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Daily Comic Strips, Cartoon Panels and Editorial Cartoons

This Sale Category Last Updated: 2/12/10

How To Read The Listings

To understand the following daily strip listings, it is probably easiest to explain by example. Given the following sample listings:

Blondie - classic humor strip by Chic Young (1930~present)
    1950 - 215 4c strips $25.00
    1951 (Feb-Mar) - 32 5c/4c strips $3.00

Dennis The Menace - Hank Ketcham's household hurricane (1951-present)
    1955 - 125 2c panels $12.50

The title of the strip, obviously, is Blondie. Following the title is a very brief description of the feature along with the running dates (Blondie began in 1930, and is still running today). On the next line we have our first lot of Blondies - it is a set of daily strips from 1950. The number 215 refers to the number of strips in this particular lot. For reference purposes, the maximum possible daily strips for a year is 313 (365 days minus 52 Sundays). The next number (4c) refers to the width of each comic strip in this lot. In the newspaper biz, widths are measured in columns. Looking at a newspaper you will notice that the page is divided into columns of text.

When we say that a strip is 4 columns wide (4c), it means that the strip was printed to cover 4 columns worth of space in the newspaper. Until recent times, the standard newspaper column width was about 2 inches. With these Blondie strips, you can get a better idea of their size by simply multiplying the number of columns by 2. These Blondie strips are about 8" wide - actually somewhat bigger since collectors always cut strips from the newspaper with a margin (strips cut right at their panel borders are considered to be damaged). Finally we have the price - this is the price for the whole batch of 215 strips, not for each strip in the lot.

The next listing shows a few other situations that might occur. This second lot of Blondie strips is from 1951, and only strips from February and March are in the lot. Also of note is that the size is listed as 5c/4c; this means that some of the strips are 5 columns wide and some are 4 columns wide. This may occur because the lot is a combination of strips running in different papers at different sizes, or it may mean that the newspaper shrank the comics from one size to the other during this period.
Our final listing for Dennis The Menace illustrates the listing for a panel cartoon. Everything is identical except that the number of columns is smaller - this is normal since a panel cartoon takes less horizontal space then a strip, but it is typically much larger vertically.

Condition Notes: I only note condition of strip lots if they are significantly better or worse than normal. All strips should be assumed to show some paper yellowing. In many cases when strips are clipped from bound volumes they will exhibit some brittleness along the page edge - typically this is well away from the actual strip and is not considered a defect. If the strips themselves are brittle that will be mentioned. Because a lot may contain hundreds of strips, it is not unusual for a strip or two to have some condition problem - such isolated problems are not mentioned. One defect that I should explain is called fold damage - for strips that have been clipped from the fold in the middle of the newspaper page. In bound volumes this is not an issue, but for strips that come from unbound copies that have been stored folded for decades, the fold gets the worst wear of the whole paper. If I cite fold damage for a group of strips, this means the strips will be bowed or folded with a permanent crease line. In its more severe form the strips will be brown or brittle in a horizontal line across the strips.

* All comics listed are from actual vintage newspapers - these are not photocopies or reproductions.
* All comics have been clipped with proper margins (i.e. whitespace) around the actual strips. None are clipped to the panel borders.
* Strip counts should be exact but may be a couple off plus or minus due to miscounting.
* Many other titles and runs available (including over 50,000 Sunday strips)~please inquire for your wants
* New listings added semi-regularly. Bookmark this page
* I buy and trade, always looking for older and obscure material and large bulk lots of newspapers - please inquire

Dates

Count

Size/Format

Price

Sold?

Comments/Notes

Abbie An' Slats - Raeburn Van Buren provides superb illustrative art to this classic strip (1937-71)
1946 (Oct-Dec) 75 4c strips $13.00

1950 (Jul) 26 5c strips $5.00

1950 (Aug) 27 5c strips $5.00 SOLD
1951 (May) 27 5c strips $5.00

1951 (Jun) 26 5c strips $5.00 SOLD
Abe Martin - a favorite in Indiana, this panel cartoon didn't take long to become a national success (1904-60s)
1929 (Jan-Feb)

25

1c panels

$10.00

 


1929 (Jul)

27

1c panels

$10.00

SOLD


1938 (May-Jun)

49

1c panels

$18.00

SOLD


Aggie Mack - Hal Rasmusson's teenage girl strip(1946-72)
1950 (Jul-Aug)

53

4c strips

$7.50

SOLD


1950 (Nov-Dec)

52

4c strips

$7.50

SOLD


Alley Oop - humor and adventure with the time-traveling caveman. (1932-present)
1936

39

6c strips

$7.50

SOLD


1943

35

4c strips

$4.50

SOLD


1944

178

4c strips

$24.50

SOLD


1945

251

4c strips

$43.00



1946

187

4c strips

$25.00



1947 (Jan-Mar)

58

4c strips

$7.75



1948

85

4c strips

$11.50



All In A Lifetime - great panel by Frank Beck, warm humor about childhood and the good old days (1936-61)
1946 (Nov)

21

2c panels

$5.00



And He Did - ultra-rare panel cartoon by 'Hen'(1913?-1916?)
1914 (Jul-Sep)

51

1c panels

$25.00

SOLD


America's Town Meeting Of The Air - ad strip for this war-time radio program (1944)
1944 (Sep-Nov)

8

5c strips

$4.00



And The Worst Is Yet To Come - one of Charles Wellington's early efforts, pre-Pa's Son-In-Law(1913?-1916?)
1914 (Jul-Sep)

