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Comic books October 1952

  • Issue #181
    Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) 181

    Cover art by Win Mortimer. A Mask for a Hero starring Superboy, art by John Sikela. The Evil King of the Sea starring Aquaman, art by Ramona Fradon. Shorty humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Joanie Swift, Queen of Speed starring Johnny Quick, art by Paul Norris. Varsity Vic humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Crime Platoon starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #36
    Adventures Into the Unknown (1948 ACG) 36

    Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Cover by Ken Bald. Stories by Natas, Robert S. Pious, Charles Nicholas, McKinley, Edvard Moritz, and Lin Streeter. 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.

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    $330 Adventures Into The Unknown 36 CGC 6.5 Classic Werewolf Pilot C. 1952 ACG Horror
    $350 Adventures Into The Unknown #36, 1952 CGC 6.5, Golden Age Precode Horror!
    $450 Adventures Into The Unknown 36 CGC 6.5 OWW Golden Age Classic 1952 Horror Not EC

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  • Vol. 39 #1
    Air Trails (1934-1942, 1950-1954 Street & Smith) Pulp / Magazine 2nd Series Vol. 39 #1


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    • Spine split 5%. Water damage: Slight.

    Volume 39, Issue 1 Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #128
    All American Men of War (1952) 128

    This issue follows the #127 issue (the actual #1 in the series), so #128 is the chronological #2 in the series, a distinction it shares with the actual #2 which came out a month later in Dec 1952 - Jan 1953. The title was previously All-American Western. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 26 #10
    Amazing Stories (1926-Present Experimenter) Pulp Vol. 26 #10


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    • Paper: Off white

    Volume 26, Issue 10 - October, 1952. Cover by Walter Popp. Science fiction stories by Joe Gibson, Dex. R. Moore, Gerald Vance, William P. McGivern, Ivar Jorgensen, Author Unborn, and John Jakes. Illustrations by Bill Ashman, Dick Francis, Ed Emsler, Tom Beecham, and Ed Valigursky. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 166 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #8
    American Air Forces (1944) 8
    • Staple rust.

    (A-1 Comics #65) In the feature story: Dead men lay sprawled at her guns. Dead men's hands gripped the controls. The old B-17 was useless, finished, and the fate of the United Nations in Korea depended on her reaching her target and dropping her "EGGS"! But dead men cannot bomb a target, and this was "The Burma Gal's Last Flight!" Also in this issue: "The Devil in the Drink!" (art by Bob Powell), "The Secret of the Tunnel" (art by Frank Bolle), "Secret of the Tunnel" (art by Powell), and "Death Without Orders!" (art by Powell). Powell cover. Cover price $0.10.

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    $44 The American Air Forces 8 Magazine Enterprises Golden Age 1952 4.0 Very Good
    $217 American Air Forces #8 CGC 5.5 (1952) River City Pedigree Magazine Enterprises

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  • Vol. 2 #3
    American Woodsman (1951-1955 American Woodsman, Inc.) Magazine Vol. 2 #3


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    • Spine split 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.

    8.5" x 11", 52 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 50 #2
    Astounding Science Fiction (1938-1960 Street and Smith) Pulp / Digest Vol. 50 #2


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    • Water damage: Slight.

    Oct 1952. Volume 50, Issue 2 - 1st printing. Cover by Van Dongen. Science fiction stories by Isaac Asimov, Edwin James, Dean McLaughlin, Alfred Coppel, and Walter M. Miller Jr.. Illustrations by Edd Cartier, Pawelka, and van Dongen. Article on fireworks. Softcover, 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; 168 newsprint pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #22
    Authentic Police Cases (1948 St. John) 22
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4443198024
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Antonio Canale, Antonio Toldo, and Enrico Bagnoli. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. After Red Daughterty goes to the chair, his son "Little Danny" grows up hating the law, and determined to strike back at the world. A killer and his surviving victim tell different stories as to whether the killing was self-defense or murder. A stolen-goods fence becomes a powerful crimelord by turning compulsive gamblers into his patsies. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Lost River Manhunt; Killers Son; Manslaughter or Murder?; The Fence; Flaming Terror; Apprentice in Crime; Fun Time. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $400 Authentic Police Cases #22 CGC 4.0. Matt Baker

