Comic books December 1955

Humor digest filled with single-page cartoons and jokes mainly centered around the relationships of men and women of the time. 5" x 7", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 1, Issue 8 - December, 1955. Short-lived vintage men's interest magazine published by George E. von Rosen that ran from May, 1955 to September, 1957. Issues in this series focused heavily on burlesque shows, night clubs, dancers, and celebrities that endorsed the lifestyle. 8.5" x 11", 50 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

Edited by Betty Sears. Featuring some comic content. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 122 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Ted and Orville get jobs as parking attendants at the Roadside Club so they can afford to take Cathy and Trish to a school dance. Imagine their surprise when they find out the dance will be at the Club. Hilarity ensures as they try to attend the dance and keep their jobs in an untitled reprint Candy story. Plus: Will Bragg claims to be a great chef in an untitled reprint story; 1-page untitled Salty Waters story; Candy tries to win the heart of the school's new super-athlete by playing every sport he does in an untitled reprint story; Candy wants to borrow her father's car so Ted can take her to yet another school dance in an untitled reprint story; Candy in 1-page reprint text story "The Snob" co-starring Ted Dawson, Agnes O'Connor, Tina, Trish Traynor, Jill Bentley and Bernie Gillis; Dickie in 1-page untitled story; and Candy and rival Cornelia vie to get the captain of the football team to take them to yet another school dance in an untitled reprint story. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 6 - December, 1955. Vintage UK published men's interest digest that features tasteful (non-nude) pin-up photography with short blurbs about the models. 4.5" x 7.5", 64 pages, B&W.

Stories and art by Steve Muffatti and others. The well-meaning but misunderstood Casper becomes one of Harvey Comics' best-known stars. Casper meets Samson, the cowardly ghost, but it isn't long until The Ghostly Trio makes his life miserable. That is, until they meet someone even worse than they are. Spooky tries to stop winter, encountering Mr. North Wind, Jack O'Lantern and Old Man Winter along the way. Casper the Friendly Ghost; The Lonely Soul; Spooky; Pipe Dream; A Mountainous Task; The Cold War; Spooky: Falls Fall. 36 pages, four color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 5, Issue 1 - December, 1955. Men's interest vintage magazine that dives deep into the history of Burlesque from it's roots to it's future. Issues include celebrity testimonials, jokes and LOTS of tasteful pin-up photography. Softcover Magazine, 8" x 11", 46 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Vintage men's interest magazine dedicated to War, Hunting, and Adventure stories, along with adult themed comic strips, and nude pin-up pictorials. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 90 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 2, issue 3 - December 1955. Men's interest magazine focusing on celebrities, athletes, and pin-up models. 4-in. x 5 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Volume 4, issue 2 - December 1955. Men's interest magazine focusing on celebrities, athletes, and pin-up models. 4-in. x 5 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

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Vol. 11. No. 5. December 1, 1955. Illustrated throughout. 5" x 6 1/4". 64 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.35.

Painted cover by John Parker. Art by Bob Jenney. The Cisco Kid rode the range as the Robin Hood of the Old West with his corpulent sidekick Pancho, earning a permanent place in 20th-century pop culture. Cisco doesn't want to pursue the bandit Two-Gun Tony, even for a $1000 reward, and he won't tell Pancho why. But he promised beautiful Theresa he would not go after her brother Tony, and now he must ask her to release him from that promise. Cisco and Pancho want to know why young Timmy, grandson of the ventriloquist The Great Ventrilo, is targeted for kidnapping by two outlaws. Another action-packed painted cover by John Parker. Two-Gun Tony; Siesta; Burro Trap; Pancho and the Perilous Pony. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Dik Browne (?). "The King of the Golden River," script by John Ruskin (adapted from his original story), art by Bill Walsh; The King of the Golden River lays waste beautiful Treasure Valley when its owners, brothers Hans and Schwartz, prove to be mean and selfish men; Their brother Gluck however meets the King's expectations regarding kindness and generosity, and the valley is restored to fruitfulness. "The Unhappy Crow," script by Aesop (adapted from his original story); A crow wants to be a peacock and dons a few peacock feathers he finds on the path, but the peacocks think him a pretender and drive him away; He returns to his fellows who now resent him for wanting to be something other than a crow; The crow realizes he should have been happy just being himself. "The Land of Nod," script by Robert Louis Stevenson, art by Alex Blum; Poem from "A Child's Garden of Verses" about the strange lands, foods, and music a child encounters in his dreams. "This Is The Way," art by Alex Blum; Nursery rhyme describing the horsemanship skills of ladies, gentlemen, and farmers. Color This Picture With Crayons activity page, art by Bill Walsh. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.15.

