Comic books January 1961

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Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. "Superman's Rival, Mental Man!", script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye; Lois creates a comic strip about a superhero called Mental Man. When Mental Man suddenly appears he falls in love with Lois, but it's a hoax by Superman and Aquaman to capture "Ace" Ruggles. Ad for the second Superman Annual. "The Second Supergirl!", script by Otto Binder, art by Jim Mooney; Supergirl travels to an Earth-like world to use her super-powers publicly to prove to Superman that she is ready to be revealed to the real world. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 5 - Issue 1, January, 1961. Men's adventure stories with some model photo galleries and usually contains a true story bonus. "12 Month Trek of the Naked 300," "Strange Platoon: 5 GI's and the Amazon Women of Papua." Cover by George Gross. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 66 pages, B&W - Mature Readers. Cover price $0.25.

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Special Edition 1961 wall calendar featuring a bevy of the most beautiful girls featured in Adam Magazine. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 12 pages, full color. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.50.

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Edited by Julius Schwartz. Cover by Gil Kane and Joe Giella. Stories by Robert Kanigher, Gil Kane, Joe Giella, Gardner Fox, Mike Sekowsky, and Bernard Sachs. Tales of the Old West starring such characters as the Trigger Twins and Johnny Thunder. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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January 1961. Stories: "Occasion for Disaster" (part 3) by Mark Phillips, "The Highest Treason" by Randall Garrett, "Card Trick" by Walter Bupp, "The Green Beret" by Tom Purdom, and "The Lagging Profession" by Leonard Lockhard. Science fact feature, "Time for Tom Swift" by G. Harry Stine. Cover by van Dongen. Illustrations by Schoenherr, Summers, Douglas, Gardner, and van Dongen. Softcover, 5.5-in. x 7.5-in.; 178 newsprint pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Walter Lantz' Andy Panda. Cover by John Carey. Stories by unknown. Art by Pete Alvarado, Steve Steere, John Carey and Vivie Risto. Featuring the tales "The Carpet Caper," "The Dangerous Dive" and "Tennis, Anyone?" Starring Andy Panda, Charlie Chicken and Ala Ben Meany! Also: Chilly Willy in "Clothes Woes"! Starring Chilly Willy and Patty Penguin! And: Homer Pigeon in the 1-page text story "Movie Star Stuff"! Starring Homer Pigeon, Carrie Pigeon and Red Cardinal! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Archie's Christmas Stocking. Cover pencils by Harry Lucey, inks by Terry Szenics. "Those Christmas Blues!", art by Bob White; When Archie goes over to Veronica's instead of staying home to trim the tree, his parents think the family Christmases have come to an end, and reminisce about past holiday seasons with Archie. "Scratch One Disk!"; Archie buys a record of Veronica's favorite group but Jughead overhears Veronica telling Betty that she wants nightshade for Christmas so Archie returns the record and goes looking for a perfume called nightshade. Betty and Veronica's Coloring Page. "Not Even a Moose," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Bill Vigoda, inks by Terry Szenics; When Archie plays Santa for a school charity drive, Moose thinks he's really Santa Claus, and Archie takes advantage of this to let Midge sit on his lap. Moose's Xmas Daffynitions. "Out on a Limb!", script by Frank Doyle, art by Bill Vigoda; Archie helps put up Christmas decorations for Mr. Weatherbee at the school but accidentally breaks the metal deer he is supposed to put in the schoolyard. "Code Three"; Betty and Veronica try to get Jughead to find out what Archie's buying them for Christmas. "On Her Toes!" one-page story, script and art by Joe Edwards; Li'l Jinx wants to know why ballet dancers stand on their toes when the ballet could just hire taller girls. "Archie's Groan-Up Letters to Santa Claus"; Adults send their Christmas letters to Santa. "Gift Collection," pencils by Bill Vigoda, inks by Mario Acquaviva; Archie is in charge of collecting gifts for the Christmas grab bag. "Beyond Belief," art by Bill Vigoda; Veronica wants Archie to play Santa Claus so he tries to get his Santa suit altered. "Generous to a Fault!"; Reggie is generous when buying gifts for himself. "Ill Wind," pencils by Harry Lucey; A blizzard traps Archie at the Lodge mansion overnight. 84 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

