Comic books August 1960

Cover by Joe Sinnott and Vince Colletta. Stories and art by Joe Sinnott, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, and Vince Colletta. A whiff of scandal adds spice to tales of heartbreak and romance. Penny breaks up with Don, and soon he's dating her sister Linda - but is it just to get back at Penny? - in a story featuring art by future Fantastic Four legend Joe Sinnott. In another Sinnott story (and cover), young lovers Myra and Neil recklessly go swimming in shark-infested waters, and Myra pays the price. Evelyn thinks Lance is too good to be true, and she suspects he must be hiding a dark secret of some kind. Growing Pains; The Phoney; Double Romance; Child Bride; From Out of the Depths. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Adam Strange stars in "Threat of the Tornado Tyrant!" (pencils by Carmine Infantino). Back-up stories: "The Sleeping War!" (pencils by Gil Kane) and "Escape From Earth!" (art by Murphy Anderson). Kane cover pencils. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Dan Gormley and others. Southern-fried sheriff Deputy Dawg headlined this title, featuring other characters from Paul Terry's Terrytoons. Deputy Dawg meets Mischa Mouse, whose strange accent and attitudes suggest he's from another country, or possibly another planet. Silly Sidney the elephant tries to get some of the other jungle animals to play games with him, but they're all busy doing jungle things. Dinky Duck wants to be a rock & roll singer, so his fairy godmother grants him the ability to sing like that famous rock star, Melvis Pestley. Deputy Dawg; Silly Sidney; Heckle and Jeckle: Buried Treasure; Dinky Duck; Silly Sidney: Annual Track and Field Meet; Hashimoto-San; Dinky Duck: The Gourmet; Deputy Dawg: The Mystery. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 33, Issue 97 - August, 1960. Squarebound, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, Text Only.

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Volume 5, Issue 4 - August, 1960. Vintage "Playboy Clone" men's interest magazine highly focused on the bachelor lifestyle with articles, essays, product reviews, erotic short fiction stories, and tasteful nude pin-up photography. 8.5" x 11", 72 pages, B&W/color. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

Cover art by Joe Kubert. What Makes a Sergeant Run? starring Sgt. Rock, script by Bob Kanigher, art by Joe Kubert. Secret of the Ace's Helmet, script by Bob Haney, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. You Can't Borrow A Star, script by Bob Haney, art by Jack Abel. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Gunner and Sarge in "Bridge of Bullets!" Also "Letter to a Frogman" (art by Russ Heath) and "Ace on the Spot!" 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Al Hartley. Untitled Patsy and Hedy stories, scripts by Stan Lee, pencils by Al Hartley. Hedy's Spy Story!, script by Stan Lee, pencils by Al Hartley. The Perfect Friendship! starring Patsy and Hedy, script by Stan Lee, pencils by Al Hartley. Life on the Ranch text story. Patsy and Hedy's Coloring Page. Paper dolls. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9d cover price. Cover pencils by Al Hartley. Untitled Patsy and Hedy stories, scripts by Stan Lee, pencils by Al Hartley. Hedy's Spy Story!, script by Stan Lee, pencils by Al Hartley. The Perfect Friendship! starring Patsy and Hedy, script by Stan Lee, pencils by Al Hartley. Life on the Ranch text story. Patsy and Hedy's Coloring Page. Paper dolls. 36 pgs

