Popular Science (1872-Present Popular Science Publishing Co.) comic books 1952 or before

Add to cart Good $42.00 View scans Front cover detached 80%. Back cover detached 20%.

Science based publication designed to disseminate scientific knowledge to the educated layman. 6" x 9.25", 152 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Science based publication designed to disseminate scientific knowledge to the educated layman. 6" x 9.25", 152 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart Very Good $5.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

8.5-in. x 11.5-in., 128 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Good $2.65 View scans Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.

Vol. 121 #2 - August 1932. Cover by Edgar Wittmack. 8.5-in. x 11.5-in., 112 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 121 #3 - Sept. 1932. Cover by Edgar Wittmack. Includes articles like "Air Conditioning - The Latest in Home Comforts," "Dinosaur Bones Form Monument," "Human Bomb to Plunge Four Miles" and much more. 8.5-in. x 11.5-in., 96 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $9.00 View scans Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 20%. Staple rust: Moderate.

Vol. 121 #5 - Nov. 1932. Cover by Edgar Wittmack. Sections include aviation, astronomy, automobiles, models, radio, photography, ships, woodworking, inventions and more. 8.5-in. x 11.5-in., 116 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $2.65 View scan Interior is complete. Missing front cover.

Volume 122, Issue 2 - February, 1933. Cover by Edgar Wittmack. "Safe Pain-Killing Drugs Bring New Era in Modern Surgery" tells of wonders wrought by the latest anesthetics, "New Products Hasten Prosperity's Return" explains why experts believe a flood of inventions will end the depression, "How the Biggest Ship Was Safely Launched" gives readers inside facts about the fascinating operation of getting a huge liner afloat, and more. 8.5-in. x 11.5-in., 104 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $18.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 122 Issue 4 - April 1933. Cover by Edgar Wittmack. "Prehistoric Monsters Roar and Hiss for Sound Film" details the process of adding realistic sound to the movie, King Kong, with behind-the scenes photos. "Living Germs from Other Worlds Brought to Earth by Meteors", "Learn to Know the Stars with an Umbrella", "Grow Oysters in Paper Tubes" and many more articles of interest. 8.5-in. x 11.5-in., 112 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $6.20 View scan 3.25" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached.

Volume 123 Issue 2 - August, 1933. Cover by Edgar Wittmack. 8.5-in. x 11.5-in., 96 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $2.65 View scan 6" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Staple rust.

Volume 124 Issue 2 - February, 1934. Cover by Edgar Wittmack. "New Discoveries Show How Electricity Governs Our Lives" explains the strange effects of invisible charges in our atmosphere, "If I Were Getting a Patent" warns inexperienced inventors against six common pitfalls, "How the World Machine Works" described by Gaylord Johnson, tells readers how to perform simple tests with every day objects to show the motion of the Earth, more. 8.5-in. x 11.5-in., 116 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $5.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

120 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $10.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

Cover by Edgar F. Wittmack. 8.5" x 11.5", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Fair $2.60 View scans Front cover detached 50%. Back cover detached 50%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.

Vol. 126 #5, May 1935 - Cover by Edgar F. Wittmack. Features include "Pictures in Full Color Open New Era in Movies", "Does Latest Disaster Spell the Doom of the Dirigible?", "Odd Mental Kinks Produce Strangest Class of Criminals" and more. 8.5" x 11.5", 120 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $2.65 View scans Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 127, Issue 6 - December, 1935 - Cover by Edgar F. Wittmack. Features include "Can You Prove Who You Are?", "Hunting Wild Beasts with a Bow and Arrow", Bombless Bombing Trains Army Flyers", and more. 8.5" x 11.5", 124 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Add to cart Good $2.50 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 128, Issue 1 - January, 1936. Cover by Edgar F. Wittmack. "Meet the Champion Inventors" tells some little known facts about our leading patentees, ""Old Sailing Vessels Made Up as Famous Ships for the Movies" explains how Hollywood wizards reproduce storied craft of romance, "Did Exploding Meteors Dig the Craters on the Moon?" devises methods to test some theories on an astronomical mystery, and more. 8.5" x 11.5", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $21.00 View scans Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 129, Issue 5 - November, 1936 - Magazine for the general reader on science and technology. 8.5" x 11.5", 136 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Fair $2.60 View scans Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Vol. 130 #5, May 1937 - Cover by Edgar F. Wittmack. Features include "New Cities in the Arctic", "Behind the Scenes with the Men Who Build Giant Movie Sets", "Battle of the Superliners", "Strange Things That Roam Through the Body" and more. 8.5" x 11.5", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $2.65 View scan INCOMPLETE. Piece missing, interrupts art or story. Full length spine split.

Volume 131, Issue 2 - August, 1938. "Marvels of Underground Oil Railroads", fluid freight flows through a vast network of pipelines. "Why We Enjoy Pain", modern psychology traces common habits to mild forms of self-torture. "Fire-Bug Hunters", how arson sleuths make war on incendiaries. "Musical Magician", a college professor coaxes tunes from odd materials, plus much more. 8.5-in. x 11.5-in., black and white w/spot color, 126 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $6.20 View scan

Volume 132, Issue 2 - February 1938. 8.5-in. x 11.5-in.; black and white w/spot color; 138 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $4.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 132, Issue 5 - May 1938. 8.5-in. x 11.5-in.; black and white w/spot color; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Fine $12.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 132 #6, June 1938 - Cover by Edgar F. Wittmack. Features include "Uncle Sam's New Ocean Empire", "Wall Around Hell", "Hounds of the Sky" and more. 8.5" x 11.5", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $2.65 View scan 5" cumulative spine split.

