Comic books December 1959

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Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, Bill Molno, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Science fiction comics with a space-exploration theme from Charlton, perfect for the age of Sputnik. In the far-off year of 1968, space explorers from Andromeda happen on the planet Earth. The girl next door figures out a way to get the attention of handsome Jack, who spends all his time on his "intergalactic ham radio." Drew decides to impress his fellow members of the Adventurers Club by stealing the moon itself. The Incredible Voyagers; The Girl Out There; Stone Switcher; Target: Earth; The Man Who Stole the Moon. Final issue of Vol. 1; series continues as Outer Space Vol. 2 (1968 Charlton) #1. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Al Hartley. Untitled Patsy and Hedy stories, scripts by Stan Lee, pencils by Al Hartley. The Dream Cottage text story. Paper dolls. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Hartley. Untitled Patsy stories. Untitled Patsy and Buzz, Hedy Wolfe, Patsy and Hedy, and Patsy's Pals stories. Scripts by Stan Lee, art by Al Hartley. Paper dolls. Patsy's Fashion Quiz. Patsy's Fashion Parade. Patsy's Fashion Coloring Page. The Long & Short of It text story. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Harry Lucey, inks by Terry Szenics. "Watch Your Step," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Harry Lucey, inks by Terry Szenics; Archie is conducting an experiment to find the shortest route to school; Jughead suggests that the shortest way is a "bee-line hike": go in a straight line, no matter what obstacles he has to go over, under and through. "A Chip Off the Old Block Head," art by Samm Schwartz; Archie is in despair because Miss Grundy is coming to his house to talk to his father about his bad grades. "Katy Keene Bags a Bird," script and art by Bill Woggon; Katy goes hunting with Randy. "The Little Helper," script and art by Joe Edwards; Li'l Jinx tries to help her parents with their chores. "The Wrong End," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; A potential advertising client of Linda's father tries to test his miracle hair oil on Wilbur's head, but nothing can flatten Wilbur's hair no matter how much of the goo is rubbed into it. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by George Klein. Art by George Klein, Bob Powell, Ted Galindo and Joe Orlando. Love and heartbreak unfold on the comics page. Pro writer Ernest doesn't know how to tell his girlfriend that her novel isn't that great. Alice is in a hurry to get married. Secretary Madge is in love with her boss. Also featuring a vintage ad for airline careers, a sign of the growth of commercial aviation in the '50s. Ashes of Despair; Problems; Thrill to Wed!; Love Me, Please Love Me!; Love Is All. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 9, Issue 4 - Winter, 1959. Softcover, 7" x 8", 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Volume 2, Issue 4 - Winter, 1959. Men's interest magazine with articles, exposes, fiction stories, and pin-up photography. 8.5" x 10.5", 82 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.35.

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8 1/2 in. x 11 in. 64 pages. B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $0.35.

Cover art by Bud Sagendorf. Scripts and art by Bud Sagendorf. The Black Ghosk!; Swee'Pea finds a black ghost in his toy box but it turns out to be Wimpy, who have been evicted and plans to secretly stay at Popeye's house indefinitely. The Cow's-Back Treadmill text story. Private Property!; Olive inherits a well in the desert but Black Jack claims it for himself; Surprisingly, it's Wimpy and not Popeye who eats a desert spinach plant and defeats Black Jack. H2O!; The Professor objects to a high water bill. Vowing to find his own source of water, he ends up flooding his house. Based on the classic cartoon and comic strip character. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Dec. 1959 - Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue features: "I Lived With the Astronauts", "He Fishes for Sharks With Balloons", "Oil Hunters With Aqualungs", "Cat Eye Turns Night Into Day" and more. 6.5" x 9.25", 308 pages, PC/B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Vol. 175 #6, Dec. 1959 - America's Leading New Idea Magazine. Features include: "Bubbles Are Big Business", "Blow-up Satellites?", "Edison's Better Battery", "Even Mercedes Has Tailfins", "Are We Turning Into Giants?" and more. 6.5" x 9.5", 252 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Comic book starring the Warner Bros. cartoon character Porky Pig. The King Size Prize; Porky enters a soap contest and wins the remote kingdom of Pundolia, complete with castle, crown, throne, and subjects; When he gets there he finds all the residents are obsessed with cowboy TV shows. Forward March text story with Mary Jane and Sniffles. Jumping at Con-Clue-Sions, art by Vivie Risto; Henery misinterprets a series of events and thinks someone is chasing Ollie. Musical Mishap; Porky tries to impress Petunia with his singing, but he has a terrible voice. Scared Stiff; After watching a triple feature of scary movies, Porky and Cicero keep getting frightened by common objects on their way home. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage men's interest magazine that focuses on adventure short fiction stories, true crime, war updates, and pin-up photography. 8.5" x 11", 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Vol. 4, No. 9 - December 1959. Edited by Frank Robinson, Harlan Ellison, Mack Reynolds among others. Fiction by Richard Matheson, Harlan Ellison and Mack Reynolds. "Eyes of Dust" by Ellison illustrated by Leo Dillon. Lenny Bruce contributes a humorous article written in screenplay format. Pictorials, articles and cartoons round out the issue. 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W and full color. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.50.

