Comic books September 1961

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

Vol. 12 #35 - Sept. 2, 1961. Contents include Dan Dare, Storm Nelson, Knights of the Road, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, Danger Unlimited, Harris Tweed Super Sleuth, Out and About, The Golden Man Sir Walter Raleigh. Plus text stories and articles. 10 3/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 18 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 12 #36 - Sept. 9, 1961. Contents include Dan Dare, Storm Nelson, Knights of the Road, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, Danger Unlimited, Harris Tweed Super Sleuth, Out and About, The Golden Man Sir Walter Raleigh. Plus text stories and articles. 10 3/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 18 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 12 #37 - Sept. 16, 1961. Contents include Dan Dare, Storm Nelson, Knights of the Road, Riders of the Range, Eagle Cutaway centerfold, Luck of the Legion, Danger Unlimited, Harris Tweed Super Sleuth, Out and About, The Golden Man Sir Walter Raleigh. Plus text stories and articles. 10 3/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 18 pages, B&W and full color.

Vol. 12 #38 - Sept. 23, 1961. Contents include Dan Dare, Storm Nelson, Knights of the Road, Riders of the Range, The Last of the Saxon Knights begins, Danger Unlimited, Harris Tweed Super Sleuth, Out and About, Eagle Cutaway. Plus text stories and articles. 10 3/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 18 pages, B&W and full color.

68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

Canadian Edition. Cover price $0.35.

September 1961. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Science fiction and fantasy stories by A. E. Van Gogt (classic fantasy reprint, "Ship of Darkness"), A. Bertram Chandler, Daniel F. Galouye, C. C. MacApp, and Manly Banister ("Magnanthropus" part 1/2). Illustrations by Dan Adkins, Virgil Finlay, Richard Bassford, Leo Summers, and George L. Schelling. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

Volume 14 - Number 9, September 1961. Pulp magazine devoted to exploring the paranormal. Articles include Occult Wisdom vs. Modern Science by Edward G. Collinge, France's Pagan Healing Shrine by Edmund P. Gibson, and E.S.P - Prove it Yourself by Gene A. Satler. Stories include The Artistic Poltergeist by Roger L. Rhodes, Living with Grandma's Ghost by Wainwright Evans, and Death Curse of the Owl Prophet by Ex Lowell. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 page, Text (with B&W Illustrations and Photos). Cover price $0.40.

Cover by Warren Kremer. 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. While exploring a cave, Felix gets separated from the tour and winds up in the land of cavemen. He must battle another caveman for the hand of the royal cave princess, in a multi-part story. Felix battles the Blob invasion, in the latest chapter of the "Tee Vee Serial." Felix's nephews Inky and Dinky discover a caveman painting. Lost Caves; The Lost Cave; Trial by Combat; Kitty; Women Trouble; Henry and the Big Red Machine; Freddie the Friendly Fox; Tee Vee Serial; Inky and Dinky. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. Charlton's long-running series focused on the miliary exploits of the US Marines throughout the 20th century. A Marine company informally adopts an orphaned Korean boy as a mascot, but questions arise after the enemy zeroes in on their location. A Marine squad is cut off from supplies and reinforcements during a WWII skirmish. Tempers flare and old grudges resurface between a Yankee and a Southern Marine on a frozen Korean battlefield. The Traitorous Mascot; The Lost Squad; Shoot on Sight; Weapons Win Wars; Death at 30 Below! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bill Molno and Sal Trapani. Charlton's Fightin' military series focuses on US sailors and submarines in combat, mostly during World War II. Mystery "frogmen" capture a nuclear submarine underwater, leading the captain to consider a self-destruct order. Boatswain's mate Duffy stays with the destroyer "Doomed Delilah" through 25 years and two World Wars. In a story that shows Fightin' Navy's left turn into science fiction, sailors encounter monstrous sea creatures, including an octopus and an eel, in the sunken depths. Plus an article about the possible military uses of hydrofoil technology. Top Secret Prize; The Soul of the Doomed Delilah; Swim to Survive; Hydrofoil to Foil the Enemy; The Enemies Below. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Film in Review is a publication of the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, Inc, an independent, non-profit organization of public citizens founded in 1909 to represent the interests of the motion picture public. This National Board further assists the development of the motion picture as a source of entertainment, as education, and as art, by providing media for the expression of the public's opinion about films and their cultural and social effects. Plus movie reviews and letters. 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 70 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.60.

