Comic books January 1975

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Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories by Doug Moench, Chris Claremont and David Kraft. Art by Sonny Trinidad, George Evans and Paul Kirchner & Rudy Nebres. The most haunting occult story of them all -- Gabriel: Devil-Hunter in "The Possession of Jenny Christopher"! Plus: Satana, the Devil's Daughter in "If This Be Hell...?" Also: The horrors of manipulation in "Destiny: Oblivion"! And: The Devil-May-Care Lad strikes again in "Three Spiders on Gooseflesh"! Plus: 1-page Satana, the Devil's Daughter illo by Pablo Marcos. Also: 'Next Issue' artwork by George Perez (on back cover). 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.75.

Cover by Enrique Nieto. Stories and art by Sanho Kim, Pat Boyette, Enrique Nieto and Joe Gill. Charlton's combination of romance and ghost comics featured art by Steve Ditko, Tom Sutton and other reliable talents. Claude is an acclaimed painter, but for some reason he is afraid to show his face in public. The ghost of Abel Trevaney haunts his old mansion, determined to drive women out of it - until he meets The One. The Eye of the Beauty; The Hounds of Hell; The House of Fear; My Dream Lies Here. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Vintage supermarket tabloid magazine full of high profile true crime stories of the FBI and the CIA, some with testimonials from those involved in, or close to the cases themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+.

1st Edition - 2nd and later printings. NOTE: Covers on reprints may vary. By Mark James Estren. Wraparound cover by Rand Holmes. A HISTORY OF UNDERGROUND COMICS is a lavishly illustrated, comprehensive and controversial account of the "comix" genre from the 1960s. Mark James Estren traces the roots of underground comics and details how the cartoons unabashedly portrayed sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll, flouting the censors who kept conventional comics tame. This edition of the classic work incorporates historical updates, a new index and bibliography. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 320 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $9.95.

Book Club Edition

1st printing.

By Kenneth Anger.

Originally written in French and published in Paris, Hollywood Babylon is a collection of Tensil Town's darkest secrets and conspiracies as told by Kenneth Anger, a former child movie actor.

Hardcover, 308 pages, B&W.

January 4, 1975. Comics include Bernard the Bullet, The Man's a Marvel, Terror Mountain, Keep Your Cool Collins, and more. 8 1/4-in. x 12-in., 32 pages, all newsprint, black and white.

January 25, 1975. Comics include Captain Hornet, Cast Hook and Strike (begins), The Further Truth About Wilson, The Starkad Curse, and more. 8 1/4-in. x 12-in., 32 pages, all newsprint, black and white.

Stories and art by Warren Kremer and others. Harvey's mischievous little devil is not as famous as their friendly ghost, but his design became a permanent part of pop culture. Hot Stuff accidentally winds up in Electro-Land, which is populated by living appliances. Hot Stuff hesitates to tell visiting Grampa Blaze that his violent temper is ruining everything. The mayor of Tinytown imagines what would be worse than Stumbo the Giant: MANY Stumbos. Electro-Land; Grampa Blaze; The Missing Floboon; Story of the Sky: Jumbo Jupiter; Stumbo: The One and Only. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Harvey's little devil has adventures and misadventures in strange lands. Hot Stuff encounters mischievous fire fiends in Fiery Land. The people of Tinytown introduce Stumbo the Giant to lemons, but he's not sure what to make of them. Then Stumbo must babysit his nephew, but a giant baby is all sorts of trouble for tiny folk. Toaster of the Town; Trouble is Where You Seek It; Fiery Land; The Switch; Bedtime Problem; Stumbo: Oh, Baby! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

January 4th, 1975. Action, Adventures, Western, and Humor comic strips featuring Red Star Robinson, Limp Along Leslie, and the Galloping Ghosts! 8 1/2-in. x 12-in., 32 pages, PC/PB&W.

January 11th, 1975. Action, Adventures, Western, and Humor comic strips featuring Red Star Robinson, Limp Along Leslie, and the Galloping Ghosts! 8 1/2-in. x 12-in., 32 pages, PC/PB&W.

January 18th, 1975. Action, Adventures, Western, and Humor comic strips featuring Red Star Robinson, Nipper Norman, and the Galloping Ghosts! 8 1/2-in. x 12-in., 32 pages, PC/PB&W.

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January 25th, 1975. Action, Adventures, Western, and Humor comic strips featuring Red Star Robinson, Nipper Norman, and the Galloping Ghosts! 8 1/2-in. x 12-in., 32 pages, PC/PB&W.

