Comic books August 1938

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Volume 3, Issue 2 - August, 1938. 8.5" x 11.5", 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 13, Issue 3 - August, 1938. Tyrone Power and Norma Shearer from the film "Marie Antoinette" on cover. This issues features include; "You Can't Keep a Young Lad Down" with Jackie Cooper, "Self-made Man" the story of Mickey Rooney in his own words, "Hollywood Stars Tell How to be Happy and Loved" with Joan Crawford, and much more. Softcover Magazine, 8.5" x 11", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 11, Issue 52 - August, 1938. Danielle Darrieux and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. from the film "The Rage of Paris" on cover. Stories in this issue include; "Algiers" featuring Charles Boyer and Sigrid Gurie, "Give Me a Sailor" featuring Martha Raye and Bob Hope, "Romance of the Limberlost" featuring Jean Parker and Eric Linden, plus many more. 8.5" x 11", 90 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 20, Issue 8 - August, 1938. 8" x 11.5", 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 4 - August 1938. Vintage Men's Humor magazine featuring pictorials, Articles on politics, and humor, and single panel gag cartoons. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in, 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage men's interest magazine that features erotic fiction stories, as well as humorous poetry, adult comics and tasteful nude pin-up photographs. 7.5" x 10.5", 64 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Picture Play Magazine, originally titled Picture-Play Weekly was an American weekly published magazine centered around the movie industry during the golden-age of Hollywood. It was one of the earliest published tabloid style magazines that focused on celebrity gossip, but also included behind-the-scenes content, and movie reviews. It was first published on April 10, 1915, and ultimately transitioned from a weekly to a monthly publication before the end of it's production run in late 1941 after merging with Charm Magazine. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 70, No. 2 - July 1938. Mechanical science and technology magazine. Includes: "Spectacular Fireworks Turn Night into Beauty" in color. 6.75" x 9.5". 240 pages. PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 131, Issue 2 - August, 1938. "Marvels of Underground Oil Railroads", fluid freight flows through a vast network of pipelines. "Why We Enjoy Pain", modern psychology traces common habits to mild forms of self-torture. "Fire-Bug Hunters", how arson sleuths make war on incendiaries. "Musical Magician", a college professor coaxes tunes from odd materials, plus much more. 8.5-in. x 11.5-in., black and white w/spot color, 126 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 133, Issue 2 - August 1938. 8.5-in. x 11.5-in.; black and white w/spot color; 102 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Punch is a British magazine of humor and satire that ran from 1841-1992, is renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence and introduced the term ' Cartoon '. 36 pages, B&W.

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

Vol. 10, No. 2. August 1938. Published by Hugo Gernsback, considered the father of science-fiction. This issue is centered around the new medium of television with Gernsback's editorial, "The Television Age". Includes several articles on early television, including: "Any Television Antenna for Good Reception?", "Tomorrow's Television Servicing", and "Commercial Cathode-Ray Tubes". There is also a listing of all US television broadcasting stations at that time, a whopping 19 of them! 8.5" x 11.5". 128 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Vol. 12 #5 - August 1938. Al Pearce cover by Earl Christy. Articles and features heavily illustrated with photographs of radio personalities. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 44, No. 2 - August 1938. True crime stories. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 98 pages. B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 4, Issue 9 - August,1938. Painted cover by Enoch Bolles. Girls, Gags, Cartoons, and Stories. 8.5" x 11.5", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Stories, art and cover by Jimmy Thompson. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay's Feature Book was the first US comic book to devote complete issues to a single character. This issue presents a heroic Native American character, Red Eagle, along with features on Native culture as it was understood in 1938. The comic doubled as a coloring book, and the center spread features two pages of text-free art, originally intended as part of a mail-in coloring contest. Red Eagle; How the False-Faces Began; How to Make Indian Beadwork; How to Make An Indian Bow. 9-in. x 12-in., 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

July/August, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Screen Book was a monthly published American magazine that ran from July,1928 to February, 1940, and was centered around the golden-age of Hollywood. In addition to celebrity gossip, it also included a fair amount of exclusive behind-the-scenes content as well as movie reviews, latest fashions, make up tips, and slice-of-life human interest stories that were usually written by, or about a specific celebrity of the time. Cover price $0.10.