Tip Top Comics (1936) comic books 1951-1953

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Harry ONeill, and Leonard Sansome. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Willie's friend gets him involved in watermelon larceny. Broncho Bill confronts Slash Morley and his gang after the stagecoach accident. Slash gets the upper hand, sending Broncho Bill plummeting over the cliff. Plus Nancy strips by Ernie Bushmiller. Nancy; How it Began!; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Broncho Bill; Back Home Again; Willie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Dick Van Buren, and Bob Lubbers. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. The Captain puts Hans and Fritz to work as organ-grinder's monkeys, but that backfires in a hurry. In his return to Tip Top Comics, Tarzan must protect a wounded warrior from a leopard attack, but that just angers the nearby apes. Nancy and Sluggo learn the best place to hide during an explosion. Nancy; How it Began!; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Tarzan. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Dick Van Buren, and Bob Lubbers. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Hans and Fritz's new clown friend is stuck in a tree by a laughing hyena. Tarzan learns that the apes have been terrorizing a native village, but he still wants to know why. Nancy has to keep her injured foot elevated. Plus a vintage ad for Nancy and Sluggo dolls. Nancy; Strange as It Seems; How it Began!; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Tarzan. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $539.95 or Best Offer View scans INCOMPLETE. Page missing, interrupts art and story. 5" Cumulative spine split. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Charles Schulz, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Dick Van Buren, and Bob Lubbers. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. This issue is noteworthy as being the first comic book (along with United Comics (1940/1950) #21, published the same month) to reprint Charles Schulz's beloved Peanuts comic strip, then only in its third year. Tarzan battles a lioness and leads natives on a hunting expedition. Nancy tries to build a swing in her backyard, but none of the trees are right. Plus a vintage ad for a "15 Piece Texas Ranger Cowboy Outfit." Nancy; Peanuts; Strange as It Seems; How it Began!; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Tarzan. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Dick Van Buren, and Bob Lubbers. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. The Captain and the Kids meet Mister Funnybone, the panhandling clown. Tarzan leads the Duru tribe in a revolt against slave traders. Nancy needs more space to do the dishes, so she fills the bathtub with dirty dishes. Nancy; Strange as It Seems; How it Began!; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Tarzan. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Dick Van Buren, and Bob Lubbers. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. The Captain and the Kids give chase after an ape steals pirate treasure. Tarzan is captured by Gunnar Milo and put to work in his illegal copper mine. Fritzi wants to know why Nancy is collecting alarm clocks. Nancy; Strange as It Seems; How it Began!; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Tarzan. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Dick Van Buren, and Bob Lubbers. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. The Captain and the Kids meet the "nature man," who inspires them to wear only loincloths and eat what they can catch in nature, especially since Mama is on strike. Tarzan battles Dango the Hyena with his bare hands. Nancy tries to take Sluggo's picture, but he keeps getting distracted. Nancy; Strange as It Seems; How it Began!; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Tarzan. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Dick Van Buren, and Bob Lubbers. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Hans and Fritz attach balloons to the dog Major so he can chase birds in the air, realizing their mistake almost too late. Tarzan makes a desperate bid to free himself and the natives from the copper mine. Nancy builds some reverse-scarecrows to rid her garden of spinach. Plus a vintage ad for Captain Video "Two Way Communicators," based on the classic sci-fi TV series. Nancy; How it Began!; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Tarzan. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Dick Van Buren, and Bob Lubbers. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Hans and Fritz cause trouble for the Captain, even while he's on vacation. A madman known as The Hunter makes Tarzan the target of his next hunt. Nancy brings snowballs to a shooting gallery. Nancy; Strange as It Seems; How it Began!; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Tarzan. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Dick Van Buren, and Bob Lubbers. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Hans and Fritz see the queen's concert as a perfect opportunity for mischief. Pursued by the Hunter, Tarzan abducts one of his native guides, whose chieftain tells Tarzan the identity of the Hunter. But even Tarzan does not suspect the existence of Vor, the man-eating "devil tree" worshiped by the Lebos tribe. Nancy; Strange as It Seems; How it Began!; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Tarzan. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Dick Van Buren, and Bob Lubbers. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. After discovering the secret of the Hunter's hold over the natives, Tarzan is sentenced to be sacrificed to the man-eating "devil tree." But Tarzan demands a trial-by-combat against the Hunter himself. Nancy's dime-a-bottle perfume offends Sluggo and even scares off the skunks at the zoo. Plus a comics PSA promoting the Junior Safety Institute, "Bill Wins a Medal." Nancy; Strange as It Seems; How it Began!; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Tarzan. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Dick Van Buren, and Bob Lubbers. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Escaping the Hunter's jungle on a raft, Tarzan is rescued by a passing ship. But it turns out to be a pirate ship, and mistaking Tarzan for someone else, the pirates capture him and hang him by his thumbs. Sluggo plays a watermelon prank on Nancy. Nancy; How it Began!; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Tarzan. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Dick Van Buren, and Bob Lubbers. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. After he escapes from the pirates, Tarzan is pursued by the pirate captain Limey. Limey's pirates try to board his ship, and the battle is engaged. Plus Nancy strips by Ernie Bushmiller. Nancy; Strange as It Seems; How it Began!; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Tarzan. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Dick Van Buren, and Bob Lubbers. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Tarzan gains a new ally, Toll, and a new enemy, the pirate king Aved. Tarzan devises a hobbit-like plan to invade Aved's island fortress by concealing men inside of floating barrels. Nancy likes ice-cream cones, so she decides that all of her food should be in the form of ice-cream cones. Nancy; Strange as It Seems; How it Began!; Divot Diggers; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Tarzan. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.