Auctions: comic books 1936

Funnies, The (1936-1942 Dell) 3 PR 0.5 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Color touch, spine rebuild, tear seal, piece fill and staple replaced. TRIMMED. Possible married pages. Heavy tape on interior. Moisture damage.

Contains comic strip reprints, text articles, and activity pages. In order of appearance: "The Worry Wart" by J. R. Williams; "Dan Dunn" by Norman Marsh; "Mutt and Jeff" and "Cicero's Cat" by Bud Fisher; "Boots" by Edgar Martin; "Stranger than Fiction" by Richard W. Thomas and Walter Galli; "Everybody's Playmate" by A. W. Nugent; "Reg'lar Fellers" and "Daisybelle" by Gene Byrnes; "Tailspin Tommy" by Hal Forrest; "Bronc Peeler and Coyote Pete" and "On the Range" by Fred Harman; "Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune" by Roy Crane; "Myra North, Special Nurse" by Ray Thompson and Charles Coll; "The Nut Brothers", "Mr. Blotto", and "Our Boarding House" by Gene Ahern; "Otto Honk" by Bela Zaboly; "Out Our Way" by J. R. Williams; "The Tiny Mites" by Hal Cochran and George Scarbo; "This Curious World" by William Ferguson; "Alley Oop" by V. T. Hamlin; "Freckles and his Friends" by Merrill Blosser; "From the Notes of Major Cosmo Strange, D.S.O." by George Baker; "Annibelle" by Dorothy Urfer; "Salesman Sam" by C. D. Small; "The Adventures of 'Sparagus and Chubby"; "Scribbly" by Sheldon Mayer; "Ben Webster's Page" by Jay Jerome Williams (as Edwin Alger); "Flapper Fanny" by Gladys Parker; "Tad of the Tanbark" and "Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire" by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; "Herky" by Clyde Lewis; "Happy Mulligan"; "Home Magic" by A. W. Nugent; and "Stories in Stamps" by I. S. Klein. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Ginger (1935-1936 Edmar-Nudeal-Best) Vol. 40 #1 GD+ 2.5

Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

O. Greiner cover. Illustrated spicy stories plus full-page pinups. Interior is actually an issue of "La Paree"; Vol. 45, No. 1. 7 3/4-in. x 10 1/2-in., 52 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.25.

Tailspin Tommy Air Adventure Magazine (1936-1937 C.J.H. Publications) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 GD/VG 3.0

Paper: Cream

Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

October 1936. Scarce pulp issue. Comic-book style cover by Fred Meagher. War stories include "Doomed in the Air" by Arnold Evan Ewart, "Treachery Rides High" by Ludwig Stanley Landmichl, "High-Jinxed!" by Stark Akers, and "Plane K-4 Going West" by Jay Kay. Interior illustration by Fred Meagher (1). 7-in. x 10-in.; black-and-white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins with Jad-Bal-Ja the Golden Lion (1936 Whitman BLB) 4056 GD- 1.8

Writing on interior pages. Near complete spine split on front cover Cover and interior oxidation. Spine panel detaching.

Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins with Jad-Bal-Ja the Golden Lion. Big Little Book format, but larger, hence a "Big Big Book" with text on every left-hand page and an illustration on every right-hand page. Hardcover, 7.25-in. x 9.5-in.; black and white; 318 pages; copyright 1936.