Comic books October 1955

August-October, 1955. Humor magazine featuring humorous essays, short satires, cartoons and light verse. 8 1/2- x 10 1/2-in, 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Volume 1, Issue 2 - October, 1955. Vintage men's interest entertainment magazine that Contains adult themed comics, articles, racy short fiction stories, and tasteful nude pin-up photography. 8.5" x 11", 52 pages, B&W/Color. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

Stories and art by Eugene E. Hughes and S. Finocchiaro. Masculine adventure, of the type then popular in assorted men's magazines. A reporter is assigned to a story on the Foreign Legion, but he thinks he already knows what kind of man he'll find there. During WWII, an American soldier awakens to find himself far behind German lines. A castaway sailor who's too tough to die finds a new life as a pearl-diver. The Free and the Brave!; Not Banana Oil; ...Your Name on It!; The Brute!; Soldier of Fortune. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. "The Man Who Was Mightier Than Superman," pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; A man who appears to have greater powers than Superman appears in Metropolis, to the Man of Steels surprise. One-page Bebe story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Space Hall of Fame" starring Tommy Tomorrow, script by Otto Binder, art by Jim Mooney. One-page Shorty story by Henry Boltinoff. Untitled Jerry Jitterbug story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Amazing Desert Ship" starring Congo Bill, art by Ed Smalle. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. Superboy's Farewell to Smallville, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein; Superboy leaves Earth with a couple that claims to be his real parents. The Day Aquaman Couldn't See, art by Ramona Fradon. The Riddle of the Five Trophies starring Green Arrow, art by George Papp. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Ogden Whitney. The Many Lives of Mark Martin!, art by Ogden Whitney. Heredity Goes Just So Far text story. The Robot, art by Mike Suchorsky; A scientist feverishly attempts to create a robot that will obey every simple wish. The Past Guards Its Secrets, art by Ogden Whitney. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Owen Fitzgerald. Written by Cal Howard, Henry Boltinoff and unknown. Art by Owen Fitzgerald, Henry Boltinoff and unknown. Bob Hope, America's favorite funnyman, plays bicycle guide in an untitled 3-part story by Cal Howard and Owen Fitzgerald. Plus: Peg 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff; A Bit of Disc and Data article; Moolah the Mystic 1-pager by Boltinoff; and Honey in Hollywood 2-pager. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Written by unknown. Art and Cover by Bob Oksner. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis star in an orange of a 3-part untitled tale! Plus: Hollywood Ha-Lights untitled reprint 1-pager by Harry Lampert; Pam untitled reprint back-up story; and Danny Downbeat untitled reprint 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Art Bartsch and Connie Rasinski. The hero of Mouseville stars alongside other characters from Paul Terry's Terrytoons. St. John published this issue. Mighty Mouse's foe The Claw has his double arrested, so the mice of Terrytown think they're safe. A wolf pretends to run a weight-loss program to lure a weight-conscious squirrel into his clutches. Gandy and Sourpuss are hired to paint a house, but they should have looked at the address more closely. Heckle and Jeckle; Mighty Mouse: Double Trouble; Gandy Goose; Paul Terry's Cartoon Course! Lesson VI; Dinky; The Watchdog; Gandy Goose: House Painters; Mighty Mouse: Beauty and the Beast; Little Roquefort. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Dial W-A-R," "Battle Express," "Shutterbug Soldier," and "False Alarm Pilot!" Edited by Whitney Ellsworth and Robert Kanigher. Cover by Jerry Grandenetti. Stories by Bill Finger, George Papp, Irwin Hasen, Causin, Bob Forgione, Jack Abel, Jack Miller, Irwin Hasen, Bob Haney, Frank Giacoia, and Joe Giella. Adventure tales of war and the military, including some humor—go into combat with All American Men of War! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Monthly magazine focusing on human interest stories, social issues and fiction. 8.5" x 11", 136 pages, B&W and color. Cover price $0.35.

