Comic books January 1961

Spooky - unlike his cousin, Casper the Friendly Ghost - loves to scare people, but his kindly ghost girlfriend Poil disapproves. Spooky accidentally breaks a kid's kite, and must make up for it in the most humiliating way possible. Spooky; The Ghostly Trio; Nightmare; Wendy. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 12, No. 1 - January 1961. Men's adventure magazine featuring articles on sports, hunting, politics, crime, and pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Cover art by Joe Kubert. The Frogman and the Dinosaur, script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. Ghost Ace, script by Bob Haney, art by Jack Abel. The 'Neuf-Cats' Battle Story of the 94th Infantry Division, script and pencils by Morris Waldinger, inks by Tom Nicolisi. Khaki-Yaks humor page by Irwin Hansen. Statement of ownership--average paid circulation 169,000. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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1st appearance and origin of the Faceless Creature in "The Face-Hunter From Saturn!" (art by Murphy Anderson). Also in this issue: "Earth's One-Man Space Fleet!" (pencils by Gil Kane) and "Earth Victory--By a Hair!" (art by Carmine Infantino). 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. Short tales of science fiction, fantasy and horror with twist endings. A farmboy who loves to look at the stars gets instructions from a strange otherworldly voice on how to build a certain machine. Prospectors are divided by greed over a mineral claim, in a modern version of a classic Western story - only this time the mineral is uranium, not gold. Tuck's new car doesn't just have its own personality, it has its own memory. Star Gazer; The Fatal Treasure; The Secret of Outer Space; Pack on the Back; The Car With a Memory. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko. "What? What? What Was Gargantus!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko; A deep sea explorer encounters a giant reptile that follows him back to the surface; The creature explores the surface, causing panic. "Time Machine" text story. "The Things from Dimension X!", art by Don Heck; A scientist successfully creates a link to the dimension Electra only to find the inhabitants bent on conquest. "The Door They Dare Not Open!", art by Paul Reinman; A prison warden treats inmates with kindness, and relies on an honor system to prevent them from opening the one closed door. "Trapped in the Room of Shadows," art by Steve Ditko; A millionaire looks for magical wishing stones with which he hopes to help all humanity; His greedy guide tries to steal the first stone, but only succeeds in using up its power and trapping himself. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9d cover price. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko. "What? What? What Was Gargantus!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko; A deep sea explorer encounters a giant reptile that follows him back to the surface; The creature explores the surface, causing panic. "Time Machine" text story. "The Things from Dimension X!", art by Don Heck; A scientist successfully creates a link to the dimension Electra only to find the inhabitants bent on conquest. "The Door They Dare Not Open!", art by Paul Reinman; A prison warden treats inmates with kindness, and relies on an honor system to prevent them from opening the one closed door. "Trapped in the Room of Shadows," art by Steve Ditko; A millionaire looks for magical wishing stones with which he hopes to help all humanity; His greedy guide tries to steal the first stone, but only succeeds in using up its power and trapping himself. 36 pgs., full color.

Cover art by Sheldon Mayer. Stories starring Sugar & Spike: Sugar and Spike Help Out Santa, Spike Becomes Superman for a Day, The Experiment, Baby-Sat by Santa, and 'Twas the Night Before Something! Scripts and art by Sheldon Mayer. Children of Tomorrow! public service page, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bernard Baily; UN Declaration Of The Rights Of A Child. Pint-Size Christma Cards. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Sunday Pix Vol. 13 (1961) - Sunday Pix was a Christian comic book published weekly by David C. Cook. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 12 pages.

