Comic books February 1955

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"The Ballad of Battling Bellie," "Soldier's Choice," "The Reluctant Shavetail," and "Navy Dogfoot!" Edited by Whitney Ellsworth and Robert Kanigher. Cover by Joe Kubert. Stories by Robert Kanigher, Jerry Grandenetti, David V. Reed, Ross Andru, Mike Esposito, Causin, Eugene Hughes, Bernard Sachs, Henry Boltinoff, and Joe Giella. Adventure tales of war and the military, including some humor—go into combat with All American Men of War! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Monthly magazine focusing on human interest stories, social issues and fiction. 8.5" x 11", 140 pages, B&W and color. Cover price $0.35.

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"Teen-Type"; When Archie's father reads of a gang crime in the paper, Archie reassures him that there's only a few juvenile delinquents and they can be spotted by how they dress. Pep Comics ad. "Let's Face It"; Archie appears to be painting a mustache on a portrait of Jughead, sending Mr. Weatherbee into gales of laughter. "Smear Campaign"; Betty and Veronica use Reggie as a guinea pig in their efforts to find smear-proof lipstick; When Betty tries to extend the experiment to Archie, Veronica objects. "Christmas Is Christmas" text story. "Test of the Town"; The gang is mad at Miss Grundy for being too strict; Jughead overhears the school superintendent tell Mr. Weatherbee that unless her class does well on the next day's test, Miss Grundy will be fired for not being effective; The gang thinks all they have to do is not study for the test and they will be rid of Miss Grundy. "Gripe Sniper"; Mr. Weatherbee rigs a microphone under the bench where students sit during lunch hour; He hears Archie and Jughead talk about possibly skipping school to go ice-skating the next day. "Secret Sorrow"; Someone sees Archie kiss a girl (not Veronica) at a dance, but Archie doesn't know who it is; When Reggie tells him to guess what he saw at the dance last night, Archie panics and does everything Reggie tells him to do. Archie Club ad. Archie's Christmas Stocking ad. Wilbur ad. "Sis the Candy Kid," script by Bill Woggon, Barbara McGowan (story idea), and Molly Bill (story idea), art by Bill Woggon; Sis can't open her mouth and Katy takes her to the dentist to see what's the matter. "Watch the Birdie"; Archie, Jughead and Mr. Weatherbee go bird-watching. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 6, Issue 8 - February, 1955. Art Photography Magazine was a men's interest publication produced from July, 1949 to December, 1958 that focused heavily on photographing the nude female form, as well as a fair amount of "cheesecake" pin-up style photography. Included are articles on how to take better photographs, product reviews of different photography equipment, and diving deeper into what makes photography a legitimate form of art. 8.5" x 10.5", 50 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.50.

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"Master of the Genie"; "And Then...Mars!"; "Poor Pierre!" with art by Mort Lawrence; "Don't Touch!" with art by Manny Stallman; "The Devil-Man!"; and a two-page text story, "Fatal Vision." 36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Feb 1955. Volume 54, Issue 6 - 1st printing. Science fiction stories by H. Beam Piper, Algis Budrys, Lee Correy, Dean C. Ing, and James H. Schmitz. Illustrations by Freas, Wagoner, and van Dongen. Article on hemoglobin by Isaac Asimov. Cover by Frank Kelly Freas. Softcover, 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; 168 newsprint pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Last pre-Code issue. Cover and Atomic Mouse art by Al Fago. Contains funny animal stories. In order of appearance: "Atomic Mouse, No Trespassing"; "Willie the Worm and Sammy, Toast of the Town"; "Al Fago's Atomic Mouse"; "Cubby the Bear Scoops Up the bear Facts!"; "Did You Guess It?"; "Shadow, I