January 1960 - June 1960

Walt Disney’s Donald Duck #70.

Published on January 14, 1960. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: March-April 1960. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy #139.

Published on January 15, 1960. 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 1960. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Uncle $crooge #29.

Published on January 21, 1960. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Uncle $crooge stories “Island in the Sky” and “Hound of the Whiskervilles,” and the Gyro Gearloose story “Oodles of Oomph,” all by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: March-May 1960. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 20, No. 4 (#234).

Published on January 28, 1960. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Riding the Pony Express,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Tony Strobl. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: March 1960. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Gyro Gearloose

Published on February 11, 1960. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the stories “Cave of the Winds,” “Mixed-Up Mixer,” “The Madball Pitcher,” and “The Bear Tamer,” all by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: April-June 1960. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

The comic is also known as Four Color #1095.

Mad #54.

Published on February 11, 1960. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The contributors include Dave Berg, Bob Clarke, Mort Drucker, Kelly Freas, Frank Jacobs, Al Jaffee, Tom Koch, Arnie Kogen, Don Martin, Nick Meglin, Joe Orlando, Sy Reit, Larry Siegel, Wallace Wood, and George Woodbridge. Cover illustration by Kelly Freas. Magazine format. Black-and-white interiors. 52 pages. New York: E. C. Cover/indicia date: April 1960. Cover price: 25¢.

Sugar and Spike #28.

Published on February 25, 1960. Edited by Lawrence Nadle. The comic includes these stories: “A Strange Creature,” “A Spring-Time Tale,” “Pint-Size Detective Story,” and “Daddy’s New Toy!,” 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 1960. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 20, No. 7 (#235).

Published on February 25, 1960. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Want to Buy an Island?,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: April 1960. Cover price: 10¢.

Dick Tracy #140.

Published on March 15, 1960. Edited by Leon Harvey. The comic features material originally published in Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy daily newspaper strip. Cover illustration by John Severin. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Harvey. Cover/indicia date: June 1960. Cover price: 10¢.

The Explainers, Jules Feiffer.

Published on March 17, 1960. The book collects material from Jules Feiffer’s weekly newspaper strip Sick, Sick, Sick, published in the Village Voice. Cover illustration by Jules Feiffer. Trade-paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 136 pages. New York: McGraw-Hill. Cover/indicia date: 1960. Cover price: $1.00.

Walt Disney’s Donald Duck #71.

Published on March 17, 1960. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: May-June 1960. Cover price: 10¢.

Mad #55.

Published on March 29, 1960. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The contributors include Gary Belkin, Dave Berg, Sid Caesar, Bob Clarke, Mort Drucker, Kelly Freas, Frank Jacobs, Al Jaffee, Paul Krassner, Lester Krauss, Paul Laikin, Don Martin, Joe Orlando, Sy Reit, Larry Siegel, Wallace Wood, and George Woodbridge. Cover illustration by Kelly Freas. Magazine-format. Black-and-white interiors. 52 pages. New York: E. C. Cover/indicia date: June 1960. Cover price: 25¢.

The Organization Mad.

Published on March 30, 1960. The book collects select material first published in Mad #29-34. The contributors include E. Nelson Bridwell, Bob Clarke, Jack Davis, Albert B. Feldstein, Frank Jacobs, Paul Laikin, Don Martin, Joe Orlando, G. Stang, Wallace Wood, and George Woodbridge. The cover illustrator is unknown. Mass-market paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 196 pages. New York: Signet. Cover price: 50¢.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 20, No. 8 (#236).

Published on March 31, 1960. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Froggy Farmer,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: May 1960. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Donald Duck Album.

Published on April 7, 1960. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York; Dell. Cover/indicia date: May-July 1960. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

The comic is also known as Four Color #1099.

Walt Disney’s Uncle $crooge #30.

Published on April 21, 1960. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Uncle $crooge stories “Pipeline to Danger” and “Yoicks! The Fox!,” and the Gyro Gearloose story “War Paint,” 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 1960. Cover price: 10¢.

Sugar and Spike #29.

Published on April 26, 1960. Edited by Lawrence Nadle. The comic includes these stories: “The Banana’s Overcoat,” “Trouble on Wheels,” and “Adventure with a Flying Saucer,” 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 1960. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 20, No. 9 (#237).

Published on April 28, 1960. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Mystery of the Loch,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: June 1960. Cover price: 10¢.

Mad #56.

Published on May 12, 1960. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The contributors include Gary Belkin, Dave Berg, Bob Clarke, Mort Drucker, Kelly Freas, Frank Jacobs, Al Jaffee, Tom Koch, Don Martin, Joe Orlando, Sy Reit, Larry Siegel, Wallace Wood, and George Woodbridge. Cover illustration by Kelly Freas. Magazine-format. Black-and-white interiors. 52 pages. New York: E. C. Cover/indicia date: July 1960. Cover price: 25¢.

Dick Tracy #141.

Published on May 15, 1960. 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. 84 pages. New York: Harvey. Cover/indicia date: August 1960. Cover price: 25¢.

Walt Disney’s Donald Duck #72.

Published on May 19, 1960. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: July-August 1960. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 20, No. 10 (#238).

Published on May 31, 1960. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “The Dog-Sitter,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: July 1960. Cover price: 10¢.

Sugar and Spike #30.

Published on June 23, 1960. Edited by Lawrence Nadle. The comic includes these stories: “Mystery of the Funny Faces inna Sand,” “Baby vs Cat,” “Monkey-Shines,” and “The Pony Tail Strikes Again,” 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 1960. Cover price: 10¢.

Tales to Astonish #13

Published on June 27, 1960. Edited by Stan Lee. The comic includes the story “I Challenged… Groot! The Monster from Planet X!,” by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, and Jack Kirby, with Dick Ayers. Cover illustration by Jack Kirby, with Steve Ditko. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Zenith (Marvel). Cover/indicia date: November 1960. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

“I Challenged… Groot! The Monster from Planet X!” is the first appearance of Groot, who would next appear in 2005 as part of a revamped Guardians of the Galaxy series.

Mad #57.

Published on June 28, 1960. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The contributors include Gary Belkin, Dave Berg, Bob Clarke, Mort Drucker, Kelly Freas, Frank Jacobs, Al Jaffee, Don Martin, Joe Orlando, Sy Reit, Larry Siegel, Wallace Wood, and George Woodbridge. Cover illustration by Kelly Freas. Magazine-format. Black-and-white interiors. 52 pages. New York: E. C. Cover/indicia date: September 1960. Cover price: 25¢.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 20, No. 11 (#239).

Published on June 30, 1960. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “The Village Blacksmith,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Tony Strobl. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: August 1960. Cover price: 10¢.

Next: July to December 1960.