Comic books January 1957

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Volume 202, Issue 2 - January 1, 1957. 6.75" x 9", 118 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Joe Maneely. "Range War!", art by Dick Ayers; The Rawhide Kid is leading a band of settlers onto open government land near Shotgun City when he comes across a roadblock with armed guards; The Kid orders them to stand down, telling them that the nesters have the right to set up a home on the open land; The men refuse to do so and tell the Kid he can argue it with Bull Brennan, who is looking out for the interests of local ranchers. "Indian Bow" text story. Untitled story, art by Dick Ayers; Rawhide Kid and his ward Randy Clayton are shut in during a storm when Randy suddenly notices a man standing in front of one of the windows; The Kid goes to the door and greets the man who asks for their help as he is being chased; He explains that he is Russ Howland the lawman for Javlin County and he has been chased by the Briggs brothers of whom he has warrants out for their arrest that will see them in jail for life. "The Last Roundup!", art by Dick Ayers; Witnessing a stampede of cattle, the Rawhide Kid and Randy Clayton rush in and manage to stop the herd; They are confronted by the cattle drivers who accuse the Kid of starting the stampede, but when they try to take him by force he shoots the guns out of their hands and tells them his story. "Kid Six-Gun," script by Stan Lee, art by Pete Morisi. "Six Gun Decision!", art by Dick Ayers; The Rawhide Kid has taken Randy into Shotgun City to get his haircut when suddenly bullets start crashing in through the window Looking outside the window, the Rawhide Kid sees two men taking shots at a lone unarmed man. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume B, Issue 1 - January 1957. Cover by William Robinson Leigh. Men's interest magazine featuring adventure stories and photos of buxom bombshells. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 98 pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 1, Issue 6 - January 1957. Cover by Clarence Doore. Men's magazine featuring stories on crime, fitness, and pin-up girl pictorials. Illustrations by Parenti. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 72 pages B&W - Mature Readers. Cover price $0.25.

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Released by the the School and College Service division of the Association of American Railroads. This interesting promotional comic tells the story of railroading. Standard 7x10 comic size, 16-pages, full color, newsprint cover and interior. A picture story about America's modern passenger trains with art by Bill Bunce.

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Photo cover of the famous dog. Article on Let Tleda, the Alaskan Tlingit sculptor who made a wooden statue of Lincoln. The Gold Rush, art by Sparky Moore. Scotty MacLean has some gold nuggets, and everyone believes he has found a lot more gold. Refuge text story. Untitled Paul Bunyan, Jr. story, art by August Lenox; Paul has another showdown with Hank, the sacked ox-driver. Wolf-Dog, art by Sparky Moore; A big wolf is killing cattle, or is it just a starving dog? Rin Tin Tin Golden Bugle plastic toy in Toyland article. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy. The Telltale Nuggets starring Roy Rogers and Trigger, art by Nat Edson; Roy's watch is stolen in a trainrobbery, and he and the sheriff are waiting for the robbers to reveal themselves. Five Empties text story. The Little Vaquero starring Trigger, art by Nat Edson; Chico wants to ride in the roundup. A Badge for Calvin--Chuckwagon Charley's Tales, art by Dan Spiegle. The Mustangers text story. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Men's interest magazine focusing on Western adventure stories. 8.5" x 11", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 7, No. 4 - January , 1957. 5.25" x 7.5", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Screen Stars Magazine was one among many of the supermarket celebrity tabloids that focused heavily on the day to day lives of the Hollywood elite, during the golden-age of cinema. This publication is filled cover to cover with typical fodder such as candid celebrity photos (some of which are in color), gossip columns, reader's letters to the editor, and the latest motion picture advertisements. 8.5" x 10.5", 84 pages, mostly B&W with a few color photos. Cover price $0.25.

Loser at Love, pencils by Mort Meskin. Romantic Escapade!; Gail bets her friends that she can make Cliff, the handsome recluse, fall in love with her, but when they fall in love for real she fears that he will find out about the frivolous bet. Letter to Janet starring Jerry Jitterbug, script and art by Henry Boltinoff. Stars in My Eyes!, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Bernard Sachs; Marcie goes to Hollywood to try for stardom, but eventually she realizes that what she really wants to to marry her boyfriend Bill back home. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover of Sergeant Preston [as played by Dick Simmons]. Article on the freezing cold permafrost in the Arctic. The Whispering Raven; Preston is on the trail of two Express robbers, when he comes across the pet raven of Pop Diston; it whispers "trouble," and Preston and his team set out to learn what the trouble is. The Bush Tramp; Preston is following the thieving bush tramp from cabin to cabin, and by taking a short cut to the next one, he gets his man. Gray Wolf Leader of the Wolf Pack story. The Burned Cabin; Two brothers in a brawl over the division of their late father's property; it is more worth than they imagine, and they have to fight crooks instead of each other. Eskimo Table Manners article. Scripts by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Alberto Giolitti. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Articles on sports, crime, and adventuring, plus pin-up photos. 8" x 10.5". 66 pages. B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

"The Fastest Draw in Texas" (art by Joe Maneely), "Bait for Boot-Hill" (art by John Romita Sr.), "Six-Gun for Hire," and "Kid Yukon, Gunslinger" (art by Reed Crandall). All scripts by Stan Lee. Two text illustrations by Al Williamson. John Severin cover. Cover price $0.10.

