Comic books January 1938

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Volume 36, Issue 8 - January, 1938. 6.5" x 10", 66 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $160.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $130.00 View scans Water damage.

Add to cart Good $30.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Foxing. Soiling. Heavy water damage.

Volume 1, Issue 3 - January, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 162 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 278, Issue 4 - January 1, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $33.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $21.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $32.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $32.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $4.00 View scans Tape on last page over staples, glue on cover edges.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $7.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

"Carson of Venus" 2/6 a serial by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Add to cart Very Good $15.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $21.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $7.00 View scans

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $7.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

"Carson of Venus" 3/6 a serial by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Edgar Rice Burroughs, Stookie Allen and others. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $33.00 View scans Paper: Off white

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $32.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $15.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 279, Issue 2 - January 29, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart $60.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 20, Issue 5 - January, 1938. Science Fiction and Adventure stories. This issue features "Whispering Satellite" by Thornton Ayre, and stories by Warner Van Lorne, John Russell Fearn, Don A. Stuart, and Dr. E.E. Smith. 164 pages, B&W Cover price $0.20.

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A Magazine of Hobbies and Leisure. Features various hobbies one could take up, and how to get started in them. Softcover, 7" x 10", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $18.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $17.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Good $19.00 View scans Paper: Off white	Add to cart GD 2.0 $17.00 View scans 2.5" Cumulative spine split.
Add to cart Fair $17.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate.

Vol. 66, No. 3. Jan., 1938. Includes: Novelette, "Star Performer" by Leland Jamieson; Two Serial Novels, "A Price of His Head" by William MacLeod Raine and "Tarzan and the Elephant Men" by Edgar Rice Burroughs; Six Short Stories, "Warriors in Exile" by H. Bedford-Jones, "The Man Who Ruled the Winds" by H. Bedford-Jones and Captain L. B. Williams, "The Murder Club of Bagdad" by William J. Makin, "Caribbean Crisis" by Robert R. Mill, "The Captain Retires" by Richard Wormser, and "Straight Up" by Ronald Broom; Three True Stories of Adventure, "Man's Boldest Adventure" by Stefan Zweig, "Twisting the Lion's Tail" by Joseph Gray Kitchell, and "Ablaze on the Trans-Siberian" by L. J. W. Kellogg. Cover by Herbert Morton Stoops. 6 1/2" x 10". 144 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.15.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Add to cart Good $10.00 View scans Spine split 5%.

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 VG- 3.5 $21.00 View scans Spine split 20%. 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 FR/GD 1.5 $7.00 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

Add to cart Very Good $9.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 139, Issue 4 - January 29, 1938. Vintage pulp magazine that offers novels, short stories, and poetry all centered around romance - all of which are unique to it's volume, not reprints. This issue's main stories include the first part (of 5) of "So Many Hours" written by Audrey Mountain and Part 3 (of 5) of "Passion Star" by Jennifer Ames. Short fiction and novelettes include "Diamond Wedding" by Daisy Dean, "Shadow Woman" by Ruth Lyons, "Dangerous Kisses" by Gladys Johnson, "Romantic Ideas" by June Jennifer, and many others. Also includes poetry from Lydia A. Edstrand, Philip Jerome Cleveland, and Ruth Lamson, as well as beauty tips and reader's letters to the editor. 6.75" x 9.75", 278 pages, B&W, text only.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $77.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Weekly British publication that ran for nearly 1,700 issues. Featured the anti-hero Billy Bunter of the Greyfriars School, along with serialized shorts. NOTE: This publication contains negative racial and cultural depictions. It reflects some attitudes of the era in which it was published that would not be acceptable today.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $77.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Weekly British publication that ran for nearly 1,700 issues. Featured the anti-hero Billy Bunter of the Greyfriars School, along with serialized shorts.NOTE: This publication contains negative racial and cultural depictions. It reflects some attitudes of the era in which it was published that would not be acceptable today.

