Back to B. C., Johnny Hart.
Published on July 6, 1961. The book features selections from Johnny Hart's B. C. daily newspaper strip. Foreword by Al Capp. Cover illustration by Johnny Hart. Trade-paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 100 pages. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Cover/indicia date: 1961. Cover price: $1.00.
Walt Disney’s Donald Duck #79.
Published on July 13, 1961. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: September-October 1961. Cover price: 15¢.
Showcase #34
Published on July 27, 1961. Edited by Julius Schwartz. The comic features The Atom stories “Birth of the Atom!” and “Battle of the Tiny Titans!,” both by Gardner Fox & Gil Kane, with Murphy Anderson. Cover illustration by Gil Kane, with Murphy Anderson. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: National (DC). Cover/indicia date: September-October 1961. Cover price: 10¢.
Note
The comic is the first appearance of the “Silver Age” version of the Atom and his alter ego Ray Palmer.
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 21, No. 12 (#252).
Published on July 27, 1961. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Mr. Private Eye,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Tony Strobl. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: September 1961. Cover price: 15¢.
Walt Disney’s Donald Duck Album.
Published on July 27, 1961. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: October-December 1961. Cover price: 15¢.
Note
The comic is also known as Four Color #1239.
Fighting Mad.
Published on July 31, 1961. The book features select material from Mad #36-41. The contributors include Dave Berg, E. Nelson Bridwell, Bob Clarke, Kelly Freas, Frank Jacobs, Tom Koch, Paul Krassner, Paul Laikin, Albert Meglin, Joe Orlando, Wallace Wood, and George Woodbridge. Cover illustration by Kelly Freas. Mass-market paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 196 pages. New York: Signet. Cover price: 35¢.
Fantastic Four #1.
Published on August 8, 1961. Edited by Stan Lee. The comic features the story “The Fantastic Four!,” by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby, with George Klein. Cover illustration by Jack Kirby, with George Klein. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Canam (Marvel). Cover/indicia date: November 1961. Cover price: 10¢.
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The comic is the first appearance of the Fantastic Four superhero team, and its four principals: Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards), the Thing (Ben Grimm), the Invisible Girl (Susan Storm), and the “Silver Age” version of the Human Torch (Johnny Storm). It is generally considered the beginning of the modern Marvel Comics line of costumed-superhero adventure comic books.
Mad #66.
Published on August 10, 1961. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The contributors include Dave Berg, Bob Clarke, Mort Drucker, Walter Farley, Kelly Freas, Al Jaffee, Tom Koch, Arnie Kogen, Don Martin, Jack Mendelsohn, Dean Norman, Joe Orlando, Antonio Prohias, Sy Reit, Jack Rickard, 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: October 1961. Cover price: 25¢.
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 22, No. 1 (#253).
Published on August 24, 1961. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Hound Hounder,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: October 1961. Cover price: 15¢.
Sugar and Spike #37.
Published on August 29, 1961. Edited by Lawrence Nadle. The comic includes these stories: “The Halloween Monsters!,” “Adventure with a Mystery Toy,” “The Days the Trees Got Sloppy!,” and “The Rise of Sugar & Spike,” 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 1961. Cover price: 10¢.
Dennis the Menace, Happy Half-Pint, Hank Ketcham.
Published on September 7, 1961. The book features material first published in Hank Ketcham’s Dennis the Menace daily newspaper strip. Cover illustration by Hank Ketcham. Mass-market paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 112 pages. New York: Crest (Fawcett). Cover price: 35¢.
Walt Disney’s Donald Duck #80.
Published on September 14, 1961. 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 1961. Cover price: 15¢.
Mad #67.
Published on September 26, 1961. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The contributors include Gary Belkin, Dave Berg, Bob Clarke, Earle Doud, Mort Drucker, Kelly Freas, Al Jaffee, Arnie Kogen, Lester Krauss, Don Martin, Dean Norman, Joe Orlando, Antonio Prohias, Sy Reit, Jack Rickard, 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: December 1961. Cover price: 25¢.
Fantastic Four #2.
Published on September 28, 1961. Edited by Stan Lee. The comic features the story “The Fantastic Four Meet the Skrulls from Outer Space!,” by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby, with George Klein. Cover illustration by Jack Kirby, with George Klein. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Canam (Marvel). Cover/indicia date: January 1962. Cover price: 12¢.
Note
“The Fantastic Four Meet the Skrulls from Outer Space!” is the first appearance of the Skrulls.
Tales to Astonish #27.
Published on September 28, 1961. Edited by Stan Lee. The comic includes the story “The Man in the Ant Hill!,” by Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby, with Stan Lee and Dick Ayers. Cover illustration by Jack Kirby, with Dick Ayers. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Vista (Marvel). Cover/indicia date: January 1962. Cover price: 12¢.
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“The Man in the Ant Hill!” is the first appearance of Henry Pym, who would appear in future stories as the original Ant-Man.
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 22, No. 2 (#254).
Published on September 28, 1961. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Jet Witch,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Tony Strobl. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: November 1961. Cover price: 15¢.
Walt Disney’s Uncle $crooge #36.
