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Mechanix Illustrated (1928 Fawcett) comic books 1939-1941

  • Vol. 21 #3
    Mechanix Illustrated (1928 Fawcett) Vol. 21 #3


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    Volume 21, Issue 3 - January, 1939. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "Toy Invention! Big Money for Workshop Fans" by Stanley Gerstin, "Cracking Down on Quacks" by James N. Miller, "Guardians of the Airways" by Leonard H. Engel, "Radio Aloft Forecasts the Weather" by Allan Finn, and others. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 146 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 21 #4
    Mechanix Illustrated (1928 Fawcett) Vol. 21 #4


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 21, Issue 4 - February, 1939. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "Exploding the Television Boom" by Robert Hertzberg, "Octopus! Terror of the Deep" by Harry Rieseberg, "Experiments With Iodine" by Victor Lewitus, and others. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 146 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 21 #5
    Mechanix Illustrated (1928 Fawcett) Vol. 21 #5


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 21, Issue 5 - March, 1939. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "I Flew Foreign War Planes" by Major Al Williams, "Inventor's Gold" by Stanley Gerstin, "So You're Buying a Boat" by Roland Cueva, and others. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 114 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 22 #1
    Mechanix Illustrated (1928 Fawcett) Vol. 22 #1


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    • Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 22, Issue 1 - May, 1939. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "Inventor Incorporated" by Stanley Gerstin, "Modern Miracle: The Secret of Plastics" by John E. Pfeiffer, "Aircraft Radios Get Torture Test" by Byers C. Rathbone, "Our Air Force - A Farce!" by Major Al Williams. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 114 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 22 #2
    Mechanix Illustrated (1928 Fawcett) Vol. 22 #2


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 22, Issue 2 - June, 1939. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "100 MPH With an Outboard" by Stanley Gerstin, "Modern Aerial Warfare" by Douglas Rolfe, "Plastics - Modern Day Marvels of Science" by John E. Pfeiffer, "Rock Gardens, Pools and Ornaments" by Paul Hadley. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 114 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 22 #4
    Mechanix Illustrated (1928 Fawcett) Vol. 22 #4


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • 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.

  • Vol. 22 #5
    Mechanix Illustrated (1928 Fawcett) Vol. 22 #5


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 22, Issue 5 - September, 1939. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "Streamlining Your Eyesight" by Maxwell Reid Grant, "Leonardo da Vinci - Edison of Yesterday" by Cliff Taylor, "Dream Dirigible Under Construction" by R. DeWitt Miller, "Fishing for Dollars with Angler's Bait" by Ormal I. Sprungman, and others. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 146 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 22 #6
    Mechanix Illustrated (1928 Fawcett) Vol. 22 #6


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 22, Issue 6 - October, 1939. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "Fireboats to the Rescue!" by John R. Whiting, "Photographing the Earth's Core" by Harry Pederson, "Big City Sign" by Cliff Taylor, and others. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 146 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 23 #1
    Mechanix Illustrated (1928 Fawcett) Vol. 23 #1


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 23, Issue 1 - November, 1939. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue includes; "I Battled an Octopus for Treasure" by Harry E. Rieseberg, "Science Wars Against Alien Invaders!" by James Nevin Miller, "Four Wheels Are His Legs" by John Edwin Hogg, "Streamlined Cops" by Frank Adriance, "Meet the New Cars" by Frederick C. Russell, and others. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 146 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 23 #2
    Mechanix Illustrated (1928 Fawcett) Vol. 23 #2


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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 10%.
    • Front cover detached 15%.

    Volume 23, Issue 2 - December, 1939. Mechanical science and technology magazine. Features include an article on stop-motion animation, dresses made from milk, darkroom tricks and much more. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 146 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 23 #3
    Mechanix Illustrated (1928 Fawcett) Vol. 23 #3


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 23, Issue 3 - January, 1940. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue includes; "Your Job - Auto Mechanic" by Donald G. Cooley, "Blood Detectives Solve Crimes" by Maxwell Grant, "Taming The Twister" by Harold M. Farkas, "Turning Pigeons Into Owls" by James Nevin Miller, "Will This be Our 1960 Model Car?" by Hi Sibley, and others. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 146 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 23 #4
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    Volume 23, Issue 4 - February, 1940. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "How to Bowl" by Joe Falcaro, "Your Job - Radio Servicing" by Donald G. Cooley, "Can This War Be Won?" by Maxwell Hamilton, "Riding the Frozen Freight" by James Montagnes, "Want to Buy a Rattlesnake?" by Harry Pederson, and others. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 146 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 23 #5
    Mechanix Illustrated (1928 Fawcett) Vol. 23 #5

    Volume 23, Issue 5 - March, 1940. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "Today's Science is Tomorrow's Magic" by William A. Gluesing, "Hit and Run - But the Law Runs Faster" by R. DeWitt Miller, "Your Job - Photography" by Donald G. Cooley "The Sap that Made Good" by Walter E. Burton, and others. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 146 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 23 #6
    Mechanix Illustrated (1928 Fawcett) Vol. 23 #6


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    • Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Slight.
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 23, Issue 6 - April, 1940. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "We Broke the Coast-to-Coast Motorcycle Record" by C. Randolph Whiting, "The How-to-Build Bug Bites 'Frisco" by Jack Pollexfen, "These Little Pigs Went to Market!" by Joseph Lawren, "The Doctor Goes Down to the Sea" by John L. Coonz, and others. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 146 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 24 #1
    Mechanix Illustrated (1928 Fawcett) Vol. 24 #1


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate.

