Comic books 1959 w/ month not specified

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Art back cover. #1053, 11-1/60, 10c. Goofy. Goofy in "Fast-Draw Faker," "Brave Mariner," "The Think Box," and "Clean-Up Campaign." Issue also has one-page gag strips and puzzles. Story and art credits: unknown. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Version with ad on back cover. Indicia title is "COLT .45, No. 1058." Based on the "Colt .45" TV series. Cover photo of Chris Colt (as played by Wayde Preston). Preview with photos. Search at Sunrise Spring; An Army supply wagon disappears between Fort Davis and Sunrise Spring, a rest area owned by Sam Dawson. Sharpshooter; A number of post offices have been robbed at the same time a traveling circus has been in town. Facts about the freight haulers who brought supplies to the outposts and settlements of the West. 7-Up ad. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

"No Waste of Water" back cover variant. Indicia title is "COLT .45, No. 1058." Based on the "Colt .45" TV series. Cover photo ofChris Colt (as played by Wayde Preston). Preview with photos. Search at Sunrise Spring; An Army supply wagon disappears between Fort Davis and Sunrise Spring, a rest area owned by Sam Dawson. Sharpshooter; A number of post offices have been robbed at the same time a traveling circus has been in town. Facts about the freight haulers who brought supplies to the outposts and settlements of the West. Facts about the use of scarce water in the old West. Scripts by Eric Freiwald and Robert Schaefer, art by Dan Spiegle. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 1063." Painted cover art. The Baker's Apprentice; Fredric, a young boy, works as apprentice for a "crusty old baker" who doesn't bake holiday cookies. Christmas at the Zoo; Santa comes to the zoo and gives each animal modern gifts. Santa's Ninth Reindeer; Rusty, a dog, lives at Santa's Workshop at the North Pole; He stows away and goes with Santa on his Christmas Eve trip to deliver presents. Giuseppe's Christmas; When Giuseppe the organ grinder becomes ill the week before Christmas, a young boy takes his instrument and monkey and collects enough money to give him a happy Christmas. A House for Christmas; When two little girls become lost in the forest during a snowstorm, they are rescued by three elves in an oak tree. All art by Mel Crawford. llustrated promo ad for "Rocket Club," a movie about young rocket experimenters, produced by the Daisy Manufacturing Co. in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force. Santa's Riddle Wreath word puzzle. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Ad back cover. Indicia title is "FROSTY THE SNOWMAN, No. 1065." Painted cover art. Tic-Tac-Toe in the Snow activity page. Christmas Spirit; Santa sends Honker the Goose to ask Frosty to investigate why rich Robert Dixon Park IV wrote him a letter five years ago and never wrote again. The Bewitched Forest; A witch has moved into the forest and put an invisible wall around it so no one can go to the woods to get a Christmas tree. The Smiling Snowman; Frosty visits Gloomyville, where it is against the law to smile or laugh. Santa's Special Present; Frosty meets Silverfoot, a fawn who wants to become one of Santa's reindeer. . Illustrated promo ad for "Rocket Club," a movie about young rocket experimenters, produced by the Daisy Manufacturing Co. in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force. Directions for making homemade sno-cones. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art back cover. Indicia title is "FROSTY THE SNOWMAN, No. 1065." Painted cover art. Tic-Tac-Toe in the Snow activity page. Christmas Spirit; Santa sends Honker the Goose to ask Frosty to investigate why rich Robert Dixon Park IV wrote him a letter five years ago and never wrote again. The Bewitched Forest; A witch has moved into the forest and put an invisible wall around it so no one can go to the woods to get a Christmas tree. The Smiling Snowman; Frosty visits Gloomyville, where it is against the law to smile or laugh. Santa's Special Present; Frosty meets Silverfoot, a fawn who wants to become one of Santa's reindeer. . Illustrated promo ad for "Rocket Club," a movie about young rocket experimenters, produced by the Daisy Manufacturing Co. in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force. Directions for making homemade sno-cones. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "FRANCIS, THE FAMOUS TALKING MULE, No. 1068." Cover art by David Gantz. The Sorry Safari; Francis and Peter mistake a tramp steamer for the Staten Island Ferry and are taken to Africa. Among the Cannibals; After guiding the safari, Francis and Peter are lost in the jungle; They are captured by a tribe of cannibals, who plan on cooking them. The Diamond Rush; Francis and Peter go hunting for diamonds at Diamond River, not knowing that the diamonds they found are phony ones from the shooting of a movie. Art by David Gantz. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jon D'Agostino. Stories and art by Jon D'Agostino and others. Archie-style teen comedy featuring Freddy and his gang of clean-cut yet trouble-prone pals. Freddy and Tiny try to move the hair that constantly hides Stuff's face, but it's not an easy task. Stuff invents a remote-control lawnmower, but the world isn't ready, and neither is Mr. Tantrum's yard. Freddy sics a traveling salesman on his hot-tempered neighbor Mr. Tantrum, just to see what will happen. Plus a look at various horse-riding techniques. Now Hair This; Noising Around; My Little Margie: Watched Dog; Mower Fun; Really Riding; My Little Margie: Door Spring; The Big Act. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jon D'Agostino. Stories and art by Jon D'Agostino and others. Archie-style teen comedy featuring Freddy and his gang of clean-cut yet trouble-prone pals. Freddy acquires a gallon of spoiled, foul-smelling perfume, and has the idea for a prank. Freddy's plan to pose as his own self-portrait for an art contest backfires in a big way. Freddy and Mr. Tantrum debate the existence of flying saucers, so Freddy decides to settle the argument by making his own. A Scent's Worth; Li'l Wise Guy; What an Artist!; Jesler the Jester; Simple Saima: Calamity Saima; The Disbeliever. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Blue Bird Comics promotional comic for shoes. Cover price $0.12.

