Comic books March 1975

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Cover by Nick Cardy. "Count Ten, Superman... and Die!", script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Kurt Schaffenberger; After helping blast through a mountain on a construction project 2200 miles west of Metropolis, Superman quickly flies to the Metropolis Civic Center for a lecture given by actor Gregory Reed dressed in a Superman costume; Reed recounts his disfigurement and miracle surgery performed by Superman where the actor now resembles the hero he portrayed on television After the lecture, Reed takes questions from the media in the Civic Center garden and is struck by a puls-bolt from a spaceship of the Superman Revenge Squad. "Find Black Canary, Dead... or Alive!", script by Elliot S! Maggin (script) and Mike Grell (plot), art by Mike Grell; As Cherry Noller leaves an underground casino, she is confronted by Green Arrow who asks for her help in finding Black Canary; The Emerald Archer tells Noller how his partner came to be captured and possibly killed by Max Lucker. Letter from comics writer and editor Robert Greenberger. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Mark Jeweler Variant. Cover art by Nick Cardy. Count Ten, Superman... and Die!, script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Kurt Schaffenberger. Find Black Canary, Dead... or Alive! starring Green Arrow and Black Canary, script by Elliot S! Maggin and Mike Grell, art by Mike Grell. 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.20.

Mark Jeweler Variant. Cover art by Bob Oksner. Batman and the Mummy Hostess Twinkies ad. Clark Kent Calling Superman... Clark Kent Calling Superman!, script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Bob Oksner. Billion-Dollar Bust! starring Green Arrow and Black Canary, script by Elliot S! Maggin, art by Mike Grell. 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.20.

Vol. 19, No. 3. March 1975. Vintage men's interest magazine featuring articles, fiction stories, adult humor comics and nude pin-up girls. In this issue: ADAM Looks at Male and Female Nymphomaniacs; ADAM Hears the Confessions of a Non-Promiscuous Figure Model; and twin articles on How to Get More Out of Sex! Plus: Club Adam swingers want to meet you - see inside. 8-in. x 11-in. Mature Readers. Cover price $1.25.

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Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Craig Russell. "The Hell Destroyers," script by Don McGregor, art by Craig Russell; Chicago, April 2019; Killraven and his freemen have rescued the pregnant Eve 3,031 from Atalon the Fear Master and the Sacrificer; They leave the Sacrificer's clinic and ride down a pneumatic chute. Killraven uses the Holographic Megaphone to address the other Adams and Eves held prisoner outside Death-Birth, telling them to flee once their cell walls come down; Volcana Ash leaves to find her sister, who is one of the Eves, but Melonie does not recognize her; Adam 3,031 uses the Molecule Disruptor to make the prison disappear; Atalon summons the Death Breeders and tells them to attack the fleeing prisoners, hoping that Killraven will stop to defend them and leave himself open for capture. 36 pgs, full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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Mark Jewelers Advertisement Insert Variant. Killraven stars in "The Hell Destroyers." Script by Don McGregor, art by Craig Russell. (Ink assist by Dan Adkins and Klaus Janson?) Gil Kane cover pencils (Russell inks?). Cover price $0.25.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 8p cover price. Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Craig Russell. "The Hell Destroyers," script by Don McGregor, art by Craig Russell; Chicago, April 2019; Killraven and his freemen have rescued the pregnant Eve 3,031 from Atalon the Fear Master and the Sacrificer; They leave the Sacrificer's clinic and ride down a pneumatic chute. Killraven uses the Holographic Megaphone to address the other Adams and Eves held prisoner outside Death-Birth, telling them to flee once their cell walls come down; Volcana Ash leaves to find her sister, who is one of the Eves, but Melonie does not recognize her; Adam 3,031 uses the Molecule Disruptor to make the prison disappear; Atalon summons the Death Breeders and tells them to attack the fleeing prisoners, hoping that Killraven will stop to defend them and leave himself open for capture. 36 pgs, full color.

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"Dead Man's Bluff" Part 2 of 2. Script by Gerry Conway. Art by Ross Andru (breakdowns), Frank Giacoia (finishes), and Dave Hunt (backgrounds). Cover by John Romita. An angry wall-crawler scours Manhattan looking for Mysterio! The web-slinger's long-time foe has made the grave mistake of using the late Gwen Stacy as one of his illusions! And that's stepping way over the line! But what if Peter's sighting of Gwen was genuine? Hold on, that's impossible! Gwen died several months ago! Or did she? Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man will dive into that mystery soon enough! But in the meantime, he's giving a piece of his mind to Mysterio! First (cameo) appearance of the Gwen Stacy clone. Cameo appearances by Mary Jane Watson, Aunt May, Glory Grant, Betty Brant, Ned Leeds, Joe Robertson, and J. Jonah Jameson. (Note: This story was reprinted in Marvel Tales 119.) 32 pages. 25c cover price. Cover price $0.25.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Second appearance of the new Mysterio; cameos by the Kingpin, the Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, Morbius, the Lizard, the Vulture, the Jackal, and Mindworm. Unfortunately, also the first appearance of the Gwen Stacy clone! "Dead Man's Bluff." Script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Frank Giacoia and Dave Hunt. John Romita Sr. cover. Reprinted in Marvel Tales # 119. Cover price $0.25.

