Comic books January 1961

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Volume 9, Issue 1 - January, 1961. Cover painted by Mel Crair. Men's adventure articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 100 pages B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Version with ad on back cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Variant with "Fool Proof" comic filler on back cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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January, 1961 - Vintage Men's magazine featuring articles, pictorials, and pin-ups. This issue features "A Wild Page From Studs Lonigan" pictorial focused on Starlet Kathy Brown, and her appearance in the film 'Studs Lonigan', Ray Anthony's Sexy Bookends" profiling band leader Ray Anthony and his two onstage assistants. Also featured is "Passionate Paisain" article on libidinous Italian film director Roberto Rossellini, and "Whatever Happened to George Raft" a look at the exploits of famous movie tough guy George Raft. Finally pictorials include this month's uncovered Cover Girl" JoAnn Burgess, and the ravishing red head Sabine Demois. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.50.

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Cover pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. We Unleashed the Demon of the Dungeon, art by Bill Ely; Two hunters visit the legendary village of Loessburg, once under the control of a powerful sorcerer. Ad for The Brave and the Bold #33, art by Bernard Baily. Peter Puptent Explorer humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Ad for Superman Annual #2, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. I Made a Deal with Doom, art by Lee Elias; Explorer Wally Peters is given two pills that give him amazing powers that he can use to find a hidden cave and some ancient scrolls, but the pills have a potentially deadly side effect. Ominous Clocks half-pager by Mort Drucker. They Made Me a Space Outlaw text story by Jack Miller. We Defied the Beasts of the Witch Doctor, art by Nick Cardy; Two hunters encounter several fantastic monsters in the jungle which were supposedly created by a powerful witch doctor. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Vince Alascia and Bill Molno. Charlton's popular series features tales of science fiction and fantasy with twist endings. Everyone laughs when a man claims that hope for humanity exists in the sky, in a story with art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. A couple discovers the strange secret of the creepy funhouse at the Dreamland carnival. Oscar finds a strange ring that causes people to be afraid of him. The Fun House; Ring of Fear; There's Hope in the Sky; Try This Tennis; The Man Who Hated the World. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 35, Issue 102 - January, 1961. Squarebound, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, Text Only.

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Volume 4, Issue 6 - January, 1961. 5" x 7", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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1st printing. By Walt Kelly. Another adventure with America's most distinguished possum and his friends Okefenokee Swamp. Softcover, 7-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.25.

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2nd or Later Printings. By Walt Kelly. Another adventure with America's most distinguished possum and his friends Okefenokee Swamp. Softcover, 7-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.25.

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America's Leading New Idea Magazine. 6.5" x 9.5", 250 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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1961 Edition

Story and Art by Johnny Gruelle.

These are Johnny Gruelle's famous stories of the lovable dolls - Raggedy Ann and Andy. They have amused and fascinated millions of children and will continue to do so as long as imagination, action and brilliant color retain their power to interest and amuse. These are the ideal gifts for any child.

Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 96 pages, Text (with full color Chapter Illustrations).

NOTE: Published by Bobbs-Merrill.

Cover price $2.75.

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Volume 1, Issue 2 - January 1961. Men's interest magazine featuring adventure stories and photos of buxom bombshells.""Blonde Dolly: Giveaway Harlot of Amsterdam."8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 100 pages B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Vol. 1, No. 1. January 1961. Men's interest magazine with articles, fiction, humor, and nude pictorials. 8.25" x 11". 70 pages. Black and white. MATURE. Cover price $1.00.

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Volume 6, Issue 1 - January, 1961. Vintage men's interest magazine that features articles, exposes, humorous stories and a fair amount of nude pin-up photographs. This issue features articles by Lenny Bruce, Alfred Bester, Irwin Spector, and short fiction stories "A Nice Purple Face" by Morton J. Goldberg, and "Nona the Fair" by Earl Fultz. 8" x 10.5", 82 pages, B&W/Color. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

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Volume 60, Issue 1 - January 1961. Movie Fan Magazine. Debbie Reynolds photo cover. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 84 pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 17, Issue 5 - January, 1961. Articles on sports, crime, and adventuring, plus pin-up photos. 8" x 10.5". 100 pages. B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 1, Issue 3 - January 1961. Men's interest magazine featuring adventure and action stories, true life stories, and pictorials. Cover stories include "Harem Diversion sof Iman Ahmed", G.I. Mistresses Just $17.50 a Week!" and "Strange Marriage Practices of New Hebrides!" 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 74 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations and photos) Cover price $0.35.

