Comic books December 1959

Vol. 2 #6 -Dec. 1959. Adult cartoons and jokes. 8.25-in. x 11-in.; black and white; 48 newsprint pages. Mature Readers only. NOTE: Numbering was continued from Cartoons for Men Only. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Warren Kremer. Harvey presents the adventures of Casper in the long-running series sometimes called The Friendly Ghost Casper. Casper stops a would-be thief by entering his very thought balloons! Casper helps out a lonely giant, but giants don't make the best houseguests. Casper the Friendly Ghost; The Lonesome Giant; The Difficult Guest; A Giant Loss; Spooky: Small Fright. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vintage men's interest magazine dedicated to War, Hunting, and Adventure stories, along with adult themed comic strips, and nude pin-up pictorials. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 90 Pages B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Short lived Men's interest magazine focusing on adventure stories, crime articles, sports features and showgirl pictorials. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 76 pages, Text (with B&W photos and illustrations) Cover price $0.35.

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Vol. 15. No. 5. December 1, 1959. Illustrated throughout. 5" x 6 1/4". 64 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.35.

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Photo cover of Clint Walker [as Cheyenne Bodie]. Showdown Road, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Cheyenne has to outwit a gang of outlaws while driving a stage containing $50,000 in silver. The Stranger in Camp, art by Rex Maxon; A wounded Pawnee brave comes to the Cheyenne camp; Small Bear gives him protection but must decide if the stranger has stole horses from his tribe or is innocent. The Land Grab, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Cheyenne lands in jail after running off squatters on Miss Wake's ranch. Promo for subscriptions to Dell Comics; Premium is Dell Comics Race to the Moon board game. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Issue #93 - Dec. 1959. Fiction, poems, games, jokes, puzzles for children. 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 122 pages, black and white with some pages tinted with an extra color. Cover price $0.35.

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Painted cover art by L. B. Cole. "The Wishing Well," art by William A. Walsh; A young man discovers a magic ax, a magic walnut and a magic spade and wins the hand of a princess. "Aesop's Fables: The Boy Bathing" Aesops Fables story, art by William A. Walsh; A boy is drowning but the man on the shore stops to lecture him. "There Was a Young Lady Whose Nose," art by William A. Walsh; Limerick by Edward Lear illustrated. Article on The Alpaca, art by L. B. Cole. Color This Picture with Crayons page, art by L. B. Cole. The Wonderful World of Fairy Tales. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.15.

Horns and Hoofs. Painted cover by Gerald McCann. Stories and art by L. B. Cole, George Evans, Norman Nodel, Gerald McCann, George Peltz, and Everett Raymond Kinstler. The semiannual Specials from Classics Illustrated were educational comics on science, history and American culture. This issue focuses on tales of history and legend from the Western frontier. Featuring art by legends L. B. Cole, George Evans, and Everett Raymond Kinstler, including Wild Bill Hickok and The Chisholm Trail by Evans and The Death of Tombstone and The Last Warpath by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Horns and Hoofs; Iron Fisted Marshall; Wild Bill Hickok; The Chisholm Trail; The Lincoln County War; Dodge City Lawman; The Last Warpath; The Wests Wildest Town; The Death of Tombstone; Koohoppers and Cactus Cats; The Closing Frontier; Guns and Gunfighters; Get Along Little Dogies. 96 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

8.5" x 11", 102 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

Men's humor digest directed towards college males with a focus on the relationships of men and women of the time. 5" x 6.5", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Spanish language horror/suspense anthology comic. These appear to be reprints of Atlas (Marvel) stories. Art by Robert Q. Sale and others. Bill Everett cover. 7-in. x 10-in.; part full color, part black & white; 32 pages.

Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Featuring the tales "Buggy Bedlam," "Duck Decoy," "Memory Mix-Up" and "Appetite Flight"! Starring Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam! Plus: half-page gag strip; Suzanne story "Football Belles"; and the 1-page text story "The Backwards Burro"! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Scripts by Stan Lee, art and cover by Dan DeCarlo. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Tony Strobl, inks by Norm McGary. The Christmas Cha Cha, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald practices the cha cha so that he can win the first prize in a dance contest, a silver bowl, with Daisy, and give her his half of the bowl as a Christmas gift; But Scrooge is supposed to supply the bowl, and so he enters the contest, too, with a dance teacher as his partner. The Moose Head Mystery, script by Nick George, art by Paul Murry. The Topsy-turvy Tree starring Chip 'n' Dale, script by Vic Lockman, art by Al Hubbard. A Gift for Santa, script by Del Connell, art by Pete Alvarado. The Gullible Guard starring Pluto, art by Jack Bradbury. The Bear Claus starring Brer Rabbit, art by Al Hubbard. Christmas Around the World, art by Al Hubbard. 84 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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# 7 on cover. Winter 1959. 100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Sheldon Moldoff and Charles Paris. "The Hermit of Mystery Island" starring Batman and Robin, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Charles Paris; On a supposedly deserted island, Batman, Robin, and four gang-bosses encounter a strange hermit who predicts dire fates for all the crooks and Batman, which seem to come true; The criminals start dying one by one, and all of them almost meet their doom as the hermit predicted. The Atom Servant of Man public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Lou Cameron. Warden Willis humor page by Henry Boltinoff. "20th Century Genie" starring Roy Raymond TV Detective, art by Ruben Moreira; Roy vs. Jebel. Casey the Cop humor page by Henry Boltinoff. "The Human Flame" starring John Jones Manhunter from Mars, art by Joe Certa; The Human Flame is convinced fire is the Manhunter's weakness. 32 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Chester Gould and others. Harvey, best known for its children's comics, reprints the original comic-strip adventures of legendary tough cop Dick Tracy and his rogues gallery of freakish enemies. In the Comics Code era, some of the original art is altered to remove violent content and narrative repetition. This issue reprints strips from 1939. After his Bovanian-prince scam is discovered, Whip Chute and his partner try to escape Dick Tracy, leading to a dramatic finale on the side of a building. Cover art may be the work of comics legends Joe Simon or John Severin. The Law versus Dick Tracy; Tracy's Big Decision; Girl Friday; The Smugglers; Shipboard Intrigue. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Carl Barks art 5 pages. #68, 11-12/59 10c. Issue features "The Fabulous Fiddlesticks" in which Donald, Scrooge, and the nephews try to discover the source of wood used to make Pastradi Violins and "The Master Glasser" (by Carl Barks). Issue also has Goofy in "Hired and Fired," a one-page text story "The Big Bad Blowhard," and one-page gag strips. Story and art credits: unknown. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 10 #42 - Dec. 5, 1959. Contents include Dan Dare, They Showed the Way, Riders of the Range, Luck of the Legion, Eagle Cutaway, Jack O'Lantern, Storm Nelson, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, The Travels of Marco Polo. Plus text stories and articles. 10 3/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 18 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 10 #43 - Dec. 12, 1959. Contents include Dan Dare, They Showed the Way, Riders of the Range, Luck of the Legion, Eagle Cutaway, Jack O'Lantern, Storm Nelson, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, The Travels of Marco Polo. Plus text stories and articles. 10 3/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 18 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 10 #44 - Dec. 19, 1959. Contents include Dan Dare, They Showed the Way, Riders of the Range, Luck of the Legion, Eagle Cutaway, Jack O'Lantern, Storm Nelson, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, The Travels of Marco Polo. Plus text stories and articles. 10 3/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 18 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 10 #45 - Dec. 26, 1959. Contents include Dan Dare, They Showed the Way, Riders of the Range, Luck of the Legion, Eagle Cutaway, Jack O'Lantern, Storm Nelson, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, The Travels of Marco Polo. Plus text stories and articles. 10 3/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 18 pages, B&W and full color.

Vintage men's interest magazine featuring articles, essays, poetry, adult humor comics, and tasteful nude pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11", 72 pages, B&W/Color. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

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December, 1959. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

Volume 12 - Number 12, December 1959. Pulp magazine devoted to exploring the paranormal. Articles include an Essay on the Reality of Ghosts by Henry A. Bott, the Dream That Made Colorado History by Shawn Dawson, and Einder Nielsen, Amazing Modern Medium by Douglas Hunt. Stories include Mystery Cross of Taos by Toby Harnett, My Fey Irish Ancestors by J. Patrick Waring, and The Day I Drowned by Petter Ballbusch and Dr. R.W. Fischer! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 page, Text (with B&W Illustrations and Photos). Cover price $0.35.

Winter, 1959. Volume 27. Quarterly men's interest magazine focused on nude pin-up photography art and portfolios. This issue: Lynn Shaw, Diane Webber, Colette Berne, Madeline Castle, Charline James, and Virginia De Lee. 8.5-in. x 11-in. 70 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $1.00.

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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., 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Auction Item: CGC 5.0 View scans Auction opens January 4 Paper: Cream to off white Label #2069169001	Auction Item: FR/GD 1.5 View scans Auction opens January 4 1" Cumulative spine split. Spine taped. Writing on interior page. Water spotting.	Add to cart CGC 5.0 $1,000.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #1297247005 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.	Add to cart GD 2.0 $499.95 or Best Offer View scans 2.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow
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Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Giella. First appearance of Kid Flash in Meet Kid Flash, script by John Broome, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Giella; Wally West visits his aunt Iris and meets the Flash. During the meeting a freak accident gives Wally super speed and he becomes the Kid Flash. Challenge of the Weather Wizard!, script by John Broome, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Murphy Anderson; the origin of the Weather Wizard. Flash Facts filler page. The Atom: Servant of Man fact page. Amazing Speeds fact page. Weather Forecast! fact page. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Published by Raymond A. Palmer, science fiction writer and editor of Amazing Stories and other publications. 6.5" x 9.25", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Indicia title is "THE THREE STOOGES, No. 1043." Photo cover of The Three Stooges (Moe Howard), Larry Fine, and Curly Joe DeRita). Intro with photos. Westward Whoa; The Stooges head west and unknowingly buy three outfits identical to that of the outlaw called the Black Phantom; They are mistaken for the Phantom in three different parts of town at the same time, driving the Sheriff to distraction. Yukon Yokels; Curly Joe answers a question on the phone from a TV quiz show and wins a car and trailer and half-interest in a gold mine in Alaska; The Stooges go to Alaska, where they help a pretty girl get her money back from the crook who sold her the other half-interest in the Stooges' mine. Pencils by Pete Alvarado, inks by Tony DiPaola. Promo for the Three Stooge movie "Have Rocket, Will Travel," includes colorized version of photo on movie poster. 3-Stooges Fan Club promo. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.