r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • 12h 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 • Jul 04 '22
r/ComicsPre1940 Lounge
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A place for members of r/ComicsPre1940 to chat with each other
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?
r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • 1d 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 • 2d 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 • 3d 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/Independent_Shoe3523 • 4d ago
American Legion Magazine
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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.
r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • 4d 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/tikivic • 5d 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 • 6d 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 • 7d 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 • 7d ago
https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts-begins/2026/10/07
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What year was this Peanuts comic strip drawn?
r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • 8d 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 • 9d 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!
r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • 9d ago
Recent pick up. After 10 years of looking I wasn’t sure if this even existed. Roger Bean And The Reconstruction Period (1919) based on an obscure strip that ran from 1913-1934. This is the last of five volumes. Listed as Scarce in Overstreet.
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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • 10d ago
Comic Book Magazine from June 14, 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 • 11d ago
I’ve been collecting comic almanacs for years because they often printed comic strips or panels. This is Frank Leslie’s Comic Almanac For The Year 1875 (published late 1874).
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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • 12d ago
Almanacs were among the first publications to run comic strips or panels. This is The Comic Almanac For 1845 with art by seminal artist George Cruikshank. This would have been published in late 1844. Note the very early use of a speech balloon in the third pic.
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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • 13d ago
Cool Platinum Age promo comic for Atlantic White Flash Plus gasoline. Adventures Of Atlantic’s 3 Little Men Book No. 1 (1935, 6.5” x 6.75”). This would have been given away as a premium when you gassed up your car.
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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/popeyesm • 13d ago
Zeitgeist Funnies: The Paranoid Style…Of 1898
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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • 14d ago
I post the history of comics, warts and all. Comics, like any other medium, hold a mirror up to society. This item is Light And Shade, a Victorian Age promotional comic for Dreydoppel Soap. In 1892 this apparently passed as clever marketing.
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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • 15d ago
Almanacs were among some of the first publications to feature comic strips or panels. This is one my earliest. The National Comic Almanac For The Year 1836.
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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/tikivic • 16d ago
Early Victorian Age comic - London Out Of Town Or The Adventures Of The Browns At Seaside (David Bogue, 1847).
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r/ComicsPre1940 • u/spacemanspiff1115 • 16d ago
The Shadow - The Living Shadow, April 1931
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