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Comic books January 1957

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Brother Juniper SC (1957) 1-1ST
    Published 1957 (est.) by Hanover House.

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    1st Printing - Cartoons by Father Justin McCarthy. 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in. Softcover 128 Pages B&W Cover price $1.00.

  • Issue #52
    Bugs Bunny (1952-1980 Dell/Gold Key) 52

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    Bugs Bunny in "The Harebreadth Hare," "Witches' Brew," and "The Cawwot Cure." Issue also has one-page gag strips, one-page text feature "The Olympic Owl," and Tweety and Sylvester in "The Howl-Larious Cat." No story/art credits given. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $4 Bugs Bunny #52 - (Dec 1956-Jan 1957, Dell) - Good-

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  • Vol. 2 #9
    Cabaret (1955-1958 Publisher's Development) Magazine Vol. 2 #9


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    • Creasing. Scuffing. Soiling. Water damage.
    • Staple rust: Slight.

    This issue with a seven-page article by Tura Satana with numerous photos. Cover price $0.50.

  • Issue #27

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    Edited by Betty Sears. Featuring some comic content. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 122 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 1 #4
    Caper (1956-1983 Dee Publishing) Magazine Vol. 1 #4


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    Volume 1, Issue 4, January 1957. Cover features Pin-Up Model Joyce Winfield. This issue includes: Jayne Mansfield 2-page full-color pictorial and a 4-page Betty Page pictorial by Bunny Yeager, one page in full-color. Men's fiction, and humor with pictorials. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., Text (with B&W and Color photos). MATURE READERS Cover price $0.50.

  • Vol. 3 #1
    Carnival (1955 Show Magazine) Vol. 3 #1


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    • No Back Cover, Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 3, Issue 1 - January 1957. Men's interest magazine focusing on sports, true crime, and starlets. 4-in. x 6-in., 68 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #52
    Casper the Friendly Ghost (1952-1958 2nd Series Harvey) 52

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    The well-meaning but misunderstood Casper becomes one of Harvey Comics' best-known stars. Casper not only scares a turtle out of its shell (as seen on the cover), but gives him added incentive to beat the rabbit in a famous race. Casper the Friendly Ghost; The Missing Umbrellas; Cloudburst; The Evil Spirit; Spooky: Sweet Stuff. 36 pages, four color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 5 #43
    Cavalier (1952-1992 Fawcett-DuGent-Arzill) Magazine Vol. 5 #43


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    • Staple rust: Moderate.

    Vintage men's interest magazine dedicated to War, Hunting, and Adventure stories, along with adult themed comic strips, and nude pin-up pictorials. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 104 Pages B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 3 #1
    Challenge for Men (1955-1959 Almat) Vol. 3 #1

    Volume 3, Issue 1 - January 1957. Men's interest magazine featuring articles on war, sports, hunting and history. Plus pictorials. This issue includes an Eve Meyer four-page pictorial by Russ Meyer. 8.5" x 11", 82 pages, B&W. MATURE. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 12 #6

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  • Issue #5

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    Issue 5 - Winter, 1957. Short lived men's interest magazine that focused on the art of fashion and pin-up photography. 8.5" x 10.5", 98 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #64
    Children's Digest (1950-2009 Better Reading Foundation) 64


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    • Front cover detached 5%.
  • Issue #1-1ST
    Cinema 57 Le Fantastique SC (1957 Versailles) 1-1ST

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    NOTE: All Text is in French - 1st printing. This is the first magazine in pop culture history dedicated to the coverage of movies featuring monsters, aliens, and creatures! Apparently, according to reports, Cinema 57 inspired the creation of the long running and much beloved magazine series FAMOUS MONSTERS! This rare book features B&W photos of Frankentein's Monster, King Kong, The Bride, Mr. Hyde, Godzilla, Superman, and many more! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 144 pages, B&W.

    NOTE: All Text is in French.

