Comic books 1956 w/ month not specified

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Photo back cover. Indicia title is "JOHNNY MACK BROWN, No. 722." Cover photo of Johnny Mack Brown. Facts about the Rough Riders regiment in the Spanish-American War. The Silent Men, pencils by Nicholas Firfires; While on his way to visit the Sheriff in Big Horn, Johnny stops at the tiny town of Deer Ford, only to get a cold reception from the townsfolk. The Good Samaritan, art by Nat Edson; After the school in Shallow Creek burns, miser Abney Streetch volunteers to provide the funds from his bank account in Great Falls; Johnny goes along as a guard, but on the way back the stage is robbed. Facts about the training of horses to be cow ponies. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Version with ad on back cover. Indicia title is "BUGS BUNNY'S ALBUM, No. 724." Cover art by Ralph Heimdahl. Alexander Graham Bunny; In the 19th Century, Alexander Graham Bunny invents the portable hole. Bushy Bunny; In Ancient Rome, Bushy Bunny convinces Emperor Nero to take up the fiddle. Bingo 'n' Bango Bunny; Bingo and Bango Bunny sail east from their tropical island and land in Europe, where they give young Columbus the idea of sailing to the west. Chief Sitting Bunny; Chief Sitting Bunny gives a government coin designer some ideas for designing a new nickel. Ali Baba Bunny; Ali Baba Bunny discovers the cave of the 40 thieves. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $9.40

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $8.10 View scan

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $6.70 View scan Staple rust/migration.

Variant with Bugs Bunny comic filler on back cover. Indicia title is "BUGS BUNNY'S ALBUM, No. 724." Cover art by Ralph Heimdahl. Alexander Graham Bunny; In the 19th Century, Alexander Graham Bunny invents the portable hole. Bushy Bunny; In Ancient Rome, Bushy Bunny convinces Emperor Nero to take up the fiddle. Bingo 'n' Bango Bunny; Bingo and Bango Bunny sail east from their tropical island and land in Europe, where they give young Columbus the idea of sailing to the west. Chief Sitting Bunny; Chief Sitting Bunny gives a government coin designer some ideas for designing a new nickel. Ali Baba Bunny; Ali Baba Bunny discovers the cave of the 40 thieves. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $21.00 View scan	Add to cart Very Good $9.00	Add to cart VG 4.0 $9.00	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $4.80
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#726, 1956, 10c. Walt Disney's Duck Album. Version with Juicy Fruit Gum ad on back cover. Donald Duck gets out the photo album which serves as the intro for five stories featuring Uncle Scrooge, Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey & Louie, Daisy Duck, and Grandma Duck. Issue also has one-page gag strips. Story and art credits: unknown. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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#726, 1956, 10c. Walt Disney's Duck Album. Version with Donald Duck art on back cover. Donald Duck gets out the photo album which serves as the intro for five stories featuring Uncle Scrooge, Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey & Louie, Daisy Duck, and Grandma Duck. Issue also has one-page gag strips. Story and art credits: unknown. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $3.70 Water damage.

