122 entries for Billy McComb

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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Stanley Collins The Spider pips of card vanish and appear on paper, pip eating spider
Related to 1915
Original Magical Creations
67
Bob Hummer Bob Hummer's Whirling Card
VariationsAlso published here 1943
Hummer's Whirling Card
2
Louis Tannen Canny Cane! opening, table with cane and hat, gloves are thrown in the air and they come down with small parachutes, then the cain is put into the hat, where it vanishes
Related to Aug. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 132)
529
Billy McComb William's Torn and Restored Newspaper Presentation presenting the effect on stage, with stage light
 		1947
The First Book of William
11
Billy McComb William's Bicycle Tyre tire is emptied and blown up again
 		1947
The First Book of William
12
Billy McComb William's Ice Cream Production cup filled with confetti changes into ice cream
 		1947
The First Book of William
14
Billy McComb More About Ice Cream four more ideas with ice cream tricks
 		1947
The First Book of William
16
Billy McComb William's Fantastic Fez performer wears a fez, cuckoo on springs comes out with the selection
 		1947
The First Book of William
17
Billy McComb William's New Glove Opening gloves are thrown into the air, small parachute opens and they float slowly down
Related to 1947
The First Book of William
20
Billy McComb William "discovers" "Multicore" Solder two ideas with a special wire
  • bending flower
  • gag with tie
 		1947
The First Book of William
22
Billy McComb William's Attache Case Production object appear from empty case
 		1947
The First Book of William
24
Billy McComb William's Invisible Paint brush on paper, picture is made without using paint
 		1947
The First Book of William
26
Billy McComb William on the Subject of "Stung" sucker trick, card apparently vanished in trousers, version of Stung
 		1947
The First Book of William
28
Billy McComb William's Invisible Pipe smoking thumb
 		1947
The First Book of William
30
Billy McComb William's Hot Book flames from a book
Related to 1947
The First Book of William
32
Billy McComb William's Comedy Card Flight spectator on stage puts card in stand, card vanishes and appears in envelope, everybody sees how it works except spectator on stage, paper balls over head type
 		1947
The First Book of William
34
Billy McComb William Passes On Some Tips on thumb tips, on using milk, on the appearing cane, how to remove paint
 		1947
The First Book of William
36
Billy McComb Assorted Gaglets of the William Brand gags with, thimbles, a mouse trap, a spring snake, with ropes, hair, light bulbs, coffee beans, diminishing cards, cracking a spectator's arm, dead rat
Variations 1947
The First Book of William
37
Billy McComb William's Poker Hand Trick several hands are dealt one hand is chosen it's a royal flush
 		1947
The First Book of William
39
Billy McComb William Amid the Fakirs gazing at a match causing it to ignite
 		1947
The First Book of William
42
Billy McComb William's Fantastic Table table lift, with ring, then legs fall off and when the table top is shown, the hand stuck to it apparently cut off from the arm
Related to 1947
The First Book of William
44
Billy McComb William's Floating Ball Routine comedy routine on stage, ball is floating up and down and finally vanishes in a box, with assistant
 		1947
The First Book of William
46
Billy McComb William Turns Gravity Upside Down board on two trestles with three bricks on top, trestles are removed and the rest floats, then board, lowermost and middle brick are removed one by one, still suspended in the air
 		1947
The First Book of William
49
Maurice Howarth Tarantula pips from four card vanish step by step and appear on strip of paper
Related to Sep. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 290)
1158
Billy McComb An Act for a Lazy Magician complete act
  • Ring on Stick
  • Card through Handkerchief
  • Anti-Gravity Glasses
  • Bill in Cigarette
  • Transformation of Handkerchief ("The End" appears)
 		1955
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1955)
4
Eusapia Palladino (17) The Palladino Table Lift one person table lift, with ring
Related to 1959
Mediumistic Stunts
289
