Comic books February 1955

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Volume 66, Issue 394 - February 1955. Published by The Reader's Digest Association. Squarebound, 5.5" x 7.5", 168 pages, color cover with text stories and color illustrations, 5.50-in x 7.25.

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Photo cover. In order of appearance: "Kisses à la Carte"; "Tricked by Her"; "Front Page Date"; and "He Didn't Mean Love". "Glamorizing Yourself: Check That Popularity Hazard! Tips on Shoe Buying, Seven Ways to Stay Slender..." text article reprinted from "Your Charm Guide..." in Love at First Sight (1949) #1 and reprinted as "Help Yourself to Allure..." in Love Experiences (1949) #29 and as "Don't Handicap Yourself..." in Ten Story Love Vol. 35 (1955) #6. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 20, Issue 5 - February, 1955. 6.5" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Indian Tracklore article by August Lenox. The Pinto Bandit starring Red Ryder, pencils by John Ushler; the Pinto Bandit holds up a stagecoach. The Trap starring Little Beaver. Feuding Partners starring Red Ryder, art by Bill Lignante; Will is suspicious of his partner, Clem. Article on Indians using wolves, bears, and mountain lions as pets. Hell's Angel bucking horse article, art by Till Goodan. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover features Rex Allen. Stories and art by Nat Edson, Tony Sgroi and August Lenox. Western action with movie cowboy Rex Allen. Rex tries to help a town that's being terrorized by an outlaw gang. Captured, he faces Nero Jones, a fiddle-playing outlaw with his own coliseum in the mountains. Rex must face a mountain lion in a cowboy version of gladiatorial combat. Plus an article about choosing a pony for a child. The Man with the Fiddle; Koko and a Friend in Need; Trails End; Choosing a Pony. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Bradley and Frank Edgington. Stories and art by Nicholas P. Dallis, Marvin Bradley, Frank Edgington, Gregory D'Alessio and Jeff Keate. Argo reprints the long-running medical-oriented soap opera comic strip. Rex tries to convince patient Mrs. Wicks that she needs surgery, but she's fallen for the lies of the quack doctor known as The Professor. The Professor decides that he must eliminate Rex from giving a second opinion... permanently. But after the patient dies of a mysterious heart attack, The Professor's assistant Albert cracks under the pressure. Life at Stake?; The Desperate Escape; These Women!; Time Out; This Curious World. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover of the famous dog. Hazardous Trails, art by Sparky Moore; While searching for a missing trapper in Alaska, Red and Rinty encounter Iggy Sloan, a wanted killer. Mercy Mission, art by Sparky Moore; A flu epidemic among the Eskimos brings Red and Rinty on a sled ride to get medicine. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Maneely. Untitled story, art by Joe Maneely; The Ringo Kid watches as outlaw Flip Cullen use the method that has earned him his nickname to determine the life or death of a man: the flip of a coin; However as the coin spins in the air, the Kid shoots it out of the sky angering Flip. "Six-Gun Express!", art by Joe Maneely; A stagecoach is wrecked as it passes through a mountain pass by a strange bearded man just as the Ringo Kid is passing by; The Kid chases after the insane man, but he manages to slip away. "A Call For Justice," art by Sol Brodsky. "Trail's End!", art by Al Hartley. Untitled story, art by Joe Maneely; Camping out on the range, the Ringo Kid is confronted by One-Eye Mapes and his gang of outlaws who has come seeking to recruit the Kid into his gang as the military is seeking on putting bounties on all their heads and they are planning a counter attack on fort before the list of their names arrives from Washington. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

"Rider's Hazard" and "The Lost Explorers" (art on both by John Buscema). Chuckwagon Charley's Tales back-up story. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Challenge of the Wolf Pack" and "Journey of Peril." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Fix," "Let Them Eat Cake," "The Bag," "The Build-Up," and "Chained To the Job." Fearless Fosdick stars in a quarter-page Wildroot Cream-Oil ad by Al Capp. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Men's interest magazine focusing on Western adventure stories. 8.5" x 11", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Vol. 4 #12- 1955. Science Fantasy, which later became Impulse and then SF Impulse, was a UK published science-fiction and fantasy digest that began production in the Summer of 1950 and was distributed by Nova Publications as a companion to Nova's New Worlds. When Nova went out of business in early 1964, The title was changed to Impulse in early 1966, to little avail, and then changed once more to SF Impulse for the last few issues. Science Fantasy ceased publication the following year, after the printer went bankrupt. Edited by John Carnell. Stories by A. Bertram Chandler, E.C. Tubb, Brian Aldiss and others. Guest editorial by Alfred Bester. Cover by Quinn. 5 1/4-in. x 7 1/2-in., 96 pages, black and white.