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Ad on back cover. Walt Disney's The Nature of Things (TV). Art by Jesse Marsh. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art on back cover. Walt Disney's The Nature of Things (TV). Art by Jesse Marsh. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Version with ad on back cover. Indicia title is "M-G-M's MOUSE MUSKETEERS, No. 728." Cover art by Harvey Eisenberg. Mouse Musketeers and the Singing Sword; The King has a singing sword that annoys M'Sieur Poossycat; The cat tries to steal the sword and break it, but is foiled by the mice. The Race to the Castle; M'Sieur Poossycat pawns some of the King's armor, and has to keep the Mouse Musketeers from telling the King. King for a Day; The King takes the day off and leaves his son, Prince Prankster, in charge of the castle. Tattletale Tails; The King gets tired of the Musketeers and M'Sieur Poossycat tattling on each other. All art by Harvey Eisenberg. Dopey Dan and Safety Sam; illustrated ad for Wrigley's Juicy Fruit chewing gum. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Variant with Tom and Jerry comic filler on back cover. Indicia title is "M-G-M's MOUSE MUSKETEERS, No. 728." Cover art by Harvey Eisenberg. Mouse Musketeers and the Singing Sword; The King has a singing sword that annoys M'Sieur Poossycat; The cat tries to steal the sword and break it, but is foiled by the mice. The Race to the Castle; M'Sieur Poossycat pawns some of the King's armor, and has to keep the Mouse Musketeers from telling the King. King for a Day; The King takes the day off and leaves his son, Prince Prankster, in charge of the castle. Tattletale Tails; The King gets tired of the Musketeers and M'Sieur Poossycat tattling on each other. All art by Harvey Eisenberg. 1 page untitled Tom and Jerry comic filler on back cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "SMOKEY STOVER, No. 730." The Confoogration; Smokey invents a sprinkler system for the Mayor's house to put out fires. Night Life; Smokey and the Chief try to find out who's setting a series of fires on a ship. Foos Alarm; Smokey and the Chief fight a fire at an amusement park. Great Shape; Smokey and the Chief have to make sure their equipment passes when an inspector shows up. Scripts by Paul S. Newman, art by Hy Eisman. Promo for Crusader Rabbit Four Color #735. Dopey Dan and Safety Sam; illustrated ad for Wrigley's Juicy Fruit chewing gum. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Max Brand's SILVERTIP AND THE FIGHTING FOUR, No. 731." Painted cover art by Sam Savitt. Max Brand's Silvertip and the Fighting Four, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Everett Raymond Kinstler; Four outlaws hold up Elkdale's bank and take a half-million dollars; Three are captured but a fourth escapes with the money; Oliver Wayland, the bank teller who lost his courage, tries to find it by tracking down Jimmy Lovell,the escaped outlaw who failed to keep a bargain; Bray, the gang's chief, leads a jailbreak to get revenge, but runs afoul of Silvertip, who finds he's been tricked into protecting Lovell. Promo for "Luke Short's Bounty Guns" (Four Color #739). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "BUCK JONES, No. 733." Code number is B.J.O.S. #732-5610. Painted cover art by Don Spaulding. Choker Team; Facts about horse teams that pulled cut logs down hills; Perilous Crossing, art by Nat Edson; Buck rides to Granite City and finds that Jim McCormick, a friend, is selling cattle; He meets McCormick's foreman and also McCormick's son, who had been missing for many years and had just recently turned up. Buck Jones and the Man Called Johnson, art by Nat Edson; Mort Kreger, thief, forger, and renegade, assumes the identify of Luke Johnson after he ambushes him. Buck comes across Johnson and takes him to town where Johnson plans to withdraw some money from the bank, only to find that the impostor has been there first. Comanche article in which Comanche, ridden by Captain Myles Keogh, was the sole survivor of Custer's Last Stand in 1876 near the Little Bighorn River in Montana. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $20.50 View scan Centerfold detached at one staple.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $16.75 View scans 1/2" Spine split from bottom. 2 1/2" Tear to back cover.

