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Tip Top Comics (1936) comic books 1939-1941

  • Issue #33
    Tip Top Comics (1936) 33
    • Page oxidation. Slightly brittle.

    Cover by Paul Berdanier. Stories and art by Hal Foster, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Bill Conselman, Charlie Plumb, Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Dick Moores, Paul Berdanier, Harry O'Neill, Fred Methot, Alan Maver, Ed Dodd, J. Carver Pusey, R. M. Brinkerhoff, Robert Dickey, and Ben Batsford. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 3 #9. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Tarzan must battle the trained lions of Princess Nakonia, in Tarzan Sunday strips with art by Hal Foster. But he is captured and sentenced to death by the king of the lost city. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Tarzan of the Apes; Jim Hardy; Fury of '49; Bumps; Divot Diggers; Broncho Bill; Stamp Tips; Opportunity Knox; Benny; Home Towners; Frankie Doodle; Bucky and His Pals; Buster Beans; Hawkshaw the Detective; How It Began; Tip Top Cartoon Club; Phil Fumble; Fritzi Ritz; Twice Told Tales; Joe Jinks Featuring Dynamite Dunn; Little Mary Mixup; Ella Cinders; Chris Crusty. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #38
    Tip Top Comics (1936) 38
    • CGC Qualified
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case; Debris trapped between case and inner well
    • Page 3-7 & 21-23 missing, affects story. INCOMPLETE.
    • Label #3989644002
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Stories and art by Hal Foster, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Bill Conselman, Charlie Plumb, Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Dick Moores, Paul Berdanier, Harry O'Neill, Fred Methot, Alan Maver, Ed Dodd, J. Carver Pusey, R. M. Brinkerhoff, Robert Dickey, and Ben Batsford. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 4 #2. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Tarzan escapes from the mines and his war against Flint begins anew, in Tarzan Sunday strips with art by Hal Foster. Jim Hardy wonders if Penny Feather is involved with escaped killer Allrat, but he doesn't suspect that she's his sister. Ella Cinders and her brother Blackie accidentally get involved in the feud with the Rutherford clan. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Tarzan of the Apes; Jim Hardy; Twisted Timber; Bumps; Divot Diggers; Broncho Bill; Stamp Tips; Opportunity Knox; Benny; Home Towners; Frankie Doodle; Bucky and His Pals; Buster Beans; Hawkshaw the Detective; How It Began; Tip Top Cartoon Club; Phil Fumble; Fritzi Ritz; Twice Told Tales; Joe Jinks Featuring Dynamite Dunn; Little Mary Mixup; Ella Cinders; Chris Crusty. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #39
    Tip Top Comics (1936) 39
    • 1/2" spine split from bottom through cover and most wraps.

    Stories and art by Hal Foster, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Bill Conselman, Charlie Plumb, Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Dick Moores, Paul Berdanier, Harry O'Neill, Fred Methot, Alan Maver, Ed Dodd, J. Carver Pusey, R. M. Brinkerhoff, Robert Dickey, and Ben Batsford. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 4 #3. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Flint enlists a fighter pilot in his war against Tarzan, in Tarzan Sunday strips with art by Hal Foster. But Tarzan takes to the skies. Jim Hardy closes in on escaped killer Allrat. Hawkshaw the Detective solves mysteries in less than a minute. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Tarzan of the Apes; Jim Hardy; The Emerald Empire; Bumps; Divot Diggers; Broncho Bill; Stamp Tips; Opportunity Knox; Benny; Home Towners; Frankie Doodle; Bucky and His Pals; Buster Beans; Hawkshaw the Detective; How It Began; Tip Top Cartoon Club; Phil Fumble; Fritzi Ritz; Twice Told Tales; Joe Jinks Featuring Dynamite Dunn; Little Mary Mixup; Ella Cinders; Chris Crusty. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #52
    Tip Top Comics (1936) 52
    • 4.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover and centerfold detached.

    Tarzan (art by Hal Foster; 8 pages), the Captain and the Kids, Joe Dinks, Jim Hardy, Ella Cinders, Frankie Doodle, Li'l Abner, Fritzi Ritz (and Nancy), Phil Fumble, Four Aces, Little Mary Mixup, Broncho Bill, Bumps, Buster Beans, Bucky and His Pals, and Abbie an' Slats. Tarzan cover. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #62
    Tip Top Comics (1936) 62
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Slab: See item notes
    • Inner well not fully sealed, book appears unaffected and secure.
    • Label #0276260021
  • Issue #65
    Tip Top Comics (1936) 65
    • 1" Cumulative spine split. 1.5" Internal page tears.
  • Issue #68
    Tip Top Comics (1936) 68
    Auction opens June 24
    • Interior is complete. Extremely brittle pages. Spine split through all wraps.