Comic books April 1939

Monthly pictorial magazine. 10.5" x 13.5", 52 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Weekly general interest magazine founded in 1888 by Peter Fenelon Collier. Cover by Lawson Wood. 11" x 14", 64 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.05.

Weekly general interest magazine founded in 1888 by Peter Fenelon Collier. Cover by Paul Shively. 11" x 14", 92 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.05.

Weekly general interest magazine founded in 1888 by Peter Fenelon Collier. Cover by Arthur Crouch. 11" x 14", 76 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.05.

Cover by Al Capp. Stories and art by Rex Maxon, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Bill Conselman, Charlie Plumb, Bernard Dibble, Rudolph Dirks, John Paul Frederics, Paul Berdanier, Harry Lee, Winfield Meggs, Becky Sharp, Harry O'Neill, H. E. Homan, Dudley T. Fisher Jr., Olive Ray Scott, Edward Daniel Kuekes, R. M. Brinkerhoff, Dick Richards, George Lichty, and Raeburn Van Buren. Sometimes listed as Comics on Parade Vol. 2 #1. Early in the transformation of comic strips to comic books, United Features Syndicate published Comics on Parade as a showcase for its most popular strips, including Tarzan, Li'l Abner and Nancy. The conclusion of the adaptation of The Return of Tarzan with art by Rex Maxon is followed by The Beasts of Tarzan, the third Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan adventure. Forced by crooks to take part in robbing wealthy Mr. Schuyler, Slats finds a way to warn his friends. Alice meets the playing-card army and its ruler, the Queen of Hearts. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp, and an illustrated biography of screen legend Janet Gaynor. Abbie an' Slats; The Captain and the Kids; Tarzan of the Apes; Wayne Webster: At Bat; Roads of Romance; Cynical Susie; Broncho Bill; Looy Dot Dope; Dynamite Dunn; How to Make It; Stampin' Around; For Junior Readers; Nancy; Billy Make Believe; Alice in Wonderland; Knurl the Gnome; The Boomers; The Pet's Club; Grin and Bear It; Little Mary Mixup; Ella Cinders; Jest Di-Jest; Danny Dingle; Li'l Abner. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 106, Issue 4 - April, 1939. Cover by Bradshaw Crandell. Fiction by Albert Rice, W. Somerset Maugham, Joseph Harrington, Paul Gallico, Oscar Schisgall, Gordon Malherbe Hillman, George Sessions Perry, and A.J. Cronin. Also includes two serials; "White Magic" (part III) by Faith Baldwin, and "Eastward in Eden" (part V) by David Garth. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 188 pages, B&W with spot color and full color ads. Cover price $0.25.

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Agriculture and farming magazine. Includes articles, fiction, and humor. 11" x 14", 106 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $24.00 View scans Spine split 30%. Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate.

Known as Farm & Fireside until February 1930, the title was changed to The Country Home to compete with Better Homes and Gardens, and was aimed at families living the farm life in America by offering articles on horticulture, harvest, beef production and anything else needed to run a successful farm. 8.5" x 11.5", B&W with some color illustrations. Cover price $0.05.

Stories and art by Roy Crane, J. R. Williams, Jim Gary, Norman Marsh, Al McWilliams, Merrill Blosser, Ray Thompson, Charles Coll, Martha Orr, Sol Hess, Wallace Carlson, Gene Ahern, Al Lewin, Frank V. Martinek, Leon A. Beroth, Abe Martin, Virginia Krausmann, Gladys Parker and Ken Ernst. Crackajack Funnies presented original stories and reprints of classic comic strips, including Roy Crane's influential Wash Tubbs & Captain Easy. Red Ryder, now the sheriff in town, miraculously survives an explosion, and now he knows that Ace Hanlon is behind the Devil's Hole Gang. Speed Bolton, air ace, is shot down over China while escorting Prince Chang-Li to Tibet. Tom Mix must retrieve a letter to foil Bull Eadie's plan to take over the 3-Slash-F Ranch. Dan Dunn; Red Ryder; Freckles and His Friends; Myra North, Special Nurse; Wash Tubbs; Out Our Way; Apple Mary; The Nebbs; Our Boarding House; Clyde Beatty; Don Winslow of the Navy; Tom Mix; Boots and Her Buddies; Tom Traylor, G-Man X32; Flapper Fanny; Annibelle; Buck Jones: Killers of Crooked Butte; Time Marches Back with Looney Luke; Speed Bolton, Air Ace. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Fred Guardineer. Slam Bradley story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Shuster shop. Steve Malone story, script by Gardner Fox. Back From the Dead (Part 3) starring Bruce Nelson, art by Tom Hickey. Crimson Avenger story, art by Jim Chambers. Disguise text story by Gardner Fox (Paul Dean). Larry Steele story, script and art by Will Ely. Dr. Fu Manchu story, script by Sax Rohmer, art by Leo O'Mealia. Cleo and Clancy humor page by Bob Kane. Cosmo story, art by Sven Elven. Spy story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster. The Basketball Mystery starring Speed Saunders, script by Gardner Fox, art by Fred Guardineer. One-line notice that Batman will debut next issue. 64 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Official organ of the International Society of Junior Magicians, containing news and tips. 16 pages on newsprint.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $280.00 View scans Cover glued to first and last pages along spine.