Wuz Robbed"; "Benny and Fuzzy, Special Delivery Service"; and "Shadow, Strong Medicine". "Cow Says Moo" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Last pre-code issue. "Baker Company, Attack," "Labyrinth" (art by Joe Sinnott), "Richelieu," "S-2 Strikes" (art by Joe Kubert), and a two-page text story, "The Right Time!" Russ Heath cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera. Stories by Dick Wood, Paul Gustavson and unknown. Art by Dick Dillin, Paul Gustavson and Chuck Cuidera. Featuring Blackhawk in: "The Fiendish Impersonator" by Dick Wood, Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera; "The Fire Wheel" by Wood, Dillin and Cuidera; "The Super-Sonic Menace" by Wood, Dillin and Cuidera; and 1-page text story "Rat In a Trap," reprinted from Modern Comics (1945) #100. Plus: Chop Chop in the back-up story "Tempest In a Teapot" by Paul Gustavson, reprinted from issue #30. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Featuring Buster Bear in "Buster Strikes it Rich!" and "Buster Makes the Team!" Plus: Marmaduke Mouse and King Louie in an untitled reprint story co-starring Ferdinand Fitwell; Egbert and the Count in an untitled reprint story co-starring Cheryl, Chuck Chicken and Hank Hawk; 1-page untitled Big Top tale starring Umbriago and Jeff; 1-page illustrated poem "The Boasting Miner"; Marmaduke Mouse and King Louie in 1-page reprint text story "Louie's Love Life" co-starring Tilly Tiger; and Egbert and the Count in an untitled reprint story co-starring Mrs. Henrietta Pennington, Chickie and Chuck. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Allen Saunders, Alfred Andriola and Bob Powell. Numbering continues from Chamber of Chills (1952 Harvey) #26. As the Comics Code goes into effect, Harvey shifts the former Chamber of Chills horror comic to reprints of the Kerry Drake detective comic strip. A case of mistaken identity leads detective Kerry Drake to a confrontation with drug smugglers in Key West. Female sheriff Kitty Carson joins a charity rodeo in New York City and winds up chasing robbers. Kerry Drake: The Case of the Dope Smugglers; Smashing the Dope Ring; Kitty Carson; Cop-Killer. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted Cover by Ernest Nordli. Stories by unknown. Art by Bob Jenney. Featuring the tales "Renegade Redskins" and "Raquel's Ransom"! Also: the 1-page filler "Lost!" on the inside front cover! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Sheldon Moldoff and Ken Landau. Cover by Ogden Whitney. The crew of an atomic-powered submarine, The Atomic Commandos roam the seas battling threats to American naval supremacy. The Commandos are assigned to protect a scientist with a revolutionary new discovery, but they must contend with sleeping gas that works underwater, manned torpedoes, a gigantic super-sub, and other enemy weapons. Piercing the Iron Curtain!; Can't Stand Those Pigboats!; Sunken Treasure!; Brother, You've Done a Good Job!; A Day in the Life of an Atomic Commando: Doc Blake. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Reprints Cinderella (4-color 272), Bucky Bug, Pluto, Little Hiawatha, The 7 Dwarves and Dumbo, Pinocchio. 100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Last Pre-code issue - Cover art by Win Mortimer. The Batman of Tomorrow starring Batman and Robin, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Dick Sprang (as Bob Kane), inks by Charles Paris. The Robot Sailors! starring Captain Compass, script by Otto Binder, art by Joe Certa. Batman Whirly-Word Game activity page by Martin Naydel. The Most Robbed Bank in the World text story by Joe Mabely. The Man No Prison Could Hold! starring Roy Raymond TV Detective, art by Ruben Moreira. Casey the Cop humor page by Henry Boltinoff. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Weekly movie magazine published in Chile. Cover of Tony Curtis. Two-page feature on Gina Lollabrigida. 8-in. x 11-in., 30 pages, B&W. NOTE: Spanish language.

