Comic books December 1938

Add to cart Poor $2.50 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 25%. No Back Cover. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

"Enemy Boots" a short story by H. Bedford-Jones.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $24.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $23.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $20.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $21.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 12, Issue 7 - December, 1938. Cover by Robert Fuqua. Stories by Festus Pragnell, Eando Binder, Neil R. Jones, A.R. Tofte & L.A. Schmidt, Harl Vincent, Benson Herbert, and Morris J. Steele. Illustrations by Julian S. Krupa and Robert Fuqua. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 146 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Very Good $7.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.

Add to cart $30.00 View scans Paper: Off white Staple rust: Slight.

"The Ship of Ishtar" by A. Merritt, and "flying colors" 1/6 by C. S. Forrester.

Volume 286, Issue 4 - December 3, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $6.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $5.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white	Add to cart Very Good $5.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight.	Add to cart VG 4.0 $5.00 View scans
Add to cart VG- 3.5 $4.20 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

December 24, 1938. Cover by Emmett Watson. Stories include Captain Hornblower in "Flying Colors" (part 4) by C.S. Forester, "Young Doctor Kildare" (part 2) by Max Brand (creator of Kildare), "Henry Hits the Warpath" by W.C. Tuttle, "Ghost of the Teave" by Donald Barr Chidsey, "The Old Razzle Dazzle" by Herbert Dalmas, "Simple Simon" by Garnett Radcliffe, "The Last Horizon" by Nard Jones, "The Thirty-nine Steps" (conclusion) by John Buchan (the basis for the Alfred Hitchcock film), and "Women of Daring" by Stookie Allen. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

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

Add to cart Good $2.50 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate.

Add to cart Good $3.60 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Good $4.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream Water damage: Moderate.

Volume 68, Issue 2 - December, 1938. 6.5" x 9.5", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $17.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

10 3/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., black and white, 80 pages. Cover price $0.05.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $200.00 View scan Trimmed TRIMMED. Spine damaged (book removed from a bound volume). Staples added (not manufacturing). Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Stories and art by Roy Crane, J. R. Williams, Norman Marsh, Al McWilliams, Merrill Blosser, Ray Thompson, Charles Coll, Martha Orr, Sol Hess, Wallace Carlson, Gene Ahern, Al Lewin, Frank V. Martinek, Leon A. Beroth, Abe Martin, Virginia Krausmann, Sylvia Sneidman and Ken Ernst. Crackajack Funnies presented original stories and reprints of classic comic strips, including Roy Crane's influential Wash Tubbs & Captain Easy. Frank Hawks escapes from Rico's narcotic ring, in his final appearance. Captain Easy's enemy Bow Wow Jones meets Lulubelle, the one person who might be able to outfight Easy in the ring. Don Winslow and Red are captured by munitions smugglers. Dan Dunn; Captain Frank Hawks, Air Ace; Freckles and His Friends; Myra North, Special Nurse; Jaragu and the Lost Islands; Wash Tubbs; Out Our Way; Apple Mary; The Nebbs; Our Boarding House; Clyde Beatty; Don Winslow of the Navy; Tom Mix; Boots and Her Buddies; Tom Traylor, G-Man X32: Against the Spy Ring; Flapper Fanny; Annibelle; Buck Jones: Killers of Crooked Butte. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $195.00 View scans Paper: Cream Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 12, Issue 4 - December, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $37.00 View scans

Volume 43 Issue #8 - December 1938. Cover by Lynn Bogue Hunt. Spot illustrations by Hunt, Herman Rountree, Arthur Fuller and many more. "On the Ivory Trail" by Edison Marshall (author of The Vikings, adapted into the movie starring Kirk Douglas), illustrated by Fuller. Articles and stories about fishing, hunting, arms and ammunition, conservation laws and much more. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in. 100 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Fine $105.00 View scans

Add to cart Very Good $86.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $69.00 View scans 3" Cumulative spine split(chew).

Volume 69, Issue 596 - December, 1938. 8.5" x 11.5", 74 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $53.00 View scans

Issue 986 - Dec. 10, 1938. UK weekly comic. Featuring one-page comic strips of Laurel and Hardy, George Formby, Wheeler and Woolsey, Harold Lloyd, Joe E Brown, Claude Hubert and Max Miller. Also features text stories, usually running two pages. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 24 pages, B&W.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $37.00 View scans

Issue 987 - Dec. 17, 1938. UK weekly comic. Featuring one-page comic strips of Laurel and Hardy, George Formby, Wheeler and Woolsey, Harold Lloyd, Joe E Brown, Claude Hubert and Max Miller. Also features text stories, usually running two pages. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 24 pages, B&W.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $53.00 View scans

Issue 988 - Dec. 24, 1938. UK weekly comic. Featuring one-page comic strips of Laurel and Hardy, George Formby, Wheeler and Woolsey, Harold Lloyd, Joe E Brown, Claude Hubert and Max Miller. Also features text stories, usually running two pages. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 24 pages, B&W.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $53.00 View scans

Issue 985 - Dec. 3, 1938. UK weekly comic. Featuring one-page comic strips of Laurel and Hardy, George Formby, Wheeler and Woolsey, Harold Lloyd, Joe E Brown, Claude Hubert and Max Miller. Also features text stories, usually running two pages. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 24 pages, B&W.

