The Funnies comic books issue 5

Tenth comic book ever published. First comic book Christmas cover by Victor E. Pazmiño. Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and text stories. In order of appearance: "Simp O' Dill" and "The Nebbs" by Sol Hess and Wallace A. Carlson; "Goofie Gags" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Hairbreadth Harry" and "High-Gear Homer" by F. O. Alexander; "Connie" and "The Wet Blanket" by Frank Godwin; "Fisher's True Life Dramas" and "Joe Palooka" by Al Capp (as Ham Fisher); "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Somebody's Stenog" and "The Back-Seat Driver" by A. E. Hayward; "Strange as it Seems" by John Hix; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Dip and Duck" by M. E. Brady; "S'matter Pop?" and "Honeybunch's Hubby" by Charles M. Payne; "Good Deed Dotty" and "Dixie Dugan" by J. P. McEvoy and J. H. Striebel; "Flying to Fame or Slim and Tubby" by John Welch and Russell Ross; "Fisher's Children's Corner" by Al Capp (as Ham Fisher); "Nipper" and "Footprints on the Sands of Time" by Clare Victor Dwiggins; "Little Brother" and "The Bungle Family" by Harry J. Tuthill; "Lena Pry" and "Jane Arden" by Monte Barrett and Jack W. McGuire; "Jolly Geography" and "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Holly of Hollywood" and "Keeping Up With The Joneses" by Pop Mormand; "Vignettes of Life" by J. Norman Lynd; "Fisher's Dizzy Dramas" by Al Capp (as Ham Fisher); "The Frog Pond Ferry" and "Buttons and Fatty" by M. E. Brady; "Ned Brant at Carter" by Bob Zuppke and Bill W. Depew; "Alec and Itchy" by Jimmy George and Merle Mulholland; "The Adventures of Jabby" by Tom Carlisle; and "Fisher's Looney Legends" by Al Capp (as Ham Fisher). "When I'm a Man" page by Ida Miller. "Tim McKee and the Golden Goddess" text story by Ralph Daigh. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

(W/A) Sergio Aragonés Along with Sergio's usual MAD-ness, the consummate cartoonist crafts three enthralling tales: a brilliant pantomime entitled 'The Piano; an exploration of the dreaded guillotine; and a recounting of his experiences in Antarctica! Cover price $3.50.

Bill Everett cover. Contains three original features accompanied by comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Hydroman" by Bill Everett; "Reg'lar Fellers" by Gene Byrnes; "Flyin' Jenny" by Russell Keaton; "Star Flashes" by Charles Bruno; "The Purple Zombie" by Tarpe Mills; "Sergeant Stoney Craig" by Frank Rentfrow and Don Dickson; "Dinky Dinkerton" by Art Huhta (as Jim Wallace); "Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire" by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; "Idioddities" by Jack Romer; "Mann of India" by Tarpe Mills; "Bill and Davey" by James P. McCague; "Dare-devils of Destiny" by Frank Rentfrow and Don Dickson; "Gordon Fife and the Boy King" by Bob Moore and Jim Hales; "Amaze A Minute" by Arnold; "Tad of the Tanbark" by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; and "Kitty Moran and her Hound" by Jack Romer. "Death in a Box" text story by E. Albert Willard, illustrated by Everett. Indicia states "Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics". 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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1st printing. The influential underground comic edited by Jay Lynch. Cover by Skip Williamson. Stories and art by Robert Crumb, Lynch, Jim Osborne, Skip Williamson, and Justin Green. All later printings of issue #5 are noted underneath the indicia on the inside front cover. 36 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: 1st printings have no printing information in Interior Front Cover Cover price $0.50.

2nd printing. The influential underground comic edited by Jay Lynch. Cover by Skip Williamson. Stories and art by Robert Crumb, Lynch, Jim Osborne, Skip Williamson, and Justin Green. All later printings of issue #5 are noted underneath the indicia on the inside front cover. 32 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: 2nd printings identified by printing information on interior front cover Cover price $0.50.

3rd printing. The influential underground comic edited by Jay Lynch. Cover by Skip Williamson. Stories and art by Robert Crumb, Lynch, Jim Osborne, Skip Williamson, and Justin Green. All later printings of issue #5 are noted underneath the indicia on the inside front cover. 32 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: 3rd printings identified by printing information on interior front cover Cover price $0.50.

