Comic books June 1955

Cover by John Severin. Art by Marvin Stein and John Severin. Prize's flagship Western title featured early art by John Severin and other greats who worked for EC in the following decade. The story of how American Eagle befriended his sidekick, gunfighter Buck Dolan. The Lazo Kid tries to keep a gang from ruining Boom Town's railroad celebration. Real-life Western tales of Remi Nadeau, who established the first mule-team freight service across the Mojave Desert. First issue to feature the Comics Code seal on the cover. Life for a Life; Remi Nadeau; Outlaw Trail; Invisible Weapon; Hostage. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kamen. Stories by Dan Keyes and Robert Bernstein. Art by Marie Severin and Jack Kamen. One of EC Comics' late New Direction titles, a response to the new Comics Code. Perhaps the strangest comic of that line, if not of all time, this features ordinary people Freddy, Ellen and Mark as they undergo Freudian analysis to find the root of their neuroses. Definitely one of a kind. Featuring some stories by Daniel Keyes, later the author of the science fiction classic Flowers for Algernon. In lieu of mail, a letter to the reader from the editors, pointing out that insane people don't see psychiatrists, and stating the plan to cover each person over a series of issues as they go through therapy. Ellen feels a great weight has been lifted after the doc points out that her problems stem from her flawed relationship with her parents and a strange accident when she was a little girl. First issue with the Comics Code seal on the cover. Case No. 101 Male Session 2: Freddy Carter; Case No. 102 Female Session 2: Ellen Lyman; Your Doodles Give You Away; Case No. 103 Male Session 2: Mark Stone. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 39, Issue 6 - June, 1955. 6.5" x 9.5", 164 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Men's humor digest with a focus on comics centered around the relationships of men and women of the time. 5" x 6.5", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Photo cover. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "Too Much Glamour"; "Never Sure of Her Men"; "In Love with a Wolf" reprinted from Glamorous Romances (1949) #55; and "The Wrong Bride" reprinted from Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #33. "How to Perk Up for That Last Minute Invitation..." text article reprinted from Ten Story Love Vol. 32 (1953) #4 and partially reprinted from "Chats on Charm..." in All Love (1949) #29. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Red Ryder in "Peppermint Trap" and "The Secret of Nugget Gulch." LIttle Beaver in "The Royal Chase." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Maneely. "Vengeance Trail," art by Joe Maneely; Coming across a wanted poster offering a $5000 reward for his capture dead or alive, Ringo Kid just barely avoids getting his head blown off by a young boy with a rifle; Realizing he has missed his shot, the young lad is frightened by the Ringo Kid, but soon realizes that the famous outlaw is not as bad as the wanted posters make him out to be. "Capture Or Death," art by John Severin; With the law on his heels after being framed for a coach robbery he did not commit, the Ringo Kid rides to the edge of a cliff; With no escape, the Kid decides death over capture and climbs off his horse Arab and jumps off the cliff. "The Return" text story. "The Chase," pencils by Bob Forgione, inks by Jack Abel. Untitled story, art by John Severin; The Ringo Kid is going to the grave of his mother Dawn Star to meet with his father and stops an outlaw named Jack Hines, who is a known to work with Blast Banyon, from assassinating Cory Rand; With Hines incapacitated, Cory tells his son that Blast Banyon is likely seeking to eliminate them both in order to claim the land that is still under his name; The pair then tie Jack to his horse and send him back to his boss. The pair split up, agreeing to meet at Caribou Point the next day. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

My Secret Love!; a woman rejects a series of potential loves. 100 Ways to Lose a Man! No. 3 filler page, art by Kenneth Landau. Worlds Apart!, art by Harry Lazarus. Little Miss Stiff-Neck! text story. Warden of My Heart!, art by Peter Riss. Optimistic Romance text story. Watch Out For That... Last Minute Spat! He's the Man for You! When Out on a Date filler page. Cover price $0.10.

