Popular Comics (1936-1948 Dell) comic books graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $6,899.00 or Best Offer Restored: B3 Paper: Off white Restoration includes: Color touch, pieces added, cover cleaned, interior lightened, cover reinforced. Label #1350298001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($206.97) will be charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Chester Gould, Frank King, Harold Gray, Bill Holman, Robert Ripley, Frank Willard, Percy Crosby, Hal Forrest, Fontaine Fox, Walter Berndt, Al Smith, Martin Branner, Sidney Smith, Fred Harman, Frank V. Martinek, Leon A. Beroth, Carl Ed, Ferd Johnson, Al Posen, Edwin Alger, Gaar Williams, A. W. Nugent, A. W. Brewerton, Ed Leffingwell, and Tack Knight. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. This issue features the first comic-book appearance of comic-strip detective Dick Tracy. Tracy takes the blame after killer Boris Arson escapes from prison. In another beloved strip, Terry and the Pirates, Pat and Terry face the mysterious villain known only as The Skull. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie, Skippy, Gasoline Alley and Ripley's Believe It or Not. Moon Mullins; Kitty Higgins; Dick Tracy; Skippy; Always Belittlin'; Toonerville Folks; Little Stanley; Smitty; Herby; Gasoline Alley; Ripley's Believe It or Not; Cicero's Cat; Winnie Winkle; Looie; The Gumps; Don Winslow; Bos'n Hal Sea Scout; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Maw Green; Lovey Dovey; Texas Slim; Ella and Her Fella; Jinglet; Ben Webster; Bertie on a Bust; Mutt and Jeff; Tailspin Tommy; How to Fly; Bronc Peeler; On the Range; A Strain on the Family Tie; Zipper; Red Magic Tricks, Puzzles and Games; Terry and the Pirates; Pam; Smokey Stover; Little Joe; Little Folks; Baby Sister. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $485.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #0219450002

Stories and art by Frank King, Bill Holman, Zack Mosley, Boody Rogers, Maurice Kashuba, Bob Jenney, Jim Chambers, Jack Alderman, Dan Gormley, Victor Boni, Tom Hickey, Albert Hartje and Bill Ely. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. As Frank King's Gasoline Alley returns to Popular Comics, Skeezix and his friend Tops try to go in halves on a car. But as costs add up, that gets extremely complicated. Professor Supermind and Son use all the advanced technology at their disposal to battle a foreign invasion. After Cotton goes to work for villainous Baron Bloodsoe, Smilin' Jack pursues them in a special pressurized suit for high altitudes. Plus a vintage ad for Quaker Oats merch featuring Little Orphan Annie, including a "Mysterious Magnifying Ring" featuring Annie's face. Did You Know That; Smilin' Jack; Professor Supermind and Son; The Voice, the Invisible Detective; Martan the Marvel Man; Wally Williams, American Boy; Gasoline Alley; Smokey Stover; True Spy Stories: Thompson, the Masquerading Yeoman, Yoshio Matsuda of the Japanese Navy; The Masked Pilot; Gang Busters; The Hurricane Kids. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.