Comic books December 1938

2nd Superman cover - Cover art by Joe Shuster. Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel (as Jerome Siegel), art by Joe Shuster. Chuck Dawson story, art by Homer Fleming. Pep Morgan story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Fred Guardineer. Adventures of Marco Polo story, art by Sven Elven. Double Trouble [Part 2] starring Tex Thomson, art by Bernard Baily. Fact page art by Sheldon Moldoff. Scoop Scanlon, Five Star Reporter, art by Will Ely. Zulu Diamond Mine starring Zatara Master Magician, script and art by Fred Guardineer. 68 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $29.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white

Volume 12, Issue 7 - December, 1938. Cover by Robert Fuqua. Stories by Festus Pragnell, Eando Binder, Neil R. Jones, A.R. Tofte & L.A. Schmidt, Harl Vincent, Benson Herbert, and Morris J. Steele. Illustrations by Julian S. Krupa and Robert Fuqua. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 146 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart VF- 7.5 $12.00 View scans Paper: Off white Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Fine $12.00 View scans Paper: Light tan Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $3.60 View scans

"The Ship of Ishtar" by A. Merritt, and "flying colors" 1/6 by C. S. Forrester.

Volume 286, Issue 4 - December 3, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 286, No. 5 - December 10, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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December 24, 1938. Cover by Emmett Watson. Stories include Captain Hornblower in "Flying Colors" (part 4) by C.S. Forester, "Young Doctor Kildare" (part 2) by Max Brand (creator of Kildare), "Henry Hits the Warpath" by W.C. Tuttle, "Ghost of the Teave" by Donald Barr Chidsey, "The Old Razzle Dazzle" by Herbert Dalmas, "Simple Simon" by Garnett Radcliffe, "The Last Horizon" by Nard Jones, "The Thirty-nine Steps" (conclusion) by John Buchan (the basis for the Alfred Hitchcock film), and "Women of Daring" by Stookie Allen. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $125.00 View scans Paper: Light tan Front cover detached 5%.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $105.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $77.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 12, Issue 4 - December, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $23.00 View scans

Official organ of the International Society of Junior Magicians, containing news and tips. 16 pages on newsprint.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $85.00 View scans Cover detached at one staple. 1 3/4" Cumulative spine split.

Victor E. Pazmiño cover. Christmas cover. Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier; "Goofie Gags" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "The Gay Thirties" by Hank Barrow; "Roy Powers, Eagle Scout" by Paul Powell; "Life's Like That" by Fred Neher; "Skyroads" by Dick Calkins and Russell Keaton; "Hairbreadth Harry" and "High-Gear Homer" by F. O. Alexander; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "War on Crime" by Rex Collier and Hammon; "Big Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Adventures of Patsy" by Mel Graff; "Jolly Geography" and "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Cat o' Nine Lives" and "The Frog Pond Ferry" by M. E. Brady; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Seaweed Sam" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Somebody's Stenog" and "The Back-Seat Driver" by A. E. Hayward; "Above the Crowd" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; "There's A Town" by M. E. Brady; "Babe Bunting" by Roy L. Williams; "Punky" by Fred Balk; "Connie" and "The Wet Blanket" by Frank Godwin; "Nipper" and "Footprints on the Sands of Time" by Clare Victor Dwiggins; "Queenie" by S. M. Iger (as Bob Bliss); "Homer Hoopee" by Fred Locher; and "Butty and Fatty" and "Animals in the News" by M. E. Brady. "The Ghost of Pirate's Roost" text story by John A. Thorne. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover Price Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $29.00 View scans

Issue 986 - Dec. 10, 1938. UK weekly comic. Featuring one-page comic strips of Laurel and Hardy, George Formby, Wheeler and Woolsey, Harold Lloyd, Joe E Brown, Claude Hubert and Max Miller. Also features text stories, usually running two pages. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 24 pages, B&W.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $20.00 View scans

Issue 987 - Dec. 17, 1938. UK weekly comic. Featuring one-page comic strips of Laurel and Hardy, George Formby, Wheeler and Woolsey, Harold Lloyd, Joe E Brown, Claude Hubert and Max Miller. Also features text stories, usually running two pages. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 24 pages, B&W.

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Issue 988 - Dec. 24, 1938. UK weekly comic. Featuring one-page comic strips of Laurel and Hardy, George Formby, Wheeler and Woolsey, Harold Lloyd, Joe E Brown, Claude Hubert and Max Miller. Also features text stories, usually running two pages. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 24 pages, B&W.

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Issue 985 - Dec. 3, 1938. UK weekly comic. Featuring one-page comic strips of Laurel and Hardy, George Formby, Wheeler and Woolsey, Harold Lloyd, Joe E Brown, Claude Hubert and Max Miller. Also features text stories, usually running two pages. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 24 pages, B&W.

