Comic books May 1958

9.25" x 12.25", 44 pages, B&W with some color. NOTE: All text in French.

Cover by Maurice Whitman. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Joe Maneely, Sid Check, Sal Trapani, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. "Roving marshal" Lash learns about Keene's lawless Night Raiders when someone mistakes him for one and takes a shot at him. The lawless town of Ruckus is terrorized by outlaw Mike Scanlon, who also brandishes a bullwhip. Marshal Sam York sets out to bring down the dangerous outlaw called the Calamity Kid. Plus fun facts of the Old West about roping and branding cows and Western doctors. The Town Called Ruckus; The Badlands Baron; Calf Round-Up; The Calamity Kid; Western Medic; Mayhem in Mooreville; Billy the Kid: The Local Hero; Rendezvous; The Night Riders; Just Joe; Buffalo Man; Outlaw Roost; Hidden Evil; Gun-Shy; Colt Law. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Lassie photo cover. Heart of a Dog; Paul and Ruth Martin buy the Miller farm and adopt Timmy. Winds of Fury; Blaze saves a calf during a tornado. Champion text story. Forest Guardian; Poachers threaten Lassie's forest friends. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $2.50

Cover by Frank Johnson. Stories and art by Frank Johnson and others. Ollie Orwell is as much trouble as his better-known counterpart, Dennis the Menace. Ollie wants to practice his magic act, right at the same time as when his dad's new boss is visiting. Ollie's parents turn him loose in a department store while they go shopping. Ollie explores an abandoned house, and inadvertently makes its new owner believe it's haunted. Hokey Pocus; Leave Everything to Me; The Martians Meet Their Match; Department Store Imp; Drain in the Face; Captain Coreys Curiosity Corner; G-g-ghosts. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Steve Muffatti and Warren Kremer. 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 tries to keep his menagerie of pets quiet while his mother is having ladies over for tea. Richie Rich's new wallpaper is a pattern only Scrooge McDuck could love. Hearing Is Believing; Uncle Nugget; Little Lotta: Safety First… or Else!; The Dude; The Cocker Spaniel; Richie Rich: Unsound Effects. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Warren Kremer. Little Dot's classmate Little Lotta has super-strength and an appetite to match. When Lotta's mother tells her she can only have one pancake, she makes the biggest pancake ever. Richie Rich finds that money sometimes creates as many problems as it solves. Little Lotta; Jerry the Jinx; Bobbie the Baby Sitter; Richie Rich. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $7.20

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The Rake on the Kitchen Floor; Tub solves the case of who left the rake on the kitchen floor. Neatness Pays; Lulu tricks Tubby into washing when he gets home from school. The Space Dolly; Iggy attaches one of Annies dolls to his kite. Ol Witch Hazel and the King Who Had Forgotten How to Laugh; Lulu tells Alvin about when Hazel sent the poor little girl to get the kings gold stone. The Ranchers; Tubby sells Alvin a 10% interest in his worm ranch. One-page text story, Lulus Diry ("Diary"). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

15¢ Test Market Price Variant. The Rake on the Kitchen Floor; Tub solves the case of who left the rake on the kitchen floor. Neatness Pays; Lulu tricks Tubby into washing when he gets home from school. The Space Dolly; Iggy attaches one of Annies dolls to his kite. Ol Witch Hazel and the King Who Had Forgotten How to Laugh; Lulu tells Alvin about when Hazel sent the poor little girl to get the kings gold stone. The Ranchers; Tubby sells Alvin a 10% interest in his worm ranch. One-page text story, Lulus Diry ("Diary"). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Good $8.00

