Comic books April 1957

Stories and art by Warren Kremer and others. Joe Palooka's speechless sidekick from the popular Ham Fisher boxing strip gets his own comic, noteworthy for early versions of Little Dot and other Harvey characters. Max dreams himself into the Arabian Nights tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. A wishbone presents Max with a moral dilemma. Little Max and Casey find a new money-making idea. Plus solo stories featuring Humphrey. Ali Max and the Forty Thieves; Safety First; Rodeo Riot; Rumpus; Long Range View; Humphrey; Little Max Rhymes with Reason; Monkey Business; Nap Sack. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $9.60

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $5.70

Cover art by Don Spaulding. Silver Bullets, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; The Lone Ranger sends Dan Reid to his mine to get silver bars and bullets; Reid is captured by bandits on his return trip and is saved by an 'old prospector' who turns out to be the Lone Ranger in disguise. The Fight for the Red Man's River, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Chief Red Cloud diverts a river, cutting off a settlement's water supply. Mayan Farm Feast, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; Young Hawk; Little Buck; and the boy Atan befriend a Mayan farm couple; After a scuffle with tax collectors, the pair leave the boy at the farm and go to the great city. Based on the popular Western TV series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

"Silver and the Buffalo Calf," "Silver and the Ghost Wagon," and "The Rogue Grizzly." Midnight untitled back-up story. One-page text story, "Run, Wild Horse." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $2.50

#186, 4/57, 10c. Issue has Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Mary Jane and Sniffles, and Tweety and Sylvester in untitled stories, a one-page text story "The Dandy Fight," and one-page gag strips. Story and art credits: unknown. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $45.00 View scans Signed by editor Al Feldstein. Certification not included. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Painted cover art by Norman Mingo. "Nansy," art by Wallace Wood; A look at a joke from one cartoon strip as it might be interpreted by other strips. "The Steve Allan Story," art by Bob Clarke; Shows Steve at work and discusses how tv show is produced. "It's Gonna Be A Mad Mad Year!", script by G. Stang, art by Wallace Wood; Foolish predictions for world events in the coming year. "Big Big Story," script and art by Don Martin; After years of laboring in obscurity, reporter Joe finally finds a big story, only to be fired when he's three days late finding it. "Making A Paper Eucalyptus Tree," script by Orson Bean, art by Wally Wood; Orson delivers a monologue built around his paper trick, and instructions for making the tree. "The Ideal Woman," script by D. Purdy, art by Kelly Freas; The ideal woman as visualized by 6 magazines, compared to the women who read the magazines. "What's Happened To Sports Magazines?", art by Bob Clarke; Analysis of older style and modern sports magazines, with their differing viewpoints on the sports versus lifestyles of sports personalities. "Movies Are Longer Than Ever," art by Wallace Wood; Reviews of three very long movies: Giant, War And Peace, and The Ten Commandments. "Tom Lehrer Sings," art by George Woodbridge; A brief fake biography with an illustrated song, including sheet music. "Future TV Ad," art by Don Martin; Phony ad storyboard for Schveppes Activated Sparkling Seltzer. "The Night People vs. Creeping Meatballism," script by Jean Shepherd, art by Wally Wood. "The MAD Dating Technique," art by Bob Clarke. "MAD Record Labels," script by Albert B. Feldstein, art by Wally Wood; Phony record labels for 45s. 52 pgs., B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Albert Nuetzell. Fantasy and science fiction stories by Murray Leinster, Mildred Clingerman, Richard Wilson, Bob Ottum, Lester Del Rey, Randall Garrett & Lin Carter, G. C. Edmondson, Poul Anderson, John Novotny, Chad Oliver, and Horace Walpole. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $53.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

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Volume 7, Issue 4 - April 1957. Adventure stories, articles and pin-up photos. This issue with fiction by Martin Caidin (Six Million Dollar Man) "Bailout at Mach 2". 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 100 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Julie Newmar article. Volume 6, Issue 4 - April 1957. Men's interest magazine focusing on celebrity gossip and pin-up models. Includes the articles "Love-King of Greenwich Village" and "Rogues Gallery of Girls!" 4-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $23.00 View scans Water damage: Slight.

