Comic books July 1938

Volume 105, Issue 1 - July, 1938. Cover by Bradshaw Crandell. Short stories, serials, and features. 8.5" x 11.5", 140 pages, B&W with spot color and full color ads. Cover price $0.25.

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Agriculture and farming magazine. Includes articles, fiction, and humor. 11" x 14", 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

Known as Farm & Fireside until February 1930, the title was changed to The Country Home to compete with Better Homes and Gardens, and was aimed at families living the farm life in America by offering articles on horticulture, harvest, beef production and anything else needed to run a successful farm. 8.5" x 11.5", B&W with some color illustrations. Cover price $0.05.

Stories and art by Paul Gustavson, Norman Daniels, Fred Guardineer, Tod Moro, Richard Speed, Fred Schwab, William Allison, Dick Ryan, and Rafael Astarita. Centaur Publishing takes over publishing of the former Star Ranger Comics, one of the first Western-themed comics. Short Western strips, sometimes just one to three pages, with titles like Wild West Junior and Cowboy Jake. The Trouble Hunters tackle outlaws in the modern West. The Air Patrol helps maintain law and order on the US-Mexico border. This series was the only one from Centaur to carry the Centaur brand emblem on its covers. Wild West Junior; Ace and Deuce; Null and Void; Cowboy Jake; Lyin' Lou; Trouble Hunters; Air Patrol; Lee Trent; Two Buckaroos; Aces High. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Roy Crane, J. R. Williams, Norman Marsh, Irwin Myers, Al McWilliams, Merrill Blosser, Ray Thompson, Charles Coll, Dan Balkin, Martha Orr, Sol Hess, Wallace Carlson, Gene Ahern, Al Lewin, Frank V. Martinek, Leon A. Beroth, Abe Martin, Virginia Krausmann, Sylvia Sneidman and Ken Ernst. Crackajack Funnies presented original stories and reprints of classic comic strips, including Roy Crane's influential Wash Tubbs & Captain Easy. On their mission to rescue Americans from war-torn Spain, Don Winslow is tricked by Dr. Centaur, who seizes his ship. Wash Tubbs and Captain Easy are in trouble after Easy wears out their last $10 bill by keeping it in his boot. As Agent X32 questions Miss Evans about the kidnapping, a shot is fired through the window, and Tom is injured in the resulting shootout. Dan Dunn; Captain Frank Hawks, Air Ace; Freckles and His Friends; Myra North, Special Nurse; Columbus Goes West; Wash Tubbs; Out Our Way; Apple Mary; The Nebbs; Our Boarding House; Clyde Beatty; Don Winslow of the Navy; Tom Mix; Boots and Her Buddies; Tom Traylor, G-Man X32; Flapper Fanny; Annibelle; Buck Jones: The Rock Creek Cattle War. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Creig Flessel. The Snake Death starring Speed Saunders, script by Gardner Fox, art by Fred Guardineer. Larry Steele story, script and art by Will Ely. Cosmo story, art by Sven Elven. Dr. Fu Manchu story, script by Sax Rohmer, art by Leo O'Mealia. The Hooded Hordes starring Spy, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster. Disaster On the Diamond text story by Gardner Fox (Paul Dean). The Coolie Smugglers (Part 1) starring Bruce Nelson, art by Tom Hickey. The Right Trail starring Buck Marshall, script and art by Homer Fleming. Slam Bradley Gets the Air starring Slam Bradley, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster. 64 pgs. $0.10. First Appearance of Fu Manchu in Detective Comics. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 17, Issue 4 - July, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 13, Issue 1 - July 8, 1938. 8.5" x 11.5". 24 pages. Black and white.

Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Goofie Gags" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Butty and Fatty" by M. E. Brady; "Roy Powers, Eagle Scout" by Paul Powell; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "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; "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. "Silver Wings" text story by John A. Thorne. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lank Leonard. 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. Female reporter Jane Arden inherits an estate in England, but as always, there's a mystery attached. Pirate hero The Hawk fights for justice in Hawks of the Seas, by comics legend Will Eisner. The brave outlaw army of Gallant Knight Sir Neville seizes the castle of treasonous Baron Borek. Plus a profile of Hollywood star Madge Evans, 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.

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Volume 68, Issue 591 - July, 1938. Humorous captions paired with movie stills and models. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 74 pages, tinted B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Volume 29 Issue #4 - July 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. "Hell's Hangar" by Donald Keyhoe, "Zuyder Zee Zooming" by Joe Archibald, "Clipped Wing Clue" by Arch Whitehouse, "Snapshots of the War" featuring Nieuport fighters and more. Bedsheet format 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 80 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.15.

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; "The Crime Busters" by Alden McWilliams; "The Comic Zoo" by George Scarbo; "Four Aces" by Hal Forrest; "Our Boarding House" by Gene Ahern; "Hold Everything" by Clyde Lewis; "Cicero's Cat" by Bud Fisher; "Home Magic" by A. W. Nugent; "The Worry Wart" by J. R. Williams; "Stranger than Fiction" by Richard W. Thomas and Walter Galli; "Bronc Peeler" by Fred Harman; "Out Our Way" by J. R. Williams; "Ben Webster's Page" by Jay Jerome Williams (as Edwin Alger); "Scribbly" by Sheldon Mayer; "Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune" by Roy Crane; "Everybody's Playmate" by A. W. Nugent; "Wonderland of Oz" by Walt Spouse; "Curious Facts about Stamps" by I. S. Klein; "Tim McCoy: Code of the Rangers" film adaptation; "Heroes' Hall of Fame" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); and "Be a Champion" by Ed Cronin. "Redskin Renegade, Part Three" text story by H. T. Sperry. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 12, Issue 1 - July, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 9, Issue 7 - July, 1938. 7" x 10", 66 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

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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

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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 Very Good $26.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. 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 Good $12.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Cover Detached.

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 $12.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Cover Detached.

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