Comic books January 1955

Published by Better Publications (1951-1954) and Standard Magazines (1955-1958) Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Frank Frazetta. Stories and art by Rick Yager, Matt Christopher and Coulton Waugh. The long-running series that introduced "comic books" to the world, featuring reprints of comic strips. Dickie Dare battles an army of robots on a deserted island. Another stunning Frank Frazetta Buck Rogers cover (and an offer to join "Buck Rogers Rocket Rangers"). A series of short "True Heroic Stories," featuring real-life tales of heroism. Buck Rogers; Dickie Dare; Visit Your Schools; Remarkable Record. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Pre-Code science fiction and horror stories from Ajax-Farrell. A scientist realizes that a series of murders is the work of a voodoo mage who can turn into a cat. The legend of the ghostly archers who aided British troops during World War I. A student of the occult meets the ghoul of his dreams. The Tiger's Paw; Dangerous Voyage!; Bewitched Battalion; Lost Comet; Gravestone for Gratis. Final issue under this title; the series continues as Samson (1955 Ajax) #12. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Winter 1955. Alex Schomburg cover. Stories by Murray Leinster, Jack Vance, Kelvin Kent, Bryce Walton, and Winston Marks. Virgil Finlay (2) and Alex Schomburg illustrations. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 112 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Jan 1955. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Science fiction stories by Milton Lesser, Algus Budrys, Judith Merril, Walter M. Miller Jr., Horatio Winslow, Evelyn Goldstein, Robert F. Young, Jeanne Williams, Russ Winterbotham, F.B. Bryning, Bern Sharfman, and Joe Archibald. No interior illustrations. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 8 - Number 1, January 1955. Pulp magazine devoted to exploring the paranormal. This issue features the True Story "a Kiss of Life", and an article from Norman Vincent Peale on Survival! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 page, Text (with B&W Illustrations and Photos). Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, plus a one-pager by Dick Malm. After Marvel's first revival of Captain America, Cap creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby responded with another star-spangled patriot, who soon became a spoof of the superhero genre. Fighting American and Speedboy try to retrieve an H-bomb in India. Speedboy helps a kid victimized by bullies and ends up 3000 years in the past. Invisible Irving brainwashes ordinary Americans into stealing from their workplaces. Follow the Dangerous Trail of Jiseppi the Jungle Boy; Red Agent; The Year Bender; No Greater Glory; Poor Richard; Invisible Irving the Great Nothing. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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., 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

