Comic books April 1955

Volume 8 - Number 4, April 1955. Pulp magazine devoted to exploring the paranormal. This issue features articles on Zimbabwe, Africa's Lost Civilization, The House Where Furniture Danced, and asks the question "Have you lived before?" 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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Stories and art by Clint Harmon and Fred Ottenheimer. Funny-animal comics from Charlton, featuring the comics incarnation of 1950s kids' TV personality The Merry Mailman. Wheezer enlists the Merry Mailman to help him get his invention, a hoverbike, to the inventors' contest. Billy the Kid suspects that Swami, the new fortune-teller in town, is up to no good. Mac Mule's nerdy nephew Percival tries to civilize Battling Bantam, the quick-tempered rooster. Plus the legends of folk hero Paul Bunyan. The Merry Mailman: Registered Male; Merry Mailman's Coloring Page; Legends of Paul Bunyon; Merry Mailman: Stretching Things; Color-Me-Up Puzzle Page; Backward Land; Billy the Kid and Oscar: Crystalizes His Punch; Willie the Worm: Willie's Song; The Fighting Fool; The Royal Seal. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Otto Messmer, Joe Oriolo and A. W. Nugent. Comics adventures of the popular, long-running cartoon character; this series often featured art by the two men most associated with Felix, Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. Felix has never heard the saying about curiosity and cats. Felix gets a new job, working the games at a carnival. Felix's nephew Inky finds a novel way to watch a parade. First issue with the Comics Code seal on the cover. Felix the Cat Knows He's Nosey; Play Fun; Inky; The Free Song; Danny; Don Poco. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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. Softcover digest, 6 1/4-in. x 7 1/2-in., 128 pages, black and white (text, no illustrations). NOTE: All text in French.

Stories and art by the Bob Powell Studio and Lee Elias. Harvey's entry in the romance-comic genre includes advice to readers and tales of love and heartbreak. Businesswoman Carolyn secretly loves employee Mark, but can't approach him because her father owns the business. Impetuous Pat struggles to change mundane Mack, which makes neither of them happy. Anne doesn't suspect that best friend Cynthia has designs on her boyfriend. I Was the Boss' Daughter; My Fickle Heart; Love Had Me Trapped!; My Tell-Tale Diary; My Souvenir of Love. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Warren Kremer and Jack Sparling. Tales of love and heartbreak in 1950s America from publisher Harvey. Kit is torn between Ed and Paul, but a house fire helps her decide which one truly loves her. Sally pretends to be a musical expert to win musician Paul, but soon becomes attracted to her own musical tutor, handsome Steve. Judy has mixed feelings when she learns her childhood sweetheart Roy has become engaged. First issue to feature the Comics Code seal on the cover. Indian Love; If You Love Me; Sister-Act; Haunted Heart!; Long-shot at Love!; Forbidden Melody; Ring Around My Heart; Love Makes the World Go 'Round. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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April 1955? No year given or issue number. Six flip-motion scenes of Marilyn Monroe (2), Jane Russell, Lili St. Cyr, Gina Lollobrigida and Abbe Lane. Plus Anita Ekberg, Mamie van Doren, Sophia Loren and other models and starlets. 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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April 1955. Cover by Peter Driben. Vintage men's interest magazine full of pin-ups and glamour photos paired with humorous text stories and adult comic strips. This issue with a full-page photo of Bettie Page, and Bettie shares the centerfold with another model. 8" x 11.5", 50 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

Volume 5, Issue 4 - April, 1955. Men's interest magazine featuring Athletes, True Crime, Starlets, and Pin-ups. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 2, Issue 4 - April 1955. Men's interest magazine featuring stories, articles and pictorials. 8-in. x 11-in. 82 pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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#624, 1955, 10c. Walt Disney's Treasure Island. Comic book adaptation of the 1950s Walt Disney's movie version of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson story about young Jim Hawkins, his encounter with pirates and his search for treasure. Entire issue is comic, no ads. Inside front cover has a treasure map. Story and art credits: unknown. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Based on the 1950 Walt Disney movie "Beaver Valley." Painted cover art. Beaver Valley, script and art by August Lenox; The life of the beavers in Beaver Valley; nonfiction. Beaver Valley Oddities, script and art by August Lenox; Text story about other animals in Beaver Valley. Beaver Lodge Cutout activity page by Lenox. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Jack Kirby, Jo Albistur, Bob McCarty, Art Gates, Bill Draut, Ted Galindo, and Jack Oleck. Gritty war comics "produced by veterans" (as the tagline proclaims) from Mainline, the publisher founded by comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America. An unarmed medic is the only defense against an Axis sniper. Axis POWs being transported to Australia manage to take over an Allied plane. A WWII submarine crew is assigned to take out a Japanese armada. Simple but eye-catching cover by Jack Kirby. First issue with the Comics Code seal on the cover. 30 Year Man; Suicide Run; Mayhem in the Sky; Coward; Find and Fire; Mess Sarge; Its Mutual; G.I. Yaks. Final issue published by Mainline; Charlton took over the series with issue #5. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 4, No. 5. April 1955. Men's interest magazine featuring pin-up pictorials. This issue features a 4-page Bettie Page and Tempest Storm pictorial promoting the film "Teaserama". 8 in. x 10.25 in. 66 pages. B&W. MATURE. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Fred Ottenheimer. Stories and art by Dick Ayers and Fred Ottenheimer. Charlton's Mad imitator continues its hit-or-miss parodies of 1950s pop culture. Dragnet's Joe Friday investigates 1955 pop music, in a story with commentary on the effect Elvis Presley had on 1950s America. A joke biography of dancer and dance-studio founder Arthur Murray. Spoofs of 1950s advertising, including mouthwash, milk, and canned spaghetti. Bunko-American; Spectacular with Steve Giveaway; The Hiss Parade with Joe Friday; The Odyssus of Homer Wigglesworth; Buds:Ice Kwick-Frozen Water!; The Arthur Flurry Story!; The Music Haters' Answer to Hi-Fi!; The Mad Doc; Grapple!; What the Heck Is a Mambo?; Tarnation; Blisterine. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 20, Issue 12 - April 1955. Cover by Thomas Beecham. Men's magazine featuring articles on true crime, and politics. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W Cover price $0.35.

