Comic books September 1974

September 7th, 1974. Action, Adventures, Western, and Humor comic strips featuring The Scarlet Hawk, Admiral Adam's One Ship Navy, and The Xtra Man! Saddle-Stitched, 8 1/2-in. x 12-in., 32 pages, PC/PB&W.

September 14th, 1974. Action, Adventures, Western, and Humor comic strips featuring The Scarlet Hawk, Admiral Adam's One Ship Navy, and The Xtra Man! Saddle-Stitched, 8 1/2-in. x 12-in., 32 pages, PC/PB&W.

September 21st, 1974. Action, Adventures, Western, and Humor comic strips featuring The Scarlet Hawk, Admiral Adam's One Ship Navy, and The Xtra Man! Saddle-Stitched, 8 1/2-in. x 12-in., 32 pages, PC/PB&W.

September 28th, 1974. Action, Adventures, Western, and Humor comic strips featuring The Scarlet Hawk, Calamity Carter, and The Xtra Man! Saddle-Stitched, 8 1/2-in. x 12-in., 32 pages, PC/PB&W.

Cover art by Frank Robbins. "A Fugitive Apparition," script by John Albano, art by Leandro Sesarego; A cranky ghost in an old house makes friends with a young boy until the kid meets a girl and loses interest in the ghost. "A Connecticut Ice Cream Man in King Arthur's Court," script by Michael Fleisher and Russ Carley (script continuity), art by Alex Toth; An ice cream man finds himself transported to King Arthur's court by a thick fog and gets in Arthur's good graces by offering him ice cream; It doesn't take long before he thinks of dumping rat poison into the ice cream to polish off Arthur and his nobles and take over; Merlin overhears him scheming and goes to the king with the rat poison as proof; The king is in a quandary as he wishes to execute the ice cream man for treason but only he can provide ice cream to the banquet Arthur has promised his nobles. Letter from comics writer and editor Paul Levitz. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

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Huey, Dewey and Louie Junior Woodchucks in "The Nowhere Bridge" and "The Long-Tailed Cap." No art/story credits given. Cover price $0.25.

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Whitman edition. "The Nowhere Bridge" and "The Long-Tailed Cap." No art/story credits given. Cover price $0.25.

Auction Item: CBCS 8.5 View scans Auction opens June 10 Paper: Off white to white Label #22-0FD4FF7-012	Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $33.00 View scan	Add to cart FN 6.0 $28.00 View scan Staple rust.	Add to cart FN- 5.5 $16.00 View scan Residue.
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Cover pencils by John Romita, inks by Joe Sinnott. Johnny Storm, the Human Torch, script by Stan Lee (plot) and Larry Lieber (script), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; In Glenville, Johnny lives with his sister Sue; While she's known as a member of the Fantastic Four, he tries to keep a low profile; We get to see the house, much of which is chemically fire-resistent, and equipped with various crime-fighting equipment; But even in the suburbs danger lurks, as someone called The Destroyer is hell-bent on wrecking a local amusement park nearing completion. Part 2: The Flaming Fury Strikes Back!!; Ben shows up, but Johnny refuses help, saying it's his fight. Horror Hotel!; A hotel is terrorized by a "man-killing beast," sending tenants fleeing. 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Art Cappello. Stories and art by Joe Gill, Fran Matera, Art Cappello, Bill Fraccio and Tony Tallarico. Charlton's long-running romance title showcased the fashions and relationship ideals of its rapidly changing eras. Marta wants adventure before she settles down and gets married to Grant, but he wants adventure too, and she's not sure she's ready for that. Childhood sweethearts find they've outgrown each other. Growing Up; The Last Embrace; Find-a-Word; Teen-Age Troubles; Free to Love. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Herb Trimpe and John Romita (alterations). "Re-Enter: The Missing Link," script by Len Wein, pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Jack Abel; Following the resurrection of Adam Warlock and the defeat of the Man-Beast on Counter-Earth, the Recorder puts the Hulk on a rocket back to his own Earth; While the Hulk departs as friends and peacefully, he soon forgets why he is in the rocket and beginning to think that he is being held captive once again tries to break out; He manages to do this just as he is entering Earth orbit; The military picks up both the Hulk and his rocket in free fall and fire missiles at both; While the rocket is destroyed, the Hulk is merely knocked out, and crashes to the ground; There while unconscious he reverts back into Bruce Banner; Hulk Battles the Missing Link. Marvel Value Stamp. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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SET-01 - Signed Limited Edition Portfolio of 1,000 total copies. All the artwork was created for specifically for this portfolio by Jim Starlin. Features seven illustrations (cover plus six prints). The prints are titled Paranoia, Manic Depressive, Dual Personality, Megalomania, Acrophobia, & Schizophrenia. The first print is hand-signed and numbered by Jim Starlin. SET-01 includes a serially numbered 12-in. x 15 1/2-in. manilla outer envelope with printed graphic on the front, a textured-paper 11 1/4-in. x 15 1/4-in. folder with the same graphic, six 11-in. x 15-in. black and white prints, and a numbered certificate of authenticity from Middle Earth Publishing.

