Comic books June 1953

Canadian Edition. Cover by Jack Davis. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman. Art by George Evans, Alex Toth, Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Davis, and Wally Wood. The companion title to Kurtzman's groundbreaking war comic Two-Fisted Tales, showcasing the brutal realities of war. This theme issue focuses on the US Air Force. An aircraft observer suspects approaching bombers, and F-94 jets are scrambled in response. A detailed recounting of a B-29 bombing run over Korea from start to finish. Helicopters find action during Korea by rescuing soldiers from danger. F-94!; F-86 Sabre Jet!; Rocket Flight; B-26 Invader!; H-5. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Humor digest that features jokes and cartoons for men. Special Furlough Issue. Cyd Charisse inside photo cover. Cartoons by George Troop, Frank Beaven, Joe Buresch, Gregory d'Alessio, Robert Tupper, and others. 5-in x 7-in. 100 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

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Funny animal characters from films: Blunderbunny, Whoo-Doodit, Puss an' Boots, Hector the Specter, and Foolish Feline. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Otto Feuer. Choosing a Profession! public service announcement starring Buzzy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. Dodo and the Frog story, art by Otto Feuer. Biggety Bear story, art by Rube Grossman. Blabber Mouse story, art by Rube Grossman. Doodles Duck story, art by Sheldon Mayer. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 3, Issue 5 - Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Comic book featuring the famous singing cowboy hero Gene Autry. Gene Autry photo cover. "The Outlaw Army," art by Nicholas Firfires; Gene Autry is sent to Hayes City by the U.S. Marshal to clean up an army of false-faced bushwhackers, hiding out in an old fort. "The Siege," art by Bob Schoenke; Arriving at a huge hacienda to get water, Gene is turned off at the gate, but hearing yells for help, he forces his way past the gunman; Inside he finds the owner all tied up and his captors gone. "The Cowboy's Toothache" text story. "Isicle of Silver," art by Tony Sgroi; Tommy and Janey have discovered a cave on the ridge, but the rain keeps them from exploring it; Instead Panhandle Pete will tell them about a couple of other caves down in Texas. Law of the Gold Camps fact page. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

June 1953, cover by Dick Dillin and Charles Cuidera; "Firepower Assault," 9 pages; "Bogged Down Attack," 6 pages; "Operation Killer," 7 pages, art by Reed Crandall; "Sling-Shot Grenades," 1 page text story; "Tank Destroyer Mission," 6 pages. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover art by Clarence Doore. Private Humor humor page by Vic Martin. Portrait of a Lady starring G.I. Joe, pencils by Irv Novick. Too Smart for War starring G.I. Joe, art by Henry Sharp; Work for Ricky was for suckers. Be smart, let the suckers do the dirty work. Watch the Birdie! starring The Yardbirds, pencils by Dan DeCarlo. Hans Christian Andersen Comics ad. Any Volunteers? starring Pvt. Bragg, pencils by Ben Brown and David Gantz [as Brown & Gantz], inks by David Gantz [as Brown & Gantz]. Dirty Ridge starring G.I. Joe, pencils by Irv Novick. Army Giggles humor page by Vic Martin. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

First issue (formerly Diary Loves). "I Deceived My Soldier" (art by Ogden Whitney), "Love Under Fire," "My Hero Came Home a Stranger," and "Wartime Blues." Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Every girl except her had someone who cared for her. What was wrong with her that she was always left behind with a..."Lonesome Heart," the cover-featured 7 page story pencilled by Irv Novick. Plus: 8 page story "No Other Love"; 7 page story "Don't Call It Love"; 7 page story "Married in Name Only"; 2 page text story "Death of Two Hearts." Cover pencils by Irv Novick. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover. In order of appearance: "Her Mask of Deception"; "Only a Kid to Him"; "I Thought He Wanted Glamour" and "My Hollywood Fling". "Glamorizing Yourself: Ten Ways to Stay Beautiful, Your Impression on Men, Walk Like a Model!" text article reprinted from "Glamorizing Yourself..." in Glamorous Romances (1949) #42 and from "For a More Glamorous You..." in Complete Love Magazine Vol. 27 (1952) #3, and reprinted as "Attractive to Men..." in Ten Story Love Vol. 34 (1954) #4. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo Cover of Glenn Ford (as Johnny Farrell) and Rita Hayworth (as Gilda Mundson Farrell) from the 1946 film 'Gilda.' Stories by unknown. Art by Mel Keefer, Jack Sparling, Mell Lazarus and unknown. Featuring: "Trip to the Farm"; "You in My Heart"; and "My Rutabaga Romeo"! Plus: 4-page text story "The Hayworth Story"! And: "Tell It to Sweeney" letters pages with spot illustrations by Lazarus. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

