Comic books November 1939

Stories and art by Rex Maxon, R. W. Palmer, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Bill Conselman, Charlie Plumb, Bernard Dibble, Rudolph Dirks, John Paul Frederics, Paul Berdanier, Becky Sharp, Harry O'Neill, H. E. Homan, Olive Ray Scott, Edward Daniel Kuekes, R. M. Brinkerhoff, Dick Richards, George Lichty, Frank Owen, and Raeburn Van Buren. Sometimes listed as Comics on Parade Vol. 2 #8. Early in the transformation of comic strips to comic books, United Features Syndicate published Comics on Parade as a showcase for its most popular strips, including Tarzan, Li'l Abner and Nancy. Rokoff may hate Tarzan, but it's Sheeta the panther he really needs to worry about, in the adaptation of The Beasts of Tarzan with art by Rex Maxon. Alice meets the flowers, but they're not impressed. Becky finally tells Slats that he's the one she really loves. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Abbie an' Slats; The Captain and the Kids; Tarzan of the Apes; Wayne Webster's Problem; Cynical Susie; Broncho Bill; Looy Dot Dope; Dynamite Dunn; How to Make It; Stampin' Around; Nancy; Billy Make Believe; Alice in Wonderland; Knurl the Gnome; The Boomers; The Pet's Club; Little Mary Mixup; Ella Cinders; Danny Dingle; Li'l Abner. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 107, Issue 5 - November 1939. Cover by Bradshaw Crandell. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 180 pages, B&W with spot color and full color ads. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $43.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

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Agriculture and farming magazine. Includes articles, fiction, and humor. 11" x 14", 94 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

Known as Farm & Fireside until February 1930, the title was changed to The Country Home to compete with Better Homes and Gardens, and was aimed at families living the farm life in America by offering articles on horticulture, harvest, beef production and anything else needed to run a successful farm. 8.5" x 11.5", B&W with some color illustrations. Cover price $0.05.

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Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $16.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - October/November, 1939. 6.5" x 9.5", 132 pages, B&W.

Stories and art by Roy Crane, Fred Harman, Norman Marsh, J. R. Williams, Merrill Blosser, Ray Thompson, Charles Coll, Martha Orr, Sol Hess, Wallace Carlson, Al Lewin, Frank V. Martinek, Leon A. Beroth, Virginia Krausmann, Sylvia Sneidman and Abe Martin. Crackajack Funnies presented original stories and reprints of classic comic strips, including Roy Crane's influential Wash Tubbs & Captain Easy. Red Ryder agrees to guide two prospectors from Back East in search of a legendary river of gold. Wash Tubbs falls in love with the beautiful and wealthy Carol, and the feeling's mutual, but her father doesn't approve of this "soldier of fortune." The mad spymaster known as The Dwarf discovers the true identities of Don Winslow and Red aboard the pirate submarine. Plus a Tarzan adventure. Dan Dunn; Red Ryder; Freckles and His Friends; Myra North, Special Nurse; Wash Tubbs; Apple Mary; The Nebbs; Our Boarding House; Clyde Beatty; Don Winslow of the Navy; Tom Mix; Boots and Her Buddies; Ed Tracer, G-Man X32; Tarzan; Annibelle; Buck Jones: The Canyon Rustler; Time Marches Back with Looney Luke; Speed Bolton, Air Ace; Out Our Way; Flapper Fanny. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Nov. 1939. Art magazine with a focus on education. 9-in. x 12-in., 34 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Origin of Batman, plus Spy (script by Jerry Siegel, art by Mart Bailey), Buck Marshall, Larry Steele Private Detective, Speed Saunders Ace Investigators (art by Fred Guardineer), Cosmo the Phantom of Disguise, Bruce Nelson, and Slam Bradley (by Siegel and Bailey). Full-page ad for Superman # 2/New York World's Fair Comics. Batman gun holster cover. Cover price $0.10.

"The Red Red Eye of Rin-Po-Che" a complete novel by Norvell W. Page.

Volume 14, Issue 3 - November, 1939. 6.5" x 9", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 6, Issue 13 - November 15 1939. Long running music magazine focusing on jazz and blues. 32 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Official organ of the International Society of Junior Magicians, containing news and tips. 16 pages on newsprint.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $13.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $53.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $37.00 View scans Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Nov 1939. Text Cover. Sci-Fi/Fantasy stories by A. Merritt ("Conquest of the Moon Pool" - part 1 of 6"), J. P. Marshall, Garett P. Serviss, George Allan England, Austin Hall, and Leslie Burton Blades. Illustrations by Virgil Finlay. 6.5-in. x 9.5-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Published by Frank A. Munsey Cover price $0.15.