First 25-cent cover price. Cover art by Luis Dominguez. "The Headsman of Hell," script by Marv Wolfman and Len Wein, art by Abe Ocampo; A Frenchman during the time of the Terror obsesses over the identity of the headsman until he becomes scheduled for execution himself; He reaches up to yank off the black hood only to discover that there is nothing underneath. "A Test of Innocence!", script by Mike Pellowski, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Bill Draut; A man steals emeralds from an Amazon native tribe, but when he attempts to raft down river with the hollowed-out melon he's stashed the emeralds in, it rolls off the raft into the river; He reaches into the river for the melon but when he withdraws his hand it has been stripped of flesh by Piranhas. "Death on Cue!", script by David Michelinie and Russ Carley, art by Ruben Yandoc (as Rubeny); A pool hall bum steals a magic cue from an old man and beats him to death with it; He plays well until he has only one more guy to beat and then he will be champion but the ghost of the dead man shows up before the match; The ghost challenges him to a game, and even though the killer is using the magic cue, he plays terrible like he used to play. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Huey, Dewey and Louie Junior Woodchucks in "The Growing Rocks" and "Rainbow Refugee." No art/story credits given. Cover price $0.25.

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Whitman edition. "The Growing Rocks" and "Rainbow Refugee." No art/story credits given. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover pencils by Ron Wilson, inks by Frank Giacoia. Prisoner of the 5th Dimension!, script by Stan Lee (plot) and Larry Lieber (script), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Perfectly good houses sink into the ground after they're built. Reed suggests sabotage; a farmer blames "swamp demons"; When Johnny investigates, he sees strange men with blue skin using an "electro gamma wave" ray gun to make the houses sink. Part 2: Trapped in Another World!; Johnny is transported to another dimension, where, in a futuristic city, he's taken before Zemu, a despot who plans to conquer Earth. Part 3: The End of Zemu!; Johnny uses his flames to create a tornado to take out the asbestos-covered armored tanks. Reptile's Revenge! starring The Original Human Torch [Jim Hammond], art by Al Bellman. 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Art Cappello. Stories and art by Joe Staton, Art Cappello, and Demetrio Sanchez Gomez. Charlton's long-running romance title showcased the fashions and relationship ideals of its rapidly changing eras. A woman thinks she knows the reason Dennis is dating the boss's daughter. Sailor Mike woos Doris away from her fiance James, in a story with some "mod" art-deco backgrounds and 1970s fashions. Plus a story with art by E-Man co-creator Joe Staton. Girl with a Future; Jinxed; From the Shadow; Find-a-Word; One Way; Love Is Lovely. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 16 - 1st printing. Highlight of the year's best illustration. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 10-in., full color.

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Cover art by Herb Trimpe. "Fury at 50,000 Volts!," script by Len Wein, art by Herb Trimpe; While walking down a railroad track, the Hulk confuses an oncoming train for an attacker and punches it off the rails; He furiously begins ripping the train apart demanding to know why humans can't leave him alone; When no answer is forthcoming he flees the scene, ending up landing in Lake Michigan; Swimming across the lake to the city of Chicago, the Hulk pulls himself into an alleyway to rest, and reverts back into Bruce Banner; Banner awakens and realizes that he has no money left and needs to get a job; The Hulk battles Zzzax Marvel Value Stamp Series A: The Thing. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.60.

Number/month on cover: 90292-501, no month listed. Comic book version of the animated character who was part of the Pink Panther cartoon series. This issue features the cases of "The Great Train Boo-Boo," "The Crumpled Cravats," and "Vacation Daze." Issue also has the Pink Panther in "Pinkus Atlantis." Issue also has a 16-page "Kenner Fun Catalog." Story and art credits: unknown. Cover price $0.25.

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"Convention of Fear!" Story by Mike Friedrich. Art by George Tuska and Vince Colletta. Cover by Gil Kane. While on a business trip to Southern California, Tony Stark decides to attend the San Diego Comics Convention...and he goes incognito as Iron Man! However, the Black Lama is lurking in the shadows at the convention and convinces Man-Bull, the Melter, and Whiplash to fight Shell-head. (Notes: Various Marvel bullpen members are depicted in the story including Roy Thomas. Neal Adams is credited with drawing part of the top panel of page 14. The letters page includes a letter from comics publisher Dean Mullaney.) 32 pages Cover price $0.25.

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UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 8p cover price. "Convention of Fear!" Story by Mike Friedrich. Art by George Tuska and Vince Colletta. Cover by Gil Kane. While on a business trip to Southern California, Tony Stark decides to attend the San Diego Comics Convention...and he goes incognito as Iron Man! However, the Black Lama is lurking in the shadows at the convention and convinces Man-Bull, the Melter, and Whiplash to fight Shell-head. (Notes: Various Marvel bullpen members are depicted in the story including Roy Thomas. Neal Adams is credited with drawing part of the top panel of page 14. The letters page includes a letter from comics publisher Dean Mullaney.) 32 pages

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In the distant future the Earth is a ravaged wasteland with only one law--survival of the fittest. And in a land of kill-or-be-killed, none is more efficient at it and revels in it more than the man known as Ironjaw. He's new kind of hero for a very different kind of world. "The Saga of Iron Jaw!" Script by Michael Fleisher, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Jack Abel. Neal Adams cover. Cover price $0.25.

January 1975 - Peter Pan. 46 Pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.50.