  • Issue #1
    Classics Illustrated 136 Lord Jim (1957) 1
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    Lord Jim, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art by George Evans. (HRN 136, with 1/57 date). To the natives of the jungle village where he chose to conceal himself, he was known as Lord Jim. He had, of course, another name, be he was anxious that it should not be known. This was not meant to hide a personality, but a naked and ugly fact. For Jim, as a young man, had made one error. And the thought of what he had done tortured him until he died. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #534
    Classics Illustrated Junior (1953-1971) 1st Printing 534

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    The Golden Touch. Cover by Dik Browne. Stories and art by William A. Walsh and Alex A. Blum. Gilberton expanded its successful Classics Illustrated line with this series devoted to famous fairy tales. The legendary King Midas is granted the gift of turning everything he touches into gold, but soon learns that this gift is a curse. Plus Aesop's fable about Stone Soup, and a look at the turtle. Cover by Dik Browne, later the cartoonist for Hagar the Horrible. The Golden Touch; Aesop's Fables: Stone Soup; Mistress Mary; The Animal World: The Turtle; Color This Picture With Crayons. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #535
    Classics Illustrated Junior (1953-1971) Reprints 535

    The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. NOTE: We do not currently differentiate between HRN 576 copies and other HRN #'s of Classics Illustrated Junior reprints. However, we do differentiate between this edition featuring "The Wizard of Oz" and the Twin Circle edition featuring the same story. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #33

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  • Vol. 1 #3

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  • Issue #31
    Combat Casey (1952) 31
    Published Jan 1957 by Atlas.

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    Combat Casey in "No More Ammo," "Captured by the Enemy," "A Bomb for Big Bertha," and "Tricked Into a Trap!" Art by Bob Powell. Back-up story, "A G.I. Named Georgie" (art by Powell). Two-page text story, "Behind Enemy Lines." Cover price $0.10.

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  • Issue #34

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  • Issue #1957

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    Comics Television and Children (January, 1957, 2nd Edition, Ave Maria Press, 10c cover price) by Floyd Anderson, the managing editor of "The Advocate", a Christian newspaper from Newark, New Jersey. Anderson examines the violence, sex and other inappropriate content found in the media with particular attention paid to TV and comic books. Because Comics Television and Children is not solely about comics, it does not go into great depth, but it does discusses the Comics Code, calls for censorship, parental responsibility, and the government hearings on comics. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #77
    Confessions of the Lovelorn (1954) 77

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    Cover by Ken Bald. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Ken Bald, John Rosenberger and Kenneth Landau. Tales of romance from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG, one of the earliest of the romantic comics genre of the postwar era. A woman cant stop thinking about the man who got away; Susie meets a man on a train and isnt sure if she loves him or fears him; Advice on securing a marriage proposal. The Man Who Got Away!; Little Hick; Moods Can Be Dangerous!; Man On A Train! Just For Love!; How To Make Him Propose!; Heart of a Nurse! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 142 #1
    Published Jan 1957 by Hearst.

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  • Vol. 1 #5
    Creasey Mystery Magazine (1956-1965 Darlow Publishing) Pulp Vol. 1 #5

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  • Issue #3
    Crime and Justice Detective Story Magazine (1956-1957 Everett M. Arnold) 3

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  • Issue #8
    Daffy Duck (1956 Dell/Gold Key) 8

    Comic book adventures with the Warner Bros. cartoon character Daffy Duck. Cover just says "Daffy." Issue features "Soupbone Shenanigans," "The Freeloader," and "The Little Drip." Issue also has Suzanne in "The Football Dance," a one-page text story "The Bool Goes to School," and one-page gag strips. Story and art credits: unknown. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #73
    Dagwood Comics (1950) 73

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    36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #56
    Date with Judy (1947-1960) 56

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    Cover by Graham Place. Stories by Henry Boltinoff and unknown. Art by Graham Place, Raymond Perry and Henry Boltinoff. Television and radio's coast-to-coast favorite! Featuring four A Date with Judy stories with art by Graham Place: "Oogie Comes Through!"; "Nodding Acquaintance"; "Dance Lesson"; and "Honest Opinions"! Also in this issue: A Date with Judy 2-page text story "Springtime for Judy" with art by Raymond Perry; untitled Peg half-pager by Henry Boltinoff, reprinted from Star Spangled Comics (1941) #117; and untitled Varsity Vic 2-pager by Boltinoff, reprinted from Action Comics (1938 DC) #156. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #8
    Davy Crockett (1954 Charlton) 8

