Comic books January 1956

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Text Only Edition - Volume 27, Issue 1 - January, 1956. Squarebound, 5" x 7.5", 144 pages, B&W, Text Only. Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 1, Issue 4 - January, 1956. Vintage men's interest magazine featuring articles, essays, poetry, adult humor comics, and tasteful nude pin-up pictorials. Short fiction stories by Kermit Shelby, Arthur Porges, Herman Rovner, Garth Bentley, and Gabriel Gersh, humor by Ted Westgate, Dr. Martin L. Klein and Ray Broekel. 8.5" x 11", 58 pages, B&W/Color. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

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"School For Loneliness," "They Called Me Different," "Too Many Boyfriends," and "A Memory of Love." Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera. Written by Joe Millard. Art by Sam Citron and John Forte. Daniel Boone, the greatest American frontier hero, stars in: "The Ghost of Daniel Boone"; "Duel at Dawn"; and "Web of the White Savage," all by Joe Millard and Sam Citron. Plus: Back-up story "Rain of Fire" by Joe Millard and John Forte. And: 1-page text story "Escape from Peril" (written by unknown). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Jan 1956. Cover by Emsh. Science fiction stories by Philip K. Dick ("The Minority Report"), Frank Herbert, Frank Belknap Long, William Morrison and Frederik Pohl, William Tenn, Bryce Walton, Lester del Ray, Benjamin Ferris, and Robert Bloch ("You Got to Have Brains"). No interior illustrations. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

Volume 9 - Number 1, January 1956. Pulp magazine devoted to exploring the paranormal. This issue features The Magic Land of Mescaline, and New Discoveries about the Bible! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 page, Text (with B&W Illustrations and Photos). Cover price $0.35.

Cover by Joe Oriolo. Stories and art by Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. Comics adventures of the popular, long-running cartoon character; this series often featured art by the two men most associated with Felix, Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. A freezing Felix grabs a ride south for the winter, but winds up at the South Pole. He saves some scientists, but runs afoul of a sled dog, in a three-part story. Once the scientists run out of room in their plane, how will he get back home? Felix figures out how to safely skate on thin ice. Going South; Cold Shoulder; The Pole Cat; Inky and Dinky. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

French Edition of (The Magazine of...) Fantasy and Science Fiction. A typical issue contains original French fiction along with some American stories translated from the US magazine. Photo montage cover. John Dickson Carr, Mack Reynolds, Charles L. Harness, E. C. Hornsby, Robert Margerit, Ray Bradbury, Idris Seabright, Gerard Klein. Softcover digest, 6 1/4-in. x 7 1/2-in., 128 pages, black and white (text, no illustrations).

Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. Combat takes to the skies in the airborne incarnation of Charlton's Fightin' military series. Ed's WWII-era B-26 bomber "Agile Annie" is damaged on a flight over Korea, and he struggles to get her back to base. WWII vet Tom is recalled into the Air Force in 1950, even though he has a job and a family back home. The low-flying Thunderjets earn a reputation as "Hedgehoppers" during the Korean War. Crippled Annie; Second Chance; One More Mission; Arctic Survival; Jet Solo; Come in at Zero; Bigsby the Boss. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Mel Keefer and others. Numbering continues from Soldier and Marine Comics Vol. 1 (1954) #15. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. Military shenanigans with Quigley and Beals, the brawling, womanizing stars of Toby's Fighting Leathernecks (1952). Quigley and Beals volunteer for corpsmen (medic) duty, so they can protect (and fight over) a curvaceous war correspondent. Q. and B. are assigned to guard a experimental rocket for the Navy. Marines told of a "man-eating" idol on an island start to wonder if the Native wisdom is true after soldiers start disappearing. Quigley and Beals: Flight of Fancy; Homing Pigeon; Quigley and Beals: Errand of Mercy; The Mysterious Idol. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Charles F. X. Houts, Matt Baker and Gene Colan. Charlton's long-running series focused on the miliary exploits of the US Marines throughout the 20th century. Canteen Kate hates to see her buddies digging ditches, so she tries to help out with a steam shovel, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. In Korea, Leatherneck Jack and Monte set out to destroy an enemy ammunition dump behind enemy lines, in a story with early art by future Marvel legend Gene Colan. Sgt. Tripoli Shores meets with the mysterious guerrilla leader known only as The Tiger. Patrol Duty; Tripoli Shores; Canteen Kate: Foxhole Floozie; Danger in Disguise; Leatherneck Jack: The Big Blast; Biff Barnes & Smokey Walsh: Flying High. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by A. C. Hollingsworth and others. Numbering continues from Don Winslow of the Navy (1943 Fawcett) #73. Charlton's Fightin' military series focuses on US sailors and submarines in combat, mostly during World War II. Lt. Danny Mitchell defies orders to learn where an enemy arsenal is hidden, but now he must survive the defense battery. The crew of a PT boat stumbles on an Axis outpost. Danny and his wingman Burt investigate after they encounter the latest Soviet secret weapon, a sort of glowing air-whale. Featuring art by pioneering African-American comics artist A. C. Hollingsworth. Operation: Redwing!; The Giant Killers!; Frightened Hero!; Seeing Red; The Phony Sailor; Secret Weapon; Danny Mitchell's Famous Planes of World War 2. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 6, Issue 1 - January, 1956. Men's interest magazine featuring Athletes, True Crime, Starlets, and Pin-ups. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 1, Issue 2 - January, 1956. Vintage 50's era men's interest magazine featuring pin-ups of beautiful women in bikinis and lingerie. 8" x 10", 72 pages, B&W with some color. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 3, Issue 1 - January 1956. Men's interest magazine featuring stories, articles and pictorials. 8-in. x 11-in. 100 pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Ogden Whitney and Harry Lazarus. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Jet pilots in World War II encounter phantom pilots in biplanes from World War I; A soldier who has to abandon a wartime fortune is reunited with it after the war; A treasure hunter faces the horror of the People from Down Under, who are not Australians but instead subterranean dwellers from below the Earths surface. The Phantom Flyers!; Incident on a Battlefield; A Belt of Gold!; The Telephone!; The People from Down Under! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "CHEYENNE, No. 734." Based on the 1955-63 "Cheyenne" TV series. Photo cover of Cheyenne Bodie (as played by Clint Walker). Mountain Fortress, art by Tom Gill; While helping a mapmaker, Cheyenne gets mixed up with a gang of bandits who rob a stage;Then they, and a lady passenger on the stage, all have to fight off an attack by Shoshone Indians on the warpath. Johnny Bravo, art by Tom Gill; Cheyenne finds himself caught in a feud between Matt Crowley of the Circle-M and Ben Taggart, who is using a fake land grant document to claim part of Crowley's ranch. Facts about the Cheyenne Indians. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Henry Formhals. Stories and art by Merrill Blosser, Henry Formhals and Rolfe Mason. Teen comedy set in small-town America, reprinted from the classic comic strip. DJ "Hot Licks Larry" hears a record at a house party with Freckles and wants to put it on his show, but his "jive speak" is so thick, the kids just think he's a random lunatic. (The captions even provide translations.) When Larry puts Lard on the air, he expects to be mobbed with female fans, but the girls all want to maintain their dignity. Then he enters a talent contest and wins Livermore, a butler. Lard Smith the Moan; Billy Porter's Victory; Hector; Brenda Breeze; Freckles and His Friends. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Charles Schulz, Ernest G. Osborne, and Leonard Sansone. The comic-strip adventures of aspiring model Fritzi Ritz, her boyfriend Phil Fumble, and her precocious niece Nancy. Phil sends Fritzi an illegible hand-written letter, so Fritzi responds in kind. Fritzi's niece Nancy, future star of the strip, discovers that medicine makes good furniture polish. Plus early Peanuts strips by Charles Schulz, from back when Lucy was still a wide-eyed toddler, and the Dennis the Menace-like Willie. The Family Scrapbook; Fritzi Ritz; Willie; Peanuts; Nancy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 15 Issue #1 - Volume 19 Issue #8 do not exist Cover price $0.25.

8.5" x 11", 100 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Stan Campbell and Frank Bolle. Numbering continues from Death Valley (1955 Charlton) #9. Tales of the legendary frontiersman. Trapper Kentucky Jack seeks Daniel Boone's help in dealing with Cherokee marauders, but Boone soon realizes that they only want the furs Jack stole from them in the first place. Captured by the Pawnee, Daniel Boone is forced to use his hunting skills to help them survive a famine, gradually becoming one of the tribe but also making a powerful enemy. Daniel Boone saves Miss Vance from a Cherokee advance, but then they must warn the nearby town. The Rifled Cache; Winter Famine; Odds on Death; Dangerous River; Death Valley; Sgt. Bart Norton: Warpath. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Jan 1956. Humor Digest featuring jokes and cartoons. Sheree North interior photo cover. Cover by Bill Wenzel. Cartoons by Glenn R. Bernhardt, Bob Tupper, Frank Beaven, George Troop, Jack Lohr, and others. Softcover Digest, saddle-stitched, 5 1/4-in. x 7-in., 100 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 21, Issue 5 - January 1956. Cover by Thomas Beecham. Men's magazine featuring articles on true crime, and politics. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W NOTE: Interior States correct date, incorrect number. January 1956 is Volume 21, Issue 5. Cover price $0.35.

