The Comics comic books issue 9

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Cover art by L. B. Cole. Cadet story, art by Nina Albright; Kit Carter and Dan Merry go on a scavenger hunt. Target story, art by Ken Battefield. Midnight Fiddler text story. Bull's-Eye Bill western story, art by Joe Certa. The Candy Bar starring Speck, Spot, and Sis, art by Alonzo Vincent; Kids dress as the Shadow and Roy Rogers at a masquerade. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Candid Charlie story, art by Robert Sale (as Bob Q. Siege). Heathcliff the Hobo story, script and art by Art Helfant. Gary Stark story, art by Don Rico. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cadet story, art by Nina Albright. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Speck, Spot, and Sis story, art by Alonzo Vincent; a monkey escapes from the zoo. Celebration text story. Candid Charlie story, art by Robert Q. Sale. Dan'l Flannel story, art by Gus Schrotter. Heathcliff the Hobo story, script and art by Art Helfant. Gary Stark story, art by Don Rico. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Nina Albright. Cadet story, art by Nina Albright. The Last Round text story. Chameleon story. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Dink story, art by Milt Hammer. Gary Stark story, script and art by Don Rico. Bull's-Eye Bill story, art by Joe Certa; Bull's Eye Bill wages a spine-buckling contest. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Merkin Gerkin humor page by B. G. Guth. Target story, art by Ken Battefield. The Great Bullfighter text story. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by L. B. Cole. Cadet story, art by Nina Albright. Heathcliff the Hobo humor page by Art Helfant. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Speck, Spot, and Sis story, art by Alonzo Vincent. Target and the Targeteers story, art by Ken Battefield. Watch That Ripple text story. Chameleon story. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Are You a Flagpole Sitter? starring Candid Charlie, art by Robert Q. Sale. Gary Stark story, script and art by Don Rico. Full page sequential art ad for U. S. Royal Bike Tires, art by George Roussos. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Certa. Cadet story, art by Nina Albright. Heathcliff the Hobo humor page by Art Helfant. Alligator Hunt text story. Boiltram the Boiglar humor page by Art Helfant. The Target and the Targeteers, art by Joe Certa. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Some Punch! starring Timid Tim, script and art by Art Helfant. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Gary Stark story, art by Don Rico. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by L. B. Cole. Cadet story, art by Nina Albright. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Merkin Gerkin humor page by B.G. Guth. Candid Charlie story, art by Robert Q. Sale. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Boitram the Boiglar humor page by Art Helfant. Rescue By Air text story. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Who Is El Toro? starring Gary Stark, art by Don Rico. Heathcliff the Hobo humor page by Art Helfant. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Certa. Cadet story, art by Nina Albright. Merkin Gerkin humor page by B. G. Guth. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Bull's-Eye Bill story, art by Joe Certa. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. The Double Dare text story. Heathcliff the Hobo humor page by Art Helfant. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Gary Stark story, script and art by Don Rico. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Boitram the Boiglar humor page by Art Helfant. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by L. B. Cole. Cadet story, art by Nina Albright; Kit and Dan take summer jobs. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. The Cloud Clipper starring Target. Targetoons humor two-pager by Milt Hammer. Boitram the Boiglar humor two-pager by Art Helfant. A Camera Can't Lie text story. Diamonds! starring Gary Stark, art by Don Rico. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Judgment Day text story. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Certa. Kit Carter Tackles Airborne-Trouble!, art by Nina Albright. Fighting Fire text story. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Mac's Pool Hall starring Candid Charlie, art by Robert Q. Sale. Pram Jam text story. The Stage Is Set! starring Gary Stark, script and art by Don Rico. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Dink story, script and art by Milt Hammer. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by L. B. Cole. Cadet story, art by Nina Albright; a sinister stranger who stalks the Daunton campus. Swamp Justice text story. Bull's-Eye Bill story, art by Joe Certa. Targetoons story, script and art by Milt Hammer. Dink story. Kidnapped by Zale Storm starring Gary Stark, art by Don Rico. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Certa. Kit Carter's Race Against Time! starring Cadet, art by Nina Albright. Merkin Gerkin humor page by B. G. Guth. Dead Man's Mountain text story. Chameleon story about telephone tappers. Heathcliff the Hobo story, script and art by Art Helfant. Gary Stark story, script and art by Don Rico; Gary Stark escapes from the mountain cabin of Benny the Mule. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

