Special Collection's comic book collection, 1934-1969
(bulk 1940-1950)
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Special Collection's comic book collection, 1934-1969
(bulk 1940-1950)
MS 474 Creator:
Collection Name: Special Collection's comic book
collection,
Inclusive Dates: 1934-1969 Bulk Dates: (bulk 1940-1950) Physical Description:
6.5 Linear Feet
Abstract: The collection is comprised of comic books, from 1934-1969
(bulk 1940-1950) which are held in Special Collections. Collection Number: MS 474 Repository:
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/
E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu
Biographical Note
Scope and Content NoteA comic book is a magazine made of pictorial elements that tell a story. The narrative
proceeds through the use of individual panels that represent different scene.
Communication between characters is usually represented with "speech" or "word"
balloons; as well as descriptive prose presented in text boxes. The comic books in this
collection are indicative of many of the comics from this era. Printed on newsprint, and
not properly cared for before introduction into this facility, many comics from this era
are in quite poor condition. This collection is comprised of adventure, humorous,
horror, cowboy, romance, war, science-fiction, and super-hero comics. Collection is
arranged alphabetically.
Organization This collection is organized into one series.Restrictions
There are no restrictions on this collection.
Copyright
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of
the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her
transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers,
employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he
or she is an owner of copyright.
Access TermsPersonal Name(s) Batman (Fictitious character)
Captain America (Fictitious character)
Flash (Fictitious character)
Kirby, Jack
Lee, Stan, 1922-2018
Superman (Fictitious character)
Tarzan (Fictitious character)
Tracy, Dick (Fictitious character)
Subject(s) Abbott and Costello -- Comic book
Comic books, strips, etc. -- Periodicals
Fantastic Four (Fictitious characters)
Credit Line
Special Collecion's comic book collection (MS 474). Special Collections, University of
Arizona Libraries.
Processing History
Processed by Aaron Speight. Additions in 2021 processed by Michelle Nicole
Boyer-Kelly.
Container List Series I: Comic books, 1934-1969 (bulk 1940-1950) Scope and Contents This series is arranged alphabetical, by title. Titles are taken from the cover
and not from the copyright information from inside the comic. The title supplied
does not include serial (series) title changes either. box folder 1 1 Abbot and Costello Comics, vol.1 no. 1 and 4, 1948 1 2 Aces High, vol. 1 no. 1-4, 1955 1 3 Action Comics, no. 90, 92, 93, 95, 98-103, 105, 107, 108, 111, 113,