Cover art by Al Hartley. Untitled Patsy stories. Untitled Patsy and Hedy and Hedy Wolfe stories. Scripts by Stan Lee, art by Al Hartley. Paper dolls. Patsy's Fashion Cut-out. Straight A's text story, art by Tom Scheuer. You Be a Fashion Designer. Patsy's Fashion Coloring Page. Patsy's Fashion Parade. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Schulz. Stories and art by Anthony Pocrnich, Dale Hale and John Stanley. A short-lived series translating Charles Schulz' beloved strip to comic books; Schulz only did the covers, farming out the interior stories to friends and co-workers. Violet tells Charlie Brown what he should be like, according to the zodiac. Lucy gives new endings to classic poems while telling them to Linus. Snoopy gets tangled up in cellophane tape. Plus a Sluggo story (as in Nancy and Sluggo) written by Little Lulu legend John Stanley. Wise Advice; Dog Tired Snoopy; Bargain Day; Head Work; The Fish Sitter; Sluggo: New Shoes; Zany Zodiak; Poetic Therapy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bob White. "Actions Speak Louder Than Words," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Harry Lucey; The story of Archie and Reggie's attempts to get the money to go to a dance, all told without a single word of dialogue. "Missed By a Nose" half-page story, script and art by Neal Adams; Leroy tells his dad that there was someone who wanted to see him. "Bed Made" half-page story, script and art by Neal Adams; Jughead does the old joke where he tells Archie he has to "make his own bed." "It's a Ball" one-page story, script and art by Joe Harold; Shrimpy is pitching well now that the ball is broken in. "Double Rocket Trouble," script and art by Bill Woggon; Katy dreams that she marries Randy and becomes "Queen of Outer Space," while K.O. and Gloria get revenge on the couple in a spaceship shaped like a boxing glove. "A New Hair-Do," script and art by Bill Woggon; Gloria demands to be picked over Katy Keene for a part, until she finds out what costume the part requires. "Nothing But the Tooth!", script and art by Joe Edwards; Li'l Jinx comes up with a plan to get extra money from the Tooth Fairy. "Ignorance is Bliss!", script by Frank Doyle, art by Bob White; Veronica thinks Archie peeked at his birthday gift in advance; Reggie makes things worse by telling Archie she got him a bow tie. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

MATURE READERS. Cover price $0.50.

Cover art by Bud Sagendorf. Scripts and art by Bud Sagendorf. Gentlemen Only!; Olive recruits Wimpy to instruct Popeye in the art of being a gentleman. Mountain Monster text story. Gone!; Popeye wants to run his house like a ship, but Swee'Pea doesn't like that idea and runs away. Untitled story; The Professor tests his new "no-think" pills on Sappo and then tries to take advantage of the situation. Based on the classic cartoon and comic strip character. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Comic book starring the Warner Bros. cartoon character Porky Pig. North to Danger; Porky and Elmer rent Sam's boat for a trip to the Bering Sea shallows; They think over the years ocean currents have swept dozens of sunken ships there. The Disquise Dilemma; Petunia is baby-sitting Herkimer Hickey, who is afraid of strange men. House of Echoes text story by Mary Jane and Sniffles. Chicnic Time, art by Vivie Risto; Foghorn uses a tin can and string telephone to trick Henery into thinking the chickens are locked in the coop, while in reality they are out on a picnic. Tipping His Lid; While on a train trip to Green Gap Gulch, Porky accidentally knocks off the silk hat of a man who had stashed $3,000 in its lining. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 12, Issue 6 - August, 1960. Men's adventure magazine with articles, stories, and pictorials. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 100 pages, B&W. MATURE. Cover price $0.35.

Photo cover of the famous dog, Lee Aaker (as Rusty), and James Brown (as Lt. Rip Masters). Moment of Triumph, art by Sparky Moore; The ranchers near Fort Apache are being plagued by the vicious attacks of a killer wolf who preys on the young cattle. Snaring the Smoke text story, art by Sparky Moore. "Hard Luck" Hardy, art by Sparky Moore; "Hard Luck" Hardy lost his ore samples in the river and not wanting to come into town completely empty-handed, picks up some rocks which proves to be gold. The Cave, art by Sparky Moore; Exploring in the hills Rusty and Rinty discover a huge batcave, and just outside a wounded old prospector shot by his partner, who is still trying to shoot him. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 5, Issue 5 - August, 1960. Cover photo by Ray Klein. Vintage men's interest magazine full of articles, short fiction, Adult oriented comic strips, and tasteful nude pin-up photography. This issue includes the short story, "Final Schtick" by Harlan Ellison. 8" x 11", 80 pages, Mostly B&W with some color pages. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

Cover by Joe Sinnott and Vince Colletta. Stories and art by Joe Sinnott, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani and Vince Colletta. Women navigate America's dating landscape in the 1950s and 1960s. Nella falls for the boy she kisses at a masquerade party, but she doesn't know it's bad boy Pete, in a story with art by future Fantastic Four legend Joe Sinnott. In another Sinnott story, Jean boards a train for her long-awaited reunion with Jim, but meets another woman on board who is also going to meet Jim. In a story that reflects attitudes of its era, newlyweds Kathy and Rick face strife after an accident leaves him paraplegic. My Love to Share; Bridge Across Time; The Trap; The Wonderful Night; Friends or Foes?; Behind the Mask. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Men's interest humor digest loaded with jokes, cartoons and nude pin-up photography. 5" x 6.5", 98 pages, B&W. - MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.35.

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Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy. Haboob and High Water starring Roy Rogers, art by Nat Edson; Roy and Rusty are attacked by river pirates on the River Nile in Egypt. Couriers of the West fact page about the Pony Express. Strangers in Rocky River starring Dale Evans, art by Russ Manning. Revenge at Rim Rock starring Roy Rogers, art by Nat Edson; Roy saves an old prospector from getting killed and robbed of a map. 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.

Sales Promotion (Disney giveaway), no number, 16 pages, 1960.

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Cover and interior art by Al Hubbard. Sea Adventure starring Scamp; Scamp hitches a ride on a fishing boat and encounters seals. The Tree Spree starring Scamp, Scamp's sisters, and Speedy; Scamp and Speedy play with a pair of suspenders and end up in a tree. Yard Party starring Scamp, Trusty, Pedro, Bull, Lady, Tramp, and Scamp's sisters; Scamp tries to sleep in a hammock, but keeps getting visitors. The Giddy Gopher text story starring Bongo and Gerald Gopher, art by Paul Murry. Forest Fright starring Bongo and Lumpjaw. Within the Law starring Scamp, Tuffy, and Boris. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 14 #42 -Aug. 1960. Science Fantasy, which later became Impulse and then SF Impulse, was a UK published science-fiction and fantasy digest that began production in the Summer of 1950 and was distributed by Nova Publications as a companion to Nova's New Worlds. When Nova went out of business in early 1964, The title was changed to Impulse in early 1966, to little avail, and then changed once more to SF Impulse for the last few issues. Science Fantasy ceased publication the following year, after the printer went bankrupt. Edited by John Carnell. Stories by John Brunner, Thomas Burnett Swann, J.T. McIntosh. Cover by Brian Lewis. 5 1/4-in. x 7 3/4-in., 112 pages, black and white.

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", 74 pages, mostly B&W with a few color photos. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 59, Issue 7 - July 1960. Movie Fan Magazine. Liz Taylor photo cover. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 86 pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover inks by Bernard Sachs. Dream's Awakening!, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by John Romita; A girl nearly ruins her chance for happiness with another man when she can't forget the pain of her break-up with her previous beau. Serenade to a Broken Heart!, pencils by Mike Sekowsky; Composer Sandy is in love with Nina, the girl who sings his songs on television, but she's in love with Phil, their producer. By the Sea... Romance in Fashion filler two-pager. Goodbye..?, inks by Bernard Sachs; When Donna and Les are reunited after two long separations they realize that they are no longer in love with each other, in spite of earlier promises. Betrayed Heart!, pencils by Mike Sekowsky (pp 2-8), inks by Bernard Sachs (p 1) and John Romita (pp 2-8); Celia can't let herself fall in love with Paul because she is still hurt by the way her old boyfriend Mickey treated her. Inside back cover ad for Many Loves of Dobie Gillis #2. Back cover ad for the DC line of romance comics. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Vince Colletta. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, and Vince Colletta. Newlyweds find that while love solves some problems, others require negotiation. Alice marries Scott, but maybe she's not totally over her former boyfriend, Allan. Beth is shocked to see her husband Tom kissing their neighbor Caroline, and is convinced that their marriage is over. Bev marries Jim after a whirlwind romance, but when she finds a photo of a beautiful woman, she realizes how little she really knows about him. Return to Romance; Love Thy Neighbor; Romance Reflections; Marriage for Convenience; The Other Woman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 27, Issue 1. The magazine of sex science, founded in 1933 by Hugo Gernsback. 5" x 8", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.