Stan, Jack, and Steve - The 1950's. (1958) The Path of History 2 2

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ON NEWSSTANDS JANUARY 1958

Steve Ditko also pencils and inks 3 stories for Charlton's Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #7 (Maurice Whitman cover).

Story THREE

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ON NEWSSTANDS JANUARY 1958

Steve Ditko also pencils and inks 4 stories for Charlton's Unusual Tales #11 (Charles Nicholas cover).

Story ONE

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ON NEWSSTANDS JANUARY 1958

Steve Ditko also pencils and inks 4 stories for Charlton's Unusual Tales #11 (Charles Nicholas cover).

Story TWO

[Prince Namor]

ON NEWSSTANDS JANUARY 1958

Steve Ditko also pencils and inks 4 stories for Charlton's Unusual Tales #11 (Charles Nicholas cover).

Story THREE

[Prince Namor]

ON NEWSSTANDS JANUARY 1958

Steve Ditko also pencils and inks 4 stories for Charlton's Unusual Tales #11 (Charles Nicholas cover).

Story FOUR

[Prince Namor]

ON NEWSSTANDS JANUARY 1958

Showcase had proven successful for Lois Lane enough to give her a solo comic of her own - the Superman family of books was doing very well!

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #1 (Curt Swan cover) - Splash Page - Kurt Schaffenberger art. 

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ON NEWSSTANDS JANUARY 1958

Meanwhile, the Flash still couldn't quite break free from Showcase... it would be another 11 months until he'd finally get his own book...

Showcase #13 - Carmine Infantino art.

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ON NEWSSTANDS FEBRUARY 1958

But Challengers of the Unknown was HOT! Issue #1 hit the newsstands February 11, 1958!

Story, pencils and inks by Jack Kirby.

Story ONE:

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[Prince Namor]

ON NEWSSTANDS FEBRUARY 1958

Challengers of the Unknown #1 (February 11, 1958)

Story, pencils and inks by Jack Kirby.

Jack would use this 'alien child' concept in Fantastic Four #24 (including the idea to contact its parents to save the day!)

Story TWO:

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ON NEWSSTANDS JANUARY 1958

Here's an AD from Batman #115 - this was a book DC really believed in!

[Prince Namor]

ON NEWSSTANDS FEBRUARY 1958

Kirby also did a story for Tales of the Unexpected #24 (Lou Cameron cover)

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ON NEWSSTANDS FEBRUARY 1958

Joe Maneely did a story and the COVER for House of Mystery #73!

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ON NEWSSTANDS FEBRUARY 1958

For February Stan Lee wrote:

 

Homer the Happy Ghost #20 - art by Dan DeCarlo (There are 4 pages by Tony DiPreta and of course the 2 pg text story.. DeCarlo's workload has been decreased....)

Millie the Model #85 - art by Dan DeCarlo (He still does all but the text story in Millie though...)

Patsy Walker #77 - art by Al Hartley, Stan writes half the stories.

Two Gun Kid #42 - 3 stories with art by Joe Maneely

Kid Colt Outlaw #79 - 3 stories with art by Jack Keller

 

Atlas released 8 titles in February. The other 3 were:

Navy Combat #18

World of Fantasy #12

Miss America #91

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ON NEWSSTANDS FEBRUARY 1958

Also appearing in February was another TEAM of Super Heroes for DC... the Legion of Super Heroes make their first appearance in Adventure #247.

[Prince Namor]

ON NEWSSTANDS FEBRUARY 1958

Dan DeCarlo would get 11 pages (2 stories) in Archie's Girls Betty & Veronica #36 (Harry Lucey cover) including the lead story and the finale (shown here)... he was getting more and more work from Archie Comics...

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ON NEWSSTANDS FEBRUARY 1958

Joe Maneely ALSO did work for Cracked Magazine, starting with issue #2 this month! He'd be a regular contributor to the magazine until his death in just a few short months... this might be one of my favorite things he's done!

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ON NEWSSTANDS MARCH 1958

Meanwhile over at Atlas...

For March, Stanley writes:

 

Patsy & Hedy #59 - Al Hartley art 

Wyatt Earp #18 - 3 stories with Dick Ayers art

GunSmoke Western #47  - 2 stories with Dick Ayers art

 

Atlas released 8 titles in November. The other 5 were:

Battle #59

Love Romances #76

Marines in Battle #24

My Own Romance #64

Strange Tales #64

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ON NEWSSTANDS MARCH 1958

Jack Kirby has an Atlas story in Gunsmoke Western #47 (from inventory, which is mainly all Stan is allowed to use right now), with a Joe Maneely cover.

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ON NEWSSTANDS MARCH 1958

Jack Kirby also has a story in My Greatest Adventure #21 (Bob Brown cover)

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ON NEWSSTANDS MARCH 1958

Steve Ditko has TWO stories in Out of this World #8 (Maurice Whitman cover)

Story ONE: