Comic books February 1961

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Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. The 10 Feats of Elastic Lass!, script by Otto Binder, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; Lois borrows Jimmy Olsen's serum and becomes Elastic Lass so she can catch the Wrecker, who has been blowing up statues around Metropolis. house ad for Superman Annual #2. The Curse of Lena Thorul!, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; Strange events lead Lois to believe that librarian Lena Thorul is the reincarnation of a witch put to death in the seventeenth century. The Wife of Superman!, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; Lois is jealous because Lana has taken her old job and also flirts constantly with Superman. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Long Running vintage men's interest digest magazine that features articles, war stories, short fiction, true crime, and black and white pin-up photography. 5" x 7.5", 130 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS-

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "Chapter One - I Created the Colossus! ," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A Russian dissident is forced by his loyal brother to build a giant statue glorifying the USSR; An alien crash lands and fuses with the statue for protection, animating it and defeating the whole military. "The Comic" text story. "Chapter Two - The Colossus Lives!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; The Colossus escapes from the army and Boris takes the opportunity to attack the regime by declaring that after he built the statue a voice came from the beyond saying that it was time for dictators to be brought to task and power-mad rulers to be halted. "Chapter Three - The Power of the Colossus!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "I Am... Gorak!", art by Steve Ditko; A famous magician is enraged when his power is questioned, and he reveals that the whole world is an illusion, and only he is real. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9d cover price. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "Chapter One - I Created the Colossus! ," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A Russian dissident is forced by his loyal brother to build a giant statue glorifying the USSR; An alien crash lands and fuses with the statue for protection, animating it and defeating the whole military. "The Comic" text story. "Chapter Two - The Colossus Lives!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; The Colossus escapes from the army and Boris takes the opportunity to attack the regime by declaring that after he built the statue a voice came from the beyond saying that it was time for dictators to be brought to task and power-mad rulers to be halted. "Chapter Three - The Power of the Colossus!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "I Am... Gorak!", art by Steve Ditko; A famous magician is enraged when his power is questioned, and he reveals that the whole world is an illusion, and only he is real. 36 pgs., full color.

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Cover by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko. Here Comes...Thorr the Unbelievable, art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers; When Professor Linus mistakenly wakes up Thorr the Unbelievable he has to stop him from waking up his fellow warriors and taking over the world. The Bridge text story. My Touch Means... Doom!, art by Don Heck; A teller plans to rob his bank to pay for his wife's surgery. Save Me from the Mole Men!, art by Paul Reinman; A fighter who is cruel and likes to hurt his opponents finds out that there are some creatures stronger than him, and they like to hurt their opponents also. I Am the Victim of the Sorcerer!, art by Steve Ditko. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9d cover price. Cover by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko. Here Comes...Thorr the Unbelievable, art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers; When Professor Linus mistakenly wakes up Thorr the Unbelievable he has to stop him from waking up his fellow warriors and taking over the world. The Bridge text story. My Touch Means... Doom!, art by Don Heck; A teller plans to rob his bank to pay for his wife's surgery. Save Me from the Mole Men!, art by Paul Reinman; A fighter who is cruel and likes to hurt his opponents finds out that there are some creatures stronger than him, and they like to hurt their opponents also. I Am the Victim of the Sorcerer!, art by Steve Ditko. 36 pgs., full color.

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Cover by Joe Sinnott and Vince Colletta. Stories and art by Joe Sinnott, Vince Colletta, Charles Nicholas, and Sal Trapani. Romantic drama is never so dramatic as it is during the teen years. Martha discovers reform-school escapee Charley hiding out in her family's garage and decides to help him, in a story with art by future Fantastic Four legend Joe Sinnott. Donna loves Flash, but he gives her the brush-off in favor of girls like Mikki, while his pal Pike tries to be supportive of Donna. Judy finds her teen secret diary from high school and reminisces about her first love, Perry. Cupid's Phantom; No Votes for Me; Hand in Hand; Jealous!; Love Can Be Fun; The Runaway! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Vince Alascia, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. The legendary lawmen of frontier Texas bring justice to the lawless West. A card sharp swindles three outlaws in a poker game and has to run for his life. A Ranger tracks a fugitive through a raging blizzard. Plus a history of the revolvers and other handguns used by the historic Texas Rangers. North for the Border; Deadfall; Find and Arrest; Guns of the Rangers; Apache Scout; Brother vs. Brother. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Issue 328. Feb. 4, 1961. 9 3/4" x 12 1/2". 20 pages. Black and white.

Issue 329. Feb. 11, 1961. 9 3/4" x 12 1/2". 20 pages. Black and white.

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Issue 330. Feb. 18, 1961. 9 3/4" x 12 1/2". 20 pages. Black and white.