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Inside Comics (1974) is a fanzine published by Galaxy News Service. Features the articles "The Dirty Dozen" (including photos of Jim Steranko, Don McGregor, Al Williamson, Roy Thomas, Neal Adams, and Tony Isabella), "American Dreaming: An Analysis of the Adventure Strip", "Repression for the Hell of It: The Doonesbury Scandal", and "The Comics Code: 20 Years of Self-Strangulation?" 47 pages, color cover with black and white photos and illustrations in the interior, 8-in x 10.75-in. Cover price $1.00.

One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.50.

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Sunfire, Ultimo guest. "Who Shall Stop...Ultimo?" Guest-starring Sunfire. Story by Mike Friedrich. Art by George Tuska and Mike Esposito. Iron Man and Sunfire team up to fight Ultimo, while the Mandarin and the Yellow Claw battle to the death! Who will be the winners? Also, the Yellow Claw reveals that a mysterious mystic called the Black Lama is trying to setup the ?War of the Super-Villains.' (Note: The letters page contains Marvel Value Stamp series A #2 the Hulk by Herb Trimpe.) 32 pages Cover price $0.25.

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Cover pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick. "Choke Bloke," art by Samm Schwartz; Reggie gets Jughead entered into a girls' tennis tournament, then begins playing tricks on the other competitors to psyche them out and win the cash prize for Jughead and all the side bets he's placed for himself. "Filling in the Blank" one-page Li'l Jinx story by Joe Edwards. "Snooze Ruse," script by George Gladir, art by Samm Schwartz; Through sheer deviousness, Hot Dog manages to switch places with Jughead. "Monster Maker," art by Samm Schwartz; Since Ethel does anything Jughead tells her to do, Reggie suggests Jughead tell her to hate him as a way to get her to leave him alone. "Sweet Tooth," script by Frank Doyle, art by Samm Schwartz; Jughead develops a toothache and panics at the thought of never being able to eat again. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

"Dingbat And Dribble"; Dingbat and Dribble, playing hookey from school, come to Earth to have fun. "Kid Stuff"; Archie is tired of kids after babysitting his cousin Craig and Betty invites him on a picnic which turns out to be an outing for the Riverdale Boy Sprouts. "Some Old Steps" one-page Li'l Jinx story by Joe Edwards. "Hanky Panky," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; Archie makes the mistake of giving Veronica a handkerchief with the letter M on it. "Class Will Tell, script by George Gladir, pencils by Bill Vigoda, inks by Vincent DeCarlo; Reggie can't understand why the girls are interested in Archie the life guard instead of him. "Take Your Choice," pencils by Harry Lucey, inks by Mario Acquaviva; Archie can't understand why the girls sometimes want him and sometimes don't. "Peter Goon - Private Eye, Chapter 1 According To Costume," script by Sy Reit, pencils by Samm Schwartz, inks by Marty Epp; Jughead dresses like a private eye for a costume party, then gets knocked unconscious and thinks he is a private eye. "Chapter 2 The Secret Formula"; Jughead, thinking he's a private eye, goes with Phoebe to her peanut butter plant to protect the secret formula. "Chapter 3, Juggie On The Job"; Jughead, thinking he's a private eye, chases after the peanut butter formula thieves. "Chapter 4, A Slap-Happy Ending!"; Jughead, thinking he's a private eye, captures the thieves. "Just For Fun," script by Frank Doyle, pencils by Harry Lucey, inks by Marty Epp; Archie arrives at the Lodge mansion wearing a squirrelly wig. "Finders Keepers," pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick; Veronica's necklace breaks and one pearl can't be found so she offers a kiss to whoever finds it. Plus puzzles, other stories, and more. 164 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.60.

