Comic books October 1963

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Dick Giordano and Jack Keller. Charlton's long-running romance title showcased the fashions and relationship ideals of its rapidly changing eras. Amy is told that childhood friend Pete has been lost in a frozen river, but Amy refuses to believe he's dead. In a story that's a sign of its times, a chronically ill woman rejects Willie because she needs crutches to get around and doesn't want to burden him. Lea fears she's losing soldier boyfriend Rick to lovely Japanese woman Kati. Summer's Love; What Is Japanese for Kiss?; Hobby Holds a Hubby; Cry Alone; Crippled Heart; The American Way! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Photo cover features Marty Ingels and John Astin. Art by Vince Colletta. Cover number is 12-371-310. Bumbling carpenters make a classic situation for comedy, based on a short-lived TV series starring the Addams Family's John Astin. Dickens and Fenster are hired to install shelves at the local museum. But the odds of catastrophe seem to increase along with the value and rarity of the items around them. Little Squirt; A Job in the Museum Workshop. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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 $0.25.

Volume 25, Issue 12 - October 1963. Children's activity and story magazine. The Busiest Children in Hollywood! 66 Pages. PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.35.

Story by Paul S. Newman, based on the screenplay by Beverley Cross and Jan Read. Art by John Tartaglione and Dick Giordano. Cover number is #12-376-310 . Dell Movie Classics presented comics based on Hollywood films (not all of them classics). This one, however, is a classic; the 1962 heroic fantasy adventure film with effects by Ray Harryhausen. Jason assembles a team of heroes to go on a legendary quest for the Golden Fleece. Along the way, he encounters a bronze giant, harpies, a hydra, and a spy aboard his own ship. Plus movie stills. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $19.00 View scan

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $21.00 View scan Staple rust.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $95.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #3914092002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Dan DeCarlo. Sweater Girls (chapter 1); Melody buys a sweater that, unknown to her, has real diamonds sewn into it as part of a smuggling operation. Bad Sort (chapter 2); The Boss sends his incompetent underling, Waldo, over to the Cabot beach house to steal back the diamond-covered sweater. Native Nuisance (chapter 3) starring Josie. Force Feed starring Josie. Scripts by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo. Brian Hyland, the Bashful Blond text article. Sweet Talk! Li'l Jinx humor page by Joe Edwards. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $4.40

Cover art by Samm Schwartz. Joker's Wild!, script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Samm Schwartz, inks by Terry Szenics; First Archie and Jughead pull a practical joke on Pop Tate; then later Betty and Veronica do another practical joke on him. Pop eventually gets his revenge. Li'l Jinx humor page by Joe Edwards. A Bum Steer, script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Samm Schwartz, inks by Terry Szenics; Jughead has to warn Riverdale that Gibbsville students are planning to swipe the Riverdale "good luck charm", the school bell; He gets an unexpected assist from the Gibbsville mascot, a cow. House ad for Archie Giant Series Magazine #24-The World of Jughead. Return of Big Ethel, art by Samm Schwartz. Archie Club News. Hoop-de-do, script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Samm Schwartz, inks by Terry Szenics. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Stories and art by Joe Sinnott and Vince Colletta. Cover number is 12-384-403. A historical curiosity, a comic about Vietnam published so early in the war that it still used conventional war stories, before America realized that Vietnam was a very different war. When Viet Cong agents steal two fighter jets and target Saigon, Duke must take them on with his lone plane. Sgt. "Cactus" Kane and his troops are ambushed on an aid mission in the Mekong Delta. Kane and his rangers set out to free village elders from a Viet Cong prison camp. Several stories feature art by future Fantastic Four legend Joe Sinnott. Target for Two Killers; Fear in the Delta!; Behind the Bamboo Wall; Man in Motion; More Deadly Than the Male! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Add to cart Very Good $10.50	Add to cart VG 4.0 $10.50	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $8.49	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $8.49 Cover detached at one staple.
Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $6.30	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $6.30

Stories and art by Sam Glanzman and Don Segall. Primitive warrior Kona tries to protect the Dodd family from the dinosaurs and gigantic creatures that populate Monster Isle. A giant bird transports Kona and the Dodd family to the hidden peaks of Tibet, where the cold threatens to turn the caveman warrior into a snow-Kona. But the strange snowmen of the Himalayas are a more direct threat to the family. Anak tries to subdue rampaging armadillos with alcohol. Painted giant-bird cover, possibly by Vic Prezio. World's Facts; Kona; The Well of Gold; Anak. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

32 pgs. Full color. Cover price $0.12.