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1st appearance and origin of the Faceless Creature in "The Face-Hunter From Saturn!" (art by Murphy Anderson). Also in this issue: "Earth's One-Man Space Fleet!" (pencils by Gil Kane) and "Earth Victory--By a Hair!" (art by Carmine Infantino). 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. Short tales of science fiction, fantasy and horror with twist endings. A farmboy who loves to look at the stars gets instructions from a strange otherworldly voice on how to build a certain machine. Prospectors are divided by greed over a mineral claim, in a modern version of a classic Western story - only this time the mineral is uranium, not gold. Tuck's new car doesn't just have its own personality, it has its own memory. Star Gazer; The Fatal Treasure; The Secret of Outer Space; Pack on the Back; The Car With a Memory. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko. "What? What? What Was Gargantus!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko; A deep sea explorer encounters a giant reptile that follows him back to the surface; The creature explores the surface, causing panic. "Time Machine" text story. "The Things from Dimension X!", art by Don Heck; A scientist successfully creates a link to the dimension Electra only to find the inhabitants bent on conquest. "The Door They Dare Not Open!", art by Paul Reinman; A prison warden treats inmates with kindness, and relies on an honor system to prevent them from opening the one closed door. "Trapped in the Room of Shadows," art by Steve Ditko; A millionaire looks for magical wishing stones with which he hopes to help all humanity; His greedy guide tries to steal the first stone, but only succeeds in using up its power and trapping himself. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. The Super Coward!, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Al Plastino; Superboy goes off into outer space leaving behind a Superboy robot to handle his chores and heroic deeds; When the robot begins malfunctioning however, the town turns against the Boy of Steel. Superboy must return to Earth early to make things right. Ad for Showcase and Aquaman and Aqualad. Watch for the Second Superman Annual! ad. Homer humor page by Henry Boltinoff. "The Boy Who Betrayed Clark Kent!" starring Superboy and Pete Ross (first appearance), script by Robert Bernstein, art by George Papp; A new boy comes to Smallville named Pete Ross; Clark becomes friends with Pete, but Ross' constant scrutiny makes him worried that he might discover his dual identity as Superboy. Little Orvil humor half-page by Harry Lampert. Get a Grip on Your Gripes! public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bernard Baily. "The Army of Living Kryptonite Men!", script by Jerry Siegel, art by George Papp; Luthor lures Superboy into a kryptonite trap, but he is saved by a timely appearance of Lightning Lad. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. Lois Lane's Secret Helper!, script by Otto Binder, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; Krypto decides to try to make Superman fall in love with Lois Lane. Superman Meets Al Capone!, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; While returning from the past, Superman is affected by Titano's kryptonite eye-blasts, and it causes him to land in Chicago in the 1920's. Flame-Dragon From Krypton!, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; A Kryptonian Flame-Dragon makes it way to Earth. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. The Day When Superman Proposed!, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; After accidental exposure to Red Kryptonite Superman proposes to Lois Lane. Cora the Car Hop story by Henry Boltinoff. House ad for Superman Annual #2. Lois Lane's X-Ray Vision!, script by Robert Bernstein, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; An accident causes Lois' glasses to become X-Ray glasses. Sweetheart of Robin Hood!, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; Lois and Clark are in England covering the opening of the Robin Hood Museum when Lois scratches herself on a poisoned arrow, causing her to faint and dream of living in Robin Hood's time. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Long-running men's interest magazine featuring articles, fiction stories, adult cartoons, and nude photography. In this issue: Special - Plush Pad for Mobile Romeos; Big Business Takes a Sex Break; Dual Feature by James T. Farrell and Allen Ginsberg; Cognac - The Bachelor's Best Friend; The Swinging Moderns - Bill Manville, Leroi Jones, Ray Bremser and others; and Lardner Sheckley Slesar. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 74 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers Cover price $0.50.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko. "Elektro! He Held a World in His Iron Grip!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A scientist creates a computer so sophisticated that it can out think human beings; It hypnotizes the scientist into building it a huge robot body so that it can move and threaten human cities to conquer them. "The Missing Film" text story, art by John Severin. "The Demon in the Dungeon!", art by Don Heck; A novelist rents a castle in Transylvania, where the locals believe a demon lives; He discovers that the creature is a lost alien child. "I Lived a Million Years!", art by Paul Reinman; An Asian tyrant bleeds his subjects dry to build a suspended animation machine and avoid nuclear war. "When the Earth Vanished!", art by Steve Ditko; Tiny alien invaders decide to detonate their ultimate bomb thinking that unobserved Earthlings have gone into hiding to avoid their invasion force and end up blowing up an Earth boy's ping pong ball and themselves as they are caught in the aftershocks of the blast. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. I Learned the Dread Secret of the Blip!, art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers; A power drain and radar anomaly is traced to a creature made of electricity hiding in a cave. The Free Ride text story. I Dared Enter the Forbidden World!, art by Don Heck; A white game hunter finds the legendary elephant's graveyard, hoping to make a fortune in ivory. I Am the Invisible!, art by Steve Ditko; A man threatens a witch unless she hands over two lenses which will make him invisible. I Defied the Curse of Tut-Ah-Anka!, art by Paul Reinman; A criminal hides from the police in an old Egyptian tomb, ignoring the warning of a curse. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by George Wilson. "Tarzan and the Prince of Athne," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; A party of Athnians comes raiding in Tarzan's jungle. Tarzan and the Waziri take their elephants from them and send them back across the desert to Pal-ul-don. "The Zambabwe Ruin" text story starring Mabu. "Gift for the Cliff Dwellers," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; Boy and Dombie take a canoe and fishing net to the Kasanas. "Natongo's New Homeland," script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Russ Manning; The brothers explore for land near Aba-Zulu where the Tungelus can settle. 36 pages, full color.

