Comic books April 1955

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"The Red Pirate!" (art by Don Heck); "Jungle Story" (art by Bill Everett?); "Swamp!" (art by Chuck Miller); and "White Death" (art by Dick Ayers). Joe Maneely cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Ken Battefield and others. Numbering continues from Fantastic Comics (1954 Ajax) #11. Ajax-Farrell revives the strongman superhero from Fox Features. The industrialists behind a vast new tower want to get rid of Samson before he figures out what they're up to. Captain Burke seeks the secret of the lost Isle of Missing Men. Wonder Boy investigates mysterious attacks on toy stores, featuring art possibly by Matt Baker. Samson is captured by a sinister circus, in a story featuring the line "I'll teach you to make a fool out of Bozo!" The Electric Curtain; The Isle of the Lost; Wonder Boy: Dangerous Desperadoes; Veldt Mystery; Trouble Under the Big Tent. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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Spring 1955. Cover by Ed Emshwiller. Stories: "Too Late For Eternity" by Bryce Walton, "Dark Destiny" by William Morrison, "Double Date" by Winston Marks, "Nanny" by Philip K. Dick, "Wayfarer" by Roger Dee, "Miss Stardust" by Richard Matheson, and "The Box" by Arthur Porges. " Illustrations by Frank Kelly Freas and Emsh. Softcover Pulp, 6 1/2-in x 9-in, 114 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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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. A fellow Comanche's vision quest is a sacred ritual, but it spells trouble for Straight Arrow. A medicine man's son just doesn't have his father's talent for healing potions. A reformed outlaw is targeted by his former cronies for turning them in. The Shield of Sleepy Wolf!; Champion of Evil!; Red Hawk: Bad Medicine Man!; The Men Who Frightened Straight Arrow! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Moe Gollub. "Tarzan and the Wrestlers of Baronga," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Tarzan and Buto aid the subservient Nubas in rebellion against the Kordos. "Tarzan and Boy Hunt the King Leopard," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Tarzan, Boy, and a band of baboons help protect Kimbo's kraal by slaying a pair of leopards. "At the Hut of Chatanga" text story starring Mabu. Untitled Brothers of the Spear story, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Russ Manning; Dan-El dispatches a carrier pigeon to let Tavane know that he has eluded the Obelos and is on his way home; The arrival of the pigeon in Aba Zulu sets off a new plot of Nagopa. The Bad-Tempered Rhino illustration by Jesse Marsh. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Weekly U.K. comic featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous hero. Tarzan by Rex Maxon, Colorized Johnny Sheffield (as Boy) Movie Photo Cover, reprinting daily comic strips. 28 pages, B&W.

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Volume 4, Issue 14 - April 4th 1955. Celebrity gossip magazine 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Stories and art by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. As the Comics Code goes into effect, Harvey retools its horror titles to milder fare. This issue features reprints of the Simon and Kirby character Stuntman from 1946, and even these have been purged of violent content, just to be on the safe side. Stuntman tries to protect Don and Sandra from a faceless killer who stalks the theater from behind the scenes. Danger on the set of a Robin Hood film gives Simon and Kirby the excuse to combine knights and pageantry with superhero action, featuring another great opening two-page spread. First issue to feature the Comics Code seal on the cover. Curtain Call for Fear; The Producers; The Rescue of Robin Hood; Guns on the Chisholm Trail; Jack McGregors Bluff. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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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.

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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 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.