Comic books May 1971

National Diamond Sales Advertisement Insert Variant. Corrected color version (The Thing is not green, etc.). "One From Four Leaves Three!" Script by Stan Lee. Pencils by John Buscema. Inks by Joe Sinnott. Cover by John Buscema and Joe Sinnott. Reed Richards is trapped in the Negative Zone, along with the revitalized Annihilus! Fortunately, Agatha Harkness arrives at the Baxter Building in the nick of a time! Could young Franklin's nanny suddenly become the savior of the universe? Meanwhile, Ben Grimm has been acting very strange since he gained the ability to change back and forth to the Thing. Is something amiss with the blue-eye idol of millions? Cameo appearances by J. Jonah Jameson and Joe Robertson. (Notes: Annihilus returns in Marvel Team-Up 2. This issue has a pink and green cover variant due to a printing error.) 32 pages. Cover price $0.15.

UK edition. Identical to US edition but has 1/- cover price. Corrected color version (The Thing is not green, etc.). "One From Four Leaves Three!" Script by Stan Lee. Pencils by John Buscema. Inks by Joe Sinnott. Cover by John Buscema and Joe Sinnott. Reed Richards is trapped in the Negative Zone, along with the revitalized Annihilus! Fortunately, Agatha Harkness arrives at the Baxter Building in the nick of a time! Could young Franklin's nanny suddenly become the savior of the universe? Meanwhile, Ben Grimm has been acting very strange since he gained the ability to change back and forth to the Thing. Is something amiss with the blue-eye idol of millions?Cameo appearances by J. Jonah Jameson and Joe Robertson. (Notes: Annihilus returns in Marvel Team-Up 2. This issue has a pink and green cover variant due to a printing error.) 32 pages

Volume 24 - Number 5, May 1971. Pulp magazine devoted to exploring the paranormal. Articles and Stories include The Cook who Brewed a Haunting, The Ghost with the Wooden Leg, 300-Year-Old Debt Comics Due, and Rosemary Brown, Musical History or Hoax! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 page, Text (with B&W Illustrations and Photos). Cover price $0.50.

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Cover by Leandro Sesarego. Stories and art by Sanho Kim, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. War comics featuring the US Army in WWII, Korea and other conflicts, part of Charlton's Fightin' military series. Pvt. Tinney sees so much WWII combat in so short a time, he's got more battlefield experience than his lieutenant. A colonel poses as an infantryman, just to see some action again. A soldier tries to prove he's not "yella" during World War II. A Private's War; Power Play; Reunion on Hill 119; Attack at Atrium; Yella! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Jack Keller. Stories and art by Sam Glanzman, Jack Keller, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Charlton's long-running series focused on the military exploits of the US Marines throughout the 20th century. While on leave, Shotgun and Chicken investigate rumors of a Viet Cong presence in a nearby village, in a story with art by artist and combat veteran Sam Glanzman. In Korea, Cpl. Luke Morris learns that you only get so many chances before chance catches up with you. Shotgun Harker and the Chicken: The Name of the Game; Know Your Enemy; Where the Action Was!; Surprise at Sunrise; A Life Is Saved. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover pencils by Neal Adams, inks by Dick Giordano. 24 Hours of Immortality, script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Murphy Anderson; thanks to Flash, a couple is given a second chance at life. Showdown in Elongated Town, script by Cary Bates, art by Dick Giordano; the Elongated Man faces gunslinger from the past who wields a ray gun of the future; Mirror Master guest-stars. Woodstock jewelry ad. Viking Prince and Giant Superboy ad. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Ray Dirgo. Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Featuring: "Happy Birthday, Creepella!"; "Just Another Day"; and "Man of the Year"! Plus: 1-page untitled Invaluable Ingenious Inventions article. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 17, Issue 3 - May/June, 1971, 7.25" x 9.75", 36 pages, B&W.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta. Super War!, script by Jack Kirby, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta; Darkseid sends Mantis to attack the Forever People. Buzzing in the Boom Tube article by Mark Evanier and Steve Sherman. 32 pgs. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

64-page giant Cover price $0.25.