"I Had To Run Away, pencils by Warren Kremer; After graduation, Joy goes to live with her father, the warden of an island prison; Joy falls in love with inmate Carl and agrees to help him escape. "Hasty Wedding!", pencils by John Giunta, inks by Manny Stallman; Betty is engaged to farmer Curt, but when his brother Ralph returns from college, she is attracted to him; Ralph and Betty fall in love and wed; Ralph drops out of school to run the farm, and Curt leaves; Ralph cant manage the farm alone and asks Curt to return. "An Exciting Perfume...This Is Important to Every Attractive Girl!" "Hearts Divided"; Bonnie travels to Scotland to settle an inheritance, leaving her fiancé Vic behind; Her plane crashes and Vic thinks shes dead; However, Bonnie had wandered away from the crash and is rescued by an old farm couple; After recovering, she returns to the USA and searches for Vic, but hes vanished. "The Story Behind the Cover" text story. "Beauty Can Be Skin Deep!"; Advice for skin care. Cupid's Corner love poems by Robert Browning, Heinrich Heine, Burns, Tennyson, Woodberry, and Palmer. Half page of love jokes. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. In "The Tattoo Target!", the Flame and Susan are captured and held by a Miss Sable, who is in business to smuggle illegals into the country, and she wants the Flame to join her in this endeavor as well as putting her competition, under the leadership of Spats Mahooney, out of business! The Flame also stars in "Battlefront: Main Street"! Also featuring "A Star is Hatched" and "Tempest in a Teapot Dome" (about the scandal from the '20s). Plus: 2-page text story "The Trickster"! 32 pages, full color. (Note: Indicia lists #5; title is continued from Lone Eagle (1954).) Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 2, No. 1. January 1955. Men's interest magazine featuring true adventure articles and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 10 3/4-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Indicia title is "DRUM BEAT, No. 610." Photo cover of Johnny MacKay (as played by Alan Ladd) and Captain Jack (Charles Bronson). Drum Beat, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Bob Correa; President Ulysses S. Grant orders Indian fighter Johnny MacKay to negotiate with the Modocs to leave Lost River Valley and return to their reservation at Fort Klamath; The catch is that MacKay has to deal with renegade Modoc leader Captain Jack by peaceful means, despite Jack's fondness for violence. Adapted from the 1954 Warner Bros. movie "Drum Beat." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Paul Murry. Mayor Delivery; Donald is a helicopter mail pilot; He is asked to fly to the mountains to bring the mayor, who is snow-bound, back to town for an important meeting. The Horse Show; Grandma Duck, who won a horse show 25 years ago, enters the contest again, with the same horse, Old Shickapoo. The Joy of Giving; Scrooge's horoscope says he should "Be generous today!; Give freely and you will receive much joy and bountiful reward!; He follows the advice by giving away pennies to youngsters. Antique Chairs and Treasure; The Beagle Boys are stealing antique chairs, looking for a treasure map that is concealed in the leg of one. Scripts by Del Connell, art by Dick Moores. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Dumbo (2nd Printing). Same cover as 1st printing but has Timothy Mouse added and striped background. Same Contents. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "M.G.M.'s MOUSE MUSKETEERS, No. 670." Cover art by Harvey Eisenberg. The Poaching Poossycat; M'sieur Poossycat is poaching the King's pheasants in order to sell them to the villagers. The Jousting Knight; Red Dog, a famed jouster, challenges M'sieur Poossycat to a jousting duel. The King's Signet Ring; The King makes the Musketeers rulers of the Province of Calvados. Clock Stoppers; M'sieur Poossycat convinces the King to order all mice to leave town before noon. All art by Harvey Eisenberg. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Charles Schulz, Ernest G. Osborne and Leonard Sansone. The comic-strip adventures of aspiring model Fritzi Ritz and her boyfriend, the bumbling Phil Fumble. Fritzi was later known as "Aunt Fritzi" in the Nancy comic strip. Phil finds a way to keep Fritzi's cat from leaving the yard. A strangely prescient strip has Fritzi wearing a face mask (with lipstick). Lucy assumes the worst when she finds a love poem in Wally's schoolbook. One of the backup strips in the comic is Charles Schulz's Peanuts; several early strips are presented, going back to when Lucy was a wide-eyed toddler. Other backup strips include the Dennis the Menace-like Willie. Picture Charades; Fritzi Ritz; Willie; Peanuts; Lucy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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January 1955 - "The Party Big Bertha Don't Want." Cover price $0.25.

January 1955. Cover by Emsh. Stories: "The Tunnel Under the World" by Frederik Pohl, "Perfect Control" by Richard Stockham, "When You're Smiling" by Theodore Sturgeon, "Squirrel Cage" by Robert Sheckley, "The Vilbar Party" by Evelyn E. Smith, and "Brknk's Bounty" by Jerry Sohl. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; 144 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Cover art by Leonard Starr. The Detective Who Cracked Up, art by John Prentice. Solitary Confinement, art by Howard Sherman. The Case of the Clicking Death, art by Jim McArdle. Bomb Squard, art by Leonard Starr. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Jan 1955. Two Novelettes; "Office Wife" by Anne Mason and "The Temptress" by Rhoda Temple, and five short stories; "Why Kid About Love" by Phyllis Speshock, "The Little Dog Smiled" by Ruth McCaslin, "Lost: One Heart" by Doris Ann Reese, "Christmas Assignment" by Toni Larkin, and "The Quiet, Steady Kind" by Mid Hathaway. Astrology feature "Your Love Horoscope" by Irys Vorel. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/4-in.; b&w text with spot illustrations; 98 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Photo Cover. Stories by unknown. Art by Nicholas Firfires and unknown. Gene Autry in "Too Blamed Phony" and "Gene Autry Bulldozes the Crooks"! Plus: 6-page story "A Double Game" pencilled by Tom Cooke, and the 2-page text story "A Woman's Way"! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Comic book featuring stories focusing on famous singing cowboy hero Gene Autrys horse. Painted cover art by Sam Savitt. Ride 'em Cowboy article by George Haas. "Champion and The Lost Gold Mine," art by Morris Gollub; While Champ is scheduled for shoeing, the boys go exploring, stumble across a cave, an old abandoned Spanish gold mine. They take some gold out, are accosted by western thugs. Rebel-dog races home, fetches Champion from the corral; The grown-ups soon follow. "Champion and the Rodeo Robber," art by Morris Gollub; Smoky and nephew Ricky take Champion to the benefit Rodeo where Champion is billed "Extra Added Attraction Champion the Wonder Horse" A second-story burglar, The Phantom Thief, has been plaguing the event. Our protagonists stay at the Barstow Ranch; Ricky hears a prowler, fetches Champ; The thief flees on horseback with Ricky hostage. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Conjuror's Magazine." Vol. 19 # 5. Magic articles, demonstrations, and news. Approx. 8-in. x 11-in.; black and white with spot color; 32 pages on white paper stock. Gerrie Larsen photo cover. Cover price $0.50.

