January 1951 - February 1951

Crime SuspenStories #4.

Published on January 2, 1951. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The comic includes these stories: “Backlash!” by Johnny Craig; “Premium Overdue!” by Albert B. Feldstein & Jack Kamen; “Conniver!” by Albert B. Feldstein & Jack Davis; and “Heads-Up!” by Albert B. Feldstein & Graham Ingels. Cover illustration by Johnny Craig. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: L. L. [E. C.]. Cover/indicia date: April-May 1951. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 11, No. 5 [#125].

Published on January 2, 1951. Edited by Alice Nielsen Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Operation St. Bernard,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Buettner. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 52 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: February 1951. Cover price: 10¢.

Tales from the Crypt #23.

Published on January 3, 1951. Edited by William M. Gaines. The comic includes these stories: “Reflections of Death!” by Albert B. Feldstein; “Last Respects!” by Albert B. Feldstein & Graham Ingels; “Séance!” by Albert B. Feldstein & Jack Davis; and “Voodoo Death!” by Albert B. Feldstein & Johnny Craig. Cover illustration by Albert B. Feldstein. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: I. C. [E. C.] Cover/indicia date: April-May 1951. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #37.

Published on January 10, 1950. Edited by Leon Harvey. The comic features material originally published in Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy daily newspaper strip. Cover illustration by Chester Gould. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Harvey. Cover/indicia date: March 1951. Cover price: 10¢.

Weird Fantasy #6.

Published on January 10, 1951. Edited by William M. Gaines & Albert B. Feldstein. The comic includes these stories: “Space-Warp,” by Albert B. Feldstein; “The Dimension Translator,” by Harvey Kurtzman; “… And Then There Were Two!” by Albert B. Feldstein & Jack Kamen; and “Rescued,” by Albert B. Feldstein & Wallace Wood. Cover illustration by Albert B. Feldstein. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: I. C. [E. C.] Cover/indicia date: March-April 1951. Cover price: 10¢.

Marge’s Little Lulu #32.

Published on January 16, 1951. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes these stories: “The Day After Tomorrow Is St. Valentine’s Day,” “Lulu! Look at Me,” “The Haunted Dollhouse,” “Gosh, I Wish We Could Think of Something to Do,” “The Magic Fudge,” and “Abraham Lincoln’s Hat,” all by John Stanley & Irving Tripp. Cover illustration by Irving Tripp. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 52 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: February 1951. Cover price: 10¢.

Pogo Possum #4.

Published on January 16, 1951. The comic includes the stories “The Big Hink-Cup,” “Kiddin’ on the Keys,” “Beware of the Wash Dog,” “His Hand Has Never Lost Its Kill,” and “Planter’s Punchy,” all by Walt Kelly. Cover illustration by Walt Kelly. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 52 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: February-April 1951. Cover price: 10¢.

The Vault of Horror #18.

Published on January 16, 1951. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The comic includes these stories: “Sink-Hole!” by Johnny Craig; “Lend Me a Hand!” by Albert B. Feldstein & Jack Davis; “The Mask of Horror,” by Albert B. Feldstein & Jack Kamen; “”Dying to Lose Weight!” by Albert B. Feldstein & Graham Ingels. Cover illustration by Johnny Craig. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: L. L. [E. C.] Cover/indicia date: April-May 1951. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Donald Duck in “No Such Varmint”.

Published on January 23, 1951. Edited by Alice Nielsen Cobb. The comic includes the story “No Such Varmint,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Buettner. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 52 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: 1951. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

Also known as Four Color #318.

Two-Fisted Tales #21.

Published on January 25, 1951. Edited by William M. Gaines. The comic includes these stories: “Ambush!” by Harvey Kurtzman & Jack Davis; “Pigs of the Roman Empire,” by Harvey Kurtzman & John Severin, with Will Elder; “The Murmansk Run!” by Harvey Kurtzman & Wallace Wood; and “Search!” by Harvey Kurtzman. Cover illustration by Harvey Kurtzman. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Fables [E. C.] Cover/indicia date: May-June 1951. Cover price: 10¢.

Boys’ Ranch #4.

Published in February 1951 [see notes]. The comic includes the stories “The Bugle Blows at Bloody Knife” and “Fight to the Finish,” both by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, with Mort Meskin. Cover illustration by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Harvey. Cover/indicia date: April 1951. Cover price: 10¢.

Notes

The exact publication date is unknown. No copyright registration appears to have been filed for the issue. However, during the 1950s, Harvey generally cover-dated books two months ahead of publication.

There is no credited editor for the issue.

