Comic books August 1939

Add to cart Very Good $9.00 View scans Soiling. Water damage. Star-shaped ink stamp on front cover

Volume 38, Issue 3 - August, 1939. 6.5" x 10", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $9.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight.	Add to cart FN- 5.5 $9.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Front cover detached 5%.	Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $8.00 View scans Paper: Cream Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $8.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart Fair $2.50 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 60%. Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

"One Step from Hell" a complete novelette by E. Hoffman Price.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $15.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight.

Add to cart Fine $5.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $2.50 View scans Paper: Off white

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $2.50 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate.

Volume 292, Issue 4 - August 12, 1939. 6.75" x 9.75", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $5.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $8.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $4.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $4.00 View scans Paper: Cream to 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 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG 4.0 $2.65 View scans	Add to cart Good $2.50 View scans Paper: Cream Foxing. Soiling. Heavy water damage. Beverage rings on back cover.

"Hurricane Range" 1/5 a serial by Luke Short.

Volume 292, Issue 5 - August 19, 1939. 6.75" x 9.75", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $6.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate.	Add to cart Very Good $4.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $2.65 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $2.65 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart VG- 3.5 $2.65 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

"Hurricane Range" 2/5 a serial by Luke Short.

Volume 292, Issue 3 - August 26, 1939. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $6.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

The classic weekly magazine featuring news and fiction. Approximately 10.75-in. x 14-in.; black and white; 54 pages on white paper. Cover price $0.05.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $49.95 or Best Offer View scan Front cover missing, back cover still attached at both staples. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Stories and art by Rex Maxon, R. W. Palmer, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Bill Conselman, Charlie Plumb, Bernard Dibble, Rudolph Dirks, John Paul Frederics, Paul Berdanier, Harry Lee, Winfield Meggs, Becky Sharp, Harry O'Neill, H. E. Homan, Dudley T. Fisher Jr., Olive Ray Scott, Edward Daniel Kuekes, R. M. Brinkerhoff, Dick Richards, George Lichty, Frank Owen and Raeburn Van Buren. Sometimes listed as Comics on Parade Vol. 2 #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. Escaping from the sacrifice, Tarzan sets off after Jane... and Rokoff, in the adaptation of The Beasts of Tarzan with art by Rex Maxon. Slats tries to convince wealthy Gilbert Twytch and his mother to consent to marrying Becky, because he wants Becky to have all the nice things. After accidentally overthrowing Abdul Akbar, Looy and Dilbury try to return to the US in a bizarre aircraft. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp, and an illustrated biography of screen actor Warner Baxter. Cover shows multiple cartoon characters sharing a car, demonstrating why it's smart to keep Tarzan around. Abbie an' Slats; The Captain and the Kids; Tarzan of the Apes; Wayne Webster: On The Cinder Track; Roads of Romance; Cynical Susie; Broncho Bill; Looy Dot Dope; Dynamite Dunn; How to Make It; Stampin' Around; For Junior Readers; Nancy; Billy Make Believe; Alice in Wonderland; Knurl the Gnome; The Boomers; The Pet's Club; Grin and Bear It; Little Mary Mixup; Ella Cinders; Danny Dingle; Li'l Abner. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $2.50

Add to cart Good $2.50 View scans Spine split 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.

Vol. 15, No. 7. August 18, 1939. Cover photo from New York World's Fair of Mechano, the man who never changes expressions, with article and photos. Full-page B&W ad for Snowdrift Shortening. 8.5" x 11.5". 16 pages. Black and white.

Add to cart Very Good $17.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart Very Good $20.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.

Add to cart Good $16.00 View scans Rust migration. Spine stress. 5 1/2" Cumulative spine split. Corner Damage. Centerfold detached. Creasing. Denting. Fingerprints. Soiling. Water damage.

Add to cart Good $16.00 View scans Spine stress. Edge damage - half inch tear through all pages, center of right edge. Water damage. Dust shadow. Denting.