The Journal is a Canadian fanzine edited by Paul Kowtiuk. This double issue #24/25 includes: news on The Journal ceasing publication; Superman/Jerry Siegel news; articles on prices for new comics, Our Gang, The Legend of Fu Manchu, the reputation of science fiction; Update by Jay Zilber; Comics and the Cross part two; Nuff Said by Ron Frantz; Jim Steranko art (small drawing of cowboy); Faanishly by Greg Swan; pinup by Frank Cirocco; and C.C. Beck vs. Modern Comic Art. Back cover features Catman art by Freeman. 16 pgs, folded, tabloid size, newsprint. Nov/Jan, 1975. Cover Price $1.00. Cover price $1.00.

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Cover by Samm Schwartz. "Sweet Bunch of Trouble," art by Samm Schwartz; Jughead's mother sends Jughead to the florist to buy a bouquet of flowers, and no matter how hard he tries, everybody sees him doing it. "Down in History" one-page Li'l Jinx's Pals Russ and Charley Hawse story by Joe Edwards. "Culinary Cult," art by Samm Schwartz; Jughead forces his enrollment into the school's cooking class so he can make himself sumptuous lunches on school time. "The Merry Mailman," script by Frank Doyle, art by Samm Schwartz; As a means of boosting Ethel's spirits, Pop cajoles Jughead into writing her a letter. "The Stomach Stopper," art by Samm Schwartz; Archie tries to use psychology on Jughead to make him a better goalie for the hockey team. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

"I Pine Fir You and Balsam!"; Mr. Lodge lets Archie help him get a Christmas tree. "Missed List"; Archie and Reggie pay Jughead to find out what Betty and Veronica want for Christmas. "Letter Perfect" one-page Li'l Jinx story by Joe Edwards. "Snow Woe"; Jughead tries to escape from Big Ethel on the ski slopes. "Weight and See"; Veronica has to lose some weight to fit into a gown for the Christmas ball and Archie helps her exercise. "The Salad," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Bob White, inks by Bob White; Mr. Weatherbee tastes a salad made by Jughead, but Veronica tells him that Betty made it since Jughead and Archie could get in trouble for being in the Home Economics room. "The Return of Jingles," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; Jingles is back, but some other brownies decided to come to Riverdale as well. "Ring Around," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; Veronica shows Betty a ring she got from "you know who" and Betty thinks Archie and Veronica are engaged. "Sticky Business," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; Veronica is cursed with a sticky touch when she tells a lie. "There's No Catch," art by Samm Schwartz; In this dialogue-less story, Coach Kleats gets Jughead on the basketball team when he see how good he is at throwing things into baskets. "Man's Best Friend," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; Jughead is going to buy himself a gift because he knows better what he wants than anyone else. Plus puzzles, other stories, and more. 164 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.60.

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The Black Panther stars in Panther's Rage part 8, "The God Killer, script by Don McGregor, pencils by Billy Graham, inks by Craig Russell; he Panther fights and defeats one of the once-thought mythical white gorillas; introduction of Chandra, Kono (introduction), Jakak (introduction) and Wenzori (introduction). Pin-ups: the Black Panther from Avengers 73 by Frank Giacoia/Sam Grainger, and Venomm by Graham. Marvel Value Stamp. Letter from editor and writer Ralph Macchio. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

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UK editions are exactly the same as their US counterparts except for the cover price (ex. 7p, 1/-, 10d). The Black Panther stars in Panther's Rage part 8, "The God Killer." Script by Don McGregor, pencils by Billy Graham, inks by Craig Russell. Pin-ups: the Black Panther from Avengers 73 by Frank Giacoia/Sam Grainger, and Venomm by Graham. Gil Kane/Klaus Janson cover. Marvel Value Stamp.

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"The Haunted Valley" with art by Paul Norris. Painted front cover. # on cover 90276-501. No month listed on cover. #12 1/75 25c Cover price $0.25.

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"Revenge of the River Gods." Script by Gerry Conway, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Bob McLeod. Buscema cover. Cover price $0.25.

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UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 8p cover price. "Revenge of the River Gods." Script by Gerry Conway, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Bob McLeod. Buscema cover.

Swedish Series. N:r 5 - 28 January 1975. 36 Pages, Full Color, Swedish Language.

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"Freak Show." Script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by D. Bruce Berry. Cover by Kirby and Berry. Kamandi and Ben Boxer battle mutated sea creatures. Cover price $0.25.

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Reprints Kid Colt Outlaw # 116. Cover price $0.25.

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Featuring a collection pf overly dramatized stories and articles about swarms of killer bees, fire ants, poisonous spiders, and stinging scorpions! 78 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $1.50.

1975 Edition - 1st printing.

Based on the popular television show starring David Carradine. Caine, a monk from the far east and master of kung fu, wanders the wild untamed west of North America seeking his destiny and finding adventure.

Hardcover, 8-in. x 10 1/2-in. 80 pages, PC/PB&W.