Comic books January 1958

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Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. "Superman's New Uniform," script by Otto Binder, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Lex Luthor disguises himself and approaches Superman; He tricks Superman into surrendering his costume to him for experimental purposes; As a substitute, he provides Superman with a bright yellow and purple replacement costume. The costume is fitted with an anti-Kryptonite belt; While Superman fights crime in his new costume, Luthor sheds his disguise and dons Superman's original red and blue garb. "The Man Who Talked to Animals" starring Congo Bill, art by Howard Sherman. "Space Chump #1," script by Otto Binder, art by Jim Mooney. 36 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. The Poorest Family in Smallville starring Superboy, script by Alvin Schwartz, art by John Sikela; Ma and Pa Kent are poverty stricken. Ad for Sgt. Bilko, Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, and Jackie Gleason. Little Pete humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Mysteries in Space fact page by Mort Drucker. A Medal for Roy starring Green Arrow, script by George Kashdan, art by George Papp. Jerry Jitterbug humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Copy Cat Creature starring Aquaman, script by Robert Bernstein, art by Ramona Fradon. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Aviation magazine. 8 1/4-in., x 11-in., 96 pages, black and white text with photos and scale drawings. Cover price $0.50.

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Edited by Whitney Ellsworth and Robert Kanigher. Cover by Joe Kubert. Stories by Robert Kanigher, Joe Kubert, Morris Waldinger, Tom Nicolisi, Ross Andru, Mike Esposito, Bill Finger, Jack Abel, Morris Waldinger, Tom Nicolisi, Bob Haney, and Russ Heath. Adventure tales of war and the military, including some humor—go into combat with All American Men of War! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Harlan Ellison story (under pseudonym) Adam Chase.

Jan 1958. Science Fiction stories by Adam Chase, Harlan Ellison (as "Ellis Hart"), C. H. Thames, Tom Godwin, Paul Dallas, E. K. Jarvis, and Jack Milton. Virgil Finlay illustration. Cover by Edward Valigursky. 5-1/2 in. x 7-1/2 in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

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WALTER LANTZ' ANDY PANDY (DELL) #40 11-1/58 10c Issue features "The Brainy Baboons" in which Andy Panda helps in the hunt for Doctor Rivingston who is missing in the jungle and "The Bewitched Broomstick" in which Andy is mistaken for a witch. Issue also has Chilly Willy in "The Talent Tryout," a one-page text story "Homer's Truck," and one-page gag strips. Story and art credits: unknown. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Angel. Cover by Mel Casson? Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Featuring the tales "The Martians," "Track Meat" and "Boy Friends," plus an untitled story on the inside back cover! Also: Hubert Holmes in the 1-page text story "The Special Snowman"! And: Stanley in "Snowbound Sourdough"! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Samm Schwartz. Good Booking, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; The sales training class is running a contest to see who can sell the most product; And it looks to everyone that Betty is gathering and selling incriminating evidence on the other students. Solo Flight, script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; Veronica is suspicious when Betty claims she's going out on a date alone and sends Archie to stick as close as possible to her. House ad for Archie's Pals 'N' Gals #6. Confusion Conclusion, art by Samm Schwartz; Archie and Jughead compare stories of odd female behavior. Wilson Chemical ad with Yogi Berra. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.12.

