Comic books April 1955

Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by unknown. Art by Joe Kubert, Angelo Torres, Paul Reinman, Ed Winiarski, Bill Benulis, Frank Frazetta (co-inks for one story) and Jack Abel. Nice day, isn't it, Benny? Benny, why don't you answer? Where did he go? Who was he? Don't miss..."The Man Who Vanished!" with art by Joe Kubert. Also in this issue: "When Ends the Dream" with art by Angelo Torres and Frank Frazetta - A man has a dream that he goes to the apartment next door and finds it has vanished...he ends up floating in space, but when he awakes from the dream he finds himself paralyzed, trapped on a book cover; "Personality Zero" with art by Paul Reinman; "Double or Nothing" with art by Ed Winiarski; "The Lady Who Believed" (features Santa Claus) with art by Bill Benulis and Jack Abel; and 2-page text story "Secret Project," reprinted from Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) #11 (original title: "Master and Slave"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Great Cracker Jack ad on back cover. Katy Keen story by Bill Woggin. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Carl Burgos. "Elephant Charge!", script by Don Rico, art by Joe Maneely; Tharn stops the leopard Coga from attacking elephants. Ivory hunter Bowzer wants to kill Tharn but his female companion tricks Tharn to lead them to the elephants; Tharn stops Serpo the python. Bowzer fails to kill Tharn, flees the raging elephants and is killed by the python. "Challenge in the Night!" starring Jungle Boy, Jack Spears and Smith (Serge Rubochov), script by Don Rico, art by John Romita. "Jungle Drums" text story. Untitled Man-Oo story, script by Don Rico, pencils by Syd Shores. "Killer Bait!", script by Don Rico, art by Vince Colletta; Leopard Girl (and her leopards) save Peter from Numa, the lion. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Art by Marvin Stein and Paul Gustavson. Pioneering crime comic Justice Traps the Guilty was produced by the studio of comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America. Cops discover gangsters are selling stolen goods to foreign agents to undermine America. A parole officer is enlisted to keep a teen from becoming a juvenile delinquent, a serious concern in America at the time. An eccentric millionaire arranges a scavenger hunt for his fortune, but his nephew takes a murderous shortcut. The Traitors!; Confession; Moral Victory; Treasure Hunt!; Closeups; The Post of Honor!; Police Patrol. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Maneely. Untitled story, pencils by Jack Keller; At a gambling house, Kid Colt has come to pull Bob Fletcher out of a scrap with Spade a local gambler and his men, fighting Spade's goons and helping Bob escape; Returning to the home that Bob shares with his sister Sally, both Kid Colt and Sally demand to know why Bob got into a fight. "Ambush!", art by Jack Keller; Camping out for the night, Kid Colt is suddenly attacked by a bear, catching him off guard; Before the bear can harm the outlaw hero it is shot dead by a young boy named Ted and Kid Colt thanks the boy for his help and commends the lad for his quick shooting; Suddenly they are interrupted by Ted's uncle Steve who scolds the boy for wandering off. "Windy Trail" text story. "The Land Grabber!", art by Doug Wildey. Untitled story, pencils by Jack Keller; Riding through a flash flood in a storm, Kid Colt rescues a young girl named Miss Miller who was swept out of her hometown of Mayville when it flooded; Taking her to cover they wait out the storm and the flood and the following morning return to Mayville; There, Kid Colt finds Hoaks and his gang trying to look the town and sends them packing. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

9.25" x 12.25", B&W with some color.

Issue 2 - April, 1955. Digest sized joke book full of one page gags centered around the relationships of men and women of the time. 5" x 6.5", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 180 pages. Cover price $0.20.

Harvey Comics presents the adventures of Little Audrey, mischievous star of movie cartoons. Audrey hopes to make a movie that will propel her to Hollywood stardom. Audrey plays nurse for her friends. Little Audrey; Reel Money; Day Mare; For Better or For Nurse; Little Miss Fortune; Cowboy; Little Audrey Coloring Game; Tiny: The Lion's Share. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Irving Tripp. The Potheads; Lulu stops Tubby and Willy from fighting by putting pots over their heads. The Lucky Gold Piece; Tubby and the Fellers substitute Lulu's chocolate cake with a mud cake. April Fool Joke; The Fellers want to play a joke on Lulu by putting a frog in her handbag. Ol' Witch Hazel and Little Itch; Lulu tells Alvin about when Hazel teaches Itch to play witch tricks on the poor little girl. The Mechanical Boy; Tubby dreams he makes a walking, talking mechanical boy. All scripts by John Stanley, art by Irving Tripp. One-page text story, Lulus Diry ("Diary"). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Hank Hartman. Jud Jackson's Plan, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Jud Jackson breaks out of prison and leads his old gang in a series of stagecoach robberies. Horse Thieves, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Two outlaws, on the run after robbing a bank, ambush Tonto and steal his horse. Rescuing a Chippewa Warrior, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; Young Hawk and Little Buck and Strong Eagle help a Chippewa warrior being chased by the Sioux. They go to his village. Based on the popular Western TV series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Don Spaulding. Full-page, inside front cover, illustrated article about Indian moccasins. The Stranger; Nakal leads Tonto's people against the Crow in a Chinook war canoe. The Disputed Territory; An imposter claiming to be a government agent plans to sell Indian land to settlers. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Silver Leads His Foes," "The Great Black Bull," and "The Tusker." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

