Comic books March 1954

Cover by Lily Renee and Eric Peters. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film starred in this comic at the height of their careers. Detectives Bud and Lou set out to find criminals in the neighborhood, but all they do is annoy the neighbors. Bud tries to convince Lou to marry the mysterious but wealthy Countess of Burponia. Bud and Lou try to sell a suit to a gangster and his girlfriend. Justice Is Done?; Model Man; Super Salesman; Backfire; Clothes Make the Manacle. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Dudley Page. 24 pages.

Cover art by Win Mortimer. The Boy Who Saved Superman, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Man Who Wanted To Die A Hero starring Congo Bill, art by Ed Smalle. The Hunters of the Future starring Tommy Tomorrow, art by Jim Mooney. Vigilante's Adopted Tribe, art by Howard Sherman. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 2, Issue 2 - March, 1954. Tabloid magazine filled with stories about romance, divorce, corruption, crime, and society. Softcover magazine, 8.5" x 10.5", 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Sy Barry. The Super-Carnival from Space starring Superboy, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Sy Barry; An alien circus tries to force Superboy to join. The Daredevil of the Seven Seas starring Aquaman, art by Ramona Fradon. Little Pete humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Mechanical Fortune Teller starring Johnny Quick, art by Ralph Mayo. Wanted for Murder: Green Arrow, art by George Papp; Green Arrow goes to the backward European nation of Entonia to rescue a girl. Full page ad for DC comic Hopalong Cassidy. 44 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Joe Maneely and Carl Burgos [Vampire Figure]. The Vampire Man; This story postulates the Jack the Ripper killings were done by a hateful hunchback who wanted to become a vampire so he could kill mortals. The Black Box text story. From Out of the…Grave, art by Gene Colan; In old England, a hunch backed grave robber named Grimm makes his living digging up corpses and selling them to doctors to experiment on illegally. The Man Who Walked the Plank, pencils by Werner Roth; After a pirate captain's ship is sunk, he finds himself surrounded by sharks, floating on the plank he has forced many to walk off of. The Faceless Ones, art by Myron Fass. The Horrible House, art by Al Eadeh. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Haunted Hunchback," "The Wolpire," "The Head Man," and "Death From the Depths." 3-D effect stories and cover. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Cover by Harry Lazarus. Stories by Harry Lazarus. Spine-chilling tales of suspense, horror, and the supernatural—prepare yourself for Adventures into the Unknown! 3-D effect stories and cover. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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The Man Who Wasn't, art by Mort Lawrence; When a scientist invents life in a test tube he is erased from existence by God. Haunted House text story. The Dwarf of Horrormoor; A duke plays a trick on his dwarf jester by replacing all of the furniture in his room with smaller versions so as to make the dwarf appear normal size when he wakes. The Thieves, art by Matt Fox; When Earth is warned that the aliens heading for them are thieves they have no idea that their intent is to steal the sun. The Invaders!, pencils by Ross Andru. Half-Human!, art by Robert Q. Sale; The manufacturer of androids unknowingly marries one and only finds out when he deploys gas to dissolve a group of rebellious androids that plot to depose humanity. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Title changes to Air Trails Hobbies for Young Men (1954-1955 Street and Smith) with V. 42 #1 Cover price $0.35.

Volume 4, Issue 3 - March, 1954. Art and Camera Magazine is a great tool for the amateur artist. It contains articles, exposes and product reviews that you can use to your advantage while exploring creativity in the world of fine arts. This issue with two pages of Bettie Page nude photos. 8.5" x 11", 44 pages, B&W. Contains nudity and is recommended for mature readers. Cover price $0.50.

March 1954. Science fiction stories by Walter M. Miller Jr., Dan T. Moore, Robert Arthur, Jerome Bixby, William P. Salton, Frederic Brown, Ross Rosklynne, John Pollard, Wesley Barefoot, and Eric Frank Russell. Cover by Clarence Doore. 5-1/2 in. x 7-1/2 in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

Volume 1, Issue 6 - March, 1954. Short-lived vintage men's magazine that focuses on the lifestyles of young models, especially those in bathing suits. 8.5" x 11.5", 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Presents Steve Roper American Crime Reporter. 7.5" x 10", 24 pages, B&W, 8D cover price.

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Stories and art by Murphy Anderson, Dan Barry, George Tuska and Alex Kotzky. An anthology from St. John, with a variety of genres, sources and artists. This issue features Old West hero The Hawk. The lawless town of Adobe Bend must change after Marshal Bob "Hawk" Hardie rides into town, but outlaw Slash hires Lobo Moreno to get rid of The Hawk. Marshal Hardie arrives in Armadillo Flats and goes after Reb Sutton and his band of killers. Pajaro, new chieftain of the Mescaleros, declares war on white settlers, but his blood brother Sangre tries to convince him otherwise. Plus the lyrics to the Western tune "Billy Venero" are rendered in comics form. Nice painted cover by an unknown artist. The Law of the Colt; Cowboy Songs of the Old West: Billy Venero; A Fair Exchange; John Slaughter; Six-Gun Showdown; Ghost Towns of the Old West: Cripple Creek; Blood Brothers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover art by Norman Saunders. The Secret Formula; Danny Blake gains the power of invisibility from a chemical spill in Professor Williard Crown's laboratory when "Scars" Mason tries to steal the formula for changing other metals into gold; Invisible Boy captures "Scars" Mason. Terror in the Streets; Invisible Boy foils "Comrade's" plan to ruin Grand City by sabotaging its newspaper and radio station. Magic Manners; Invisible Boy shows up Percy after he steals a date with Margie. Abe Lincoln's Star fact page about inauguration. A-Haunting We Will Go; Invisible Boy captures a gang of counterfeiters, who are using a haunted house as their base of operations. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"Bigger and Bitter"; Betty is going to give Archie a professional photo of herself for his birthday; Veronica finds out and goes to the same photographer and has a much larger photo made of herself. "Snooty Cuties!"; Veronica invites Archie to a party she's hosting for some high-class girls. "Wiser Adviser"; Archie gets mad when Betty knows more than he does. "On the Other Foot"; Reggie reads that a shoe store has a case of shoes only for the right foot; Betty remembers that Jughead bought a grab bag box at an auction that only had left foot shoes. "Plots to You" text story. "The Hic Parade," art by Joe Edwards; Betty tries to cure Veronica of the hiccups. Archie Giant Series ad. "One of Those Daze"; No matter what Reggie says to Moose about Midge, he gets beaten up. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 15, Issue 3 - March, 1954. Squarebound, 4.5" x 7", 144 pages, B&W.

