Comic books May 1939

Volume 2, Issue 3 - May-June, 1939. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Musial. Jungle Jim strips, art by Alex Raymond. Seein' Stars strips, art by Feg Murray. Katzenjammer Kids strips, art by H.H. Knerr. Curley Harper at Lakespur strips, art by Lyman Young. Pete the Tramp strips, art by Clarence D. Russell. Elmer strips, art by Doc Winner. Etta Kitt strips, art by Paul Robinson. Barney Google strips, art by Billy DeBeck. Tim Tyler's Luck strips, art by Lyman Young. Prince Valiant strips, art by Hal Foster. Blondie strips, art by Chic Young. Tillie the Toiler strips, art by Russ Westover. Krazy Kat strips, art by George Herriman. The Phantom strips, script by Lee Falk, art by Ray Moore. Teddy and Sitting Bull strips, art by Joe Musial. The Pussycat Princess strips, script by Ed Anthony, art by Ruth Carroll. Room and Board strips, art by Gene Ahern. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Fred Guardineer. From the 4 Corners fact page, art by Sheldon Moldoff. Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster. Batman/Detective ad with art by Bob Kane. 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. Land of the Fourth Dimension starring Zatara Master Magician, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Fred Guardineer. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by John Richard Flanagan. The Suicide of Major Duval: Part 1 starring Barry O'Neill, script and art by Ed Winiarski. Introducing the Raven starring Inspector Kent, script and art by George Newman. The Killing of Judge Thompson starring the Federal Men, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Shuster Shop. The God of the Ruby Eye: Part 12 starring Tod Hunter, script and art by Jim Chambers. The Armored Truck Robbery starring Steve Malone, script by Gardner Fox, art by Don Lynch. Battle With Tartars starring Captain Desmo, script and art by Ed Winiarski. Professor Doolittle humor two-pager by Bob Kane. Mystery of the Exploding Ships starring Tom Brent, script and art by Jim Chambers. The Rebel Pancho Velez starring Skip Schuyler, script and art by Tom Hickey. The Pirate Ship: Part 13 starring Rusty and His Pals, script and art by Bob Kane. Wang Ku of Shanghai--Anchors Aweigh!, script and art by Fred Guardineeer. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Jon L. Blummer, Harry Lampert, and Sheldon Mayer. Sealed Orders starring Red, White and Blue, pencils by William Smith, inks by Stan Aschmeier. Mutt and Jeff strips by Al Smith (as Bud Fisher). The Duchess starring Spot Savage, art by Harry Lampert. Believe It or Not by Robert L. Ripley. Hop Tests a Plane, script and art by Jon L. Blummer; Hop gets a pilots license and stows away on Prop Washs plane. Untitled Bobby Thatcher story, art by George Storm. Untitled Wiley of West Point story, script and art by Lt. Richard Rick. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 2 #5. Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by Bill Everett, Norman Daniels, Fred Guardineer, Paul Gustavson, Jim Chambers, Carl Burgos, Tarpe Mills, and Claire S. Moe. Science fiction stories, adventure tales, and Amazing Mystery Funnies starring such characters as Skyrocket Steele, Dave Dean, Dan Hastings, and Daredevil Barry Finn. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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May 1939. Stories by Isaac Asimov ("The Weapon Too Dreadful to Use", his second for the pulp and still with no cover mention), John Russell Fearn, W. Lawrence Hamling & Mark Reinsberg, David V. Reed, Bradner Buckner, Ed Earl Repp, and Frederic Arnold Kummer Jr.. Illustrations by Julian S. Krupa. Cover by Robert Fuqua. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

May 1939. Volume 23, Issue 3. Cover by Graves Gladney. Science fiction stories by Jack Williamson ("One Against the Legion" part 2 of 3), P. Schuyler Miller, John Berryman, Lester Del Rey ("The Day is Done"), L. Sprague De Camp (as Lymon R. Lyon), and Kent Casey. Illustrations by Carlson, De Camp, Fisk, Gilmore, Ley, Orban, and Wesso. Trimmed pulp, 6.5-in. x 9.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Volume 9, Issue 1 - May, 1939. "I'm No Murderer" by Barry Perowne; "Mug in a Frame" by Donald Bayne Hobart; and "Suicide Detail" by C.K.M. Scanlon. 6.5" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

May, 1939. Cover price $0.15.

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Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $14.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 69, Issue 1 - May, 1939. 6.5" x 10", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 38, Issue 3 - May, 1939. Digest sized, male oriented magazine filled with cartoons and jokes usually based around the relationships of men and women of the time. 5" x 7", 128 pages, B&W.

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Volume 10, Issue 1 - May, 1939. Short fiction stories by Stanley Paul, Mary Nowell Frost and Charles Martin, Illustrations by John Holgrem, Nicholas F. Riley and A.S. Packer. 8.5" x 11.5", 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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

The classic weekly magazine featuring news and fiction. Approximately 10.75-in. x 14-in.; black and white; pages on white paper. Cover price $0.05.

Cover by Raeburn Van Buren. Stories and art by Rex Maxon, R. W. Palmer, 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 #2. 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. Tarzan realizes his enemy Rokoff has kidnapped his son, in the adaptation of The Beasts of Tarzan with art by Rex Maxon. Slats learns that the kindly old sailor he met on the train is the arch-enemy of Bathless Groggins, Sourpuss Boom. Alice gets roped into a croquet game with the Queen of Hearts - but the Queen never loses. 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; The Boomers; The Pet's Club; Grin and Bear It; Little Mary Mixup; Ella Cinders; Danny Dingle; Li'l Abner. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 106, Issue 5 - May, 1939. Cover by Bradshaw Crandell. Fiction by Alberta Hughes Wahl, Pearl S. Buck, Paul Gallico, Clements Ripley, Margaret Fry, John Whedon, P.G. Wodehouse, Joseph L. Marx, Charles Bonner, and Dale Collins. 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", 104 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.