Comic books February 1955

Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Clint Harmon and Fred Ottenheimer. Funny-animal comics from Charlton, featuring the comics incarnation of 1950s kids' TV personality The Merry Mailman. In Africa, The Merry Mailman gets a temporary promotion to King of the Jungle. Wheezer decides he wants to become a mailman, but does he have what it takes to be a Merry Mailman? Sherlock the Monk and Chuck investigate the mystery of the bent nails, and wind up tied to beds of nails by a crazed carpenter. Plus the legends of folk hero Paul Bunyan. The Merry Mailman: Extra Special Delivery; Merry Mailman's Coloring Page; Bart Beaver's Mistake; Merry Mailman and Wheezer in Australia; Legends of Paul Bunyon; Color-Me-Up Puzzle Page; The Merry Mailman in Africa; Oscar's Song; Here'n There; Willie the Worm; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck Nail a Thief. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Avison. "Side-Street Love," art by Bob Powell; Bored Sally is engaged to Frank but begins an affair with department store night watchman Buck, who gives her gifts he "bought" with his "employee discount" (Buck actually stole the merchandise); Sally spends time with Buck in the closed store at night, hoping hell propose marriage. "Afraid To Tell" text story. "Brute Force," art by Lee Elias; Janie has a crush on former schoolmate Clark, now a professional boxer; Clark repeatedly sends her away because he has no future and no security to offer her; When another fighter makes a pass at Janie, Clark knocks him out and says hell have to marry Janie to keep her out of trouble. "No Hope for Happiness!", art by Jack Sparling; Reporter Bart investigates the death of Janice, a mysterious blonde whose body was washed up on a beach; He becomes obsessed with her, to the detriment of his relationship with fellow newspaper employee Sylvia. "She's No Lady," art by Tom Hickey; At lunchtime each day, Meg helps her father Frank with his lunch wagon business outside a local factory, then returns to school; She breaks up with factory worker Biff in order to date wealthy classmate Hal. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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A truly ingenious, and heart touching cover. One of the best we've seen among the romance titles!

Stories and art by Lee Elias, Vic Herman, Tom Gill and Bob Powell. Tales of love and heartbreak in 1950s America from publisher Harvey. A doctor is torn between professional ethics and his secret love for his nurse Myra. Gail uses a Sadie Hawkins dance to go after Lenny, just to make her boyfriend Doug jealous. New to New York, Janice dates a multitude of guys, but doesn't count on getting a reputation. How I Lost My Sweetheart; My Careless Heart; Pick-Up; I Married a Doctor; In Love With My Teacher; My First Love Haunted Me; I Thought I Knew What I Wanted. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Bettie Page interior photo