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Stories and art by Leonard Frank, Art Helfant and Dick Kraus. The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. Gabby wants to know why the Headless Horseman is warning folks to stay away from River Valley. When Heartless McGue and his gang kidnap Tippy, Gabby tracks them to their mountaintop hideout. Gabby and Bullfrog Banks compete to capture the elusive white antelope and the favor of the Antelope tribe. Favorite line this issue: "Skeedaddle, yuh consarned haint! I ain't handing over my be-ootiful haid to a hombre who ain't got a haid of his own!" Rattlers; The Headless Horseman; Western Quiz; Young Falcon: The Strange Sleep!; Gunsmoke at Eagle Rock; Buck Desmond: Lobo Killer; The White Antelope; Prospector Pete. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo Cover. Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Gene Autry in "Trouble at the Elevator" and "Killer's Trail"! Plus: 6-page story "A Quirk of Fate" drawn by Nat Edson, and the 2-page text story "A Gentle Sort O' Hombre"! 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. Old Whitey, Warhorse in Three Armies article; Whitey served on both sides in the Mexican-American War (for Gen. Zachary Taylor on the U.S. side), and for the Union Army in the Civil War. "Champion and The Trap," art by Morris Gollub; Ricky, Champion, and Rebel thwart horse thieves who use an old-fashioned water trap (pen-up a water-hole with cut trees, and a narrow opening) to capture horses. "Champion and Trouble at Coyote Ridge," art by Morris Gollub; Bank robbers on the run waylay a stranger, leaving him unconscious in the brush; Ricky and Champ rescue him, and recover incriminating evidence; The robbers assume the stranger's reservation at a dude ranch; they are found out. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