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Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Dan Adkins. The Black Panther stars in Panther's Rage part 6, "Once You Slay the Dragon," script by Don McGregor, breakdowns by Billy Graham, finished art by Klaus Janson; The Panther and his security forces invade N'jadaka; The Panther solves the murder of Zatama by Tanzika. Letter from writer and editor Ralph Macchio. 2-page backup, A Compendium of Pantherish Clues, script by Don McGregor and Jim Salicrup (text), pencils by Gil Kane and Billy Graham, inks by Klaus Janson; Summary of murder clues; panels reprinted from Jungle Action #9 and 10. The original cover layout for Fantastic Four 52 by Jack Kirby/Joe Sinnott. Marvel Value Stamp. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. The Black Panther stars in Panther's Rage part 6, "Once You Slay the Dragon." Script by Don McGregor, breakdowns by Billy Graham, finished art by Klaus Janson. Back-up features: "A Collection of Pantherish Clues" (2 pages recounting events from issues 9 and 10) and the original cover layout for Fantastic Four 52 by Jack Kirby/Joe Sinnott. Gil Kane/John Verpoorten cover. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Frank Giacoia. "A Man-God Unleashed," script by Marvel Bullpen (plot) and Mike Friedrich (script), pencils by Don Heck, inks by Mike Esposito; Ka-Zar and Bobbi battle the Man-Apes while Man-God goes forth intent on world domination; He encounters El Tigre who barely escaped from the Fall People and dismisses his pleas for help; El Tigre tries to use the Mystic Mists but they devolve him and he falls to his death; Man-God investigates the Mists to find the source of power—an alien machine that splits him into two beings; The two halves fight it out. Marvel Value Stamp #18 (Volstagg). 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

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Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. "A Man-God Unleashed." Script by Mike Friedrich and others; pencils by Don Heck; inks by Mike Esposito. Gil Kane cover pencils. Cover price $0.25.

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UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 7p cover price. Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Frank Giacoia. "A Man-God Unleashed," script by Marvel Bullpen (plot) and Mike Friedrich (script), pencils by Don Heck, inks by Mike Esposito; Ka-Zar and Bobbi battle the Man-Apes while Man-God goes forth intent on world domination; He encounters El Tigre who barely escaped from the Fall People and dismisses his pleas for help; El Tigre tries to use the Mystic Mists but they devolve him and he falls to his death; Man-God investigates the Mists to find the source of power—an alien machine that splits him into two beings; The two halves fight it out. Marvel Value Stamp #18 (Volstagg). 36 pgs., full color.

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"The Fish." Script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by D. Bruce Berry. Cover by Kirby and Berry. Near Monster Lake, Kamandi encounters a talking dolphin and his human slave, Ahab. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover pencils by Larry Lieber and John Romita (alterations), inks by Frank Giacoia, Mike Esposito, and John Romita (alterations); Kid Colt stops Bennington Brown from stealing money by hypnosis. Trapped in Trigger Valley!, script by Stan Lee, art by Dick Ayers; Wyatt Earp and Grizzley must stop Crusher Cragg and his gang from taking over Trigger Valley. 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover pencils by Dan De Carlo. "A Foul Ball," inks by Jon D'Agostino; Mr. Lodge entrusts Archie with an important errand, but even with Archie's success it turns out all wrong. "Chart Art"; The coach disagrees with the umpire's call. "Tall Tale"; Chuck gets turned down for a date by Velma because she's taller than he is, but he tries to change her mind by wearing stilts. "Perpetual Motion Machine," script and art by Joe Edwards; Jinx's dad tries to get her to sit down to dinner but she thinks of several things she has to do first. Archie Club News. "Change-Derange"; Veronica's behavior changes drastically when she takes up meditation. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.

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"Squatters' Rights"; While boating in the swamp, Archie and Betty come across the Mad Malone Brothers who kidnap Betty. "Pitch Hitch!", script and art by Joe Edwards; The kids want Charley to be the manager of the team. Archie Club News. "Loud and Clear"; The Archies surprise Mr. Lodge when he comes home from work on his birthday. "The Scientific Approach"; Archie convinces Mrs. Bristol to allow the younger kids to play ball in the vacant lot by her house. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