Volume 8, Issue 1 - February, 1955. Full-page Irving Klaw ad with Bettie Page photos. Additional half-page Bettie Page in pictorial section. Peter Driben cover. 8.5" x 11.5", 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 5, Issue 2 - February, 1955. Men's interest magazine featuring Athletes, True Crime, Starlets, and Pin-ups. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 2, No. 2. February, 1955. Men's interest magazine featuring true adventure articles and fiction. This issue with Lisa Daniels (One Hundred and One Dalmatians) four-page pictorial. 8 1/2-in. x 10 3/4-in., 86 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 2, No. 2. February, 1955. Men's interest magazine featuring true adventure articles and fiction. This issue with Lisa Daniels (One Hundred and One Dalmatians) four-page pictorial. This version includes a color Marilyn Monroe fold-out. 8 1/2-in. x 10 3/4-in., 86 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Indicia title is "Ernest Haycox's WESTERN MARSHAL, No. 613." Painted cover art. Western Marshal and the Cattle War, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Everett Raymond Kinstler; With the Homestead Act ending the open range, homesteaders are fencing off the grassland; Ingram, the big cattleman, is trying to force the settlers off their land by framing them as cattle rustlers; Dan Mitchell and Tom Leathers have to capture the real rustlers and then lead the settlers in a gunfight against a trainload of 50 gunmen hired by Ingram. Promo for Four Color #616 "Zane Grey's To the Last Man." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Jack Kirby, Bob McCarty, Art Gates, Jo Albistur, and Jack Oleck. Gritty war comics "produced by veterans" (as the tagline proclaims) from Mainline, the publisher founded by comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America. A US soldier in WWII gets a chance to see liberated Paris with an unlikely colleague. An injured fighter pilot has visions of a man he rescued from the Nazis. A soldier's-eye view of the Pacific theater from Pearl Harbor to Bataan. Chicken; Listen to Me, Sam; Joyride; Snow; The Face; G.I. Yaks; Office Upstairs. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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8 in. x 10.5 in. 66pages. B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Fred Ottenheimer. Stories and art by Dick Ayers and Fred Ottenheimer. Numbering continues from Eh! (1953) #7. Charlton gives its Mad imitator the second of its four titles, as it continues its hit-or-miss parodies of 1950s pop culture. Heir to a fortune, Robbin Yunk becomes a rail tycoon, even though he has the mind of a child and sees freight and passenger trains as his own personal train set. An attempt at creating the comics equivalent of "Cinerama," and other widescreen experiments of 1950s Hollywood. Spoofs of 1950s advertising, including nail polish, beer, and hair care. Infinity cover by Fred Ottenheimer. Drain Shampoo!; The Robbin Yunk Story; Comicrameh!; Easy Money!!; High at Noon; Kaysee - Krime Photographer; Executive Suit; The Two Little Monsters; Bloody Mary; I Dreamed I Was in Heaven. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

February 1955 - "Is a Prison Widow Anybody's Girl?" Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 20, Issue 11 - February 1955. Cover by Thomas Beecham. Men's adventure magazine featuring articles on true crime and politics. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W Cover price $0.35.

Stories and art by Clint Harmon and others. The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. Gabby plans to defeat bandits by concealing gold in wagon wheels, but the bandits have an insider who hears the scheme. Outlaw Pesty Buggs has figured out how to control hordes of locusts, and uses them to threaten ranchers and farmers. Gabby Hayes becomes a tax collector, and his first task is to get payment from the miserly Abel. Favorite line this issue: "I'll show yuh a plump easy solution to the sitchyation!" Doc Holliday, the Fast Draw Dentist; Golden Wheels; Happy Homer; Tenderfoot Treasure; The Locust Roundup; Western Wonders; Hank and Buster; Young Falcon: Cunning Death; Chief Gray Matter; Gabby Hayes Becomes a Tax Collector. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

