Comic books May 1960

"I Fought the Sonar Creatures," "I Became a Human Space Ship" (art by Ruben Moreira), "We Were Ruled by the Emperor Beast," and a one-page text story, "I Became the Fiery Demon." 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Montes and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Bill Montes, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Sal Trapani, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia and Bill Molno. Charlton's popular series features tales of science fiction and fantasy with twist endings. Intergalactic beings known as "watchers" monitor civilized planets for a dangerous galaxy-destroying formula, in a story that predates Marvel's "Watcher" by two years. A man begins to suspect his precognitive co-worker isn't human at all. A wax dummy in a sideshow may actually be a "living statue" performer, and thus the only witness to the theft of the carnival receipts. The Forbidden Formula; The Man Who Didn't Belong; Hail Hero; Space Suds; In the Window; The Brain of Professor Mandel. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $12.50 Holes punched through cover and 2 wraps.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $49.00 or Best Offer View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Adam Strange stars in "The Duel of the Two Adam Stranges!" (pencils by Carmine Infantino). Back-up stories: "Terra of the Spaceways!" (pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Murphy Anderson) and "Glory Ride to Pluto!" (art by Sid Greene?). Kane cover pencils. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $2.50 View scans

Volume 32, Issue 94 - May, 1960. Squarebound, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, Text Only.

Volume 4, Issue 2 - May, 1960. 5" x 7", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $28.00 View scan 3 1/2" Cumulative spine split(Chew). Heavy water damage. Centerfold detached at one staple. Spine roll.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $61.25 View scans Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Sgt. Rock stars in "Target--Easy Company" (art by Joe Kubert), "Test For a Snowbird," and "The Last Commando" (art by Russ Heath?). Kubert cover. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Bill Montes, Bill Molno and Ernie Hart. Stories and art by Bill Montes, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. The Utah Kid lets a wounded sheriff go free, so they can be on equal terms for their eventual showdown. Hostile Natives trap a wagon train in a snowbound pass, and Rocky must make a dangerous ride for help. Jim rides into the hills to join Fargo Ames and his "Wild Bunch." Fast Gun; Rocky Lane's Black Jack: The White Death; The Hunters; Western Wanderings; Practice Makes Perfect; The Wild Bunch. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Final issue of the series. Text features and comics (art by Bob Oksner?). One-page "I Got It, Sis" cartoons by Mort Drucker. One-page Teen-Age cartoons (art by Drucker?). Two-pages bios of Frankie Avalon and Dick Clark. Inside back cover photo of Boone with President Eisenhower. Cover photos with Frankie Avalon, Dick Clark, and Jill Corey. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $69.00 View scan

Cover by Charles Schulz. Stories and art by Anthony Pocrnich, Dale Hale and John Stanley. A short-lived series translating Charles Schulz' beloved strip to comic books; Schulz only did the covers, farming out the interior stories to friends and co-workers. Charlie Brown and Schroeder wonder what's wrong with Snoopy. Linus tries to get rid of a giveaway bust that no one wants. Snoopy goes into stealth mode. Plus a Sluggo story (as in Nancy and Sluggo) written by Little Lulu legend John Stanley. The cover shows the increasing American fascination with television in the 1950s. Speedy Facts; The Cure; Wedding March; Big Bonus Prize; The Chow Hound; Fish Story; The Bowlers; Sluggo: Delivery Boy; Mealtime; The New Boss; Sour Notes. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

May 1960. Catalog of Pep Boys products and locations. 5.5" x 8.5", 150 pages, B&W.