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The King of the Golden River. NOTE: We do not currently differentiate between HRN 576 copies and other HRN #'s of Classics Illustrated Junior reprints. Cover price $0.15.

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The Story of Jesus. First printing. Cover by Victor Prezio. Stories and art by Lorenz Graham and William A. Walsh. The semiannual Specials from Classics Illustrated were educational comics typically about science, history and American culture. This first issue focuses on the life of Jesus as relayed in the four Gospels of the New Testament, from his birth at Bethlehem to his Crucifixion and Resurrection. Birth and Boyhood of Jesus; Preparation for Lifes Work; The Galilean Ministry; Jesus at Jerusalem; Betrayal, Trial and Crucifixion; Resurrection. 96 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

Issue #2 - Dec. 1955. Humor Magazine edited by Burton Wohl. Profusely illustrated with obvious fake collaged photographs to illustrate such stories as Fess Parker and Gina Lollobrigida for the 1956 presidential race, real reason Arthur Godfrey was fired and the secret formula of Coca-Cola was invented by a Russian Cossack. 8 1/2-in x 11 1/4-in., 64 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Combat Casey in "Action on Aru Atoll," "Front Line Mission," "Smash That Line," and an untitled story. Back-up: "Today I Am a Soldier!" Art on all five by Robert Q. Sale. Two-page text story, "Secret Weapon." Cover price $0.10.

