Comic books 1955 w/ month not specified

Cover art by Dick Giordano. "The Chamelon Kid Chapter One Death Sets A Trap," art by Dick Giordano ? (p.1) and Ralph Carlson (pp.2-7); In a severe drought, the community of Deerhorn is hiring a rainmaker; He fires a cannon to get rain, and at the same time his gang blast the vault in the bank and gets off with ten thousand dollars. "The Sizzling Point"; Dee Dickens gets first prize for having the ugliest mask at the masquerade, without wearing a mask. "The Chameleon Kid Chapter Two "Doom In the Darkness," art by Ralph Carlson; Rocky gets loose from the snare and follows the trail till he meets a wagon with Dr. Marvel with his Wonder Elixir. In town every man is doped by the elixir of Dr. Marvel, and he and his men pick their pockets clean. One-page text story; A letter from "Rocky" about farming and agriculture. "Grizzly Guardian" text story. "The Chameleon Kid Chapter Three The Gold Raid," art by Ralph Carlson; The Chameleon gang hijacks a mule transport with gold dust. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Howard Boughner and Ralph Carlson. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. While searching for escaped convicts, "Secret Marshal" Rocky is joined by a boy seeking his missing brothers. Together they discover an ancient civilization hidden behind a waterfall, and must protect the Toltec gems from the outlaws, in a multi-part story. Land of Missing Men Chapter One: Tombstone Gunplay; Gopherface; Loco Lew; Chief Gray Matter; Vengeance of Centuries; The Three Deuces; Sagebrush; Idol of Doom; Old Slick. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Frank Doyle and Ralph Carlson. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. "Secret Marshal" Rocky is framed for a robbery-murder and must prove his innocence. Hyde and Seake stop at a hotel with a mosquito problem. During a prisoner transfer, Rocky is ambushed, and now the outlaws have his badge. Trouble Trail; Slim Dickens: The Big Battle; Silent Slim's Enemy; Hyde and Seake; The Drygulching Desperados. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Mario DeMarco and Ralph Carlson. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. "Secret Marshal" Rocky tracks an evil mastermind who is turning honest ranchers into hunted fugitives. But he finds the ranchers themselves are taking the law into their own hands, in an 18-page story. Plus fun facts about racehorses, mustangs, and Tom Smith, the 1860 Marshal of Abilene. The Looters of Lawless Range; Relatively Speaking; Black Jack's Hitching Post; The Man Who Tamed Abilene; Windy: Farm Foolery. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Ogden Whitney and others. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Marla loses everything to her rich, beautiful cousin Paulette, until she meets the right man; A woman meets a handsome man when they share a cab in a rainstorm; Secretary Alice falls for the dashing TV executive she works for. Romance of a Nobody!; Ideal Girl; April Showers...and Love!; Love Can't Be Bought!; Happy Failure; Too Good For Me! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Cynthia gets a surprising declaration from the man whos always been like a big brother to her; Two lifelong friends find their loyalties tested when they fall for the same man; Wealthy, engaged Beth escapes a storm in a writers cottage and inadvertently creates a scandal. Dream Man!; You Can't Beat Love!; Two Girls and One Man!; Spoiled Brat; That Minton Girl!; Sandra, My Mortal Enemy! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by John Forte and John Rosenberger. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Wealthy Tony falls for Linda during a round-the-world cruise, but fears shes only after his money; A theatrical agent is tired of men who want to date her as a ticket to stardom; Advice on winning a man by not being a pest or overly competitive. Round-the-World Romance!; Afraid of Her Shadow!; Fooled by a Phony!; Love Takes its Cue!; Are You the Girl Men Dread?; Bitter Medicine! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Chic Stone and George Klein. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Actress Louise cant escape the man she left behind; A bet between two sailors leads to love with a beautiful redhead; Unusual marriage customs from around the world. Everybody's Girl!; Ballet Romance; Shipboard Romeo!; Puppy Love!; Dulcy Gets Her Man!; Strange Marriage Customs; Tell Secrets! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by John Forte. Stories and art by John Forte and others. More torrid tales of pulse-quickening dalliances and affairs of the heart. Marge and Ted fall in love at a ski resort, but a life together seems impossible. That is, until an intervention by real-life conductor and harmonica player Richard Hayman, appearing in a (somewhat random) cameo. Ellie turns her back on the man she loves when she gets a chance at the good life, but guilt ruins her happiness. Two Loves Have I; She Wanted My Husband; Reckless Romance; My Guilty Heart. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by John Forte. Stories and art by Tony Tallarico and Norman Nodel. More torrid tales of pulse-quickening dalliances and affairs of the heart. A woman wonders if it's too late for her to find love at her age. A baby-faced gal can't get men to take her seriously, especially the one she really wants. First issue to feature the Comics Code seal on the cover. Too Late, My Love!; Never Too Old For Love; Just A Cutie-Pie; It Looks Like Love; I Love You Respectfully. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Marc Swayze and Jeri Stepp. Women navigate America's dating landscape in the 1950s and 1960s. Jane loses her fiance Joe in a military plane crash, while Enid's beau March survives the same crash. Med student Jim dates nurse Irene, but their busy schedules interfere, in a rare story narrated by the male character. Redheaded Sheila gets engaged to Bill, but that only proves to her how much she still loves Rod. Jean despises sick people and only wants to date the healthy (!), but then she learns that handsome Dan is suffering from malaria. Choice to Heartbreak; The Awakening; The Good, Good Life; Memory's Souvenir; Quiz. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jon D'Agostino. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Charles Nicholas, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, and Jon D'Agostino. Tales of secret love, heartbreak, unrequited love, and reconciliation. Factory girl Inez invents a history and dates her foreman Jim on a bet, but then she falls for him for real, in a story with art by comics legend Bob Powell. Fran is torn between steady boyfriend Bix and male model Don. Two people fall for each other at a party, even though they're both blindfolded, in a story with art (and cover) by future Archie Comics legend Jon D'Agostino. Blind Man's Buff; My Inconstant Heart; Broken Romance; Bride Willing; The Lie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Published in Australia. Collection of Eric Jolliffe's Saltbush Bill cartoons. 10" x 6.5", 40 pages, B&W