Eugene Gloye, Billy McComb Surprise Prediction McCombical Prediction variation, with slate
 		Apr. 1961
The New Phoenix (Issue 356)
253
Dai Vernon Slow Motion Card Vanish "Chapter Seventeen", thumbnail clip
Related to 1967
Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic
103
Billy McComb Again They Rise Deck of cards dropped into newspaper, three selections rise out of newspaper
 		1968
Newspaper Magic
81
Alton Sharpe, Billy McComb Blank Surprise all cards become blank except selection
 		1969
Expert Card Mysteries
141
Billy McComb Cut 'N Gone Rope rope is coiled up in hand and ends are cut, rope vanishes
 		1972
I Did It My Way
1
Billy McComb The Williamised Spider pips from deck vanish and appear on napkin
Related toAlso published here 1972
I Did It My Way
2
Billy McComb, George Lawrence The Torn and Restored Airmail
Related to 1972
I Did It My Way
4
Billy McComb Auntie Gwendoline sucker ending for torn and restored letter
 		1972
I Did It My Way
6
Billy McComb Eye-Level, One-Man Card Vanish gimmick, similar to Vernon
Related to 1972
I Did It My Way
6
Billy McComb A Variation on a Theme spectator holds a ribbon over his head, a ring hangs in the middle, ring is removed from ribbon without spectator knowing how it works, paper balls over the head effect, clippo
 		1972
I Did It My Way
8
Billy McComb The Seven-Cornered Hanky
Related to 1972
I Did It My Way
9
Billy McComb The Magician's Rabbit Does a Trick in a box, apparently rabbit does the trick
 		1972
I Did It My Way
11
Billy McComb The Card in the Cigarette
1972
I Did It My Way
13
Billy McComb, Ken De Courcy Uncle's Will Slates messages appear on slates, comedy
 		1972
I Did It My Way
13
Billy McComb The Five Rings of William brief
Also published here 1972
I Did It My Way
15
Billy McComb Extension to "Miko" gag prediction with Three-and-a-half of Clubs, Fourteen of Spades and mis-spotted die that does not add up to seven on all sides
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
17
Billy McComb Opening the Magic Society Show two large sheets shown empty on stage, a person appears and makes up a sandwich-board man with the sheets that have relevant messages on them
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
19
Billy McComb The "Bang" Bomb plastic bomb explodes with BANG banner, comedy prop
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
23
Billy McComb A Thought-of Card turns up in a Cigarette card peeked at in rubber-banded deck vanishes and appears in borrowed cigarette, detailed, Fred Karene
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
29
Billy McComb The Ultimate Identification rabbit from hat, with newspaper or body load
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
37
Billy McComb The Half-Dyed Color Changing Silk routine ends with a silk in two colors, stopped in middle of the transformation
Variations 1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
41
Billy McComb A Rotten Sneaky Deception which Pleases Me dye tube gimmick openly presented as bottle with dye color
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
49
Billy McComb Frolics with the Hummer Whirling Card
  • A Variation
  • A Don't! - If You Unravel Your Own!
  • A Miracle!
  • You're All Set!
  • Light Weight - But Great!
  • True Story!
Inspired by 1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
51
Billy McComb Yeas of Magical Angling... and Thoughts Thereon aerial fishing, with aquarium prop
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
55
Billy McComb How To Mix Two Tricks To Make One Good Presentation thumb tie combined with card to wallet
Variations 1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
63
Billy McComb Thoughts on the Thumb-Writer and a few tips thrown in boon writer
  • Magnetic Hold-Out
  • Replacing the Writer
  • A Stunt
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
65
Billy McComb The Date on the Coin
1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
67
Billy McComb The Rigid Yo-Yo
1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
69
Billy McComb The Wine, the Water - and a Character on Chris van Bern's Water & Wine, chemical
  • Wine and Water - Williamised!
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
71
Billy McComb Again "Sawing in Half"... Lengthwise...