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A gigantic duckling toddler with strength to match, well-meaning Huey creates slapstick havoc wherever he goes. Baby Huey is so strong, he can use bubblegum to make a hot-air balloon for himself. Huey becomes the bane of a baby photographer's existence. Katnip the cat gets an idea from mythology to capture Herman the mouse. Fizz Whiz; Look at the Birdie; The Big Bow-Wow; Naughty Girl; The Meeting; Herman and Katnip: The Trojan Cat. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Dillin & Sheldon Moldoff. Stories by Jack Miller? and Arnold Drake? Art by Dick Dillin, Charles Cuidera and Sheldon Moldoff. Three stories! "The Peril of the Plutonian Raider" - A Plutonian is forced to do the bidding of criminals on his home planet who want to conquer the Earth. Plus: "The Ghost That Haunted the Blackhawks" - The criminal Sorso pretends to be a ghost to scare the Blackhawks away. And: "The Blueprint Bandits" - Blackhawk goes undercover to smoke out a scientific criminal genius. Also: 1-page text story "Secret of the Indian Sign" - American forces outwit the Germans, who have tapped their phone lines, by having two Indians relay instructions in the Choctaw language. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 7, Issue 1 - January, 1961. Men's interest magazine full of fiction, adult themed humor, comic strips, and nude pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11", 68 pages, B&W/Color -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

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Cover by Warren Kremer. Harvey presents the adventures of Casper in the long-running series sometimes called The Friendly Ghost Casper. Casper gives a lamb a boost as it flees a hungry wolf. Spooky is lured is lured into the ocean depths by a Mermaid Spook's siren song, and Poil must find a way to free him. Casper the Friendly Ghost; Wanted!; Haunt in Hiding!; Found; The Runaway; The New Citizen; Spooky: Minnie the Mermaid Spook. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 11, Issue 91 - January 1961. Men's interest magazine featuring War, Hunting, and Adventure stories, along with cartoons, and in later issues Pictorials. This issue features articles on William Bradford Huie, Jack Bonomi and the Richthofen Mystery, otherwise known as The Death of the Red Baron! 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 92 pages B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

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"The Genie Who Feared June." The Challengers battle a genie that is somehow afraid of June Robinson. "Secret of the Space Capsules." The Challengers encounter a pair of unfrozen aliens. Art and cover by Bob Brown. Cover price $0.10.

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Last 10-cent cover price. Photo cover of Clint Walker [as Cheyenne Bodie]. The Loner, art by Tom Gill; Cheyenne convinces a loner that every man eventually needs help or must help someone else. The Tricked Hunter, art by Rex Maxon; A husband and wife of the Crow tribe trick Cheyenne braves into providing them with meat; but in turn are fooled by Small Bear. The Marked Witness, art by Tom Gill; A woman artist is kidnapped after she witnesses a bank robbery and murder. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Food of the Gods, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (The only difference between the "A" and "B" 1st printings is the HRN number). (HRN 159). Mr. Bensington and Professor Redwood invented it between them and in their first enthusiasm called it the Food of the Gods. It was in every way a most remarkable substance, for it was to produce a new race of men. Normal people were frightened to discover wasps as big a barn owls, creeping plants as tall as pine trees and rats as big as horses. But the serious trouble began with the children raised on the Food of the Gods. Cover price $0.15.

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UK Edition. The Colorado Kid part three of "Doctor Doom", "The Modoc War", and "Dead or Alive". 26pgs. B&W. 10in x 7in.