Combat Kelly in "The Last Stand," "Military Police," "Battlefield in the Sky," and "The Big Defeat!" Back-up story, "Cookie's Combat Course: Chain of Command!" Art on all five by Dave Berg. Two-page text story, "Tank Trap." Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG, one of the earliest of the romantic comics genre of the postwar era. A woman falls in love with a musician whos dedicated to his clarinet (a story that includes the line Dad wants me to go to Harvard – and they dont allow girls there!); In romantic Venice, Bill feels hes not good enough for Jean; Advice on using accessories (in this case, a pillbox hat with a veil) to accentuate your appearance. Second Fiddle to a Clarinet; Love Makes You Tongue-Tied; I Was Jilted; Summer Storm; Strictly Business!; The Added Things! Remembered Romance! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 3, Issue 10 - December, 1955. Cover Girls Models Magazine was an early men's interest publication distributed between November, 1949 and December, 1955 that focused mainly on bathing suit pin-up photography, but also included the occasional Hollywood tabloid human-interest story. 8" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Art Gates and H. Winters. Series continues from From Here to Insanity (1955) #12. Charlton gives its Mad imitator the third of its four titles, as it continues its hit-or-miss parodies of 1950s pop culture. A comparison of the humdrum life of a neighborhood beat cop with the romantic, action-packed life of a movie private eye. Classic literature adapted for the movies, such as a version of "Huckleberry Finn" starring Marlon Brando and Marilyn Monroe. The headline "McCarthy Silenced" turns out to refer to famous ventriloquist dummy Charlie McCarthy. Famous events of American history re-created by comic strip characters. Spoofs of 1950s advertising, including cigarettes, beer, and correspondence-course ads. Pale Male; Rheinghoul Extra Fry; How You Can Murder Good English; Crazy Suggests Some Gifts; Classified Ads; Our Editor Goes to Las Vegas; Sleuths Are Stranger in Fiction; McCarthy Silenced!; Hollywood Version; I Was a Nudist for the FBI!; Make Your Own Crossword Puzzle; The Child from 2 to 10; The 64 Million Dollar Question; Crazy Inspires the Latest in Fashions; Crazy's Cavalcade of Famous Moments in American History; Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair; Vote for Arbuthnot Smirch; The Jive Cinderella; Foreign Intrigues; Pix of the Month; How To Convert Your Father's Cadillac into a Hot-Rod; Revealed: Are You Really as Stupid as Your Friends Think You Are?; Keeping Emily Posted; What Happens When Crazy Hits Hoboken?; B.F. Goodbritches; Impurrial Whiskey. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Joe Orlando. Stories by Al Feldstein, Jack Oleck, John Larner, and Richard Smith. Art by Jack Kamen, Joe Orlando, Reed Crandall, and Johnny Craig. Part of EC's Picto-Fiction line, published in response to the Comics Code, featuring tales of law and outlaws in text stories copiously illustrated by EC's lineup of artists. A private eye investigating a woman's disappearance finds a vital clue in a mystery novel, but fails to notice the title, "Fall Guy For Murder," adapted from a story that originally appeared in Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) #18. In a noirish story, a chance encounter on the street gets Ben involved with the dangerous lives of Myra and her sister. Another historic moment occurs in Mother's Day (adapted from a story that originally appeared in Crime Suspenstories (1950-55 E.C. Comics) #21), when writer Al Feldstein uses the soon-to-be-famous moniker "Alfred E. Neuman." Vivid cover by Joe Orlando definitely would not have passed muster with the new Comics Code. Fall Guy For Murder; The Sisters; Fools Gold; Farewell To Arms; Mothers Day 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Gene Fawcette. Stories and art by Gene Fawcette and Sondra Milkes. Adorable 5-year-old girl Cutie Pie knows nothing but mischief, in a series inspired by the success of Dennis the Menace. Cutie Pie innocently adds pounds for a woman on a scale. Cutie creates even more chaos than usual during a visit to the nation's capitol. Cutie Pie's shortcut ends up being the long way around. Cutie Pie; Cutie Pie Goes to Washington; Cutie Pie Lets Herself Go (Crazy, That Is); Copy's Vacation; Added Distractions; A Fitting Climax; Untamed; Connect the Dots; Cutie Pie Hurries Home. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, and Tony DiPreta. This boys' adventure title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Scarecrow goes ice skating and gets trapped on an ice floe heading toward a waterfall. Dilly Duncan teams up with a super-strong girl for a costume-party chariot race. The backup historical strip features child prodigies. Also featuring an activities page, including pan pipes, puzzles and riddles. Little Wise Guys: It's In the Bag; Jumping the Gun; Dilly Duncan and Gruesome Jones: Backseat Driver; Little Wise Guys: He Was a Good Skate; Little Wise Guys: What's So Funny Now? ; Lev Gleason's Fun Time. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Mario DeMarco, Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. Cashing in on the 1950s Davy Crockett craze that followed Disney's popular TV series, Charlton presents its own adventures of the legendary frontiersman. Davy makes a dangerous gamble with a crate of gunpowder to save himself and Jed from Blue Hawk and his warriors. "Just one of the true legends" about Davy is how he saved a cougar cub from a bear and raised him as a pet, "Ol' Clawfoot." Caleb from Back East takes over for an injured sheriff, but Moose Elkins and his gang don't think they have anything to fear from a dandified city boy. Plus a comics biography of frontiersman Kit Carson. Good Gunpowder; Forest Runners; Overtime Sheriff; Ol Clawfoot; Echo Canyon!; The Tenderfoot Marshal; Kit Carson: Pioneer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Mickey Mouse meets with some Mousketeers at his mine and the group goes down the mine trails, they lead into the following comic stories: "Mickey Mouse Outwits the Phantom Blot," "The Wise Little Hen," "The Adventures of Ambrose the Robber Kitten," and "Peculiar Penguins." Inside covers have game strips and back cover has pinup. Story and art credits: unknown. 100 Pages. Cover price $0.25.

