Star Comics Vol. 1 (1937) comic books

Add to cart CGC 1.5 $1,000.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Brittle Label #1246290001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by W. C. Brigham. Stories and art by Dick Ryan, Fred Schwab, H. C. Kiefer, Cal Cagno, La Rue Edwards, Myron Cox, Rick Yager, Ken Fitch, Clem Gretter, Rafael Astarita, Dick Moores, and W. C. Brigham. An early comics anthology published by Harry Chesler, one of the pioneering publishers and packagers of comics books. Short comedy strips, sometimes just one panel, with titles like Jingle Jingle and School Daze. Detective Red Starr sets out to find out who robbed Mrs. Millionrocks. Historical and educational strips, including phrases from Shakespeare's plays, sketches of characters from Dickens' Oliver Twist, and the adventures of King Arthur. An excessively polite theater usher annoys Joe Dokes. Jest for Fun; Bows an' Arrows; Otto McKanic; Joe Ticket the Picket; Professor McScrewy; Eddie; Riggin' Bill; Jingle Jingle; The Age of Animals; Sketches From Dickens; Red Starr; Ima Sphinx; G-Whizz; Nutty Fagin; School Daze; When Father Was a Boy, When Mother Was a Girl; He Who Serves Progress Serves the World; Animal Wise Crackers; Big Top; Bug-Ville; Belly Laughs; Round Table Adventures; Land O' Nod; Dan Hastings; Prince; Wilbur; It's In the Air; McGee; Words That Ring Through the Mist of Time; Bud and His Legendary Scouts; Shinanigans; Officer Clancy; Cheerio Minstrels; Bob Phantom; Bright and Early; King Kole's Kourt; Without Rhyme Or Reason; Stars and Stripes; Sources of Famous Quotations; Li'l Willie; Saxophone Sam; Joe Dokes; Jack Potts; Tell Me? Mr. Ripley. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2 in., 68 pages, Full Color.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $225.00 View scans Interior is complete. Full length spine split through cover and 2 wraps. Interior splitting due to oxidation. Brittle. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Fred Guardineer, Jack Romer, Dick Ryan, Fred Schwab, H. C. Kiefer, Ken Fitch, Rafael Astarita, Clem Gretter, Frank Frollo and W. C. Brigham. Ultem (one of the Holyoke-connected companies) takes over publication of the early anthology of kids' and humor comics, part of the first generation of comic books. Dan Hastings faces the final aerial battle with the massive futuristic air force of the alien Eutopas. Historical and educational strips, including comics biographies of Robert Fulton and David and Goliath, phrases from Shakespeare's plays, and the adventures of King Arthur. Short comedy strips, sometimes just one panel, with titles like Jingle Jingle and Shinanigans. Also featuring an early humor strip by Charles Biro, later the mind behind the notorious Crime Does Not Pay comic. Bows an' Arrows; Do You Know?; Down Through the Ages with Fighting Men; Professor McScrewy; Riggin' Bill; Jingle Jingle; Court of Inhuman Relations; He Who Serves Progress Serves the World; His Own Medicine; Trail of the Mammoth; I'm the Guy; Ima Sphinx; Sources of Famous Quotations; Jungle Town Show-Boat; Foxy Grandpa; Nutty Fagin; Third Class Male; When Father Was a Boy, When Mother Was a Girl; Bib and Tucker; Topsy-Turvy; Bug-Ville; Round Table Adventures; Li'l Arthur; Dan Hastings; Prince; Wilbur; Joe McGee; Words That Ring Through the Mist of Time; Goobyland; Shinanigans; Officer Clancy; Joe Dokes; King Kole's Kourt; Ad-Ventures; Jack Potts. 64 pages, Full Color.