Bird text story "Snow Tracks"; Flip 'n' Dip 2-pager; Fuzzy & Wuzzy tale; and Droopy half-pager. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 12, Issue 2 - December, 1951. 8" x 11", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Johnny Craig. "Fountains of Youth!", script and art by Johnny Craig; Eileen reads an ad in the newspaper asking for a traveling companion for a Madam DuBois, who is traveling abroad; She and Madam DuBois go on a cruise, but Eileen gets seasick. "The Monster in the Ice!", art by Graham Ingels; As Gerald Dawson sits as his desk in a shack in the Arctic, Herbert Campbell enters, telling him that their Eskimo guide refuses to take them any further; Dawson goes to see Lomo in his igloo, and the Eskimo tells him of the monster in the ice. "Choice" text story by William M. Gaines. "Gone... Fishing!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Maxwell and Steven's car rolled up to the water's edge, and they got out to unload their equipment; Max was a noted sport-fisherman, but Steven hated the sport, which he considered cruelty to animals. Unauthorized adaptation of Ray Bradbury's short story "The Emissary" in "What the Dog Dragged In!", script by Al Feldstein (adaptation), art by Jack Kamen; As she sat in her wheelchair, blind Betty reached out for her dog, Jerry, put a list in his collar, and sent him to the butcher's; unknown to her, Jerry was hit by a car on the way. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"Tower of Death!" Venus rescues a faux ghost who claims to have been entombed in a tower a decade ago. "The Cartoonist's Calamity!" A comic book artist's drawings come to life, and Venus steps in. Also includes: "The Stone Man!"; "The Storm!"; and "The Madmen of Mogan." Pencils, inks, and cover by Bill Everett. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Vampire's Weird Duel," "Gargoyles' Revenge," "The Mad Beast of Monaco," and "Tribe of the Terrible Trees." Stories by Richard Case, Louis Zansky, Lou Cameron, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, and Jim McLaughlin. Suspense-filled horror tales that weave a Web of Mystery for the reader! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue 642 - December, 1951. The true adventure magazine for men. A collection of true stories from all over the world. 6.5" x 9.5", B&W.

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Volume 7, Issue 3 - December, 1952. 8" x 11", 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Frontier scout Young Eagle and his trained eagle Clawfoot aid the US Cavalry at Fort Wayne. The vigilantes of Painted Rock keep the peace when the law isn't around, but Young Eagle catches them abusing their power. Before he can report them to the real lawmen, he must get out of a noose. Young Eagle gets involved when the apparent discovery of the legendary Lost City leads to a murder plot. Vigilante Vengeance; Doom Lit; Old Smokey: Painful Logic!; Mule Ears; The Lost City; Buckshot. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Joe Maneely. Written by unknown. Art by Joe Maneely, Al Hartley, Pete Tumlinson, Al Eadeh and Bill LaCava. Battlefield adventures! In this issue: "The Spearhead" with art by Joe Maneely; "The Hero" with art by Al Hartley; "The Big Bluff" text story with illustration by Pete Tumlinson; "The Traitor!" with art by Al Eadeh; and "Hill 96" with art by Bill LaCava. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.