Comic books August 1953

"Fire Sale" (1 pg), "Sit Tight" (1/2 pg), "Be Prepared" (1/2 pg), "Seeing is Believing" (2 pgs), "The Prisoner's Song" by Al Fagaly , "Movie Chatter" text (2 pgs), "Say it With Flowers" (1 pg), "Business is Business" (1/2 pg), "It's News to Me!" (1/2 pg), "Hold That Lion" by Al Fagaly , Uwanna Duck in "Boiling Point" (1 pg), "Taking the Plunge" (1/2 pg), "Foul Ball" (1/2 pg), "Charity Begins at Home" by Al Fagaly (2 pgs), "Open House" (1/2 pg), "Go to Diggins" (1/2 pg), "Sweet Dreams" (1/2 pg), "On Wings of Sleep" (1/2 pg). 36 pages, FC. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Win Mortimer. Destination X starring Superman and The Brain, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Search For the Bravest Woman starring Superman and Grissom, art by Al Plastino. Peg humor page by Henry Boltinoff. African Adventure text story. Clark Kent--Convict starring Superman and Phil Casan, art by Al Plastino; Superman creates fake Clark to fool guards. Jerry The Jitterbug five-page story, art by Henry Boltinoff. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Katy Keene back-up story by Bill Woggon. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Davis. "Dead Right!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; A doctor rigs up an elaborate hoax to convince his heart specialist friend that his theory of awareness immediately after death could be true by pretending to poison him but really only administering an anesthetic. "Pleasant Screams!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; A high school teacher narrates his experiences as the main character in the dream of a sadistic student. "Solid" text story. "Strop! You're Killing Me!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Bill Elder; When Clem retires as Fire Chief, that leaves old Dan Harper on the job.....until the Mayor appoints a younger man as Chief, and, from the beginning, Dan and Chief Miller never see eye-to-eye about anything. "The Rover Boys!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels; A doctor gets his revenge on the five members of the medical board who revoked his license to practice medicine by transferring their brains into the bodies of dogs, and using their reasoning abilities to make money as a novelty act. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Mel Keefer and Jack Sparling. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. This issue may have been used as an example in the anti-comics classic, Seduction of the Innocent (p. 161). Nebbish Edgar buys a genie who will fulfill his wishes from a man at a strange old shop...but there's always a catch. A zombie wants to know why her husband is late for their undead rendezvous. A jar of beet juice turns out to be human bean juice. The Treacherous Genie; Test of Terror; The Fiend of Flames; Weirdest Suicide Pact; Special on Beet Soup; Brief Stop at Lambeau. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Lex Barker photo cover. "The Ancient Terror," script by Gaylord Du Bois, pencils by Jesse Marsh; Tarzan and Dr. MacWhirtle visit a land inside an extinct volcano; There they assist Ruandi, a young tribesman, in rescuing his beloved, Lula, from the machinations of the witch doctor Kuvuru. "Tarzan Fights for His Own," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; While Tarzan is away from home, visiting Pal-ul-don, Sheikh Ibrahim kidnaps Jane and Boy; Tarzan rides to their rescue on a gryf. "The River People" text story starring Mabu. "Boy and the Horned Monster," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; While exploring, Boy and Dombie are captured by the men of a small village; They witness the sacrifice of a man to a horned monster; While they are attempting escape, Boy realizes that the monster is the witch doctor in a costume. "Brothers of the Spear," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Russ Manning; The patriot army attacks Amotu and Mothibi manages to capture Nagopa. Jungle Canoe Trip, art by Jesse Marsh; A racing-type board game. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Weekly U.K. comic featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous hero. 28 pages, B&W.

Weekly U.K. comic featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous hero. 28 pages, B&W.

Weekly U.K. comic featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous hero. Tarzan by Barry, reprinting daily comic strips. Colorized Lex Barker Movie Cover. "Arizona Bill" fumetti. 28 pages, B&W.