Cover pencils by Joe Sinnott, inks by Vince Colletta. Does He Love Me?; Kevin gives her no reason to mistrust him, but Tess can't get rid of her doubts about him. Return; Linda and Carl were childhood friends, but Carl's family moved out of town when he was 12; Now that Linda is in high school, she learns that Carl's family is returning. You And The Group text article. Rebound, inks by Vince Colletta; Gloria and Gary are not going steady anymore; Marge starts going out with Gary, but worries that he is still carrying a torch for Gloria. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Murphy Anderson. 1st Silver Age appearance of Golden Age Flash; 1st mention of an Earth-2 where Golden Age heroes live. Flash of Two Worlds!, script by Gardner F. Fox, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Giella; Barry Allen appears at the Community Center in Central City to perform for kids, and during one of his amazing tricks, is mysteriously transported to Keystone City, a place that he recalls that the original Flash once lived; The two meet and Barry surmises that Jay lives on a parallel Earth, one that evidently Earth-1 writer Gardner Fox tuned in on when he wrote the adventures of the Flash in the 1940's; Jay tells Barry that a crime wave has hit Keystone City and asks Barry for his help. Fastest Trips Around The World! fact page. Promo for Superman Annual #3 and Secret Origins #1. Promo for Batman Annual #1, pencils by Curt Swan, Sheldon Moldoff, and Dick Sprang, inks by Charles Paris. Palisades Amusement Park ad with Superman. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 8, Winter 1961. Cover price $1.00.

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Issue #21 - Sept. 1961. Edited by Ray Palmer. Articles about visitations from other worlds. Very few illustrations, large type. 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/4-in. 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Volume 8, Issue 9 - September, 1961. 8.5" x 10.5", 86 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

"I Gotta See to Everything!" (script by Bob Standish, art by Pete Costanza), "Spawn of the Unknown!" (script by Richard Hughes as "Greg Olivetti"; art by Dick Beck), and "Down, Down, Down!" (script by Pierce Rand), and "From Tomorrow to Yesterday!" (art by John Rosenberger?). Ogden Whitney cover. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "RAWHIDE, No. 1202." Based on the "Rawhide" TV series. Photo cover of Rowdy Yates (as played by Clint Eastwood) and Gil Favor (Eric Fleming). Whiplash, script by Eric Freiwald and Robert Schaefer, art by Dan Spiegle; After his son is killed in a gunfight by a trail herder, Jack Morse takes to drinking and gives control of his cattle dip station to a thug who demands an unreasonable charge for using the tick-killing bath. A Greenhorn Learns the Facts, art by Dan Spiegle; Wishbone teaches a youngster facts about horses. The Captives, script by Eric Freiwald and Robert Schaefer, art by Dan Spiegle; When the cattle drive has a rest stop by a river, Rowdy Yates takes the opportunity to visit a young lady he met the year before. Cow Country Lingo, art by Dan Spiegle; Definitions of four cowboy slang terms: rustle, maverick, buckaroo, and dogie. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

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Indicia title is "ELMER FUDD, No. 1222." Cover art by Ralph Heimdahl. The Daytime Knight, art by Phil de Lara; While watching a television program with Elmer, Yosemite Sam is hypnotized and thinks that he is a famous knight and proceeds on a Don Quixote-type mission. A Feathered Friend, script by Carl Fallberg, art by Fred Abranz; Elmer tries unsuccessfully to prevent Daffy from following him on his vacation. Fowl on the Floor, art by Fred Abranz; In a department store, Daffy makes trouble for floor walker Elmer. Duck Luck, art by Fred Abranz; Elmer's lookalike nephew Junior arrives for a visit. When he puts on his uncle's clothes, Junior is mistaken for Elmer by Daffy Duck. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