1959. Blue Bird Comics promotional comic for various shoe stores. 7-in x 10.25; full color; 32 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Blue Bird Comics promotional comic for various shoe stores. 7-in x 10.25; full color; 32 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Blue Bird Comics promotional comic for shoes. Cover price $0.10.

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Blue Bird Comics promotional comic for shoes. Big Shoe Store. 7-in. x 10-in. 32 Pages Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Blue Bird Comics promotional comic for shoes. Cover price $0.10.

Blue Bird Comics promotional comic for shoes. Cover price $0.12.

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Features the best newspaper comic strips of the year: Archie, Snuffy Smith, Beetle Bailey, Henry, Blondie, Steve Canyon, Buz Sawyer, The Little King, Hi & Lois, Popeye, & others. Also has a chronological history of the comics from 2000 BC to 1959. Published by Avon, 11" x 8-1/4", softcover, B&W. Cover price $1.00.

1st Printing. Authorized TV Edition based on the "Fury" television program. Written by Troy Nesbit, Illustrated by Paul Frame. Hardcover, 5" x 7", 282 pages, B&W text, partial color illustrations.

Dell Publishing, Satellite Rocket Launcher to punch out and assemble. 7 1/2-in. x 13-in. 6 pages full color. Cover price $0.25.

Gilbert Toys Present: Science Leads the Way (1959) was a promotional comic book published by the A. C. Gilbert Co. This comic tells a story to promote Gilbert Toys Science Kits. Engineers, chemists, doctors, biologists, botanists, physicists, and astronomers are some of the many professionals working on projects of great importance to our future. Some of these scientists discovered a passion for their careers years ago through a Gilbert Science Set. The art is either by John Rosenberger or someone with a very similar style. 32 pages, full color, 5-in. x 7-in.

1st Printing - Series of cartoon reprints originally published in "The Daily Express" and "The Sunday Express" in England by prolific cartoonist, Ronald "Carl" Giles, simply known as Giles. With highly detailed single panel scenarios, and a cast of reoccurring characters known as the "Giles Family", he delighted readers on a daily basis for over 50 years until his death in 1995. Softcover, Horizontal Format, 10" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W.

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Why did it have to be Eliot who was Edward's best man? Was Edward flaunting her love by throwing them together again...or was he giving her..."A Second Chance for Love," the cover-featured 8 page story. Plus: 7 page story "Hearts Break Twice"; 7 page story "Forget Her"; 1 page Fran reprint story "Ted Called"; 7 page story "The Evil Heart"; 2 page From Barbara Miles, with Love letters page; 1 page Carol reprint story "Dog Scares Beaus." Cover price $0.10.

