Comic books February 1959

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Photo cover of Clayton Moore as the Lone Ranger. Promo for subscriptions to Dell comics; also Dells Pledge to Parents. One-Way Tracks to Danger, art by Tom Gill; The operator of a casino tries to delay a crew building a railroad so that they will continue to get the workers' business. The End of the Line, art by Tom Gill; Sioux change signals to cause two trains to collide in a snowstorm, hoping to spark a range war. Robbery on Schedule, art by Tom Gill; The Lone Ranger must find an informant who is tipping off bandits on which train to rob. Alligator Attack, art by Jon Small; Leaving the Pecos River, Young Hawk and Little Buck make their way to the Red River, where they build a raft and go downstream to the Mississippi; Little Buck's leg is broken by the thrashing tail of a dying alligator. Facts about early pioneers. Based on the popular Western TV series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Chesley Bonestell. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Damon Knight, Margaret St. Clair (as Idris Seabright), Joel Townsley Rogers, Eleazar Lipsky, Judith Merril, Basil Davenport, George P. Elliot, Charles L. Fontenay, Raymond E. Banks, Grendel Briarton and Jane Rice. Softcover, 5.5-in., x 7.5-in., 130 pages, black and white (all text) Cover price $0.40.

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Volume 4, Issue 7 - February 1959. Men's interest magazine featuring articles, stories, and pictorials. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 74 pages. B&W. MATURE. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 4, Issue 8 - February 1959. Men's adventure stories with some model photo galleries. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W - Mature Readers. Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 5, Issue 1 - February, 1959. 8.5" x 10.5", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Mickey Mouse in "The Sneezing Burro of Mystery Mesa" in which Mickey and Goofy help a prospector while stranded in the desert town of Nowhere and "The Grounded Air Taxi." Issue also has The Li'l Bad Wolf in "The Good Scout," one-page text story "The Brick Barrage," and one page gag strips throughout book. No art/story credits given. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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February, 1959 - Vintage Men's magazine featuring articles, pictorials, and pin-ups. This issue features articles on Frank Hamer, the Texas Ranger who tracked, and Buck Barrow, Clyde Barrow, and Bonnie Parker, asks the question Are Roller-Derbies Legit?, and a look at Japanese movie starlet Michiko Maeda! 8.5" x 11", 58 pages, PC/PB&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.50.

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Volume 52, Issue 9 - October 1958. Liz Taylor cover. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 82 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 2, Issue 1 - February, 1959. Men's interest magazine with fiction, articles, and nude pictorials. 8.25-in. x 11-in. 74 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.50.

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Cover by Pat Masulli and Jon D'Agostino. Stories and art by Pat Masulli and Jon D'Agostino. A spin-off of the long-running comic based on the popular TV/radio show character. Both this and the "My Little Margie" comic included fashion and story pages featuring Margie in reader-designed fashions that identified the designer by name, even on the cover. In a truly "meta" opening story, Margie gets a telegram from Charlton Comics' editor Pat Masulli to discuss her new fashion comic. The Charlton staff pokes fun at themselves, as Margie visits the building "that looks like a Hollywood studio," meets the Charlton artists and writers, and also gets a step-by-step guide to publishing a comic book in 1959! An unusual piece of comics history. The Beginning; I Meet the Leaders; Time Out for Laughs; The Production Number; Color-Your-Own Cut-Out Dolls; Surprised Party; Selected Pin-Ups of My Little Margie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Sky-High Man," "The 24,000-Hour Day," and "Dummy That Saved the Earth!" Carmine Infantino art? Gil Kane cover. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue 39 - February, 1959. Scottish/UK SF Magazine. Squarebound, 5 1/82-in. x 8 1/2-in., 112 pages, B&W.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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February 1959. Vintage "Playboy Clone" men's interest magazine highly focused on the bachelor lifestyle with articles, essays, product reviews, erotic short fiction stories, and tasteful nude pin-up photography. This issue features a story by noted hardboiled writer Horace McCoy, "Crashout". 8.5" x 11", 70 pages, B&W/color. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

