July 1954 - September 1954

Famous Funnies #212

Cover illustration by Frank Frazetta. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Eastern Color (Famous Funnies). Cover/indicia date: July 1954. Cover price: 10¢.

Notes

The exact publication date is unknown. No copyright registration appears to have been filed.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 14, No. 11 (#167).

Published on July 6, 1954. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Salmon Derby,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 52 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: August 1954. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #79.

Published on July 10, 1954. Edited by Leon Harvey. The comic features material originally published in Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy daily newspaper strip. Cover illustration by Joe Simon. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Harvey. Cover/indicia date: September 1954. Cover price: 10¢.

The Haunt of Fear #27.

Published on July 15, 1954. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The comic includes these stories: “About Face,” by Carl Wessler & Graham “Ghastly” Ingels; “Game Washed Out!,” by Carl Wessler & George Evans; “Silent Treatment,” by Albert B. Feldstein & Jack Kamen, with William M. Gaines; and “Swamped,” by Jack Oleck & Reed Crandall . Cover illustration by Graham “Ghastly” Ingels. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Fables (E. C.). Cover/indicia date: September-October 1954. Cover price: 10¢.

Marge’s Little Lulu #74.

Published on July 15, 1954. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “The Little Beggar,” “The Black Dwarf,” “The Time Bomb,” “The Painters,” and the Tubby story “The Strongman,” all by John Stanley & Irving Tripp. Cover illustration by Irving Tripp. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: August 1954. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Uncle Scrooge #7.

Published on July 27, 1954. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the stories “The Seven Cities of Cibola” and “Billion Dollar Pigeon,” both by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: September-November 1954. Cover price: 10¢.

Mad #16.

Published on July 28, 1954. Edited by Harvey Kurtzman. The comic includes these stories: “Sherlock Shomes in the Hound of the Basketballs!,” by Harvey Kurtzman & Will Elder; “Newspapers!,” by Harvey Kurtzman & Jack Davis; “Restaurant!,” by Harvey Kurtzman & Will Elder; and “The Wreck of the Hesperus,” by Harvey Kurtzman & Wallace Wood. Cover illustration by Harvey Kurtzman. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Educational Comics (E. C.). Cover/indicia date: October 1954. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

“The Wreck of the Hesperus” adapts the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow .

Personal Love #28

The comic includes the story “Empty Heart,” illustrated by Frank Frazetta. The cover is a publicity photograph for the movie Three Young Texans. The actors are Keefe Brasselle and Mitzi Gaynor. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Eastern Color (Famous Funnies). Cover/indicia date: August 1954. Cover price: 10¢.

Notes

The exact publication date is unknown. No copyright registration appears to have been filed.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 14, No. 12 (#168).

Published on August 5, 1954. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Cheltenham’s Choice,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 52 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: September 1954. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #80.

Published on August 10, 1954. Edited by Leon Harvey. The comic features material originally published in Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy daily newspaper strip. Cover illustration by Joe Simon. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Harvey. Cover/indicia date: July 1954. Cover price: 10¢.

Marge’s Little Lulu #75.

Published on August 12, 1954. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “The Sharpshooter,” “Turtle in a Tree,” “The Lifeguard,” “The Witch’s Picnic,” and the Tubby story “The Little Wild Boy,” all by John Stanley & Irving Tripp. Cover illustration by Irving Tripp. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: September 1954. Cover price: 10¢.

Crime SuspenStories #25.

Published on August 15, 1954. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The comic includes the following stories: “Three for the Money,” by Otto Binder & Jack Kamen; “Dog Food” by Jack Oleck & Reed Crandall; “Key Chain,” by Jack Oleck, Al Feldstein, and Bernard Krigstein; and “The Squealer,” by Jack Oleck & George Evans. Cover illustration by Jack Kamen. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: I. C. (E. C.). Cover/indicia date: October-November 1954. Cover price: 10¢

Panic #5.

Published on August 15, 1954. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The comic includes these stories: “Tick Dracy,” by Nick Meglin, Albert B. Feldstein, and Will Elder; “Panic’s Dictionary of Sports Dept.,” by Albert B. Feldstein & Jack Davis; “T. V. Commercials Dept.,” by Albert B. Feldstein & Joe Orlando; and “You Too Can Hook a Zillionaire!,” by Albert B. Feldstein & Wallace Wood. Cover illustration by Albert B. Feldstein. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Tiny Tot (E. C.). Cover/indicia date: October-November 1954. Cover price: 10¢.

Shock SuspenStories #17.

Published on August 15, 1954. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The comic includes these stories: “4-Sided Triangle,” by Carl Wessler & Jack Kamen; “In Character,” by Albert B. Feldstein & Reed Crandall, with William M. Gaines; “The Assassin,” by Carl Wessler & George Evans; and “The Operation,” by Albert B. Feldstein & Joe Orlando, with William M. Gaines. Cover illustration by George Evans. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Tiny Tot (E. C.). Cover/indicia date: October-November 1954. Cover price: 10¢.