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    Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Chic Stone and Alan Fago. Cashing in on the 1950s Davy Crockett craze that followed Disney's popular TV series, Charlton presents its own adventures of the legendary frontiersman. While Davy entertains the townsfolk with the story of how he "rassled" a bear, outlaws take the opportunity for a crime spree. A tough frontierswoman swears revenge on the tribal warriors who killed her husband, and she just wants Davy to stay out of her way. A gambler doesn't believe Davy is actually half-bear and half-alligator, in a tall tale told in comics form. Plus a vintage Davy Crockett-themed ad for Cloverine Salve. How the Tale Ended; Frontier Woman; Indian Raid; Half Gater, Half Bar!; Father of the Man; Believe It... Or Else! Final issue under this title; series continues as Kid Montana (1957) #9. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    Dell Junior Treasury (1955-1957 Dell) 7
    • Pen markings on back cover.

    Christmas story--Santa and the Angel: Winkie's Return. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #20
    Dennis the Menace (1953 Standard/Pines/Haliden/Fawcett) 20
    • 1" Cumulative spine split.
    • Centerfold detached.

    Cover art by Hank Ketcham. Reprints of daily Dennis the Menace cartoons by Hank Ketcham. Dennis...All American Boy starring Dennis the Menace, script by Fred Toole, art by Al Wiseman. Indian Summer starring Dennis the Menace, script by Fred Toole, art by Al Wiseman. Trial by Fire text story. Screamy Mimi, art by Al Wiseman; Mimi enters the "Zippy-Oats" yelling contest. Ruff, script by Fred Toole, art by Al Wiseman. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    $40 Dennis the Menace #20 1957 / HANK KETCHAM SILVER AGE COMIC/ All American Boy

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  • Issue #239
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 239

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    Cover art by Sheldon Moldoff and Jack Adler. Roy Raymond's Strange Revenge starring Roy Raymond TV Detective, art by Ruben Moreira. How Police Catch Crooks at Work article by Jack Miller (as Joe McCoy). Ordeal by Fire starring John Jones Manhunter from Mars, art by Joe Certa. Full-page ad for Challengers of the Unknown in Showcase # 4. "Grey tone" cover. 32 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    $150 Detective Comics 239 2.5-3.0 1957 DC Classic Cover Art

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  • Issue #107
    Dick Tracy Monthly (1948-1961 Dell/Harvey) 107

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    Painted cover art by Joe Simon (as Chester Gould). "The Case of the Fur Hi-Jackers," script and art by Chester Gould; Tracy finds the hideout of the crooks and rushes in; Rughead tells his men to kill Tracy; Tracy outwits them and captures them, but Rughead escapes and flees to Mexico; Sam and some other police officers round up the outer fringes of the gang; One of them, a waitress named Corny, actually wears a mink coat to police headquarters; Sam finds a photograph in her purse that gives a vital clue to the location on the stolen furs. "Dead Man's Will" text story; Lt. Sansom believes a will to be the motive for murder. "The Case of the Cellar Corpse" text story; Hart investigates a murder in an old house. The Case of the Frozen Pen" starring Jackie Paige and Gil Mason, art by Bob Powell. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 3 #8
    Dolls & Gags (1962-1963 Headline Publications) Digest Vol. 3 #8

    Digest sized humor book with tons of single-page gags. 5" x 7", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 1 #3
    Dude (1956-1981 Mystery-Dugent Publishing) Vol. 1 #3
    • Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 1, Issue 3 - January, 1957. This issue includes the story "The Bohemia of Arthur Archer" by Harlan Ellison and a Diane Webber pictorial photographed by Bunny Yeager. 8.5" x 11", 68 pages, B&W/Color. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

  • Vol. 8 #1
    Eagle (1950-1969 Hulton Press/Longacre) UK 1st Series Vol. 8 #1

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    Vol. 8 #1 - Jan. 4, 1957. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, Jack O'Lantern, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Storm Nelson, The Great Sailor Horatio Nelson. Plus text stories and articles. 10 3/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