4th printing. The influential underground comic edited by Jay Lynch. Cover by Skip Williamson. Stories and art by Robert Crumb, Lynch, Jim Osborne, Skip Williamson, and Justin Green. All later printings of issue #5 are noted underneath the indicia on the inside front cover. 32 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: 4th printing identified by printing information on interior front cover; Says Printing 7654 Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $335.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4281361007

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100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Archie is the 5th issue in the Bubble Funnies series released in 1981 by Amurol Products and Marvel. Each full color issue measures 2-5/8-in. x 3-1/2-in. and features 10 story pages. Copies originally came shrinkwrapped with a stick of pink bubble gum. A copy is considered mint even if the shrinkwrap and gum have been removed. In fact, the gum should be removed if still present to prevent future damage to the comic.

Story by Rick Yager and Russell Keaton. Art by Rick Yager (credited as Dick Calkins) and Russell Keaton. Reprints of the early comic strip that defined "science fiction" for an entire generation. Collects the Buck Rogers Sunday strips (with a different storyline than the daily strip) from Feb. 12, 1939 to Sept. 17, 1939, following the adventures of Buddy Deering, younger brother of Buck's compadre Wilma Deering. Black Barney joins forces with Buddy and Alura to prevent the Martian invasion of Earth, but the man they thought was Buck Rogers is actually a Martian Tigerman in disguise. Also, airborne adventure with the aviation strip Skyroads, from 1937. Buck Rogers; Skyroads. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Sid Lazarus. Stories and art by Morris Weiss (credited as Pat Simon), Sid Lazarus, Herman C. Browner, Gus Jud, Ellis Chambers, and Harry Lazarus. An early comics anthology featuring humor and funny-animal stories from Charlton, published under the imprint Children Comics Publishing. Rabbit-son Crusoe and Friday the turtle, stranded on a desert island, find the island flooded by a tidal wave. Barry the Bear enters an essay contest given by a soap company. Plus puzzle and activity pages, and fun facts about the beaver, giant panda, and the platypus. Freddy Frog; Smarty; Anybody's Guess; Stinky Skunk; Superdog; Unusual Animals; Rabbit-Son Crusoe; A Visit to the Zoo; Of Mices and Monkeys; Tommy and Dodo; Bojo and Tony; Barry the Bear. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago and others. Charlton's second go at this funny-animal book, originally one of their first published titles. Gate the Gator joins the scouts and tries to out-merit Tubby the Scout for a merit badge. Leon the Lyin Lion tells his own version of the jumping-frog tall tale. Shorty Squirrel tries to sell Blackie Crow a book of household hints, but first he must convince him he needs it. Shadow: X Marks the Spot; Punchy and the Black Crow; There's a Word for It; Leon the Lyin Lion: Ah... Choo!!!; Tubby the Scout; Nip the Cat: Mouser Trouncer; Who's Who in Zoo. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Dec: 2023 - Tienshan Mountains, China!" Written by Dale Berry and Ken Sperry. Art by Dale Berry. In post-World War III world, oan elite team set out to stop a madman's scheme, but are they ready to face the deadly skills of the ninja? 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.95.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $275.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #4223897006

New Years cover. Contains comic strip reprints, text articles, and activity pages. In order of appearance: "The Nut Brothers", "Mr. Blotto", and "Our Boarding House" by Gene Ahern; "Herky" by Clyde Lewis; "Dan Dunn" by Norman Marsh; "Mutt and Jeff" and "Cicero's Cat" by Bud Fisher; "Boots" by Edgar Martin; "Everybody's Playmate" by A. W. Nugent; "Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune" by Roy Crane; "Reg'lar Fellers" and "Daisybelle" by Gene Byrnes; "Ben Webster's Page" by Jay Jerome Williams (as Edwin Alger); "Otto Honk" by Bela Zaboly; "Out Our Way" by J. R. Williams; "Tailspin Tommy" by Hal Forrest; "From the Notes of Major Cosmo Strange, D.S.O." by George Baker; "Scribbly" by Sheldon Mayer; "The Tiny Mites" by Hal Cochran and George Scarbo; "Annibelle" by Dorothy Urfer; "Salesman Sam" by C. D. Small; "Bronc Peeler and Coyote Pete" by Fred Harman; "Alley Oop" by V. T. Hamlin; "Flapper Fanny" by Gladys Parker; "G Men on the Job" by Dick Blair and Milt Youngren; "Tad of the Tanbark" and "Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire" by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; "Og, Son of Fire" by James Irving Crump; "From the Notes of Major Cosmo Strange, D.S.O." by George Baker; "Myra North, Special Nurse" by Ray Thompson and Charles Coll; "Home Magic" by A. W. Nugent; "Myra North, Special Nurse" by Ray Thompson and Charles Coll; "Freckles and his Friends" by Merrill Blosser; and "Stories in Stamps" by I. S. Klein. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

The appearance of a nude woman on the cover of these early comics is extremely rare!