Version with ad on back cover. Indicia title is "CRUSADER RABBIT No. 735." Based on the 1949-57 animated TV series "Crusader Rabbit." Cover art by Dan Gormley. Crusader Rabbit and the Schmohawk Indians, script by Nancy Hoag, art by Dan Gormley; The Schmohawk Indians kidnap Rags; Crusader Rabbit rescues him and persuades the Schmohawks that they can become famous by going on the warpath. Crusader Rabbit and the Lechrechaun's Gold, script by Nancy Hoag, art by Dan Gormley; Crusader Rabbit and Rags are made honorary leprechauns; All the leprechauns have to hide the pots of gold that follow them. Promo for Smokey Stover Four Color #730. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Variant with Crusader Rabbit comic strip on back cover. Indicia title is "CRUSADER RABBIT No. 735." Based on the 1949-57 animated TV series "Crusader Rabbit." Cover art by Dan Gormley. Crusader Rabbit and the Schmohawk Indians, script by Nancy Hoag, art by Dan Gormley; The Schmohawk Indians kidnap Rags; Crusader Rabbit rescues him and persuades the Schmohawks that they can become famous by going on the warpath. Crusader Rabbit and the Lechrechaun's Gold, script by Nancy Hoag, art by Dan Gormley; Crusader Rabbit and Rags are made honorary leprechauns; All the leprechauns have to hide the pots of gold that follow them. Promo for Smokey Stover Four Color #730. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Paul Murry. Stories by Don R. Christensen and various. Art by Paul Murry and Tony Strobl. Featuring the tales "An Elephant's Best Friend Is His Dog," "Just Plane Pluto," "Travel Troubles" and "Triple Image," plus five 1-page stories! Starring Pluto, Elsie, Butch, Mickey Mouse, Morty and Ferdie, Poppis, Ugaboo, Huey, Dewey and Louie! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Milton Caniff's STEVE CANYON, No. 737." Painted cover art. Facts about the Civil Air Patrol. Mock Air Raid, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Ray Bailey and Milton Caniff; Steve is on a special mission in Tuck's home town air base and takes Tuck along; Tuck joins the Civil Air Patrol; Steve involves the CAP as part of an Air Force training exercise involving secret F-109 jet interceptors; Two spies force down the plane Tuck is in and take its place in a duplicate plane in order to take photographs to sell to a foreign power. Promo for Jungle Jim #10. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Version with ad on back cover. Westward Ho, the Wagons (movie tie-in). Fess Parker photo cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $9.60 View scan	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $9.60 View scan Piece of paper glued on right edge.	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $9.60 View scan Cover detached at one staple.	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $9.60 View scan
Add to cart GD 2.0 $8.00 View scan Staple rust. Cover detached at one staple.

Variant with 'Oregon Trail' filler on back cover. Westward Ho, the Wagons (movie tie-in). Fess Parker photo cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $2.80

Version with ad on back cover. Indicia title is "Luke Short's Bounty Guns." Painted cover art by Sam Savitt. Intro art by Mort Drucker. Luke Short's Bounty Guns, script by Luke Short (original story) and Paul S. Newman (comic adaptation), art by Mort Drucker; After losing his ranch and stock to a drought, Tip Woodring comes to the cow town of Hagen, where he is hired to find out which of two feuding clans killed a prospector for his gold strike. Adapted from the 1939 novel "Bounty Gun" by Luke Short. Promo for "Max Brand's Silvertip and the Fighting Four" (Four Color #731). "Happy Cereal" Trix ad on back cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Variant with "The Bounty Hunter" filler on back cover. Indicia title is "Luke Short's Bounty Guns." Painted cover art by Sam Savitt. Intro art by Mort Drucker. Luke Short's Bounty Guns, script by Luke Short (original story) and Paul S. Newman (comic adaptation), art by Mort Drucker; After losing his ranch and stock to a drought, Tip Woodring comes to the cow town of Hagen, where he is hired to find out which of two feuding clans killed a prospector for his gold strike. Adapted from the 1939 novel "Bounty Gun" by Luke Short. Promo for "Max Brand's Silvertip and the Fighting Four" (Four Color #731). Facts about "The Bounty Hunter" on back cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $22.50

Version with ad on back cover. Indicia title is "Walter Lantz CHILLY WILLY, No. 740." How to Draw Chilly Willy activity page. The Grounded Penguin, art by Fred Abranz; Chilly meets a pelican. Texas Bound, art by Fred Abranz; Chilly receives a package that he ordered: a horse! The Cold Crop, art by Fred Abranz; Chilly's new garden is threatened by the arrival of two gophers. The Big Catch, art by Frank McSavage; Chilly does some deep sea diving. The Hot Idea, art by Frank McSavage; Chilly decides to open a resort and call it Chilly Willy's Hot Springs. "Happy Cereal" Trix ad on back cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Variant with "I'm Chilly Willy, The Penguin" sheet music on back cover. Indicia title is "Walter Lantz CHILLY WILLY, No. 740." How to Draw Chilly Willy activity page. The Grounded Penguin, art by Fred Abranz; Chilly meets a pelican. Texas Bound, art by Fred Abranz; Chilly receives a package that he ordered: a horse! The Cold Crop, art by Fred Abranz; Chilly's new garden is threatened by the arrival of two gophers. The Big Catch, art by Frank McSavage; Chilly does some deep sea diving. The Hot Idea, art by Frank McSavage; Chilly decides to open a resort and call it Chilly Willy's Hot Springs. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $3.49

Add to cart PR 0.5 $2.65 INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story.

