Issue128: Our Top 10 Comics of the 1950s!

Welcome To Common Comic Cover Issue 128. IN THIS EPISODE: ANDY'S TOP 10 COMICS OF THE 1950s: #10 - Crime and Punishment #45 (1951): Charles Biro cover! Lev Gleason crime comic featuring "Murder at a Price," "The Knife of Macbeth," and "The Strangler!" Companion to Crime Does Not Pay with emphasis on police work. Detective investigates crooked patent attorney and sideshow magician Doctor Zeno! #9 - Man Comics #15 (1952): Marvel/Atlas war comic! Russ Heath cover! Stories include "The Mistake," "The Luck of Lieutenant Nelson," and "Combat Patrol!" David Berg and Robert Q. Sale art. Classic Korean War era comic! #8 - Frogman Comics #8 (1953): Hillman Publishing underwater special-ops! Mort Lawrence cover. NOT a frog superhero - actual 1950s underwater soldiers! "20-Fathom Torch Job," "The Poison Fish of San Juan," and more diving adventures! #7 - Hand of Fate #16 (1953): Ace Magazines pre-code horror! "Specters Stalk the Bloody Tower" featuring German collaborators haunted by ghosts of London Tower during the Blitz! "The Clock of Doom Strikes Loud!" and "The Black Curse of Rhan Giva" by Louis Zansky! #6 - Baffling Mysteries #18 (1953): Ace Comics horror! "6 of Me on the Prowl" - evil sculptress and mad doctor create six clones of ex-G.I. Barney Phelps! Ken Rice and Lou Cameron art. "12 Hours to Doom" features magic sundial summoning Chronos! #5 - Strange Suspense Stories #2 (1952): Fawcett/Charlton pre-code terror! Bernard Baily cover! "Aieeeeee! The Teeth!" - dentist haunted by his victim's teeth! "The Hunter Who Became the Hunted!" features tiger boy shapeshifter. George Evans art! #4 - Web of Mystery #8 (1952): Ace Comics suspense! Lou Cameron cover with stories by Mike Sekowsky and Rocco Mastroserio. Classic pre-code horror anthology! #3 - Baffling Mysteries #23 (1954): "Werewolf Husband" by Louis Zansky! Lucille Garth marries Count Yarno for wealth, suspects his lycanthropy secret! "Clang of the Crypt Door" features the cursed Chesney family line! #2 - Baffling Mysteries #20 (1954): "The Maze Master" by Lou Cameron - sadist Victor Rarlo trapped in his own mind-maze! "Tune of the Zombie Queen" with dancers turned to zombies in New Orleans voodoo tale! "Hostage of the Unearthly" features demons invading through radiation experiments! #1 - Beyond #1 (1950): ACE COMICS FIRST ISSUE! "The Werewolf Strikes!" with Professor Drago. "The Phantom Puppet" - Jack the Ripper wooden doll comes alive! "Master of the Undead" features zombie chase in Haiti. Frank Giusto, Ken Rice, and Al Hartley art! JEREMY'S TOP 10 COMICS OF THE 1950s: #10 - Poppo of the Popcorn Theatre #1 (1955): Fuller Publishing with Charles Biro cover! Rare and obscure! #9 - Daredevil Comics #86 (1952): Lev Gleason classic! Charles Biro cover! Little Wise Guys beaten by girls' baseball team, Dilly Duncan targeted by hoods, roller derby adventure! "Perils of a Paper Route" featuring Crimebuster! #8 - Dick Tracy Monthly #104 (1956): Dell/Harvey with painted Joe Simon cover (as Chester Gould)! "The Case of the Fur Hi-Jackers" by Chester Gould! Rainbow Reiley, Rughead, and Sparkle Plenty! #7 - Boy Comics #76 (1952): Charles Biro cover! Crimebuster vs. Iron Jaw! Daring leap from speeding car, deadly battle atop steel foundry, thrown from speeding train! Squeeks the monkey honored at pet show! #6 - Boy Comics #75 (1952): Charles Biro cover! "The Space Platform" - Crimebuster prevents Iron Jaw from launching space station to terrorize Earth! Pre-Space Race sci-fi! International war conference and ski slope avalanche! #5 - Boy Comics #73 (1952): FRANK FRAZETTA ART! Charles Biro cover! Three-part Iron Jaw saga - prison escape, Crimebuster trapped in crushed car, counterfeiting ring! Classic anti-drug PSA with early Frank Frazetta artwork! "The Werewolf That Wasn't!" #4 - Feature Presentations Magazine: Moby Dick #6 (1950): WALLY WOOD COVER! Fox Feature Syndicate adaptation of Herman Melville's classic novel! Captain Ahab vs. the great white whale! Pete Morisi art. One of Wally Wood's earliest covers! Plus "Skipper Hoy" sea adventure! #3 - Two Fisted Tales #26 (1952): Harvey Kurtzman's legendary EC war series! Harvey Kurtzman cover! Korean War stories with art by John Severin, Will Elder, Wally Wood, and Jack Davis! "The Trap!" "Hungnam!" "Hagaru-Ri!" Top EC artists create gritty war tales! #2 - Flash #110 (1959): FIRST APPEARANCE OF KID FLASH! Carmine Infantino and Joe Giella cover! "Meet Kid Flash" - Wally West gains super speed! Origin of the Weather Wizard! John Broome script with Murphy Anderson inks! Silver Age DC classic! #1 - Amazing Ghost Stories #16 (1954): MATT BAKER COVER! St. John pre-code horror masterpiece! Joe Kubert and Carmine Infantino story - executioner ordered to behead himself! George Tuska art in "The Tentacles of Death!" Dan Barry art! Final issue of the series! If you like comics or just two old friends talking please like and subscribe. #ComicBooks #CGC #Marvel #DCComics #ComicCollecting #KeyIssues #VariantCovers