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"Prison of Time" a book length novel by Eando Binder, plus "Ananias" a novelette by L. Sprague DeCamp. Also "Insight" a short story by Manly Wade Wellman.

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", black and white with color cover. Cover price $0.15.

Victor E. Pazmiño cover. Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Goofie Gags" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "The Gay Thirties" by Hank Barrow; "Roy Powers, Eagle Scout" by Paul Powell; "Nipper" and "Footprints on the Sands of Time" by Clare Victor Dwiggins; "Skyroads" by Dick Calkins and Russell Keaton; "Hairbreadth Harry" and "High-Gear Homer" by F. O. Alexander; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Life's Like That" by Fred Neher; "War on Crime" by Rex Collier and Hammon; "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier; "Big Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Adventures of Patsy" by Mel Graff; "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "The Frog Pond Ferry" by M. E. Brady; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Seaweed Sam" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Somebody's Stenog" and "The Back-Seat Driver" by A. E. Hayward; "Above the Crowd" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; "There's A Town" by M. E. Brady; "Babe Bunting" by Roy L. Williams; "Punky" by Fred Balk; "Connie" and "The Wet Blanket" by Frank Godwin; "Queenie" by S. M. Iger (as Bob Bliss); "Homer Hoopee" by Fred Locher; and "Butty and Fatty" by M. E. Brady. "The Magic River" text story by Robert M. Hyatt. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lank Leonard. Stories and art by Will Eisner, Rube Goldberg, Art Pinajian, Frank Frollo, Ed Wheelan, Lank Leonard, Mo Leff (credited as Ham Fisher), John Hix, Russell E. Ross, J. H. Striebel, George Brenner, Bernard Baily, Bob Zuppke, R. W. Depew, Monte Barrett, J.P. McEvoy, Charles Driscoll, H.J. Tuthill, John J. Welch, George Marcoux, Ed Reed, Bill Sakren, and Vernon Henkel. An early comics anthology published by Harry Chesler, featuring reprints of newspaper comic strips. Will Eisner's spy hero Black X must prevent enemy agents from taking over the Panama Canal. Captain Cook of Scotland Yard is summoned back to London to join the hunt for the Candy Killer. In a charming early Eisner strip, King Archie O'Toole is bitten by a jitterbug and can't stop swing-dancing, until they find Count Hackula and dispatch him with a record-needle. Plus the early strip Lala Palooza by Rube Goldberg. Joe Palooka; They're Still Talking; Captain Cook of Scotland Yard; Jane Arden; Mickey Finn; Off the Record; Gallant Knight; Lala Palooza; Strange As It Seems; Espionage Starring Black X; The Clock Strikes; Slim and Tubby; Richard Manners; Reynolds of the Mounted; Mortimer Mum; Toddy; Pirates Ahoy; Ned Brant; Big Top; Dixie Dugan; Bungle Family; Lena Pry; Clip Chance at Cliffside; The Outcast. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart Very Good $56.00 View scans Spine split 15%. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Fair $30.00 View scans 7 1/2" Cumulative spine split. Foxing. Soiling.

Issue 600 - April, 1939. Enoch Bolles cover. Humorous captions paired with movie stills and models. 8.5" x 11.5", 54 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $35.00 View scans Staple rust, one staple. Rust migration, one staple. Spine stress. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Soiling.

Volume 69, Issue 600 - April, 1939. Humorous captions paired with movie stills and models. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 52 pages, tinted B&W.

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Volume 32 Issue #1 - April 1939. Fiction, model-making articles, schematics, cartoons and factual essays make up every issue of Flying Aces. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Interior art by Al McWilliams. "Trip-Six Trap" by Donald Keyhoe, "Slaked Limeys" by Joe Archibald, "The Clue of the Breda Brood" by Arch Whitehouse comprise the stories. Articles include "If the New Caesar Raids Carthage", a look at the Italians in Africa, "Attack Formations are Ticklish" by Frank Lambert, and a scoop on the Curtiss XP-40, which looked very different from its production model. Bedsheet format 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 84 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.15.