Comic books August 1957

MATURE READERS. In this issue: Playbill; Dear Playboy; Playboy After Hours; Incident Off Land's End - fiction by Jacob Hay; The Goofy Girls - nostalgia by Robert Paul Smith; Color-Coding the Basic Wardrobe - attire by Blake Rutherford; Balance Sheet - fiction by Morton Fineman; Denison's Sports Cars - pictorial by Ben Denison; Do Nice Artistic Girls? - fiction by Herbert Gold; The Maxims of Maize - food by Thomas Mario; Five Card Poker and the Hell with It - opinion by Max Shulman; Miss August - Playboy's Playmate of the Month; Playboy's Party Jokes - humor; The Watch Word - accessories; Hemingway - pastiche by Jed Kiley; The Face Is Familiar - personality by Arnold; Lovers Aloft - ribald classic by Joseph Addison; View from a Penthouse - pictorial; Take Your Seats - humor by Ray Russell; Bluebeard - ballad; and Playboy's International Datebook - travel by Patrick Chase. Cover price $0.50.

LIttle Audrey in "Gettin' the Chair," "Don't Count on Your Fingers," and "Too Hot to Handle." Tiny in "Neatness Doesn't Count." Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 108 #2 - August 1957. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue features: "Saga of the DC-3", "How You Can Spot a Satellite", "They Find Water on the Desert", "You Can Handle Those Small Concrete Jobs" and more. 6.5-in. x 9.25-in., 248 pages, PC/B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, and Sal Trapani. Racket Squad's focus on swindlers and con games allowed it to survive the Comics Code longer than most Pre-Code crime comics. Detective O'Malley discovers the secret behind a long-unsolved string of car thefts. Cyrus Wells gains a reputation for clairvoyance by predicting news events a day before they're broadcast on the radio to his small mountain village. When people have no memory of being swindled out of their money, Detective O'Malley suspects a crooked hypnotist is behind it all. Dead Duck; The Oracle; Some Stones; They Couldnt Remember; Big Bargain. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 5 - August 1957. Men's adventure magazine featuring articles, fiction, humor, and pin-up pictorials. This issue features a 6-page pictorial on Tempest Storm. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 66 pages, B&W. MATURE. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Fred Kida. "The Man Who Couldn't Talk!", art by Dick Ayers; The Rawhide Kid and Randy Clayton are in Shotgun City when they spot a man tied to a horse near the brink of death with a note pinned to his back; The note reads "This hombre got too nosey and too close" which does not tell them much. "Good Ranch Hand" text story, art by John Severin. "Stampede!", art by Dick Ayers; With a herd of cattle stampeding toward Shotgun City, the Rawhide Kid takes control of the situation; He gets the locals to string a rope across the town's main stream and drapes fabric along the rope; When the cattle get near to town, the Kid and the other locals light the fabric on fire, spooking the cattle away from town; Rounding up the herd they find brands belonging to the Triangle X ranch that is located out in San Pedro. "The Man Who Flaunted the Law!", art by Dick Ayers; Wealthy Jake Bragg is on the rampage in town shooting the place up but he is put down hard by the Rawhide Kid who tries to talk sense into him that he has to contribute his wealth to town, but Bragg refuses and leaves town; The Rawhide Kid then checks in with Ben Yarby, who tells him that Bragg is at the top of the list for people who owe taxes to the town. "The Bushwhacker," script by Don Rico, art by Angelo Torres. "Desperate Decision!", art by Dick Ayers; Clyde Madison is running trouble in town forcing the Rawhide Kid to put a stop to his wild shooting; The Kid takes his guns away but Clyde warns him that he will get revenge, telling the Kid and Sheriff Ben Yarby that his father is the notorious outlaw Blast Madison before he is forced to ride out of town. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Article on Fairplay, Colorado (a ghost town with burros). The Threat starring Rex Allen, Koko, Sheriff Clem Miller, Bob Jones, Gail Jones, Pete Rabb, and Si Bond, art by Bill Ziegler. Wolf Strategy text story. One-Way Ticket--Tales of the Roaring West, pencils by Sparky Moore. The Man Hunters starring Rex Allen, art by Nicholas Firfires. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Jack Schiff, Curt Swan and Stan Kaye. Western comics featuring the masked hero The Rider, once known as Lone Rider. The Rider intervenes after Big Paul tries to steal a uranium mine. An outlaw hides out in a house on the state border, where legal jurisdiction runs out, creating a situation only the Rider can resolve. Betty gets jealous of Stan's interest in "Effie," in a PSA about radio systems with art by future Superman artist Curt Swan. Also featuring a vintage ad starring baseball legend Yogi Berra. The Rider: Very Private Property; Boot Tracks and Bullets; Swift Arrow: The Time of the Hunt; A Date With Effie; The Rider: The Trouble Tribe!; The Rider: Don't Fence Him In. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Maneely. "The Last Challenge," art by Joe Maneely; The Ringo Kid stops an attempted robbery of the Cattleman's Bank owned by Chet Guthrie. However when the sheriff arrives, the Kid has to defend himself from being implicated as a crime and is locked up as a material witness in insure that he does not flee; Ringo is partnered in a cell with Johnny Tumbleweed, a reformed outlaw who tells him that Chet Guthrie was the reason why he was locked up in jail as well. "The Right of Way text story, art by Reed Crandall. "The Ghost of Sam Magee," art by Joe Maneely; In Gila City, Spotting a stage coach that is out of control, the Ringo Kid rushes after it; But as he grabs hold of the reins an eerie voice orders him to let go of the reins or die and the Kid lets go an narrowly avoids getting trampled; Meeting with the sheriff who was also after the coach he tells his experience and is told that Jake Grimley, the man who was scheduled to ride the stage, said the same thing when the horses suddenly started to run wild. "Make Every Bullet Count," art by Joe Maneely; In the town of Powder Keg the Ringo Kid is heading back to the stable to collect his horse when suddenly someone starts shooting at him; Whirling around he is surprised to find that it is Buzz Drury, who was testing to see if Ringo is still as fast as he remembers. "The Streets of Larrame," art by Joe Certa. "The Pirates of the Plains," art by Joe Maneely; The Ringo Kid, his father Cory Rand, and his Comanche friend Dull Knife ride into the town of Stampede; They are spotted by men under the employ of a gambler named Pecos and they go to warn their boss; When the Ringo Kid and his companions arrive outside the gambling hall, Ringo tells them to wait outside to keep people from interfering with his confrontation; Ringo then confronts Pecos and orders him to return the property he stole from the local Pawnee tribe. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover inks by Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Bill Molno and Sal Trapani. Charlton presents tales of Robin Hood, freely adapted from the legends of old. A high price on his head makes Robin the target of every mercenary and soldier in England, even the honest ones. A warrior "Hun" from Eurasia bests King Richard's knights in a tournament, so Robin takes him on himself. Captain Clayton's ship is lured into the clutches of a masked pirate by a phony harbor beacon. Well Rewarded; The Conquering Hun!; The Magic Horn; Damsel in Distress; Beacon of Doom; The Ex-Robber Baron. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Magic Arrows!" Based on the legend surrounding the famous sword Excalibur, this story finds Robin Hood to be the only man who can work an especially powerful longbow. Merlin the Magician guest stars. Also includes "The Sleeper of Sherwood Forest!" and "The Soothsayer of Doom!" Art and cover by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 4, No. 6. Aug., 1957. Early East coast hot rod magazine. Numerous articles about making your car faster and cooler, including: "Building a '40 Ford Stormer" and an article on an absolutely gorgeous "T" bucket titled "The Black Widow". Heavily illustrated. 5.5" x 8". 66 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 2, Issue 6 - August, 1957. Vintage men's interest magazine that features articles, exposes, humorous stories and a fair amount of nude pin-up photographs. This issue features articles by Robert Bloch, James Miller, Mack Reynolds, and short fiction stories "Rogue of Distinction" part 13 of a series by Mike Todd, and "Trade Secret" by Carl Wedeking. 8" x 10.5", 82 pages, B&W/Color. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.35.

