Comic books October 1952

NOTE: For previous issues see Western Romances (1952 Columbia Publications) 1st Series Cover price $0.25.

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Red Ryder stars in two untitled stories. Untitled Aunty Duchess and Little Beaver back-up stories. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

8 1/4-in. x 11 1/4-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Muscle, track, and drag racing cars. Cover price $0.35.

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Stories and art by Ralph Carlson and others. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. "Undercover Marshal" Rocky must enter a condemned mine when two outlaws turn on each other after a holdup. A killer sets a double-trap for Rocky's posse and an outlaw gang, in a particularly violent pre-Code story. Dee Dickens goes to a family reunion and the jokes run in the family. Cayuga Treachery; Brain Buster; Dee Dickens: The Prairie Get-Together; The Web of Justice; Sage-Brush; Devil's Dynamite; The Theft of Black Jack; Watch Out! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover of Rod Cameron. Motion Picture and Television Magazine ad with Doris Day and Elizabeth Taylor. The Baby-Faced Badman; The badman boss uses his baby face look to befriend Rod Cameron to better pull the bank robbing job. Hoghead is Impatient; Hoghead is in the big city. Subscription ad for Rod Cameron Western. Some Difference; Ambling Andy meets the worst actor in the world. The Unfortunate Fortune Teller; Sheriff Sam wants to run a mind reader out of town. Substitute Target; The mine has been robbed and a guard shot and in coma, but he has seen the robbers; Rod is hired as a new guard and wants to find the robbers. Menace at Midnight text story by Hank Spector. The Sure Thing; Rod and War Paint take part in the annual Riverton horse race to win five hundred dollars. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Nurse Lisa resorts to an emergency call to get her doctor fiance to make time for their wedding; Diner waitress Mimi splurges on an expensive gown for the Moonlight Ball, but misleads handsome Craig into thinking shes wealthy; Advice on avoiding jealousy and apologizing. Kilroy is Here!; Love of a Librarian; Can You Say...I'm Sorry?; Kissin' Kin; Design for Heartbreak!; Dream World; Happily Ever After!; A Heart Specialist...Wanted! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Fraccio. Stories and art by Jon D'Agostino and others. Torrid tales of pulse-quickening dalliances and affairs of the heart from Story Comics. When Jeff catches Ralph kissing his redheaded wife Diane, he doesn't get mad at all, which she finds worse than anger. Cosmic Airlines stewardess Carolyn fears that sexy new hire Lenore will steal pilot Paul away from her, in a story with good-girl art by an unknown artist. Jilted nurse Linda falls for handsome patient Howie, but she doesn't know if she can love again. My Love Was for Sale; Love Has Wings; The Love That Was Greater Than Death; My Heart Was in Chains; Trust in Love! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by John Rosenberger and Rafael Astarita. Lurid tales of love and crime, with lush covers reprinted from Avon paperbacks. Ginny tries to keep her past a secret, until she meets a man who has secrets of his own; After her boyfriend gets drafted, Lucille takes over the business they share and is wooed by a handsome new employee; Redheaded Lorry chooses her acting career over marriage to Jim, and hes not happy about it. My Shameful Secret; Stage Crazy; Our Stolen Love; Love Across the Atlantic; Search for Happiness; I was a Profiteer! Followed by Romantic Love (1949) #0 and then Romantic Love (1949) #20, as issues #14-19 were never printed. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

