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The American Boy [v110 # 7, July 1936] (Sprague Publications; Detroit, MI, 10¢, 34pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Manning de V. Lee) Information from EBAY auction. [MW] 3 · Mosquito Feet · Morgan Farrell · ss; illus. Manning de V. Lee 6 · Clutch Man · William Heyliger · ss; illus. T. B. Atwell 9 · The Trap · Kenneth Gilbert · ss; illus. Dudley Gloyne Summers 11 · Catchers Win Pennants · H. G. Salsinger · ar 12 · Wild Horses · Leona Ames Hill · pm 14 · The Galloping Goose · Gilbert A. Lathrop · ss; illus. Albin Henning 17 · Hurricane Weather [Part ? of ?] · Howard Pease · sl; illus. Anton Otto Fischer 25 · He Built It Himself · Edward B. Cope · ar
The American Boy [v110 # 8, August 1936] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (The Sprague Publishing Company, Inc., 10¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by W. F. Soare) [MW] 3 · Dog in the Double Bottoms · Robb White, III · ss 5. · He Gets Them Back · Vereen Bell · ar 6 · The Federal Agent · Vereen Bell · ss 10 · The Bush · Stephen W. Meader · ss 12 · Toll Bridge · Paul Stockton · ss 15 · 75° Below Zero · Thomas C. Poulter · ar 16 · For a Small Bird · Frances Frost · pm 17 · Hurricane Weather [Part ? of ?; Tod Moran] · Howard Pease · sl 20 · He Catches Himself · C. Hamilton Laws · ar 27 · Kiefer Breaks Records · James Sterling Ayars · ar 31 · One Million Words at Twenty · Paul Wyman · ar
The American Boy [v110 # 9, September 1936] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (Sprague Publications; Detroit, MI, 10¢, 34pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Manning de V. Lee) Elmer P. Grierson, General Manager / Franklin M. Reck, Managing Editor / Walter Adams, Assistant Editor / Vereen Bell, Assistant Managing Editor / Mark L. Haas, Art Editor. Information from EBAY auction. [MW] 3 · Selling Sunrise · William Heyliger · ss; illus. William Heaslip 6 · The Haunted Canoe · Capt. Neil H. Swanson · ss; illus. Albin Henning 9 · The Great Gardner · Vereen Bell · ss; illus. Frank Vaughn 12 · The Plebe’s Powder Puff · Lawrence M. Guyer · ss; illus. Manning de V. Lee · Learn Good Driving · Ray W. Sherman · ar 16 · Harvest Moon · A. L. Fisher · pm 17 · Hurricane Weather [Part last of ?] · Howard Pease · sl; illus. Anton Otto Fischer
The American Boy [v110 #11, November 1936] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (Sprague Publishing Co.; Detroit, MI, 10¢, 40pp, 10¼" x 13½", cover by Paul Bransom) [JB] 14 · Friendly Talks with the Editor · Griffith Ogden Ellis · ed · FICTION 3 · No Man’s Space [Alan Kane; Ted Dolliver] · Carl H. Claudy · ss 6 · Night Game · Vereen Bell · ss 10 · The Man in the Shack [Douglas Renfrew] · Laurie York Erskine · ss 15 · Trouble on the Snaffle [Part ? of ?] · Glenn Balch · sl 18 · The Duke Takes a Bow · Harold Keith · ss · FEATURES 9 · Little Chief Running Horse · Harold Keith · ar 13 · Learn Good Driving · Ray W. Sherman · ar 14 · The Fog · Edith L. Johnson · pm · DEPARTMENTS 34 · In the Morning Mail · The Readers · lt 36 · Stamps · Kent B. Stiles · cl 39 · Funnybone Ticklers · Misc. · hu
