Auctions: comic books 1939 or before
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Item #64506996
Tags: SupermanAction Comics (1938 DC) 9 CGC Page 3 Only
Paper: Cream to off white
Page 3 Only.
Label #4697241001
Starts Apr 4 Cover art by Fred Guardineer. Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel (as Jerome Siegel), art by Joe Shuster. Scoop Scanlon, Five Star Reporter story, art by Will Ely. Pep Morgan story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Fred Guardineer (as Gene Baxter). Adventures of Marco Polo story, art by Sven Elven. Tex Thomson story, art by Bernard Baily. Chuck Dawson story, art by Homer Fleming. The Mad Lama starring Zatara Master Magician, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Fred Guardineer. Candid Comic Camera one-pager, art by Bob Kane. 68 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cover price $0.10.
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Item #64329944
Tags: SupermanAction Comics (1938 DC) 11 0.3
1st Superman use of x-ray vision
INCOMPLETE. Coverless and last page missing (affects Zatara story). First page detached.
Starts Apr 4 Cover art by Fred Guardineer. Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel (as Jerome Siegel), art by Joe Shuster. Superman called the Man of Steel for the first time. Scoop Scanlon, Five Star Reporter story, art by Will Ely. Pep Morgan story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Fred Guardineer (as Gene Baxter). Adventures of Marco Polo story, art by Sven Elven. Tex Thomson story, art by Bernard Baily. Chuck Dawson story, art by Homer Fleming. Sea Ghost starring Zatara, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Fred Guardineer. 68 Pages, Full Color. $.10 "1st time Superman uses his X-Ray Vision." - Odinson, mycomicshop.com Archivist. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #64549336
Tags: SupermanAction Comics (1938 DC) 15 CGC 1.8
Paper: Cream to off white
Slab: Chipped/broken bracket
Label #2084573001
Starts Apr 4 Fred Guardineer cover and art. Joe Shuster, Bob Kane, Bernard Baily and Sheldon Moldoff art. Superman cover; ad for Detective Comics; Clip Carson story; Interior back cover full page ad for 1939 New York World's Fair Comics. 68 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cover price $0.10.
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Item #64507038
Tags: SupermanAction Comics (1938 DC) 16 CGC Page 1 Only
Paper: Cream to off white
Page 1 Only.
Label #4697241004
Starts Apr 4 Cover art by Fred Guardineer. Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, art Joe Shuster. Pep Morgan story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Fred Guardineer (as Gene Baxter). Adventures of Marco Polo story, art by Sven Elven. Clip Carson story, script by Bill Finger, art by Bob Kane. Tex Thomson story, art by Bernard Baily. Chuck Dawson story, art by Homer Fleming. The Terror from Saturn starring Zatara Master Magician, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Fred Guardineer, Features a Martian Manhunter prototype 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #64331932
Tags: SupermanAction Comics (1938 DC) 17 0.3
INCOMPLETE. Missing four wraps (affects Superman, Pep Morgan, Clip Carson, Tex Thompson, Chuck Dawson and Zatara stories). Includes unattached black and white photo copies of missing Superman pages for readability.
Starts Apr 4 Superman, Pep Morgan, the Adventures of Marco Polo, Tex Thompson (art by Bernard Baily), Chuck Dawson, and Zatara (art by Fred Guardineer). Full-page ads for Superman # 2 and New York World's Fair Comics. Superman cover. 68 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cover price $0.10.
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Item #64422402
Published Mar 1934 by Experimenter Publications.Amazing Stories (1926-Present Experimenter) Pulp Vol. 8 #11 GD/VG 3.0
Glue on interior cover. Tape.
Starts Apr 20 Volume 8, Issue 11 - March, 1934. 6.75" x 9.75", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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Item #64560919
Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Jul 1937 by William T. Dewart.Argosy Part 4: Argosy Weekly (1929-1943 Munsey/William T. Dewart) Vol. 274 #4 CGC 5.0
Only copy at the top CGC grade of 5.0.
