Comic books September 1971

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Cover by Pete Morisi and Jack Keller. Stories and art by Pete Morisi, Jack Keller, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. Pvt. Quinlan finds himself an unwilling participant in a campaign against Rommel's forces in the North African desert. A tank crew rolls into a Nazi trap in an apparently abandoned French village. Lt. Mills finds an unusual cure for combat fatigue. First Command; The Medal I Didn't Deserve; Sam Spolo the Spy Smasher: Big Gamble; After You, General; The Steel Coffin! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Cover by Jack Keller. Stories and art by Sam Glanzman, Jack Keller, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Charlton's long-running series focused on the military exploits of the US Marines throughout the 20th century. Shotgun and Chicken face a court-martial, in a story with art by artist and combat veteran Sam Glanzman. Cpl. Kaslovski takes the bitter fight to the enemy, even if his own people will never know what happened. Intelligence officers hide a microphone inside a spy's false tooth. Shotgun Harker and the Chicken: Verdict: Guilty as Charged!; Under the Gun; The Talking Tooth (Marine Secret Service); Defeat at Darlung; Theyll Never Know! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover art by Dick Giordano. Beyond the Speed of Life, script by Cary Bates, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Dick Giordano; Flash is pulled into another plane of existence to help fight the Devourer, leaving his physical body behind; Trickster and Captain Boomerang think they are responsible for Flash's "apparent" death. Coincidence Can Kill!, script by Steve Skeates, pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Dick Giordano; Kid Flash gets gassed by his costume ring. Letters to the editor from comics writers Martin Pasko and Mike Barr. Giordano cover. Flash Facts filler page about lightning flashes, a radiosonde, a stroboscope and the jet stream. Elongated Man's Undersea Trap, script by John Broome, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Giella; Elongated Man goes on a honeymoon with his new bride, debutante Sue Dearbon; reprinted story. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Last 15c cover-priced issue. Cover by Ray Dirgo. Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. In this issue: "Mighty Hunter" - Fred wants to go duck hunting but Wilma has other plans; "Three Wishes for Fred with the Gruesomes" - the Gruesomes send Fred presents; and "Peace and Quiet" - Barney decides to go home instead of bowling with Fred and then regrets his decision. Plus: 1-page poem "Oh, Where Oh, Where Is There Fresh Air?" Characters in this issue: Fred Flintstone; Wilma Flintstone; Pebbles Flintstone; Barney Rubble; Schneider the Spider; Weirdly Gruesome; Creepella Gruesome; Schwenkof the Spider; Genie; Betty Rubble; Bamm-Bamm Rubble; Dino. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 17, Issue 5 - September/October, 1971, 7.25" x 9.75", 36 pages, B&W.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta. The Kingdom of the Damned, script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta; The Forever People are tortured by Desaad in his Happyland amusement park. Article in which Carmine Infantino explains why DC was forced to raise prices. The Super-Kids of the Century! illustration by Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta. Adventure Comics #85 ad with Sandman, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. The Unholy Dreams of Gentleman Jack, script and pencils by Jack Kirby; Hounded by dreams of the Sandman, when Gentleman Jack Jarvis is released from prison he swears that he will one day live in a suite of cells, come and go as he pleases with guards waiting on him hand and foot. The Infinity Man illustration, script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta. 48 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Issue 19 - Fall, 1971. Men's interest digest magazine filled with sexual humor comics and nude vintage pin-up photography. 5" x 7", 98 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.35.

52-page giant; all reprints. "The Dawn-World Menace!" from Strange Adventures # 147 (script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Giella); "Mystery of the Runaway Meteor!" from Mystery in Space # 27 (script by John Broome, art by Sy Barry); "Earth for Sale" from Strange Adventures # 89 (script by France E. Herron, pencils by Infantino, inks by Bernard Sachs); "The Sign Language of Space!" from Strange Adventures # 63 (script by Otto Binder, pencils by Sid Greene, inks by Giella); and "Gateways to the Stars!" from Mystery in Space # 79 (Script by Fox, art by Greene). New Joe Kubert cover. Cover price $0.25.

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September-October 1971. Cover by Jack Gaughan. Science fiction stories by Gordon Eklund, Theodore Sturgeon, A. Bertram Chandler, Duncan Lunan, Jack Williamson, Alan Dean Foster. Illustrations by Gaughan. 5-1/4-in. x 7-1/4-in.; b&w text with spot illustrations; 176 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.75.

