Comic books January 1937

Volume 5, Issue 2 - January 1937. Pulp magazine focusing on Crime and Detective stories. Includes the tales "The Case of the Murdered Marionette" by George Bruce, and stories by Fred MacIsaac, Arthur Leo Zagat, and John Hawkins! 7-in. x 9-in, 80 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations and photos) Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 10, No. 5. January 29, 1937. Full-page B&W ad for Ritz Crackers. 8.5" x 11.5". 20 pages. Black and white.

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Victor E. Pazmiño cover. New Years cover. Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Alec and Itchy" by Jimmy George and Merle Mulholland; "Dixie Dugan" by J. P. McEvoy and J. H. Striebel; "War on Crime" by Rex Collier and Hammon; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Nipper" by Clare Victor Dwiggins; "Skyroads" by Dick Calkins and Russell Keaton; "Toddy" by George Marcoux; "Hairbreadth Harry" and "High-Gear Homer" by F. O. Alexander; "Dumb-Bells" by Charles J. Dunn (as Gar); "Dizzy Dramas" by Joe Bowers; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Adventures of Patsy" by Mel Graff; "Connie" by Frank Godwin; "Nippie" and "Mickey Finn" by Frank E. Leonard (as Lank Leonard); "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; "Fisher's History of Boxing" and "Joe Palooka" by Al Capp (as Ham Fisher); "Goofie Gags" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Queenie" by S. M. Iger (as Bob Bliss); "Holly of Hollywood" and "Keeping Up With The Joneses" by Pop Momand; "Strange as it Seems" by John Hix; "The Frog Pond Ferry" by M. E. Brady; "Little Brother" and "The Bungle Family" by Harry J. Tuthill; "Ned Brant of Carter" by Bob Zuppke and Bill W. Depew; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Flight" by W. D. Tipton and J. H. Mason; "Jolly Geography" and "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "Beau Geste" by P. C. Wren and Bill W. Depew; "Somebody's Stenog" and "The Back-Seat Driver" by A. E. Hayward; "Butty and Fatty" by M. E. Brady; "Lena Pry" and "Jane Arden" by Monte Barrett and Jack W. McGuire; "Seaweed Sam" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Babe Bunting" by Roy L. Williams; "Above the Crowd" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "Homer Hoopee" by Fred Locher; "Bobby" by S. M. Iger; and "Amaze A Minute" by Arnold. "The Killer of Trammuri" text story by Ruth Colby. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 2, Issue 3 - January, 1937. 6.75" x 9.75", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 67, Issue 573 - January, 1937. Humorous captions paired with movie stills and models. This issue includes a full-page photo of Josephine Baker. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Bedsheet Format Cover price $0.15.

Christmas cover. Contains comic strip reprints, text articles, and activity pages. In order of appearance: "The Worry Wart" by J. R. Williams; "Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune" by Roy Crane; "Mutt and Jeff" and "Cicero's Cat" by Bud Fisher; "This Curious World" by William Ferguson; "Home Magic" by A. W. Nugent; "The Nut Brothers", "Mr. Blotto", and "Our Boarding House" by Gene Ahern; "Dan Dunn" by Norman Marsh; "Reg'lar Fellers" and "Daisybelle" by Gene Byrnes; "Tailspin Tommy" by Hal Forrest; "Otto Honk" by Bela Zaboly; "Out Our Way" by J. R. Williams; "Myra North, Special Nurse" by Ray Thompson and Charles Coll; "Ben Webster's Page" by Jay Jerome Williams (as Edwin Alger); "The Tiny Mites" by Hal Cochran and George Scarbo; "Stranger than Fiction" by Richard W. Thomas and Walter Galli; "Scribbly" by Sheldon Mayer; "Freckles and his Friends" by Merrill Blosser; "Boots" by Edgar Martin; "Alley Oop" by V. T. Hamlin; "Annibelle" by Dorothy Urfer; "Salesman Sam" by C. D. Small; "From the Notes of Major Cosmo Strange, D.S.O." by George Baker; "Og, Son of Fire" by James Irving Crump; "Tad of the Tanbark" and "Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire" by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; "Herky" by Clyde Lewis; "Bronc Peeler and Coyote Pete" and "On the Range" by Fred Harman; "G Men on the Job" by Dick Blair and Milt Youngren; "Everybody's Playmate" by A. W. Nugent; "Stories in Stamps" by I. S. Klein; and "Flapper Fanny" by Gladys Parker. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 2, No. 5. January 1937. 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.

