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Comic books October 1936, graded by CGC

  • Item #65085591
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    Adventures of Ka-Zar the Great (1936-1937 Manvis Publications) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 CGC 0.5

    Paper: Off white

    Label #4734105001

    Starts Jul 20

    Vol. 1, No. 1 - October 1936. 6.75" x 9.75", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #65096721
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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4708994004

    First comic book photo cover. First true crime stories printed in a comic book. Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "The Adventures of Jabby" by Tom Carlisle; "War on Crime" by Rex Collier and Hammon; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Dumb-Bells" by Charles J. Dunn (as Gar); "Nipper" by Clare Victor Dwiggins; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Strange as it Seems" by John Hix; "Butty and Fatty" by M. E. Brady; "Hairbreadth Harry" and "High-Gear Homer" by F. O. Alexander; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Keeping Up With The Joneses" by Pop Momand; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Jolly Geography" and "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Connie" and "The Wet Blanket" by Frank Godwin; "The Frog Pond Ferry" by M. E. Brady; "Beau Geste" by P. C. Wren and Bill W. Depew; "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; "Above the Crowd" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "Queenie" by S. M. Iger (as Bob Bliss); "Simp O' Dill" and "The Nebbs" by Sol Hess and Wallace A. Carlson; "Joe Palooka" by Al Capp (as Ham Fisher); "Screen Oddities" by Captain Roscoe Fawcett and Bruno Thompson; "S'matter Pop?" by Charles M. Payne; "Ned Brant of Carter" by Bob Zuppke and Bill W. Depew; "Toddy" by George Marcoux; "Flight" by W. D. Tipton and J. H. Mason; "Such Is Life" by Walt Munson; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Somebody's Stenog" and "The Back-Seat Driver" by A. E. Hayward; "Bobby" by S. M. Iger; "Lena Pry" and "Jane Arden" by Monte Barrett and Jack W. McGuire; "Seaweed Sam" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Babe Bunting" by Roy L. Williams; "Homer Hoopee" by Fred Locher; "Little Brother" and "The Bungle Family" by Harry J. Tuthill; "Amaze A Minute" by Arnold; and "Alec and Itchy" by Jimmy George and Merle Mulholland. "The Killer Car" text story by Robert M. Hyatt. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #63912341
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    $1,599.00
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    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4012743004
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    Stories by Various. Art by Various. Featuring: The Worry Wart by J.R. Williams; Dan Dunn, Secret Operative 48 by Norman Marsh; Mutt & Jeff by Bud Fisher; Cicero's Cat by Bud Fisher; Reg'lar Fellers by Gene Byrnes; Daisybelle by Gene Byrnes; This Curious World by William Ferguson; Home Magic activity page by A.W. Nugent; Boots by Edgar Everett Martin; Tailspin Tommy by Hal Forrest; Flapper Fanny by Gladys Parker; Salesman Sam by C.D. Small; The Nut Bros. by Gene Aherne; Mr. Blotto by Gene Aherne; Our Boarding House with Major Hoople by Gene Aherne; Bronc Peeler and Coyote Pete by Fred Harman; On the Range by Fred Harman; Myra North, Special Nurse by Ray Thompson and Charles Coll; Otto Honk by Bela Zaboly; Out Our Way by J.R. Williams; The Tiny Mites by Hal Cochran and George Scarbo; Stranger Than Fiction by Richard W. Thomas and Walter Galli; Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune by Roy Crane; Alley Oop by V.T. Hamlin; Freckles and His Friends by Merrill Blosser; Herky by Clyde Lewis; A Dog's Life by Beck; From the Notes of Maj. Cosmo Strange, D.S.O. text story "Concluding "Death Masquerade"" by George Baker; Ben Webster's Page written by Jay Jerome Williams [as Edwin Alger]; Tad of the Tanbark by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; Scissor Sketches activity by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; Happy Mulligan; The Adventures of 'Sparagus and Chubby; Everybody's Playmate activity page by A.W. Nugent; This Curious World filler by William Ferguson; Stories in Stamps text article written by I.S. Klein; Uncle Bill by Fred Harman. 68 pages, partial color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #65188425
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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #4677896002
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  • Item #64719922
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    Published Oct 1936 by DC.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #0168994006
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    Issue 2 Vol. 2 changes to Issue 14. 1st Dr. Occult (Superman Prototype) in DC Comics, in color and in costume." Many collectors believe that More Fun Comics 14 includes the first ever origin of a superhero in a modern format comic book. The CGC label states "1st Dr. Occult (Superman Prototype) in DC Comics, in color and in costume". Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #65188458
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    Published Oct 1936 by DC.
    • Paper: Light tan to off white
    • Label #2090519002
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    Issue 2 Vol. 2 changes to Issue 14. 1st Dr. Occult (Superman Prototype) in DC Comics, in color and in costume." Many collectors believe that More Fun Comics 14 includes the first ever origin of a superhero in a modern format comic book. The CGC label states "1st Dr. Occult (Superman Prototype) in DC Comics, in color and in costume". Cover price $0.10.

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