Thursday, January 10, 2019
The Hearst Sunday Newspaper Magazine Cover Indexes Part 4: The 1930s 'Continuing Series' Series Divergent Version of 1935 and On
A new week has begun and we'll continue on our quest to index Hearst magazine cover series.
I sure wish I had some way to title these series so that I could talk with some clarity about them. But I'm not even sure of what I'm doing, much less how to identify which is which. So, rather than trying to come up with some cockamamie name, I'm going to tell you that the series we're going to trace today is one that diverged from the series we talked about last week in 1935. Why this happened I couldn't even begin to guess.
What I can say is that this series tends to concentrate on pin-ups created by many very big name artists. I'm talking Petty, Barclay, Christy, La Gatta, Armstrong, etc.
This divergent series was found in the El Paso Times.
Perhaps the most interesting discovery for comic strip fans is that Alex Raymod contributed three superb covers (above). I have none in tearsheet form, so the best I can offer are images from the microfilm.
| Date | Title | Artist | Syndicate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9/15/35 | Back to Horse and Buggy Days | George Shellhase | KFS |
| 9/22/35 | Got Room For Two? | John Newton Howitt | KFS |
| 9/29/35 | Come Over the Meadows With Me and Play | Alan Foster | KFS |
| 10/6/35 | Woof! Who Said Quintuplets | J. Clinton Shepherd | KFS |
| 10/13/35 | The Resemblance is Uncanny | Janice Wathen | KFS |
| 10/20/35 | My Favorite Model | George Petty | KFS |
| 10/27/35 | The Bewitcher Bewitched | John Newton Howitt | KFS |
| 11/3/35 | Splash Me, Would You? | J.W. Welch | KFS |
| 11/10/35 | The Unknown Soldier and the Forgotten Ones | Wallace Morgan | KFS |
| 11/17/35 | Flaming Jean Harlow - And They Call Her "Kittens" | J. Cannert | KFS |
| 11/24/35 | Forward, Pass | Ty Mahon | KFS |
| 12/1/35 | It Must Have Been That Earthquake | Paul Webb | KFS |
| 12/8/35 | The Back Seat Driver | Alex Raymond | KFS |
| 12/15/35 | Dream Prince of the Screen | George F. Kerr | KFS |
| 12/22/35 | A Christmas Carol | Alex Raymond | KFS |
| 12/29/35 | With My Compliments -- "Pop" Time | Alex Raymond | KFS |
| 1/5/36 | Armed For The Combat | Howard Chandler Christy | KFS |
| 1/12/36 | Waiting For That Dinner Date | Howard Chandler Christy | KFS |
| 1/19/36 | Merely A Matter Of Form (verses by Berton Braley) | John J. Floherty Jr. | KFS |
| 1/26/36 | Lady of the Dialogue | Howard Chandler Christy | KFS |
| 2/2/36 | Off Duty | Floyd R. Munson | KFS |
| 2/9/36 | St. Valentine's Day | Signature illegible | KFS |
| 2/16/36 | Debutante 1936 | Howard Chandler Christy | KFS |
| 2/23/36 | Florida Fair | John Lagatta | KFS |
| 3/1/36 | Kitty Rides The Waves (verses by Berton Braley) | John Held Jr. | KFS |
| 3/8/36 | Check and Double Check (verses by Berton Braley) | John Held Jr. | KFS |
| 3/15/36 | Studio Queen | McClelland Barclay | KFS |
| 3/22/36 | Positively! (verses by Berton Braley) | Gwen Tucker | KFS |
