Comic books April 1937

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Volume 35, Issue 10 - April, 1937. 6.75" x 9.75", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $2,795.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white Label #4387103003 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

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.

Add to cart Very Good $28.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

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.

Add to cart Fine $14.00 View scans Paper: Off white	Add to cart Fine $14.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white	Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $13.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $13.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart VG- 3.5 $13.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

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

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $8.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $2.50 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Foxing. Soiling. Moisture spotting. book length crease

Add to cart Very Good $6.00 View scans Paper: Cream Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

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

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $33.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight.	Add to cart Fine $11.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight.	Add to cart FN- 5.5 $10.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $9.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.
Add to cart Fair $2.50 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

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

Add to cart Good $6.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 19, Issue 2 - April 1937. Science Fiction and Adventure stories. This issue features "Water for Mars" by Ross Rocklynne. 160 pages, B&W Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Fine $13.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $5.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $5.50 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $4.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

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 Good $4.00 View scans Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 4, Issue 4 - April, 1937. Cover sculpture by Bill Baird. Short fiction stories by Stanley Paul, Charles Norval and Jacob Yezbak, Illustrations by Earl Oliver Hurst, John Holmgren and Nicholas F. Riley. 8.5" x 11", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Add to cart Very Good $20.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 8, Issue 2 - April 1937 (Whole no. 59). Plans and diagrams for all sorts of DIY projects. 8.5" x 11.5", 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart Very Good $27.00 View scans 1/4" Spine split from top of comic. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Scuffing. Soiling.

Add to cart Very Good $27.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. 3" Cumulative spine split. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling.

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.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $25.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Extensive.

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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

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $39.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Extensive.

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

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $50.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $10.00 View scans Spine split 50%. Cover Detached.

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

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $25.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $10.00 View scans Spine split 20%. Cover Detached. Staple rust: Extensive.

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

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $94.00 View scans Spine split 15%.

Add to cart Very Good $80.00 View scans

Vol. 1, No. 1. April, 1937. Cover by Cardwell Higgins. Humor, cartoons, and pin up photos. 8.5" x 11.5". 36 pages. Black and white. Mature. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $11.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

Vol. 16 #2 - April 1937. Cover by Dalton Stevens. True crime magazine. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $33.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

April 1937. Cover feature on Shirley Temple and the Dionne Quintuplets. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 106 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $72.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. 1/2" Spine split from base of comic. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling. Water spotting.

Add to cart Good $62.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. 4" Cumulative spine split. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Foxing. Residue. Scuffing. Soiling. Water damage. Heavy chewing along spine.

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.

Add to cart Very Good $50.00 View scans Staple rust. Cover detached at one staple. Foxing. Water damage.

Volume 2, Issue 2 - April, 1937. Hollywood and stage publicity photos and exclusive pin-ups with humorous captions. 8.5" x 11", 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $23.00 View scans Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.

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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Magazine for the promotion of private flying and commercial aviation. 8 1/2 in. x 11 1/2 in. 76 pages. B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $130.00 View scans Pieces of interior margin torn out (slightly affects readability). 2 centerfold wraps detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

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.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $39.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

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

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Issue #95 - April, 1937. Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray cover painted by Earl Christy. Movies covered include "Swing High, Swing Low" starring Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray, "Knight Without Armor" starring Marlene Dietrich and Robert Donat, "Quality Street" starring Katharine Hepburn and Franchot Tone, "Souls at Sea" starring Gary Cooper, and many more. Exclusive portraits include; Jean Harlow, Elissa Landi, Brian Aherne, June Lang, Ray Milland Anita Louise, Warner Baxter, and Martha Raye, plus columns and articles. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 122 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $105.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. Foxing. Soiling.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $16.00 View scan 2" cumulative spine split with splitting through wraps.

Add to cart Fair $15.00 View scans Spine split 80%. Staple rust: Moderate.

April 1937. Men's Movie Magazine. Cover by Jacques Real. This issue with a Johnny Weismuller photo in character as Tarzan. 8 1/4-in. x 10 3/4-in., 48 pages, black and white - text with photos. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $11.00 View scans

Vol. 34 #6 - Apr. 1937. Cover by Marland Stone. Articles on Fredric March, Greta Garbo, Frances Farmer, Ginger Rogers, Bing Crosby, Barbara Stanwyck, Basil Rathbone and more. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $7.00 View scans

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $7.00 View scans Spine split 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 14 #7, April 1937 - Cover by Galbraith. Contents include "The Phantom of El Morocco" by Dr. Seuss with illustration, large article on Circus culture "This Way to the Big Show" by Ruth Woodbury Sedgwick, and more. 10" x 14", 108 pages, PC/B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $59.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.

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Add to cart Very Good $6.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

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.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $15.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $6.00 View scans Front cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 9, Issue 2 - April, 1937. Stories by Ray Cummings, Arthur Leo Zagat, Dr. Arch Carr, Neil R. Jones, Eando Binder, Paul Ernst, Simpson Stokes, and Edmond Hamilton. "Zarnak" comic story by Max Plaisted. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $130.00 View scans Cover detached. Staple rust with migration. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Stories and art by Hal Foster, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Bill Conselman, Charlie Plumb, Bernard Dibble, Gus Mager, Mo Leff, Paul Berdanier, Becky Sharp, Laverne Harding, Harry O'Neill, H. E. Homan, R. M. Brinkerhoff, Robert Dickey, and Fred Methot. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 1 #12. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Tarzan discovers the secret of the Egyptians, the long-imprisoned barbarian king known as Kamur, in "The Egyptian Saga" with art by Hal Foster. When Jim Hardy gets a job driving an armored car, gangster "Rocks" Roscal sees a chance for revenge. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. The Captain and the Kids; Tarzan of the Apes; Peter Pat; Percy Penguin; Frankie Doodle; Be a Cartoonist; Cynical Susie; Broncho Bill; Looy Dot Dope; Opportunity Knox; Benny; Freddie and Fritz; How to Make It; Bucky and His Pals; Mr. and Mrs. Beans; Hawkshaw the Detective; How It Began; Of All Things; For Junior Readers; Phil Fumble; Fritzi Ritz; Back Home Again; All In The Family; Billy Make Believe; Drums of Doom; Joe Jinks; Grin and Bear It; Little Mary Mixup; Ella Cinders; Chris Crusty; Danny Dingle; Li'l Abner; The Young Idear. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $16.00 View scans

Apr. 1938. Stories told with period photographs. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 118 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $7.00 View scans

Add to cart Very Good $53.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Good $5.50 View scans Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 20%. Staple rust: Moderate.

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.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $86.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $72.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream Water damage: Slight.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $55.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Light tan to Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $50.00 View scans Paper: Cream Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.
Add to cart CGC 6.5 $499.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4426080018 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

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.