Comic books September 1955

Cover by Alice Kirkpatrick. Stories and art by Eugene E. Hughes and others. Naval intrigue and warfare at sea from publisher Stanley Morse. This issue features an issue-length retelling of the final battles and eventual sinking of the Nazi battleship Bismarck in May 1941. Convoy!; The Sighting!; Operation Clean Sea; Contact!; Stop the Target!; One Hundred to One Shot!; Attack!; To The Bottom!; ...Aftermath! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 13, Issue 39 - September, 1955. Squarebound, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, Text Only.

Nifty Gals & Gags (1951) is a humor digest published by Dearfield Publishing Company. Features the character Dead-Eye Nick who as a "wolf" is always on the prowl for his next young catch. Also contains a page with words of advice from Nick. 96 pages, color cover with B&W illustrations, 5.25-in x 7.25-in. Cover price $0.25.

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Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $2.80 View scans Front cover detached 10%.

September 1955. Stories by M.J. Nuttall, Eando Binder, George Damler, Stanley J. Rowson, and more. Softcover Pulp, 6 1/2-in x 9-in, 132 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Cover art by Jerry Grandenetti. Floating Pillbox, script by Bob Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. The Flag On No-Man's Hill, script by Ed (France) Herron, art by Joe Kubert. Bombing Bus Driver, script by Jack Miller, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. Walking Sailor, script by Bob Kanigher (as Causin), art by Arthur Peddy. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Maneely. Untitled story, art by Doug Wildey; While out on patrol at night the Outlaw Kid spots Chad Stark and his gang in a private meeting with Kirk Dawson who works at the local bank; Finding this to mean bad news for Caliber City, the Outlaw Kid tries to listen in on their conversation in secret, but a snapping twig gives away his position and he is forced to flee. Untitled story, art by Doug Wildey; The Outlaw Kid is out on patrol in the pouring rain when suddenly he is ambushed by a man with a rifle; Pinned down behind some rocks, the Outlaw Kid manages to shoot the rifle out of his attacker's hand, but the shooter disappears without a trace; Returning to Caliber City, the Kid learns that outlaw Lippy Maddox recently escaped from prison. "The Test" text story. "Range War!", pencils by Dave Berg. Untitled story, art by Doug Wildey; The Outlaw Kid comes to the aid of the people of Caliber City when the elderly Joe Clogg begins shooting his guns at people in the street thinking that they are a man named Barlowe; The Kid quickly disarms him and the old man snaps out of his trance; When Joe's daughter Annie comes to the scene and apologizes for him, explaining that Joe suffered a shock years ago and has yet to get over it. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

September, 1955. Vintage humor digest magazine that pokes fun at the relationships of men and women of the time. Digest, 5" x 7", 96 pages, B&W. -Recommended for ages 16+ Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Marty Taras and others. Harvey presents characters licensed from Paramount's Famous Studios, the most famous of which is super-sized duckling Baby Huey. Papa quickly comes to regret asking for Baby Huey's help collecting rocks for the garden. Herman and Katnip battle for slapstick supremacy, demonstrating how they inspired "Itchy and Scratchy" from The Simpsons. Baby Huey; Buzzy; Herman and Katnip. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 11, Issue 6 - September 21st 1955. Rita Moreno cover, article, and centerfold, and People Weekly takes a look at why European movie censors allow nudity, but censor violence, and take a look behind the scenes of the Air-force Academy. Celebrity gossip magazine. 4-in. x 6-in., 66 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Rube Grossman. Flying Carpet!, art by Rube Grossman; Peter gets a flying carpet from his friend the Sultan of Oompah, but Foxy Dan steals it. Hectic Hayride!, art by Rube Grossman; Farmer Brown's animals decide to go on a picnic when he is away and Stanley isn't sure whether he should go along. A Present for Cinderella!, art by Rube Grossman; Jimmy finds Cinderella's glass slipper, so Peter and the kids travel to Storyland to return it to the Prince so he can continue his search for Cinderella. Surprise Ending text story, art by Raymond Perry. Carnival Daze!; The frog brothers get themselves in trouble when they go to a carnival for the first time. We Point with Pride to Our Hall of Trophies!; announcement of the awarding of the U.S. Treasury Distinguished Service Award to National (Superman-DC) Comics for producing the short film "Stamp Day for Superman," which encouraged school children to buy U.S. Savings Stamps. Lost on Adventure Mountain!, art by Rube Grossman; Jimmy and Jane get into an argument while on a hike with Peter, and Jimmy goes off by himself. He learns his lesson when he gets lost at night. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Otto Feuer. Danger--Men Working!, art by Otto Feuer; Wolfie tricks construction foreman Peter into giving him a job, but he isn't qualified to do it and caises lots of trouble. Kangaroo Krazy!, art by Otto Feuer; Peter's uncle Googie in Australia sends him a mother and baby kangaroo. Untitled Roly and Poly story, art by Rube Grossman; Roly and Poly build a sailboat from a kit, but they are outwitted in the end by Danny. Bike Golly!, art by Otto Feuer; Wolfie wants to borrow Peter's bicycle. Myrtle Turtle text story. Pie Golly!, art by Otto Feuer; Peter starts a pie-baking business but Wolfie plans to eat up all his profits. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 47, Issue 4 - April 1955. Hollywood magazine. Cover and Article featuring Grace Kelly. Articles include Ten Years of Monroe, John Derek's Big Gamble, and Terry Moore Talks About Your Diet! 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 112 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.25.

