Comic books January 1956

Vol. 6, No. 4 - January , 1956. 5.25" x 7.25", 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", 74 pages, mostly B&W with a few color photos. Cover price $0.15.

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Painted cover art. The Alaskan Brown Bear article. The Snowshoe Trail, art by Alberto Giolitti; Sgt. Preston talks to trappers whose traps are being raided by unknown bandits. Sergeant Preston and the Lonesome Boy, art by Alberto Giolitti; A wounded Sgt. Preston tracks a claim jumper. Gift of the Snows text story. The Stranded Child starring Yukon King, art by Alberto Giolitti. Ad for Indian Chief comic book. Eskimo Ways text article. Macallister's Bonanza--Sergeant Preston's Case Histories back cover, art by Alberto Giolitti. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Stan Campbell and Carl Pfeufer. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. Tex Ritter investigates after a prospector is murdered even though his mine contained nothing but Fool's Gold. Rocky Lane escorts a murder witness, but outlaws want to make sure neither of them makes it to trial. Rocky Lane: Six-Gun Territory; Tex Ritter: Fool's Gold; Fair Fight; Lash LaRue: The Keeper Of The Clock; Tom Mix: The Slaves In Bondage. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by John Severin. Stories and art by Stan Lee, John Severin, Joe Maneely, Howie Post, and Marie Severin. Stan Lee and the pre-Marvel Atlas Bullpen create one of the earliest and funnest Mad Magazine imitators. A parody of Emily Post's etiquette guide. A spoof of the Marilyn Monroe calendar. Mad-like takes on cars, cigarette ads, and bridal showers. Behind the scenes at a fashion magazine. Stories with art by MAD legend John Severin (and production design by MAD legend Marie Severin). Wimptons; Snafu's Special Shopping Section; Pete Kelsey's Booze; Understanding The Atom; Snafu's News Photos Of The Month; Cutest Nudist Award; America On Wheels; Advice To The Lovelorn; Snafu Goes to a Jazz Festival; The Original Marilyn Monroe Calendar; A Passion for Fashion; What the American Family Sees in Television!; Exclusively Hollywood!; Art Appreciation; What's Happened to Our Male Singers?; Neatest Ad Trick of the Month; Low-Lights in the World of Sport; Emily Toast's Etiquette Page; What's His Line?; The Fanciful Fable of Little Louie Lumpkin and His Do-It-Yourself Kit; Joe Blow, A.A. (Average American); Snafu Goes to a Bridal Shower; News Item!; Who's Who in Snafu's Zoo; Coming Attractions; Posty Roasties; The Old Yorker. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Reprints Fawcett's Destination Moon. First Trip to the Moon - Written by Otto Binder (adapted from the film by Rip Van Ronkel, Robert Heinlein and James O'Hanlon). Art and Cover by Dick Rockwell and Sam Burlockoff . Scientist Charles Cargreaves and General Thayer are bound and determined to put an American rocket on the Moon. And they have to leave now...before the government can stop them! Plus: 3-page text article "Moon Victory" with art by Lou Morales! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Spooky - unlike his cousin, Casper the Friendly Ghost - loves to scare people, but his kindly ghost girlfriend Poil disapproves. The Ghostly Trio is caught in a waterspout. Spooky wants to scare the ostriches at an ostrich farm, but they have their own defenses. Nightmare tries to give an assist to a mouse who thinks he's just a dream. Doctors Orders; Reward for Capture; Grin and Bear It; Gets the Boid; Storm Ship; Wendy: The Cats Meow. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 7, Issue 1 - January 1956. Men's adventure magazine featuring articles on sports, hunting politics and crime. 10-in. x 13-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Irv Novick. A Gunner's Hands, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Irv Novick. Combat Cabbie, script by Dave Wood, pencils by Jerry Grandenetti, inks by Joe Giella. The Tank that Wasn't There, script by France Herron, pencils by Mort Drucker, inks by Bernard Sachs. Parachute--Do Not Open, script by David V. Reed, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Australian series. In this issue "The Dealers In Death". 7.25" x 10.25", 24 pages, B&W.

