1953/12/05 — Cover design by Stevan Dohanos.
Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows:
4 SHORT STORIES:
- “The Beautiful Hitchhiker” by Phyllis Duganne and illustrated by Joe De Mers
- “First Holdup” by Harry T. Madden and illustrated by Sam Bates
- “Botts and the Impossible Mountain” by William Hazlett Upson and illustrated by Hy Rubin
- “The Babe in Toyland” by Fred Dickenson and illustrated by Bob Hilbert
NOVELETTE:
- “The Coward” by Jacland Marmur and illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer
8 ARTICLES:
- We Met Death on K2 — part 1 of 2 by Robert H. Bates with Robert W. Craig
- I Flew With the Stratojets by Wesley Price
- It’s Never Too Late to Go to College by Milton MacKaye
- The Dog That Trained Me by Sally Carrighar
- Professor in a Hot Spot by James P. O’Donnell
- The Post Reports on the AEC: The Life History of an A-Bomb — Part 2 of 2 by Harold H. Martin
- His Time Is Worth $10,000 A Day by Henry La Cossitt is about Johnny Fox of Boston
- Things You Never Knew About Pencils by Don Wharton
2 SERIALS:
- “The Double Agent” — Conclusion by William J. Stevens, Jr. and illustrated by Earl Mayan
- “Cry Murder!” — part 4 of 7 by Nancy Rutledge and illustrated by Edwin Georgi
OTHER FEATURES:
- Keeping Posted
- Post Scripts
- Letters
- Editorials
- Remember When?
- Verse