The American Boy [January 1937] (Sprague Publications; Detroit, MI, 10¢, 38pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Edgar Franklin Wittmack) Information from EBAY auction. · Swamp Man · Vereen Bell · ss · A Pair of Captains · Harold Keith · ss · Koblunai · Franklin M. Reck · ss · Trouble on the Snaffle [Part ? of ?] · Glenn Balch · sl · All-American · Vereen Bell · ss · U.S.S. Jaloppie · Robb White, III · ss · Blind Date · Dwight Wendell Koppes · ss · The Shape of Planes to Come · Joseph Wheatley · ar
The American Boy [v111 # 2, February 1937] (Sprague Publications; Detroit, MI, 10¢, 38pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Edgar Franklin Wittmack) Information from EBAY auction. [MW] 5 · Wildcat [Part ? of ?] · William Heyliger · sl 9 · Zero-Zero Squadron · Lawrence M. Guyer · ss 11 · Midwinter Drag · Millard Ward · ss 14 · B.N. Tierney O.T.J. [Jim Tierney, detective] · John A. Moroso · ss 17 · The Masked Raider · Franklin M. Reck · ss 20 · “They Will Look for a Few Words” · Nancy Byrd Turner · pm 21 · And the Earth Said: Shake · Upton Close · ss 23 · Mister Galahad · Vereen Bell · ss 26 · You’re Better Than That · Dr. Frank Howard Richardson · ar 32 · “I Am Sending a Person of Distinction” · Nancy Byrd Turner · ar
The American Boy [v111 # 5, May 1937] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (Sprague Publications; Detroit, MI, 10¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by Manning de V. Lee) [MW] 5 · The Fluke Champion · B. J. Chute · ss 8 · A Brotherhood · Allan Swinton · ss 12 · Gold Braid for Two · Frederic Nelson Litten · ss 15 · Nailed Down · Donald Farrington · ss 19 · We Discovered the Jungle · Charles Pilling · ar 20 · Wildcat [Part ? of ?] · William Helinger · sl 22 · The Woodlot · Grace Noll Crowell · pm 26 · Snap Out of It! · Dr. Frank Howard Richardson · ar 34 · Try the flying Fish! · Walter Adams · ar 47 · Pocket Money This Way! · Harold S. Kahm · ar
The American Boy [v111 # 6, June 1937] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (Sprague Publishing Co.; Detroit, MI, 15¢, 52pp, 10¼" x 13½", cover by Albin Henning) [JB] 18 · Friendly Talks with the Editor · Griffith Ogden Ellis · ed · FICTION 5 · Creeping Danger [Alan Kane; Ted Dolliver] · Carl H. Claudy · ss 9 · Big Bogie Jones · Vereen Bell · ss 12 · The Missing Linke · Franklin M. Reck · ss 15 · Big Medicine Hide-rack [Hide-rack the collie] · Glenn Balch · ss 20 · Wildcat [Part ? of ?] · William Heyliger · sl · FEATURES 19 · We Discovered the Jungle (Part Two) · Charles Pilling · ar 23 · Equip Yourself for Summer · Vereen Bell · ar 24 · Choose the Right Job · Dr. Frank Howard Richardson · ar 29 · Build a Derby Winner · Misc. · ar 37 · How To Be Unpopular at Camp · Misc. · ar 39 · He’s a Funny Duck · Misc. · ar 40 · Chipmunk · Frances Frost · pm 42 · Calling All Graduates · Joseph M. Dodge · ar 44 · The Batty Corner · Misc. · ar 44 · He’s a Champion Marksman · Misc. · ar 47 · Have Fun with Your Camera · Clarence Sinclair Bell · ar · DEPARTMENTS 3 · In the Morning Mail · The Readers · lt 45 · Funnybone Ticklers · Misc. · hu 48 · Stamps · Kent B. Stiles · cl