Photo cover features Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, and Brian Aherne. Story by Paul S. Newman, based on the screenplay by Richard Schayer and Cornel Wilde. Art by Gerald McCann. Cover number is #12-416-310. Dell Movie Classics presented comics based on Hollywood films (not all of them classics). This issue is based on the 1963 heroic fantasy adventure film better known as Sword of Lancelot. Lancelot is the greatest knight of King Arthur's Round Table. But when Lancelot falls in love with Queen Guinevere, there's trouble in Camelot. Plus movie stills and a discussion of the original legends. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Lassie and Timmy [as portrayed by Jon Provost] photo cover. Full-page promo for combined subscriptions to Gold Key's Tarzan and Turok. Red Flame of Courage, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jack Sparling; While motoring to a new Farm Program assignment in east Africa, the Martins discover a railroad trestle destroyed by a torrent; As night falls, they post flares along the track to warn oncoming trains; Lassie and Timmy swim the river to post flares on the opposite bank. Kyan Zit's Revenge, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jerry Robinson; U Po Net receives treatment for his cataracts; Kyan Zit is poisoned to create a distraction while the sleeping U Po Net is robbed of his rupees. Article about work dogs through history. Screams in the Night, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jack Sparling; The Martins accept an assignment in Uganda and on the road meet Dr. Johnson, Headmaster of the Mission School at Moroto; Dr. Johnson becomes their guide through the wild countryside and the party meet with various dangers. Article about the Hausas. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $6.80

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $4.70

Cover by Bob White. "Pass the Brass," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Harry Lucey; Archie and Jughead are followed from a junkyard by an alien robot that eats brass. "Answer Man," art by Bill Vigoda; Dilton asks Jughead for dating advice. "The Quiet Man," script by Frank Doyle, art by Bill Vigoda; Reggie decides to turn over a new leaf and become a quiet, soft-spoken type. Archie's Pals 'n' Gals ad. "Leaf Me Alone!", script and art by Joe Edwards; Li'l Jinx needs a peach tree leaf for a school project and won't settle for any but a perfect one. Archie Club News. "Fair Share!", script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; Alex gets a date with Josie in order to make Melody jealous, but Melody doesn't believe in the concept of jealousy. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.

Men's humor digest filled with jokes, gags, cartoons, and tasteful pin-up photography. 5" x 6.5", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

October 1963. Humor Digest featuring adult girlie cartoons and photo pin-ups of models. Softcover Digest, 5 1/2-in. x 7-in., 100 Pages, B&W, Mature Readers 18+. Cover price $0.35.

October 4, 1963. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 14-in., 100 pages, color and B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $20.50 View scan Cover oxidation.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $9.50

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $15.50 View scan Cover oxidation. Water spot. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheInnerGeek

Cover art by Bob White. A Very Lodge Problem, script by Sy Reit, art by Bob White; TV host Hink Brinkley proclaims Archie Andrews "America's most lovable teen-ager"; Mr. Lodge recalls some reasons why he doesn't think Archie is lovable, and then reveals his own personal alternative to a bomb shelter: an underground "Archie shelter." Cry Babies one-pager starring Li'l Jinx, script and art by Joe Edwards. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Stories and art by John Stanley, Dick Giordano, Vince Colletta, Sal Trapani, Frank McLaughlin and John Tartaglione. Romance and medical drama at a big-city hospital. Linda applies for a secret new job with the space program as a "space nurse." In the process, she's wooed by handsome astronaut Matt Cass. That makes Dr. Blasko jealous - even though he's dating Myrna, who runs a dance studio. Plus articles about Frederick Sertuerner, discoverer of painkillers, and the early malaria treatment cinchona. Pain Ends: Frederick Sertuerner; Space Nurse; The Cinchona Jinx; Tramp Doctor: Sea Raid. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $3.70

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $3.70

October 12, 1963. 9" x 12". 28 pages. Black and white.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $7.30 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Extensive. Foreign edition: UK.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $3.70

October 19, 1963. 9" x 12". 28 pages. Black and white.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $7.30 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Extensive. Foreign edition: UK.

October 28, 1963. 9" x 12". 28 pages. Black and white.

Add to cart Good $7.00

Add to cart Good $11.00

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $8.80

Cover by Bob Bolling. "The Strange Case of the Mystery Map," script and art by Bob Bolling; Little Archie and aspiring reporter Jimmy Lee meet an old woman who turns out to be a beautiful young woman in disguise; The encounter leads them to investigate the mystery of an old, reporter-hating millionaire on the hunt for buried treasure in Riverdale. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.

Untitled one-page story; Little Dot earned three dollars babysitting. "The Crazy Car"; Uncle Branes "fixes" Little Dot's Dad's car. Untitled one-page Richie Rich story; Gloria likes the new boy in town, Dennis McTennis. "Uncle Jiggle"; Little Dot visits her uncle, who is a juggler and never stops practicing. "Magical Muscles"; Little Lotta wants to become a magician. "Sandwich Secrets" article; Little Lotta gives information on making a sandwich. "Household Helper" article; Richie explains how some simple home repairs are done. "How Ordinary"; Richie tries to be nice to the snooty girl Corinne Coldcash. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.

