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The American Boy [November 1938] (Sprague Publications; Detroit, MI, 15¢, 34pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Albin Henning) Information from EBAY auction.


The American Boy [v113 # 1, January 1939] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (Sprague Publishing Co.; Detroit, MI, 15¢, 36pp, 10¼" x 13½", cover by Edgar Franklin Wittmack) [JB]


The American Boy [v113 # 5, May 1939] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (Sprague Publishing Co.; Detroit, MI, 15¢, 44pp, 10¼" x 13½", cover by Orson Lowell) [JB]


The American Boy [v113 # 9, September 1939] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (Sprague Publishing Co.; Detroit, MI, 15¢, 36pp, 10¼" x 13½", cover by William Henslip) [JB]


The American Boy [v113 #10, October 1939] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (Sprague Publishing Co.; Detroit, MI, 15¢, 36pp, 10¼" x 13½", cover by Charles La Salle) [JB]


The American Boy [v113 #11, November 1939] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (Sprague Publishing Co.; Detroit, MI, 15¢, 36pp, 10¼" x 13½", cover by Edgar Franklin Wittmack) [JB]


The American Boy [v113 #12, December 1939] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (Sprague Publishing Co.; Detroit, MI, 15¢, 44pp, 10¼" x 13½", cover by Edgar Franklin Wittmack) [JB]


The American Boy [v114 # 2, February 1940] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (Sprague Publications; Detroit, MI, 10½" x 13½", cover by Charles La Salle) [MW]


The American Boy [v114 # 5, May 1940] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (Sprague Publications; Detroit, MI, 25¢, 42pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Russell Sambrook) Information from EBAY auction. [MW]


The American Boy [v114 # 6, June 1940] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (Sprague Publications; Detroit, MI, 10½" x 13½", cover by William Heaslip) [MW]


The American Boy [v114 # 7, July 1940] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (Sprague Publications; Detroit, MI, 25¢, 32pp, 10¼" x 13½", cover by Manning de V. Lee) [JB]
  • 3 · In the Morning Mail · Misc. · ed; “Conducted by Pluto the Office Pup” [in spirit, the mundane equivalent of Sergeant Saturn and Frogeyes], mixes editorial comment, information about contributors [anyone want to know about Lawrence M Guyer?], quotes from letters, etc.
  • 4 · What Is Americanism? · Homer Cray · ar; anti-totalitarian homily.
  • 5 · The Cabin on the Rapids · James B. Hendryx · ss; “Connie handles a Yukon duel and Old Man Mattie helps out.”; illus. Frank Vaughn
  • 7 · Eyes on the Ball: Let’s Talk to Ted Williams · Franklin M. Reck · ar
  • 8 · Feet Under You! Weight Low! · S. E. “Canuck” Sangster · ar; canoeing instruction.
  • 10 · A Question of Identity · Eldon G. Magnuson · ss; “A green young deputy hears a call for help and takes a big chance.”; illus. Grattan Condon
  • 12 · Hustle Off to a Hostel · Gurney Williams · ar; about youth hostels.
  • 13 · Tenderfoot · Lawrence M. Guyer · ss; “Cadet Smith had afiendish backhand and a debt to pay.”; illus. Dudley Gloyne Summers
  • 15 · Three Against the Sea [conclusion] · Robb White · sl; “Out in a raging hurricane Jake sails into the enemy.”; illus. Manning de V. Lee
  • 21 · Do You Know? · Misc. · ms; obscure facts, like the increase in vegetable acreage, excluding potatoes, from 1919 to 1929.
  • 22 · Bows and Arrows Bring Them Money · James M. Young, Jr. · ms; half-column squib about two teen-agers who make and sell archery stuff from their basement.
  • 25 · Batty Corner · Misc. · pz; “brain teasers”.
  • 28 · Stamps · Kent B. Stiles · cl
  • 31 · Funnybone Ticklers · Misc. · hu


The American Boy [v114 # 9, September 1940] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (Sprague Publications; Detroit, MI, 25¢, 28pp, 10¼" x 13½", cover by Pictorial Studios) [JB]
  • 2 · In the Morning Mail · Misc. · ed
  • 3 · Hide-rack’s Tramp [Hide-rack the collie] · Glenn Balch · ss; “When a collie likes a tramp, you can’t talk him out of it”; Hide-rack the dog is a series character.; illus. Frank E. Schoonover
  • 5 · Equip Now! · Stephen Epler · ar; subtitled “Ten Ways to Stretch Your Football Dollar.”
  • 6 · Ghosts in the Cockpit · Frederic Nelson Litten · ss; illus. William Heaslip
  • 9 · Claws of El Tigre · Kenneth Gilbert · ss; “Johnny Drayne searches the jungle for a missing fullback.”; illus. Manning de V. Lee
  • 11 · You’re on the Air [Part ? of ?] · William Heyliger · sl; “Joe Carli sees tight fear behind a smiling mask”; story about working at a radio station.; illus. Charles La Salle
  • 14 · Deck Fighting Must Be Planned · Richard C. Francis · ar; in substance, “The Making of CAPTAIN CAUTION.”
  • 24 · Stamps · Kent B. Stiles · cl
  • 25 · Six-Man Rules · Misc. · ms; announcement and order blank for new improved compendium of rules for six-man football.
  • 27 · Funnybone Ticklers · Misc. · hu


The American Boy [v114 #10, October 1940] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (Sprague Publishing Co.; Detroit, MI, 25¢, 32pp, 10¼" x 13½", cover by Paul Bransom) [JB]


The American Boy [November 1940] (Sprague Publications; Detroit, MI, 10¢, 38pp, 10½" x 13½") Information from EBAY auction.


The American Boy [March 1941] (Sprague Publications; Detroit, MI, 25¢, 34pp, 10½" x 13½") Information from EBAY auction.


American Cavalcade “A New Kind of Magazine. The Best in Fiction, Fact and Features.”


American Cavalcade [v 1 #1, May 1937] (Pocket Book Publishing Corporation; Chicago, IL, 25¢, 128pp, pb)


The American Eagle


The American Eagle [v23 #1, August 1941] ed. Bruce McAlester (Better/Thrilling Publications, 10¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) [MH]


The American Eagle [v24 #3, Summer 1942] ed. Bruce McAlester (Better/Thrilling Publications, 10¢, 98pp, pulp) [MH]


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