  • Vol. 8 #2
    Eagle (1950-1969 Hulton Press/Longacre) UK 1st Series Vol. 8 #2

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    Vol. 8 #2 - Jan. 11, 1957. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, Jack O'Lantern, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Storm Nelson, The Great Sailor Horatio Nelson. Plus text stories and articles. 10 3/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

  • Vol. 8 #3
    Eagle (1950-1969 Hulton Press/Longacre) UK 1st Series Vol. 8 #3

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    Vol. 8 #3 - Jan. 18, 1957. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, Jack O'Lantern, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Storm Nelson, The Great Sailor Horatio Nelson. Plus text stories and articles. 10 3/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

  • Vol. 8 #4
    Eagle (1950-1969 Hulton Press/Longacre) UK 1st Series Vol. 8 #4

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    Vol. 8 #4 - Jan. 25, 1957. Contents include Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Riders of the Range, Eagle cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, Jack O'Lantern, Harris Tweed Extra Special Agent, Storm Nelson, The Great Sailor Horatio Nelson. Plus text stories and articles. 10 3/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 14 pages, B&W and full color.

  • Vol. 29 #1A
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1941-Present Davis-Dell) Vol. 29 #1A

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    Art cover. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 29 #1B
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1941-Present Davis-Dell) Vol. 29 #1B


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    • Water damage: Slight.
    • Front cover detached 5%.

    Text cover. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #48
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1953-1964 Atlas Publishing) UK Edition 48

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  • Vol. 2 #4
    Escapade (1955-1983 Dee Publishing) Magazine Vol. 2 #4


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    • Staple rust with migration.
    • Water damage.

    Volume 2, Issue 4 - January, 1957. Vintage men's interest magazine featuring articles, essays, poetry, adult humor comics, and tasteful nude pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11", 72 pages, B&W/Color. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

  • Vol. 47 #1
    Esquire (1933 Esquire, Inc.) Magazine Vol. 47 #1

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  • Vol. 24 #3
    Exciting Love (1941-1958 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 24 #3

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  • Issue #9
    Falling in Love (1955) 9
    • Heavy water damage. Tape.

    Featuring: 6 page story "A Heart Never Knows"; 7 page story "A Love Like Ours"; 2 page story "Tristan and Iseult"; 7 page story "Plan for Heartbreak" pencilled by Mike Sekowsky; 2 page To You...From Carol Andrews letters page; 6 page story "Lesson in Love!" drawn by Tony Abruzzo and Bernard Sachs; 1 page Oddities in Romance filler drawn by Mort Drucker. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 7 #1
    Fantastic Universe (1953-1960 King Size/Great American) Vol. 7 #1

    January 1957. Cover by Hannes Bok. Stories: "Martyr" by Alan E. Nourse, "A Thing of Custom" by L. Sprague de Camp, "Eye of the Beholder" by John Brunner, "Song in a Minor Key" by C.L. Moore, "Grove of the Unborn" by Lyn Venable, "Mex" by William Logan, "G-r-r" by Roger Arcot, "Out of This World Convention" by Forrest J. Ackerman, "The Valor of Capen Varra" by Poul Anderson, and "Dream Town" by Henry Slesar. Softcover Pulp Digest, 5 1/2-in x 7 1/2-in, 128 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 5 #4
    Fast Action Detective and Mystery Stories (1957-1958 Columbia Publications) Pulp Vol. 5 #4

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  • Vol. 10 #1
    Fate (1948-Present Clark Publishing) Digest/Magazine Vol. 10 #1

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    Volume 10 - Number 1, January 1957. Pulp magazine devoted to exploring the paranormal. This issue features Plantier's Theory on Flying Saucers, and explores Nan-Matol, Lost City of the Pacific! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 page, Text (with B&W Illustrations and Photos). Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #79
    Felix the Cat (1948 Dell/Toby/Harvey) 79

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    Stories and art by Joe Oriolo. Comics adventures of the popular, long-running cartoon character; this series often featured art by Joe Oriolo, who made the character his own. Kitty dreams of being showered with jewels, but Felix can only afford water. Felix faces a polar bear, a shark, and flying-saucer aliens, in the latest chapter of the "Tee Vee Serial." Inky and Dinky turn the tables on a bully. Felix the Cat; Kitty; Tee Vee Serial; Inky and Dinky. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.