Comic books August 1952

Volume 46, Issue 2 - August, 1952. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

No Number - Art by Mike Angelo. "Ace Malloy's Mission in Korea!" 24 pages.

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Cover art by Win Mortimer. It's Smart to Check -- And Double Check! public service announcement starring Superman. The Secrets of Superman, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Invaders of Indigo Island starring Congo Bill, script by Jack Miller, art by Ed Smalle. The Phantom Space Ship starring Tommy Tomorrow, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti. A Cell for Vigilante, art by Bob Brown. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Win Mortimer. The World's Whackiest Inventions! starring Superboy, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by John Fischetti. The Raft of Doom! starring Aquaman, art by Ramona Fradon. The Modern Paul Bunyan!, pencils by Paul Norris, inks by Sy Barry; Johnny Quick and Tubby visit a Paul Bunyan festival; When crooks rob the gate Johnny uses stunts similar to what Paul Bunyan would have done to capture them. Green Arrow's New Partner!, art by George Papp. Casey the Cop humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Jack Katz cover. Contains Alex Toth art. In order of appearance: "Murder Mansion" art by Alex Toth and Mike Peppe, reprinted in Seduction of the Innocent (1985 Eclipse) #2, Genius Isolated The Life and Art of Alex Toth HC (2011 IDW) #1-1ST, and Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 HC (2011 FB) #1-1ST; "Drury's Dream"; "Death Follows Orders" art by Jerry Grandenetti; "The Phantom Hounds of Castle Eyne" art by Alex Toth and Mike Peppe, reprinted in Alex Toth Reader TPB (2003-2005) #1-1ST and in Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 HC (2011 FB) #1-1ST; "Horror's Little Acre" art by Ruben Moreira, reprinted in Seduction of the Innocent (1985 Eclipse) #2; "The Phantom Warning"; and "Day of Reckoning!". "The Chimes of Doom: Charles Hanover Didn't Understand the Real Power of the Clock!" illustrated text story by Irwin Shapiro. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Russ Heath. Dead Man's Escape!, art by Joe Maneely; A convict from an island prison tries to escape by being dumped in the bay inside of a corpse bag. Under the Knife!, art by Tony DiPreta; During an operation a man dies briefly and experiences a boatride with a beautiful woman named Zoe who is trying to outdistance Death. Caraniti's Curse text story. He Who Laughs Last, Gets the Horselaugh; A man who plays the rear end in a dummy horse act is jealous of the man who plays the head, so he kills him and when he returns to the stage that night, is trampled by the front part of the costume. Ed's Young Wife!, pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz; a man tries to get his lover's husband out of the way by sawing through the steering column of his car so it will give way on the mountain road. Island of Horror, art by Joe Sinnott. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Cover by Ken Bald. Stories by Charles Nicholas, Milt Knopf, Harry Lazarus, Leo Morey, and Lou Cameron. Spine-chilling tales of suspense, horror, and the supernatural—prepare yourself for Adventures into the Unknown! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Russ Heath. Locked Up, script by Hank Chapman, pencils by Carmine Infantino; A man keeps his father locked up in the cellar because his father is a gorilla. Flowers for the Dead! text story. Do Not Feed, art by Tony DiPreta; The aquarium director turns out to be an octopus in human form. Too Much T.V. Alone, pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz; An actor who despises his fans gets his wish to be left alone when he loses the ability to perceive other people. The Last Laugh, script by Carl Wessler, pencils by Mort Meskin, inks by George Roussos; A man cuts his practical-joking brother's head off after one joke too many. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Owen Fitzgerald. Written by Cal Howard, Martin Naydel, Henry Boltinoff and unknown. Art by Owen Fitzgerald, Martin Naydel, Henry Boltinoff, Bob Oksner and unknown. The tribe of beautiful amazons didn't even know they were lost until Bob Hope started looking for them in an untitled 3-part story by Cal Howard and Owen Fitzgerald. Plus: "The Bob Hope Story" back-up tale; Teen Teasers activity page by Martin Naydel; Varsity Vic half-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Honey in Hollywood 1-pager by Boltinoff; Kitty Karr of Hollywood back-up story, with art by Bob Oksner; A Bit of Disc and Data article; and Classical Corner article. Also: Superman in 1-page public service announcement "It's Smart to Check -- and Doublecheck!" by Jack Schiff and Win Mortimer. 