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  • Issue #10
    Baffling Mysteries (1952) 10

    Diogenes' Deadly Lamp, script by Robert Turner, pencils by Jim McLaughlin; "Loathsome young parasite" Lex Markow steals Diogenes' lamp from an antique dealer, but the relic turns out to be cursed; When he tries to get rid of the lamp Markow hangs himself--like it was predicted. Nightmare Flight, pencils by Lou Cameron; A young woman's fiancé returns, horribly scarred, months after he disappeared in a presumably fatal plane crash; He leads the woman into a death swamp, where she has to destroy an evil swamp queen to lay his tortured soul to rest. Monster of the Moat, art by Paul Gattuso; A bypasser rescues a witch imprisoned by an evil sorcerer and marries her, but things turn out badly. Because the monster of the moat wants its revenge! Land of the Silicon Men, art by Louis Zansky. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #81
    Basinful of Fun (1941 F.Youngman LTD) UK 81
    • Staple rust: Slight.
  • Issue #13
    Battle (1951 Atlas) 13
    Published Oct 1952 by Atlas.
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    "Surrender, Hell" (art by Russ Heath), "Troop Movement" (script by Stan Lee, art by Cal Massey), "Surprise Attack" (art by Norman Steinberg), "Barbed Wire" (art by Gil Evans), and a two-page text story, "The Deadliest Enemy." Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #12
    Beware (1952 Youthful) 12
    • Rough edges to a few pages (not fully cut during manufacturing). Water damage. Miscut.

    Cover by Joseph Szokoli. Stories and art by Joseph Szokoli, Vince Napoli, Bill Fraccio and Harry Harrison. Violent pre-Code horror comics from Youthful Magazines. This issue was mentioned in the text (p. 388) of the anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent. Grave-robber Harry gets a comeuppance when the dead rise from their graves. An artist for "Beware" comics feels that he's run out of monster ideas, until he meets his son's strange new playmate, in a story that name-drops several other Youthful Mag horror artists. In postwar Germany, American agents investigate a killer stalking a small town, and learn the ancient castle nearby hides a very modern horror. The Body Snatcher; My Daddy Should Have Listened; The Death Waltz; The Pied Piper of Ziess-Baden; Don't Dance With Me When I'm Dead. Final issue under this publisher; Trojan Magazines continues the title and numbering with Beware (1953 Trojan/Merit) #1 (aka #13), while Youthful continues it as Chilling Tales (1952) #13. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #16
    Beyond (1950 Ace) 16
    • 1" cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple. Interior tearing. Cover oxidation.
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    Cover art by John Chilly. The Ghost on Television; A murderous couple is haunted by their victim, which appears on their television screen; A broadcast from death in person announces their doom; The victim steps out of the TV and takes his revenge! Vault of the Winged Spectres, art by Lin Streeter; Two American engineers discover ancient Egyptian tombs and get in a fight with living mummies; Resurrected queen Neferti helps them escape, because she didnt wish to be resurrected in the first place. Curse of the Midnight Piper, art by Lou Cameron. They Burned a Witch, pencils by Dick Beck. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #678
    Blighty (1939-1959 City Magazines Ltd.) UK Magazine 678


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    • Staple rust: Extensive.

    UK weekly men's interest magazine with humor and pin-ups. 8" x 11.25", 32 pages, B&W

  • Issue #16
    Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders (1950 ME/AC) 16

    Art by Bob Powell, Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Cover by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Teen cowboy adventures set in the 1950s, based on the popular radio program that ran from 1949 to 1955. Bobby and his friends Tex, Windy, and Irish face modern-day rustlers and other challenges of life on the ranch. Bobby and the gang hunt the Lost Treasure of Pancho Villa; Bobby wants to know why outlaws have targeted a traveling circus; Bobbys joke on superstitious Windy backfires when there really are bad men in Ghost Canyon. The Lost Treasure of Pancho Villa; The Man Who Hated the Circus; The Ghost Killers; The Fire Demon of Ghost Canyon. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 59 #1
    California Pelican (1903-1988 A.S.U.C) Vol. 59 #1


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    • Staple rust. Spine stress. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Scuffing.