71

2c panels

$35.00



Andy Capp - the most popular British import strip of all time (1957-present)
1966 (Jul) 25 4c strips $5.00
1985 (Feb-Jun)

82

3c strips

$8.50



Animal Crackers - Rog Bollen's talking animal strip (1968-present)
1986

45

3c strips

$4.50



1988

45

3c strips

$4.50



Apple Mary - before she was transformed into Mary Worth, Mary sold apples on a street corner in the original version by Martha Orr (1934-39)
1935 (Jan-Mar)

77

6c strips

$35.00



1935-37

42

6c strips

$4.25

SOLD


Archie - America's iconic teenage boy by Bob Montana (1946-present)
1983 (Mar-Jul)

32

3c strips

$6.00



Aunt Het - Robert Quillen's folksy panel sported uncredited art by Dixie Dugan's John Striebel (1920s-60s)
1940-42

191

1c panels

$5.00

SOLD


Babe Bunting - Started by Fanny Cory, this rare pretty girl strip was continued by Roy L. Williams after 1935 (1934-39)
1939 (Jul-Aug)

53

5c strips

$15.00

SOLD


Back Home Again - Ed Dodd's folksy humor panel was replaced by Mark Trail in 1946 (1930-46)
1943-45

103

2c panels

$5.00

SOLD


1946 (Jan-Jul)

56

2c panels ending with last panel

$5.50

SOLD


Balmy Benny - classic early Gene Ahern strip - rare! (1918-1919)
1919 (Jan)

9

6c strips

$18.00



Barnaby - One of the all-time comic strip classics and also quite scarce. Brilliantly written by Crockett Johnson (1942-52)
1945 (Sep)

25

5c strips

$18.75

SOLD

1946 (Nov)

26

5c strips

$19.00

SOLD


Barney Baxter In The Air - superb art on this air adventure strip (1935-1950)
1945 (Mar)

27

4c strips

$24.00

SOLD


Barney Google and Snuffy Smith - One of the funniest comic strips of all time (1919-present)
1920 (Jul-Sep)

65

6c strips

$32.50

SOLD


1922 (Mar-Apr)

52

5/6c strips

$15.00



1924 (Mar-Apr)

46

6c strips

$12.00

SOLD


1960 (Sep-Dec)

62

4c strips

$4.00



1961 (Apr-Dec)

210

4c strips

$12.00



1962-Feb 1963

245

4c strips

$13.00

SOLD


Baron Bean - George Herriman's ultra-rare classic, much harder to find than Krazy Kat (1916-1919)
1916

6

7c strips

$18.00

SOLD


Hank Barrow Editorial Cartoons - one of the premier southern political cartoonists
1943-44

45

3c panels

$9.00



1945

128

3c panels

$24.00



1946

87

3c panels

$10.00



1947-48

82

3c panels

$9.00



Batman - how many strips can you name that have had 4 separate runs? (1943-46,1953-53,66-74,89-91)
1943 (Dec)

27

4c strips

$14.00



1944 (Feb)

25

4c strips

$12.50



1968 (Jan-Feb)

50

4c strips

$40.00



1991 (Jan-Aug) 162 3c strips $48.00 To end of strip on 8/3
BC - Johnny Hart's popular stone-age strip(1958-present)
1960-61

104

4c strips

$15.00



1983-84

180

3c strips

$18.00



Beetle Bailey - the first of many feathers in Mort Walker's hat featuring the army that never goes to war (1950-present)
1954 (Jul-Dec)

150

4c strips

$22.50

SOLD


1959

73

4c strips

$10.00



1962

119

4c strips

$15.00



1983-84

180

3c strips

$18.00

SOLD


Bela Lanan Court Reporter - very scarce self-syndicated strip, you solve the crime(1936-39)
1937 (Nov-Dec)

42

6c strips

$18.00

SOLD


1938 (May-Jun)

51

6c strips

$25.00

SOLD


Believe It Or Not - Robert Ripley's stupendously popular panel gives a daily dose of the weird and bizarre (1918-present)
1944 (May-Jun) 22 2c panels $3.00
1945 (Apr) 25 2c panels $4.00
1946 (Nov-Dec) 48 2c panels $8.00
1955 (Jun-Dec)

58

3c panels

$10.00



1957 (Apr-Sep)

100

3c panels

$18.00



Benny - J. Carver Pusey's wonderful pantomime strip (1929-40s)
1930-32

26

6c strips

$5.00

SOLD


1932 (Apr-Jun)

68

6c strips

$9.00

SOLD


1936 (Jan-Jun)

134

5c strips

$13.50

SOLD


Ben Casey - classic art by Neal Adams on this soap opera strip (1962-66)
1965 (3/23 -6/12)

63

4c strips

$15.75


This lot is high-quality photocopies, not tearsheets.
Ben Webster - one of the early adventure strips, this one saw quite a procession of anonymous artists (1925-41)
1929 (Jan-Feb)

34

6c strips

$7.00



1929 (Jul)

23

6c strips

$5.00



1936 (Feb)

25

6c strips

$5.00



The Berrys - Carl Grubert's long-running family strip (1942-74)
1946 (Nov)

26

4c strips

$5.00



Big Chief Wahoo - Saunders and Woggon's funny strip about an indian chief was revamped as Steve Roper in 1946 (1936-resent)
1941

