Comic books March 1955

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 Very Good $4.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. Corner Damage. Water damage.

Volume 53, Issue 3 - March, 1955. Debbie Reynolds and Jane Powell photo cover. Movie Fan Magazine. 8.5" x 11", 86 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $69.00 or Best Offer View scan 4.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by Edvard Moritz and others. Crime and horror comics with detective heroes, an unusual mix. A movie director ignores warnings and sets up for his next film inside a haunted castle. Private eye Dan is supposed to expose a phony medium, but after a strange experience, he's not so sure he's phony. Marty seeks a woman's killer who was seen wearing a Santa Claus outfit, in a story that predates the film "Black Christmas" by two decades. Plus a vintage PSA, "Better Schools Make Better Communities." The Deadly Diamond; Keeper of the Castle; Out of This World; No Soul of Her Own; Sinister Santa Claus. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $15.00 View scan 2" Cumulative spine split.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $15.00 View scan 1.5" Cumulative spine split.

Volume 12, Issue 4 - March, 1955. In this issue; "Why Dolly Aster Blew Her Top", "The Black Market in Sex Hormones", "African Witch Doctors Can Heal", and more. Plus, lots of cartoons, sports and war stories. Softcover Magazine, 8" x 10.5", 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Carl Pfeufer, Ralph Carlson and Vince Alascia. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. Outlaws give the "party of the first part" treatment to a treaty contract with the local Native population, so they can take the tribe's buffalo herd and sell it back to them at a profit. Tex Ritter agrees to a showdown with Trigger Bill, one of the fastest shots in the West. Tom Mix discovers gold hidden in an anvil and realizes why outlaws want the anvil so badly. Lash LaRue: Close Shave; Red Roan: Captive Herd; Rocky Lane: Buffalo Branders; Tex Ritter: Bullets Vs. Proof; Tom Mix: The Secret of the Hollow Anvil. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Official Magazine of the RSROA of America (Roller Skating Rink Operators Association of America). News, articles, competition results, and more. 8-5/8 in. x 11-3/4 in.; black and white; 28 pages on slick paper. Cover price $0.15.

March 1955. Detective and mystery stories by Francis C. Battle "Double Payoff", Daniel R. Gilgannon, Marc Miller, Carroll John Daly "With a Bullet in You", Betty Brooks, and Zachary Strong. 6 1/2" x 9 1/4"; black and white; 132 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $139.95 or Best Offer View scans Cover-to-cover tear. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Ted Galindo and Vince Alascia (with a photo of Richard Crane as Rocky Jones). Stories by Joe Gill? and unknown. Art by Ted Galindo, Vince Alascia, Dick Giordano, Frank Frollo and unknown. Featuring: Rocky Jones, Space Ranger in "Space Infantry," "Velocity X," "First Landing" and "Too Many Meteors"! Plus: Space Facts filler "Now You Can Fly a Real Down-to-Earth Space Ship" by Michael Ressner; Inventions of Tomorrow filler by Ressner; 2-page text story "Space Ship Courage"; 1-page fillers "The Ringed Planet," "Broadcast to the Universe" and "Earth's Veiled Sister"; and the 1-page story "Out-Post of Empire"! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $6.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

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Add to cart Very Good $20.00 View scans Front cover detached 15%. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Good $2.50 View scans Staple rust. 30% Spine split. Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.

Volume 6, Issue 3 - March, 1955. Cover by Mel Bolden. Men's adventure magazine featuring articles on sports, hunting politics and crime. 8.5" x 11", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Irv Novick. Tank Block, script by France Herron, pencils by Russ Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. The C.O. Was a Kid, script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Sam Burlockoff, inks by Joe Giella. Blue Piping, script by France Herron, art by Howard Sherman. Foxhole Paratrooper, script by Robert Kanigher, art by Russ Heath. Shorty and Private humor one-page stories by Henry Boltinoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Bob Powell and Fred Meagher. Cover by Fred Meagher. Rancher Steve Adams, a Comanche raised by white settlers, has a secret identity as the warrior Straight Arrow, a hero who first appeared on a popular radio show. Action-dog Blaze joins Straight Arrow and his horse Fury in the fight for justice; Red Hawk stumbles across the lost city of gold; Straight Arrow wants to know how hanged criminal Beartooth has returned to life and crime. Blaze; The Robber from Beyond; Red Hawk: The City of Gold!; The Last Arrow. First issue to feature the Comics Code seal on the cover. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Electric Man!" (art by Sy Barry), "The World's Mightiest Weakling!" (pencils by Carmine Infantino), "Interplanetary Camera!" (pencils by Gil Kane), and "The Robot Dragnet!" 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Mar. 1955. Magazine featuring stories and tips for those interested in the nudist way of life. 8" x 11", 32 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

Two Supermouse stories, plus Lucky Duck back-up. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. "The Boy Tycoon of Smallville" starring Superboy and Lester McBane, art by John Sikela; Superboy teaches a lesson in business ethics to a would-be teen tycoon. Bebe humor page by Henry Boltinoff. "The Great Kryptonite Hunt!" starring Superboy, Duke Dunner, and Lana Lang, pencils by Curt Swan; A gang of crooks tries to dupe Superboy into revealing the whereabouts of a Kryptonite meteor. Jerry Jitterbug humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Nervous Norman humor page by Phil Berube. "Navy Notes" article. "The Boy with Superboy Powers!" starring Superboy and Chuck Trent, art by John Sikela; A radioactive cloud appears to give Chuck Trent super-powers for a time, and Superboy allows him to become a "substitute Superboy." 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $120.00 View scans Restored (see item notes) RESTORATION. Tear seal. Cover detached at one staple.

