Comic books March 1956

Vol. 7 #11 - Mar. 16, 1956. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, Jack O'Lantern, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Storm Nelson, Soldiers of the Queen, The Great Charlemagne. Plus text stories and articles. 10 3/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 7 #12 - Mar. 23, 1956. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, Jack O'Lantern, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Storm Nelson, Soldiers of the Queen, The Great Charlemagne. Plus text stories and articles. 10 3/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 7 #13 - Mar. 30, 1956. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, Jack O'Lantern, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Storm Nelson, Soldiers of the Queen, The Great Charlemagne. Plus text stories and articles. 10 3/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

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Volume 1, Issue 6 - March, 1956. Cover by Petro. Men's interest magazine featuring articles, cartoons and pictorials. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 60 pages, PC/PB&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.50.

Cover by Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera. Written by Joe Millard. Art by Edmond Good and Sam Citron. Daniel Boone, the greatest American frontier hero, stars in: "Island of Doom!"; "Rescue from the Redskins"; and "The Honor of Daniel Boone," all by Joe Millard, Edmond Good and Sam Citron. Plus: Back-up story "The Wizard of the Water" by Joe Millard and Sam Citron. And: 1-page text story "Strange Ordeal" (written by unknown). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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March 1956. Cover by Mel Hunter. Science fiction stories by Robert Sheckley, F.L. Wallace, Robert F. Young, J.F. Hutton, Ib Melchior, Norman Arkawy and Stanley Henig, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Basil Wells, Jacques Jean Ferrat, and Richard E. Love. No interior illustrations. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

Volume 9 - Number 3, March 1956. Pulp magazine devoted to exploring the paranormal. This issue features The Child Who Was Four Centuries Old, Sacsahuaman, Mystery City of the Andes, and Rudolph Valentino's Occult Guides! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 page, Text (with B&W Illustrations and Photos). Cover price $0.35.

Vol 2 #5, Mar. 1956 - British astrological and paranormal digest. 4.75" x 7.25" , 98 pages, B&W

Cover by Joe Oriolo. Stories and art by Joe Oriolo. Comics adventures of the popular, long-running cartoon character; this series often featured art by Joe Oriolo, who made the character his own. In a haunted house, Felix encounters a mad scientist who is building a rocketship. Felix winds up taking a trip to the moon in the rocket, in a multi-part story. Kitty decides to open her own beauty shop. The Haunted House; Heavenly Daze; Kitty; Out Spied; Lending an Ear; Black and White Magic; The Strange Voyage; Inky and Dinky. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

French Edition of (The Magazine of...) Fantasy and Science Fiction. A typical issue contains original French fiction along with some American stories translated from the US magazine. Photo montage cover. Poul Anderson, Charles Beaumont, Idris Seabright, Ray Bradbury, Esther Carlson, P. A. Hourey, James Blish, Charles Henneberg. Softcover digest, 6 1/4-in. x 7 1/2-in., 128 pages, black and white (text, no illustrations).

Issue #1 - March 1956. UK edition with one shilling cover price. Stories include "Return of the Scorpion", "Bullets and Ballots", "Revenge at Black Rock" and "The Marrying Kind". 7 1/4-in. x 10 1/2-in., 28 pages, black and white.

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Issue 13 - 1956. Quarterly magazine focusing on the nude figure. Bettie Page cover photo. Spiral bound. 8.5" x 11", 70 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $1.00.

