Comic books August 1957

Reprints from Frisky Fables. Untitled story; Zany Giraffe July 4th story. "Hiawatha And The Fire Magician"; Dopsy Durvy, a Fire-Extinguisher selling rabbit, takes a break and falls into a storybook world, where he helps Hiawatha fight the evil Fire Magician. Clement Gets The Right Time text story. Safety Matches; Spunky gives Mr. Whiskers a hot foot, and starts a forest fire which quickly gets out of hand. Mr. Elephant comes to the rescue. A Date with Effie public service announcement; Betty is in a huff with Stan after she hears he had a date with Effie; Effie turns out to be a Radio System for broadcasting in a hospital; Public service strip to encourage volunteer workers in the Health Care System. Untitled story; The animals put on a benefit play and raise enough money to help Mrs. Wren rebuild her house. In-Tro-Ducing; The three kittens (Tick, Tack, and Toe) sneak into the circus and wind up becoming part of the show. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Jerry Grandenetti. Hotbox, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Joe Kubert. Torpedo Alley, script by Bob Haney, art by Jack Abel. Combat Steeplechase, script by Bob Haney, art by Jerry Grandenetti. Three Pieces of War, script by Bob Haney, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. War Correspondents fact page, script and pencils by Morris Waldinger, inks by Tom Nicolisi. I'll Try Sir fact page, script and pencils by Morris Waldinger, inks by Tom Nicolisi. Private Pete humor half-page by Henry Boltinoff. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

"Glamour Girl" (art by Vince Colletta), "They Called Me Boy Stealer," "The Night He Proposed" (art by John Forte), "My Lonely Saturday Nights" (art by Ann Brewster), "Kid Sister" (art by Colletta), and a two-page text story, "Alone, Together." Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $70.00 View scan INCOMPLETE. Missing centerfold, affects story and art. Cover detached at one staple. Staple rust. Rust migration.

Tales of the supernatural from the early days of the Comics Code, with art by the Iger Shop. The strange tale of a super-intelligent gorilla is narrated by the gorilla himself. German soldiers are routed by ghostly archers while in combat with British troops during World War I. Sailors stranded in the Sargasso Sea are aided by an albatross. The Portrait of Greed!; Creeping Vines; Trapped, But Not Forever!; The Phantom Archers; The Unwelcome Passenger! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Assignment in Eternity," "Private Eye of Venus" (art by Carmine Infantino), "The Volcanic Man," and "The Future Mind of Roger Davis!" (pencils by Gil Kane), Kane cover pencils. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $50.00 View scans	Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $34.00 View scans 1/2" Spine split from bottom of comic. Oxidation and brittleness.	Add to cart VG 4.0 $80.00 View scans This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($2.40) will be charged at checkout. It has been graded by MyComicShop's experienced graders.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $59.00 View scans This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.77) will be charged at checkout. It has been graded by MyComicShop's experienced graders.
Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $61.75 View scans This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.85) will be charged at checkout. It has been graded by MyComicShop's experienced graders. Centerfold detached at one staple, cover oxidation.