Published on September 28, 1961. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Uncle $crooge stories “The Midas Touch” and “Money Bag Goat,” and the Gyro Gearloose story “Duckburg’s Day of Peril,” all by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: December 1961-February 1962. Cover price: 15¢.
Walt Disney’s Gyro Gearloose.
Published on October 3, 1961. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the story “Buffaloed by Buffaloes,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: December 1961-February 1962. Cover price: 15¢.
Note
The comic is also known as Four Color #1267.
Gone Pogo, Walt Kelly.
Published on October 5, 1961. The book collects material first published in Walt Kelly’s Pogo daily newspaper strip. Cover illustration by Walt Kelly. Trade-paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 132 pages. New York: Simon & Schuster. Cover price: $1.25.
Sugar and Spike #38.
Published on October 24, 1961. Edited by Lawrence Nadle. The comic includes these stories: “The Mysterious Secrets!,” “Nanty Minerva’s Adventure with Santa Claus,” “Foot Trouble,” and “Christmas Eve Battle,” 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 1961-January 1962. Cover price: 12¢.
Harvey Kurtzman’s Fast-Acting Help!
Published on October 30, 1961. Edited by Harvey Kurtzman. The book collects select material from the first 12 issues of Help!. The contributors include Jack Davis, Will Elder, Ed Fisher, Ron Harris, Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Murphy, Bernard Shir-Cliff, Mike Thaler, Gahan Wilson, and Jack Wohl. The cover photographer and actor are unknown. Mass-market paperback. Black-and-white interiors. 164 pages. New York: Gold Medal (Fawcett). Cover price: 35¢.
Help!, Vol. 2, No. 1 (#13).
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Published on October 30, 1961. Edited by Harvey Kurtzman. The contributors include Algis Budrys, Don Edwing, Will Eisner, Will Elder, Dennis Ellefson, Stan Freberg, Harvey Kurtzman, Frank Maruez, Ted Robins, Ron Rojas, Stewart Schwartzberg, and Jack Wohl. The cover photographer and actors are unknown. Magazine format. Black-and-white interiors. 52 pages. New York: General Promotions (Warren). Cover/indicia date: February 1962. Cover price: 35¢.
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This issue includes the Goodman Beaver story "Goodman Goes Playboy," by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder. It's a satire of the hedonistic "philosophy" propagated by Playboy magazine. The story appropriated characters from the Archie comic books for the supporting cast, and it drew the ire of those comics' publisher, who viewed it as infringement. Ownership of the copyright was eventually transferred to the Archie publisher to resolve things. The story entered the public domain in 2004, when it was included in an issue of The Comics Journal.
Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl, Jules Feiffer.
Published on October 31, 1961. The book collects material by Jules Feiffer that was first published in the London Observer, Playboy, and the Village Voice. Cover illustration by Jules Feiffer. Hardcover book. Black-and-white interiors. 132 pages. New York: Random House. Cover price: $2.95.
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 22, No. 3 (#255).
Published on November 2, 1961. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Boat Buster,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Tony Strobl. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: December 1961. Cover price: 15¢.
Mad #68.
Published on November 9, 1961. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The contributors include Gilbert Barnhill, Gary Belkin, Dave Berg, Bob Clarke, Mort Drucker, Kelly Freas, Arnie Kogen, Lester Krauss, Don Martin, Joe Orlando, Antonio Prohias, Don Reilly, Sy Reit, Jack Rickard, Larry Siegel, Wallace Wood, and George Woodbridge. Cover illustration by Don Martin. Magazine format. Black-and-white interiors. 52 pages. New York: E. C. Cover/indicia date: January 1962. Cover price: 25¢.
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 22, No. 4 (#256).
Published on November 30, 1961. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Northeaster on Cape Quack,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: January 1962. Cover price: 15¢.
Fantastic Four #3.
Published on December 12, 1961. Edited by Stan Lee. The comic features the story “The Menace of the Miracle Man,” by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby, with Sol Brodsky. Cover illustration by Jack Kirby, with Sol Brodsky. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Canam (Marvel). Cover/indicia date: March 1962. Cover price: 12¢.
Sugar and Spike #39.
Published on December 21, 1961. Edited by Lawrence Nadle. The comic includes these stories: “Ski-Wheeee,” “The Big Mail-Box Mystery,” “The New Kid,” and “Adventure with Uncle Charley’s Put-Put!,” 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 1962. Cover price: 12¢.
Walt Disney’s Uncle $crooge #37.
Published on December 21, 1961. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Uncle $crooge stories “Cave of Ali Baba” and “Deep Down Doings,” and the Gyro Gearloose story “The Great Pop Up,” 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 1962. Cover price: 15¢.
Mad #69.
Published on December 26, 1961. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The contributors include Dave Berg, E. Nelson Bridwell, Lois Carpenter, Bob Clarke, Dick DeBartolo, Earl Doud, Mort Drucker, Kelly Freas, Frank Jacobs, Al Jaffee, Tom Koch, Lester Krauss, Don Martin, Norman Mingo, Joe Orlando, Antonio Prohias, Don Reilly, Sy Reit, Jack Rickard, 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: March 1962. Cover price: 25¢.
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 22, No. 5 (#257).
Published on May 29, 1961. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Movie Mad,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Tony Strobl. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: February 1962. Cover price: 15¢.
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