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1st printing. George Price made a career doing cartoons and strips for the New Yorker newspaper. This book featuring more than 200 of his best cartoons! Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, B&W. All Ages

"The Doomed Legion," pencils by Charles Nicholas; A battalion of US troops try to help the French hold an outpost in Indo-China; Surrounded, outnumbered, and low on munitions, these men learn true grit to hold on until help can arrive. "Prison Camp Slaughter," script by Robert Bernstein, art by Pete Morisi; Some panicked G.I.s decide that surrender is better than certain death in battle; After all, how bad can the Communist prison camps be?; They learn, to their regret, that their seemingly enlightened captors are really heartless butchers. "Death Trap," pencils by Louis Ravielli; G.I.'s on furlough in Berlin go out for a good time, but fall prey to a Nazi sympathizers, who drug and sneak them across enemy lines; They must fight their way back to freedom and vengeance. "Behind Enemy Lines," art by Robert Q. Sale; A paratrooper, uncertain of his own valor, goes afoul on his first mission; Alone and wounded behind enemy lines, he is aided by a young boy who looks up to him; The G.I. must find the bravery within him when the enemy closes in on him and the boy. "Sling-Shot Grenades" text story. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

His eyes told her her masquerade was over! Now she could never reveal the secret in her..."Hidden Heart," the cover-featured 9 page story pencilled by Mike Sekowsky. Plus: 7 page story "Call Me Darling"; 7 page story "Unmarried Sister"; 2 page Julia Roberts' Romance Report letters page; 7 page story "I Inherited a Sweetheart" pencilled by Mike Sekowsky. Cover pencils by Mike Sekowsky. Cover price $0.10.

Issue #31 - Winter 1955. Jokes and single panel cartoons. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

1st printing.

Story and art by Charles Schulz.

A collection of comic strips featuring Charlie Brown and the whole Peanuts Gang, oh, and Snoopy is here too.

Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 120 pages, B&W.

Stories by Ken Hultgren and Dan Gordon. Art by Ken Hultgren, Dan Gordon, Lynn Karp and Bob Wickersham. Cover by Irv Spector. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG, with art by cartooning legend Dan Gordon. Izzy and Dizzy use the magic lamp to keep Uncle Looie from selling the house; Robespierre the cat helps Mrs. Perkins with her mouse problem. Teepee Tim; The Big Catch; Robespierre; The Greatest Horse; Slicker Seal and Dummox; Sour-Puss; Izzy and Dizzy. Final issue under this title; the series becomes Teepee Tim with issue #100. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, George Olesen, and Howard Larsen. Tough marshal Bob Hardie is better known to friend and foe alike as The Hawk. Female rancher and action girl Buckskin Belle offers to teach her handsome but clueless neighbor the ways of the West, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. The Hawk discovers that the two gamblers who tried to cheat prospector "Dusty" of his gold are killers who will stop at nothing. Notorious gunfighter "Santa Fe" reluctantly agrees to take on the outlaw gang that wounded the town sheriff. Secret of the Sands!; Doublecross at Devil's Den; The Bold Buckeroo; Ambush at Alkali Flats; Peril on the Prairie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage supermarket tabloid magazine full of high profile true crime stories of the FBI and the CIA, some with testimonials from those involved in, or close to the cases themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+. Cover price $0.25.