Volume 133, Issue 2 - August 1938. 8.5-in. x 11.5-in.; black and white w/spot color; 102 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Good $2.50 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Fair $2.60 View scans Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Incomplete, See Notes. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 135, Issue 1 - July 1939. 8.5-in x 11.5-in, B&W, 240 Pages, Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $4.00 View scans Paper: Off white

Volume 136, Issue 5 - May 1940. Features include "Fighting Wars for the Movies," "How Censors Scan the Mail" and more. Illustrated with period photos. 6.5" x 9.5", 240 Pages, B&W and color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $2.65 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $2.65 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 138, Issue 6 - June, 1939. 8.5-in x 11.5-in, B&W, 232 Pages, Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Good $2.50 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 139, Issue 4 - October 1941. Feature articles include "New Tools for Army Power", "Fighting the Submarine Mine", "Stay Hungry and Live Longer", "Museums For Sale" and more. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 240 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Fine $5.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%.

Volume 140, Issue 2 - February 1942. Cover by John T. McCoy, Jr. Features Articles on new SKy Destroyer PLanes for the Army, and an interview with FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover entitles "Policing a Nation at War". Also includes articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 252 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $4.00 View scans

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Volume 140, Issue 3 - March 1942. Cover by Matt Murphey. Feature article on Douglas Aircraft. Also includes articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 240 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $4.00 View scans

Volume 140, Issue 4 - April 1942. Cover by Jo Kotula. Features Articles on "Diving Artillery" by Hickman Powell, and "Save our Car - How to Make it Last" by Schuyler Van Duyne. Also includes articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 236 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $4.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 140, Issue 5 - May 1942. Cover by Jo Kotula. Features Articles on "Porcupine Squadron", "Air Corps Builds New Windtunnel." Also includes articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 232 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Fine $11.00 View scans

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $4.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 140, Issue 6 - June 1942. Cover by AJ Rurka. Features Articles on Gas That Saves Lives, and How Army Dynamiters Attack. Also includes articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 228 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $14.00 View scans Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 141, Issue 2 - August 1942. Features Articles on synthetic rubber and civilian defense movies. Also includes articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 228 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $36.00 View scans

Add to cart Fair $2.65 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 141, Issue 3 - September 1942. Features Articles on New Torpedo War Planes. Also includes articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 228 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.20.

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Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $4.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 141, Issue 4 - October, 1942. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 240 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $4.00 View scans Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 141, Issue #5 - Nov. 1942. Articles include "War's End Will Bring a Better Life", the new 105mm howitzer, the new 3/4 ton Jeep weapons carrier and lots more. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 244 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $4.00 View scans Back cover detached 5%.

Volume 141, Issue 6 - December 1942. Featured article on "Can We Win the Battle of the Atlantic?!" Also includes articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 244 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Fair $2.50 View scans Front cover detached 60%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 142, Issue 1 - January 1943. Featured article on "We Don't Agree, Major De Seversky, That Our Fighter Planes Failed!" Also includes articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 234 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $2.50 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $2.50 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%.

Volume 142, Issue 3 - March 1943. Featured article on "How We Save Torpedoed Seamen!" Also includes articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 246 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $2.65 View scans Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.

Volume 142, Issue 5 - May 1943. Featured article on "Watch Out, Mr. Schicklegruber! The Bomber Floods are Coming!", and "Know the Facts about our Slingshot Planes" Also includes articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 236 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Good $2.50 View scans Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate.

Volume 142, Issue 6 - June 1943. Featured article on "German U-Boat Secrets Now Revealed!" and "What is the Truth About Our Aircraft Engines?" Also includes articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 228 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $2.50 View scans Water damage: Slight.

Volume 143, Issue 2 - August 1943. Featured article on "Super Airport for Tomorrow's Busy Skyways", and "How Our Plane Carriers Have Met the Test of Global War!" Also includes articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 224 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $2.50 View scans

Volume 143, Issue 3 - September 1943. Featured article on "Fort Busters!", "Your Home After the War!", and "Guns - Better Ones and More of Them Give Our Fighting Planes a Deadly Punch!" Also includes articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 232 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $2.50 View scans Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight.

Volume 143, Issue 6 - December 1943. Featured article on "The Mosquito, Britain's Wooden Wonder Bomber", and "How the Bombsight Solves Problems!" Also includes articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 224 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $10.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $2.65 View scan 2 1/4" Spine split from top.

Volume 145, Issue 2 - Aug. 1944. Articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 242 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $36.00 View scans

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $16.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 145, Issue 3 - September 1944. Articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 280 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fair $2.65 View scans Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 25%. Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.

Volume 147, Issue 2 - August, 1945. Articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 244 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Good $2.65 View scans Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.

Volume 147, Issue 5 - November, 1945. Articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 306 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Good $2.65 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 148, Issue 4 - April, 1946. Articles on automobile, home, and workshop upkeep projects. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 292 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $2.60 View scans

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $2.65 View scans Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 159, Issue 3 - September 1951. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 266 pages, PC/B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $2.65 View scan 2" Spine split from bottom.

Volume 161, Issue 4 - Oct. 1952. Features include twelve pages of 1953 cars, "Will They Ever Climb Mt. Everest?" and more. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 292 pages, PC/B&W. Cover price $0.35.