Comic books January 1969

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover art by George Baker. "Prediction"; Warned by his horoscope that he shouldn't blow up, Sarge quickly immerses a ticking package from Sad Sack. Casper the Friendly Ghost ad. "Change for the Worse"; Since Sad Sack wants to have a blast, Sarge assigns him to drive the ammunition truck, not knowing that its steering needs repair. "Close"; Sad Sack wants a pass, and calls on lightning to strike if he's not telling he truth about a sick aunt. "Hazardous"; Sad Sack disdains Slob's advice that smoking is bad for the health, then tosses his cigarette into an ammo dump. "Out of Order"; With power out because of a storm, General Rockjaw dragoons the insolent Sack as a runner; Sad Sack is repeatedly mangled en route, and mixes up messages for the colonel (on maneuvers) and the general's wife (going shopping), with disastrous results. "Big Shot"; The army tests a new zap gun by shooting Sack out of it. "Too Many Bumps" text story. Casper the Friendly Ghost ad. Sad Sack ad. "Rat Trap"; Sarge overhears Sad Sack talking to his pet rat; Assuming that Sack is talking about him, Sarge has Sack court-martialed. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

Men's interest magazine focusing on Western adventure stories. 8.5" x 11", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Volume 1, Issue 5 - January, 1969 Cover price $1.50.

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Winter 1969; whole number #7. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.50.

Winter 1969; whole number #7. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.50.

Winter 1969; whole number #7. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.50.

Winter 1969; whole number #7. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.50.

1st printing. An illustrated guide to "Being Prepared!" Softcover (Horizontal Format), 7-in. x 4 1/2-in., 128 pages, full color. All Ages

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories by Jack Miller, Barbara Friedlander and unknown. Art by Jay Scott Pike & George Roussos, Tony Abruzzo, Win Mortimer & Dick Giordano and unknown. Karen leaves Hollywood and her dreams of stardom behind when her sister calls to tell her that her former fiance Greg needs her in Episode 24 of "Reach for Happiness"! Plus: When Richard breaks up with Debby, she is sure she will never fall in love again and resists falling for any of the boys who date her in "Love, Love, Go Away!" Also: Cindy the Salesgirl models several of the latest styles for an older woman who actually isn't looking to buy anything, but just to relive her youth in an untitled story. And: Melanie and Doug decide to end their relationship, but months later they meet again on a cruise and wonder if their feelings are truly forgotten in the reprint story "Long After Heartbreak"! Plus: Mad Mad Modes for Moderns filler. Also: Letters page by Ann Martin, Counselor-at-Love. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover art by Jack Sparling. The Queen without a Crown! starring Tiger Force, Crimson Dawn, King Savage, August Durant, Carlo Di Rienzi, Lili De Neuve, Mockingbird, Johnny Bright, Archduke Otto, and General Zarobin, script by E. Nelson Bridwell and Joe Gill, art by Jack Sparling; the Six attempt to recover the Graustanian Crown Jewels, stolen from a museum by Crimson's ex-husband, Johnny Bright. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Volume 1 issue 3. Men's interest humor magazine targeted at men in the service, published by Magnum-Royal Publications. Features adult girlie cartoons, army cartoons, and racy pin-ups of photo models. 11-in x 8-in, 52 pages, B&W, mature readers. Cover price $35.00.

"Sex to Sexty: Wahoo!" Men's Magazine with adult jokes and cartoons. 64 pages, text, with B&W illustrations Cover price $1.00.

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"The Name Is Bass--Sergeant Bass!" Script by Gary Friedrich, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by John Severin. Cover price $0.12.

Articles on sports, crime, and adventuring, plus pin-up photos. 8" x 10.5". 66 pages. B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.75.

1st Edition - 1st printing. By Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. A survivor of the World War II firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim becomes an optometrist after the war, makes a great deal of money, and is kidnapped by a flying saucer from planet Tralfamadore on his daughter's wedding night. Is all of this true, of just figments of one man's mind? Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 186 pages, Text Only. Cover price $5.95.

1st Edition - 2nd and later printings. By Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Billy Pilgrim becomes an optometrist after the war, makes a great deal of money, and is kidnapped by a flying saucer from planet Tralfamadore on his daughter's wedding night. Is all of this true, of just figments of one man's mind? Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 186 pages, Text Only. Cover price $5.95.

1st Edition - 1st printing. By Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. A survivor of the World War II firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim becomes an optometrist after the war, makes a great deal of money, and is kidnapped by a flying saucer from planet Tralfamadore on his daughter's wedding night. Is all of this true, of just figments of one man's mind? Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 186 pages, Text Only.

1st Edition - 2nd and later printings. By Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. A survivor of the World War II firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim becomes an optometrist after the war, makes a great deal of money, and is kidnapped by a flying saucer from planet Tralfamadore on his daughter's wedding night. Is all of this true, of just figments of one man's mind? Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 186 pages, Text Only. Cover price $1.95.

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Issue #153

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Issue #154

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Issue #155

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Issue #156

1st Printing. Mature Readers, export-restricted. Content warning: Racist material, sexual assault, age-inappropriate implications.

Cover by Robert Crumb. Stories and art by Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Rory Hayes, Victor Moscoso, & Rick Griffin. 5-in. x 7-in., 36 pages, B&W MATURE READERS NOTE: 1st printings have color on the Rory Hayes cartoon featured on page 23. The color varies, but all are considered 1st printings. Cover price $0.50.

