January 1958 - June 1958

Humbug #6.

Edited by Harvey Kurtzman. The contributors include R. O. Blechman, Jack Davis, Will Elder, Russ Heath, Al Jaffee, Harvey Kurtzman, Arnold Roth, and Larry Siegel. Cover illustration by Jack Davis. Standard-format comic book. Black-and-white interiors. 36 pages. New York: Humbug. Cover/indicia date: January 1958. Cover price: 15¢.

Note

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

Mad #38.

Published on January 2, 1958. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The contributors include Dave Berg, E. Nelson Bridwell, Bob Clarke, Mort Drucker, Bob Elliott, Kelly Freas, Ray Goulding, Frank Jacobs, Tom Koch, Ernie Kovacs, Paul Laikin, Don Martin, Norman Mingo, Joe Orlando, Wallace Wood, and George Woodbridge. Cover illustration by Norman Mingo, after “J. Fred Muggs.” Magazine-format. Black-and-white interiors. 52 pages. New York: E. C. Cover/indicia date: March 1958. Cover price: 25¢.

Note

“J. Fred Muggs,” who contributed to the cover art, is a chimpanzee.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 18, No. 5 (#209).

Published on January 2, 1958. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “The Persistent Postman,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: February 1958. Cover price: 10¢.

Marge’s Little Lulu #116.

Published on January 9, 1958. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “The Spider Spins Again,” “Ground-Hog Day,” “The Secret Girl Friend,” “Little Itch’s Beautiful Baby Picture,” and the Tubby story “The Voice,” 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 1958. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #121

Published on January 15, 1958. 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: February 1958. Cover price: 10¢.

Sugar and Spike #14.

Published on January 14, 1958. Edited by Whitney Ellsworth. The comic includes these stories: “Visit from the Ahhh-Man!,” “The Supermarket,” “Uncle Charley Brings a Friend,” and “Nice Ice!,” all by Sheldon Mayer. Cover illustration by Sheldon Mayer. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: National (DC). Cover/indicia date: March 1958. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Uncle $crooge #21.

Published on January 23, 1958. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Uncle $crooge story “The Money Well” and the Gyro Gearloose story “Scarecrow’s Helper,” 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 1958. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 18, No. 6 (#210).

Published on January 30, 1958. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “The Half-Baked Baker,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Tony Strobl. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: March 1958. Cover price: 10¢.

Cracked #1.

Edited by Sol Brodksy. The contributors include Carl Burgos, Bill Everett, Russ Heath, J. Kiernan, Joe Maneely, Don Orehek, Paul Reinman, John Severin, Al Williamson, and Ed Winniarski. Cover illustration by John Severin. Magazine-format. Black-and-white interiors. 48 pages. New York: Major. Cover/indicia date: February-March 1958. Cover price: 25¢.

Note

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

Humbug #7.

Edited by Harvey Kurtzman. The contributors include R. O. Blechman, Jack Davis, Will Elder, Russ Heath, Al Jaffee, Harvey Kurtzman, Arnold Roth, and Larry Siegel. Cover illustration by Arnold Roth. Standard-format comic book. Black-and-white interiors. 36 pages. New York: Humbug. Cover/indicia date: February 1958. Cover price: 15¢.

Note

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

Marge’s Little Lulu #117.

Published on February 6, 1958. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “The Bogey Snowman,” “Track Practice,” “Fur, Fur Away!,” “Bedtime Story,” and the Tubby story “Sick Boy,” 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 1958. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #122.

Published on February 15, 1958. 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 1958. Cover price: 10¢.

Sugar and Spike #15.

Published on February 25, 1958. Edited by Whitney Ellsworth. The comic includes these stories: “Mommies Must Be Managed,” “Beatin’ Eatin’,” “Shirley the Sheep-Dog Rides Again,” and “First Train Ride,” 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 1958. Cover price: 10¢.

Adventure Comics #247.