Art by Bob Powell and Fred Meagher. Cover by Fred Meagher. Rancher Steve Adams, a Comanche raised by white settlers, has a secret identity as the warrior Straight Arrow, a hero who first appeared on a popular radio show. Outlaws use model trains to plan their train robberies, much like the plot of the film Back to the Future III. Red Hawk discovers a boy raised by wolves, but they must flee hostile Osages before they can resolve their differences. Straight Arrow investigates when wagon trains mysteriously disappear en route to the West. The Men Who Bought Trains!; The Lost Wagons; Red Hawk: The Mark of the Wolf; Smoke Signals; Vengeance Trail! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Gorillas in Space," "The Maze of Mars," "The Man Who Discovered the West Pole," and "The Earth Drowners!" Fearless Fosdick stars in a quarter-page Wildroot Cream-Oil ad by Al Capp. Gil Kane cover. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Sol Brodsky. "The Faceless One," script by Carl Wessler, art by Bill Everett; A rich man disinherits his son because he wanted to be a magician but his companion of twelve years is unaware of this when he finds a photo of the son; The companion is angry that he will be cheated out of inheriting the money by the existence of a legal heir. "The Collector" text story. "The Man Who Said No!", script by Carl Wessler, art by Joe Maneely. "Moon-Man!", script by Paul S. Newman, art by Bernie Krigstein; An escaped mental patient from the moon visits Earth in his flying saucer before being taken back to his moon city. "The Vanishing Brain!", art by Doug Wildey; A professor walks through a "time flaw" and is enslaved by cave men; With all the work he is forced to do he becomes powerful and escapes. "The Man in the Cell," art by Bob Powell; A reporter is arrested on suspicion of murdering his fighter pilot friend but what really happened is that the man pierced a dimensional veil on a test flight and met a girl he loved there so that he was able to use his mental energy to return to that place once he had landed the plane back on Earth and told the story to his reporter friend. 36 pgs., 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.

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Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. The Boy Wizard, script by Otto Binder, art by John Sikela; A clash with a comet temporarily takes away Superboy's telescopic vision and super hearing. The Silliest Jobs in the World, script by Otto Binder, art by John Sikela; When Prof. Lang is injured in an accident, Superboy offers to help him around the house. The Best Present of All! public service announcement starring Binky, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bob Oksner. Bulldozers Blitz the Blazes text article by O A Fitzgerald. Shorty humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Battle of Fort Smallville, art by John Sikela; Superboy reconstructs Fort Smallville, an old Fort that the town was built over. Varsity Vic humor page by Henry Boltinoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Superman For Sale starring Superman, Henry Drebbin, Edward Jorgens, and Paul Quillan, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Midget Menace starring Superman and The Thurans, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Superman is tied down like Gulliver. The Best Present Of All! public service announcement starring Binky, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. Rocket To The Sky text story. The Million Dollar Mistake starring Superman and Soapy Martin, art by Al Plastino. CinemaAntics humor half-page by Harry Lampert. A two-page ad features Superman products available for Christmas. Fearless Fosdick stars in a quarter-page ad for Wildroot Cream-Oil with art by Al Capp. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley. Jimmy Olsen's Martian Pal; Jimmy appears to be getting signals from Mars on his ham radio set. Jimmy Olsen's Forgotten Adventure; Jimmy disguises himself as Dick Hunter, elevator boy, then gets amnesia and forgets who he really is. Jungle Jimmy Olsen; Clark and Jimmy go to the Yucatan searching for a mysterious "jungle boy". Scripts by Otto Binder, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley. Do You Know How to Be a Good Baby-Sitter? public service announcement starring Buzzy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. How to be a Weather Expert article by Jack Miller [as John Maxon]. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Gossip magazine with sensationalistic stories. Heavily illustrated with photographs. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Reprints. Stories by Joe Millard and unknown. Art by Edmond Good and unknown. In this issue: T-Man in "Trouble's Double" with pencils by Edmond Good, reprinted from T-Man (1951) #3 - A Russian agent is impersonating Pete Trask to insult members of delegation negotiating an oil treaty to block it from being signed; "Trapped by T-Men," reprinted from ?; "T-Man's Holiday" with story by Joe Millard and pencils by Edmond Good, reprinted from T-Man (1951) #1 - At a dentist in Rome, Trask is having a tooth fixed...by coincidence, Allied agents burst in to search the office for a microfilm intended for communist spies; 1-page T-Man Ed Ewing text story "Remember the Blonde," reprinted from T-Man (1951) #8 - Molly turns on her counterfeiting buddies and they get caught by the T-Men; and T-Man Tom Roccola in "The Dope Ring and Revolution," reprinted from T-Man (1951) #7. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by John Lehti. The Miracle of the Loaves & Fishes, art by Mike Roy. The Little Captive Maid, script and art by John Lehti. The Boy Jesus In the Temple, art by Mike Roy. Young David, script and art by John Lehti. The 3 Wise Men, art by Mike Roy. Moses and Miriam, script and art by John Lehti. Noah's Ark text story. Lazarus Is Restored to Life, art by Mike Roy. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Moe Gollub. "Tarzan and the Elephant's Child," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Tarzan reunites a mother elephant and her calf and returns some stolen cattle to their rightful owners. "The Sound" text story starring Mabu. "Tarzan and Borok," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Russ Manning; Borok is accidentally pricked with a poisoned arrow and Tarzan must negotiate with a pygmy elder in order to get the antidote. Untitled Brothers of the Spear story, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Russ Manning; Dan-El and Natongo are captured by Queen Nana's forces while trying to recover the M'tembo war elephants for Molithi. The Leopard and the Panther illustration by Jesse Marsh. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Weekly U.K. comic featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous hero. Tarzan by Rex Maxon, reprinting daily comic strips. 28 pages, B&W.