189

5c strips

$45.00



1942

197

5c strips

$50.00



Big Sister - Les Forgrave's strip owes much to Little Orphan Annie, but with a gentler viewpoint (1928-72)
1932 (Apr-Jun)

76

6c strips

$10.00



1933 (Mar-Apr)

46

6c strips

$7.50



1935 (Jul-Sep)

76

6c strips

$10.00



1936 (Oct-Dec)

76

6c strips

$10.00



1937 (Jul-Sep)

75

6c strips

$10.00



1938 (Apr)

26

5c strips

$5.00



1942 (Mar-Apr)

48

5c strips

$7.50



Blondie - the prototypical and arguably the greatest family strip (1930-present)
1939 (Jan-Jun)

115

6c strips

$23.00



1940

41

5c strips

$4.25



1950

68

4c strips

$5.00



1955 (Apr-Dec)

199

5c strips

$16.50



1956 (Jan-Jun)

132

5c strips

$10.50



1957 (Apr-Dec)

186

5c strips

$15.00



1958

217

5c strips

$18.00



1959

213

5c strips

$18.00



1960 (Jan-Jul)

80

4c strips

$7.00



1960

292

4c strips

$30.00



1962

118

4c strips

$8.00

SOLD


Bloom County - Berke Breathed's tremendous breakthrough strip, a classic (1980-89)
1983-84

172

3c strips

$10.00



Bobby Sox - Marty Link's classic teenage girl panel, later renamed "Emmy Lou" (1944-79)
1950 (Nov)

16

2c panels

$4.50



1951 (May)

15

2c panels

$4.50



1952 (Mar)

15

2c panels

$4.50



Bobby Thatcher - George Storm's magnum opus in boy's adventure. Taken over by a very young Sheldon Mayer in 1937 1927-37)
1927 (Mar-Dec)

42

6c strips

$17.50

SOLD

starting with strip #2
1928

22

6c strips

$4.25



1929

101

6c strips

$20.00



1930

124

6c strips

$6.00

SOLD

many with fold damage
1930 (May-Jun)

30

6c strips

$7.50



1931 (Mar-Apr) 52 6c strips $15.50
1931-32

77

6c strips

$3.75

SOLD

many with fold damage
1933-37

165

6c strips

$16.50

SOLD


Boner's Ark - classic screwball strip authored by Mort Walker and Frank Johnson (1968-99)
1982 245 3c strips $24.50
1983 274 3c strips $27.00
Bonzo - short-lived and very rare U.S. strip featuring the famed British dog(1929-33)
1929 (Mar)

12

6c strips

$36.00

SOLD

somewhat brittle
Boots And Her Buddies - classic pretty girl strip with superb art by Edgar Martin (1924-68)
1924 (Jul-Sep)

76

6c strips

$75.00



1927 (Jul-Sep)

32

6c strips

$12.50



1930 (May-Jun)

29

6c strips

$7.25



1943 (Oct-Dec)

48

4c strips

$4.75



1944

223

4c strips

$22.25



1950 (Jul-Aug)

53

4c strips

$5.25



1959

40

4c strips

$4.00



1960

43

4c strips

$4.25



The Born Loser by Art Sansom
1968 (Apr) 24 4c strips $2.50
Brenda Starr - Dale Messick's classic girl reporter strip (1940-present)
1961

72

4c strips

$21.00

SOLD


Brick Bradford - great sci-fi adventure strip, tough one to find (1933-87)
1937 (Jan-Mar)

77

6c strips

$22.00



1938 (Apr)

26

5c strips

$7.50



1938 (Oct-Dec)

77

6c strips

$22.00



1939 (May)

27

5c strips

$7.50



1943 (Apr-Jun)

75

4c strips

$18.00



Briggs Cartoons - Clare Brigg's famous feature known by many titles over the years(1907-30)
1912 (Dec)

20

huge 4c panels

$20.00



1913 (Jun)

15

various huge sizes

$15.00



1915 (Nov-Dec)

39

various large sizes

$39.00



Bringing Up Father - George McManus' masterpiece starring Jiggs and Maggie (1913-present)
1915 (Jul-Sep)

48

5/6c strips

$48.00

SOLD


1915 (Oct-Dec)

58

6/7c strips

$58.00

SOLD


1931 (Mar-Apr) 52 5c strips 12.50
1934

307

6c strips

$60.00

SOLD


1937

313

5c strips

$60.00

SOLD


1938 (Apr)

26

5c strips

$5.00



1938 (Dec)

27

5c strips

$5.00



1939 (Jan-Feb)

50

6c strips

$10.00



1939 (May)

27

5c strips

$5.00



1941 (Aug-Dec)

104

5c strips

$13.00



1942

196

5c strips

$24.50



1955 (Apr-Sep)

89

4c strips

$11.50

SOLD


Nell Brinkley cartoons - one of the pioneer women cartoonists, famed for her 'Brinkley girl' (1907-35)
1926 (Mar-Apr)

29

various large panels

$115.00



Broncho Bill - classic western strip was the first of the genre (1927-50)
Oct 38-Jan 39

85

6c strips

$25.50



Brother Juniper - gently humorous panel about a monk, created by Justin McCarthy who actually was a monk himself (1953-86)
1964

88

2c panels

$4.50



1965

342

2c panels

$17.00


including a few dupes
1966

333

2c panels

$16.50


including a few dupes
1967

226

2c panels

$11.50



1968

351

2c panels

$17.00


including a few dupes
Bruce Gentry - short-lived adventure strip by comic book veteran Ray Bailey (1945-51)
1946 (Nov)

