Comic books October 1936

Add to cart Fair $9.00 View scans Paper: Tan to off white Front cover detached 60%. Back cover detached 70%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Oct 1936. Cover and illustrations by Leo Morey. Science fiction stories by John W. Campbell Jr., W.K. Sonnemann, Henry J. Kostkos, Leslie F. Stone, and L.A. Eshbach. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 newsprint pages Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $77.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Good $17.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate.

Volume 18, Issue 2 - October 1936. Science Fiction and Adventure stories. This issue features "Godson of Almarlu" by Raymond Z. Gallun. 6.5" x 9.5", 160 pages, B&W Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Very Good $12.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 15 #2 - Oct. 1936. Articles about gardening, home decor, remodeling, cooking, home plans and other advice and tips. 8 1/2-in. x 12-in., 138 pages, B&W with some full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $10.00 View scans Multiple heavy spine breaks. Corner creasing and edge tears to multiple pages. Spine split 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $10.00 View scans Heavy spine break. Spine split 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Mail order magazine, edited initially by William H. Gannet. In 1888, Gannet created Comfort primarily as a means to advertise his patent medicine, Giant Oxien, a variant of The Moxie Nerve Food. Comfort's circulation increased from 13,000, in 1888, to 1.3 million, in 1894, which made Comfort the first publication in America to reach a circulation of 1 million. 10.5" x 13", 24 pages, B&W.

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Vol. 22, No. 3 - October 1936. 6.75" x 9.75", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 9, No. 17. October 23, 1936. Full-page B&W ads for Snow Flake Soda Crackers and Formay Shortening. 8.5" x 11.5". 20 pages. Black and white.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $1,200.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4708994004

First comic book photo cover. First true crime stories printed in a comic book. Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "The Adventures of Jabby" by Tom Carlisle; "War on Crime" by Rex Collier and Hammon; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Dumb-Bells" by Charles J. Dunn (as Gar); "Nipper" by Clare Victor Dwiggins; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Strange as it Seems" by John Hix; "Butty and Fatty" by M. E. Brady; "Hairbreadth Harry" and "High-Gear Homer" by F. O. Alexander; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Keeping Up With The Joneses" by Pop Momand; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Jolly Geography" and "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Connie" and "The Wet Blanket" by Frank Godwin; "The Frog Pond Ferry" by M. E. Brady; "Beau Geste" by P. C. Wren and Bill W. Depew; "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; "Above the Crowd" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "Queenie" by S. M. Iger (as Bob Bliss); "Simp O' Dill" and "The Nebbs" by Sol Hess and Wallace A. Carlson; "Joe Palooka" by Al Capp (as Ham Fisher); "Screen Oddities" by Captain Roscoe Fawcett and Bruno Thompson; "S'matter Pop?" by Charles M. Payne; "Ned Brant of Carter" by Bob Zuppke and Bill W. Depew; "Toddy" by George Marcoux; "Flight" by W. D. Tipton and J. H. Mason; "Such Is Life" by Walt Munson; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Somebody's Stenog" and "The Back-Seat Driver" by A. E. Hayward; "Bobby" by S. M. Iger; "Lena Pry" and "Jane Arden" by Monte Barrett and Jack W. McGuire; "Seaweed Sam" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Babe Bunting" by Roy L. Williams; "Homer Hoopee" by Fred Locher; "Little Brother" and "The Bungle Family" by Harry J. Tuthill; "Amaze A Minute" by Arnold; and "Alec and Itchy" by Jimmy George and Merle Mulholland. "The Killer Car" text story by Robert M. Hyatt. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $1,599.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white Label #4012743004 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Stories by Various. Art by Various. Featuring: The Worry Wart by J.R. Williams; Dan Dunn, Secret Operative 48 by Norman Marsh; Mutt & Jeff by Bud Fisher; Cicero's Cat by Bud Fisher; Reg'lar Fellers by Gene Byrnes; Daisybelle by Gene Byrnes; This Curious World by William Ferguson; Home Magic activity page by A.W. Nugent; Boots by Edgar Everett Martin; Tailspin Tommy by Hal Forrest; Flapper Fanny by Gladys Parker; Salesman Sam by C.D. Small; The Nut Bros. by Gene Aherne; Mr. Blotto by Gene Aherne; Our Boarding House with Major Hoople by Gene Aherne; Bronc Peeler and Coyote Pete by Fred Harman; On the Range by Fred Harman; Myra North, Special Nurse by Ray Thompson and Charles Coll; Otto Honk by Bela Zaboly; Out Our Way by J.R. Williams; The Tiny Mites by Hal Cochran and George Scarbo; Stranger Than Fiction by Richard W. Thomas and Walter Galli; Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune by Roy Crane; Alley Oop by V.T. Hamlin; Freckles and His Friends by Merrill Blosser; Herky by Clyde Lewis; A Dog's Life by Beck; From the Notes of Maj. Cosmo Strange, D.S.O. text story "Concluding "Death Masquerade"" by George Baker; Ben Webster's Page written by Jay Jerome Williams [as Edwin Alger]; Tad of the Tanbark by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; Scissor Sketches activity by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; Happy Mulligan; The Adventures of 'Sparagus and Chubby; Everybody's Playmate activity page by A.W. Nugent; This Curious World filler by William Ferguson; Stories in Stamps text article written by I.S. Klein; Uncle Bill by Fred Harman. 68 pages, partial color. Cover price $0.10.