Weekly U.K. comic featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous hero. Tarzan by Rex Maxon, reprinting daily comic strips. 28 pages, B&W.

Weekly U.K. comic featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous hero. Tarzan by Rex Maxon, reprinting daily comic strips. 28 pages, B&W.

Weekly U.K. comic featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous hero. Tarzan by Rex Maxon, reprinting daily comic strips. Two Album Premium Stamps Back Cover. 28 pages, B&W.

Volume 6, Issue 1 - January 10th 1956. Celebrity gossip magazine. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 6, Issue 2 - January 24th 1956. Celebrity gossip magazine. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

1st printing. Edited by Mary Alice Jones. Art by Robert Bonfils. Children learn what the Ten Commandments are and h9ow to apply them in their everyday lives. Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 20 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $0.50.

Photo cover. Contains original and reprinted material as noted. In order of appearance: "Halfway to the Altar"; "Too Ambitious"; "His Fortune-Telling Sweetheart"; and "Engagement on the Rocks" reprinted from Love Experiences (1949) #7. Text articles: "For Beauty's Sake: Eye Savers..." reprinted from "Glamorizing Yourself..." in Glamorous Romances (1949) #43 and from "For a More Glamorous You..." in Complete Love Magazine Vol. 27 (1952) #6 and in Complete Love Magazine Vol. 28 (1953) #1; "Bring out Your Best: The Art of Being Feminine..." reprinted from "For a More Glamorous You..." in Complete Love Magazine Vol. 27 (1952) #5, "Help Yourself to Allure..." in Love Experiences (1949) #18, and "Glamorize Yourself..." in Glamorous Romances (1949) #79, and partially reprinted from "For Beauty's Sake..." in Revealing Romances (1949) #4. "After the Beauty Contest" and "In an Indian Pueblo" text stories. Indicia states "TEN-STORY LOVE" and "Volume XXXVI, Number 2, #206". 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

4th (1956) Edition - 1st printing. Written by John Rosenfield, Jr. Art by Jack Patton. Originally published in 1928 as a premium giveaway from the Magnolia (Mobil) Petroleum Company, this is the revised 1956 edition. A collection of Daily comic strips from the pages of the Dallas News covering topics from Texas History. For may years, and as late as the mid-1960's, the little comic was used in Texas schools as a teaching aid. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 132 pages, B&W.