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    Comics, The (1937-1939 Dell) #1 CGC 6.5
    Published Mar 1937 by Dell.

    Comics, The (1937) 1 CGC 6.5

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #0762911002

    Ended Jul 18 2013
    Winning Bid $222

    Stories and art by Roy Crane, Henry Vallely, J.R. Williams, John Hix, Mort Cowen, Sandini, B. F. McNaughton, Hal Arbo, Ray Thompson, and Charles Coll. The Comics presented original stories, art reprinted from Dell's Big Little Books, and reprints of classic newspaper strips. Working on wildcat oil wells, Wash Tubbs and Captain Easy seek the killer who's blowing up firefighting nitro trucks. Cowboy hero Tom Mix helps his friend Ted fight off "range jumpers" who want to take his ranch. One of the Big Little Book adaptations features a spy hero named Doctor Doom - perhaps the first character to use that name - and a villain called The Falcon! You Wouldn't Believe It; Tom Mix; Arizona Kid; Muscles Are Better Than Magic!; Myra North, Special Nurse; Tom Beatty; Wash Tubbs; In the Name of the Law; Out Our Way; Sombrero Pete; Eric Noble and the Forty-Niners; Lone Marshal and the Border Rustlers; Prairie Bill; G-Man Jim; Ford of the Foreign Legion; Flying the Sky Clipper; Shooting Sheriff; International Spy Featuring Doctor Doom; Coast Guard. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10. Grade: CGC 6.5 explanation of grade Condition: Used (collectible)