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January 9, 1938. The Grit "Story Section" was originally issued weekly as part of the Grit newspaper. Majesty's Rancho serial by Zane Grey begins. Other fiction stories by Margaret Craven, Maysie Greig, Clarence Budington Kelland (Scattergood Baines story), Dorothy Banker, and comic strips Bringing Up Father by George McManus and The Bungle Family by H. J. Tuthill (one page each), plus a page of poems. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 36 pages, black and white text with illustrations.

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January 16, 1938. The Grit "Story Section" was originally issued weekly as part of the Grit newspaper. Fiction stories by Zane Grey, Julia Galt Skiles, Maysie Greig, Leo Stalnaker, Allan F. Herdman, and comic strips Bringing Up Father by George McManus and The Bungle Family by H. J. Tuthill (one page each), plus a page of poems. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 36 pages, black and white text with illustrations.

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January 23, 1938. The Grit "Story Section" was originally issued weekly as part of the Grit newspaper. Fiction stories by Zane Grey, William Benton Johnston, Mace Hembel, Maysie Greig, Hazel K. Sawyer, Joseph Lewis Chadwick, and comic strips Bringing Up Father by George McManus and The Bungle Family by H. J. Tuthill (one page each), plus a page of poems. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 36 pages, black and white text with illustrations.

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January 30, 1938. The Grit "Story Section" was originally issued weekly as part of the Grit newspaper. Fiction stories by Alan Le May, Zane Grey, Maysie Greig, Allan F. Herdman, Gladys I. Hamilton, and comic strips Bringing Up Father by George McManus and The Bungle Family by H. J. Tuthill (one page each), plus a page of poems. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 32 pages, black and white text with illustrations.

Vol. 26 #1 - Jan. 1937. Cover photograph of Merle Oberon. Features on Spencer Tracy, John Barrymore, Don Ameche, Errol Flynn, Irene Dunne, Carole Lombard and more. Portraits of Greta Garbo, Myrna Loy, Olivia de Havilland and others. Movie ads include Joan Blondell in Gold Diggers of 1937, Gary Cooper in The Plainsman, Joan Crawford and Clark Gable in Love on the Run, Top of the Town from Universal plus a Lucky Strikes Santa Claus back cover. Cover price $0.10.

Published by Popular Magazines, Inc. between December 1931 and December 1943, Hooey was a satirical humour magazine that included fake articles, cartoons that depicted social issues of the time and spoof ads in a similar vein as it's successor, Mad Magazine. 8.5" x 11", 32 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

January 9th, 1937. Featured Stories - "Only Expelled Boys Taught Here" and "Wash Your Neck for Dr. Sanders. 8 1/2-in x24 Pages, B&W.

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January 9, 1937. American version of the weekly news magazine published in England. This issue features news about the Peking Man discovery, the modernizing of the Czechoslovakian army, and more. 10 x 14.5 in.; black and white; slick paper; 44 pages. NOTE: Information is limited on this series. Page counts vary from issue to issue. Page counts may be unconfirmed. May or may not include cover page. Cover price $0.30.

One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.10.

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 investigate a tragic accident on the circus train. Also features early art by Little Lulu creator Marge Buell. Brick Bradford; Little Annie Rooney; King Kojo; 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; Rosie's Beau; Bringing Up Father; The Little King; Ace Drummond; Sis Sez; Ted Towers, Animal Master; King of the Royal Mounted; Just Kids; Dun-Dums. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.