Ad back cover. Indicia title is "BUFFALO BILL JR., No. 742." Photo cover of Buffalo Bill Jr. (as played by Dick Jones). Intro with photos of Buffalo Bill Jr. (as played by Dick Jones), Chief (horse), and Calamity (as played by Nancy Gilbert). Gun Talk, art by Bob Correa; The leader of a trio of bank robbers threatens to expose Garry Holden, who helped them on a job ten years ago, but who has went straight since then. Wanted: Kid Curry, art by Bob Correa; Buffalo Bill Jr. and his Indian friend Cloudy Morning join a posse to track down killer Kid Curry. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $12.00 View scan	Add to cart VG 4.0 $10.00 View scan	Add to cart GD 2.0 $2.50	Add to cart GD- 1.8 $8.00 View scan
Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $7.00

Art back cover. Indicia title is "BUFFALO BILL JR., No. 742." Photo cover of Buffalo Bill Jr. (as played by Dick Jones). Intro with photos of Buffalo Bill Jr. (as played by Dick Jones), Chief (horse), and Calamity (as played by Nancy Gilbert). Gun Talk, art by Bob Correa; The leader of a trio of bank robbers threatens to expose Garry Holden, who helped them on a job ten years ago, but who has went straight since then. Wanted: Kid Curry, art by Bob Correa; Buffalo Bill Jr. and his Indian friend Cloudy Morning join a posse to track down killer Kid Curry. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $6.00

Add to cart Very Good $10.00

Add to cart GD 2.0 $2.65

#743, 1956, 10c. Daisy Duck's Diary. Daisy Duck's diary relates her adventures with Donald and other characters. Issue features four untitled stories. Issue also has one-page gag strips. Story and art credits: unknown. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "LITTLE BEAVER, No. 744." Based on the "Red Ryder" newspaper strip by Fred Harman. Painted cover art. Facts about the Indian style of hunting. The Howling Cavern; When their sheep disappear and strange noises are heard from a cavern, the Navaho decide to move away to escape displeased spirits; While chasing his dog, Little Beaver goes into "haunted ground" and finds two white men who are behind the plan to get the Indians to move. The Sly Thief; When an embezzler meets a bank examiner on his way to his new job in Rimrock, the embezzler shoots the examiner and steals his identity in order to take the bank job. Three Black Sheep; When Little Beaver interrupts a council meeting while practicing his sheep stalking in a sheepskin, he is punished by having to guard the tribe's sheep while the rest go to a sing on Spirit Mountain. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is FRANCIS, THE FAMOUS TALKING MULE, No. 745." Cover art by Don Gunn. The Eskimo Baby, art by Don Gunn; Two fur smugglers accidentally take an Eskimo baby with their furs when they fly back to the United States; The smugglers leave the baby with Francis and Pete; Francis and Pete meet a press agent who (thanks to Francis) thinks the baby can talk and flies them all back to the Arctic in order to get the parents' permission to use the baby in an ad campaign. Back cover combination of story and promo for the movie "Francis in the Haunted House," starring Mickey Rooney. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "DOTTY DRIPPLE AND TAFFY, No. 746." Indicia title is "DOTTY DRIPPLE AND TAFFY, No. 746." The Great Outdoors; Horace is drafted to take Taffy and her Brownie friends on an overnight hike. The Fight Fan; Horace invites his boss to his house to watch the Friday Night Fights on TV, but has to improvise when he find his TV is broken. Lion Loose; Horace is wearing a lion suit to a costume party, but is mistaken for a lion who has escaped from the zoo. Water Works; Taffy and Wilbert decide to help their mother with the housework and end up flooding the house. The Secretary; Taffy spends the day at the office as her father's secretary. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $10.75