Cover art by Fred Kida. "The Eighth Wonder of the World," art by Richard Doxsee; Four conmen come up with an idea to dig up a giant that they plant in the earth and exhibit it to make money but they disturb a real giant with their scheme. "Only One Returned," art by John Forte; Two men descend into a cave shaft and one plots to dispose of the other so that he can marry his girlfriend; He cuts the rope and the other man falls into the river. "The Swami's Secret," art by Bob Bean; A mind-reading swami is undone when he comes across an individual he believes is an alien preparing to invade; He signs a confession to the police that he has been swindling wealthy clients for years but thinks the occasion is important enough to reveal his secret ability. "The Second-Hand Man!", art by Ed Winiarski; When a law-abiding man buys a used car that had belonged to an executed gangster, he finds himself behaving in reckless and aggressive ways. "The Missing Tooth" text story. "The Missing Sun," script by Carl Wessler, art by Matt Fox; A giant insect blots out Earth's sun and even more giant creatures save Earth by getting the insect to leave. "Bewitched!", art by Bob Powell; The book of Genda, a yogi fanatic, holds a town paralyzed until a man's glasses slip off his face and light magnified through one of the lenses burns up the pages. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Steve Ditko. Edited by Al Fago. "The Menace of the Maple Leaves," art by Steve Ditko; Long ago a witch put a spell on maple trees and to this day the trees have the means to protect themselves. "Director of the Board," art by Steve Ditko; An executive's dream comes back to haunt him. "Ted Visits Nomo" text story. "Forever and Ever," art by Steve Ditko; A tramp claims to have taken an immortality serum 400 years ago. "The Gift," pencils by Bill Molno, inks by Sal Trapani; Violinist Marko Orlatti needs brain surgery, but while under anesthesia he receives a ghostly visit from a friend and emerges completely cured...without surgery! 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Final issue of the series. "The Perfect Hide-Out," "The Rag Doll," "Twenty Long Years" (art by Al Endeh), "Untouched By Human Hands" (art by Robert Q. Sale), "Isolation" (art by "Solly"--Sol Brodsky?), "The Five Sinister Statues" (art by Richard Doxsee), and a two-page text story, "Robot's Holiday." Bill Everett cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Sheldon Mayer. Double Trouble; Sugar & Spike learn about a mirror. The Fix-It Machine starring Sugar & Spike. Horse Sense; Sugar & Spike talk to a baby horse. Spike Learns Big Business. Scripts and art by Sheldon Mayer. Pint-Size Pin-Ups paper dolls by Mayer. Write Your Own Comic Page! by Mayer. Earn While You Learn! public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Ruben Moreira. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $131.00 View scans Tape over staples, tape stains on centerfold.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $75.00 View scans	Add to cart GD 2.0 $47.00 View scans Centerfold detached at one staple.	Add to cart GD- 1.8 $30.50 View scan
Add to cart GD- 1.8 $30.50 View scans	Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $26.50 View scans Several small hole punches through back cover and several pages. Negligible impact on art and story.	Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $26.50 View scan Cover detached at one staple. Staple rust. Rust migration. Water damage.	Add to cart FR 1.0 $18.75 View scan 7" cumulative spine split. Extra staples (not manufacturing). Brittle pages.
Add to cart FR 1.0 $18.75 View scan Cover detached.	Add to cart PR 0.5 $9.40 View scan Interior complete. Water damage. Mold. 1/4 back cover missing. Staple rust. Rust migration.	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $39.00 View scans This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($1.17) will be charged at checkout. It has been graded by MyComicShop's experienced graders. Cover detached at one staple.	Add to cart FR 1.0 $29.99 View scans This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($0.90) will be charged at checkout. It has been graded by MyComicShop's experienced graders. 2.5" cumulative spine split through cover and all wraps, lateral spine tears.

Cover art by Al Plastino. The Midget Superman, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Jimmy Olsen's Lost Pal starring Superman and Many-Faces Fulton, script by Otto Binder, art by Al Plastino. The Three Substitute Supermen starring Superman and The Organizer, script by Jerry Coleman, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; three potential heroes vie to become the temporary Man of Steel. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $27.00 View scan	Add to cart GD 2.0 $27.00 View scan Cover and centerfold detached at one staple (anchored with tape).	Add to cart GD- 1.8 $35.00 View scan	Add to cart PR 0.5 $6.70 INCOMPLETE. Page missing, interrupts art and story. 2" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple. Centerfold detached at one staple.
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Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley. The Mystery of the Millionaire Hoboes; "Hobo Jimmy" Olsen investigates a group of millionaires masquerading as hobos. The Super-Hallucinations; Superman and Jimmy believe a UFO they see is a hallucination. Jerry Jitterbug humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Super-Brain of Jimmy Olsen; When Jimmy allows Prof. Potter to demonstrate his evolution accelerator on him, he becomes a human from 1,000,000 A.D. who calls himself the Cosmic Brain. Scripts by Otto Binder, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley. Ollie humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Earn While You Learn! public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Ruben Moreira. Card Tricks You Can Do article. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $36.00 View scans 5" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Staples added (not manufacturing).

Cover by Steve Ditko. Written by unknown. Art by Steve Ditko, Sal Trapani and unknown. Chilling, thrilling and frequently fulfilling Tales of the Mysterious Traveler! In this issue: "Escape" with art by Steve Ditko; "Test of a Man" with art by Ditko; "The Desert" with art by Ditko; "Mutiny" with inks by Sal Trapani; and "Operation Blacksnake" with art by Ditko. Plus: 2-page text story "The Peacemaker of Sidi-bel-abbes"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Gordon Scott photo cover. "Tarzan and the Angry Mountain," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Tarzan saves two scientists from being sacrificed to a volcano. "More about Zulus" text story starring Mabu. "Tarzan and the the Vanishing Race," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Tarzan and Boy reunite a wounded bushman with his tribe. Untitled Brothers of the Spear story, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Russ Manning; Tavane and Zulena follw the brothers' trail. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Weekly U.K. comic featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous hero. Tarzan by Dick Van Buren and John Celardo, Color Cover, reprinting daily comic strips. 24 Pages B&W.

