Comic books March 1958

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March-May, 1958. Humor magazine featuring humorous essays, short satires, cartoons and light verse. This Issue features Jack Paar. Saddle Stitched, 8 1/2- x 10 1/2-in, 52 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. "The Super-Gorilla from Krypton," script by Otto Binder, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Jimmy summons Superman to Africa with his signal-watch when he encounters a gorilla with super-powers; Superman deduces that the giant ape is from Krypton, and later it sacrifices itself to save Superman from Green Kryptonite, revealing that it was really a Kryptonian human accidentally transformed into a gorilla. Ad for Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane. Supermen of America ad. One-page Ollie story by Henry Boltinoff. "Marooned in the Fourth Dimension," script by Otto Binder, art by Jim Mooney; Tommy Tomorrow checks out Prof. Jaxon's dimension cabinet, a gateway to the 4th dimension; Since Tommy suspects the cabinet is a hoax, he volunteers to test the device and is sent to the 4th dimension. One-page Casey the Cop story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Tenderfoot Hunter" starring Congo Bill, art by Howard Sherman. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 2, Issue 3 - March, 1958. Men's interest magazine with jokes, cartoon, pictorials and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 68 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.50.

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March 1958. Volume 32, Issue 3. Cover by Edward Valigursky. "The Space Egg" by Henry Slesar. Other science fiction stories by Henry Slesar (as O. H. Leslie), Mack Reynolds (as himself & as Mark Mallory), & Robert Turner (as Roy Carroll). Interior illustrations by Novick, Leo Summers, Martinez, & Frosty. Softcover digest, 5.5-in. x 7.75-in., black and white, 146 pages. Cover price $0.35.

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Gail Davis [as Annie Oakley] photo cover. Concealed Weapons, pencils by Dan Spiegle; Annie buys a Colt .44 Dragoon model pistol for $100.00, at an auction, in order to determine why a stranger in town has such an interest in the gun. The Indignant Witness, art by Dan Spiegle; A parrot helps the law catch a railroad clerk who's part of a gun-running operation. Striped Fury, art by Dan Spiegle; Panic results from a tiger that has escaped, on its way to a carnivel, but thanks to Annie's sharpshooting skills, the cat is captured alive. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Harry Lucey. Crest-Fallen, script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; After being asked to trace their family histories for a class assignment, Veronica, Reggie and even Archie become insufferable snobs about their high-class lineage. Betty, Veronica and Jughead promote their new giant-sized annual comics. A Hit With a Miss, script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; Mistaken identity, thick accents and a lot of black eyes are in the offing when identical French twins arrive in town and start paying court to Betty and Veronica. Who's Who?, script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; After Betty finds Archie's lost wallet, she deliberately runs head-first into a tree, fakes having amnesia, and claims that she's Archie Andrews. Comes the Resolution, script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.12.

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March 1958 - Volume 61, Issue 1 - 1st printing. Science fiction stories by Poul Anderson ("The Man Who Counts" part 2), Dean McLaughlin, Charles V. deVet and Katherine MacLean, Randall Garrett, and Fritz Leiber. Illustrations by Freas, Martinez, and van Dongen. Cover by Freas. Softcover, 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; 162 newsprint pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Stories and art by Ernest Schroeder and Doug Wildey. As the Comics Code goes into effect, former horror comic Black Cat Mystery becomes kid-friendly Black Cat Mystic. A man hunting a UFO learns it's actually a giant creature, not a ship. In the future, a starship captain refuses to believe he's too old to fly. A detective pursuing a suspect in India learns exactly where those levitating ropes go in the classic rope trick. Blue Fire; The Has-Been; Rope Trick; The Man Who Never Smiled; The Last Man On Earth. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Blackhawk's been shot down -- a perfect sitting duck for the Sky Raven! Featuring: 8 page Blackhawk story "The Sky Kites" drawn by Dick Dillin and Charles Cuidera; 8 page Blackhawk story "The Day the Blackhawks Died" drawn by Dick Dillin and Charles Cuidera; 8 page Blackhawk story "The Movie That Backfired" drawn by Dick Dillin and Sheldon Moldoff. Cover by Dick Dillin and Charles Cuidera. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Dan DeCarlo and others. Comical misadventures of a boy genius, featuring early art by legendary Archie artist Dan DeCarlo. The Brain believes he's invented a potion that makes him invisible; "Brainstorms" features the Brain's version of a Rube Goldberg device; The Brain accidentally traps his father aloft in his new hot-air balloon. The Invisible Brain; Brainstorm: Zap! Zap!; Russel the Muscle: The Mouse Trapper; The Brains Coloring Page; Brainstorm: Neck-Twister Exerciser Again; Around the Neighborhood in 80 Minutes; Brainstorm: Alarm Clock; Wizard and Genius: The Cats Meow!; Too Many Brainstorms. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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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Add to cart Good $23.00 View scans Spine split 25%. Cover Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

