Comic books April 1957

"Roll Your Own"; Veronica and Archie go roller-skating, though neither is a very good skater; Each hooks up with an attractive instructor for lessons in skating and other things. White Cloverine Brand Salve ad with Yogi Berra. "Roaring 20's," script by Bill Woggon; Randy takes Katy to a Roaring '20s party. Roaring 20's Song Fun activity page. Theodore Roosevelt Contest results. Archie Club ad. "Dates 'n Decoys!"; Betty has a date with Archie, but knows that Veronica will spoil it; Jughead comes up with a plan to get the gang to all go bowling and have Betty make a late change of plans to go somewhere else with Archie. "Hat's Enough," script and art by Joe Edwards; When Hap sees Jinx chasing a hat on a snowy day, he goes to help her. "Green Eyes," art by Joe Edwards; Laurie has to spend the evenings studying for a history test; She tries to call Wilbur each night, but he's not home. "From Hunger"; Mr. Weatherbee punishes Jughead for eating outside the lunchroom by making him take papers around the school and have each teacher sign them. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by John Stanley. Soda Money; Tubby and Iggy have soda money but do not want to share with Lulu and Annie. Surprise Party; Lulu has a party and invites only Wilbur to it. Hiccup Specialist; Lulu tries all sorts of ways to stop Tubbys hiccups. The Power of Lawn Mowing; Tubby wants Lulu to believe she broke Tubs fathers lawn mower. Little Itch and the Loose Tooth; Lulu tells Alvin about when Itch puts the poor little girls tooth under her pillow to get some money. Get a Plumber; Tubby has several ideas about how to stop the rain leak in the clubhouse. All scripts by John Stanley, art by Irving Tripp. One-page text story, Lulus Diry ("Diary"). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Warren Kremer and others. Joe Palooka's speechless sidekick from the popular Ham Fisher boxing strip gets his own comic, noteworthy for early versions of Little Dot and other Harvey characters. Max dreams himself into the Arabian Nights tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. A wishbone presents Max with a moral dilemma. Little Max and Casey find a new money-making idea. Plus solo stories featuring Humphrey. Ali Max and the Forty Thieves; Safety First; Rodeo Riot; Rumpus; Long Range View; Humphrey; Little Max Rhymes with Reason; Monkey Business; Nap Sack. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Don Spaulding. Silver Bullets, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; The Lone Ranger sends Dan Reid to his mine to get silver bars and bullets; Reid is captured by bandits on his return trip and is saved by an 'old prospector' who turns out to be the Lone Ranger in disguise. The Fight for the Red Man's River, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Chief Red Cloud diverts a river, cutting off a settlement's water supply. Mayan Farm Feast, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; Young Hawk; Little Buck; and the boy Atan befriend a Mayan farm couple; After a scuffle with tax collectors, the pair leave the boy at the farm and go to the great city. Based on the popular Western TV series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Silver and the Buffalo Calf," "Silver and the Ghost Wagon," and "The Rogue Grizzly." Midnight untitled back-up story. One-page text story, "Run, Wild Horse." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

#186, 4/57, 10c. Issue has Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Mary Jane and Sniffles, and Tweety and Sylvester in untitled stories, a one-page text story "The Dandy Fight," and one-page gag strips. Story and art credits: unknown. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Norman Mingo. "Nansy," art by Wallace Wood; A look at a joke from one cartoon strip as it might be interpreted by other strips. "The Steve Allan Story," art by Bob Clarke; Shows Steve at work and discusses how tv show is produced. "It's Gonna Be A Mad Mad Year!", script by G. Stang, art by Wallace Wood; Foolish predictions for world events in the coming year. "Big Big Story," script and art by Don Martin; After years of laboring in obscurity, reporter Joe finally finds a big story, only to be fired when he's three days late finding it. "Making A Paper Eucalyptus Tree," script by Orson Bean, art by Wally Wood; Orson delivers a monologue built around his paper trick, and instructions for making the tree. "The Ideal Woman," script by D. Purdy, art by Kelly Freas; The ideal woman as visualized by 6 magazines, compared to the women who read the magazines. "What's Happened To Sports Magazines?", art by Bob Clarke; Analysis of older style and modern sports magazines, with their differing viewpoints on the sports versus lifestyles of sports personalities. "Movies Are Longer Than Ever," art by Wallace Wood; Reviews of three very long movies: Giant, War And Peace, and The Ten Commandments. "Tom Lehrer Sings," art by George Woodbridge; A brief fake biography with an illustrated song, including sheet music. "Future TV Ad," art by Don Martin; Phony ad storyboard for Schveppes Activated Sparkling Seltzer. "The Night People vs. Creeping Meatballism," script by Jean Shepherd, art by Wally Wood. "The MAD Dating Technique," art by Bob Clarke. "MAD Record Labels," script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wally Wood; Phony record labels for 45s. 52 pgs., B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Albert Nuetzell. Fantasy and science fiction stories by Murray Leinster, Mildred Clingerman, Richard Wilson, Bob Ottum, Lester Del Rey, Randall Garrett & Lin Carter, G. C. Edmondson, Poul Anderson, John Novotny, Chad Oliver, and Horace Walpole. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 7, Issue 4 - April 1957. Adventure stories, articles and pin-up photos. This issue with fiction by Martin Caidin (Six Million Dollar Man) "Bailout at Mach 2". 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 100 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Julie Newmar article. Volume 6, Issue 4 - April 1957. Men's interest magazine focusing on celebrity gossip and pin-up models. Includes the articles "Love-King of Greenwich Village" and "Rogues Gallery of Girls!" 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Volume 2, Issue 5 - April 1957. Men's adventure stories with some model photo galleries. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 84 pages, B&W - Mature Readers. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 5, issue 4 - April 1957. Cover by Harry Schaare. Men's interest magazine focusing on adventure, hunting, and true crime articles, stories and photos. Features article on Floyd Patterson. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 84 pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 1, Issue 3 - April 1957. Men's interest magazine featuring Pin-up Girl Pictorials, and adventures stories. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Popeye