Published on February 27, 1958. Edited by Mort Weisinger & Whitney Ellsworth. The comic includes the Superboy story “The Legion of Super-Heroes,” by Otto Binder & Al Plastino. Cover illustration by Curt Swan, with Stan Kaye. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: National (DC). Cover/indicia date: April 1958. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

“The Legion of Super-Heroes” is the first appearance of the eponymous 30th-century superhero team, and its original members Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad (called Lightning Boy in this story), and Saturn Girl.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 18, No. 7 (#211).

Published on February 27, 1958. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Wishing Stone Island,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Tony Strobl. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: October 1957. Cover price: 10¢.

Mad #39.

Published on March 4, 1958. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The contributors include C. C. Beall, Jr., Dave Berg, E. Nelson Bridwell, Bob Clarke, Mort Drucker, Bob Elliott, Kelly Freas, Ray Goulding, Frank Jacobs, Tom Koch, Paul Krassner, Paul Laikin, Don Martin, George Pope Morris, Joe Orlando, Wallace Wood, and George Woodbridge. Cover illustration by C. C. Beall, Jr. Magazine-format. Black-and-white interiors. 52 pages. New York: E. C. Cover/indicia date: May 1958. Cover price: 25¢.

Marge’s Little Lulu #118.

Published on March 11, 1958. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “The Big Little Girl,” “Ladies’ Lounge,” “Little Itch and the Shamrocks,” “April Fool,” and the Tubby story “The Easter Egg Locator,” 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: April 1958. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #123.

Published on March 15, 1958. 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 1958. Cover price: 10¢.

Humbug #8.

Edited by Harvey Kurtzman. The contributors include Jack Davis, Will Elder, Russ Heath, Al Jaffee, Harvey Kurtzman, Harry Purvis, Arnold Roth, and Larry Siegel. The cover illustrator is unknown. Standard-format comic book. Black-and-white interiors. 36 pages. New York: Humbug. Cover/indicia date: April 1958. Cover price: 15¢.

Note

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

Sick, Sick, Sick, Jules Feiffer.

Published on April 1, 1958. The book collects material from the Sick, Sick, Sick weekly newspaper strip by Jules Feiffer, first published in the Village Voice. Introduction by Ed Zern. Cover illustration by Jules Feiffer. Trade-paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 132 pages. New York: McGraw-Hill. Cover price: $1.50.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 18, No. 8 (#212).

Published on April 1, 1958. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Rocket Race Around the World,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: May 1958. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney's Zorro.

Published on April 7, 1958. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic features the stories “The Ghost of the Mission” and “A Bad Day for Bernardo,” both illustrated by Alex Toth. The cover photograph is a publicity still from the Zorro television series. The actor is Guy Williams. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: 1958. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

The comic is also known as Four Color #920.

Marge’s Little Lulu #119.

Published on April 10, 1958. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “The Rake on the Kitchen Floor,” “Neatness Pays,” “The Space Dolly,” “Ol’ Witch Hazel and the King Who Had Forgotten How to Laugh,” and the Tubby story “The Ranchers,” 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: May 1958. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #124.

Published on April 15, 1958. 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 1958. Cover price: 10¢.

The Pogo Sunday Parade, Walt Kelly.

Published on April 16, 1958. The book includes select material first published between 1953 and 1954 in Walt Kelly’s daily comic strip Pogo. Cover illustration by Walt Kelly. Trade-paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 132 pages. New York: Simon & Schuster. Cover/indicia date: 1958. Cover price: $1.00.

Sugar and Spike #16.

Published on April 17, 1958. Edited by Whitney Ellsworth. The comic includes these stories: “How They Began (A Request Number),” “Doll-Boy and the Boy Dolly,” “The Picnic,” and “Spike Rebels,” 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 1958. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Uncle $crooge #22.

Published on April 24, 1958. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Uncle $crooge story “The Golden River,” and the Gyro Gearloose story “A Bird’s Mind Is Closed,” 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 1958. Cover price: 10¢.

Humbug #9.