February 1955. Cover by Emsh. Stories: "Helpfully Yours" by Evelyn E. Smith, "Rich Living" by Michael Cathal, "The Cave of Night" by James E. Gunn, "Dead Man's Planet" by William Morrison, "Open House" by J.T. McIntosh, "Pythias" by Frederik Pohl, and "Blind Spot" by Bascom Jones Jr. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; 144 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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#96, 2/55, 10c. Comic book featuring the famous singing cowboy hero Gene Autry in "The Disappearing Raiders" in which Gene Autry helps the sheriff battle the "El Toro" gang and "Rustler's Canyon" in which Autry helps the Box-B Ranch against some rustlers. Issue also has "The Lost Edge of the Peraltas" and a two-page text feature "Hop Sing, Topnotch Detective." Photo cover. Story and art credits: unknown. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Dillin? and Chuck Cuidera. Written by unknown. Art by Reed Crandall, Louis Ravielli? and unknown. War front fury! Battlefield adventures! In this issue: "Red Sneak Attack"; "An Indestructible Marine," reprinted from issue #3; "Battlefield Play," with art by Louis Ravielli?; 1-page text story "Escape from Red Fury," reprinted from issue #4; and "One Man Army," with pencils by Reed Crandall, reprinted from issue #4. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Clarence Doore. Stories and art by Mort Drucker, Dan De Carlo, Rudy Lapick, Vic Martin, and Mike Suchorsky. Neither a tie-in with the later toy line/cartoon nor a grim war comic, this first-gen GI Joe focused on lighthearted tales of military life. The Yardbirds, featuring Pvts. Windy and Whitey, was straight-up comedy of the Beetle Bailey/Sad Sack variety. Weepy gets a "Dear John" letter from Mabel, in a story with art by future MAD legend Mort Drucker. Pvts. Windy and Whitey are asked to escort the Sarge's gorgeous sister, in a story by future Archie legend Dan De Carlo. Joe tells an Americanized fairy tale to some Korean kids, in a fanciful tale with wacky art by Mike Suchorsky. Painted cover with bondage elements by Clarence Doore. Private Dopey: A Good Lesson; Go, Go, Goooooo!; Dear Gertrude; Adventures in Wonderland; The Yardbirds: The Secret Lover; The L Bomb; You'll Never Get Rich. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Combination military and romance comic from Canadian publisher Superior. A redheaded woman fears she can never love again, until she meets the one soldier who can change her mind. Lovers separated by circumstance long for reunion. A new bride has difficulty adjusting to married life, but a dalliance with a sleazy stranger is probably not the solution to her problems. My One Mistake; Lover Come Back; Love and Marriage Counsel; The Bride Wore Tears; Unfaithful? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Last pre-code. As she watched Larry carve a new set of initials underneath theirs, she knew it meant the end of all her romantic dreams! "Change of Heart" is the cover-featured 8 page story. Plus: 8 page story "Frozen Heart"; 7 page story "There'll Be No Wedding"; 6 page story "Love between Strangers"; 2 page text article "Romance behind Words." Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker. Love and scandal from St. John, with covers by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Kathy comes from the wrong side of the tracks, but she finds love with her wealthy employer, Dick. Adria falls for Keith, the handsome architect renting her house, but learns he's engaged to Gloria. A clause in a will forces Lucy and her fiance Ivan to compete with each other to inherit a greenhouse business. Marriage for Spite; Bargaining for Happiness; Heartbreak House; Marriage Insurance; Corsage of Heartaches. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 2, Issue 3 - February 1955. 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.