Issue 331. Feb. 25, 1961. 9 3/4" x 12 1/2". 20 pages. Black and white.

UK Edition. 36 pages, full color, 6D cover price.

Tip-top Topics (1961) was a promotional comic book for salesmen and the families of Tip-Top employees. Art by Vic Herman. This giveaway comic/sale brochure/news letter is the February 1961 issue Vol. 5 # 2 of Tip-Top Topics," a monthly publication for the Tip-Top Bread Company featuring Herman's Deliveryman, Tip-Top Ted. Includes colorful cartoon panels and the latest news about the Tip-Top Co. 4 pages, 8.5-in. x 11-in., B&W and Red ink, card stock paper.

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First 15c cover-priced issue. Stories by unknown. Art by Lynn Karp and unknown. Featuring: Droopy half-pagers "Squirt Gun Fun," "Roped and Tied," "Eat and Run" and "Cozy Cap"; Tom & Jerry in "The Vitamice" with pencils by Lynn Karp; Spike & Tyke in "Pop's Big Moment"; Bertie Bird text story "The Rest Quest"; Wuff the Prairie Dog in "The Tribe Tamers"; Mouse Musketeers in "The Tooth Will Out" with pencils by Karp; Fuzzy & Wuzzy in "The Piggy Bankers"; and Mouse Musketeers 1-pager "Fright Sights"! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 1, Issue 6 - February, 1961. Men's interest magazine with fiction and articles with the emphasis on nude pictorials. Includes a color centerfold. 8 1/2" x 11", 78 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $1.00.

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Volume 6, Issue 1 - February 1961. Cover by Walter Popp. Men's magazine featuring adventure stories, articles, and pinups. "The Playboy Spies Who Deserted To Moscow." 8 1/2 in. x 11 in. 90 pages. B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Volume 30, Issue 2 - February 1961. Formerly New Detective Magazine. Adventure articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 82 pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 5 #3 - February 1961. Men's interest magazine featuring adventure fiction, true life stories, and pictorials. In this issue: The Island Mission of No Return; They Peddle Hate for a Buck - the hate mongers in action; Draw First -- and Die; and The Raffle Bordello of Take-a-Chance Lola. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 12, Issue 6, Whole Number 70 - July-August, 1965. Magazine with articles and history relating to the American West. 8.5" x 11", 76 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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February 1961 issue. Stories by Oren Arnold and John Iverson. Squarebound, 8" x 11", 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko. "Championship Rodeo," script by Stan Lee, art by John Severin; Riding into a small Texas town and running low on cash, the Two-Gun Kid comes across a poster advertising a rodeo in town featuring Lightnin' Lawson; The Kid rides over to the rodeo and asks the owner for a job. "The Origin of the Two-Gun Kid!", script by Stan Lee, art by John Severin; After a long time away from his home of Sundown, Arizona, Clay Harder is bullied by Bull Yaeger, the local trouble maker; Clay turns outlaws over to the sheriff; the lawman remarks how Clay is a real "Two-Gun Kid"; Clay decides to take the name and rides off onto the range, wanting to help anyone in need. Two-Gun illustration for kids to color, art by John Severin. "Showdown at the Circle-C!", script by Stan Lee, art by Sol Brodsky. "The Sheriff" text story. "The Apaches Strike!", script by Stan Lee, art by John Severin. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bob Brown. The Boss of the Saturnian Legion, script by Arnold Drake, art by Bob Brown; Space Ranger poses as alien leader Tark. Dr. Floogle humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Our American Heritage public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bernard Baily. The Planet That Cried Wolf, art by Nick Cardy. The Man Who Stole the Sun text story. The Amazing Lunar Lab, art by George Roussos. Statement of ownership--average paid circulation, 192,000. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"He Comes With the House!" (script by Richard Hughes as "Kurato Osaki"; art by John Rosenberger); "Strange Treasure!" (script by Hughes as "Pierre Alonzo"; art by Odgen Whitney); "Fat Man's Magic!" (script by Hughes as "Zev Zimmer"; art by Pete Costanza); and "The Last Survivors!" (script by Hughes as "Shane O'Shea"; art by Whitney). Whitney cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia and Sal Trapani. Strange stories of science fiction, fantasy and horror that fit within the guidelines of the new Comics Code. Jonathan's obsession with racing faster and faster leads him to new dimensions humankind was not meant to visit, in a story (and cover) with art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Geoffrey sees a flying saucer once, and he's ready for it when he sees it again twelve years later. A pocket watch gives Jack clues to a murder plot and an alien invasion. Speed Crazed; The Unseen; Where Is Amelia?; Fantasia; Nightmare!. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Weekly comic anthology from Great Britain in the vein of Tiger and Battle 40 pages, newsprint