Paper: Cream to off white
Label #4402119006
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Item #64610871
Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished May 1935 by Street & Smith.Astounding Stories (1930-1938 Clayton/Street and Smith) Pulp Vol. 15 #3 FR 1.0 (R)
Trimmed
TRIMMED. Cover reinforced with cardstock. 2" Cumulative spine split.
Starts Apr 27 Volume 15, Issue 3 - May 1935. Science Fiction and Adventure stories. This issue features "Earth's Mausoleum" by John Russell Fearn, and stories by Harl Vincent, Donald Wandrei, Raymond Z. Gallun, Stanton A. Coblentz, and Eando Binder. 144 pages, B&W Cover price $0.20.
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Item #64545130
Tags: Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs (OS) (part 3), Pulp AdventurePublished 1927 by Grosset & Dunlap.Beasts of Tarzan HC (1927 Grosset & Dunlap) 1-1ST GD/VG 3.0
Oxidation with chipping. Moisture damage.
Starts Apr 4 1st Grosset & Dunlap Printing - Red Cover (Published by Grosset & Dunlap). Written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Art by J. Allen St. John. Tarzan's adversaries from the previous novel, The Return of Tarzan, Nikolas Rokoff and Alexis Paulvitch, return and kidnap Tarzan and Jane's son, Jack. Exiled to a remote jungle island, our jungle hero must race against the clock and overcome incredible odds to save his family from certain death! Hardcover, 5-in.x 7-in., 336 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).
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Item #60078950
Published Sep 1939 by Better Publications.Black Book Detective Magazine (1933-1953 Newsstand/Hoffman/Ranger/Better) Pulp Vol. 9 #3 GD/VG 3.0 (R)
Trimmed
TRIMMED. Cover glued to first and last pages along spine. Water damage.
Starts Apr 4 Second Tony Quinn/Black Bat story (and first in-character cover appearance). "Murder Calls the Black Bat" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "Cab for a Corpse" by Donald Bayne Hobart; and "One-Man Police Force" by Bernard Breslauer. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #64422059
Tags: Comic Strip ReprintsPublished Jul 1938 by United Features Syndicate.Comics on Parade (1938) 4 VG/FN 5.0
Starts Apr 4 Stories and art by Hal Foster, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Bill Conselman, Charlie Plumb, Bernard Dibble, Fred Methot, Rudolph Dirks, Harry Lee, Winfield Meggs, Becky Sharp, Laverne Harding, Harry O'Neill, H. E. Homan, Dudley T. Fisher Jr., Robert Dickey, R. M. Brinkerhoff, J. Carver Pusey, Paul Berdanier, Frank Owen and Raeburn Van Buren. Sometimes listed as Comics on Parade Vol. 1 #4. Early in the transformation of comic strips to comic books, United Features Syndicate published Comics on Parade as a showcase for its most popular strips, including Tarzan, Li'l Abner and Nancy. A young Tarzan encounters other humans for the first time, and challenges ape Kerchak for leadership of his tribe, in colorized reprints of the earliest Hal Foster Tarzan strips. New arrival Slats wins over the town of Crabtree Corners when he beats Joe Pastafazoola in a boxing match, but wealthy J. Hagstone and his daughter Judy have designs on Slats. Fritzi and Nancy tour the countryside in their jalopy, in a VERY early series of strips by Bushmiller. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp, and an illustrated biography of screen legend Gary Cooper. Abbie an' Slats; The Captain and the Kids; Tarzan of the Apes; Wayne Webster of Waverly Prep; Roads of Romance; Jest di-Jest; Cynical Susie; Broncho Bill; Looy Dot Dope; Colonel Wowser; How to Make It; Stampin' Around; For Junior Readers; Joe Jinks; Fritzi Ritz; Billy Make Believe; Buster Beans; Bucky and His Pals; Little Mary Mixup; Benny; Opportunity Knox; Twice Told Tales; Ella Cinders; Danny Dingle; Dub Dabs; Li'l Abner. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #64422061
Crackajack Funnies (1938-1942 Western) 15 GD/VG 3.0
Cover detached at 1 of 3 staples. Water damage. Staple rust.