Featuring: 8 page story "More Than Friends"; 7 page story "And Soon Perhaps Love"; 7 page story "Heart-Shy"; 2 page From Barbara Miles, with Love letters page; 8 page story "Dream of Love" (note: not the same as story in #50); 1 page story "Charm in Romance." Cover price $0.10.

Featuring: 8 page story "Stars in Her Eyes" drawn by John Romita, Sr. and Bernard Sachs; 7 page story "Only Us" pencilled by Tony Abruzzo; 7 page story "I Thought You Cared" drawn by Mike Sekowsky and Bernard Sachs; 1 page From Barbara Miles, with Love letters page; 8 page story "Wish on the Moon" drawn by Werner Roth, Sy Barry and Bernard Sachs; 1 page Charm in Romance story drawn by John Forte. Cover by Sy Barry and Bernard Sachs. Cover price $0.10.

Featuring: 7 page story "My Three Loves" drawn by Arthur Peddy and Bernard Sachs; 1 page story "Charm in Romance"; 7 page story "The Trap of Love"; 7 page story "Reach for Romance"; 2 page From Barbara Miles, with Love letters page; 8 page story "Held in Heartbreak." Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Sy Barry, inks by Bernard Sachs. To Someone in Love!, inks by Vince Colletta; Gwen breaks her engagement to Peter over a minor disagreement, believing that she can live on her own. Second Chance, pencils by John Romita; Paula gradually becomes jealous of her best friend Ginny because her boyfriend Joe is always nice to her. Julia Roberts' Romance Report advice column. Lonely Autumn, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Frank Giacoia; Connie falls in love with Brad over the summer, but is reluctant to accept his proposal because it might hold him back from a promising career. Wild Heart; Vickie is determined not to fall in love and lose her independence until she meets Mark, but she still resists the attraction between them. Romantic Antics filler page, art by Mort Drucker. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bernard Sachs. A Kiss from a Stranger!; Debbie's roommate Cynthia moves out leaving a letter for her fiancee Peter breaking their engagement. Impulsive Heart!, inks by Bernard Sachs; Beth and Wayne meet and fall in love while he is in the city on business, but when she goes to his home town to visit him everyone is cold to her because Wayne was already engaged when he left on his trip. Out of the Night!, pencils by John Forte; When Jane receives a large inheritance she is swept up in a new life but she finds that all her new friends are only interested in her because of the money. Julia Roberts' Romance Report advice column. Sing to Me!; Liz and Johnny have grown up together, but she doesn't care whether he becomes a singing star because she loves him for himself. House ad for the DC line of romance comics. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Featuring: 7 page story "Token of Love"; 7 page story "Our Sweetheart"; 2 page Julia Roberts' Romance Report letters page; 7 page story "Lonely Heart" drawn by John Forte and Vince Colletta; 9 page story "Break My Heart Gently" drawn by Bernard Sachs and ?; 1 page Gems of Destiny filler. Cover by Bernard Sachs. Cover price $0.10.

What should she have wished for? The only thing she ever wanted with all her heart...was walking out the door! "Too Late for Wishing" is the cover-featured 8 page story drawn by Tony Abruzzo, Sy Barry, John Romita, Sr. and Bernard Sachs. Plus: 7 page story "Goodbye to Love" drawn by Tony Abruzzo and Bernard Sachs; 7 page story "Somebody Else's Sweetheart" drawn by Arthur Peddy and Bernard Sachs; 1 page Joan reprint filler "Hat Attracts Bees"; 7 page story "Stranger to My Heart" pencilled by John Forte; 2 page Julia Roberts' Romance Report letters page; 1 page Carol filler "Dates." Cover by Sy Barry and Bernard Sachs. Cover price $0.10.

Featuring: 7 page story "A Dream for Diana"; 7 page story "No Heart for Love"; 1 page Lili filler "Olden Days Dance"; 7 page story "You'll Never Know"; 2 page Julia Roberts' Romance Report letters page; 8 page story "Stranger to Love" drawn by Bernard Sachs; 1 page Oddities in Romance filler. Cover by Bernard Sachs. Cover price $0.10.

