Comic books August 1956

Volume 2, Issue 4 - August, 1956. Short-lived vintage men's interest magazine published by George E. von Rosen that ran from May, 1955 to September, 1957. Issues in this series focused heavily on burlesque shows, night clubs, dancers, and celebrities that endorsed the lifestyle. 8.5" x 11", 60 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

Volume 2, Issue 8 - August, 1956. Vintage UK published men's interest digest that features tasteful (non-nude) pin-up photography with short blurbs about the models. 4.5" x 7.5", 64 pages, B&W.

Cover by Warren Kremer. The well-meaning but misunderstood Casper becomes one of Harvey Comics' best-known stars. A magical mirror that doesn't just change its reflection leads to a spell gone awry for Casper, in a three-part story. Casper the Friendly Ghost; The Magic Mirror; Wendy; A Wish for A Miss; A Prince of a Prize; The Flood; Spooky: Some Mice Aint Nice. 36 pages, four color. Cover price $0.10.

"My Son is Different!" (art by Joe Sinnott), "The Man in the Tattered Suit," "The Betrayer," "Easy Money," "The Convicts" (art by Joe Maneely), and a two-page text story, "The Meeting." John Severin cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 4, Issue 38 - August, 1956. Vintage men's interest magazine dedicated to War, Hunting, and Adventure stories, along with adult themed comic strips, and nude pin-up pictorials. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 98 Pages B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Vol. 12. No. 1. August 1, 1956. Illustrated throughout. 5" x 6 1/4". 64 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.35.

Cover art by Harvey Eisenberg. Forest Vigilantes, art by Jack Bradbury; Deer hunter Black Pete tries to cook dinner on a campfire, but Chip 'n' Dale ruin his meal and eventually force him from the forest with the help of some beavers. Untitled The Three Little Pigs story, art by Jack Bradbury; The two lazy brothers pretend to be under a witch's spell to get out of doing yard work. The Summer Wummies, art by Jack Bradbury; Donald is swimming but is bothered by Chip 'n' Dale. The Trade-Munks, script by Don Christensen, art by Jack Bradbury; A couple of thieving trade rats trick Chip 'n' Dale into helping them steal valuables from vacationers. The Stander-Uppers, art by Jack Bradbury; During summer vacation, Chip 'n' Dale find peace and quiet in a school room. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Magic Servants. Cover by William A. Walsh. Stories and art by William A. Walsh and Alex A. Blum. Gilberton expanded its successful Classics Illustrated line with this series devoted to famous fairy tales. On his quest to marry the Princess Pauline, Prince Rudolph is aided by five men, each of whom has an unusual quirk or ability, including one with super-hearing ears and another with a neck like a giraffe. Plus Aesop's fable about the wolf in sheep's clothing, and a look at the tiger. The Magic Servants; Aesop's Fables: A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing; Froggy Went a Courtin'; The Animal World: The Tiger; Color This Picture With Crayons. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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The Magic Servants. NOTE: We do not currently differentiate between HRN 576 copies and other HRN #'s of Classics Illustrated Junior reprints. Cover price $0.15.

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Bill Bunce Cover art. Clear the Track! (Oct. 1956) was released by the the School and College Service division of the Association of American Railroads. An interesting promotional comic telling the story of railroading. Standard 7x10 comic size, 16-pages, full color, newsprint cover and interior.

Combat Casey in "Fighting Mad," "The Enemy Strikes," "No Gas Masks," and an untitled story. Back-up, "the Combat Engineers." Art on all five by Bob Powell. Two-page text story, "Short Victory." Cover price $0.10.

Combat Kelly in "Artillery Trap," "Send in the Infantry," "Crash Landing," and "Combat in Commie-Land!" Back-up story, "G.I. Guerrillas in Green Berets!" Art on all five by Dave Berg. Two-page text story, "Dark Hours." Russ Heath cover? Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro and Tony DiPreta. This boys' adventure title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. The Little Wise Guys follow a bank robber onto an ocean liner, and out to sea. Gruesome Jones uses a trick football to play Lucy to Dilly Duncan's Charlie Brown. The backup historical strip features young people and teens. Also featuring an activities page, including gags and a game with a top on a checkerboard. Little Wise Guys: All Up In the Air, At Sea; It's Child's Play; Dilly Duncan and Gruesome Jones: Paddle Shy; Little Wise Guys: G Whiz, or Chute the Works; Little Wise Guys: Green Around the Gills; Lev Gleason's Fun Time. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Sheldon Moldoff. Batman and Robin's Greatest Mystery, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Stan Kaye. The Case of the Careless Camper! public service announcement starring Peter Porkchops, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. The Man Who Hid His Powers starring Roy Raymond TV Detective, art by Ruben Moreira. Cracking the Safe-Crackers article by Jack Miller. The Martian Convict starring John Jones Manhunter from Mars, art by Joe Certa. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover art by Joe Simon (as Chester Gould). "The Case of the Missing Children," script and art by Chester Gould; Sparkle and Wingy try to save their wading pool but are caught in the floodwaters and carried downstream; A snag punctures their pool, and they begin to sink as it loses air; When all seems lost, they are rescued by Rainbow Riley, a blind girl who carries them back to her house which is being carried downstream by the flood; As this is happening, Tracy and Sam rescue B. O. and Gravel Gertie from the roof of their house. "The Brenly Case" America's Finest text story. "The Prospector" A True Crime Case text story; A sheriff searches for a killer in Arizona. "The Case of the Left-Handed Coat," script and art by Bob Powell; Jackie solves the murder of a mystic. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Tony Strobl. Stories by unknown. Art by Tony Strobl, Jack Bradbury, Paul Murry, Steve Steere and John Liggera. Donald Duck is featured in "A Bucket of Scones," plus the back-up stories "The Swift-Kick Blues" and "The Duck Divers"! Also: 1-pager "Knitted Spaghetti"! Plus: Goofy in "Dry Beach"! And: 1-page Big Bad Wolf text story "The Greedy Host"! Characters in this issue: Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey, Louie, Uncle Scrooge, Gyro Gearloose, Goofy, Big Bad Wolf, Li'l Bad Wolf and the Three Little Pigs. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Pictorial of Brigitte Bardot from the set of Mam'zelle Pigalle, released in 1956. Cover price $0.50.