All reprints. First post-Code issue. Photo cover. In order of appearance: "Reckless for Once" reprinted from Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #34; "Men Prefer Them Dumb" reprinted from Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #31; "Dangerous to Cross Her" reprinted from from Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #50; and "Out to Show Me Up" reprinted from Love at First Sight (1949) #4 and from Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #35, and reprinted in Complete Love Magazine Vol. 31 (1955) #4. "Your Charm Guide, What's Holding You Back? Do You Know Enough About Him?" text article. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Vince Colletta. Edited by Stan Lee. Stories by unknown. Art by Vince Colletta, Jay Scott Pike and Alex Toth & Mike Peppe. Featuring: "So This Is Love!"; "Love Walked In!"; "Something Borrowed, Something Blue..."; and "Proposal"! Plus: 2-page text story "My Own True Love"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Child!", art by Bill Elder; A humorous look at Bill's early life with some supposed early scribblings of his. "The Boy!", art by Bill Elder; Humorous bio of Bill's childhood, through photos supposedly showing his early artwork. "The Young Artist!", art by Bill Elder; Humorous look at Bill's early career, with photos of various items he supposedly painted. "The Commercial Artist!", art by Bill Elder; Humorous look at Bill's commercial art career, with samples of fake advertisements. "The Old Pro!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Bill Elder; Melvin is captured during a bank robbery and continually digs his way out of jail. "Senility!", art by Bill Elder; A few of Bill's most recent drawings, showing a regression to his earliest form. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Chesley Bonestell. "A Canticle for Leibowitz" by Walter M. Miller Jr, "The Funeral" by Richard Matheson and "The Last Word" by Chad Oliver and Charles Beaumont, plus other fantasy and science fiction stories by Francis McComas, Washington Irving, Lord Dunsany, Mack Reynolds, J. B. Morton, Marc Brandel, Alan E. Nourse and Maurice Procter. Softcover. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in. 128 newsprint pages, black and white (all text). Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 5, Issue 4 - April 1955. Cover by Mort Kunstler. Men's adventure magazine. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 100 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

Volume 2, Issue 4 - April 1955. Men's interest magazine. Features articles on Judy Garland, Celebrity pet adoption, and postulates that celebrity comedians are hard up when it comes to finding love. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Men's interest magazine featuring articles, stories, and pictorials. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 82 pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 3, issue 4 - April 1955. Cover by Frank Cozzarelli. Men's interest magazine focusing on adventure, hunting, and true crime articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 80 pages. B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Tubby in "The Little Man on the Cake," "The Money Finder," "The Gentleman," "Clothes Call," and "Wellington Whisk." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover Joe Maneely (Pencils) , Joe Maneely (Inks) Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Sol Brodsky. Meet Maggie, art by Sid Greene; A woman has fantastic luck because she is married to an angel. The Radio text story. The Lonely Little Boy!, art by Vince Colletta; A couple get a robot child as a companion for their son, but over time they lose their ability to distinguish between the two of them. Inside the Box, art by Ed Winiarski; A man inherits a fortune and a mystical glass which displays a man's inner self; When he goes down to the pub to choose one of his friends to share his fortune with he is dismayed to see that through the glass, they are all scoundrels. The Talking Dog, art by Bob Powell; A dog lets his master in on the secret that dogs can talk, they just choose not to. The Coward, art by Mac Pakula; A nightwatchman who lets a thief escape with the loot because he fears assault is branded a coward and exiled from his city. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Warren Kremer. Teen comedy featuring Mazie and her group of friends, similar to the Archie gang. Mazie loses her car in the parking lot, and beeping key-fobs haven't been invented yet. Also featuring "Teen-Fashion" paper dolls showcasing fashions of the time. Plus a vintage ad for Wildroot Cream-Oil featuring Fearless Fosdick, with art by Al Capp. School Daze; TV and Screen by Mazie Dean; Mazie's Teen Fashion Pin-up Cut-outs; Tee Fore Two; Stevie: Nobody's Business; Mazie's Secret Diary; Mazie's Favorite Jokes; Flat-Top: The Face Is Femm-iliar. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

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Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

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Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

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Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.