114, 1945-1947 1 4 Adventure, vol. 88 no. 3, vol. 90 no. 1, vol. no. 5, 1934-1935 1 5 Adventure Comics, no. 101, 102, 105, 110, 111, 114, 116, 118, 119,
122-144, 1945-1948 box folder 12 1 Adventures of Marco Polo, Classics Illustrated, no. 27, 1969 box folder 1 6 Airboy Comics, vol. 2 no. 12, vol. 3 no. 4-6 and 9-12, vol. 4 no. 1-12,
vol. 5 no. 1 and 2, 1946-1948 1 7 Al Capp's Li'l Abner, no. 77, 82, 1950-1951 1 8 All-American Comics, 69-88, 90, 1945-1947 box folder 2 1 All-American Comics, no. 91-95, 1945-1947 2 2 All-Flash, no. 20-26, 28-31, 1945-1947 2 3 All Star Comics, vol. 1 no. 1-12, vol. 2 13-24, vol. 3 25, 37, 40,
42,43, 1940-1948 2 4 All-Story, vol. 37 no. 1, 1934 2 5 Amazing Adventure, no. 1 and 2, 1950 2 6 Animal Comics, no. 17, 1945 box folder 12 13 The Animals I Have Known, Classics Illustrated, no. 152, 1965 box folder 2 7 Apache Massacre, circa 1951 2 8 Astonishing Tales of Science Fiction, vol. 1 no. 4, 1951 box folder 3 1 Bambi, no. 12 and 186, 1941-1948 3 2 The Barker, no. 1, 3-7, 9, 1946-1948 3 3 Batman, no. 8, 26, 32, 34, 38, 39, 44, 45, 1942-1948 box folder 12 2 Ben Hur, Classics Illustrated, no. 147, 1958 box folder 3 4 Billy Boyd Western, vol. 1 no. 1, 1950 3 5 Bill Elliot Comics, no. 278, 1950 3 6 Black Cat Comics, vol. 1, 1947-1948 3 7 Black Hood, vol. 1 no. 16, 18, 19, 1945-1946 3 8 Blondie in Eaten Out of House and Home!, no. 47, 1946 3 9 Boy Commandos, no. 13-25, 1945-1948 3 10 Boy Explorers, vol. 1 no. 1, 1946 3 11 Buck Jones and the Iron Horse Trail, no. 299, 1950 box folder 12 3 Caesar's Conquests, Classics Illustrated, no. 130, 1956 box folder 3 12 Captain America, vol. 1 no. 110, 1969 3 13 The Captain and the Kids, vol. 5 no. 8, 11, 56, 59 and two that are
unnumbered, 1946-1947 3 14 Captain Marvel Adventures, circa 1946 3 15 Captain Marvel Junior, vol. 13 no. 75, 1949 3 16 Carl Anderson's Henry, no. 1-3, 122, 155, 1947-1948 3 17 Charlie McCarthy and the Twenty Thieves, no. 171, 1947 3 18 Classic Comics, no. 5-34, 1946-1947 3 19 Classics Illustrated, no. 35, 40, 46, 47, 51, 55-60, 62, 64, 67, 79,
80, 84, 91, 96, 98, 103, 105, 106, 1947-1948 box folder 4 1 Cody of the Pony Express, no. 34, 1950 4 2 Comics on Parade Li'l Abner, vol. 5 no. 54, 58, 1946-1947 4 3 Conan the Barbarian, vol. 1 no. 3, 1970 4 4 Copper Canyon, circa, 1950 4 5 Cow Puncher, no. 1-3, 1947 4 6 Crime and Punishment, vol. 1 no. 38, 1951 4 7 Crime Suspense Stories, vol.1 no. 25, 1954 4 8 Curly Kayoe, vol. 1 no. 1, undated 4 9 Dale Evans Comics, no. 1 and 2, 1948 4 10 Detective Comics, no. 96-98, 101-105, 1945 4 11 Dick Tracy, 133, 163, 1941 4 12 Dick Tracy and Yogee Yamma, undated 4 13 Dick Tracy Comics Monthly, vol. 1 no. 1-23, 25-31, 33-38, 1948-1951 4 14 Doctor Strange, vol. 1-5, no. 170, 1968, 1974, 1968 4 15 The Durango Kid, vol. 1 no. 4, 1950 4 16 Ella Cinders, vol. 1 no. 1, 4, 1947 box folder 5 1 Extra, vol. 1 no. 1 and 2, 1955 5 2 Fantastic Four, vol. 1 no. 45 and 46, 1965-1966 5 3 Fast Fiction, no. 3 and 5, 1945-1950 5 4 Fate, vol. 1 no. 3, 1948 5 5 Fawcett Movie Comic, vol. 2 no. 10, 1951 5 6 Feature Film Magazine, no. 3, 1950 5 7 Felix the Cat, vol. 1 no. 1-3, 77, 119, 162, 1938-1948 5 8 Fight Comics, no. 33, 38, 40, 1945 5 9 Flash Comics, vol. 2 no. 23, vol. 6 no. 61, 63, 66, 68-70, 73-78,