Add to cart FN 6.0 $27.00 View scan Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Version with ad on back cover. #747, 1956, 10¢ (no cover price printed on cover). Goofy in "The Inside Job," "All Hands on Deck," "Gem Jim-Jams," and "The Bungling Bodyguard." Issue also has one-page gag strips. Bill Wright art. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Variant with Goofy comic filler on back cover. #747, 1956, 10¢ (no cover price printed on cover). Goofy in "The Inside Job," "All Hands on Deck," "Gem Jim-Jams," and "The Bungling Bodyguard." Issue also has one-page gag strips. Bill Wright art. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $11.25

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $9.00

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $4.99

Indicia title is "FROSTY THE SNOWMAN, No. 748." Painted cover art by Mel Crawford. Bear Facts; A bear is a newcomer to the woods and thinks he must act big and tough and mean because it's expected of him. The Battle Royal; Santa sends Frosty on a mission to find out why the crown prince of Farawaynia doesn't believe in Santa Claus. The Christmas Mystery; Frosty has to get Elmer the Elf back to Santa's workshop after he is accidentally delivered as a gift on Christmas. Frosty the Snowman and the Straw Man; Skat the Scarecrow is too good-natured to be good at scaring crows, so he tries to find another job. All interior art by Dan Gormley. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $4.10	Add to cart Very Good $4.20	Add to cart VG 4.0 $4.20	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $3.00
Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $3.00	Add to cart Good $2.65	Add to cart Good $2.65

Walt Disney's "Secrets of Life" - A True-Life Adventure. Story and Art by August Lenox. Photo Cover. From the dawn of creation, one of Nature's greatest secrets has been that of life itself, and the survival of life in an ever-changing world of miracles. Adaptation of the Walt Disney nature film 'Secrets of Life' from 1956. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $12.00	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $9.10	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $9.10	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $7.80
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Cover by Al Hubbard. Stories by unknown. Art by Al Hubbard and Dick Moores. Featuring the tales "The Great Cat Family" and "Lambert the Sheepish Lion," plus text article "Cats of Jungle and Plain"! Starring Alice in Wonderland, Gus and Jacque, Lucifer, Pinocchio, Geppeto, Figaro and Lambert the Sheepish Lion! (Note: the Lambert story is reprinted from Dell Giant Silly Symphonies (1952) #2.) 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $12.50

Indicia title is "OUR MISS BROOKS, No. 751." Photo cover of Connie Brooks (as played by Eve Arden) and Phillip Boynton (as played by Robert Rockwell). Our Miss Brooks intro; seven photos from the TV series. Mr. Conklin's Campaign for the School Board, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Mike Peppe; Constance Books starts her teaching career at Madison High School by meeting biology teacher Mr. Boynton; Some years later principal Conklin runs for the school board and Miss Brooks is in charge of his campaign. While the other characters' appearances match their counterparts in the TV program, Mr. Conklin's appearance is not that of Gale Gordon, who played the part on TV. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "MANDRAKE, THE MAGICIAN, No. 752." Based on the King Features newspaper strip "Mandrake the Magician." Painted cover art. Mandrake's Magic; a simplified explanation of Mandrake's hypnotic magic. The Magic Maker, script by Lee Falk (plot), Paul S. Newman, and Marshall McClintock, art by Stan Campbell; Mayoral candidate Burke Cavan hires rogue magician Dr. Phantasmo to use his hypnotic powers to disrupt the campaign of this opponent, incumbent Mayor Hillford. Tide of Treachery, script by Lee Falk (plot), Paul S. Newman, and Marshall McClintock, art by Stan Campbell; While on a vacation cruise along the North Atlantic coast of Canada, Mandrake, Lothar, and Narda become involved in a plot to force fishermen out of business in order to buy their property on Bundy Bay, a place of extreme high and low tides. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $3.80

