Comic books July 1956

Volume 2, Issue 10 - July 3, 1956. Pictorial digest featuring models, actor gossip, and interesting news stories. 4-in. x 6-in., 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $6.00

Volume 2, Issue 12 - July 31, 1956. Pictorial digest featuring models, actor gossip, and interesting news stories. 4-in. x 6-in., 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $23.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

May 24, 1956. UK weekly film magazine. Dorothy Dandridge and Carolyn Jones articles. 9" x 11.75". 20 pages. Black and white.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $24.00 View scans Cover detached at one staple and centerfold detached.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $1,049.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #1568333005 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Plastic Man stars in "Reflecto, the Astounding Mirror Man" plus two untitled stories. Untitled Woozy back-up story. Jack Cole cover and art? Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $23.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 40, Issue 4 - April, 1956. 6.5" x 9.5", 164 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Dale Evans stars in "Secret in the Hills" and "Tomahawk Trail." Art by Russ Manning. Western Vignettes back-up story, "The Bandit's Mistake." Photo cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia, Charles Nicholas, and Jon D'Agostino. Racket Squad's focus on swindlers and con games allowed it to survive the Comics Code longer than most Pre-Code crime comics. When police crack down on pickpockets, "dip" Barney comes up with a new scheme involving a "third hand." (Although credited to Charles Nicholas, this story looks like it could be the work of future Superman artist Curt Swan.) A mechanic inflates auto-repair bills with unexpected charges, costing both his customer and the garage where he works dearly. Con men swindle people out of their life savings with promises of free "found" money. The Three-Handed Pickpocket; Overcharge; Lost Dog; Nothin for Somethin; Silver Sap; Missing Evidence. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by John Severin. "Outlaw's Ambush!", pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; In the streets of Mesquite the Rawhide Kid spots a man about to be bushwhacked and shoots the guns out of his attacker's hands; It turns out they attacked the man--named Carter--due to the fact that he was once arrested for robbing a stagecoach, he spent 3 years in Yuma pen despite insisting that he was innocent of the crimes; Carter decides to leave, but the Rawhide Kid doesn't believe he should leave if he was innocent of the crime. "Duty Trail" text story. "Pecos Justice!", art by Dick Ayers; The Rawhide Kid is present during the trial of Trigger Flaig; Expecting a guilty verdict he and the rest of the court room is shocked when Judge Jim Blake finds him innocent; When the locals try to react violently against Blake, the Kid stops them reminding them that they have to respect the decisions of the law. Untitled story, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; The Rawhide Kid and Randy spot buzzards flying in the sky and race to their location to find a stagecoach that was apparently attacked by Comanches; Finding the crew of the stagecoach they also believe it is the work of Comanches. "The Judge!", script by Stan Lee, art by Hy Fleishman. "Winner Take All!", pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; The Rawhide Kid pays a visit to the gambling den of Faro Price and orders him to takes his crooked games and leave town after he cheated a local rancher out of his ranch and live stalk; The Kid plays a high stakes game risking Randy Clayton's education on who can draw the higher card. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $105.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%.

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Volume A, Issue 7 - July 1956. Men's interest magazine featuring adventure stories and photos of buxom bombshells. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 98 pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $21.00 View scans

Add to cart Very Good $21.00 View scans

Volume 1, Issue 3 - July 1956. Cover by Victor Olsen. Men's magazine featuring stories on crime, fitness, and pin-up girl pictorials. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 84 pages, B&W - Mature Readers. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $19.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. 1.25" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple.

"Man Da Cannon!"; Flippity and Flop and Fox and Crow argue about who is the star of the book on the occasion of its 100th issue. Untitled story; The argument continues about who is the star of the book on the occasion of its 100th issue. Untitled Tito and Hees Burrito story. Untitled story; The Fox and the Crow blow each other to Skagway. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $9.60

Add to cart VG 4.0 $9.60 View scan 3" Internal page tear.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

This Australian series reprints a number of old Western Printing comics. This issue is a retelling of Ben Bowie and his Mountain Men in "The Hostiles." 32 pages (covers included per page numbering), B&W.

