Comic books August 1937

Volume 7, Issue 1 - August 1937. Pulp magazine focusing on Crime and Detective stories. Includes the tales "Corpses, C.O.D" by John Kobler, and "No Parole From Hell" by Wyatt Blassingame! 7-in. x 9-in, 80 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations and photos) Cover price $0.10.

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 Feature Book (1937) #0, which in turn reprinted classic Dick Tracy comic strips from 1934. Temporarily deputized as a federal agent, Tracy tracks Boris Arson across the country when the criminal genius plans to rob six safes in six different states, all at the same time. But the criminal has a knack for escape, and leads Tracy and Pat Patton on a merry chase with the help of cronies like Cutie Diamond and his own sister, Zora Arson. 9-in. x 12-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

August 1937. Stories include "OST," a book-length novel by "Kenneth Robeson"; "Murder's Echo" by Jack Bonnel; "The Dragon Knife" by Edwin V. Burkholder; "The Last Laugh" by Walter Gear; and "Death Rides the River" by Joseph H. Hernandez. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Gates Alexander, Ronald Flagg, Branton Black, Cliff Howe, Rexton Archer, Horace Stoner, Terrence Flint, Eric Lennox, Clifford Gray, Leon DuPont, John Gregory, and Peter Reginald Classic pulp fiction featuring horror and mystery of the type called Weird Menace. There's no improving on the magazine's original blurbs:. "Lorettas dark-eyed invitation made the young investigator face the horrific monsters of her storm-lashed island.... The boat clubs secretary floated over corpse currents to a madmans hideaway where the price of life was blood... Terrified, the girl forced her trembling legs to carry her into the tomb of the dead — to search for an inheritance in hell!" Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Virgins Of The Stone Death; The Soul-Scorchers Lair; Corpse Girls Return; Devils Brew; Her Isle Of Horror; The Pain Masters Bride; Sinister Skein; Rehearsal With Doom; Lust For Blood; Mate Of The Beast; Terrors Tomb; Step-Daughter To Greed. 112 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 8, Issue 4 - August 1937 (Whole no. 61). Plans and diagrams for all sorts of DIY projects. 8.5" x 11.5", 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 11, Issue 9 - August 27, 1937. 8.5" x 11.5". 24 pages. Black and white.

Victor E. Pazmiño cover. Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Goofie Gags" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "The Adventures of Jabby" by Tom Carlisle; "Alec and Itchy" by Jimmy George and Merle Mulholland; "War on Crime" by Rex Collier and Hammon; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Strange as it Seems" by John Hix; "Skyroads" by Dick Calkins and Russell Keaton; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Queenie" by S. M. Iger (as Bob Bliss); "Hairbreadth Harry" and "High-Gear Homer" by F. O. Alexander; "Nippie" and "Mickey Finn" by Frank E. Leonard (as Lank Leonard); "Fisher's History of Boxing" and "Joe Palooka" by Al Capp (as Ham Fisher); "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Beau Geste" by P. C. Wren and Bill W. Depew; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Adventures of Patsy" by Mel Graff; "The Frog Pond Ferry" by M. E. Brady; "Above the Crowd" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "Little Brother" and "The Bungle Family" by Harry J. Tuthill; "Ned Brant of Carter" by Bob Zuppke and Bill W. Depew; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Jolly Geography" and "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "Connie" and "The Wet Blanket" by Frank Godwin; "Bobby" by S. M. Iger; "Somebody's Stenog" and "The Back-Seat Driver" by A. E. Hayward; "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; "Lena Pry" and "Jane Arden" by Monte Barrett and Jack W. McGuire; "Butty and Fatty" by M. E. Brady; "Flight" by W. D. Tipton and J. H. Mason; "Babe Bunting" by Roy L. Williams; "Nipper" by Clare Victor Dwiggins; "Toddy" by George Marcoux; "Homer Hoopee" by Fred Locher; "The Gay Thirties" by Hank Barrow; and "Seaweed Sam" by Victor E. Pazmiño. "The Monster of Trinadad" text story by Robert M. Hyatt. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

August, 1937. Reprints and 19th century classics. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $29.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $27.00 View scans Staple rust. Foxing. Soiling. Moisture spotting. 2" Spine split from base of book.

Add to cart Very Good $27.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. 1/2" Cumulative spine split. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling.

Volume 68, Issue 580 - August, 1937. 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.