Terry and the Pirates #26.

Published in February 1951 [see notes]. Edited by Leon Harvey. The comic features material from Milton Caniff’s run on the Terry and the Pirates daily newspaper strip. Cover illustration by Lee Elias. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Harvey. Cover/indicia date: April 1951. Cover price: 10¢.

Notes

The exact publication date is unknown. No copyright registration appears to have been filed for the issue. However, during the 1950s, Harvey generally cover-dated books two months ahead of publication.

This is the Harvey Comics series’ final issue.

Al Capp’s Li’l Abner #82.

Published on February 1, 1951. The comic features material originally published in Al Capp’s Li’l Abner daily newspaper strip. Cover illustration by Al Capp. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Toby. Cover/indicia date: May 1951. Cover price: 10¢.

Captain Marvel Adventures #119.

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Published by February 2, 1951. Edited by Wendell Crowley, Al Jetter, and Will Lieberson. The comic includes these stories: “Captain Marvel Battles Invisibility,” by C. C. Beck & Otto Binder; and “The Man Who Thought Aloud” and “The Ghost Town Mystery,” both by C. C. Beck & Otto Binder, with Pete Costanza. Cover illustration by C. C. Beck. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 52 pages. Greenwich, CT: Fawcett. Cover/indicia date: April 1951. Cover price: 10¢.

Weird Science #7.

Published on February 2, 1951. Edited by William M. Gaines. The comic includes these stories: “It Was a Monster from the Fourth Dimension,” by Albert B. Feldstein; “Something Missing,” by Albert B. Feldstein & Jack Kamen; “… Gregory Had a Model T,” by Harvey Kurtzman; and “The Aliens,” by Albert B. Feldstein & Wallace Wood. Cover illustration by Albert B. Feldstein. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Fables [E. C.]. Cover/indicia date: May-June 1951. Cover price: 10¢.

The Haunt of Fear #6.

Published on February 9, 1951. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The comic includes these stories: “A Strange Undertaking…,” by Albert B. Feldstein & Graham Ingels, an uncredited adaptation of the Ray Bradbury short story “The Handler”; “So They Finally Pinned You Down!” by Albert B. Feldstein & Wallace Wood; “A Grave Gag!” by Albert B. Feldstein & Jack Kamen; and “Cheese, That’s Horrible!” by Albert B. Feldstein & Jack Davis. Cover illustration by Johnny Craig. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Fables [E. C.] Cover/indicia date: March-April 1951. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #38.

Published on February 10, 1951. Edited by Leon Harvey. The comic features material originally published in Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy daily newspaper strip. Cover illustration by Chester Gould. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Harvey. Cover/indicia date: March 1951. Cover price: 10¢.

Flash Gordon Comics #4.

Published on February 10, 1951. Edited by Leon Harvey. The comic features material from the Alex Raymond run on the Flash Gordon Sunday newspaper strip. The cover illustrator is unknown. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Harvey. Cover/indicia date: April 1951. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

This the final issue of the Harvey Comics series.

Marge’s Little Lulu #33.

Published on February 13, 1951. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes these stories: “Treasure Hunt,” “Late for School,” “There’s That Fresh Rich Kid, Wilbur Van Snobb,” “Very Little Lulu,” and “The Best Man in the Club,” all by John Stanley & Irving Tripp. Cover illustration by Irving Tripp. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 52 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: March 1951. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 11, No. 6 [#126].

Published on February 19, 1951. Edited by Alice Nielsen Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “A Financial Fable,” by Carl Barks. The story co-stars Uncle Scrooge. Cover illustration by Carl Buettner. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 52 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: March 1951. Cover price: 10¢.

Crime SuspenStories #5.

Published on February 21, 1951. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The comic includes these stories: “The Sewer!” by Johnny Craig; “Mr. Biddy… Killer!” by Albert B. Feldstein & Jack Davis; “The Gullible One,” by Albert B. Feldstein & Jack Kamen; and “Partially Dissolved!” by Albert B. Feldstein & Graham Ingels. Cover illustration by Johnny Craig. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: L. L. [E. C.] Cover/indicia date: June-July 1950. Cover price: 10¢.

The Marvel Family #58.

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Published on February 21, 1951. Edited by Wendell Crowley, Al Jetter, and Will Lieverson. The comic includes the Captain Marvel story “The Blackness Plague,” by C. C. Beck & Otto Binder. Cover illustration by C. C. Beck & Pete Costanza. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 52 pages. Greenwich, CT: Fawcett. Cover/indicia date: May 1951. Cover price: 10¢.

Next: March 1951 to April 1951.