1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
75
Billy McComb The Reverse-Cut Svengali Pack ... An Introduction spectator and magician both cut at the same card
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
79
Billy McComb Chop Cups for All using glass with paper cover and magnet secretly added
Inspired by
  • Jennings Chop Cup routine, Genii, Mar. 1965
 1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
83
Billy McComb We Go Mental different approaches, pages glued together, card inserted to select page
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
87
Billy McComb An Off-Beat Rabbit Arrival rabbit produced in champagne bucket, featuring a bottom-less bottle
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
93
Billy McComb The Egg in the Magazine raw egg poured into magazine, vanishes, reappears as fried egg
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
97
Billy McComb Thirty Years of Rings in Nests of Boxes
1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
103
Billy McComb The Clay Pipe smoking clay pipes
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
107
Billy McComb U.K. ... "Not in the Polo Mints" - U.S.A. ... "Bill in the Lifesavers"
1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
113
Billy McComb Splashing in the Card Fountain with reel
Inspired by
  • Magicana, Genii, Oct. 1968
 1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
119
Billy McComb Resurrected! ideas for gag in which thread comes out of clothing and is pulled and then becomes very long
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
123
Billy McComb A Face-Lifting on the "Goodnight Banner" writing on handkerchief falls off as ribbon
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
125
Billy McComb Flat Accordion
1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
131
Billy McComb A Gag with the Wiggly Wand deck becomes crooked when waved over with S-shaped wand
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
131
Billy McComb "P" pea can, spectator writes letter on billet, put in tube, changes into water, pee gag
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
132
Billy McComb Flying Moo milk travels from glass to glass, visible as gag through hole
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
132
Billy McComb Sucker Ghost ghost tube as vacuum cleaner
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
133
Billy McComb Which came first? egg on table, it apparently hatches and bird appears
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
134
Billy McComb Please Shut the Gate gate on stage
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
135
Billy McComb A Clean Gag hollow soap
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
135
Billy McComb Light Humour light bulb, painted half black
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
136
Billy McComb Wee Tree newspaper tree
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
137
Billy McComb Fish Stricks plastic fish at end of the strings, with idea for tassel on fez with reel
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
139
Billy McComb Hot Stuff foil gets hot, chemical
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
141
Billy McComb A Ring! spectator names card from invisible deck, it is predicted, card index on finger ring
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
145
Billy McComb Crystal Clear! card index seen in crystal
Inspired by
  • Card Crystal effect (Marvels of Mystery, John Booth)
 1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
147
Billy McComb Ear! Ear! shooting-combinatin-flash wand
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
147
Billy McComb Impromptu Bunny! paper puppet finds card
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
148
Billy McComb Hydrostatic!
1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
148
Billy McComb Golf Ball comment on golf ball through handkerchief
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
148
Billy McComb An Historical Gag address of Lincoln
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
151
Billy McComb Necessity is the Mother rising cards with deck switch
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
153
Billy McComb The Williamised Spider of Mr. Collins pips from deck vanish and appear on napkin
Also published here 1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
155
Billy McComb The Williamised Close-up Card Sword with small sword
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
159
Billy McComb William does the Card Sword
  • Another Solution
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
161
Billy McComb Yrutnec Hteitnewt Twentieth Century in Reverse, silk starts tied between other two and travels elsewhere
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
164
Billy McComb William does the Hindu Needle Trick
1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
167
Billy McComb The Five Rings of William brief
Also published here 1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
171
Billy McComb William and the Himber Ring
1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
175
Tommy Wonder, Billy McComb, Stanley Collins The Pip-Eating Spider published under "Jos Bema"
Related to June 1976
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 10)
272
Billy McComb, Ken De Courcy Cabaret Card Divination divination of seven cards that have been taken from a shuffled deck, last card predicted in envelope
Related toVariations 1978
Cabaret Card Divination
1
Billy McComb Coin to Bottle with folding coin index
 		1978/76
More Classic Magic with Apparatus
138
Larry Becker PSI-Stebbins shuffled deck, packet of card is divined and last card predicted, jumbo cards
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1979
The Best of Larry Becker's World of Super Mentalism Book II
7
Billy McComb, Hubert Lambert A Deception From Dublin
1980
Al Leech's Legacy
124
Billy McComb Powers of Mind two decks, performer and spectator cut to same card
 		1980
Magick (Issue 266)
1327
Ken De Courcy, Billy McComb The Blood Feast of the Sun tissue paper crumpled up by spectator, it bursts into flames by itself, chemical
 		1980 ca.
