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Comic books August 1956

  • Vol. 36 #231
    True (1937-1976 Country/Fawcett/Petersen) Vol. 36 #231


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    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Men's adventure magazine with articles, fiction, and humor. 8.5" x 11", 112 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 8 #90
    True Police Cases (1946-2000 Fawcett) Magazine Vol. 8 #90


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  • Issue #16
    True West (1953 Western Publications) 16



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    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 3, Issue 6 (whole number 16) - July-August, 1956. Non-fiction magazine of western stories. Features art and photos. Jack Davis cover plus 5 page humor story (like Mad content) J. Frank Dobie article. 8.5" x 11", 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #84
    True West (1953 Western Publications) 84

    Non fiction magazine of western stories. Features art and photos. 48 pgs. B&W. Color cover. Jack Davis cover plus 5 page humor story (like Mad content)l J. Frank Dibie article Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 3 #3
    Two-Gun Western (1953-1957 Red Circle) Pulp 2nd Series Vol. 3 #3


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Issue #46
    Uncanny Tales (1952 Atlas) 46
    • Cover oxidation.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Gray Morrow, Howard O'Donnell, George Roussos, John Tartaglione, and Ed Winiarski. Tantalizing tales of suspense and horror, sometimes with science fiction elements. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    $60 Uncanny Tales 46 VG- Atlas Horror Sci-Fi 1956
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  • Issue #27
    United States Fighting Air Force (1952 Canada) 27

    Despite the US affiliation in the title, this was an original war comic from Canadian publisher Superior, focused on the then-new US Air Force. A lone pilot must save a US city after a nuclear missile test goes terribly awry. Hector dreams of being an Air Force pilot, and finally gets his shot when hypnosis convinces him he knows how to fly. Powerhouse Perkins is hired to transport a woman from Communist China to a sultan's harem, but then things get complicated. Hypnotized Hero; The Mad Missile; White Line Out; Powerhouse Perkins: Powerhouse's Gals; Target Destroyed. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #191
    Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone) 191

    Cover by Paul Murry. Stories by Carl Barks, Carl Fallberg, Don Christensen, Bob Karp and unknown. Art by Carl Barks, Paul Murry and Al Taliaferro. Donald Duck stars in Carl Barks' "Camping Confusion"! Plus: Mickey Mouse and Goofy in "The Pirates of Tabasco Bay" (part 1 of 3); Pluto in "Kite Contest"; Li'l Bad Wolf in "The Invisible Caper"; 1-page Chip 'n' Dale text story "The Happy Harvest"; and six Donald Duck daily strips. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #697
    Wide World (UK Edition 1898 George Newnes Ltd) Pulp 697


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    Issue 697 - August, 1956. A collection of stories with art and photographs from all over the world. 7-in. x 9 3/4-in., 100 Pages, B&W.

  • Issue #38
    Woody Woodpecker (1952 Dell/Gold Key) 38

    Walter Lantz' Woody Woodpecker. Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Featuring the tales "Law and Disorder," "The Treasure of Cuckoo Island" and "Triple-Barrel Blues," plus an untitled 1-page story! Also: Homer Pigeon in "Wet Picnic"! And: Chilly Willy in the 1-page text story "A South Pole Picnic"! Plus: Knothead and Splinter in an untitled story on the inside front cover! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #83
    World's Finest (1941) 83
    Published Aug 1956 by DC.
    • Full length spine split. Heavy water damage.

    Cover pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Stan Kaye. The Case of the Mother Goose Mystery, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Stan Kaye; Mystery Inc has set up a mystery for three high-paying clients so they can pretend to be Batman, Robin and Superman; A mix-up of dates causes the real superheroes to assume the parts that were to be played by the clients, and stop a real robbery in the process. Shorty humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Error-Car, art by George Papp; Prof. Weldon Immelwimmer gives Green Arrow a super new arrow car that drives Oliver crazy. Man Overboard text story by Jack Miller [as Joe Maxwell]. The Tribe Without A Chief starring Tomahawk, art by Bob Brown. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $350 WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #83 CGC 7.0 OFF-WHITE TO WHITE PAGES DC COMICS 1956

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  • Issue #30
    Zane Grey's Stories of the West (1955-1958 Dell) 30

    Painted cover art. "Dude Rancher," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Albert Micale; Uncle died, young Iowan Ernest Selby inherits the ranch in Arizona, where twenty thousand cattle have become only six thousand; To investigate, Ernest goes undercover, hiring on at his own ranch, as a greenhorn dude; He makes allies, enemies, and courts the thief foreman's daughter, Anne Hepford; Adapts Zane Grey's novel "The Dude Ranger" first published as a serial novel beginning in the October 1930 issue of McCall's. "The Wrath of Mehitabel" text story. "The Charmed Life of Elfego Baca," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Albert Micale; Elfego Baca makes citizen's arrest of cowboy McCarty for shooting up the place, locks him in the jail at Frisco, New Mexico; Foreman Perham of the Slaughter ranch where McCarty is a hand, demands his release; Baca refuses; A mob of eighty cowboys and ranchers ride on the little Latin-American settlement. "The Cowboy is an athlete" article by Gaylord Du Bois. "John Slaughter" Heroes of the West article by Gaylord Du Bois. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.