Featuring: 7 page story "Love is a Lonely Hunter" pencilled by Arthur Peddy; 1 page Marriage a La Mode filler; 7 page story "With All My Heart"; 7 page story "A Puzzle Called Love"; 1 page Julia Roberts, Romance Counselor letters page; 8 page story "We Were in Love" drawn by Bernard Sachs; 1 page Carol reprint filler "Tennis and Love." Cover by Bernard Sachs. Cover price $0.10.

No. 422 in the Fawcett How To Book Series. This issue features a six-page France Nuyen pictorial. 6.5" x 9.25", 144 pages, B&W. MATURE Cover price $0.75.

Harvey sent this flyer out to retail toy buyers to participate in their nationwide Top Toy and Hobby Christmas promotion, circa 1959. "Millions of kids will look for and buy from teh stores that display the Harvey window streamer and official seals. This point-of-sale material is available to you free of charge." Mattel's "Shootin' Shell" cap pistols has a full page and Harvey has a full page utilizing their jack-in-the-box logo and covers of all their titles. Other toys include Slinky, AMT models, Radio Flyer red wagon, Roadmaster bicycles and lots more. Extremely scarce. Flyer is folded three times to form 7 1/2-in. x 9 3/4-in. Unfolded, it measures 22 1/4-in. long x 9 3/4-in. Full color.

1959. Humor Digest featuring jokes and cartoons. Cartoons by George Troop, Joe Buresch and Vic Martin. Softcover Digest, 5 1/4-in. x 7-in., 100 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

1959. Humor Digest featuring jokes and cartoons. Cartoons by George Troop, Joe Buresch and Vic Martin. Softcover Digest, 5 1/4-in. x 7-in., 100 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Issue #9 - 1959. Stars profiled include Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner, John Saxon, Tony Curtis, Tommy Sands, Diane Varsi, James Darren, Edd Byrnes, Fabian, James Garner, Carol Lynley, Kim Novak, Tyrone Power, Robert Horton. Profusely illustrated with studio promo photographs and candid snapshots. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 74 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.35.

One-shot, no date, assume late 1950s. Full-page candid and pinup photographs of the model on the cover. No nudity, no text. 4 1/4-in. x 5 1/4-in., 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

In order of appearance: "Creampuff Jockey"; art by Jack Keller; "Texas Style Drag Strip"; "Novice Notes, Swapping Your Flathead V-8 For a Fo Mo Co OHV"; "Ferrari on His Tail" art by Dick Malmgren; "Like Father Like Son"; and "Drivers Course". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

1959. 5.75" x 9", 226 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.60.

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Volume 1, 1st Printing - Softcover 8" x 10.5", 64 pages, B&W.

Stories and art by Al Avison, Art Helfant and Warren Kremer. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Humphrey goes on a roller coaster, but they aren't really made for his shape. A noise wakes Humphrey and results in him wrestling his own reflection. Little Max concocts a buy-one-get-one marketing scheme for his shoe-shining business. Dizzy Decision; Little Max Joins the Navy!; Humphrey Raises the Roof; Little Max: Something for Nothing; Rags Rabbit: Make-It Shop; Let's Face It; Hector the Director; Pane in the Neck; A Fishy Story; Party Dress. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

No date, no publisher. Penny Arcade Card featuring western star, Johnny Mack Brown. 3 1/4-in. x 5 1/4-in. cardstock. B&W. Cover price $0.01.

