Comic books October 1957

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Volume 1, Issue 1, October 1957. Men's interest stories and pinups. Features Joyce Miles. "An Artist Paints a Picture." 8 1/2 in. x 11 in. 68 pages. B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $0.50.

Western comics featuring the masked hero The Rider, once known as Lone Rider. The Rider takes on rustlers who are targeting wild horse herds. The Old Hermit gets free tickets to a show and must make himself presentable. The Rider sets out to end a cattle baron's tyrannical rule over a small town. The Rider: The Crooked Brand; Arresting a Shadow; Swift Arrow: The Sand Ships!; The Hermit: The Op'ry Show; The Rider: The Horse Trader! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover of the famous dog and Lee Aaker (as Rusty). The Gunfighter, art by Sparky Moore; Rusty and Rinty run into an old gunfighter when he is practicing with his guns; Later he is suspected of robbing the stage. Untitled Paul Bunyan, Jr. story, art by August Lenox; Paul is trying to break the Indian pony he won in a shooting match. Loud Music text story. Ring-tailed Whizzer, art by Sparky Moore; Old-timer Simonds has his banjo wrecked by two bullies, but later he and Rinty make even. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 36 #12 - Jan. 1958. Boxing magazine. Features articles, departments, ratings, fight reports around the world and more. 8 1/4-in. x 10 3/4-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Cover by Frank Johnson. Stories and art by Al Feldstein and Frank Johnson. Mischievous girl Rock and rich kid Rollo make the adults around them miserable, in Dennis the Menace-style misadventures by Frank Johnson. Chasing an errant kite up a skyscraper, street-level girl Rock meets wealthy Rollo, who hasn't smiled in six months, and a friendship is born. When Rollo sees Rock drawing a picture, he offers some friendly art criticism. Plus an early text story by legendary Mad and EC editor Al Feldstein! I Know Better; How Rock Met Rollo; Street Scene; Li'l Tomboy: The Way I Use It; Like Water Off a Duck's Back; Rock and the Artist; Li'l Rascal Twins: Why Didn't You Ask Me?; That Housewrecker's Here Again; Li'l Genius: Cement Mixer; Matter of Fack; Li'l Tomboy: You Said He Was Painless; Li'l Tomboy: Who Done It?; Come Again. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 4, No. 8. Oct., 1957. Early East coast hot rod magazine. Numerous articles about making your car faster and cooler, including: "Down the Main Drag" and "Trends in Tail Lights". Heavily illustrated. 5.5" x 8". 66 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

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This issue with a Bettie Page pictorial. Cover price $0.35.

Roscoe Vol. 4 No. 5 "Sales Personality Pays Off"(October 1957) is an in-house promotional comic book produced for the Falstaff Brewing Corp. by Vic Herman Studios. It was used to help company salesmen market Falstaff products. What is a good sales personality? Two pages of a sales personality quiz done in partial comic book format, plus a two-page comic strip called "Your personality makes or breaks you." 8 pages, full color, white paper stock. 7-in.x10-in.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 5, Issue 1 - October 1957. Cover by Doug Allen. Men's adventure magazine focusing on jungle and hunting adventures. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, Text with B&W photos NOTE: Incorrectly listed as Volume 4 Issue 6 on Table of Contents. Verify issue by Month/Year Cover price $0.35.

Men's interest magazine focusing on Western adventure stories. 8.5" x 11", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Oct 1957. Volume 2, Issue 1. Digest-sized 5.5" x 7.5", 132 pages, text Cover price $0.35.

Vol. 9 #25 - Oct. 1957. 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. Edited by John Carnell. Stories by Kenneth Bulmer, Robert Silverberg, A. Bertram Chandler and others. Cover by Jose Rubios. 5 1/4-in. x 7 3/4-in., 128 pages, black and white.

Volume 56, Issue 10 - October, 1957. Natalie Wood photo cover. Movie fan magazine. This issue features short adaptations of "The Joker is Wild" starring Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne Crain, and Eddie Albert, "Kiss Them for Me" starring Cary Grant and Jayne Mansfield, "No Sleep Till Dawn" starring Natalie Wood and Karl Malden, "Valerie" starring Anita Ekberg and Sterling Hayden, "The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown" starring Jane Russell, Keenan Wynn and Ralph Meeker, "3:10 to Yuma" starring Glenn Ford and Van Heflin, and "The Three Faces of Eve" starring Joanne Wodward, David Wayne and Lee J. Cobb. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 92 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories by unknown. Art by Mike Sekowsky, Werner Roth, Mort Drucker, Bernard Sachs and unknown. A chance meeting between Ellen and David leads to a romantic night at a dance, but Ellen begins to despair when she doesn't hear from him again in "Dance Till Dawn"! Also featuring: "Lovingly Yours"; "Love of a Lifetime"; and "Who'll Believe My Heart?" Plus: Oddities in Romance filler. And: Letters page by Ann Martin, Counselor-at-Love. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover of Sergeant Preston [as played by Dick Simmons]. A Wolf Named Rob; Dave takes a wolf cub as company for the summer when his brother is away, and he calls it Robinson Crusoe. Snow Blind; The Graysons are held in captivity by a man who will force them to take him to their gold strike. The Two-Way Trap; three jailbirds have held up the store and stolen money, weapons and clothes; they left behind their jail clothes, and that was their blunder. Gray Wolf Leader of the Wolf Pack story. Scripts by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Alberto Giolitti. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bob Oksner. Untitled story, art by Bob Oksner; Sgt. Bilko uses the ability of a new recruit to construct robots in order to fulfill the promise he sold to all of his men that they wouldn't have to participate in a weapons-testing exercise for a Pentagon General. Danger: Prejudice At Work public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Ruben Moreira; Sam refuses to accept the new player on the neighborhood baseball team because he is Latino, until he proves his worth in game conditions. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Lois Lane's 2nd and last appearance in Showcase (after this she gets her own title, Superman's Girlfriend, Lois Lane). The Jilting of Superman, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Lois tries to make Superman jealous by pretending to be married to someone else. Danger: Prejudice at Work public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Ruben Moreira. The Sightless Lois Lane, script by Jerry Coleman, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Forbidden Box from Krypton, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Lois discovers a box of Kryptonian artifacts that give her super powers. 36 Pages, Full Color. Lois Lane's 2nd and last appearance in Showcase (after this she gets her own title!). Cover price $0.10.