Film in Review is a publication of the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, Inc, an independent, non-profit organization of public citizens founded in 1909 to represent the interests of the motion picture public. This National Board further assists the development of the motion picture as a source of entertainment, as education, and as art, by providing media for the expression of the public's opinion about films and their cultural and social effects. 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 52 pages, B&W.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover photo of Jock Mahoney [as Range Rider]. Trial of Vengeance, art by Tony Sgroi; Range Rider and Dick West out to help an old friend who are to meet them in Desertville, but it is only a trick to capture them, and by a crook who seek revenge on Range Rider for the killing of his brother. Mitchell's Saddle text story. Blind Justice, art by Sparky Moore; Stranger ride into town, in a diner he robs the cash drawer at night and tries to get away. Ruthless Rancher, art by Jesse Marsh. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Eugene Hughes. Aerial combat adventure in World War II. Another in the series of historical retellings of bombing raids over Europe without fictionalized characters or stories, this one a raid over Romania. American bombers make a raid over Germany in 1943. American Sabre jets battle MiGs over Korea, in a story that mentions "the twilight zone of war" three years before the famous TV series established the phrase. Log of the Liberators!; The Private and the Sergeant; Blitz Week!; Sweating It Out!; Armed and Ready … Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color.

NOTE: According to the Grand Comics Database, issues #4 do not believe exist.

Cover price $0.10.

Volume 6, Issue 3 - March, 1956. Men's interest magazine featuring Athletes, True Crime, Starlets, and Pin-ups. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Volume 1, Issue 3 - March, 1956. Diana Dors cover and pictorial, Marilyn Monroe color centerfold. Vintage 50's era men's interest magazine featuring pin-ups of beautiful women in bikinis and lingerie. 8" x 10", 70 pages, B&W with color centerfold. Mature readers. Cover price $0.35.

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Indicia title is "HELEN OF TROY, No. 684." Photo of Helen of Troy (as played by Rossana Podesta). Seven photos from the movie plus a partial cast and credits list. Helen of Troy, script by Paul S. Newman, art by John Buscema; Trojan Prince Paris comes to Sparta on a mission of good will, but finds that Sparta is planning on waging war against Troy; He escapes to Troy, bringing with him Queen Helen, the unwilling wife of Spartan King Menelaus; The Spartans and their allies sail for Troy, where they lay siege to the city; The Spartans appear to retreat, leaving a large wooden horse; The Trojans bring the horse into the city, but that night Spartans emerge from the horse and plunge the city into chaos; Paris and Helen escape in the confusion. Based on the 1956 movie "Helen of Troy." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "ELMER FUDD, No. 689." Cover art by Ralph Heimdahl. Daddy Daffy, art by Phil de Lara; Daffy pretends to be a good fairy and tricks Elmer into believing he has become a baby. No Help Wanted, script by Carl Fallberg, art by Phil de Lara; The employment agency sends Bugs to be Elmer's helper at his gas station. Sheep Country, art by Phil de Lara; Elmer moves out of the city to raise sheep; Daffy shows up and tries to prevent rustlers from stealing Elmer's sheep. Pest Valley, art by Phil de Lara; Elmer and his cousin Hugh go to the jungle to bring back a "Proboscis Boruminto," an insect that feeds on the carrot weevils that are eating Elmer's carrots. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Molno. Stories and art by Al McWilliams and others. Gritty war comics "produced by veterans," (as the tagline proclaims) created and originally published by comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Marines Steve and Tony must postpone their fighting with each other when their sergeant sends them on a dangerous mission in Korea. Soldiers try to help their injured sergeant before the enemy arrives. Express to Extinction; Han River Trap; Challenge Under Fire; Armored Doom; Major Error. Final issue under this title; series continues as Never Again (1955) #8. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 21, Issue 7 - March, 1956. Cover by Thomas Beecham. Tempest Storm feature pictorial. Maurice Whitman, veteran of the Chesler and Jerry Iger shops of the 1940s, contributes two pen and ink illustrations to Life and Love in a Harem and five more to various other stories. Men's magazine featuring fiction and articles. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Spring, 1956. Science Fiction stories, featuring "Vulcan's Hammer" by Philip K. Dick, and stories by L. Sprague de Camp, Richard Wilson, Randall Garrett, and Wallace West. 5 1/2-in. x 7-in.; b&w text with spot illustrations; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