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Volume 1, Issue 2 - February 1959. Men's adventure magazine with articles, photos, and humor. 8.5" x 11", 90 pages, B&W. MATURE Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 17, issue 1 - February 1959. A tamer version of magazines like Playboy and Esquire, featuring celebrity profiles, articles on contemporary culture, and plentiful cheesecake photography. This issue features gossipy coverage of Elizabeth Taylor's affair with Eddie Fisher, father of Carrie Fisher. Also featuring a pictorial of Asian-American burlesque and pinup star Barbara Yung. He's Shooting for the Moon; Prostitution Lives On; Bad Men of the Old West; Gimmicks Used by Card Cheats; Parisian Love School; Grafting Human Organs for Miracle Cures; Is a Basketball Fix in the Works?; Terror in the Bull Ring; Eddie - Debbie + Liz = Sex-tangle; Man with the Most Phenomenal Memory in the World; Take a Bath with Lisa; Exciting Dances by Chinese Star; Girl with the Mostest; The Girl on the Flying Trapeze. 4-in. x 6-in., 68 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover art by Harry Lucey. "A Switch In Time," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Harry Lucey, inks by Terry Szenics; Reggie pretends to be Archie and Archie pretends to be Reggie until five o'clock. "Book Mark," script and art by Joe Edwards; Li'l Jinx is told that reading is a rewarding experiance and it turns out to be true when she finds a dollar left in a book as a bookmark. Untitled story, script and art by Bill Woggon; K.O. takes Katy prospecting with Burro Bill. Burro Bill can smell 14k; Not the gold kind, the eating kind. Indian Fashions activity page, art by Bill Woggon. "Derby Day"; Pat the Brat bets Suzie fifty jellybeans his soap box car can beat hers. Archie Club News. "French Leave," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; Wilbur joins the French club at school to get close to the gorgeous instructor, but Laurie gets in the way. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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America's Leading New Idea Magazine. 6.5" x 9.5", 268 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Comic book starring the Warner Bros. cartoon character Porky Pig. Porky Pig and the Maharajah's Messengers; Bugs and Porky are running a messenger service; The Maharajah of Wishawasha, one of the richest men in the world, sends the pair to Wishawasha to retrieve a "Bad Luck Charm" of an ivory elephant. The Poet Plot, art by Vivie Risto; Ollie is reading poetry to the chickens; Henery disguises himself as Ollie to try to lure one of the chickens away from the pen. The Amazing Overalls; Porky and Petunia find that her great-grandfather's overalls and her great-grandmother's bonnet are made of an indestructible fabric that protects the wearer from harm. Ad in comic format for the M-G-M movie, "Tom Thumb." The Perfect Pet text story with Mary Jane and Sniffles. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover. Riddle of the River starring Rex Allen, Koko, Amy Duncan, Byron Drood, Monk, and Conroy, art by Dan Spiegle. Side-Stepping For Justice text story. Pay Dirt--Tales of the Roaring West, art by Bill Ziegler. Deep Treasuer starring Rex Allen, Koko, Vern Wade, and Branson, art by Bill Ziegler. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 38 #4 - May 1959. Boxing magazine. Features articles, departments, ratings, fight reports around the world and more. 8 1/4-in. x 10 3/4-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 4, Issue 1 - February, 1959. Vintage men's interest magazine full of articles, short fiction, Adult oriented comic strips, and tasteful nude pin-up photography. This issue features part 26 in the series, "Rogue of Distinction" by George Sanders, short fiction stories, "Brussels was Only Fair" by Mack Reynolds and "The Gladiators" by Hal Lister. Also includes "The Black Lily", a bonus full-length book by S.M. Tenneshaw. 8" x 11", 80 pages, Mostly B&W with some color pages. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.35.

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Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy. Cave-In starring Roy Rogers and Trigger, art by Nat Edson; A crooked banker and mining foreman aim to take over Dan's mine. The Special Ingredient text story, art by John Ushler. Forgetful Freddy, art by John Ushler. Unheeded Warning starring Trigger, art by John Ushler. The Search starring Roy Rogers, art by Nat Edson. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; part black and white, part color;106 pages on white paper. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Giella. 2nd appearance of Adam Strange in Invaders from the Atom Universe, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Bernard Sachs; Adam is zeta-beamed to Rann, but pop-eyed green aliens inhabit the city!; Adam is thrown into an "Orkinomikron" to wake on a desolate atomic world, having been shrunk. Strange Satellites! fact half-page; facts about Jupiter's and Uranus's satellites. Giants of the Telescope fact page; Bernard Lyot built the first coronagraph to study the solar corona, and made observations of Mercury and Mars. Prize Stars! article; Facts about Proxima Centauri, Sirius, Beta Orionis, and other stars. The Dozen Dooms of Adam Strange, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Joe Giella; Adam rockets over a cop to meet the zeta beam; The new rage in Ranagar is Adam Strange full-size dolls. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 15, Issue 10 - February 1959. Cover by Vic Donahue. Adventure stories, articles and nude photos. Liz Taylor article. Illustrations by P. Max. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 82 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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8.5" x 11", 42 pages, B&W Cover price $0.50.

