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Comic books 1938, graded by CGC

  • Item #60111565
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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #4071924013

    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Jack Cole, Charles Biro, Bob Wood, Fred Schwab, Fred Guardineer, Rafael Astarita, Frank Frollo, Maurice Gutwirth, Jack Romer, Richard Dean, George Nagle, Ken Fitch, Joe Penner, Hal Raynor, Will Harr, Claire Moe, Dick Ryan, and Bob McCay (credited as Winsor McCay, Jr.). An early comics anthology published by Harry Chesler, as a giveaway for Cocomalt, a powdered-drink company. Cocomalt sponsored a popular radio show featuring comedian Joe Penner, who appears here in short comic strips. Early stories and art by comics legends Jack Cole (creator of Plastic Man) and Will Eisner. featuring radio comedian Joe Penner. A rare Little Nemo in Slumberland strip drawn by Bob McCay, son of original Nemo artist Winsor McCay (credited here as Winsor McCay, Jr.), plus a one-page strip featuring Little Nemo's Impy. Also featuring early stories by Charles Biro and Bob Wood, later the minds behind the notorious Crime Does Not Pay comic. Cover is also by Biro. Little Nemo in Slumberland; Insurance Ike; Officer Skelly; Tommy the Bear Scout; Cowboy Joe Penner; Put On Your Own Radio Show; When the Berry Blossoms; Boodini the Great; The Wild Cat; Lucky Coyne; Impy; Myrth-Parade; Spots; Sky Menace; Senior Symphony; Brain Teasers; Bib and Tucker; Round Table Adventures; Dan Hastings; Adventures In Goobyland; King Kole's Kourt; Animal Crackers; Laughing At Life; Don't Look Now; Nothing But the Truth; Tell Me? Mr. Wise Guy. 48 pages, Full Color.

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  • Item #60415666
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    • Paper: Off white
    • Pedigree: Rockford
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    • Label #4268976014

    68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #60097074
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    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #3800446003

    68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #57958552
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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #3970809004

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

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  • Item #59637463
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    $2,350.00
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    • Label #2094738001
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  • Item #60008814
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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
    • Label #0152542024

    Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Ruth Plumly Thompson (sometimes credited as Jo King). Stories and art by William Ritt, Clarence Gray, Brandon Walsh, Nicholas Afonsky, Carl Anderson, Jack Burnley, R. J. Scott, Marge Buell, Eddie Sullivan, Charlie Schmidt, Lee Falk, Phil Davis, E. C. Segar, George Clarke, Lou Hanlon, George McManus, Otto Soglow, Eddie Rickenbacker, Clayton Knight, Ed Anthony, Romer Grey, Charles Flanders, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Bob Dunn, Don Moore and Alex Raymond. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Mandrake the Magician and Lothar battle the forces of Prince Paulo the Tyrant in the land of Dementor; Brick Bradford has adventures deep beneath the Earth's surface. Also features early art by Little Lulu creator Marge Buell. Brick Bradford; Little Annie Rooney; Henry; Sport Features; Scott's Scrapbook; Hall of Fame of the Air; Sentinel Louie; Radio Patrol; Mandrake the Magician; Thimble Theatre; Flash Gordon; The G-Man; Bringing Up Father; The Little King; Ace Drummond; Ted Towers, Animal Master; King of the Royal Mounted; King Kojo: A Package For His Majesty; Sis Sez; Sentinel Louie. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #49219842
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    $2,150.00
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    • Slab: Scuffing on front of case
    • Gerber 8.
    • Label #1488647026
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  • Item #60111830
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    Published Feb 1938 by DC.
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    • Label #4313783011

    Cover by Vince Sullivan. "Sandra's Vacation, Part 2," art by Will Ely; While on a vacation cruise Sandra of the Secret Service and Michael stumble across a jewel robbery, which might be an inside job. "The Spectral Killer," script by Jerry Siegel (as Leger), art by Joe Shuster (as Reuths); Ed Murphy is electrocuted for his crimes but vows to come back from the grave. "The Murder of Lord Greystone," art by Tom Hickey; Mark Marson begins his investigation with the Zoo Employees. "Henry the Third, Lord Pembroke and Earl Hubert de Burgh," art by Homer Fleming; Bobby and Binks witness the coronation of Henry III in the Magic Crystal. "Fang Gow of China, Part 29," script and art by Leo O'Mealia; Barry O'Neill and Jean are free but Fang Gow still holds Dr. Bonfils. "A Helping Hand," starring Blister, art by Harold Sherman. "Alaskan Adventure, Part 14," script by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, art by Leo O'Mealia; Bob Merritt takes on the oriental planes and Monk Mortons gangster fleet simultaneously, single-handedly. "The Rapids," art by Creig Flessel; Attempting to escape from the Sheriff the Bradley Boys accidentally fall in the river and are in danger of drowning in the rapids. "Reckless Driver," script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster; Sandy Kean arrests the Chief's son for hit and run. "Mystery Girl," art by Tom Hickey; Wing Brady rescues an American girl from a slave trader. 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #59847581
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    • Paper: Off white to white
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    • Crack on top left corner of inner well.
    • Label #4018771001

    Dick Tracy (by Chester Gould), the Nebbs, Smitty, Smokey Stover, Sweenwy & Son, Little Orphan Annie, Always Belittlin and Skippy (by Percy Crosby), Terry and the Pirates (by Milton Caniff), Gasoline Alley, Winnie Winkle, Our Way Out, Don Winslow, Bos 'n Hal, the Gumps, Tiny Tim, Smilin' Jack, Tippie, Moon Mullins, Little Joe, Apple Mary and Dennie, Harold Teen, Streaky, and Dill and Daffy. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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