| 3/29/36 | Blonde Betty of Beverly Hills | McClelland Barclay | KFS |
| 4/5/36 | Wedded To Her Job (verses by Berton Braley) | John Held Jr. | KFS |
| 4/12/36 | Easter Lily | Major Felten | KFS |
| 4/19/36 | Untitled (mother holding child) | Maud Tousey Fangel | KFS |
| 4/26/36 | Anticipation | Rodney de Sarro | KFS |
| 5/3/36 | Untitled (woman in dueling garb) | George Petty | KFS |
| 5/10/36 | Untitled (woman and flowering tree) | Corinne Malvern | KFS |
| 5/17/36 | Aw, Pal, Have a Heart | John Newton Howitt | KFS |
| 5/24/36 | Jean Chatburn | McClelland Barclay | KFS |
| 5/31/36 | Poppies for Remembrance | Wallace Morgan | KFS |
| 6/7/36 | Play Girl (verses by Berton Braley) | John Alan Maxwell | KFS |
| 6/14/36 | Swing High, Lovely Bride | George Petty | KFS |
| 6/21/36 | Son Dodgers 1936 | McClelland Barclay | KFS |
| 6/28/36 | Maybe He's a Mutt, But He's Mine | Maud Tousey Fangel | KFS |
| 7/5/36 | My Country Tis Of Thee | Nell Brinkley | KFS |
| 7/12/36 | Night Club Nellie (verses by Berton Braley) | John Held Jr. | KFS |
| 7/19/36 | Draw To A Pair (verses by Berton Braley) | McClelland Barclay | KFS |
| 7/26/36 | Untitled (blonde and bruette women) | Nell Brinkley | KFS |
| 8/2/36 | Sweet and Cool | McClelland Barclay | KFS |
| 8/9/36 | ? | ? | ? |
| 8/16/36 | Never-Never Land (verses by Berton Braley) | Bud Briggs | KFS |
| 8/23/36 | Prairie Flowers | Nell Brinkley | KFS |
| 8/30/36 | Vacation Dreams | McClelland Barclay | KFS |
| 9/6/36 | The New Old-Fashioned Girl | Dean Cornwell | KFS |
| 9/13/36 | Title illegible | McClelland Barclay | KFS |
| 9/20/36 | Gridiron Glories | George Petty | KFS |
| 9/27/36 | The Six Ages of a Girl | John Held Jr. | KFS |
| 10/4/36 | The Bachelor Girl and the Bores | Vincente | KFS |
| 10/11/36 | Dillinger Speaks by G. Russell Girardin (story illo) | Earl Cordrey | KFS |
| 10/18/36 | Perfect Backs | McClelland Barclay | KFS |
| 10/25/36 | Woman - The Same Eternal Question | Corinne Malvern (w/Charles Dana Gibson) | KFS |
| 11/1/36 | Away With Your Pride, Lassie | Barton Clay | KFS |
| 11/8/36 | And Just Where Did This Little Pig Come From? | Earl Cordrey | KFS |
| 11/15/36 | The Decision | Earl Cordrey | KFS |
| 11/22/36 | Know All Men (verses by Berton Braley) | McClelland Barclay | KFS |
| 11/29/36 | A Single? | Vincentini | KFS |
| 12/6/36 | Portrait of a Lovely Woman | Christopher Rule | KFS |
| 12/13/36 | Hold Everything | Earl Cordrey | KFS |
| 12/20/36 | Christ at Five | C. Bosseron Chambers | KFS |
| 12/27/36 | To 1937 | George Petty | KFS |
| 1/3/37 | Right Man Wanted | McClelland Barclay | KFS |
| 1/10/37 | Untitled skiing woman | Arthur Crouch | KFS |
| 1/17/37 | Trouble Ahead | D.B. Holcomb | KFS |
| 1/24/37 | On Sands of Gold | McClelland Barclay | KFS |
| 1/31/37 | Touch and Go | Frank Reeser | KFS |
| 2/7/37 | Happy Landing | McClelland Barclay | KFS |
| 2/14/37 | Heart to Believe (verses by Berton Braley) | Arthur Crouch | KFS |
| 2/21/37 | It's a Nice Trip (verses by Berton Braley) | Arthur Crouch | KFS |