Official Magazine of the RSROA of America (Roller Skating Rink Operators Association of America). News, articles, competition results, and more. 8-5/8 in. x 11-3/4 in.; black and white; 24 pages on slick paper. Cover price $0.15.

Spooky - unlike his cousin, Casper the Friendly Ghost - loves to scare people, but his kindly ghost girlfriend Poil disapproves. On a blustery day, Spooky loses his hat and gains a toupee. When a messenger loses a bouquet, Spooky sees an opportunity for a gift for Poil, but he forgets to take out the card from "Fenwick." Boo! Boo! Black Sheep; The Ghostly Trio; Nightmare; The Hat Trick; All Boined Up!; One For the Books; Big Feet; Wendy: Supernatural Nature. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 6 #1 - January 7, 1957. Various articles and images related to sports. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W and color. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 5, Issue 1 - January 1957. Men's interest magazine focused on tales of daring and hunter's prowess. Cover painting by Frank Soltesz. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 8, Issue 1 - January 1957. Men's interest magazine focusing on adventures stories. Art by John Leone. Features story by Charles Nemo. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 100 pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Jerry Grandenetti. Combat Close-Ups, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Jerry Grandenetti. Battle Anchor, script by Dave Wood, art by Joe Kubert. The Silver Skis, script by Bob Haney, art by Russ Heath. The Rock Sergeant, script by Bob Haney, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. War Correspondents filler page by Morris Waldinger. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bill Everett. "A Witch By Night," art by John Forte; A story that shares plot elements with The Twilight Zone's "It's A Good Life." "The Long Sleep!", script by Carl Wessler, art by Gray Morrow; A criminal thinks he has shot a night watchman and goes into suspended animation for forty years so that the police will forget about him, but when he comes out of the suspended animation, he reads in the old newspaper that his partner was the one who wounded the night watchman earlier in the evening and the police never suspected him. "Something Strange On the Sand!", art by Doug Wildey; A man finds a city with a treasure that only appears once every several years and attempts to steal the treasure but fails. "Trapped In the Dark!", art by Robert Sale; A swindler whose conscience is bothering him finds himself locked in an amusement park fun house where he sees visions of the people he has cheated. "Robot Inventor" text story. "The Man Who Talked!", art by Bob Powell; A ventriloquist loses his dummy overboard and the island natives are about to destroy it when the ventriloquist speaks for the dummy many miles away. "The Punishment of Paul Phillips!", art by George Roussos; When a man testifying in court dreams of being executed due to circumstantial evidence he changes his attitude. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Sheldon Mayer. Draw Bob Hope! Art Instruction ad. "The Birthday Party," script and art by Sheldon Mayer; Sugar and Spike go to a birthday party for the first time, but they don't want to give the present to the birthday boy. Little Pete humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Gifts to the United Nations! public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Ruben Moreira. "The Early Birds," script and art by Sheldon Mayer; Spike wakes up in the middle of the night and goes next door to find Sugar; They decide to do all the things their mothers don't want them to do, since there's no one around to stop them. "Grampa's Problem" one-page story, script and art by Sheldon Mayer; Spike tells Sugar that his grampa sleeps in pieces, because his teeth are in a glass beside the bed. Pint-Size Pin-Ups paper doll page, art by Sheldon Mayer. "The Mystery of the Funny Runner," script and art by Sheldon Mayer; Spike tries to explain roller skates to Sugar, after he saw them on a boy, but she doesn't believe him until she sees them herself. "A Place for Everything," script and art by Sheldon Mayer; Sugar and Spike observe that grownups are always moving things from one place to another, but when they try it they only get in trouble. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage magazine featuring stories about, and tips for those interested in the nudist way of life. Softcover Magazine, 8" x 11", 32 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

Sunday Pix Vol. 9 (1957). Jan. 6, 1957. Pencils by Andre LeBlanc, a Brazilian artist who worked with Eisner on "The Spirit," and with Sy Barry on "The Phantom." LeBlanc also did work on Flash Gordon, Apt. 3-G, and Rex Morgan, M.D. newspaper strips. 7 x 10, 12 pages. These were available through mail subscription only. Published by David C. Cook Publishing.

Sunday Pix Vol. 9 (1957). Jan. 13, 1957. Pencils by Andre LeBlanc, a Brazilian artist who worked with Eisner on "The Spirit," and with Sy Barry on "The Phantom." LeBlanc also did work on Flash Gordon, Apt. 3-G, and Rex Morgan, M.D. newspaper strips. 7 x 10, 12 pages. These were available through mail subscription only. Published by David C. Cook Publishing.

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Sunday Pix Vol. 9 (1957). Jan. 20, 1957. Pencils by Andre LeBlanc, a Brazilian artist who worked with Eisner on "The Spirit," and with Sy Barry on "The Phantom." LeBlanc also did work on Flash Gordon, Apt. 3-G, and Rex Morgan, M.D. newspaper strips. 7 x 10, 12 pages. These were available through mail subscription only. Published by David C. Cook Publishing.

Sunday Pix Vol. 9 (1957). Jan. 27, 1957. Pencils by Andre LeBlanc, a Brazilian artist who worked with Eisner on "The Spirit," and with Sy Barry on "The Phantom." LeBlanc also did work on Flash Gordon, Apt. 3-G, and Rex Morgan, M.D. newspaper strips. 7 x 10, 12 pages. These were available through mail subscription only. Published by David C. Cook Publishing.