Comic books in 'Swimming Pool'

Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Myron Fass, Lawrence Dresser, and A.C. Hollingsworth. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. A jealous architect schemes to feed his secretary and her new fiancee to his personal pet monster. A mad scientist can implant the personalities of dead people into the living, but maybe he shouldn't have started with Jack the Ripper. A henpecked horticulturist schemes to create his own little shop of horrors. The Thing in the Pool; The Hand of Jao Tze; The Rippers Return; Love from a Plant. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. Stories by unknown. Art by Charles Nicholas & Vince Colletta?, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez and unknown. Featuring: "The Music of Love"; "Betrayal"; "I Came to Teach You Loving"; and the 1-page story "Why?" Plus: 1-page public service announcement "Jonnie Love Speaks Out on Narcotics!" drawn by Tony Tallarico! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Hugo Di Benedetto, Charles Nicholas, and Vince Alascia. Couples navigate the mazelike pathways of relationships and love in the 1960s and '70s. Barbara is determined not to be pushed around by men, even if she has to personally explain it to every man in L.A. After giving her savings to her boyfriend, a woman has doubts about him, in the imaginatively titled "I Paid Cash for My Broken Heart." Plus romantic advice from the 1960s. Trophy Catch; One Life, One Love; Canteen Corner; I Paid Cash for My Broken Heart. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Don Sherwood? Stories by unknown. Art by Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia, Don Sherwood? and unknown. Featuring: "I'll Show You My Etchings"; "Borrowed Kisses!"; and "Destination...Delight"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Charles Schulz. Stories and art by Charles Schulz, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Mik, Dick Van Buren, and Bob Lubbers. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. One of the backup strips in the comic is Charles Schulz's Peanuts, then only in its fifth year; several strips are presented in full color. Lucy's bouncing of the ball 50,000 times finally drives Charlie Brown over the edge. Snoopy feels left out by the gang, in one of his earliest interior monologues. Nancy has too much junk food while visiting the zoo. Tarzan finds himself in the strange land of Luanda. One of the earliest appearances of Schulz's Peanuts on the cover of a comic book. Nancy; Peanuts; Strange as It Seems; Hobbies for All!; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Ferd'nand; Tarzan. Final issue published by United Features; St. John takes over publishing with the next issue. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Charles Schulz, Ernie Bushmiller, and Rudolph Dirks. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. One of the backup strips in the comic is Charles Schulz's Peanuts, then only in its sixth year; several daily strips are presented in full color. Charlie Brown debates whether he prefers to be alone or in a crowd. Violet and Lucy compare a runaway ball to Charlie Brown's head. Bingo the Monkey Doodle Boy tries to join a gym. The Family Workshop; Nancy; Peanuts; The Captain and the Kids; Bingo. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dale Hale and Hy Eisman. Stories and art by Jim Sasseville and Hy Eisman. Tip Top Comics presented stories featuring characters from United Features newspaper strips. One of the strips in the comic is Charles Schulz's Peanuts, featuring rare stories not written or drawn by Schulz, but by fellow artist Jim Sasseville. Charlie Brown and Schroeder try mowing the lawn during winter. Snoopy stands too close to Pig-Pen's "portable mud puddle" and gets mistaken for a black dog by everyone, even Charlie Brown. Nancy; Peanuts; Sluggo: Out of Luck; Nancy: The Great Outdoors; The Boy With a Brain; The Captain and the Kids: Monkey-Shiners; Ferd'nand. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dale Hale and Hy Eisman. Stories and art by John Stanley, Dale Hale and Hy Eisman. Tip Top Comics presented stories featuring characters from United Features newspaper strips. One of the strips in the comic is Charles Schulz's Peanuts, featuring rare stories not written or drawn by Schulz, but by fellow artist Dale Hale. After their ball game gets rained out, Charlie Brown convinces the team to build a clubhouse. But then he wonders if the clubhouse is actually bringing them closer together. Nancy and Sluggo want to join a parade. Plus another Nancy and Sluggo story, both written by Little Lulu's John Stanley. Nancy and Sluggo: Parade Escapades; Peanuts: Togetherness; Sluggo: Dead Wreck-Oning; The Jokers; The Captain and the Kids: Paint Panic; Nancy: The Rout. Final issue of the series, after 18 years in print. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Samm Schwartz and others. Designed and drawn by Archie Comics veterans, including Jughead's Samm Schwartz, Tippy is Tower's entry into the world of timeless teen comedy. Ad execs spot Tippy, and want to cast her in a shoot with male model Addington Collar, but there's one catch - it's for a bridal magazine. In a story strangely prescient of future drone tech, Tommy enlists Egghead's RC plane to send messages to a grounded Tippy. Plus reader-submitted fashion designs and advice for teens on fashion (including a hairstyle called "Batman Bangs"), dating, and parties. And a vintage ad for a "life-size pin-up" of Man From UNCLE star David McCallum, "personally autographed." Model Marriage; Bringing Home the Bakin'; Tippy's Fashion Marionettes; Mad Fads; Robot Romance; Swingin' Specs; Tippy's Fashion Parade; Dear Tippy; Animal: Keeping Up with the Times; And All That Jazz. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