"Race With Doom" and "The Lost Spinster" (art on both by John Buscema). Chuckwagon Charley's Tales back-up story. Photo cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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

Stories and art by Ken Battefield and Fred Schwab. Ajax-Farrell revives the strongman superhero from Fox Features. Samson finds his own private Chinatown when he uncovers an irrigation scam to displace millions of gallons of water. A gag involving phony money leads Wonder Boy to real counterfeiters. Bank robbers use arson as a cover for their robberies, but Samson and a firehouse dog are on their trail. Pop Goes the Weasels!; Right Shoe; Wonder Boy: The Unconventional Cashier!; Rocketman: No Tomorrow!; Kid Gluv; Assignment Danger! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

June 11, 1955. The classic magazine featuring current event articles, editorials, human interest pieces, humor, illustrations, a letter column, poetry, single-panel gag cartoons, and stories by the leading writers of the time. In this issue: Communist blackmailers; leattle-league umpires; and more. Cover by Norman Rockwell. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; part black and white, part color; 164 pages on white paper. Cover price $0.15.

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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.

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Stories and art by Alvin Hollingsworth and Mike Sekowsky. Crime and detection in the English capitol, featuring the intrepid Inspector Farnsworth. Farnsworth investigates when a map of the Queen's cross-town passage is found in a library book, just at the same time a strange undersea craft is spotted in the English Channel. Con man Bruno has a double identity as an Indian "swami," in a story with art by pioneering African-American comics artist Alvin Hollingsworth. Farnsworth tracks a stolen tiara and realizes there's a fake tiara in the mix, in a story whose art may be the work of Alex Toth. Inspector Farnsworth of Scotland Yard; The Swamis Last Seance; The Baldwin Tiara; O'Rourke Remembers; The Keyhole Club; Crime Tracks; Minute Clues. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 53, Issue 6 - June, 1955. Doris Day photo cover. Movie Fan Magazine. This issue features short adaptations of "Blackboard Jungle" starring Glenn Ford and Anne Francis, "The Trouble With Harry" starring Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe and Shirley MacLaine, "The Prodigal" starring Lana Turner and Edmund Purdom, "Daddy Long Legs" starring Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron, Terry Moore, and Thelma Ritter, "The Looters" starring Rory Calhoun and Julie Adams, "You're Never Too Young" starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, and "Strange Lady in Town" starring Greer Garson and Dana Andrews. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 90 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Heartbreak Date!; Wynn learns to her surprise that she is no longer in love with the man she met in Japan two years earlier. No Wedding for Me!; Cindy's sister Marsha, unhappy over a broken engagement, tries to help Cindy and her boyfriend Bob, but Bob's pride is hurt by Marsha's expensive gifts. I Learned Too Late! Distant Love. House ad for Girls' Love Stories and Girls' Romances. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Original, pre-Code romance stories from Canadian publisher Superior, often featuring a crime or mystery element and plentiful good-girl art. Catherine marries sailor Paul in haste, despite better offers, but when she sees lipstick on his collar, she wonders if she made the wrong choice. Mary meets struggling writer Fred on a dare from her friends, but then she really falls for him. Unbalanced Gwen tries to move in on her ex-boyfriend Roger, and when that fails, she targets Roger's wife Mary for death. Lesson in Marriage; Now and Forever; Everything But Love; The Girl Next Door. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 12, Issue 7 - June, 1955. Articles on sports, crime, and adventuring, plus pin-up photos. 8" x 10.5". 86 pages. B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Gene Colan and Frank Giacoia. War comics from Charlton focusing on the US Marine Corps. Leatherneck Jack is assigned to free a POW camp so that strategic bombing can begin in the area, in a story featuring early art by future Marvel legend Gene Colan. Plus military shenanigans with Quigley and Beals, the brawling, womanizing stars of Toby's Fighting Leathernecks (1952). For their first assignment, Quigley and Beals are sent to liberate a South Pacific island where Axis forces refuse to admit defeat after WWII is over. Plus a comics history of the WWII Battle of Wake Island. The Letter That Won a Battle!; Leatherneck Jack: River Trap; Fighting Leathernecks Quigley and Beals!; Old Sam and His Whistle!; The U.S. Marines at Wake Island Dec. 8 - Dec. 22 1941; The Origin of the Buccaneer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Issue 101 - June, 1955. Softcover, 7" x 10.5", 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 2, Issue 2 - June 1955. Cover by Frank Soltesz. Men's interest magazine focusing on hunting, fishing, and fitness articles. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 98 pages, B&W Cover price $0.35.