Volume 5, Issue 3 - Fall, 1955. Softcover, 7" x 8", 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover art by Lou Cameron. "The Man Who Discovered America," art by Lou Cameron; Historic retelling of Christopher Columbus and his discovery of America. "Picture Progress Quiz" about Christopher Columbus. "Did You Know That," art by Lou Cameron; facts about Christopher Columbus. "The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus"; Full page map drawing of the four voyages. "Race To The New World"; Full page map drawing. "Model Ships"; Instructions on how to make a model ship. 28 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 21 - September 10, 1955. Pictorial digest featuring models, actor gossip, and interesting news stories. 4-in. x 6-in., 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Bernie Krigstein. Stories by Carl Wessler and others. Art by George Evans, Graham Ingels, Jack Davis, and Reed Crandall. One of EC Comics' late New Direction titles, a response to the new Comics Code, featuring piracy on the high seas. Greedy men encounter a "williwaw" - a fierce Arctic tornado, with art by Graham Ingels. First Mate Richard Carson arranges an "accident" to replace his superior officer, but every murder has an equal and opposite comeuppance in an EC comic. A stranded sailor driven to madness manages to alienate his one remaining human contact. Stark, minimalist cover by the legendary Bernie Krigstein. Fit for a King; The Skipper; Fur Crazy; Sailor for Queen Bess; Solitary. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

MATURE READERS. Cover price $0.50.

Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Jack Kirby and Mort Meskin. Charlton picks up the crime series created and originally published by comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America. All the stories in this issue were illustrated by Jack Kirby. An inexperienced city cop investigates a murder in the country, but first he must convince the locals that he's a real cop. A cop must decide whether to turn in the criminal who saved the cop's son from a runaway bus (in a typically taut Kirby action sequence). A detective interrogates a terrified murder witness to get a description of the killer. The Amateur!; The Debt; $64 Question; Only the Guilty Run!; Words of Wonder; Third Degree. Final issue under this title; series continues as Public Defender in Action (1956) #7. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bud Sagendorf. Scripts and art by Bud Sagendorf. Untitled one-page story; Popeye tries to teach Swee'Pea a lesson. Trouble-Shooter; When Popeye opens Popeye's Trouble Service he gets himself involved in a dispute between the islands of Moola and Boola. Monskers!; Popeye and Swee'Pea are camping in the desert when they encounter a giant dinosaur which turns out to be a robot that a movie crew is using for their new film. Untitled story; The Professor can't pay his rent so he convinces Sappo to take some other form of payment. A Long Tail! text story. Untitled one-page story; Popeye helps Swee'Pea retrieve his lost ball from the rain gutter. Based on the classic cartoon and comic strip character. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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8.5" x 11", 48 pages, B&W Cover price $0.20.