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Victor E. Pazmiño cover. Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Star Flashes" by Charles Bruno; "Goofie Gags" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "The Gay Thirties" by Hank Barrow; "Roy Powers, Eagle Scout" by Paul Powell; "Nipper" and "Footprints on the Sands of Time" by Clare Victor Dwiggins; "Skyroads" by Dick Calkins and Russell Keaton; "Hairbreadth Harry" and "High-Gear Homer" by F. O. Alexander; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Life's Like That" by Fred Neher; "Lightnin' and the Lone Rider" by Jack Kirby (as Lance Kirby); "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier; "Big Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Adventures of Patsy" by Mel Graff; "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Seaweed Sam" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Big Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Somebody's Stenog" and "The Back-Seat Driver" by A. E. Hayward; "Above the Crowd" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; "There's A Town" by M. E. Brady; "Babe Bunting" by Roy L. Williams; "Punky" by Fred Balk; "Connie" and "The Wet Blanket" by Frank Godwin; "Life's Like That" by Fred Neher; "Queenie" by S. M. Iger (as Bob Bliss); "Homer Hoopee" by Fred Locher; "Butty and Fatty" by M. E. Brady; "Spunky Dory" by M. E. Brady; and "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier. "The Wailing Wall" text story by Robert M. Hyatt. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 4 - November 1939. Cover by Robert Fuqua. Science Fiction and Fantasy adventure stories. This issue features "The Man From Hell" by Polton Cross, "The Purple Conspiracy" by Stanton A. Coblentz, and stories by Nelson S. Bond, Maurice Duclos, and Thornton Ayre! 7-in.x 10-in., 162 pages, B&W Cover price $0.20.

Cover art by Ed Cronin. Untitled Joe Palooka story, script and art by Ham Fisher. Untitled Jane Arden story, script by Monte Barrett, art by Russell E. Ross. "The Mutiny of Michael Severish," script and art by Vernon Henkel; Captain Fortune (Tyrone Fortune) vs. Michael Severish. Untitled Mickey Finn story, script and art by Lank Leonard. Untitled Ned Brant story, script by Bob Zuppke, art by R. W. Depew. 2 pages of Rube Goldberg's Side Show strips. "Framed For Robbery," script and art by George E. Brenner; When Fingers Holts frames the Clock for his own crimes, and the Police show up to arrest the Clock, our hero lays a trap for Holts and hypnotizes him into confessing to his crimes. Untitled Dixie Dugan story, script by J. P. McEvoy, art by J. H. Striebel. "Dirk Purdue, the Badman," script by William A. Smith, art by William A. Smith (Will Arthur); Rance Keane vs. Dirk Purdue. "Red Hawk and the Rifles," script and art by Art Pinajian; Red Hawk vs. Paul Sanders. "The Hedrin Gold Mine Mystery: Part 2," script and art by Alfred Andriola; Detective-mystery with Charlie Chan. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Variant A - First story is Joe Palooka. Feature Comics Promotional Edition (circa 1939, red ink only cover) reprints classic comic strip characters like Captain Fortune, Dixie Dugan, Joe Palooka, Charlie Chan, Lala Palooza, and more. This issue has blank inside covers, no indicia, no date, no issue number; cover is in one color, full color interior, 36 pages (including covers), newsprint, and 7.5-in. x 10.5-in. Cover price $0.10.

Variant B - First story is Jane Arden. Feature Comics Promotional Edition (circa 1939, red ink only cover) reprints classic comic strip characters like Captain Fortune, Dixie Dugan, Joe Palooka, Charlie Chan, Lala Palooza, and more. This issue has blank inside covers, no indicia, no date, no issue number; cover is in one color, full color interior, 36 pages (including covers), newsprint, and 7.5-in. x 10.5-in. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 71, Issue 607 - November, 1939. Cover by Enoch Bolles. Humorous captions paired with movie stills and models. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 33, Issue 4 - November, 1939. 8" x 11", 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

November 1939. Volume 3 No. 7. Painted cover by Albert Fisher. True crime articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 50 p, B&W Cover price $0.10.

Cover by John Coleman Burroughs. Stories and art by John Coleman Burroughs, Roy Crane, V. T. Hamlin, Gaylord Du Bois, Al Micale, Tom Hickey, J. R. Williams, Al McWilliams, Walt Spouse, Walker Harman, and Win Smith. The Funnies presented reprints of classic comic strips, including Roy Crane's influential Captain Easy, alongside original material. In the green Martian prison, John Carter sees giant Martian rats, and meets another important ally, Kantos Kan of Helium, in the official comic-strip adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' A Princess of Mars. Cover and John Carter art by John Coleman Burroughs, son of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Rex, King of the Deep, builds his experimental super-submarine to use against the enemies of America. Convict Clyde attempts a jailbreak from Folsom Prison. John Carter Warlord of Mars; The Sky Ranger; How to Draw; Salesman Sam; Alley Oop; Bosko; Tom Beatty: The Hand of Horror; Lightning Jim; Out Our Way; Rex, King of the Deep; Our Boarding House; The Crime Busters; Oz; Captain Easy; Mr. District Attorney. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

November 1939. 1st issue. Stories by John Coleridge ("Mystery from the Stars"), J. Harvey Haggard ("World Reborn!"), and more. 7" x 10", black and white with color cover. Cover price $0.15.