Volume 2, Issue 5 - April 1957. Men's adventure stories with some model photo galleries. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 84 pages, B&W - Mature Readers. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 5, issue 4 - April 1957. Cover by Harry Schaare. Men's interest magazine focusing on adventure, hunting, and true crime articles, stories and photos. Features article on Floyd Patterson. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 84 pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 1, Issue 3 - April 1957. Men's interest magazine featuring Pin-up Girl Pictorials, and adventures stories. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Popeye

First issue of the series (continued from Tales of the Marines). "Amtracs" (art by Mort Drucker), "Suicide Mission" (art by Gene Colan), "Out of the Wreckage" (art by Cal Massey), "Somewhere the Sniper Waits," "The Battle of Belleau Woods" (art by Joe Maneely), and a two-page text story, "Cloak and Dagger." John Severin cover. Cover price $0.10.

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"Iron Mike" McGraw stars in "Attack From the Rear!" (art by Joe Sinnott); "When the Bazooka Roars!" (art by Gene Colan); "Mine Field!" (art by Don Heck); the U.S. Marine Corps in "A City at Stake!" (art by Al Williamson; 3 pages); and "Iron Mike" McGraw in "Surrender or Else" (art by Sinnott). John Severin cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cold War-era military action tales from Ajax-Farrell and the anonymous talents in the Iger Shop. Diminutive soldier Shorty O'Brien gets a chance to be a hero. Southern soldier Johnny Reb sets aside his differences with Washington to battle Communists. The true story of the experimental collapsible helicopter known as the Jet Jeep. Shorty O'Brien: High as a Hero!; Crash-Proof Cargo; Korean War: Front Line Maneuver; Johnny Reb; The Jet Jeep. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 64, Issue 254 - February, 1957. Digest-size UK men's magazine. Articles, humor, and pin-up photos. 5" x 7.25", 132 pages, B&W with color.

Volume 33, Issue 1 - April 1957. Men's interest magazine focusing on crime hunting and war stories, with pictorials of beautiful women. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

Mickey Mouse in "The Case of the Missing Steers," "Puzzle Puzzler," and "Tree for Two." Issue also has The Li'l Bad Wolf in "Wolf Pack," one-page text story "Timber!" and one page gag strips throughout book. No art/story credits given. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

April 6, 1957 issue - Disney comics and text stories. Tabloid format 10 1/2-in. x 14-in. 12 pages, eight in black and white, and four full color

April 13, 1957 issue - Disney comics and text stories. Tabloid format 10 1/2-in. x 14-in. 12 pages, eight in black and white, and four full color

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April 20, 1957 issue - Disney comics and text stories. Tabloid format 10 1/2-in. x 14-in. 12 pages, eight in black and white, and four full color

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April 27, 1957 issue - Disney comics and text stories. Tabloid format 10 1/2-in. x 14-in. 12 pages, eight in black and white, and four full color

April #1, 1957 - German language reprint. 32 pages, full color.

April #2, 1957 - German language reprint. 32 pages, full color.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $150.00 View scans 1" Cumulative spine split. Cover coming loose at both staples. Residue.