Photo cover of Clayton Moore as the Lone Ranger. Factual strip about derringer guns narrated by the Lone Ranger. Ranger Jim's Ordeal, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Ranger Jim, the caretaker of the Lone Ranger's silver mine, is taken hostage by outlaws. The Unseen Intruder, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; An unseen assailant pistol whips an express clerk and robs the safe; The Lone Ranger must decide which of the men in town is the culprit. Hostage Exchange, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; Traveling down a river in the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico; Little Buck is captured by a hostile hunting party and is redeemed in an exchange with the hostile tribe's chief. The Missing Markers, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; A gang stirs up trouble with the Cheyenne by removing boundary markers; They hope to draw the sheriff away from town before a big gold shipment arrives. Ad for Dell's Tonto comic. Ad for subscriptions to Dells Lone Ranger comic; Premium is key and coin case; also Dells Pledge to Parents. Based on the popular Western TV series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Ralph Heimdahl. The Spinning Egg, art by Tony Strobl; Bugs shows how to make an egg spin like a top. Elmer's Uncle Bradford, art by Fred Abranz; Bugs and Elmer try to fool Elmer's rich Uncle Bradford into thinking that Elmer is a big-game hunter. Untitled story, script by Don R. Christensen, art by Phil de Lara; Porky and Cicero rig up a plan to make Yosemite Sam act as a good Samaritan for a day. Tweety the Powerful, art by Pete Alvarado; Tweety takes one of Prof. Fumble's strength pills and becomes as strong as an elephant. Lost and Found text story with Daffy Duck, art by Tony Strobl. Little Suki, the Japanese Doll starring Mary Jane and Sniffles, art by Al Hubbard. Untitled Daffy Duck story, art by Phil de Lara. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Vince Colletta. Edited by Stan Lee. Stories by unknown. Art by Ann Brewster, Vince Colletta, Dick Giordano?, Matt Baker, John Tartaglione and Jay Scott Pike. Julie turns down dates unless she is asked well in advance to ensure the men don't take her for granted. However, her tactic of being hard to get backfires when Mark starts working with her but doesn't want to ask her out due to her reputation in "Hard To Get"! Plus: The story of a romance that might be your own: they could have been happy if not for..."The Girl Who Came Between Us!" Also featuring: "Is Second Fiddle Better Than Nothing?"; "He's Rough, But I Love Him!"; and "My Parents Don't Like Him!" And: 2-page text story "The Coincidence"! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover art by C. C. Beall Jr. "Typewriters To Fit Your Trade," script by Frank Jacobs, art by Bob Clarke. "How To Make America's Kids...Science Conscious," art by Wally Wood; Ideas to incorporate science lessons into various media. "The Suburbs Are On Their Way Out!", script and art by Dave Berg; Discussion of the theory that the suburbs will keep moving so far out and get so crowded that eventually people will move back into the cities. "Woodman, Spare That Tree!", script by George Pope Morris, art by Don Martin. "TV Scenes We'd Like To See," script by E. Nelson Bridwell, art by Joe Orlando; Scenes from the following TV shows with unusual outcomes: You Asked For It, a Bob Hope special, and the Steve Allen Show. "Commemorative Stamps," script by Tom Koch, art by George Woodbridge; Phony U.S. postage stamps for people and events that would never be commemorated. "Big Big Earth," script by Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding, art by Mort Drucker; Several roving correspondents interview people across the country during their spring cleaning. "Accidental Inventions," script by Paul Krassner, art by Joe Orlando. "Party Games," script by Frank Jacobs, art by Wally Wood; Instructions for three impossible, illegal, and dangerous party games. "Why I Changed My Job," script by Frank Jacobs (as Dexter Yinckley), art by George Woodbridge; An accountant's story of the road to failure as he changes jobs and takes the fall for the boss's embezzling. "MAD Dogs And Their Owners," script by Frank Jacobs, art by Kelly Freas; Another take on the age-old idea that people and their dogs look alike. The "Saturday Evening Pest," script by Tom Koch, art by Bob Clarke; Satire of the magazine The Saturday Evening Post. MAD T-Shirts ad. 52 pgs., B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 14, Issue 5 - May 1958. Cover by Emsh. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Robert Sheckley, Theodore R. Cogswell, John Shepley, Avram Davidson, Gordon R. Dickson, Joan Vatsek, Will Stanton, Brian W. Aldiss, Ron Goulart and Fritz Leiber. Softcover, 5.5-in., x 7.5-in., 130 pages, black and white (all text) Cover price $0.35.

Volume 8, Issue 5 - May, 1958. Adventure stories, articles and nude photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 100 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 4, Issue 1 - May 1958. Men's interest magazine featuring articles, stories, and pictorials. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 76 pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 3, Issue 6 - May 1958. Men's adventure stories with some model photo galleries. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 76 pages, B&W - Mature Readers. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $50.00 View scans

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Volume 5, issue 6 - May 1968. Men's interest magazine focusing on adventure, hunting, and true crime articles, stories and photos. This issue with a story by Martin Caidin, "Next Stop Mars". 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 100 pages B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Volume 2, Issue 3 - May 1958. Men's interest magazine featuring Pin-up Girl Pictorials, and adventures stories. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 76 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Tom and Jerry

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $2.50

Issue features Tubby in "A Gift for Gloria," "To the Rescue," and "The Provider." Issue also has an untitled story with Alvin, one-page gag strips, and a one-page text feature "Knotknee at Your Service." Story and art credits: unknown. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

"Captured By the Commies" (art by Gene Colan), "Men Without Ammo" (art by Mac L. Pakula), "The Prisoner of Colonel Chu-San" (art by Colan), Iron Mike McGraw in "The Trap" (art by Joe Sinnott), the History of the U.S. Marine Corps in "Under Siege" (art by Reed Crandall), and a two-page text story, "Fighting For Liberty." Joe Maneely cover. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 7, Issue 5 - May 1958. Men's adventure magazine featuring articles on hunting, fitness, politics, true crime, and pin-up pictorials. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 82 pages. B&W. MATURE. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 2, Issue 3 - May 1958. Men's interest magazine focusing on war and crime true life stories. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 84 pages, Text, with B&W illustrations and photos throughout. NOTE: Becomes "Showdown For Men" at Volume 1, Issue 6 Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $4.80

Add to cart Very Good $4.80

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fair $4.00

May 3rd, 1958 - German language reprint. 32 pages, full color.

May 10th, 1958 - German language reprint. 32 pages, full color.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $9.00

May 17th, 1958 - German language reprint. 32 pages, full color.

May 24th, 1958 - German language reprint. 32 pages, full color.

May 31st, 1958 - German language reprint. 32 pages, full color.