Comic books May 1973

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Issue #22. May 1973. The World's First Newspaper of Horror, Sci-Fi and Fantasy! This issue: Inside the Vault of Horror! Godzilla vs. Ghidrah! Results of the Monster Poll! The Green Slime Blues! E.C.! Plus - Giant Color Poster Inside. The Monster Times (1972) is a fanzine published by Monster Times Publishing Co. 32 pages, color cover with black and white photos and illustrations, 12-in x 14-in. Cover price $0.50.

Vintage men's interest magazine focused on articles, erotic short fiction stories, adult humor comics, and nude pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11", 68 pages, B&W/Color. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $1.00.

Reprints the stories from Our Love Story (1969) #5. Cover by John Romita, Sr. Edited by Roy Thomas. (Original edits by Stan Lee.) Stories by Stan Lee. Art by John Buscema & Frank Giacoia, Jim Steranko and Gene Colan & John Romita, Sr. Don't condemn her for what she did! She was too young...too foolish...when she told herself -- "But He's Not the Boy for Me!" Also featuring "My Heart Broke in Hollywood!" and "-- But He's the Boy I Love!" 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.20.

Horror and suspense stories reprinted from Gold Keys Boris Karloff comic books (Thriller and Tales of Mystery). The Green Monkey, The Devils Armchair, Bond of Terror, and more, plus Midnight Mysteries. Stories and art by Donald Glut, Frank Thorne, Reed Crandall, Eric Freiwald, Robert Schaefer, Dan Spiegle, Mike Sekowsky, Dick Wood, Frank Bolle, Tom Gill, Ray Bailey, Luis Dominguez, and Giovanni Ticci. 4.75 x 6.5. 160 pages. Painted cover by George Wilson. Cover price $0.50. Cover price $0.50.

Fraud. B. Kliban cartoons about the gold market; a Gahan Wilson story; a spoof of Abbie Hoffmans Steal This Book. Stories and art by Michael O'Donoghue, P. J. O'Rourke, Jeff Jones, Shary Flenniken, M.K. Brown, Vaughn Bode, Bobby London, Michael Gross, Henry Beard and Doug Kenney. Plus letters from the editors, cartoons, and Foto Funnies. Mature readers. Cover by Warren Sattler. Cover price $0.75.

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Mischievous magpie con artists Heckle and Jeckle headlined this title, featuring other characters from Paul Terry's Terrytoons. Heckle and Jeckle get jobs at a ski resort, but they should never have put them in charge of the artificial snow machine. Silly Sidney the elephant gets his name in the newspaper. Snowbody's Business; Silly Sidney: What's News with You?; Hashimoto-San: Not So Deep Freeze; Heckle and Jeckle: Uncle Percy Rides Again. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. #20, 1973, 15c. Comic with adventures of cartoon characters Heckle and Jeckle, Silly Sidney, and Hasimoto-San. Issue features "Snowbody's Business," "What's News with You?" "Not so Deep Freeze," and "Uncle Percy Rides Again." Story and art credits: unknown. Cover price $0.15.

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Whitman edition. Mischievous magpie con artists Heckle and Jeckle headlined this title, featuring other characters from Paul Terry's Terrytoons. Heckle and Jeckle get jobs at a ski resort, but they should never have put them in charge of the artificial snow machine. Silly Sidney the elephant gets his name in the newspaper. Snowbody's Business; Silly Sidney: What's News with You?; Hashimoto-San: Not So Deep Freeze; Heckle and Jeckle: Uncle Percy Rides Again. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover pencils by John Romita, inks by Joe Sinnott. "The Secret of Sea-Cliff Manor!", script by Jean Thomas and Linda Fite, art by Win Mortimer; Christine takes a job working for Edna Porter at Sea-Cliff Manor, caring for her wheelchair-bound nephew Derek; Mysterious and dangerous events ensue before it's revealed that Derek can walk, and is involved in drug smuggling; Harold the butler knocks Derek off the cliff to save Christine at the last minute. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.

Cover by Don Sherwood. Art by Don Sherwood and others. Inspired by the 1970s TV series, the Partridge Family comic included large panels to showcase pinup-style images of the show's stars, teen heartthrobs David Cassidy and Susan Dey, plus film legend Shirley Jones. The family bus picks up a stranger hitchhiking, and before they know it, they have a British butler named Squires, who looks like Bill Nighy. Shirley worries that Keith's new girlfriend Robin has marriage on her mind. Plus vintage ads for the Partridge Family Fan Club, and the lyrics to the Partridge Family song At the End of the Rainbow. The Traveling Man; It Makes Sense; Danny's Psychology Lesson; At the End of the Rainbow. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Monthly magazine published by NAPA automotive parts. Includes single panel gag strips, glamour pin-ups and jokes. 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 8 total pages, B&W. NOTE: These items were published to be given away at different NAPA distributor locations and therefore the header varies. This does not affect value.

