Comic books December 1938

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Volume 12, Issue 7 - December, 1938. Cover by Robert Fuqua. Stories by Festus Pragnell, Eando Binder, Neil R. Jones, A.R. Tofte & L.A. Schmidt, Harl Vincent, Benson Herbert, and Morris J. Steele. Illustrations by Julian S. Krupa and Robert Fuqua. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 146 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Fine $22.00 View scans Paper: Light tan Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart $30.00 View scans Paper: Off white Staple rust: Slight.

"The Ship of Ishtar" by A. Merritt, and "flying colors" 1/6 by C. S. Forrester.

Volume 286, Issue 4 - December 3, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

December 24, 1938. Cover by Emmett Watson. Stories include Captain Hornblower in "Flying Colors" (part 4) by C.S. Forester, "Young Doctor Kildare" (part 2) by Max Brand (creator of Kildare), "Henry Hits the Warpath" by W.C. Tuttle, "Ghost of the Teave" by Donald Barr Chidsey, "The Old Razzle Dazzle" by Herbert Dalmas, "Simple Simon" by Garnett Radcliffe, "The Last Horizon" by Nard Jones, "The Thirty-nine Steps" (conclusion) by John Buchan (the basis for the Alfred Hitchcock film), and "Women of Daring" by Stookie Allen. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $2.50 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream Water damage: Moderate.

Add to cart Good $2.65 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 68, Issue 2 - December, 1938. 6.5" x 9.5", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $6.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

10 3/4-in. x 13 1/2-in., black and white, 80 pages. Cover price $0.05.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $185.00 View scans Paper: Light tan Front cover detached 5%.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $140.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $115.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 12, Issue 4 - December, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $27.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $30.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $27.00 View scans 3" Cumulative spine split(chew).

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $499.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4610338001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Volume 69, Issue 596 - December, 1938. 8.5" x 11.5", 74 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Issue 986 - Dec. 10, 1938. UK weekly comic. Featuring one-page comic strips of Laurel and Hardy, George Formby, Wheeler and Woolsey, Harold Lloyd, Joe E Brown, Claude Hubert and Max Miller. Also features text stories, usually running two pages. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 24 pages, B&W.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $24.00 View scans

Issue 987 - Dec. 17, 1938. UK weekly comic. Featuring one-page comic strips of Laurel and Hardy, George Formby, Wheeler and Woolsey, Harold Lloyd, Joe E Brown, Claude Hubert and Max Miller. Also features text stories, usually running two pages. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 24 pages, B&W.

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Issue 988 - Dec. 24, 1938. UK weekly comic. Featuring one-page comic strips of Laurel and Hardy, George Formby, Wheeler and Woolsey, Harold Lloyd, Joe E Brown, Claude Hubert and Max Miller. Also features text stories, usually running two pages. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 24 pages, B&W.

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Issue 985 - Dec. 3, 1938. UK weekly comic. Featuring one-page comic strips of Laurel and Hardy, George Formby, Wheeler and Woolsey, Harold Lloyd, Joe E Brown, Claude Hubert and Max Miller. Also features text stories, usually running two pages. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 24 pages, B&W.

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Issue 989 - Dec. 31, 1938. UK weekly comic. Featuring one-page comic strips of Laurel and Hardy, George Formby, Wheeler and Woolsey, Harold Lloyd, Joe E Brown, Claude Hubert and Max Miller. Also features text stories, usually running two pages. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 24 pages, B&W.

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Vol. 31, No. 1 - December 1938. 8.5" x 11.5", 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Good $4.00 View scans Coverless. 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. 6.75" x 9.5", 36 pages, B&W

Add to cart Good $4.00 View scans Spine split 10%. 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. 6.75" x 9.5", 36 pages, B&W

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $2.65 View scans Spine split 10%. Water damage: Slight. 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. 6.75" x 9.5", 36 pages, B&W

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $9.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

UK story magazine published by Amalgamated Press between 1907-1939, predominantly featuring the activities of boys at the fictional school St. Jim's. 6.75" x 9.5", 36 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. 6.75" x 9.5", 36 pages, B&W

Add to cart Fine $220.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Light tan Back cover detached 5%.	Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $200.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Light tan Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $23.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white	Add to cart Good $66.00 View scans Paper: Tan to Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
Add to cart GD- 1.8 $8.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

H. Bedford-Jones; E. Hoffman Price

Volume 1, Issue 3 - December 1938. Pulp magazine focusing on historical adventures. This issue features "Dead Man Alive" by H. Bedford Jones, "Two Against the Gods" by E. Hoffman Price, and "Golden Chains" by Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr. 6 /2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 128 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations) Cover price $0.20.