UK Series. Reprints material from Samson (1955 Ajax) #13. 6 1/2" x 9", 28 pages, B&W.

Samuel Rifken Furs matchbook with a sample of Natural Mink attached. This matchbook came from the matchbook samples catalog for Samuel Rifken Fur Company in Glendale, California. Color of mink varies.

Volume 1 Issue #1 - 1955. Men's interest magazine. Tempest Storm and Lily St. Cyr. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 52 pages, black and white. Mature readers. Cover price $1.00.

Santa Meets the Martians (circa 1955) was a promotional comic book distributed by Sales Promotions Inc. Santa takes his rocket ship on a trip through the Milky Way (depicted by hundreds of floating bottles of milk) and meets Trixie, Mumble, Jumble, and Bumble, friendly Martians. These spunky gnomes from Mars return to the North Pole and Santa's Workshop to help assemble toys for all the good little boys and girls of the world. Includes games, and puzzles, cut-out Christmas tree ornaments, and much more. 16 pages, full color, newsprint, 7-in. x 10-in.

Save and Borrow at 6,700 Savings and Loan Associations! was published in 1955 by Vital Publications as a free promotional item given out nation wide by savings and loan companies. 16-pages including covers, all newsprint, full-color, standard comic book dimensions, no cover price.

Volume 6 -1st printing. Comprehensive pictorial and statistical record of the 1955 movie season with over 1,000 photos. Hardcover - lacking dust jacket, 6-in. x 9-in., 240 pages, B&W.

Rare 3-issue Banded set of 7c comics still in original color paper band reading "A Good Comic 3 for 15c (see picture). In 1955 Modern Store Publications released a paper-banded set containing the following 7c cover-priced mini-comics: Gay Comics #1, Pop Comics #1 and Whee Comics #1 Modern Store Publications, 45 West 45th Street, NY, NY. These sets may have been distributed at this unique retail price as a set and by individual comic, but these small comics were likely also distributed by retailers as a giveaway. All stores in all issues are funny animal as per the following examples: Teepee Tim, the Indian Boy, Witch Hazel (not the one in Little Lulu!), Hare-Brained Tortoise etc. These 7c comics are all 36-pages, full color, slick cover with standard newsprint interior, 5-1/8-in. x 7-in., 7c cover price, and Comics Code approved. They contains numerous ads for child-related national brands such as U.S. Keds shoes, Wheaties, Tootsie Roll, Bazooka Bubble Gum, Baby Ruth Candy, and Nabisco Wheat Honeys, to name a few. NOTE: Only the three titles listed above are know to have been produced in this series. Others may have been produced although we think it unlikely. Cover price $0.07.