2nd Printing. Mature Readers, export-restricted. Content warning: Racist material, sexual assault, age-inappropriate implications, incest.

Cover by Robert Crumb. Stories and art by Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Rory Hayes, Victor Moscoso, & Rick Griffin. 5-in. x 7-in., 36 pages, B&W MATURE READERS NOTE: 2nd printings DO NOT have color on the Rory Hayes cartoon featured on page 23. Cover price $0.50.

3rd Printing. Mature Readers, export-restricted. Content warning: Racist material, sexual assault, age-inappropriate implications, incest.

Cover by Robert Crumb. Stories and art by Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Rory Hayes, Victor Moscoso, & Rick Griffin. 5-in. x 7-in., 36 pages, B&W MATURE READERS NOTE: 3rd printings DO NOT have color on the Rory Hayes cartoon, and the cartoon has been moved to page 15 (covers included in page count). Cover price $0.50.

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4th Printing. Mature Readers, export-restricted. Content warning: Racist material, sexual assault, age-inappropriate implications, incest.

Cover by Robert Crumb. Stories and art by Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Rory Hayes, Victor Moscoso, & Rick Griffin. 5-in. x 7-in., 36 pages, B&W MATURE READERS NOTE: 4th printings DO NOT have an orange or blue outline of color bleed around the color logos, as this is the first printing to use black ink on the cover instead of mixing blue and orange Cover price $0.50.

6th Printing. Mature Readers, export-restricted. Content warning: Racist material, sexual assault, age-inappropriate implications, incest.

Cover by Robert Crumb. Stories and art by Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Rory Hayes, Victor Moscoso, & Rick Griffin. 5-in. x 7-in., 36 pages, B&W MATURE READERS NOTE: 6th printings have a $0.75 cent cover price. Cover price $0.75.

1st printing. By Charles M. Schulz. Remeber the last page of Charles M. Schulz's best-selling book SNOOPY AND THE RED BARON? America's favorite World War I flying ace is shaking his fist at the sky as he vows, "Someday I'll get you, Red Baron!" Well, someday is here as Snoopy takes flight on another daring mission in this delightful All Ages tale. Hardcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W. All Ages Cover price $2.00.

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Cover by Steve Ditko and Sanho Kim. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Joe Gill, Enio Leguizamon and Sanho Kim. Sometimes listed as Space Adventures #64. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. Astronauts find a planet with the perfect atmosphere and environment for colonizing, with only one problem: gigantic bugs and insects. Aliens use a super-powerful magnet to attack the Earth, in a story (and cover) with early art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. The Exterminators; Moon Madness; The Horrible Enemy!; The Magnet of Magento. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Volume 4, Issue 1 - January 1969. Science Fiction paperback containing Novelets, Short Stories and Serials by A.E. Van Vogt, E.C. Tubb, James Causey, Harl Vincent, William S. Corwin, Jeff Sutton, H.B. Fyfe, J.T. Oliver and Ralph Milne Farley. 7 1/2" x 5 1/2", 130 pages. Cover price $0.50.

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Radio fanzine by Bob Vito. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 30 pages, black and white text with photos and illustrations.

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Cover art by Joe Kubert. Ad for Green Lantern #65 and The Brave and the Bold #81, pencils by Mike Sekowsky and Neal Adams, inks by Joe Giella and Neal Adams. Vengeance is a Harpy! starring Enemy Ace, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Joe Kubert; When von Hammer shoots down The Hangman, his sister Denise takes to the skies in an attempt to seek revenge. Captain Action and Action Boy Meet Dr. Evil toy ad, art by Kurt Schaffenberger. Ad for Superman #212, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Mike Esposito. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

1st printing.

Written by Norton Juster. Art and Cover by Arnold Roth.

Have you ever met a musically oriented Spanish patriot named Jose Canusee? Or a Welsh after-dinner speaker name Dai Gression? Is Irving Renewal the City Planning Commissioner in your town? Do you know a pregnant mother of twelve named Yetta Nother?

Almost everyone I know has a few treasured examples, but try to picture an entire town full of them - sort of a paranomastic paradise.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 7-in. x 4-in., 48 pages, B&W (and Blue).

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Cover by Ernie Bache, Mo Marcus? and Vince Alascia. Edited by Sal Gentile. Stories by unknown. Art by Ernie Bache, Mo Marcus?, Vince Alascia and unknown. Four tantalizing Strange Suspense Stories! In this issue: Good or evil? Find out in..."The Magic Desk" with art by Ernie Bache. Plus: A ghostly metamorphosis in..."The Maestro's Voice" with art by Mo Marcus? and Vince Alascia; "The $100 Bills!"; and 1-page text story "The Seven Snakes of San Sarga"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

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"The Spell of the Serpent!" Written by Roy Thomas. Art by Marie Severin and Dan Adkins. The sinister Serpent Crown has turned the citizens of Atlantis against their monarch. Even Lady Dorma falls under the thrall of the evil artifact. Can Namor's indomitable will stand against the mind numbing power of the Serpent Crown? "The Spell of the Serpent!" Tiger Shark cameo. NOTE: 1st appearance of the Serpent Crown. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover art by Sheldon Mayer. Stories starring Sugar & Spike: Adventure Inside A Monster (with Bernie the Brain) and Parents in Orbit (chap 2). Scripts and art by Sheldon Mayer. Cap's Hobby Hints by Henry Boltinoff. Pint-Size Pin-Ups paper dolls by Mayer. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.