The Phantoms' Vengeful Return, pencils by Chic Stone; Circus director Cal Massey sabotages the acts of his artists; They die and the circus draws more spectators. Potion from the Unholy Cauldron, art by Sy Grudko; Shakespeare scholar Henry Bostwick gets the idea to actually brew together the ingredients of the witches' cauldron from "Macbeth"--summoning a genie who does his bidding. Web of the Spider Woman, pencils by Bill Molno; In Hampshire in England a "spider woman" walks abroad; Half woman, half beast the spider attacks people randomly and drains them of their blood. The Spectral Executioners, art by Ken Rice; In 1848, Ivan Deltchev from the Russian military police is squatting insurrections in Poland; Torturing people to death is his daily bread. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Graham Ingels. Sucker Bait!--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; After his father is killed by a vampire, a chemist comes up with a plan to sacrifice himself so that others may live. Lover, Come Hack to Me!--The Vault of Horror!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by George Evans; Every generation, a madwoman is conceived on the night of her parent's wedding who follows the tradition of murdering her newly-wed husband with an ax in the same house. Double-Header!--The Old Witch's Grim Fairy Tale!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen. Foul Play!--The Crypt of Terror, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 3 - June 1953. Vintage Men's interest magazine focusing on sports, music, hunting, celebrities, models, and showgirls. 4-in. x 6-in., 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein and others. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. A gang arranges getaways for fugitives from the law. A thug tries to outsmart his partner when he thinks he's being double-crossed. A frustrated writer kills a rival, and thinks he's found the perfect place to hide the corpse. Getaway Mob!; The Lines on the Map!; Killers Are Never Alone!; Closeups; Deadly Angle; Find the Corpse. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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June 1953. Humor Digest featuring jokes and cartoons. Big Love Issue. Cover by Robert Tupper. Ava Gardner inside front cover photo. Cartoons by George Troop, Frank Beaven, Joe Buresch, and others. Softcover Digest, 5 1/4-in. x 7-in., 100 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art and Cover by Owen Fitzgerald. Featuring two untitled Here's Howie tales with art by Owen Fitzgerald, plus an untitled Melvin tale with art by Fitzgerald. Also in this issue: Untitled Winnie the WAC tale with art by Fitzgerald; "Theater of Operations" half-pager; Block Busters activity half-pager; three Private Pete 1-pagers by Henry Boltinoff; Block Busters activity page; and 2-page text story "Wendy's Vision"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Harvey Fuller. Stories and art by Sam Burlockoff, John Belfi, Bill Walton, and Sam Glanzman. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. A woman saves a friend from drowning; A teen sacrifices her life to save a drowning boy; A veteran resuscitates an electrocution victim. The Bloody Third; 5 Fearless Fighting Men; The Big Man; Brave Soldier; Cool Courage; Hill 191; He Stuck to His Guns; A Shy and Timid Young Man; In The Face of Death; He Gave His Life; Mission of Mercy; A Friend in Need; Could You Answer This. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Lee Elias and Bob Powell. A romance comic from Harvey, as the teens of the 1950s explore the new world of dating. Sylvia is torn between her reliable boyfriend and a good-looking rebel. When Brad is charged with a crime, Ellen can provide his all-night alibi, but if she does, her reputation will be destroyed. Elsa finds out the boy she loves was just stringing her along. Plus a quiz to determine if it's really love, featuring whimsical illustrations by Lee Elias. Torn Between Passions; Test for True Love; My Secret Sin; I Betrayed My Heart; Double in Hearts!; His Love Was a Lie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Joe Certa, Max Elkan, Frank Bolle and Rod Reed. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. A con man tries to convince the town blacksmith that a miracle new metal will never need replacing. Hopalong learns that a bomb is set to go off at noon somewhere in town. Pistol Packing Pattie hears a fish story and gives it one better. Joker Wild; The Case of the Broken Neck; Hill Billy; Pistol Packing Pattie; Whitey Whiskers: The True Tale of the False Teeth; Death at the Stroke of 12; Saddle-Head; Cowboy Cal. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

UK Edition. black and white; 24 pages.

Dotty and husband Horace face domestic squabbles similar to those of Blondie and Dagwood, right down to the drawing style; the long-running family strip also featured tween daughter Taffy and dog Pepper. The family goes to a carnival; Connie the babysitter continues to solidify her racket at Horace's expense; Detective Crendell uses a beard to help solve a crime. Best Dressed; Crime Sleuth; Surprising Turn of Events; Lil Taffy; Personal Call; Carnival; Why Husbands Get Gray: Being Thoughtful; A Woman's Way; A Good Cause; The Animal Kingdom; The Mechanic. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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L.B. Cole cover. All stories reprinted from Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) #5. In order of appearance: "Terror Castle" retitled and reprinted with alterations from "Carl Rittech, The King of Crime Castle" in Murder Incorporated (1948 1st Series) #5; "James Wayburn Hall, The Arkansas Butcher" art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth; and "The Dead Tell No Tales". Indicia states "THE HORRORS". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Violent racing car collision cover by Lou Morales. In order of appearance: "Cad-Allard" and "Racing to Lose" art by Dick Giordano (as Richi Giordano); "Afraid of Speed" art by Lou Morales and Dennis Laugen; "Hot Rod Talk" art by Tony Tallarico; and "Hot Rock" art by Lou Morales. "A Hot Rod Dictionary Is Born" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Curt Swan. "The Man Who Could Change People," pencils by Curt Swan; Professor Kley claims his ability to transform people into animals. "The Curse of the Golden Secret!," art by Leonard Starr; A chemist dabbles with the powers of ancient alchemy and creates gold. "The Winged Demon!," pencils by Ed Smalle, inks by Howard Sherman; Ward Creed killed a man to steal his precious pearls, but is haunted by the victims pet albatross Sinbad. "Last Mile Martin," art by Jerry Grandenetti; The murderer James Martin is pardoned because the electric chair is not functioning. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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June, 1953 Volume 4, Issue 5. 5-3/8 in. x 7-5/8 in; black and white; 162 pages. Cover price $0.35.