A guide for photographers containing nude female models to further acquaint the professional and the amateur with the female form, which is the basis of all fine art. Softcover Digest, 4" x 5", 32 pages, B&W. -Mature Readers- Cover price $0.50.

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Vol. 1, No. 6. 1955. Elizabeth Taylor on cover. Movie fan magazine with stars' photos and stories. 8.5" x 10.75". 98 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.30.

Cover by Eugene Hughes. Stories and art by Eugene Hughes and others. Tales of gunfighters and outlaws from publisher Stanley Morse. A gunfighter proves to be too quick on the trigger. A history of the many tribes who made up the Iroquois people. An outlaw makes up for his short stature. The Old War Horse; Trigger Happy; Blood of a Chief; The Six Nations of the Iroquois; The Pint-Sized Bandit. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

The Silver Treasure Hunt (circa 1955) is a promotional giveaway comic for Gold Seal Tuna and Salmon, published by the Canadian Fishing Co., Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Official Magazine of the RSROA of America (Roller Skating Rink Operators Association of America). News, articles, competition results, and more. 8-5/8 in. x 11-3/4 in.; black and white; 28 pages on slick paper. Cover price $0.15.

Smokey Bear's Story of the Forest is a promotional activity book illustrated by Harry Rossoll and distributed by the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources Division of Forestry, in cooperation with U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Forest Service. Learn and grow as Smokey promotes forest conservation, forest fire prevention, and pants on land mammals. 16 pages, black and green ink, 7.54-in. x 10-in., newsprint, with no cover price.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in "The MILKY Way" (1955) is a promotional comic distributed by the American Dairy Association, and printed by Western Publishing. The story in this issue is original material produced for the purpose of extolling the benefits of drinking milk, with Grumpy not suprisingly being the most reluctant to appreciate milk, although he is won over by Snow White before the story ends. 16-pages, full color, 6-2/8-in. x 5-in., all newsprint, no cover price. Back cover features an ad for the sponsoring dairy (many variants).

Recipe booklet featuring Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Full color illlustrations on every page from the Disney studio artists. Recipes include pecan pralines, cheese soup, butter toffee and more. Distributed free by the American Dairy Association. 6-in. x 7-in., 12 pages, full color.

2nd and later printings - Fire prevention Promo. Softcover 9-in. x 6-in. 16 pages B&W.

Swedish series. Reprints material from various DC publications. 6 7/8" x 9 3/8", 36 pages, 2-color interior, Swedish language.

True-crime magazine, published yearly. 8.5" x 10.75", 100 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

5" x 8", 36 pages, B&W

The Story of Cooking (circa 1950s) was distributed by Universal Stoves and published by Vital Publications. Tells the history of cooking.

Brochure from Disneyland Parks with maps and information for the many attractions. 6" x 8.5", 24 pages, full color.

The Story of Kirby's Golden Bear (1955 estimated publication date) is a promotional comic distributed by Kirby's Shoes (many stores, primarily in California). Excellent art. Published by Sponsored Comics, Inc., Los Angeles. 16 pages, full color, 8.5-in. x 11-in., all newsprint, no cover price.

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The Story of Land: Its Use and Misuse, a 1955 promotional comic distributed by the Soil Conservation Alliance. This comic tells the story about what soil is and what it means to us. It's an epic tale that traverses the annuals of time. 16 pages, full color, standard comic book dimensions, all newsprint, no cover price, back cover read "Compliments of Corn Belt Implement Company" and features a John Deere advertisement.

Issue 1, 1955. Produced by the Saginaw Steering Gear Division of General Motors Corporation to promote power steering options on their vehicles. 7" x 9.5", 16 pages, full color.