Comic books April 1955

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Volume 11, Issue 5 - April, 1955. Painted cover by Peter Driben. Vintage men's interest magazine focused entirely on amateur lingerie pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11.5", 50 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

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Cover pencils by Lynn Karp. Stories by unknown. Art by Lynn Karp and unknown. Featuring: Tom & Jerry tale with pencils by Lynn Karp; Big Spike & Little Tyke tale; Bertie Bird text story "Circus Adventure"; Flip 'n' Dip 2-pager; Fuzzy & Wuzzy tale; Wuff the Prairie Dog tale; Jerry & Tuffy 2-pager; and Droopy 1-pager. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 12 - April, 1955. Short-lived vintage men's interest magazine that features articles for bachelors, pin-up photographs, jokes, and cartoons. 8" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 1, issue 12 - April 1955. Digest sized news, and gossip magazine. Articles including How to Mambo by Arthur Murray, The Tragedy of the Third Sex and a look inside Ava Gardner's secret life. 4-in.x 5 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

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Final issue of the series. Reprints Men Against Crime #4: "Stool Pigeon's Swan Song," "Too Hot to Handle" (pencils by Gene Colan), "Murder--and the Crowd Roars," and "Death Touch of Chick Rigney." Cover price $0.10.

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April 7, 1955

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April 21, 1955. Dangerous Mission (art by Frank Borth), The Padre and the Pirates (art by Paul Zender), What a Work! (art by Bob Powell, 6 pages), Chuck White (art by Paul Karch), Words That Live: Oliver Hazard Perry (art by Zender), and The Gulf Stream. Borth cover.

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Vol. 35, No. 215. April 1955. Men's adventure magazine with articles, fiction, and humor. This issue with a Ernest Hemingway article, "Great Blue River". 8.5" x 11", 120 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Bob Powell Studio and Lee Elias. Tales of young love and marriage from publisher Harvey. Reporter Martha has a love-hate relationship with her handsome editor Lee, until a circus fire makes them see what's really important. Redheaded Diane never got over her orphaned childhood, and is desperate to marry. Rookie cop Paul falls for Julia after saving her from a potentially deadly accident. First issue to feature the Comics Code seal on the cover. Deadline For Love!; Forbidden Romance; She I Found Love on a Bus; I Was Nobody's Baby; My Ticket to Romance! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photos and articles focusing on American life. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Sid Greene, Dick Ayers, Bill Benulis, Ed Winiarski, John Forte, Syd Shores and Ernie Bache. Many surprises are in store for you when you read..."Too Human" with art by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Also in this issue: "Stumblebum" by Carl Wessler and Sid Greene; "Collector's Item!" with art by Bill Benulis; "One in a Million" with art by Ed Winiarski; "First Prize!" with art by John Forte; and 2-page text story "The Seekers" with illo by Syd Shores. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Wally Wood. Stories by Carl Wessler. Art by Al Williamson, Angelo Torres, Marie Severin, Bernie Krigstein, Graham Ingels, and Wally Wood. One of EC Comics' late New Direction titles, a response to the new Comics Code, featuring historical adventure. A Roman gladiator rises and falls on the word of the Emperor's smitten wife, with art by Al Williamson and Angelo Torres. An overconfident general finds the Haitian natives have outmaneuvered him, illustrated by Bernie Krigstein. A British warrior claims to be the returned King Arthur, but his rule is anything but kingly, in a Wally Wood story. The Arena; The Guardians of Empire; Strategy; Revolution; The Return of King Arthur. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Matt Baker and Manning Lee Stokes. Numbering continues from Voodoo (1952 Ajax/Farrell) #19. The renamed jungle hero South Sea Girl returns in Comics Code-friendly reprints, still featuring art by good-girl legend Matt Baker. Kimbo, Boy of the Jungle, faces nothing less than a dinosaur freed from a subterranean prison by torrential rains. A jungle guide leads a movie crew into dangerous territory. Vooda must stop enemy agents from testing an atomic bomb on the Vanishing Isles, in a story with art by Matt Baker. Fools Against Fortune!; Danger Safari; Wienie the Wrestler; Kimbo, Boy of the Jungle; Bull Stampede; Echoes of an A-Bomb. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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#175, 4/55, 10c. Donald Duck, the Li'l Bad Wolf, and Pluto, in untitled stories and Mickey Mouse and Goofy in "Ridin' the Rails." The Donald Duck story is by Carl Barks. Issue also has one-page and half-page gag strips, and a two-page text feature "Figaro's Fun." Story and art credits: unknown. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Platoon, Advance" (art by Bob Forgione), "Blitzkrieg," "The Mercenary" (art by Jack Katz), "Combat Vets" (art by Gene Colan), and a two-page text story, "One Man Army!" Russ Heath cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Eugene Hughes. Stories and art by Eugene Hughes and others. Tales of war and adventure among the Native tribes of the frontier. Gray Wolf wants to challenge the Dakota chieftain for his position, but False Face the shaman is concerned that he is not the right choice. The love story between Swift Bow and Spotted Fawn of the Cherokee involves winning the approval of her skeptical father. A Crow elder blames the chieftain after his son is killed by a Sioux ambush. The Challenge; This Was A Man; The Trap; Fire and Fury; Phantom of the Plains. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Al Feldstein. Ad for Mad and Panic. "The Inferiors," script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wallace Wood; An expedition to find inhabited worlds finds nothing but destruction on planet after planet; The populations of all these worlds were of the same space-faring race, but the populations are now extinct, and the explorers don't know why; Then, they find an old recording that explains that the aliens had achieved their evolutionary peak and were now slowly devolving into violent beasts. "Lost In Space," script by Otto Binder, pencils by Al Williamson, inks by Al Williamson, Angelo Torres, and Roy Krenkel; Myra tells her father that she doesn't wish to remain on Mars any longer, but return to Earth to her Jim; One day, she makes the trip by herself...but Earth is not there! Ad for Piracy comic. "Round Trip," script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Al Feldstein (co-plot and script), art by Jack Kamen; All of his life, Henry was a dreamer, and his big dream was to be the Captain of a spaceship, or at least be able to travel into the depths of space. "The Trial of Adam Link," script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; Tom just inherited his uncle's estate, along with the robot, Adam Link; Despite the fact he is reasonable and polite, Adam continues to face persecution from humans; He even saves the lives of people trapped in a burning building, but nobody sees him do it; Finally, he is brought to "trial" to decide if he should be allowed to exist. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Giella. The Secret of Outlaw X starring Pow Wow Smith, script by France Herron, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Giella. The Photographer Who Exposed Nighthawk, script by France Herron, art by Gil Kane. The Fugitive from Mountain City starring Rodeo Rick, script by France Herron, art by Ed Smalle Jr. The Vanishing Trail-Drivers starring the Wyoming Kid, script by France Herron, art by Howard Sherman. Two-page text feature "The Meaning of Indian Names." 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