Horror tales reprinted from Voodoo and other Ajax-Farrell comics, edited to conform to the new Comics Code, with stories and art from the Iger Shop. A gypsy's spirit returns in the form of a puppet to take revenge on the village that hanged him. Scheming farmhands set their sight on a dying rancher's fortune, but he has set traps for them. Three men spend the night in a haunted lighthouse. Bedeviled Puppet; Eternal Struggle; There's a Will and There's a Way; Speedy, the Sport!; Lighthouse Keeper Wanted! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $17.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 56, Issue 4 - April, 1957. Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart Very Good $41.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

April, 1957 - Vintage Men's magazine featuring articles, pictorials, and pin-ups. This issue features an article on "The World's Fastest Gun" was the U.S. Air Force's Vulcan machine gun with rotating gun barrels, based on the Civil War era Gatling machine gun, next, "An Afternoon With Greta Thyssen", a feature on "The Passionate Pageboy" article on 14th Century English author Geoffrey Chaucer author of The Cantebury Tales and finally a look at the "The Brutal Art Of Kendo" a Japanese Sparring sport. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.50.

Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Cover by Ruben Moreira. Stories by Henry Boltinoff and unknown. Art by Howard Purcell, Ray Burnley and Henry Boltinoff. Brand-new adventures of TV and radio's favorite! Mr. District Attorney in: "The Underworld Oracle" with art by Howard Purcell and Ray Burnley; "The Cases That Were Too Easily Solved" with art by Purcell and Burnley; and "The Secret of the Super Signs" with art by Purcell and Burnley. Also in this issue: "Strange Laws!" 1-pager with art by Henry Boltinoff; Casey the Cop 1-pager by Boltinoff, reprinted from Adventure Comics (1938 1st Series) #162; and The D.A. File 2-page text article. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Sheldon Mayer (credited as Bud Fisher). Stories and art by Al Smith (credited as Bud Fisher), Henry Boltinoff, Jack Schiff and Ruben Moreira. DC reprints the comic strip that defined the comic strip, featuring the original tall-and-short comedy duo. Also featuring the "topper" strip Cicero's Cat. Mutt sits in for his doctor when he leaves the room. Mutt finds a bear cub and ill-advisedly brings it home. Jeff's identical twin Julius comes for a visit and saves Jeff the trouble of looking in a mirror. Plus a PSA about careers in nursing and a vintage ad for Silly Putty knock-off Nutty Putty. Mutt & Jeff; Cicero's Cat; Jerry the Jitterbug; Platter Data; Buzzy Learns about Careers in Nursing. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $18.00 View scan 1/4" Cumulative spine split.

Cover by Chic Stone features Gale Storm. Charlton presents the misadventures of the popular TV/radio show character and her long-suffering father, Vern. Margie gets mistaken for a robber while visiting a rich friend's house. Mrs. Odetts gets a chance to dance with the Governor, and shows him how to cut a rug. Margie goes out of her way to avoid bad luck on Friday the 13th. My Little Margie Takes It on Lam; Mrs. Odetts and the Governor; What's in a Date?; The Spare Tire Sundae; Daddy's Little Helper; Pearls Without Wisdom; Lindy and His Pals: Gone Fishing; Dad Does It Again. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $56.00 View scans Water damage.

Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Sal Trapani, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Charlton's popular series features tales of science fiction and fantasy with twist endings. Most of the stories in this issue feature art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. A man tries to convince others that he's seen a mermaid. Clumsy Jonesy finds his latest stumble has taken him to a fairy-tale world ruled by a beautiful queen named Mmmmm. Strange reports from the new outpost on Saturn lead Dr. Kyle Duran and his assistant Verna to go to Saturn to investigate. They Didn't Believe Him; A World Where I Was King; A Forgotten World; Destination Venus; The Strange Guests of Tsarus; Interplanetary Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Secret of the Masked Martians," "The Greatest Thrill on Earth" (art by Carmine Infantino), "One-Way Ride to Eternity" (pencils by Gil Kane), and "21st Century Hercules." Kane cover pencils. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by John Severin. Mystery of the Silent Fog!, art by Bernard Baily. The Fish Men!, art by Marvin Stein. The Broken Statue text story. The Betrayer, art by Dick Ayers. The Too-Perfect Crime!, art by Pete Morisi. The City That Died!, art by Ed Winiarski. Midnight on the Moor!, art by Mort Drucker. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.