82-85, 87-94, 1941-1948 5 10 Flash Gordon, no. 173, 1947 5 11 Flash Gordon Comics, vol. 1 no. 3, 1951 5 12 The Forever People, no. 3, 1971 5 13 Gabby Hayes Western, vol. 1 no. 1, 1948 5 14 Gasoline Alley, no. 1 and 2, 1950 5 15 Gene Autry Comics, vol. 1 no. 2-5, 7, 9-21, 26, 5 16 Giant Comics Editions Gift Comics with Captain Marvel, 1942 5 17 Girl's Love, no. 11, 1951 5 18 Great Detective, vol. 1 no. 1, 1933 box folder 6 1 The Gumps, vol. 1 no. 1-5, no. 73, 1936-1947 6 2 Hap Hooper, vol. 1 no. 2, 1947 6 3 The Haunt of Fear, vol. 1 no. 24, 1954 6 4 Holiday Comics, no. 1, 1942 6 5 Hoot Gibson, no. 5 and 6, 1950 6 6 Hopalong Cassidy, vol. 1 no. 2, 3, 5, 6, vol. 2 7-12, vol. 3 no 13-18,
vol.4 no. 19-24, vol. 5 no. 25, 1946-1948 box folder 12 4 How I Found Livingstone, Classics Illustrated, no. 115, 1954 box folder 6 7 Humphrey, vol. 1 no. 1, 1948 6 8 Ibis the Invincible, no. 11, 1942 box folder 12 5 The Iliad, Classics Illustrated, no. 77, 1950 box folder 6 9 Impact, vol. 1 no. 1, 4, 1955 box folder 12 6 Ivanhoe, Classics Illustrated, no. 2, 1969 box folder 6 10 Jack Armstrong, no. 1-9, 1947 6 11 Jim Hardy Comics, vol. 1 no. 2, 1947 6 12 Jimmy Durante Comics, no. 18, 1948 6 13 Joe Palooka, no. 1, 1942 6 14 Joe Palooka Comics, vol.2 no. 3, 30, 1946-1949 6 15 John Wayne Adventure Comics, no. 1, 1949 box folder 12 7 Julius Caesar, Classics Illustrated, no. 68, 1950 box folder 7 1 Jumbo Comics, no. 47, 1943 7 2 Jungle Comics, no. 42, 43, 45, 47, 48, 50, 53-56, 58-61, 65, 68, 70-75,
77-88, 90, 94, 96-98, 1943-1948 7 3 The Katzenjammer Kids, no. 1, 3, 1947 7 4 Kerry Drake, no. 3-5, undated 7 5 Kerry Drake Detective Cases, vol. 1 no. 6-13, 1948-1949 7 6 Kid Eternity, no. 1-10, 1946-1948 box folder 12 8 The King of the Mountains, Classics Illustrated, no. 127, 1955 box folder 7 7 Lash LaRue Western, vol. 1 no. 6, 1950 box folder 12 9 Last Days of Pompeii, Classics Illustrated, no. 35, 1947 box folder 7 8 Li'l Abner Comics, vol. 2 no. 61-68, 1947-1949 7 9 Little Iodine, vol. 1 no. 2, 1950 box folder 8 1 Little Orphan Annie, no. 1-3, 52, 152, 1938-1948 8 2 The Lone Ranger, no. 1-6, 27, 118, 125, 136, 151, 1946-1950 8 3 Mad Hatter, vol. 1 no. 2, 1946 box folder 12 10 The Man from Planet X, Fawcett Movie Comic, no. 15, 1952 box folder 8 4 Mandrake the Magician, no. 52, 1948 8 5 Mansion of Evil, no. 129, 1950 8 6 Marge's Little Lulu, no. 4, 74, 110, 115, 131, 158, 165, 1945-1947 8 7 Mister Miracle, no. 2, 1971 8 8 Montana, circa 1950 8 9 Monte Hall starring in Pioneer Marshal, circa 1950 8 10 Monte Hale Western, vol. 5 no. 29 and 30, vol. 6 no. 31, 1948 8 11 Movie Comics, vol. 1 no 2-4, 1947 8 12 Movie Thrillers with Burt Lancaster in "Rope of Sand," no.