story. A Real Sport text story. Candid Charlie story, art by Robert Q.Sale. Boitram the Boiglar story, script and art by Art Helfant. A Murder in South Africa starring Gary Stark, script and art by Don Rico. Heathcliff the Hobo humor page by Art Helfant. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Dick Briefer and Jay Alexander. Cover by Dick Briefer. The first incarnation of Dick Briefer's famed Frankenstein comic featured Addams Family-style dark comedy and monster hijinks. A normal human family moves into the monster neighborhood and attends a party; The Monster of Frankenstein visits an amusement park; A mad scientist creates a machine that causes others to do whatever he's thinking. The Invisible Wall; The Freaks Next Door; Footnote to History; Horrors; The Charmer; Wild-Life of Hector Droopy; The Moose Hunt. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Fagaly. "Horsefeathers," art by Bill Vigoda; Wilbur helps his father clean the attic, with the expected chaotic results. Untitled story, art by Bill Vigoda; When Wilbur breaks a window playing horseshoes, his father decides to use an incentive-based approach to punishment and takes his son fishing. "Orchids To You" text story. Untitled Katy Keene story, script and art by Bill Woggon; Sis gets upset when she realizes that nobody ever asks for pin-ups of her. "Losers Win," art by Bill Vigoda; Wilbur and Red build a jalopy and compete in the cross-country jalopy race. Wilbur Puzzle Page. "Cat Tale," script and art by Bill Woggon; Talbert and Tootsie Twiddle battle the noisy neighborhood cats after Talbert comes home with a bucket of fish. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue features a special appearance by Heathcliff the cat. When the Museum of Natural History has a special pet day, Joey and Top Dog visit and meet Iggy Nutmeg and his cat Heathcliff. And that results in a lot of adventure and excitement for the two kids and their pets in "The Great Museum Robbery," "The Mummy Walks" and "A Lot of Skeletons." Script by Dave Manak and art by Warren Kremer & Jon D'Agostino & Jacqueline Roettcher. Cover price $0.75.

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This issue features an ad with the first in-print mention of The Flash and Hawkman, pre-dating publication of Flash Comics #1! Cover art by Walter Galli, Jon L. Blummer, and William Smith. Origin, Part II starring Gary Concord, the Ultra-Man, script and art by Jon L. Blummer (signed as Don Shelby); Gary's father's story continues; He discovers he is the only one who can breathe the air outside the domed cities. Mutt and Jeff strips by Al Smith (as Bud Fisher). Believe It or Not by Robert L. Ripley. The Volcano starring Red, White and Blue, art by William Smith. Northern Lights starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer (signed as Jon Elby). A Thousand Years A Minute - Part 3--Adventures in the Unknown, script by Carl H. Claudy, art by Stan Aschmeier. Scribbly Teaches the Principal, script and art by Sheldon Mayer. Calling the Roll starring Ben Webster, script and art by Edwin Alger. The American Way [Part 4], script by John B. Wentworth, art by Walter Galli. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories by Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein and Johnny Craig. Art by Johnny Craig, Jack Kamen, Graham Ingels, and Jack Davis. EC's New Trend crime title featured top-notch art and writing, barrier-pushing graphics and pre-Code violence. A couple finds an old trunk in the attic of their new home, but curiosity turns to horror when it contains human bones. A movie stand-in plots to permanently replace a famous film star. Land developers in Borneo discover gold-roofed temples, hollow trees used as coffins, and a curse that links the two together for the greedy. Also, The EC "Artist of the Issue," featuring Johnny Craig. Understudy to a Corpse!; Medicine!; Accident; Cut!; A Tree Grows in Borneo! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Leonard Starr. The War for Water starring the Wyoming Kid, art by Howard Sherman. Ad for U. S. Royal bicycle tires plus a plug for Bike Comics, art by Al Plastino. The Two Brothers in Big Horn starring Cowboy Marshal, art by Ed Smalle Jr. The Man Who's Wanted starring Rodeo Rick, art by Jimmy Thompson. A brief account of Conchia Citron's accomplishments in the rodeo arena. A short article about the development of the stagecoach lines, art by Raymond Perry. The Shattered Clue starring Nighthawk, art by Charles Paris. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Written by Tim Daniel, David Andry. Art by Kurt Michael Russell. Cover by Sunando C. The end of the End. All the players are in place, good versus evil, light versus darkness. The Olc sends his forces against our heroes in their final stand. The Catha and her Salvia start the ceremony to summon the Bluire de Slánaitheoir, the great hero who can defeat the Olc, but they won't be able to complete it unless they possess all the relic pieces. A perfect time for someone with a piece to make his play for power. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $6.99.

