Betty Boop

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Betty Boop (Boop-Boop-a-Doop Girl, and Felix) by Ving Fuller, Bud Counihan, Walker Brothers (0100-) 1st Appearance July 23, 1934, 1st Sunday August 2, 1934 - Betty Boop was created based on a real-life rags-to-riches 1920's stage actress named Helen Kane.  Kane's sexy impish style which made her attractive to audiences was first translated sensationally into animated cartoons by the great Max Fleischer.   Evolving from a dog into a movie star,  the popularity of the cartoons would lead to trying her out on the Comics Pages.  1934 saw two iterations of Betty Boop.  The first was a 3-month try-out which featured Helen Kane directly.  Ving Fuller produced the first 5 and unknowns would generate the last 8.    These 13 only appeared in 1 newspaper, the New York Sunday Mirror.  It's popularity convinced King Features to get Betty into syndication at the end of 1934.   The strip was entirely a gag strip which revolved around Betty's antics on her many movie sets.  Throughout her 3-year run, Betty would show the bold-faced Marilyn-like sexuality that captivated the public.   As flapper tastes waned in the late 1930's,  so did the popularity of Betty.   But Betty would return as the nostalgia icon she is today.  You can see Betty's short-skirted figure in virtually every novelty store in the country.  Betty even had a short-lived return to the sunday pages in the 1980's with Felix the Cat.   It is that nostalgia tie-in that drives the popularity of her comics.  Betty's sundays are considered very high premium rivaling the best titles in comics.  Sundays which were offered as tabs, sell very well at high premium.  Dailies sell even better and are very difficult to find. (143)