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Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. The Super Coward!, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Al Plastino; Superboy goes off into outer space leaving behind a Superboy robot to handle his chores and heroic deeds; When the robot begins malfunctioning however, the town turns against the Boy of Steel. Superboy must return to Earth early to make things right. Ad for Showcase and Aquaman and Aqualad. Watch for the Second Superman Annual! ad. Homer humor page by Henry Boltinoff. "The Boy Who Betrayed Clark Kent!" starring Superboy and Pete Ross (first appearance), script by Robert Bernstein, art by George Papp; A new boy comes to Smallville named Pete Ross; Clark becomes friends with Pete, but Ross' constant scrutiny makes him worried that he might discover his dual identity as Superboy. Little Orvil humor half-page by Harry Lampert. Get a Grip on Your Gripes! public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bernard Baily. "The Army of Living Kryptonite Men!", script by Jerry Siegel, art by George Papp; Luthor lures Superboy into a kryptonite trap, but he is saved by a timely appearance of Lightning Lad. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. Lois Lane's Secret Helper!, script by Otto Binder, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; Krypto decides to try to make Superman fall in love with Lois Lane. Superman Meets Al Capone!, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; While returning from the past, Superman is affected by Titano's kryptonite eye-blasts, and it causes him to land in Chicago in the 1920's. Flame-Dragon From Krypton!, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; A Kryptonian Flame-Dragon makes it way to Earth. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. The Day When Superman Proposed!, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; After accidental exposure to Red Kryptonite Superman proposes to Lois Lane. Cora the Car Hop story by Henry Boltinoff. House ad for Superman Annual #2. Lois Lane's X-Ray Vision!, script by Robert Bernstein, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; An accident causes Lois' glasses to become X-Ray glasses. Sweetheart of Robin Hood!, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; Lois and Clark are in England covering the opening of the Robin Hood Museum when Lois scratches herself on a poisoned arrow, causing her to faint and dream of living in Robin Hood's time. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. The Lord of Olsen Castle!, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Sheldon Moldoff; Supergirl, Krypto, and Bizarro No. 1 help trick Jimmy into passing three tests in order to inherit a castle and a title. Get a Grip on your Gripes! public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bernard Baily. The Weirdest Asteroid in Space!, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Sheldon Moldoff; Jimmy and Superman land on a strange asteroid that wakes up, breathes fire, and requires Supes to juggle glowing rocks to hypnotize it and send it back to slumberland. The Super-Life of Jimmy Olsen!, art by Al Plastino. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Long-running men's interest magazine featuring articles, fiction stories, adult cartoons, and nude photography. In this issue: Special - Plush Pad for Mobile Romeos; Big Business Takes a Sex Break; Dual Feature by James T. Farrell and Allen Ginsberg; Cognac - The Bachelor's Best Friend; The Swinging Moderns - Bill Manville, Leroi Jones, Ray Bremser and others; and Lardner Sheckley Slesar. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 74 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers Cover price $0.50.

Cover by Vince Colletta. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, and Vince Colletta. Diary-centric stories of romance and heartbreak from Charlton. Wade wants to marry an "old-fashioned girl" and thinks Gloria is too modern, so Gloria sets out to change his mind. Model Laura is horrified when she collapses from malnutrition - not by the diagnosis, but by the doctor's orders to gain weight - so she escapes to the country, where handsome farmer Dan doesn't know who she is. When her father runs for governor, Amy meets handsome campaign manager Fred, but dating him causes others - and Amy herself - to question her motives. The Wrong King of Girl to Marry; Ex-Glamor Girl; The Man in My Heart; How Not to Scare a Young Man Away; Promise of Tomorrow. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko. "Elektro! He Held a World in His Iron Grip!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A scientist creates a computer so sophisticated that it can out think human beings; It hypnotizes the scientist into building it a huge robot body so that it can move and threaten human cities to conquer them. "The Missing Film" text story, art by John Severin. "The Demon in the Dungeon!", art by Don Heck; A novelist rents a castle in Transylvania, where the locals believe a demon lives; He discovers that the creature is a lost alien child. "I Lived a Million Years!", art by Paul Reinman; An Asian tyrant bleeds his subjects dry to build a suspended animation machine and avoid nuclear war. "When the Earth Vanished!", art by Steve Ditko; Tiny alien invaders decide to detonate their ultimate bomb thinking that unobserved Earthlings have gone into hiding to avoid their invasion force and end up blowing up an Earth boy's ping pong ball and themselves as they are caught in the aftershocks of the blast. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9d cover price. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko. "Elektro! He Held a World in His Iron Grip!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A scientist creates a computer so sophisticated that it can out think human beings; It hypnotizes the scientist into building it a huge robot body so that it can move and threaten human cities to conquer them. "The Missing Film" text story, art by John Severin. "The Demon in the Dungeon!", art by Don Heck; A novelist rents a castle in Transylvania, where the locals believe a demon lives; He discovers that the creature is a lost alien child. "I Lived a Million Years!", art by Paul Reinman; An Asian tyrant bleeds his subjects dry to build a suspended animation machine and avoid nuclear war. "When the Earth Vanished!", art by Steve Ditko; Tiny alien invaders decide to detonate their ultimate bomb thinking that unobserved Earthlings have gone into hiding to avoid their invasion force and end up blowing up an Earth boy's ping pong ball and themselves as they are caught in the aftershocks of the blast. 36 pgs., full color.

