Comic books January 1963

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12¢ Cover Price Edition. "Point of View," art by Harry Lucey; The faculty is so used to the same old grind that they don't notice when a creature from outer space registers as a student. "Having a Ball" one-page story, art by Dan DeCarlo; Betty thinks Veronica has a bowling ball in the bag she brings to the bowling alley, but in reality it is just her makeup bag. "The Beast from Space," script by Robert Bernstein, art by John Rosenberger; A monster creature from outer space, curious about hydrogen bomb testing, comes to Earth; The Fly and Fly Girl are unable to stop it until they lure it to an H-bomb test. Archie's Christmas Stocking ad. "Big Business," script and art by Joe Edwards; Jinx finds no buyers for her old toys until she starts giving trading stamps. Archie Club News. "The Phantom," pencils by Harry Lucey; When Moose threatens to smash him after school, Archie tries to get a detention so he'll be kept after school; Unfortunately Archie's infractions are so blatant that Mr. Weatherbee thinks he's having hallucinations. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.

15¢ Test Market Cover Price Edition. "Point of View," art by Harry Lucey; The faculty is so used to the same old grind that they don't notice when a creature from outer space registers as a student. "Having a Ball" one-page story, art by Dan DeCarlo; Betty thinks Veronica has a bowling ball in the bag she brings to the bowling alley, but in reality it is just her makeup bag. "The Beast from Space," script by Robert Bernstein, art by John Rosenberger; A monster creature from outer space, curious about hydrogen bomb testing, comes to Earth; The Fly and Fly Girl are unable to stop it until they lure it to an H-bomb test. Archie's Christmas Stocking ad. "Big Business," script and art by Joe Edwards; Jinx finds no buyers for her old toys until she starts giving trading stamps. Archie Club News. "The Phantom," pencils by Harry Lucey; When Moose threatens to smash him after school, Archie tries to get a detention so he'll be kept after school; Unfortunately Archie's infractions are so blatant that Mr. Weatherbee thinks he's having hallucinations. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.15.

MATURE READERS. Cover price $1.00.

Patcheye, the Pirate! starring Popeye and Patcheye. Phantom Boy Friend starring Popeye. Ghosts Don't Pay Rent starring Uncle Elmo. The Sad Return starring George W. Geezil, Popeye, and Wimpy. Spooked Vulture starring Sea Hag. Ghosk Mountain starring Popeye, Brutus, Alice the Goon, and Eugene the Jeep. Ghostly Traits article. Spirit Boss starring O. G. Wotasnozzle. Spook Cave starring Swee'Pea and Eugene. Spookburger starring Wimpy. Cover and interior art by Bud Sagendorf, scripts by Sagendorf. Based on the classic cartoon and comic strip character. 84 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

This is the 7th issue, the January-June 1963 issue indexing PS Magazine #'s 122-127. PS The Preventive Maintenance Monthly Indexes are published twice yearly and cover the first six and the last six months of each year. The interior is text only (an index), but the front and back cover feature full page illustrations from the Will Eisner (creator of the Spirit) Studio.

Vol. 2, No. 6 - January, 1963. Men's adventure magazine with articles, fiction, humor, and pin-up pictorials. 8.25" x 11", 66 pages, B&W. MATURE Cover price $0.35.

Volume 2, Issue 1 - January, 1963. Short-lived vintage men's interest magazine loaded with articles, humorous cartoons, adult fiction stories, and nude black and white/color photography. 8" x 10.5", 66 pages, mostly B&W with some color pages. Cover price $0.60.

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No. 27 - January 1963. 8" x 11", 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Issue 7 - January, 1963. Revels was a very short-lived vintage men's interest magazine that focused entirely on black and white nude pin-up photography, and included a full color centerfold pull-out poster with each issue. 8.5" x 10.5", 60 pages, B&W with color centerfold. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $1.00.