22

5c strips

$7.50



Buck Rogers - the premier SF strip of all time (1929-67)
1930 (May-Jun)

45

6c strips

$33.75

SOLD


1950 (May-Jun)

45

4c strips

$33.75

SOLD


Bughouse Fables - a fan favorite panel, the whole King Features bullpen contributed to this hilarious feature (1920-37)
1927 (Aug/Nov)

22

2c panels

$7.50



1930

76

2c panels

$15.00


bit brittle
1931

56

2c panels

$12.00


bit brittle
Bugs Bunny - one of the few non-Disney animated characters to make a truly successful move to the funnies page (1943-90)
1950 (Jul-Aug)

53

4c strips

$5.25



1951 (May-Jun) 23 4c strips $2.50
1959

40

4c strips

$4.00



1960

42

4c strips

$4.00



Bungle Family - Exceedingly well-written strip by Harry Tuthill, an all but forgotten gem (1918-45)
1927 (Feb)

25

6c strips

$10.00



1931 (Mar-Apr) 52 6c strips $20.00
1933 (Jan-Feb)

46

6c strips

$19.00



1934 (Mar-Apr)

22

6c strips

$8.00



1935 (Jan-Mar)

72

6c strips

$25.00


Minor fold darkening
Burgess Bedtime Stories - Text stories for children by Thornton Burgess (1910s-40s?)
1928 (Jan-Feb)

23

illustrated columns

$23.00



Buz Sawyer - Roy Crane's proof that he didn't use up all his genius on Wash Tubbs (1943-89)
1951-53

135

4c strips

$19.00



1952 (Mar-Apr)

50

4c strips

$20.00



1955 (Oct-Nov)

26

4c strips

$7.50



1956 (Jan-Feb)

26

4c strips

$7.50



1956 (Mar-Apr)

27

4c strips

$7.50



1956 (May-Aug)

78

4c strips

$22.00



1985 191 3c strips $29.00
Calvin And Hobbes- a modern classic (1985-95)
1988

45

3c strips

$4.50



Candy - excellent pretty girl strip suffered from bad distribution (1944-52)
1949 (Jan)

26

5c strips

$7.00

SOLD


1949 (Dec)

27

5c strips

$7.00

SOLD


1950 (Jul-Aug) 44 4c strips $13.00 SOLD
Cap Stubbs And Tippie - Edwina Dumm's classic strip of a boy and his dog (1918-66)
1922 (Mar-Apr)

50

6c strips

$25.00



1926 (Jan-Feb)

50

6c strips

$20.00

SOLD


1926 (May-Jun)

51

6c strips

$20.00

SOLD


1926 (Nov-Dec)

53

6c strips

$20.00

SOLD


1928 (Nov-Dec)

50

6c strips

$20.00

SOLD


1930 (May-Jun)

30

6c strips

$12.00



1938 (Apr)

25

5c strips

$12.50



1938 (Dec)

27

4/5c strips

$12.50



1939 (May)

27

4c strips

$10.00



Captain Easy - see Wash Tubbs
Captain Yank - great hardboiled WWII adventure strip with superb art. Originally titled Yankee Doodle until 6/42 (1940-45)
1943

216

4c/5c strips

$54.00

SOLD


1944

172

4c strips

$43.00

SOLD


1945 (Jan-Nov)

261

4c strips

$52.00

SOLD

to strip end, July on have fold damage
Carnival - Similar to Grin & Bear It, by Dick Turner (1937-76)
1954 (Mar-Apr)

46

2c panels

$4.50



1955 (Apr-Jun)

21

2c panels

$2.00



1956-59

80

2c panels

$8.00



Charlie Chan - Alfred Andriola's classic detective strip (1938-42)
1939 (Jul-Dec)

142

6c strips

$35.50


This lot is high-quality photocopies, not tearsheets.
1940

272

6c strips

$68.00.


This lot is high-quality photocopies, not tearsheets
1941

155

6c strips

$38.75

SOLD


Cheerful Cherub - cute little angel panel with verse (1920-69)
1922 (Nov-Dec)

47

1c panels

$10.00

SOLD


1924 (Jun)

22

1c panels

$5.00

SOLD


Chicago Daily News Cartoons - this paper provided an early syndicated cartoon service, ultra-rare material (1900-15)
1905

22

half pages

$66.00



Chip Collins Adventures - well-drawn adventure strip replaced the Frank Merriwell strip (1934-35)
1935 (Jan-Mar)

63

6c strips

$18.00



Chris Welkin Planeteer - one of the best of the breed of 1950s SF strips (1951-65)
1952 (Jan-Feb)

33

4c strips

$9.00

SOLD


Cicero Sapp - I think the name says it all - Fred Locher's strip about a sap! (1921-28)
1923 (Nov-Dec)

52

6c strips

$12.50



Claire Voyant - excellent but short-lived adventure strip with female lead (1943-48)
1946 (Nov)

22

5c strips

$11.00

SOLD


Closeup And Comedy - neat Hollywood gossip cartoon panel with photos of female stars - hot eBay items (1934-39)
1934 (Sep-Dec)

36

2c panels

$18.00



1936 (Apr-Jun)

48

2c panels

$24.00



Cokey - Scarce and bizarrely named but very funny strip of a diminutive GI returning home to a changed USA (1945-50)
1945 (Jul-Dec)

102

4c strips

$15.00

SOLD


1946

176

4c strips

$25.00

SOLD


1946 (Jan-Apr)