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Cover by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. I Learned the Dread Secret of the Blip!, art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers; A power drain and radar anomaly is traced to a creature made of electricity hiding in a cave. The Free Ride text story. I Dared Enter the Forbidden World!, art by Don Heck; A white game hunter finds the legendary elephant's graveyard, hoping to make a fortune in ivory. I Am the Invisible!, art by Steve Ditko; A man threatens a witch unless she hands over two lenses which will make him invisible. I Defied the Curse of Tut-Ah-Anka!, art by Paul Reinman; A criminal hides from the police in an old Egyptian tomb, ignoring the warning of a curse. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9d cover price. Cover by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. I Learned the Dread Secret of the Blip!, art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers; A power drain and radar anomaly is traced to a creature made of electricity hiding in a cave. The Free Ride text story. I Dared Enter the Forbidden World!, art by Don Heck; A white game hunter finds the legendary elephant's graveyard, hoping to make a fortune in ivory. I Am the Invisible!, art by Steve Ditko; A man threatens a witch unless she hands over two lenses which will make him invisible. I Defied the Curse of Tut-Ah-Anka!, art by Paul Reinman; A criminal hides from the police in an old Egyptian tomb, ignoring the warning of a curse. 36 pgs., full color.

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Painted cover art by George Wilson. "Tarzan and the Prince of Athne," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; A party of Athnians comes raiding in Tarzan's jungle. Tarzan and the Waziri take their elephants from them and send them back across the desert to Pal-ul-don. "The Zambabwe Ruin" text story starring Mabu. "Gift for the Cliff Dwellers," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Boy and Dombie take a canoe and fishing net to the Kasanas. "Natongo's New Homeland," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Russ Manning; The brothers explore for land near Aba-Zulu where the Tungelus can settle. 36 pages, full color.

Cover inks by Vince Colletta. Stories by unknown. Art by Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, Vince Colletta, Dick Giordano and unknown. Though she loved him with all her heart, she knew that she could never have him! You see...she was a fraud! Don't miss..."They Thought I Was One of Them" with inks by Vince Colletta. Also in this issue: "The Wild One" with inks by Colletta; "Just Plain Joe" with art by Charles Nicholas and Sal Trapani; "So Far Apart" with art by Nicholas and Trapani; "A Distant Love" with inks by Dick Giordano; and 2-page text story "Meet Miss Mousey"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Sinnott and Vince Colletta. Stories and art by Joe Sinnott, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani and Vince Colletta. Charlton's romance comic captures the emerging teen culture of the early 1960s, when surfing, hot rods and new fashions in dance and dress swept America. A girl wins a date with teen singing idol Don Halley, but that causes a scandal around town, in a story featuring art by future Fantastic Four legend Joe Sinnott. The scent of roses makes a woman think of Keith, the man she loved and lost. Even though she's engaged to Artie, a soldier stationed in Japan, a woman dates other soldiers "strictly for kicks! A few laughs, some dances...and then kiss them goodbye!" Date with a Teen-Age Idol; The Small Town Scandal; Those Harmless Kisses!; My Heart Betrayed Me!; Personal Sex Attraction; Love Revisited!; High School Hot Shot. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Vince Alascia and Vince Colletta. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, Sal Trapani, and Vince Colletta. Charlton's long-running romance comic coincides with the blossoming of America's teen culture from the 1950s to the 1970s. Living on the South American plantation where her father works, Alice falls for his assistant Bill, but her father insists she return to the States for a year to ensure that it's really love. Suzy is dating Hal, but her friends set her up on a blind date with klutzy Randy that changes her world. Social outcasts at high school, Jinx and Hedi form a friendship, but when he returns from the Air Force Academy, they find they've both changed for the better. Return to Romance; Blind Date; A Dream We Shared; Mr. Cupid; Lucky, Miserable Me. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue 324. Jan. 7, 1961. 9 3/4" x 12 1/2". 20 pages. Black and white.