Starts Apr 4 Stories and art by Roy Crane, Art Krenz, Fred Harman, Norman Marsh, J. R. Williams, Merrill Blosser, Ray Thompson, Charles Coll, Martha Orr, Sol Hess, Wallace Carlson, Al Lewin, Frank V. Martinek, Leon A. Beroth, Virginia Krausmann, Sylvia Sneidman and Abe Martin. Crackajack Funnies presented original stories and reprints of classic comic strips, including Roy Crane's influential Wash Tubbs & Captain Easy. Red Ryder has his final showdown with rustler and arch-enemy Ace Hanlon. Don Winslow and Red overhear Doctor Thor plotting against America. Plus a Tarzan prose story. In This Corner; Dan Dunn; Red Ryder; Freckles and His Friends; Myra North, Special Nurse; Wash Tubbs; Apple Mary; The Nebbs; Our Boarding House; Clyde Beatty; Don Winslow of the Navy; Tom Mix; Boots and Her Buddies; Ed Tracer, G-Man X32; Tarzan; Annibelle; Buck Jones: The Canyon Rustler; Time Marches Back with Looney Luke; Speed Bolton, Air Ace; Out Our Way; Flapper Fanny. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #60066500
Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Apr 1933 by Street & Smith.Doc Savage (1933-1949 Street & Smith^) Pulp Vol. 1 #2 FR/GD 1.5
Full spine split, front and back cover adhered with glue, heavy interior oxidation and edge chipping.
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Item #61958145
Donald Duck (1938 Whitman) 0 CGC 3.5
1st Donald Duck and Walt Disney comic book
Paper: Cream to off white
Label #4427846001
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Item #63125684
Published Jan 1908 by Frank Tousey.Fame and Fortune Weekly (1905-1928 Frank Tousey) 120 GD/VG 3.0
Starts Jul 4 January 17, 1908. A $30,000. Tip; or, The Young Weazel of Wall Street. 8" x 11", 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.
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Item #63125688
Published Oct 1912 by Frank Tousey.Fame and Fortune Weekly (1905-1928 Frank Tousey) 368 GD/VG 3.0
Starts Apr 4 October 18, 1912. $10,000 Reward; or, The Fortune of a Bank Clerk. 11" x 8", 36 pages. Cover price $0.05.
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Item #63377262
Published Mar 1913 by Frank Tousey.Fame and Fortune Weekly (1905-1928 Frank Tousey) 389 GD/VG 3.0
Starts Apr 4 March 14, 1913. His Own Business; or, From Errand Boy to Boss. 11" x 8", 36 pages. Cover price $0.05.
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Item #63055889
Published Nov 1913 by Frank Tousey.Fame and Fortune Weekly (1905-1928 Frank Tousey) 425 VG 4.0
Oxidation.
Starts Apr 4 November 21, 1913. In the Lumber Trade; or, A Winning Speculator. 11" x 8", 32 pages. Cover price $0.05.
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Item #63125700
Published Dec 1914 by Frank Tousey.Fame and Fortune Weekly (1905-1928 Frank Tousey) 482 VG 4.0
Cover loose at one staple.
Starts Apr 4 December 25, 1914. Capturing the Money; or, How Ben Bailey Made His Mark. 11" x 8", 36 pages. Cover price $0.05.
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Item #63125703
Published Feb 1915 by Frank Tousey.Fame and Fortune Weekly (1905-1928 Frank Tousey) 490 VG- 3.5
Starts Apr 4 February 19, 1915. A Born Spectacular; or, The Young Sphinx of Wall Street. 11" x 8", 36 pages. Cover price $0.05.
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Item #64327558
Tags: Comic Strip ReprintsPublished Apr 1939 by Famous Funnies.Famous Funnies (1934) 57 PR 0.5
INCOMPLETE. Piece missing, interrupts art or story.
