Comic books October 1976

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Cover by Bill Draut and Wally Wood. The Plot to Destroy Washington D.C.!, script by Michael Fleisher, art by Jack Kirby and Wally Wood; Dr. Spider captures the Sandman and plans to use his magic whistle to destroy Washington, D. C. unless President Ford surrenders the country to him. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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Tough Guy starring Sarge Snorkel, Beetle Bailey, Killer Diller, and Plato. The Volunteer starring Sarge Snorkel and Rocky. An Interesting Game starring Sarge Snorkel, Killer Diller, Plato, and Beetle Bailey. Just in Time starring Sarge Snorkel, Beetle Bailey, and Killer Diller. Spooked starring Sarge Snorkel, Plato, Beetle Bailey, and Killer Diller. Could Be Trouble starring Sarge Snorkel, Killer Diller, and Beetle Bailey. Heat Wave starring Killer Diller, Beetle Bailey, and Sarge Snorkel. How to Use a Mop starring Sarge Snorkel, Beetle Bailey, Captain Scabbard, and Killer Diller. Breaking a Habit starring Sarge Snorkel and Killer Diller. The Missing Marker starring Sarge Snorkel, Captain Scabbard, and Beetle Bailey. Zero's Good Deed starring Killer Diller, Beetle Bailey, Zero, Sarge Snorkel, Captain Scabbard, and General Halftrack. Battle of the Bulge text story. 36 pgs. $0.30. Cover price $0.30.

Conan stars in "The Devil in Iron." Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Alfredo Alcala. Adapted from the story by Robert E. Howard. The Hyborian Age (part 4), "The Beginning of the End." Script by Roy Thomas, art by Walt Simonson. Adapted from the essay by Howard. Pin-ups by John Byrne (Red Sonja), John Severin (Kull), John Buscema (Conan), Tim Conrad (Bran Mak Morn and Almuric), and Howard Chaykin (Solomon Kane). "Arms and the Manner." Article by Samuel James Maronie. Fred Blosser reviews Donald Grant's "Red Nails" in "Conan in the City of Blood" with illustrations by George Barr. "An Interview With Conan Artist John Buscema" by John Collier and John Wren. Buscema photo, plus a Buscema/Dan Adkins illustration. Mike Zeck frontispiece. Boris Vallejo cover. Cover price $1.00.

Reprints Savage Sword of Conan Magazine #15. Distributed in the United Kingdom (England). Exact copy of american edition except for cover price. Conan stars in "The Devil in Iron." Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Alfredo Alcala. Adapted from the story by Robert E. Howard. The Hyborian Age (part 4), "The Beginning of the End." Script by Roy Thomas, art by Walt Simonson. Adapted from the essay by Howard. Pin-ups by John Byrne (Red Sonja), John Severin (Kull), John Buscema (Conan), Tim Conrad (Bran Mak Morn and Almuric), and Howard Chaykin (Solomon Kane). "Arms and the Manner." Article by Samuel James Maronie. Fred Blosser reviews Donald Grant's "Red Nails" in "Conan in the City of Blood" with illustrations by George Barr. "An Interview With Conan Artist John Buscema" by John Collier and John Wren. Buscema photo, plus a Buscema/Dan Adkins illustration. Mike Zeck frontispiece. Boris Vallejo cover.

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October, 1976. Magazine focusing on topics of interest to the sci-fi community. This issue: Ace Books Index, Editorial, Gregory Kern's Real Identity and more. 8-in. x 10.75-in. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.25.

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Cover by Bill Williams. Stories and art by Joe Gill and Bill Williams. The first comic-book version of the classic Hanna-Barbara cartoon about a cowardly but charming canine and his mystery-solving pals. Spies plant a bomb in the Mystery Machine as part of a plan to rob the gold stashed at Ft. Rocks. Western outlaw James Jesse is back for more trouble, even though he's been dead for a century. Its Dynamite!; The Wishing Well; Giant-Size; The Ghost of James Jesse. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

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"War for Earthdeath." Darkseid, ruler of Apokolips, reveals that he created the Secret Society to replace the inefficient Inter-Gang. The Society battles Mantis. Script by David Anthony Kraft, pencils by Pablo Marcos, inks by Vince Colletta. Cover by Ernie Chan. Cover price $0.30.

