Comic books September 1938

Volume 1, Issue 2 - September, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 19, Issue 3 - September, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Sept 1938. Cover by John Howitt. Spider Story by Grant Stockbridge "The City That Paid to Die". "The Corpse Express" by Leon Byrne and "Torture on Morris Street" by Arthur Leo Zagat. Crime-fighting article by Moran Tudury. Illustrations by J. Fleming Gould. 7" x 10", black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Gill Fox. Stories and art by Fred Guardineer, Gill Fox, Dick Ryan, Fred Schwab, Ken Fitch, Paul Gustavson and Bob McCay (credited as Winsor McCay, Jr.). Centaur Publishing takes over publication of the early anthology of adventure and humor comics, part of the first generation of comic books. Short comedy strips, sometimes just one panel, with titles like Shinanigans. A rare Little Nemo in Slumberland strip drawn by Bob McCay (credited as Winsor McCay, Jr.). Little Nemo in Slumberland; Jungle Town Show Boat; Goobyland; Scoop Cody; Riggin' Bill; Lucky Coyne; Station Agent; Sammy Smart; Impy; Ima Sphinx; Don Marlow; Topsy-Turvy; Dan Hastings; Riders of the Golden West; Shinanigans; King Kole's Kourt. 48 pages, Full Color.

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Volume 2, Issue 2 - September, 1939. Men's interest magazine with fiction, and pictorials focusing on stockings. 8.5" x 11.5", 52 pages, tinted B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Strength & Health was one of the earliest magazines devoted to fitness and bodybuilding. Through the early 1960s, it was the most popular weightlifting magazine in the United States. Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Chester Gould, Frank King, Harold Gray, Bill Holman, Zack Mosley, Bill Ward, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Gus Edson, Jock McCail, Walter Berndt, Ed Leffingwell, Martin Branner, Loy Byrnes, Reg Perrott, Al Posen and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Pyzon holds a lottery to win Pat Ryan's hand in marriage, and the Dragon Lady wants a ticket. Skeezix tries to figure out what Trixie means by being a more "sophisticated" woman than Nina. Plus an Atlantis adventure strip with early art by Bill Ward. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie, Dick Tracy, Smokey Stover and The Gumps. And a vintage ad for Mickey Mouse Magazine featuring Mickey, Donald Duck and Pluto. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Spooky; Gasoline Alley; The Lost Colony of Atlantis; Winnie Winkle; The Gumps; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; The City of Jewels; Terry and the Pirates; Streaky; Sweeney & Son; Smokey Stover; Little Joe; Skit, Skat and the Captain; Smilin' Jack. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

1st Burroughs printing. Includes dust jacket. Written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Dust jacket and illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs. A father enlist the Lord of the Jungle's help to find his missing son. Along the way they will face dangers and perils undreamed of and discover the mysteries surrounding the Forbidden City. Hardcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 315 pages. Cover price $2.00.

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Theatre Arts Monthly (Sept. 1938). TAM is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures. This issue has thematic content centered around 'In the Service of Comedy' and features Morton Eustis' 'Custard Pie to Cartoon' (history of movie comedy, including Disney cartoons, stills from Charlie Chaplin's work, the Marx Brothers, Eddie Cantor, and others, good article, 'Kindling the Divine Spark' by Otis Skinner, Ivor Brown's article on 'The English Drolls' (about and picturing such British celebrities as George Robey, Nelson Keys and Nervo and Knox, opening article by Rosamond Gilder ('In the Sevice of Comedy') w/pics of Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, George M. Cohan and Jimmy Durante and much more. 8.5-in. x 11-in., printed on a nice heavy stock. Cover price $0.35.

Sept 1938. Detective and mystery stories by Maurice N. H. Tesler "Four Bells Means Murder", Ward Hawkins, Benton Braden, Donald S. Aitken, Wyatt Blassingame, and Owen Fox Jerome. 7" x 10"; black and white; 114 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 10, Issue 2 - September, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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September 12, 1938. Weekly news magazine. 8.5" x 11", 76 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Rudolph Dirks. Stories and art by Hal Foster, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Bill Conselman, Charlie Plumb, Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Dick Moores, Paul Berdanier, Harry O'Neill, Fred Methot, Alan Maver, Ed Dodd, J. Carver Pusey, R. M. Brinkerhoff, Robert Dickey, and Ben Batsford. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 3 #5. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Tarzan is locked in battle with a hostile ape tribe when an even greater danger arrives in the form of a hunting party, in Tarzan Sunday strips with art by Hal Foster. The corrupt guides for the hunting party plot to steal its riches for themselves. Jim Hardy tries to prove his love for Nancy by giving himself up to the sheriff. Mammy Yokum disguises herself as a jockey, in a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Tarzan of the Apes; Jim Hardy; The Volcano Vulture; Net Results; Bumps; Divot Diggers; Broncho Bill; Stamp Tips; Opportunity Knox; Benny; Home Towners; Frankie Doodle; Bucky and His Pals; Buster Beans; Hawkshaw the Detective; How It Began; Tip Top Cartoon Club; Phil Fumble; Fritzi Ritz; Twice Told Tales; Joe Jinks Featuring Dynamite Dunn; Little Mary Mixup; Ella Cinders; Chris Crusty. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 28, No. 1. September 1938. Eleanor Hansen cover by Robert Reid. 8.5" x 11.5". 106 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 32, Issue 3 - September, 1938. Edited by Farnsworth Wright. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.25.