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6 1/2-in. x 9 1/4-in., 240 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 11, Issue 4 - February, 1955. Men's interest magazine full of adult humor comics and tasteful pin-up pictorials. 8.5" x 11.5", 52 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 16, Issue 1 - February, 1955. 6.5" x 9", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Feb 1955. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Science fiction stories by Robert Moore Williams, Frank Belknap Long, James E. Gunn, Arthur Sellings, Charles E. Fritch, F.R. Bryning, Robert Sheckley, Winston Marks, Theodore R. Cogswell, Dorothy Madle, Norman Arkawy, and Sherwood Springer. No interior illustrations. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 8, Issue 1 - February, 1955. Full-page Irving Klaw ad with Bettie Page photos. Additional half-page Bettie Page in pictorial section. Peter Driben cover. 8.5" x 11.5", 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 2, No. 2. February, 1955. Men's interest magazine featuring true adventure articles and fiction. This issue with Lisa Daniels (One Hundred and One Dalmatians) four-page pictorial. 8 1/2-in. x 10 3/4-in., 86 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 2, No. 2. February, 1955. Men's interest magazine featuring true adventure articles and fiction. This issue with Lisa Daniels (One Hundred and One Dalmatians) four-page pictorial. This version includes a color Marilyn Monroe fold-out. 8 1/2-in. x 10 3/4-in., 86 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Jack Kirby, Bob McCarty, Art Gates, Jo Albistur, and Jack Oleck. Gritty war comics "produced by veterans" (as the tagline proclaims) from Mainline, the publisher founded by comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America. A US soldier in WWII gets a chance to see liberated Paris with an unlikely colleague. An injured fighter pilot has visions of a man he rescued from the Nazis. A soldier's-eye view of the Pacific theater from Pearl Harbor to Bataan. Chicken; Listen to Me, Sam; Joyride; Snow; The Face; G.I. Yaks; Office Upstairs. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 20, Issue 11 - February 1955. Cover by Thomas Beecham. Men's adventure magazine featuring articles on true crime and politics. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W Cover price $0.35.

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#96, 2/55, 10c. Comic book featuring the famous singing cowboy hero Gene Autry in "The Disappearing Raiders" in which Gene Autry helps the sheriff battle the "El Toro" gang and "Rustler's Canyon" in which Autry helps the Box-B Ranch against some rustlers. Issue also has "The Lost Edge of the Peraltas" and a two-page text feature "Hop Sing, Topnotch Detective." Photo cover. Story and art credits: unknown. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Clarence Doore. Stories and art by Mort Drucker, Dan De Carlo, Rudy Lapick, Vic Martin, and Mike Suchorsky. Neither a tie-in with the later toy line/cartoon nor a grim war comic, this first-gen GI Joe focused on lighthearted tales of military life. The Yardbirds, featuring Pvts. Windy and Whitey, was straight-up comedy of the Beetle Bailey/Sad Sack variety. Weepy gets a "Dear John" letter from Mabel, in a story with art by future MAD legend Mort Drucker. Pvts. Windy and Whitey are asked to escort the Sarge's gorgeous sister, in a story by future Archie legend Dan De Carlo. Joe tells an Americanized fairy tale to some Korean kids, in a fanciful tale with wacky art by Mike Suchorsky. Painted cover with bondage elements by Clarence Doore. Private Dopey: A Good Lesson; Go, Go, Goooooo!; Dear Gertrude; Adventures in Wonderland; The Yardbirds: The Secret Lover; The L Bomb; You'll Never Get Rich. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Combination military and romance comic from Canadian publisher Superior. A redheaded woman fears she can never love again, until she meets the one soldier who can change her mind. Lovers separated by circumstance long for reunion. A new bride has difficulty adjusting to married life, but a dalliance with a sleazy stranger is probably not the solution to her problems. My One Mistake; Lover Come Back; Love and Marriage Counsel; The Bride Wore Tears; Unfaithful? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Henry C. Kiefer. Stories and art by Ed Moore, Bill Ely, Matt Christopher and Bill Walton. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. Boy Scouts leap into action when they encounter a highway wreck. A woman in a wheelchair saves her grandson when his clothing catches fire. A driver with a bus full of kids manages to avoid a rampaging tornado. Scouts to the Rescue; Freight Peril; Wheelchair Invalid Heroine; The Girl in the Culvert; Driver Outruns Death!; Safety Patrol; By the Grace of God; Treasure of Evil; Cave-In; Death Dodger; The Dog-Paddler; Award for Valor. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Lee Elias, Tom Hickey and John Sink. A romance comic from Harvey, as the teens of the 1950s explore the new world of dating. Donna falls for trumpet tutor Eddie, but then she meets his girlfriend. Eve isn't sure how she feels about George after he returns from military service to finish high school. Bobby studies dancing to impress Sally, but she feels he's spending too much time with his beautiful dance teacher. I Was an Outcast!; The Taming of a Tomboy; Call Me Cupid; Big Sister; I Loved a Bad Guy!; Can You Trust a Blind Date?; Dancing Date; I Was Nobody's Sweetheart. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Lucy stars in "The New Used Car," "In Show Business," and "Bon Voyage." Four photos from the TV show on the inside front cover. Photo cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Feb 1955. Science fiction stories by Gordon Dickson, Leo P. Kelley, Jerome Bixby, Dave Dryfoos, Charles E. Fritch, George H. Smith, Herb Williams, James Causey, and Herbert D. Kastle. Two Kelly Freas illustrations. Cover by Bob Watkins. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 120 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

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Vol. 17 #4 - Feb. 1955. Children's illustrated text stories, puzzles and activities. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in., 68 pages, B&W with full color and single color illustrations. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Joe Maneely. "Mission On Earth," pencils by Art Peddy; A fantasy writer is visited by aliens who wish him to teach them human emotions so that they can observe humans undetected. "Strange Pursuit" text story. "Haunted House," pencils by Larry Woromay; A man takes a bet to spend the night in a haunted house and ends up the ghost which haunts the house. "The Man Who Watched," art by John Forte; An East German plots to murder his business partner and then get help from an Allied soldier stationed just across the border, but the soldier is actually a statue and does not respond to his plea. "The Blaster," script by Paul S. Newman, art by Seymour Moskowitz; Martian gun-runners arm select humans with advanced weaponry hoping that they will battle amongst themselves and leave them as easy pickings for an invasion force. "The Human Germ," art by Mort Lawrence. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Syd Shores. "Swamp Fire!", script by Don Rico, art by Joe Maneely; Lo-Zar battles two bandits out to steal from the diamond mines. "Drumbeats of Doom!", script by Don Rico, art by Al Hartley; Evil tribesman Robo seeks revenge on Leopard Girl for sending him to prison. "Lost Valley!" text story. "Scream Terror!", script by Don Rico, art by Syd Shores; Man-Oo distracts a hunter away from the gentle antelopes but is shot himself; While he is weakened, Serpo the giant snake attacks, but Man-Oo's jungle friends drive the snake away so that Man-Oo has time to recover. "Red Spears at Dawn!", script by Don Rico, art by John Romita; Jungle Boy exposes a Communist agent who shot a native chief. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Gaylord Du Bois. Art by Stan Campbell. Painted cover by Bill Burnett. The adventures of Canadian Mountie Dave King, a character created by Western novelist Zane Grey. This series featured gorgeous cover paintings of derring-do in the best Men's Adventure tradition. King investigates the secret of Grumbling Mountain, and winds up trying to outrace smugglers and an avalanche. Also, True Stories of the R.C.M.P., and a boffo Bill Burnett painted cover that could be a recruiting poster for the R.C.M.P. Snow Blindness; King and the Grumbling Mountain. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Stan Campbell. Stories and art by Clint Harmon and others. Movie cowboy Lash Larue is known for his trademark black outfit and his skill with a bullwhip. "Roving marshal" Lash boards a train to trail The Man in the Green Hat, a dope smuggler, until he meets his contact. Outlaws kidnap Lash's sidekick Squinty, but they underestimate both Squinty and his dog, Mutt. Dusty explains to his neighbor why he puts the Dusty in "Dusty Trails." Range Talk; The Man in the Green Hat; Chuckwagon Gus; Dusty Trails; Midnight Murder; The Lamps of Revenge; Wagonwheels; Happy Homer; The Way Out; The Mad Dog. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Last pre-code issue. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Irving Tripp. The Valentine; Lulu tries to find out which of the Fellers sent her an insulting valentine. The Trap; Lulu and Annie make snowballs for the Fellers in their war with the West Side gang. A Good Skate; Mr. McNabbem chases Lulu on skates across the lake. Girl Magician; Lulu and Tubby compete to see who is the better magician. Ol' Witch Hazel and the Birthday Party; Lulu tells Alvin about when the poor little girl is invited to Hazel's niece Little Itch's birthday party. The Accident; Wilbur and Gloria trick Tubby into thinking he broke Gloria's father's tobacco jar. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.