Indicia title is "THE LITTLE PEOPLE, No. 753. Based on "The Little People" newspaper strip by Walt Scott. Painted cover art by David Gantz. Happy Holidays, art by Dan Gormley; Hoping to get away from the troublesome Groons, The Little People build a ship and sail away from the Valley of the Small Ones to a New World. When they reach the New World, they find it's occupied by Indian Groons; After some skirmishes the Little People and the Groons make peace and hold a thanksgiving dinner. Later they have a Christmas celebration with a special guest of honor. Christmas Stockings, art by Dan Gormley; The Little People rush in to see what presents Santa has left in their stockings. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $15.75 View scan	Add to cart Very Good $13.25	Add to cart GD 2.0 $6.60	Add to cart GD- 1.8 $5.30
Add to cart GD- 1.8 $5.30

Indicia title is "SMOKEY THE BEAR, No. 754." Painted cover art. Trouble on the Hoof; Specs gets into a feud with a herd of buffalo and finds himself in danger when he gets pinned beneath rocks in the path of a grass fire. The Smokejumpers; Smokey teaches a Specs and a group of beavers how to become "smokejumpers"--fire fighters who parachute into remote fire areas. The Meddler; A puma causes problems when he scares the beavers that Smokey needs to cut down some trees. All interior art by Morris Gollub. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $4.20

Version with ad on back cover. Indicia title is "THE LITTLEST SNOWMAN, No. 755." Based on the children's book "The Littlest Snowman" by Charles Tazewell. Painted cover art. The Littlest Snowman's Christmas Gift, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Dan Noonan; When the town's white Christmas is threatened by a lack of snow, the Littlest Snowman comes up with a self-sacrificing plan to give the town the snow it was planning on having. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $2.60

Add to cart FR 1.0 $5.49

Variant with comic art filler on back cover. Indicia title is "THE LITTLEST SNOWMAN, No. 755." Based on the children's book "The Littlest Snowman" by Charles Tazewell. Painted cover art. The Littlest Snowman's Christmas Gift, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Dan Noonan; When the town's white Christmas is threatened by a lack of snow, the Littlest Snowman comes up with a self-sacrificing plan to give the town the snow it was planning on having. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $13.75

Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 756." Painted cover art. Maze activity page. Mr. Bear's Reward; When Santa's beard is accidentally burned off, the animals go to the polar bear to have him donate some of his white fur to make a replacement beard. The Christmas Cricket; A cricket living in Mr. Foote's house leaves because he feels he's not wanted; He takes up residence in a nearby home and meets Santa Claus. The Music Box; An old man tells his grandson about Santa bringing him the music box he wanted when he was a boy; Later Santa comes to the house and brings the present the young boy wanted most--a portable radio. Christmas In the Zoo; The animals at the zoo are sad because everyone is too busy with Christmas activities to come visit them. The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Santa; The Big Bad Wolf pretends to be Santa in order to get into the Three Pigs' brick house. Promo for The Littlest Snowman Four Color #755. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "THE SHARKFIGHTERS, No. 762. Based on the 1956 movie "The Sharkfighters." Photo cover of Lt. Commander Ben Staves (as played by Victor Mature). Preview of the story with five stills from the movie. The Sharkfighters, art by John Buscema; In 1942, on an island near Cuba, Lt. Commander Ben Stave joins a Navy scientific project that is intensely engaged in finding an effective shark repellent for the military. Adapted from the 1956 movie "The Sharkfighters." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - Spring 1956. Cover by Chad Kelly. Magazine devoted to freelance cartoonists, artists and humor writers. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 26 pages B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Volume 1, Issue 2 - Summer 1956. Cover by Chad Kelly. Magazine devoted to freelance cartoonists, artists and humor writers. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 24 pages B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Volume 1, Issue 3 - Fall 1956. Cover by Chad Kelly. Magazine devoted to freelance cartoonists, artists and humor writers. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 28 pages B&W. Cover price $0.50.