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January 1958 - Volume 60, Issue 5 - 1st printing. Science fiction stories: "Unwillingly to School" by Pauline Ashwell, "All the King's Horses" by Robert Randall, "Cease Fire" by Frank Herbert, "Short History of World War Three" by Murray Leinster and "Guppy" by Stanley Mullen. Illustrations by Freas and van Dongen. Cover by Freas. Softcover, 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; 162 newsprint pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Warren Kremer. Stories and art by Marty Taras and others. A gigantic duckling toddler with strength to match, well-meaning Huey creates slapstick havoc wherever he goes. Huey wants to know about the Man in the Moon. Baby Huey tries a little too hard to be patriotic. Dipsy Doodle; The Man in the Moon; Star Spangled Duck; Tin Soldier; Big Game Hunter; Herman and Katnip: Head Work. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Bugs Bunny in "Sealing Zero" and "The Eagle-Eyed Hare." Issue also has one-page gag strips, one-page text feature "Accidental Hero," and Tweety and Sylvester in "Saved by the Bell." No story/art credits given. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 4, Issue 1 - Men's interest magazine featuring articles on war, sports, hunting, and history. Plus pictorials. 8.5" x 11", 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Photo cover features Clint Walker. Stories and art by Tom Gill and Rex Maxon. Wandering cowpoke Cheyenne aids the law in the lawless West, based on the 1950s TV show starring Clint Walker. An old friend hires Cheyenne to lead his cattle drive, but some other ranchers will stop at nothing for the bonus of being the first herd to Dodge. Small Bear and three Dog Soldiers try to delay a Crow raiding party. Cheyenne gets drafted to be the new sheriff after the former sheriff was murdered by rustlers. Lone Gun; Small Bear: Till the Rope Is Cut; Showdown; Badge of Trouble; Trail Signs; Hunting the Grizzly. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Abraham Lincoln, 3rd Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 158). Abraham Lincoln grew up on the rough, brawling American frontier. He fought, wrestled and swung an ax as well as any man. He went to school less than a year in all his life. Yet the unschooled boy of the log cabin grew up to be one of the wisest and greatest of Presidents. During the dark hours of the Civil War, he saved the union from destruction. Cover price $0.15.

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The Elves and the Shoemaker. Stories and art by Pete Costanza and William A. Walsh. Gilberton expanded its successful Classics Illustrated line with this series devoted to famous fairy tales. A struggling shoemaker wonders who or what is completing his work for him while he sleeps. A lion learns to be satisfied with what he has. And a poem by Edward Lear, There Was an Old Lady of France. The Elves and the Shoemaker; Aesop's Fables: The Greedy Lion; There Was an Old Lady of France; The Animal World: The Heron; Color This Picture With Crayons. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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The Elves and the Shoemaker. NOTE: We do not currently differentiate between HRN 576 copies and other HRN #'s of Classics Illustrated Junior reprints. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Al Wiseman. Reprints of daily Dennis the Menace cartoons by Hank Ketcham. Something Shady! starring Dennis the Menace, script by Fred Toole, art by Al Wiseman. Dennis vs. the Doctor, script by Fred Toole, art by Al Wiseman. Punky, art by Al Wiseman; Punky goes to the bank and foils a robbery. Typed in Terror text story. Chief Baby Sitter starring Dennis the Menace, script by Fred Toole, art by Al Wiseman. An ad for Dennis the Menace Giant (Pines, 1956 series) #6. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 2, Issue 3 - January, 1958. 8.5" x 11", 74 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Vol. 9 #1 - Jan. 3, 1958. Contents include Dan Dare, Mark Question, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, Jack O'Lantern, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Storm Nelson, Prehistoric Animals, The Happy Warrior Winston Churchill. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

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Vol. 9 #2 - Jan. 10, 1958. Contents include Dan Dare, Mark Question, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, Jack O'Lantern, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Storm Nelson, Prehistoric Animals, The Happy Warrior Winston Churchill. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

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Vol. 9 #5 - Jan. 31, 1958. Contents include Dan Dare, Mark Question, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, Jack O'Lantern, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Storm Nelson, Prehistoric Animals, The Happy Warrior Winston Churchill. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