Initially titled "Jem" until some time in the late 50's-early 60s. Men's interest magazine with fiction, articles and pictorials. 8-in. x 11-in., 72 pages, B&W with color on some pictorial pages. Mature readers. Cover price $1.25.

Fanzine newsletter co-published by Jim Vadeboncouer, Robert Napier, and Jan Strnad. Reviews and analysis given for other comic book fanzines. 6 Pages, B&W, 8.5" x 11". Cover price $0.10.

An untitled story which shows the origin of and first adventure with western hero Geronimo Jones, who returns home from the Civil War to find his family murdered by outlaws led by a man with no eyebrow. Jones leaves home and sets out to find those outlaws. Script by Tony Tallarico and art by Jose Delbo & Tony Tallarico. Issue also has "The Charisma Kid," one-page "No Fight" text feature, and "Authentic Western Portrait" pinup. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Jean Elier. Stories and art by Joe Gill, Pete Morisi, Sam Glanzman, and Jean Elier. A horror anthology from Charlton, with a stable of artists that included Steve Ditko. Homeowners swindled by a mortgage company get revenge from beyond the grave, in a story with art by war comics legend Sam Glanzman that features a mod-looking Winnie the Witch. A new bride who makes unrealistic demands learns how to get everything she ever wanted. Dont Tread on Me!; Laffertys Widow; Witch Or No Witch; The Bride Who Wants Everything. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

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All except one of the dozen or so direct heirs of their expiring royal relative, the Duke of Wotzis, will not regret being present at..."The Changing of the Will"! The 8 page story is drawn by Pat Boyette. Plus: 8 page Mr. Dedd story "Cave of the Octopus" drawn by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia; 1 page text story "The Miser's Ghost"; 8 page Mr. Dedd story "Dig This Crazy Pad, Dad" drawn by Steve Ditko. Cover art by Pat Boyette and Steve Ditko (cover images taken from inside stories). Cover price $0.20.

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52-page giant; Russ Heath art, plus Joe Kubert reprint. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Featuring: 7 page story "Made for Each Other" drawn by Art Saaf; 1 page text story "Ten Things to Never Tell a Boy"; 8 page reprint story "Hold Me, Hold Me" pencilled by John Romita, Sr. (note: hairdos retouched); 8 page story "Love Letters" pencilled by John Rosenberger; 8 page reprint story "Please Don't Hurt Me" (note: hairdos retouched); 1 page Julia Roberts, Romance Counselor letters page; 8 page reprint story "Portrait of an Actress" drawn by Mike Sekowsky and Bernard Sachs (note: Vince Colletta retouches?). Cover by Don Heck and Vince Colletta. Cover price $0.25.

Whitman edition. Little Lulu, 164 pages. Cover price $0.50.

Volume 19 - 1st printing. "Little Lulu and Tubby...!" Special Little Lulu issue, featuring John Stanley and Irving Tripp: Ride Em Tubby, Beauty Treatment, Violin Rash, Kid Liberation, In the Doghouse, Party Pooper, The Successful Flop, and Ol Witch Hazel and the Better Mousetrap. Cover by Tripp. Softcover, 4 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 160 pages. full color. All Ages Cover price $0.50.

More than 200 girls, grins, & giggles. Nudity. 6 1/2-in. x 10-in., B/W. Cover price $0.40.

Magazine dating back to the 60's consisting of reader-submitted photos, stories, poems, and letters, as well as classic advertisements, and even some comic strips and cartoons from the good old days. This issue: Painted cover by Charles Berger. "Foxy Grandpa" and "Son-in-Law of Pa's" comic strips from 1917, "Ophelia and her Slate" Sunday Comic from 1908 (1 page ea.). Cover price $0.35.

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1st printing. Written by George Dicaprio. Art by Jim Janes. Jerry Lee Lewis centerfold photo montage.7-in. x 10-in., 28 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: !st and 2nd Printings difficult to distinguish. 1st Printing has off-white interior paperstock, 2nd printing has newsprint interior pages. Cover price $0.50.

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Giant-size issue. Cover art by Neal Adams. Snowbirds Don't Fly, script by Denny O'Neil, art by Neal Adams; When Oliver is jumped by junkies, he is shocked when one of them shoots him with one of his own arrows; Green Arrow, now teamed with Green Lantern, follows the leads to find the junkies, including the missing Roy Harper, who lets GA assume he has been working undercover; Later, the junkies lead the heroes to an airplane hangar, but help the dealers knock out GL and GA and inject them with drugs. Roy arrives in time to get the messed up duo home; There he tries to explain the attraction of doing drugs, but Green Arrow remains baffled, and is shocked to soon find Roy getting ready to shoot up. The Strange Trial of Green Lantern, script by John Broome, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Giella; Sinestro tries to mind control Hal Jordan; Hal's behavior gets him called before the Green Lantern Corps. 52 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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Tarzan newsletter by Vernell Coriell. Tarzan to be published by DC comics with art by Joe Kubert and also features John Carter by Murphy Anderson, Kitty Swan photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 4 Pages. B&W.

