Comic books 1937, graded by CGC

Ace Comics (1937) 1 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4387103003

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Stories and art by Robert L. Ripley, Feg Murray, Clarence D. Russell, H. H. Knerr, Ed Anthony, Doc Winner, Jack Sords, Russ Westover, A. D. Carter, Lyman Young, Nat Edson, Chic Young, Rutherford G. Montgomery, Jack King, Jack Welch, Joe Musial, Billy DeBeck, Romer Grey, Allen Dean, Paul Robinson, Gene Ahern, George Herriman, Don Moore and Alex Raymond. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Includes Alex Raymond's Jungle Jim and George Herriman's beloved Krazy Kat. The cover features Snuffy Smith and the Katzenjammer Kids interacting with lesser-known characters, like Elmer and Pete the Tramp. Tex Thorne; Ripley's Believe It Or Not; Jungle Jim; Seein' Stars; Pete the Tramp; Katzenjammer Kids; Pussycat Princess; Elmer; Sports in Pictures; Tillie the Toiler; Nicodemus O'Malley & His Whale, Palsy-Walsy; Dream Land; Just Kids; Tim Tyler's Luck; Blondie; Timberline Tales; The Stamp Spotlight; On Our Block; Curley Harper at Lakespur; Teddy and Sitting Bull; Barney Google; Etta Kett; Krazy Kat; Room and Board; Doc Winner's Daffy Doodles. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 19, Issue 4 - June 1937. Science Fiction and Adventure stories. This issue features "Earthspin" by Nat Schachner. 160 pages, B&W Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart CGC 0.0 $2,895.00 or Best Offer Detective Comics #1. Back Cover Only. Incomplete. Label #1027410001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($86.85) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Vincent Sullivan. "The River Patrol," script and pencils by E. C. Stoner, inks by Creig Flessel; Speed investigates the murder of several Chinamen along the wharf area and uncovers a human smuggling operation. "The Rhangwa Pearls," art by Sven Elven; A millionaire that has just bought the fabulously valuable Rhanggwa Pearls receives a letter from someone threatening to steal them. "The Peruvian Mine Murders: Part 1," art by Creig Flessel; Confronted by a series of murders, Bret forages into the Peruvian jungles to ascertain why a hole appears in each victim's throat, but they were not shot! "The Claws of the Red Dragon," script by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, art by Tom Hickey; Venturing into downtown San Francisco, Bruce Nelson finds it odd to see a Chinese restaurant among the buildings, and no one to wait upon him when he enters desiring a meal. "The Gotlotz Jewels," script and art by Bill Patrick; Gus is sent to a rich woman's home to watch over her pearls during a party and nabs a man he sees pocketing them. "The Balinoff Case: Part 1," script by Jerry Siegel (as Jerome Siegel), art by Joe Shuster; Bart is called on to volunteer for a secret spy case, but in doing so, he must forgo his own personal agenda, including his marriage to fiancé Sally. "The Gotrox Pearls," script and art by Russell Cole (as Alger); Jake is called in to solve the theft of some pearls, and promptly discovers that there were no pearls in the first place! "The Bar S Rustlers," script and art by Homer Fleming; Buck is called in to discover the truth behind some rustling charges between two cattle ranchers that have had hard feelings for each other since a land deal went bad. "The Streets of Chinatown," script by Jerry Siegel (as Jerome Siegel), art by Joe Shuster; The daughter of a chain-store magnate wants to hire Slam to guard her valuable poodle, and when he turns it down, Shorty volunteers. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Victor E. Pazmiño cover. First comic book appearance of the Phantom Magician. Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Screen Oddities" by Captain Roscoe Fawcett and Bruno Thompson; "Alec and Itchy" by Jimmy George and Merle Mulholland; "Goofie Gags" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "The Adventures of Jabby" by Tom Carlisle; "War on Crime" by Rex Collier and Hammon; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Nipper" by Clare Victor Dwiggins; "Skyroads" by Dick Calkins and Russell Keaton; "Queenie" by S. M. Iger (as Bob Bliss); "Hairbreadth Harry" and "High-Gear Homer" by F. O. Alexander; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Amaze A Minute" by Arnold; "Above the Crowd" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "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; "Good Deed Dotty" and "Dixie Dugan" by J. P. McEvoy and J. H. Striebel; "The Frog Pond Ferry" and "Butty and Fatty" by M. E. Brady; "Strange as it Seems" by John Hix; "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; "Nippie" and "Mickey Finn" by Frank E. Leonard (as Lank Leonard); "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; "Lena Pry" and "Jane Arden" by Monte Barrett and Jack W. McGuire; "Flight" by W. D. Tipton and J. H. Mason; "Toddy" by George Marcoux; "Homer Hoopee" by Fred Locher; and "Seaweed Sam" by Victor E. Pazmiño. "The Terrible Voice" text story by Robert M. Hyatt. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Issue 576 - April, 1937. Humorous captions paired with movie stills and models. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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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.

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $300.00 or Best Offer CGC Qualified Paper: Cream to off white Pages 18, 19, and 24 missing, affects story. INCOMPLETE. Label #0004220013 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

Contains comic strip reprints, text articles, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "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; "Reg'lar Fellers" and "Daisybelle" by Gene Byrnes; "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); and "Be a Big Leaguer" by Ed Cronin. "Shark Hunters of Aran, Part One" text story by H. T. Sperry, illustrated by Walter Cole Brigham. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $1,799.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #4617269001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($53.97) will be charged at checkout.

April 1937. Rare first issue of Lone Ranger's pulp magazine. Lone Ranger, Tonto, and Silver cover painted by Kidd. Features "The Phantom Rider," a complete Lone Ranger novel, plus non-Ranger back-up stories by Lawrence A. Keating, George C. Henderson, Wayne Brooks, and Charles A. Roberts. Also two comic strip sections, one illustrates the life of a real Texas Ranger and the other shows the humorous"Doodlebug Jones" by Schaff. Most of the interior illustrations are credited to H. Smilkstein. Approx. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $1,009.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #4608042008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($30.27) will be charged at checkout.

Volume 3, Issue 10 - May, 1937. Painted cover by George Quintana. Hollywood and Broadway related pin-up and studio publicity photos with humorous captions. 8.5" x 11.5", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $699.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #4583828008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($20.97) will be charged at checkout.

Volume 1, Issue 2 - October, 1937. 8.5" x 11.5", 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Vol. 1, No. 8. June 1937. Spicy stories magazine with pin-up photos. 8.5" x 11.5". 50 pages. B&W. MATURE. Cover price $0.15.