January 1955 - April 1955

Famous Funnies #215

Cover illustration by Frank Frazetta. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Eastern Color (Famous Funnies). Cover/indicia date: January 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Notes

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

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #85.

Published on January 10, 1955. 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: April 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Marge’s Little Lulu #80.

Published on January 10, 1955. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “The Valentine,” “The Trap,” “A Good Skate,” “Girl Magician,” “Ol’ Witch Hazel and the Birthday Party,” and the Tubby story “The Accident,” 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: February 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Panic #8.

Published on January 11, 1955. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The comic includes these stories: “Irving Oops,” by Jack Mendelsohn & Will Elder; “Carmen,” by Jack Mendelsohn & Joe Orlando; “Panic Peeks into Some Old Underpaints,” by Jack Mendelsohn & Jack Davis; and “Gone with the Widow,” by Jack Mendelsohn & Wallace Wood. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Tiny Tot (E. C.). Cover/indicia date: February-March 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Weird Science-Fantasy #28.

Published on January 15, 1955. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The comic includes these stories: “The Inferiors,” by Albert B. Feldstein & Wallace Wood, with William M. Gaines; “Lost in Space,” by Otto Binder & Al Williamson, with Angelo Torres & Roy Krenkel; “Round Trip,” by Albert B. Feldstein & Jack Kamen, with William M. Gaines; and “The Trial of Adam Link,” by Albert B. Feldstein & Joe Orlando. Cover illustration by Albert B. Feldstein. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Fables (E. C.). Cover/indicia date: March-April 1955. Cover price: 15¢.

Note

“The Trial of Adam Link” was adapted from the Eando (Otto) Binder short story.

Walt Disney’s Uncle $crooge #9.

Published on January 25, 1955. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the stories “The Lemming with the Locket” and “The Tuckered Tiger,” both by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: March-May 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Mad #22.

Published on January 27, 1955. Edited by Harvey Kurtzman. The comic features a fictional biography of artist Will Elder by Harvey Kurtzman & Will Elder. The cover illustration is a modified version of the Pablo Picasso painting Girl Before a Mirror. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Educational Comics (E. C.). Cover/indicia date: April 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Marge’s Little Lulu and Her Special Friends #3.

Published on January 27, 1955. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “The Case of the Missing Picture,” “Ol’ Witch Hazel and Her Niece, Little Itch,” “The Ransom,” “Mr. McNabbem Visits the Zoo,” “Ol’ Witch Hazel and the Witless Whirlwind,” “Haunted House,” “Mumday,” “Ol’ Witch Hazel at the Seashore,” “The Mousician,” “Tubby’s Little Helper,” “Ol’ Witch Hazel and the Little Girl Who Threw a Snowball at the King,” and the Tubby stories “The Treasure Map” and “Wishbone,” all by John Stanley & Irving Tripp. Cover illustration by Irving Tripp. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 100 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: 1955. Cover price: 25¢.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 15, No. 6 (#174).

Published on February 1, 1955. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Ice Boat to Beaver Island,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: March 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #86.

Published on February 10, 1955. 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: April 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Marge’s Little Lulu #81.

Published on February 15, 1955. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “Tubby Sitter,” “The Hungry Catcher,” “The Spider Spins Again,” “Ol’ Witch Hazel and the Magic Doll,” and the Tubby story “The Raft,” 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: March 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Mad #23.

Published on February 27, 1955. Edited by Harvey Kurtzman. The comic includes these stories: “Gopo Gossum!,” by Harvey Kurtzman & Wallace Wood; “Scenes We’d…Like to See!,” by Harvey Kurtzman & Jack Davis; “Ripup’s Believe It or Don’t,” by Harvey Kurtzman & Wallace Wood; and “The Barefoot Nocountessa!,” by Harvey Kurtzman & Jack Davis. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Educational Comics (E. C.). Cover/indicia date: May 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

This is the last issue of Mad as a standard-format color comic book. It shifted to a larger black-and-white magazine format with the next issue.

Famous Funnies #216

Cover illustration by Frank Frazetta. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Eastern Color (Famous Funnies). Cover/indicia date: March 1955. 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. 7 (#175).

Published on March 3, 1955. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “The Daffy Taffy Pill,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: April 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #87.

Published on March 10, 1955. 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: May 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Marge’s Little Lulu #82.

Published on March 10, 1955. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “The Potheads,” “The Lucky Gold Piece,” “April Fool Joke,” “Ol’ Witch Hazel and Little Itch,” and the Tubby story “The Mechanical 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: April 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Weird Science-Fantasy #29.

Published on March 15, 1955. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The comic includes these stories: “The Chosen One,” by Albert B. Feldstein & Wallace Wood, with William M. Gaines; “Vicious Circle,” by Carl Wessler & Al Williamson, with Roy Krenkel; “Genesis,” by Albert B. Feldstein & Reed Crandall, with William M. Gaines; and “Adam Link in Business,” by Albert B. Feldstein & Joe Orlando. Cover illustration by Frank Frazetta. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Fables (E. C.). Cover/indicia date: May-June 1955. Cover price: 15¢.

Notes

The cover illustration is a slightly modified version of Frank Frazetta’s intended Buck Rogers cover art for Famous Funnies #217. According to Frazetta, the Famous Funnies editors rejected it for being too violent.

“Adam Link in Business” was adapted from the Eando (Otto) Binder short story.

This is the last issue of the series. It is also the last comic published from E. C. Comics’ “New Trend” pulp-suspense line. Some months before, E. C. began a “New Direction” line that was mindful of appropriate content for children and was approved by the Comics Code Authority. All new E. C. pulp-suspense comics after this comic were part of that line.

The series’ numbering continues in the E. C. “New Direction” title Incredible Science Fiction.

Personal Love #32.

The comic includes the stories “Empty Heart” and “Untamed Love,” both illustrated by Frank Frazetta. The cover photograph is a publicity still from the film The Racers. The actors are Bella Darvi and Kirk Douglas. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Eastern Color (Famous Funnies). Cover/indicia date: April 1955. 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. 8 (#176).

Published on April 5, 1955. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “The Ghost Sheriff of Last Gasp,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: May 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #88.

Published on April 10, 1955. 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: June 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Marge’s Little Lulu #83.

Published on April 12, 1955. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “Boy Cannon Ball,” “Roast Chicken,” “Bad Dream,” “The Expert,” “The Solid Gold Roller Skates,” and the Tubby story “The Ghost in the Bureau Drawer,” 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: May 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Panic #9.

Published on April 15, 1955. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The comic includes these stories: “Rx Migrane M. D.,” by Jack Mendelsohn & Will Elder; “Drive In Movie!,” by Jack Mendelsohn & Jack Davis; “Zoo Charade,” by Jack Mendelsohn & Joe Orlando; and “Bo Bummel,” by Jack Mendelsohn & Wallace Wood. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Tiny Tot (E. C.). Cover/indicia date: June-July 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Uncle $crooge #10.

Published on April 28, 1955. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the stories “The Fabulous Philosopher’s Stone” and “Heirloom Watch,” both by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: June-August 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Next: May to August 1955.