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Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. All new. "Isis...as in Crisis!" Script by Denny O'Neil, art by Dick Giordano. "The Bicentennial Villain." Script by E. Nelson Bridwell, art by Kurt Schaffenberger. Letter to the editor from writer Don Glut. Superman stars in a one-page public service announcement, "Justice for All Includes Children # 6" (art by Neal Adams). Schaffenberger cover. Cover price $0.30.

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An experimental jet sends Steve Austin back in time, where he has the chance to prevent the accident that made him into the bionic man. Written by Nicola Cuti, with art by Joe Staton. Cover by Hector Castellon. 36 pages. Cover price $0.30. Cover price $0.30.

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Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Sinnott. "House of Elements!", script by John Warner, pencils by Ed Hannigan (breakdowns) and Sonny Trinidad (finished art), inks by Sonny Trinidad; While teaching his first class at District Univeristy, Daimon's nervousness causes his Darksoul to briefly manifest; Getting back under control he dismisses the event as simple stage magic; Later that day, he would meet with Saripha and back at her home, they would reveal their true natures, Saripha telling Daimon that she is a Wiccan; Daimon would then go to visit the home picked out for him by Silas Warden; There he would be attacked by illusions of demons and undines. 36 pgs., full color. $0.30. Cover price $0.30.

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Painted cover by Gray Morrow. Stories and art by Mike Pellowski, Carlos Pino, Carl Potts, Doug Beekman, Vincente Alcazar and Ed Davis. Moon colonists become involuntary space explorers when the moon is blasted out of orbit; based on the classic sci-fi TV series. On the planet Psychon, the colonists encounter Mentor, the scientist who wants to use their living brains for his computer. Luckily, his shape-shifting daughter Maya resists Mentor's strange experiments, and joins forces with Moonbase Alpha, in an adaptation of the second-season episode that introduced Maya in the TV series. Maya earns the trust of the colonists when she defends Moonbase Alpha against the shape-shifting alien Nucleon. Behind the scenes of the filming of season 2 of the series, including photos of guest stars Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Nice painted cover by the legendary Gray Morrow introduces the Maya character to the comics, and serves as a dynamic coup de grace to the series. Plus text features on human-engineered satellites and space probes. A New Star in Our Galaxy; The Metamorph; Man Made Moons; The Primary Life Form; Scanning the Solar System. Final issue of the series. 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.00.

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Spiegle art appears in all issues of this series. Cover price $0.30.

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Whitman edition. Spiegle art appears in all issues of this series. Cover price $0.30.

"Deadly is the Doctor called Doom!" Story by Jim Salicrup and Larry Lieber. Art by Winslow Mortimer, Mike Esposito, and Tony Mortellaro. Cover by John Romita, Sr. Spidey must face the wrath of the diabolical Doctor Doom. Includes the 1-page features "More about Dr. Doom" and "Surfing the Milky Way with the Silver Surfer." Includes the back-up tale "The Spider meets the Surfer!" Based on the story by Stan Lee. Plus, "Spidey finds the Prankster!" By Pat Thackray. Based on the Electric Company script by Sara Compton. Featuring the clip and collect Spidey Stamp: #3 Dr. Doom. Cover price $0.35.

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Will Eisner Giant Summer Special Eisner's groundbreaking work from the 1940s and '50s. This issue includes the following stories: The Inheritance by Eisner and Jerry Grandenetti; The Moment of Glory by Eisner and Jules Feiffer; Outcast by Eisner, John Spranger, and Bob Palmer; The Fix by Eisner and Grandenetti; The Fly by Eisner, John Spranger, and Bob Palmer; Who Killed Cox Robin? by Eisner, Spranger, and Palmer; The Springtime of Dolan by Eisner and Andre LeBlanc; and Dulcet Tone by Eisner, Spranger, and Palmer. Cover depicts montage of interior panels. Cover price $1.50.