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"The Unmasked Heart!" (art by Vince Colletta), "You Cannot Marry" (art by Colletta), "The Nights Are So Lovely" (art by Larry Lieber), and "Music For a Lost Love!" (art by Colletta), plus a two-page text story, "A Mind of Her Own." Colletta cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Sal Trapani, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Code-approved crime comics from Charlton featuring rookie cop Sam. Seeking to nab gangster Tiger Milan, Sam tickets him for a parking violation, and is targeted by Tiger's gang. Assigned to the beat of crime-ridden Kragg Street, Sam confronts gangsters Fink and Porky. A cab driver tries to warn rookie cop Jerry that a bank robber is in his back seat. Tiger Cub; Tough Beat; The Champs of the Ninth Ward; The Missing Shipment; A Lot to Learn; Coincidence; S.O.S; A Familiar Face. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1, Issue 4 - August, 1957. Men's magazine with fiction, articles, cartoons, humor, and pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 10", 76 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 4, Issue 6 - August 1957. Cover by Doug Allen. Men's adventure magazine focusing on jungle and hunting adventures. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, Text with B&W photos Cover price $0.35.

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Men's interest magazine focusing on Western adventure stories. 8.5" x 11", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 1, Issue 5 - August, 1957. Satire, articles, reviews, adult comic strips, and tasteful pin-up pictorials. 8" x 11", 68 pages, B&W/Color. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

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Al Capp's "Wondrous Li'l Abner in this issue"

Aug 1957. Cover by Mel Hunter. Science fiction novel "Year of the Comet" by John Christopher, short stories "Cathartic" by William Sambrot and "Some Rain" by Dal Stivens, and comic strip Lil' Abner in "The Time Capsule" by Al Capp. Interior illustrations by Leo Morey. 5-3/8 in. x 7-5/8 in.; black and white; 132 pages. Cover price $0.35.

Vol. 8 #24 - August 1957. Science Fantasy, which later became Impulse and then SF Impulse, was a UK published science-fiction and fantasy digest that began production in the Summer of 1950 and was distributed by Nova Publications as a companion to Nova's New Worlds. When Nova went out of business in early 1964, The title was changed to Impulse in early 1966, to little avail, and then changed once more to SF Impulse for the last few issues. Science Fantasy ceased publication the following year, after the printer went bankrupt. Edited by John Carnell. Stories by Brian Aldiss, Richard Wilson, Robert Silverberg, A. Bertram Chandler and others. Cover by Jose Rubios. 5 1/4-in. x 7 3/4-in., 128 pages, black and white.

Love Finds a Way; Guy flirts with Ellen; she leaves the city and moves to his town only to find he is already engaged. To Bill... with Love; Martha and Bill have been dating for years, but don't plan to get married until he is established in his career. Your Dreams Are Mine. Peg story, script and art by Henry Boltinoff. Lonely Lovesong; Mary goes away on a vacation when she and Bill break up but she can't stop thinking about him. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bob Oksner. Untitled story, art by Bob Oksner; Sgt. Bilko invents a story about the camp being infiltrated with spies to conceal the fact that he's holding an illegal dance and raffle on the base. How to Make New Friends public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bob Oksner; Pete befriends a new kid in the neighborhood where Allergy is reluctant. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.