Photo cover with Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Johnny Mack Brown, Bill Elliott, Dale Evans, and Rex Allen. Roy Rogers and Bullet photo. The Killer Gang starring Gene Autry, art by Nicholas Firfires; Gene foils a gang when they attempt to rescue a convicted bank robber; When the convicted robber is found dead in his jail cell, Gene has to track down the killers. The Boom-Town Mystery starring Roy Rogers. Trigger and Bullet Meet Crooked Horse, pencils by Sparky Moore. Guilt Rides the Trail starring Flying A's Range Rider, pencils by Nat Edson. Johnny on the Spot starring Johnny Mack Brown. Luke Sherman's Fortune text story, art by Tom Cooke. Troubled Waters starring Wild Bill Elliott, pencils by Tom Cooke. The Fugitive starring Dale Evans, art by Russ Manning. Gene Autry and Champion photo. 100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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No issue number. Listed in overstreet under Dennis the Menace (Giants) - Christmas Issue Winter 1955. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Win Mortimer. When Batman Was Robin, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Charles Paris. Roy Raymond -- Super Athlete! starring Roy Raymond TV Detective, art by Ruben Moreira. How a Nation is Born public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff. Sleuth on the Sawdust Trail text article by Jack Miller (as John Mallon). The Case of the Magic Baseball starring John Jones Manhunter From Mars, script by Joe Samachson, art by Joe Certa. 32 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue 50 (whole number 745) - December 17, 1955. Norwegian digest-sized weekly detective magazine, home to stories about the detective Knut Gribb and his fight against criminals Thomas Ryer and Olga Barcowa. 5.5" x 7.25", 48 text pages plus covers.

Issue 51 (whole number 746) - December 24, 1955. Norwegian digest-sized weekly detective magazine, home to stories about the detective Knut Gribb and his fight against criminals Thomas Ryer and Olga Barcowa. 5.5" x 7.25", 48 text pages plus covers.

Cover art by Joe Simon (as Chester Gould). "The Case of the Wailing Tree," script and art by Chester Gould; Pony Plenty's polygraph test results clear Kincaid Plenty of murder charges; Meanwhile, while walking through the woods, Junior and a friend hear the sound of baby crying but can't locate the source. "Junior Finds the Baby," script and art by Chester Gould; When he hears cries coming from a tree, Junior contacts Tracy; Tracy and Sam arrive and search and finally find a hidden door in a tree; When they open it, they find a crying baby. "Missing or Not?" text story; Lt. Morton investigates a missing persons report. "The Hat" text story; Inspector Johnson investigates the death of a band leader. "Look for Dust Particles Lodged in Earwax" Crimestoppers Textbook; Short discussion of an odd crime-solving technique. Minit Mystery Starring the Count; Boris solves a murder on the opening night of a play. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Barks. Stories by unknown. Art by Tony Strobl, Dick Moores, Paul Murry, John Liggera and unknown. Donald Duck is featured in "The Predictor Parrot," plus the back-up story "Tornado Untwister"! Also: 1-pagers "Mucky Mariners," "Bothered Bathing" and "Worn Umbrella"! Plus: Pluto in "The Clock Thief," 1-pager "Fresh Cement" and 1-page text story "The Dizzy Hero"! Characters in this issue: Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey, Louie, Uncle Scrooge, Gyro Gearloose, Black Pete, Pluto and Mickey Mouse. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 23, Issue 2 - December, 1955. 6.5" x 9", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Art by Fred Guardineer and others. Cover by Fred Guardineer. Sometimes listed as Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid #38. Western adventure based on the popular masked hero played in the movies by Charles Starrett. A gang's patsy swears revenge after he's busted by the Durango Kid; Outlaws target a wealthy Scotsman who's come to America on a buffalo safari; Friends end up on opposing sides during the American Revolution. The Redhead Who Hated Durango; The Big Hunt; The Durango Kid's Western Dictionary; The First Cowboys; Two-Gun Tot. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 6 #48 - Dec. 2, 1955. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders on the Range, Eagle cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, Jack O'Lantern, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Storm Nelson, Lincoln of America. Plus text stories and articles. 10 3/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 6 #49 - Dec. 9, 1955. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders on the Range, Eagle cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, Jack O'Lantern, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Storm Nelson, Lincoln of America. Plus text stories and articles. 10 3/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 6 #50 - Dec. 16, 1955. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders on the Range, Eagle cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, Jack O'Lantern, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Storm Nelson, Lincoln of America. Plus text stories and articles. 10 3/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.