Stories and art by Boris Karloff, Calvin Beck, Peter John Dyer, David Shea Bond, William Thomaier, Wolf Mankowitz, Kenneth Beale and Richard Williams. One of the original monster magazines, Journal of Frankenstein was an early effort by Calvin Beck, who went on to publish the influential monster mag Castle of Frankenstein. This issue features a biography of Frankenstein actor Boris Karloff, an interview with TV horror host Zacherley, and extensive coverage of 1950s horror and sci-fi films. Also featuring an article by future animation legend Richard Williams (Who Framed Roger Rabbit) on his first animated film, The Little Island. Plus a debate on whether sci-fi will ever be a serious film genre. A real piece of monster & movie history. Final issue until publisher Dennis Druktenis revived the series, 40 years later. Frankenstein at Large; The 7th Voyage of Sinbad; Master of Horror: The Boris Karloff Story; The Return of the Son of the Bride of Frankenstein; All Manner of Fantasies; Zacherley; The Little Island; The House on Haunted Hill; The Lion Tamer; 1958: The Year of Macabre & Horror Films; Pro and Con Forum: Will Science Fiction Become Major Film Trend? 8-in. x 11-in., 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Cover pencils by Harry Lucey, inks by Terry Szenics. "Potent Potion," script by Sy Reit, art by Harry Lucey; Jughead is selling a love potion for a dollar and Betty, eager to sway Archie's attention, buys in. "Leave and Let Leave"; Archie devises a labor-saving means of raking the yard. "Who's Calling"; Veronica wants to make a very short call. "Trick Play," script by Sy Reit, art by Harry Lucey; Everyone gets together to try to help Moose pass a spelling test in order for him to play in the big game. Biography of frontiersman Kit Carson. "Can'ts' in His Trance," pencils by Samm Schwartz; Jughead takes a job as a magician's assistant. "Cornered," script and art by Joe Edwards; Jinx finds a way to take a punishment to her advantage. "No Sale," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; On a dare, Jughead agrees to convince Veronica to date Reggie. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Harry Lucey. "Prize Fight," pencils by Harry Lucey; Archie is preparing to box against Reggie for the right to take Veronica to the Frosh Hop; Jughead convinces Archie to spar against Moose, with Moose pretending to get knocked out. "Operation Nightmare"; Jughead's uncle Herman brags about a supposed appendectomy he once performed using a rusty pocket knife; Jughead dismisses the tall tale and heads to the hospital where Betty is interning. "Don't Robot In," pencils by Harry Lucey; Jughead shows off a small remote control robot; Reggie gets the idea to dress up as a life-sized Jughead robot. "The Bad Penny!", pencils by Bill Vigoda; Jughead is such a bad singer that Professor Flootsnoot sends him to gym class; He's so much trouble in gym class, Coach Kleats sends him back to choir class. "Jingle Belles"; Jughead sells the same one-of-a-kind musical bracelet to everyone in the school. "Plague Take It"; Reggie convinces Moose that Midge has a disease called "sagacity" and that it is very contagious. "Around The Whirl"; A travel agent comes into the Choklit Shop to talk to Pop about vacation plans. "Peg O' My Heart"; Archie and Reggie study inkblots at the school psychiatrist's office; Archie decides to analyze Jughead's dreams and give Moose a test putting different-shaped blocks into the correct holes. 84 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by George Wildman, Vince Colletta, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Charlton's long-running romance comic focused on the stormy passions of newlyweds. Ellen finds herself with an overprotective surrogate brother: handsome Chubby, the boy next door. Newlywed Harriet finds herself tragically unprepared for the demands of housewifery. When Phyllis is laid up after an operation, she fears her sister will steal her boyfriend Tom. The Man I'll Marry; Hard Road to Happiness; A Suspicious Matter; Homesick Girl; Misunderstanding. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover inks by Vince Colletta. "Turning Point!", inks by Vince Colletta; Louisa lives with her widowed mother and uses her as an excuse to avoid social activities, because "Im desperately afraid of marriage!"; Her friend Cindy convinces her to fill in at a tennis match, and Louisa is paired with the handsome Ty. "The Ghost of Love," pencils by Charles Nicholas; On the day before their wedding, Andy sends June to his office to pick up their plane tickets; While there, she runs into Tad, her former boyfriend. "Secret Money," pencils by Charles Nicholas, inks by Sal Trapani; Stus wife finds money hidden in a shoe; Stu "works late" every night for a week, but she discovers he isnt at his office. "Mother Means Well," pencils by Charles Nicholas, inks by Vince Alascia; Jeff and Fran move back to his hometown after their wedding; At first Fran thinks Jeffs mother is overbearing, but when Fran decorates her new home economically but in good taste, everything is fine. "How Could I Marry?", art by Vince Colletta; Stella is engaged to Roy, but when a doctor tells her she has an irregular heartbeat and shouldnt exert herself, she becomes depressed; She decides to break her engagement, fearing an early death; Stella decides to seek a second opinion and is told her "heart is very good." 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.