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March 1958. Vintage men's interest magazine full of erotic fiction, adult themed humor, comic strips, and nude pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11", 60 pages, PB&W/PC -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

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Volume 1, Issue 5 - March, 1958. Howell Dodd cover art. This issue contains a 3 page pictorial on Blaze Starr with 5 B&W bikini photographs. 8" x 11", 66 pages, B&W. -Recommended for ages 16+ Cover price $0.25.

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Kim, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art by Joe Orlando. (HRN 143, with 3/58 date). At thirteen, Kim led a life of perfect freedom. An English orphan, he grew up by himself in the wonderful walled city of Lahore, India. Burned dark by the sun, speaking the native language, Kim lived on terms of perfect equality with beggars, horse traders and holy men. Then one day he met a Tibetan Lama and together they set out, searching for one special thing. Cover price $0.15.

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Kim, 2nd Printing, Painted Cover. Art by Joe Orlando. (HRN 165). At thirteen, Kim led a life of perfect freedom. An English orphan, he grew up by himself in the wonderful walled city of Lahore, India. Burned dark by the sun, speaking the native language, Kim lived on terms of perfect equality with beggars, horse traders and holy men. Then one day he met a Tibetan Lama and together they set out, searching for one special thing. Cover price $0.15.

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Painted cover art by William A. Walsh. "The Magic Pitcher," script by Nathaniel Hawthorne (adapted from his original story), art by William A. Walsh; An old man Philemon and his wife Baucis, graciously show hospitality to strangers who turn out to be, none other than Mercury, messenger of the Gods and old Jupiter, Father of us all. "The Arab and His Camel" Aesop's Fables story, art by William A. Walsh; One cold night, as an Arab sat in his tent, a Camel thrust the flap of the tent aside, and looked in and said, "Let me put my head within the tent, for it is cold without." "There Was an Old Man Who Said Hush," script by Edward Lear, art by William A. Walsh. Article on The Albatross, art by William A. Walsh. Color This Picture With Crayons page, art by William A. Walsh. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.15.