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This issue includes the following: features on Sheldon Mayer by Anthony Tollin and Alex Toth; letters by Robert Bloch, Manly Wade Wellman, Roy Thomas, and Mike Friedrich in praise of the issue that featured Julie Schwartz; a previously unpublished center spread of Hop Harrigan and friends by Jon L. Blummer; a profile of Murray Boltinoff; the history of Sugar and Spike; a piece on Space-Cabby by Tony Isabella; and more. Cover by Sheldon Mayer. Cover price $1.50.

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March 1975. Stories: "Lifeboat" (part 2) by Gordon R. Dickson and Harry Harrison, "Jill the Giant-Killer" by William Tuning and Ewing Edgar, "Building Block" by Sonya Dorman, "Child of All Ages" by P.J. Plauger, and "Mail Supremacy" by Hayford Peirce. Science Fact article, "Brain Machines" by F.N. Stein. Cover by Jack Gaughan. Illustrations by Jack Gaughan, John Schoenherr, and Kelly Freas. Softcover, 5.5-in. x 7.5-in.; 178 newsprint pages, B&W. Cover price $1.00.

Cover by Rafael DeSota. "Manhattan Madness," script and art by Gail Burwen; City Slicker Bob and Fred Astaire put on a musical in New York City. "Th' Poetry of Nature," script and art by Ted Richards; The pigs leave the swimming pond when the wolves jump in. "Rowdy Noody in Duluth, Minnesota," script and art by Justin Green; Rowdy rolls a bowling ball down a hill in Duluth. "Gone with the Wind" photo story by Dennis Lopez starring Marquis De Dacquiri and Lady Farthingale. "The Invasion of the Windsuckers from Beyond the Stars," script by Bill Skurski; A woman reporter finds the weaknesses of invading aliens. "Groupie-Doo," script by Mark Swain, art by Stan Goldberg; Three groupies scheme to meet Mik Jugger and the Rolling Bones, but get tricked into a bad situation. "The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters," script and art by Art Spiegelman. "Musical Fruit," script and art by Skip Williamson; Panels with rhyming titles relating to passing gas. "Allegro Con Brioche with Count von Counterpoint," pencils by Howard Chaykin; A baron obsessed with classical music goes on a war against rock music by bombing a rock festival from an airplane. Plus other stories. Mature readers. 80 pgs., full color. Cover price $1.25.

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Cover by Dan DeCarlo & Rudy Lapick. Stories by Frank Doyle and Joe Edwards. Art by Harry Lucey & Chic Stone and Joe Edwards. Veronica is impressed when she sees Reggie jump over two barrels on his skates, so Archie decides to top Reggie by jumping over three barrels in "Barrel of Fun"! Plus: Li'l Jinx in the 1-pager "All Wet" by Joe Edwards; Archie goes into a clothing store and asks them to give him the "Gatsby Look" in "The Great Who?"; all the adults are speaking in what they think of as youth slang ("It turns me on," "Far out"), horrifying the kids, who think that's no way for grown-ups to talk, in "Let It All Hang Out"; and Fred tells Archie to shovel the driveway, but Archie insists that it's too slippery, in "Slip Up"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

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"Spark of Success"; When Moose gets sick before the big football game, the team loses all their confidence until Archie gets them fired up. "Her Hang Up" one-page Li'l Jinx story, script and art by Joe Edwards. "The Beazly Ban"; When a number of the students develop food poisoning, Miss Beazly is blamed until Archie uncovers the real culprit. "Snowbound, Part I"; It's Archie versus the Central High contestant in the first cross country winter obstacle race - but Central High doesn't play fair. Archie Club News. "Snowbound Part II"; Thanks to their dirty tricks, Central High gets to the finish line first, but fortunately the television cameras picked up what was going on and Archie is awarded the trophy. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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Sabrina's Christmas Magic. Cover pencils by Dan DeCarlo. "Come Fly With Me," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Mario Acquaviva; Aunt Hilda keeps colliding with some fat guy in a red suit while she's riding her broom. "Substitute Santa," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Mario Acquaviva; When the actor Harvey hired to perform as Santa fails to show for a party for local orphans, Sabrina gets a substitute to "magically" appear. "Concrete Thinking," script and pencils by Dick Malmgren; Sabrina does some shopping in a lingerie shop while Harvey waits outside. "Christmas Spirit," script by Dick Malmgren, art by Jon D'Agostino; Hilda scoffs at Sabrina's efforts to finish her Christmas shopping without using magic, until Harvey puts her in dire need of a last minute gift herself. "Past, Present And Future," script by Dick Malmgren, pencils by Jon D'Agostino; Harvey gets Sabrina an expensive locket for Christmas, then thinks she doesn't like it. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick. Sweet Sweet Veronica, script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; Veronica decides to be sickeningly nice and sweet and bubbly like Betty, but her act doesn't convince anyone. Who's Sorry Now?, script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; Both Betty and Veronica flip over a French exchange student; Archie, Reggie and Jughead try to prove that they'll go for anyone if he has an accent. Cake Mistake, script by George Gladir, pencils by Dan DeCarlo; Betty and Veronica both bake cakes for Archie's birthday. Advertisement for the Archie Digest Series. 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick. "Kick Off," script by Dick Malmgren, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Jon D'Agostino; In the face of derision from her male counterparts, Miss Grundy demonstrates that she's as mechanically adept as they are. "and an Hour Later," script and art by Joe Edwards; Jinx gets to choose when she'll have dessert. "The Sporting Life," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Bob Bolling, inks by Jon D'Agostino; Dilton asks Chuck to teach him basketball, so he can impress a girl. "How Low Can You Get?", script and art by Dick Malmgren; Flush with cash, Jughead unfortunately runs into one of his many creditors. Betty and Veronica's Cheerleader Puzzle activity page by Jon D'Agostino. "How De-Feet-ing," script and pencils by Dick Malmgren, inks by Jon D'Agostino; Archie gets some terrible news from a doctor. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

