Toby comic books issue 1

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Stories and art by Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. Comics adventures of the popular, long-running cartoon character; this series often featured art by the two men most associated with Felix, Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. In a dream, Felix enters the world of the playing cards and meets kings, queens and jacks. Felix decides to start collecting celebrity autographs. Misdeal; Rainbow's End; Laffographs; Bruin Trouble; Herman and Sherman. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Winter 1949. John Wayne photo cover. John Wayne—A Mans Man bio with photo. The Cowboy and the Gambler starring Wayne; bold, ruthless and fired with the burning ambition to stamp his brand of crime on the frontier town of Gamblers Gulch was a gunman to be reckoned with in the wests never-ending fight for law and order; his name—Blackjack Wells. Sudden Death at Dragon's Peak starring Wayne. The Mysterious Valley of Violence starring Wayne.Photos on the inside front and back covers, and the back cover. Sudden Death at Dragon's Peak. The Mysterious Valley of Violence. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Myron Fass, Bill Molno, Ed Smalle and Pete Morisi. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. A horribly disfigured man gets a chance to change his life, thanks to an incredibly lifelike mask. An engineer exploring subterranean depths stumbles on the kingdom of the demons and their beautiful queen, Laila. In future year 9852, scientists Tum and Jan are exiled for predicting that their perfect society has a doomed future. Plus a look at the challenges of space travel that reflects the technology of 1952. The Ugliest Man in the World!; Demons Below Us!; Willie; The 24th Guest; Exile to Death!; Problems of Space Travel. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Operation Petticoat," art by Jack Sparling; Spike and Bat, two brawny, lusty, best-buddy Marines on the Korean front, are sent behind enemy lines to retrieve valuable information from an elderly, wounded Korean acting as an agent for the United States. Before dying, the agent tells the boys the information is sewn into the dress hem of his lovely granddaughter, Lotus Blossom. "Arabian Nightmare," script by Charles Spain Verral, art by Jack Sparling; A big mistake is made in Washington and the boys are sent to the Middle East to secure oil concessions for the western powers; Boris, a Russian emissary, is trying to do the same for his country; The Shah of Ariq, a boxing fan, decides the issue will be settled via a boxing match between Boris and Spike, a renowned Corps heavyweight champion celebrated for a punch of his own devising called the Double Reverse Pretzel Bolo. "Blue Plate Blossom"; Lover O'Leary is the "pre-eminent gal-hound" of the United States Marine Corps and agrees to take two nerdy, young "chowderheads" out on the town; The three pass their time ogling busty, leggy Good Girls in little clothing. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Mart Bailey, Creig Flessel, Ray McGill, Clem Gretter and Ogden Whitney. Cover by Mart Bailey. Sometimes listed as United States Marines (1943) #1 (it was the first published, but there is no actual issue number in the comic). Action-packed fact and fiction about the US Marine Corps, printed at the height of WWII patriotic fervor. Includes the note "published with the cooperation of the U.S. Marine Corps." Marines-based humor with "Monte Zuma and Trip O'Lee," a reference to the Marines' Hymn; The history of the U.S. Marine Corps; Illustrated tales of combat and patriotic messages about both fronts and the home front during World War II. Trophies of War; Victory at Gavutu; Birth of the Marines; Monte Zuma and Trip O'Lee; Hellcat Out of Heaven; Your Blood Can Save Him; Battle of the Ditch; Wildcat in the Sky; The Marines Have Landed!; Saga of the Solomons; This Is the Enemy! The Flying Butcher; In Ten More Minutes What Will You Be Doing?; The Cliffs of Veru; Guadalcanal Diary; Johnny Devildog; Super Stamp Outfit; Death Sailed the Delaware!; The Snaring of the Fox; The Drillmaster. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Third Printing. Promotional comic produced by Lactona Inc., discussing dental health and toothbrushes. 7 1/4" X 3 1/2". 32 pages. Full Color.

Stories and art by Fred Lasswell and others. Contrary to the cover claim, this is the third comic book featuring Billy DeBeck's hillbilly hero and the original Google, his seldom-seen sidekick Barney. Snuffy Smith goes and gets his shotgun when he thinks "revenooers" are on his property. Jughaid wonders why his mother tells him one thing and his father another. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernest Schroeder. Stories and art by Mell Lazarus, Robert Bernstein and Ernest Schroeder. Medieval adventure featuring the wandering knight errant known as the Black Knight. The Black Knight battles an army to prevent a woman from being burned at the stake as a human sacrifice. The Black Knight searches for his missing friend, the Sheriff of Blisford, but he's vanished as if he never existed. Plus an early cartoon by Mell Lazarus, creator of the Momma and Miss Peach comic strips. Human Sacrifice; Old Liz; The Invitation. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Art Helfant and Vic Herman. A short-lived series from Toby Press presenting the adventures of Captain Tootsie, the Tootsie Roll mascot created by Shazam creator C.C. Beck. Captain Tootsie and the Secret Legion kids travel to Venus to help the Goonans rebel against their cruel masters. Then they have to find a way to get back to Earth. Tookie gets a call from a radio quiz-show while she's baby-sitting. Plus a letter to the readers from Captain Tootsie. Out of the World!; The Double Clock Face; Prospector Pete; Tookie; Riders of the Red Lizards. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Jack Sparling and others. The legendary Gabby Hayes, the sidekick of all sidekicks, gets the starring role in this one-shot Western comic from Toby Press. An outlaw is on a stagecoach that is transporting a gold shipment, joining forces with the sheriff in a tense standoff against marauding stage robbers. Ambush at Terror Canyon; The Sheriff and the Outlaw; Cowpoke's Nightmare; Ten-Gallon Allen; Old Timer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dave Berg. Stories and art by Dave Berg and Mell Lazarus. Teen humor hijinks with Merton and his pals, featuring early art by future Mad "Lighter Side" artist, Dave Berg. Con-artist Chris tries to swindle Merton by selling him a broken-down outboard motor. Merton and his portly pal "Calories" fix up a surplus jeep, but Merton's in trouble after he promises to name it after both Marcia and Jo Ann. Merton learns why you should never make notes into paper airplanes. Foreign Make; What Goes Up!; Love and Let Love; Calories Casey; Lovely Weather for Ducts; A Quiet Saturday Night; All in Fun. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 100 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.25.

