Comic books January 1952

UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 28 pages, B&W

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UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 28 pages, B&W

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UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 28 pages, B&W

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Western hero Bob Colt, a Fawcett creation, fights for justice with his sidekicks Pablo and Terry. The model on the photo covers was Steve Holland, later the cover model for Bantam Books' Doc Savage reprints. When peaceable Arapaho Big Tree is caught aiming his bow at Brad Peters, Bob knows someone is up to no good, and he suspects its Brad. Rawhide tries to prove he can sing, but he didnt say he could do it well. Bob rescues beautiful redheaded Lucy from a runaway stagecoach, and soon hes in the middle of a ruthless competition between stage companies for a government contract. Plus pinups of Steve Holland in his Bob Colt getups, and a Shazam connect-the-dots puzzle. Chuck Waggin; Rawhide Hotchkiss: Pranks on the Range; Invisible Smith; Sappy Nappy; Stagecoach Line. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover art by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Clem Weisbecker and others. A "Boys' Life"-style comic promoting hunting, fishing and other outdoors activities for 1950s boys. What makes it "a new kind of comic book" (as the cover says) is that the stories are interrupted periodically with tips on gun safety, proper fishing techniques, etc. Bob goes fishing for striped bass from the rocky seashore. Bob and his pals go bow hunting and encounter an unexpected jaguar. Plus text articles and photos on fishing tips, rifle care, and the golden eagle. And a Shazam dot-to-dot puzzle! Sun, Surf, and Stripers; How to Clean Your Rifle; Bob Swift and the Spotted Killer; Fishing Tips. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Hy Mankin, Frank Frazetta, Norman Maurer, C.H. Moore, and Charles Biro. An anthology title from publisher Lev Gleason and his primary creator, Charles Biro, featuring teen hero Crimebuster and his nemesis Iron Jaw. In a three-part saga, Iron Jaw escapes prison, traps Crimebuster in a crushed car, and engineers a counterfeiting ring. A classic anti-drug PSA featuring early art by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Crimebuster: Open Prison Gates; Iron Jaw, the Dictator; Trap and Countertrap; Little Wise Guys: The Werewolf That Wasn't. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Let's Talk Turkey; Buster Bunny gives the Thanksgiving turkey a growth serum; The turkey grows huge and runs amok through town with Buster on his back; Buster is almost thrown into the reformatory, but is saved when P. T. Farnum buys the giant turkey for his circus, so that Buster can pay off the damages. Toy Trouble; Tommy Turtle gets in trouble trying to buy a present for Harry Hyena's baby. High and Mighty text story starring Tawn the Tiger, script by Pat Cherr. Lucky Day; Buster and his dim-witted pal have bad luck on Friday the 13th, but it turns into good luck when Buster accidentally saves a girl from a burning building. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Jack Farr, Pierce Rice, Jerry Fasano, and H. G. Peters. Adventure tales featuring Hollywood legend Buster Crabbe, star of Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers and Tarzan serials. Buster and Whiskers face the Monster of Death Valley; Western legends Pecos Bill and Wild Bill Hickok; Buster tells the story of Western legends Judge Roy Bean, Grizzly Adams, and Bruno the Bear. Also featuring a cover with possible art by EC legends Al Williamson and George Evans. Homer on the Range; The Monster of Death Valley!; Frantic Antics; Killers Incorporated; The Legend of Pecos Bill; Buster Crabbe & Roy Bean's Bear; The Horse; Wild Bill Hickok. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck and unknown. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) stars in: "Captain Marvel Battles the Crystal Catastrophe" with story by Otto Binder; "Mr. Tawny's Pleasure Peril" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck; and "Captain Marvel and the House That Didn't Want to Be Haunted" with story by Otto Binder. Plus: Captain Kid in "The Mix Up"! And: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "The Space City" with script by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, and Howard Boughner. Art by Bud Thompson, Howard Boughner and Joe Certa. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. The cosmic being known as The Spacemaster sends a threatening message to Earth by rearranging the stars themselves. Sivana Jr. travels back in time to outbid the US on the Louisiana Purchase and become emperor of half of North America. A hobo accidentally drinks Professor Edgewise's latest invention, and becomes an invisible menace. Plus an early ad for View-Master. Capt. Marvel Jr. Battles the Spacemaster; Dizzy Daizy Is Undernourished; Kanvasback: Bon Voyage; The History Hoax; Judge Smudge; Payment in Paste; Invisible Guest. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Charlie shows how to draw a silhouette of a person. Charlie McCarthy Saves The Circus; Charlie promises all the kids he knows free circus passes when he mistakenly believes he has inherited a circus; As a way to keep the promises, he bargains with the real owner and then begins a search to find a fantastic act to make the circus profitable. Charlie McCarthy's Trick-of-the-Month. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Monthly children's magazine with stories, crafts, puzzles, and games. 10.5" x 13.5", 44 pages, B&W Cover price $0.50.