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36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jon D'Agostino. Stories and art by Jon D'Agostino and others. Archie-style teen comedy featuring Freddy and his gang of clean-cut yet trouble-prone pals. Stuff shops for a used car, and finds a jalopy that's even worse than Freddy's (or Archie's). Freddy looks for his stolen shoes and encounters the Shoeless Hermit of Hickory Bend and his pet Komodo dragon (!). Freddy dreams himself back to the days of Pocahontas. Sing Me a Car Tune; Midsummer Night's Dream; Indian Giver; Curiosity Corner; Freddy's Puzzle Page; Freddy Color Page; The Stuff of Heroes; Gag Time! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jerry Grandenetti and Jack Adler (washtone). Written by Robert Kanigher and Hank Chapman. Art by Irv Novick, Russ Heath and Jack Abel. The Haunted Tank hunts down a German fighter that killed their friends in "Tank with Wings!" by Robert Kanigher and Irv Novick. Starring the Haunted Tank, Jeb Stuart, Arch Asher, Rick Rawlins, Slim Stryker and General J.E.B. Stuart (ghost). Plus: "Danger Sniper!" by Hank Chapman and Russ Heath. And: "Nothing on the Nose!" by Chapman and Jack Abel. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Featuring: 10 page story "Blue Tomorrow"; 7 page story "Too Happy to Last"; 6 page story "First Date"; 1 page From Barbara Miles, with Love letters page; 8 page story "The Wrong Time to Cry." Cover pencils by John Romita, Sr. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by John Romita. Beyond Tomorrow. One-Way Heart, pencils by Mike Sekowsky; After a brief introduction to visiting author Penn, Lorie falls instantly in love with him and secretly follows him back to his home city; But just as she finally realizes that she is on a hopeless quest, they meet again. Tomorrow and Tomorrow. Julia Roberts' Romance Report advice column. The Wayward Heart. House ad for the DC line of romance comics. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Steve Ditko. "The Return of Gorgo," script by Joe Gill, art by Steve Ditko; The dictator of a Latin American country forces a scientist to train Gorgo to obey his commands; The dictator uses Gorgo to conquer a neighboring country, but the scientist decides to use Kegor to become dictator himself. "Tall Tree" text story. "Men and Monsters," pencils by Bill Molno, inks by Vince Alascia. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Jack Adler. The Challenge From 5700 A.D.!, script by John Broome, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Giella; Zegors, a highly evolved gila monster form, have the earth under attack in 5700 AD, and the ruling Solarite council brings Hal Jordan to defeat them; He does so by destroying their main weapon and is returned to the present, with no knowledge of his adventure. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Jack Keller, Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers, Steve Ditko and Joe Maneely. Featuring Kid Colt in "The Man with the Blazing Guns!" by Stan Lee and Jack Keller. Also in this issue: "The Enemies!" by Lee, Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers; "Rango's Last Ride!" by Lee and Ayers; "The Escape of Yancy Younger!" by Lee and Steve Ditko; and 2-page text story "The Tin Star" with illo by Joe Maneely, reprinted from Western Kid (1954 Atlas) #17. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9d cover price. Cover by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Jack Keller, Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers, Steve Ditko and Joe Maneely. Featuring Kid Colt in "The Man with the Blazing Guns!" by Stan Lee and Jack Keller. Also in this issue: "The Enemies!" by Lee, Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers; "Rango's Last Ride!" by Lee and Ayers; "The Escape of Yancy Younger!" by Lee and Steve Ditko; and 2-page text story "The Tin Star" with illo by Joe Maneely, reprinted from Western Kid (1954 Atlas) #17. 32 pages, full color.

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Cover by Joe Simon. Stories and art by Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy. A showcase anthology that launched many of Harvey's long-running titles. This issue features reprints of Lee Falk's Phantom comic strip. When a lawless town appears at the site of a lucrative uranium mine, the Phantom decides to enforce law and order - only to be trapped inside a mine for his troubles. Plus, a Foreign Legionnaire exposes a plot that could have started a war. The Ghost Who Walks in Uranium Valley; Back From the Dead; Ricardo and the Wolves; How to Ride a Horse, Lesson 4: Behavior of Horses; Tuaregs. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage supermarket tabloid magazine full of high profile true crime stories of the FBI and the CIA, some with testimonials from those involved in, or close to the cases themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+. Cover price $0.35.

Cover by John Romita, Sr. Stories by unknown. Art by John Romita, Sr., Mike Sekowsky, Arthur Peddy, Tony Abruzzo, John Forte, Bernard Sachs, Bill Draut and unknown. Maureen's boyfriend Johnny has temporary amnesia from a swimming accident, and she fears he has fallen in love with his nurse in "Love from the Shadows!" Plus: A travel agent plans a romantic honeymoon for a client that he has fallen in love with, even though she's going to marry someone else, in "Love without Heart"! Also: Dorie worries that Johnny only spends time with her because he thinks she won't make any demands on him in "Where Johnny Lives!" And: Joyce's old boyfriend Charles comes back to town to rekindle their romance, but a shocking secret from the past may keep them apart forever in "Wish You were Mine"! Plus: 1-page Charm in Romance filler (pencils by John Forte). And: 2-page text article "Folklore in Fashion"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

SEPT. on White Overlay - Harvey Kurtzmans legendary follow-up to the original MAD launched the careers of many future stars of comics, comedy and publishing, including associate editor Gloria Steinem. This issue features comics, stories and art by Kurtzman, Robert Sheckley, Will Elder, Jack Davis, John Severin, Arnold Roth and Al Jaffee, plus a fumetti starring Jean Shepherd (later of A Christmas Story).Cover features comedian Will Jordan and has a white bar with the word SEPT. in the upper left hand corner. Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 4, Issue 1 - September, 1961. Men's interest magazine featuring the choicest blends of fiction, fact, fun and females. 8 1/2" by 11 1/2", 66 pages, PC/PB&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $0.50.

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Fall 1961 Cover price $1.50.

Volume 4, Issue 2 - September, 1961. Men's interest magazine focusing on cheesecake photography of classic pinup beauties. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.35.