The Best from Boys’ Life Comics

    (Gilberton, 1957-1958)
™ and © 1957 Gilberton

In 1957, Classics Illustrated teamed with the Boy Scouts of America to publish a selection from what was once arguably the most popular American magazine for boys. In addition to western, science fiction and adventure strips, the book includes how-to craft projects, articles on fishing, breaking codes, and how to dribble a basketball, and a cautionary fiction story about a doomed hiking trip. A very well rounded book—where else can you learn how to make a charcoal grill and how to develop film?—it was most likely a must have on the reference shelf of the 50s American boy.
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#1 (Cardstock cover by Bob Cousy)

October, 1957
Cover Price: $0.35
1 copy available for $44.00 		Al Stenzel, Alsten, Ernest Dickinson, Frank Giles, Howard G. McEntee, Irv Novick, Jack W. Hankins, James W. English, John Sink, John Taylor, Mal Eaton, Percy K. Fitzhugh, Stan Pashko, Ted CollinsAl Stenzel, Alsten, Irv Novick, John Sink, Mal Eaton, Percy K. Fitzhugh, Stan Pashko, Clyde Lamb, Chas Wilgams
#2 (Cardstock cover)

January, 1958
Cover Price: $0.35
1 copy available for $9.99 		Percy K. FitzhughPercy K. Fitzhugh
#3

April, 1958
Cover Price: $0.35
1 copy available for $19.99 		  
#4 (Cardstock cover)

July, 1958
Cover Price: $0.35
1 copy available for $9.99 		Percy K. Fitzhugh, Charles Messom, Philip Rubin, Duane Fitsmorris, Al Stenzel, Alsten, Clyde Lamb, Jim Breims, Bill Longacre, David Stotz, Don Funderburk, Ed Norziger, Robert Hauck, Creig Flessel, Mal Eaton, Ronald Marineely, John Keithley, Bobby Herron, Dick Mulcarek, P. Drumm, Eward Hann, Richard Rogers, Tom & Jim Woehrmann, Dietz Kessler, Dik Browne, Joe King, Donald Keith, Ernest F. Schmidt, W.S. Chadwick, Glenn A. Wagner, Robert Sterling, Bob Jones, B.J. ChuteL.B. Cole, Percy K. Fitzhugh, Al Stenzel, Alsten, Clyde Lamb, Ed Norziger, Creig Flessel, Mal Eaton, G. Ludway, Dik Browne, Joe King, Wingert