"The Last Bullet," "Six-Shooters and Dynamite," and "Mystery of Thunder Canyon!" (art on all three by John Romita Sr.). Back-up story, "Man and Horse" (art by Don Heck). Two-page text story, "The Rescue!" Joe Maneely cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Russ Heath. Stories by John Severin, Ross Andru, Mike Esposito, Werner Roth, and Bob Forgione. Cowboys, bad guys, brawls and gunfights—these are rough rawhide tales of Western Outlaws! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 8, No. 6. April 1955. This issue features a movie quiz with six photos of Bettie Page acting out the titles. Articles in this issue include: "Secret Plans of the Ku Klux Klan"; "Lowdown on Marlon Brando's Girl"; "Confessions of a Girl Pachuco"; and much more. 8.5" x 11". 50 pages. B&W. MATURE. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Matt Baker. Killers of the Jungle, art by Paul Hodge; Keeto and Tumar, king of the apes are captured by pygmies to be sacrificed. How to Survive in the Jungle one-page story, art by Ross Andru. "The Ice-Age Men!", art by John Prentice; Out of the prehistoric age they came to reconquer their ancient domain. "A Friend in Need" text story. "The Brute's Last Fight!" starring Joe Barton, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Bernard Sachs; Brute Bronson is shipped out of Africa by the Commissioner, but he swears he will be back. "Terror Rules The Jungle!", art by Paul Parker; Latour has a mad desire to escape with a fortune in precious gems, but he did not reckon with Wild Boy. Jungle Oddities non-fiction story, art by Ross Andru. Published by St. John. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Always trying new things, comics pioneers Jack Kirby and Joe Simon attempt a comic that invites readers to compete for prizes with every story. A Western tale of a murdered miner and a vengeful son. Robin Hoodlum and his Merry Mob are gangsters with a classic gambit. A sailor tells a tale of murder. The classic Kirby cover is a prize in itself. Bullet Ballad; Sir Cashby of Moneyvault!; Torpedoed!; Treasure: The Story Behind the Cover; The Handsome Brute; The Bull; Here's How You Can Win a Prize! Final issue under this title; series continues as Timmy the Timid Ghost (1956-1966 Charlton) #3. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 10, Issue 5 - April, 1955. Painted cover by Peter Driben. This issue features a Bettie Page photo and an Irving Klaw ad with a Bettie photo within. 8.5" x 11.5", 52 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Stories and art by Paul McCarthy, Marvin Stein, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. As the Comics Code goes into effect and horror comics are taken out of the marketplace, this former horror mainstay switches to reprints of the classic Simon and Kirby comic Boy's Ranch. This kid-gang series set in the Old West is often hailed as a creative high-point in the partnership of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. The boys strike out for the Oklahoma territory. Clay is enlisted as part of a team to protect a fortune arriving by train from Kansas City, but he doesn't trust the others. Lessons for readers on how to ride, rope and even talk like cowboys. First issue with the Comics Code seal on the cover. Teeth for the Iron Horse!; How To Ride a Horse, Lesson 6; Remember the Alamo!; Happy Boy Carries the Ball!; Fun at the Zoo; Now You Can Make Your Pair of Western Moccasins; How Cowboys Say It; How To Spin a Rope, Lesson 6; Indian Attack; Six-Gun Justice. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "The Prairie Pirates!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman battles a pirate ship on the western prairies. Knitting Instruction activity page with Babs, art by Bob Oksner. "The Two Faces of Wonder Woman," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman goes to elaborate lengths to make Steve thinks he's seen her and Diana at the same time. Matrimonial Agents article by Julius Schwartz, pencils by Mo Waldinger, inks by Tommy Nicolosi. Women In the Air article by Jack Miller, art by Raymond Perry. "The Mystery of the Missing Moon," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman has to put a rogue moon from another dimension back in its rightful place. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Walter Lantz' Woody Woodpecker. Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Featuring the tales "The Lost Woodpecker Mine," "Horse-Flying Friend," "Postmaster Problems" and "Dog Daze," plus untitled 1-page stories on the inside front cover, inside back cover and back cover! Also: Knothead and Splinter in an untitled 2-page story! Starring Woody Woodpecker, Knothead and Splinter! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

#76 on cover; Vol. 8 No. 4 in indicia. Cover by Bill Draut? Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Draut, Jo Albistur, Ann Brewster and unknown. Featuring: "Let's Pretend"; "Lovesick Meddler"; "Unpleasingly Plump"; and "Lover's Helper"! Plus: 1-page Nancy Hale article "She's Popular"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.