Comic books April 1937

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Stories and art by Robert L. Ripley, Feg Murray, Clarence D. Russell, H. H. Knerr, Ed Anthony, Doc Winner, Jack Sords, Russ Westover, A. D. Carter, Lyman Young, Nat Edson, Chic Young, Rutherford G. Montgomery, Jack King, Jack Welch, Joe Musial, Billy DeBeck, Romer Grey, Allen Dean, Paul Robinson, Gene Ahern, George Herriman, Don Moore and Alex Raymond. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Includes Alex Raymond's Jungle Jim and George Herriman's beloved Krazy Kat. The cover features Snuffy Smith and the Katzenjammer Kids interacting with lesser-known characters, like Elmer and Pete the Tramp. Tex Thorne; Ripley's Believe It Or Not; Jungle Jim; Seein' Stars; Pete the Tramp; Katzenjammer Kids; Pussycat Princess; Elmer; Sports in Pictures; Tillie the Toiler; Nicodemus O'Malley & His Whale, Palsy-Walsy; Dream Land; Just Kids; Tim Tyler's Luck; Blondie; Timberline Tales; The Stamp Spotlight; On Our Block; Curley Harper at Lakespur; Teddy and Sitting Bull; Barney Google; Etta Kett; Krazy Kat; Room and Board; Doc Winner's Daffy Doodles. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $63.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight.

April 1937. Cover and illustrations by Leo Morey. Science fiction stories by Walter Rose, Neil R. Jones, Eando Binder, and "Shifting Seas" by Stanley G. Weinbaum. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 newsprint pages Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $6.00 View scans Paper: Off white

Add to cart Fine $22.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.

Add to cart Fine $22.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $4.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 272, Issue 1 - April 3, 1937. 6.75" x 9.75", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VF- 7.5 $22.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white

Volume 272, Issue 3 - April 17, 1937. 6.75" x 9.75", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $16.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight.

Add to cart Fine $3.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight.

Add to cart Fair $2.50 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 272, Issue 4 - April 24, 1937. 6.75" x 9.75", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $18.00 View scans Paper: Slightly britle Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Poor $5.00 View scans Paper: Tan to Cream Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.

Volume 19, Issue 2 - April 1937. Science Fiction and Adventure stories. This issue features "Water for Mars" by Ross Rocklynne. 160 pages, B&W Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Fine $3.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

April 1937. Fiction by William L. Chester (Kioga in "One Against a Wilderness" part 2), Leland Jamieson, H. Bedford-Jones, Robert R. Mill, Arthur K. Akers, Capt. L.B. Williams, Raymond Camp, Walter Wilwerding, James Francis Dwyer, and Anthony Rud. Illustrations by Austin Briggs (5) and others. 6.5-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $155.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 10%. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 6, Issue 1 - April 1937. Pulp magazine focusing on Crime and Detective stories. Includes the tales "Trail of the Thirteenth Brain" by Frederick C. Davis, "Death Wears Two Faces" by John Hawkins, and stories by Ernst Davis, Cummings, Linklater, and Blassingame! 7-in. x 9-in, 128 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations and photos) Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $7.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 8, Issue 2 - April 1937 (Whole no. 59). Plans and diagrams for all sorts of DIY projects. 8.5" x 11.5", 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 3.0 $185.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Centerfold Detached. Label #7008909-AA-010 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Contains comic strip reprints, text articles, and activity pages. In order of appearance: "Alley Oop" by V. T. Hamlin; "Herky" by Clyde Lewis; "Home Magic" by A. W. Nugent; "Dan Dunn" by Norman Marsh; "The Nut Brothers", "Mr. Blotto", and "Our Boarding House" by Gene Ahern; "Ben Webster's Page" by Jay Jerome Williams (as Edwin Alger); "G Men on the Job" by Dick Blair and Milt Youngren; "Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune" by Roy Crane; "Stranger than Fiction" by Richard W. Thomas and Walter Galli; "Boots" by Edgar Martin; "Bronc Peeler" and "On the Range" by Fred Harman; "The Tiny Mites" by Hal Cochran and George Scarbo; "Otto Honk" by Bela Zaboly; "Out Our Way" by J. R. Williams; "Tailspin Tommy" and "Four Aces" by Hal Forrest; "Stories in Stamps" by I. S. Klein; "Og, Son of Fire" by James Irving Crump; "The Worry Wart" by J. R. Williams; "Scribbly" by Sheldon Mayer; "Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire" and "Tad of the Tanbark" by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; "Reg'lar Fellers" and "Daisybelle" by Gene Byrnes; "Mutt and Jeff" and "Cicero's Cat" by Bud Fisher; "Everybody's Playmate" by A. W. Nugent; "From the Notes of Major Cosmo Strange, D.S.O." by George Baker; "Freckles and his Friends" by Merrill Blosser; "Salesman Sam" by C. D. Small; and "Flapper Fanny" by Gladys Parker. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $21.00 View scans

Add to cart Fine $21.00 View scans

Add to cart Very Good $10.00 View scans 1/4" Spine split from top of comic. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Scuffing. Soiling.

Add to cart Very Good $10.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. 3" Cumulative spine split. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling.

Vol. 3, No. 2. April 1937. Cover by Raymond Thayer. Men's interest magazine containing fiction stories, cartoons, non-nude pictorials, and other variety. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $11.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Extensive.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $3.00 View scans Cover Detached.

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

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $17.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Extensive.

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

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $20.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $3.00 View scans Spine split 50%. Cover Detached.

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

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $11.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $3.00 View scans Spine split 20%. Cover Detached. Staple rust: Extensive.