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Scavenger Hunt. The Glass Slipper. Quick Shave. What Could Happen? Shorty Schleprock, with Wiggy Rockstone. Kroko the Crocodile text story. Bring 'Em Back Alive. No Place Like Home. Featuring Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm (from The Flintstones) as teenagers. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Jon D'Agostino. "Oil on Troubled Waters," pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Jon D'Agostino; Mr. Lodge lets Archie in on a secret business opportunity given to him by a visiting oil man. "Tour Lure" one-page story, script and pencils by Dick Malmgren, inks by Jon D'Agostino; The gang tries to interest Jughead in a ski hike. "Friendship," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Jon D'Agostino; Fearing Jughead is looking for a loan, Archie goes to great lengths to avoid him. "Alpha-bits", script and art by Joe Edwards; Jinx learns about asterisks. "Operation Goof-Up," art by Stan Goldberg; Archie spends two weeks calculating a plan down to the last detail that will allow him to sneak out of study hall and grab a soda across the street. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.

The Phantasy Review #1 (May 1973). Edited by William Reynolds and David Fryxell. Isaac Asimov, James Vadeboncoeur and Bob Napier. Published by: ARANEF Enterprises, Sioux Falls, SD, 1973. Features Don Newton, Bill Black, Denis Fujitake and other artists. Wrap-around cover by Bill Black. Batman centerfold by Don Newton. Brief interview with Isaac Asimov in the form of fifteen questions asked by mail, plus a related longer article on how the interview came to be (and almost didn't come to be).Also, an Asimov profile, an article on Kull vs. Conan, plus some other comic talk. 24 page.

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Volume 6 - 1st printing. Edited by Hugh Hefner. Collection of the best cartoons to be featured in the legendary Playboy magazine. Includes more than 395 cartoons! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 192 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers Cover price $2.50.

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Cover by Warren Kremer. Mischievous Little Audrey has misadventures with her friends Melvin, Tiny and Echo. Melvin's latest scheme for Easter doesn't work out like he planned. Audrey loses her favorite doll. Little Audrey; Melvin Lays an Easter Egg; Youre as Young as You Squeal!; Dad Dares; Science Corner: Sleepy Time; The Friend; Goodbye Dolly. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

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"Where Angels Fear to Tread!" Part 2 of 2. Guest-starring Doctor Doom. Special guest-appearance by the Fantastic Four and Medusa (of the Inhumans). Script by Steve Englehart, pencils by George Tuska, inks by Billy Graham. Luke Cages travels overseas to come face-to-face with the nefarious ruler of Latveria, Doctor Doom! Letter to the editor from Steve Fabian (artist Stephen Fabian?). Graham cover. Cover price $0.20.

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U.S. Army instructional digest magazine illustrating proper preventive maintenance methods for care of equipment with comic book style art throughout. Joe's Dope "Where TheParts Are" comic strip. 5-in. x 7 1/4-in., 80 pages, 2-color/partial full color.

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Includes: cover art by Jeff Jones; The Mad Doll Man, script by Al Hewetson, art by Jose Gual; Lunatic Picnic, script by Hewetson, art by Zesar Lopez; The Truth Behind the Horrors of Salem article; The Weird Way It Was, script by Hewetson, art by Pablo Marcos; The Swordsman of Sarn, script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Jack Katz, inks by Vince Colletta; Gary Friedrich Profile; And the World Shall Shudder, script by Hewetson, art by Villanova; and Welcome to My Asylum, script by Hewetson, art by Villanova. 68 pgs. Cover price: $0.60. Cover price $0.60.

News/Adzine by Jack Melcher. "The Klondike Big Inch Land Company Bonanza" by Gerry Kramer. Loose pages stapled at corner. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 8 pages, black and white.

Reprints. Cover by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. Stories by Stan Lee. Art by Jack Keller, Al Williamson, Paul Reinman and Gray Morrow. Blazing Western action as you like it! The Rawhide Kid must smash..."The Tyrant of Tombstone Territory" by Stan Lee, Jack Keller and Paul Reinman, reprinted from issue #41. Plus: Back-up story "The Promise" by Lee, Al Williamson and Gray Morrow, reprinted from Kid Colt Outlaw (1948) #60. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.20.