Volume 14, Issue 8 - October 1957 Cover photo Ava Gardner. Adventure stories, articles and nude photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 82 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Reprints from Frisky Fables. An interesting issue in that the title character, Spunky, the Smiling Spook, does not appear anywhere in this comic. There is a Spunky story, but the title character in the story is a small kangaroo. Why the change which appears to have been done at the last minute? We'll probably never know. Untitled story, art by Al Fago; Boston Bully calls people names and gets turned into the animals that he calls them. Untitled story, art by Marty Taras; Frosty and Gabbie find a milk-making machine. Untitled story, art by Harold Abbey; Pidgy paints a bear and gets into a fight with it. "Rootitoot" text story. Untitled story; Spunky pretends to be the Crown Prince of Kangavania and gets himself into trouble. Untitled story; Tick, Tack, and Toe play at a construction site. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 8, Issue 10 - October, 1957. Men's adventure magazine featuring articles on sports, hunting, politics, and crime. 8.5" x 11.5", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Jerry Grandenetti. The Three GIs, script by Bill Finger, art by Russ Heath. Combat Faces, script by France Herron, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. Battle Reach, script by Bob Haney, art by Jack Abel. Boomerang Booby Traps, script by Bob Haney, art by Jerry Grandenetti. War Cart to Tank fact page. Let's Go, script and pencils by Morris Waldinger, inks by Tom Nicolisi. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Tales of the supernatural from the early days of the Comics Code, with art by the Iger Shop. Janet accidentally releases a spirit from a locked trunk. Lunatics think they're Napoleon, but they can't both be right. In bombed-out London, Colin finds the magic ring that gave Shakespeare his writerly superpowers. The Tattletale Trunk; Jungle Magic; The Other Waterloo; The Man Who Wore A Shadow; The Secret Of The Promise? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Amazing Human Race," "The Colorless World of Peter Brandt," "The Riddle of Spaceman X," and "Thieves of Thought!" (pencils by Carmine Infantino). 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Sheldon Mayer. Stories starring Sugar & Spike: The Cuddly-Toy, New Method, The Indoor Ocean, Trick or Treat, and Grown-Up Party. Scripts and art by Sheldon Mayer. Write Your Own Comic Page! by Mayer. Pint-Size Pin-Ups paper dolls by Mayer. How NOT to Enjoy a Vacation! public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Ruben Moreira. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage magazine featuring stories about, and tips for those interested in the nudist way of life. Softcover Magazine, 8" x 11", 32 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

Sunday Pix Vol. 9 (1957). Oct. 6, 1957. Pencils by Andre LeBlanc, a Brazilian artist who worked with Eisner on "The Spirit," and with Sy Barry on "The Phantom." LeBlanc also did work on Flash Gordon, Apt. 3-G, and Rex Morgan, M.D. newspaper strips. 7 x 10, 12 pages. These were available through mail subscription only. Published by David C. Cook Publishing.

Sunday Pix Vol. 9 (1957). Oct. 13, 1957. Pencils by Andre LeBlanc, a Brazilian artist who worked with Eisner on "The Spirit," and with Sy Barry on "The Phantom." LeBlanc also did work on Flash Gordon, Apt. 3-G, and Rex Morgan, M.D. newspaper strips. 7 x 10, 12 pages. These were available through mail subscription only. Published by David C. Cook Publishing.

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Sunday Pix Vol. 9 (1957). Oct. 20, 1957. Pencils by Andre LeBlanc, a Brazilian artist who worked with Eisner on "The Spirit," and with Sy Barry on "The Phantom." LeBlanc also did work on Flash Gordon, Apt. 3-G, and Rex Morgan, M.D. newspaper strips. 7 x 10, 12 pages. These were available through mail subscription only. Published by David C. Cook Publishing.

Sunday Pix Vol. 9 (1957). Oct. 27, 1957. Pencils by Andre LeBlanc, a Brazilian artist who worked with Eisner on "The Spirit," and with Sy Barry on "The Phantom." LeBlanc also did work on Flash Gordon, Apt. 3-G, and Rex Morgan, M.D. newspaper strips. 7 x 10, 12 pages. These were available through mail subscription only. Published by David C. Cook Publishing.