Stories by unknown. Art by Sam Citron & Dick Beck, Harry Anderson, John Forte, Jack Alderman & W.G. Hargis and unknown. Roy and Donna hadn't had a moment alone together since Betty started tagging along! But they had to be patient -- they couldn't hurt Betty's feelings now! Read..."Three Was a Crowd" starring Donna, Roy Bennett, Betty Richards and Earl Wallace. Also featuring: "Wildcat" starring Pat Morrow, Rex Anderson, Kent Barnes, John J. Morrow, Ronnie Ware, Dave Hawkins, Sheila Lane and Jaques Fourier; "Love Is Where You Find It" starring Patty Streeter, Clark Linton, Mr. Streeter, Mrs. Streeter, Ted Bryce and Joanie; and the retitled reprint story "My Magic Moment" starring Taffy Marsh, Ted Stokes, Margo Lang and Hawley. Plus: Advice on Love Problems letters page by Marilyn Minton. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bob Powell and others. A romance comic from Harvey, as the teens of the 1950s explore the new world of dating. Debbie falls for her buddy Russ, but finds herself trapped in the friendzone. Gloria is torn between handsome Kip and nerdy Mark, until a student council election forces her to make a choice. Naive Cindy feels the Earth move during a party game of Spin the Bottle, but she doesn't know the identity of the lucky boy she kissed. City girl Marion feels country boy Jack is too fresh when they meet in a haystack, but she warms to him after he works bare-chested in her family's yard. More Than A Pal; The Mystery Woman; I Flattered Men; A Change of Plans; Hi-School Hi-Spots; My Blue Dress Blues; A Kiss to Remember; Heaven On A Haystack. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Leonard Starr, Robert McCarty and Ogden Whitney. Cover by Ogden Whitney. Tales of the Old West from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG, featuring the Hooded Horseman, a mysterious masked gunslinger with a secret identity. The Hooded Horseman gets involved with a family feud when he tries to protect star-crossed lovers; Cowboy Sahib, a gunfighter in old India, faces Communist agents who attempt to take the city of Larijuna; Flash, the Hooded Horseman's dog, gets his own solo story. The Hooded Horseman; Heroic Coward; Cowboy Sahib; Flash the Hooded Horseman's Miracle Dog!; Roundup Time; Johnny Injun. The numbering continues from Out of the Night (1952) #17. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Gene Colan, Harvey Kurtzman, Julius Schwartz, Ed Herron, Morris Waldinger, Joe Giella, Tom Nicolosi, Ray Burnley, Henry Boltinoff, Jack Miller, Raymond Perry, and Don Cameron. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. Hopalong investigates the Mystery of the Three-Eyed Cowboy, in one of three stories this issue illustrated by future Marvel legend Gene Colan. Pot-Shot Pete can ride anything except a jeep, in a story by EC legend Harvey Kurtzman. Fun facts about the wind-wagon, cattle dogs, horses used as currency, and stagecoach safety, in a one-pager written by legendary DC editor Julius Schwartz. The Mystery of the Three-Eyed Cowboy; New Ideas in the Old West!; The Bridge of Justice; Pot-Shot Pete; Little Pocahontas; The Invisible Bandit of Grizzly Gulch! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

UK Edition. black and white; 24 pages.

Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #136. Funny-animal comics featuring Harry Hot Dog, a canine with a short temper who responds to life's little inconveniences with misguided violence. Harry creates a robot to do his bidding, but once activated, it's just one more thing to annoy him; Harry tries to make it rain; Harry gets some new gadgets for his home. Harry's Robot; The Walking Dimestore; A Drippy Dip!; The Rain-Maker; Home Made Grape Juice; Indian Sign; Gadget Happy. Final issue of the series under this title; A-1 continued. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Last pre-Code issue. Giordano-Alascia cover. In order of appearance: "The Big One!" art by Ray Osrin; "Car Care"; "Technitopics, The Cooling System"; "The Glory Race!" art by Ray Osrin; "The Fabulous Bugatti"; "Car Care, Safety Hints"; "Sports Car Gallery, Aston Martin"; "The Soft Touch!" art by Dick Giordano; "Sports Cars, The Lago Talbot, The H.R.G."; and "Race to Death". "Classify That Car" illustrated text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Win Mortimer. "The Hundred-Year Duel!", art by Jim Mooney; American native Charlie Whitehorse of Sioux descent feels compelled to battle a Crow warrior--as their forefathers decreed a hundred years ago; Their duel to the death in a nightly baseball stadium ends with the burying of the war-axe. "The Man Who Became A Fish," pencils by Howard Sherman; Dr. Clay claims to be able to transform any living matter back into a primordial fish-like state; Two cops come searching his house for escaped convict Bolton; They are made to believe that Bolton swims around as a fish now in Clays big aquarium tank. Half-page filler "Man or Wolf?" Professor Eureka humor page, art by Henry Boltinoff. "Sorcery From The Skies!", art by Bill Ely; In a reconstructed New England fishing village strange things are happening; Wagons, boats and statues begin to stir like being moved by magic; Behind all this is a clever newspaperman cashing in on the phenomenon. "Madame's Museum of Mystery" text story by Jack Miller (as John Marston). Half-page story "A lion! Run, Shorty!", art by Henry Boltinoff. "Doom Enters A Beauty Contest!", art by John Prentice; Beautiful, orphaned Amy Leaf comes under custody of her uncle; He forces her to dress as plainly as possible and hide her beauty; Uncle tells her gruesome family history tales and manipulates the world around Amy to play dead when she passes in make-up. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.