Volume 3, Issue 4 - February, 1955. Science fiction stories: "Possession" (by L. Sprague de Camp), "Giant in the Forest" (Frank Belknap Long), "The Adventurers" (C.M. Kornbluth), and "No Time For Change" (Charles V. De Vet). Book reviews by Damon Knight. Cover by Frank Kelly Freas. Interior illustrations by Freas, Hulsey, and Milton Luros. 6-5/8 in. x 9-1/8 in.; black and white; 98 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 53, Issue 2 - February, 1955. Grace Kelly photo cover. Movie Fan Magazine. This issue features short adaptations of "Three for the Show" starring Betty Grable, Jack Lemmon and Marge Champion, "Green Fire" starring Stewart Granger, Grace Kelly, Paul Douglas, and John Ericson, "The Silver Chalice" starring Virginia Mayo, Pier Angeli, Jack Palance, and Paul Newman, "Underwater!" starring Jane Russell, Richard Egan, Gilbert Roland, and Lori Nelson, "Six Bridges to Cross" starring Tony Curtis, George Nader and Julie Adams, "Captain Lighthook" starring Rock Hudson and Barbara Rush, "The Fair Country" starring James Stewart, Ruth Roman, Corinne Calvet, and Walter Brennan, and "Untamed" starring Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward and Richard Egan. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 82 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Last pre-Code issue. Cover by Carmine Infantino? & Joe Giella? Stories by unknown. Art by Bernard Sachs and unknown. If Brad knew what she was doing, he would never forgive her! Don't miss..."The Kiss I Didn't Want"! Also featuring: "Hopeless Journey"; "Impatient Heart" (pencils by Bernard Sachs); and "Bitter Sweetheart"! Plus: Letters page by Ann Martin, Counselor-at-Love. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Original, pre-Code romance stories from Canadian publisher Superior, often featuring a crime or mystery element and plentiful good-girl art. Ginny's sweetheart Neil finally returns from military service, but she finds herself drawn to his war buddy Ted. Gloria models for her painter husband Sam, but when she sells one of his paintings for food money, he acts like the classic temperamental artist. Lois's twin sister Laura is a flighty heartbreaker, but when they meet David, Lois decides to take her sister's place and marry him. My Heart Went Sailing; Stolen Moments; Double Kisses; Unwanted Wife. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 12, Issue 3 - February, 1955. In this issue; "Flying Saucers on My Ranch", "Kinsey on Virgins", "Guns, Bullets, and Clues", and more. Plus, lots of cartoons, sports and war stories. Softcover Magazine, 8" x 10.5", 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Mel Keefer, Sid Check and Jack Sparling. War comics from Charlton focusing on the US Marine Corps. War buddies Spike and Bat are inseparable on the battlefield, but when female dancers show up for a USO show, the real fightin' begins. Kelly is proud to be driving a bulldozer for the 11th Squadron, and when they're pinned down by the enemy, the 'dozer saves the day. Marine hero Monty Hall flies a reconnaissance mission with Josh, a devil-may-care pilot. Plus a historic look at US Marine uniforms from the American Revolution to the Korean War. Operation Petticoat; Killer Cat; Search for Dr. Senn!; U.S. Marines Behind Enemy Lines!; What the Well-Dressed Marine Has Worn - 1775-1955. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Criswell Predictions on Outer Space," and "A. E. van Vogt on Dianetics." Cover price $0.35.

Volume 18, Issue 1 - February-March, 1955. Fiction and nonfiction crime stories. 8.5" x 11", 76 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

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This issue has a four-page Bettie Page pictorial of the classic beach shoot by Bunny Yeager. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Jerry Grandenetti. The Thunderbolt Tank, script by France Herron, art by Irv Novick. Battle Nursery, script by France Herron, art by Howard Sherman. Delayed Action, script by France Herron, art by George Papp. Winged Destroyer, script by France Herron, art by Russ Heath. Humor story featuring Play Army by Martin Naydel. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Gardner Fox and others. Art by Bob Powell and Fred Meagher. Cover by Fred Meagher. Rancher Steve Adams, a Comanche raised by white settlers, has a secret identity as the warrior Straight Arrow, a hero who first appeared on a popular radio show. Outlaws try to stop the railroad from going through the West; Exiled for thievery, Red Hawk must find the Men with Dog Faces to clear his name; Straight Arrow intervenes when Arapahoes launch a surprise attack on the Comanches. The Iron Horse of Indian Gulch; The Grim Pursuit; Red Hawk: Men with Dog Faces!; The Man Who Looked for Trouble. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Human Icicle" (pencils by Carmine Infantino), "Martian Masquerade!" (pencils by Gil Kane), "Interplanetary Swap Shop," and "The Millionaire Robot!" murphy Anderson cover? 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Flesh and Blood," "Moment of Glory" (art by Pete Tumlinson), "The Last Barrier," "The Strange Room" (art by Al Hartley), "Family Tree" (art by Mort Lawrence), and a two-page text story, "Boomerang!" Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Walter Gibson and others. Art by Gene Fawcette, and Gerald McCann. Tales of science fiction, fantasy and horror. A reprint of Robotmen of the Lost Planet (1952) #1. In the future, humans build robots to do every task for them, and fall into lives of pampered leisure. But when the robots rebel, the human race is helpless to stop them from taking over the Earth. The story was written by Walter Gibson, best known as the author of The Shadows pulp adventures (under the name Maxwell Grant). Robotmen of the Lost Planet; The Man of the Future!; Cargo from Mars. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage magazine featuring stories about, and tips for those interested in the nudist way of life. Softcover Magazine, 8" x 11", 32 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.