The Friendly Cootie Bug (1956) by W.H. Schaper was produced by Custom Comics, Inc. This book follows the Cootie Bug as he visits his friends on his mission to brighten up the day for all the boys and girls. This booklet contains and was used to promote board/activity games made by Schaper Plastic Games including Dunce, Tiddle-Tac-Toe, Tumble Bug, Mill, Skunk, Stadium Checkers, Squares, and of course the Friendly Cootie Bug toy. Story appears on left page and advertisements appear on right page. 32 pages, full color, 5-in. x 3-in.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $110.00 View scans 1" Spine split from top. Cover detached. Water damage.

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Cover by Bob McCartney. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Basil Wolverton, Bob McCartney, Joe Pena and Bob Weber. Charlton's Mad imitator continues its hit-or-miss parodies of 1950s pop culture. Noteworthy is a rare early piece with art by Steve Ditko, in which his inimitable, nascent style is so cartoony, it resembles Don Martin's early work in Mad. Plus a few pages by Mad contributor and comics legend Basil Wolverton, including some Rube Goldberg-type inventions. A parody of Al Capp's Li'l Abner. Spoofs of 1950s advertising, including corsets, stereo systems, and home cleaners. Insanity Comes to a Pompeii Party; I Was a Schizoid Psychotic; Schizograms; Inspector Fink; Party Games; Inside Mr. America; Modern Jazz Pianist; The Misfit; The Century's Most Practical Inventions; Insanity's All-Time All-American Team; Starlight Starbright; The Plain, Unadulterated, Really Varnished TRUTH About Lil Grabner EXPOSED!; Switch to Waterfront; Hypnotism for Husbands; Hollywood's Exciting Moonglowsuits; Do You Take What It Gets? Final issue under this title; series continues as This Magazine is Crazy (1957) #2. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Richard Hughes. A classic giveaway comic from the Brown shoe company to promote their line of Robin Hood shoes, featuring Western stories and a chance to meet Buffalo Bill Jr. Sheriff Dans young brother Bobby finds himself in danger while helping track a bank robber, but his faithful horse saves the day. Produced by the Custom Comics arm of legendary independent publisher American Comics Group (ACG). 20 pages, Full Color.

Cover by Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Dick Giordano and Bill Molno. Tales of the legendary frontiersman. On one of his rare ventures to Beavertown, Daniel Boone is confronted by Skinner Riggs, who wants to make trouble, and the townspeople, who want to watch. Foppish gent Shadrow Bent seems like an easy mark for the ruffians of the frontier, but he's a brawler and a crack shot to boot. The Old Timer befriends Big Bertha, an aging locomotive engine that seems to have its own personality. The Wild River; Duel in the Woods; Dan'l's Spring Suit; Indian Junction; Shadrow Bent: Reception for a Dude; Sgt. Bart Norton: Big Bertha, the Temperamental Locomotive; Hippety Hopp. 32 pages, Full Color.

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Cover by Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. Tales of the legendary frontiersman. For preventing a senseless murder during the French–Indian War, Daniel Boone is labeled a traitor and apprehended by the British. Silver Wolf, a brash young warrior humiliated by Daniel Boone, tries to rally his renegade braves to get revenge. Wealthy Luis D'Argne wants to make his own laws in the Kentucky Frontier, until Daniel Boone comes along. Stockade Intrigue; Renegade War Party; The Impossible Swamp; Trapped Trappers; King of the Valley; Terror of Mill Creek. 32 pages, Full Color.

Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Marc Swayze. The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. An outlaw gang hides the map to a gold mine inside a spinster's hat, but they didn't think it would be this much trouble getting it back. Meanwhile, Gabby must avoid her offers of marriage. This story was the final published comics work of Marc Swayze. Gabby tells a young boy how the cowboy hat came to be. Favorite line this issue: "You know, Mr. Hayes, with your beard shaved and your shirt washed and ironed, I wager you'd be a fine figure of a man!" Cactus Brain; Couldn't Have Been Closer; Hill Billy; Chuck Wagon Gus; Gabby Hayes Carries the Mail; Sheriff Mac Monrego; Whitey Whiskers; The Evolution of the Cowboy Hat; Absent-Minded Abernathy; Music Loving Loring; Frantic Feet. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.