November, 1950. True Love Stories of Real People. Illustrated with photographs. Softcover magazine, 8 3/8" x 10 3/4", 76 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $3.00 View scan

MATURE READERS. In this issue: Playbill; Dear Playboy; Playboy After Hours; Trouble in Makeoutsville - fiction by Herbert Gold; Requiem for Radio - nostalgia by Charles Beaumont; That May-December Madness - article by Ivor Williams; The Life of Spice - food by Thomas Mario; Mother's Day - fiction by Leland Webb; The Distortion - satire by Shel Silverstein; Playboy's Sports Car Jacket - attire; Six Media in Search of a Dane - satire by Larry Siegel; Ginger Peachy - Playboy's Playmate of the Month; Playboy's Party Jokes - humor; Word Play - humor by Robert Carola; The Cannes Film Festival - article by C.B. Grenier; I Remember Babylon - fiction by Arthur C. Clarke; Suddenly, This Summer - attire by Robert L. Green; The New Town Car - modern living by Ken Purdy; A Sense of Proportion - ribald classic by Shaikhzadi; Method Actor - satire by Jules Feiffer; Playboy's International Datebook - travel by Patrick Chase. Cover price $0.50.

Vol. 2, No. 2. Undated. 8.25" x 11". 64 pages. Black and white. Mature. Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $2.50 View scans Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

America's Leading New Idea Magazine. 6.5" x 9.5", 264 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Vintage men's interest magazine that focuses on adventure short fiction stories, true crime, war updates, and pin-up photography. 8.5" x 11", 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Vol. 39 #7 - Aug. 1960. Boxing magazine. Features articles, departments, ratings, fight reports around the world and more. 8 1/4-in. x 10 3/4-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Wallace Taber's Safaris Unlimited. Men's magazine with Hunting and Fishing stories and articles. Cover by Tom Beecham. 76 pages, BW/PC - text with photos and illustrations. Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $36.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%.

Men's interest magazine focusing on Western adventure stories. 8.5" x 11", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $11.00 View scans

Add to cart Fine $11.00 View scans

Volume 3, Issue 6 - May, 1960. Vintage men's interest magazine with articles, erotic short fiction stories, humorous adult comic strips, and tasteful nude/non-nude cheesecake pin-up pictorials. 8" x 10.5", 78 pages, B&W/Color. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $5.40 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Final Issue. Cover by Kelly Freas. Science fiction stories by Murray Leinster, David Grinnell, Kate Wilhelm, Donald E. Westlake, Hannes Bok. 5-1/2 in. x 7-1/8 in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. 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.

Add to cart Good $6.00

Volume 59, Issue 5 - May 1960. Movie Fan Magazine. Debbie Reynolds photo cover. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 82 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Just as You Are!, inks by Bernard Sachs; Gordon nearly loses the girl he really loves when he meets singer Clarice Duval and becomes infatuated with her. Two-Faced Heart!; Russ meets Carol, who is running away to recover from a broken heart, and he falls in love with her, even though she isn't ready to return his feelings. Fool's Embrace!, pencils by John Forte; Country girl Marilyn visits her boyfriend Danny in the big city, but he has changed and wants her to pretend to be a sophisticated woman to impress his new friends, which makes her uncomfortable. Heartbeat of Jealousy!; A nurse helps Adam, a soldier scarred in battle, to recover after his girlfriend rejects him. After they fall in love, they return to his home town, where his former love decides she wants him back. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Sal Trapani, Charles Nicholas, and Vince Colletta. Young couples face the romance and angst of married life after the honeymoon. Beth keeps meeting men who love her because of her wealthy, influential father. When someone throws a BOX of rice during her wedding, Anne realizes that her crazy ex-con ex, Chick, is not letting go that easily. Marian gets engaged to Phil, even though she's not sure she loves him, and then she learns that old friend Hal is secretly in love with her. Love Was My Destiny; Yesterday's Love; Ten Dollars a Word; Which Man Shall I Marry?; Plain Girl. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 26, Issue 10. The magazine of sex science, founded in 1933 by Hugo Gernsback. 5" x 8", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Cover by Jack Keller. Stories and art by Jack Keller and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western action as Sheriff Luke Spade tries to keep the peace in Tombstone. Sheriff Spade and Ol' Sam Cross stand side by side to battle outlaws. Three feared outlaws plan to rob the Tombstone Bank while Spade and Johnny Eager are gone fishing. The sheriff must act when it seems that eccentric giant Pigsty Parker has gone amok. Three for Tombstone; Defender Against Evil; The Extra Ace of Spades; Black Fury: The Enemies; Guns of the Past. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.