Vol. 7 #31 - Aug. 3, 1956. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, Jack O'Lantern, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Storm Nelson, The Great Sailor Horatio Nelson. Plus text stories and articles. 10 3/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 7 #32 - Aug. 10, 1956. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, Jack O'Lantern, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Storm Nelson, The Great Sailor Horatio Nelson. Plus text stories and articles. 10 3/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 7 #33 - Aug. 17, 1956. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, Jack O'Lantern, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Storm Nelson, The Great Sailor Horatio Nelson. Plus text stories and articles. 10 3/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 7 #34 - Aug. 24, 1956. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, Jack O'Lantern, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Storm Nelson, The Great Sailor Horatio Nelson. Plus text stories and articles. 10 3/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 7 #35 - Aug. 31, 1956. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, Jack O'Lantern, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Storm Nelson, The Great Sailor Horatio Nelson. Plus text stories and articles. 10 3/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

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Variant text cover with a single color, otherwise same contents as art cover edition. Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 1, Issue 11 - August 1956. Men's interest magazine featuring articles, cartoons and pictorials. This issue with a Diane Webber cover and pictorial. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 68 pages, PC/PB&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.50.

Vol. 16, No. 2 - August 1956. 6.5" x 9.25", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Aug 1968. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Robert Silverberg, Henry Still, Ivar Jorgensen, Robert Arnette, Robert Randall, and Ralph Burke. Virgil Finlay and Carmine Infantino illustrations. Cover by Edward Valigursky. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 9 - Number 8, August 1956. Pulp magazine devoted to exploring the paranormal. This issue features A Mystery on the Moon, New Orleans Devil Worship, and the Meaning of the Dead Sea Scroll! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 page, Text (with B&W Illustrations and Photos). Cover price $0.35.

Cover by Joe Oriolo. Stories and art by Joe Oriolo. Comics adventures of the popular, long-running cartoon character; this series often featured art by Joe Oriolo, who made the character his own. Felix doesn't believe in giants, until he finds himself looking up at one. Felix is taken aboard a Navy battleship and gets treated like a floor mat, in the latest chapter of the "Tee Vee Serial." Inky and Dinky decide to see for themselves what the moon is made of. Giant Size; Tale of a Shoe; Kitty; Flyin' High; In the Swim; Fat Chance; Felix's Tee Vee Serial; Inky and Dinky. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

French Edition of (The Magazine of...) Fantasy and Science Fiction. A typical issue contains original French fiction along with some American stories translated from the US magazine. Photo montage cover. Philip José Farmer, Marcel Brion, Arthur Porges, Guy Vaes, Fredric Brown, Issac Asimov, Chad Oliver & Charles Beaumont, Poul Anderson, Ray Bradbury. Softcover digest, 6 1/4-in. x 7 1/2-in., 128 pages, black and white (text, no illustrations).

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Film in Review is a publication of the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, Inc, an independent, non-profit organization of public citizens founded in 1909 to represent the interests of the motion picture public. This National Board further assists the development of the motion picture as a source of entertainment, as education, and as art, by providing media for the expression of the public's opinion about films and their cultural and social effects. 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Bill Draut, Ross Andru, Joe Certa and Bob Powell. Tales of love and heartbreak in 1950s America from publisher Harvey. Nancy wants boyfriend Vic to take part in a race that can save her trucking company, but Vic's response is disappointing. Party girl Marion learns she only has months to live, and wonders if she should spend them with steady John or in a life of wild dissipation. Betty is conflicted when her friend Irene's husband seems to fall in love with her, but it's all a case of mistaken identity. I Gambled on Love; Last Goodbye; The Perfect Wardrobe; Exit, Love ...; The Kiss; The Bashful Suitor; My Secret! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 6, Issue 8 - August, 1956. Men's interest magazine featuring Athletes, True Crime, Starlets, and Pin-ups. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Ogden Whitney. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Hy Eisman, John Rosenberger and Emil Gershwin. An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. A scientist in England discovers a manor house where ancient music plays, and meets a woman who leaves no footprints in the snow; An Air Force pilot parachutes into the Garden of Eden; A man seeks the truth about his bad luck and finds it in the stars. The Girl on Kenniston Crag!; Voice Out of Space; Strange Garden; Congo Episode!; Vera, My Dark Star! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Joe Gill, Sal Trapani, Maurice Whitman, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, Bill Molno and Rocco Mastroserio. Hardboiled, one-eyed private eye Johnny Dynamite completes his transformation into a Cold War secret agent. Vic Moley tracks counterfeiter Hans Schneider to Europe. Noteworthy for a note from publisher Alfred Fago on the first page, explaining the new Comics Code seal on the cover. Agent Ed Carnahan tracks a crime ring that's supplying Communist agents. Hardboiled, one-eyed private eye Johnny Dynamite is hired to track missing Rembrandts from a museum. Rendezvous in East Berlin; Forbidden Frontier; Lazy Lee; Boxcar Benny; Mail Box Mistake; Operation Cupid; Too Many Rembrandts; Headline Harry: The Accidental Accident! Final issue under this title; series continues as Battlefield Action (1957) #16. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.