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First issue of the series (continued from Tales of the Marines). "Amtracs" (art by Mort Drucker), "Suicide Mission" (art by Gene Colan), "Out of the Wreckage" (art by Cal Massey), "Somewhere the Sniper Waits," "The Battle of Belleau Woods" (art by Joe Maneely), and a two-page text story, "Cloak and Dagger." John Severin cover. Cover price $0.10.

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"Iron Mike" McGraw stars in "Attack From the Rear!" (art by Joe Sinnott); "When the Bazooka Roars!" (art by Gene Colan); "Mine Field!" (art by Don Heck); the U.S. Marine Corps in "A City at Stake!" (art by Al Williamson; 3 pages); and "Iron Mike" McGraw in "Surrender or Else" (art by Sinnott). John Severin cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Carl Wessler, Jack Oleck and unknown. Art by Joe Orlando, Pete Morisi, Marvin Stein, Bernie Krigstein, Sam Kweskin, Tony DiPreta and John Severin. Brand-new Marvel Tales! (Except for the reprint text story!) In this issue: "The Secret of Murdock Farm!" by Carl Wessler and Joe Orlando; "The Black Blob!" with art by Pete Morisi; "The Man Who Was Replaced" by Jack Oleck and Marvin Stein; hair-raising things happen to the men on the..."Impossible Island" with art by Bernie Krigstein; "The Man Who Changed!" by Jack Oleck and Sam Kweskin; "It Waits in the Dark!" with art by Tony DiPreta; and 2-page text story "Trouble on the Island" with illos by John Severin, reprinted from Journey into Mystery (1952) #36 (original title: "Island Mystery"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cold War-era military action tales from Ajax-Farrell and the anonymous talents in the Iger Shop. Diminutive soldier Shorty O'Brien gets a chance to be a hero. Southern soldier Johnny Reb sets aside his differences with Washington to battle Communists. The true story of the experimental collapsible helicopter known as the Jet Jeep. Shorty O'Brien: High as a Hero!; Crash-Proof Cargo; Korean War: Front Line Maneuver; Johnny Reb; The Jet Jeep. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 64, Issue 254 - February, 1957. Digest-size UK men's magazine. Articles, humor, and pin-up photos. 5" x 7.25", 132 pages, B&W with color.

Volume 33, Issue 1 - April 1957. Men's interest magazine focusing on crime hunting and war stories, with pictorials of beautiful women. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

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Digest-sized, 5.5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W Cover price $0.35.

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Mickey Mouse in "The Case of the Missing Steers," "Puzzle Puzzler," and "Tree for Two." Issue also has The Li'l Bad Wolf in "Wolf Pack," one-page text story "Timber!" and one page gag strips throughout book. No art/story credits given. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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April 6, 1957 issue - Disney comics and text stories. Tabloid format 10 1/2-in. x 14-in. 12 pages, eight in black and white, and four full color

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April 13, 1957 issue - Disney comics and text stories. Tabloid format 10 1/2-in. x 14-in. 12 pages, eight in black and white, and four full color

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April 20, 1957 issue - Disney comics and text stories. Tabloid format 10 1/2-in. x 14-in. 12 pages, eight in black and white, and four full color

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April 27, 1957 issue - Disney comics and text stories. Tabloid format 10 1/2-in. x 14-in. 12 pages, eight in black and white, and four full color

April #1, 1957 - German language reprint. 32 pages, full color.

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April #2, 1957 - German language reprint. 32 pages, full color.

Horror tales reprinted from Voodoo and other Ajax-Farrell comics, edited to conform to the new Comics Code, with stories and art from the Iger Shop. A gypsy's spirit returns in the form of a puppet to take revenge on the village that hanged him. Scheming farmhands set their sight on a dying rancher's fortune, but he has set traps for them. Three men spend the night in a haunted lighthouse. Bedeviled Puppet; Eternal Struggle; There's a Will and There's a Way; Speedy, the Sport!; Lighthouse Keeper Wanted! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Stan Lee. Art and Cover by Dan DeCarlo. Millie the Model in: two untitled stories; "Millie Models..." 4-pager; three untitled 1-pagers; "Millie's Fashion Page" half-pager; and two untitled half-pagers. Plus: "Chili's Fashion Page" half-pager; 2-page text story "Mr. Carmichael" (writer unknown); and untitled My Girl Pearl story. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 56, Issue 4 - April, 1957. Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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April, 1957 - Vintage Men's magazine featuring articles, pictorials, and pin-ups. This issue features an article on "The World's Fastest Gun" was the U.S. Air Force's Vulcan machine gun with rotating gun barrels, based on the Civil War era Gatling machine gun, next, "An Afternoon With Greta Thyssen", a feature on "The Passionate Pageboy" article on 14th Century English author Geoffrey Chaucer author of The Cantebury Tales and finally a look at the "The Brutal Art Of Kendo" a Japanese Sparring sport. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.50.

Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.