Auctions: comic books 1937-1939

10-Story Detective Magazine (1938-1949 Ace Magazines) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 VG 4.0

1" Cumulative spine split.

44 Western Magazine (1937-1954 Popular Publications^) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 GD/VG 3.0

Air Adventures (1939-1945 Ziff-Davis Publishing) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 VG/FN 5.0

Volume 1, Issue 1 - December, 1939. Pulp magazine with a focus on aerial war combat fiction stories. 6.5" x 9", 178 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Amazing Stories (1926-Present Experimenter) Pulp Vol. 13 #1 VG 4.0

3" cumulative spine split.

January, 1939. Cover by Robert Fuqua. 1st app. Adam Link. Stories by Eando Binder ("I Robot"), John Russell Fearn, Ed Earl Repp, Stanley A. Coblentz, Manly Wade Wellman, and R.R. Winterbotham. Illustrations by Julian S. Krupa and Robert Fuqua. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 150 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Amazing Stories (1926-Present Experimenter) Pulp Vol. 13 #10 VG/FN 5.0

October 1939. Cover by Robert Fuqua. Stories by Robert Moore Williams, Eando Binder, Lee Laurence, Frederic Arnold Kummer Jr., Nelson S. Bond, and John Beynon. Illustrations by Stanley Kay, Julian S. Krupa, Alec Gorey, Hugo Wolfe, and W.T. Barnes. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Amazing Stories (1926-Present Experimenter) Pulp Vol. 13 #11 VG 4.0 (R)

Trimmed

TRIMMED.

November 1939. Cover by H. W. McCauley. Science fiction stories by William F. Temple, Ralph Milne Farley, Miles Shelton, Don Wilcox, Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr., and Robert Moore Williams. Illustrations by Julian S. Krupa and H. R. Hammond. Back cover by Howard M. Duffin. 7" x 10"; black and white; 146 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Argosy Part 4: Argosy Weekly (1929-1943 William T. Dewart) Vol. 270 #5 VG 4.0

Cover oxidation.

"Seven Worlds to Conquer" 5/6 a serial by Edgar Rice Burroughs, plus "Z is for Zombie" 1/6 a serial by Theodore Roscoe.

Astounding Science Fiction (1938-1960 Street and Smith) Pulp / Digest Vol. 23 #6 VG/FN 5.0

August, 1939. Volume 23, Issue 6. Cover by Virgil Finlay. Trimmed pulp, 6.5-in. x 9.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Charlie Chan (1939 Whitman BLB) 1478 VG/FN 5.0

Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police, Inspector (1939 Whitman BLB) #1478, Andriola

Cosmopolitan (1886 Hearst) Vol. 106 #2 PR 0.5

Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Missing back cover.

Volume 106, Issue 2 - February 1939, 8.5" x 11.5", 172 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.25.

Detective Mysteries (1938 Western Fiction) Pulp 1 GD/VG 3.0

Volume 1, Issue 1 - November, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Dime Detective Magazine (1931-1953 Popular Publications) Pulp Vol. 23 #3 GD/VG 3.0

Interior oxidation.

Volume 23, Issue 3 - February, 1937. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Dynamic Science Stories (1939 Western Fiction Publishing) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 VG 4.0

Volume 1, Issue 1 - February 1939. Cover by Frank R. Paul. Stories by Stanton Coblentz ("Lord of Tranerica"), Lloyd Eshback ("Mutineers of Space"), and more. 7" x 10", black and white with color cover. Cover price $0.15.

Edgar Bergen presents Charlie McCarthy (1938) 764 GD+ 2.5

Cover coming loose at 3 staples with centerfold detached at one staple. Water damage. Staple rust/migration.

Edgar Bergen presents Charlie McCarthy (1938) #764. 36 pages, all color. Features 36 one-page stories starring everyone's favorite puppet, Charlie McCarthy as a human being with Mr. Ed Bergen playing himself as well - like a guardian. There are large number of comic pages entitled "The Private Life of Charlie McCarthy" (ever wonder what a puppet does in its spare time?). 15-in. x 10.5-in.

Feature Funnies (1937) 13 PR 0.5 (R)

Trimmed

Interior complete. All three edges TRIMMED. Spine severely damaged (book removed from a bound volume). Staples added (not manufacturing).