Issue 55 - Australian Edition. Circa early to mid 1950's. Reprints "White Fang" in abridged form with new cover art. 6.5 x 8.5, color covers with b&w interior, 24 pages-all newsprint.

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The Call of the Wild, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 92, with 1/52 date). Cover price $0.15.

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The Call of the Wild, 6th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 165). Cover price $0.15.

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The Call of the Wild, 7th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 167). Cover price $0.15.

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Larger digest sized French language magazine with fiction, nude photos, and cartoons. Title refers to the Place Pigalle district in Paris.

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January 19, 1952. The classic weekly magazine featuring news and fiction. This issue features George McManus, creator of the comic strip Bringing Up Father (part 1 of 3). Approximately 10.75-in. x 13.75-in.; b&w/color; 72 pages on white paper. Cover price $0.15.

Combat Kelly in "The Big Push" and "The Devil Wore Skirts" (art on both by Al Hartley). Back-up stories "Who Goes There" (art by Dick Rockwell) and "The Victim!" Two-page text story, "I Was a Prisoner in Korea." Cover price $0.10.

"Look at the cobwebs on Foxie's Front Door!" starring Fox and the Crow, art by James F. Davis; Foxie hasn't slept for weeks because he's guarding his prize cow. "Hi Harry! How Do you like my new car?" starring Tortoise and the Hare, art by Rube Grossman. Bubbles Bear starring Dizzy Dog, script and art by Sheldon Mayer. Partridge Hunting starring Fraidy Cat, art by Otto Feuer; the boys want to go partridge hunting but Fraidy is scared of partridges. Having a Party starring Dodo and the Frog, art by Otto Feuer. "What a day for a dip!" starring J. Rufus Lion, script and art by Howie Post. Louella Snow starring Pinky and Winky, art by Rube Grossman. New Television Set starring Doodles Duck, script and art by Sheldon Mayer. Mrs. Thrush's Party starring Nutsy Squirrel, art by Rube Grossman. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller and others. Comics on Parade features reprints of Ernie Bushmiller's popular Nancy strip, featuring precocious Nancy and her streetwise pal Sluggo. Nancy and Sluggo go hiking. Sluggo reveals hidden musical talent. Nancy and Sluggo meet Diana, the new girl living in the corner house. Nancy; Stamp Tips. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Jack Bradbury and others. Teen hijinks featuring Cookie and his pals, created by legendary animator Dan Gordon. Jitterbuck invents the dog-powered lawnmower to save time; Two basketball teams have an intense rivalry that results in absurd tactics on the court; The Teensters weenie roast is sidetracked by a jalopy failure. Cookie; Real Gone Guy; War of Nerves; It's George!; The Teensters: Wienie-Bake. The series switches to 32 pages with this issue. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 31, Issue 3 (Whole Number 183) - January, 1952. Softcover, 5.5" x 7.5", 156 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Reed Crandall. Stories by Joe Millard and unknown. Art by Charles Quinlan, Paul Gustavson, Charles Sultan and unknown. Two-Gun Lil is taking the stage when it is stopped and robbed by Black Barney and his gang in "The End of the Owlhoot Trail!" Plus: Nan Grogan is trying to operate the Grogan Stage Lines since her father died, but Hogwyn and his gang will force her out of business in the Arizona Raines story "Stagecoach to Oblivion!"; a handful of peaceful farmers stand against an army of murderous thugs who will drive them from their land in the Whip story "Paid to Kill?"; Bob Allen, Frontier Marshal in "Gun Claim on Boot Hill?"; and 1-page text story "Black Fury"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bob Forgione and others. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, sometimes published under its short-lived Capitol or Law and Order imprints. "Under the heavy mist that envelopes the countryside a wild-eyed, desperate man stumbles and crawls through the dense foliage of the marshes that surround State Prison. Behind him in the near distance, the baying of hounds, and the wail of the prison siren put speed in his aching legs, and fear in his pounding heart!" Pure pulp gold, and that's just the opening caption. Olympic swimmer Cathy Hodges investigates a murder mystery involving a drowning and jewel robbery, and her swimming ability comes in handy. Plus the debut of the Nick and Nora-like detective team Mr. and Mrs. Chase, who would become series mainstays. Crime Fighting: The Microspectroscope; Mr. and Mrs. Chase Mystery: The Black Sheep; Sucker; Cathy Hodges: Mr. Antwerp Blue; Radio Patrol. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Frank Frazetta, Carl Wessler, Fred Guardineer, and Charles Biro. A companion series to Crime Does Not Pay from the same publisher, slightly less violent and with more emphasis on police work. A cop investigates a work foreman who takes kickbacks from workers, dubbed a "vampire" in the parlance of the time. Robbers try to fool police by wearing identical masked outfits, a look that resembles The Spirit. A gangster thinks a TV crime show is too similar to his own life, so he decides to confront the creator on live TV, in front of millions of witnesses. A classic anti-drug PSA featuring early art by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. The Vicious Vampire Racket; The Deadly Quartet; The Ten Percenter; Ten Million Witnesses; This'll Kill Ya!; We Can Stop the Enemies of Youth; King of the Laundry Racket. