Comic books August 1955

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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.

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.

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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.

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. French Language.

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. French Language.

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. French Language.

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. French Language.

German reprint of the Donald Duck in Honolulu. 7-in. x 10 1/4-in., 32 pages, FC. Cover price $0.75.

August 1955 - German language reprint. 32 pages, full color.

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Volume 53, Issue 2 - August, 1955. Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

August 1955. Janet Leigh cover. Includes: "The Wedding Is Off!" (Debbie Reynolds & Eddie Fisher), "Too Old to Love?" (Clark Gable), "Why Marlon Brando Chases Women", and more. 8.5" x 11". 80 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.15.

Grace Kelly cover and feature article. Also articles and features on Kim Novak, Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Debbie Reynolds, June Allyson, James Dean and more. Full-page movie ads include The Cobweb, Mister Roberts, We're No Angels . Profusely illustrated with photographs. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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August 1955. Movie magazine featuring gossip, news and articles. Heavily illustrated with posed and candid photographs. 8 1/2-in. x 10 3/4-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by Henry Boltinoff and unknown. Art by Howard Purcell, Charles Paris, Ralph Mayo and Henry Boltinoff. All-new stories! Mr. District Attorney in: "Mr. District Attorney, Public Defender!" with art by Howard Purcell and Charles Paris; "The Movie That Was Held for Ransom" with art by Purcell and Paris; and "The Fixed Jewel Queen Contest" with art by Purcell and Paris. Also in this issue: "I Am a Camera Cop" with art by Ralph Mayo; Casey the Cop 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff; "Strange Laws!" 1-pager with art by Boltinoff; and The D.A. File 2-page text article. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Scripts by Stan Lee, art by Dan DeCarlo. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Chic Stone. Stories and art by Chic Stone, Frank Little, Frank Bolle and Art Helfant. This spinoff of the popular TV/radio show provides a bridge between I Love Lucy-style domestic comedy and Archie-style teen comedy, two staples of 1950s entertainment. Margie dates handsome identical twins from South America, and comical confusion results. Margie's boyfriend Freddie (who looks like Archie in this story, except for the freckles) gets a job as a magician's assistant. Freshman Freddy (a different character, originally from Fawcett's Whiz Comics) tries to avoid running over a flowerbed with his car, and instead destroys the entire house. A Letter to You from My Little Margie; Juan, Too and Margie; Sorcerer's Apprentice; Corny Comes Across; All in a Day's Loafing; Freshman Freddy: Vexing Visitor; Number Please!; Rubbernose Randolph. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Richard Doxsee and Kurt Schaffenberger. Pre-Code tales of horror and the supernatural from Story Comics. Failed artist George stumbles on a Tahitian "voodoo paint" that causes the subject of a painting to die if the painting is destroyed. Department-store worker Laura learns all the mannequins are secretly alive, and falls in love with her handsome mannequin captor, in a story featuring art by Superman artist Kurt Schaffenberger. Jack and Jill's always-filling pail is revealed as the source of Victoria Falls, in a revisionist version of the classic nursery rhyme. Paint the Town Red; Strange Adventure; Whos the Dummy?; A Date with Destiny; Bal Masque; Mother Shmoo's Nursery Tales: Jack and Jill. Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Human Fishbowl," "Mystery of the Runaway Meteor," "Rip Van Winkle of Space," and "Interplanetary Parcel of Peril" (pencils by Gil Kane). Carmine Infantino art? Fearless Fosdick stars in a quarter-page Wildroot Cream-Oil ad by Al Capp. Ruben Moreira cover. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Carl Burgos. The Bridge to Nowhere, art by Sid Greene. The Green Hat text story. The Strange Seeds, art by Pete Tumlinson. The Unhappy Lions!, art by Paul Reinman. The Stranger!, art by Ed Winiarski. Factory in the Sky!, art by Mort Lawrence. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Battleship Burke in an untitled story (art by Joe Maneely), "Shark's Nest" (art by Mort Drucker), "Demo Devil-Dogs!" (art by Dave Berg), "Battlewagon!" (art by Bill Everett), and a two-page text story, "Secret Weapon." Cover price $0.10.