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Angel. Cover by Mel Casson? Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Featuring the tales "The Old Valentine," "Star Performer," "The Aviator" and "The Fisherman," plus three untitled 1-page stories! Also: 1-page text story "Buried Treasure"! And: Stanley in "The Silent Hero"! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Maneely. Stories by Hank Chapman, Ross Andru, Mike Esposito, and Robert Q. Sale. Western Tales of action and adventure starring the famous female sharpshooter, Annie Oakley. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Annie Oakley and Tagg in "The Stranger from Nowhere!," Passport to Prison!" and Jessie Marsh art for "The Apache Arrows! Dell "Pledge to Parents" on inside front cover which is: The Dell Trademark is, and always has been, a positive guarantee that the comic magazine bearing it contains only clean and wholesome juvenile entertainment. The Dell code eliminates entirely, rather than regulates, objectionable material. That's why when your child buys a Dell Comic you can be sure it contains only good fun. "DELL COMICS ARE GOOD COMICS" is our only credo and constant goal. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Betty is supposed to be tutoring Archie in English, but is more interested in romance in "To Have and Too Bold!" Plus: Archie caddies for a golf match between Mr. Lodge and a wealthy client in "Caddy-Baddy!"; Archie baby-sits 'Little Asphalt,' the town terror, in "Fall Guy"; Archie gets a postcard from Veronica, who's spending a vacation at a summer resort, in the 1-pager "A Thousand Words"; Betty and Veronica fight over their belongings while at the beach with Archie and Reggie in "Mine Detector"; Reggie fights Big Moose for the finals of the school boxing tournament in "Confidence Man"; Pat the Brat half-pagers "Visibility 0" and "High and Frighty"; Archie takes Veronica to an "outdoor movie" where they sit in their car and watch the television in a store window in the half-pager "The Big Spender"; Wilbur in the half-pager "Ridin' High"; Red in the half-pager "A-La-Oops!"; Archie in the half-pagers "Canoe Top This," "Eye Trouble" and "Campaign Capers"; Betty and Veronica in the half-pager "Belle of the Beach"; and Archie's and Veronica's parents are taking them to separate resorts for the summer in "Hook, Line, and Stinker"! Also: "Fun Page"; "Exploring Veronica's Mind" illustration; "Archie's Puzzles" page; and two pages of text jokes in "Okay Jokes"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 7, Issue 4 - October, 1955. Art Photography Magazine was a men's interest publication produced from July, 1949 to December, 1958 that focused heavily on photographing the nude female form, as well as a fair amount of "cheesecake" pin-up style photography. Included are articles on how to take better photographs, product reviews of different photography equipment, and diving deeper into what makes photography a legitimate form of art. 8.5" x 10.5", 50 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

Cover by Carl Burgos. "From Out of the Smog!", script by Carl Wessler, pencils by Ross Andru; Alien invaders encounter a movie crew shooting a film about invaders from space and draw the conclusion that the film extras would defeat them in battle so they withdraw. "Lost" text story. "The Creatures!", art by Tony DiPreta; Humans encounter aliens which they take to be stupid animals and place them in a zoo. The aliens form the same opinion of humans and escape the zoo back to their spaceship. "The Man Who Was Magic!", script by Carl Wessler, art by Mort Lawrence; A hunter enters a cave and finds that the exit leads to Nero's Rome. "The Man In the Moon!", art by Ed Winiarski; A boy makes friends with a moon man and gives him his father's grass seed so that it can be planted on the moon. "They Vanish at Night!", script by Paul S. Newman, art by John Tartaglione; A psychologist sees what he takes to be a man suffering a delusion in the park speaking to a female manikin as though she were alive. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Oct 1955. Volume 56, Issue 2 - 1st printing. Science fiction stories by Eric Frank Russell ("Call Him Dead" conclusion), Francis Donovan, James E. Gunn, and Ernest M. Kenyon. Illustrations by Freas and Rogers. Article on highway hypnosis. Cover by Ed Emshwiller. Softcover, 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; 160 newsprint pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Issue #62. October 1955. UK Science Fiction Digest. Cover by D. A. Stowe. 5" x 7.25". 160 pages. Black and white.

Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Sal Trapani, Vince Alascia, and Joe Gill. Code-approved crime comics from Charlton. Tough city cop Gus is outraged when he gets transferred to the suburbs, which in 1955 is a pretty quiet beat. A "police surgeon" diagnoses Homer with a bad heart and forces him to retire. A helicopter patrol takes up the chase when a traffic jam impedes a pursuit. Soft Detail; Retired with Honor; Just Jewelry; The Grass Is Always Greener; Keg of Dynamite; Just Jewelry. Final issue of the series; issue #22 was actually the first issue. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Louis Zansky. Prisoners in a Lost World; Two explorers discover the underground kingdom of Xandia, hidden in the Himalayas; They are imprisoned and have to fight wild beasts. Only one of them can escape back to western civilization. The Lorelei of Loon Lake; The ghost of a drowned girl reveals what happened. The Phantom Model, art by Jim McLaughlin; A young lady seeks revenge on artist because of the one that jilted her mother. 6 Furlongs to Yesterday, pencils by Gene Colan; A ghost dad and a hospitalized son help a horse win the big race. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Win Mortimer. "The Guardian of 100 Cities!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Charles Paris; Famed replica artifacts from various movie sets, located in a field not far from Hollywood, serve as the stage as a hideout for escaped convict Shag Darnell and his thugs. Half-page Jerry the Jitterbug story by Henry Boltinoff. What Are You Getting Out of School? public service announcement with Buzzy by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. "The Bat-Train," pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Charles Paris; Batman takes a mobile Bat-Cave on the road by special train, but is mystified why a gang of crooks seeks to steal one particular trophy of his: a spool of recording wire. 2/3-page Casey the Cop story by Henry Boltinoff. One-page Casey the Cop story by Henry Boltinoff. Suspects Wanted article by Jack Miller, art by Raymond Perry. "The Ballad of Batman," script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Charles Paris; A balladeer comes to Gotham City to sing the praises of Batman in verse, but it backfires when his songs tip off crooks wanting to commit crimes. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Red Ambush" (art by Gene Colan), "The Colonel's Last Mistake" (art by Joe Sinnott), "The Human Target," "Smashthrough" (pencils by Bob Forgione, inks by Jack Abel), and a two-page text story, "Swamp Game." Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Eugene Hughes and others. Tales of combat, military life and warfare from publisher Stanley Morse. US troops try to gain the time to respond after the invasion of South Korea in 1950. A private in combat for the first time gets world-weary advice from a seasoned corporal. American troops under fire in WWII Europe find a farmer's simple stone wall an insurmountable obstacle. Forty-Eight Hours!; An Ace Over the Oasis; Don't Volunteer!; The Parade!; The Wall! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Tales of combat from Korea and before. US troops at the Battle of the Bulge struggle to find a way to stop incoming enemy tanks. The Marines of the 1st Division land on Korea in the early days of the war. US soldiers go after a German tank unit on the orders of their by-the-book commander. Tiger Hunt; Plumb on Redova; Propaganda!; Battle Dress!; Orders! 32 pages, Full Color.