51

4c strips

$7.50

SOLD


1947 (Jan-Mar)

51

4c strips

$7.50



1948

70

4c strips

$10.00



F.G. Cooper Wrigley Gum ads - rare finds for the FGC fanatic (1949-51)
1949 (Nov)

18

2c ads

$9.00

SOLD


1950 (Jan-Feb)

21

2c ads

$10.00

SOLD


Cranberry Boggs - one of the best of the Li'l Abner imitator strips, super art (1945-49)
1945 (Apr)

24

4c strips

$10.00



1945 (Sep)

25

5c strips

$12.00



Cuties - E. Simms Campbell's superb pretty girl panel (1940-71)
1954

96

1c panels

$18.00



1955 (May-Aug)

101

1c panels

$20.00



1955 (Oct-Nov)

26

1c panels

$5.00



Dan Dunn - detective strip in the mold of Dick Tracy (1933-43)
1935-37

53

6c strips

$5.25


many with light fold damage
1937

301

5c strips

$100.00



1941 (Aug-Dec)

101

5c strips

$25.00



1942

196

5c strips

$45.00



Danger Trails - Rare strip based on radio series (1934-36)
1935 (Dec)

25

5c strips

$25.00



J.N. "Ding" Darling - editorial cartoons by one of the world's foremost and best-loved cartoonists (1907-1962)
1940

52

3c panels

$7.50



Dave's Delicatessen - classic screwball comedy by the master himself, Milt Gross (1931-35)
1931 (Aug-Sep)

12

6c strips

$12.00



1931 (Aug-Sep)

23

6c strips

$23.00

SOLD


1931 (Aug-Sep)

27

6c strips

$27.00

SOLD


Dennis The Menace - Hank Ketcham's hugely popular 'household hurricane' (1951-present)
1961

72

2c panels

$7.00

SOLD


1965

338

2c panels

$17.50


includes some dupes
1966

332

2c panels

$17.50


includes some dupes
1967

329

2c panels

$17.50


includes some dupes
1968

409

2c panels

$17.50


includes some dupes
1969

320

2c panels

$17.50


includes some dupes
1970

328

2c panels

$17.50


includes some dupes
1971

96

2c panels

$9.50



Dicky Dippy's Diary - practically forgotten Art Sinnott strip was quite popular in its day (1914-28)
1916 (Jan-Jun)

49

6c strips

$25.00



1924 (Jun-Sep)

177

5c strips

$34.00



1925

256

5c strips

$50.00



Dick Tracy - Chester Gould's classic hardboiled police detective. (1931-present)
1938 (Apr)

26

5c strips

$13.00



1938 (Dec)

27

5c strips

$13.00



1939 (May)

27

5c strips

$13.00



Dingbat Family - a classic strip by George Herriman, Krazy Kat started in this strip (1910-16)
1913

33

7c strips

$66.00

SOLD


1914

6

7c strips

$12.00

SOLD


1915 (Jul-Sep)

20

6/7c strips

$40.00

SOLD


1915 (Oct-Dec)

10

7c strips

$20.00

SOLD


Dixie Dugan - classic light adventure/soaper strip with the pretty heroine based on 20s showgirl Louise Brooks. Superb polished art. (1929-66)
1934 (Mar-Apr)

22

6c strips

$5.50



1934 (Sep-Dec)

69

6c strips

$17.00

SOLD


1935 (Jan-Mar)

72

6c strips

$17.50

SOLD


1938 (Apr)

26

5c strips

$6.00



1946 (Nov)

23

5c strips

$5.00



1956-59

96

4c strips

$10.00



Doggy Dramas - excellent and scarce weekly strip in the two-tier Minute Movies style (1938-42)
1938-41

63

5c strips

$31.50



Doings Of The Duffs - an early favorite, your grandpa remembers this one well (1914-31)
1917 (Jan-Mar)

16

6c strips

$9.50



1917 (Apr-Jun)

19

6c strips

$9.50



1918 (Jan-Mar)

14

6c strips

$7.00



1919 (Apr-Jun)

32

6c strips

$15.00



Doings Of The Van Loons - rare early daily strip, well-drawn family comedy (1913-25)
1915

20

7c strips

$15.00

SOLD


The Dollar Stretcher - Ad strip by the excellent Jack Teagarden (1930)
1930

12

6c strips

$3.00



Donald Duck - Walt Disney's angry young duck. Superb Taliaferro art (1938-present)
1943 (Mar-Apr)

28

4c strips

$14.00



1946 (Oct-Dec)

66

4c strips

$33.00



1948 (Apr-Jun)

72

4c strips

$35.00



Dondi - Gus Edson and Irwin Hasen's phenomenally popular story of a little orphan boy (1955-86)
1955 (Sep-Dec)

78

5c strips

$23.00

SOLD

from 1st strip!
1956 (Jan-Apr)

72

5c strips

$14.00

SOLD


Doo Dads - an obscure classic, some compare it to Krazy Kat, though I prefer the art to the writing (1921-27)
1923 (Mar-Apr)

53

6c strips

$40.00

SOLD


Dotty Dripple - in later years this was a snoozer of a kid strip, but the early years were very funny and original (1944-74)
1946

77

4c strips

$8.00

SOLD


1952 (Mar-Apr)

52

4c strips

$5.50

SOLD


Dream Of The Rarebit Fiend - classic Winsor McCay, best of the best (1904-11)
1906 (Jan-Mar)

