Comic books January 1938

Volume 104, Issue 1 - January 1938, 8.5" x 11.5", 166 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $23.00 View scans Spine split 10%. Staple rust: Slight.

Agriculture and farming magazine. Includes articles, fiction, and humor. 11" x 14", 80 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.

Cover art by Creig Flessel. Speed Saunders story, script by Gardner Fox, art by Creig Flessel. Larry Steele story, script and art by Will Ely. Cosmo story, art by Sven Elven. Bulls Eye starring Bruce Nelson, script by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, art by Tom Hickey. Incident In Algiers text story, script by Whitney Ellsworth, art by Creig Flessel. The Willow Lane Mystery, script and art by Russell Cole (as Alger). Spy story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster. In the Bag starring Buck Marshall, script and art by Homer Fleming. The Flying Circus starring Slam Bradley, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster. 64 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 116, No. 6 - January 22, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 8, Issue 2 - January, 1938. Pulp magazine focusing on Crime and Detective stories. Includes the tales "Murder's my Business" by John Kobler, and "Charge it to the Corpse" by Norbert Davis! 7-in. x 9-in, 80 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations and photos) Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $110.00 View scans 3" tears on front and back covers. Staple rust.

Stories, art and cover by Chester Gould. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay's Feature Book was the first US comic book to devote complete issues to a single character. This issue reprinted Dick Tracy comic strips from 1935-1936. Tracy temporarily becomes Chief of Police in small-town Homeville to reduce crime. But his arrival coincides with that of gangsters Cut and Muscle Famon, and their equally deadly mother, Maw Famon. 9-in. x 12-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 10, No. 5 - January 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 12, No. 2. January 14, 1938. William Powell cover and article. Full-page color ad for Niblets Brand Corn and Stokely Canned Food. 8.5" x 11.5". 20 pages. Black and white.

Vol. 12, No. 3. January 21, 1938. Franchot Tone and Myrna Loy cover. 8.5" x 11.5". 20 pages. Black and white.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $15.00 View scans Spine split 25%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 12, No. 4 - January 28, 1938. 8.5" x 11.5", 24 pages, Black and white.

Victor E. Pazmiño cover. New Years cover. Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Goofie Gags" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Dizzy Dramas" by Joe Bowers; "Such Is Life" by Walt Munson; "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; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Life's Like That" by Fred Neher; "War on Crime" by Rex Collier and Hammon; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Adventures of Patsy" by Mel Graff; "Butty and Fatty" and "The Frog Pond Ferry" by M. E. Brady; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Seaweed Sam" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Jolly Geography" and "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "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; "Babe Bunting" by Roy L. Williams; "Punky" by Fred Balk; "Connie" and "The Wet Blanket" by Frank Godwin; "There's A Town" by M. E. Brady; "Queenie" by S. M. Iger (as Bob Bliss); "Homer Hoopee" by Fred Locher; and "The Gay Thirties" by Hank Barrow. "The Strange Deception" text story by Robert M. Hyatt. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rube Goldberg. Stories and art by Will Eisner, Rube Goldberg, Ed Wheelan, Les Marshall, Lank Leonard, Ham Fisher, Montfort Amory, John Hix, Russell E. Ross, J. H. Striebel, Jo Metzer, 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 Ed Cronin. An early comics anthology published by Harry Chesler, featuring reprints of newspaper comic strips. Ne'er-do-well Mickey Finn poses as Santa to save Christmas for two poor neighborhood kids. A murderous loan shark makes examples of his unfortunate clientele, until The Clock intervenes. Teens Slim and Tubby decide to check up on Roger Bligh Jr. and Judith when they go to Look Out Peak. Plus a profile of Hollywood star Charles Laughton, Hawks of the Seas by comics legend Will Eisner, and the early strip Lala Palooza by Rube Goldberg. Joe Palooka; They're Still Talking; Jane Arden; Star Snapshots; Mickey Finn; Off the Record; Modern Planes; 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; Jim Swift. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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

Add to cart Good $21.00 View scans Staple rust. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Soiling. Water damage. Dust shadow.

Volume 68, Issue 585 - January, 1938. Humorous captions paired with movie stills and models. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

January 1938, 8.25" x 11.25", 84 pages, B&W.

Volume 28, Issue 2 - January, 1938. 8.5" x 11.5", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Fine $160.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

January 1938 Volume 1 No. 10. Cover by C.C. Beck. Contains nearly two dozen stories & articles by authors that include James Thurber, Georges Surdez, Frederick C. Painton, Robert Carse. Profusely illustrated with cartoons, most are full page gag cartoons. 5 1/2-in. x 7 5/8-in., 136 pgs, B&W/color. Cover price $0.25.

Christmas cover. Contains comic strip reprints, text articles, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Alley Oop" by V. T. Hamlin; "Herky" by Clyde Lewis; "Dan Dunn" by Norman Marsh; "Stranger than Fiction" by Richard W. Thomas and Walter Galli; "Our Boarding House" by Gene Ahern; "Fun with a Pencil" by Walter Cole Brigham; "Freckles and his Friends" by Merrill Blosser; "Home Magic" by A. W. Nugent; "Bronc Peeler" by Fred Harman; "The Tiny Mites" by Hal Cochran and George Scarbo; "Boots" by Edgar Martin; "Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire" and "Tad of the Tanbark" by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; "Curious Facts about Stamps" by I. S. Klein; "Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune" by Roy Crane; "Ben Webster's Page" by Jay Jerome Williams (as Edwin Alger); "Scribbly" by Sheldon Mayer; "Out Our Way" by J. R. Williams; "Tailspin Tommy" and "Four Aces" by Hal Forrest; "G-Man vs. The Red X" (Big Little Book adaptation) by Dick Blair and Milt Youngren; "Everybody's Playmate" by A. W. Nugent; "Now You Tell One!" by Edward Courtney Dunkle; "Mutt and Jeff" and "Cicero's Cat" by Bud Fisher; "Reg'lar Fellers" and "Daisybelle" by Gene Byrnes; "Heroes' Hall of Fame" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "Be a Big Leaguer" by Ed Cronin; and "The Worry Wart" by J. R. Williams. "White Tiger of Timur, Part One" text story by H. T. Sperry, illustrated by Walter Cole Brigham. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 10, Issue 1 - January, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 118 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $45.00 View scans Staple rust. Foxing. Soiling. Moisture spotting.

Add to cart Very Good $45.00 View scans 1/4" Spine split from top of comic. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling.

Add to cart Good $32.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Vol. 4, No. 5. January 1938. Cover by Earle Bergey. Men's interest magazine containing fiction stories, cartoons, non-nude pictorials, and other variety. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

January, 1938. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fair $4.00 View scans Spine split 20%. 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

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $14.00 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