Starts Apr 20 Victor E. Pazmiño cover. Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Goofie Gags" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "The Gay Thirties" by Hank Barrow; "Roy Powers, Eagle Scout" by Paul Powell; "Nipper" and "Footprints on the Sands of Time" by Clare Victor Dwiggins; "Skyroads" by Dick Calkins and Russell Keaton; "Hairbreadth Harry" and "High-Gear Homer" by F. O. Alexander; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Life's Like That" by Fred Neher; "War on Crime" by Rex Collier and Hammon; "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier; "Big Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Adventures of Patsy" by Mel Graff; "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "The Frog Pond Ferry" by M. E. Brady; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Seaweed Sam" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Somebody's Stenog" and "The Back-Seat Driver" by A. E. Hayward; "Above the Crowd" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; "There's A Town" by M. E. Brady; "Babe Bunting" by Roy L. Williams; "Punky" by Fred Balk; "Connie" and "The Wet Blanket" by Frank Godwin; "Queenie" by S. M. Iger (as Bob Bliss); "Homer Hoopee" by Fred Locher; and "Butty and Fatty" by M. E. Brady. "The Magic River" text story by Robert M. Hyatt. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #64578846
Published May 1939 by Ziff Davis.Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 1 #1 VG 4.0
Cover oxidation.
Starts Apr 4 Volume 1, Issue 1 - May, 1939. Cover by Robert Fuqua. Science Fiction and Fantasy adventure stories. This issue features "The Invisible Robin Hood" by Eando Binder, "Revolt of the Robots" by Arthur Tofte, and stories by A. Hyatt Verrill, F.A. Kummer Jr. Ross Rocklynne, Murice Duclos, and Harl Vincent. 8.5" x 11.5", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.
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Item #61046268
Tags: Comic Strip ReprintsFunnies, The (1936-1942 Dell) 36 FR/GD 1.5
2" spine split with tape. Cover oxidation. Water spotting.
Starts Apr 4 Cover by John Coleman Burroughs. Stories and art by John Coleman Burroughs, Roy Crane, V. T. Hamlin, Chester Gould, Gaylord Du Bois, Al Micale, J. R. Williams, Al McWilliams, Walt Spouse, C. D. Small, Hugh Harman, and Win Smith. The Funnies presented reprints of classic comic strips, including Roy Crane's influential Captain Easy, alongside original material. Searching for the canal that leads to Helium, John Carter, Dejah Thoris and Sola are spotted by the savage green Martians, in the official comic-strip adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' A Princess of Mars. John Carter provides a distraction so the women can get away, but he is captured by the green Martians for use in their gladiatorial games. Bosko loses his overcoat that has $8 in it, so he goes around cutting the tails off of every overcoat in town until he finds it. Plus a text story featuring Dick Tracy. Cover and John Carter art by John Coleman Burroughs, son of Edgar Rice Burroughs. John Carter Warlord of Mars; The Sky Ranger; Salesman Sam; Alley Oop; Bosko; Tom Beatty: The Hand of Horror; Lightning Jim; Out Our Way; Dick Tracy: The Famon Gang; Find the Errors; Our Boarding House; The Crime Busters; This Curious World; Oz; Captain Easy; Mr. District Attorney. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #64327866
Tags: Comic Strip ReprintsKing Comics (1936) 41 FR 1.0 (R)
Restored (see item notes)
RESTORATION: Spine split seal. Full length spine split.
Starts Apr 20 Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Ruth Plumly Thompson (sometimes credited as Jo King). Stories and art by William Ritt, Clarence Gray, Brandon Walsh, Nicholas Afonsky, Carl Anderson, Jack Burnley, R. J. Scott, Marge Buell, Eddie Sullivan, Charlie Schmidt, Lee Falk, Phil Davis, E. C. Segar, George McManus, Otto Soglow, Eddie Rickenbacker, Clayton Knight, Romer Grey, Charles Flanders, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Frank Miller, Don Moore and Alex Raymond. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. A crooked carny's game is no match for Mandrake the Magician; A Sports Feature on Babe Ruth, possibly written by famed sportswriter Damon Runyon. Also features the little-seen E. C. Segar strip Sappo ("Heh! Heh! Heh!"). Brick Bradford; Little Annie Rooney; Henry; Sport Features; Scott's Scrapbook; Hall of Fame of the Air; Sentinel Louie; Radio Patrol; Mandrake the Magician; Thimble Theatre; Flash Gordon; Bringing Up Father; The Little King; Ted Towers, Animal Master; King of the Royal Mounted; Barney Baxter in the Air; Sappo; The Ming Bonnets of Corea; Dun-Dums. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #64578761
Published Apr 1934 by Merwil Publishing.La Paree Stories (1930-1938 Irwin Publishing^) Magazine Vol. 5 #4 PR 0.5
INCOMPLETE. Missing four center wraps (affects art and story).