    Volume 24, Issue 1 - May, 1940. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "Airathon - What is This Flying Sport?" by Maxwell Reid Grant, "Goodbye to Radio Static and Interference!" by M.L. Muhleman, "Taking the Long Count!" by Colin Kerr Cameron, "Crabbing His Act" by Ormal I. Sprungman, and others. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 146 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 24 #2
    Mechanix Illustrated (1928 Fawcett) Vol. 24 #2


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.

    Volume 24, Issue 2 - June, 1940. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "A New Fair for '40" by Stanley Gerstin, "Cut Yourself a Chord of Cake" by Ken Maloney, "Mars Plays Hide and Seek!" by Herbert Clark, "Mileage is What You Make It" by J.E. Van Sant, and others. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 146 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 25 #2
    Mechanix Illustrated (1928 Fawcett) Vol. 25 #2


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    Volume 25, Issue 2 - December, 1940. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "Bowling Tips From Champions" by Neil C. King, "Riding the Radio Beam" by John L. Scherer, "There's Real Money in a Model Railroad!" by R. DeWitt Miller, "Stock Car Rides Race With Death!" by John R. Whiting, "He Unlocked the Door to Success" by Bob Ruskauff, "Coming - The Frameless Automobile" by Israel Klein, and others. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 146 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 25 #3
    Mechanix Illustrated (1928 Fawcett) Vol. 25 #3


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    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 25, Issue 3 - January, 1940. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "Glider Pilots - Aces of the Future!" by William Hawley Bowlus, "Fighting the Tuna Pirates!" by Sterling Gleason, "They've Loaded Their Trucks With Glamour!" by John T. Lynch, "Under the Hood of 1941 Cars" by John G. Copeland, "California Cops Go Back to School" by Andrew R. Boone, "Racing Death Down the Great Lakes" by Earl W. Gage, and others. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 162 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 25 #4
    Mechanix Illustrated (1928 Fawcett) Vol. 25 #4


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 25, Issue 4 - February, 1941. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "Firemen for the Fun of It" by Richard H. Parke, "Architects of Destruction" by Ben Gallob, "Crazy With the Height" by William H. Randall, and others. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 162 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 25 #5
    Mechanix Illustrated (1928 Fawcett) Vol. 25 #5


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Vol. 26 #1
    Mechanix Illustrated (1928 Fawcett) Vol. 26 #1


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    Volume 26, Issue 1 - May, 1941. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "Spindizzies - 100MPH or Bust!" by John Q. Copeland, "A Ship is Launched" by Lester David, "Paradise for Sunday Drivers" by Bob Ruskauff, "The Following is Transcribed - " by Ronald Banks, "Blasting the Bombers!" by Douglas Rolfe, "America Beats Off an Air Raid!" by Cliff Taylor, "Tune Up Your Car the Modern Way" by Fred C. Russell, and others. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 162 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 26 #4
    Mechanix Illustrated (1928 Fawcett) Vol. 26 #4


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    • Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Water damage: Moderate.

    Mechanical science and technology magazine. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 164 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 26 #5
    Mechanix Illustrated (1928 Fawcett) Vol. 26 #5


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 26, Issue 5 - September, 1941. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "I Flew My First Time Up" by Maxwell Hamilton, "Is There a Saboteur in Your Plant?" by a Staff Investigator, "Drugstore Farmers" by Joseph Lawrence, "Lifeline Under Polar Seas" by Carl Cronin, "Secret Agents of the Skies" by David Robinson George, "Krick, The Weather Merchant" by Tyche Ayres, "Steamboat Bill Rides Again" by Captain James Poole, and others. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 162 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 26 #6
    Mechanix Illustrated (1928 Fawcett) Vol. 26 #6


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    • Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 26, Issue 6 - October, 1941. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "Up Ship for Action" by Maxwell Reid Grant, "Boy Discovers Long-Sought Plastic" by Haskell Cohen, "Stratosphere Patrol" by W.M. Kimball, "Cooking a Mountain" by A.D. Nunn, "Leave Your Windows Open This Winter" by Thomas J. Naughton, "Let's Play Trains" by N.J. Johnson, "Power from the Wind" by S.J. Winters, and others. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 162 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 26 #7
    Mechanix Illustrated (1928 Fawcett) Vol. 26 #7


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 26, Issue 7 - November, 1941. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "America's Secret Navy" by W.M. Kimball, "Baby Broadcasting" by Louis Hochman, "I Drove a Nazi Tank" by Ernst Freiherr, "The Tootgundy an Marndwullun Wunkun" by L.N. Kilman, "Inventors! America Needs You" by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, "Junk Yard Fantasy" by Irwin Kostin, "The Super-Eye of Science" by Bill Williams, and others. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 162 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 26 #8
    Mechanix Illustrated (1928 Fawcett) Vol. 26 #8


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    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate.

    Volume 26, Issue 8 - December, 1941. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "The Something-out-of-Nothing Man" by Bud Martin, "Smoke the Pipe of Peace" by Rory O'Shane, "Captain Marvel Troops for America" by W.M. Kimball, "A Sixth Sense for the Pilot" by David Robinson George, "Sight-Seeing in Your Eyes" by Maxwell Reid Grant, "The Lowdown on 1942 Cars" by Frederick C. Russell, "Double V for Victory" by Bob Ruskauff, and others. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 162 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.