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

Add to cart Very Good $9.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

Vol. 14, No. 14 - April 3, 1937. This issue features the story: "Coal Black" by James M. Cain. 8" x 11", 62 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $23.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Back cover detached 5%.

Vol. 14, No. 2 - April 1937. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $1,799.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4617269001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

April 1937. Rare first issue of Lone Ranger's pulp magazine. Lone Ranger, Tonto, and Silver cover painted by Kidd. Features "The Phantom Rider," a complete Lone Ranger novel, plus non-Ranger back-up stories by Lawrence A. Keating, George C. Henderson, Wayne Brooks, and Charles A. Roberts. Also two comic strip sections, one illustrates the life of a real Texas Ranger and the other shows the humorous"Doodlebug Jones" by Schaff. Most of the interior illustrations are credited to H. Smilkstein. Approx. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $23.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. 1/2" Spine split from base of comic. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling. Water spotting.

Add to cart Very Good $35.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. 2 1/4" Cumulative spine split. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Fingerprints. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling.

Add to cart Good $20.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. 4" Cumulative spine split. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Foxing. Residue. Scuffing. Soiling. Water damage. Heavy chewing along spine.

Add to cart Good $22.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

Vol. 3, No. 9. April 1937. Cover by George Quintana. Featuring posed photographs of Hollywood starlets and co-stars with humorous captions. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $11.00 View scans Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.

Volume 38, Issue 7 - April, 1937. Cover by Anton Bruehl. Fashion magazine with fiction and articles. This issue includes a book-length novel, "About the Murder of a Man Afraid of Women" by Anthony Abbott, as well as short fiction stories by Mildred Cram, Frances Warfield, Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, Pan Sterling, and others. Illustrations include artists such as Harry Beckoff, Fortunino Matania and others. . 10 3/4-in. x 13 3/4-in., 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $95.00 View scans Pieces of interior margin torn out (slightly affects readability). 2 centerfold wraps detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Chester Gould, Edwina Dumm, Bill Holman, Harold Gray, Frank Willard, Percy Crosby, Dick Ryan, Walter Berndt, Frank Beck, William Ferguson, Garrett Price, Stanley Link, Alice Harvey, Martin Branner, Sidney Smith, Frank V. Martinek, Leon A. Beroth, Carl Ed, Sol Hess, Wallace Carlson, Al Posen, Gaar Williams, A. W. Nugent, Ed Leffingwell, and Tack Knight. Edited by comics pioneers M.C. Gaines and Sheldon Mayer. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Smilin' Jack makes a daring midair plane-to-plane leap to rescue Mary from a runaway plane. Pirate Captain Blaze is enraged when the Dragon Lady escapes, and challenges Pat to a deadly game of... checkers? Uncle Avery's trailer door comes open, and he loses a crate of his patent cure-all medicine to a passing hillbilly. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie, Skippy, Dick Tracy and The Gumps. Moon Mullins; Kitty Higgins; Dick Tracy; Skippy; Always Belittlin'; Tom Mix; Smitty; Herby; Tippie; Sister Susie; Winnie Winkle; Looie; The Gumps; Don Winslow; Bos'n Hal Sea Scout; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Maw Green; Lovey Dovey; Ella and Her Fella; Jinglet; Let's Draw Cartoons; Billy the Kid, Chapter I: The Kid's Boyhood; Dill and Daffy; Life's Little Tragedies; Apple Mary; This Curious World; Tiny Tim; White Boy in Skull Valley; Zipper; Gasoline Alley; A Strain on the Family Tie; Spooky; Simp O'Dill; The Nebbs; Real Magic; Streaky; Terry and the Pirates; Smokey Stover; Little Joe; Little Folks; Baby Sister; Smilin' Jack; Sweeney & Son. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $19.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $19.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $18.00 View scans Back cover detached 10%. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $15.50 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

A magazine for the amateur wireless operators. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $37.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. Foxing. Soiling.

April 1937. Men's Movie Magazine. Cover by Jacques Real. This issue with a Johnny Weismuller photo in character as Tarzan. 8 1/4-in. x 10 3/4-in., 48 pages, black and white - text with photos. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $26.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart Very Good $2.50 View scans

Add to cart Very Good $2.65 View scans

Add to cart Very Good $2.65 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Theatre Arts Monthly (April, 1937). TAM 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. This issue has thematic content centered around "Travel" and features "The World and the Theatre", "Broadway to National Theatre" comprised of reviews of "Richard II", "The Masque of Kings", "Yes, My Darling Daughter", "Having a Wonderful Time", "Marching Song", and "Frederika", "The Scene in Europe" by Ashley Dukes, "Napoleon and the Theatre" by Silvio d' Amico, "Six Actor Vignettes" by Alfred Harding, and much more. 8.5-in. x 11-in., printed on a nice heavy stock. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart Very Good $8.00 View scans

Add to cart PR 0.5 $4.60 View scans INCOMPLETE. Multiple pieces missing, does not interrupt art or story.

Apr. 1938. Stories told with period photographs. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 118 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $23.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

True stories with a romantic theme illustrated with period photographs. Also includes jokes, articles and advice. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 162 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $49.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white to white

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $36.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 29, Issue 4 - April 1937. 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 Poor $4.49 View scans Paper: Tan to Cream No Back Cover. Staple rust: Moderate.

Vol. 155, No. 6 - April 24, 1937. Magazine featuring western stories. 7" x 10", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $41.00 View scans

Volume 53, Issue 4 - April 1937. A collection of stories, advertisements, and suggestions/advice aimed towards ladies. 10" x 13 1/2", 36 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.10.