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Issue has Donald Duck in "Sitting High," Scamp in "The Bone Mix-Up," Chip ?N' Dale in "The Caught Copycat," and Mickey Mouse and Goofy in part three of "Mickey's Strange Mission." Issue also has one-page and half-page gag strips and a one-page text feature "The Dude Ranch Visit." The Donald Duck story is by Carl Barks. Art and story credits on other stories: unknown. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Cover has Wendy and Casper. Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Wendy stars in: "The Salesman"; "The Invisible Witch"; untitled 1-pager; and untitled 2-pager. Also in this issue: Witch Sisters in "The Ugly Contest"; Spooky in "Ghost Grad"; and 1-page text stories "The Fight" and "The Dude"! Characters in this issue: Wendy; Thelma; Zelma; Velma; Red Witch (introduction); Davy Jones; Spooky; Poil; Professor Twitty (introduction). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Giella. The Dance Hall Queen and the Desperadoes starring Matt Savage, Trail Boss, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Giella. Get a Grip on Your Gripes! public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bernard Baily. The Secret of the Wandering Lawman starring the Wyoming Kid, script by Gardner Fox, art by Howard Sherman. Sagebrush Sam humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Treasure Trail to Tumbleweed Gap starring Pow Wow Smith, script by Gardner Fox, art by Carmine Infantino. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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A collection of stories with art and photographs from all over the world. 7-in. x 9 3/4-in., approx. 76 pages, B&W.

Volume 1, Issue 11 - February 1961. Men's interest magazine focusing on scandalous tales of adventure and intrigue, pictorials of gorgeous women, and articles on Men's health. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 68 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations and photos through out) Cover price $0.35.

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Cover pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. "The Secret of Volcano Mountain," script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; Wonder Girl battles strange creatures from Mercury. Statement of Ownership by Jack Liebowitz; average sales 213,000. Our American Heritage public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bernard Baily. "Part 2: The Secret of Volcano Mountain," script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; Wonder Girl continues to battle strange creatures from Mercury. "Part 3: The Secret of Volcano Mountain," script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; Wonder Girl defeats the Mercurian Menace only to have it to return years later to face Wonder Woman. Statement of ownership - average paid circulation 213,000. Full-page ad for Justice League of America 3. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Jay Scott Pike. Undersea Adventures illustration, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "The Frogmen," art by Angelo Torres; Riding undersea "pig" piloted torpedoes, Italian frogmen attack British warships in Alexandria and Gibraltar. "Mines Below," art by Angelo Torres; Lionel Crabb joins British scuba divers protecting shipping and fighting Italian frogmen in Gibraltar. "Underwater Conquest," art by Sam Glanzman; History of underwater exploration, from ancient Greek sponge divers through early underwater devices, experiments by Bushnell and Fulton, and the first bathysphere. "Sea Monsters--False and True," art by Gray Morrow; Five mythical sea creature as imagined in the sixteenth century, and five unusual real sea creatures. "Sunken Treasure," art by Lou Morales; Captain Dickinson uses a diving bell to salvage treasure lost in a shipwreck; modern divers use scuba gear; divers investigate Mayan wells, and a Kefti shipwreck in the Mediterranean. "Skin Diving," art by Tony Tallarico; Explanations of skin diving, practical applications in wildlife management, oil prospecting, police work, and scientific studies are given. "In Magellan's Wake," art by Sam Glanzman; Beach and his crew conduct the Triton on the world's first underwater circumnavigation of the globe. "Seven Miles Down," art by Stan Campbell; Piccard and Walsh take the first bathyscaph (Trieste) to a record depth--35,800 feet in the Marianas Trench. "The Duel" text story by Guy de Maupassant (original), art by Jack Kirby. "D-Day Part 4: Night Drop," art by George Evans; U.S. and U.K. paratroopers and glider troopers descend on Normandy and attack the Germans, hours before the D-Day seaborne assault. "The Red Planet Part 4: A Trip to Mars"; Speculation in the means of the first flight to Mars, and what astronauts might find there. "The World of Science: Blue Skies" activity page, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. The Curse That Doomed Superman starring Superman and Batman, script by Jerry Coleman, pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Sheldon Moldoff; A Swami places a curse on Superman that he will follow every good deed with an evil deed. Our American Heritage public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bernard Baily. A Trap for Tommy Tomorrow, art by Jim Mooney. Bebe humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Mighty Arrow Army starring Green Arrow, art by Lee Elias; after Green Arrow and Speedy crash on their world tour in the small country of Luania they must help the local military against an invation by Dictator Bracato. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.