September 1959 - December 1959

Dick Tracy #137.

Published on September 15, 1959. 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: December 1959. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Donald Duck #68.

Published on September 16, 1959. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the story “The Master Glasser,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Tony Strobl. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: November-December 1959. Cover price: 10¢.

Dennis the Menace… Teacher’s Threat, Hank Ketcham.
Published on September 21, 1959. The book features selections from 1958 and 1959 that were 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. 132 pages. New York: Crown. Cover/indicia date: 1959. Cover price: 25¢.

Harvey Kurtzman’s Jungle Book.

Published on September 28, 1959. The book includes these stories: “Thelonius Violence, Like Private Eye,” “The Organization Man in the Grey Flannel Suit,” “Compulsion on the Range,” and “Decadence Degenerated.” Cover illustration by Harvey Kurtzman. Mass-market paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 148 pages. New York: Ballantine. Cover/indicia date: 1959. Cover price: 35¢.

Mad #51.

Published on September 29, 1959. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The contributors include Dave Berg, Bob Clarke, Mort Drucker, Kelly Freas, Frank Jacobs, Al Jaffee, Tom Koch, Paul Laikin, Don Martin, Joe Orlando, Larry Siegel, Eugene St. Jean, 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 1959. Cover price: 25¢.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 20, No. 2 (#230).

Published on September 29, 1959. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Black Wednesday,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: November 1959. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Gyro Gearloose

Published on September 29, 1959. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the stories “The Gab-Muffer,” “The Stubborn Stork,” “Milktime Melodies,” and “The Lost Rabbit Foot,” all by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: November 1959-January 1960. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

The comic is also known as Four Color #1047.

Son of Mad.

Published on October 1, 1959. The book features selections from Mad #1-31. The contributors include Jack Davis, Will Elder, Kelly Freas, Russ Heath, Phil Interlandi, Al Jaffee, Harvey Kurtzman, John Severin, and Wallace Wood. Cover illustration by Kelly Freas. Mass-market paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 196 pages. New York: Signet (New American Library). Cover/indicia date: 1959. Cover price: 35¢.

The Adventures of Tintin: Red Rackham's Treasure, Hergé.

Published on October 7, 1959. The book is an English translation of the 1944 Tintin album Le Trésor de Rackham le Rouge. The English translation from the original French is by Danielle Gorlin. Cover illustration by Hergé. Hardcover book. Color interiors. 72 pages. New York: Golden Press. Cover/indicia date: 1959. Cover price: $1.95.

Notes

This is the first English translation of Hergé's Tintin to be published in North America.

The book is the first of six Tintin albums Golden Press published in translation between 1959 and 1960. The other titles were The Crab with the Golden Claws, The Secret of the Unicorn, King Ottokar's Sceptre, Explorers on the Moon, and Destination Moon.

The cover image is scanned from a library copy.

Walt Disney’s Christmas Parade.

Published on October 15, 1959. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “The Christmas Cha-Cha,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Tony Strobl & Norm McGarry. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 84 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: 1959. Cover price: 25¢.

Note

The comic is also known as Dell Giant #26.

Walt Disney’s Uncle $crooge #28.

Published on October 22, 1959. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Uncle $crooge stories “The ‘Paul Bunyan’ Machine” and “The Witching Stick,” and the Gyro Gearloose story “The Inventors Contest,” all by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: December 1959-February 1960. Cover price: 10¢.

Sugar and Spike #26.

Published on October 26, 1959. Edited by Lawrence Nadle. The comic includes these stories: “The Out-Cast,” “The Mystery of the Man inna Funny Red Suit,” “The Big Gift Mystery,” and “The New Sugar,” 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 1959-January 1960. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 20, No. 3 (#231).

Published on October 29, 1959. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “The Wax Museum,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: December 1959. Cover price: 10¢.

Ten Ever-Lovin’ Blue-Eyed Years with Pogo, Walt Kelly.
Published on November 4, 1959. The book features selections that were first published between 1948 and 1959 in Walt Kelly’s Pogo daily-newspaper strip. Cover illustration by Walt Kelly. Hardcover book. Black-and-white interiors. 296 pages. New York: Simon & Schuster. Cover/indicia date: 1959. Cover price: $4.95.

Mad #52.

Published on November 12, 1959. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The contributors include Dave Berg, Bob Clarke, Mort Drucker, Kelly Freas, Frank Jacobs, Al Jaffee, Tom Koch, 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: January 1960. Cover price: 25¢.

Dick Tracy #138.

Published on November 15, 1959. 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: February 1960. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 20, No. 4 (#232).

Published on December 1, 1959. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Under the Polar Ice,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: January 1960. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Grandma Duck’s Farm Friends.

Published on December 10, 1959. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the stories “Touché Toupée,” “The Snow Chaser,” and “Free Ski Spree,” by Vic Lockman & Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: January-March 1960. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

The comic is also known as Four Color #1073.

The Brave and the Bold #28.

Published on December 29, 1959. Edited by Julius Schwartz. The comic features the Justice League of America story “Starro the Conqueror,” by Gardner Fox & Mike Sekowsky, with Bernard Sachs. Cover illustration by Mike Sekowsky, with Murphy Anderson. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: National (DC). Cover/indicia date: February-March 1960. Cover price: 10¢.

Note

The comic is the first appearance of the Justice League of America. The superhero team originally consisted of Aquaman, the Flash, Green Lantern, the Martian Manhunter, and Wonder Woman, with Superman and Batman making cameo appearances in this first story.

Mad #53.

Published on December 29, 1959. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The contributors include Dave Berg, E. Nelson Bridwell, Bob Clarke, Mort Drucker, Kelly Freas, Frank Jacobs, Tom Koch, Don Martin, Nick Megliola, 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: March 1960. Cover price: 25¢.

Sugar and Spike #27.

Published on December 29, 1959. Edited by Lawrence Nadle. The comic includes these stories: “Uncle Charley Tackles the Baby-Talk Mystery,” “Little Giants,” “A Strange Stranger,” and “Valentine Mix-Up!,” 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 1960. Cover price: 10¢.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Vol. 20, No. 5 (#233).

Published on December 31, 1959. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Knights of the Flying Sleds,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Dell. Cover/indicia date: February 1960. Cover price: 10¢.

Hey! B. C., Johnny Hart.

The book features selections from Johnny Hart's B. C. daily-newspaper strip. Foreword by Charles M. Schulz. Cover illustration by Johnny Hart. Trade-paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 100 pages. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Cover/indicia date: 1959. Cover price: $1.00.

Note

The exact publication date is unknown. No copyright registration appears to have been filed.

Next: January to June 1960.