October 1964 - December 1964

Walt Disney’s Uncle $crooge #54.

Published on October 1, 1964. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the story “The Billion Dollar Safari,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. Poughkeepsie, NY: Gold Key. Cover/indicia date: December 1964. Cover price: 12¢.

The Amazing Spider-Man #20.

Published on October 8, 1964. Edited by Stan Lee. The comic features the story “The Coming of the Scorpion!,” by Stan Lee & Steve Ditko. Cover illustration by Steve Ditko. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Non-Pareil (Marvel). Cover/indicia date: January 1965. Cover price: 12¢.

Fantastic Four #34.

Published on October 8, 1964. Edited by Stan Lee. The comic features the story “A House Divided!,” by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby, with Chic Stone. Cover illustration by Jack Kirby, with Chic Stone. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Canam (Marvel). Cover/indicia date: January 1965. Cover price: 12¢.

Strange Tales #128.

Published on October 8, 1964. Edited by Stan Lee. The comic includes the Doctor Strange story “The Demon’s Disciple!,” by Stan Lee & Steve Ditko. Cover illustration by Jack Kirby, with Sol Brodsky. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Vista (Marvel). Cover/indicia date: January 1965. Cover price: 12¢.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories #291.

Published on October 8, 1964. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Delivery Dilemma,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. Poughkeepsie, NY: Gold Key. Cover/indicia date: November 1964. Cover price: 12¢.

The Groaning Board, Charles Addams.

Published on October 9, 1964. The book features select single-panel cartoons by Charles Addams, many of which were first published in The New Yorker magazine. Cover illustration by Charles Addams. Hardcover book. Black-and-white interiors. 96 pages. New York: Simon & Schuster. Cover/indicia date: 1964. Cover price: $3.95

As You Like It, Charlie Brown, Charles M. Schulz.

Published on October 12, 1964. The book features select material first published between 1963 and 1964 in Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts daily newspaper strip. Cover illustration by Charles M. Schulz. Trade-paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 132 pages. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Cover price: $1.00.

Dennis the Menace, Make-Believe Angel, Hank Ketcham.

Published on October 13, 1964. The book includes select material from Hank Ketcham’s Dennis the Menace daily newspaper strip. Cover illustration by Hank Ketcham. Mass-market paperback. Black-and-white interiors. 132 pages. Greenwich, CT: Crest (Fawcett). Cover price: 35¢.

Herbie #6.

Published on October 15, 1964. Edited by Richard Hughes. The comic includes the stories “A Caveman Named Herbie!” and “Space-Age Herbie!,” both by Shane O’Shea (Richard Hughes) & Ogden Whitney. Cover illustration by Ogden Whitney. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: American. Cover/indicia date: December 1964-January 1965. Cover price: 12¢.

The Self-Made Mad.

Published on October 15, 1964. The book features select material from Mad #56-58. The contributors include Bob Clarke, Mort Drucker, Frank Jacobs, Al Jaffee, Tom Koch, Paul Laikin, Don Martin, Joe Orlando, Sy Reit, Larry Siegel, and Wallace Wood. Cover illustration by Norman Mingo. Mass-market paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 196 pages. New York: Signet. Cover price: 50¢.

Sugar and Spike #56.

Published on October 22, 1964. Edited by Murray Boltinoff. The comic features these stories: “How Sugar & Spike Became a Pair of Christmas Dollies,” “Spike’s Big Problem,” and “Spike’s Adventures with the Air-Waves!,” 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 1964-January 1965. Cover price: 12¢.

Creepy #1.

Published on November 4, 1964. Edited by Russ Jones. The comic includes these stories: “Voodoo!,” by Russ Jones, Bill Pearson, and Joe Orlando; “H20 World!,” by Larry Ivie, Al Williamson, and Roy Krenkel; “Vampires Fly at Dusk!,” by Archie Goodwin & Reed Crandall; “Werewolf!,” by Larry Ivie & Frank Frazetta; “Bewitched!,” by Larry Ivie & Gray Morrow; “The Success Story,” by Archie Goodwin & Al Williamson; and “Pursuit of the Vampire!,” by Archie Goodwin & Angelo Torres. Cover illustration by Jack Davis. Magazine format. Black-and-white interiors. 52 pages. New York: Warren. Cover/indicia date: 1964. Cover price: 35¢.

The Amazing Spider-Man #21.

Published on November 10, 1964. Edited by Stan Lee. The comic features the story “Where Flies the Beetle…!,” by Stan Lee & Steve Ditko. Cover illustration by Steve Ditko. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Non-Pareil (Marvel). Cover/indicia date: February 1965. Cover price: 12¢.

Fantastic Four #35.

Published on November 10, 1964. Edited by Stan Lee. The comic features the story “Calamity on the Campus!,” by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby, with Chic Stone. Cover illustration by Jack Kirby, with Dick Ayers. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Canam (Marvel). Cover/indicia date: February 1965. Cover price: 12¢.

Mad #92.

Published on November 10, 1964. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The contributors include Sergio Aragonés, Dave Berg, Bob Clarke, Paul Coker, Jr., Mort Drucker, William Garvin, Phil Hahn, Stan Hart, Frank Jacobs, Al Jaffee, Arnie Kogen, Don Martin, Norman Mingo, Joe Orlando, Antonio Prohias, Jack Rickard, Larry Siegel, and George Woodbridge. Cover illustration by Norman Mingo. Magazine format. Black-and-white interiors. 52 pages. New York: E. C. Cover/indicia date: January 1965. Cover price: 25¢.