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Men's adventure magazine featuring articles on sports, hunting politics and crime. 10-in. x 13-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Jerry Grandenetti. Fighting Snowbirds, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Jerry Grandenetti. The Tank With a Memory, script by France Herron, art by Russ Heath. High Wire Soldier, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Arthur Peddy. Boomerang Booby Trap, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Jerry Grandenetti, inks by Robert Stuart. Humor page starring General Little by Irwin Hansen. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 33, Issue 2 - Summer, 1955. Science Fiction and Adventure stories. This issue features "White Spot" by Murray Leinster, "Awakening" by Bryce Walton, and "An Apple For The Teacher" by Robert F. Young. Softcover Pulp, 6 1/2-in x 9-in, 114 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Art by Bob Powell and Fred Meagher. Cover by Fred Meagher. Rancher Steve Adams, a Comanche raised by white settlers, has a secret identity as the warrior Straight Arrow, a hero who first appeared on a popular radio show. A scar-faced rustler terrorizes the town; Red Hawk invents the lasso; Straight Arrow tries to figure out why someone is stealing fence posts. The Man with the Scar; The Fence Stealers; Red Hawk: The Rope Hand!; Doom Stalks the Treasure Seeker. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Spy From Saturn," "The Moonman and the Meteor!" (pencils by Carmine Infantino), "The Riddle of Animal X!" (pencils by Gil Kane), and "Spaceship Under the Earth!" Kane cover pencils. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Carl Burgos. "The Man Who Turned Off the Sun!", art by Vic Carrabotta; A scientist invents a nuclear vapor which temporarily blots out the sun's rays as a defense against atomic weapons, but gets no respect from his shrew wife. "Music in the Air" text story. "The Girl Who Wouldn't Speak," art by Joe Maneely; A lovelorn writer creates a female character that he falls in love with and sees her appear one evening while out for a walk. "The Discovery," script by Carl Wessler, art by Bob Powell; A manager thinks he's made a great discovery when he finds a kid with a great pitching arm, but he costs them the series when he's put in the last game and the manager realizes that he's never played baseball before. "The Bell That Wouldn't Stop," art by Bill Benulis; A church bell rings nonstop so that all the townspeople gather outside the church and are spared devastation from an earthquake. "The Secret Weapon," art by John Forte; The folk of a small town experiencing a drought make a scapegoat out of a companion of some scientists who remains aloof; They ask him to leave town but have to apologize when they find out he is a robot with the mental capacity to figure out a way to make it rain for them. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

UK Series. June, 1955. Complete Novel: "The Banshee Murders" by Maxwell Grant. Short Stories: "Boomer Cop" by Tom Marvin, and "Nor Iron Bars" by John Macdonald. Pulp format, 64 pages, B&W, 6.5" x 9.5", 1'- cover price.

Art by Bob Powell and others. Cover by Bob Powell. Sometimes listed as A1 Comics (1944 Life's Romances) #132. An orphaned acrobat is raised by circus folk to become a strongman performer, using his abilities for crimefighting whenever the need arises. Strong Man battles a runaway tiger and investigates a series of suspicious accidents at a friend's circus. Strong Man tracks the criminal mastermind called The Big Man. Strong Man must escape an exploding bridge while seeking a missing locomotive. Hard-Luck Harrigan; Muscle Building - How To Start; The Big Man; Muscle Building; The Stolen Locomotive. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

The Sub-Mariner in "The Secret Tunnel," "Sub-Mariner Meets a New Enemy, Fire," and "The Icebergs" (art on all three by Bill Everett). Back-up story, "The Man Who Loved the Sea." Two-page text story, "Fogbound." Cover price $0.10.