34

various large sizes

$110.00

SOLD


Ella Cinders - wonderful humorous adventure strip, the newspaper equivalent of a 1930s screwball comedy film. (1925-61)
1926

13

6c strips

$3.25

SOLD


1927

82

6c strips

$16.50

SOLD

many with Highlights Of History on reverse
1929

102

6c strips

$20.00

SOLD

many with Highlights Of History on reverse
1930

120

6c strips

$12.00

SOLD


1931

259

6c strips

$38.50

SOLD


1932

71

6c strips

$7.00

SOLD


1933

103

6c strips

$10.00

SOLD


1934-37

64

6c strips

$6.50

SOLD


1938

105

6c strips

$10.50

SOLD


1939

176

6c strips

$17.50

SOLD


1940

276

6c strips

$41.00

SOLD


1941

154

6c strips

$15.50

SOLD


1942

255

5c/6c strips

$38.25

SOLD


1943

232

4c/5c strips

$23.25

SOLD


1944

202

4c strips

$20.00

SOLD


1944

137

4c strips

$13.75

SOLD


1945

308

4c strips

$46.00

SOLD


1945

247

4c strips

$31.00

SOLD


1946

267

4c strips

$40.00

SOLD


1946

165

4c strips

$16.50

SOLD


1947 (Jan-Apr)

71

4c strips

$7.00

SOLD


1947 (Jan-Mar)

43

4c strips

$4.25

SOLD


1948

78

4c strips

$7.75

SOLD


Errorgrams - unusual puzzle/cartoon panel combo (1929-30s)
1929-30

39

2c panels

$7.75


some brittle, from start?
Ethel - Ethel Hays, the artist on this 'pretty girl' panel,is a good candidate for most underappreciated cartoonist of the 20th century - beautiful and sexy panels by a master (1925-31)
1926-27

9

4c panels

$9.00

SOLD


1929-31

14

variously sized panels; 4c, tall 3c, tall 2c, very tall 1c

$14.00

SOLD


Etta Kett - Paul Robinson's superbly drawn pretty girl strip (1925-74)
1930 (Jul-Sep)

76

6c strips

$15.00



1932 (Apr-Jun)

76

6c strips

$15.00



1932 (Jul-Sep)

77

6c strips

$15.00



1937 (Jul-Sep)

74

6c strips

$15.00



1943 (Apr-Jun)

75

4c strips

$12.50



1943 (Oct-Dec)

76

4c strips

$12.50



1945 (Jan-Mar)

77

4c strips

$12.50



1945 (Jul-Sep)

71

4c strips

$12.00



Everyday Movies - Denys Wortman's superb art is featured in these scarce panels in the 40s (1913-54)
1916 (Jan-Jun)

36

2c panels

$10.00



1943-44

44

2c panels

$4.50



1945-46

66

2c panels

$6.50



Falstaff - beautifully drawn advertising panel cartoon for Falstaff Beer (1940)
1940

18

2c panels

$4.50

SOLD


Family Circus - originally titled Family Circle, samples reside on more refrigerators than probably any feature in history (1960-present)
1960

105

2c panels

$25.00


starts with 1st panel!
1961 (Apr-Aug)

84

2c panels

$4.25



Fashion Horoscope - not really comics, but I clipped it so I'll list it. Fashion panel by Colette (1930s-40s)
1939-40

76

2c panels

$3.75



Felix The Cat - Otto Messmer's genius practically radiates from this wonderful strip (1923-67)
1942 (Jul-Sep)

66

5c strips

$20.00

SOLD


1943 (Apr-Jun)

74

5c strips

$21.00

SOLD


1945 (Jul-Sep)

71

4c strips

$16.00

SOLD


Femininities - Gladys Parker's well drawn humor and fashion panel, a revamp of Ethel Hays' earlier 'Ethel' panel (1930-35)
1930-31

10 long

2c panels

$2.50

SOLD


Ferd'nand - a classic pantomime strip by Mik (1947-present)
Apr 55-Jun 56

169

4c strips

$8.00

SOLD


1957 (Apr-Dec)

178

4c strips

$9.00



1958

236

4c strips

$12.00

SOLD


1959

239

4c strips

$12.00



1960

219

4c strips

$11.00



1960 (Jan-Jul)

105

4c strips

$5.00



1961 (Apr-Dec)

173

4c strips

$8.50



Flapper Fanny - Good girl art by the wonderful Ethel Hays, continued by Gladys Parker and others later (1925-40)
Oct 1929-Feb 1930

77

1c panels

$15.00

SOLD


1934 (Jan-Feb)

15

1c panels

$5.00


Parker
1935 (Jan-Mar)

32

1c panels

$10.50


Parker
1937 (Sep)

20

2c panels

$6.50


Sylvia
Flash Gordon - the greatest SF strip ever - what more is there to say? (1934-present)
1951 (Dec)

26

5c strips

$13.00



1952 (Feb)

25

5c strips

$12.50



1952 (Mar)

26

5c strips

$13.00



Fleischman's Yeast - long running ad strip showed how run-down women could gain a new lease on life by eating a yeast cake every day. Yum! (1930s-40s)
1941

20

6c strips

$4.00



1942

26

6c/5c strips

$5.25



1943

19

5c strips

$3.75

SOLD


1943-44

10

5c strips

$2.00



Forlorn River - very scarce Zane Grey strip, also see Riders Of The Purple Sage (1932-33)
1932-33

