Comic books April 1938

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.

Cover art by Creig Flessel. The Mystery of Hondoku Isle starring Speed Saunders, script by Gardner Fox, art by Creig Flessel. Framing the Framers starring Buck Marshall, script and art by Homer Fleming. Larry Steele story, script and art by Will Ely. Too Many Crooks (Part 1) starring Bruce Nelson, art by Tom Hickey. Oil From China text story, script by Gardner Fox (as Paul Dean), art by Creig Flessel. The Black Case, script and art by Russell Cole (as Alger). Spy story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster. Hot Trail Hogan, script and art by Russell Cole (as Alger). Cosmo story, art by Sven Elven. Up North starring Slam Bradley, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster. 64 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 17, Issue 1 - April, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Emery Clarke. "The Pirate's Ghost" by Kenneth Robeson, "Boss of Black Bayou" by Wallace Brooker, "Treasure Hoard" by Harold A. Davis, "Jungle Menace" by William G. Bogart. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 12, No. 13. April 1, 1938. 8.5" x 11.5". 16 pages. Black and white.

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Vol. 12, No. 14. April 8, 1938. W. C. Fields cover and article. Full-page color ad for Stokely's Tomato Juice. Rear cover with full-color ad for Beech-Nut Gum. 8.5" x 11.5". 20 pages. Black and white.

Victor E. Pazmiño cover. Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "The Frog Pond Ferry" by M. E. Brady; "Goofie Gags" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Butty and Fatty" by M. E. Brady; "Roy Powers, Eagle Scout" by Paul Powell; "Nipper" 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; "War on Crime" by Rex Collier and Hammon; "Big Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Adventures of Patsy" by Mel Graff; "Jolly Geography" and "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier; "Above the Crowd" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Seaweed Sam" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Somebody's Stenog" and "The Back-Seat Driver" by A. E. Hayward; "Bobby" by S. M. Iger; "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "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; "Queenie" by S. M. Iger (as Bob Bliss); "Homer Hoopee" by Fred Locher; "The Gay Thirties" by Hank Barrow; and "Screen Oddities" by Captain Roscoe Fawcett and Bruno Thompson. "Brains or Brawn" text story by Eva Hanks Lycan. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lank Leonard. Stories and art by Will Eisner, Rube Goldberg, Ed Wheelan, Les Marshall, Lank Leonard, Ham Fisher, Mo Leff, John Hix, Russell E. Ross, J. H. Striebel, George Brenner, Bernard Baily, Bob Zuppke, R. W. Depew, Monte Barrett, J.P. McEvoy, Charles Driscoll, H.J. Tuthill, John J. Welch, George Marcoux, Ed Reed, Al Zere, Don DeConn and Vernon Henkel. An early comics anthology published by Harry Chesler, featuring reprints of newspaper comic strips. A reformed rum-runner is threatened by The Owl, until pioneering masked hero The Clock intervenes. Pirate hero The Hawk fights for justice in Hawks of the Seas, by comics legend Will Eisner. Gallant Knight Sir Neville joins forces with the woodland outlaws after Merlot assassinates the King and seizes the throne. Plus a profile of Hollywood star Myrna Loy, a comics biography of Olympic medalist Jesse Owens, and the early strip Lala Palooza by Rube Goldberg. Joe Palooka; They're Still Talking; Jane Arden; Mickey Finn; Off the Record; Modern Planes; Gallant Knight; Lala Palooza; Strange As It Seems; Off Side; The Clock Strikes; Slim and Tubby; Hawks of the Seas; Puzzle Phun; Flossie; Toddy; Pirates Ahoy; Ned Brant; Big Top; Dixie Dugan; Bungle Family; Lena Pry; Clip Chance at Cliffside. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $39.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $37.00 View scans 3/4" Cumulative spine split. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling.	Add to cart Very Good $37.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. Foxing. Soiling. Moisture damage.	Add to cart Good $37.00 View scans 2 1/4" Cumulative spine split. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Foxing. Residue. Scuffing. Soiling.
Add to cart Fair $32.00 View scans Spine stress. Spine split from top. Spine split from base. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Soiling. Page detached.	Add to cart Fair $35.00 View scans Front and Back Cover Detached.

Volume 68, Issue 588 - April, 1938. Humorous and suggestive captions accompany movie stills and posed photographs of Film Fun models. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

5.5" x 7.75", 140 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.25.

Contains comic strip reprints, text articles, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Herky" by Clyde Lewis; "Alley Oop" by V. T. Hamlin; "Dan Dunn" by Norman Marsh; "Stranger than Fiction" by Richard W. Thomas and Walter Galli; "Our Boarding House" by Gene Ahern; "G-Man vs. The Red X" (Big Little Book adaptation) by Dick Blair and Milt Youngren; "Freckles and his Friends" by Merrill Blosser; "Everybody's Playmate" by A. W. Nugent; "Bronc Peeler" by Fred Harman; "The Tiny Mites" by Hal Cochran and George Scarbo; "Boots" by Edgar Martin; "Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire" and "Tad of the Tanbark" by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; "Curious Facts about Stamps" by I. S. Klein; "Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune" by Roy Crane; "Ben Webster's Page" by Jay Jerome Williams (as Edwin Alger); "Funnies Cartoon Club" by Walter Cole Brigham; "Out Our Way" by J. R. Williams; "Tailspin Tommy" and "Four Aces" by Hal Forrest; "The Comic Zoo" by George Scarbo; "Scribbly" by Sheldon Mayer; "Home Magic" by A. W. Nugent; "Now You Tell One!" by Edward Courtney Dunkle; "Mutt and Jeff" and "Cicero's Cat" by Bud Fisher; "Reg'lar Fellers" and "Daisybelle" by Gene Byrnes; "Be a Champion" by Ed Cronin; "Heroes' Hall of Fame" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); and "The Worry Wart" by J. R. Williams. "Battle Beneath the Midnight Sun, Part Two" text story by H. T. Sperry, illustrated by Walter Cole Brigham. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 11, Issue 1 - April, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 118 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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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 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

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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 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

Published by Popular Magazines, Inc. between December 1931 and December 1943, Hooey was a satirical humour magazine that included fake articles, cartoons that depicted social issues of the time and spoof ads in a similar vein as it's successor, Mad Magazine. 8.5" x 11", 32 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.