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December 27, 1938. French film magazine. This issue devoted to Mannequin with Spencer Tracy and Joan Crawford. 7" x 10.25". 16 pages. Black and white. NOTE: All text in French.

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Vol. 17, No. 3 - December 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 5, Issue 11 - December, 1938. General interest magazine with a focus on inventions, woodworking, construction and more. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in. 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $12.00 View scans Cover Wrap Detached. Staple rust: Slight.

Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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December 18, 1938. The Philadelphia Record Book Section was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Record issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. This particular issue is "Lilies for Madame" by Hugh Austin. 11" x 15.75". 16 pages. Black and white.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $19.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $18.00 View scans Front cover detached 25%. Staple rust: Slight.

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

Add to cart Fine $14.25 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%.

Volume 25, Issue 1 - December, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $97.00 View scans Paper: Tan to off white Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 20%.

Dec 1938. Cover by John Howitt. Spider Story by Grant Stockbridge "The Withering Death". Crime-fighting article by Moran Tudury. Illustrations by J. Fleming Gould. 7" x 10", black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Poor $8.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to off white Coupon/Piece missing, story affected. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.

No. 272 - December 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $160.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

No. 5 - Winter 1938. 6.5" x 9.25", 128 pages, B&W.

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Theatre Arts Monthly (December, 1938). 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 that includes "Airwaves and Sight Lines" by Oliver Larkin, "Films in the Courts" by Hermine Rich Isaacs, and much more. 8.5-in. x 11-in., printed on a nice heavy stock. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $46.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white Trimmed. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Good $33.00 View scans Paper: Tan to off white Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 10%. Staple rust: Moderate.

Dec 1938. Stories by Stanley G. and Helen Weinbaum, Clifford D. Simak, Henry Kuttner, Eando Binder, Will Garth, Ray Cummings, and Edmond Hamilton. Alex Schomburg illustration. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $39.95 or Best Offer View scan INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing. affects art and story. Tarzan pages intact. 6.5" cumulative spine split, cover detached at one staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Add to cart PR 0.5 $40.00 View scans INCOMPLETE. Three center wraps missing, affects art and story. Lateral spine tears, center wrap detached and damaged. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Paul Berdanier. Stories and art by Hal Foster, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Bill Conselman, Charlie Plumb, Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Dick Moores, Paul Berdanier, Harry O'Neill, Fred Methot, Alan Maver, Ed Dodd, J. Carver Pusey, R. M. Brinkerhoff, Robert Dickey, and Ben Batsford. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 3 #8. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Tarzan pursues Gorrey into the jungle, aided by Flint, who is secretly plotting against him, in Tarzan Sunday strips with art by Hal Foster. But Gorrey has won the favor of Nakonia, princess of the lost city, who has trained lions at her command. In his first job as reporter, Jim Hardy must rescue Miss Plant after she is kidnapped by gangsters. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Tarzan of the Apes; Jim Hardy; Fury of '49; Bumps; Divot Diggers; Broncho Bill; Stamp Tips; Opportunity Knox; Benny; Home Towners; Frankie Doodle; Bucky and His Pals; Buster Beans; Hawkshaw the Detective; How It Began; Tip Top Cartoon Club; Phil Fumble; Fritzi Ritz; Twice Told Tales; Joe Jinks Featuring Dynamite Dunn; Little Mary Mixup; Ella Cinders; Chris Crusty. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 28, No. 4. December 1938. Marjorie Weaver cover by Robert Reid. 8.5" x 11.5". 104 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $110.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white

Volume 32, Issue 6 - December 1938. 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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Add to cart Good $7.49 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 124, No. 5, Whole No. 1887 - December 17, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $12.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 19, No. 1 - December, 1938. 6.5" x 9.5", 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.