Richie Rich stars in The Super Garden (Gloria tours Richie's parent's garden) and Leave it to Bascomb (Bascomb must get Richie to a party on time). Little Lotta stars in Special Delivery (Lotta must return briefcase to her father's client). Little Dot stars in Problem Child (Dot must go to the school psychologist). Ad for The Casper the Friendly Ghost and Company TV show. Cover art by Warren Kremer. $0.12. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.12.

Vintage men's interest magazine full of articles, short fiction, Adult oriented comic strips, and tasteful nude pin-up photography. 8" x 11", 80 pages, Mostly B&W with some color pages. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.60.

Cover by Vince Colletta. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas and Vince Colletta. Tales of secret love, heartbreak, unrequited love, and reconciliation. The first that newlywed Ruby hears of her husband's old flame Donna is when Donna drops by for a visit. A woman takes love for granted, until a crisis changes everything. Everyone sees Ray as a good-for-nothing drifter, except Beth, who believes he can be a success. An Old Flame; Dangerous Romance; Through Love's Eyes!; Just Don't; My Mixed-Up Heart. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Men's interest magazine focusing on Western adventure stories. 8.5" x 11", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Vol. 1#5 - February, 1962. Short-lived men's interest magazine that features erotic short fiction stories, articles and nude pin-up pictorials. 8"x10.5", 58pgs, B&W/Color. MATURE READERS. Cover price $1.00.

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Stories and art by Forrest J. Ackerman, Bob Price and Sam Sherman. A movie-themed spin-off of Famous Monsters of Filmland, with a wider focus on all aspects of movies, including action, war, Westerns and comedies. A profile of screen Tarzan Jock Mahoney. The women of the classic movie-serial cliffhangers. A tribute to movie cowboys Big Boy Williams and Rex Bell. The robots of serial villain Dr. Satan. Republic's action-packed movie serials. Plus vintage ads for oddball products, including a "Real Shadow-Type Mask" like that worn by the star of the Shadow movie serials. Flicks in the Future; The Serial Queens; Tarzan 1962; Hollywood Thrill Factory; Private Screening; Now You've Done It; Mysterious Dr. Satan; Flashbacks; The Saga of Superman. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by John Romita, Sr. Stories by unknown. Art by John Romita, Sr., Arthur Peddy, Bernard Sachs, Mike Sekowsky and unknown. Featuring: "Heartbreak on Order"; "Please Say Goodbye"; "The Ache of Love"; and "Look the Other Way"! Plus: Romance in Fashion filler. And: Letters page by Ann Martin, Counselor-at-Love. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Volume 21, Issue 3 - January, 1963. 8" x 10.5", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - January, 1963. Vintage men's interest magazine with stories and photographs all aimed at the playboy lifestyle. Softcover Magazine, 8" x 11", 46 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

Articles on sports, crime, and adventuring, plus pin-up photos. 8" x 10.5". 66 pages. B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.35.

Photo cover features Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, and Joan O'Brien. Art by Joe Certa. Cover number is #12-750-301. Dell Movie Classics presented comics based on Hollywood films (not all of them classics). This issue is based on the 1962 Western starring Audie Murphy. Lone cowpoke Ben joins forces with older Frank when Frank is hired by Kelly to escort her to her husband's town. But Kelly is not who she appears to be. Plus articles about the mustang and the Apaches. 6 Black Horses; The Mustang; The Apache Tribes. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas, and Vince Alascia. A showcase for popular Western heroes. Scar Blimey and his Comancheros, a sort of Old West Genghis Khan and his horde, ride into town, and only Annie Oakley dares stand against them. Wyatt Earp struggles to keep the peace in Dodge when a cattle drive stops in town and the cowboys bring their wild ways with them. Clay Boone and his friends are taken captive by Spider Lash and his gang (you've gotta love these names), but Clay must get away so he can change into the Gunmaster. Plus a comics biography of real-life gunfighter Sam Bass. Gunmaster: Flaming Guns; Annie Oakley: Raid of the Comancheros; The One That Got Away; Sheriff Slidell: Harry Has a Horse; Sam Bass; Wyatt Earp: The Badge. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Volume 3, issue 3 - January 1963. Men's interest magazine featuring adventure and action stories, true life stories, and pictorials. Cover by Mark Schneider. Cover stories include "Sex Aflot: The Willing Women American Men are Passing Up!", "Sergeant Farley's Moment of Terror!" and "I Fought with Sadists on the Cliff of Death!" 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 74 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations and photos) MATURE READERS Cover price $0.35.