44 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Battle of Suicide Forest!" Danny's father, a veteran named Major Dennis, attends a reunion and regales the crowd with a story of Rex's daring-do against the Nazis. Also includes "Meet Detective Chimp!" (featuring Bobo's first case); "Terror Island!" (starring Rex); and "Dogs You Hardly Ever See." This issue features the first appearance of Detective Chimp. Script by Robert Kanigher and John Broome, pencils by Carmine Infantino and Gil Kane, inks by Frank Giacoia. Cover by Gil Kane and Giacoia. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Frank Frazetta and Ernest Schroeder. One of the more fanciful and influential of 1940s aviator heroes, Airboy fights evil with his radio-controlled plane "Birdie" and its plethora of experimental flying tech. Sometimes listed as Airboy Comics #102. No issue # on cover; Vol. 9, issue #7 in indicia. Airboy discovers the tentacled aliens in their geometric ships have returned, and now they can mind-control human leaders. A cursed 16th-century gargoyle comes to life and terrorizes a French village every year at the same time, until The Heap arrives. A classic religious PSA featuring early art by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. Airboy; The Heap; Sport Tabs; Strangers of the Rails; The Whisper of Egypt; The Last Sword of El Lobo; Prayer Works Wonders; Stand Still and Fight; Quiet Cash. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Issue #1 is numbered #127 with a cover date of Aug.-Sep. 1952. The title was previously All-American Western. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Julius Schwartz. Cover by Carmine Infantino and Sy Barry. Stories by Lee Goldsmith, Carmine Infantino, Bernard Sachs, John Broome, Gil Kane, Mort Drucker, Frank Giacoia, Bob Lander, Alvin Schwartz, Irwin Hasen, David Wood, and Joe Giella. Tales of the Old West starring such characters the Trigger Twins, Foley of the Fighting 5th, Roving Ranger, and Strong Bow. The Battle at Royal Gorge non-fiction text story, script by Jack Miller, art by Raymond Perry. The Cowboys Had a Word For It article by Mort Drucker. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Leonard Starr, Maurice Gutwirth and A. C. Hollingsworth. Pre-Code crime comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. Larry "Bullseye" Benson may be short in stature, but he kills his way to the top of the underworld, before the law catches up. Art and Winnie go on a spree of robbery and murder across Texas. Dutch Schultz was done in by his own cronies when the heat got too hot, but thanks to a buried treasure and some cryptic last words, his legend only grows after his death. Death and Destruction; The Lethal Pact; Death in the Night!!; Revenge!!; Beast of Evil. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 26, Issue 8 - August, 1952. Cover by Walter Popp. Science fiction stories by John Bloodstone, Robert Moore Williams, Rog Phillips, and Milton A. Rothman (as 'Lee Gregor'). Illustrations by Tom Beecham, William Llewellyn, Virgil Finlay, Ed Emsler (Emshwiller), and Ed Valigursky. 7" x 10"; black and white; 164 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Cover pencils by Bill Vigoda? "Fine Feathered Friends," pencils by Bill Vigoda, inks by Terry Szenics; Archie builds an elaborate combination bird house and feeder for Veronica, but the seed proves too tempting for Jughead. "Watch My Dust"; Mary is suddenly in a big hurry to clean the house. "Patch Me If You Can"; The school runs a dance where a male must take whichever female sews her patch on his pants. "It's a Gift"; Archie buys Veronica a present and leaves it with Betty's mother for safekeeping. "Eager Beaver," script by Frank Doyle, art by Harry Lucey; Jughead brings a live beaver to school with the hopes of making the animal the school mascot. Hollywood News article, art by Bill Vigoda. "Stop, Look and Lesson"; Fred pays Jughead's dad to write a composition for school for Archie; When the composition is discovered to be plagiarized, Archie takes the rap to protect his father's reputation. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