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Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy. Bushman's Gold starring Roy Rogers and Roy Junior, art by Nat Edson; Roy and Dusty land near an old ruin in Africa and are shot at. The Lancer text story. The Friendly Cow-Poke starring Dale Evans, art by Russ Manning. The Family Picnic text story. The Man Hunter starring Roy Rogers, art by Nat Edson; Two bounty hunters are after an innocent man, and Roy must track them down before they kill the man. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

1959/1960. Yearly Adventures of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Cover price $0.10.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Men's interest magazine focusing on Western adventure stories. 8.5" x 11", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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#12, 12-2/60, 10c. Stories featuring the adventurous puppy of Lady and the Tramp. Issue features "Puppy Performer," "Roast Rumpus," "Birds of a Feather," and "Winter Wrap." Issue also has Bongo in "Fun Festival," one-page gag strips, one-page text feature "Like Bumps on a Log." Story and art credits: unknown. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 13 #38 -Dec. 1959. Science Fantasy, which later became Impulse and then SF Impulse, was a UK published science-fiction and fantasy digest that began production in the Summer of 1950 and was distributed by Nova Publications as a companion to Nova's New Worlds. When Nova went out of business in early 1964, The title was changed to Impulse in early 1966, to little avail, and then changed once more to SF Impulse for the last few issues. Science Fantasy ceased publication the following year, after the printer went bankrupt. Edited by John Carnell. Stories by E.C. Tubb, J.G. Ballard, Robert Silverberg and others. Article by Sam Moskowitz. Cover by Brian Lewis. 5 1/4-in. x 7 3/4-in., 128 pages, black and white.

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.

Volume 1, Issue 35 - December 1959. Focusing on the occult, mystical, and the unknown. "Take the Music Cure", "Into the Unknown" and more. 6 1/2 in. x 9 in. 68 pages. B&W.

Photo cover of Phil Silvers (as Sgt. Ernie Bilko) and Paul Ford (as Col. John T. Hall). Untitled story, art by Bob Oksner; Ritzik the camp cook wins five hundred dollars in a cooking contest and Bilko immediately goes to great lengths to try to con it out of him. Navy Jibes humor page by Henry Boltinoff. New Stars for Old Glory public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bernard Baily; On the occasion of Alaska being added as the forty-ninth star on the flag, a father relates some historical anecdotes to his son on how other states were added. The Light Side humor page by Mort Drucker. Navy Jibes humor half-page by Henry Boltinoff. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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2nd appearance of Green Lantern. Cover and interior pencils by Gil Kane, cover and interior inks by Joe Giella. Summons from Space!; Green Lantern travels to Venus to save a blue-skinned caveman-like race from attack by yellow Pterodactyl-like creatures. The Invisible Destroyer!; When Dr. Phillips is distracted, The Invisible Destroyer is released from his mind. Scripts by John Broome. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, Bill Molno and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Sci-fi and super-heroics from Charlton Comics. A spoiled 26th-century adventurer finds new direction when he discovers a damsel in distress on an exotic alien planet, in a story with early art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Astronauts set out to learn what lies at the edge of the universe, and find a Bizarro-like cube planet and a strange barrier beyond. The Space Patrol tries to figure out how to keep a gigantic meteor from destroying the Earth. The Edge of Space; The Enchanted Planet; Nightmare in Space; Professor Accuracy; Juggernaut of Doom. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Fraccio and Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Bill Montes, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, Bill Fraccio, Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. Science-fiction tales with twist endings from the dawn of the Space Age. Captain Tom Hardy's Space Patrol ship meets a strange and dangerous alien opponent. A scientist-turned-alien spy seems to be fomenting war between Earth and the blue people of Talus III. An evil space fleet heading for Earth is making a big mistake. Dr. Meades Last War; Li'l Wise Guy; The Guardian Planet; Another Chance From Life; Encounter in Space!; So Small. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Issue 4 - December, 1959. Vintage men's interest magazine with a dominant focus on erotic black and white nude photography, but does include occasional short fiction. Cover price $0.50.

Spooky - unlike his cousin, Casper the Friendly Ghost - loves to scare people, but his kindly ghost girlfriend Poil disapproves. Spooky accidentally enters the wrong building during a rainstorm, and gets spooked himself by what he finds there. Spooky; The Ghostly Trio; Nightmare; Wendy. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Secret of the Last Earthman" (art by Murphy Anderson or Infantino/Anderson?) and "100 Years From Today." 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Christopher Rule. "I Fought the Colossus!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko; An advanced supercomputer turns Earth into a utopia, but suspicion remains, only to be inflamed when it is found to be building a giant robot. "Weather Man" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "I Was Trapped on the Ghost Ship!", art by Don Heck; A cruel sea captain greedily pursues the flying Dutchman; He catches the ship, but is trapped there as a ghost, replacing the former ghost, who now can go free. "I Am the Abominable Snowman!", art by Paul Reinman; A thief steals a ruby from a Himalayan retreat, but a curse on the stone makes him intensely cold and forces him to wear heavy furs that keep him from returning to civilization. "I Saw the Elephants' Graveyard!", art by John Forte; An ivory hunter searches for the legendary spot where elephants go to die, but he finds that the spot is an inaccessible pit of quicksand. "I Entered the...Doorway to Doom!", art by Steve Ditko; A Russian farmer becomes a gold miner and uncovers a doorway into a dimension of malevolent beings. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Democracy's Ace in the Hole; the use of atomic subs in the cold war. Sanctuary, pencils by Charles Nicholas, inks by Sal Trapani; a sub lies in dangerous wait for a carrier; it escapes depth charges and gets the carrier. No Way Out; A U.S. sub is trapped with no way out until they get some help from the sky. Candid Camera Crook Catcher text story. The Medal Man, pencils by Charles Nicholas, inks by Sal Trapani. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.