Add to cart Very Good $50.00 View scans Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 20%. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 19 #3 - January 1938. Articles and how-to instructions on everything from creating Christmas decorations to how to build an indoor rifle range. 6 3/4-in. x 9 3/4-in., 156 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VF- 7.5 $45.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

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Add to cart Very Good $24.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

Vol. 16 #2 - Jan. 1938. Movie magazine with articles, news, reviews and gossip. Cover by Earl Christy. Features include a 16-page excerpt from a Greta Garbo biography lavishly illustrated with movie stills plus profiles on Charles Boyer, Ann Sothern, Errol Flynn and others. Movie portraits include Loretta Young, Gary Cooper, Gloria Swanson, Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell and others. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 86 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $69.00 View scans Staple rust. Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.

Volume 4, Issue 6 - January, 1938. Cover by George Quintana. Featuring posed photographs of Hollywood starlets and co-stars with humorous captions. 8.5" x 11.5", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Add to cart Good $41.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. 4" Spine split from base of comic. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $8.00 Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Cover detached.

Volume 2, Issue 6 - January, 1938. Pin-ups and film star photos accompanied by humorous captions. 8.75 x 11.5", 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Jan. 1938. New films in story form. Movies include True Confession starring Carole Lombard, She Married an Artist with John Boles, Gold is Where You Find It starring Olivia De Havilland, Prescription for Romance with Kent Taylor, Hitting a New High with Jack Oakie, The Girl was Young starring Nova Pilbeam, Wells Fargo starring Joel McCrea and Mr. Boggs Steps Out starring Helen Chandler. Plus gossip, news and reviews. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 69, Issue 1 - Jan. 1938. Mechanical science and technology magazine. "A New Breed of Racing Cars," "New Wealth From the Sea," "Packing Drama in the Films" examines how they film special effects and more. Back cover is an ad for Lucky Strikes featuring Joan Crawford. 6 3/4-in. x 9 1/2-in., 256 pages, PC/B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $41.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Articles, reviews, program schedules and personality profiles. 10.5" x 13.5". 44 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart $88.00 View scans Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 40%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 4, Issue 3 - January, 1938. 8.5" x 11.5", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $53.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

January 15, 1938. Cover by Rozen. Stories include "Hills of Death" by Maxwell Grant; "Shanghai Transport" by Stephen Gould; "A Bowler's Mark of Death" by George Allan Moffatt; and "Crime Rides Light" by William G. Bogart, plus the columns "Codes" by Henry Lysing and "The Third Degree" by Dean Callahan. Ed Cartier illustrations. 6.5" x 9", black and white, 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $99.00 View scans Staple rust. Centerfold detached at one staple. Foxing. Soiling.

Volume 8, Issue 1 - January, 1938. 7" x 10", 68 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $19.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

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Vol. 15 #4, January 1938 - Ed Wynn cover. Contents include John Steinbeck discussing how to turn "Of Mice and Men" from a book into a play, and article on props used in films, and more. 9.75" x 12.5", 92 pages, PC/B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart Fine $56.00 View scans Edge damage. Scuffing. Soiling.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $37.00 View scans Spine split 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart Very Good $37.00 View scans Staple rust. 2" Cumulative spine split. Foxing. Soiling.

Add to cart Very Good $37.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. 1 1/2" Spine split from base of book. Foxing. Soiling.

Volume 1, Issue 6 - January, 1938. Spicy stories and stocking focused pictorials. 8.5" x 11.5", 52 pages, tinted B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Theatre Arts Monthly (January, 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 includes "The World and the Theatre" by Edith F.R. Isaacs, "On Time and the Theatre" by Morton Eustis, "Opera and the Theatre" by Irving Kolodin, and much more. 8.5-in. x 11-in., printed on a nice heavy stock. Cover price $0.35.

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1938 Tournament of Roses Annual Souvenir Book published by the Pasadena Star-News and Pasadena Post. B&W with color.

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Jan. 1938. True romance stories with photographs. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $13.00 View scans Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 20%. Staple rust: Slight.

Jan. 1938. True stories with a romantic theme illustrated with period photographs. Also includes jokes, articles and advice. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 120 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $550.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $1,795.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4416090015 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Volume 31, Issue 1 - January 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.