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Add to cart Very Good $4.80

Two Rin Tin Tin stories, "Border Incident" and "King of the Yukon." Paul Bunyan, Jr. back-up story. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Ogden Whitney and others. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Amy and Joe agree to be just friends until they can get out of their dead-end jobs and poverty; History teacher Eleanor learns the secret of her schools stern headmaster; Betsy meets handsome Greg when he stays as a guest at her B&B. We Had to Be Practical!; Champion!; School for Romance!; Miss Bag-of-Bones; Country Girls Kisses! Final issue under this title; the series continued as My Romantic Adventures (1956). 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Foil For a Mob," "The Suspended Hero," and "Million Dollar Trophy." Also in this issue: "Outpost" and "Hidden Clue." Cover pencils by Dick Giordano, cover inks by Alascia. Cover price $0.10.

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"Trigger Follows Through" and "The Charro Rider" (art on both by John Buscema). Trigger back-up story, "Strange Companions." Chuckwagon Charley's Tales back-up story. Photo cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 3, Issue 2 - July 1956. Men's interest magazine focusing on True-Life Jungle and Hunting stories and articles. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, Text with B&W photos Cover price $0.35.

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

"Those Boot-Camp Blues," "Catching Commies," "It's All Sweeney's Fault," and "Chief Mulligan on Ice!" All art by Syd Shores. Back-up story, "Torpedoes Away!" Art by Don Heck. Joe Maneely cover. Cover price $0.10.

Screen Stars Magazine was one among many of the supermarket celebrity tabloids that focused heavily on the day to day lives of the Hollywood elite, during the golden-age of cinema. This publication is filled cover to cover with typical fodder such as candid celebrity photos (some of which are in color), gossip columns, reader's letters to the editor, and the latest motion picture advertisements. 8.5" x 10.5", 74 pages, mostly B&W with a few color photos. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Arthur Peddy & Bernard Sachs. Stories by unknown. Art by Arthur Peddy, Bernard Sachs and unknown. It had to be a nightmare...a terrible dream! He didn't love her...and he never had! Read..."Runaway Heart"! Also featuring: "This Foolish Dream"; "One Magic Moment"; and "Hidden Heartbreak"! Plus: Fashion Designs on You filler "Scarf Switchcraft"! And: Letters page by Ann Martin, Counselor-at-Love. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Fiddler," "Cornered," and "The Highgraders." Gray Wolf back-up, "Leader of the Wolf Pack." Photo cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Articles on sports, crime, and adventuring, plus pin-up photos. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $14.00 View scan 1/4" Spine split from top.

Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Frank Bolle and others. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. When an honest man vanishes with the mine payroll, Lash LaRue suspects there's more to the story. Pistol Packing Pattie meets the habitual fibber Big Talk Briggs, but she gets the last word. Rocky Lane gets crosswise with brutal bridge owner Jawbreaker Brack, who would rather blow up his own bridge than let Rocky challenge his authority. Rocky Lane: The Bridge of Destiny; Tex Ritter: The Race Against Time!; Animal Quiz; The Bite of Toothless Trigger; Pistol Packing Pattie; Fluff and Huff; Lash LaRue: The Patrol Marauders. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Spooky - unlike his cousin, Casper the Friendly Ghost - loves to scare people, but his kindly ghost girlfriend Poil disapproves. The Ghostly Trio tries to scare the sun itself into not coming up. Nightmare goes underground to escape pesky horseflies. Wendy thinks her witchy aunts are bad enough, but then she meets Aunt Awful. Happy Haunting Grounds; The Ghostly Trio; Nightmare; The Boithday Party; A Sight for Saw Eyes; Club Business; Champions; Wendy: Aunt Awful. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.