| 2/28/37 | Preview of Spring | McClelland Barclay | KFS |
| 3/7/37 | Skyline Dream Idols | signature illegible | KFS |
| 3/14/37 | Over The Cocktails | John La Gatta | KFS |
| 3/21/37 | Spring Is Here | Rolf Armstrong | KFS |
| 3/28/37 | Peace - A Woman's Prayer For Easter | Major Felten | KFS |
| 4/4/37 | photo cover | KFS | |
| 4/11/37 | photo cover | KFS | |
| 4/18/37 | photo cover | KFS | |
| 4/25/37 | photo cover | KFS | |
| 5/2/37 | Rivals | Joseph Lopker | KFS |
| 5/9/37 | Gentlemen, the Empress of Hearts (verses by Berton Braley) | George Petty | KFS |
| 5/16/37 | Do You Like It? | McClelland Barclay | KFS |
| 5/23/37 | photo cover | KFS | |
| 5/30/37 | Here Comes The Bride | McClelland Barclay | KFS |
| 6/6/37 | The Love Lecture | Carl Mueller | KFS |
| 6/13/37 | photo cover | KFS | |
| 6/20/37 | A Candid 50-50 | John J. Floherty Jr. | KFS |
| 6/27/37 | Untitled woman caught in rain at beach | Arthur Crouch | KFS |
| 7/4/37 | In Congress | Joan Rogers | KFS |
| 7/11/37 | Untitled woman on blow-up float toy in water | Arthur Crouch | KFS |
| 7/18/37 | Back Seat Driver | Ski Weld | KFS |
| 7/25/37 | Cup Defender, 1937 | Ski Weld | KFS |
| 8/1/37 | Honeymoon Eclipse | Carl Mueller | KFS |
| 8/8/37 | A New Design For Fishes | John J. Floherty Jr. | KFS |
| 8/15/37 | Lucky Dog (photographed sculpture) | Alan Foster | KFS |
| 8/22/37 | photo cover | KFS | |
| 8/29/37 | Putting On The Dog | Ski Weld | KFS |
| 9/5/37 | Had A Wonderful Time | Howard Butler | KFS |
| 9/12/37 | The Knit-Wit | Earl Oliver Hurst | KFS |
| 9/19/37 | Wrong Number | Scott Evans | KFS |
| 9/26/37 | Rating The Dream Men | Howard Butler | KFS |
| 10/3/37 | Untitled woman watching greyhound race | Arthur Crouch | KFS |
| 10/10/37 | Untitled football player | Howard Butler | KFS |
| 10/17/37 | The Brave And The Fair | Earl Oliver Hurst | KFS |
| 10/24/37 | When You're In Love | Eric Godal | KFS |
| 10/31/37 | She Missed Her Man | Howard Butler | KFS |
| 11/7/37 | First Down | Howard Butler | KFS |
| 11/14/37 | Hold That Line | Scott Evans | KFS |
| 11/21/37 | Pilgrim Penelope and the Turkey | Arthur Crouch | KFS |
| 11/28/37 | Seeing Double | Scott Evans | KFS |
| 12/5/37 | Modern Diana | Scott Evans | KFS |
| 12/12/37 | Betty Can't Decide | Scott Evans | KFS |
| 12/19/37 | Every Woman | Howard Butler | KFS |
| 12/26/37 | Under The Mistletoe | Dan Osher | KFS |
I gave up writing this index at the end of 1937, as I didn't see any series developing. Looking ahead, this cover series went on into the 1940s, looking pretty much like they stuck to their guns of featuring mostly pin-up covers.There are lots of great covers, just not really in my research focus. If anyone has the time and inclination to continue this index, I'll be very happy to publish it.
Labels: Magazine Cover Comics
Comments:
Brilliant job Allan. Two of those Raymond's covers appear in crystal clear colour (without mastheads etc) in Tom Roberts' biography of the man (pp99-101)
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