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Little Archie and the Secret City, Part 1. Little Archie and the gang discover a hidden cavern which contains strange underground people who take them captive. Reggie hears Sabrinas cat talking and takes it to a talent show, where it pulls a Michigan J. Frog on him. Little Archie and Jughead go fishing on a railroad bridge right before a train comes. Stories and art by Dexter Taylor. Plus Lil Jinx by Joe Edwards. 32 pages. Cover by Dexter Taylor. Cover price $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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Harvey presents the adventures of mischievous Audrey and her pal Melvin. After shrinking down to the size of her dollhouse, Audrey defends it from normal-sized Melvin with every resource at her tiny disposal. Melvin tries to disrupt Audrey's babysitting job, and ends up the target of the little brat she's minding. Never Kick a Doll House; Fun and Games; Melvin. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Dot and Lotta contend with a supercomputer that takes over peoples minds; Richie Rich goes West. The first issue under the new title, which only lasted one more issue. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Warren Kremer. Little Dot's classmate Little Lotta has super-strength and an appetite to match. Lotta enters a pie-making contest, even though she doesn't know how to cook, and hilarity ensues. Richie Rich's mean cousin Reggie gets a gorilla, or so it seems. Star Gazer; Stuck Again; Whats Cooking?; Pierre; Moon Shine; Richie Rich: Reggies Gorilla! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

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Number/month on cover: 90130-409, 09/74. Comic featuring the comical adventures of ?Orrible Orvie and Awful Annie, the "Little Monsters" siblings. Issue features "Sabre-Tooth Cat-Astrophe," "The Galloping Ghoul-Mets," "Fooled by Gold," and "The Unamusement Park." Story and art credits: unknown. Cover price $0.25.

Published by Charles Brown, Locus is a fanzine that reports on science fiction and fantasy writing. Issue #164 includes: Hugo winners; Worldcon report; Discon 2 report; and Rendezvous with Rama ad. 4 pgs. Sept 13, 1974. 40 cents. Cover price $0.40.

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First 25-cent cover price issue. Painted cover art. The Legend of the Lone Ranger, art by Tom Gill; The head of a gang of bank robbers poses as an Eastern newspaper reporter to try to draw the Lone Ranger into an ambush. Embroidered cloth patches featuring Flash Gordon, Popeye, Felix the Cat, The Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote. The Wide Missouri, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; By threatening his daughter, bandits force a Missouri River boat captain to land at Pine Cover so they can steal a load of gold. Ad for Disneykin plastic mini-figures from Gandalf Products. Ad for 204 Revolutionary War Soldiers. Stories are reprinted from 1948 Dell series. 36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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Whitman edition. Painted cover art. The Legend of the Lone Ranger, art by Tom Gill; The head of a gang of bank robbers poses as an Eastern newspaper reporter to try to draw the Lone Ranger into an ambush. Embroidered cloth patches featuring Flash Gordon, Popeye, Felix the Cat, The Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote. The Wide Missouri, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; By threatening his daughter, bandits force a Missouri River boat captain to land at Pine Cover so they can steal a load of gold. Ad for Disneykin plastic mini-figures from Gandalf Products. Ad for 204 Revolutionary War Soldiers. Stories are reprinted from 1948 Dell series. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Art Cappello. Stories by unknown. Art by Art Cappello, Don Sherwood? and Charles Nicholas & Wayne Howard? You'd think Sally Joe Pearce would have too much pride to come back home after what she's done! See how she fares in..."Home-Coming"! Also featuring: "Long Voyage To Happiness" and "Only Beautiful!" Plus: Find-A-Word puzzle page! And: 1-page text article "Is Your Boyfriend Getting Hooked?" on how to tell if your boyfriend is on drugs, specifically heroin. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover by Mort Drucker. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Tom Koch, Jan van Wessum, Stan Hart, Larry Siegel, Dick de Bartolo, Lou Silverstone, Don (Duck) Edwing, Frank Jacobs, Bob Clarke, Mort Drucker, Angelo Torres, John Putnam, George Woodbridge, Paul Coker, Jack Rickard, Jack Davis, Dave Berg, and Sergio Aragones. Spoofs of the classic police drama Serpico and cowboy cop show McCloud, featuring art by Mort Drucker and Angelo Torres. Mad's takes on sex, status symbols, and funerals. A primer on tennis, and a post-Watergate take on the Presidential Seal. Classic Don Martin strips, Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, and Marginals by Sergio Aragones. Fairy Tale Scenes Wed Like to See (The Frog Prince); Serpicool; Trademark Graffiti; Alfreds Poor Almanac; A Mad History of Sex; One Day in the City; The Lighter Side of the High Cost of Living; A Mad Guide to Status Symbols; One Day at Notre Dame; A Mad Look at Funerals; Follow-Up Letters to Advertisers; Mad's Talking Stamps; The Mad Tennis Primer; One Day in the Patent Office; McClod; Fold-In; Save the Eagle! 8.5-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.40.