Torpedo Taylor in "The Hidden Fleet" (art by Don Heck). Also in this issue: "The Phantom Carrier" (art by Dave Berg), "Destroyer" (art by Joe Sinnott), and "Wings of the Navy!" (art by Dick Ayers). Two-page text story, "Admiral Aweigh." Joe Maneely cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ross Andru. Stories and art by Ross Andru, Don Heck, and Bob Forgione. The Unknown Soldier (not the later DC character) narrates tales of armed conflict throughout history. As the Indian Wars draw to a close with the Battle of Little Big Horn, Chief Joseph leads the Nez Perce tribe on a grueling march to sanctuary in Canada. English longbowmen take on French crossbow troops during the Battle of Crecy in the Hundred Years' War. Mine-sweepers during the Korean War employ a mine-sniffing dog named Snafu. This Is the Unknown Soldier!; The Beginning of the End; Battle of the Bows!; Fire Mission; No More Noise from Snafu. Final issue under this title; series continues as Fightin' Air Force (1956) #3 (there was no issue #2); the Never Again title resumes with issue #8. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jerry Grandenetti. Walking Battle Pin, script by Bob Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. Book Sergeant, script by Ed (France) Herron, pencils by Howard Sherman, inks by Robert Stuart. Flivver Fighter, script by Bob Kanigher (as Causin), art by Mort Drucker. Foxhole In The Sky, script by Bob Kanigher (as Causin), pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jerry Grandenetti. Stories by Robert Kanigher and Bill Finger. Art by Ross Andru, George Papp, Arthur Peddy, Irv Novick and Mike Esposito. Action-packed battle tales! In this issue: "The Sitting Tank!" by Robert Kanigher, Ross Andru and Mike Esposito; "Battlefield Taxi!" by Kanigher and George Papp; "Combat Bugle!" by Kanigher and Arthur Peddy; and "War Around the Clock!" by Bill Finger and Irv Novick. Plus: 2-page text article "Navy K.O. Champs"! Also: Khaki-Yaks 1-pager by Irwin Hasen. And: Quarter-page Wildroot Cream-Oil ad featuring Fearless Fosdick with art by Al Capp. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - August, 1955. Cover by Clarence Doore. Adventure articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 82 pages B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Vol. 116, No.2. August 1955. Monthly magazine focusing on outdoor activities like camping, fishing, hunting, and survival. 8.5" x 11.5". 128 pages. Black and white with spot color. Cover price $0.25.

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"Captain Izzy and Washt Upps" (Captain Easy parody with art by Bill Elder), "A Star is Corn" (A Star is Born parody with art by Jack Davis), "Punch Lines" (art by Bill Elder), and "Foreign Movies" (art by Jack Davis). Cover price $0.10.

Mexican series. "Casey Ruggles". Reprints material from a variety of publications. 36 pages, full color, Spanish language.

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Volume 11, Issue 4 - August 24, 1955. Nejla Ates cover, article, and centerfold. Pocket-sized, 4" x 6", 68 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.15.

Art by Frank Carin and others. Cover by Frank Carin. Funny-animal hijinks with a rabbit named Peter and his family and friends. Peters cousin Elmer from New York comes for a visit; A con man swindles Peter with a gold-finding machine; Freddy the Snowman and Algy go on a magical adventure that ends up with them inside a sea serpent. Sweet Surprise; Confused Cousins; The Gold Diggers; Little Jack Frost; Freddy the Snowman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 47, Issue 3 - March 1955. Hollywood magazine. Cover and Article featuring June Allyson. Articles include Audrey Hepburn - A Star's Life in Heaven and Guy Madison as Only His Wife Can Know Him. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 112 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.25.

Volume 2, issue 4 - August 1955. Pictorial digest magazine featuring mostly photograph articles, with short written articles. 4-in.x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 1, Issue 19 - August 13, 1955. Pictorial digest featuring models, actor gossip, and interesting news stories. 4-in. x 6-in., 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.