May 1955 to August 1955

Mad #24.

Published on May 2, 1955. Edited by Harvey Kurtzman. The issue includes comics stories and illustrated text pieces from numerous cartoonists, writers, and illustrators. The contributors include Jack Davis, Will Elder, Ernie Kovacs, Bernard Krigstein, Harvey Kurtzman, Roger Price, Bernard Shir-Cliff, Ira Wallach, and Wallace Wood. Cover illustration (border) by Harvey Kurtzman & Will Elder. Magazine format. Black-and-white interiors. 68 pages. New York: Educational Comics (E. C.). Cover/indicia date: July 1955. Cover price: 25¢.

Note

This is the first issue of the magazine-format Mad.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 15, No. 9 (#177).

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

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #89

Published on May 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: July 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Marge’s Little Lulu #84.

Published on May 12, 1955. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “The Case of the Grasshopper’s Ghost,” “Trip to the Moon,” “The Beast in the Clubhouse,” “Bubble Gum Pirates,” “Little itch and the Dolly Carriage,” and the Tubby story “The Outlaw,” 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 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Incredible Science Fiction #30.

Published on May 15, 1955. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The comic includes these stories: “Clean Start,” by Jack Oleck & Wallace Wood; “Marbles,” by Jack Oleck & Bernard Krigstein; “Conditioned Reflex,” by Jack Oleck & Joe Orlando; and “Barrier,” by Jack Oleck & Jack Davis. Cover illustration by Jack Davis. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Fables (E. C.). Cover/indicia date: July/August 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Notes

The series continues the numbering of E. C. Comics’ Weird Science-Fantasy.

“Marbles” is adapted from the Alfred Coppel short story “Mother.”

Mad Strikes Back.

Published on May 21, 1955. The book includes select material first published in Mad #6-23. The contributors include Jack Davis, Will Elder, Harvey Kurtzman, and Wallace Wood. Introduction by Bob & Ray (Bob Elliot & Ray Goulding). Cover illustration by Jack Davis. Mass-market paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 196 pages. New York: Ballantine. Cover price: 35¢.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 15, No. 10 (#178).

Published on June 9, 1955. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Donald’s Raucous Role,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: July 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #90.

Published on June 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: August 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Marge’s Little Lulu #85.

Published on June 14, 1955. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “Water Everywhere,” “The Raffle,” “The Spider and the Broken Window,” “I’m Afraid I Don’t Have Enough Potatoes,” “Baby-Sits for Little Itch,” and the Tubby story “Mohair,” 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 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Panic #10.

Published on June 15, 1955. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The comic includes these stories: “Captain Izzy and Washt Upps,” by Jack Mendelsohn & Will Elder; “A Star Is Corn,” by Jack Mendelsohn & Jack Davis; “Punch Lines,” by Jack Mendelsohn & Will Elder; and “Foreign Movies,” by Jack Mendelsohn & Jack Davis. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Tiny Tot (E. C.). Cover/indicia date: August-September 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 15, No. 11 (#179).

Published on July 7, 1955. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Good Canoes and Bad Canoes,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Paul Murry. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: August 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Mad #25.

Published on July 12, 1955. Edited by Harvey Kurtzman. The issue includes comics stories and illustrated text pieces from numerous cartoonists, writers, and illustrators. The contributors include Steve Allen, Jack Davis, Will Elder, Stan Freberg, Al Jaffee, Ernie Kovacs, Harvey Kurtzman, Roger Price, Bernard Shir-Cliff, Doodles Weaver, and Wallace Wood. The central cover illustration is an 1871 plate by Thomas Nast; the border art is by Harvey Kurtzman & Will Elder. Magazine format. Black-and-white interiors. 60 pages. New York: E. C. Cover/indicia date: August-September 1955. Cover price: 25¢.

Note

This issue includes Al Jaffee’s first work for Mad.

Marge’s Little Lulu #86.

Published on July 14, 1955. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “The Case of the Mysterious Noise,” “The Two-Timer,” “Santa in the Summertime,” “Little Itch’s Spell,” “Girl Bites Boy,” and the Tubby story “The Ghost,” 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 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #91.

Published on July 15, 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: September 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Incredible Science Fiction #31.

Published on July 15, 1955. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The comic includes these stories: “You, Rocket,” by Jack Oleck & Wallace Wood; “Fulfillment,” by Jack Oleck & Bernard Krigstein; “Time to Leave,” by Jack Oleck & Roy Krenkel, with Al Williamson; and “Has-Been,” by Jack Oleck & Wallace Wood. Cover illustration by Jack Davis. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Fables (E. C.). Cover/indicia date: September/October 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Uncle $crooge #11.

Published on July 28, 1955. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the stories “The Great Steamboat Race” and “Riches, Riches, Everywhere!,” 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 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 15, No. 12 (#180).

Published on August 4, 1955. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Trouble Indemnity,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Tony Strobl. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: September 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Marge’s Little Lulu #87.

Published on August 11, 1955. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “Bubble Bath,” “The Tea Party,” “The Lookout,” “The Enchanted Tent,” “Little Itch and the Runaway Wash,” and the Tubby story “Tub’s Twin Brother,” 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 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Dennis the Menace Rides Again, Hank Ketcham.

Published on August 15, 1955. The book collects material from Hank Ketcham’s Dennis the Menace daily newspaper strip. Cover illustration by Hank Ketcham. Hardcover. Black-and-white interiors. 128 pages. New York: Holt. Cover price: $1.00.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #92.

Published on August 15, 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: October 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Panic #11.

Published on August 15, 1955. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The comic includes these stories: “Mary Worthless!,” by Jack Mendelsohn & Will Elder; “Shaggy Dog Stories!,” by Jack Mendelsohn & Jack Davis; “Sunday at the Beach!,” by Jack Mendelsohn & Will Elder; and “20,000 Leaks Under the Sea,” by Jack Mendelsohn & Wallace Wood. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Tiny Tot (E. C.). Cover/indicia date: October-November 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Next: September to December 1955.