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UK story magazine published by Amalgamated Press between 1907-1939, predominantly featuring the activities of boys at the fictional school St. Jim's. 7.5" x 11", 28 pages, B&W

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UK story magazine published by Amalgamated Press between 1907-1939, predominantly featuring the activities of boys at the fictional school St. Jim's. 7.5" x 11", 28 pages, B&W

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Weekly news magazine with topical opinions, news analysis, articles, cartoons, & advertisements. 9-in. x 12-in. Pages B&W Cover price $0.10.

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Weekly news magazine with topical opinions, news analysis, articles, cartoons, & advertisements. 9-in. x 12-in. Pages B&W Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $37.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight.

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Vol. 13, No. 1 - October 1936. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $7.80 View scans Staple rust: Slight. Foreign edition: UK.

No. 1494 - October 03, 1936. Weekly British publication that ran for nearly 1,700 issues. Featured the anti-hero Billy Bunter of the Greyfriars School, along with serialized shorts. NOTE: This publication contains negative racial and cultural depictions. It reflects some attitudes of the era in which it was published that would not be acceptable today. 7.5" x 11", 28 pages, B&W.

Add to cart Very Good $7.60 View scans Staple rust: Extensive. Foreign edition: UK.

No. 1495 - October 10, 1936. Weekly British publication that ran for nearly 1,700 issues. Featured the anti-hero Billy Bunter of the Greyfriars School, along with serialized shorts. NOTE: This publication contains negative racial and cultural depictions. It reflects some attitudes of the era in which it was published that would not be acceptable today. 7.5" x 11", 28 pages, B&W.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $7.80 View scans Staple rust: Extensive. Foreign edition: UK.

No. 1496 - October 17, 1936. Weekly British publication that ran for nearly 1,700 issues. Featured the anti-hero Billy Bunter of the Greyfriars School, along with serialized shorts. NOTE: This publication contains negative racial and cultural depictions. It reflects some attitudes of the era in which it was published that would not be acceptable today. 7.5" x 11", 28 pages, B&W.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $7.80 View scans Staple rust: Extensive. Foreign edition: UK.

No. 1497 - October 24, 1936. Weekly British publication that ran for nearly 1,700 issues. Featured the anti-hero Billy Bunter of the Greyfriars School, along with serialized shorts. NOTE: This publication contains negative racial and cultural depictions. It reflects some attitudes of the era in which it was published that would not be acceptable today. 7.5" x 11", 28 pages, B&W.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $9.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight. Foreign edition: UK.

No. 1498 - October 31, 1936. Weekly British publication that ran for nearly 1,700 issues. Featured the anti-hero Billy Bunter of the Greyfriars School, along with serialized shorts. NOTE: This publication contains negative racial and cultural depictions. It reflects some attitudes of the era in which it was published that would not be acceptable today. 7.5" x 11", 28 pages, B&W.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $8,500.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #0168994006 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $5,999.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to off white Label #2090519002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Issue 2 Vol. 2 changes to Issue 14. 1st Dr. Occult (Superman Prototype) in DC Comics, in color and in costume." Many collectors believe that More Fun Comics 14 includes the first ever origin of a superhero in a modern format comic book. The CGC label states "1st Dr. Occult (Superman Prototype) in DC Comics, in color and in costume". Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $19.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

The nit-wit brother to Captain Billy's Whiz Bang - a publication of ballads and humor dedicated to all glorious guzzlers, woozy warblers, rakes, scallawags, and other good people who still believe in the joy of living. 5" x 7", 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Theatre Arts is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures, Broadway and Hollywood. 8.5" x 11", 100 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $21.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Oct 1936. Stories by Ray Cummings, Arthur J. Burks, Ralph Milne Farley, A. Merritt, Hal K. Wells, Edmond Hamilton, Paul Ernst, and D.L. James. "Zarnak" comic story by Max Plaisted. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $155.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white to white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart Good $150.00 View scans Paper: Tan to Cream Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.

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Volume 28, Issue 3 - October 1936. 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.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $37.00 View scans Paper: Tan to Cream Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 151, No. 3 - October 17, 1936. Magazine featuring western stories. 7" x 10", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.