L.B. Cole cover. All stories reprinted in True to Life Romances (1949) #9. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "My Lost Elopement"; "My Desire for Love" retitled and reprinted from "Love Was My Undoing!" in I Loved (1949) #28; "Love Finds a Way" reprinted in Top Love Stories (1951) #11; and "A Journey to Romance". "Heartbreak to Happiness" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $390.00 View scans 1/2" spine split from bottom. Water spotting. Cover oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheGoodOlDays

Add to cart FR 1.0 $169.95 or Best Offer View scan 8" cumulative spine split. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

L.B. Cole cover. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "The Love of My Life" art by Jay Disbrow; "Man of My Dreams.."; and "Two in Love.." retitled and reprinted from "My Traitorous Heart" in My Great Love (1949) #1. "Heart's Desire" and "For Girls Only! I Want a New Face" text articles reprinted from My Secret Story (1949) #26. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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May 20, 1965. Jack Davis back cover? Cover price $0.10.

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Meet super spy and super guy Lester Girls as he saves the world and gets the girl. But he doesn't want adventure, fame, glory and girls. He just wants peace and quiet. In this issue, Lily Lee (the reformed Lizard Lady) arrives at Lester Girls' home and he discovers that she is his ideal girl and they journey to Spain to reclaim her lost fortune. But something else may be going on with the Lizard Lady and this trip to Spain in "Girls In Love." Script by Will Jacobs & Gerard Jones and art by Tim Hamilton & Chuck Austen. Back cover has Lester Girls pinup. Cover price $1.95.

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Meet super spy and super guy Lester Girls as he saves the world and gets the girl. But he doesn't want adventure, fame, glory and girls. He just wants peace and quiet. In this issue, Lester Girls finally manages to locate former singer and star Gloria Gaylord, who may know where his missing father is. But the problem is that Gloria thinks that Lester is his father and he has to play along with that in "The Girls of Sunset Boulevard." Script by Will Jacobs & Gerard Jones and art by Tim Hamilton & Marvin Perry Mann. Cover price $2.25.

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Add to cart FR 1.0 $5.80 Interior is complete, but becoming brittle. Spine split to several interior wraps and oxidation.

Stories based on actual people and events: Atoms Unleashed; The story of the Atomic Bomb. Week-End in Rome; American officers lay ground for Italian surrender. Cavalcade of England, script by Joseph H. Park; Chapter 6: British history 1815 to 1902 AD. Henry Hudson. Man-Made Miracle; Rayon and artificial fibers. The History of Clocks; How Industry Serves the Nation. Ann Curtis: Frisco Flash bio on competition swimmer. Wing Commander Robert Davidson: Underground Ace. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Lee Elias. "I Fell In Love With the Man of My Dreams"; 15-year-old Candy has a crush on 21-year-old Bob, a friend of her brother; Bobs companion is Betty, who is his own age, but Candy plots to win him away; After Candy helps Bob during an emergency at a charity dance, they become friendly although hes shocked to learn her true age. "Can First Love Be True Love?", pencils by Bob Powell; Doris and Paul fall in love at first sight but she "couldnt be sure it would last." "I Was Betrothed to a Stranger"; Frank gives Alice an engagement ring but her "old-countryish" father says hes arranged for her to marry Tony, the son of a fellow immigrant; Alice finds Tony "a corpulent, loud-mouthed oaf" but wonders if she must repay her parents sacrifices with one of her own. "Know Your Own Mind!" text story. "Be Punctual!" How to Hold Your Man story, script by Merilla Herman, art by Vic Herman; Smart Sue is punctual and pleases her boyfriend; Silly Millie is always late and loses her boyfriend. Dear Peggy: Love Problems & Advice column. Hollywood Roddy McDowall at Monogram Pictures Studio Adventures of Popsicle Pete ad. "I Was Tormented!"; Babs and Belle are twins, but Babs is "such a droop compared to Belle" that Babs loses all of her boyfriends to her sister. Babs falls in love with lawyer Jeff; he says hed never leave her for her "slinky sister"; Belle pulls her usual fake "fainting" gimmick and kisses Jeff when he helps her up—an upset Babs runs into traffic and is hit by a car. "Was It Love Or Pity?", art by Bob Powell; Nurse Julia loves doctor Stuart, but hes the boyfriend of fellow nurse Bea, whose father is head of the hospital where they all work; Stuart feels like a kept man but is unable to break up with the domineering Bea. "The Man I Love" text story. "I Loved Two Men!" text story. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Tales of love and melodrama from the early days of romance comics. Janice is rude and dismissive of the women who work for her in the supermarket, but hides beneath a pleasant demeanor whenever handsome cashier Don is around. Valerie is all about spending other people's money on charities so she looks generous, but her sister and her boyfriend David soon tire of maintaining her facade. Edith is so jealous of her beautiful friend Rita's success with men, she hardly notices co-worker Joe. Liar; The Demanding Heart; Love's Decision; Inferiority Complex. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

July 20, 1996. Cover: Janet Evans. Inside: viewing guide to the summer Olympics.; essay by Mary Lou Retton; Chuck Norris of "Walker, Texas Ranger"; Erika Alexander. Cover price $1.19.