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The Magic Pitcher. 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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Stories and art by Robert Webb and others. Tales of horror and the supernatural. One of the few comics under Ajax-Farrell's "America's Best Comics" imprint, later borrowed for Alan Moore's unrelated publishing imprint. A comics retelling of the old legend that the head of King Charles I haunted his usurper, Oliver Cromwell. Mike and Sheila move to a country town and find themselves subjected to the hexes of their superstitious neighbors. Ghosts seek advice on proper haunting technique from advice columnist Emily Ghost, in a cartoony humor tale. A notorious, oft-reprinted tale featuring decapitation by paper cutter. Long Live Good King Charles!; Hexes: Causes and Cures!; The Man with Two Heads; Don't Be a Stumbling Spook!; Showdown! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Comic book based on the 16th president. Painted cover art possibly by John Buscema. Boyhood, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Alberto Giolitti. Transportation, Food and Cookery, Architecture, and Household Equipment fact pages, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Alberto Giolitti. Manhood, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Alberto Giolitti. Lincoln's Store fact page. The Growing Leader, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Alberto Giolitti. Presidency, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Alberto Giolitti. Back cover Lincoln portrait. 100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Sam Savitt. Crossword puzzle in the shape of Texas. Roundup at Redrock starring Roy Rogers, art by Mike Arens. The Silver Saddle starring Buffalo Bill Jr., art by Nicholas Firfires; Bill enters a shooting to win a silver saddle for Calamity and discovers that one of his opponents isn't playing fair. The Coyote Vagabond Singer, art by August Lenox. Snowbound starring Champion. Hidden Gold starring Flying A's Range Rider, art by Nicholas Firfires. The Tip Off starring Rex Allen, art by Bill Fraccio. Pony Express Girl—Tales of the Roaring West. John Colter the Dread of the Blackfeet starring The Frontiersmen, art by Bill Ziegler. The Brothers starring Johnny Mack Brown, art by Russ Manning. Harvest of Hate starring Dale Evans Queen of the West, art by Russ Manning. 100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 9 #10 - Mar. 7, 1958. Contents include Dan Dare, Mark Question, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, Jack O'Lantern, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Storm Nelson, Prehistoric Animals, The Happy Warrior Winston Churchill. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

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Vol. 9 #11 - Mar. 14, 1958. Contents include Dan Dare, Mark Question, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, Jack O'Lantern, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Storm Nelson, Prehistoric Animals, The Happy Warrior Winston Churchill. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

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Vol. 9 #12 - Mar. 21, 1958. Contents include Dan Dare, Mark Question, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, Jack O'Lantern, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Storm Nelson, Prehistoric Animals, The Happy Warrior Winston Churchill. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

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Vol. 9 #13 - Mar. 28, 1958. Contents include Dan Dare, Mark Question, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, Jack O'Lantern, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Storm Nelson, Prehistoric Animals, The Happy Warrior Winston Churchill. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

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Volume 2, Issue 1 - March, 1958. Cover painting by Haynes Lithograph Co. Stories and articles catered to men. 8.5" x 11", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Featuring: 8 page story "Doomed to Love"; 7 page story "The Love That Was Mine" pencilled by John Forte; 7 page story "Memory of Love"; 2 page To You...From Carol Andrews letters page; 8 page story "Let It Last Forever"; 1 page Wendy filler "Love My Neighbor." Cover price $0.10.

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March 1958. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Henry Slater, Robert Silverberg, Ralph Burke, Stanley Mullen, Calvin Knox, and Hall Thornton. Virgil Finlay illustration. Cover by Edward Valigursky. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Maurice Whitman. Stories by unknown. Art by Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, Bill Molno, Don Perlin, Ken Battefield, Sal Trapani, Rocke Mastroserio and unknown. Featuring: "Breakthrough"; "Yuh Never Had It So Good!"; "The Taste of Fear"; "Fire at My Flags"; "The Lonely Marine"; "Parade Ground Marine"; "Tank Vs Marine"; "Two Hour Truce"; "The Amazing Legion"; "A Marine-Type Picnic!"; "Army of Generals"; and the 1-page story "The Amazing Legion"! Plus: 2-page text story "Survival at Sea"! Also: 2-page text article "Early Projectile Throwers"! 64 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

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Film in Review is a publication of the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, Inc, an independent, non-profit organization of public citizens founded in 1909 to represent the interests of the motion picture public. This National Board further assists the development of the motion picture as a source of entertainment, as education, and as art, by providing media for the expression of the public's opinion about films and their cultural and social effects. 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Volume 1, Issue 6 - Men's interest magazine with pictorials, fiction, articles, and jokes. 5.5" x 8.25", 84 pages, B&W and color. NOTE: Issues 1-17 are digest sized and published between 1957 and 1960. The full-size Fling Festival published 8 issues from 1959 to 1962. The title then reverted to Fling and continued with numbering from Fling Festival, ending in 1993. There were then four quarterly issues of Fling International in 1995. Cover price $0.75.

