Hurricane #01 - #63 IPC [Complete Series]

Publication Dates: 29 February 1964 – 13 March 1965

Number of Issues Published: 63 (#29 February 1964 – #13 March 1965)

Hurricane was a comic published by IPC and ran for 63 issues between 19th February 1964 

and 8th May 1965, though Hurricane Annuals continued to be published into the early 1970s. Characters and strips in the title included Typhoon Tracy

 (a giant, superhumanly strong but not very bright sailor); Danny Jones — Time Traveller 

(who had a time-travelling clock which operated when he moved its hands); Skid Solo (a racing driver who had amazing adventures); 

The Juggernaut from Planet Z (a gigantic alien robot drawn by Brian Lewis); 

The Worst Boy in School; Sword for Hire (starring Cavalier Hugo Dinwiddie); 

Two Fists Against the World (featuring prize fighter Jim Trim and set in the early 1900s); 

 and HMS Outcast , a series about a crew of misfits on an ancient warship in the Pacific

 in World War II. Following its cancellation, Hurricane joined the pages of Tiger,

 where Skid Solo enjoyed a lengthy career.

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Strips included:

“Typhoon Tracy

“Danny Jones – Time Traveller”

“The Juggernaut from Planet Z”

“The Worst Boy in School”

“Sword for Hire”

“Two Fists Against the World”

“HMS Outcast”

Hurricane had a Total of 10 Annuals from 1965-1974. (Information thanks to Ian Knox)

Information thanks to the Grand Comic Database

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Big Town (1951) Comic books Issue #08

Issue   #8

Published     August 1951
Cover Price     0.10 USD
Pages     52
Editing     Whitney Ellsworth
Cover Details : " Steven Wilson  Big Town's..."
Pencils     John Lehti
Inks     Sy Barry

 10 page Big Town story "The Target of the Underworld"
Script Dave Wood
Pencils John Lehti

Inks Frank Giacoia

 10 page Big Town story "The Man Who Died Yesterday"

 Script Dave Wood

Pencils John Lehti

Inks Sy Barry

 8 page Johnny Law story "The Network of Crime"

Pencils Irwin Hasen

Inks Frank Giacoia 

 10 page Big Town story "The Case of the Stolen Face"

Script Miriam Hecht

Pencils John Lehti

Inks Joe Giella

 Text Story   Parrot Fever (2 pages)

Credits  Script  M. Sarafianos
   Letters: typeset

 

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Battle Action (#01 – #30) 1952 –1957 Marvel [Complete Series]

Publisher: 

Publication Dates: February 1952 – August 1957

Number of Issues Published: 30 (#01 – #30)

Color: Color

Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U. S. (26 cm)

Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior

Binding: Saddle-stitched
Pages: 36     Indicia Frequency: quarterly

Information thanks to the Grand Comic Database

Author:

Script: 
Hank Chapman (credited)

Pencils : 
Joe Maneely (signed), Mac Pakula (signed), Paul Reinman (signed), Carl Burgos,
George Tuska, Werner Roth,
Norman Steinberg (signed), Russ Heath (signed), Vernon Henkel ?, Dave Berg (signed), Joe Maneely, Joe Sinnott (signed), Gene Colan, E. J. Smalle, Bill La Cava, Jerry Robinson (signed), Pete Morisi ?,

Inks:
 Joe Maneely (signed), Mac Pakula (signed), Paul Reinman (signed), Christopher Rule ?,
George Tuska, Werner Roth, Norman Steinberg (signed), Russ Heath (signed),
Vernon Henkel ?, Dave Berg (signed), Joe Maneely, Joe Sinnott (signed), Gene Colan,
E. J. Smalle, Bill La Cava, Jerry Robinson (signed), Sy Barry ?,

Colors:
Stan Goldberg,

Letters :   ?

 

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Black Diamond Western #09 – #60 [1949 – 1956] Complete Series - Lev Gleason Publ.

Publisher: Lev Gleason

Publication Dates: March 1949 – February-March 1956

Number of Issues Published: 52 (#9 – #60)

Color: Color

Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US?

Paper Stock: Newsprint

Binding: Saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: Was ongoing

Publication Type: magazine

Pages 52       Indicia Frequency:  monthly



Authors: 

Script
Claude Moore,  Robert Perry, 

Pencils
George Roussos, Charles Biro (signed), 
Bill Walton, Fred Guardineer (signed), Claude Moore, William Overgard, 
Robert Perry, Fred Kida, Pete Morisi

Inks
George Roussos, Charles Biro (signed), 
Bill Walton, Fred Guardineer (signed), Claude Moore, William Overgard
?, Robert Perry, Fred Kida, Pete Morisi, 

Letters
?

Numbering continues from Desperado (Lev Gleason, 1948 series) #8

Information thanks to the Grand Comic Database

Cover  #09

The Black Diamond character was created by William Overgard and debuted in Black Diamond Western issue #9, published by Lev Gleason Publications, in March 1949. 
Lev Gleason had previously published a title called Desperado and this was renamed Black Diamond Western continuing the sequence numbers.

Creators involved in the run include: Doug Wildey, John Forte, Myron Fass, Bill Walton, Dick Rockwell and Pete Morisi. The title folded with issue #60 published in March 1956.