1, 1949 8 13 Mutt and Jeff, vol. 2 no. 19, 1948 8 14 Nancy and Fritzi Ritz, vol. 5 no. 5, vol. 6 no. 9, 1946-1947 8 15 New Gods, no. 1, 1971 8 16 New York World's Fair Comics, circa 1940 box folder 12 11 The Odyssey, Classics Illustrated, no. 81, 1951 box folder 8 17 The Old Witch's Grimm Fairy Tale, (Missing Cover), undated box folder 9 1 Ozark Ike, no. 180, 1947 9 2 Panic, vol. 1 no. 2, 6-11, 1954-1955 9 3 Panther Jet, (Missing Cover), undated 9 4 Piracy, vol. 1 no. 1-7, 1954-1955 9 5 Pogo the Possum, no. 1-3, 6-16, 1949-1954 9 6 Popeye and Wimpy, no. 70, 1943 9 7 Popular Comics presents Tiny Tim, vol. 1 no. 144, undated 9 8 Popular Love, vol. 16, no. 2, 1944 9 9 Popular Sport, vol. 12 no.1, 1944 9 10 The Pride of the Yankees: The Story of Lou Gehrig, 1949 9 11 Psychoanalysis, vol. 1 no. 1, 3, 1955 9 12 Ranger Comics, no. 49, 1949 9 13 Real Western Hero, vol. 12, 70 and 71, 1948 9 14 Red Ryder Comics, no. 40, 43, 44, 47-50, 1946-1947 9 15 Rip Kirby, no. 51, 1948 9 16 Robin Moderne (in French), undated 9 17 Rocky Lane Western, vol. 2 no. 9, 1950 9 18 Rod Cameron Western, vol. 1 no. 1, 1950 9 19 Roy Rogers Comics, no. 124, 144, 153, 160, 166, 167, 1946-1947 9 20 Roy Rogers Comics, vol. 1, 1-11, 16, 1948-1949 9 21 Sad Sack Comics, vol. 1 no. 1-3, 5, 6, 1949-1950 box folder 10 1 The Saint Comics, no. 1-3, 1947-1948 10 2 Santa Claus Funnies, no. 91, 175, 1945-1947 10 3 Sheena, no. 11, 1951 10 4 Shock Suspense Stories, vol. 1 no. 12, 1954 10 5 The Shoplifter's Shoe, no. 50, 1947 10 6 The Silent Towns, (Missing Cover), undated 10 7 Singing Guns, circa 1950 10 8 Skyman, no. 3, 1947 10 9 Smilin' Jack, no. 1-3, 80, 149, 1940-1948 10 10 Super Comics, vol. 1 no. 116, 1948 10 11 Sparkle Plenty, no. 215, 1948 10 12 Sparkle Watts, no. 6 and 7, 1947-1948 box folder 12 12 Spartacus, Dell Movie Classic, no. 1139, 1960 box folder 10 13 Star Spangled Comics, no. 45, 49-78, 1945-1948 10 14 Star Spangled War Stories, no. 145, 1969 10 15 Steve Canyon Comics, vol. 1 no. 1-5, 1948 10 16 Strange Adventures, no. 1, 1950 10 17 Strange Tales, vol. 1 no. 167, 1967 10 18 Stuntman, vol. 1 no. 1 and 2, 1946 10 19 Sub-Mariner, vol. 1 no. 27, 1970 10 20 Superman, no. 27, 35-38, 40-42, 44-47, 51, 233, 1944-1971 10 21 Sur la Planete Rouge, (in French), undated 10 22 Tales from the Crypt, vol. 1 no. 24 and 42, 1951-1954 box folder 11 1 Tarzan, no. 1-4, 1948 11 2 Tarzan and the Fires of Tohr, no. 161, 1947 11 3 Terry and the Pirates, vol. 1 no. 3-14, 1947-1949 11 4 Tillie the Toiler, no. 150, 1947 11 5 Tim Holt, no. 14, 17, 1948 11 6 Tim McCoy, vol. 1 no. 16, 1948 11 7 Tom Mix Western, vol. 1 no. 1-6, vol. 2 no. 7-12, 1948 11 8 Les Tribulation de Bricole, (in French), undated 11 9 Two Gun Kid, vol. 1 no. 3, 1948 11 10 The Vault of Horror, no. 36 and 37, 1954 11 11 Walt Disney's…, no. 79, 92, 116, 141, 157, 819, undated 11 12 Watchmem, no. 4 of 12, 1986, undated 11 13 Western Comics, no. 1, 2, 4, 1948 11 14 Western Fighters, vol. 1 no. 2, 1948 11 15 Where Creatures Roam, vol. 1 no. 1, 1970 11 16 Whiz Comics, circa 1946 11 17 Wild West, vol. 1 no. 1 and 2, 1948 11 18 Winnie Winkle, no. 1, 2, 174, 1939-1948 11 19 Witches Tales, vol. 1 no. 3, 1951 11 20 The Witching Hour, no. 14, 1971 11 21 Zane Grey's, vol. 1 no. 27-29, 31, 34-39, 270, 357, 372, 433, 449, 467,
484, 511, 532, 583, 604, 616, 632, 1955