Charlie Chan

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Andrew Madura, 1265 Fran Mar Ct, Clermont, FL 34711

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Charlie Chan by Alfred Andriola (0290-) - Al Andriola adapted the famous Chinese investigator Charlie Chan to comics in 1938. Andriola is known as one of the greatest of american cartoonists who would later lend his great talents to the creation of Kerry Drake.  For Charlie Chan's sedentary approach to criminal investigation in other mediums, in the comics there was plenty of action.  That action came from Andriola’s great story-lines.  The artwork was also clean sharp and appealing as was always the case with Andriola work.  The Charlie Chan run was short and sweet making the strip a premium strip on the secondary market. Add in the clique popularity of the main character and you have the recipe for a hot-selling title. Runs of Sundays are becoming uncommon, more and more these are offered as single strips. Those Sundays usually were never larger than Half-page size. Dailies are downright scarce and are an immediate sell at high premium.

Sunday Comics

Item # Date-#-size* Condition* Price Notes
S0290-0001 1939/01 - 5H  VG/VG/VG $25.00 On reverse Private Lives(3H - bottom-cut)
S0290-0002 1939/02 - 4H  VG/VG/VG $20.00 On reverse Private Lives(3H), Ella Cinders(1H - bottom-cut)
S0290-0003 1939/03 - 4H  G/G/VG $20.00 On reverse Bungle Family(1H), Mickey Finn(1H)
S0290-0004 1939/04 - 5H  VG/VG/VG $25.00 No reverse
S0290-0005 1939/05 - 4H  VG/VG/VG $20.00 No reverse
S0290-0006 1939/06 - 3H  G/G/VG $15.00 On reverse Bungle Family(1H), Colonel Potterby(1TH), Tarzan(1H) (6/4, 6/18, 6/25)
S0290-0007 1939/07 - 5H  G/G/VG $25.00 No reverse
S0290-0008 1939/07 - 3H BWO  VG/VG/VG $6.00 on reverse Strange as it seems(3H) (7/9-7/23)
S0290-0009 1939/08 - 4H  G/G/VG $20.00 No reverse
S0290-0010 1939/09 - 4H  G/FR-G/G $16.00 On reverse Jitter(1H - bottom-cut), Bungle Family(1H)
S0290-0011 1939/09 - 1H BWO  G/G/VG $2.00 on reverse Flags of the Nations(1H) (9/10)
S0290-0012 1939/10 - 5H  VG/VG/VG $25.00 On reverse Ben Webster(2H), Jane Arden(1H)
S0290-0013 1939/10 - 1H BWO  VG/VG/VG $2.00 on reverse Strange as it seems(1H) (10/29)
S0290-0014 1939/11 - 3H  FR-G/FR-G/VG $13.00 On reverse Ella Cinders(1H), Jane Arden(1H) (11/5, 11/19, 11/26)
S0290-0015 1939/12 - 4H  FR-G/FR-G/VG $19.00 No reverse (12/3-12/24)
S0290-0016 1940/09/29 - H  FR/FR/G $2.00 On reverse Gasoline Alley by Frank King
S0290-0017 1941/02 - 2H  FR-G/FR-G/G $7.00 On reverse Mutt & Jeff(1H) (2/16, 2/23)
S0290-0018 1941/03 - 3H  G/G/G $12.00 On reverse Mutt & Jeff(1H) (3/2-3/16)
S0290-0019 1941/04/06 - H  G/G/G $4.00 On reverse It's Papa who Pays w/Paper Doll
S0290-0020 1941/05/11 - H  G/G/G $4.00 No reverse
S0290-0021 1941/06 - 2H  G/G/G $8.00 On reverse Sappo w/Play Money(1TH) (6/8, 6/15)
S0290-0022 1941/07 - 4H  G/FR-G/G $16.00 On reverse Gasoline Alley(2H),  Dixie Dugan(1H), Corky(1H)
S0290-0023 1941/08 - 4H  FR-G/FR-G/G $13.00 On reverse Gasoline Alley(2H),  Dixie Dugan(1H), Corky(1H) (8/3-8/24)
S0290-0024 1941/10/12 - H  FR-G/FR-G/G $3.00 On reverse Dixie Dugan w/Paper Doll
S0290-0025 1941/11 - 2H  G/FR-G/G $7.00 No reverse  (11/23, 11/30)
S0290-0026 1942/01 - 4H  G/FR-G/VG $14.00 No reverse
S0290-0027 1942/02/01 - H  G/G/VG $4.00 No reverse

Daily Comics Sets

Item # Title Date-# Size* Condition* Price Notes
D0290-0001 Charlie Chan 1939/07 - 26 5C G $12.00 by Al Andriola
D0290-0002 Charlie Chan 1939/09 - 19 5C G $8.00 by Al Andriola

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