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Written by Tim Daniel, David Andry. Art by Kurt Michael Russell. Cover by Liana Kangas. The end of the End. All the players are in place, good versus evil, light versus darkness. The Olc sends his forces against our heroes in their final stand. The Catha and her Salvia start the ceremony to summon the Bluire de Slánaitheoir, the great hero who can defeat the Olc, but they won't be able to complete it unless they possess all the relic pieces. A perfect time for someone with a piece to make his play for power. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $6.99.

by Los Bros Hernandez Meet the Chascarrillos! There's beloved Maggie, her wacky sister, goofy brothers, and classy mom. Find out where Maggie gets it all. Where she learned to say "UTA." Julio's mother worries about her two sons away working in the city - with all those wicked city women and all. In "The High Soft Lisp," Fritz's marriage fizzles! Plus the next to last chapter of "Me For the Unknown." MATURE READERS b&w, 32pg $3.95 Cover price $3.95.

Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Walt Kelly, Carl Barks, and John Stanley. Based on the popular movie shorts also known as Little Rascals, Dell's Our Gang Comics featured early work by Pogo's Walt Kelly and other cartooning greats. In a story by Kelly, the gang is filming a pirate movie aboard a real ship when the ship is set adrift during a storm, with only old Deadlight Dan, the caretaker, to guide them. Droopy (under his original name, Happy Hound) stays on an escaped convict's trail, in an early story by legendary Uncle Scrooge creator Carl Barks. When their disguises fail to fool Tom, Jerry and Tuffy resort to Mexican Jumping Beans, in a story with art by John Stanley of Little Lulu fame. Our Gang; Flip 'n' Dip; Happy Hound [Droopy]; Major; Barney Bear; Tom and Jerry; Benny Burro. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Capp. Stories and art by Rex Maxon, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Bill Conselman, Charlie Plumb, Bernard Dibble, Rudolph Dirks, Harry Lee, Winfield Meggs, Becky Sharp, Harry O'Neill, H. E. Homan, Dudley T. Fisher Jr., Olive Ray Scott, Edward Daniel Kuekes, R. M. Brinkerhoff, Dick Richards, Robert Dickey, George Lichty, Frank Owen and Raeburn Van Buren. Sometimes listed as Comics on Parade Vol. 1 #9. Early in the transformation of comic strips to comic books, United Features Syndicate published Comics on Parade as a showcase for its most popular strips, including Tarzan, Li'l Abner and Nancy. Ambushed and thrown overboard, Tarzan is believed dead by Jane, while Tarzan's civilized cousin stands to claim both Tarzan's title and Jane herself. Bathless Groggins has a gadget that will win Slats the race and Judy's hand. But Becky Groggins, in love with Slats, plans to do something desperate. In Wonderland, Alice meets the Caterpillar and tries to control her size changes. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp, and an illustrated biography of screen legend Clark Gable. Bucky and His Pals; Abbie an' Slats; The Captain and the Kids; Tarzan of the Apes; Wayne Webster, All-Star Quarterback; Roads to Romance; Cynical Susie; Broncho Bill; Looy Dot Dope; Dynamite Dunn; How to Make It; Nancy; Billy Make Believe; Alice in Wonderland; Knurl the Gnome; The Boomers; The Pet's Club; Grin and Bear It; Little Mary Mixup; Ella Cinders; Danny Dingle; Li'l Abner. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Written by Natasha Alterici. Art by Ashley A. Woods. Cover by Natasha Alterici. Aydis is ambushed by trolls shortly after arriving at the godlands. To her surprise, they spare her life and only take her captive. She'll have to find a way to turn them into allies, or risk failing her mission. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

The Return of Everyone - Written by Michael Gallagher. Art by Howard Post and Roberta Edelman. Get ready for a gross encounter of the worst kind! It's the most PUZZLING adventure the Madballs have ever faced! And YOU are part of the story! Those mayhem-causing Madballs bounce into real trouble when every villain they've ever faced gangs up on them! Dr. Frankenbeans, Colonel Corn, Weirdbeard the Pirate, Miss Tic the Mystic, Maiden Hong Kong, Anchor-Man and more have joined forces to do what others only dream about -- the destruction of the Madballs! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.00.

