Star Comics Vol. 1 (1937) comic books
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Issue #7
$189.00
View scans- Interior is complete. Full length spine split through cover and 2 wraps. Interior splitting due to oxidation. Brittle.
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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Fred Guardineer, Jack Romer, Dick Ryan, Fred Schwab, H. C. Kiefer, Ken Fitch, Rafael Astarita, Clem Gretter, Frank Frollo and W. C. Brigham. Ultem (one of the Holyoke-connected companies) takes over publication of the early anthology of kids' and humor comics, part of the first generation of comic books. Dan Hastings faces the final aerial battle with the massive futuristic air force of the alien Eutopas. Historical and educational strips, including comics biographies of Robert Fulton and David and Goliath, phrases from Shakespeare's plays, and the adventures of King Arthur. Short comedy strips, sometimes just one panel, with titles like Jingle Jingle and Shinanigans. Also featuring an early humor strip by Charles Biro, later the mind behind the notorious Crime Does Not Pay comic. Bows an' Arrows; Do You Know?; Down Through the Ages with Fighting Men; Professor McScrewy; Riggin' Bill; Jingle Jingle; Court of Inhuman Relations; He Who Serves Progress Serves the World; His Own Medicine; Trail of the Mammoth; I'm the Guy; Ima Sphinx; Sources of Famous Quotations; Jungle Town Show-Boat; Foxy Grandpa; Nutty Fagin; Third Class Male; When Father Was a Boy, When Mother Was a Girl; Bib and Tucker; Topsy-Turvy; Bug-Ville; Round Table Adventures; Li'l Arthur; Dan Hastings; Prince; Wilbur; Joe McGee; Words That Ring Through the Mist of Time; Goobyland; Shinanigans; Officer Clancy; Joe Dokes; King Kole's Kourt; Ad-Ventures; Jack Potts. 64 pages, Full Color.
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Issue #15
$175.00
View scans- INCOMPLETE. Five wraps missing; specifics of missing content cannot be verified.
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Other items consigned by Bud Plant
Cover by Maurice Filchock. Stories and art by Carl Burgos, Fred Guardineer, Gill Fox, Dick Ryan, Fred Schwab, Ken Fitch, Paul Gustavson and Bob McCay (credited as Winsor McCay, Jr.). Centaur Publishing takes over publication of the early anthology of adventure and humor comics, part of the first generation of comic books. The debut of two new series: the train-themed adventures of Speed Silvers by Paul Gustavson, and the Last Pirate by Carl Burgos (creator of The Human Torch). A rare Little Nemo in Slumberland strip drawn by Bob McCay (credited as Winsor McCay, Jr.). Little Nemo in Slumberland; Speed Silvers; Last Pirate; Diana Deane; Riggin' Bill; Speed Barton; Topsy-Turvy; Lucky Doyle; Chick Chuck Chow; King Kole's Kourt. 48 pages, Full Color.