Cover by Jose Bea. Art by Ramon Torrents and Jose Lombardia. 20 pages, full color.

Cover by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Space tramp Nate Carstairs finds the first alien life encountered in centuries of space exploration, and she looks like a beautiful Earth woman. Aliens land on Earth, only to find everyone frozen into living statues by the effects of a strange super-weapon. An astronaut gets left behind on an ice planet, and then he meets the inhabitants. Unknown Hero; The Key to Life; The Three Throgas of Threma; Good-Will Ambassador; His Own Kind. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Science-fiction tales with twist endings from the dawn of the Space Age. The remotely-controlled spaceships of the Brain Master decimate the Earth's defenses. The spore-creatures of Planet X are able to take on the form of humans, or something disturbingly close. A space battle comes down to a zero-gee fist-fight between the two commanders, one of whom is a woman. Underworld; The Beginning; Engine No. 29: Always on Time; The Brain Master. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Volume 1, Issue 3 - January, 1963. Vintage men's interest magazine with a focus on the the playboy lifestyle of the time. Softcover Magazine, 8" x 11", 46 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

January - February, 1963. Sci-Fi and Fantasy review fanzine Created by Lin Carter. Reviews of a variety of books from the time. 8-1/2" x 11", 28 pages, B&W.

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Dinosaur issue. Cover pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. The Nightmare War featuring The War That Time, script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. The Flying Island, art by Jerry Grandenetti. Battle Odds, art by Jack Abel. Khaki-Yaks humor page, art by Irwin Hansen. Always Ready Battle Story of the 130th Infantry Regiment, script and pencils by Morris Waldinger, inks by Tom Nicolisi. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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"Earth Hero Number One!" (pencils by Gil Kane); "Earth--the Forbidden Planet!" (pencils by Murphy Anderson, inks by Sy Barry); and "The Evolutionary Ensign of Space!" (pencils by Carmine Infantino). 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. First appearance of Paste-Pot Pete (later called the Trapster) in "Paste-Pot Pete!", script by Stan Lee (plot) and Larry Lieber (script), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Human Torch stops Paste-Pot Pete from stealing an experimental missile from the military. "Venus!" text story. "Markham's Magic Crayon!", script by Stan Lee (plot) and Larry Lieber (script), art by Paul Reinman; A greedy factory owner fires a worker who claims to have made a magic crayon; He finds that the crayon really is magic, giving him the ability to draw fabulously. "The Frog-Man!", script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; An evil king is turned into a frog by a sorcerer; He hibernates for centuries hoping that the future will hold a cure, but Halloween costumes make him think that humans are now giant frogs and he goes to sleep forever. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9d cover price. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. First appearance of Paste-Pot Pete (later called the Trapster) in "Paste-Pot Pete!", script by Stan Lee (plot) and Larry Lieber (script), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Human Torch stops Paste-Pot Pete from stealing an experimental missile from the military. "Venus!" text story. "Markham's Magic Crayon!", script by Stan Lee (plot) and Larry Lieber (script), art by Paul Reinman; A greedy factory owner fires a worker who claims to have made a magic crayon; He finds that the crayon really is magic, giving him the ability to draw fabulously. "The Frog-Man!", script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; An evil king is turned into a frog by a sorcerer; He hibernates for centuries hoping that the future will hold a cure, but Halloween costumes make him think that humans are now giant frogs and he goes to sleep forever. 36 pgs., full color.