Add to cart Very Good $43.00 View scans

Issue 989 - Dec. 31, 1938. UK weekly comic. Featuring one-page comic strips of Laurel and Hardy, George Formby, Wheeler and Woolsey, Harold Lloyd, Joe E Brown, Claude Hubert and Max Miller. Also features text stories, usually running two pages. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 24 pages, B&W.

Add to cart Good $14.00 View scans Coverless. 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 $14.00 View scans Spine split 10%. 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 FR/GD 1.5 $9.00 View scans Spine split 10%. Water damage: Slight. 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 VG- 3.5 $25.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

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 Fair $6.00 View scans

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 $37.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $24.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $37.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $26.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

H. Bedford-Jones; E. Hoffman Price

Volume 1, Issue 3 - December 1938. Pulp magazine focusing on historical adventures. This issue features "Dead Man Alive" by H. Bedford Jones, "Two Against the Gods" by E. Hoffman Price, and "Golden Chains" by Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr. 6 /2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 128 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations) Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Very Good $9.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Short-lived illustrated magazine. Above-standard production values, but politically controversial, it struggled with advertising and editorship. Ernest Hemingway contributed articles on the Spanish Civil War to the first fourteen issues. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $26.00 View scans Foreign edition: NonEnglish.

Issue #2204. December 27, 1938. French film magazine. This issue devoted to Mannequin with Spencer Tracy and Joan Crawford. 7" x 10.25". 16 pages. Black and white. NOTE: All text in French.

Add to cart Good $35.00 View scans Paper: Off white 1 1/2" Spine split from top of book. Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.

Volume 147, Issue 1 - December 10, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $35.00 View scans Paper: Off white 1" Spine split from top of book. 1" Spine split from base of book. Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.

Volume 147, Issue 3 - December 24, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $23.00 View scans

Volume 5, Issue 11 - December, 1938. General interest magazine with a focus on inventions, woodworking, construction and more. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in. 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $17.00 View scans Spine stress. Spine split from base. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Soiling.

Add to cart Very Good $19.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 12, Issue 56 - December, 1938. Vintage magazine for fans of motion pictures. 8.5" x 11", 84 pages, B&W with some brown tinted pages and spot color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $29.00 View scans

December 18, 1938. The Philadelphia Record Book Section was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Record issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. This particular issue is "Lilies for Madame" by Hugh Austin. 11" x 15.75". 16 pages. Black and white.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $43.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

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

Add to cart Very Good $7.00 View scans Paper: Cream Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 25, Issue 1 - December, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $77.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 2, No. 1. December 1938. Leg art and cheese cake photos. 8.5" x 11.5". 48 pages. Black and white. Mature. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $9.00 View scans

Issue #59. December 1938. 8.5" x 11". 80 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $11.00 View scans

Issue 115 - February, 1939. Movies covered include "Jesse James", "Dark Victory", "Duke of West Point" and "Off the Record". Movie stars in this issue include Deanna Durbin, Ray Milland, Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Irene Dunne and more. Plus columns and articles. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 122 pages, tinted B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $70.00 View scans Trimmed TRIMMED. Spine damaged (book removed from a bound volume). Staples added (not manufacturing). Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Chester Gould, Frank King, Harold Gray, Bill Holman, Zack Mosley, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Gus Edson, 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. Terry finds refuge with a British steamer, but he must jump through diplomatic hoops to get medical aid to Pat Ryan. Fed up with women, Skeezix and his pals resolve to start a bachelors' club. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie, Dick Tracy, Smokey Stover and The Gumps. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Spooky; Gasoline Alley; Oh Baby; Winnie Winkle; The Gumps; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Small Stuff; Terry and the Pirates; Streaky; Elmer; Sweeney & Son; Smokey Stover; Little Joe; Little Man Now What?; Smilin' Jack. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $7.00 View scans

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $7.00 View scans

Theatre Arts Monthly (December, 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 that includes "Airwaves and Sight Lines" by Oliver Larkin, "Films in the Courts" by Hermine Rich Isaacs, and much more. 8.5-in. x 11-in., printed on a nice heavy stock. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $95.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white Trimmed. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $72.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $52.00 View scans 6" Cumulative spine split. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Dec 1938. Stories by Stanley G. and Helen Weinbaum, Clifford D. Simak, Henry Kuttner, Eando Binder, Will Garth, Ray Cummings, and Edmond Hamilton. Alex Schomburg illustration. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.