Starts Apr 20 Volume 5, Issue 4 - April, 1934. Spicy fiction illustrated by line drawing. Also a center section of nude photos. 7" x 10", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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Item #64545139
Published 1939 by Reilly & Lee Co..Land of Oz HC (1939 Reilly & Lee Co.) Popular Edition 1-1ST VG 4.0
Coloring on interior pages.
Starts Apr 4 Popular Edition. 1st printing. Written by L. Frank Baum. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Originally titled "The Marvelous Land of Oz," this "popular edition" retains the original copyright date of July, 1904, however, this edition was printed in 1939. No color plates. 7 in. x 9 in., 290 pages.
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Item #59853916
Published 1934 by Cupples & Leon.Little Orphan Annie (1934 Cupples & Leon) Treasure Box Edition 0 VG/FN 5.0
Water damage: Slight.
Starts Apr 4 Cupples & Leon Company, Treasure Box of Famous Comics: Little Orphan Annie, 8-1/2 x 6-7/8, 36 pages, soft covers, 1926. NOTE: 1 of 5 different titles from boxed set.
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Item #64545318
Published Jan 1937 by Fawcett Publications.Modern Mechanix Hobbies and Inventions (1932 Fawcett Publication) Vol. 17 #3 VG 4.0
Starts Apr 20 January 1937. This Issue features Disney characters on the cover as well as an article about Disney's sound effects studio. Cover price $0.15.
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Item #64545140
Published 1924 by Grosset & Dunlap.Pellucidar HC (1923 Grosset & Dunlap) 1N-1ST VG/FN 5.0
Water spots.
Starts Apr 20 1st Grosset and Dunlap printing. Written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Frontispiece and three plates illustrated by J. Allen St. John. Hardcover without dust jacket, 5" x 7-1/2", 322 pages, B&W.
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Item #63125705
Published Oct 1913 by Harry E. Wolff.Pluck and Luck (1898-1929 Frank Tousey) Magazine 804 GD/VG 3.0
Starts Apr 27 October 29, 1913. "The Boy in the Box or The Mystery of Train No. 30" by Jas C. Merritt. 36 pages, text only, 6.75" x 9.75". Cover price $0.05.
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Item #64452989
Published Mar 1938 by Street & Smith.Shadow (1931-1949 Street & Smith) Pulp Vol. 25 #2 VG 4.0
Water damage.
Starts Apr 4 March 15 1938. Cover by Rozen. Stories include "Face of Doom" by Maxwell Grant; "Hook McGuire Bowls with Death" by George Allan Moffatt; "Sweet Sue" by Stephen Gould; "Plain-Clothes Patrol" by Laurence Donovan; and "Photos for a Fed" by Grant Lane plus the columns "Codes" by Henry Lysing and "The Third Degree" by Dean Callahan. Ed Cartier illustrations. 7" x 10", black and white, 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #62370693
Published Dec 1933 by J. Fred Henry Publications.Silver Screen (1930-1977 J. Fred Henry Publications) Magazine Vol. 4 #2 VG 4.0
Cover loose at one staple. Staple rust, rust migration. Water spotting.
