Comic books August 1953

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Cover art by Al Plastino. The Perfect Plot to Kill Superman, art by Al Plastino. The Stamp of Doom starring Congo Bill, script by Jack Miller, art Ed Smalle. How to Spend a Summer Week! starring Binky, script by Jack Schiff, art Win Mortimer. The Showboat of Space starring Tommy Tomorrow, art Jim Mooney. The Jinx Saddle starring Vigilante, art by Bob Brown. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Win Mortimer. The Two Clark Kents starring Superboy, pencils by Curt Swan. The Aqua-Cop of the Sea starring Aquaman, art by Ramona Fradon. How to Spend a Summer Week! public service announcement starring Binky, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. The Impossible Deliveries starring Johnny Quick, art by Ralph Mayo. Varsity Vic humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The King of the Ivory Raiders starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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In order of appearance: "Mission From the Grave" art by Mike Sekowsky; "Rider in the Storm" reprinted in Haunted Horror (2012 IDW) #4 and Haunted Horror: The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics HC (2013-2017 IDW) #2-1ST; "The Finger of Guilt" art by John Celardo, reprinted in Haunted Horror (2012 IDW) #16; "Trophies of Doom" art by Nick Cardy, reprinted in Seduction of the Innocent 3-D (1985) #2, Haunted Horror (2012 IDW) #8, and Haunted Horror: The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics HC (2013-2017 IDW) #3-1ST; "The Bride of Death" art by Jack Katz; and "The Bread of Madness". "Call of the Werewolf: Jody Had a Date with the Dentist, But a Nightmare Preceded It..." illustrated text story by Jim Hendryx. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Breakthrough, art by Harry Lazarus. Five Found Death, art by Art Gates. The Vengeance of Oswald Foop, inks by Lin Streeter; Sam Catlett, a ventriloquist, steals an ancient Egyptian puppet and uses it as his dummy, but the dummy has plans of its own. The Demon Master, pencils by Pete Riss. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Cover by Ken Bald. Stories by Harry Lazarus, Art Gates, Al Camy, Lin Streeter, Pete Riss, and Ken Bald. 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.

"Secret of the Lost River!" After a cave-in, Rex rescues Danny Dennis and his friend Sue from a bear and a bat. Also includes: "Monkey Business on the Briny Deep!" (starring Detective Chimp); "Trail of the Striped Terror!" (starring Rex); and "Hunting Dogs." Script by Robert Kanigher and John Broome, pencils by Gil Kane and Irwin Hasen, inks by Sy Barry, Joe Giella, and Bernard Sachs. Cover by Kane and Barry. Cover price $0.10.

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Walter Lantz' Andy Panda. Stories by Carl Fallberg and various. Art by Lynn Karp. Featuring three untitled tales, plus 1-page untitled stories on the inside front cover and the back cover! Starring Andy Panda, Charlie Chicken and Mr. Clutchit! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Sol Brodsky. Age Before Beauty, art by Sid Lawrence; A 45 year old man lands on a planet and marries a woman who is 21. No Evidence!, art by Louis Ravielli; A communist spy who steals state secrets by swallowing them and then getting his stomach pumped swallows a concentrated atomic energy capsule which burns a gaping hole through his belly. The End of the World!, art by Al Eadeh; An alien pacifist attempts to disguise himself as an earthling and warn the president of impending alien attack, but fails. Death Where is thy Sting, art by Don Perlin. The Hidden Planet!, art by Robert Q. Sale. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Aug 1953. Volume 50, Issue 6 - 1st printing. Science fiction stories by Poul Anderson, Chan Davis, Mark Clifton and Alex Apostolides, Lee Correy, and Richard Ashby. Illustrations by Stockwell, Miller, Orban, and van Dongen. Article on steel. Cover by van Dongen. Softcover, 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; 168 newsprint pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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(A-1 Comics #85) Cover by Fred Meagher, Fred Guardineer, Dick Ayers and Frank Bolle. Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Art by Fred Meagher, Fred Guardineer, Frank Bolle and Dick Ayers. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #85. 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. Steve Brand, secretly the Durango Kid, is suspected of being Deadshot Jones, a sniper who is terrorizing the town; Bad-girl art as bandit queen The Wildcat tries to convince Redmask to help plan her robberies; Straight Arrow meets the Hunter, a big-game hunter who's started hunting humans. The Lair of the Wildcat; The Hunted; Last Stand of Deadshot Jones; The Ghost Stagecoach! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Howard Nostrand. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, and Joe Certa. Former superhero comic Black Cat becomes a showcase for Harvey's unique brand of pre-Code horror. A man hypersensitive to color is driven to murder for a cure, in a creative, oft-reprinted story. A boxer regains his confidence in the ring after drinking a mysterious potion. Also, superstitions about birds and animals from around the primitive world. Terrific pre-psychedelic cover by Howard Nostrand. Colorama; Lynch Mob; Knockout; I.O.U. One Body! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Reed Crandall. Stories by Paul Gustavson and unknown. Art by Paul Gustavson, Reed Crandall, Dick Dillin and unknown. Featuring Blackhawk in: "Death Rides the Guided Missle" with art by Reed Crandall; "The Weapon of Doom"; and "Who Is the Future Fuehrer?" with pencils by Dick Dillin. Plus: Chop Chop in an untitled back-up story by Paul Gustavson. And: 1-page text story "Dedication to Death"! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 97, Number 7 - August 1953, 8.25" x 11", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Graham Place. Get a Box Seat to Nature's Wonders public service announcement starring Buzzy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. Untitled story, art by Graham Place; Buzzy tries to get a job as a bill collector. The Birthday Present, art by Graham Place; Susie gets Buzzy two ties for his birthday and then gets mad every time he isn't wearing the other one. Teen Teasers activity page by Martin Naydel. Varsity Vic humor page by Henry Boltinoff. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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 find a town where the cattlemen and sheep herders live in harmony. But that's because they've joined forces to keep would-be farmers from homesteading on their lands. The White Masked Bandit targets trains, and dares the law to catch him. Plus fun facts about stampedes. Another dynamic painted cover by Ernest Nordli. Stampede; The Stockmen of Longhorn; The White Masked Bandit. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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A Study in Scarlet, 1st printing, Painted Cover. Sherlock Holmes stars in "A Study in Scarlet" and "The Adventure of the Speckled Band." Art by Seymour Moskowitz. Comic book adaptation of the classic detective story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that introduced Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson to the world. Issue also has an comic book adaptation of another Sherlock Holmes story, "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" and a text biography on Doyle and text stories on "Our American Heritage" and "Stories from the World of Sports." (HRN 111, with 8/53 date). Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Lee Loeb, Paul Parker and H. T. Elmo. Romance comics from L. B. Cole's Star Publications. A middle-class girl falls for wealthy banking heir Johnny, but he only has eyes for her rich friend Emily. How some of the stranger modern marriage customs originated. Lynn is wooed by Bill after losing her first husband, but when her mother falls ill, Lynn learns Bill's true nature, in a story originally printed with the more lurid title "My Two Wedding Rings." My Jealous Heart; Origin of Marriage Customs; Was I Bad??; Romanswers; I Suffered For Love. Actually the final issue under this title; issues #11-14 were printed before issue #4. Series continues as Confessions of Romance (1953) #7. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Johnny Craig. "Fall Guy for Murder," script by William Gaines (plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (plot, script), art by Johnny Craig; Harry calls in his good friend, best man and private-eye, Gregg Saunders, to investigate the sudden disappearance of his wife, Edith; He finds a clue in a murder mystery novel called "Fall Guy For Murder." "Juice for the Record!", script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Bill Elder; Seeing his only son involved with shady criminal elements, old Pop Martin tries to persuade his son to get away from that element and turn to decent pursuits; When he refuses and is shot by a crook that he supposedly swindled, Pop decides to record a confession implicating himself as the murderer of a crook giving Richie a hard time. "Eight Bar Rest," script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Marie Severin; Sure that his counselor-at-law can get him off on a temporary insanity plea, Barney tells his attorney in the prison cell block how he was hired, along with fellow musician Ernie Treble, to play a gig at a local club; but Ernie was a fanatic for facts, and every time the duo broke into song, Ernie would bore Barney to death with facts. "Frozen Assets!", script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; Lovers Mort and Helen, wanting to insure that Helen's husband (and thus her as well) would receive his aunt's $200,000+ inheritance, murder the husband and hide him away in a freezer, awaiting the aunt's death. "From Here to Insanity," script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Al Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Reed Crandall; A homicidal maniac, having committed several murders of young women because they could identify him, takes up residence in an old woman's apartment in order not to be discovered by the police. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Uncredited romance stories with posed photographs. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 66 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.