Edited by Harvey Kurtzman. The contributors include R. O. Blechman, Jack Davis, Will Elder, Ed Fisher, Al Jaffee, Harvey Kurtzman, Arnold Roth, and Larry Siegel. Cover illustration by R. O. Blechman. Standard-format comic book. Black-and-white interiors. 36 pages. New York: Humbug. Cover/indicia date: May 1958. Cover price: 15¢.

Note

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

Mad #40.

Published on May 1, 1958. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The contributors include Dave Berg, E. Nelson Bridwell, Bob Clarke, Mort Drucker, Bob Elliott, Kelly Freas, Ray Goulding, Andy Griffith, Frank Jacobs, Tom Koch, Ernie Kovacs, Don Martin, Joe Orlando, Basil Wolverton, Wallace Wood, George Woodbridge, and Larry Yother. Cover illustration by Kelly Freas. Magazine-format. Black-and-white interiors. 52 pages. New York: E. C. Cover/indicia date: July 1958. Cover price: 25¢.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 18, No. 9 (#213).

Published on May 1, 1958. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Dodging Miss Daisy,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: June 1958. Cover price: 10¢.

Marge’s Little Lulu #120.

Published on May 8, 1958. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “Wild Flowers,” “The Flatterer,” “Falling Star,” “A Backwards Tale,” and the Tubby stories “It Won’t Do You Any Good to Yell” and “Week-Old Doughnut,” 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: June 1958. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #125.

Published on May 15, 1958. 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 1958. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Donald Duck #60.

Published on May 15, 1958. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the stories “The Titanic Ants!” and “Water Ski Race,” both by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Paul Murry. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: July-August 1958. cover price: 10¢.

Action Comics #242.

Published on May 28, 1958. Edited by Mort Weisinger & Whitney Ellsworth. The comic includes the Superman story “The Super-Duel in Space,” by Otto Binder & Al Plastino. Cover illustration by Curt Swan, with Stan Kaye. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: National (DC). Cover/indicia date: July 1958. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

“The Super-Duel in Space” is the first appearance of the Superman villain Brainiac.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 18, No. 10 (#214).

Published on May 29, 1958. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Fearsome Flowers,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: July 1958. Cover price: 10¢.

Humbug #10.

Edited by Harvey Kurtzman. The contributors include R. O. Blechman, Jack Davis, Will Elder, Al Jaffee, Harvey Kurtzman, Seymour Mednick, Arnold Roth, and Larry Siegel. Cover photograph by Seymour Mednick. Magazine format. Black-and-white interiors. 36 pages. New York: Humbug. Cover/indicia date: June 1958. Cover price: 25¢.

Note

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

Sugar and Spike #17.

Published on June 5, 1958. Edited by Whitney Ellsworth. The comic includes these stories: “Meet Little Arthur,” “Aunt Minerva Strikes Again!,” “Water Babies,” and “Temptation and the Table’s Apron!,” 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 1958. Cover price: 10¢.

Marge’s Little Lulu #121.

Published on June 10, 1958. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “Father’s Day,” “Two-Time Tea Time,” “Silent Partners,” “Hi Doodle Doodle,” and the Tubby story “Purple-Crested Towhee,” 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: July 1958. Cover price: 10¢.

Marge’s Little Lulu and Tubby at Summer Camp #2.

Published on June 10, 1958. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “The Big Frame-Up,” “The Guilty One,” “Too Many Buglers,” “The Fourth,” “The Well-Blazed Trail,” “The Spider and the Mussed-Up Bed,” “Twinkle Toys,” “The Chocolate Chicken,” “Ol’ Witch Hazel and the Sneezing Weather Vane,” “Wet Cement,” “The Injun Fighters,” and the Tubby stories “Bushopper,” “Flag-Racing Practice,” and “The Sea Monster with the Tired Ears,” 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: 1958. Cover price: 25¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #126.

Published on June 15, 1958. 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 1958. Cover price: 10¢.

Next: July to December 1958.