Anthology comic book with scary and suspenseful stories. Cover art by Steve Ditko. The Room of Madness!; A cursed Persian rug drives Aldous Benton crazy; Adolf Hitler appearance. Revenge of the Slave Ghost!; Calvin C. Hewlitt tries to capture a ghost. It's about Tyme; Mr. Tyme gains incredible powers. All art by Steve Ditko. 36 pgs. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Tom Sutton and Jack Abel. Edited by Sol Brodsky. Stories and art by Bob Kanigher, Tom Sutton, Jack Abel, Alvin C. Hollingsworth, Henry C. Kiefer and Everett Raymond Kinstler. Reprints of horror and science-fantasy comics from the 1950s, plus the comics debut of the heroic muck-monster from Skywalds Psycho magazine. The origin of The Heap; tragedy strikes a Mars mission. First and only issue of the series. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

First 25c cover priced issue. Cover by Don Heck & Vince Colletta. Stories by unknown. Art by Lee Elias, Art Saaf & Vince Colletta, Bill Draut? & Tony DeZuniga, John Rosenberger and Irv Novick & Bernard Sachs? Bill is jealous of the other guys his fiancee Gale has dated in the past, which nearly breaks them up until Gale finds a way to turn the tables on him in "A Girl's First Love!" Plus: Mindy gets a makeover from her older sister Doris when she's taken on a double date, which makes her friend Chuck see her in a different light in "Kid Sister!" Also: Jori lives in a commune but falls in love with the son of the real estate developer who is trying to drive the group off their farm in "The Perfect Couple"! And: Lita likes Tony but since he isn't particularly handsome or fun-loving, she tries to deny her feelings for him in the retitled reprint story "Ashamed of My Love"! Plus: Jane is determined to leave small-town life behind until a snowstorm strands her on her way to the big city and a new man makes her see what's really important in the retitled? reprint story "I'll Never Go Home"! Also: 1-page article "How to Get the Grooviest Guy at the Party"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

Magazine containing pictures, jokes, and songs from the hit CBS show. Cover price $0.50.

Volume 2. Spanish language edition. Pages 141-160. "La Derrota Del Tirano" ("The Defeating of the Tyrant"). 9" x 12", 20 pages, full color, standard paper stock.

Stories and art by Oscar Fraga, Ezra Jackson, Ruben Marchionne, Antonio Reynoso and Walter Casadei. Legendary publisher Myron Fass presents another Eerie series, featuring tales of horror and the macabre. A woman adores her new Tuscan villa, despite rumors of a vampire on the premises. A hangman who takes great pride in his work decides to start freelancing after he gets laid off. A butcher thinks his son is a coward, until he interferes in the younger man's love life. Featuring altered reprints from Voodoo (1952 Ajax/Farrell) and other 1950s pre-Code comics. The Vampire Lives; The Curse of the Dead Witch; Nightmare; The Demon Is a Hangman; The Gutless One; The Crawling Horror; Cadaver's Revenge. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.50.