August 1952. Publication of the Arizona Highway Department featuring stories and art with Western themes. In this issue: Zunis jewelry; origins of banking in Arizona; clowns in Indian rites; and more. 9-in. x 12-in.; part color, part black and white; 40 pages on white paper. Cover price $0.35.

Volume 4, Issue 2 - August, 1952. Art Photography Magazine was a men's interest publication produced from July, 1949 to December, 1958 that focused heavily on photographing the nude female form, as well as a fair amount of "cheesecake" pin-up style photography. Included are articles on how to take better photographs, product reviews of different photography equipment, and diving deeper into what makes photography a legitimate form of art. 8.5" x 10.5", 52 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

Cover by Bill Everett. "I Prowl at Night!", art by Syd Shores; An American stationed at the American embassy in Hungary hits a werewolf who had just changed back into human form with his car and crashes; The ambulance takes the both of them to the hospital and gives him a transfusion with the dying man's blood since it is the same type; He begins to feel the effects of the werewolf blood, so he flees his wife so as not to transfer the curse to her. "The Flying Saucers" text story. "Terror In Jimmy's House," pencils by Edwin Goldfarb, inks by Bob Baer. "The Miser," art by Bernie Krigstein. "Don't Make a Ghoul of Yourself!", pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

August, 1952 - Volume 8, Issue #8.

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August 1952. Volume 49, Issue 6. Cover by Van Dongen. Science fiction stories by Thomas Wilson, Walter M. Miller Jr, M. C. Pease, Lester Del Rey and Mark Clifton. Article by J. A. Winter, MD. Illustrations by Cartier, Orban, Pawelka, and Van Dongen. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 172 pages, Text (with B&W Illustrations). Cover price $0.35.

The Bride's Borrowed Time, pencils by Lou Cameron, inks by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio; Husband becomes curious about the lifelike male dolls kept by his beautiful young wife -- and why one of them talked to him; Lucretia is a witch dabbling with the secrets of the "Australian bush country head-hunters." Baffling Mysteries #7; One spring day in 1912, Richard Wentworth an American business man, checked in at a well-known hotel in London ...; The ghost of a burning man warns Wentworth that the hotel is on fire. Jungle Idol's Vengeful Rage; Professional hunters in northern India stalk a black panther guided by Ra-La, goddess of destruction; Stealing Ra-La's ruby eyes, the hunters flee to London. At the Sound of Airi's Drum, pencils by Lou Cameron, inks by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Yama's Fiery Fury, art by Chic Stone; Explorers in Sumatra encounter a race of belligerent lava-men. They can be rendered harmless by contact with water, of course. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage British humor magazine aimed primarily at men. 4 1/2-in. x 7-in., 36 pages, B&W.

Incidence In a Shellhole, art by Gene Colan. Secret Weapon-G.I. text story. Outnumbered, script by Hank Chapman, art by Cal Massey. Blind Alley. A Tank Can Also Die!, art by George Tuska. 32 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Gene Colan. Task Force, art by Dave Berg. With Bayonet in Hand, script by Hank Chapman, pencils by Russ Heath. One-Man Patrol text story. Eager Beaver, script by Hank Chapman. After Dinner Chat! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

The Terrible Decision!; Joe shoots himself in the foot to get sent back home. Plague Patrol; Lt. Sanders and Sgt. Dean are ordered to lead a patrol to return with a Korean prisoner with the plauge. Seoul Express text story. Mass Murder!; Sloan blows up an ammunition dump with the help of the Korean underground. Tank Duel!; Three tanks are called to help some pinned down infantry, set in the Korean War. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Carl Burgos. Written by Don Rico. Art by Jerry Robinson. The savage saga of men who live with death! Complete in this issue is a 4-part story by Rico and Robinson: "Spearhead!"; "Kill or Be Killed"; "The Breaking Point"; and "Follow-Up"! Plus: 2-page text story "He Couldn't Take It"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

