Comic books August 1938

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $29.00 View scans Paper: Off white

Add to cart Good $10.00 View scans Paper: Tan to Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.

August 1938. Photo cover by Henry F. Kroeger. Science fiction stories by Robert Bloch ("Secret of the Observatory"), Ralph Milne Farley, Alfred R. Steber, Arthur R. Tofte, A.H. Vance, Thorp McClusky, and Wallace Quitman. Illustrations by Jay Jackson and Harold Welch. 7" x 10".; black and white with color cover; 146 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $7.00 View scans One staple removed. Corner creasing and chipping to multiple pages. Spine split 10%. Water damage: 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", 16 pages, B&W.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $549.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4699474023 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Stories and art by Hal Foster, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Bill Conselman, Charlie Plumb, Bernard Dibble, Fred Methot, Rudolph Dirks, Harry Lee, Winfield Meggs, Becky Sharp, Laverne Harding, Harry O'Neill, H. E. Homan, Dudley T. Fisher Jr., Robert Dickey, R. M. Brinkerhoff, J. Carver Pusey, Paul Berdanier, Frank Owen and Raeburn Van Buren. Sometimes listed as Comics on Parade Vol. 1 #5. Early in the transformation of comic strips to comic books, United Features Syndicate published Comics on Parade as a showcase for its most popular strips, including Tarzan, Li'l Abner and Nancy. A young Tarzan meets Jane while rescuing her from the ape Terkoz, and one of the great love stories begins, in colorized reprints of the earliest Hal Foster Tarzan strips. Li'l Abner's Aunt Bessie from the city falls for Baron Slinkovitch, from the far-off nation of Skurvia. But neither of them realizes that the Baron is flat broke and after Bessie's riches, in a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. And an illustrated biography of screen legend Edward G. Robinson. Abbie an' Slats; The Captain and the Kids; Tarzan of the Apes; Wayne Webster and the Lighthouse Mystery; Roads of Romance; Jest di-Jest; Cynical Susie; Broncho Bill; Looy Dot Dope; Colonel Wowser; How to Make It; Stampin' Around; For Junior Readers; Joe Jinks; Fritzi Ritz; Billy Make Believe; Buster Beans; Bucky and His Pals; Little Mary Mixup; Benny; Opportunity Knox; Twice Told Tales; Ella Cinders; Danny Dingle; Dub Dabs; Li'l Abner. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $11,999 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4689517002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Fu Manchu cover art by Creig Flessel. The Hilton Diamond starring Speed Saunders, script by Gardner Fox, art by Fred Guardineer. Oscar the Gumshoe one-pager, script and art by Bob Kane. Cosmo story, art by Sven Elven. Larry Steele story, script and art by Will Ely. Dr. Fu Manchu story, script by Sax Rohmer, art by Leo O'Mealia. Death's Ruby starring Spy, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster. The Golden Key text story by Gardner Fox (Paul Dean). The Coolie Smugglers: Part II starring Bruce Nelson, art by Tom Hickey. Steve Malone story, script by Gardner Fox. In the Stratosphere starring Slam Bradley, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $6.00 View scans Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Extensive.

Volume 9, Issue 3 - August 1938 (whole number 66). 8.5" x 11.5", 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Vol. 13, No. 5. August 5, 1938. 8.5" x 11.5". 24 pages. Black and white.

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Vol. 13, No. 7. August 19, 1938. Harold Lloyd cover. Full-page B&W ad for Ritz Crackers. 8.5" x 11.5". 20 pages. Black and white.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $6.50 View scans Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 15%.

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Volume 30, Issue 1 - August, 1938. Fiction, model-making articles, schematics, cartoons and factual essays about airplanes and aviation. Cover by August Schomburg. 8.5" x 11.5", 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $7.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

August, 1938. Volume 2 No. 4. 5.5" x 7.75", 140 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $24.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 5, No. 3. August 1938. 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 FR/GD 1.5 $2.65 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. 6.75" x 9.5", 36 pages, B&W

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $2.65 View scans Spine split 5%. Water damage: Slight. 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. 6.75" x 9.5", 36 pages, B&W

Add to cart Very Good $4.00 View scans Spine split 10%. 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. 6.75" x 9.5", 36 pages, B&W

Add to cart Fair $2.50 View scans Spine split 20%. 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. 6.75" x 9.5", 36 pages, B&W

Add to cart VG 4.0 $24.00 View scans Slight color loss along spine fold. Slight cover colorloss. Corner creasing. Slight soiling. Staple rust: Moderate.

Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in., 68 pages, color and B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $33.00 View scans Slight spine stress. Slight cover color loss. Slight denting. Very slight edge color loss. Staple rust: Slight.

Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in., 72 pages, color and B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $21.00 View scans Angled cover crease. Slight spine break. Slight color loss at spine. Very slight corner denting. Slight edge creasing. Slight edge color loss. Staple rust: Moderate.

Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in., 68 pages, color and B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $11.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 40%.

Vol. 17, No. 1 - August 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $7.40 View scans Spine split 5%.

Vol. 2, No. 18 - August 30, 1938. Biweekly, general-interest photojournalism magazine. 10.5" x 13", 52 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $18.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

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.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $18.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

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.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $18.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

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.

Add to cart Very Fine $22.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

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.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $3,750.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: White Label #4387117006 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $2,995.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white Slab: Chipped/broken bracket Label #4410955002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $2,399.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: White Label #4403012005 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Vol. 1, No. 1 - Aug 1938. Cover by Norman Saunders. Science Fiction stories by Arthur J. Burks, Henry Kuttner "Avengers of Space", Robert O. Kenyon, James Hall, Stanton A. Coblentz, and Leon Byrne. Illustrations by Paul. 7" x 10"; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VF+ 8.5 $22.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 13, Issue 3 - August, 1938. Tyrone Power and Norma Shearer from the film "Marie Antoinette" on cover. This issues features include; "You Can't Keep a Young Lad Down" with Jackie Cooper, "Self-made Man" the story of Mickey Rooney in his own words, "Hollywood Stars Tell How to be Happy and Loved" with Joan Crawford, and much more. Softcover Magazine, 8.5" x 11", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $3.00 View scans Staple rust with migration.

Add to cart Very Good $2.65 View scans Staple rust. 2" Cumulative spine split. Foxing. Soiling.

Volume 20, Issue 8 - August, 1938. 8" x 11.5", 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $14.00 View scans foxing back top edge water damage through top portion creases front spine break dents Staple rust: Moderate.

Vol. 23, No. 2 - August 1938. 8.5" x 11.5", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VF+ 8.5 $30.00 View scans Paper: White Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 70, No. 2 - July 1938. Mechanical science and technology magazine. Includes: "Spectacular Fireworks Turn Night into Beauty" in color. 6.75" x 9.5". 240 pages. PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $2.65 View scan INCOMPLETE. Piece missing, interrupts art or story. Full length spine split.

Volume 131, Issue 2 - August, 1938. "Marvels of Underground Oil Railroads", fluid freight flows through a vast network of pipelines. "Why We Enjoy Pain", modern psychology traces common habits to mild forms of self-torture. "Fire-Bug Hunters", how arson sleuths make war on incendiaries. "Musical Magician", a college professor coaxes tunes from odd materials, plus much more. 8.5-in. x 11.5-in., black and white w/spot color, 126 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $7.20 View scans multiple large spine breaks creases missing piece back

Volume 133, Issue 2 - August 1938. 8.5-in. x 11.5-in.; black and white w/spot color; 102 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $8.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $9.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

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

Add to cart GD 2.0 $100.00 View scans Heavy crayon on cover. 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, Frank King, Harold Gray, Bill Holman, Zack Mosley, Bill Ward, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Gus Edson, Jock McCail, Walter Berndt, Ed Leffingwell, Martin Branner, Loy Byrnes, Reg Perrott, Al Posen and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Two women smuggle guns into the women's prison. The Dragon Lady lures Pyzon's men away so she can rescue Pat Ryan for reasons of her own. Reprints of Sunday Gasoline Alley strips, as Skeezix turns a lost ball in the neighbor's yard into an opportunity. Plus an Atlantis adventure strip with early art by Bill Ward. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie, Dick Tracy, Smokey Stover and The Gumps. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Spooky; Gasoline Alley; The Lost Colony of Atlantis; Winnie Winkle; The Gumps; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; The City of Jewels; Terry and the Pirates; Streaky; Sweeney & Son; Smokey Stover; Little Joe; Skit, Skat and the Captain; Smilin' Jack. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.