Nuts!  I wasn't eight until May of '61 and the drug store that sold comics was too far away to go to so I was still subject to my parents buying me the latest Casper the friendly ghost, Wendy the good witch, etc.  Seeing these covers of comics that I shoulda been able to buy back then is kinda hard to bear.  I was able to grab them later via the usual practice back then of meeting on the school grounds and swapping comics or in the second hand stores.  I envy Todd his many purchases back then.  Four or five comics a month were about all that I could afford once I was able to buy for myself.