Add to cart Very Good $4.80

Add to cart Very Good $4.80

Add to cart Fair $2.65

Number/month on cover: 10028-310, October. Little Lulu in "Bring 'Em Back Alive," "Lunch on the Beach," and "Spare that Tree." Issue also features Alvin in "Special Handling" and "Mistaken Identity," a one-page text feature "Dear Diary," and Keys of Knowledge educational features. Story and art credits: unknown. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $7.30

Cover art by Norman Mingo. "Future Talking Ads," script by Frank Jacobs, art by Lester Krauss; Parody of the style of advertisement where inanimate objects talk to each other, taking to absurd extreme. "The Nurtzes," script by Stan Hart, art by Mort Drucker; In a parody of the CBS TV series "The Nurses," a cynical veteran nurse mentors a naive and slightly dim student nurse through the wards of an incompetent hospital. "The Masterpiece," script and art by Don Martin; An artist finishes the portrait he was laboring on. "Comicland," script by Frank Jacobs and E. Nelson Bridwell, art by Wally Wood; Scandal tabloid-style magazine focused on the private lives of famous comic strip characters. "Spy Vs. Spy," script and art by Antonio Prohias. "The Lighter Side of Parents (of Little Kids)," script and art by Dave Berg; Series of cartoons satirizing the relationship between parents and their children. "What If Hollywood Were to Follow the Trend Towards Long and Pretentious Titles for TV Dramas," script by Larry Siegel, art by George Woodbridge. "Psychoanalysis by Mail," script by Tom Koch, art by Joe Orlando; A mail-order, do-it-yourself psychoanalysis kit. "Wheelers and Dealers," script by Basil Wolverton and Al Feldstein (plot), art by Basil Wolverton; Examples of outrageous car designs. "Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy," script and art by Antonio Prohias. "For the Birds," script by Arnie Kogen and Lou Silverstone, art by Mort Drucker; In a parody of the film "The Birds," a woman tries to warn a seaside town of an impending attack by the local bird population, but her erratic behavior causes her not to be believed. 52 pgs., B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Good $2.65

Add to cart Good $2.65

Volume 25 Issue 4 - October 1963. Cover by Chesley Bonestell. Fantasy and Science Fiction stories by Isaac Asimov, Archibald Macleish, Avram Davidson, Zenna Henderson, Jeanette Nichols, L. Sprague De Camp, and P.M. Hubbard. Softcover. 5-in. x 7-in., 130 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.40.

Volume 8, Issue 4 - October, 1963. Men's interest magazine featuring articles, stories, and pictorials. 8.5" x 11", 78 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Volume 2, issue 10 - October 1963. Men's interest magazine focusing on war and true crime stories along with pin-up galleries. Cartoons by Bill Ward. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 66 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.35.

Men's interest magazine focusing on adventure, hunting, and true crime articles, war stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 82 pages. B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Volume 6, Issue 9 - October, 1963. Men's interest magazine featuring Pin-up Girl Pictorials and adventures stories. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Written by unknown. Art by unknown. Featuring: The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis tale (untitled; complete in three parts). Plus: Little Bits half-pager by Mort Drucker. And: Inside Hollywood text piece. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $2.65

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $2.65

Photo cover features Allyn Joslyn and Scott Lane. Stories by Don Segall. Art by Tony Tallarico. Cover number is 12-508-310. McKeever and his friend Tubby find all the mischief they can at a military academy run by a cranky colonel, based on the TV sitcom. The Colonel gets an unusual birthday card from the cadets. While on a hike in the woods, McKeever finds a pipeline full of orange soda, and quickly diverts it to the camp. But sooner or later, the soda company is going to wonder where its soda is going. Blackwell's Birthday; The Rugged Life! Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Add to cart Very Good $8.00 View scans Paper: White Front cover detached 15%.

Vol. 59, No. 425 - October 1963. Magazine that focuses do-it-yourself concepts. 6.5" x 9.5", 156 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.30.

Vol. 12 #10 - The Adventure and Entertainment Magazine. Men's magazine featuring articles on hunting, fitness, politics, true crime, and buxom beauties. In this issue: Mission for a Rookie Rifleman - "Hold Littoria Pass or We Lose the Anzio Beachhead"; Street of Prowling Frauleins; Saga of Harry Tracy - Showdown for Cripple Creek's Top Gun; and Strange U.S.-Nazi Bareknuckle Brawl on the High Seas. Plus Suspense Booklength: The Amorous Bellydancer - a kidnaped nymphet, she had a deadly yen for private eyes. Cover price $0.35.

Volume 2 - Issue 5, October/November 1963. Men's interest magazine featuring articles, fiction, and female pinups. "The Pirates and their Carload of Virgins." 8.5 in x 10.5 in. 74 pages. B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $0.35.

Auction Item: CGC 9.4 View scans Auction opens January 3 Paper: Off white to white Label #2135540003

Add to cart Good $2.65

Cover art by Bill Woggon. "What Millie Wants......Millie Gets," script and art by Bill Woggon; Millie throws a house-warming party and invites her Hollywood monster friends. "Millie Buys a House Pet," script and art by Bill Woggon; Millie gets a pet cat. "The Ghosts Return to Haunt Millie," script and art by Bill Woggon; Mr. Gotrocks is upset at how much money Millie is costing him and now wants her out of town. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

1963 Fanzine Edited by Ted White Reviews by Terry Carr Art by Khan Jon August Cover price $1.00.

Add to cart Very Good $4.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11", 76 pages, B&W Cover price $0.35.