September 1955 -December 1955

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 16, No. 1 (#181).

Published on September 6, 1955. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “The Chickadee Challenge,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Paul Murry. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: October 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Marge’s Little Lulu #88.

Published on September 13, 1955. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “Picnic in the Cellar,” “The Sharpshooter,” “Water! Water!,” “Quick Delivery,” “Ol’ Witch Hazel’s Broom,” and the Tubby story “Music Lesson,” 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 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #93

Published on September 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: November 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Incredible Science Fiction #32.

Published on September 15, 1955. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The comic includes these stories: “Fallen Idol,” by Jack Oleck & Joe Orlando; “Food for Thought,” by Jack Oleck & Al Williamson, with Roy Krenkel; “The Ultimate Weapon,” by Jack Oleck & Bernard Krigstein; and “Marked Man,” by Jack Oleck & Jack Davis. Cover illustration by Jack Davis. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Gaines (E. C.). Cover/indicia date: November/December 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney's Donald Duck #44.

Published on September 22, 1955. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: November/December 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Detective Comics #225.

Published on September 27, 1955. Edited by Jack Schiff & Whitney Ellsworth. The comic includes the Martian Manhunter story "The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel," by Joe Samachson & Joe Certa. Cover illustration by Win Mortimer. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: National (DC). Cover/indicia date: November 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

"The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel" is the first appearance of the Martian Manhunter and his alter ego J'onn J'onzz (John Jones).

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

Published on October 6, 1955. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “The Unorthodox Ox,” 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¢.

Mad #26.

Published on October 10, 1955. Edited by Harvey Kurtzman. The contributors include Jack Davis, Donald W. Donaldson, Will Elder, Al Jaffee, Ernie Kovacs, Bernard Krigstein, Harvey Kurtzman, Roger Price, Harry Purvis, Bernard Shir-Cliff, Ira Wallach, 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: November 1955. Cover price: 25¢.

Potluck Pogo, Walt Kelly.

Published in October 12, 1955. The book features material first published between 1954 and 1955 in Walt Kelly’s Pogo daily comic strip. Cover illustration by Walt Kelly. Trade-paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 196 pages. New York: Simon & Schuster. Cover price: $1.00.

Marge’s Little Lulu #89.

Published on October 13, 1955. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “Mumday,” “Little Lulu Tames Tubby,” “The Doll Doctor,” “The Seven Year Witch,” and the Tubby story “Big Fish,” 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 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #94.

Published on October 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: December 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Panic #12.

Published on October 15, 1955. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The comic includes these stories: “Charlie Chinless,” by Jack Mendelsohn & Will Elder; “House Hunting!,” by Jack Mendelsohn & Jack Davis; “The Heartaches of Joliet’s Groans!,” by Nick Meglin, Albert B. Feldstein, and Will Elder; and “‘S a Tragic Air Command,” by Albert B. Feldstein & Wallace Wood. Cover illustration by Jack Davis. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Tiny Tot (E. C.). Cover/indicia date: December 1955-January 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Uncle $crooge #12.

Published on November 1, 1955. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the stories “The Golden Fleecing” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: December 1955-January 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 16, No. 3 (#183).

Published on November 8, 1955. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “The Custard Gun,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: December 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #95.

Published on November 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: January 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Incredible Science Fiction #33.

Published on November 15, 1955. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The comic includes these stories: “Big Moment,” by Jack Oleck & Wallace Wood; “Kaleidoscope,” by Jack Oleck & Jack Davis; “One Way Hero,” by Jack Oleck & Bernard Krigstein; and “Judgment Day!,” by Albert Feldstein & Joe Orlando, with William M. Gaines. Cover illustration by Wallace Wood. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Gaines (E. C.). Cover/indicia date: January-February 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

This was the last issue of the series, as well as the final color comic book published by E. C. Comics. The company’s output from this point forward exclusively centered on Mad and its subsidiary projects.

“Judgment Day,” first published in Weird Fantasy #17, was a substitution for a story rejected by the Comics Code Authority .

Marge’s Little Lulu #90.

Published on November 15, 1955. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “Lulu’s Piggy Bank,” “The Dance,” “The Case of the Mad Mayor,” “The Spy,” “The Magic Mittens,” 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: December 1955. Cover price: 10¢.

Inside Mad.

Published on November 23, 1955. The comic includes select material first published in Mad #7-22. The contributors include Jack Davis, Will Elder, Harvey Kurtzman, and Wallace Wood. “Backword” (afterword) by Stan Freberg. Cover illustration by Jack Davis. Mass-market paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 196 pages. New York: Ballantine. Cover price: 35¢.

Walt Disney’s Donald Duck #45.

Published on November 23, 1955. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the story “Power Plowing,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Tony Strobl. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: January-February 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

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

Published on December 6, 1955. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Three Un-Ducks,” 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 #91.

Published on December 12, 1955. Edited by Helen Meyer. The comic includes the Little Lulu stories “The Terrible Snowman,” “The Alamo,” “The Toothache,” “The Case of the Kidnapped Frog,” and the Tubby story “The Enemy Spaceman,” 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: January 1956. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #96.

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

Next: January to June 1956.