Auctions: comic books 1939

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 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.