July 1956 - December 1956

Showcase #4.

Published on July 3, 1956. Edited by Whitney Ellsworth & Julius Schwartz. The comic includes The Flash stories “Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!,” by Robert Kanigher & Carmine Infantino, with Joe Kubert, and “The Man Who Broke the Time Barrier!,” by John Broome & Carmine Infantino, with Joe Kubert. Cover illustration by Carmine Infantino, with Joe Kubert. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: National (DC). Cover/indicia date: September-October 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Notes

The comic is the first appearance of the “Silver Age” version of The Flash and his alter ego Barry Allen. It is considered the beginning of the costumed-superhero “Silver Age” of North American comic books.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 16, No. 11 (#191).

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

Marge’s Little Lulu #98.

Published on July 12, 1956. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “Locked Out,” “The Case of the Wet Hat,” “Boys, Boys, Go Away,” “Little Itch and the Rubber Lunch,” and the Tubby story “Beware of Tubby,” 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: August 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #103

Published on July 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: September 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Uncle $crooge #15.

Published on July 26, 1956. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Uncle $crooge story “The Second-Richest Duck” and the Gyro Gearloose story “The Cat Box,” 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 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 16, No. 12 (#192).

Published on August 2, 1956. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “The Master,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Paul Murry. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: September 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Marge’s Little Lulu #99.

Published on August 14, 1956. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “The New Boy,” “The Most Terrible Mumday,” “The Secret Weapon,” “Ol’ Witch Hazel Pays a Sick (and Tired) Call,” and the Tubby story “The Hard Way,” 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: September 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #104.

Published on August 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: October 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Sugar & Spike #4.

Published on August 21, 1956. Edited by Whitney Ellsworth. The comic includes these stories: “Who’s Sorry Now?,” “New Gadget,” “One Sunday Afternoon,” and “Water Babies,” all by Sheldon Mayer. Cover illustration by Sheldon Mayer. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: National (DC). Cover/indicia date: October-November 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 17, No. 1 (#193).

Published on August 28, 1956. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “A Whale of a Story,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Paul Murry. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: October 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Marge’s Little Lulu #100.

Published on September 11, 1956. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “Clubhouse Blues,” “Attacking the Attic,” “The Flying Carpet,” “Little Itch’s Jolly Games,” and the Tubby story “Fiddles Away,” 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: October 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #105.

Published on September 13, 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: November 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Mad #30.

Published on September 24, 1956. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The issue includes comics stories and illustrated text pieces from numerous cartoonists, writers, and illustrators. The contributors include James Blish, Bob Clarke, Reed Crandall, Jack Davis, Will Elder, Albert B. Feldstein, W. C. Hall, Phil Interlandi, Harvey Kurtzman, Don Martin, Nick Meglin, Norman Mingo, Carl Reiner, and Wallace Wood. The central cover illustration is by Norman Mingo; the border art is by Harvey Kurtzman & Will Elder. Magazine-format. Black-and-white interiors. 60 pages. New York: E. C. Cover/indicia date: November-December 1956. Cover price: 25¢.

Note

The issue’s cover is the first to feature mascot Alfred E. Neuman in the main illustration.

Utterly Mad.

Published in October 1956. The book collects select material from Mad #6-19. The contributors include Jack Davis, Will Elder, Harvey Kurtzman, John Severin, and Wallace Wood. Cover illustration by Jack Davis. Mass-market paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 196 pages. New York: Ballantine. Cover price: 35¢.

Note

The publication date is from the copyright pages in later editions of the book. No copyright registration appears to have been filed.

Good Grief, More Peanuts!, Charles M. Schulz.

Published on October 1, 1956. The book collects select material from Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts daily comic strip. The material was first published between 1952 and 1956. Trade paperback. Black-and-white interiors. 132 pages. New York: Holt. Cover price: $1.00.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 17, No. 2 (#194).

Published on October 4, 1956. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Smoke Writer in the Sky,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Tony Strobl. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: November 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Marge’s Little Lulu #101.

Published on October 10, 1956. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “The Deadly Weapon,” “Fair Exchange,” “The Visitors,” “Ol’ Witch Hazel’s Secret,” and the Tubby story “Money for the Movies,” 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: November 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #106.

Published on October 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: December 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Sugar & Spike #5.

Published on October 28, 1956. Edited by Whitney Ellsworth. The comic includes these stories: “The Birthday Party,” “The Early Birds,” “The Mystery of the Funny Runner,” and “A Place for Everything,” all by Sheldon Mayer. Cover illustration by Sheldon Mayer. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: National (DC). Cover/indicia date: December 1956-January 1957. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Uncle $crooge #16.

Published on October 30, 1956. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Uncle $crooge story “Back to Long Ago!” and the “The Colossalest Surprize Quiz Show!,” and the Gyro Gearloose story “Forecasting Follies,” all by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: December 1956-February 1957. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 17, No. 3 (#195).

Published on November 6, 1956. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “The Runaway Train,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Paul Murry. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: December 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Marge’s Little Lulu #102.

Published on November 13, 1956. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “A Visit to the Dentist,” “Miss Feeny’s Folly,” “Ice Cold Lemonade 5 Cents,” “Little Itch and the Pot of Gold,” and the Tubby story “Election Day,” 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: December 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #107.

Published on November 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: January 1957. Cover price: 10¢.

Mad #31.

Published on November 20, 1956. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The issue includes comics stories and illustrated text pieces from numerous cartoonists, writers, and illustrators. The contributors include Orson Bean, Bob Clarke, Al Collins, Jack Davis, Kelly Freas, Phil Interlandi, Ernie Kovacs, Don Martin, Nick Meglin, A. Rosen, G. Stang, Basil Wolverton, and Wallace Wood. Cover illustration by Norman Mingo. Magazine-format. Black-and-white interiors. 52 pages. New York: E. C. Cover/indicia date: February 1957. Cover price: 25¢.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 17, No. 4 (#196).

Published on December 4, 1956. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Statues of Limitations,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Tony Strobl. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: January 1957. Cover price: 10¢.

Marge’s Little Lulu #103.

Published on December 13, 1956. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “Red Spots,” “The Enchanted Frog,” “See You Later, Fumigator,” “Little Itch and the New Hairdo,” and the Tubby story “The Monster at the Door,” 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: January 1957. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #108.

Published on December 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: February 1957. Cover price: 10¢.

Trump #1.

Published on December 15, 1956. Edited by Harvey Kurtzman. The issue includes comics stories and illustrated text pieces from numerous cartoonists, writers, and illustrators. The contributors include Bill Ashman, R. O. Blechman, Jack Davis, Will Elder, Ed Fisher, Russ Heath, Frank Interlandi, Al Jaffee, Harvey Kurtzman, Roger Price, Arnold Roth, Howie Schneider, Ira Wallach, and Wallace Wood. Cover illustration by Harvey Kurtzman. Magazine-format. Color interiors. 58 pages. Chicago: HMH (Playboy). Cover/indicia date: January 1957. Cover price: 50¢.

Sugar & Spike #6.

Published on December 25, 1956. Edited by Whitney Ellsworth. The comic includes these stories: “The New Baby,” “The Trip,” “Winter Sunday,” and “Baby vs. Machine,” all by Sheldon Mayer. Cover illustration by Sheldon Mayer. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: National (DC). Cover/indicia date: February-March 1957. Cover price: 10¢.

Next: January to June 1957.