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Story by J. P. McEvoy. Art by John Striebel. Reprints of the long-running comic strip, featuring a former showbiz star who encounters adventure and, sometimes, romance. Dixie returns to her job with Ken to find out she's been replaced; worse, she must now share duties with her replacement, standoffish Barbara. Romantic drama between the three of them just complicates things further. But when Dixie's dad almost shoots Ken, things have totally gotten out of hand. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Barks. Stories by Carl Fallberg and unknown. Art by Jack Bradbury and Paul Murry. Donald Duck is featured in "Pokerface Mine," "In the Wilderness" and "Daisy's Cousin"! Also: 1-pagers "First Reading," "The Escalator," "Horseless Carriage" and "Thirsty Nephews"! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Fred Guardineer and others. Cover by Fred Guardineer. Sometimes listed as Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid #24. Western adventure based on the popular masked hero played in the movies by Charles Starrett. The Kid intervenes when hooded vigilantes terrorize settlers; Durango investigates after a couple is murdered for their apparently played-out gold mine; Dan Brand gets jealous when he thinks fellow spy Linda "The Fox" has a sweetheart. The Scourge of the Vigilantes!; The Mansion of Murder; The Return of the Owlhoot; Hard As They Come!; The Battle. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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6 1/2-in. x 9 1/4-in., 224 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Mike Roy. Stories and art by Fran Matera, Allen Saunders, Elmer Woggon, Stuart Hawkins, and Matt Christopher. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Tom Terriss, the Vagabond Adventurer, investigates rumors of a vampire in a Carpathian mountain village. Dickie Dare and Dan's rocket lands them safely back on Earth, but in the middle of a war zone. A series of short "True Heroic Stories," featuring real-life tales of wartime action. Tom Terriss the Vagabond Adventurer; Dickie Dare; Steve Roper; Express-Collect; No Higher Honor; Dry Run; Easley Does It; Eyes of the Hunted. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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July-Aug 1953. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Theodore Sturgeon, Evelyn Waugh, John Wyndham, Ralph Robin, William P. McGivern, H.L. Gold, Charles Larson, Ivar Jorgensen, Robert Terrall, and Robert Sheckley. Cover by Rupert Conrad. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white with some spot color; 164 pages. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Chad Grothkopf. Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf and others. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Bunny, Bobby Bantam and Kenny Kangaroo. At a restaurant, Bobby Bantam's uncle Forgetful Fogety accidentally claims a magician's magic-trick-laden coat. In the second and last appearance of "The Forest Folk," Gopher and Mole conspire to get maple sugar from Fox's maple trees to make Gopher's pie for the pie contest. Hoppy and Quick-Quack follow an ape stealing lollipops to a mystery at the waterfront. Funny Chicken; Bobby Bantam: Watch Your Coat; Teddy Bear and Skeezel the Weasel: Easy Money; Buzzy Bee; Kenny Kangaroo; Champ the Chump of Chimps: Stop, Luck, and Listen; The Forest Folk: Prize Surprise; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: The Mystery of the Last Licks. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Otto Messmer. Stories and art by Otto Messmer, Joe Oriolo and A. W. Nugent. Comics adventures of the popular, long-running cartoon character; this series often featured art by the two men most associated with Felix, Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. Felix oversleeps. Donny goes to the movies. A Perpetual Motion Machine actually makes everything ELSE move constantly, resulting in Felix and a cop in a frantic chase, as neither of them can stop running! Perpetual Motion; Cleaning Up; Flub; Low Score; Donny Boy; Kokey Koala. