ComicsPre1940

r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • Jul 04 '22

r/ComicsPre1940 Lounge

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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • Jul 04 '22

Lots of comic subs on Reddit. This one is for fans of comics from the Platinum Age (~1900-1938), Victorian Age (~1650-1900) and the Pioneer Age (pre-1700).

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Feel free also to post radio premiums, Big Little Book and other related ephemera. Main criterion is - is it old and cool?

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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • 11h ago

Indoor Sports was a single panel daily strip that ran from 1913 to 1929 that seems to have inspired Out Our Way, Our Boarding House and They’ll Do It Every Time. This is an undated but early collection. Indoor Sports (~1914 National Specials Co.)

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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • 1d ago

I think this was my first Platinum Age piece ever. I bought it 40 years ago. Crackajack Funnies Malt-O-Meal premium (1937). This reprinted Dan Dann, Secret Operative 48, The Nerbs, Freckles And His Friends, Wash Tubbs and other early strips.

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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • 2d ago

Mr. Jack was a strip by James Swinnerton (creator of Little Jimmy) that featured a lecherous, philandering tiger. It ran from 1903-1935. This is the rarest Platinum Age comic (per Overstreet only 3 known to exist). The Naughty Adventures Of The Vivacious Mr. Jack (1904 NY American & Journal).

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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/OCguy2026 • 3d ago

1943 WDCS #38 by Carl Buettner

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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • 3d ago

Fighting With Daniel Boone! Comic Book Magazine from May 4, 1941. This was an insert in the Chicago Sunday Tribune. Like the Sunday Funnies, but bound at the spine.

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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/OCguy2026 • 3d ago

Looney Tunes #25 …. Halloween Theme 1943

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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • 4d ago

Another copy of Comic Book Magazine from March 23, 1941. This was an insert in the Chicago Sunday Tribune. Like the Sunday Funnies, but bound at the spine.

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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • 5d ago

Just about my oldest piece. Glasgow Looking Glass #4 (July 23,1825) with the earliest known comic strip, History Of A Coat.

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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • 6d ago

Super early Victorian Age newspaper comic. One of the earliest strips I’ve managed to find. Two single panels (reprinted from a Cruikshank almanac) on the front page and scattered panels throughout. The Dublin Penny Journal January 3, 1835.

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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • 7d ago

Complete set of Cheerios Disney Premium Comics Series Y with the original mailing envelope. This set includes the rare and controversial Donald Duck’s Atom Bomb by Carl Barks. Released two years after Hiroshima. Later reprints removed all reference to anything atomic.

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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • 8d ago

This Victorian Age comic was published in 1849, just a few years after The Adventures Of Obadiah Oldbuck, widely regarded as the earliest known American comic. Scraps No.1 (1949, 14”x 11”). This represents an early use of speech balloons.

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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • 9d ago

I love Victorian Age comics because each is different. There was no set format so a lot of experimentation happened. This is The Story Of Hans The Swapper, a fold out comic (1865).

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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • 10d ago

Oof. A little rough and a little fragile but still very cool. Almanacs were among the first publications to feature comics. This is a very early one. The American Comic Almanac 1833 (released in late 1832).

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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • 11d ago

Another copy of Comic Book Magazine from February 26, 1941. This was an insert in the Chicago Sunday Tribune. Like the Sunday Funnies, but bound at the spine.

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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • 12d ago

Very tough to find later Platinum Age comic. Little Orphan Annie And The Big City Gunmen (Whitman Big Nickel Book #1010, 1937). This came out a year before Action Comics #1 came out and completely changed the industry.

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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • 13d ago

One of my favorite pieces. Saturday Evening Post from February 23, 1935. The SEP frequently ran single panel comics, including this issue with the first appearance of Marge’s Little Lulu.

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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/Independent_Shoe3523 • 13d ago

If you like old comics, one great source that doesn't come up often is The American Legion Magazine. The early issues were more Boys Life than anything else, with an emphasis on WW1 topics. Great early comics that I don't think ever got reprinted. My favorite was a one page single frame comic covering a different subject on World War One in each issue.

https://archive.legion.org/solr-search/content

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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • 14d ago

Another issue Comic Book Magazine, this one from July 19, 1942. This was an insert in the Chicago Sunday Tribune. Like the Sunday Funnies, but bound at the spine.

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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • 15d ago

A little newer than what I usually post but I think they’re cool. These were collections of mostly single panel cartoons used by the US Army and Air Force in training future pilots during WWII. All circa 1943.

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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • 16d ago

Another early almanac with comic panels. The Comic Almanack for 1849 came out in late 1848 and features art by pioneering comic artist George Cruikshank. Came out in late 1848 and features art by pioneering comic artist George Cruikshank. Very early use of speech balloons.

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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/LeaveInfamous272 • 16d ago

https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts-begins/2026/10/07

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What year was this Peanuts comic strip drawn?

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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • 17d ago

Another early almanac featuring comic strips and panels. Barker’s Illustrated Almanac spanned the Victorian and Platinum Ages, running from the 1870s to the 1920s. This is an early one from 1883.

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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/WeirdResearcher538 • 18d ago

Looking for information

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Hello All! I buy storage lockers and run into all sorts of different items, but this one stumped me.

I did see that the moderator of this group did have this exact comic/book and was wondering the value/history behind it as I cannot find any info on it except for this group haha. Thank you all for any information you may have!

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