Strange Tales #129.

Published on November 10, 1964. Edited by Stan Lee. The comic includes the Doctor Strange story “Beware… Tiboro! The Tyrant of the Sixth Dimension!,” by Stan Lee & Steve Ditko. Cover illustration by Jack Kirby, with Chic Stone. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Vista (Marvel). Cover/indicia date: February 1965. Cover price: 12¢.

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories #292.

Published on November 12, 1964. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the Donald Duck story “Instant Hercules,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. Poughkeepsie, NY: Gold Key. Cover/indicia date: January 1965. Cover price: 12¢.

Help! #22.

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Published on November 17, 1964. Edited by Harvey Kurtzman. The contributors include Peter Brock, Robert Crumb, Dennis Ellefson, Ed Fisher, Harvey Kurtzman, Jay Lynch, Frank Marquez, Don Marquis, Paul Merta, Ron Rojas, Ken Schneider, Gilbert Shelton, Andy Struwer, Larry Walker, and Skip Williamson. The cover image is a modified photograph of the Beatles. Magazine format. Black-and-white interiors. 44 pages. New York: Help! (Warren). Cover/indicia date: January 1965. Cover price: 75¢.

Note

This magazine features the first bylined professional publication by Robert Crumb, who would become the most important cartoonist of the underground comics movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. His prior professional work was unsigned cartoons for greeting cards published by American Greetings. His contributions to the issue are “Fritz Comes on Strong,” the first published appearance of Fritz the Cat, and “Harlem: A Sketchbook.”

Our Army at War #151.

Published on December 3, 1964. Edited by Robert Kanigher. The comic includes the Enemy Ace story "Enemy Ace," by Robert Kanigher & Joe Kubert. Cover illustration by Joe Kubert. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: National (DC). Cover/indicia date: February 1965. Cover price: 12¢.

Note

“Enemy Ace” is the first appearance of the German World War I aviator the Enemy Ace, also known as Hans von Hammer.

The Amazing Spider-Man #22.

Published on December 10, 1964. Edited by Stan Lee. The comic features the story “The Clown, and His Masters of Menace!,” by Stan Lee & Steve Ditko. Cover illustration by Steve Ditko. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Non-Pareil (Marvel). Cover/indicia date: March 1965. Cover price: 12¢.

Fantastic Four #36.

Published on December 10, 1964. Edited by Stan Lee. The comic features the story “The Frightful Four!,” by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby, with Chic Stone. Cover illustration by Jack Kirby, with Chic Stone. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Canam (Marvel). Cover/indicia date: March 1965. Cover price: 12¢.

Note

“The Frightful Four!” is the first appearance of Medusa, the first of the Inhumans to be introduced.

Herbie #7.

Published on December 10, 1964. Edited by Richard Hughes. The comic includes the stories “Good Old Peepwhistle!” and “High Spirits!,” both by Shane O’Shea (Richard Hughes) & Ogden Whitney. Cover illustration by Ogden Whitney. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: American. Cover/indicia date: February 1965. Cover price: 12¢.

Strange Tales #130.

Published on December 10, 1964. Edited by Stan Lee. The comic includes the Doctor Strange story “The Defeat of Dr. Strange,” by Stan Lee & Steve Ditko. Cover illustration by Jack Kirby, with Chic Stone. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. New York: Vista (Marvel). Cover/indicia date: March 1965. Cover price: 12¢.

Walt Disney’s Uncle $crooge #55.

Published on December 10, 1964. Edited by Alice Nielson Cobb. The comic includes the story “McDuck of Arabia,” by Carl Barks. Cover illustration by Carl Barks. Standard-format comic book. Color interiors. 36 pages. Poughkeepsie, NY: Gold Key. Cover/indicia date: February 1965. Cover price: 12¢.

Sugar and Spike #57.

Published on December 24, 1964. Edited by Murray Boltinoff. The comic includes these stories: “Valentine’s Day Comes to Doll-Boy!,” “Little Arthur’s Puppet Plot!,” and “Sugar’s Conscience,” 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 1965. Cover price: 12¢.

Tales from the Crypt.

Published on December 28, 1964. The book features select stories first published in the E. C. Comics horror-anthology titles between 1951 and 1955. The creative personnel include Johnny Craig, Reed Crandall, Jack Davis, George Evans, Albert B. Feldstein, William M. Gaines, and Graham "Ghastly" Ingels. Cover illustration by Frank Frazetta. Mass-market paperback book. Black-and-white interiors. 180 pages. New York: Ballantine. Cover price: 50¢.

Mad #93.

Published on December 29, 1964. Edited by Albert B. Feldstein. The contributors include Sergio Aragonés, Dave Berg, Bob Clarke, Paul Coker, Jr., Dick DeBartolo, Mort Drucker, Frank Jacobs, Al Jaffee, Arnie Kogen, Lester Krauss, Don Martin, Norman Mingo, Joe Orlando, Antonio Prohias, Don Reilly, Jack Rickard, Larry Siegel, and George Woodbridge. Cover illustration by Norman Mingo. Magazine format. Black-and-white interiors. 52 pages. New York: E. C. Cover/indicia date: March 1965. Cover price: 25¢.

Next: January to April 1965.