58

6c strips

$29.00

SOLD


Frank Merriwell's Schooldays - the classic pulp hero in comic strip form, scarce strip (1928-34)
1932 (Jan-Mar)

75

6c strips

$18.50

SOLD


1932 (Jul-Sep)

77

6c strips

$18.50

SOLD


Freckles And His Friends - Merrill Blosser's long running kid, then teen strip (1915-71)
1934 (Sep-Dec)

54

6c strips

$10.00



1935 (Jan-Mar)

77

6c strips

$14.00



1944 (Mar-Dec)

163

4c strips

$16.00



Fritzi Ritz - Ernie Bushmiller's classic strip which later became "Nancy" (1922-38)
1930-33

67

6c strips

$19.00

SOLD


Funny Business - Ralph Hershberger's gag panel (1940-57)
1940-45

119

2c panels

$6.00

SOLD


1950 (Jul-Aug)

53

2c panels

$2.50



Fusco Brothers - totally original and somewhat bizarre, J.C. Duffy's strip is a modern gem (1989-present)
1989 (Aug-Dec)

110

3c strips

$11.00


starts with second week
1990

310

3c strips

$31.00



1991

310

3c strips

$31.00



1992

305

3c strips

$30.00



1993

308

3c strips

$30.00



1994

313

3c strips

$31.00



1995

313

3c strips

$31.00



1996 (Jan-Apr)

97

3c strips

$9.00



1997

313

3c strips

$31.00



1998

311

3c strips

$31.00



Gasoline Alley - a classic strip, one of the few to let the characters age (semi-)normally (1918-present)
1921

235

5c strips plus 28 photocopies

$175.00

SOLD


1922 (Nov-Dec)

52

5c strips

$20.00

SOLD


1925 (Sep-Oct)

23

6c strips

$9.00



1926 (Nov-Dec)

45

6c strips

$16.00

SOLD


1929 (Jan-Feb)

34

6c strips

$10.00



1931 (Mar-Apr) 52 5c strips $15.00
1937

309

5c strips

$95.00

SOLD


1938 (Apr)

26

5c strips

$7.75



1938 (Dec)

27

5c strips

$8.00



1939 (May)

27

5c strips

$8.00



1955 (Apr-Dec)

196

4c strips

$45.00



1956 (Jan-Jun)

130

4c strips

$30.00



1957 (Apr-Dec)

210

4c strips

$40.00



1958

236

4c strips

$45.00



1959 (Jan-Apr)

90

4c strips

$17.00



1961 (Apr-Dec)

211

4c strips

$50.00



Rube Goldberg's Comic Strip - classic strip by probably the greatest humorist ever to grace the medium (1908-34)
1916 (Jan-Mar)

75 huge

7c strips

$37.50

SOLD


1917 (Jan)

27 huge

7c strips

$13.50

SOLD


1917 (Sep)

25 huge

7c strips

$13.00

SOLD


1928 (Jul-Dec)

47

5c strips

$12.50

SOLD


Grandma - delightfully drawn and written by Charles Kuhn (1947-69)
1950

66

4c strips

$6.50

SOLD


1955 (Apr-Dec)

167

4c strips

$16.00

SOLD


1956 (Jan-Jun)

109

4c strips

$10.50

SOLD


1959

71

4c strips

$7.00

SOLD


1962

118

4c strips

$11.75

SOLD


Grin And Bear It - Lichty's classic humor panel (1932-present)
1938 (Apr)

26

3c panels

$7.00



1938 (Dec)

27

2c panels

$5.00



1939 (May)

27

2c panels

$5.00



The Gumps - classic humor/adventure strip, one of the most popular strips of all time. (1917-59)
1921-25

42

6c strips

$10.50

SOLD


1926

38

6c strips

$7.50



1927

87

6c strips

$17.00



1929 (Jan-Feb)

34

6c strips

$6.75



1929

128

6c strips

$19.50



1930

146

6c strips

$22.00



1931

59

6c strips

$8.75



1931 (Mar-Apr) 52 6c strips $12.50
1932

121

6c strips

$18.00



1933

111

6c strips

$16.50

SOLD


1938 (Apr)

26

5c strips

$5.25



1938 (Dec)

27

5c strips

$5.25



1939 (May)

27

5c strips

$5.25



1941

145

6c strips

$7.25



1942

231

6c/5c strips

$11.50

SOLD


1943

217

4c/5c strips

$10.75



1944

206

4c strips

$10.25



1944

120

4c strips

$6.00



1945

290

4c strips

$29.00



1945

172

4c strips

$8.50



1946

255

4c strips

$19.00



1946

107

4c strips

$5.25



1947

303

4c strips

$30.00



1947

48

4c strips

$2.50



1948

67

4c strips

$3.25



Hambone's Meditations - J.P. Alley's very un-PC panel feature featured folk wisdom cloaked in an unflattering stereotype
1935 (May-June)

37

1c panels

$18.00



Harold Teen - Carl Ed's strip about a teenage boy who stayed the same age for 40 years! (1919-59)
1929 (Jan-Feb)

30

5c strips

$4.00



1929 (Jul)

27

5c strips

$3.00



1950 (Jul-Aug)

53

4c strips

$5.00



1950 (Nov-Dec)

52

4c strips

$5.00



Henry - everybody's favorite silent boy (1934-present)
1938 (Apr)

25

5c strips

$6.50



1938 (Dec)

27

4c strips

$5.00



1939 (May)

