Comic books April 1920

Add to cart Good $86.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Staple rust. Rust migration. Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.

Add to cart Good $115.00 View scans Paper: Brittle Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 108, Issue 4 - April 3, 1920. 6.75" x 9.75", 178 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 65, No. 14. April 3, 1920. The classic weekly magazine featuring news and fiction. 10.75" x 14". 66 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.05.

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Issue #7 - first half of Apr. 1920. NOTE: German language text. Der Orchideengarten or The Orchids Garden is considered the first magazine of the macabre and fantastic. Weird Tales, its nearest competitor, was first published in 1923, four years later. Subtitled Phantastische Blatter, loosely translated to Fantastic Pages. Edited by World War I correspondent Karl Hans Strobl and Alfons von Czibulka. Overall, the magazine published a selection of new and reprinted supernatural and horror stories from both domestic and foreign authors (Dickens, Pushkin, Maupassant, Poe, Valtaire, Wells, Hugo). The Orchids Garden is more well known as being one of the most beautiful fantasy magazines ever published. Artists included Heinrich Kley, Alred Kubin, Karl Ritter, Gustave Dore, Tony Johannot, Otto Linnekogel, Rolf von Hoerschelmann and many others. Extremely scarce. 8 3/4-in. x 12-in., 24 pages on rough book paper, black and white.

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Issue #8 - second half of Apr. 1920. NOTE: German language text. Der Orchideengarten or The Orchids Garden is considered the first magazine of the macabre and fantastic. Weird Tales, its nearest competitor, was first published in 1923, four years later. Subtitled Phantastische Blatter, loosely translated to Fantastic Pages. Edited by World War I correspondent Karl Hans Strobl and Alfons von Czibulka. Overall, the magazine published a selection of new and reprinted supernatural and horror stories from both domestic and foreign authors (Dickens, Pushkin, Maupassant, Poe, Valtaire, Wells, Hugo). The Orchids Garden is more well known as being one of the most beautiful fantasy magazines ever published. Artists included Heinrich Kley, Alred Kubin, Karl Ritter, Gustave Dore, Tony Johannot, Otto Linnekogel, Rolf von Hoerschelmann and many others. Extremely scarce. 8 3/4-in. x 12-in., 24 pages on rough book paper, black and white.

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April 9, 1920. Under The Big Top; or, From Acrobat to Manager. 8" x 11", 32 pages. Cover price $0.07.

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April 23, 1920. Brave Billy Bland; or, Hustling Up A Business. 8" x 11", 32 pages. Cover price $0.07.

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Volume 75, Issue 1952 - April 1, 1920.. General interest magazine with an emphasis on humor with text jokes and cartoons. 9" x 11", 52 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 75, Issue 1953 - April 8, 1920. Cover by Norman Rockwell. General interest magazine with an emphasis on humor with text jokes and cartoons. 9" x 11", 52 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Torre Bevans (Marjorie Torrey). Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 8, Issue 4 (Serial Number 200) - April 1, 1920. Department of Literature. In this issue: "Scandinavian Writers" by Howard W. Cook. Includes Mentor Gravures of: Hans Andersen - Henrik Ibsen - Selma Lagerlof - Bjornstjerne Bjornson - Georg Brandes - Johan Bojer. Each gravure also has educational text on the back. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock gravures. Cover price $0.20.

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No. 29. April 10, 1920. The term "sans-gêne" is an appellation used in France to denote unabashed behavior and a disregard for societal constraints. Sans-Gêne in this context is a charming, humorous, and risqué French magazine, published and edited by Samuel-Sigismond Schwarz, that lives up to the name. Each issue features biting wit and humor with numerous mildly bawdy illustrations and cartoons by some of the top French illustrators of the time. This issue features a cover by Maurice Pepin. Centerpiece illustration by Max Tip. 8.75" x 11.75". 12 pages. Black and white. Text in French.

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No. 30. April 17, 1920. The term "sans-gêne" is an appellation used in France to denote unabashed behavior and a disregard for societal constraints. Sans-Gêne in this context is a charming, humorous, and risqué French magazine, published and edited by Samuel-Sigismond Schwarz, that lives up to the name. Each issue features biting wit and humor with numerous mildly bawdy illustrations and cartoons by some of the top French illustrators of the time. This issue features a cover by Jack Abeillé and a full page illustration on the back by Henri Armengol. Centerpiece illustration by Jehan Testevuide. 8.75" x 11.75". 12 pages. Black and white. Text in French.

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No. 31. April 24, 1920. The term "sans-gêne" is an appellation used in France to denote unabashed behavior and a disregard for societal constraints. Sans-Gêne in this context is a charming, humorous, and risqué French magazine, published and edited by Samuel-Sigismond Schwarz, that lives up to the name. Each issue features biting wit and humor with numerous mildly bawdy illustrations and cartoons by some of the top French illustrators of the time. This issue features a cover by Jehan Testevuide. 8.75" x 11.75". 12 pages. Black and white. Text in French.

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Weekly newsprint series that told factual stories of young soldiers who fought during the American Revolution. Cover price $0.07.

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Women's magazine with stories, humor, and recipes. 10.25" x 13.5", 56 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.