The Blood Feast of the Sun
2
Thomas Alan Waters Pyrotica with three books
Related to 1985
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mystyx)
711
Steve "Banachek" Shaw Future Card Thought shuffled deck, packet of card is divined and last card predicted
Inspired byRelated to 1990 /1999
Prethoughts
21
Billy McComb Roy Roth's "Fastest Wallet in the West" (of Wales)
1991
Card to Wallet
49
Van Abernathy Chute deck encircled with rubber band, signed selection floats down attached to small parachute
Related to 1992
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 46)
834
Billy McComb, Roy Roth Billy McComb's Routine for Roy Roth's "Fastest Wallet in the West" (of Wales) credit card to wallet
 		1992
Magic with Credit Cards
39
Steve Dusheck Holed Up cork pushed halfway through hole in card, moved around
Inspired by
  • "Hole Collection" (Billy McComb)
Also published here 		1992
Dusheck's Card Magic
76
Tommy Wonder, Stanley Collins, Billy McComb The Pip-Eating Spider pips of pip card vanish until only indices are left
 		1996
The Books of Wonder — Volume 1
157
Billy McComb At Homb with McComb - Sympathetic Silks
1997
Virtual Foolery
19
Billy McComb The Seven-Cornered Handkerchief performer proves that a silk has seven corner by tying them in pairs
Inspired by
  • Hatton & Plate's "Magicians' Tricks and How They Are Done"
  • Stanyon's Magic, August 1913, Vol. 13 No. 11
Related to 		Dec. 1997
Mind & Magic Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 6)
1
Billy McComb The Knot
Dec. 1997
Mind & Magic Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 6)
3
Ricki Dunn Card in Wallet, Plus chain escape combined with card to wallet and watch steal
Inspired by July 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 7)
28
Charlie Miller A Left-Handed Hank Has Seven Corners performer proves that a silk has seven corner by tying them in pairs
Related to 2001
Left-Handed Hank
11
Karl Fulves Odd Man Out "was your card an odd card?", it is odd-backed and rest is blank, force
Inspired by
  • Billy McComb effect (The Wizard, July 1947)
Related to 		2001
New Card Controls
112
Billy McComb Egg in Movie broken egg poured into newspaper, fried egg taken out
Also published here
  • Billy McComb, McComb's Magic, 1972, p. 97
 2002
The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic
207
Tom Stone Note 9 suitcase with cut-out side and light inside, seen empty, things produced from it, "theft-proof suitcase"
Inspired by
  • Billy McComb gag
Also published here 		Apr. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 4)
20
Patrick Page Multiple Revelations six different ways of divination when multiple cards are selected
  • 1. bunch of cards as divined
  • 2. bunch of cards are distributed to several people, cards are divined
  • 3. bunch of card is divined plus an unknown card in pocket
  • 4. selection in bunch of cards is divined
  • 5. prediction of last card of bunch of cards which is turned over (Billy McComb, Ken de Courcy)
  • 6. cards in envelopes are divined
Related to 2011
Magic Page by Page
88
Billy McComb, Patrick Page Billy's Thimble while doing a thimble routine, an extra finger appears
Inspired by 2011
Magic Page by Page
291
Roberto Giobbi Card Call "Cabaret Card Divination" of a bunch of cards, last card predicted in letter
Inspired by 2016
Standup Card Magic
105
Alexander de Cova Eierbeuteleien using a ball with a thread loop for egg bag
  • Die Grundhaltung
  • Der Bagdrop
  • Das Drehen des Beutels
  • Unterarm Deckung
  • Die direkte Ladung
  • Die Produktion
  • Verschwinden und Bagdrop
  • Umdrehen des Beutels mit Bagdrop
  • Weitere Deckung
  • Der Drop
  • Platt drücken
  • Glasproduktion
  • Der Abschluss nach Billy McComb
 		2016
Burners — Vol. 4
44
Nick Diffatte Dye Another Day routine ends with a silk in two colors, stopped in middle of the transformation, using only one dye tube
Inspired by 2022
Offbeat
173
Juno Sieben seven-cornered handkerchief
Related to 2022
Magie Exquisit 2022
8