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Issue 325. Jan. 14, 1961. 9 3/4" x 12 1/2". 20 pages. Black and white.

Issue 326. Jan. 21, 1961. 9 3/4" x 12 1/2". 24 pages. Black and white.

Issue 327. Jan. 28, 1961. 9 3/4" x 12 1/2". 20 pages. Black and white.

Cover by Dale Hale and Hy Eisman. Stories and art by John Stanley, Dale Hale and Hy Eisman. Tip Top Comics presented stories featuring characters from United Features newspaper strips. One of the strips in the comic is Charles Schulz's Peanuts, featuring rare stories not written or drawn by Schulz, but by fellow artist Dale Hale. Charlie Brown buys a cheap camera, but Lucy predicts that it will blow up when he tries to take a picture. Nancy and Sluggo go to the gym. Plus another Nancy and Sluggo story, both written by Little Lulu's John Stanley. Nancy and Sluggo: The Health Gym; Peanuts: The Blow-Up; The Dare; Sluggo: The Gusher; The Captain and the Kids: The Bonus Babies. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Tip-top Topics (1961) was a promotional comic book for salesmen and the families of Tip-Top employees. Art by Vic Herman. This giveaway comic/sale brochure/news letter is the January 1961 issue Vol. 5 # 1 of Tip-Top Topics," a monthly publication for the Tip-Top Bread Company featuring Herman's Deliveryman, Tip-Top Ted. Includes colorful cartoon panels and the latest news about the Tip-Top Co. 4 pages, 8.5-in. x 11-in., B&W and Red ink, card stock paper.

Last 10c cover-priced issue. Cover by Harvey Eisenberg. Stories by unknown. Art by Phil de Lara, Fred Abranz, Vivie Risto and Lynn Karp. Featuring: Tom & Jerry in "Chow Hound" with art by Phil de Lara; Spike & Tyke in "Tall-Tale Wagger" with art by de Lara; Bertie Bird text story "Being a Little Cuckoo Sometimes Helps" with art by Fred Abranz; Wuff the Prairie Dog in "Striking It Rich" with art by Vivie Risto; Mouse Musketeers in "The Purr-Fumed Poosycat" with art by de Lara; Barney Bear with Fuzzy & Wuzzy in "Master Mechanics" with art by de Lara; M'sieur Poosycat 1-pager "The Wet Walk" with art by Lynn Karp; and Little Tyke 1-pager "False Alarm" with art by Karp. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. The Frontier Pupil starring Tomahawk, art by Fred Ray. The Medieval War Weapons starring Tomahawk, art by Fred Ray. The Golden Warrior starring Tomahawk, art by Fred Ray; Tomahawk and Dan face the Golden Warrior, who harbors a secret. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 5, Issue 5 - January, 1961. Men's interest magazine with fiction and articles with the emphasis on nude pictorials. Includes a color centerfold. 8 1/2" x 11", 78 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $1.00.

Volume 12, Issue 5, Whole Number 69 - May-June, 1965. Magazine with articles and history relating to the American West. 8.5" x 11", 76 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Cover art by Bob Brown. The Jungle Beasts of Jupiter, art by Arnold Drake; Space Ranger and Cryll search for a missing professor on Jupiter. On the Planet Og humor page by Henry Boltinoff. House ad for Superman Annual #2. Riddle of the Test Tube World, art by George Roussos. Get a Grip on Your Gripes! public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bernard Baily. The Menace of the Carbon Creatures text story. Have Slide Rule, Will Travel featuring Spaceman-at-Work, art by Bill Ely. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover photo of Ward Bond and Robert Horton. Flint and Major Adams guide a wagon train across the Western frontier; based on the popular TV series. While returning a runaway boy to his father, a cattle baron, Charlie is captured in the baron's private jail. To rescue him, Flint and Maj. Adams must take on the baron's hired guns. Flint rides into town on a mission for Maj. Adams, and soon finds himself in a bare-knuckle boxing match. The Runaway from Canyonville; Fidgety Tenderfoot; The Best Policy; Fight for Time; The Arrival; The Big Fight. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.