Volume 70, Issue 604 - August, 1939. Cover by Enoch Bolles. Humorous captions paired with movie stills and models. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $86.00 View scans

Gulf Oil Company giveaway comic. 7.5" x 10.5, 4 pages, full color.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $15.00 View scans

Articles with photography about hunting and fishing. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

Add to cart Fair $3.00 View scans Spine split 70%. Staple rust: Moderate.

Short stories, serials, articles, and features with illustrations. Cover by Tchetchet. 8.5" x 11", 60 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.05.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $5,200.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white Very small amount of dried glue on spine of cover. Label #2052282001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $499.95 or Best Offer View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Margery McKay (sometimes credited as G. Whiz). Stories and art by Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Feg Murray, Clayton Knight, H. H. Knerr, Edwina Dumm, Sheldon Stark, Neil O'Keefe, Robert Storm, Austin Briggs, Thornton W. Burgess, Carl Anderson, Chic Young, Bob Dunn, Frank Miller, Joe Musial, Billy DeBeck, Jimmy Thompson, Fanny Y. Cory, McKay and E.C. Segar. Lee Falk's adventurer Mandrake the Magician gets top billing in this anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Mandrake investigates when strange beings emerge from a spherical object and claim to be from Mars. Mandrake the Magician; News in Sports; Jan and Aloysius; Seein' Stars; The Romance of Flying; Bunky; Tippie and Cap Stubbs; Inspector Wade; Secret Agent X-9; Little Nature Stories; Henry; Little Acorns; Popeye; Barney Baxter; Blondie; Indian Lore; Roger; Stamp Corner; Little Miss Muffet; Dinglehoofer. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $95.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $160.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Front cover detached 10%.

Aug 1939. Cover by John W. Scott. Science Fiction stories by Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr, R. DeWitt Miller, Lloyd Arthur Esbach. 7" x 10"; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. NOTE: Title becomes Marvel Tales (1939-1940 Western Fiction) Pulp with Vol. 1 #6 Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $6.00 View scans

Vol. 24 #8 - Aug. 1939. UK magazine featuring articles on engineering feats and vehicles. 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 86 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $3.60 View scans Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart Good $2.65 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 22, Issue 4 - August, 1939. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "Free Power from the Sun!" by Dr. Charles G. Abbot, "Sailplane Magic" by Richard C. Du Pont, "He Potted Plants for Profit" by Edwin Hogg, "Robot Secretary Takes Notes" by George A. Posner, and others. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 130 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $1,000.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white Label #1303993006 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $550.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: White Scarce per Overstreet. Label #0167264015 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Photo cover of Louis XIV (Philippe of Gascony, Louis Hayward) and Maria Theresa (Joan Bennett). "The Man in the Iron Mask"; Despotic King Louis XIV discovers he has a twin brother who has grown up under the tutelage of his foster father, the patriotic musketeer D'Artagnan; airbrushed and inked over movie photo stills; Based on the 1939 movie. "The Girl and the Gambler"; Learning of a certain cantina dancer, the notorious outlaw El Rayo bets he can bring her voluntarily back that night; Arriving he learns she loves the craps table operator Johnny Powell; airbrushed and inked over movie photo stills; Based on the 1939 movie. "The Family Next Door"; A plumber (a Rodney Dangerfield type) has misadventures with his family; airbrushed and inked over movie photo stills; Based on the 1939 movie. "5 Came Back"; Twelve people are aboard Coast Air Line's flagship the Silver Queen en route to South America when the airplane encounters a storm and is blown off course; airbrushed and inked over movie photo stills; Based on the 1939 movie. "The House of Fear!"; A detective goes undercover as a producer to investigate an actor's murder, which occurred during the performance of a play; airbrushed and inked over movie photo stills; Based on the 1939 movie. "Wolf Call"; Playboy Michael "Mike" Vance, Jr.is night-clubbing in New York City with Natalie; They join a scavenger hunt and break-in a pet shop to get something they require for the treasure-hunt prize; While there, Mike frees Smokey, a police dog, and Smokey follows him home; airbrushed and inked over movie photo stills; Based on the 1939 movie. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 0.1 $95.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Page 8 Only. Label #4615214016 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover art by Lou Fine. "A Modern Robin Hood," art by Walter Frehm; The Green Mask (Michael Shelby) introduction; vs. Rocky Vilon and Cyrus Boomer. Untitled story, art by Dick Briefer; Origin of Rex Dexter of Mars; vs. Boris Thorax. "How To Become a Detective," script and art by Norman Lee. Untitled story starring Chen Chang, Wong, and Richard Kendall. Untitled story, art by George Tuska; Wing Taylor vs. The Chief and Clutch. Untitled story, art by George Tuska; Magician Zanzibar faces The Top. "The Case of Tintype's Will," art by Fred Schwab; Hemlock Shomes and Dr. Potsam travel to Old Man Tintype's mansion and try to figure out which one of the many men who claim to be his son actually killed him. "The Haunted House" text story by Will Eisner. Untitled story, art by Arthur Peddy; The Waco Kid vs. Brazos Teale. "Another Bombing Outrage," art by Art Franklin; Inspector Bancroft and Inspector Grainger face Stuart Bledsoe. Untitled story, art by Charles Nicholas; Introduction of The Blue Beetle (Dan Garret); vs. The White Face Gang. Untitled story, pencils by Bob Powell (as S.R. Powell); Secret Agent D-13 (Richard Anthony) faces Manata. Untitled story, art by John Lindermayer; Introduction of Capt. Danny Scott of the Bengal Lancers. Untitled Lt. Drake story, art by Klaus Nordling; There are Saboteurs on the S. S. REGINA. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $9.90 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Monthly magazine that featured abridgements of best-selling books. 8.5" x 11", 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart Very Good $6.00 View scans