27

4c strips

$5.00



Herblock - editorial cartoons by Pulitzer Prize winner Herblock (1929-present)
1933

275

3c panels

$27.50

SOLD


1934

332

3c panels

$33.00

SOLD


1935

352

3c panels

$35.00

SOLD


1937

352

3c panels

$35.00

SOLD


1938

362

3c panels

$36.00

SOLD


1940

330

3c panels

$33.00

SOLD


1941

364

3c panels

$36.25

SOLD


1942

359

3c panels

$35.75

SOLD


1943

47

3c panels

$4.75

SOLD


Hi And Lois - Mort Walker's second strip (after Beetle Bailey) remains a popular favorite to this day (1954-present)
1983-84

180

3c strips

$9.00



Highlights Of History - J. Carroll Mansfield's beautifully drawn history strip. Also see Ella Cinders (1924-42)
1926-29

69

6c strips

$10.25

SOLD


1930-33

164

6c strips

$24.50

SOLD


High Pressure Pete - George 'Swan' Swanson's classic screwball strip (1927-38)
1932 (Apr-Sep)

152

6c strips

$42.50

SOLD


His Nibs - Excellent ad strip for Shredded Wheat by Roland Coe (1940s)
1945-46

14

6c strips (in two tier 3c format)

$3.50

SOLD


Hold Everything - Clyde Lewis' classic gag panel. (1937-45)
1938

81

2c panels

$4.00

SOLD


1939

161

2c panels

$8.00

SOLD


1940

239

2c panels

$12.00

SOLD


1941

139

2c panels

$7.00

SOLD


1942

153

2c/1c panels

$7.50

SOLD


1943

159

1c panels

$8.00

SOLD


1944

157

1c panels

$7.75

SOLD


1945 (Jan-Aug)

182

1c panels

$9.00

SOLD


Homer Hoopee - Fred Locher's strip has an awful title, but very funny stuff(1930-54)
1936 (Sep-Oct)

52

6c strips

$10.00



1937 (Mar-Apr)

51

6c strips

$10.00



Hopalong Cassidy - one of the harder to find western strips (1949-55)
1954 (Jan-Mar)

75

4c strips

$30.00

SOLD


1954 (Jul-Dec)

150

4c strips

$60.00

SOLD


Husband And Wife - Short-lived early gag panel (1923 only)
1923 (Jun-Dec)

46

1c panels

$9.25



Indoor Sports - Classic panel cartoon introduced the country to Tad's peculiar slang (1913-29)
1914 (Jul-Sep)

26

4c panels

$13.00



1915 (Jul-Sep)

9

3c/4c panels

$4.50

SOLD


1916 (Jan-May)

14

4c panels

$7.00



It's Me, Dilly - Mel Casson and Alfred Andriola collaborated on this curiously short-lived but excellent strip (1957-60)
1957 (Sep-Dec)

70

4c strips

$17.50

SOLD

from start of strip
1958 (Apr-Dec)

232

4c strips

$40.00

SOLD


1959 (Jan-Apr)

88

4c strips

$14.00

SOLD


Jane Arden - this girl reporter had a checkered career with many different artists and writers (1928-68)
1932 (Jul-Dec)

150

6c strips

$20.00

SOLD


1933

295

6c strips

$42.00

SOLD


1934

282

6c strips

$40.00

SOLD


Joe Jinks - originally 'Joe's Car', later 'Curley Kayoe', this strip ran the gamut for content and creators (1918-71)
1934 (Mar-Apr)

17

6c strips

$3.00



1936 (Oct-Dec)

76

6c strips

$15.00



1942 (Jul-Sep)

66

5c strips

$10.00



Joe Palooka - the most popular sports strip of all time (1930-84)
1930 (May-Dec)

73

6c strips

$10.00


many in rough condition
1932

56

6c strips

$2.50

SOLD

rough condition, some fold damage
1933

98

6c strips

$6.00

SOLD

most have fold damage
1933 (no Apr)

254

6c strips

$50.00

SOLD


1934 301 6c strips $70.00
1938 (Jan-Mar)

30

6c strips

$6.00

SOLD


1938 (Aug-Dec)

74

6c strips

$11.00

SOLD


1939

178

6c strips

$10.00

SOLD

somewhat rough
1940

274

6c strips

$16.00

SOLD

somewhat rough
1941

153

6c strips

$8.50


somewhat rough
1942

250

5c/6c strips

$15.00


somewhat rough
1943

224

4c/5c strips

$28.00



1944

200

4c strips

$25.00



1944

143

4c strips

$17.75



1945

304

4c strips

$45.00

SOLD


1945

246

4c strips

$30.00

SOLD


1946

255

4c strips

$31.75

SOLD


1946

166

4c strips

$16.50



1947 (Jan-Apr)

74

4c strips

$7.25

SOLD


1947 (Jan-Mar)

48

4c strips

$4.75



1948

85

4c strips

$8.50

SOLD


May 55-Jun 56

162

5c strips

$16.00



1957 (Apr-Dec)

162

5c strips

$16.00



1958

221

5c strips

$22.00



1959

230

5c strips

$23.00



1960

107

5c strips

$10.00



Judge Parker - one of the most successful soap opera strips, excellent art (1952-present)
Aug 55-Jun 56

171

5c strips

$17.00

SOLD


1957 (Apr-Dec)

196

5c strips

$19.00

SOLD


1958

246

5c strips

$24.50

SOLD


1959

260

5c strips

$26.00

SOLD