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Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, Bill Molno and Dick Giordano. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Visitors from Neptune find Earthlings too warlike to communicate with, in one of three stories in this issue featuring early art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. In another Ditko story, Venusians steal Earth's Moon. The third Ditko story has a visitor to Earth struggling to make himself understood. The Hostile Planet; The Moon Snatchers; The Wrong Planet; Elixir of Youth; The Great Escape. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Men's adventure magazine featuring articles on sports, hunting politics and crime. 10-in. x 13-in., 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Steve Ditko. "I Was a Prisoner on the Planet of Plunder!", art by Don Heck; An interstellar detective takes a cargo pilot's place to find out how ships are being robbed without anyone remembering anything. "Strange Mission" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "I Was the Miracle Man"; A brilliant but cruel businessman sets out to conquer an alien world. "I Saw the Day the World Ended!"; A machine seems to show the end of the world when the Sun burns out in the future. "The Little Lost Planet," art by Steve Ditko; A tiny lost planet does good deeds on Earth until it is located by its mother planet and returned to its home galaxy. "I Am the Scourge of Atlantis!", art by Dick Ayers; The king of Atlantis is convinced that life still exists on the surface and leads an invasion fleet to make war on the world above. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. When There Was No Clark Kent!, script by Jerry Coleman, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley; Superman recalls a time when it appeared that Clark Kent had died, so he abandoned his double life and moved in with Jimmy Olsen. The Make-Believe Superman, script by Jerry Coleman, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Harry Winters dreads the day he is supposed to dress in the clothes in which he did his most heroic deed for his son's school because he thinks he has never done anything heroic. Titano the Super-Ape!, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Lois befriends the intelligent chimp Toto just before he is sent into orbit inside a satellite. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Dick Giordano. "Love Matched"; June and Fred meet at a dance, but shes already going steady with Bert; However, Bert and June soon break up, but June doesnt know how to contact Fred. "Be Happy, Darling!", pencils by Charles Nicholas, inks by Sal Trapani; Linda sees Pat at a wedding rehearsal: she had previously loved him, but thought he had died in a plane crash. Pat tracks her down and says he still loves her, but Linda doesnt want to hurt the other woman and runs away. "He Married Me For - My Money" text story. "Befuddled," pencils by Charles Nicholas, inks by Sal Trapani; A woman buys a diary from sales clerk Roy, who flirts with her; She forgets the diary and has to go back to the shop to pick it up. "Which Way My Heart," inks by Vince Colletta; Susie and Bob have been sweethearts since childhood, but when he goes off to college she begins to date fellow worker Grant; When Bob finds out, he and Grant give Susie 24 hours to choose between them. "My Loving Angel"; Sam kisses his friend Angela at a New Years party but thinks nothing of it; He graduates from college thanks to the tutoring of "Brains," one of Angelas friends. Sam gets an engineering job against the odds and later learns the boss is Angelas godfather. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Steve Ditko. Written by unknown. Art by Steve Ditko and unknown. Chilling, thrilling and frequently fulfilling Tales of the Mysterious Traveler! In this issue: "The Other Form" with art by Steve Ditko; "Inside the Crystal Globe" with art by Ditko; "Valley of Eternity" with art by Ditko; 1-page story "The Clock"; and "The Lives of Walter Dykes"! Plus: 2-page text story "Radiation Revenge"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Weekly U.K. comic featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous hero. Tarzan by Burne Hogarth, reprinting Dailyy comic strips. 28 pages, B&W.

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Cover art by Dick Ayers. "To Be Young Again!" one-page story, art by Dick Ayers; Scientist Ainsley invents a youth serum at the Forrest Research Foundation. "Too Late!", art by Dick Ayers; Emanuel Maxwell, a brilliant scientist, goes to a mountain resort for rest; He falls in love with Gretchen; Her companion, Hans, taunts Maxwell into climbing a mountain with him. "Don't Throw That Switch!", art by Dick Ayers; Mad scientist Lester invents a "Gravity Suspendor"; His college friend Frank rushes to stop him; A flash of lightning supposedly stops Lester from activating the device. "The First" text story. "They Come to the Canyon," art by Dick Ayers; Mr. Baxter, a circus owner, hires Mr. Hodges, a guide, to find a race of giants; The search is actually part of a giant's nightmare. "Strange" one-page story, art by Dick Ayers. "Gratitude on a Very Dark Night," art by Dick Ayers; Old John Dunn is kind to everyone, even his scarecrow; He withdraws all of his savings to give to his granddaughter for her wedding. "Both of Me in Budapest!", art by Dick Ayers; Mad scientist Ivan Kreisler invents a beam that makes a duplicate of himself that he can telepathically direct by staying perfectly immobile; While directing the duplicate to rob a bank, he is struck by a police van driven by a technician who is tracking the telepathic waves. "Rendezvous" one–page story, art by Dick Ayers. "The Last Robot" one-page story, art by Dick Ayers; A bald, monocled leader destroys the special investigator robot that was manufactured to destroy all other robots, saving mankind from robotic dominance. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 43, Issue 02- February, 1959. TAM is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures. Broadway and Hollywood. 8.5-in. x 11-in, 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.75.

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Cover by Rube Grossman. Blast Off; Minus finds a firecracker and wants to fly to the moon on it. Slugger Patsy; Patsy is practicing to be a boxer. Football Fever; The boys play football with a walnut. Rip Van Patsy; Fatsy thinks he's slept for 20 years. . Scripts by Sy Reit, art by Rube Grossman. Animal Wonderland two-page filler by Martin Naydel. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue 232. Feb. 14, 1959. 9 3/4" x 12 1/2". 20 pages. Black and white.

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Cover by Harvey Eisenberg. Stories by unknown. Art by Harvey Eisenberg, Lynn Karp and Vivie Risto. Featuring: Tom & Jerry tale with art by Harvey Eisenberg; Big Spike & Little Tyke tale with art by Lynn Karp; Bertie Bird text story "Stringing Along" with art by Eisenberg; Barney Bear with Fuzzy & Wuzzy tale with art by Karp; Wuff the Prairie Dog tale with art by Vivie Risto; and Mouse Musketeers tale with art by Karp. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.