Good Housekeeping Magazine (1885) comic books 1930-1939

This issue features Donald Duck's first appearance in a magazine or comic book. Although this issue of Good Housekeeping is cover dated June, 1934,it was on the newsstand a month earlier when the "Wise Little Hen," a Silly Symphony cartoon, debut on June 7 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The beautiful "Wise Little Hen" two-page, full-color art is by Thomas Wood. This issue of Good Housekeeping also contains "Canyon Kiddies," a historic and long out of print comic page about American Indians by James Swinnerton.

June, 1934. Donald Duck (referred to as Duck) in one page "The Wise Little Hen" from Disney's Silly Symphony. Cover price $0.25.

May 1930. Cover by Jessie Willcox Smith. Travel article with contemporary photographs by Frances Parkinson Keyes on Patagonia. Home, food and fashion articles plus fiction, poetry and more. Interior art by Clara Elsene Peck, Harold von Schmidt, Jules Gotlieb, Stuart Hay, Henry Raleigh, Harrison Fisher, James Swinnerton and others. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 328 pages, B&W/PC Cover price $0.25.

June 1930. Cover by Jessie Willcox Smith. Home, food and fashion articles plus fiction, poetry and more. Interior art by Clara Elsene Peck, Jules Gottleib, James Allen, James Swinnerton, Henry Raleigh, W. Smithson Broadhead, James Montgomery Flagg and others. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 292 pages, B&W/PC. Cover price $0.25.

Vol. 92, No. 1. January 1931. Cover by Jessie Willcox Smith. Home, food and fashion articles plus fiction, poetry and more. This issue includes "The Pink Bassinet with Desperate Lace" by Lenora Mattingly Weber with charming illustrations by Rose O'Neill. Interior art by Henry Raleigh, Charles D. Mitchell, Thomas Webb, W. E. Heitland, James Montgomery Flagg, James Swinnerton, and others. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 204 pages, PB&W/PC. Cover price $0.25.

Vol. 92, No. 2. February 1931. Cover by Jessie Willcox Smith. Home, food and fashion articles plus fiction, poetry and more. Interior art by Henry Raleigh, Jose Segrelles, James Billmyer, Elbert McGran Jackson, James Swinnerton, and others. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 268 pages, PB&W/PC. Cover price $0.25.

Vol. 92, No. 3. March 1931. Cover by Jessie Willcox Smith. Home, food and fashion articles plus fiction, poetry and more. Interior art by James Montgomery Flagg, Pruett Carter, James E. Allen, W. E. Heitland, James Swinnerton, and others. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 292 pages, PB&W/PC. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Mrs. Vernon Thomas. Home, Food and Fashion articles, plus fiction stories for adults and children. "Storm Signals" Part 4 by Joseph c. Lincoln. Illustrations by Franz Felix, Hans Flato, Dan Content, Bradshaw Crandell, Elbert McGran Jackson, McClelland Barclay, Matt Clark, and David Robinson. 2 full color pages cartoons by James Swinnerton. Photos and illustrations. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in. 224 Pages B&W/PC Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Horace Gaffron. Gorgeous example of Walt Disney's full color page entitled Mickey's Amateurs. Part two of Erich Maria Remarque's Three Comrades. Other fiction by Hellen Topping Miller, Annette Bromfield, Adela Rogers St. Johns, A.J. Cronin, Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger, Elsie Singmaster, Doris Hume. Interior art by E.M. Jackson, Pruett Carter, Maurice Bower, Jay Barnum, James Montgomery Flagg, Tom Cronin, McClelland Barclay, Lu Kimmel, Charles Mitchell. Plus articles on fashion, food, interior design, household tips and more. Ads include Ovaltine selling a Little Orphan Annie mug, Karo syrup featuring the Dionne quintuplets, Campbell's Pea Soup and many more. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 130 pages, predominantly B&W with with spot and full color pages. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Horace Gaffron. Gorgeous example of Walt Disney's full color page entitled Clock Cleaners from the famous cartoon. Fiction by Adela Rogers St. Johns, Temple Bailey, Edison Marshall, Gordon Hillman, Baird Hall, Helen Topping Miller, Rebecca Eastman. Interior art by John R. Flanagan, Jay Barnum, John LaGatta, Tom Webb, Maurice Bower, Robert Reid, E.M. Jackson, Harrison Cady, James Montgomery Flagg. Plus articles on fashion, food, interior design, household tips and more. Ads include Elgin watches, Ford, Wheaties, Palmolive soap and many more. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 244 pages, predominantly B&W with with spot and full color pages. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Horace Gaffron. Gorgeous example of Walt Disney's full color page entitled Beach Picnic. Plus James Swinnerton's Canyon Kiddies page. Fiction by Adela Rogers St. Johns, Leslie Ford, Joseph Harrington, Martha Ostenso, Franken Meloney, Ethel Doherty and Louise Long, Louise Peattie, Helen Topping Miller. Interior art by Stanley Parkhouse, Jon Whitcomb, Pruett Carter, Dean Cornwell, Jay Barnum, Haddon Sundblom, Edwin George, Tom Webb, . Plus articles on fashion, food, interior design, household tips, house plans and more. Ads include Shirley Temple for Puffed Wheat cereal, Loretta Young for Lux soap, Sonja Henie for Doublemint gum and many more. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 244 pages, predominantly B&W with with spot and full color pages. Cover price $0.25.