This issue with the story "Queen of the Deep" by Philip Jose Farmer. 8.5" x 11", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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

Volume 5, Issue 9 - March, 1954. Art Photography Magazine was a men's interest publication produced from July, 1949 to December, 1958 that focused heavily on photographing the nude female form, as well as a fair amount of "cheesecake" pin-up style photography. Included are articles on how to take better photographs, product reviews of different photography equipment, and diving deeper into what makes photography a legitimate form of art. 8.5" x 10.5", 50 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

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March 1954. Volume 53, Issue 1 - 1st printing. Science fiction stories by Clifford D. Simak, Isaac Asimov ("Sucker Bait" part 2), Arthur Zirul, and Walter M. Miller Jr. Illustrations by Freas, Sussman, and van Dongen. Article on topology. Cover by Kelly Freas. Softcover, 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; 168 newsprint pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Antonio Canale, Enrico Bagnoli, and Antonio Toldo. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Giant Edition. The Keely Mob finds a new angle: taking over a Catskills resort. A killer counts on the fact that his wife is the only one who can identify him. The Coney Island gang finds death on the boardwalk. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Killers on a Spree; Coney Island Jackpot; Short Circuit Trap; The Strange Fugitive; Bandits Bride. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 6 - Spring, 1954. Humor magazine with cartoons, jokes, and gag advertisements. 8.5" x 10.75", 52 pages. B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Win Mortimer. "The Flying Batman," script by David Vern, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Stan Kaye; Batman and Robin are rendered unconscious by a sting from a strange winged man, only to awake in a weird city inhabited by winged men, who want to operate on Batman to give him wings in order to track down desperate felons. "The Man Who Could Change Fingerprints!", pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Charles Paris; Lew Farnum has a plastic surgeon change his fingerprints, then commits crimes in order to convince other criminals that he can have the same done for them if they will steal for him. Start the Day Off Right public service announcement with Buzzy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. Varsity Vic two-page story by Henry Boltinoff. "Cop-Artist" text story. "The Olympic Games of Crime!", script by Bill Finger, art by Dick Sprang; When crimedom decides to hold an "Olympics of Crime," Batman infiltrates as one of the contestants, and only his wits saves him from death at the hands of the other criminals. "Casey the Cop" one-page story by Henry Boltinoff. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Man with the Gun" (art by Paul Reinman), "Men in Hiding" (art by Joe Sinnott), "Battle Brady" (art by Mort Lawrence), and "Monte Cassino," plus a two-page text story, "Storm Flight." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Eugene E. Hughes and Hy Fleishman. War comics from publisher Stanley Morse in the tradition of EC's war comics. Pvt. Ike and a blonde war correspondent get involved in a search for contraband lemonade in Korea. A US tank unit lost in the African desert during WWII wonders what to do with the German soldiers they've captured. An American squad is adopted by a sad-faced little civilian boy. Pvt. Ike: War and Peace!; Hill by Hill!; Sweating It Out!; Delaying Action!; The Boy Wouldn't Smile; Private Stock; Pvt. Ike: Letter from Home! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Written by unknown. Art by Robert McCarty, Dick Ayers, Mort Lawrence and unknown. Our armed forces in action! Featuring: "The Sky Is Free!"; "Blood and Guts" with pencils by Robert McCarty; "The Sea Devil Strikes" with pencils by Dick Ayers; "LaFayette!" with art by Mort Lawrence; and 2-page text story "Doors to Freedom"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 13, No. 1 - March, 1954. Cover by Peter Driben. Pin-ups galore in two-page humorous situations with accompanying text. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/2-in., 52 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by A. C. Hollingsworth. Stories and art by Henry Kiefer, Sid Check, John Forte, and Myron Fass. Pre-Code horror comic from Trojan Magazines. A headless man tells George the story of the Alwyn treasure. While exploring a cave in which witches were sealed 300 years before, a music professor finds a flute, and foolishly plays it to see what will happen. Something evil is stalking the sewers and catacombs of Paris. Lost Souls; When Witches Summon; Terror In the Streets; The Watery Ghost; Come Die With Me. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

From the Graves They Crept, pencils by Jim McLaughlin; The dead rise from their graves, to build themselves fine worm-proof coffins; They do so because undertaker Hans Richter buried them in cheap wooden boxes. Vengeance of the Possessed, art by Louis Zansky; Professor English is experimenting with the occult and keeps a vampire, a werewolf and a zombie caged in his cellar; One day the creatures can escape and take revenge. The Long Journey Outward, pencils by Jim McLaughlin. Totem Justice, art by Lou Cameron. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1, Issue 5 - March 1954. Fantasy anthology magazine featuring "The God Business" by Philip Jose Farmer, and "Gone Witch" by Roy Hutchins. 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 160 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations throughout) Cover price $0.35.