Cover pencils by Warren Kremer, inks by Al Avison. Wife In Name Only, pencils by Bob Powell, inks by Bob Powell Studio [Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, George Seifringer, Martin Epp]. Here Comes The Bride!, art by Bill Draut. Mockery of Marriage, art by Warren Kremer. Mockery of Marriage, art by Warren Kremer. Wrong Kind of Guy, pencils by Warren Kremer, inks by Lee Elias. I Was A Child Bride, art by Al Avison. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 9 - August 3rd, 1953. Celebrity gossip magazine. The issue features a Zsa Zsa Gabor cover and pictorials, and a look at the manufacturing portion of the fashion industry. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 10 - August 10th, 1953. Celebrity gossip magazine. The issue features a Billy Graham. cover and pictorials. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 11 - August 17th 1953. Celebrity gossip magazine. The issue features Elizabeth Taylor on the cover, and includes articles Canada's uranium reserves, and motherhood in Hollywood. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 12 - August 24th 1953. Celebrity gossip magazine. The issue features baseball legend Roy Campanella on the cover, and extensive articles on American concerns over the Hydrogen Bomb. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "Too Many Sweethearts"; "Heart on Ice" reprinted from Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #31; "Tempted Because of Loneliness"; and "Snubbed!". Text articles: "Expressions that Reveal You: He Said He Loved Me..." reprinted from "Chats on Charm, It Shows in Your Face..." in All Love (1949) #30 and from "The Charm Corner..." in Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #50, and reprinted as "The Charm Corner..." in Ten Story Love Vol. 36 (1955) #5; "Why Some Girls Get the Brush-Off: How to Perk Up for That Last Minute Invitation..." reprinted as "Glamorizing Yourself..." in Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #68 and partially reprinted from "Chats on Charm..." in All Love (1949) #29. Indicia states "TEN-STORY LOVE". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 37, Issue 8 - August, 1953. TAM is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures. Broadway and Hollywood. Includes: "See the Jaguar" by N. Richard Nash, "My Sister Eileen Goes on the Town" by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and much more. 8.5-in. x 11-in, 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Edited by Will Lieberson, V.A. Provisiero and Al Jetter. Stories by unknown. Art by Bud Thompson, Bob Powell and unknown. Come on in! Dr. Death has some real out-of-this-world stories to tell you! Horror tales that are so scary they could only lead you to believe that This Magazine is Haunted! In this issue: American writer Richard Mord visits the castle of Valord, home of the vampire lady Siroon. There he discovers the entrance to the beyond, hidden behind a strange door. When he returns for a second visit, the demons greet him all too familiar in "The Door" with art by Bud Thompson. Plus: A society lady wants to show off with an exquisite piece of pottery for her dinner party. She seeks the services of a ghoulish potter living next to a graveyard. He does create something unique in "The Store at the Cemetery"! Also: While nurse Sheila is waiting for her fiance Johnny, evil doctor Quantrell pushes her into a flesh-eating wall of pulsating meat he created. A race against the clock unfolds in "The Wall of Flesh!" with pencils by Bob Powell. And: A movie turkey about a Martian invasion is promoted by faking one. But instead of the hired actors real men from Mars land in Hollywood and begin their attack in "Ready -- Action -- Camera!" 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 42, Issue 3 - August, 1953. Cover by Jack Coggins. Stories by Kendell Foster Crossen, George O. Smith, Sam Merwin Jr., Robert Sheckley, Leslie Waltham, Charles A. Stearns, Mike Curry, R.J. McGregor, J.W. Groves, and Paul A. Torak. Three Virgil Finlay illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Dick Van Buren, and Bob Lubbers. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Escaping the Hunter's jungle on a raft, Tarzan is rescued by a passing ship. But it turns out to be a pirate ship, and mistaking Tarzan for someone else, the pirates capture him and hang him by his thumbs. Sluggo plays a watermelon prank on Nancy. Nancy; How it Began!; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Tarzan. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 10, Issue 1 - August 1953. Cover by Steffa. Humorous pin-up magazine with photos and cartoons scattered throughout. This issue with a photo of Bettie Page. 8 1/2-in. x 1 1/2-in., 50 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.25.

Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Featuring: Tom & Jerry tale; Bruiser picks on Tom in an Adventures of Tom tale; Barney Bear & Benny Burro tale; Polly the parrot tries to get Spike & Tyke in trouble so they can't go for a ride in a Big Spike & Little Tyke tale; Bertie Bird text story "Adventure in Apple Tree Lane"; Wuff the Prairie Dog tale; Jerry & Tuffy 2-pager; Fuzzy & Wuzzy tale; Flip 'n' Dip 2-pager; and Droopy half-pager. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 13, Issue 2 - August, 1953. 6.75" x 9", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 69, Issue 1 - August 1953. Cover by Ozzie Sweet. Photos and articles focusing on American life. "Teens: Good or Bad?", "Spawn of Satan." 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 138 pages B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Cover by Jack Davis. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Davis, Wally Wood, and Jerry De Fuccio. Art by George Evans, John Severin, Marie Severin, Wally Wood, and Jack Davis. Harvey Kurtzman's legendary series enlisted top EC artists for gritty tales of war and adventure. An outlaw takes over a Western town but doesn't reckon on an elderly homesteader. (This story was written and drawn by Jack Davis while Harvey Kurtzman was busy shaping the early MAD.) French pilot Georges Guynemer becomes a legendary fighter ace during World War I. During feudal times, a charge of murder leads to a duel, with art by Wally Wood. Action-packed cover by Wood. Betsy!; Trial by Arms!; Salty Speech; En Crapaudine!; Guynemer! NOTE: This issue was reprinted by East Coast Comics with a $1 cover a 1970's copyright date (see E.C. Classic Reprints #9). These and other changes make the reprint easy to distinguish from the original which has a 10-cent cover price and a 1950's publication date. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Benulis, Harry Anderson, Gene Colan, Bill Walton, Sid Greene and Jack Abel. "The Man Who Changed" with art by Bill Benulis and Jack Abel - A timid, unimpressive man stays behind to witness an H Bomb test on an island with the guinea pigs figuring that any change will be an improvement. The bomb flash blinds and burns him, but when he recovers in the hospital, he finds that he has grown taller, powerfully built and handsome. He resolves to leave the institution, although the personnel attempt to restrain him for fear of his contamination, and marry the girl he's wild about. She reacts in fear to his presence though, and all people shun him. He returns to the test island where the guinea pigs accept him. Also in this issue: "If Looks Could Kill!" with art by Harry Anderson - When a beautiful woman cheats a smitten scientist out of ten thousand dollars to gamble with, he gets revenge by transforming her ageless beauty into stone; "The Hungry Jaws" with art by Gene Colan - A plantation owner attempts to buy time to ignite a moat defense against swarming ants by sacrificing his workers to them, but even though the ploy works, the ants cross over the burning moat by crossing over the dead ant corpses and kill him; "Joe's Weak Spot" with art by Bill Walton - A man finds that he cannot be the boxer he wants to be with his literal glass jaw; "The Mental Case" with art by Sid Greene - A psychologist treats a man who claims to have a demon in his head and ends up with it himself; and 2-page text story "The Sentence!", reprinted from Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) #9 (original title: "Vengeance of the Time Stream"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Johnny Craig. Ad for MAD magazine. "Whirlpool," script and art by Johnny Craig; Her mind was whirling as three horrid creatures hovered over her, asking her name, and she ran to escape; A series of events: thrown into boiling water, plunged into ice, poked with a hypodermic, strapped into an electric chair, and put into a small room that kept shrinking. "Out of His Head!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Alex had murdered Stanley with an axe to his head, trying to blame the death on a maniac; It seemed, however, that the dead man kept haunting him. "Crash Landing!" text story. 'An Ample Sample," art by George Evans; Irwins wife Hannah gets fat from eating too many chocolates; he admits to killing her. "Funereal Disease!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); Jasper went to his cottage on the Fairchild Estate and counted up the money he had been saving, a total of $4970, and knew as soon as Mr. Fairchild paid him the last $30 he owed him, he'd be set.... set to have the funeral that was denied to his parents. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. A comic-book writer devises a fiendish revenge against the editor who fired him. After treasure hunters rob a jungle idol, the idol comes to life and pursues them. In colonial India, Colonel Rankin finds a way to get rid of his daughter's suitor for good, or so he thinks. Vanishing Cadavers; Mask of the Monster; Fangs of the Werewolf; Idol of Evil; Tusks of Terror. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Certa. "Fog!", art by Jack Sparling; A soldier is shot in the spine and paralyzed during the attack on Red Inchon. "Expendable" text story. "Death Bait!"; South Korean War story about the 5th Marine Division. "Joe Palooka Helps His Young Friends Start a Safe Air Rifle Club!" public service announcement. "Battlefront Madness!"; Murphy borrows a trick from his brother in the Air Force by mounting rockets on a tank. "Veteran" text story. "American Heroes"; Four examples of American heroism during wartime. "Ambush"; A young Korean boy helps the American soldiers by throwing grenades. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bernard Baily. Stories and art by Tony Mortellaro and others. Pre-Code tales of horror from Stanley Morse Publications. A convict sees a chance to escape prison by feeding a visiting rat. A scientist who manages to shrink down in size is accidentally swallowed by a colleague. A cursed pearl brings murder and death to all who possess it. The Castle of Fear; Rat-Trap; While the Iron Was Hot; Jonah; The Cycle. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Gory cover by Bernard Bailey shows a man with his heart ripped out. Interiors reprint Weird Mysteries # 1: "High Voltage" (art by Hy Fleishman), "The Planet Eaters," "Death Takes a Holiday" (art by Nick Frank), "A Stone's Throw From Eternity," "The Spirits From Outer Space!" Edited by Stanley Morse. Stories by Fleishman, Frank Frollo, Frank, Loffredo, Walter Palais, and Mike Esposito. Futuristic science fiction, sometimes with elements of horror—these are Weird Tales of the Future! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.