April 1955: Cover by Dick Dillin and Charles Cuidera; "Beachhead Inferno," 9 pages (reprinted from G.I. Combat #6); "Furlough Trap," 6 pages; "No Grandstand in Hell," 7 pages (reprinted from G.I. Combat #3); "The Long Trail's End," 1 page text story; "Unseen Enemy," 6 pages. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Clarence Doore. Stories and art by Dan De Carlo, Rudy Lapick, Vic Martin, and Ernie Schroeder. Neither a tie-in with the later toy line/cartoon nor a grim war comic, this first-gen GI Joe focused on lighthearted tales of military life. The Yardbirds, featuring Pvts. Windy and Whitey, was straight-up comedy of the Beetle Bailey/Sad Sack variety. "Ready-Money Reilly" thinks his pal's new comic strip is the perfect thing to help sell his base newspaper, but no one expects the strip to become a national craze. Pvt. Windy tries to sneak away from a training exercise to go on a date, in a story by future Archie legend Dan De Carlo. Joe tells some Korean kids another fairy tale, a wacky military-themed version of Jack and the Beanstalk with art by Mike Suchorsky. Painted cover with bondage elements by Clarence Doore. Army Chuckles; Johnny-Come-Lately; The Yardbirds: The Great Escape; Private Jokes; Adventures in Wonderland; Dear Gertrude; Khaki Humor; Beautiful Benny of Company B. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker and Fran Matera. Love and scandal from St. John, with plentiful art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Redheaded Cara has a whirlwind romance with Phil, but then she overhears Phil telling another woman that he loves her. Joanie meets Jimmy during a cruise and they hit it off, but when they get to Paris, she learns he's not who he said he was. Mary is torn between Jim and Bill, and soon the two men come to blows, in a one-pager with art by Baker. Cozy cover by Baker. Plus a PSA on "Polio Precautions" that showcases the comic's era. Design for Loving; Shipboard Romance; Truth Was My Heart's Only Weapon; Dream Man; My Heart's Desire; My Secret Yearning; I Learned My Lesson. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Marvin Stein, George Roussos and Mort Meskin. Headline Comics featured the lurid, hard-edged crime dramas then in vogue, many by Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Gamblers get involved in fixing the then-new sport of women's roller derby. A master of disguise meets his match in a prospector in the Nevada desert. A stockbroker decides to smuggle drugs to impress a woman, and fails at both. Lively roller-derby cover by Marvin Stein is a real change of pace for the title. The Roller Derby Racketeers; Closeups; Smart Guy; Matchbook; Face of Death; Flames of Destruction! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Henry C. Kiefer. Stories and art by Ed Moore, John Belfi and Bill Walton. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. A construction worker saves a toddler who plummets from a window; A teen pulls a drowning woman to safety; A Fort Worth teen saves a couple from an apartment fire. Man Sprints Saves Boy; Quick Thinking; A Real Pal; Cowboys and Indians; Tot's Wading Party; Roof-top Rescue; A Close Brush With Death!; Didn't Seem Like Much; Trapped in Darkness; A Man With Courage; Can't Swim; Saves Dad; Almost a Last Dash; Twin Heroes. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Avison. Wrong Girl, art by Warren Kremer; Randy had hoped to become the drama critic for the newspaper, and was disappointed to be assigned to interview the new debutantes until he met Ellen Terrance. Hey Kids!! Send For The New Howdy Doody Color Television Set toy ad. I Adored A Beautiful Witch!, art by John Sink; While Tim Conrad got his big break singing at Mr. Block's night club, it was always his girlfriend, Meg Blake, that he looked to for support. A Fight With My Fellow!, art by Al Avison; Louella Parkins was the star of the Cobourne debate team, and they were off to Swanton for the State Championships. Principal's Daughter, art by Ray Bailey; Sylvia Landon's father was the school principal and made a point of picking out her daughter's dates; Jerry Mix, the star football player was kept from Sylvia because of his academic record, but Nat Hawthorne, the boy Sylvia's father chose, was as exciting as watching paint dry. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Gene Colan, John Broome, Julius Schwartz, Ed Herron, Morris Waldinger, Tom Nicolosi, Ray Burnley, Martin Naydel, 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. A mysterious figure is trailing Hopalong and recording his every action, in one of three stories this issue illustrated by future Marvel legend Gene Colan. The gold of the Zuni tribe is targeted by someone claiming to be the conquistador Coronado, returned from the dead after 400 years. Fun facts about the Pawnee tribe, in a one-pager written by legendary DC editor Julius Schwartz. The Secrets of a Sheriff!; Indian War Path!; Coronado Rides Again!; Those Strange Indian Names; Wild Horse Roundup!; Can You Find 5 Western Animals?; Hopalong's Double Danger! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

UK Edition. black and white; 24 pages.

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Stories by Buford Tune and Art Helfant. Art by Buford Tune and Art Helfant, plus an ad by Al Capp. Cover by Buford Tune. Dotty and husband Horace face domestic squabbles similar to those of Blondie and Dagwood, right down to the drawing style; the long-running family strip also featured tween daughter Taffy and dog Pepper. Mr. Jerkimer takes issue with Horace's long lunch breaks; Horace tries to dodge door-to-door salesmen; Dotty ensures that the cute girls at the beach know Horace is spoken for. Also featuring a Wildroot Cream-Oil ad starring Al Capp's Dick Tracy spoof, Fearless Fosdick, from "L'il Abner," with actual art by Capp. Trade Secrets; Li'l Taffy; Night Out; Horace's Office Lunch; Mental Giant; Elmer Eagle; Beach Wear; Sammy's Goal; How to Draw Wild Animals. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Statue That Came To Life," "The Tree Man," "The Modern Nostradamus" (art by Mort Drucker), and "The Water World." 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

April 1955. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 120 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

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April, 1955 Volume 6, Issue 4. 5-3/8 in. x 7-5/8 in; black and white; 162 pages. Cover price $0.35.

Original EC version with yellow title logo. "Tough Cop" (script by Carl Wessler; art by Reed Crandall), "The Diamond Pendant" (script by Wessler; art by Graham Ingels; based on a story by Guy de Maupassant), "The Dress" (art by George Evans), and the classic story "Master Race" (script probably by Al Feldstein, art by Bernard Krigstein). Jack Davis cover (Illustrating "Master Race"). Cover price $0.10.

Volume 8, Issue 43C - April, 1955. One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.15.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 17 #6 - Apr. 1955. Children's illustrated text stories, puzzles and activities. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in., 68 pages, B&W with full color and single color illustrations. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Edmond Good. Stories and art by Edmond Good and Carl Hubbell. Johnny Law and his sidekick Stubby belong to the Aero-Police, part heroic aviators and part government agents. After introducing themselves to the readers, Johnny and Stubby battle gangsters holed up in a mine in a Western town. Johnny must stop foreign agents from stealing Dennis's Atom Jet plans. Buzzy and Betty Bean find an abandoned flying saucer and take it for a spin, startling nearby jet crews. Johnny Law; Mission into Danger; Escape Zone; History Highlights of Flight; Buzzy Bean and His Flying Saucer; Operation S.O.S.; Counterfeit Showdown. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Men's interest humor digest with cartoons, jokes and tasteful pin-up photography. 5" x 6.5", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Great Cracker Jack ad on back cover. Katy Keen story by Bill Woggin. Cover price $0.10.