Cover by Lank Leonard. Stories and art by Will Eisner, Rube Goldberg, Stan Asch, Ed Wheelan, Lank Leonard, Ham Fisher, Mo Leff, John Hix, Russell E. Ross, J. H. Striebel, George Brenner, Bernard Baily, Bob Zuppke, R. W. Depew, Monte Barrett, J.P. McEvoy, Charles Driscoll, H.J. Tuthill, John J. Welch, George Marcoux, Ed Reed, Al Zere, and Vernon Henkel. An early comics anthology published by Harry Chesler, featuring reprints of newspaper comic strips. Pioneering masked hero The Clock gets involved in a labor dispute when an industrialist locks his employees out of his plant rather than give them a raise. Will Eisner's spy hero Black X meets an enemy agent who looks exactly like him. In the early Eisner strip Archie O'Toole, King Archie gets a new bodyguard when The Earl of Wintergreen beats Killer Diller in a boxing match. Plus a profile of Hollywood star Lionel Barrymore (great-uncle of Drew), and the early strip Lala Palooza by Rube Goldberg. Joe Palooka; They're Still Talking; Jane Arden; Mickey Finn; Off the Record; Gallant Knight; Lala Palooza; Strange As It Seems; Espionage Starring Black X; The Clock Strikes; Slim and Tubby; Captain Cook of Scotland Yard; Flossie; Toddy; Pirates Ahoy; Ned Brant; Big Top; Dixie Dugan; Bungle Family; Lena Pry; Clip Chance at Cliffside. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Feature Funnies (1937) 15 PR 0.5 (R)

Trimmed

All three edges TRIMMED. Spine severely damaged (book removed from a bound volume). INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story. Staples added (not manufacturing).

Cover by Ed Cronin. Stories and art by Will Eisner, Rube Goldberg, Art Pinajian, Ed Wheelan, Lank Leonard, Mo Leff (credited as Ham Fisher), John Hix, Russell E. Ross, J. H. Striebel, George Brenner, Bernard Baily, Bob Zuppke, R. W. Depew, Monte Barrett, J.P. McEvoy, Charles Driscoll, H.J. Tuthill, John J. Welch, George Marcoux, Ed Reed, Al Zere, and Vernon Henkel. An early comics anthology published by Harry Chesler, featuring reprints of newspaper comic strips. Will Eisner's spy hero Black X learns that a pirate submarine is sinking American ships, in an attempt to goad the (then still neutral) US into joining WWII. Far from home, Gallant Knight Sir Neville defends a lonely castle from strange invaders. In the early Eisner strip Archie O'Toole, King Archie goes to America to seek a loan for his country, Pyromania. Plus the early strip Lala Palooza by Rube Goldberg. Joe Palooka; They're Still Talking; Jane Arden; Mickey Finn; Off the Record; Gallant Knight; Lala Palooza; Strange As It Seems; Espionage Starring Black X; The Clock Strikes; Slim and Tubby; Reynolds of the Mounted; Flossie; Toddy; Pirates Ahoy; Ned Brant; Big Top; Dixie Dugan; Bungle Family; Lena Pry; Clip Chance at Cliffside. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Feature Funnies (1937) 17 PR 0.5 (R)

Trimmed

Interior is complete. All three edges TRIMMED. Spine severely damaged (book removed from a bound volume). Back cover detached. Staples added (not manufacturing). Two hole punch.

Cover by Ed Cronin. Stories and art by Will Eisner, Rube Goldberg, Art Pinajian, Frank Frollo, Ed Wheelan, Lank Leonard, Mo Leff (credited as Ham Fisher), John Hix, Russell E. Ross, J. H. Striebel, George Brenner, Bernard Baily, Bob Zuppke, R. W. Depew, Monte Barrett, J.P. McEvoy, Charles Driscoll, H.J. Tuthill, John J. Welch, George Marcoux, Ed Reed, Al Zere, and Vernon Henkel. An early comics anthology published by Harry Chesler, featuring reprints of newspaper comic strips. Will Eisner's spy hero Black X and Batu pursue Dr. Stieble, who runs a clearinghouse for all spy information in North America. Gallant Knight Sir Neville battles a panther. In the early Will Eisner strip Archie O'Toole, King Archie returns to Pyromania with his eye on Suzy, but Vera Venom has plans to arrange-marry him. Plus the early strip Lala Palooza by Rube Goldberg. Joe Palooka; They're Still Talking; Jane Arden; Mickey Finn; Off the Record; Gallant Knight; Lala Palooza; Strange As It Seems; Espionage Starring Black X; The Clock Strikes; Slim and Tubby; Richard Manners; Reynolds of the Mounted; Flossie; Toddy; Pirates Ahoy; Ned Brant; Big Top; Dixie Dugan; Bungle Family; Lena Pry; Clip Chance at Cliffside; The Barbarian. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Funnies, The (1936-1942 Dell) 9 GD 2.0

2 centerfold wraps detached. Cover detached at one staple. Cover and interior oxidation. Interior activities completed.