68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Frank Frazetta. Art by Al Williamson and Roy Krenkel. Adventure tales featuring Hollywood legend Buster Crabbe, star of Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers and Tarzan serials. Buster goes to Mars and meets an alien woman, in a story with art by comics legends Al Williamson and Roy Krenkel. Classic Western tales featuring Buster and sidekick Whiskers. A vintage ad to join the Buster Crabbe Western Club. Fun alien-wrestling cover with art by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. Backfire; Buster Crabbe and the Maid of Mars; Gold in the Mouth of the Creek; Showdown; Whiskers the Indian Fighter; Homer on the Range; The Round Up. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by George Brenner. Stories and art by Will Eisner, Rube Goldberg, Ed Wheelan, Les Marshall, Lank Leonard, Ham Fisher, Mo Leff, John Hix, Russell E. Ross, J. H. Striebel, Jo Metzer, George Brenner, Bernard Baily, Bob Zuppke, R. W. Depew, Monte Barrett, J.P. McEvoy, Charles Driscoll, H.J. Tuthill, John J. Welch, George Marcoux, Ed Reed, Al Zere, Don DeConn and Ed Cronin. An early comics anthology published by Harry Chesler, featuring reprints of newspaper comic strips. Mobster Velvet Marcon vows revenge on the judge who sent him to prison, but he doesn't reckon on pioneering masked hero The Clock. Pirate hero The Hawk tricks his way out of prison and returns to the governor's mansion in Hawks of the Seas, by comics legend Will Eisner. Plus a profile of Hollywood star Luise Rainer, and the early strip Lala Palooza by Rube Goldberg. Joe Palooka; They're Still Talking; Jane Arden; Star Snapshots; Mickey Finn; Off the Record; Modern Planes; Lala Palooza; Strange As It Seems; Off Side; The Clock Strikes; Slim and Tubby; Hawks of the Seas; Puzzle Phun; Flossie; Toddy; Pirates Ahoy; Ned Brant; Big Top; Dixie Dugan; Bungle Family; Lena Pry; Jim Swift. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

By Paul Hornschemeier. Actually two books in one, with two covers, and polarized contents. Half of the book is forlorn, the other half is funny, about the tragic misfortunes of a narcoleptic, dyslexic man and the jealousy he tires to communicate, poorly. Confusing and beautiful in an immaculate package. Nominated for two Eisner Awards and one Harvey Award. 6.5-in. x 7.5-in., 80 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers.

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Golden Funnies (1973), published by DynaPubs Enterprises weekly in 1973, features rotating classic 1912-1945 newspaper strips such as The Phantom, Batman, Little Nemo, Charlie Chan, Superman, Buck Rogers, Krazy Kat, Dick Tracy, Mandrake, Bringing up Father. Included in #5 is a Superman Sunday page by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster from December 3, 1939. Newsprint, tabloid-sized 11.25-in. x 17.5-in. (standard horizontal tabloid fold not considered a defect), B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Vol 2 #1. Cover art by Terry Gilkison. Untitled Skyrocket Steele story, art by Bill Everett; Invex gives Steele the power of invisibility in order to fool his chief, Vance Roy, and which leads to his capture. Spectre of the Deep. Shanghaied, script and art by John Patterson. The Flaming Idol starring Dick Kent. Double Trouble, script and art by Jeo E. Buresch. Untitled Dan the Dick story. Guns For General Sing. 52 pgs.$0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Martin Hirchak. Stories and art by Martin Hirchak, Nate Higley, Barb Houck, Gary Grimshaw, Sean Bieri, Pete Trudgeon, and Matt Feazell. 6.75" x 10.25", 28 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.50.

*18+ Mature Readers Only* Written and Illustrated by Scott Krahl, Dave Brockie, Hunter Jackson, Charles Varga, Bob Gorman, Matt Maguire, Brigid Brown. 32 Pages, Full Color. *18+ Mature Readers Only* Cover price $2.95.

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Cover pencils by Stan Goldberg. Advertisement for Capri Sun Safari Punch starring the Archie gang. Luna High, script by Hal Smith, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Rudy Lapick; Mr. Weatherbee dreams of being the principal of the first high school on the moon, but problems like meteor drills and funding cuts for artificial atmosphere make him happy to wake up in the present. Prof. Flutesnoot character profile. The Super Duper Caper, script by George Gladir, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Rudy Lapick; a superhero movie is filming in Riverdale when a real super-villain, the Vanisher, shows up. Mr. Weatherbee character profile. The Final Bow, script by George Gladir, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Rudy Lapick; After using their super-powers to help fight a chemical fire, the Awesome Foursome discover that their powers have disappeared, but they realize that they can do their real jobs just as well without them. 36 pgs. $1.00. Cover price $1.00.