Sunday Comics

Item # Date-#-size* Condition* Price Notes
S0100-0137 1934 - 13T G/FR-G/G $1,200.00 Boop Boop-a-Doop Girl, Complete set of 13 pages dated August 2 through October 28.  Only printed in one newspaper, examples of these pages are quite uncommon.   Complete sets #'1 through #13 are rarely offered to the general public.   Removed from a bound volume, these pages have tanned edges. Print panels and margins are nromal.  
S0100-0001 1934/10/21 - T G/G/VG $65.00 Boop Boop-a-Doop Girl, On reverse Etta Kett(HT), Johnson Smith Novelty ad(HT)
S0100-0003 1934/10/28 - T G/G/VG $65.00 Boop Boop-a-Doop Girl, On reverse Lifebuoy/Rinso ad
S0100-0006 1935/01/26 - T FR-G/FR-G/G $20.00 On reverse Johnny Round-the-World by William LaVarre
S0100-0138 1935/02/16 - T G/G/G $30.00 On reverse Nicodemus O'Malley/Just Kids by Ad Carter.  
S0100-0007 1935/03/02 - T G/G/VG $35.00 On reverse Quaker ad featuring James Cagney
S0100-0008 1935/03/10 - T G/G/VG $35.00 On reverse Chip Collins by Jack Wilhelm
S0100-0009 1935/03/16 - T G/G/VG $35.00 On reverse Chip Collins by Jack Wilhelm
S0100-0010 1935/03/23 - T G/G/VG $35.00 On reverse Chip Collins by Jack Wilhelm
S0100-0011 1935/03/30 - T G/G/VG $35.00 On reverse Lux ad featuring Bette Davis
S0100-0012 1935/04/06 - T G/G/G $30.00 On reverse Chip Collins by Jack Wilhelm
S0100-0013 1935/04/14 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Needlenose Noonan by Walter Hoban
S0100-0014 1935/04/21 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Needlenose Noonan by Walter Hoban
S0100-0015 1935/04/28 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Needlenose Noonan by Walter Hoban
S0100-0016 1935/05/05 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Needlenose Noonan by Walter Hoban
S0100-0017 1935/05/12 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Needlenose Noonan by Walter Hoban
S0100-0018 1935/05/19 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Needlenose Noonan by Walter Hoban
S0100-0019 1935/05/26 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Needlenose Noonan by Walter Hoban
S0100-0020 1935/06/02 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Needlenose Noonan by Walter Hoban
S0100-0021 1935/06/08 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Needlenose Noonan by Walter Hoban
S0100-0022 1935/06/16 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Needlenose Noonan by Walter Hoban
S0100-0024 1935/06/23 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Needlenose Noonan by Walter Hoban
S0100-0025 1935/06/30 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Needlenose Noonan by Walter Hoban
S0100-0026 1935/07/07 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Needlenose Noonan by Walter Hoban
S0100-0027 1935/07/14 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Needlenose Noonan by Walter Hoban
S0100-0028 1935/07/21 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Needlenose Noonan by Walter Hoban
S0100-0030 1935/07/28 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Needlenose Noonan by Walter Hoban
S0100-0032 1935/08/04 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Needlenose Noonan by Walter Hoban
S0100-0034 1935/08/11 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Needlenose Noonan by Walter Hoban
S0100-0035 1935/08/18 - T G/G/VG $35.00 On reverse Needlenose Noonan by Walter Hoban
S0100-0039 1935/08/25 - T G/G/VG $35.00 On reverse Needlenose Noonan by Walter Hoban
S0100-0040 1935/09/01 - T G/G/VG $35.00 On reverse Needlenose Noonan by Walter Hoban
S0100-0041 1935/09/08 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0042 1935/09/15 - T G/G/VG $35.00 On reverse Needlenose Noonan by Walter Hoban
S0100-0043 1935/09/29 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0112 1935/10/13 - T FR-G/FR-G/G $20.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0044 1935/11/10 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0045 1935/11/24 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0046 1935/12/01 - T G/FR-G/VG $20.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0047 1935/12/08 - T G/G/G $30.00 On reverse Etta Kett by Paul Robinson
S0100-0049 1935/12/15 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0050 1935/12/22 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0051 1935/12/29 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0052 1935 - 1T G/G/VG $30.00 'Get packed Up - we're making the next shots on the Indian Reservation of the Schnozzle Tribe', On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0055 1936/01/05 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0056 1936/01/12 - T G/G/VG $30.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0139 1935/01/19 - T FR-G/FR-G/G $20.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0058 1936/01/26 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0059 1936/02/02 - T G-VG/G/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0140 1935/02/09 - T FR-G/FR-G/G $20.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0141 1935/02/16 - T FR-G/FR-G/G $20.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0142 1935/03/08 - T FR-G/FR-G/G $20.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0062 1936/03/15 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0064 1936/03/23 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0143 1935/04/05 - T FR-G/FR-G/G $20.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0065 1936/04/12 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0066 1936/04/19 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0067 1936/04/26 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0068 1936/05/03 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0069 1936/05/10 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0070 1936/05/17 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0071 1936/05/24 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0073 1936/05/31 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0075 1936/06/07 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Etta Kett by Paul Robinson
S0100-0077 1936/06/14 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0079 1936/06/21 - T G/G/VG $35.00 On reverse Etta Kett by Paul Robinson
S0100-0080 1936/06/28 - T G/G/VG $35.00 On reverse Etta Kett by Paul Robinson
S0100-0081 1936/07/05 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0082 1936/07/12 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0083 1936/07/19 - T G/VG/G $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0084 1936/07/26 - T G/VG/G $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0086 1936/08/02 - T G/G/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0087 1936/08/16 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0088 1936/08/23 - T VG/G-VG/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0089 1936/08/30 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0090 1936/09/13 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0092 1936/10/04 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0114 1936/10/18 - T G/G/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0093 1936/11/01 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0094 1936/11/15 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0096 1936/11/22 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Abie the Agent by Harry Hershfield
S0100-0098 1936/11/29 - T G/G/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0099 1936/12/27 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse G-Man by George Clarke & Lou Hanlon
S0100-0101 1937/06/13 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Etta Kett by Paul Robinson
S0100-0102 1937/07/03 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Etta Kett by Paul Robinson
S0100-0103 1937/07/10 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Etta Kett by Paul Robinson
S0100-0104 1937/07/16 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Etta Kett by Paul Robinson
S0100-0105 1937/07/24 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Etta Kett by Paul Robinson
S0100-0106 1937/07/31 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Etta Kett by Paul Robinson
S0100-0107 1937/08/07 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Etta Kett by Paul Robinson
S0100-0108 1937/08/14 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Etta Kett by Paul Robinson
S0100-0109 1937/08/21 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Etta Kett by Paul Robinson
S0100-0110 1937/08/28 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Etta Kett by Paul Robinson
S0100-0111 1937/10/30 - T VG/VG/VG $35.00 On reverse Etta Kett by Paul Robinson
Betty Boop & Felix by the Walker Brothers begins...
S0100-0115 1985/05/12 - Q G/G/VG $3.00 No Reverse
S0100-0116 1985/05/19 - Q G/G/VG $3.00 No Reverse
S0100-0117 1985/05/26 - Q G/G/VG $3.00 No Reverse
S0100-0118 1985/06/09 - Q G/G/VG $3.00 No Reverse
S0100-0119 1985/06/16 - Q G/G/VG $3.00 No Reverse
S0100-0120 1985/06/23 - Q G/G/VG $3.00 No Reverse
S0100-0121 1985/07/07 - Q G/G/VG $3.00 No Reverse
S0100-0122 1985/07/21 - Q G/G/VG $3.00 No Reverse
S0100-0123 1985/07/28 - Q G/G/VG $3.00 On reverse Barney Google(Q)
S0100-0124 1985/08/04 - TH G/G/VG $3.00 On reverse Prince Valiant(Q)
S0100-0125 1985/08/18 - Q G/G/VG $3.00 No Reverse
S0100-0126 1985/09/08 - Q G/G/VG $3.00 On reverse Barney Google(Q)
S0100-0127 1985/09/15 - Q G/G/VG $3.00 No Reverse
S0100-0128 1985/09/22 - Q G/G/VG $3.00 On reverse Barney Google(Q)
S0100-0129 1985/10/13 - Q G/G/VG $3.00 No Reverse
S0100-0130 1985/10/20 - Q G/G/VG $3.00 On reverse Barney Google(Q)
S0100-0131 1985/10/27 - Q G/G/VG $3.00 No Reverse
S0100-0132 1985/11/03 - Q G/G/VG $3.00 On reverse Barney Google(Q)
S0100-0133 1985/11/17 - Q G/G/VG $3.00 On reverse Barney Google(Q)
S0100-0134 1985/12/08 - Q G/G/VG $3.00 No Reverse
S0100-0135 1985/12/22 - Q G/G/VG $3.00 No Reverse
S0100-0136 1986/01/19 - Q G/G/VG $3.00 No Reverse

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