Stories and art by Eugene E. Hughes, S. Finocchiaro and Sal Trapani. Fanciful mystery stories with an added cash incentive for the lucky 1950s reader. A condemned prisoner's last meal reminds him how he came to be on Death Row in the first place. A two-page mystery involving a truck hijacking offers a cash prize to the reader who can figure it out - the "prize" of the magazine's title. A boy is entranced by his grandfather's tales of adventure in the Old West, but the old man feels that modern life has passed him by. The Hi-Jackers!; A Hearty Meal!; It's Never Perfect; Brains!; The Lawman!; Power of a Woman. Ironically, solutions to the prize mysteries were to be announced in the next issue, but this was the final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Sal Trapani, John Belfi and Chic Stone. Racket Squad's focus on swindlers and con games allowed it to survive the Comics Code longer than most Pre-Code crime comics. Ex-con Lester decides to "go straight" by switching to white-collar crime, specifically, insider trading. An "auto health plan" turns out to be just another swindle. Even the lanes are not safe, as crooked gamblers target bowling alleys. The Awful Waste; This Time Youll Play It Smart; Dont Be a Sucker; The Automobile Health Plan Racket; Hook Line and Sucker. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Mike Sekowsky, Mike Peppe, and John Belfi. Jungle adventure based on a TV series, as white doctor Tom Reynolds sets up shop in Africa and earns the name "Ramar;" Charlton takes over publishing with this issue. Stranded in Kenya, Ramar and pals face the Mau Mau, real-life guerrilla fighters of the era. A profile of the cowboys of Brazil's Marajo Island. A deadly red fungus threatens to wipe out a tribal village, unless Ramar can figure out how to stop it. First issue with the Comics Code seal on the cover. Egbert the Explorer; Oasis of Fear; Tropical Topics; The Red Death!; The African Elephant; The Cowboy and the Cayman!; Bear Trap Blues; The South American Cowboy!; Garo and the Curse of the God Rama; Did You Know This About Them?; Kitty Kat Kavalcade. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover inks by Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Sal Trapani¸ Dick Giordano, Vince Alascia, and Al Martin Napoletano. Early Charlton Western comic featuring Chip, Doodle and Scott, the Range Busters. Framed for bank robbery, the Range Busters are sentenced to Rondo Prison, but they escape jail to clear their names. Doodle falls for beautiful blonde Lola, and she seems smitten with him too, but what does she have to do with the money missing from the town bank? Golden Arrow investigates the cause of a plague that's affecting the cattle of Dry Gulch. Breakout at Rondo Prison; Doodle and the Gorgeous Blonde; Night Ride; Bing: Sleepy Time; Golden Arrow: The Cattle Fraud; The Ranch Boys. Final issue under this title; series continues as Wyatt Earp Frontier Marshal (1956 Charlton) #12. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Russ Heath. "The Broken Spur!", art by Bob Brown and Joe Maneely (splash page); When Juddy Hayes, a classmate of Randy Clayton, is determined to free his father from jail after he has been accused of murdering Mr. Grayson at the bank, Randy goes to warn his mentor the Rawhide Kid; The Rawhide Kid rushes into town and stops Juddy before he can set off explosives that would free his father from jail; He then rushes Juddy out of town where the boy tells the Rawhide Kid and Randy what happened the day his father was arrested: That his father went into the bank to see Mr. Grayson alone, Juddy heard two gunshots and went in. "Flaming Gem!", art by Bob Brown; Randy Clayton is playing marbles with his friend using a corker that a pair of outlaws named Slade and Kincaid recognize as fire opals; They approach Randy and as him about his corker and he tells them that he found it down by the river with a number of other similar rocks; Unaware of the value of his corker, Randy lets the men take a closer look at it; When they offer to buy it off Randy, he refuses and the men take it anyway tossing pennies at Randy and his friend; When Randy tries to fight to get his corker back, the Rawhide Kid arrives. "Brand for Trouble" text story. "The Kid's Last Ride!", art by Chuck Miller. Untitled story, art by Bob Brown and Joe Maneely (splash page); While camping out for the night the Rawhide Kid wakes up to find a cougar attempting to attack their horses; Although the Rawhide Kid manages to shoot the cougar dead, Randy's horse Smokey is too frightened to be useful anymore and the Kid has to tell his ward that Smokey needs to be put out to pasture; After dropping Smokey off at a rancher friend, the Rawhide Kid takes Randy into the town of Jackspir to find a new horse. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume A, Issue 2 - September 1955. Men's interest magazine featuring adventure stories and photos of buxom bombshells."Terror Behind Bars"."8 1/2-in. x 11-in. B&W. Cover price $0.25.