Comic books August 1920

Add to cart Very Good $73.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Captain Billy's Whiz Bang was one of the most popular and notorious humor magazines of the 1920s. Contains jokes and humorous stories. 5" x 7.5", 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $8.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 66, No. 8. August 21, 1920. The classic weekly magazine featuring news and fiction. Cover by Cushman Parker. 10.75" x 14". 34 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.05.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $29.00 View scans Spine split 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Issue #15 - first half of Aug. 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.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $6.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

Monthly magazine aimed at all musicians, from the novice through the serious student to the professional, The Etude printed articles on popular subjects and more scholarly musical subjects (including history, literature, gossip, and politics). 10.5" x 13.25", 76 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

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Add to cart Fair $4.00 View scans Water damage: Extensive.

Volume 8, Issue 12, Serial Number 208 - August 2, 1920. "The Ohio River." Department of History and Travel. 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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Add to cart GD- 1.8 $2.50 View scans Spine split 25%.

Volume 8, Issue 13 (Whole Number 209) - August 16, 1920. "The Story of Rubber." Department of Science. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock pictures. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Fair $18.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Staple rust. Rust migration. 6" Cumulative spine split. Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.

Volume 9, Issue 1 - August, 1920. 6.75" x 9.75", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.