The American Boy [v111 # 7, July 1937] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (Sprague Publications; Detroit, MI, 10¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by Lowell L. Balcom) [MW] 5 · Stained Gold [Part ? of ?] · James Willard Schultz · sl 8 · Jim Tierney, Smoke Eater [Jim Tierney, detective] · John A. Moroso · ss 11 · King of the College Courts · James Sterling Ayars · ar 12 · Grizzly Bait · Rutherford G. Montgomery · ss 15 · Good Dogs Never Die · Victor McNeill · ar 17 · The Job of rookie Hunting · Ed Staples · ar 18 · Dynamite Wanted · Frederic Nelson Litten · ss 21 · Wildcat [Part last of ?] · William Heyliger · sl 24 · On Getting Along in the World · Dr. Frank Howard Richardson · ar 31 · Outboard Motor · Grace Noll Crowell · pm
The American Boy [v111 # 8, August 1937] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (Sprague Publications; Detroit, MI, 10¢, 10½" x 13½", cover by Herbert Christy) [MW] 3 · A Head for Figures · Frank Bunce · ss 5 · Stained Gold [Part ? of ?] · James Willard Schultz · sl 8 · The Fireball · Harold Keith · ss 12 · Pasengers for Panama · Howard Pease · ss 14 · Deep Sea Killers · Kenneth Gilbert · ar 16 · The Watcher on the Roof · Kenneth Gilbert · ar 21 · He Circled the World on $600 · Eldon G. Magnuson · bg 25 · Recognized Artist at Fourteen · Joseph Wheatley · ar 27 · Gossip · Frances Frost · pm
The American Boy [v111 #10, October 1937] (Sprague Publications; Detroit, MI, 15¢, 44pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Manning de V. Lee) [STM] 5 · The Affair at Kemper’s Post · James B. Hendryx · ss 10 · Foghorns [Part last of ?] · Anton Otto Fischer · sl 13 · Turnips for Cassidy · John A. Moroso · ss 15 · Stained Gold [Part ? of ?] · James Willard Schultz · sl 20 · Twelfth Man · Millard Ward · ss 36 · Barrancas of Death · Frederic Nelson Litten · ss
The American Boy [v111 #12, December 1937] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (Sprague Publications; Detroit, MI, 15¢, 52pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Paul Branson) [JB] · FICTION 5 · Doom Tocsin [Part 1 of ?; Alan Kane; Ted Dolliver] · Carl H. Claudy · sl 11 · The Other Side of the Stone [Connie Morgan] · James B. Hendryx · ss; “A far-north story with baffling clues.” 13 · The Machine Man · Vereen Bell · ss; football story. 15 · Tierney Studies Tailoring [Jim Tierney, detective] · John A. Moroso · ss 17 · Line Camp Christmas · Glenn Balch · ss 20 · Foghorns [conclusion] · Howard Pease · sl; “Red-headed justice rides on the smoking-hot trail of a water-front crook.” · NON-FICTION 8 · Beginners, Get Out Your Skis · Raymond J. Krantz · ar 10 · Minute and a Half to Play · F. R. Mering · ar; basketball. 18 · From 19 to 70 in Ten Minutes · Misc. · ar; about a makeup artist. 22 · Merry Christmas and Happy New Year · Marion Doyle · pm 24 · We Caught Dragons · Larry Griswold · ar; Komodo dragons, that is. 26 · They Cover Crooksville · C. A. Robinson · ar; local newspaper run by high school students. 33 · Take an Alaska Vacation with the American Boy · Misc. · ar 34 · The Batty Corner · Misc. · pz · DEPARTMENTS 3 · In the Morning Mail · The Readers · lt 31 · Funnybone Ticklers · Misc. · hu 48 · Stamps · Kent B. Stiles · cl · ILLUSTRATORS: · Illustrations · Manning de V. Lee · il · Illustrations · R. M. Brinkerhoff · il · Illustrations · Charles La Salle · il · Illustrations · Grattan Condon · il · Illustrations · Anton Otto Fischer · il