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Harvey reprints classic stories of Spooky, Casper's cousin who loves to scare. Spooky heads west for a little break and finds himself wrapped up in a mystery involving an old mine. Casper deals with a troll insurrection in the Enchanted Forest. Spooky gets amnesia. The Wild Wild Rest; The Mystery of the Mine!; Casper: Troll Take Over; Spooky Loses His Memory; Wendy: For Those Who Think Rotten. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

Men's adventure magazine featuring articles on sports, hunting politics and crime. 10-in. x 13-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.25.

1st printing. Cover by Jeff Jones. Written by Eric Kimball, Gary Petras, Ray Bradbury, Johnny Achziger and Gray Lyda. Art by Bob Gould, Gene Day, Steve Leialoha, Alex Nino, Joe Staton and Gray Lyda. In this issue: Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melnibone in "The Prisoner of Pan-Tang" by Eric Kimball and Bob Gould (with story idea by Steven Grant); "Childsong" by Gary Petras, Gene Day and Steve Leialoha; "Why Viking Lander/Mars?" 2-page poem by Ray Bradbury and Alex Nino; Gods of Mount Olympus story "Chapter Two: Zeus and Prometheus" by Johnny Achziger and Joe Staton; and "Out of Space, Out of Time" by Gray Lyda. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.25.

1st printing. The Star Trek Concordance (1976) was published by Ballantine Books. Introduction by Bjo Trimble and preface by Dorothy Jones Heydt. Includes an episode locator wheel. This is a fully illustrated, comprehensive directory to the original Star Trek TV series. Includes casts, plot synopses, fan art, a glossary, and index. Using the wheel locator the episode, stardate, and call letters will appear in their respective windows on the front cover, along with the page number in the concordance where the complete entry can be found. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 256 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

Star Trek Giant Poster Book Voyage Two (1976) was published by Paradise Press in conjunction with Paramount Pictures. Star Date: 7610.01. Includes pictures of the cast as well as articles on the Star Trek technique for Special FX's, a critique of Harlan Ellisons "City," and the relationship between Kirk, Spock, and McCoy. Slick paper-stock, 8.25-in. x 11-in. (unfolds into a 22-in. x 33.5-in. poster). Giant movie poster of Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and Dr. McCoy. Cover price $1.00.

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Part of Harvey's Richie Rich explosion of the 1970s, this series reimagined the world's richest boy and his butler Cadbury as superheroes. Crashman and Rippy face one disaster after another on their way to a school performance. Richie's mean cousin Reggie tries to frighten Richie with a fake sea monster, but he's in trouble when a real sea monster shows up. Pirates hijack a yacht where Rippy and Crashman happen to be performing. Plus a PSA for dental health featuring Casper the Friendly Ghost. On the Spot!; Ech Did It!; Monster From the Sea; The Other Monster; The Party's Over; The Pirates Are Coming; Haunted. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.40.

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The Teen Titans in "To Order is To Destroy" (script by Steve Skeates, pencils by George Tuska, inks by Nick Cardy). Doom Patrol reprint: "The Brotherhood of Evil" (script by Arnold Drake, art by Bruno Premiani). Aquaman stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "Twinkies and Kelp." Tuska cover? Cover price $0.50.