Art by Jim Tyer and others. Talking magpies Heckle and Jeckle are known for their identical appearance, their distinctive chatter, and their mischievous schemes. Dinky uses his bow and arrow to save little Elmer from a hungry fox. Heckle and Jeckle's bogus "fitness pills" cut into the business at Chesty's Gymnasium, so Chesty sets out to fix their wagon. When the lease on Roquefort's mouse hole expires, Percy the cat discovers a new way to get rid of him: an eviction notice! Pill Peddlers; Dinky: The Distress Signal; Little Roquefort; Gandy Goose: A Couple of Fixers; Terry Bears: A Barrel of Trouble; Mighty Mouse: Busy Mighty Mouse; Farmer Gray; Little Roquefort: The New Tenant. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Henry C. Kiefer. Stories and art by Ed Moore, Bill Ely, Matt Christopher and Bill Walton. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. Boy Scouts leap into action when they encounter a highway wreck. A woman in a wheelchair saves her grandson when his clothing catches fire. A driver with a bus full of kids manages to avoid a rampaging tornado. Scouts to the Rescue; Freight Peril; Wheelchair Invalid Heroine; The Girl in the Culvert; Driver Outruns Death!; Safety Patrol; By the Grace of God; Treasure of Evil; Cave-In; Death Dodger; The Dog-Paddler; Award for Valor. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Lee Elias, Tom Hickey and John Sink. A romance comic from Harvey, as the teens of the 1950s explore the new world of dating. Donna falls for trumpet tutor Eddie, but then she meets his girlfriend. Eve isn't sure how she feels about George after he returns from military service to finish high school. Bobby studies dancing to impress Sally, but she feels he's spending too much time with his beautiful dance teacher. I Was an Outcast!; The Taming of a Tomboy; Call Me Cupid; Big Sister; I Loved a Bad Guy!; Can You Trust a Blind Date?; Dancing Date; I Was Nobody's Sweetheart. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Richard Hughes and others. Art by Edmond Good, Robert McCarty and Ogden Whitney. Cover by Ogden Whitney. Tales of the Old West from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG, featuring the Hooded Horseman, a mysterious masked gunslinger with a secret identity. Corrupt military officers try to frame the Comanche tribe for a series of attacks, until The Hooded Horseman intervenes; Cowboy Sahib is caught intruding on Sankaran territory and sentenced to be torn apart by animals in the arena; Flash, the Hooded Horseman's dog, gets his own solo story. The Hooded Horseman; Peace-Lovin' Blacksmith; Cowboy Sahib; Flash the Hooded Horseman's Miracle Dog!; Roundup Time; Johnny Injun. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Gene Colan, Julius Schwartz, Ed Herron, Morris Waldinger, Joe Giella, Tom Nicolosi, Ray Burnley, Henry Boltinoff, Jack Miller, Raymond Perry, and Don Cameron. Note that the cover of this issue (red border on cover) is misprinted as issue #93; the actual issue #93 has a yellow cover. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. Hopalong investigates a strange rain of gold, in one of three stories this issue illustrated by future Marvel legend Gene Colan. Hoppy must deal with a stagecoach robbery, a beautiful woman on a runaway horse, and a gold-train heist in the same day, but he doesn't suspect that they're all related. Fun facts about cattle drives, in a one-pager written by legendary DC editor Julius Schwartz. Hopalong's Unlucky Day!; The Gun-Shy Pistol Drummer!; Chief Hot Foot; The Perfect Fighting Machine: The Plains Indian; What Made the Indians Laugh; The Night It Rained Gold!; Cattle Trail-Drive! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

UK Edition. black and white; 24 pages.

Cover art by Jim Mooney. "The Fatal Superstition," art by John Prentice; Wearing polka-dot kerchiefs around your neck will bring you bad luck; One business partner kills the other, framing this made-up superstition jinx for it. 2/3-page Bebe story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Golden Man!", art by Jim McArdle; Ray James thinks his neighbor Meeker has constructed a machine that turns metal into gold overnight; James murders the old inventor in his sleep—only to find out that the machine never worked. Half-page filler "Curse of the Blankenships" by Morris Waldinger. One-page filler "Ghostly Miners!" by Morris Waldinger. "The Island of No Return!", pencils by Howard Purcell, inks by Charles Paris; Adventurer Bart Madden leaves a trail of bodies to get his hands on a sunken pirate treasure; Too bad the island natives dont take friendly to his actions. "The Phantom Photographs" article by Jack E. Miller, art by Raymond Perry. "The Man Who Haunted A Ghost!", art by Jim Mooney; Scotch millionaire McNally gets murdered; His best friend Duncan frames the formers cousin by making the ghost of the castle appear as a witness. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover features Lucille Ball. Stories and art by Paul S. Newman and others. The comedic misadventures of Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, based on the beloved TV sitcom that set the standard for all to follow. Lucy and Ricky are divided on whether to get a new car or a used one. In a truly madcap story, Lucy and Ethel sneak into the circus where Ricky is performing, by dressing as clowns. But Lucy gets picked up by an elephant who carries her all over town, and that's after she survives the trapeze act. The New Used Car; In Show Business; Bon Voyage. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Feb 1955. Science fiction stories by Gordon Dickson, Leo P. Kelley, Jerome Bixby, Dave Dryfoos, Charles E. Fritch, George H. Smith, Herb Williams, James Causey, and Herbert D. Kastle. Two Kelly Freas illustrations. Cover by Bob Watkins. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 120 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

February, 1955 Volume 6, Issue 2. 5-3/8 in. x 7-5/8 in; black and white; 162 pages. Cover price $0.35.