    "Golden Pelican" by Ron Goulart. Volume 59, Issue 1 - October, 1953. University of California, Berkeley student magazine, published from 1903 to 1988. Features cartoons, articles, and advertisements for local business. 8-in. x 11-in., 40 pages, Text (with B&W images) Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #114
    Captain Marvel Jr. (1942-1953 Fawcett) 114

    Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories by Bill Woolfolk and others. Art by Bud Thompson, and Joe Certa. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. A train is abducted by aliens from Jupiter for a novelty show, but luckily, Captain Marvel Jr. is on board. A strange old man appears on an island predicting natural disasters, but when the disasters start happening, the people start listening. Professor Edgewise gets a crush on a woman who lived 1000 years before, so he travels back in time to King Arthur's Court to meet her. The Train That Travelled Through Space; Young Gunman; Kanvasback: Punchy Words; The Ruler of the Earth; Windy: Presents of Mind; Sir Edgewise in King Arthur's Court. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #13
    Chamber of Chills (1952-1954 Harvey 2nd Series) 13
    • Paper: White
    • Label #2057390016
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    Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Abe Simon, Nat Barnett and Moe Marcus. Harvey Comics joins the parade of pre-Code horror comics pioneered by EC in the 1950s. A scientist descends into a pit of primitive creatures in Africa. An explorer climbs inside a gigantic statue before realizing it's actually a living giant. Treasure hunters are pursued by deadly ants after stealing sacred gems from an idol. Man in the Hood; The Lost Race; The Man Germ; The Things. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $69 Chamber Of Chills #13 P 0.5 See Description Al Avison Cover! Pre-Code Horror!
    $180 Chamber of Chills #13 - 1952 - CGC 1.0 - Classic Al Avison Cover - Pre Code
    $250 Chamber of Chills #13 - 1952 - CGC 2.5 - Classic Al Avison Cover - Pre Code
    $599 Chamber Of Chills #17, CGC 4.0! Classic Pre Code Horror Cover!
    $650 CHAMBER OF CHILLS #13 CGC 6.0 AL AVISON

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  • Vol. 18 #8
    Children's Activities (1934-1955 Child Training Association) Magazine Vol. 18 #8


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    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    Monthly children's magazine with stories, crafts, puzzles, and games. 10.5" x 13.5", 48 pages, B&W Cover price $0.50.

  • Issue #11
    Cisco Kid (1951-1958 Dell) 11
    • Water damage. Piece missing from back cover.

    Painted cover by Ernest Nordli. Art by Bob Jenney. The Cisco Kid rode the range as the Robin Hood of the Old West with his corpulent sidekick Pancho, earning a permanent place in 20th-century pop culture. Cisco and Pancho come to the aid of a sheriff in trouble. But that just leads them to the mystery of the Missing Men of Shirttail Ridge. After a new town's schoolhouse burns down, suspicion falls on Miss Amy, the schoolmarm, but Pancho suspects the corrupt town boss, Grant. Plus fun facts about Wyatt Earp. Exquisite painted cover by Ernest Nordli. Wyatt Earp: Dodge City Marshall; The Missing Men of Shirttail Ridge; Trouble in Tiptop. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #1
    Classics Illustrated 100 Mutiny on the Bounty (1952) 1
    • Only one staple manufacturing.

    Mutiny on the Bounty, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 100, with 10/52 date). Beginning the first part of the Bounty trilogy, the story continues in Classics Illustrated #103 and 109. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #6
    Classics Illustrated 100 Mutiny on the Bounty (1952) 6

    Mutiny on the Bounty, 6th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 167). Beginning the first part of the Bounty trilogy, the story continues in Classics Illustrated #103 and 109. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #28
    Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948 Ace Magazines) 28
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4393009002

    "When the Showdown Came," "King on a Junk Pile," "Dirty Money," and "Boomerang Bobby-Trap." Two page text story, "Killer's Impersonation." Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #1
    Dizzy Dames (1952) 1
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #2104152011
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #2104152010
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #1297234008
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #1488643009
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    Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Owen Fitzgerald, Lynn Karp and Jack Bradbury. ACG Comics presents classic slapstick and screwball comedy stories featuring attractive women pratfalling their way into and out of trouble. Denise and Dottie come up with a scheme to jump-start their stage career by sabotaging the Gazelle Sisters; Moronica sees a path to stardom from a woman-on-the-street TV interview; Dee Licious finds a way around the citys lack of bicycle lanes. Broadway Babes; Knothead Nellie; Man-Huntin Minnie of Delta Pu; Moronica; Love Dizzy!; Dee Licious. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $649 Dizzy Dames (1952) #1 CGC FN 6.0 Off White Amer. Comics Group 1952