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Vintage men's interest magazine that focuses on adventure short fiction stories, true crime, war updates, and pin-up photography. 8.5" x 11", 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Cover pencils by Rich Buckler, inks by Joe Sinnott. "Echo From a Golden Grave," script by Gardner Fox and Roy Thomas (dialogue re-write), pencils by Syd Shores, inks by Jack Abel; Red Wolf stops a mugging; He accuses the victim, Rhonda, of not having anything in her purse worth stealing; He demands she get the film in her video camera developed; The film reveals that the gangsters attempting to steal her camera had been caught on film gunning someone down in a drive-by; The gangsters appear in time for Red Wolf to beat them up and turn them in to the police. Half-page ad for Dracula Lives. 36 pgs., full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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"Testing 1...2..."; Veronica tells Archie and Reggie that a big guy scared her; actually she's just testing them--he's her cousin. "A Humble Tumble"; A knock on the head on the ski slope gives Reggie a new charming personality; Archie doesn't like it. "Dogging It"; Reggie cheats to win a dogsled race against Archie and Jughead, but comes to regret it. "Send No Flowers Part Two"; Assuming Reggie has been killed in a car crash, the crooks leave Archie to die in the desert, but both boys make it to civilization and the crooks are arrested. Archie Club News. "That's a Problem!" one-page Li'l Jinx story, script and art by Joe Edwards; Jinx asks Charley Hawse for arithmetic help. "A Star is Born"; Hollywood's Daryl F. Zonkbottom is conducting a search for the handsomest man in the world, and Reggie assumes that that's him. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

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Richie Rich stars in The Rich Family History (Richie goes back in time), The Time Machine (Richie stuck in the past), Oil's Well That Ends Well (part three of time travel story), and Costume Capers (Richie uses dad's instant costume changer). Ad for Casper bed sheets. Ad for Sad Sack/Wendy record. Ad for Sad Sack comics. 1973 Harvey Comics calendar. Cover pencils by Warren Kremer. $0.20. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.20.

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The adventures of super-rich Richie and his cast of supporting characters. Richie Rich turns out to be Earth's first line of defense in an alien invasion. Richie has an adventure in a hot-air balloon. Success Story; Theyre Among Us; Too Many Saucers; The Hot Air Balloon; Cadbury: Butlers Are Made to Be Ordered; The Glib Globs; Putting on an Act. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

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Richie Rich Millions was part of the first wave of Harvey's Richie Rich comics, featuring the adventures of the richest boy on Earth. Richie and Reggie make a bet on a race around the world without mechanical means, in a three-part story. During the race, Richie is resourceful in maintaining the bet and his lead, but Reggie is cheating. A movie star learns a lesson about budgets while shooting a Western. Little Dot imagines herself living in caveman times. Plus a 1973 calendar featuring the Harvey characters. You're All Heart, Mayda!; The Mad Mad Big Big Race; Dirty Work in London and Points East; The Finish Line; Richie's Dollar Sense: Pennies from Heaven; Little Lotta 's Food Fun; Little Dot: Dots-a-Plenty; Dollar's Girl Friend. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Warren Kremer, Howard Post and Dom Sileo. For the world's richest kid, every day is a day in Money World. Bascomb the chauffeur takes a drive on his day off. Irona the robot maid enters the Miss American Robot Contest, although a case of rattled circuits means she's not really herself. Richie tries to get the citizens of Perfectville to loosen up. Overdrive; The Emotional Robot; Flat City; All He Ever Wanted! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.20.

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More cash-based comedy with Richie Rich and the Rich family. Richie tells Gloria about the art collage he's making, in a story that features sample art of a famous art collage. Reggie tries to unload his latest high-tech pranks on Richie, but each one of them backfires on Reggie. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover art by Joe Maneely. Man-Trap starring Ringo Kid, art by John Severin. One Must Die starring Ringo Kid, art by Fred Kida. The Sheriff's Star, art by Bob McCarty. Deadly Ambush starring Ringo Kid, art by John Severin. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

The Rocket's Blast Comicollector #98 (96 pgs), with cover art by Bill Black. The Rocket's Blast is THE classic comics adzine from the 60s thru the 80s. It features: "The Williamson Collector" by James Van Hise and Larry Bigman; "The Cisco Kid Lives" by Robert Rawitch; reviews of Harlan Ellison's Over the Edge and Norman Spinrad's The Last Hurrah of The Golden Horde by James Van Hise; "The RBCC Information Center"; "Comic Collector's Comments" by Howard P. Siegel; "The Keyhole" column by Hamilton Benedict; ads for Phantasmagoria #3, Overstreet's The Comic Book Price Guide #2, Star-Studded #18, D-Con '73, and Houstoncon '73; a column reviewing The Comic Reader #92, The Mad World of William M. Gains, The Monster Times #17, Erb-Dom #64, and other items; a letters column (including a missive by Max Allan Collins); and classified comic book ads. Published by G. B. Love. 1.00 cover price. Circulation: 2250. Cover price $1.00.