Starts Apr 4 Volume 4, Issue 2 - December, 1933. Cover features a portrait of Katharine Hepburn by John Ralston Clarke. Vintage monthly published magazine with a focus on the film industry as a whole. First published in November of 1930, publication continued through the late 1970s. Priding itself as a source for exclusive behind the scenes stories about filmmaking, Silver Screen also contained a fair amount of articles about celebrities, their relationships, the latest in fashion, and film reviews. This issue features an expose on Clara Bow, "Clara Bow Goes Hoopla!". 8.5" x 11", 74 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #62370663
Published Feb 1938 by J. Fred Henry Publications.Silver Screen (1930-1977 J. Fred Henry Publications) Magazine Vol. 8 #4 VG+ 4.5
Starts Apr 4 Vintage monthly published magazine with a focus on the film industry as a whole. First published in November of 1930, publication continued through the late 1970s. Priding itself as a source for exclusive behind the scenes stories about filmmaking, Silver Screen also contained a fair amount of articles about celebrities, their relationships, the latest in fashion, and film reviews. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #59885803
Tags: Platinum AgePublished 1928 by Cupples & Leon.Smitty (1928 Cupples & Leon) 1928N CGC 8.0
Only copy at the top CGC grade of 8.0.
Paper: Off white to white
Label #4314165002
Starts Apr 4 Does not have dust jacket; grading is based on book itself. Smitty by Walter Berndt. Newspaper reprints, Cupples and Leon Co., New York. 7 x 8-3/4 inches, 86 pages, color hardbound cover with black-and-white interior. No cover price.
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Item #64225912
Tags: SupermanSuperman (1939 1st Series) 1 CGC 0.5 Restored
Restored: C5
Paper: Slightly britle
Slab: Inner well not fully sealed (minor), book appears unaffected and secure.; Chipped/broken bracket
Restoration includes: color touch, pieces added, tear seals, cleaned, reinforced, re-glossed. (Back cover is a color copy. INCOMPLETE. Coupon cut out of centerfold, does not affect story.) All 3 edges trimmed. 3rd wrap and centerfold married.
Label #1616695001
Starts Apr 4 Cover art by Joe Shuster. Features a two page origin (new material) of Superman by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, plus four pages previously omitted from the Action Comics series. Untitled Superman story; Clark Kent applies for a job at the Daily Star, but is turned down until Superman stops a lynching and Clark phones in the story. Untitled Superman story; Superman breaks into the Governor's mansion to stop the execution of Evelyn Curry, and Lois is kidnapped by gangsters, no thanks to that spineless milksop, Clark Kent, but is rescued by Superman. Scientific Explanation of Superman's Amazing Strength! Superman text story featuring Biff Dugan. Action Comics #14 ad, art by Fred Guardineer. Article with photos and biographies of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Back cover features the first pin-up of Superman with is also the 1st ever pin-up page to appear in a comic book. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #64201819
Tags: SupermanSuperman (1939 1st Series) 1 CGC Page 19 Only
Paper: Off white
19th Page Only.
Label #0218044021
Starts Apr 4 Cover art by Joe Shuster. Features a two page origin (new material) of Superman by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, plus four pages previously omitted from the Action Comics series. Untitled Superman story; Clark Kent applies for a job at the Daily Star, but is turned down until Superman stops a lynching and Clark phones in the story. Untitled Superman story; Superman breaks into the Governor's mansion to stop the execution of Evelyn Curry, and Lois is kidnapped by gangsters, no thanks to that spineless milksop, Clark Kent, but is rescued by Superman. Scientific Explanation of Superman's Amazing Strength! Superman text story featuring Biff Dugan. Action Comics #14 ad, art by Fred Guardineer. Article with photos and biographies of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Back cover features the first pin-up of Superman with is also the 1st ever pin-up page to appear in a comic book. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #62878640
Tags: SupermanSuperman (1939 1st Series) 2 PR 0.5
INCOMPLETE. Back cover, large piece of first two pages, and centerfold missing, as well as a corner piece from most interior pages. Color copy of centerfold pages included for readability, but first story is affected (as well as art throughout).