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"Escape!" Guest-starring the Shroud. Script by Steve Englehart. Art by Keith Giffen (breakdowns) and Owen McCarron (finishes). Cover by Marie Severin. In a dramatic reversal of roles, Dr. Doom finds himself a prisoner of Atlantis! Shrewd maneuvering by Namorita and Tamara has brought the Latverian monarch under their control! But now that they have him, what are they going to do with him? Meanwhile, the Shroud and the Sub-Mariner make a run for the border to escape Latveria! However, Doom's civilian authorities are in hot pursuit! When the fleeing duo comes across a traveling circus, they see a perfect opportunity to blend in with the performers and slip out of the country! But this isn't an ordinary circus, it's the Circus of Crime! Are Prince Namor and the Shroud ready to battle under the big top? First 30¢ issue. 32 pages Cover price $0.30.

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UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 10p cover price. "Escape!" Guest-starring the Shroud. Script by Steve Englehart. Art by Keith Giffen (breakdowns) and Owen McCarron (finishes). Cover by Marie Severin. In a dramatic reversal of roles, Dr. Doom finds himself a prisoner of Atlantis! Shrewd maneuvering by Namorita and Tamara has brought the Latverian monarch under their control! But now that they have him, what are they going to do with him? Meanwhile, the Shroud and the Sub-Mariner make a run for the border to escape Latveria! However, Doom's civilian authorities are in hot pursuit! When the fleeing duo comes across a traveling circus, they see a perfect opportunity to blend in with the performers and slip out of the country! But this isn't an ordinary circus, it's the Circus of Crime! Are Prince Namor and the Shroud ready to battle under the big top? 32pgs

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Cover art by Mike Grell. The Super Soldiers of the Slave-Maker, script by Jim Shooter (from a suggestion by Ken Klaczak), pencils by Mike Grell, inks by Bob Wiacek; the reptilian Thargg race have enslaved the denizens of Murgador and are making them work the mines, and Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes step in to help. Twinkies and Kelp Hostess Twinkies ad starring Aquaman, pencils by Curt Swam inks by Vince Colletta. Dream Girl's Living Nightmare, script by Cary Bates, pencils by Mike Grell, inks by Bob Wiacek; Dream Girl dreams she sees Primor Nryd Gordor of Demros-II get assassinated. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

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Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Cover art by Mike Grell. The Super Soldiers of the Slave-Maker, script by Jim Shooter (from a suggestion by Ken Klaczak), pencils by Mike Grell, inks by Bob Wiacek; the reptilian Thargg race have enslaved the denizens of Murgador and are making them work the mines, and Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes step in to help. Twinkies and Kelp Hostess Twinkies ad starring Aquaman, pencils by Curt Swam inks by Vince Colletta. Dream Girl's Living Nightmare, script by Cary Bates, pencils by Mike Grell, inks by Bob Wiacek; Dream Girl dreams she sees Primor Nryd Gordor of Demros-II get assassinated. 36 pgs. $0.30. Cover price $0.30.

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Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Bob Oksner. The Parasite's Prism of Peril! starring Superman, Jon Ross, Dr. Jenet Klyburn, Eddie Foil, "Moose" MacElroy, The Parasite, and Lois Lane, script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Bob Oksner; Parasite attacks Superman by using a power-prism that gives other people super-powers. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

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Cover art by Kurt Schaffenberger. I Scared Superman to Death, script by Cary Bates, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; An alien race has made all male humans so fearfull that they no longer can function; Superman and Jimmy Olsen must save the day. Twinkies and Kelp Hostess ad starring Aquaman, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Vince Colletta. The Sleeping Doom! starring Lois Lane, script by Robert Bernstein, art by Kurt Schaffenberger. Supergirl Visits the 21st Century!, script by Otto Binder, art by Jim Mooney. Cover price $0.50.

Long-running men's interest magazine featuring articles, fiction stories, adult cartoons, and nude photography. 8.5" x 11", 74 pages, B&W/Color. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $1.75.

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Cover art by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. Vengeance and Mercy (Part 5), script by Gerry Conway and Dave Kraft, pencils by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, inks by Frank Springer; Tarzan battles a horde of killer apes in this adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan the Untamed. 32 pgs. $0.30. Cover price $0.30.