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  • Issue #42
    Doll Man Quarterly (1941 Quality) 42

    Cover art by Reed Crandall. The Mind-Monster, script by Bill Woolfolk,art by Art Gates; A supernatural monster called Kain comes to life from his creator's typewriter and kills the author; He was later dispelled by Doll Girl when she types him out of existence! It's a Dog's Life starring Torchy, art by Gill Fox. The Spectre In Steel starring Doll Man, Doll Girl, Elmer Ronald, and John Brath, script by Bill Woolfolk. Diary of Death starring Doll Man, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Art Gates. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #9
    Eerie (1951 Avon Series) 9
    • 1.25" Cumulative spine split. Water damage. Staples added (not manufacturing).
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Sid Check. Edited by Sol Cohen. Art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth, Sid Check, Norman Nodel, Joe Kubert and Vince Alascia. Tales of horror from the era just before the Comics Code was introduced. A violinist makes a macabre deal to get his hands back; A hot-dogging skier must outrace a skeletal ghost-skier or forfeit his life; A pianist discovers a musical passage that revives the ghostly muse of Frederic Chopin, but it isnt a healthy relationship. Second cover appearance of the gasping girl from issue #5, now a blonde. The Phantom Hitch-Hiker; The Hands of Death!; The Thing from the Grave; Death on Skis!; The Haunted Melody; The Haunted Cave; Princess of the Subway. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $225 EERIE #9 CGC 1.5 OW PAGES // PRE CODE HORROR AVON COMICS 1952
    $259 Eerie #9 - Avon 1952 CGC 2.0 Everett Raymond Kinstler frontispiece.
    $650 Eerie #9 CGC 5.5 WHITE PAGES Sid Check cover Avon 1952

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  • Vol. 20 #107
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1941-Present Davis-Dell) Vol. 20 #107


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    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Cover Wrap Detached.
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 20, Issue 107 (Whole Number 107) - October, 1952. 5" x 7", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 9 #2
    Eyeful (1943-1955 Eyeful Magazine Inc.^) Vol. 9 #2


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    • Denting. Soiling.
    • Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 9, Issue 2 - October, 1952. Pin-up magazine for men. Cover by Peter Driben. This issue with a two-page pictorial of Bettie Page. 8.5-in. x 11.5-in. 52 pages, B&W with spot color. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 13 #6
    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 13 #6


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
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    "The Bat Flies Low"a novella by Sax Rhomer

    Volume 13, Issue 6 - October, 1952. 6.75" x 9", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #202
    Famous Funnies (1934) 202
    • Centerfold detached. Cover oxidation.

    Stories and art by Frank Frazetta, Fran Matera, Allen Saunders, Elmer Woggon, Matt Christopher, Rodlow Willard, William McCleery, and Ralph Briggs Fuller. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. The debut of Tom Terriss, the Vagabond Adventurer, as he enters "The Land of Satan." Dickie Dare and Dan's vacation is interrupted by yet another adventure. A classic religious PSA featuring early art by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. Tom Terriss the Vagabond Adventurer; Dickie Dare; Steve Roper; Underwater Battle; Scorchy Smith; Prayer Works Wonders; Oaky Doaks. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $100 FAMOUS FUNNIES #202, 1 Page Frank Frazetta, Tom Terriss Vagabond, 1952 POOR COND
    $549 Famous Funnies #202 - Eastern Color 1952 CGC 7.5 One-page ad by Frank Frazetta.
    $550 Famous Funnies #202 CGC 4.0 OW-White Pages Tom Terriss Frazetta Ad Eastern 1952

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  • Vol. 14 #10
    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 14 #10


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Light tan to Cream
    • Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    "Doom jungle" a short story by John Jakes.

