Comic books June 1955

November 27, 1954. UK weekly film magazine. Cleo Moore cover. 20 Questions with Jean Simmons. 9" x 11.75". 32 pages. Black and white.

November 27, 1954. UK weekly film magazine. Cleo Moore cover. 20 Questions with Jean Simmons. 9" x 11.75". 32 pages. Black and white.

Add to cart Fine $41.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $19.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 40%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 6, Issue 11 - Summer, 1955. 6.75" x 9.75", 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Charles Nicholas. Untitled Plastic Man story. Woozy Winks story with circus theme. Plastic Man story with Wolf Men. Midge the Mighty text story. Untitled Plastic Man story with The Deadly Dr. Quomquat. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

MATURE READERS. Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $39.85 or Best Offer View scan Pencil markings in a few interior margins, mothball odor. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

"Dead End," "A-Bomb" (art by Jon D'Agostino), "Arson Squad," and "The Case of the Missing Martian" (art by D'Agostino). Cover price $0.10.

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Comic book starring the Warner Bros. cartoon character Porky Pig. Robot Bird; Porky buys a parakeet for Petunia, but it escapes its cage; Bugs is working for a company that makes robot bird retrievers and tries to use one to capture the parakeet. Porky Pig Meets the Great Optic; Porky says he can't be hypnotized, but when he volunteers to be a subject at a performance of "The Great Optic," he is, of course, immediately hypnotized. The Builder; Porky decides that he'll build a summer cabin for Petunia on a lot at the lake; Porky goes through the usual construction mishaps and then finds himself stranded in the middle of the lake when the lot breaks loose and slides into the lake. The Rag Rug Roundup; Petunia is weaving a rag rug for a hobby show and sends Porky to collect rags for it. Turtle Race; Porky and Cicero have a turtle race. Cicero cheats by using a roller skate. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by John Severin. Art by Marvin Stein and John Severin. Prize's flagship Western title featured early art by John Severin and other greats who worked for EC in the following decade. The story of how American Eagle befriended his sidekick, gunfighter Buck Dolan. The Lazo Kid tries to keep a gang from ruining Boom Town's railroad celebration. Real-life Western tales of Remi Nadeau, who established the first mule-team freight service across the Mojave Desert. First issue to feature the Comics Code seal on the cover. Life for a Life; Remi Nadeau; Outlaw Trail; Invisible Weapon; Hostage. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $425.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Slab: Significant inner well scuff(s) Label #3812642022 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Jack Kamen. Stories by Dan Keyes and Robert Bernstein. Art by Marie Severin and Jack Kamen. One of EC Comics' late New Direction titles, a response to the new Comics Code. Perhaps the strangest comic of that line, if not of all time, this features ordinary people Freddy, Ellen and Mark as they undergo Freudian analysis to find the root of their neuroses. Definitely one of a kind. Featuring some stories by Daniel Keyes, later the author of the science fiction classic Flowers for Algernon. In lieu of mail, a letter to the reader from the editors, pointing out that insane people don't see psychiatrists, and stating the plan to cover each person over a series of issues as they go through therapy. Ellen feels a great weight has been lifted after the doc points out that her problems stem from her flawed relationship with her parents and a strange accident when she was a little girl. First issue with the Comics Code seal on the cover. Case No. 101 Male Session 2: Freddy Carter; Case No. 102 Female Session 2: Ellen Lyman; Your Doodles Give You Away; Case No. 103 Male Session 2: Mark Stone. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 39, Issue 6 - June, 1955. 6.5" x 9.5", 164 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Men's humor digest with a focus on comics centered around the relationships of men and women of the time. 5" x 6.5", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $75.00 View scan Cover and interior oxidation. Water spotting. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Photo cover. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "Too Much Glamour"; "Never Sure of Her Men"; "In Love with a Wolf" reprinted from Glamorous Romances (1949) #55; and "The Wrong Bride" reprinted from Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #33. "How to Perk Up for That Last Minute Invitation..." text article reprinted from Ten Story Love Vol. 32 (1953) #4 and partially reprinted from "Chats on Charm..." in All Love (1949) #29. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Red Ryder in "Peppermint Trap" and "The Secret of Nugget Gulch." LIttle Beaver in "The Royal Chase." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Maneely. "Vengeance Trail," art by Joe Maneely; Coming across a wanted poster offering a $5000 reward for his capture dead or alive, Ringo Kid just barely avoids getting his head blown off by a young boy with a rifle; Realizing he has missed his shot, the young lad is frightened by the Ringo Kid, but soon realizes that the famous outlaw is not as bad as the wanted posters make him out to be. "Capture Or Death," art by John Severin; With the law on his heels after being framed for a coach robbery he did not commit, the Ringo Kid rides to the edge of a cliff; With no escape, the Kid decides death over capture and climbs off his horse Arab and jumps off the cliff. "The Return" text story. "The Chase," pencils by Bob Forgione, inks by Jack Abel. Untitled story, art by John Severin; The Ringo Kid is going to the grave of his mother Dawn Star to meet with his father and stops an outlaw named Jack Hines, who is a known to work with Blast Banyon, from assassinating Cory Rand; With Hines incapacitated, Cory tells his son that Blast Banyon is likely seeking to eliminate them both in order to claim the land that is still under his name; The pair then tie Jack to his horse and send him back to his boss. The pair split up, agreeing to meet at Caribou Point the next day. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

