Comic books April 1937

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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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April 1937. Cover and illustrations by Leo Morey. Science fiction stories by Walter Rose, Neil R. Jones, Eando Binder, and "Shifting Seas" by Stanley G. Weinbaum. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 newsprint pages Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 272, Issue 1 - April 3, 1937. 6.75" x 9.75", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 272, Issue 3 - April 17, 1937. 6.75" x 9.75", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 272, Issue 4 - April 24, 1937. 6.75" x 9.75", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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April 1937. Fiction by William L. Chester (Kioga in "One Against a Wilderness" part 2), Leland Jamieson, H. Bedford-Jones, Robert R. Mill, Arthur K. Akers, Capt. L.B. Williams, Raymond Camp, Walter Wilwerding, James Francis Dwyer, and Anthony Rud. Illustrations by Austin Briggs (5) and others. 6.5-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Poor $5.60 View scans Paper: Light tan Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 90%. No Back Cover. Page missing. Staple rust: Moderate.

Vol. 17, No. 4 - April, 1937. 7" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 3, No. 2. April 1937. Cover by Raymond Thayer. 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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Vol. 14, No. 14 - April 3, 1937. This issue features the story: "Coal Black" by James M. Cain. 8" x 11", 62 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

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Vol. 14, No. 2 - April 1937. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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No. 1520 - April 03, 1937. Weekly British publication that ran for nearly 1,700 issues. Featured the anti-hero Billy Bunter of the Greyfriars School, along with serialized shorts. NOTE: This publication contains negative racial and cultural depictions. It reflects some attitudes of the era in which it was published that would not be acceptable today. 7.5" x 11", 28 pages, B&W.

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Vol. 3, No. 9. April 1937. Cover by George Quintana. Featuring posed photographs of Hollywood starlets and co-stars with humorous captions. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Volume 38, Issue 7 - April, 1937. Cover by Anton Bruehl. Fashion magazine with fiction and articles. This issue includes a book-length novel, "About the Murder of a Man Afraid of Women" by Anthony Abbott, as well as short fiction stories by Mildred Cram, Frances Warfield, Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, Pan Sterling, and others. Illustrations include artists such as Harry Beckoff, Fortunino Matania and others. . 10 3/4-in. x 13 3/4-in., 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Chester Gould, Edwina Dumm, Bill Holman, Harold Gray, Frank Willard, Percy Crosby, Dick Ryan, Walter Berndt, Frank Beck, William Ferguson, Garrett Price, Stanley Link, Alice Harvey, Martin Branner, Sidney Smith, Frank V. Martinek, Leon A. Beroth, Carl Ed, Sol Hess, Wallace Carlson, Al Posen, Gaar Williams, A. W. Nugent, Ed Leffingwell, and Tack Knight. Edited by comics pioneers M.C. Gaines and Sheldon Mayer. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Smilin' Jack makes a daring midair plane-to-plane leap to rescue Mary from a runaway plane. Pirate Captain Blaze is enraged when the Dragon Lady escapes, and challenges Pat to a deadly game of... checkers? Uncle Avery's trailer door comes open, and he loses a crate of his patent cure-all medicine to a passing hillbilly. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie, Skippy, Dick Tracy and The Gumps. Moon Mullins; Kitty Higgins; Dick Tracy; Skippy; Always Belittlin'; Tom Mix; Smitty; Herby; Tippie; Sister Susie; Winnie Winkle; Looie; The Gumps; Don Winslow; Bos'n Hal Sea Scout; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Maw Green; Lovey Dovey; Ella and Her Fella; Jinglet; Let's Draw Cartoons; Billy the Kid, Chapter I: The Kid's Boyhood; Dill and Daffy; Life's Little Tragedies; Apple Mary; This Curious World; Tiny Tim; White Boy in Skull Valley; Zipper; Gasoline Alley; A Strain on the Family Tie; Spooky; Simp O'Dill; The Nebbs; Real Magic; Streaky; Terry and the Pirates; Smokey Stover; Little Joe; Little Folks; Baby Sister; Smilin' Jack; Sweeney & Son. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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

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Theatre Arts Monthly (April, 1937). TAM is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures. This issue has thematic content centered around "Travel" and features "The World and the Theatre", "Broadway to National Theatre" comprised of reviews of "Richard II", "The Masque of Kings", "Yes, My Darling Daughter", "Having a Wonderful Time", "Marching Song", and "Frederika", "The Scene in Europe" by Ashley Dukes, "Napoleon and the Theatre" by Silvio d' Amico, "Six Actor Vignettes" by Alfred Harding, and much more. 8.5-in. x 11-in., printed on a nice heavy stock. Cover price $0.35.

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True stories with a romantic theme illustrated with period photographs. Also includes jokes, articles and advice. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 162 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 29, Issue 4 - April 1937. Edited by Farnsworth Wright. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 53, Issue 4 - April 1937. A collection of stories, advertisements, and suggestions/advice aimed towards ladies. 10" x 13 1/2", 36 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.10.