Vol. 27, No. 1 - August 1937. 8.5" x 11.5", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Profusely illustrated with cartoons, most are full page gag cartoons. 5.5" x 7.75", 140 pages, B&W and color. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Albert Fisher. True crime magazine. Stories like "Deacon of Death," "Clue of the Limping Killer," "The Kiss of Death" and "Murder in the Swamp" are just a few of the features. Heavily illustrated with period photographs. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 130 pages, B&W.

Contains comic strip reprints, text articles, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Reg'lar Fellers" and "Daisybelle" by Gene Byrnes; "Alley Oop" by V. T. Hamlin; "Herky" by Clyde Lewis; "Home Magic" by A. W. Nugent; "Dan Dunn" by Norman Marsh; "Our Boarding House" by Gene Ahern; "Ben Webster's Page" by Jay Jerome Williams (as Edwin Alger); "G Men on the Job" by Dick Blair and Milt Youngren; "Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune" by Roy Crane; "Stranger than Fiction" by Richard W. Thomas and Walter Galli; "Boots" and "Bootkins" by Edgar Martin; "Bronc Peeler" by Fred Harman; "The Tiny Mites" by Hal Cochran and George Scarbo; "Out Our Way" by J. R. Williams; "Tailspin Tommy" and "Four Aces" by Hal Forrest; "Stories in Stamps" by I. S. Klein; "Og, Son of Fire" by James Irving Crump; "The Worry Wart" by J. R. Williams; "Scribbly" by Sheldon Mayer; "Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire" and "Tad of the Tanbark" by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; "Mutt and Jeff" and "Cicero's Cat" by Bud Fisher; "Everybody's Playmate" by A. W. Nugent; "Freckles and his Friends" by Merrill Blosser; "Now You Tell One!" by Edward Courtney Dunkle; "Heroes' Hall of Fame" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "Be a Big Leaguer" by Ed Cronin; "Annibelle" by Virginia Krausmann; and "Salesman Sam" by C. D. Small. "The Lost Inca Treasure, Part Two" text story illustrated by Walter Cole Brigham. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 8, Issue 2 - August, 1937. 6.75" x 9.75", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $59.00 View scans Staple rust. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Scuffing. Soiling.

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Vol. 3, No. 6. August 1937. Cover by de Marsau. 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 Fine $39.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $7.00 View scans Spine split 40%. 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. 7.5" x 11", 28 pages, B&W

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $35.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $21.00 View scans Spine split 25%. 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. 7.5" x 11", 28 pages, B&W

Add to cart Fine $39.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart Good $10.00 View scans Spine split 15%. 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. 7.5" x 11", 28 pages, B&W

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $5.49

August 15, 1937. The Grit "Story Section" was originally issued weekly as part of the Grit newspaper. Fiction stories by Vera Brown, Albert Richard Wetjen, George Marsh, Douglas Newton, Fannie Ferber Fox, and comic strips Bringing Up Father by George McManus and The Bungle Family by H. J. Tuthill (one page each), plus a page of poems. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 32 pages, black and white text with illustrations.

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Vol. 1, No. 5. August, 1937. Cartoons, humor, and cheesecake photos with a focus on leg art. 8.5" x 11.5". 36 pages. Black and white. MATURE. Cover price $0.15.

August, 1937 Cover price $0.35.

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.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $9.00 View scans Staple rust: Extensive.

Articles with photography about hunting and fishing. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Ruth Plumly Thompson (sometimes credited as Jo King). Stories and art by William Ritt, Clarence Gray, Brandon Walsh, Nicholas Afonsky, Carl Anderson, Jack Burnley, R. J. Scott, Eddie Sullivan, Charlie Schmidt, Lee Falk, Phil Davis, E. C. Segar, George Clarke, Lou Hanlon, George McManus, Otto Soglow, Eddie Rickenbacker, Clayton Knight, Ed Anthony, Romer Grey, Charles Flanders, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Don Moore and Alex Raymond. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Mandrake the Magician and Lothar encounter humanoid plants and metal men in the X Dimension. Brick Bradford; Little Annie Rooney; Henry; Sport Features; Scott's Scrapbook; Radio Patrol; Mandrake the Magician; Thimble Theatre; Flash Gordon; The G-Man; Bringing Up Father; The Little King; Ace Drummond; Ted Towers, Animal Master; King of the Royal Mounted. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.