Cover art by Al Plastino. The Girl Who Didn't Believe in Superman, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Superman restores the sight of a blind girl and reunites her family. Mr. Mxyztplk, Mayor of Metropolis, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Al Plastino. Little Pete humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. Eight Eye-Twisters text story. The Collector of Celebrities starring Superman, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Gossip magazine with sensationalistic stories. Heavily illustrated with photographs. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Mike Sekowsky. Stories and art by Mike Sekowsky, Edvard Moritz and Myron Fass. Numbering continues from Tormented, The (1954) #2. Sterling's pre-Code horror comic Tormented becomes the Code-approved Surprise Adventures. After redheaded torch singer Joan is found dead, Don is blamed for her murder because of their past affair. John plots to murder his business partner with a bomb in his car, only to learn that his wife is in the same car, sending him on a deadly chase. A mysterious shadow warns a man away from disasters, but he's not sure why. First issue with the Comics Code seal on the cover. Guilty?; One Way Trip; The Luckiest Man In the World; Reasonable Doubt; The Last Number. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $2.50 INCOMPLETE. Missing pages (affects art and story). Water damage.

Painted cover art. The Jungle illustration by Jesse Marsh. "Tarzan and the Trek of the Bolgani," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Tarzan gets the leaders of three Pal-ul-donian kingdoms to agree to his plan to drive the talking gorillas out of Pal-ul-don. "Yo Mangani," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Tarzan and Boy learn that Norgak, a mangani, has gone made and has killed some of his own tribe; They track him down and find that he has a head wound from a rifle. "The White Man's Way" text story starring Mabu. Untitled Brothers of the Spear story, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Russ Manning; The Obelos attempt to smoke out the brothers from their protective crevice; Just as the Obelos decide to dump hot coals on the brothers, the army of Aba-Zulu arrives and rescues them. A Music Lesson The Education of Boy illustration by Jesse Marsh. Anteaters to the Rescue! illustration by Jesse Marsh. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Weekly U.K. comic featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous hero. Tarzan by John Celardo and Dick Van Buren, Colorized Gordon Scott Movie Photo Cover, Elmo Lincoln (1st Tarzan) Photo Inside Back Cover, reprinting daily comic strips. 28 pages, B&W.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $4.50 View scan Staple rust/rust migration.

Weekly U.K. comic featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous hero. Tarzan by John Celardo and Dick Van Buren, Colorized Movie Photo Cover, reprinting daily comic strips. 28 pages, B&W.

Weekly U.K. comic featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous hero. Tarzan by Rex Maxon, Colorized Lex Barker Movie Photo Cover, reprinting daily comic strips. 28 pages, B&W.

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Ken Hultgren and others. Kids humor comics from independent publisher ACG, featuring Teepee Tim and characters like Stubby Squirrel and Chips Chipmunk. Formerly Ha Ha Comics. Grandma tells Tim the story of why cranes stand on one foot; Mice discover a new power over cats when they find a can of catnip. Why the Crane Stands on One Foot!; One Wonderful Swing!; Robespierre; Winner...and New Champion!; Horace; Jinxie; Izzy and Dizzy. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 4, Issue 10 -March 7th 1955. Celebrity gossip magazine. 4-in. x 6-in., 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 4, Issue 11 -March 14th 1955. Celebrity gossip magazine. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 4, Issue 12 -March 21st 1955. Celebrity gossip magazine. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 4, Issue 13 -March 28th 1955. Celebrity gossip magazine. 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Terrific Comics served as the transition title as pre-Code horror comic Horrific was transformed into kid-friendly superhero comic Wonder Boy. There was no issue #15. Wonder Boy investigates the mysterious death of an aerialist at a circus performance. A parody of "Mr. Peepers," an early TV sitcom starring Wally Cox, is called "Mister Creepers." A stunt flier and a movie star get into a fight when a famous Hollywood sex symbol shoots a movie in South America. Midnight Showdown; Mister Creepers; Ace of Hearts; Accidents Do Happen…; Runaway Legs. Final issue under this title; followed by Wonder Boy (1955) #17. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $44.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

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Volume 58, Issue 1 - March, 1955. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 39, Issue 3 - March, 1955. Katharine Cornell and Tyrone Power photo cover. Theatre Arts Monthly is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures, Broadway and Hollywood. This "Special French Issue" includes a complete version of "Dial "M" For Murder" by Frederick Knott, as well as articles by Gilbert V. Hartke, George N. Shuster, Hjalmar H. Boyesen, Guthrie McClintic, Robert E. Sherwood, more. 8.5" x 11", 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Stories by unknown. Art by Lynn Karp and unknown. Featuring: Two Droopy 1-pagers; Tom & Jerry tale with pencils by Lynn Karp; Big Spike & Little Tyke tale; Bertie Bird text story "The Mysterious Berries"; Flip 'n' Dip 2-pager; Fuzzy & Wuzzy tale; Wuff the Prairie Dog tale; and Tuffy wants to play in the snow in a Jerry & Tuffy 2-pager. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Nick Cardy. The Buffalo Brave from Misty Mountain starring Tomahawk, pencils by Bruno Premiani, inks by Ray Burnley. The Man Who Posed as Tomahawk starring Tomahawk, pencils by Bruno Premiani, inks by Ray Burnley. The Marriage of Tomahawk, pencils by Bruno Premiani, inks by Ray Burnley. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 11 - March, 1955. Short-lived vintage men's interest magazine that features articles for bachelors, pin-up photographs, jokes, and cartoons. 8" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 2, Issue 7 - March, 1956. Short-lived vintage men's interest magazine that features articles for bachelors, pin-up photographs, jokes, and cartoons. 8" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.