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Vol. 31, No. 1 - December 1938. 8.5" x 11.5", 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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

Vol. 2, No. 8 - December 1938. 5.5" x 7.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Good $2.65 View scans Coverless. 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 Good $2.65 View scans Spine split 10%. 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. 6.75" x 9.5", 36 pages, B&W

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $4.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

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

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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. 6.75" x 9.5", 36 pages, B&W

Add to cart Fine $105.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Light tan Back cover detached 5%.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $95.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Light tan Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $60.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white bug chew front/back water damage bottom/outer edges foxing exterior Front cover detached 25%.

Add to cart Good $39.00 View scans Paper: Tan to Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

H. Bedford-Jones; E. Hoffman Price

Volume 1, Issue 3 - December 1938. Pulp magazine focusing on historical adventures. This issue features "Dead Man Alive" by H. Bedford Jones, "Two Against the Gods" by E. Hoffman Price, and "Golden Chains" by Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr. 6 /2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 128 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations) Cover price $0.20.

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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 Good $9.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate.

Vol. 17, No. 3 - December 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $299.00 View scans Restored: C1 Paper: Off white to white Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover. Label #4583522004 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by Hank Porter. Stories and art by Floyd Gottfredson, Merrill De Maris, Ted Thwaites, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Mickey Mouse Magazine #39. Published by Disney marketing genius Kay Kamen, Mickey Mouse Magazine featured early Disney comics and stories, along with puzzles, art and activities. Mickey and Goofy face challenges as the new sheriffs of Nugget Gulch. Mickey joins a whaling crew in the North Atlantic and seeks a white whale. Plus character sketches for the Disney short cartoon Ferdinand the Bull. And vintage ads for Disney merch, including an early Mickey Mouse wristwatch. Merbabies; Just Between Us; The Little Match Girl; Donald's Better Self; Production of Ferdinand the Bull; Donald's Golf Game; The Twins; The Mighty Whale Hunter; Peter the Farm Detective; Wise Quacks Edited by Donald Duck. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 32 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.10.

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December 18, 1938. The Philadelphia Record Book Section was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Record issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. This particular issue is "Lilies for Madame" by Hugh Austin. 11" x 15.75". 16 pages. Black and white.

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

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $11.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $9.00 View scans Front cover detached 25%. Staple rust: Slight.

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

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $57.00 View scans Paper: Tan to off white Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 20%.

Dec 1938. Cover by John Howitt. Spider Story by Grant Stockbridge "The Withering Death". Crime-fighting article by Moran Tudury. Illustrations by J. Fleming Gould. 7" x 10", black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $86.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

No. 5 - Winter 1938. 6.5" x 9.25", 128 pages, B&W.

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Theatre Arts Monthly (December, 1938). 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 that includes "Airwaves and Sight Lines" by Oliver Larkin, "Films in the Courts" by Hermine Rich Isaacs, and much more. 8.5-in. x 11-in., printed on a nice heavy stock. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $27.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white Trimmed. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $23.00 View scans Paper residue and pulls to front cover. Tape and residue to spine ends. Corner creasing and light edge abrading to multiple pages. Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.

Dec 1938. Stories by Stanley G. and Helen Weinbaum, Clifford D. Simak, Henry Kuttner, Eando Binder, Will Garth, Ray Cummings, and Edmond Hamilton. Alex Schomburg illustration. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $40.00 View scans INCOMPLETE. Three center wraps missing, affects art and story. Lateral spine tears, center wrap detached and damaged. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Paul Berdanier. Stories and art by Hal Foster, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Bill Conselman, Charlie Plumb, Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Dick Moores, Paul Berdanier, Harry O'Neill, Fred Methot, Alan Maver, Ed Dodd, J. Carver Pusey, R. M. Brinkerhoff, Robert Dickey, and Ben Batsford. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 3 #8. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Tarzan pursues Gorrey into the jungle, aided by Flint, who is secretly plotting against him, in Tarzan Sunday strips with art by Hal Foster. But Gorrey has won the favor of Nakonia, princess of the lost city, who has trained lions at her command. In his first job as reporter, Jim Hardy must rescue Miss Plant after she is kidnapped by gangsters. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Tarzan of the Apes; Jim Hardy; Fury of '49; Bumps; Divot Diggers; Broncho Bill; Stamp Tips; Opportunity Knox; Benny; Home Towners; Frankie Doodle; Bucky and His Pals; Buster Beans; Hawkshaw the Detective; How It Began; Tip Top Cartoon Club; Phil Fumble; Fritzi Ritz; Twice Told Tales; Joe Jinks Featuring Dynamite Dunn; Little Mary Mixup; Ella Cinders; Chris Crusty. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $130.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white Back cover detached 10%.

Add to cart Very Good $65.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white

Volume 32, Issue 6 - December 1938. 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 Good $2.50 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 124, No. 5, Whole No. 1887 - December 17, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.