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Magazine of true stories of the American Frontier. Features illustrations and photos of the old west. B&W text. Color cover. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 80 pages. Cover price $0.50.

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Anthology type comic featuring comic book adaptations of a variety of cartoon shows. "Wheelin' and Dealin'" featuring Motormouse and Autocat; After failing to catch Motormouse with expensive machines, Autocat decides to try simpler devices like a catcher's mitt and a magnet. "Clover Daze"; Mildew tries to capture Lambsie by infiltrating the herd dressed as a lamb. "Crash Course"; Motormouse enters a race and Autocat plans to catch him before the race is over. "Bug Brained" featuring Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines; Dick Dastardly suspects Muttley is revealing their super-secret plans to Yankee Doodle Pigeon. # on cover is 10250-105, May. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.15.

May-June 1971. Cover by Jack Gaughan. Science fiction stories by Ernest Hill, James Gunn, Robert Silverberg, W. Macfarlane, Theodore Sturgeon, Duncan Lunan, Jack Sharkey, Larry Eisenberg, David Bunch. Illustrations by Gaughan. 5-1/4-in. x 7-1/4-in.; b&w text with spot illustrations; 176 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.75.

Initially titled "Jem" until some time in the late 50's-early 60s. Men's interest magazine with fiction, articles and pictorials. 8-in. x 11-in., 72 pages, B&W with color on some pictorial pages. Mature readers. Cover price $1.25.

Issue 3. May 1971. Fanzine newsletter co-published by Jim Vadeboncouer, Robert Napier, and Jan Strnad. Reviews and analysis given for other fanzines. 8.5" x 11". 6 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue 3. May 1971. Fanzine newsletter co-published by Jim Vadeboncouer, Robert Napier, and Jan Strnad. Reviews and analysis given for other fanzines. 8.5" x 11". 6 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.10.

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Dig the cool cats playing with their prey. Their leader is a man (or cat?) named Joseph Nrubi. See for yourself how fate deals out..."The Last Life"! The 8 page story is drawn by Steve Ditko. Plus: You won't believe what happens to Lew Cranston and his pretty bride Sally when they make..."The Wrong Turn"! The 7 page story is drawn by Sanho Kim. Also: 8 page Winnie the Witch story "The Homewrecker" drawn by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia; 1 page story "The Dance of Donlia." Cover art by Steve Ditko, and Sanho Kim. Cover price $0.15.

A magazine anthology featuring tales of horror from Stanley Morse Publications. The truth is revealed about why a certain gem is called a "bloodstone." A former employee takes holiday-themed revenge on the businessmen who framed him. A man who loves to eat finally pushes his wife too far. Dream!; Medusa's Head; The Bloodstone!; Death Takes a Holiday!; The Other World; Cremation; The Way to a Man's Heart; The Gossips!; Terror of the Deep. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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68-page giant. New story: "Rebel Tank" (script by Bob Kanigher, art by Russ Heath). Reprints: "Sniper's Roost!" (script by Bob Haney, art by Mort Drucker), "Tin Pot Listening Post!" (script by Haney, art by Jerry Grandenetti), "Broomstick Pilot!" (art by John Severin; reprint?), "Battle Window!" (pencils by Gil Kane), and "Target For an Ammo Boy!" (script by Kanigher, art by Joe Kubert). Statement of ownership--average print run 360,509; average paid circulation 178,363. Kubert cover. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Featuring: 9 page story "Someone to Love" written by Robert Kanigher and drawn by Werner Roth & Vince Colletta; 1 page text article "Do You Know When to Kiss?"; 1 page Do's & Don'ts of Dating story written by Page Peterson; 1 page From Barbara Miles, with Love letters page; 8 page reprint story "I Loved the Wrong Man" pencilled by John Romita, Sr. (original title: "Weep for My Heart," hair retouched); 4 page story "Sweet ... and Simple!" written by Jack Oleck and drawn by Art Saaf & Vince Colletta. Cover price $0.15.

Whitman edition. Bugs Bunny, 164 pages. Cover price $0.50.

Volume 17 - 1st printing. "Bugs Bunny...!" Daffy Duck helps Elmer Fudd put his lawnmower together, with art by Phil de Lara. More classic Looney Tunes comics featuring Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Speedy Gonzales, Cool Cat, Tweety and Sylvester, Mary Jane and Sniffles, and the Road Runner. Softcover, 4 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 160 pages. full color. All Ages Cover price $0.50.

More than 200 girls, grins, & giggles. Nudity. 6 1/2-in. x 10-in., B/W.

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May 1971. Graphic Story World is a newsletter edited by Richard Kyle covering the entire spectrum of graphic arts: Underground Comix, Comic Books, Animated Films, Books, & more. This issue: in his feature article "Between the panels", John Benson reports on the 'Blackmark' Bantam Paperback by Gil Kane (counted as the first American Graphic Novel, predating other seminal works like Richard Corben's 'Bloodstar'), and lots more. 8 1/2" x 11"; black and white; 12 pages. Cover price $0.40.

Cover by Werner Roth & Vince Colletta. Stories by unknown. Art by George Tuska, Win Mortimer, Vince Colletta and unknown. When Fran's boyfriend elopes with another woman, she doesn't believe she can love again, but before long she finds herself torn between two more men in "Kisses Without Love"! Plus: Susan is reluctant to marry David, especially when her first boyfriend Allan shows up unexpectedly in "My First Romance"! Also: Lizabeth accepts Vernon's sudden marriage proposal, but when they visit his home town, she finds out about his former relationship with Vera, whom everyone expected him to marry, in the reprint? story "His Other Love!" And: 1-page article "How to Be Popular"! Plus: Letters page Telling It the Way It Is...to Lynn Farrell. Statement of ownership -- average print run 315,126; average paid circulation 157,644. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Issue #7. May 1971. Magazine containing pictures, jokes, and songs from the hit CBS show. 8.25" x 11". 66 pages. B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Volume 1. Spanish language edition. Pages 21-40. "La Reigna De Frigia" ("The Phrygian Queen"). 9" x 12", 20 pages, full color, standard paper stock.

Volume 1. Spanish language edition. Pages 41-60. "En Poder De Los Gigantes" ("Held By the Giant"). 9" x 12", 20 pages, full color, standard paper stock.

Volume 1. Spanish language edition. Pages 101-120. "Prisionera De Ming" ("Prisoner of Ming"). 9" x 12", 20 pages, full color, standard paper stock.

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2nd and later printings. By Pierre Couperie, Maurice C. Horn, Proto Destefanis, Edouard Francois, Claude Moliterni, and Gerald Gassiot-Talabot. Translated from the French by Eileen B. Hennessy. Published by Crown Publishers, Inc. This is a comprehensive look back at the history of comic strips from ancient times to the modern era. Includes such classics as Popeye, Tarzan, Flash Gordon, the Peanuts, and many, many more. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 256 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.

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Cover by Johnny Bruck. Stories and art by Oscar Stepancich, Oscar Fraga, Larry Woromay, Joe Doolin and Robert Hayward Webb. Legendary publisher Myron Fass presents another Eerie series, featuring tales of horror and the macabre. A man hopes to smuggle his wife out of plague-ridden Paris in a coffin. A strange rain of blood is centered on a man who framed a romantic rival for murder. Paranormal investigator Dr. Fenn combats the Dorset monster, a Druidic horror from England's past. Featuring altered reprints from Haunted Thrills (1952) and other 1950s pre-Code comics. Cover painting by Johnny Bruck originally appeared in Germany's Perry Rhodan. The Bloody Thing; Zombie Magic; Devils Plague; Blood in the Sky; If I Should Die; Monster in the Midst; The Thing From the Grave; Demon Fiddler. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.50.