    Oct 1952. Cover by Walter Popp. Stories include "Is This The Way Home?" by Lawrence Chandler, "In a Day of Victory" by Irving E. Cox, Jr., "The Talking Cube" by E. K. Jarvis, "Death is Never Final" by Alfred Coppel, "It's in the Cards" by Rog Phillps, "Doom Jungle" by John Jakes, and "I'll Meet You Yesterday" by Doris E. Kaye. Illustrations by David Stone, Ed Emsler, Tom Beecham, and Gaylord Welker. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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    $550 Fantastic Adventures Oct. 1952 CGC 7.0 White Pages Classic Good Girl Wood Nymph

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  • Issue #8
    Fightin' Marines (1951 St. John/Charlton) 8

    Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker and Gene Colan. Charlton's long-running series focused on the miliary exploits of the US Marines throughout the 20th century. After Al accidentally breaks the Colonel's vase, Canteen Kate thinks she can put it back together, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. In Korea, Leatherneck Jack and Monte are assigned to learn if the enemy is using a sacred temple for military purposes, in a story with early art by future Marvel legend Gene Colan. Biff and Smokey stow away on a freight train and find themselves deep in enemy territory. Cover by Baker. Have You Heard This One?; Tripoli Shores: Ivan the Terrible; Canteen Kate: Say It with Flour; Leatherneck Jack: Mountain Murder; Biff & Smokey: Round Trip Ticket to Danger; Private Thistlewait: Left Out; The Lighter Side; Quips and Queries. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    Fighting Undersea Commandos (1952) 3

    Art by Louis Ravielli and others. Cover by Louis Ravielli. Tales of the U.S. Navys Underwater Demolition Team, popularly known as the frogmen. The frogmen face sharks beneath the waves, enemy patrols on the surface, and Mig jets above. Then they join forces with the Taiwanese army against Communist China. Also featuring an action-packed contents page illustrated by Louis Ravielli on the inside front cover. Assignment in Formosa; Fight to the Death; Rear Guard; Assault on Chenghi; Rescue at Sea; Ambush In China. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $80 Fighting Undersea Commandos 3 Avon Comics 1952 CGC 2.0 GR6-36

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  • Issue #22
    First Love Illustrated (1949-1963 Harvey) 22

    Cover art by Al Avison. "Love Above All!", art by Bob Powell; Angela graduates from high school and is trained by tennis pro Laura; Discarding her boyfriend Glen, Angela flirts with sportswriter Walt to further her career, even though she knows Laura loves him; However, Angela challenges Laura to a match and Walt realizes she is only using him. "Double Desire"; Jack and Dale are partners in an ad agency and are dating Sue and Mike, respectively; Dale suspects Mike is cheating on her with Sue, and breaks up with him; Jack and Dale pretend to be lovers to make Mike and Sue jealous. "Doomed To Heartbreak" text story. Strange Romantic Customs fact page. Advice to readers by Nancy Powers. "A Stranger's Kiss," art by Jack Sparling; Office worker Joan takes her vacation at fancy Manor Lodge, hoping to find a rich husband; On the train, she meets Hal and they hit it off, but hes "only an insurance agent" and she wants more. "Dream for Sale" text story. "He Wanted Too Much!", art by Al Avison; Mary is the private secretary of gambler Rocky, and is his girlfriend as well; He encourages her to date college basketball player Nick and prevent him from playing in a big game. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $269 First Love CGC 8.0 #22 1952 HARVEY PUBLICATIONS ,ROMANCE COMIC
    1+ hour left Auction Vintage October 1952 First Love Illustrated Magazine Vol. 1 No. 22

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  • Issue #6
    Flippity and Flop (1951) 6
    • 1/4" Spine split from bottom.

    All art by Murray Boltinoff. Features three untitled Flippity and Flop stories, and two with the mice, Twiddle and Twaddle. Two page Animal Wonderland feature illustrated by Martin Maydel. Two page text story, The Noisiest Woodpecker. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 5 #5
    Flirt (1947-1955 Whisper, Inc./Flirt) Magazine Vol. 5 #5


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    • Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling.
    • Staple rust. 1/4" Spine split from base of comic. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Residue. Scuffing. Soiling.