NOTE: According to the Grand Comics Database, issues # 5 & 7 do not believe exist.

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Stories and art by Eugene E. Hughes and Bill Fraccio. Soldiers face life on the battlefield in one of the many 1950s war comics by publisher Stanley Morse. A staff sergeant in WWII tries to use his skill at gambling on the battlefield. The true story of battle for the crucial Burma Road during World War II. British soldiers are air-dropped into the WWII Pacific as reinforcements. The Bluff!; The Letter; The Battle for Burma; A Half A World Away!; Like Thunder!; Come Ye Back Ye British Soldier. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Maneely. Written by unknown. Art by Fred Kida, Don Heck, Jack Katz, Bob Forgione and Jack Abel. All new! Our G.I.'s mission: "Stop the Red Raiders!" with art by Fred Kida. Also in this issue: "Tank Corps" with art by Don Heck; "Birth of the Sharpshooter" with art by Jack Katz; "My Platoon Is Trapped!" with art by Bob Forgione and Jack Abel; and 2-page text story "Best Friend"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 14 #5 - October 1955. Cover by Peter Driben. This issue includes a 4-page Bettie Page pictorial, and two additional Bettie photos in other features. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Based on the TV and radio show of the same name, Big Town lasted 50 issues. This installment includes the following: "Steve Wilson's Lucky Day!" (a trio of contests helps increase the circulation of The Illustrated Press); "The Mystery Man of Tumble-Down Alley"; and "Danger Signal!" Scripts John Broom, pencils by Manny Stallman, inks by John Giunta. Cover by Gil Kane and Joe Giella. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Lee Elias and others. As the Comics Code goes into effect, former horror comic Black Cat Mystery briefly restores its superhero star and her Code-friendly adventures. (Official title is Black Cat Western Mystery, but superhero Black Cat is featured on the cover, just to confirm this is anything but a horror comic.) In a Scooby Doo-style plot, Linda's film crew encounters ghosts in an abandoned gold mine, but they're actually crooks trying to scare the crew away from hidden gold. Linda encounters danger and drama among the lumberjacks while shooting a film on location in the Northwest. Black Cat tries to protect a film crew shooting a Perils of Pauline-style cliffhanger. The Ghost Town Terror; Blind Fury; Big Wood's Death; Perils of Linda Turner. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Bill Walton and Myron Fass. Masked like the Lone Ranger or Zorro, Black Diamond fights for justice in the West, aided by his sidekick Bumper and his status as a federal marshal. When The Scorpion and his gangs target towns left defenseless by the Civil War, Black Diamond joins forces with Davy Crockett to fight back, in a story with early art (and cover) by future MF publisher Myron Fass. An outlaw seeks to rig a town election to secure the power to make his own laws. The Mason brothers target settlers with a protection racket. Black Diamond: Return of the Scorpion; Thieves' End at Gasper Gulch; Black Diamond: Bullets and Ballots; Black Diamond: The Marrying Kind; Red Fire: Revenge at Black Rock. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera. Stories by Joe Millard, Dick Wood, Paul Gustavson and unknown. Art by Dick Dillin, Paul Gustavson and Chuck Cuidera. Featuring Blackhawk in: "Garg the Destroyer" by Joe Millard, Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera; "The Floating Fortress" by Dick Wood, Dillin and Cuidera; "Breaking Through the Time Barrier" by Wood, Dillin and Cuidera; and 1-page text story "Origin of the Blackhawks," reprinted from issue #50. Plus: Chop Chop in an untitled back-up story by Paul Gustavson, reprinted from issue #65. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.