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Issue: Spellbound #19
Publication Date: February 1954
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Issues: #19 of 34 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Atlas [black & white]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Male Publishing Corp.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Content Items: 19 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Peek-a-Boo!

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Genres: horror
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Yes, Right from Detroit!

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First Line: From the auto capital of the world to you… comes this amazing motorcade bargain
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Disclose Notes: Young Products ad for toy cars boasting: “Nowhere in Lilliput did Gulliver ever see anything like this! This amazing motorcade bargain includes fifty miniature motor cars: true three dimensional scale models of streamline trolleys, highway vans, delivery trucks, repair service cars, and U.S. Army planes.”

Also offers an "Amazing new watch with mechanical brain" at the bottom 1/4 of the page.

Indicia at bottom of page. On inside front cover
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Who's Knocking at My Door?

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Dr. Oliver Clements; Professor Tourneau
Synopsis: A scientist develops the means of murdering everyone on the planet, but commits suicide after hearing a knocking on his door figuring that it is Martians come to place the only living human in a zoo. It turns out to be a tree branch in the wind.
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Job Number: C-761
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The Witch of Maple Street

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Genres: horror
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From Content Item: FlagAstonishing #12 published April 1952
was Horror for Sale [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "The Witch of Maple Street"
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Pages: 2
Job Number: 9901
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Skinny Girls Don't Have Oomph!

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First Line: It takes those extra lbs. of solid flesh to "bring out' your natural curves
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Disclose Notes: Send $2.00 for a weight gain supplement from U.S. Nature Products Corp. of New York, NY.
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Peek-A-Boo!

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Professor Brant; Crafton; Dodd
Synopsis: In 1973 the first landing on Mars retreats quickly after Martians toss flesh dissolving grenades at them. They bring one back to Earth and it is stolen by a communist spy. He takes it back to the communist leaders where they open it and all die.
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Job Number: C-719
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Given - Premiums or Cash Commission - Given

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First Line: Boys-Girls-Ladies-Men
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Disclose Notes: Wilson Chemical Co. of Tyrone, PA ad seeking sellers of Cloverine Brand Salve in exchange for prizes or cash.
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Reversible Auto Seat Covers

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First Line: Made of Flexton — heavy gauge plastic
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Disclose Notes: Send $5.00 for front and rear set of reversible auto seat covers from Mardo Sales Corporation of 480 Lexington Ave, New York, NY. Covers come in Zebra-Snake and Leopard-Cowhide.
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Powerful Long Range

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First Line: These new binoculars are imported.
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Disclose Notes: Send $2.98 for non-prismatic Clearpower binoculars with built-in compass from M.S.C., Grand Central Station, New York, NY.
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Witch Doctor

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Emerson Hollis; Ma-Kwo-Ti; Ambler
Synopsis: A man looking for an island paradise finds a witch doctor who keeps his zombie thinking he is a living man by transfusing blood into him.
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Job Number: C-820
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Work Clothes Bargains!

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First Line: What a buy! Surplus stock from a big midwest supply firm…
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Disclose Notes: Work shirts, work pants, shop coats, and coveralls for extremely low prices from Young Distributing Co. of 2605 Elmhurst, Detroit, Michigan.
Between pages 3-4 of "Witch Doctor".
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Borrow Money by Mail!

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First Line: Any amount $50.00 to $600.00.
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Disclose Notes: Borrow money by mail from fifty-year old State Finance Company of 323 Securities Bldg., Omaha, Nebraska.
Between pages 3-4 of "Witch Doctor".
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The Firing Squad

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Genres: horror
Synopsis: A man becomes wealthy by accusing his neighbors of disloyalty to the Red Chinese and sharing in the redistribution of wealth. Various soldiers pass through the area looking for traitors until there is no one left to accuse. When the last general asks who is wealthy, his neighbors point to the man and he is executed.
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Job Number: C-178
Disclose Notes: Wessler script per biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 21, No. 3, March 2010.
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Stamps Shop by Mail

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First Line: 225 stamps for only 10¢
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Disclose Notes: Miscellaneous novelty items.
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Off His Rocker!

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Genres: horror
Synopsis: A man gets rid of his uncle by tipping his rocking chair so he falls out the window. His conscience bothers him so that he thinks the rocker is still rocking, and he falls out the window himself.
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Job Number: C-710
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Chew Improved Formula Chewing Gum!

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First Line: Reduce up to 5 lbs. a week with Dr. Phillips plan
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Disclose Notes: American Healthaids Co. of 318 Market St., Newark, New Jersey offers Kelpidine Chewing Gum as an easy, stress-free way to lose weight. Not included in the ad is the fact that Kelpidine is dried seaweed.
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Free! This Entire Collection of 210 Stamps from All Over the World

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First Line: All different! Price in Standard Catalog $5.00.
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Disclose Notes: Send $1.00 for a "Complete Stamp Collector's Outfit", plus the free 210 foreign stamps and German inflation money.
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I Will Train You at Home to Be a Radio-Television Technician

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Character(s): J.E. Smith (photo)
First Line: You practice broadcasting with parts I send
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Disclose Notes: Send for free Service Lesson and free 64-page book "How to Be a Success in Radio-Television" from National Radio Institute of Washington, D.C.
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Which Daisy Training B-B Rifle Do You Want Hanging on Your Christmas Tree, Partner?

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First Line: You can get a Daisy this Christmas for as little as $3.98.
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Disclose Notes: Daisy Manufacturing Company ad highlighting the No. 111 Famous Daisy 1000-Shot Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine, the No. 25 Daisy Pump Gun, and the No. 142 Daisy Defender Repeater.
On back cover.

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