1952/12/20 -- "America's New Dreadful Weapon" cover is credited to Fred Freeman

Contents as follows:
ARTICLES:

  • America's New Dreadful Weapon by Rear Admiral Homer N. Wallin, USN with James C. Derieux and illustrated by Fred Freeman about the atomic submarine
  • Would You Share Your Home With a Mental Case? by Michela Robbins
  • Transomic Tunnel Takes the Collier Trophy
  • Gary Cooper Spears a Kahala in Samoa -- Collier's Color Camera
  • For Sale: Advt. by Corey Ford with illustrations by Gluyas Williams
  • Is Your Body In Tune? by James A. Maxwell
  • Boom Boom! is about Bernie Boom Boom Geoffrion with a larger than full-page color photo
  • Small Town Christmas by Lew Dietz
  • Crackers 'n' Cookies by Robert Froman

    • FICTION:

  • "The Dream of the Black Horse" by Joseph Petracca and illustrated by Barbara Schwinn
  • "Dead on Christmas Street" by John D. MacDonald and illustrated by Tran Mawicke
  • "Blood from a Turnip" -- The Short Short Story by Jim Thompson (author of "The Killer Inside Me," "The Grifters," etc.) with illustration by Anthony Saris
  • "Hand-Me-Down" by Helen Cotton and illustrated by Frederic Varady
  • "The True Heart Never Grows Cold" by Harriet Frank, Jr. and illustrated by Charles Hawes

    • PLUS:

  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Editorials
  • Philip Morris Christmas Themed ad features Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in black & white
  • Color Christmas ad from Coca-Cola on the back cover featuring large Santa Claus