Bob Vale and his family were heading West on a train, when it was attacked by Indians. All the passengers were killed apart from Bob and a man named Lloyd Vale, who adopts Bob. 
After Bob has grown up his adopted father is killed by Jeff Hawkins. 
Not only does Hawkins try to implicate Bob in the murder, he was also the planner of the raid that killed Bob’s parents. Bob vows to bring Hawkins to justice, but to save his adopted mother from any danger by him being recognized, Bob wears a mask.

After successfully apprehending Hawkins, Bob is made U.S. Marshall, but only only on the condition he is allowed to carry on wearing his mask. Bob names himself after the black diamond Hawkins had used to bribe the Indians, who killed his parents and leaves a diamond playing card as a calling card.

Other characters appearing are Black Diamond’s sidekick, 
named Bumper who isa circus strong man and his horse, 
a golden palomino called Reliapon. 
Interestingly the horse’s name was chosen by a reader’s contest.

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Apache Kid #01[#53] – #19 Marvel [Complete Series]

Publisher: Marvel

Publication Dates: December 1950 – April 1956

Number of Issues Published: 19 (#53 [1] – #19)

Color: Color   
Dimensions: Standard Golden and Silver Age U. S.

Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior

Binding: Saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Serie
Pages 36      Indicia frequency monthly

Traking:

Numbering continues from Reno Browne

(Marvel, 1950 series) #52

Numbering continues with Western Gunfighters (Marvel, 1956 series) #20

Notes:

Publishing gap between #10 (January 1952) and #11 (December 1954). 
 Updated tracking information from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo [as Doc. V.].

Authors:

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Maneely, Mike Sekowsky,Syd Shores, Werner Roth, Jay Scott Pike, Tom Gill ,
Allen Bellman, John Severin, Bob Powel, Bob Forgione, Mike Sekowsky,
Inks
Joe Maneely, Ernie Hart ?, Werner Roth, Jay Scott Pike, Tom Gill, Allen Bellman,John Severin,
Bob Powel, Jack Abel, Mike Esposito,
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
?

Information thanks to the Grand Comic Database

The Apache Kid (Alan Krandal) is a fictional Old West character in the Marvel Comics universe, mostly seen in stories from Marvel’s 1950s precursor, Atlas Comics. This character was named after, but is unrelated to, the real-life Native American man known as The Apache Kid (Haskay-bay-nay-natyl).

The Apache Kid (Alan Krandal) debuted as the cover feature, drawn by a young John Buscema, of Two-Gun Western #5 (cover-dated Nov. 1950). The writer co-creator is unknown. He received his own title the following month, premiering as The Apache Kid #53 (Dec. 1950, picking up the numbering from Reno Browne, Hollywood’s Greatest Cowgirl) and then running as Apache Kid #2-19 (Feb. 1951 – Jan. 1952; Dec. 1954 – April 1956).

Stories also ran in the omnibus titles Two-Gun Western #5-9 (Nov. 1950 – Aug. 1951) and Wild Western #15-22 (April 1951 – June 1952). 
 After that initial Buscema story and at least two by Joe Maneely (who would also do many of the later covers), the bulk of the book’s run would be penciled and inked by future Silver Age X-Men artist Werner Roth.

After The Apache Kid ended with #19 (April 1956), its numbering continued as the anthology series Western Gunfighters, where the character did not appear.

Apache Kid reprints, however, did appear in Marvel’s 1970s omnibus series also titled Western Gunfighters. The Kid shared its pages with new Ghost Rider (also known as Phantom Rider) stories, as well as anthological and Western-hero reprints of a changing lineup that included Atlas’ Black Rider (here renamed Black Mask), the Western Kid, Wyatt Earp, and later Kid Colt. Apache Kid reprints ran from #2-33, the final issue (Oct. 1970 – Nov. 1975).

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Grandpa - Beano 1979-1987 and Various - UK Comics Archive Compilation

Grandpa 

was a British comic strip which originally appeared in the magazine The Beano from 1955 to 1957, drawn by Ken Reid. It was later revived from 1971 until 1984, but this time by Robert Nixon and afterwards Jimmy Glen.

Grandpa was first published in issue 680 of The Beano, dated 30 July 1955, drawn by Ken Reid. It was a gag-a-day comic about a mischievous old bearded man. Some of the stories involved his dad, an even older man with a longer beard. Despite their advanced ages, they enjoyed a father-son relationship similar to that of Dennis the Menace and his dad; a typical story would involve Grandpa getting involved in some kind of mischief, being caught by his father and ending up getting a spanking. In a June 1956 strip, Grandpa was revealed to have been born in 1874, making his age 82. In 1957 the series was terminated.

From 1971 until 1984 Grandpa was relaunched. Robert Nixon drew it for the first years, after which Jimmy Glen took over until 1984.

Currently in The Beano, Grandpa is a “Funsize Funnie” drawn by Steve Beckett.

Beano 1903 - 2340    years 1979-1987   283 pages
Beano Book     years 1957 - 1985,    96 pages
Beano Summer Special     years 1957 - 1985     11 pages
Beano and Dandy around the world in 60 years          1 page

Gathered and compiled by Boutje Fedankt. 

Total pages 395, incluing the front and backpage.

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