Weekly U.K. comic featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous hero. Tarzan by Dick Van Buren and John Celardo, reprinting daily comic strips. 24 Pages B&W - Color Cove

Weekly U.K. comic featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous hero. Tarzan by Dick Van Buren and John Celardo, reprinting daily comic strips. 24 Pages B&W - Color Cover

Weekly U.K. comic featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous hero. Tarzan by Dick Van Buren and John Celardo, Color Cover, reprinting daily comic strips. 24 Pages B&W.

Weekly U.K. comic featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous hero. Tarzan by Dick Van Buren and John Celardo, Color Cover, reprinting daily comic strips. 24 Pages B&W.

Volume 8, Issue 12 - June 11th, 1957. Celebrity gossip magazine. The issue features a Dane Arden Cover and articles advising how NOT to shoot pool, and asks if the Air Force is killing American Pilots. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $7.00

Cover by Rube Grossman. Paging Red Riding Hood; Minus has to deliver a basket of cheese to Rodney after reading Little Red Riding Hood. The Great Treasure Hunt; Minus is ordered to steal a map from the Big Feet's glove compartment. School Daze; Fatsy wants to go to college. Silently Yours; Mostly silent story about Minus trying to pick a raspberry. A Bed-Time Story; Hamilton tries to capture the boys clubhouse by using a magnet. Scripts by Sy Reit, art by Rube Grossman. Yogi Berra Homers In the 9th ad for Cloverine Salve, art by Ray Thompson. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by unknown. Art by Lynn Karp and unknown. Featuring: Tom & Jerry tale with pencils by Lynn Karp; Big Spike & Little Tyke tale; Bertie Bird text story "Big Washout"; Barney Bear with Fuzzy & Wuzzy tale; Wuff the Prairie Dog tale; and Tom & Jerry back-up tale with pencils by Karp. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $14.50 View scan 2" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple.

Cover art by Bob Brown. The Brave Who Was Jinxed starring Tomahawk, art by Bob Brown. The Frontier Baron starring Tomahawk, art by Fred Ray. Tomahawk's Canine Partner, art by Bob Brown; a dog helps Tomahawk and Dan in battle. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Tom Hickey, John Giunta, Manny Stallman and Warren Kremer. Tales of young love and marriage from publisher Harvey. Joy falls for Carl, inmate of the island prison where her father is the warden, and helps him plot his escape. Vic thinks his fiancee Bonnie was lost in a plane crash, but she's just in Scotland. Farm girl Betty is torn between farmer Curt and his educated brother Ralph. Plus vintage advice on love and skin care. The Right to Love; Country Wedding!; Hearts Divided; My Fickle Heart; Blind Date; Beauty Can Be Skin Deep!; Know Your Man! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $7.49

Celebrity stories and photos. John Conte, Red Skelton, Dinah Shore, Lawrence Welk and more. 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., B&W, 76 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by John Severin. "Roaring Forty-Fives!", art by Chuck Miller; The Two-Gun Kid rides into Gulchtown just in time to witness a lynch mob trying to take away Ben Frost who has pleaded guilty for the murder of Jess King, a well-liked rancher in the region. "The Riddle" text story, art by Chuck Miller. "Gunpowder Range!", art by Chuck Miller; The Two-Gun Kid is riding on the range when he is suddenly shot at by Corby, a sheep herder who is in a range war with Donlan, a rancher who has mistaken the Two-Gun Kid as one of Donlan's men. "Hot Lead!", art by Chuck Miller; With a powerful drought hitting the land, the Two-Gun Kid rides into town and stops for a drink of water when the dipper he uses from the communal well is shot out of his hand by Bart Maddox, who tells him that the local water is not for strangers. "One More Notch!", art by Bob Powell. "Killer's Ranch!", art by Chuck Miller; Answering a letter regarding his friend Seth Maple, the Two-Gun Kid rides into town to meet with his lawyer and saves an elderly man named Pop Heart from a gunslinger who tells Hart to get off some land. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Uncle Scrooge in a book length adventure "Land of the Pygmy Indians" in which Scrooge's efforts to get a home in the wilderness leads to the unknown land of the pygmy Indians. Issue also has Gyro Gearloose in an untitled story, a one-page text feature "The Superstitious Citizen," and one-page gag strips. Stories by Carl Barks. Cover price $0.10.