Super Comics (1938-1949 Western/Dell) comic books

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $30.00 View scan Only one staple (manufacturing). Tape along spine. Cover oxidation.

Stories and art by Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Dale Messick, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Walter Berndt, Jim Chambers, Ed Leffingwell, Martin Branner, Al Posen, and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Tiny Tim goes on a cruise aboard Mr. Morton's yacht with Bob and Wilbert. Margie stows away, and is abducted by a chimpanzee when they are stranded on an island. Brenda Starr tries to live it down after her fashion-show altercation with her rival, Daphne Dimples. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie and Dick Tracy. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Brenda Starr; The Charge of the Milk Brigade; Winnie Winkle; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Sweeney & Son; Clyde Beatty; The Ripples. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $24.00 View scan Only one staple (manufacturing). Cover loose at staple. Cover oxidation.

Stories and art by Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Dale Messick, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Walter Berndt, Ed Leffingwell, Martin Branner, Al Posen, and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Winnie Winkle learns that Bill has secretly been prize-fighting for money. Imprisoned in Professor Squell's cave, Brenda Starr must figure out how to escape before he forces her to become his bride. Clyde steals an Axis seaplane to get the wounded Jose to safety. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie and Dick Tracy. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Brenda Starr; Bird Man Up a Tree; Winnie Winkle; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Sweeney & Son; Clyde Beatty; The Ripples. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $18.50 View scan Only one staple (manufacturing). Centerfold detached.

Stories and art by Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Walter Berndt, Martin Branner, George Clark, Al Posen and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Harvey Ripple mistakes his wife's new hat for an art nouveau lampshade. A passing movie producer realizes Tiny Tim looks exactly like ailing child star Dickey Hooper. Clyde Beatty is hired by the zoo to capture an orangutan in Borneo. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie and Dick Tracy. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; The Ripples; Little Joe; Napoleon's Heads; Sweeney & Son; Winnie Winkle; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Clyde Beatty. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Chester Gould. Stories and art by Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Walter Berndt, Martin Branner, Robert Leffingwell, Al Posen and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Mister Smart's lookalike cousin and uncle continue to cause confusion in the neighborhood. Tiny Tim escapes for a final showdown with the criminal who has stolen his magic amulet. Clyde must face one more battle in the wild before returning to the States. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie and Dick Tracy, and a Dick Tracy text adventure. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Little Joe; Sweeney & Son; Winnie Winkle; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Clyde Beatty. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Chester Gould. Stories and art by Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Walter Berndt, Martin Branner, Robert Leffingwell, Al Posen and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Dick Tracy tracks down Mrs. Pruneface. Tiny Tim uses his shrinking powers after Jim is trapped when the mine collapses. Now that his big-cat act is the toast of the nation, Clyde's friend Chet seeks his help in freeing his brother from a lost Inca tribe in South America. Also featuring popular strip Little Orphan Annie, and a Dick Tracy text adventure. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Little Joe; Sweeney & Son; Winnie Winkle; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Clyde Beatty. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $15.00

Stories and art by Bill Holman and Al Posen. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. For its last half-dozen issues, Super Comics switches to a 32-page format, with only a handful of its former cartoon stars. This issue features Bill Holman's madcap Smokey Stover. Con men Quincy Quackpott and Fenwick Flooky meet by chance and spend hours catching up, leaving Quincy's leashed cat sinking into wet cement. A fire at a bee farm is a stinging experience for Smokey Stover. Using the new technology of helicopters, Clyde and Chet rescue Chet's brother from the lost Inca city, but then Clyde falls out of the chopper and into the city. Smokey Stover; Spooky; Sweeney & Son; A Gentleman Is Courteous; Clyde Beatty. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $15.00

Stories and art by Bill Holman and Al Posen. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. For its last half-dozen issues, Super Comics switches to a 32-page format, with only a handful of its former cartoon stars. This issue features Bill Holman's madcap Smokey Stover. Cookie's conductor uncle doesn't just sleepwalk, he sleep-punches tickets. Smokey Stover doesn't hear about the fire at the asbestos factory, because the kids have taken apart the alarm bell. After a plane crash, Clyde searches the Pacific Northwest for two escaped circus tigers. Smokey Stover; Spooky; Sweeney & Son; Backwoods Birthday; Clyde Beatty. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.