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Stories and art by Alberto Macagno, Oscar Fraga, Antonio Reynoso, Enrique Cristobal, Dick Ayers and Ruben Marchionne. Legendary publisher Myron Fass presents gory tales of horror and the macabre. The devil's ophthalmologist makes Satan a pair of sin-glasses, then makes another pair for himself. Treasure hunters explore a freshly risen volcanic island and find treasure guarded by a lost race of unholy beings. A jealous theater understudy murders for star billing, but his dead rival makes the curtain call. Featuring altered reprints from Chamber of Chills and other 1950s pre-Code comics. The Monster; The Skeleton; The Demon Strikes; The Mummy's Revenge; Garden of Corpses; The Walking Dead; Vampire; Satan's Man; Isle of Demons; Nightmare. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $1.25.

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Cover pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Jon D'Agostino. Meet Woodrow "Bingo" Wilkin III, popular student at Midville High School, who goes steady with girlfriend Samantha Smythe and is also lead vocalist and guitarist in his pop rock group The Bingoes. This humorous teenage series was similar to the Archie series that the same company published. A Slight Hitch, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Jon D'Agostino; After Rebel chases a bone into the back of a delivery truck, Teddy braves all obsticals to bring him back. Hang Up one-page Li'l Jinx story by Joe Edwards. Women's Work, script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Jon D'Agostino; Bingo and Samantha decide that she should handle delicate stuff--like dealing with muscle-bound Romeos at the beach. See Sick, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Jon D'Agostino; After Samson forbids Bingo from seeing Samantha, Bingo starts dating her blindfolded. Rebel Power, script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Jon D'Agostino; After witnessing Teddy's dirty trick on Bingo, Rebel decides to get even. Dear Bingo & Samantha advice column. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.30.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby and John Romita (alterations), inks by John Verpoorten and John Romita (alterations). "A Dragon at the Gates!", script by Len Wein, pencils by John Buscema (breakdowns) and Tony DeZuniga (finished art), inks by Tony DeZuniga; Thor goes to Mimir to find the missing Odin; Mimir tells him that before he answers, Thor must bring him the Ruby Eye of the Dragon that guards the golden gates to the Realm Below; Thor finds the dragon, but before he can attack it, Ulik arrives and fights Thor for the eye; They battle across a rock bridge surrounded by a sea of flames, until Ulik manages to knock Thor off. Tale of Asgard: The Weapon and the Warrior!, script by David Kraft, art by Pablo Marcos; A young Thor, confident after recently earning Mjolnir, challenges a Storm Giant he meets in his path. 36 pgs., full color. $0.30. Cover price $0.30.

Mark Jewelers Advertisement Insert Variant. Thor battles Ulik in "A Dragon at the Gates!" Script by Len Wein, layouts by John Buscema, finished art by Tony DeZuniga. Appearances by Sif, Karnilla, and Balder. "Tales of Asgard" back-up: "The Weapon and the Warrior!" Script by David Kraft, art by Pablo Marcos. Jack Kirby/John Verpoorten and John Romita Sr. cover. Cover price $0.30.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 10p cover price. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby and John Romita (alterations), inks by John Verpoorten and John Romita (alterations). "A Dragon at the Gates!", script by Len Wein, pencils by John Buscema (breakdowns) and Tony DeZuniga (finished art), inks by Tony DeZuniga; Thor goes to Mimir to find the missing Odin; Mimir tells him that before he answers, Thor must bring him the Ruby Eye of the Dragon that guards the golden gates to the Realm Below; Thor finds the dragon, but before he can attack it, Ulik arrives and fights Thor for the eye; They battle across a rock bridge surrounded by a sea of flames, until Ulik manages to knock Thor off. Tale of Asgard: The Weapon and the Warrior!, script by David Kraft, art by Pablo Marcos; A young Thor, confident after recently earning Mjolnir, challenges a Storm Giant he meets in his path. 36 pgs., full color.

8-in. x 11-in., 36 pages, B/W, horizontal format.