Another from the stack: Beetle Bailey #31, Feb.–Mar. 1961.
When I got to the end of the book, there was a circulation notice which read: “The average number of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the 12 months preceding the date shown above [October 1, 1960] was 343,827.”
Beetle Bailey isn't listed on the Comics Chronicles web site, but of the 48 titles from 1960 they do have circulation numbers for, that would put Beetle Bailey at #16, just ahead of Blackhawk (316,000) and Detective (314,000), and a bit behind Casper (399,985) and Turok, Son of Stone (359,013). That year’s #1 of course was Uncle Scrooge (1,040,543).
This one’s a Joe Staton, pencils and inks. The next two were penciled and inked by Tom Sutton, a mainstay on the Charlton horror titles.
Thank you, the first one I knew I recognized the art style but couldn't place a name to it. I have always found the Charlton horror and war comics to be really under-rated.
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Cover by Nick Cardy, by the way.
Finally I understood where that goofy-ass character came from.
No if someone will just explain Cosmic Boy's corset costume. :-t
Mark Beachum
Mark Beachum
Bill Sienkiewicz
Love the Adam Strange appearance.
Dwight Turner
Steve Bove
Only one of us got a parade. :(
Comix International and I started in the same month.
From August 1972
None of those would be my weapon of choice. ;)
(4 days prior to my birth, my dad could have read it while waiting for me to land)
Cover Penciller: Carmine Infantino
Cover Inker: Joe Giella
http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Detective_Comics_Vol_1_360
(the only comic my dad really would have read back then: Asterix)
The book that came out the month I was born: Pogo! Cover by the immortal Walt Kelly!
We could use some Pogo 'bout now. :(
Dick Giordano
Ed J. Hannigan
Joe Orlando
Dave Stevens
I am getting Giger vibe off this cover.
Bernie Wrightson
Michael Kaluta
Michael Kaluta
Nick Cardy
When I got to the end of the book, there was a circulation notice which read: “The average number of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the 12 months preceding the date shown above [October 1, 1960] was 343,827.”
Beetle Bailey isn't listed on the Comics Chronicles web site, but of the 48 titles from 1960 they do have circulation numbers for, that would put Beetle Bailey at #16, just ahead of Blackhawk (316,000) and Detective (314,000), and a bit behind Casper (399,985) and Turok, Son of Stone (359,013). That year’s #1 of course was Uncle Scrooge (1,040,543).
So everyone knew Uncle Scrooge was the best at the time, just not who was responsible.