"Arrows of Fire," art by Jon Small; Pawnee Indians attack the Kiowa with flaming arrows. "War Trail," art by Jon Small; The Arikara attack the village of the Mandan. "The Dead Men" illustration; reproduction of Fredric Remington painting. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 8, Issue 42B - June, 1953. One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.15.

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Vol. 15 #8 - June 1953. Children's magazine featuring articles, activities and text stories. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in., 68 pages, B&W with single and full color illustrations. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by George McManus (credited), and Vic Herman. Humor comics based on the popular newspaper strip Bringing Up Father by George McManus. Wealthy rogue Jiggs tries to escape his dish-hurling wife Maggie and her plans to reform him. Plus an early Little Dot story, where she has yet to develop her Harvey look or her dot-obsession and is known as "Li'l Dot": Li'l Dot annoys her father by making noise while he's trying to fish. Also featuring a vintage ad for the "Cracker Jack Jet Propelled Railroad Engine." Jiggs and Maggie; Li'l Dot Goes Fishing. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Men's interest humor digest with cartoons, jokes and tasteful pin-up photography. 5" x 6.5", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Bill Everett. "The Only Man In the World" (Part 1), art by Jerry Robinson; Aliens from dimension X stop time and then destroy humanity. "I Made a Monster," art by John Forte; When a jilted scientist is building a Frankenstein monster to kill for him, he decides to test it by using the type of lipstick his love interest wears as a kill trigger in order to pay her back for spurning him. "Last Verdict" text story. "The Hungry Animal!," art by Ed Goldfarb; Synopsis: When two robbers murder a retired sea captain in his seashore house, they decide to kill his pet as well, lest it begin to howl before they have time to get far enough away from the scene of the crime. "The Black Box!," art by Mac Pakula; A shoplifter regrets stealing and opening a black box from a "monster sale." "My Brother's Killer!," art by Paul Reinman; A brother decides to murder his brother for an inheritance, but when the train they are traveling crashes, he decides to merely leave him to perish in the fire. When the will is read, it is revealed that the dead man was the only person who knew the location of the mine wherein the fortune was kept. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Maneely. The Man with a Knife, art by Gene Colan; A knife grinder who only works for hated nobles uses blood on the grindstone to curse the blades so that they will kill with a mind of their own; When he is arrested on suspicion because he is in the area of the stabbing, the jail cook uses the grindstone to sharpen the knife that the grinder will use for his jail meal. Grim Victory text story. Beelzebub!, pencils by Larry Woromay, inks by Matt Fox; A man spends twenty years looking for a book that will make the Devil his slave, but he doesn't know that Satan has joined his expedition to make sure he acquires the book first. The Rivals, art by Al Luster; Two circus performers despise each other so one makes it so the highwire snaps and the other drains the water out of the barrel underneath the plunge. The Man from Another World!, art by Robert McCarty. The Long Wait, art by Sam Kweskin. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

"The Big Game Hunters!", art by Maurice Whitman; A trio of big game hunters are slaughter drugged animals in order to capture the kill on film and enhance their reputations; Kaänga puts a stop to their hunts by stampeding Marmo's herd over them, killing them. "The Devil Dog" text story by Gus Cassell. "The Magic Tree," art by Tony D'Adamo; The queen of a vulture cult attempts to force the artists of the Bushangos to created vulture fetishes for her. Objecting that such objects were evil, the Bushangos refused; The queen placed a curse on them and then attempted to kill them, but they were protected by the eagle spirit of a magic tree. Untitled Jungle Tales story; Jim tells a story about the faithfulness of elephants. "Voodoo"; A fictionalized account of the Haiti slave rebellion of 1794. Untitled story, art by Matt Baker; Treasure hunters capture and torture Abdola, but he refuses to reveal the location of Tiger Girl's secret temple; However, the thieves drug one of her tigers and follow it as it staggers back to the temple; There they attempt to find the treasure but are killed when Tiger Girl topples the idol of Kahiva on them. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.