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Issue 324. Jan. 7, 1961. 9 3/4" x 12 1/2". 20 pages. Black and white.

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Issue 325. Jan. 14, 1961. 9 3/4" x 12 1/2". 20 pages. Black and white.

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Cover pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. The Frontier Pupil starring Tomahawk, art by Fred Ray. The Medieval War Weapons starring Tomahawk, art by Fred Ray. The Golden Warrior starring Tomahawk, art by Fred Ray; Tomahawk and Dan face the Golden Warrior, who harbors a secret. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bob Brown. The Jungle Beasts of Jupiter, art by Arnold Drake; Space Ranger and Cryll search for a missing professor on Jupiter. On the Planet Og humor page by Henry Boltinoff. House ad for Superman Annual #2. Riddle of the Test Tube World, art by George Roussos. Get a Grip on Your Gripes! public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bernard Baily. The Menace of the Carbon Creatures text story. Have Slide Rule, Will Travel featuring Spaceman-at-Work, art by Bill Ely. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Tony Strobl. Stories by Carl Barks, Carl Fallberg, Bob Karp and unknown. Art by Carl Barks, Paul Murry, Al Hubbard, Tony Strobl and Al Taliaferro. Donald Duck stars in Carl Barks' "Missile Fizzle"! Plus: Mickey Mouse and Goofy in "Mickey's Strange Mission" (part 2 of 3); Chip 'n' Dale in "A Fair Return"; Scamp in "The Lucky Pup"; 1-page Mickey Mouse text story "Santa's Christmas"; and two Donald Duck daily strips. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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A collection of stories with art and photographs from all over the world. 7-in. x 9 3/4-in., approx. 76 pages, B&W.

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Painted cover art by Gerald McCann. The Vikings illustration, pencils by Reed Crandall, inks by George Evan. "The Dragon Ships," pencils by Reed Crandall, inks by George Evans; Raiders sack the island of Lindisfarne in 793 C.E., marking the traditional beginning of the Viking age. "The Home Shores"; Historical introduction to the Vikings. "The Longship"; Development and employment of the Viking longship. "Rivers of Blood," art by Gray Morrow; Vikings raid the coast of the Frankish kingdom, then take advantage of internal warfare to sack cities as far inland as Paris. "The Viking Gods"; Introduction to the major Viking gods, and beliefs about the afterlife and the end of the world. "The Uneasy Throne"; Vikings invade and partly conquer England; Their fortunes wax and wane, but they are eventually absorbed into the local population. "The Colonists," art by Sam Glanzman; Norwegian and Danish Vikings battle for control of Ireland; There is an illustration and map showing the Faeroes, Hebrides, Shetlands, and Orkneys, with text explaining their occupations by the Vikings; Vikings discover and colonize Iceland. "The Strongest of Vikings," art by Tony Tallarico; Palna Tolki establishes a company under his strict regime, and the Jonsvikings become known as the strongest of their kind; But they deteriorate under his lenient successor Sigvald. "The Far Shores," art by Bruno Premiani; Vikings discover North America, but repeated colonization attempts prove abortive. "End of an Age," pencils by Reed Crandall, inks by George Evans; With changes in Scandinavia, and inability to prevail in land battles, the Viking Age dies out about 1100 C.E. "The Convicts and the Eagle" text story by Fyodor Dostoevsky (original author). "D-Day Part 3: The Decision"; Eisenhower takes a risk ordering the Normandy invasion in questionable weather, and the first forces begin their attacks, catching the Germans by surprise. "The Red Planet Part 3: The Martian Canals"; Astronomer Percival Lowell insists that he sees canals on Mars, and builds an elaborate speculation about civilization there. "The World of Science: What the Weather Will Be" activity, art by Sam Glanzman; How to make a simple barometer. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.