#40 Cover by Jake Thompson and George "Pappy" Lemmons. Art by John Bruno, Jim Grube, Nelson Dewey, Jerry Barnett, Jack Feagan, and others. 50 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.50.

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Hot Stuff 'untitled' (1 pg), Hot Stuff and "The Ice People" Part 1, Hot Stuff 'untitled' (1 pg), Hot Stuff 'untitled' (1 pg), Hot Stuff The Ice People Part 2 "Will Winter Stay All Summer?", Hot Stuff in "Fork Goodness Sakes!", Hot Stuff in "The Jolly Roger" text story (2 pg), Stumbo the Giant in "Using His Head". 36 pages, FC. Cover price $0.15.

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1972 - A Fleetway Annual! Includes comic stories, prose, articles, and word puzzles. Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, PC/PB&W.

Cover art by Neal Adams. "The Eagle's Talon!", pencils by Jerry Grandenetti, inks by Wally Wood; A dictator cuts the claw-like hand off a revolutionary who lays a curse on him that he will die in a cage; The dictator orders his guards to kill all the eagles in the land but dies anyway when he becomes trapped in his villa's elevator. "Please, Don't Cry, Johnny!", art by Sam Glanzman; A child born bald acts out in school so his teacher takes him home one day in order to speak with his father who appears to be Humpty Dumpty. "There Are Two of Me...and One Must Die!", art by Murphy Anderson; Marshall Perkins splits into two copies of himself--one good, one evil; It is up to his son to determine which is which. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

The true story of how the "Greatest Hitter in Baseball" Rico Carty fought back to the top of the game in a battle against Tuberculosis! Art by Joe Sinnott. 7-in. x 10-in., 16 pages, full color

Cover by Art Cappello and Joe Sinnott. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Joe Staton, Wayne Howard, Vince Alascia and Charles Nicholas. Charlton's long-running romance title showcased the fashions and relationship ideals of its rapidly changing eras. Cleo's cousin Richard helps her get close to Wade, the man she's in love with, in a story with art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Larry is a cop, and his wife fears for his life. Another story, "The Right Man," is the first published work of legendary artist Joe Staton, later the co-creator of E-Man. A Sea of Tears; The Right Man; Night Without Tears; Teenage Troubles; Beyond Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Italian series. Reprints material from Thor (1962 Marvel 1st Series Journey Into Mystery) #89-91, 99. 52 pages, color/B&W, Italian language.

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Cover art by Herb Trimpe. Many Foes Has the Hulk!, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Sam Grainger; The Leader uses a mental enhancing machine to throw all of Hulk's enemies at him on the same day hoping to give the Green Goliath a heart attack. The story continues in part in Avengers 88. (The Abomination is featured on the cover but does not appear in the story.) 36 pgs. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

National Diamond Sales Advertisement Insert Variant. Hulk takes on the Leader in "Many Foes Has the Hulk!" Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Sam Grainger. Cameos by the Rhino, Xeron, the Sub-Mariner, the Missing Link, the Mandarin, the Sandman, the Glob, Iron Man, and the Absorbing Man. The Abomination is featured on the cover but does not appear in the story. The story continues in part in Avengers 88. Trimpe cover. Cover price $0.15.

Identical to US edition, but has 1/- cover price. Hulk takes on the Leader in "Many Foes Has the Hulk!" Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Sam Grainger. Cameos by the Rhino, Xeron, the Sub-Mariner, the Missing Link, the Mandarin, the Sandman, the Glob, Iron Man, and the Absorbing Man. The Leader uses a mental enhancing machine to throw all of Hulk's enemies at him on the same day hoping to give the Green Goliath a heart attack. The story continues in part in Avengers 88. (The Abomination is featured on the cover but does not appear in the story.) 36 pgs.