Starts Apr 4 Cover pencils by Joe Shuster, inks by Paul Cassidy. Untitled Superman story starring Larry Trent, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Joe Shuster, inks by Paul Cassidy; Superman saves the former heavyweight boxing champion of the world from committing suicide; When Superman learns that Larry Trent was drugged by his former manager to lose the title bout, the Man of Tomorrow disguises himself as Trent and slugs his way back to the title match. Superman's Tips For Super-Health. Superman at the World's Fair ad for New York World's Fair Comics, 1939 edition. Superman Champions Universal Peace!, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Joe Shuster, inks by Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster]. Ad for the Supermen of America Club. Superman and the Skyscrapers, script by Jerry Siegel (signed), pencils by Joe Shuster, inks by Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster]; After five construction workers mysteriously die while trying to erect the Atlas Building, Superman decides to investigate. Superman text story. House ad for Superman in Action Comics. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Item #64545491
Published 1925 by Grosset & Dunlap.Tarzan and the Ant Men HC (1925 Grosset & Dunlap) 1N-2ND VG 4.0
Starts Apr 20 Second Printing of the Grosset & Dunlap Edition. Does not include dust jacket. Written by Edgar Rice Burroughs with frontispiece by J. Allen St. John. Does not include 4 page supplemental titled "How Burroughs Wrote the Tarzan Tales" Hardcover without dust jacket, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 346 pages, Text. Cover price $0.75.
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Item #64545143
Published 1925 by Grosset & Dunlap.Tarzan and the Ant Men HC (1925 Grosset & Dunlap) 1N-2ND VG 4.0
Water spotting.
Starts Apr 4 Second Printing of the Grosset & Dunlap Edition. Does not include dust jacket. Written by Edgar Rice Burroughs with frontispiece by J. Allen St. John. Does not include 4 page supplemental titled "How Burroughs Wrote the Tarzan Tales" Hardcover without dust jacket, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 346 pages, Text. Cover price $0.75.
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Item #64545144
Published 1932 by Grosset & Dunlap.Tarzan at the Earth's Core HC (1932 Grosset & Dunlap) 1N-2ND VG+ 4.5
Writing and soiling on interior pages.
Starts Apr 4 2nd Grosset & Dunlap printing. Does not include dust jacket. Written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Frontispiece by J. Allen St. John. Red binding. Hardcover, 5" x 7-1/2", 301 pages, B&W/text. Cover price $0.75.
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Item #64655993
Tags: Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs (OS) (part 7), Pulp AdventurePublished 1922 by Grosset & Dunlap.Tarzan the Untamed HC (1920 Grosset & Dunlap) 1N-1ST FN+ 6.5
Starts Apr 4 No Dust Jacket. 1st Grosset & Dunlap Printing - Red Cover. Written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Art by J. Allen St. John. Tarzan defends his jungle home from invaders during World War I and then must protect an Englishman and a German spy from a lost civilization of lion-men! Hardcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 428 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).
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Item #64560521
Tags: Anthology / CollectionPublished Apr 1935 by Weird Tales.Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 25 #4 CGC Coverless Restored
Restored: C1
Paper: Slightly britle
Restoration includes: COLOR COPY FRONT COVER & BACK COVER ATTACHED WITH GLUE. COVERLESS.
Label #4684489003
Starts Apr 20 Volume 25, Issue 4 - April 1935. Edited by Farnsworth Wright. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.25.
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Item #64578847
Tags: Anthology / CollectionPublished Aug 1939 by Weird Tales.Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 34 #2 GD/VG 3.0
1 1/2" Spine split from bottom. Water damage.
Starts Apr 20 Volume 34, Issue 2 - August 1939. Edited by Edwin Baird. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 160 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.25.
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Item #64504970
Published Sep 1939 by Weird Tales.Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 34 #3 FN 6.0 (R)
Trimmed
TRIMMED.
Starts Apr 4 September 1939. Cover by Virgil Finlay. Edited by Farnsworth Wright. Horror and supernatural stories by H. P. Lovecraft, Seabury Quinn, Clark Ashton Smith, August W. Derleth, Illustrations by Virgil Finlay, Harold De Lay, and Hugh Rankin. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.
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