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; "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" and "Bootkins" by Edgar Martin; "Bronc Peeler" and "Uncle Bill" by Fred Harman; "The Tiny Mites" by Hal Cochran and George Scarbo; "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; "Freckles and his Friends" by Merrill Blosser; "Heroes' Hall of Fame" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "From the Notes of Major Cosmo Strange, D.S.O." by George Baker; "Now You Tell One!" by Edward Courtney Dunkle; "Be a Champion" by Ed Cronin; "Annibelle" by Virginia Krausmann; and "Salesman Sam" by C. D. Small. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Lone Ranger and the Menace of Murder Valley (1938 Whitman BLB) 1465 VG 4.0

Writing on interior covers. Water spotting. Oxidation.

Lone Ranger and the Menace of Murder Valley (1938 Whitman BLB) #1465, Robert Wiseman

Marvel Science Stories (1938-1939 Postal Publications) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 1 #1 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Piece missing from interior (affects "Survival" story). Cover glued to interior along spine.

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.

Marvel Science Stories (1938-1939 Postal Publications) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 1 #2 FR 1.0

Tape on inside of cover. 6" Cumulative spine split.

Jack Williamson, Henry Kuttner; Stant Coblentz, and David H. Keller.

Cover by Frank R. Paul. "Exodus" by Arthur J. Burks, "The Time Trap" by Henry Kuttner, "The Dead Spot" by Jack Williamson, "Rout of the Fire Imps" by Stanton A. Coblentz, "The Thirty and One" by David H. Keller. Illustrations by Frank R. Paul, Jack Binder. 7" x 10"; black and white (text); 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Marvel Science Stories (1938-1939 Postal Publications) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 1 #4 FR 1.0

Slices in back cover.

April 1939. Cover by Norman Saunders. Science Fiction stories by John Taine and Harl Vincent. 7" x 10"; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Marvel Science Stories (1938-1939 Postal Publications) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 1 #5 VG 4.0

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.

Marvel Science Stories (1938-1939 Postal Publications) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 1 #5 GD 2.0

Cover and interior oxidation. Staple rust, rust migration.

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.

Operator #5 (1934-1939 Popular Publications) Pulp Vol. 10 #1 GD/VG 3.0

1.5" Tear in cover.

Phantom and the Sign of the Skull (1939 Whitman BLB) 1474 GD 2.0

1.5" Spine split from top.

Phantom and the Sign of the Skull (1939 Whitman BLB) #1474, Falk & Moore

Phantom Detective (1933-1953 Standard Magazines) Pulp Vol. 21 #1 FN 6.0

Phantom Detective (1933-1953 Standard Magazines) Pulp Vol. 23 #1 GD 2.0

Phantom Detective (1933-1953 Standard Magazines) Pulp Vol. 29 #1 FN 6.0

Science Fiction (1939-1941 Blue Ribbon/Columbia) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 VG/FN 5.0

Minor edge chipping.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - March, 1939. Science Fiction and adventure stories pulp magazine. This issue features "Under the White Star" by Edmond Hamilton. 7-in. x 10-in., 132 pages, Text) Cover price $0.15.

Strange Stories (1939-1941 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 GD 2.0

Volume 1, Issue 1 - February, 1939. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Strange Stories (1939-1941 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 2 #1 GD 2.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Color touch and TRIMMED. 4.5" Cumulative spine split (partially taped).

Street and Smith's Unknown (1939-1941 Street & Smith) Pulp Vol. 2 #4 VG/FN 5.0

Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 32 #4 GD 2.0

4" cumulative spine split. Oxidation. Tape on interior cover and pages.

Volume 32, Issue 4 - October 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.

Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 32 #6 GD/VG 3.0

Cover oxidation. Water damage.

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.

Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 34 #6 GD/VG 3.0

First page detached and taped in place.

Volume 34, Issue 6 - December 1938. Edited by Edwin Baird. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.15.