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Volume 31, Issue 1 - January, 1958. 5" x 7.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Vol. 9, No. 1 - January , 1958. 5.5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Film in Review is a publication of the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, Inc, an independent, non-profit organization of public citizens founded in 1909 to represent the interests of the motion picture public. This National Board further assists the development of the motion picture as a source of entertainment, as education, and as art, by providing media for the expression of the public's opinion about films and their cultural and social effects. 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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10¢ Edition. Cover pencils by Tony Strobl. Stories by Vic Lockman and various. Art by Tony Strobl, John Liggera and Lee Hooper. Second of seven Grandma Duck's Farm Friends Four Color issues. Featuring the tales "Frigid Frolic," "Art Antics," "Night Watch-wolf" and "The Barn Dance Bedlam," plus an untitled 1-page story and five activity pages. Starring Grandma Duck, Huey, Dewey, Louie, Gus Goose, Clarabelle Cow, Foulfellow's Club [Big Bad Wolf, Brer Fox, Brer Bear], Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Uncle Scrooge, Clara Cluck and Gypsy Rosalie's! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Joe Kubert. Written by Robert Kanigher, Bob Haney and unknown. Art by Joe Kubert, Ross Andru, Russ Heath and Mike Esposito. In this issue: Sgt. Rock prototype in "The D.I. -- and the Sand Fleas!" by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert; "Combat Mile!" with art by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito; "20,000 Foot Curtain!" by Bob Haney and Russ Heath; and 1-pager "Love of Country Conquers!" 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by John Romita, Sr. & Bernard Sachs. Stories by unknown. Art by Arthur Peddy, Bill Draut, John Romita, Sr., Bernard Sachs and unknown. Holly's romantic daydreams blind her to the love that her neighbor Eddie has always had for her in "Sweetheart's Hill"! Plus: Gloria is attracted to her friend Joan's boyfriend and decides to make a play for him in "A Stolen Heart!"; Martha fears that Doug isn't really committed to their relationship in "Runaway Heart"; and Julie loves Dirk but he doesn't want to be tied down to any one girl in "Sometime Sweetheart"! And: 2-page It Happened in Hollywood text article. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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1st printing. 430 cartoons and 30,000 words of text by Herbert Block. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 256 pages, B&W.

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A romance comic from Harvey, as the teens of the 1950s explore the new world of dating. In an unusual story, an amnesiac woman found on the docks is taken in by the waterfront folk and transformed into torch singer Chichi. A jilted woman decides to take out her hatred of men on the next one who comes along. Joan decides that if she's going to be hurt by love, it might as well be with a rich guy. Plus a cover that may be the work of comics legend Joe Simon. Nobody's Girl; Sunday Rendezvous; Jilted; One Crippled for Life; Too Lonely to Care; This Girl's Going Places!; The Truth Hurts. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Davis. Stories and art by Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, Arnold Roth, R. O. Blechman, Howie Schneider, Paul Rosner, Larry Siegel and Russ Heath. Another attempt by Harvey Kurtzman to duplicate the success of Mad magazine, Humbug was actually published by the artists who created it. An Arnold Roth version of Dickens' Christmas Carol includes Roth's caricatures of himself, Humbug contributors Jack Davis, Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, Al Jaffee, Harry Chester, R.O. Blechman, and Larry Siegel, and Charles Dickens. Parodies of the Lon Chaney biopic Man of 1000 Faces and the TV game show To Tell the Truth. Contributions from many past and future MAD Idiots, including Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, and Arnold Roth. Greetings, Like; Why Tell the Truth; T'was the Night Before Christmas; A White Christmas; Gift Wrapping; How Westerns Affect TV; The Humbug Award: Fake Santa Clauses; The Spirit of Christmas; Holiday Phone Call; Without a Word Being Spoken; The Man of 1000 Faces, 500 Bodies and 348 Voices, Growls and Shrieks; Have You Saved Your Confederate Money?; The Gift of the Magic; No Challengers for Patterson?; A Christmas Carol. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Vol. 20, No. 3. January 1958. Text stories, activities, puzzles and illustrations. 6.75" x 10". 68 pages. Partial color. Cover price $0.35.