    Bettie Page interior photo

    October 1952. Cover by Peter Driben. Vintage men's interest magazine full of pin-ups and glamour photos paired with humorous text stories and adult comic strips. This issue with a half-page Bettie Page photo. 8" x 11.5", 50 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #10
    Forbidden Worlds (1951 ACG) 10

    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Al Camy, Jayson Disbrow, Jon L. Blummer and Charlie Sultan. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Joe learns that his pals mysterious fiancee hates to be photographed and has had previous husbands, all of whom disappeared; Survivors of a plane crash discover that their tropical island is inhabited by a vampire; A treasure hunter unearths a voodoo idol and is targeted for vengeance by the dead. The Unknown Vampire; Portrait of Satan; Bride of Doom; Strange Machine; The Curse of Rada! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $349 FORBIDDEN WORLDS- #10 CGC 5.0 - 1952 ACG COMIC
    $550 FORBIDDEN WORLDS #10 CGC 7.0 OW/WH PAGES // AMERICAN COMICS GROUP 1952

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  • Issue #427
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 427
    • Cover oxidation.

    Cover by Dick Moores. Stories by Dick Moores and various. Art by Dick Moores and Dick Hall. Featuring the tales "Mickey Mouse and the 'Wonderful Whizzix'" and "Mickey Mouse and the 'Great Safe Mystery'," plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Starring Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Morty and Ferdie! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #428
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 428
    • Centerfold detached. 1 1/2" Cumulative spine split.

    Indicia title is "UNCLE WIGGILY, No. 428." Cover art by Bill Weaver. Sammy is Kidnaped, art by Bill Weaver; Uncle Wiggily sends Sammy to the north field to bring back some pumpkins for a pie. Sammy takes a short cut through the woods where he is captured by the Bad Chaps (Bobby and Fuzzy); Wiggily and Pokey Turtle come to rescue Sammy, but find that he has already escaped. Butch Bear's House-warming Party, art by Bill Weaver; Uncle Wiggily cleans the attic and piles a bunch of old furniture in the yard. Butch Bear is building a new house, so Wiggily decides that he'll have a house-warming party for him and people can bring the old furniture as gifts. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #429
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 429
    • Water damage.

    Cover by Jack Bradbury. Stories by Don R. Christensen, Hubie Karp and various. Art by Jack Bradbury. Featuring the tales "Why Dogs Leave Home" and "Pluto's Important Errand," plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Starring Pluto, Mickey Mouse, Morty and Ferdie, Horace Horsecollar, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy, Butch and Clarabelle Cow! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $40 Walt Disney’s Pluto #429 (Dell Comics 1952) F (6.0) Off White Pages

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  • Issue #430
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 430

    Indicia title is "MARGE'S TUBBY, THE SHADOW OF A MAN-EATER, No. 430. The Shadow of a Man-Eater, script by John Stanley, art possibly by John Stanley; After the Van Snobbes have $50,000 in jewels stolen from their mansion, Tubby goes there in disguise to investigate; After causing a commotion there, he is ordered home and is punished by having to stay in his room; Late at night he awakens to see a lion apparently walking across his back fence; The next morning he sees Gloria going to pick wildflowers in the woods and warns her that there are lions in the area; She disregards him, but that evening comes the report that she is missing; Tubby grabs a chair, in the best lion-tamer tradition, and goes to the woods to find her; He meets up with a lion and in his panic falls into a dry well. Also in the well is Gloria, bound and gagged. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $13 Four Color #430 - Marge's Tubby (1952, Dell) - Good-
    $27 47931: MARGE'S TUBBY #430 VG Grade
    $45 1952 Dell Four Color 4C #430 Tubby Fine+ 6.5
    1 day left Auction FOUR COLOR #430 Marge’s Tubby (Dell, 1952) The Shadow Of A Man-Eater,Goldenage

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  • Issue #431
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 431

    Indicia title is "Walter Lantz WOODY WOODPECKER, No. 431. Cover art by Dan Gormley. Bank Bandits, pencils by Dick Hall, inks by Anahid Dinkjian; Woody gets involved with two bank robbers during their getaway; The robbers convince Woody that they are filming a movie and Woody helps them escape to a mountain hideout. A bear in the house, pencils by Dick Hall, inks by Suzanne Seaborne; Woody's rich Uncle Woodrow sends a letter saying his "Pride and Joy" is coming to live with Woody for a while; Meanwhile a trained bear falls out of the back of a medicine show van near Woody's house. Wallpapering Tackhammer's house, pencils by Dick Hall, inks by Irene Little; Woody helps his neighbor Tackhammer wallpaper his living room, with predictable results. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    3 days left Auction Four Color Woody Woodpecker #431 (Dell, 1952) Walter Lantz Golden Age Comic
    1 day left Auction Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker #431 Nov 1952 Dell Comic Book