UK Reprint

Painted cover by Bernard Safran. Stories and art by Mel Keefer and Jack Sparling. Romantic drama from Toby Press. A guide feels conflicted about leading this particular safari into the jungle, and soon he learns why. Frank joins the police force to win a bet, and becomes one of the best cops out there, even if he hates to carry a gun. A historical strip about the use of the horse by Native Americans. Cool gorilla cover painted by Bernard Safran. Code of the Jungle; Mr. Flatfoot; The Man in the Shadows; Up Front with the Marines; Horses of the Old West. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

American (2006) Edition - 1st printing. Written by Etgar Keret. Translated by Dan Ofri. Art by Batia Kolton, Yirmi Pinkus, Itzik Rennert, Mira Friedmann, and Rutu Modan. Cover by Mira Friedmann. Five exceptional graphic artists combine their art with five stories of Etgar Keret, Israel's internationally acclaimed writer. A traveling salesman falls in love with a Romanian circus acrobat. A Young woman lives next door to the entrance to Hell. A magician loses control of his magic. A piggy bank named Margolis. A porn obsessed dwarf on a flight to nowhere. originally published in Israel in 1998. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 90 pages, full color. Cover price $12.95.

1st Printing. Collects The Ballad of Toby & Sara #1 - 4.

1st printing. Story and art by Gregory Panaccione. Toby is a simple dog living in a seaside country village, indulging in the joys of nature with his freedom-loving artist master. Almost always hungry, nothing matters more to Toby than his master whom he consoles, exasperates, and sometimes inspires. Toby is happy living his life of carelessness, and yet thoughts and memories start to haunt him, tormenting him with questions... Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $24.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "The 1960s!" By Robert Shearman and Toby Hadoke. In Running Through Corridors, two Doctor Who lovers and writers of old - Robert Shearman ("Dalek") and Toby Hadoke ("Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf") - embark on an epic quest to spend a single year re-watching the whole of Who two episodes a day, every day, from the show's start in 1963 to David Tennant's swan song. Running... is Shearman and Hadoke's diary of that experience, a grand opus of their wry observations about the show. Volume 1 encompasses all six seasons of the 1960s, starring William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 328 pages, Text. Cover price $24.95.

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Cover by Gene Fawcette. Stories and art by Louis Ravielli and Gene Fawcette. Pre-Code horror comics set in exotic lands form this one-shot from Toby Press. A man visiting France sees the image of a long-dead woman in a mirror. Dan finds love and horror while visiting New Orleans during Mardi Gras. While visiting England, Marion gets lost in an old castle and finds herself 500 years in the past. The Mirror of Cagliostro; Murder At the Mardi Gras; Strange Romance: Love of Roger Hardin; Time Is Running Out; Death Ship. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by Franck Girard. Art and cover by Serge Bloch. Toby may be the class clown, but he's smart enough to know what's what. Whether he's late for school, early for recess, or just in time to fail the next quiz, he's always got something to say about it. But even though his friends think he's funny, the adults in his life aren't laughing - mostly because they're not in on the jokes. No matter! Toby makes the best of it as he coasts through the day on his wit and good humor! Softcover, 6-in.x 8-in., 96 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $9.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by Franck Girard. Art and cover by Serge Bloch. Toby may be the class clown, but he's smart enough to know what's what. Whether he's late for school, early for recess, or just in time to fail the next quiz, he's always got something to say about it. But even though his friends think he's funny, the adults in his life aren't laughing - mostly because they're not in on the jokes. No matter! Toby makes the best of it as he coasts through the day on his wit and good humor! Hardcover, 6-in.x 8-in., 96 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $19.99.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - December 7, 1951. "Did the FBI Help the Reds Escape?", "America's Secret Government", "A Study of Prostitution Today", "Salinger vs. Maryland: Psychiatry Challenges the Law", More. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

1st Printing - 1953. "You'll Die Now!" written by Raymond Drennen. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.35.