Comic books December 1952

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"Death Stand" (art by Gene Colan), "Action at Ming-Po Pass" (art by Paul Reinman and E.H. Hart), "No Volunteers," "The Miracle Maker," and a two-page text story, "Louie the Lugger." Robert Q. Sale cover. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 3 - December 1952. Men's interest magazine looking at cars, the military, and pin-up models. This issue features Breakthrough at Yudam-Ni, Confessions of a $500 a night Call Girl, and Man's Day Tests the Chrysler Imperial! 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Men's interest magazine focusing on adventure, hunting, and true crime articles, war stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 82 pages. B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Otto Binder, Kurt Schaffenberger and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's most popular heroes, the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) and family, in solo and shared adventures. In an issue-length, multi-part adventure, The Marvel Family gets involved in both the Korean War and the Cold War. In the skies over Korea, the M's battle the Red Vulture, featuring the second issue in a row with "red scare" imagery on the cover (indicating the American mood at the time). The Red Star of Death, Chapter One: The Red Vulture Strikes; Candy Is Dandy; Lazy Lee; Boxcar Benny; The Marvel Family Puzzle Page; Chapter Two: Horror from the Space Station; Headline Harry: The Mental Giant; Its the Law; Chapter Three: Death in Outer Space; Fizzy. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Russ Heath. The Empty Bus!, art by Syd Shores; A mobster gets on a bus during a rainy night that has no other riders in order to track down one of his former boys who took it on the lam; Suddenly a strange old man appears beside him and offers to tell him a story. Harry's Hobby!; An abusive wife pushes her husband past his breaking point. Foolproof!, script by Stan Lee, art by Russ Heath; A greedy landlord torches his building to collect the insurance but forgets one little detail in his plan. No Such Animal? text story. Peter and the Puppet!, pencils by Bill Benulis, inks by Jack Abel; A ventriloquist's dummy is actually alive and becomes a rival for his girlfriend's affections. A Coffin for Carlos!, pencils by Don Perlin, inks by Abe Simon. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Kurt Schaffenberger. The Deadly Fraud starring Captain Marvel, Jr., script and art by Bill Ward. The Mask of Death starring Nyoka the Jungle Girl. The Meeting On the High Seas starring Ozzie. The Shadows of the Grave, pencils by Carl Pfeufer, inks by John Jordan; While scouting out land for the Governor Tom Mix discovers gold; He intends to stake a claim and then turn over the land to the new settlers that the Governor wants to deed the land to; Unfortunately, Rangy Joe sees him find the gold nugget and he and his two friends attempt to kill him before he can stake the claim. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1, Issue 9 - December 1952. Men's magazine featuring articles on hunting, fitness, politics, and true crime. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

#9, 12/52, 10c. Comic book featuring stories of "war action from the thick of battle!" Stories in this issue are "Hell on Wheels," "Unguarded," "Stop Me if You've Seen This," "Rangers Strike Back," and a two-page text story "The Major Private." Story and art credits: unknown. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 51, Issue 204 - December, 1952. Digest-size UK men's magazine. Articles, humor, and pin-up photos. 5" x 7.25", 188 pages, B&W with color.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page. French Language.

No. 12, Dec, 1952 - German language reprint. 32 pages, full color.

The world's mightiest mouse defends Mouseville from danger - mostly cats - in the comic-book adventures of the Terrytoons animated superhero. In a double-length story, Mighty Mouse sets out to rescue the kidnapped Mitzi from two of his greatest enemies, Professor Ohm and the Claw. When the book "How to Catch Mice" fails to help him catch Roquefort the mouse, Percy the cat switches to treasure maps from Treasure Island instead. Heckle & Jeckle try out their William Tell Act on a hapless Dimwit Dog. Tunnels of Terror; Little Roquefort : Books Are Ammunition; Heckle & Jeckle: Night Watchman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Art Bartsch, Jim Tyer and Connie Rasinski. St. John presents a giant-sized compilation of Mighty Mouse comics. In a full-length adventure, Mighty Mouse prevents the Claw's agents from hijacking the new high-speed "atom plane." But when Mitzi accidentally launches the plane with herself aboard, the cats have a second chance to capture it, unless MM can get there first. The Terry Bears try to help when Papa Bear needs a new job. Jungle Peril; Terry Bears: Papa Is Fired; Little Roquefort; Heckle and Jeckle; Gandy Goose: The Half-Baked Yegg; Dinky. 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 2, No. 6. December 1952. Men's magazine featuring articles, pictorials, and pin-ups. 8.5" x 11". 50 pages. B&W. MATURE. Cover price $0.50.

Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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French language movie magazine. 8.25" x 12", 16 pages, B&W. NOTE: French Language.

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Stories and art by Dick Kraus and Leonard Frank. Movie cowboy Monte Hale wanders the frontier, cleaning up the West one outlaw at a time. Monte tracks the brains behind a high-tech prison break and meets the deadly outlaw explosives expert called The Miner. Monte sets out to discover who has diverted a whole river from a settlers encampment and into a rancher's property. Gabby Hayes buys a cat named Bob for Aunt Hester, but it gets mixed up with a bobcat before delivery. The Miner Strikes; Bronko Betsy; Gabby Hayes: A Cat's Tale; The Land of Vanishing Waters; Hammer Head; Gray Hawk: Skill of the Squaw; Old Slick; The Gallows That Waited. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Mel Keefer and Jack Sparling. US Marine Monty Hall (no relation to the game-show host) fights for America during the Korean War. Monty, Tex and Canarsie try to rescue a paratrooper stuck in a tree behind enemy lines. Monty, Tex and Canarsie find danger when they visit a Wild West show while on leave. Marine "Pin-Up Pete" discusses women he has known, an excuse to present three full-page pin-ups featuring good-girl art by Jack Sparling. Plus a tale from the Korean front by Staff Sergeant Charles F. X. Houts, a "Marine Corps Correspondent." Feather Fight; The Big Rhubarb; Assignment for Danger; Short Timer; Pin-Up Pete. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Warren Kremer and others. Cover by Warren Kremer. Teen comedy featuring Mazie and her nerdy pal Mortie. Stevie and Mr. Soggs both attend a masquerade party, but a costume mix-up causes comedic chaos. Mortie jumps to conclusions about his family's fortunes, and sets out to make things right. Prize Boner; The Mort the Merrier; Mask-or-Aid; Dollars to Doughnuts; Flat-Top: Boob-Sledding; T.V. or Not T.V. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover of Peter Forrester (Cornel Wilde), Marcel Brevoort (Steve Cochran), and Maria Corbet (Phyllis Thaxter). "Operation Secret," art by Harold LeDoux; During an attack by German soldiers, a French army unit discovers there is a traitor in their midst, giving the Germans vital information. Cornel Wilde bio with photo. Phyllis Thaxter bio with photo. Brief bios of Mario Lanza, Mr. Cocozza, and Serge Koussevitsky. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Movie magazine featuring gossip, news and articles. Heavily illustrated with posed and candid photographs. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Win Mortimer and Sheldon Moldoff. Stories by Morris Waldinger and unknown. Art by Howard Purcell, Charles Paris, John Prentice and Morris Waldinger. Brand-new adventures of TV and radio's favorite! Mr. District Attorney in: "The Man of a Thousand Faces!" with art by Howard Purcell and Charles Paris; "The Case of the Modern Raffles!" with art by Purcell and Paris; and "Racket in Diamonds" with art by Purcell and Paris. Also in this issue: A Casebook Mystery "The Case of the Chattering Wife" with art by John Prentice; "About a Uniform!" half-pager by Morris Waldinger; and The Crime File 2-page text article. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Sheldon Mayer (credited as Bud Fisher). Stories and art by Al Smith (credited as Bud Fisher), Jack Schiff, and Win Mortimer. DC reprints the comic strip that defined the comic strip, featuring the original tall-and-short comedy duo. Also featuring the "topper" strip Cicero's Cat. Mutt buys his wife a horse. Jeff gets a job selling electric mousetraps. Jeff buys a parrot. Plus a PSA starring Superman about UNICEF. Mutt & Jeff; Cicero's Cat; Superman Shows How UNICEF Spells Help for the Children of the World!; Science Question Box Number 7. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Pre-Code tales of horror and the supernatural from Story Comics. Irish sailor Denny seeks the wreckage of the ship where his sweetheart died, and instead finds a zombie pirate, in a reworking of an old legend. Superstitious movie star Kurt Cameron unwisely ignores the advice of Madam Arlando, who says he should avoid a film shoot in Africa. Big-cat circus trainer Marco is actually terrified of his job, but keeps doing it because he doesn't want Lola to know he's a coward. The Terror of the Sunken Ships; The Ghost's Seance!; The Whip of Death; A Gravedigger's Terror!; The Cage of Horror! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.