Vol. 1 #4 - Feb. 1955. Gossip magazine. Cover feature on Maureen O'Hara. 4-in. x 5 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Volume 1, Issue 5 - March, 1955. Gossip magazine. Cover feature on Princess Margaret. 4" x 5.5", 68 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Volume 8, Issue 41B - February, 1955. 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 $0.15.

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Vol. 17 #4 - Feb. 1955. Children's illustrated text stories, puzzles and activities. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in., 68 pages, B&W with full color and single color illustrations. Cover price $0.25.

Art by John Forte, Mo Marcus, Rocco Mastroserio, Joe Kubert, and Everett Raymond Kinstler. Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. True tales (some slightly embellished) of Old West outlaws, focusing on the James brothers and other real-life figures from history. The true tale of little-known but legendary outlaw Harry Tracy; A young woman fleeing an arranged marriage demands to go with the outlaws after a stagecoach robbery. In a backup story, a sheriff finds himself re-enacting the fateful battle with bandits his father faced fifty years before. The Stagecoach Robberies of Sulphur Valley!; Man-Hunt!; Jesse James Deadliest Deeds!; Payoff — in Lead; Song of Six Guns. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Australian Reprint. Reprints Joe Palooka (1945 Harvey) #36. Joe Palooka in "Hollywood Films the Palooka Story", "The Birth of a Champion.", "Little Max tries to Enlist", and "A Party for Joe". 32 pages. B&W.

Men's interest humor digest with cartoons, jokes and tasteful pin-up photography. 5" x 6.5", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 14, Issue 1 - January/February, 1955. Peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1934. The journal covers research on astronautics and space science and technology, including spacecraft design, nozzle theory, launch vehicle design, mission architecture, space stations, lunar exploration, spacecraft propulsion, robotic and manned exploration of the solar system, interstellar travel, interstellar communications, extraterrestrial intelligence, philosophy, and cosmology. Softcover, 6" x 9", 64 pages, B&W

Cover by Joe Maneely. "Mission On Earth," pencils by Art Peddy; A fantasy writer is visited by aliens who wish him to teach them human emotions so that they can observe humans undetected. "Strange Pursuit" text story. "Haunted House," pencils by Larry Woromay; A man takes a bet to spend the night in a haunted house and ends up the ghost which haunts the house. "The Man Who Watched," art by John Forte; An East German plots to murder his business partner and then get help from an Allied soldier stationed just across the border, but the soldier is actually a statue and does not respond to his plea. "The Blaster," script by Paul S. Newman, art by Seymour Moskowitz; Martian gun-runners arm select humans with advanced weaponry hoping that they will battle amongst themselves and leave them as easy pickings for an invasion force. "The Human Germ," art by Mort Lawrence. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Carl Burgos. The Man in the Box!, pencils by Bill Benulis, inks by Jack Abel; The story of a little (roughly inch tall) man who lives in a little green box and comes out every night to do a good deed. The Little Man text story. Bomb Blast, art by Manny Stallman; A sub-marine crew thinks they have discovered the fabled land of Atlantis, only to discover that they have travelled in time. The Pen Pal, art by Lou Cameron. Those Who Listen, art by Howie Post. Half-Human, art by Bob Forgione. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Syd Shores. "Swamp Fire!", script by Don Rico, art by Joe Maneely; Lo-Zar battles two bandits out to steal from the diamond mines. "Drumbeats of Doom!", script by Don Rico, art by Al Hartley; Evil tribesman Robo seeks revenge on Leopard Girl for sending him to prison. "Lost Valley!" text story. "Scream Terror!", script by Don Rico, art by Syd Shores; Man-Oo distracts a hunter away from the gentle antelopes but is shot himself; While he is weakened, Serpo the giant snake attacks, but Man-Oo's jungle friends drive the snake away so that Man-Oo has time to recover. "Red Spears at Dawn!", script by Don Rico, art by John Romita; Jungle Boy exposes a Communist agent who shot a native chief. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.