The American Boy [v112 # 1, January 1938] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (Sprague Publishing Co.; Detroit, MI, 15¢, 36pp, 10¼" x 13½", cover by Edgar Franklin Wittmack) [JB] · FICTION 5 · The Mystery of the Mallards · Thomson Burtis · ss 11 · Connie Morgan Breaks a Case [Connie Morgan] · James B. Hendryx · ss 13 · The Mayor of Bridgeport · Gilbert A. Lathrop · ss 16 · The Minnesota Gap · Barent van Waldran · ss 18 · Doom Tocsin [Part 2 of ?; Alan Kane; Ted Dolliver] · Carl H. Claudy · sl · FEATURES 4 · Join the American Boy Cruise to Alaska · Misc. · ar 7 · The Six-Man All-Americans · Stephen Epler · ar 8 · Learn Tumbling with Champions · James Sterling Ayars · ar 10 · Tighten That Defense · Vereen Bell · ar 15 · They’re Doing Things · Misc. · ar 22 · The Winner · Misc. · ar · DEPARTMENTS 3 · In the Morning Mail · The Readers · lt 32 · Stamps · Kent B. Stiles · cl 35 · Funnybone Ticklers · Misc. · hu
The American Boy [v112 # 2, February 1938] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (Sprague Publications; Detroit, MI, 15¢, 36pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Herbert Christy) [JB] · FICTION 4 · The Reef of Lost Ships · Robb White, III · ss 7 · A Hothead on Ice · Harold M. Sherman · ss; hockey story. 10 · Lead Dog · Jack Landru · ss 12 · The Missing MacAndrew · Thomson Burtis & Inspector Frank Ellis · ss 14 · Funny Things Happen · Vereen Bell · ss 17 · Doom Tocsin [Part 3 of ?; Alan Kane; Ted Dolliver] · Carl H. Claudy · sl · FEATURES 2 · Alaska Bound! · Misc. · ar; still touting the magazine-sponsored vacation tour. 6 · Your Portrait in Plaster · James Hargan · ar 9 · On My Own · David Irwin · ar; more promotion of Alaska tour. 24 · Bill Walters and the Blowout · Ray W. Sherman · ar; automotive. · DEPARTMENTS 3 · In the Morning Mail · The Readers · lt 32 · Stamps · Kent B. Stiles · cl 35 · Funnybone Ticklers · Misc. · hu · ILLUSTRATORS: · Illustrations · Dudley Gloyne Summers · il · Illustrations · Frederick Machetanz · il · Illustrations · Grattan Condon · il · Illustrations · Charles La Salle · il · Illustrations · W. MacRae Gillies · il · Illustrations · Manning de V. Lee · il
The American Boy [March 1938] (Sprague Publications; Detroit, MI, 15¢, 34pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Edgar Franklin Wittmack) Information from EBAY auction. · Decoys in the Severn · Robb White, III · ss · Flushed from Cover · Thomson Burtis & Inspector Frank J. Ellis · ss · Trouble on the Survey Line · James B. Hendryx · ss · Recruit Merritt · R. G. Emery · ss · Take a Low-Cost Good-Mile Vacation · Misc. · ar · Doom Tocsin [Part 4 of ?; Alan Kane; Ted Dolliver] · Carl H. Claudy · sl · George Long and the Movie Sign · Ray W. Sherman · ss
The American Boy [May 1938] (Sprague Publications; Detroit, MI, 10¢, 10½" x 13½") · Pilots in Silver Shrouds · Frederic Nelson Litten · ss · Shove Off to a New High · Dean Cromwell · nf · Ghost Ball Bill · Franklin M. Reck · ss · Husky Men in a Fragile Shell · F. R. Mering · ss · The Readheaded Man · James B. Hendryx · ss · River Man [Part ? of ?] · William Heyliger · sl
The American Boy [July 1938] (Sprague Publications; Detroit, MI, 15¢, 26pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Edgar Franklin Wittmack) Information from EBAY auction. · Ursa the Major Patriot · Frederic Nelson Litten · ss · Don Budges’s Coach Speaking · Vereen Bell · ss · Won by a Tail · W. T. Person · ss · The Cleanup in Casa Bella · Thomson Burtis & Frank J. Ellis · ss · River Man [Part ? of ?] · William Heyliger · sl
