Comic books May 1938

Cover art by Creig Flessel. Speed Saunders story, script by Gardner Fox, art by Creig Flessel. Heels and Toes starring Buck Marshall, script and art by Homer Fleming. Larry Steele story, script and art by Will Ely. Too Many Crooks starring Bruce Nelson, script by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, art by Tom Hickey. Lightning Strikes Once text story, script by Gardner Fox (Paul Dean), art by Creig Flessel. Spy story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster. Bring 'em In Brannigan, script and art by Russell Cole (as Alger). Cosmo story, art by Sven Elven. The Lady-Killer starring Slam Bradley, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster. 64 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

May 1938. Cover by Emery Clarke. Stories include "The Motion Menace," a book-length novel by "Kenneth Robeson"; "Deep-Sea Danger" by Alan Hathway; "Snake Bite" by Harold A. Davis; "Enemy on Wheels" by Laurence Donovan; and "Murder in His Heart" by Norman A. Daniels. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $130.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

"Worth Fighting For" a novelette by Hugh B. Cave.

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Vol. 39 #5 - May 1938. Trade journal for department stores of all kinds. Full of ads and ideas for various departments including management, inventory, sales, display and even personnel. Profusely illustrated with photographs of displays, products, storefronts, etc. Also includes ads from vendors and manufacturers, many no longer in business. 9 3/4-in. x 12 3/4-in., 114 pages, B&W.

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Vol. 12, No. 21. May 27, 1938. Radio City Music Hall Rockettes cover. Full-page B&W ad for Airway Coffee. 8.5" x 11.5". 20 pages. Black and white.

Victor E. Pazmiño cover. Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Screen Oddities" by Captain Roscoe Fawcett and Bruno Thompson; "Goofie Gags" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Butty and Fatty" by M. E. Brady; "Roy Powers, Eagle Scout" by Paul Powell; "Nipper" by Clare Victor Dwiggins; "Skyroads" by Dick Calkins and Russell Keaton; "Hairbreadth Harry" and "High-Gear Homer" by F. O. Alexander; "Life's Like That" by Fred Neher; "War on Crime" by Rex Collier and Hammon; "Big Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Adventures of Patsy" by Mel Graff; "Jolly Geography" and "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier; "Holly of Hollywood" and "Keeping Up With The Joneses" by Pop Momand; "Above the Crowd" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "The Frog Pond Ferry" by M. E. Brady; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Seaweed Sam" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Somebody's Stenog" and "The Back-Seat Driver" by A. E. Hayward; "Bobby" by S. M. Iger; "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "There's A Town" by M. E. Brady; "Babe Bunting" by Roy L. Williams; "Punky" by Fred Balk; "Connie" and "The Wet Blanket" by Frank Godwin; "Queenie" by S. M. Iger (as Bob Bliss); "Homer Hoopee" by Fred Locher; "The Gay Thirties" by Hank Barrow; and "Amaze A Minute" by Arnold. "Cobra Confessions" text story by Robert M. Hyatt. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Russell Ross. Stories and art by Will Eisner, Rube Goldberg, Ed Wheelan, Les Marshall, 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, Don DeConn and Vernon Henkel. An early comics anthology published by Harry Chesler, featuring reprints of newspaper comic strips. Pioneering masked hero The Clock goes after a gangster who controls the corrupt police department. Pirate hero The Hawk fights for justice in Hawks of the Seas, by comics legend Will Eisner. While organizing the forest bandits into an army, Gallant Knight Sir Neville faces three knights loyal to the usurper, Baron Merlot. Teens Slim and Tubby discover Hammond's plot to steal Mrs. Botts' money by convincing her it's cursed. Plus a profile of Hollywood legend Walt Disney, then at the start of his career, and the early strip Lala Palooza by Rube Goldberg. Joe Palooka; They're Still Talking; Jane Arden; Mickey Finn; Off the Record; Modern Planes; Gallant Knight; Lala Palooza; Strange As It Seems; Off Side; The Clock Strikes; Slim and Tubby; Hawks of the Seas; Puzzle Phun; 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.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $56.00 View scans

Add to cart Very Good $50.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. 1 1/4" Spine split from base of comic. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Fingerprints. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling.