March 1956. Cover by Ed Emshwiller. "A Gun for Dinosaur" by L. Sprague De Camp, "Tsylana by James Gunn, "Flat Tiger" by Gordon Dickson, "Little Red Schoolhouse" by Robert Young plus Willy Ley's Science column. 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/4-in., 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Cover art by Ruben Moreira. The Trail of the Bail Bond Jumper, art by Bill Ely. The Detective with the Magic Wand, art by Jim McArdle. Underground Prison Break, art by Ruben Moreira. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

March 1956: Cover by Dick Dillin and Charles Cuidera; "Firepower Assault," 7 pages (reprinted from G.I. Combat #7); "End of a Coward," 6 pages, art by Reed Crandall (reprinted from G.I. Combat #5, original title was "Death of a Coward); "Red Train to Doom," 7 pages, art by Reed Crandall (reprinted from G.I. Combat #8, original title was "Red Train to Hell); "The Perfect Plan," 1 page text story; "Heroes fo the Sky," 6 pages (reprinted from G.I. Combat #5, original title was "Glamour Guys of Hell" and was rewritten to bring it up to the Comics Code). 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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She was so sure Edward wouldn't show up for the wedding -- that he was really hers -- just like the locket she was lending the bride! "Borrowed Heart" is the cover-featured 8 page story. Plus: 7 page story "Heartbreak was the Prize"; 7 page story "A Rose for Susan"; 2 page Julia Roberts' Romance Report letters page; 7 page story "Goodbye, My Past"; 1 page Oddities in Romance filler. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "Jilted"; "Everyone Knew but Me" reprinted from Ten Story Love Vol. 30 (1952) #2; "Easy Promises"; and "Love Locked Out" reprinted from Love Experiences (1949) #9. "Glamorize Yourself: Petal-Soft Skin, Make-Up Magic..." text article reprinted from "Short-Cuts to Glamour..." in All Romances (1949) #4, "The Charm Corner..." in Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #36, #51, and #61, and "Your Charm Guide..." in Love at First Sight (1949) #13. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Issue #37 - Mar. 1956. Cover by Stanley Rayon. Sixteen pages of Miss Universe winners and runners-up. Jokes and single panel cartoons. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "March, 1956!" Collects Blondie Comics (1947 McKay/Harvey/King/Charlton) #88, Casper the Friendly Ghost (1952 2nd Series Harvey) #42, Dagwood Comics (1950) #63, Dick Tracy Monthly (1948-1961) #97, Little Dot (1953 1st Series) #16, Mutt and Jeff (1939-65 All Am./National/Dell/Harvey) #85, Paramount Animated Comics (1953) #20, Sad Sack (1949) #56 and Spooky (1955 1st Series) #3. These volumes are some of the earliest examples of Collected Comics. Companies, like Harvey, would archive their material by taking all the issues they released that month and having them bound into hardcover book format. The issues come complete with front and back covers and interiors. They were trimmed down perfectly to fit the hardcover format. Each year has twelve volumes, one for each month of the year. These are extremely rare items. Hardcover (No Dust Jacket), 180 pages, full color.

Volume 2, Issue 9 - March 1956. Vintage Men's interest magazine focusing on sports, music, hunting, celebrities, models, and showgirls. 4-in. x 6-in., 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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+. Cover price $0.25.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bill Draut and Joe Certa. A romance comic from Harvey, as the teens of the 1950s explore the new world of dating. Struggling actress Eve learns that her ambitious ex-friend Claire has designs on her boyfriend Scott. Farm girl Janie feels excluded from her peers at school because of her plain clothing and heavy workload, but at least Lanny seems to like her. May's dedication to work gets her a stand-offish reputation that undermines her desire to win Bill's love. My Shattered Love; I Was A Misfit!; Nobody's Sweetheart; Brief Enchantment; No Other Love; Dare I Marry This Man?; My Friendly Enemy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.