The American Boy [November 1938] (Sprague Publications; Detroit, MI, 15¢, 34pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Albin Henning) Information from EBAY auction. · The Crimson Light · Franklin M. Reck · ss; a story of space adventure in the year 1975. · This Is Mickey Rooney · Vereen Bell · ar · The Kernan Brothers · Vereen Bell · ar · Mountains of the Dead · Frederic Nelson Litten · ss; 5 flyers lost in the icy foodless North. · Fuel for Athletes (Lets talk about candy) · Franklin M. Reck · ar
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] · FICTION 4 · Holes-Holes-Holes [Alan Kane; Ted Dolliver] · Carl H. Claudy · ss 6 · Stampede on Coldpaw · Frederic Nelson Litten · ss 12 · Big Hurricane · Charles Spain Verral · ss 14 · The Flyin’ Dutchman · Gilbert A. Lathrop · ss 16 · One Man Came Back [Part ? of ?; Douglas Renfrew] · Laurie York Erskine · sl · FEATURES 7 · Northland · Maud Uschold · pm 9 · Let’s Leave Earth · Franklin M. Reck · ar; This is _illustrated_ by Peter van Dresser, author of some of this magazine’s SF stories and, it says here, editor of Astronautics.; illus. Peter van Dresser 10 · The 1938 Six-Man All-Americans · Stephen Epler · ar 19 · Dogs Pull Together in Alaska · Frederick Machetanz · ar 20 · Oh-h, Tubby Isn’t Tubby Any More! · Dr. Frank Howard Richardson · ar 24 · Money in Their Pockets · Misc. · ar · DEPARTMENTS 3 · In the Morning Mail · The Readers · ar 32 · Stamps · Kent B. Stiles · cl 35 · Funnybone Ticklers · Misc. · cl
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] · FICTION 3 · Tongue of Beast [Alan Kane; Ted Dolliver] · Carl H. Claudy · ss 6 · Golden Slippers · Vereen Bell · ss 8 · Miners’ Meetin’ [Connie Morgan] · James B. Hendryx · ss 12 · Dark Barabara · Frederic Nelson Litten · ss 15 · Mark Tidd, Manufacturer [Part ? of ?] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl · FEATURES 5 · Play Six-Man Baseball · Stephen Epler · ar 11 · Don’t Weaken · Tom Stow · ar 14 · Six-Man Rules Are Revised · Stephen Epler · ar 26 · Bicyclists, Let’s Talk a Bit · Ray W. Sherman · ar 30 · Here’s Cash for Bicyclists · Misc. · ar 34 · Enter the Outboard Motor Contest! · Misc. · ms · DEPARTMENTS 23 · Funnybone Ticklers · Misc. · hu 24 · In the Morning Mail · The Readers · lt 40 · Stamps · Kent B. Stiles · cl
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] 5 · Return to Mars [Part 1 of ?; Alan Kane; Ted Dolliver] · Carl H. Claudy · sl; NB: On the cover, this is advertised as a Jack Armstrong-Alan Kane Adventure Serial; in the letter column, the editor says “Return to Mars” “not only deals with rocket ships, but brings together The American Boy’s most popular scientist, Dr. Alan Kane, and radio’s most popular adventure hero, Jack Armstrong.” 9 · X-Caliber · Frederic Nelson Litten · ss 11 · Greeks Bearing Gifts · Dwight Wendell Koppes · ss 13 · Mister Square Jaw · Gilbert A. Lathrop · ss 16 · Photo Finish · W. T. Person · ss · FEATURES 8 · Why the Rules? · Stephen Epler · ar 15 · Train Your Own Bird Dog · Vereen Bell · ar 20 · Football Is Under Way! · Misc. · ar · DEPARTMENTS 3 · In the Morning Mail · The Readers · lt 23 · Funnybone Ticklers · Misc. · hu 32 · Stamps · Kent B. Stiles · cl

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