Add to cart Good $41.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. 4" Cumulative spine split. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling. Chew along spine.

Add to cart Good $45.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. 4" Cumulative spine split. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Foxing. Residue. Scuffing. Soiling.

May 1938. Cover by Enoch Bolles. Humorous captions paired with movie stills and models. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $4.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

Volume 29 Issue #2 - May 1938. Fiction, model-making articles, schematics, cartoons and factual essays make up every issue of Flying Aces. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Interior art by Al McWilliams. "Vultures of Silence" by Donald Keyhoe, "Kraut Fishing" by Joe Archibald, "Death Haunts the Clipper" by Arch Whitehouse stories this issue. "We Must Train Airmen for America's Defense" by various, snapshots of WWI aricraft, Chicago airshow are among the articles this issue. Bedsheet format 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 80 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.15.

May, 1938. Volume 2 No. 2. 5.5" x 7.75", 140 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.25.

Contains comic strip reprints, text articles, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Alley Oop" by V. T. Hamlin; "Reg'lar Fellers" by Gene Byrnes; "Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune" by Roy Crane; "Out Our Way" by J. R. Williams; "G-Man vs. The Red X" (Big Little Book adaptation) by Dick Blair and Milt Youngren; "Freckles and his Friends" by Merrill Blosser; "Hold Everything" by Clyde Lewis; "Cicero's Cat" by Bud Fisher; "Home Magic" by A. W. Nugent; "Boots" by Edgar Martin; "Our Boarding House" by Gene Ahern; "Stranger than Fiction" by Richard W. Thomas and Walter Galli; "Tim McCoy: West of Rainbow's End" film adaptation; "Funnies Cartoon Club" by Walter Cole Brigham; "Ben Webster's Page" by Jay Jerome Williams (as Edwin Alger); "Dan Dunn" by Norman Marsh; "Four Aces" by Hal Forrest; "Everybody's Playmate" by A. W. Nugent; "Scribbly" by Sheldon Mayer; "Now You Tell One!" by Edward Courtney Dunkle; "Curious Facts about Stamps" by I. S. Klein; "Bronc Peeler" by Fred Harman; "Heroes' Hall of Fame" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); and "Be a Champion" by Ed Cronin. "Redskin Renegade" text story by H. T. Sperry. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $56.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $30.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 5, No. 2. May 1938. Men's pin-up magazine also containing fiction, humor, and more. Cover by Earle Bergey. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W. MATURE. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $29.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Extensive.

UK story magazine published by Amalgamated Press between 1907-1939, predominantly featuring the activities of boys at the fictional school St. Jim's. 6.75" x 9.5", 36 pages, B&W

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $12.00 View scans Staple rust: Extensive.

UK story magazine published by Amalgamated Press between 1907-1939, predominantly featuring the activities of boys at the fictional school St. Jim's. 6.75" x 9.5", 36 pages, B&W

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $12.00 View scans

UK story magazine published by Amalgamated Press between 1907-1939, predominantly featuring the activities of boys at the fictional school St. Jim's. 6.75" x 9.5", 36 pages, B&W

Add to cart Good $14.00 View scans Spine split 10%. Cover Detached. Staple rust: Extensive.

UK story magazine published by Amalgamated Press between 1907-1939, predominantly featuring the activities of boys at the fictional school St. Jim's. 6.75" x 9.5", 36 pages, B&W

Vol. 27 #5 - May 1938. Movie magazine with news, gossip, reviews and articles. This issue features a stunning Gustaf Tenggren cover for "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", using a somewhat reworked image that is similar to his art for the original one-sheet. Articles about Pat O'Brien, Fanny Brice, Norma Shearer, W. C. Fields, and more. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

Published by Popular Magazines, Inc. between December 1931 and December 1943, Hooey was a satirical humour magazine that included fake articles, cartoons that depicted social issues of the time and spoof ads in a similar vein as it's successor, Mad Magazine. 8.5" x 11", 32 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Hunting and fishing heavily illustrated with photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 56 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.10.