This early romance comic from Fawcett had particularly complex plots to go with the tears and kisses. Gina has been left bitter from life's hardships, and she dates soldier Jerry before he ships out just for fun, but she didn't expect him to fall in love with her. Lois enjoys her wealthy lifestyle, but Jim is troubled by her crooked means to an end... or as the opening caption puts it, "Lois wrote her own code for personal happiness with golden ink. In the rich world of her artificial creation, Love precariously rode the bandwagon, propelled by a dynamo of power." They don't mix metaphors like that anymore. Beautiful Enid is pals with wealthy but plain-looking May, until both of them fall for Eddie. I Loved You Too Late!; Love on a Bandwagon; Two Ring Victory by Daniel Sheldon; Heartsick. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. Roy Plays for High Stakes, art by Albert Micale; Roy has signed in as Roy Dennison at Cougar Gulch "Dude" Ranch to track down some dope smugglers. Wolf Trap starring Roy Rogers and Trigger, art by Albert Micale; a dying outlaw signs a statement that he killed Ackerman, and that Dan McGruder is innocent of the killing. The Sheep Wagon text story, art by Al McKimson team. Chuckwagon Charley's Tales story, art by Ray Thayer. The Schofield-Smith and Wesson Army Revolver text article, art by the Al McKimson team. Stan Musial Wheaties ad. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 5, issue 1 - October 1952. In this issue: "Outlaws of the Woods", "Tough Tankers" and "Confessions of a Carnival Sharpie". 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 106 pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Screen Stars Magazine was one among many of the supermarket celebrity tabloids that focused heavily on the day to day lives of the Hollywood elite, during the golden-age of cinema. This publication is filled cover to cover with typical fodder such as candid celebrity photos (some of which are in color), gossip columns, reader's letters to the editor, and the latest motion picture advertisements. 8.5" x 10.5", 74 pages, mostly B&W with a few color photos. Cover price $0.15.

Love Is Everywhere!; Nola makes a bet that she can make any random man fall in love with her; But after she snares John, she discovers she has real feelings for him and hopes he won't find out about the bet. Shattered Dreams!; Beth is shocked to see her boyfriend Dan with another girl and wonders if she can pretend that it didn't happen. Helpless Heart!; June finds herself attracted to Chuck, the groundskeeper at the resort owned by her fiancee's family. Romance by Request; Alice's boyfriend Ken believes that she is really in love with her boss, Jerry, and Alice gradually realizes that it's true. False Love illustrated poem on inside back cover by Sir Walter Scott. Ad for Girls' Love Stories #19. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Original, pre-Code romance stories from Canadian publisher Superior, often featuring a crime or mystery element and plentiful good-girl art. Sally can only watch as her beautiful sister Milly charms her fiancee Bill right out of her arms. The then-current Korean War looms large in these stories, as one features a soldier's romance and another a sailor. My G.I.'s Kiss; I Loved A Sailor; Honeymoon for Three; Menace to Marriage. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Oct. 1952. Women's magazine with articles and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover pencils by Murphy Anderson, inks by Sy Barry. The Spectre in the Flame!, pencils by Murphy Anderson, inks by Sy Barry; The lawyer Preston Zandan dabbles with the occult at night and conjures a smoke-shaped spirit out of every fire thats lighted. Best Foot Forward half-page, script and art by Mort Drucker; Custom of getting off on the right foot. War of the Toy Soldiers!, pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs; Retired general Roger Fielding loves to play with his toy armies and dies of exhaustion. He walked in his sleep and played at night, too. The Doorway to Evil!, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Sy Barry; Steve Davis inherits the hotel "Fortuna" and discovers a secret 13th floor, filled with smybols of evil and bad luck. Unusual Ghost Haunts! fact page, script and art by Mort Drucker. Journeys into the Unknown, script by Jack Miller, art by Raymond Perry; article about time travel hoaxes of the past. The Screaming Death!, script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Frank Giacoia, inks by Sy Barry; The mad sound engineer and murderer Bryan Anson escapes from prison and locks up Johnny Peril. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Wally Wood. Well-Traveled!, script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Jack Kamen; A henpecked husband dis-members his wife after she refuses to let him spend money on toy trains once too often. Hate!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wally Wood; A man goes along with a plan to set fire to a Jewish couple's home until his mother tells him he's adopted and that his natural parents were Jews. Justice text story by Albert B. Feldstein. What Fur?, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; Captain Limpfort is hired by a furrier to fly him to a planet in another Solar System in order for the furrier to trap and skin skunks, which he makes into fashion apparel. Cold Cuts!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; A man murders his wife and cuts up her body in the tub to store in the meat locker. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage monthly published magazine with a focus on the film industry as a whole. First published in November of 1930, publication continued through the late 1970s. Priding itself as a source for exclusive behind the scenes stories about filmmaking, Silver Screen also contained a fair amount of articles about celebrities, their relationships, the latest in fashion, and film reviews. Cover price $0.15.