Written by Bob Kanigher, Richard Hughes & Otto Binder. Art by Harry Lucey, Bob Oksner & Charles Payne. Cover by Mark & Stephanie Heike A red-letter issue highlighting three rare, red-clad adventuresses from the 1940’s- Fox Features’ antiheroine QUEEN of EVIL, Nedor Comics’ high-society heroine MISS MASQUE, and the near-mythical tropical defender ASTRON the CROCODILE QUEEN!! A trio of great near-forgotten distaff characters from comics’ Golden Age in FULL COLOR!! Cover price $6.95.

Stories and art by Burne Hogarth, Reg Greenwood, Fred Methot, Bernard Dibble, Ernie Bushmiller, Ben Batsford, Rudolph Dirks, Vic Forsythe, Charlie Plumb, Bill Conselman, Harry O'Neill, Raeburn Van Buren and Frank N. Ernest. United's anthology featured reprints of early comic strips plus an original superhero, Spark Man, whose identity was a secret even from the readers. Spark Man tries to prevent the grief-stricken son of a dead city worker from destroying the city's new emergency back-up generator. Evergreen Bones warns Slats that gangsters are planning to crash the dance at the Tisket-Tasket School, disguised as "Harvard men." When rebel soldiers rescue Danny Dingle and his father from the Zucas, they feel pressured to join their cause. Plus a Tarzan adventure by Burne Hogarth. Spark Man: The Case of the Madman at the Switch; Nancy; Captain and the Kids; Ella Cinders; Tarzan; Abbie an Slats; Broncho Bill; Chris Crusty; Frankie Doodle; Dynamite Dunn; Danny Dingle; El Bombo; Unbelievable - But True. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Flash stars in "The Giant Animals," written by Gardner Fox, art by Everett E. Hibbard. Also includes: King in "The Witch's Revenge" by Fox and Harry Lampert; Hawkman in "The Creatures from the Canyon" by Fox and Sheldon Moldoff; Johnny Thunder in "Magic's in the Air" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; Cliff Cornwall in "Antarctic Adventure" by Fox and Sheldon Moldoff; "A Case of Hives" Flash picture novelette by Ed Wheelan; and The Whip in "The Orphanage Benefit" by Wentworth and Homer Fleming. Cover art by Hibbard. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Albert B. Feldstein. Warts So Horrible?--The Witch's Cauldron!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels; Two nephews attempt to grave rob their miser uncle at midnight for a diamond ring that he had buried with him; the corpse seizes them and re-buries all. Forbidden Fruit--The Vault of Horror!, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; Two passengers from a downed plane wash up on an island where the only food appears to be fruit that grows on a tree enclosed behind a stockade; The previous occupant tells them from behind the wall that eating the fruit will make their skin rot off. The Age-Old Story!--Haunt of Fear, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen; A young woman marries a biologist in his 50s for his money but quickly tires of him; She gets him to fork over all his dough and then tells him she's leaving him for a younger man. Gorilla's Paw!--The Crypt of Terror, script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Jack Davis. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Maurice del Bourgo and Paul Gattuso. Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. Buck Saunders takes on the Rustlers of the Range. Teen inventor Cliff Gordon swears revenge on the Nazi air ace who's been terrorizing the skies over Britain. Perry and Tom investigate the mysterious final words of a murder victim in Mexico City. Junior Rangers; Buck Saunders; Cliff Gordon the Wonder Boy; Witless Willie; Perry Allen; Kinker Kinkaid. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Kin Platt. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Richard Hughes, George Mandel, Leonard Sansone, Elmer Wexler, Jackson Cole, Kin Platt, John Daly, and Ray McGill. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bill Everett (pencils) and Alex Schomburg (inks). The Human Torch Versus the Sub-Mariner: The Battle of the Comic Century!, script by Bill Everett, Carl Burgos, and John Compton, pencils by Bill Everett and Carl Burgos (signed); Embittered when the Police Commissioner calls Torch afraid for not bringing in the Sub-Mariner as he promised, the Torch and Betty track down Namor and a battle royal begins that ends with the Fiery Fury being captured by Namor in an airless glass tube. Mystery Comics #3 and Daring Mystery Comics #5 ad, art by Alex Schomburg. The Angel untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; The Angel becomes involved in a situation in which towns people believe that a vampire is at work, when all along it is a mad scientist, who desires to transplant the brain of a young woman into a gorilla. The Masked Raider untitled story, art by Al Anders; The Raider involves himself in a case wherein gold shipments from a mining camp have been waylaid, then end up being turned into the local assay office for cash payment. Plus, High Steel text story, script by Compton, art by Robert Hughes. Electro, the Marvel of the Age untitled story, art by Steve Dahlman; Electro and the Professor are taken to the planel Ligra, where they are forced to engage in battle against Queen Nara. Ferret Mystery Detective untitled story, script by Stockbridge Winslow, art by Irwin Hasen; Ferret must act quickly against a gang of crooks who are waging a vicious campaign against Stacey Cleaners. Adventures of Ka-Zar the Great untitled story, art by Ben Thompson; Ka-Zar helps a young girl make her way back to her father, having to evade attacks by a tribe of wild Wabis. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Ruth Plumly Thompson (sometimes credited as Jo King). Stories and art by William Ritt, Clarence Gray, Brandon Walsh, Nicholas Afonsky, Carl Anderson, Jack Burnley, R. J. Scott, Eddie Sullivan, Charlie Schmidt, Lee Falk, Phil Davis, E. C. Segar, George Clarke, Lou Hanlon, George McManus, Otto Soglow, Eddie Rickenbacker, Clayton Knight, Ed Anthony, Romer Grey, Charles Flanders, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Don Moore and Alex Raymond. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Mandrake the Magician and Lothar notice a suspicious couple on the circus train. Fun Christmas cover features multiple King Features characters interacting. Brick Bradford; Little Annie Rooney; Henry; Sport Features; Scott's Scrapbook; Radio Patrol; Mandrake the Magician; Thimble Theatre; Flash Gordon; The G-Man; Rosie's Beau; Bringing Up Father; The Little King; Ace Drummond; Ted Towers, Animal Master; King of the Royal Mounted. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Reprints. Stories by S.M. Iger, Charles Biro, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon and unknown. Art by Reed Crandall, Joe Kubert, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Bob Powell, Steve Ditko, Alex Toth, Mike Peppe and Mort Meskin. While volunteering at the American Red Cross, Joan discovers that Dr. Kruger has poisoned the blood banks in an untitled Firebrand story. Plus: Chuck Chandler in "Gem of an Idea"; "The Fourth Dimension is a Many-Splattered Thing"; Red Hawk in "The Man Who Rode the Moonlight"; "The Heritage"; "Working Girl's Romance"; and "Soft Touch"! 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Margery McKay (sometimes credited as G. Whiz). Stories and art by Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Feg Murray, Clayton Knight, H. H. Knerr, Edwina Dumm, Sheldon Stark, Neil O'Keefe, Robert Storm, Austin Briggs, Thornton W. Burgess, Carl Anderson, Chic Young, Bob Dunn, Frank Miller, Joe Musial, Billy DeBeck, Jimmy Thompson, Fanny Y. Cory, and E.C. Segar. Lee Falk's adventurer Mandrake the Magician gets top billing in this anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Mandrake tries to save his girlfriend Narda from an arranged marriage in her home kingdom; Dagwood makes a mammoth midnight snack. Mandrake the Magician; News in Sports; Jan and Aloysius; Seein' Stars; The Romance of Flying; Bunky; Tippie and Cap Stubbs; Inspector Wade; Secret Agent X-9; Little Nature Stories; Henry; Little Acorns; Popeye; Barney Baxter; Blondie; Indian Lore; Roger; Stamp Corner; Little Miss Muffet; Dinglehoofer. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Vince Sullivan. "The Gavonian Affair: Part 9," script and art by W. C. Brigham; Sandra is forced to masquerade as the Princess Yolanda by Count Tauru, but she doesn't fool Count De Wex. "The Holdup: Part 1," script and art by Tom Cooper; A suspicious figure knocks out the station agent and forces Jake to send a message that will wreck the Express! "Prince of Patrania: Part 9," script and art by Vince Sullivan; Pincus sneaks around the ship and tries to figure out why Spike has been kidnapped. "In the Wake of the Wander, Part 7," script and art by Tom Cooper; Grim meets a stranger on the island, but the stranger is soon captured by the natives. "Fang Gow of China, Part 09" script and art by Leo O'Mealia; Barry and Le Grand attempt to escape from Fang Gow's yacht. "The Land of the Midgets of Zetruria," script by Ken Fitch, art by Clem Gretter; Don and Betty do battle with Krenon, captain of the Midget Queen's guards. "Escaped Ape," script and art by Stan Randall; Slim Pickins tries to shake off an ape who's trying to make a monkey of him. "Mountain Lion," script and art by Tom Cooper; Buckskin Jim fights off a mountain lion and rescues a boy from the canyon river. "The Mystery Plane: Part 5," script by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, art by Leo O'Mealia; Bob and a man impersonating Jake are about to leave for Alaska, while the real Jake escapes from his captors. "Captain Kiddlaw, Part 9," script by Ken Fitch, art by Clem Gretter; Kiddlaw leaves Rex and Axel for dead; They follow an underground river looking for a way out. 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories, art and cover by Doug Slack. Slave Labor Graphics version of life among the disaffected members of Generation X during the 1990s. Wak, Patricia, Mitch, Dana, and grunge-puppy Randy deal with high school life through bitter irony and disdain for poseurs. Randy goes for the post-punk industrial look; A List of Things That Just Annoy Slackers; Patricia, the Happy Little Goth Chick. 24 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Terror of the Floating Fortresses, art by Carl Pfeufer; The Sub-Mariner investigates the sudden appearance of an iceberg in waters they normally do not exist in, and discovers it's man-made and a cover for Japanese destroyers to attack American shipping. The Green Island Menace, art by Carl Pfeufer; Sub-Mariner must stop the mysterious and destructive explosions occurring all over Ireland. The Baffling Business With the Bowlegged Bozo starring Dr. Dimwit, script and art by Basil Wolverton. The Day's Biggest Sale text story. The King of Castle Island starring The Angel, art by Gustav Schrotter. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Chester Gould, Frank King, Harold Gray, Bill Holman, Zack Mosley, Stanley Link, Oskar Lebeck, Frank Willard, Gus Edson, Walter Berndt, Ed Leffingwell, Martin Branner, Loy Byrnes, Al Posen and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Sandhurst's men revolt when Sandhurst fires the only doctor, with ten patients still in the company hospital. Smokey Stover gets the Chief a rowing machine, but forgets to tell him that it's not aquatic. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie, Dick Tracy, Smokey Stover and The Gumps. And a Dick Tracy text story. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Spooky; Gasoline Alley; Tim Todd the Boy Detective; Peter and His Mutt; Winnie Winkle; The Gumps; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Manuk the Arctic Crusoe; Dick Tracy Foils the Haines Kidnapers; Terry and the Pirates; Streaky; Elmer; Sweeney & Son; Smokey Stover; Little Joe; Smilin' Jack. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.