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Canadian price variant. $1.20 cover price. Cover pencils by Stan Goldberg. Advertisement for Capri Sun Safari Punch starring the Archie gang. Luna High, script by Hal Smith, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Rudy Lapick; Mr. Weatherbee dreams of being the principal of the first high school on the moon, but problems like meteor drills and funding cuts for artificial atmosphere make him happy to wake up in the present. Prof. Flutesnoot character profile. The Super Duper Caper, script by George Gladir, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Rudy Lapick; a superhero movie is filming in Riverdale when a real super-villain, the Vanisher, shows up. Mr. Weatherbee character profile. The Final Bow, script by George Gladir, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Rudy Lapick; After using their super-powers to help fight a chemical fire, the Awesome Foursome discover that their powers have disappeared, but they realize that they can do their real jobs just as well without them. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $1.20.

Stories and art by Carl Anderson, Chic Young, Tom Sims, Bill Zaboly, H. H. Knerr, Edwina Dumm, Jimmy Murphy, Feg Murray, Paul Robinson, Colin Allen, Russ Westover, Clyde Lewis, Ted Shearer, George McManus, Vic Herman, Brandon Walsh, Darrell McClure, C. D. Russell, Doc Winner, Dudley Fisher, Ad Carter, Bill MacLean, Bob Naylor, Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Wally Bishop, Fred Lasswell, Jimmy Hatlo, Art Helfant, Otto Soglow, Paul McCarthy, and Roy Crane. Harvey presents reprints of classic comic strips from King Features Syndicate; each issue features one page per strip. Meet: Otto Soglow, Creator of The Little King; What a Family!; Flash Gordons Planetary Log: Defensive Weapons; Mandrakes Magic Page; The Case of the Missing Pennies; Blondie; Popeye; The Katzenjammer Kids; Dinglehoofer und His Dog; Snookums; Buz Sawyer; Felix the Cat; Tippie; Just Kids; Toots and Casper; Tillie the Toiler; Etta Kett; Elmer; Bringing Up Father; Henry; Flash Gordon; Pete the Tramp; Little Annie Rooney; Little Iodine; Barney Google and Snuffy Smith; Fun at the Zoo; Rumpus; Seein' Stars; Colonel Potterby and the Duchess; What a Family!; Muggs and Skeeter; Fatso; Little Stuff; Li'l Dot; Right Around Home; Double Trouble; Jerry on the Job; The Little King; Double Effort; Long Live the King!; Holly of Hollywood; Mandrake the Magician. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Favorite Funnies, published by DynaPubs of East Moline, Illinois, reprints "The best comic strips of 1912-1945). Among the strips featured are Skyroads, the Phantom, Little Nemo, Batman, Alley Oop, Krazy Kat, Brick Bradford, Charlie Chan and Bringing Up Father, complete stories in serial format. Tabloid-sized 11-14-in. x 17-1/2-in. (standard horizontal tabloid fold not considered a defect), 18-pages, black-and-white). NOTE: The comic strips reprinted in Favorite Funnies were continued in Vintage Funnies after Favorite Funnies ended with #12. Cover price $0.50.

32 pages, partial color Cover price $0.10.

Underground mini comic with stories and art by Sharon Banks, Kevin East, and Brady East. 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 4 pages (1 sheet folded in half), BW. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Art Pinajian. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Bob Wood, Paul Gustavson, Art Pinajian, Gill Fox, Fred Guardineer, George Filchock, Frank Frollo, Martin Filchock, Fred Schwab, Al Hopkins, and William Allison. Centaur publishes the final run of Star Ranger, one of the very first Western comics. Short Western strips, sometimes just one to three pages, with titles like Wild West Junior and Cowboy Jake. Historical and educational strips, including comics biographies of movie cowboy Gene Autry and other radio stars. The Medicine Man claims that his curio show features the skull of Hamlet, but if people don't believe that, he also has the skull of Hamlet as a child. The mysterious scout known as The Ermine rescues frontier girl Alice, only to learn that her parents have fled to the Cumberland Gap. Also featuring early humor strips by Bob Wood, later the mind behind the notorious Crime Does Not Pay comic. Brief Biography of Radio Stars; Tenderfoot Joe; Killer McGee; The Ermine; Red Man of the Rockies; Cowboy Jake; Stars on the Range; Lyin' Lou; Lee Trent; Jess Phoolin; Wild West Junior; One Buck and Two Bits; Tenderfoot Mary; Ace and Deuce; Tubby of the T-Bone Ranch; Star Gags; Medicine Man; Centaur Kid; Null and Void; Tommy Hawk; Chief Weasel-Tail; Jest the Type; Ace and Deuce; Comic Cowboy; IndiaNotes. Final issue of the series. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.