Articles on sports, crime, and adventuring, plus pin-up photos. 8" x 10.5". 66 pages. B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Pete Riss, Charles Sultan, Jon L. Blummer, and Frank Simienski. Tales of pre-Code horror from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. The fiendish Largo the Magician plans to use Martha in his spell for immortality. A crooked Navy contractor faces justice from the spirits of John Paul Jones and the men whose deaths he caused. Communist agents encounter the ancient sea monster Scylla. Deathless Mortal; Sea of Retribution; Death for Hire; Monster of the Deep; The Ghost of Company C; The Corpse Under the Carpet. 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Ogden Whitney and Charles Nicholas. Tales of adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Captain Crossbones matches blades with Spanish pirate Tigre Del Mar; A gung-ho colonel wages a battle of wills with his medic son during the (then-current) Korean War; Ace Carter is called back into active duty as Korea heats up. The Colonel and the Coward; Born Leader; Combat Ace; Captain Crossbones; Dare-Devil of the Air; Covering Force; Seeing-Eye Pilot. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Warren Tufts and Ernest G. Osborne. United's anthology featured reprints of early comic strips, including Casey Ruggles, Captain and the Kids and Nancy. Casey tries to protect the people of Fort Ross from Ivan, the fort's original commander, who wants his fort back and has the Pomo tribe as his muscle. Casey enlists his young friend Kit Fox to infiltrate the Pomo as an informant. After the Kids trick the Captain, Mama, John Silver and his sailors, they actually want to stay after school to avoid the payback. The Family Workshop; Nancy; Captain and the Kids; Casey Ruggles. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 Pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. (Rare) "The Last Story" by Eisner.

The Kidnaping of General Syin! starring Doug Grant, Secret Agent. Soup's On text story. Revenge starring Doug Grant, Secret Agent. Last Request! Forest of Terror starring Doug Grant, Secret Agent. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 3, Issue 9 - October 1952. Men's adventure magazine featuring articles on sports, hunting politics and crime. 10-in. x 13-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Doug Wildey, Walter Palais, H. C. Kiefer, Roy G. Krenkel, and Vince Napoli. Stories from comics artists inspired by (and featuring) classic collectible stamps, for a rare series that combines panelology with philately. General "Mad Anthony" Wayne and his forces face a confederacy of Native tribes in 1790s America, in a story with early art by Doug Wildey. The "true" story of legendary archer William Tell, who trusted his own son's life to his skill with the bow. Witnessing a pitched battle, Francis Scott Key is inspired to write the American anthem. B & O Railroad Stamp; Get Your Man; U. S. Army Stamp; William Tell, The Man Who Faced A Tyrant; Oddities in Stamps; Stamp Errors and Rarities; The Battle of Fallen Timbers; Francis Scott Key and the Star Spangled Banner; Rex Saves a Life; What's My Name? Final issue under this title; series continues as Thrilling Adventures in Stamps Comics (1953) #8. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Third issue of the 10c cover-priced series. (hereafter the numbering reverts back to #3 so that this title has two issues that take the #3 position). The first three issues of Star Spangled War Stories (1952)--#131-133--picked up the numbering from the last issues of Star Spangled Comics #1-130). NOTE: There is also a 12c cover priced edition with the same issue number that was published in 1967. Cover price $0.10.

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Oct 1952. Cover by Jack Coggins. Stories by Bruce Elliott, L. Sprague de Camp, Miriam Allen deFord, Phyllis Sterling Smith, Walter Miller Jr., and Stanley Whiteside. Two Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 146 pages. Cover price $0.25.