Tales from the Crypt #44

Published on August 15, 1954. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The comic includes these stories: “Forever Ambergris,” by Carl Wessler & Jack Davis; “Burial at Sea,” by Carl Wessler & Reed Crandall; “The Proposal,” by Carl Wessler & Jack Kamen; and “The Sliceman Cometh,” by Carl Wessler & Graham “Ghastly” Ingels. Cover illustration by Jack Davis. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: I. C. (E. C.). Cover/indicia date: October-November 1954. Cover price: 10¢.

The Vault of Horror #39.

Published on August 15, 1954. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The comic includes these stories: “Deadly Beloved!,” by Carl Wessler & Johnny Craig; "Top Billing," by Carl Wessler & Reed Crandall; "The Purge," by Carl Wessler & Bernard Krigstein; and "All for Gnawt,” by Carl Wessler & Graham "Ghastly" Ingels. Cover illustration by Johnny Craig. Standard-issue comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: L. L. (E. C.). Cover/indicia date: October-November 1954. Cover price: 10¢.

Mad #17.

Published on August 27, 1954. Edited by Harvey Kurtzman. The comic includes these stories: “Bringing Back Father!,” by Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, and Bernard Krigstein; “What’s My Shine!,” by Harvey Kurtzman & Jack Davis; “Meet Miss Potgold,” by Harvey Kurtzman & Basil Wolverton; and “Julius Caesar!,” by Harvey Kurtzman & Wallace Wood. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Educational Comics (E. C.). Cover/indicia date: November 1954. Cover price: 10¢.

Famous Funnies #213

Cover illustration by Frank Frazetta. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Eastern Color (Famous Funnies). Cover/indicia date: September 1954. Cover price: 10¢.

Notes

The exact publication date is unknown. No copyright registration appears to have been filed.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 15, No. 11 (#169).

Published on September 2, 1954. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Travelling Truants,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: October 1954. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #81.

Published on September 10, 1954. Edited by Leon Harvey. The comic features material originally published in Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy daily newspaper strip. Cover illustration by Joe Simon. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Harvey. Cover/indicia date: November 1954. Cover price: 10¢.

Marge’s Little Lulu #76.

Published on September 14, 1954. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “Cat Tale,” “Wild Animal in the House,” “Kissing Game,” “Ol’ Witch Hazel and the King’s Beard,” and the Tubby story “Rich Kid,” all by John Stanley & Irving Tripp. Cover illustration by John Stanley. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 52 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: October 1954. Cover price: 10¢.

The Haunt of Fear #28.

Published on September 15, 1954. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The comic includes these stories: “The Prude,” by Carl Wessler & Graham “Ghastly” Ingels; “Numbskull,” by Carl Wessler & Bernard Krigstein; “Audition,” by Carl wessler & Jack Kamen; and “A Work of Art!,” by Carl Wessler & Jack Davis. Cover illustration by Graham “Ghastly” Ingels. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Fables (E. C.). Cover/indicia date: November-December 1954. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

This is the final issue of the series.

Weird Science-Fantasy #26.

Published on September 15, 1954. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The comic features treatments of U. F. O. sighting incidents, all between one and three pages. The treatments were all scripted by Albert B. Feldstein. The artists were Reed Crandall, George Evans, Joe Orlando, and Wallace Wood. Cover illustration by Albert B. Feldstein. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Fables (E. C.). Cover/indicia date: November-December 1954. Cover price: 15¢.

The Incompleat Pogo, Walt Kelly.

Published on September 20, 1954. The book features material first published in Walt Kelly’s Pogo daily newspaper strip from 1953 and 1954. Cover illustration by Walt Kelly. Trade-paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 196 pages. New York: Simon & Schuster. Cover price: $1.00.

Homebodies, Charles Addams.

Published on September 21, 1954. The book features single-panel cartoons by Charles Addams that were first published in The New Yorker. Cover illustration by Charles Addams. Hardcover book. Black-and-white interiors. 96 pages. New York: Simon & Schuster. Cover/indicia date: 1954. Cover price: $2.95.

Mad #18.

Published on September 30, 1954. Edited by Harvey Kurtzman. The comic includes these stories: “Alice in Wonderland!,” by Harvey Kurtzman & Jack Davis; “Howdy Dooit,” by Harvey Kurtzman & Will Elder; and “Stalag 18!,” by Harvey Kurtzman & Wallace Wood. Cover illustration by Harvey Kurtzman. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Educational Comics (E. C.). Cover/indicia date: December 1954. Cover price: 10¢.

More Peanuts, Charles M. Schulz.

Published on September 30, 1954. The book features material first published in Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts daily newspaper strip from between 1952 and 1954. Cover illustration by Charles M. Schulz. Trade-paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 128 pages. New York: Rinehart. Cover price: $1.00.

Next: October to December 1954.