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Al Avison. "Another Man's Kisses," art by Bill Draut; Generals daughter Lynne dates soldier Earl but then falls in love with new officer Vic; When she sees Vic kissing his old girlfriend Margo, Lynne goes back to Earl, who steals a jeep and goes AWOL to be with her. "When Your Lover Has Gone...", art by Al Avison; Advice for women whose boyfriends are serving in the military. "Threat to My Love!" text story. "One Moment's Madness," pencils by John Sink; Because Ellens mother is the maid for the wealthy Van Gould family, Ellen gets second-hand dresses from Gloria Van Gould; Ronnie mistakes her for one of Glorias rich friends and Ellen maintains the deception to date him. "Payment for My Sin," pencils by Joe Certa; Beth dates her fellow factory workers but refuses to get serious and gets the reputation as "a cheap, fast date!"; She accepts Larrys proposal of marriage but really loves his friend Nick. Advice to readers from Nancy Powers. "Weak with Wanting" text story. "Meant for Passion," art by Jack Sparling; Lawyer Grace joins the Ordway law firm, even though fellow worker Alex doesnt think women should be lawyers; Grace agrees to date him, planning to put him in his place; She also agrees to represent Carl when Alex says he "is as guilty as sin!"; Carl says hes innocent but the man who can clear him has left town. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $53.00 View scans Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling. Water spotting.

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August 1953. Painted cover by Earl Steffa Moran. Vintage men's interest magazine full of pin-ups and glamour photos paired with humorous text stories and adult comic strips. 8" x 11.5", 50 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 60, Issue 4 (Whole Number 249) - August, 1953. Softcover Magazine, 8" x 11", 58 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Indicia title is "Zane Grey's RIVER FEUD (Rogue River Feud), No. 484." Facts about salmon and catching them with nets. Zane Grey's River Feud, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Morris Gollub; After an extended recuperation in an Army Hospital after a gun blows up in his face, Kevin Bell returns to his home town in the Pacific Northwest; He finds that Gus Atwell, who had served in the Army with Bell, has been spreading lies about him; His former fiancé spurns him and most of the townspeople shun him; After a confrontation with Atwell, Bell and his friend Garry Lord, a down-on-his luck fisherman, are forced to leave town; The pair go to the mouth of the river to await the salmon run; They have a series of good catches, but eventually run afoul of Red Mulligan, whose boats are fishing with illegal nets. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "THE LITTLE PEOPLE, No. 485." Cover art by Don Gunn. The Little People and the Sick Fawn; When Mrs. Doe's fawn is sick, the Little People must go to the cave of their enemies, the Groons, to bring back yop-yop leaves to make a medicine to cure the fawn. The Little People's Carnival; The Little People are putting on a carnival, but there doesn't seem to be anything that Loop can do to participate. Scripts by Paul S. Newman, art by Don Gunn. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Official title in indicia is "Rusty Riley, a Boy, a Horse, and a Dog." Painted cover art by Sam Savitt. Dr. Quinn's Double, script and art by Frank Godwin; After an auto accident, a drifter steals the identity of Dr. Quinn, who is coming to work at the Miles Farm; The impostor becomes involved in a scheme by gamblers to inject thoroughbred "Big Blaze" with performance-enhancing drugs so that he will be disqualified after winning a big race. Reprinted from Rusty Riley (King Features) newspaper strips from 1948-49. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Rudyard Kipling's MOWGLI JUNGLE BOOK, No. 487." Painted cover art by Morris Gollub. Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli, script by Rudyard Kipling (original story) and Paul S. Newman (comic adaptation), art by Morris Gollub; The story of Mowgli, a boy raised by a wolf pack and instructed in the ways of the jungle by Baloo the Bear and Bagheera the Panther. Mowgli is threatened by the Bandar-Log (monkey people) and Shere Khan, a crippled tiger. Story is adapted in part from "Mowgli's Brothers" and "Kaa's Hunting" from the 1894 collection "The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art. Tyrant of the North, script by Phil Evans, art by Jesse Marsh; John Carter rescues Dejah Thoris when she is kidnapped by Thurid and taken to the forbidden land of Okar in the polar icecap. The Fantastic Creatures of Mars filler page, art by Jesse Marsh; Introduction of three animals from this story, the legendary Apt, the Woola and the carnivorous Calot Tree. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "TWEETY AND SYLVESTER, No. 489." Tweety's Puddy Tat Trouble activity page. Tweety at the Zoo; Sylvester chases Tweety through various animal's cages at the zoo, narrowly escaping disaster each time. Snowbound in a Mountain Cabin; Tweety and Sylvester declare a truce; Granny takes the pair to a mountain cabin, but forgets to bring any food except for bird seed for Tweety. Chaos at the Golf Course. Mascot Spat; Sylvester is having a good time as mascot of a ship, but then Granny and Tweety come to visit. The New Pet Goldfish; Tweety has to keep Sylvester from eating Granny's new pet goldfish. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Jungle Jim." Painted cover art. Map of Malaya with teaser for the Jungle Jim story. Through Devil-Devil Gorge, script by Paul S. Newman, art by William Overgard; Jungle Jim and Kolu brave jungle dangers to rescue an American professor and his son who are being held hostage in Malaya. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Max Brand's SILVERTIP, No. 491." Painted cover art. Map of the area where the story takes place, with teaser for the story. Silvertip, original story by Max Brand, art by Everett Raymond Kinstler; Silvertip meets up with Bandini, an old enemy, and another man is killed when Bandini tries to ambush Silvertip; Silvertip takes the dead man's horse back to his father to tell him of his son's death and finds himself in the middle of a deadly feud between the Mexican Casa Monterey and the gringo Drummon Ranch. Adapted from the 1933 novel "Silvertip" by Max Brand. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Charles Schulz, Russell Patterson, Henning Dahl Mikkelsen, Elizabeth Woodward, and Raeburn van Buren. The comic-strip adventures of aspiring model Fritzi Ritz and her boyfriend, the bumbling Phil Fumble. Fritzi was later known as "Aunt Fritzi" in the Nancy comic strip. Phil wants to capture a rare butterfly for the reward, but it leads him and Fritzi on a merry chase. Phil and Fritzi get stranded on an artificial island that's drifting out to sea. One of the backup strips in the comic is Charles Schulz's Peanuts, then only in its fourth year; several daily strips are presented in full color. Other backup strips include pantomime strip Ferd'nand and comedy adventure Abbie an' Slats. Fritzi Ritz; Peanuts; Ferd'nand; Abbie an' Slats; Stamp Tips; Mamie. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 19, Issue 5 - August, 1953. Men's magazine featuring articles on true crime, and politics. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 86 pages, B&W Cover price $0.35.

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August 1953. Cover by Mel Hunter. Stories: "Mind Alone" by J. T. M'Intosh, "Diplomatic Immunity" by Robert Sheckley, "Stamped Caution!" by Raymond Z. Gallun, "We're Civilized" by Mark Clifton and Alex Apostolides, "The Trap" by Betsy Curtis, and "Minimum Sentence" by Theodore R. Cogswell. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; 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 Lazy-J Castle," art by Nicholas Firfires; Up in the Mesquite Mountains Dusty leads Gene to a huge stone castle, built by an old prospector friend of his; They find only horse thieves inside, and are invited to join them. "Death Rides the Bar-Q"; Cattle are dying off mysteriously, and Chuck Mills asks Gene for help finding the culprit. "Black Wolf Curse" text story, art by Tony Sgroi. "Beasley's Find," art by Tony Sgroi; When it's raining, Janey and Tommy finds Pete in the barn, and make him spin the yarn he promised, about the Cave of Silver. Gene Autry game ad. Wheaties ad featuring Stan Musial. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Conjuror's Magazine." Vol. 17 # 12. Magic articles, demonstrations, and news. Approx. 8-in. x 11-in.; black and white with spot color; 40 pages on white paper stock. Bill Larsen photo cover. Cover price $0.50.