Vol. 6 #5 - Jan. 1956. Glamour and pin-up magazine. 8-in. x 10 1/4-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 11, Issue 3 - January 1956. Cover by Emsh. "Brightside Crossing" by Alan E. Nourse, "The Gravity Business" by James E. Gunn, "The Dwindling Years" by Lester Del Rey, "Junior" by Robert Abernathy, and "The Body" by Robert Sheckley. 5 1/4-in. x 7 1/2-in. 144 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

"The Mystery That Edgar Allan Poe Solved" (art by John Prentice?), "The Case of the Genuine Counterfeits," "The Case of the Canny Canine," and "Hero For a Day." Ruben Moreira cover? Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera. Written by unknown. Art by Charles Nicholas, Reed Crandall and unknown. War front fury! Battlefield adventure! In this issue: "Commie Germ Warfare," with pencils by Charles Nicholas; "The Reds' Last Stand"; "Ambush," with pencils by Reed Crandall; 1-page text story "End of the Red Fox"; and "Atomic Rocket Assault," with pencils by Nicholas. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Bernard Sachs. Bitter Masquerade!; Jeanne doesn't trust her boyfriend Stan, a merchant marine, and assumes that he has "a girl in every port." Don't Call Me Darling!; Claire feels it's her duty to warn her young cousin Ellen against going out with Philip, who has a bad reputation, but then Claire falls in love with Philip herself. How True Is My Love?; Cindy eventually realizes that it's David that she really loves and not her fiancee Alan. Gazing at the Stars! astronomy page, art by Mort Drucker. Never Lose Heart!, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Bernard Sachs; Wendy is sure that Nick will leave her, as she has seen him leave other girls. Julia Roberts' Romance Report advice column. House ad for Girls' Love Stories #38 and Secret Hearts #31. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Issue #36 - Jan. 1956. Cover by Stanley Rayon. Pinup 1956 calendar. Jokes and single panel cartoons. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 50 pages, B&W. MATURE. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "January, 1956!" Collects Blondie Comics (1947 McKay/Harvey/King/Charlton) #86, Casper the Friendly Ghost (1952 2nd Series Harvey) #40, Dagwood Comics (1950) #61, Dick Tracy Monthly (1948-1961) #95, Little Dot (1953 1st Series) #15, Little Lotta (1955 1st Series) #2, Mutt and Jeff (1939-65 All Am./National/Dell/Harvey) #84, Sad Sack (1949) #54, and Spooky (1955 1st Series) #2. These volumes are some of the earliest examples of Collected Comics. Companies, like Harvey, would archive their material by taking all the issues they released that month and having them bound into hardcover book format. The issues come complete with front and back covers and interiors. They were trimmed down perfectly to fit the hardcover format. Each year has twelve volumes, one for each month of the year. These are extremely rare items. Hardcover (No Dust Jacket), 180 pages, full color.

Volume 2, Issue 8 - January 1956. Vintage Men's interest magazine focusing on sports, music, hunting, celebrities, models, and showgirls. 4-in. x 6-in., 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage supermarket tabloid magazine full of high profile true crime stories of the FBI and the CIA, some with testimonials from those involved in, or close to the cases themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+. Cover price $0.25.

1st printing.

By Peter Arno.

A collection of humorous cartoons depicting slice of life situations and not so everyday situations.

Hardcover, 9-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, B&W.

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No Dust Jacket - 1st printing.

By Peter Arno.

A collection of humorous cartoons depicting slice of life situations and not so everyday situations.

Hardcover, 9-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, B&W.

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Cover art by John Sink. Summer Song, art by John Sink; While swimming across the lake, Ginny has a cramp; Luckily, Pete Howard was in a rowboat and saved her. House ad for Harvey's line of romance comics: First Love, Hi-School Romance, Love Problems, and First Romance. No Greater Love, art by Bob Powell; Charlie Thomas had dated May Wilson for several weeks, and was always impressed with her maturity. First Love, art by Tom Hickey; Jackie Lang had always wanted to act, but was also too self-conscious to go on stage; When Allan Brady, the new drama teacher, held auditions, she reluctantly tried out, and won the starring role. Love Without Honor, art by Tom Hickey; Donna Blake was hopelessly in love with Bill Carson, but she was a plumber's daughter and Bill's father, Jeb, was a wealthy land developer. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Dan DeCarlo. Look, Melvin has a new Davy Crockett coonskin cap!; The boys start playing cowboys & Indians, but then they meet a real tribe of Indians. Why is Zelda crying, Invisible Irwin?; Gobby tries to steal Zelda's book of magic spells. I think it's time that Melvin took up music!; Melvin confounds the music teacher. That sure was a good picture!; Two bank robbers try to get Homer to help them, but he outwits them. Scripts by Stan Lee, art by Dan DeCarlo. The Snark Hunt text story. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.