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Comic books April 1939, graded by CGC

  • Item #64507018
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    Published Apr 1939 by DC.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Page 4 Only.
    • Label #4697241003
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    Cover art by Fred Guardineer. Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel (as Jerome Siegel), art by Joe Shuster. Superman called the Man of Steel for the first time. Scoop Scanlon, Five Star Reporter story, art by Will Ely. Pep Morgan story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Fred Guardineer (as Gene Baxter). Adventures of Marco Polo story, art by Sven Elven. Tex Thomson story, art by Bernard Baily. Chuck Dawson story, art by Homer Fleming. Sea Ghost starring Zatara, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Fred Guardineer. 68 Pages, Full Color. $.10 "1st time Superman uses his X-Ray Vision." - Odinson, mycomicshop.com Archivist. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #64870433
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    Published Apr 1939 by DC.

    Action Comics (1938 DC) 11 CGC Coverless

    1st Superman use of x-ray vision

    Paper: Cream to off white

    COVERLESS. 1st 2 & 2 center wraps missing. Page 4-7 Missing.

    Label #4649144002

    Starts Jul 4

    Cover art by Fred Guardineer. Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel (as Jerome Siegel), art by Joe Shuster. Superman called the Man of Steel for the first time. Scoop Scanlon, Five Star Reporter story, art by Will Ely. Pep Morgan story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Fred Guardineer (as Gene Baxter). Adventures of Marco Polo story, art by Sven Elven. Tex Thomson story, art by Bernard Baily. Chuck Dawson story, art by Homer Fleming. Sea Ghost starring Zatara, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Fred Guardineer. 68 Pages, Full Color. $.10 "1st time Superman uses his X-Ray Vision." - Odinson, mycomicshop.com Archivist. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #64324727
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    $350.00
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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4608217001
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    Vol. 1, No. 2 - April 1939. Cover by Norman Saunders. Stories by Eando Binder ("Prison of Time"), L. Sprague de Camp ("Ananias"), Manly Wade Wellman ("Insight"), and more. 7" x 10", 114 pages, black and white with color cover. Cover price $0.15.

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  • Item #59715646
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    • Paper: Slightly britle
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    Stories and art by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Roy Crane, V. T. Hamlin, Fred Harman, J. R. Williams, Gene Byrnes, Al McWilliams, Jim Gary, Hal Forrest, Walt Spouse, C. D. Small, Fred Harman, and Win Smith. The Funnies presented reprints of classic comic strips, including Roy Crane's influential Captain Easy, alongside original material. With the departure of former editor MC Gaines, this issue debuts several new features, including Edgar Rice Burroughs' authorized comic-strip adaptation of John Carter, Warlord of Mars. This is the first appearance of John Carter of Mars in a comic book. Another character making his comics debut is the early toon Bosko, in an adaptation of his 1931 Looney Tunes cartoon, Bosko Shipwrecked! Tex Ritter tracks down cattle rustler Dorgan, but Dorgan has dynamite, in an adaptation of the 1939 Western movie Sundown on the Prairie. Plus a comics adaptation of The Marvelous Land of Oz featuring art by Walt Spouse. Gene Autry: The Ghost of Winter Ranch; Salesman Sam; Alley Oop; Red Ryder; Bosko; Out Our Way; Four Aces; Everybody's Playmate; Tex Ritter: Sundown on the Prairie; John Carter, Warlord of Mars; Our Boarding House; The Crime Busters; Stranger Than Fiction; Oz; Captain Easy; Bronc Peeler. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #64384064
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    April 1939. Cover by Norman Saunders. Science Fiction stories by John Taine and Harl Vincent. 7" x 10"; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

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  • Item #62885585
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    Published Apr 1939 by DC.
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    • Paper: Cream to off white
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    • Label #3788900007
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