Comic books February 1938

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Volume 2, Issue 3 - February 1938. Vintage photo magazine featuring Reader submitted photographs, and pictorials. This issue features a rare look at Rooster fighting, a Photo guide to World Heavyweight Boxing Champions, and the Do and Do Not's of Theater going. 10-in. x 13 1/2-in., 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 47, No. 6. February 1938. Picture Play Magazine, originally titled Picture-Play Weekly was an American weekly published magazine centered around the movie industry during the golden-age of Hollywood. It was one of the earliest published tabloid style magazines that focused on celebrity gossip, but also included behind-the-scenes content, and movie reviews. It was first published on April 10, 1915, and ultimately transitioned from a weekly to a monthly publication before the end of it's production run in late 1941 after merging with Charm Magazine. This issue's articles include: "Why Lombard Won't Talk" Carole Lombard; "Streamlining the Stars" exercising stars; "First Host of Hollywood" Basil Rathbone hosts parties at his home; and more. Full-page ads for "Mannequin" with Joan Crawford and Spencer Tracy; "Every Day's a Holiday" with Mae West; "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" Disney's first feature film; and "Hollywood Hotel" directed by Busby Berkeley. Myrna Loy cover by A. Redmond. 8.5" x 11.5". 80 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Chester Gould, Edwina Dumm, Bill Holman, Harold Gray, Frank Willard, Fontaine Fox, Percy Crosby, Walter Berndt, J. R. Williams, William Ferguson, Martin Branner, Martha Orr, Gus Edson, Frank V. Martinek, Leon A. Beroth, Carl Ed, Sol Hess, Wallace Carlson, Stookie Allen, Al Posen, Henry Sperry, W. C. Brigham, Ed Cronin, A. W. Nugent, and Ed Leffingwell. Edited by comics pioneers M.C. Gaines and Sheldon Mayer. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. The Purple Cross Gang pulls off their biggest bank robbery yet, but Dick Tracy is hot on their trail. Pat, Connie and Terry face a dangerous showdown with the Dragon Lady, until government troops arrive at her hideout. Don Winslow leads the charge against the Crocodile's forces. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie, Skippy, Smokey Stover and Gasoline Alley. Toonerville Folks; Moon Mullins; Kitty Higgins; Dick Tracy; Skippy; Always Belittlin'; Smitty; Herby; Tippie; Winnie Winkle; Yankee Privateer; The Gumps; Don Winslow; Chimpsey's Cartoon Circus; Bos'n Hal Sea Scout; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Jinglet; Gasoline Alley; Out Our Way; Soldiers of Fortune: Alexander Iacovleff; Apple Mary; This Curious World; Tiny Tim; Spooky; Simp O'Dill; The Nebbs; Real Magic; Dill and Daffy; Streaky; Terry and the Pirates; Popular Sports; Smokey Stover; Little Joe; Smilin' Jack; Sweeney & Son. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 2 #2 - Feb. 1938. Tips and tricks of making better photographs. Sample article titles include "My Experiences with a Camera in the Antarctic," "Crashing My First Hollywood Premiere," "Dressing Up Your Prints" and much more. As you would expect, the magazine is filled with period photographs. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 98 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 132, Issue 2 - February 1938. 8.5-in. x 11.5-in.; black and white w/spot color; 138 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Punch is a British magazine of humor and satire that ran from 1841-1992, is renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence and introduced the term ' Cartoon '. 36 pages, B&W.

Punch is a British magazine of humor and satire that ran from 1841-1992, is renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence and introduced the term ' Cartoon '. 36 pages, B&W.

Punch is a British magazine of humor and satire that ran from 1841-1992, is renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence and introduced the term ' Cartoon '. 36 pages, B&W.

Punch is a British magazine of humor and satire that ran from 1841-1992, is renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence and introduced the term ' Cartoon '. 36 pages, B&W.

A magazine for the amateur wireless operators. Cover price $0.25.

Published by Hugo Gernsback, considered the father of science-fiction. This issue is centered around the new medium of television with Gernsback's editorial, "The Television Age". 8.5" x 11.5". 128 pages. Black and white.

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Vol. 7, No. 16. February 5, 1938. Articles, reviews, program schedules and personality profiles. 10.5" x 13.5". 44 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $21.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. 1 1/4" Cumulative spine split. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling.

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Volume 4, Issue 4 - February 1938. Painted cover by Enoch Bolles. Girls, Gags, Cartoons, and Stories. 8.5" x 11.5", 64 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.20.

Volume 1, Issue 4 - February, 1938. Magazine with movie and stage publicity stills and candid glamor shots, all with humorous captions. 8.5" x 11.5", 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Vol. 17 #2 - Mar. 1938. Boxing magazine. Features articles, departments, ratings, fight reports around the world and more. 8 1/4-in. x 10 3/4-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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

Issue #49. February 1938. Olympe Bradna cover. 8.5" x 11". 82 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.10.

Spicy stories magazine with illustrations throughout. 7" x 10", 98 pages, text with B&W illustrations. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $17.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $16.00 View scans Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 50%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Screen Book was a monthly published American magazine that ran from July,1928 to February, 1940, and was centered around the golden-age of Hollywood. In addition to celebrity gossip, it also included a fair amount of exclusive behind-the-scenes content as well as movie reviews, latest fashions, make up tips, and slice-of-life human interest stories that were usually written by, or about a specific celebrity of the time. Cover price $0.15.

Issue #105 - February, 1937. Articles include: "Happy Ending" starring Sonja Henie; "Women Have a Way" starring Miriam Hopkins; "Divorce of Lady X" starring Merle Oberon; and more. Full-page ads for "Mannequin" with Joan Crawford and Spencer Tracy; "Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"; and "Hollywood Hotel" with Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane, Hugh Herbert, Ted Healy, Glenda Farrell, Johnnie Davis, Alan Mowbray, Mabel Todd, Allyn Joslyn, and Edgar Kennedy. Full-page color ad for Lucky Strike Cigarettes. 8.5" x 11.5". 122 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Women's magazine with articles and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

February 1, 1938. Stories include "The Fifth Napoleon" by Maxwell Grant; "Boulevard of Death" by Clifford Goodrich; "The Museum Kid" by Steve Fisher; and "Blood Money" by Harold A. Davis plus the columns "Codes" by Henry Lysing and "The Third Degree" by Dean Callahan. Ed Cartier illustrations. 7" x 10", black and white, 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

February 15, 1938. Stories include "The Murder Master" by Maxwell Grant; "SOS" by Stephen Gould, "Hook McGuire Makes a Murderer's Mark" by George Allan Moffett, and "Fast Freight" by Norman A. Daniels, plus the columns "Codes" by Henry Lysing and "The Third Degree" by Dean Callahan. Ed Cartier illustrations. 7" x 10", black and white, 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.