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Cover art by Sheldon Moldoff. "The Raven and the Wasp" starring Batman and Robin, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Charles Paris; Batman and Robin find themselves in the midst of two aliens quest for a meteorite which has landed on Earth, which causes them to use two criminals as agents; The aliens use mind control to command the human criminals into retrieving the object they desire and they also provide them with special equipment and weapons; Ace, the Bat-Hound assists the Dynamic Duo. Lefty Looie humor page by Henry Boltinoff. "The Wizard King" starring Roy Raymond TV Detective, art by Ruben Moreira. Get a Grip on Your Gripes! public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bernard Baily. "J'onn J'onzz's Kid Brother" starring John Jones Manhunter from Mars, art by Joe Certa; Jones tries to rebuild the robot brain but accidentally brings his brother to Earth; The machine only has one charge so he can't go back home again. 32 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1, Issue 4 - 1961. Short-lived vintage men's interest magazine focused entirely on nude black and white pin-up pictorials. 8" x 10.5", 46 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS-

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Volume 5, Issue 3 - January, 1961. Men's magazine with articles, fiction, and nude pictorials. 8.5" x 11", 76 pages, color and B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.50.

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Volume 5, Issue 16 - January-February, 1961. Occasional journal sized issue of the magazine. Includes a selection from Naked Lunch by William Burroughs and an interview from Mexico City with C. Wright Mills on Latin America, the Left, and the U.S. 5.25" x 8", 132 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $1.00.

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Features in this issue include: "Fang Mail" (including a new logo by Jack Davis); an article by Robert Bloch comparing older and newer films; "Return of the Phantom" (referring to the Claude Rains version of Phantom of the Opera); and more. Painted cover by Basil Gogos is of a masked Claude Rains as The Phantom. Cover price $0.35.

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January 1961. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Daniel F. Galouye, Randall Garrett, Jack Sharkey, Ida Helmer, David R. Bunch, and Keith Laumer ("Worlds of the Imperium" part 2/3). Illustrations by Virgil Finlay, Douglas, Barr, and Dan Adkins. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 14 - Number 1, January 1961. Pulp magazine devoted to exploring the paranormal. Articles include Authorities who Believe in Flying Saucers by Frank Edwards, Electromagnetic Clues to Telepathy by Paul Foght, and Techniques fro Mental Radio by Upton Sinclair. Stories include The Haunted Home of William Lyon Mackenzie by The Editors, The Sheriff Who Was Not Wyatt Earp by Herman Stowell King, and My Husband Has Healing Hands by Olga N. Worrell. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 page, Text (with B&W Illustrations and Photos). Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Warren Kremer. Stories and art by Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. Comics adventures of the popular, long-running cartoon character; this series often featured art by the two men most associated with Felix, Otto Messmer and Joe Oriolo. A spell of bad luck inspires Felix to go and visit his lucky star. Kitty tries out the latest fashions, but she can't tell a hat from a hatbox. Inky and Dinky shoot an arrow into the air, but the dog it hits is no lover of poetry. The Land of Luck; A Not So Lucky Day; Kitty; Tee Vee Serial; Inky and Dinky. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vintage 50's era men's interest magazine featuring pin-ups of beautiful women in bikinis and lingerie. 8" x 10", 70 pages, B&W/Some Color. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Joe Kubert and Jack Adler (washtone). Written by Robert Kanigher and Bob Haney. Art by Ross Andru, Irv Novick and Mike Esposito. Back by popular request -- the TNT Trio (Big Al, Little Al and Charlie Cigar) in "The T.N.T. Trio!" by Robert Kanigher, Ross Andru and Mike Esposito. Also: "A Fort Called Lucky!" by Bob Haney and Irv Novick; 2-pager "The 80th Only Moves Forward!...Battle Story of the 80th Infantry Division"; and half-pager "Most Decorated Army Unit." 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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January 1961. Harvey Kurtzman's Help! For Tired Minds. Inside this issue: Roger Price, Robert Sheckley, Ray Bradbury, a report from Castro's Cuba by Paul Coker. And outside: Jonathan Winters. Original cover price: $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

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Jan. 1961. Gossip magazine focused on scandalous stories about the personal lives of celebrities and other well-known individuals. 8 1/4-in. x 10 3/4-in., 66 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.

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January,1961. Cover by Bob Ritter. Science fiction stories by J. T. McIntosh, Art Lewis, Joseph Wesley, Bascom Jones Jr, R. A. Lafferty, Phyllis Gotlieb, Margaret St. Clair. Illustrations by Dick Francis, Bob Ritter. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

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Vintage men's interest magazine that focused mainly on tasteful nude pin-up photography, but also included articles, reviews, adult humor comics strips, and erotic short fiction stories. 8.5" x 10.5", 82 pages, B&W/Color. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "I Dared to Battle...Rorgg, King of the Spider-Men!!," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A spider-like alien invades a small New Mexico town; No one can stop him except for a boy who reads science-fiction comics. "The Weatherman" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "I Found the Lair of...the Lizard Men," art by Don Heck; A convict escapes and hides in a cavern, where he finds a society of lizard men unable to breathe on the surface. "I Must Find Korumbu!," art by Steve Ditko; A fat man who wishes to lose weight without giving up overeating goes to Korumbu for a magic potion. "Who Is the Ape Man?," art by Paul Reinman; A bullying strong-man torments the animals in the circus where he works; He is humiliated and beaten by a mysterious strong-man, who turns out to be a gorilla disguised by its trainer, who is a chimpanzee in disguise. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Vince Colletta. Stories and art by Vince Colletta, Charles Nicholas and Sal Trapani. Charlton's long-running romance comic focused on the stormy passions of newlyweds. Beth and Bill are a hit vaudeville comedy team, until tragedy strikes. Linda moves to India with her new husband Dan, and life seems perfect until they meet their own tragedy. The spark has gone out of Helen and Perry's marriage, and Helen wonders how to get it back. Gift of Love; To Live Again; Love's Lovely Gamble; Dollars, Cents, and Sense; This Enchanted Garden. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Murphy Anderson. Secret of the Sinister Sorcerers!, Script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Bernard Sachs; all man-made inventions in the world stop functioning; the Justice League summons Merlin from the Magic Dimension to help find a way to restore Earth to normal. Letter to the editor from writer Jerry Bails. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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8.5" x 11", 52 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Samm Schwartz. Substitute Santa... (Chapter One), script by Sy Reit, art by Bob White; Archie substitues for Mr Smithers to play Santa Claus for the kids. Trouble, Trouble, Everywhere! (Chapter Two); Archie falls asleep in school because he has been working as the substitue Santa Claus. Christmas Crisis (Chapter Three); Archie causes trouble at the store when Veroinica shows up with her cousin; He does not want her to find out he is playing Santa Claus. Happily Ever After! (Chapter Four); Archie's friends find out he has been playing Santa Claus for the kids and throw him a party. A Second Look one-pager starring Li'l Jinx, script and art by Joe Edwards. Witchcraft text article, art by Ken Hultgren. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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January 14, 1961. 9" x 12". 28 pages. Black and white.

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January 21, 1961. 9" x 12". 28 pages. Black and white.

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January 28, 1961. 9" x 12". 28 pages. Black and white.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Snoopers; Lulu and Tubby dont realize their Christmas presents are hidden in each others houses. Snow Job; Lulu thinks she can trick the Fellers into shoveling her front walk. Crooks in the Kitchen; Lulus pop thinks there are burglars in the house, but its only Miss Feenys parrot. Little Itch and the Big Pinch; Lulu tells Alvin about when Itch stopped the new year from arriving. Rainy Day; Tubby goes out in the rain to look for a taxi for Gloria. One-page text story, Lulus Diry ("Diary"). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.