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Harvey's mischievous little devil is not as famous as their friendly ghost, but his design became a permanent part of pop culture. Hot Stuff meets strange living magnets from an underground civilization, called the Gravitooks because they can disrupt gravity. A carnival fortune-teller insists on reading Hot Stuff's palm, but that's not such a hot idea. Cute Kid!; The Come Back!; The Fiery Scarecrow; Great-Grampa Brimstone; Stumbo the Giant: Sleepy-Time Giant; Gravity Land. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Warren Kremer. Stories and art by Warren Kremer and Jacqueline Roettcher. Harvey reprints the adventures of the mischievous little devil and his regular backup feature, Stumbo the Giant. A teacher thinks Hot Stuff is just a kid in a costume, and sends him to school. Hot Stuff sets out for mischief, but keeps accidentally doing good deeds. Trolls seek a way to inflict damage on Stumbo, but he's just too tough. The Mooching Spirit; A Burning Desire; Partyland; Little Angel; Fire Patrol; The Observer; Stumbo: How Do You Hurt Him. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Berni Wrightson. Featuring: 10 page story "Born Loser" written by Jack Oleck and drawn by Alex Toth; 8 page reprint story "The Human Wave" drawn by Russ Heath; 8 page reprint story "The Negative Man" written by Joe Orlando and drawn by Jack Kirby & George Roussos; 1 page Cain's Game Room filler drawn by Sergio Aragones; 1 page Cain's Room 13 filler; 10 page story "The King Is Dead" written by Jack Oleck and drawn by Nestor Redondo. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Bernie Wrightson. "Lonely in Death!", script by Steve Skeates, art by Jim Aparo; At first circumstances in an old house lead a young woman to believe her recently deceased mother is attempting to kill her in order to have company in the afterlife, but then the resentful brother is revealed as the cause of the near fatal mishaps; He attempts to stab his sister with a spear, but falls out a window to his death when startled by something the woman takes to be her mother's ghost protecting her, not attempting to kill her as she mistakenly previously believed. Abel's Fables from the House of Secrets cartoon page by Sergio Aragonés. "The Curse of the Cat's Cradle," art by Alex Toth; A Guatemalan plantation manager and his underling discover a giant creature trapped inside a patch of quicksand; The giant spells out a message for them by way of a cat's cradle of vines. "Nightmare," art by Jack Abel. "The Beast from the Box," art by Nick Cardy. Abel's Fables cartoon page by Lore Shoberg. "Never Kill a Witch's Son!", script by John Albano, art by Tony DeZuniga; Ken Rawson's niece and her husband kill Rawson, but Rawson's mother takes her revenge. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Autumn 1971. Glenn Lord's fanzine focusing on the life and work of Robert E. Howard. 5 1/2-i. x 9-in., 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.60.

Cover by Art Cappello. Stories and art by Pete Morisi, Vince Alascia and Charles Nicholas. Charlton's long-running romance title showcased the fashions and relationship ideals of its rapidly changing eras. Pretending to be a millionaire's daughter seemed harmless enough, but she didn't expect to fall in love. Elaine and Bob have a whirlwind courtship, but only later do they realize they don't know each other that well. Andrea and Dennis split because of her jealousy, but her new 1970s-style fashion wins him over again. Not Made for Each Other; One Kiss Too Many!; Lovelier Than I; Another Kind of Love; Teenage Troubles; Everybody Loves Me! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

With poster insert. John Dillinger "Wanted" poster insert included. Crime stories from the Roaring 30s: "Welcome to Hell," "Ma's Boys," "Bullets for Big Al," "Kansas City Massacre," and "Method of Operation." All stories and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta. Two pages of cartoons by Sergio Aragones. Two-page text story, "Funeral for a Florist," by Mark Evanier and Steve Sherman. Combination art/photo cover. Cover price $0.50.

No poster insert. John Dillinger "Wanted" poster insert NOT included. Crime stories from the Roaring 30s: "Welcome to Hell," "Ma's Boys," "Bullets for Big Al," "Kansas City Massacre," and "Method of Operation." All stories and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta. Two pages of cartoons by Sergio Aragones. Two-page text story, "Funeral for a Florist," by Mark Evanier and Steve Sherman. Combination art/photo cover. Cover price $0.50.

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Cover art by Herb Trimpe. Sanctuary!, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by John Severin; As Bruce is being pursued by the police, he is picked up by Dr. Doom's limo and taken to the Latverian embassy; When Ross and his contingent of soldiers show up to ask Doom to relinquish his guest, he releases a Hulk robot instead; The army quickly destroys the robot, thinking they have done away with the real thing; Bruce bristles at the thought of having Doom as his savior so the villain gasses him and takes him back to Latveria; Doom uses his "subliminal inducer" on Banner, hoping to make both he and his monstrous alter-ego his willing servants. 36 pgs. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Identical to US edition, but has 1/- cover price. Cover art by Herb Trimpe. Sanctuary!, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by John Severin; As Bruce is being pursued by the police, he is picked up by Dr. Doom's limo and taken to the Latverian embassy; When Ross and his contingent of soldiers show up to ask Doom to relinquish his guest, he releases a Hulk robot instead; The army quickly destroys the robot, thinking they have done away with the real thing; Bruce bristles at the thought of having Doom as his savior so the villain gasses him and takes him back to Latveria; Doom uses his "subliminal inducer" on Banner, hoping to make both he and his monstrous alter-ego his willing servants. 36 pgs.

One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.50.