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Comic books April 1955

  • Issue #34
    Journey into Unknown Worlds (1951 2nd Series) 34

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    Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by unknown. Art by Joe Kubert, Angelo Torres, Paul Reinman, Ed Winiarski, Bill Benulis, Frank Frazetta (co-inks for one story) and Jack Abel. Nice day, isn't it, Benny? Benny, why don't you answer? Where did he go? Who was he? Don't miss..."The Man Who Vanished!" with art by Joe Kubert. Also in this issue: "When Ends the Dream" with art by Angelo Torres and Frank Frazetta - A man has a dream that he goes to the apartment next door and finds it has vanished...he ends up floating in space, but when he awakes from the dream he finds himself paralyzed, trapped on a book cover; "Personality Zero" with art by Paul Reinman; "Double or Nothing" with art by Ed Winiarski; "The Lady Who Believed" (features Santa Claus) with art by Bill Benulis and Jack Abel; and 2-page text story "Secret Project," reprinted from Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) #11 (original title: "Master and Slave"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #29
    Jughead (1949 1st Series Archie) 29

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    Great Cracker Jack ad on back cover. Katy Keen story by Bill Woggin. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #4
    Jungle Action (1954 Atlas) 4
    • 1" Spine split. Cover detached at one staple. 3/4" tear on back cover.

    Cover art by Carl Burgos. "Elephant Charge!", script by Don Rico, art by Joe Maneely; Tharn stops the leopard Coga from attacking elephants. Ivory hunter Bowzer wants to kill Tharn but his female companion tricks Tharn to lead them to the elephants; Tharn stops Serpo the python. Bowzer fails to kill Tharn, flees the raging elephants and is killed by the python. "Challenge in the Night!" starring Jungle Boy, Jack Spears and Smith (Serge Rubochov), script by Don Rico, art by John Romita. "Jungle Drums" text story. Untitled Man-Oo story, script by Don Rico, pencils by Syd Shores. "Killer Bait!", script by Don Rico, art by Vince Colletta; Leopard Girl (and her leopards) save Peter from Numa, the lion. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #73
    Justice Traps the Guilty (1947 Prize) 73

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    Cover by Marvin Stein. Art by Marvin Stein and Paul Gustavson. Pioneering crime comic Justice Traps the Guilty was produced by the studio of comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America. Cops discover gangsters are selling stolen goods to foreign agents to undermine America. A parole officer is enlisted to keep a teen from becoming a juvenile delinquent, a serious concern in America at the time. An eccentric millionaire arranges a scavenger hunt for his fortune, but his nephew takes a murderous shortcut. The Traitors!; Confession; Moral Victory; Treasure Hunt!; Closeups; The Post of Honor!; Police Patrol. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #47
    Kid Colt Outlaw (1948) 47

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    Cover art by Joe Maneely. Untitled story, pencils by Jack Keller; At a gambling house, Kid Colt has come to pull Bob Fletcher out of a scrap with Spade a local gambler and his men, fighting Spade's goons and helping Bob escape; Returning to the home that Bob shares with his sister Sally, both Kid Colt and Sally demand to know why Bob got into a fight. "Ambush!", art by Jack Keller; Camping out for the night, Kid Colt is suddenly attacked by a bear, catching him off guard; Before the bear can harm the outlaw hero it is shot dead by a young boy named Ted and Kid Colt thanks the boy for his help and commends the lad for his quick shooting; Suddenly they are interrupted by Ted's uncle Steve who scolds the boy for wandering off. "Windy Trail" text story. "The Land Grabber!", art by Doug Wildey. Untitled story, pencils by Jack Keller; Riding through a flash flood in a storm, Kid Colt rescues a young girl named Miss Miller who was swept out of her hometown of Mayville when it flooded; Taking her to cover they wait out the storm and the flood and the following morning return to Mayville; There, Kid Colt finds Hoaks and his gang trying to look the town and sends them packing. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #840

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  • Issue #841

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  • Issue #842

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  • Issue #843

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  • Issue #844

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  • Vol. 92 #52
    La Vie Parisienne (1863-1970 La Vie Parisienne^) Magazine Vol. 92 #52

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    9.25" x 12.25", B&W with some color.

  • Issue #68
    Laugh Comics (1946 Archie 1st Series) 68
    • Cover oxidation.
  • Issue #2
    Laughing it Up (1955 Star Publications) Digest 2

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    Issue 2 - April, 1955. Digest sized joke book full of one page gags centered around the relationships of men and women of the time. 5" x 6.5", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #46
    Leave It to Binky (1948) 46

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  • Apr 25 1955
    Life (1883-2000 Clair Maxwell/Life Publishing Company) Magazine Apr 25 1955


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    • Spine split 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.

    Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 180 pages. Cover price $0.20.