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Vol. 5, No. 3. March 1958. Stories of war and adventure. Interior art by Samson Pollen, Mel Crair, Ray Johnson, Sid Shores, James Bama. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Gene Autry in "Fool's Gold." Champion in "Crossroad Trail." Back-up story, "Rooter the Armadillo." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Joe Kubert. Written by Bob Haney and Bill Finger. Art by Irv Novick, Jerry Grandenetti, Ross Andru, Jack Abel, Robert Stuart and Mike Esposito. In this issue: "Flying Saddle" by Bob Haney and Irv Novick; "No Hill for Easy!" by Haney, Jerry Grandenetti and Robert Stuart; "The Last Man Out" by Bill Finger, Ross Andru and Mike Esposito; and "A Carrier Has Nine Lives!" by Haney and Jack Abel. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover of James Arness as Matt Dillon from the Gunsmoke TV series. Two photos of James Arness as Matt Dillon. Showdown—Gunsmoke, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Jim McLaughlin. True Tales of Dodge City, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Jim McLaughlin. The Maverick—Gunsmoke starring Matt Dillon, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Jim McLaughlin. Facts about cattle Barons of the Old West. Strike text story; Gus Chivvy tries to swindle young Easterner Tom Peabody with a phony silver mine claim. Facts about huge cattle ranches in the Old West. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Talking magpies Heckle and Jeckle are known for their identical appearance, their distinctive chatter, and their mischievous schemes. Dimwit wants to go on a round-the-world cruise, so Heckle and Jeckle arrange to give him one - without ever leaving his house. Gandy Goose catches a mess of fish in a No Fishing zone, then hitches a ride with the wrong sheriff. Round the World; Dimwit: Tough Stuff; Were in the Army; Dimwit: Big Catch; The Spy; Clint Cobbler; Dimwit; Super Salesman; Championship Game; Gandy Goose. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1, Issue 1 - March, 1958. Men's interest magazine featuring the choicest blends of fiction, fact, fun and females. 8 1/2" by 11 1/2", 76 pages, color and B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.50.

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"Wild Rice" article. "Indian Chief White Eagle: Treachery of the Sauks"; During a long, hard winter, the Sioux are harassed by the Sauks; White Eagle seeks a peace treaty. "Lost in the Dark" text story. "Red Wing, Son of the Chief: Killer of the Cave"; White Faun's father, Mighty Hand, goes hunting riding one of Bright Feather's horses; He comes back injured and without the horse, claiming to have been attacked by a white wolf. "Massasoit 1580-1661" bio. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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March 1958. Text stories for children. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in., 72 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Frank Johnson. Stories and art by Frank Johnson and others. Li'l Tomboy is exactly as much trouble as her cousin Lil Genius, but in girl form. The day Lil Tomboy's father promised to take her to his office is also the day an important client is visiting. LT's parents and friends think her tomboyish nature is changing when she throws a party, but she's got a few tricks up her sleeve. Li'l Farmboy gets anxious whenever he's sent to deliver eggs to the girls' camp down the road. Office Pest; A Real Surprise Party; Raro the Rabbit: Hoddy the Hound; Li'l Farmboy: The Good Egg; Jack in the Box Puzzles; Baby Sitter First Class; Keep Swinging. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bob Bolling. The Case of the Real Gone Doll, script and art by Bob Bolling; After seeing the adventures of the movie detective Judd Jutjaw, Little Archie decides to become a sleuth. Lawless Laddies, script and art by Bob Bolling; Inspired by their favorite TV law procedural, "Lovely Lydia Leech, Lady Lawyer," the kids arrest Ambrose and put him on trial for the crime of drawing a nasty picture of Betty. Tramp Champ humor page starring Little Scout, script and art by Samm Schwartz. Fight Smite! starring Bunny and the Kids. Sharks article. Cake Fake starring Scotty and Dotty, script and art by Samm Schwartz. Bank Bu$ine$$; Little Archie opens a bank for jelly beans. 84 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.