Comic Reader (1961) comic books 1956-1969

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Issue #14 - Dec. 17, 1962. Special issue in which Jerry Bails devotes the bulk of the issue to answering fans' questions that he has received. Here's some examples: "Where do I get my comics bound professionally," "what data will be in the DC Index," "are there back issues of The Comic Reader" and so forth. There's also a list of available fanzines Bails has compiled for the month of December. Ads include a full-page Howard Rogofsky want list, a half-page ad from Ronn Foss with artwork and classified ads from T. Casey Brennan and others. Ditto printed. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 10 pages, blue ink with spot red on white paper.

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Issue #18 - Aug. 1963. Current comic news reported by Jerry Bails with his opinions. In commenting on the second issue of Avengers, Bails sees "Ant-Man in his new role as Giant-Man and Iron Man in a new costume. Personally, I liked both characters the way they were." An article about Blackhawk and Torchy artist Bill Ward, who admits he had a difficult time drawing the hats on the Blackhawks. Listing of comic fanzines received that month. Ads from Bails, Howard Rogofsky, two-page photo-offset ad for Mike Vosburg's fanzine Masquerader #6, which includes a photo of Biljo White and Ross Foss. Ditto printed. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., B&W, 18 pages.

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Issue #19 - Sept. 9, 1963. Free fanzine published and edited by Jerry Bails. Current comic news and opinions by Jerry Bails. He is ecstatic about Captain America's return in Avengers #4, for instance. News about the Alley Awards. Ads from Bails and others. Includes a full-page ad for Star-Studded Comics #2 from Larry Herndon, Howard Keltner and our own Buddy Saunders. Upon seeing the ad, Buddy says he did not lay the ad out or do the artwork and believes it was Howard Keltner. Single-page photo-offset ad for Mike Vosburg's Masquerader #6. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., loose pages bound with staples, B&W, 12 pages. Circulation 1,000.

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Issue #22 - Jan. 1964. Published and edited by Jerry Bails. This special issue is devoted to the 1963 Alley Awards Poll. This issue also announces that the Comic Reader and the Comicollector were expected to be merged into one fanzine, but this obviously fell to the wayside as the Comicollector merged with G.B. Love's Rocket's Blast instead. Also in this issue is a full page photo-offset ad for Fantasy Illustrated #1 with interior art by our own Buddy Saunders. Ads from Bails and Robert Jennings. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., B&W, 12 pages.

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Issue #23 - Mar. 1964. Special edition published for the Executive Board. It is reported that Bill White could not take over a combined TCR and Comicollector because of the death of his mother. Includes a Fantasy Illustrated #1 photo-offset ad and other ads from Bails. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 8 pages, B&W.

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issue #25 - May 1964. Limited edition for the Executive Board. News about a possible successor to Jerry Bails' editorship of The Comic Reader. Discussion of a Hall of Fame and new categories of the Alley Awards. Fanzine reviews. Ad for Bails' microfilms of Golden Age comics. Includes an Errata sheet stapled inside. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 12 pages, B&W.

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"The Comic Reader" #28 features a convention report for New York's first comicon, a lengthy essay, written by Russ Manning, with everything you ever wanted to know about the birth of the character Magnus, Robot Fighter, and what may be the first incarnation of the long-running column, "Information Center." A full-page is devoted to announcing and seeking members for comicdom's first-ever Amateur Press Alliance, CAPA-alpha.

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Issue #34 - Feb. 1965. Published and edited by Glen Johnson. Academy news by Paul Gambaccini. On the Drawing Board is the news column about comics and related publications. Quotes from the Readers includes letters from Steven Grant, Gardner F. Fox and others. John McGeehan contributes an article about comic fanzines. Jeremy Barry fanzine review column. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 20 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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issue #36 - Apr. 1965. Art by Steve Ditko of Captain Atom. Interior art by Doug Potter, Ronn Foss, Bill Dubay, Howard Keltner and others. 1964 Alley Awards results. Academy news by Paul Gambaccini. Comic news and a short piece by Howard Rogofsky going into his recent spate of missing money sent through the mail. The Ego Crusher fanzine review column by Jeremy Barry. Letters from Ray Miller and others. The Cosmic Mirror by Rick Durell and Paul Moslander compares Marvel's Daredevil and Charles Biro's Daredevil. Ad for the NYC Comicon taking place July 31-Aug. 1, 1965. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 20 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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The Comic Reader #38 (June, 1965; 8.5" x 11; 20 pages; ditto). Vintage news, reviews, including an early article on the Doom Patrol. Cover price $0.25.

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The Comic Reader #40 (August, 1965; 20 pages; ditto). Vintage news, reviews, including a Nukla frontispiece by Biljo White, and a writeup of the New York Comicon. Cover price $0.25.

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Contrary to the cover, this is issue #66 of The Comic Reader. Edited by Robert Schoenfeld. News about reprinting Flash Gordon, the 1968 Gateway Con II. Also includes a fanzine index, a newspaper review of Barbarella, ads for Star-Studded #12, Gosh Wow #2 and more. Interior art by George Metzger, Jim Jones. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 12 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.