  • Issue #163
    Lion (UK 1952-1959 Amalgamated Press) 1st Series 163
    • Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate. Foreign edition: UK.
  • Issue #164
    Lion (UK 1952-1959 Amalgamated Press) 1st Series 164
    • Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate. Foreign edition: UK.
  • Issue #165
    Lion (UK 1952-1959 Amalgamated Press) 1st Series 165
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive. Foreign edition: UK.
  • Issue #166
    Lion (UK 1952-1959 Amalgamated Press) 1st Series 166
    • Spine split 5%. Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate. Foreign edition: UK.
  • Issue #167
    Lion (UK 1952-1959 Amalgamated Press) 1st Series 167
    • Spine split 10%. Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate. Foreign edition: UK.
  • Issue #41
    Little Audrey #25-53 (1952 Harvey) 41

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    Harvey Comics presents the adventures of Little Audrey, mischievous star of movie cartoons. Audrey hopes to make a movie that will propel her to Hollywood stardom. Audrey plays nurse for her friends. Little Audrey; Reel Money; Day Mare; For Better or For Nurse; Little Miss Fortune; Cowboy; Little Audrey Coloring Game; Tiny: The Lion's Share. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $120 Little Audrey 41 CGC 9.0 1955 HARVEY COMICS Golden Age

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  • Issue #28
    Little Iodine (1950-1962 Dell) 28
    • Water damage.

    36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #82
    Little Lulu (1948-1980 Dell/Gold Key) 82

    Cover art by Irving Tripp. The Potheads; Lulu stops Tubby and Willy from fighting by putting pots over their heads. The Lucky Gold Piece; Tubby and the Fellers substitute Lulu's chocolate cake with a mud cake. April Fool Joke; The Fellers want to play a joke on Lulu by putting a frog in her handbag. Ol' Witch Hazel and Little Itch; Lulu tells Alvin about when Hazel teaches Itch to play witch tricks on the poor little girl. The Mechanical Boy; Tubby dreams he makes a walking, talking mechanical boy. All scripts by John Stanley, art by Irving Tripp. One-page text story, Lulus Diry ("Diary"). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #34
    Little Max (1949) 34
    Published Apr 1955 by Harvey.

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  • Issue #82
    Lone Ranger (1948-1962 Dell) 82

    Painted cover art by Hank Hartman. Jud Jackson's Plan, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Jud Jackson breaks out of prison and leads his old gang in a series of stagecoach robberies. Horse Thieves, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Two outlaws, on the run after robbing a bank, ambush Tonto and steal his horse. Rescuing a Chippewa Warrior, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; Young Hawk and Little Buck and Strong Eagle help a Chippewa warrior being chased by the Sioux. They go to his village. Based on the popular Western TV series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #18
    Lone Ranger's Companion Tonto (1951-1959 Dell) 18

    Cover art by Don Spaulding. Full-page, inside front cover, illustrated article about Indian moccasins. The Stranger; Nakal leads Tonto's people against the Crow in a Chinook war canoe. The Disputed Territory; An imposter claiming to be a government agent plans to sell Indian land to settlers. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #14
    Lone Ranger's Famous Horse Hi-Yo Silver (1952-1960 Dell) 14

    "Silver Leads His Foes," "The Great Black Bull," and "The Tusker." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #162
    Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (1941-1962 Dell) 162

    36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #34
    Love at First Sight (1949) 34

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    All reprints. First post-Code issue. Photo cover. In order of appearance: "Reckless for Once" reprinted from Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #34; "Men Prefer Them Dumb" reprinted from Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #31; "Dangerous to Cross Her" reprinted from from Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #50; and "Out to Show Me Up" reprinted from Love at First Sight (1949) #4 and from Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #35, and reprinted in Complete Love Magazine Vol. 31 (1955) #4. "Your Charm Guide, What's Holding You Back? Do You Know Enough About Him?" text article. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #39
    Love Letters (1949) 39

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  • Issue #49
    Love Romances (1949) 49

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    Cover by Vince Colletta. Edited by Stan Lee. Stories by unknown. Art by Vince Colletta, Jay Scott Pike and Alex Toth & Mike Peppe. Featuring: "So This Is Love!"; "Love Walked In!"; "Something Borrowed, Something Blue..."; and "Proposal"! Plus: 2-page text story "My Own True Love"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #22
    Mad (1952 EC) Magazine 22
    Published Apr 1955 by EC.
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #0076391007
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    "The Child!", art by Bill Elder; A humorous look at Bill's early life with some supposed early scribblings of his. "The Boy!", art by Bill Elder; Humorous bio of Bill's childhood, through photos supposedly showing his early artwork. "The Young Artist!", art by Bill Elder; Humorous look at Bill's early career, with photos of various items he supposedly painted. "The Commercial Artist!", art by Bill Elder; Humorous look at Bill's commercial art career, with samples of fake advertisements. "The Old Pro!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Bill Elder; Melvin is captured during a bank robbery and continually digs his way out of jail. "Senility!", art by Bill Elder; A few of Bill's most recent drawings, showing a regression to his earliest form. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    $44 Mad #22 1955 EC Comic, Special Bill Elder issue VG+(4.5)
    $230 Mad Magazine EC Comics #22 1955 CGC 6.5 Harvey Kurtzman CVR selling Collection