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Frank Frazetta, Fred Guardineer, Carl Wessler, Al McWilliams, Dick Rockwell, and Charles Biro. The title that launched the crime comics genre, Crime Does Not Pay was noted for its violent pre-Code content and lurid tales of underworld life. An investigator tries to prove that a gangster's suicide was actually murder, but a blond femme fatale is out to get him first. A lawyer goes to work for a racketeer, but when his sister gets drawn in, he realizes he's gone too far. Detective Boyd learns that a doll holds the clue to an arson and murder gang. A classic anti-drug PSA featuring early art by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. Also featuring a vintage ad for "Lev Gleason Comics picture trading cards." The Last Stand of Walther "The Profile" Taylor; We Can Stop the Enemies of Youth; Crooked Mouthpiece; The Killer Came East; The Case of the Deadly Doll; The Frame-Up That Backfired. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Robert Leslie Bellem, Max Plaisted, Ray McClelland, and Keats Petree. Despite the title, not true "crime" comics, but mystery comics featuring detective heroes. Action girl Sally the Sleuth faces a life-or-death struggle with the murderous female doctor behind the Green Circle extortion ring. Gail Ford goes undercover to infiltrate a shoplifting ring, in a story with good-girl art by Ray McClelland. A one-armed teddy bear holds the key to solving a murder for Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective. Gail Ford, Girl Friday: Girl Snatchers; Sally the Sleuth: Death by Appointment; Ray Hale, News Ace: Problem in the Park; The Dead Accuser; Dan Turner Hollywood Detective: Bear-Trap Kill. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by A. C. Hollingsworth. Stories and art by Robert Leslie Bellem, Max Plaisted, and H. C. Kiefer. Despite the title, not true "crime" comics, but mystery comics featuring detective heroes. The Hollywood Detective faces yet another on-set murder; the twist is that the victim was dressed in a gorilla suit at the time. Gail Ford investigates a crooked lottery using "punchboards," a popular pre-digital gaming system. Sally The Sleuth is on the case when a pin-up artist is stalked by a shapely killer in a cat's mask. Gail Ford, Girl Friday; Ray Hale: Terror on the Highway; Sally the Sleuth: Prowling Cat; Death on the Lam; Dan Turner Hollywood Detective: The Case of the Slain Gorilla. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Dagwood Cartoon by Chic Young on Sandwich Bag. 5 1/2-in. x 7-in. 1 Bag Full Color.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Dale Evans stars in "The Bullridge Bandit" and "Cowgirl Schoolmarm!" Sierra Smith stars in "The Case of the Baffling Baseball Diamonds!" Superboy stars in a one-page public service announcement, "Share With Others!" 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, and Frank Frazetta. This boys' adventure title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Scarecrow accidentally helps a convict escape and is hunted by police as an accomplice. Dilly Duncan gets a chance to save the day when the school football team is getting beaten, but no one believes he can do it. A classic anti-drug PSA featuring early art by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. This issue has perhaps one of the most unusual non-MAD covers of the '50s, with no art whatsoever, just a note referring the reader to the "Scramblehead" puzzle game and mail-in contest inside. Little Wise Guys: The Human Bullet; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Anything for Kicks; Little Wise Guys: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Spook; Crimebuster: The Crime That Snowballed; We Can Stop the Enemies of Youth. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Henry Boltinoff and unknown. Art by Henry Boltinoff and unknown. Television and radio's coast-to-coast favorite! In this issue: Three untitled A Date with Judy stories. Plus: A Date with Judy 2-page story "Diary Dreams"; untitled Jerry the Jitterbug 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Date Duds -- And a Date Dream! 2-pager "Date Duds Around Town"; untitled Peg 1-pager by Boltinoff; untitled Randolph story; and untitled Betty 1-pager. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Mike Suchorsky, Gerald McCann, Al Eadeh, Paul Reinman, Leo Morey, Lorence Bjorklund and Mike Becker. Western tales both true and fictional, which, like Hillman's crime comics, are often told from the outlaw's point of view. The death mask of infamous outlaw Salazar causes a power struggle among his surviving gang. An outlaw has issues with his father's low-paying but honest job. A corrupt Texas oil magnate fears the son of the ex-partner he once murdered is looking for evidence, rather than a job. The Mask of Salazar; Handout Heaven; Two Lives for Yancey; The Man With the Padlocked Pockets; Catfighting Kid; Saddle Scraps; Black Texas Rainbow; The Mud Wagon; The Concord Coach; Rainy Day Croaker. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

1st printing. By Hank Ketcham. Featuring the astonishing debut of the golden-haired little troublemaker the world has come to know as Dennis the Menace! Hardcover. 6-in. x 9-in., 112 pages, B&W. All Ages Cover price $1.00.