(A-1 Comics #59) Cover by Fred Meagher, Joe Certa, Dick Ayers and Frank Bolle. Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Art by Fred Meagher, John Belfi, Frank Bolle and Dick Ayers. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #59. Part of A1 Comics, an anthology from Magazine Enterprises with content that varied from month to month. This issue featured tales of Old West heroes. Feather-Hat is jealous of Straight Arrow because of his war decorations; Ghost Rider seeks the truth about a shaman's severed head that seems to order its tribe to war; Durango Kid investigates a murder at a mining outfit and almost gets dynamited. Also featuring a color ad for the "Complete 15 Piece Bronco Buster" Cowboy and Cowgirl Outfits. The Mark of a Warrior; The Talking Dead; The Junk Robbers; The Blasts of Doom! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover. In order of appearance: "I Broke the Rules"; "About Face: Which Girl..." reprinted in Weird Love (2014 IDW) #1A and Weird Love HC (2015 IDW) You Know You Want It #1-1ST; "Romantic Me!"; "Love is to Blame"; "Love Problems"; "My Borrowed Kisses"; and "The Permanent Rave". "Heart in the Kitchen: Trudy Seton Tries the Approved Route to Love, But Trouble Looms!" illustrated text story by Mickey Klar Marks. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ed Goldfarb and Bob Baer. Stories and art by Ed Goldfarb, Vince Napoli, Paul Cooper and Harry Harrison. Violent pre-Code horror comics from Youthful Magazines. The Mighty Mauler is a champion wrestler against humans, but then Dr. Blau pits him against his latest creation, a human mind in the body of a gorilla. After a guide murders a Sherpa during a Himalayan expedition, the Sherpa returns as a tiny vengeful spirit literally under his skin. A couple living in remote Alaska encounters a race of shape-shifters trying to take over the world. The Middle Toe; Wrestling with Horror; The Damned Thing!; The Horror Heads; The Murderous Mimics! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Fanged Nemesis of the North, script by Robert Turner; Gold prospector Jason Fee has to fight off wolves, but is hurt in the process; Every now and then he turns abruptly into a werewolf. The Gong Of Singh Chlam; In India, art collector Ralph Burgess steals the sacred gong of Singh Chlam; This mythical artifact summons the ghosts and demons of an ancient sect of thugs. Wedded to a Witch, script by Robert Turner, pencils by Bill Molno. Satana's Fatal Beauty, pencils by Robert S. Pious. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Based on the TV and radio show of the same name, Big Town lasted 50 issues. This installment includes the following: "The Case of the Superstitious Reporter" (Steve Wilson's life is saved by a gold pencil that belongs to reporter Dix Williams); "The Crime Nobody Saw"; "The Cross Country Killer" (with Johnny Law); and "The Man Who Couldn't Be Killed." Scripts John Broome, pencils by John Lehti and Irwin Hasen, inks by Bob Lander and Bernard Sachs. Cover by Manny Stallman and Sachs. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Joe Certa, Moe Marcus, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Vic Donahue and Rudy Palais. Former superhero comic Black Cat becomes a showcase for Harvey's unique brand of pre-Code horror. An ordinary couple watches helplessly as a witch battles a monster. Green gloves possess a man's mind and turn him into a ravening killer. Stranded travelers take refuge in an inn, and discover the dark secret of the inn-keeper (hint: it rhymes with "Hannibal"). Fools Gold; Blood of A Witch; Death Snaps A Picture; Drink of Doom; Wheel of Horror; Death Wears Green; He. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Dick Rockwell, Carl Wessler and Al Luster. Masked like the Lone Ranger or Zorro, Black Diamond fights for justice in the West, aided by his sidekick Bumper and his status as a federal marshal. Black Diamond gets involved in a range war between ranchers and sheep herders. A farmhand is suspected of helping cattle rustlers make their escape. An alcoholic horse whisperer falls in with a murderous gang of horse thieves. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Black Diamond Battles the Sheep Killers; Taking Ways; Terror of Fat Pocket Gulch; Black Diamond: The Hard Luck Kid; Black Diamond: Reliapon's Last Race. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kirby. Art by Bill Draut, Bill Walton, George Roussos, Mort Meskin, and Bob McCarty. Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby present their own contribution to the horror comics trend of the 1950s, featuring tales of ghosts and the paranormal. Issue # 15 on cover; listed as Vol. 2, issue #9 in indicia. One man realizes the truth about the strange, deadly creature flying over the village. A boxer is haunted by a man he killed in the ring. An arsonist is haunted by the spirits of his victims. The Angel of Death!; Dead Ringer!; Ashes to Ashes; The Flight That Failed; Shades of Rex!; Last Date; The Promised Land. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

UK reprint series. Reprints material from Black Magic (1950-1961 Prize/Crestwood) Vol. 2 #8, Astonishing (1951-1957 Marvel/Atlas) #16, and Airboy Comics (1945-1953 Hillman) Vol. 7 #11. 7.25-in x 9.25-in, 68 Pages, B&W.

Cover by Reed Crandall. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Paul Gustavson and unknown. Art by Reed Crandall, Dick Dillin, Paul Gustavson, Chuck Cuidera and unknown. Featuring Blackhawk in: "Red Ransom!" with pencils by Reed Crandall; "The Horror Bomb" by Bill Woolfolk, Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera; and "The Rocketmen!" with inks by Cuidera. Plus: Chop Chop in an untitled back-up story by Paul Gustavson. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.