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  • Vol. 8 #4
    Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (1949-Present Mercury Publications) Vol. 8 #4


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    Cover by Chesley Bonestell. "A Canticle for Leibowitz" by Walter M. Miller Jr, "The Funeral" by Richard Matheson and "The Last Word" by Chad Oliver and Charles Beaumont, plus other fantasy and science fiction stories by Francis McComas, Washington Irving, Lord Dunsany, Mack Reynolds, J. B. Morton, Marc Brandel, Alan E. Nourse and Maurice Procter. Softcover. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in. 128 newsprint pages, black and white (all text). Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 5 #4
    Male (1950-1981 Male Publishing Corp.) Vol. 5 #4


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    • Front cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 5, Issue 4 - April 1955. Cover by Mort Kunstler. Men's adventure magazine. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 100 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 2 #4
    Male Point of View (1954 Point Magazines) Vol. 2 #4

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    Volume 2, Issue 4 - April 1955. Men's interest magazine. Features articles on Judy Garland, Celebrity pet adoption, and postulates that celebrity comedians are hard up when it comes to finding love. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 5 #12
    Man to Man Magazine (1949 Picture Magazines) Vol. 5 #12

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  • Vol. 1 #1
    Man's Conquest (1955-1972 Hanro Corp.) Magazine Vol. 1 #1


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    Men's interest magazine featuring articles, stories, and pictorials. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 82 pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 3 #4
    Man's Magazine (1952-1976) Vol. 3 #4


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    Volume 3, issue 4 - April 1955. Cover by Frank Cozzarelli. Men's interest magazine focusing on adventure, hunting, and true crime articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 80 pages. B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 3 #4
    Manhunt (1953-1967 Eagle Publications) Magazine Vol. 3 #4

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  • Issue #12
    Marge's Tubby (1953-1961 Dell) 12
    • 1" Cumulative spine split. Chew.

    Tubby in "The Little Man on the Cake," "The Money Finder," "The Gentleman," "Clothes Call," and "Wellington Whisk." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #5
    Marines in Battle (1954) 5

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    Cover Joe Maneely (Pencils) , Joe Maneely (Inks) Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #133
    Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) 133
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • The Bobby Blue Collection.
    • Label #4353790025
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
    • 8.5" cumulative spine split. Heavy cover oxidation.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover pencils by Sol Brodsky. Meet Maggie, art by Sid Greene; A woman has fantastic luck because she is married to an angel. The Radio text story. The Lonely Little Boy!, art by Vince Colletta; A couple get a robot child as a companion for their son, but over time they lose their ability to distinguish between the two of them. Inside the Box, art by Ed Winiarski; A man inherits a fortune and a mystical glass which displays a man's inner self; When he goes down to the pub to choose one of his friends to share his fortune with he is dismayed to see that through the glass, they are all scoundrels. The Talking Dog, art by Bob Powell; A dog lets his master in on the secret that dogs can talk, they just choose not to. The Coward, art by Mac Pakula; A nightwatchman who lets a thief escape with the loot because he fears assault is branded a coward and exiled from his city. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    Masked Ranger (1954) 7

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  • Vol. 50 #1

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  • Issue #15
    Mazie (1953 Comic-Sized) 15

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    Cover by Warren Kremer. Teen comedy featuring Mazie and her group of friends, similar to the Archie gang. Mazie loses her car in the parking lot, and beeping key-fobs haven't been invented yet. Also featuring "Teen-Fashion" paper dolls showcasing fashions of the time. Plus a vintage ad for Wildroot Cream-Oil featuring Fearless Fosdick, with art by Al Capp. School Daze; TV and Screen by Mazie Dean; Mazie's Teen Fashion Pin-up Cut-outs; Tee Fore Two; Stevie: Nobody's Business; Mazie's Secret Diary; Mazie's Favorite Jokes; Flat-Top: The Face Is Femm-iliar. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 4 #4
    Men (1952-1982 Zenith Publishing Corp.) Magazine Vol. 4 #4

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  • Issue #235
    Mickey Magazine (Belgian 1950-1959 NV Uitgaven Pont-Levis) Dutch Edition 235

    Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

  • Issue #236
    Mickey Magazine (Belgian 1950-1959 NV Uitgaven Pont-Levis) Dutch Edition 236

    Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

  • Issue #237
    Mickey Magazine (Belgian 1950-1959 NV Uitgaven Pont-Levis) Dutch Edition 237

    Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.

  • Issue #238
    Mickey Magazine (Belgian 1950-1959 NV Uitgaven Pont-Levis) Dutch Edition 238

    Published from 1950-1959, this Belgian publication reprinted various Disney comics and strips in a magazine-sized format with half the pages in color and half in black and white on newsprint pages. Each issue had 20 pages. In addition to comic stories, issues featured puzzles, editorials, and letters columns. The stories, including ones by Carl Barks, were serialized and often printed one page per issue, but each issue ended with one complete story. As a result, many stories were resized to five or six lines per page.