January 1956 - June 1956

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 16, No. 5 (#185).

Published on January 3, 1956. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Secret Resolutions,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Paul Murry. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: February 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Marge’s Little Lulu #92.

Published on January 10, 1956. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “The Doll Party,” “Lucky Wrapper,” “Siege at Lulu’s House,” “A Rainy Day with Little Itch,” and the Tubby story “Rub-a-Dub Tub,” all by John Stanley & Irving Tripp. Cover illustration by John Stanley. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: February 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #97

Published on January 15, 1956. 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: March 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney's Donald Duck #46.

Published on January 19, 1956. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the story “Secret of Hondorica,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: March 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Marge’s Little Lulu and Her Friends #4.

Published on January 25, 1956. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes these stories: “Lulu’s Dog Laundry,” “The Beautiful Spy,” “Ol’ Witch Hazel’s Brother, Bigbag,” “The Demon Detective,” “Crybabies,” “Ol’ Witch Hazel and the Golden Boulders,” “The Thing,” “Ol’ Witch Hazel and the Calico Cat,” “The Case of the Missing Goldfish,” and “Witch’s Pot.” Cover illustration by Irving Tripp. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 100 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: 1956.

Walt Disney’s Uncle $crooge #13.

Published on January 26, 1956. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Uncle $crooge story “Land Beneath the Ground!” and the Gyro Gearloose story “Trapped Lightning,” 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 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Mad #27.

Published on January 27, 1956. Edited by Harvey Kurtzman. The contributors include Abe Burrows, Jack Davis, Will Elder, Stan Freberg, Arnold Hayne, Russ Heath, Phil Interlandi, Al Jaffee, Harvey Kurtzman, Roger Price, and Wallace Wood. The central cover illustration is by Jack Davis; the border art is by Harvey Kurtzman & Will Elder. Magazine-format. Black-and-white interiors. 60 pages. New York: E. C. Cover/indicia date: April 1956. Cover price: 25¢.

Marge’s Little Lulu #93.

Published on February 9, 1956. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “The Hungry Goblin,” “No Quarter,” “The Big Little Boy,” “The Midnight Ride of Little Itch,” and the Tubby story “A Good Speller,” all by John Stanley & Irving Tripp. Cover illustration by John Stanley. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: March 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 16, No. 6 (#186).

Published on February 9, 1956. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “The Ice Taxis,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Paul Murry. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: November 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #98.

Published on February 15, 1956. 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 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Sugar and Spike #1.

Published on February 21, 1956. Edited by Whitney Ellsworth. The comic includes these stories: “Once Upon a Time There Was a Cute Baby Boy…,” “Busy Corners,” and “The Yak-Yak Box,” all by Sheldon Mayer. Cover illustration by Sheldon Mayer. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: National (DC). Cover/indicia date: April-May 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 16, No. 7 (#187).

Published on March 6, 1956. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Searching for a Successor,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Tony Strobl. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: December 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Marge’s Little Lulu #94.

Published on March 13, 1956. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “Two Foots Is Feet,” “The Marble Champ,” “A Row Deal,” “Mmm… That Cake You’re Baking…,” “Ol’ Witch Hazel and the Hidden Cottage,” and the Tubby story “A Stale Tale,” 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 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #99.

Published on March 15, 1956. 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 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 16, No. 8 (#188).

Published on April 5, 1956. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “The Olympic Hopeful,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Tony Strobl. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: January 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Marge’s Little Lulu #95.

Published on April 12, 1956. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “Big Bite,” “The Bawlplayers,” “The Sick Tree,” “Ol’ Witch Hazel and the Goblin with the Tender Toes,” and the Tubby story “A Brave Deed,” 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 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #100.

Published on April 15, 1956. 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 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Sugar and Spike #2.

Published on April 24, 1956. Edited by Whitney Ellsworth. The comic includes these stories: “Photo Finish,” “The Return of Uncle Charley,” “The Big Toy Mystery,” and “How to Play Loozum,” all by Sheldon Mayer. Cover illustration by Sheldon Mayer. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: National (DC). Cover/indicia date: June-July 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Mad #28.

Published on April 30, 1956. Edited by Harvey Kurtzman. The contributors include Bill Davis, Jack Davis, Will Elder, Ed Fischer, Russ Heath, Al Jaffee, Harvey Kurtzman, Seltz, Bernard Shir-Cliff, Bernie Wiseman, and Wallace Wood. The central cover illustration is by Wallace Wood; the border art is by Harvey Kurtzman & Will Elder. Magazine-format. Black-and-white interiors. 60 pages. New York: E. C. Cover/indicia date: July 1956. Cover price: 25¢.

Note

This is the last issue of Mad edited by Harvey Kurtzman.

Walt Disney’s Uncle $crooge #14.

Published on May 1, 1956. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Uncle $crooge stories “The Lost Crown of Genghis Khan!” and “Faulty Fortune,” and the Gyro Gearloose story “Inventor of Anything,” all by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: June-August 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 16, No. 9 (#189).

Published on May 8, 1956. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Gopher Goof-Ups,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Paul Murry. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: June 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Wanted: Dennis the Menace, Hank Ketcham.

Published on May 8, 1956. The book collects material from Hank Ketcham’s Dennis the Menace daily newspaper strip. Cover illustration by Hank Ketcham. Hardcover book. Black-and-white interiors. 112 pages. New York: Holt. Cover price: $1.00.

Marge’s Little Lulu #96.

Published on May 15, 1956. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “Who’s Nosy?,” “The Case of the Taken Tonic,” “Who’s Jealous?,” “Little Itch and the Two-Handed Tweek,” and the Tubby story “An Inside Job,” 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: June 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #101.

Published on May 15, 1956. 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 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 16, No. 10 (#190).

Published on June 5, 1956. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “In the Swim,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Tony Strobl. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: July 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #102.

Published on June 15, 1956. 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: August 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Marge’s Little Lulu #97.

Published on June 15, 1956. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “Obnoxious But Nice,” “Fiddle Faddle,” “Buried Treasure,” “Ol’ Witch Hazel and the Part-Time Monkeys,” and the Tubby story “Trapped,” 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: July 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Sugar and Spike #3.

Published on June 28, 1956. Edited by Whitney Ellsworth. The comic includes these stories: “The Shiny Round Roller,” “Spike Discovers the Ocean!,” “Lobsters Away!,” and “Anti-Aunty,” all by Sheldon Mayer. Cover illustration by Sheldon Mayer. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: National (DC). Cover/indicia date: August-September 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Mad #29.

Published on June 30, 1956. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The contributors include Jack Davis, Jerry DeFuccio, Will Elder, Albert B. Feldstein, Phil Interlandi, Jack Kamen, Ernie Kovacs, Harvey Kurtzman, Don Martin, Bernie Wiseman, Basil Wolverton, and Wallace Wood. The main cover illustration is by Wallace Wood; the border art is by Harvey Kurtzman & Will Elder. Magazine-format. Black-and-white interiors. 52 pages. New York: E. C. Cover/indicia date: September 1956. Cover price: 25¢.

Note

This is the first issue of Mad featuring work by Don Martin.

Next: July to December 1956.