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L.B. Cole cover. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "The Tyrant of Terror" art by George Peltz; "Madhouse of Crime!!" retitled and reprinted from "Constantine, The Killer" in Famous Crimes (1948) #8; "The Payoff-Prison!!" retitled and reprinted from "Sadie Krum, Girl Bandit" in Famous Crimes (1948) #1, which was reprinted from Blue Beetle (1939 Fox/Holyoke) #52; "Fool-Proof Scheme"; and "White Hand Horror!!" retitled and reprinted from "Wild Bill Lovett!" in Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) #10. "Trial and Execution." text story retitled and reprinted from "Mr. Blackburn Should Have Known Better." in Crimes by Women (1948) #14, which was reprinted from Famous Crimes (1948) #8, and reprinted in Shocking Mystery Cases (1952) #55. 36 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. Steve Adams and Straight Arrow are framed for The Firebrand's rustling, in the second part of a story continued from issue #26. Red Hawk faces the terrifying Akola the Panther Woman and her Puma Men. An intertribal hit squad of warriors targets Straight Arrow. Arrows of Justice!; The Four Horsemen of Hate!; Red Hawk: The Claws of Death!; The Manhood of Takona. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Comet in "The Day That Vanished"; "The Sniper From Space"; "The Spaceship Moon!"; and "The Living Jewel!" (pencils by Gil Kane?). Kane cover? 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Alice Kirkpatrick, Henry Sharp, Ben Brown, and David Gantz. Early romance comics with an emphasis on scandal. Ex-convict Louise is accused of a theft she didn't commit. Leda is attracted to the shady Russ, but Russ creates trouble for her fiance Pat. Pete comes to Peg's rescue after she gets in too deep with a rowdy crowd. Reformatory Girl; Courage of Love; Misplaced Devotion; Girly Giggles; My Soul in Bondage; Everybody's Sweetheart. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Offbeat pre-Code horror stories from Ajax-Farrell, with art by the Iger Shop staff. A couple encounters a giant man-eating octopus while seeking a sunken Aztec treasure. A man falls for a female ventriloquist, until he learns her terrible secret. Three people are trapped overnight in a mountain cabin in freezing temperatures. Death Holds an Auction; Fate Has a Thousand Faces!; Fabulous Funeral; Chant of the Dead; The Frozen Bride. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by John Martin and Bob McCarthy. Classic pre-Code horror from Fawcett. Criminals Louie and Gabe are warned by the living embodiment of Fate herself, and still aren't moved to change their ways. George murders his business partner to get his ornate seaside mansion, but the drowned corpse returns as the angry undead. Barry's magical glasses allow him to see the spirits of the dead. Classic, pulpy painted cover by Norman Saunders. The Dark Mirror; Death To The Dreamers; The Thing From The Lake; The Unseen. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by George Evans. Edited by Will Lieberson, Roy Ald, and Al Jetter. Terrifying pre-code stories: "Brother Volcano," art by George Evans; The (Italian?) village of Arbendino is taken over by ruthless investors and the good people are driven from their homes; But a volcano inhabiting the soul of the village founders brother watches over them and destroys the invaders with streams of molten lava. "Port of Terror," art by Bernard Baily; The gambler Wolf Merique beheads an angry sailor cheated by him at cards. Now he gets chased all over his boat by the headless corpse in search for a head. "St. André" text story by John C. Adler. "Mirrors Tell Tales," art by Morris "Mo" Marcus; The embezzler Andrew Crosston undergoes plastic surgery to escape police prosecution; As he kills the doctor operating on him, Crosston is cursed to see his former face in any reflecting surface. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. NOTE: There is also a 1967-69 series with issues running #1-9 with 12c cover prices. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bill Everett. The Devil and Donald Webster, script by Stan Lee, art by Paul Reinman; A man makes a deal with Satan to murder his shrew wife, but Satan frames him for the crime and he is sentenced to the electric chair. Ocean Monster text story. Walking Ghost, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Bill Walton; A debunker for a radio program enters a house that is supposed to be haunted but he tells his audience that there is nothing there. Darkness, art by Jim Mooney. O'Malley's Friend, art by Gene Colan. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.