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Stories and art by Steve Muffatti and Helen Cason. Cover by Warren Kremer. One of the mainstays of Harvey's long-running kids' comics, Little Dot also features Richie Rich and Little Lotta. Richie Rich's killjoy cousin Reggie tries to sabotage the good luck after his pals find four-leaf clovers on a hiking trip. Richie's collection of bathtub toys is preposterously large. Little Dot; Little Lotta; Richie Rich: A Matter Of Luck; Richie Rich; Little Lotta. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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First Snow; The boys and the girls have a snowball war in Pestles Drugstore. The Secret Weapon; Lulus doll is kidnapped by the West Side gang during a snowball battle with the Fellers. The Big Sleeper; Tubby thinks Lulus pop is the worlds biggest sleeper. Ol Witch Hazel and the Stuck-Up Snob; Lulu tells Alvin about when the poor little girl was looking for bottles on the beach. The Antique Vase; Tubby accidentally leaves his bicycle brake in a vase his mother gave away. One-page text story, Lulus Diry ("Diary"). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Don Spaulding. "The Tepee," art by Alberto Giolitti; Brief history of the tepee. "The Wolf Warriors," art by Alberto Giolitti; Tonto goes after a group of renegades who are stealing horses. "Second Chance," art by Alberto Giolitti; Tonto teaches a young brave the meaning of persistance. "Buffalo Hunt" text story. "Winter Ordeal" starring Painted Pony, art by Alberto Giolitti. "The Owner Sticks," art by Alberto Giolitti; Tonto's offers of aid are rejected by another Indian brave. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover inks by Vince Colletta. Edited by Stan Lee. Stories by unknown. Art by Vince Colletta, Jay Scott Pike, John Tartaglione, Ann Brewster and unknown. Nothing could ever change Bill's love for her! But they could never be happily married! She had to forget him...forever! Featuring: "If You Loved Me!"; "Man-Trap!"; "As Long As I Have You!"; "Dungaree Doll"; and "Vacation Romance!" Plus: 2-page text story "The Turnabout"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Norman Mingo. "I Don't Want To Be A King," art by Kelly Freas; Phony ad for Kings Man liquors. "Realistic Comic Book Heroes," script by Ron Goulart, art by Mort Drucker; Ideas for everyday workers as comic book superheroes. MAD Jewelry ad. "Three Strange Tales," script and art by Don Martin; Stories are: In A Tavern, In King Arthur's Kitchen, In Another Tavern. "Report To Russia," script by Dave Berg, art by Wally Wood; Pictures taken by Ivan along with his captions to show Russians how horrible life in the United States is. "Ambiguous Signs Inc.", script by Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding, art by Mort Drucker; Wally interviews the owner of a company that makes purposefully confusing signs for highways. "See Them Now," art by George Woodbridge; A look at a village where literary characters go when their stories are done, to see what becomes of them. "How To Wage Peace," script and art by Dave Berg; What might happen if games and sports were used to settle what are now armed conflicts. "MAD Goes Hi Fi," script by Frank Jacobs, art by Bob Clarke; Glossary of hi-fi terms, tips on how to beat the high cost, where to place hi-fi equipment, and phony reviews of recordings. "The Seven Blunders Of The World," script by Frank Jacobs, art by Joe Orlando; The ancient seven wonders of the world as reimagined by modern builders. "Orson Bean's Civil War," script by Orson Bean, art by George Woodbridge; The exploits of Zachary Bean, who during the Civil War was a aide to Ulysses S. Grant. "A Very Merry Christmas...And A Happy New Year!", script and art by Don Martin. 52 pgs., B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 13, Issue 7 - January 1958. Cover by Mel Hunter. "Lemmings" by Richard Matheson, plus more fantasy and science fiction stories by C. S. Lewis, J.C. Furnas, C.M. Kornbluth, Gordon R. Dickson, Jay Williams, Colin Sturgis, Brian W. Aldiss, Mark Clifton and Theodore Sturgeon. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Stories and art by Bob Powell and others. Cover by Bob Powell. The Man in Black tells strange stories, sometimes intervening in person, other times merely letting ironic fate unfold. Alexander the Great's encounter with a young boy leads to one of the world's great art treasures. A man is upset because he missed his flight out of Europe, on an airship called the Hindenburg. A child's toy becomes a key device in the aerial dogfights of World War I. The Genius; Smuggler; The Invention; The Plotters; Island Dreams; Fame; This Is How It Might Have Happened. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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