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  • Issue #432
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 432

    Cover by Ralph Heimdahl. Stories by Don R. Christensen and various. Art by Fred Abranz and John Carey. Featuring the tales "Bugs Bunny at the Rabbit Olympics," "George Washington Slipped Here" and an untitled 3-pager, plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Starring Bugs Bunny, Sylvester Pussycat, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Petunia Pig, Cicero Pig and Teeny! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #433
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 433

    Indicia title is "Zane Grey's WILDFIRE, No. 433." Painted cover art by Sam Savitt. Lyrics to traditional cowboy song "Home on the Range." Zane Grey's Wildfire, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Al McKimson Team; While on a training ride on the ranch race horse Sage King, Lucy Bostil finds a roped wild stallion tangled in a bed of cactus; She rescues the horse and soon afterwards finds the man who roped it, who has an injured back; After both the man and horse recover, Lucy enters the stallion, now named "Wildfire", in a big race, competing against her father's champion Sage King. Adapted from the 1916 novel "Wildfire" by Zane Grey. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    2 days left Auction FOUR COLOR #433 (1952) Zane Grey's Wildfire, Sam Savitt, Dell Comics

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  • Issue #51
    Frisky Animals (1951 Star) 51
    • INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Mickey Klar Marks and Al Fago. Funny-animal hijinks from Star Publications. Neddy and Betsy Bear create spring-shoes and bounce into a dangerous encounter with a witch's castle. Dopsy Durvy helps the Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe after she loses her mortgage to Calvin Cobbler. Also, a story about living "radio tubes," a real showcase for the technology of another era. Plus instructions for vintage games like Tray-Ball, The Plate and Penny War, and Boomerang Ball, as well as a somewhat complicated Man on the Flying Trapeze toy. Neddy Bear; Games; Dopsy Durvy; Alphabetic Articles; Roddy the Radio Tube; Build a Toy for Fun!: Man on the Flying Trapeze; Spunky; Can You Unravel These Mysterious Detective Problems?; Tick, Tack and Toe; Pencil Play/Magic Tricks. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #57
    Fun Parade (1942 Fun Parade Inc.) 57

    Grown-up Betty and Veronica look-alike cover!

    October 1952. A collection of comical cartoons. 5.5" x 7", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #19
    Funny Films (1949) 19

    Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Dan Gordon and Bob Wickersham. Funny-animal comics from independent publisher ACG, featuring the Itchy & Scratchy-like Puss an Boots, misguided inventor Blunderbunny, owl detective Whoo-Dunnit, and Western dog marshal Alkali Ike. Sometimes the characters break through the fourth wall and into the laps of the kids who are watching their cartoons. Puss an Boots; Bone Blowout; Blunderbunny; How Pinky Left Home; Watch the Birdie; Whoo-Doodit; The Tail of Two Kitties; Pals Forever; Alkali Ike and His Horse Oatsie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #68
    Funny Stuff (1944) 68
    Published Oct 1952 by DC.

    Cover art by Otto Feuer. Dodo and the Frog story, art by Otto Feuer. Blabber Mouse story, art by Rube Grossman. Doodles Duck story, art by Sheldon Mayer. Fraidy Cat story, art by Otto Feuer. Pinky and Winky story, art by Rube Grossman. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 5 #1
    Galaxy Science Fiction (1950-1980 World/Galaxy/Universal) Vol. 5 #1


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    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Staple rust: Slight.
    • Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    October 1952. Cover by Emsh (depicting caricatures of actual science fiction writers). Stories: "Baby is Three" by Theodore Sturgeon, "Halo" by Hal Clement, "A Little Oil" by Eric Frank Russell, "Zen" by Jerome Bixby, "Wait for Weight" by Jack McKenty, "Tree, Spare That Woodman" by Dave Dryfoos, and "Game for Blondes" by John D. MacDonald. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; 160 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.