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Cosmopolitan (1886 Hearst) comic books 1937-1939

  • Vol. 102 #1
    Cosmopolitan (1886 Hearst) Vol. 102 #1
    Published Jan 1937 by Hearst.
    • Staple rust. Rust migration. Spine stress. Corner Damage. Soiling.

    Volume 102, Issue 1 - January 1937. Cover by Bradshaw Crandell. Short stories, serials, and features. 8.5" x 11.5", 176 pages, B&W with spot color and full color ads. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 103 #1
    Cosmopolitan (1886 Hearst) Vol. 103 #1


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    Published Jul 1937 by Hearst.
    • Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Vol. 103, No. 1. July 1937. Cover by Bradshaw Crandell. Fiction by Ursula Parrott, George Weston, Frances Parkinson Keyes, W. Somerset Maugham, Don Ayres, Adela Rogers St. Johns, Mildred Harrington, Bob Considine, Max Brand, Sophie Kerr, and A. J. Cronin. Interior art by McClelland Barclay, Harvey Dunn, W. Emerton Heitland, John La Gatta, Jon Whitcomb, Harold von Schmidt, Irving Nurick, and more. 8.5" x 11.5". 188 pages. B&W with spot color and full color ads. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 103 #2
    Cosmopolitan (1886 Hearst) Vol. 103 #2
    Published Aug 1937 by Hearst.

    Vol. 103 #2 - Aug. 1937. Cover by Bradshaw Crandell. Article on Walt Disney by Gene Fowler. article by Donald Keyhoe entitled "Fly Your Own Plane and Go Anywhere." Fiction by Raoul Whitfield (a Jo Gar story, famous from their Black Mask appearances), Paul Gallico, Jack Goodman, Adela Rogers St. Johns, A.J. Cronin and others. Interior art by Mead Schaeffer, R.F. Heinrich, McClelland Barclay, Joseph Tesar, Dean Cornwell, Harold von Schmidt and more. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 182 pages, B&W with color ads. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 105 #4
    Cosmopolitan (1886 Hearst) Vol. 105 #4


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    Published Oct 1938 by Hearst.

    Volume 105, Issue 4 - October, 1938. 8.5" x 11.5", 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 105 #5
    Cosmopolitan (1886 Hearst) Vol. 105 #5


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    Published Nov 1938 by Hearst.
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%.
  • Vol. 106 #2
    Cosmopolitan (1886 Hearst) Vol. 106 #2
    Published Feb 1939 by Hearst.
    Auction opens May 6
    • 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.

  • Vol. 106 #4
    Cosmopolitan (1886 Hearst) Vol. 106 #4
    Published Apr 1939 by Hearst.
    • Corner Damage. Edge damage. Soiling.

    Volume 106, Issue 4 - April, 1939. Cover by Bradshaw Crandell. Fiction by Albert Rice, W. Somerset Maugham, Joseph Harrington, Paul Gallico, Oscar Schisgall, Gordon Malherbe Hillman, George Sessions Perry, and A.J. Cronin. Also includes two serials; "White Magic" (part III) by Faith Baldwin, and "Eastward in Eden" (part V) by David Garth. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 188 pages, B&W with spot color and full color ads. Cover price $0.25.