My Secret Love!; a woman rejects a series of potential loves. 100 Ways to Lose a Man! No. 3 filler page, art by Kenneth Landau. Worlds Apart!, art by Harry Lazarus. Little Miss Stiff-Neck! text story. Warden of My Heart!, art by Peter Riss. Optimistic Romance text story. Watch Out For That... Last Minute Spat! He's the Man for You! When Out on a Date filler page. Cover price $0.10.

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"Race With Doom" and "The Lost Spinster" (art on both by John Buscema). Chuckwagon Charley's Tales back-up story. Photo cover. 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.

Stories and art by Ken Battefield and Fred Schwab. Ajax-Farrell revives the strongman superhero from Fox Features. Samson finds his own private Chinatown when he uncovers an irrigation scam to displace millions of gallons of water. A gag involving phony money leads Wonder Boy to real counterfeiters. Bank robbers use arson as a cover for their robberies, but Samson and a firehouse dog are on their trail. Pop Goes the Weasels!; Right Shoe; Wonder Boy: The Unconventional Cashier!; Rocketman: No Tomorrow!; Kid Gluv; Assignment Danger! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

June 11, 1955. The classic magazine featuring current event articles, editorials, human interest pieces, humor, illustrations, a letter column, poetry, single-panel gag cartoons, and stories by the leading writers of the time. In this issue: Communist blackmailers; leattle-league umpires; and more. Cover by Norman Rockwell. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; part black and white, part color; 164 pages on white paper. Cover price $0.15.

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.

Stories and art by Alvin Hollingsworth and Mike Sekowsky. Crime and detection in the English capitol, featuring the intrepid Inspector Farnsworth. Farnsworth investigates when a map of the Queen's cross-town passage is found in a library book, just at the same time a strange undersea craft is spotted in the English Channel. Con man Bruno has a double identity as an Indian "swami," in a story with art by pioneering African-American comics artist Alvin Hollingsworth. Farnsworth tracks a stolen tiara and realizes there's a fake tiara in the mix, in a story whose art may be the work of Alex Toth. Inspector Farnsworth of Scotland Yard; The Swamis Last Seance; The Baldwin Tiara; O'Rourke Remembers; The Keyhole Club; Crime Tracks; Minute Clues. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 53, Issue 6 - June, 1955. Doris Day photo cover. Movie Fan Magazine. This issue features short adaptations of "Blackboard Jungle" starring Glenn Ford and Anne Francis, "The Trouble With Harry" starring Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe and Shirley MacLaine, "The Prodigal" starring Lana Turner and Edmund Purdom, "Daddy Long Legs" starring Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron, Terry Moore, and Thelma Ritter, "The Looters" starring Rory Calhoun and Julie Adams, "You're Never Too Young" starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, and "Strange Lady in Town" starring Greer Garson and Dana Andrews. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 90 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Heartbreak Date!; Wynn learns to her surprise that she is no longer in love with the man she met in Japan two years earlier. No Wedding for Me!; Cindy's sister Marsha, unhappy over a broken engagement, tries to help Cindy and her boyfriend Bob, but Bob's pride is hurt by Marsha's expensive gifts. I Learned Too Late! Distant Love. House ad for Girls' Love Stories and Girls' Romances. 36 pgs. $0.10. 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. Catherine marries sailor Paul in haste, despite better offers, but when she sees lipstick on his collar, she wonders if she made the wrong choice. Mary meets struggling writer Fred on a dare from her friends, but then she really falls for him. Unbalanced Gwen tries to move in on her ex-boyfriend Roger, and when that fails, she targets Roger's wife Mary for death. Lesson in Marriage; Now and Forever; Everything But Love; The Girl Next Door. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 12, Issue 7 - June, 1955. Articles on sports, crime, and adventuring, plus pin-up photos. 8" x 10.5". 86 pages. B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Gene Colan and Frank Giacoia. War comics from Charlton focusing on the US Marine Corps. Leatherneck Jack is assigned to free a POW camp so that strategic bombing can begin in the area, in a story featuring early art by future Marvel legend Gene Colan. Plus military shenanigans with Quigley and Beals, the brawling, womanizing stars of Toby's Fighting Leathernecks (1952). For their first assignment, Quigley and Beals are sent to liberate a South Pacific island where Axis forces refuse to admit defeat after WWII is over. Plus a comics history of the WWII Battle of Wake Island. The Letter That Won a Battle!; Leatherneck Jack: River Trap; Fighting Leathernecks Quigley and Beals!; Old Sam and His Whistle!; The U.S. Marines at Wake Island Dec. 8 - Dec. 22 1941; The Origin of the Buccaneer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.