Vintage photo magazine featuring Reader submitted photographs, and pictorials focusing on Sports, Celebrities, Controversies, and Fashions of the time. Brief article on newspaper comic strip artists with a single panel cartoons. 10-in. x 13 1/2-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $19.00 View scans

Tips and tricks of making better photographs. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 124 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $19.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart Good $9.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.

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

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $39.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Back cover detached 10%. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $23.00 View scans Paper: Off white

Add to cart Fair $14.00 View scans Paper: Dark Tan to Off-White Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

"The Man Who Solved Death" a short story by Edmund Hamilton.

Volume 1, Issue 3 - August 1939. Science Fiction and adventure stories pulp magazine. This issue features "The God that Made Science" by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, "An Invading Sun" by Eando Binder, and stories by Ed Earl Repp, Raymond Z Gallun, and Edmond Hamilton. 7-in. x 10-in., 130 pages, Text) Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $81.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 20%. Staple rust: Slight.

August 1, 1939. Cover by Graves Gladney. Stories include "Isle of Gold" by Maxwell Grant; "The Donovan Kid" by Steve Fisher; "The Spirits Talk" by Clifford Goodrich; and "Loud-Mouth Stuff" by Jackson Gregory Jr. plus the column "Codes" by Henry Lysing. Edd Cartier illustrations. 7" x 10", black and white, 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $43.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $37.00 View scans Paper: Cream

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $20.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Aug 1939. Stories by Otis Adelbert Kline, Stanton A. Coblentz, Robert Moore Williams, Frank Belknap Long Jr., Lyle D. Gunn, Graph Waldeyer, Kelvin Kent, and Ray Cummings. Virgil Finlay (4) and Alex Schomburg illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $69.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 15%. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $48.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white to white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%.

Volume 34, Issue 2 - August 1939. Edited by Edwin Baird. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 160 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $18.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white

Add to cart Good $10.00 View scans Paper: Tan to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 175, No. 5 - August 5, 1939. 6.5" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $24.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white

Vol. 176, No. 1 - August 19, 1939. 6.5" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $2.50 View scans Water damage: Slight.

Youth's Companion combined with American Boy. Illustrated text stories, photo features, and more designed for teenage boys. Cover price $0.15.