Comic books June 1920

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $18.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

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June 5, 1920. Cover by G. W. Gage. Four Serial Stories; "Findings is Keepings-Part 1 of 4" by John Boyd Clarke, "Vals of Hate-Part 2 of 6" by George C. Shedd, "The House of Fraud-Part 4 of 6" by Jack Bedholt, and "The Yellow Fetish-Part 3 of 3"; Two novelettes "An Idyll of Grass Valley" by Norman Springer and "In the Midst of Life" by Ferdinand Grahame; and four short stories "Folks That Love Each Other" by William Merriam Rouse, "The Eyes of Ya Long" by Harold Lamb, "Sentenced to Live" by Albert W. Stone, and "Up Swiftwater Canon" by George M. Johnson. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue #11 - first half of June 1920. NOTE: German language text. Der Orchideengarten or The Orchids Garden is considered the first magazine of the macabre and fantastic. Weird Tales, its nearest competitor, was first published in 1923, four years later. Subtitled Phantastische Blatter, loosely translated to Fantastic Pages. Edited by World War I correspondent Karl Hans Strobl and Alfons von Czibulka. Overall, the magazine published a selection of new and reprinted supernatural and horror stories from both domestic and foreign authors (Dickens, Pushkin, Maupassant, Poe, Valtaire, Wells, Hugo). The Orchids Garden is more well known as being one of the most beautiful fantasy magazines ever published. Artists included Heinrich Kley, Alred Kubin, Karl Ritter, Gustave Dore, Tony Johannot, Otto Linnekogel, Rolf von Hoerschelmann and many others. Extremely scarce. 8 3/4-in. x 12-in., 24 pages on rough book paper, black and white.

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June 12, 1920. The oldest illustrated weekly newspaper in the United States. Heavily illustrated with period photographs. 10 1/2-in. x 14-in., 26 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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June 19, 1920. Cover by E. Flohri. The oldest illustrated weekly newspaper in the United States. Heavily illustrated with period photographs. 10 1/2-in. x 14-in., 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 8, Issue 8 - June 1, 1920. In this issue: Nova Scotia. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock gravures. Cover price $0.20.

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Volume 8, Issue 9, Serial Number 205 - May 1, 1919. "Makers of Modern American Poetry (Women)." Issue features 6 gravures. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock covers. Cover price $0.20.

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No. 35. May 22, 1920. The term "sans-gêne" is an appellation used in France to denote unabashed behavior and a disregard for societal constraints. Sans-Gêne in this context is a charming, humorous, and risqué French magazine, published and edited by Samuel-Sigismond Schwarz, that lives up to the name. Each issue features biting wit and humor with numerous mildly bawdy illustrations and cartoons by some of the top French illustrators of the time. This issue features a cover by Maurice Pepin and a full page illustration on the back by René Giffey. Centerpiece illustration by Jack Abeillé. 8.75" x 11.75". 12 pages. Black and white. Text in French.

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No. 38. June 12, 1920. The term "sans-gêne" is an appellation used in France to denote unabashed behavior and a disregard for societal constraints. Sans-Gêne in this context is a charming, humorous, and risqué French magazine, published and edited by Samuel-Sigismond Schwarz, that lives up to the name. Each issue features biting wit and humor with numerous mildly bawdy illustrations and cartoons by some of the top French illustrators of the time. This issue features a cover by René Giffey and a full page illustration on the back by Maurice Pepin. Centerpiece illustration by Henri Armengol. 8.75" x 11.75". 12 pages. Black and white. Text in French.