Thrilling! comic books issue 8

Aug 1936. First issue (continued from Wonder Stories). Stories by Ray Cummings, A. Merritt, Otis Adelbert Kline, Eando Binder, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Arthur Leo Zagat, Paulo Ernst, and Mort Weisinger. "Zarnak" comic story by Max Plaisted. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $23.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Oct 1936. Stories by Ray Cummings, Arthur J. Burks, Ralph Milne Farley, A. Merritt, Hal K. Wells, Edmond Hamilton, Paul Ernst, and D.L. James. "Zarnak" comic story by Max Plaisted. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Dec 1936. Stories by John W. Campbell Jr., Stanley G. Weinbaum, Arthur Leo Zagat, Edmond Hamilton, Allan K. Echols, Ray Cummings, Eando Binder, Raymond Z. Gallun, and Gabriel Wilson. "Zarnak" comic story by Max Plaisted. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

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Ms. Tree tries to locate an important ledger in order to exchange it for her kidnapped stepson in "Accounts Payable" and "Murder-Go-Round" chapters nine and ten of "The Cold Dish" saga. Script by Max Collins and art by Terry Beatty & Gary Kato. Issue also has a Mike Mist Minute Mystery "If the Shoe Fits" with script by Max Collins and art by Terry Beatty and "Heaven and Heller" with script by Max Collins and art by Ray Gotto. Cover price $1.50.

Cover by Kin Platt. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Richard Hughes, George Mandel, Leonard Sansone, Barry Brandon, Elmer Wexler, Kin Platt, John Daly, and Ray McGill. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Spring 1968. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Science fiction reprints from Edmond Hamilton, Henry Hasse, Robert Silverberg, Adam Chase, Gerald Vance, J. G. Ballard, and Roger Zelazny. Illustrations by Frosty, Virgil Finlay, Dan Adkins, Llewellyn, Leo Summers. 5 1/4-in. x 7 1/2-in.; black and white; 130 pages. Cover price $0.50.

Photo cover. "Love's Disguise" one-page story. "The Love I Stole," pencils by Bob Lubbers; Rhoda falls in love with her Shakespeare course professor Les, although he's dating fellow teacher Maude; Les succumbs to Rhoda's charms and they become a couple, despite campus gossip. "Forever To Love," pencils by John Severin, inks by Bill Elder; The romance of Ann Rutledge and young Abe Lincoln. "Dante and Beatrice," art by Rafael Astarita; The love of Dante Alighieri and Beatrice Portinari. "Next Door to Heaven," pencils by Bob Lubbers; Writer Curt complains to Leah about the noise the children at her small private school are making; George, the widowed father of one of her students, proposes to Leah but she doesn't love him: even though his money would help save her school, she can't marry without love. "Sweetheart of Destiny," art by Rafael Astarita; In 1844, Varina falls in love with Jefferson Davis, but is reluctant to marry him because their political viewpoints are opposed. "Sing Me a Love Song" text story by Madeline Mines, art by Dan Loprino. "I Starved for Romance"; Lucy won't marry David until he earns a salary that would allow them to escape the poverty in which they live; Her sister Ellen is married to rich businessman Charles and he agrees to hire David as his office manager. "Their Name Is Beauty"; The meaning of various women's names. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Tales of the Green Beret. Stories by Jerry Capp (credited as Robin Moore). Art and cover by Joe Kubert. Dragon Lady Press reprints classic comic strips from the Chicago Tribune syndicate. This issue features Tales of the Green Beret, the war strip created by author Robin Moore and legendary artist Joe Kubert. Set during the Vietnam War, it helped create a vogue for the special-forces soldiers called Green Berets. Reprints the Tales of the Green Beret daily strip from September 18 to December 30, 1967, printed sideways, 2 dailies per page. This issue picks up immediately after the episodes reprinted in Dragon Lady's Best of the Tribune Company (1985) #3. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Corporal Blake of the Northwest Mounted--"Once a Mountie Always a Mountie". 2" x 2-1/2", 8 pages, PC/PB&W text w/ illustrations.

Cover by Joseph Szokoli. Stories and art by Doug Wildey, Harry Harrison, Joe Galotti, A. M. Langworthy, H. C. Kiefer, Ed Goldfarb, Bob Baer, Joseph Szokoli, Bill Fraccio, Vince Colletta and Vince Napoli. Numbering continues from Stamp Comics (1952) #7. Stories from comics artists inspired by (and featuring) classic collectible stamps, for a rare series that combines panelology with philately. When a vaudeville performer is killed, his monkeys identify his killers, in a strange true story with early art by Doug Wildey. Knowledge of Esperanto saves a man from a Nazi firing squad. Grace Darling rescues numerous passengers after a steamship disaster. Violent pre-Code cover by Joseph Szokoli. The Philadelphia Mission; Satan's Pact; Monkey Business!; Captain John Smith and Pocahontas; Esperanto Saves a Life; Heroine of Eddystone Light; Oddities in Stamps; The Beard of the Dragon; The Death of Capt. James Cook; Cellini and the Statue of Perseus; Slave Train; Old Blood and Guts; The Spanish River Disaster; What's My Name? Final issue of the series. 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.