Men's interest digest with comics, jokes and tasteful pin-up photography. 5" x 6.5", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.40.

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Cover by Tom Sutton. Stories and art by Pat Boyette, Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. A soldier's-eye view of the stress, danger and grim choices that come with war. Axis general Kamyoto turns a Pacific island into the site of a dramatic last stand. After escaping a frozen lake, a WWII soldier is mistaken for a WWI ghost by Nazi soldiers. Plus a look at the Fokker DVII from Peacemaker co-creator Pat Boyette. Cover by future horror comics legend Tom Sutton. The Ghost of the Marne; Classic Weapon: Fokker DVII; The Battle of Sabo Bay; The Drop!; Kamyotos Last Stand. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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"Yesterday and Beyond…" Script by Steve Englehart. Art by Sal Buscema (layouts) and Joe Staton (finishes). Cover by Gil Kane, Dave Cockrum, and Frank Giacoia. The Celestial Madonna saga continues after the Avengers narrowly defeated Kang in Giant-Size Avengers 3. As a reward for thwarting the Conqueror, Immortus sends Mantis and the Vision on separate journeys through time to discover their respective origins. The Vision's path of discovery starts in the laboratory of Dr. Phineas T. Horton during the early days of World War II. While Mantis' history lesson begins eons ago on Hala, the home planet of the Kree. Meanwhile inside Avengers Mansion, the Scarlet Witch trains with Agatha Harkness to hone her mutant powers. Origin of the Vision. Origin of Mantis. Cameo appearances by Moondragon, Libra, and the Cotati. Flashback cameos by the original Human Torch, the Sentinels, Skrullls, and Kree. Avengers Lineup: Iron Man, Hawkeye, Mantis, Scarlet Witch, Thor, and the Vision. (Note: The first subplot connecting the Vision to the original Human Torch was introduced in Avengers 93.) Cover price $0.25.

The Avengers battle Morag in "Yesterday and Beyond!" Script by Steve Englehart, breakdowns by Sal Buscema, inks by Joe Staton. Avengers roll call: Thor, Iron Man, Mantis, Hawkeye, and the Vision. Gil Kane/Frank Giacoia cover. Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. It is believed these variants were distributed only in regions near U.S. military bases. Cover price $0.25.

Black and white reprints: Avengers, Iron Fist, & Doctor Strange.

Vintage men's interest magazine filled with erotic adult fiction stories, jokes and humor, adult themed comic strips, and nude pin-up pictorials. 8" x 10.5", 82 pages, B&W/Color. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $1.25.

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Cover by Fred Himes. Stories by unknown. Art by Fred Himes and unknown. Based on The Flintstones, the classic animated series. In this issue: Betty & Barney win dance lessons; Barney brings an anteater to a picnic; a supposed treasure map leads instead to giant turtle eggs; and more! Stories: "Twinkle Toes"; "Big Wind"; "Guest of Honor"; "Fish Tale" (artist unknown); "Flat Tired"; "Lo-o-ong Distance" (artist unknown); "Side View"; "X-Pert Advice"; and "Hot Air"! Plus: 2-page text story "Jungle Stories"! Characters in this issue: Barney Rubble; Betty Rubble; Fred Flintstone; Wilma Flintstone; Mr. Twinkletoes; Pebbles Flintstone; Bamm-Bamm Rubble; Hoppy. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

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100-page giant. This issue's collection of new material and reprints features Batman's "secret weapons." Cover by Nick Cardy. New Batman story titled "The Mystery That Never Was!" (script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Dick Giordano). Reprints: "The Great Batman Contest!" (from 1956), "Crime's Manhunt!" (art by Dick Sprang; from 1944), "The 1,001 Inventions of Batman!" (art by Sprang; from 1957), "A Christmas Peril!" (art by Jerry Robinson; from 1944), "The Block-Buster Invaion of Gothan City!" (script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Giella; from the 1960s). 100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.60.

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March 8, 1975

March 15, 1975. Originally distributed with a poster; available copies may or may not still have it intact.

March 22, 1975

March 29, 1975

The Baum Bugle: A Journal of Oz (1975) Volume 19 #1 is published three times annually by The International Wizard of Oz Club.