Marvel Completest Checklist 1938

[Jason Doty]

I've been working on a fun project to compile an old school style checklist for Marvel and Marvel adjacent materials (characters that they have picked up or used in later years). Using various websites, books, and my private collection, this is where I'm at currently. In an effort to be as complete as possible, please let me know of anything I've missed to be added. Any and all help is appreciated as I roll this out year by year. Thanks to vanhornluke, who pointed out that I should include the publications of Martin Goodman who is the founder of what we consider Marvel Comics today. You will notice that many of the pulp titles and characters were later used in the comics. I have included Centaur Comics Publications, a now defunct company that is in the public domain. Many of the characters would be used later by Malibu and Marvel Comics. More fun stuff. I will add in the Marvel Characters I know of, next to any publication. Thanks to Leoparis for this suggestion.

Marvel Comics Checklist by Year
1938

_Adventure Trails (1938) v1 #1 (Pulp Magazine)
_Adventure Trails (1938) v1 #2 (Pulp Magazine)

_Amazing Mystery Funnies (1938) v1 #1 (Centaur) (Comic Book)
_Amazing Mystery Funnies (1938) v1 #2 (Centaur) (Comic Book)
_Amazing Mystery Funnies (1938) v1 #3 (Centaur) (Comic Book) (Dave Dean)
_Amazing Mystery Funnies (1938) v1 #4 (Centaur) (Comic Book)

_Best Sports (1938) v1 #6 (Pulp Magazine)

_Best Sports (1938) v2 #1 (Pulp Magazine)
_Best Sports (1938) v2 #2 (Pulp Magazine)

_Best Sports Magazine (1937) v1 #5 (Pulp Magazine)
**numbering continues in Best Sports (1938) v1 #6

_Best Western (1937) v3 #2 (Pulp Magazine)
_Best Western (1937) v3 #3 (Pulp Magazine)
_Best Western (1937) v3 #4 (Pulp Magazine)

_Black Book Detective Magazine (1936) v6 #4 (Pulp Magazine)

_Black Book Detective Magazine (1938) v7 #1 (Pulp Magazine)
_Black Book Detective Magazine (1938) v7 #2 (Pulp Magazine)
_Black Book Detective Magazine (1938) v7 #3 (Pulp Magazine)

_Black Book Detective Magazine (1938) v8 #1 (Pulp Magazine)

_Complete Detective (1938) v1 #1 (Pulp Magazine)
_Complete Detective (1938) v1 #2 (Pulp Magazine)
_Complete Detective (1938) v1 #3 (Pulp Magazine)

_Complete Sports (1937) v1 #4 (Pulp Magazine)
_Complete Sports (1937) v1 #5 (Pulp Magazine)
_Complete Sports (1937) v1 #6 (Pulp Magazine)

_Complete Sports (1938) v2 #1 (Pulp Magazine)

_Complete Western Book Magazine (1937) v9 #5 (Pulp Magazine)
_Complete Western Book Magazine (1937) v9 #6 (Pulp Magazine)

_Complete Western Book Magazine (1938) v10 #1 (Pulp Magazine)
_Complete Western Book Magazine (1938) v10 #2 (Pulp Magazine)
_Complete Western Book Magazine (1938) v10 #3 (Pulp Magazine)
_Complete Western Book Magazine (1938) v10 #4 (Pulp Magazine)
_Complete Western Book Magazine (1938) v10 #5 (Pulp Magazine)
_Complete Western Book Magazine (1938) v10 #6 (Pulp Magazine)

_Complete Western Book Magazine (1938) v11 #1 (Pulp Magazine)
_Complete Western Book Magazine (1938) v11 #2 (Pulp Magazine)

_Cowboy Action Novels (1938) v1 #1 (Pulp Magazine)

_Cowboy Comics (1938) v1 #13 (Centaur) (Comic Book)
_Cowboy Comics (1938) v1 #14 (Centaur) (Comic Book)
**numbering continues in Star Ranger Funnies (1938) v1 #15

_Detective Mysteries (1938) v1 #1 (Pulp Magazine)

_Detective Short Stories (1937) v1 #3 (Pulp Magazine)
_Detective Short Stories (1937) v1 #4 (Pulp Magazine)
_Detective Short Stories (1937) v1 #5 (Pulp Magazine)
_Detective Short Stories (1937) v1 #6 (Pulp Magazine)

_Funny Pages (1937) v2 #5 (Centaur) (Comic Book) (Dave Dean)
_Funny Pages (1937) v2 #6 (Centaur) (Comic Book)
_Funny Pages (1937) v2 #7 (Centaur) (Comic Book)
_Funny Pages (1937) v2 #8 (Centaur) (Comic Book)
_Funny Pages (1937) v2 #9 (Centaur) (Comic Book)
_Funny Pages (1937) v2 #10 (Centaur) (Comic Book)
_Funny Pages (1937) v2 #11 (Centaur) (Comic Book)
_Funny Pages (1937) v2 #12 (Centaur) (Comic Book)

_Funny Picture Stories (1937) v2 #5 (Centaur) (Comic Book)
_Funny Picture Stories (1937) v2 #6 (Centaur) (Comic Book)
_Funny Picture Stories (1937) v2 #7 (Centaur) (Comic Book)
_Funny Picture Stories (1937) v2 #8 (Centaur) (Comic Book)
_Funny Picture Stories (1937) v2 #9 (Centaur) (Comic Book)
_Funny Picture Stories (1937) v2 #10 (Centaur) (Comic Book)
_Funny Picture Stories (1937) v2 #11 (Centaur) (Comic Book)

_Gunsmoke Western (1937) v1 #5 (Pulp Magazine)
_Gunsmoke Western (1937) v1 #6 (Pulp Magazine)

_Gunsmoke Western (1938) v2 #1 (Pulp Magazine)

_Keen Detective Funnies (1938) v1 #8 (Centaur) (Comic Book)
_Keen Detective Funnies (1938) v1 #9 (Centaur) (Comic Book)
_Keen Detective Funnies (1938) v1 #10 (Centaur) (Comic Book)
_Keen Detective Funnies (1938) v1 #11 (Centaur) (Comic Book)

_Marvel Science Stories (1938) v1 #1 (Pulp Magazine)
_Marvel Science Stories (1938) v1 #2 (Pulp Magazine)

_Modern Love (1938) v1 #4 (Pulp Magazine)
_Modern Love (1938) v1 #5 (Pulp Magazine)
_Modern Love (1938) v1 #6 (Pulp Magazine)

_Modern Love (1938) v2 #1 (Pulp Magazine)

_Mystery Tales (1938) v2 #3 (Pulp Magazine)
_Mystery Tales (1938) v2 #4 (Pulp Magazine)
_Mystery Tales (1938) v2 #5 (Pulp Magazine)

_Quick Trigger Western Novels Magazine (1938) v2 #1 (Pulp Magazine)
_Quick Trigger Western Novels Magazine (1938) v2 #2 (Pulp Magazine)
_Quick Trigger Western Novels Magazine (1938) v2 #3 (Pulp Magazine)
_Quick Trigger Western Novels Magazine (1938) v2 #4 (Pulp Magazine)

_Real Confessions (1937) v1 #3 (Pulp Magazine)
_Real Confessions (1937) v1 #4 (Pulp Magazine)

_Real Sports (1938) v1 #2 (Pulp Magazine)
_Real Sports (1938) v1 #3 (Pulp Magazine)
_Real Sports (1938) v1 #4 (Pulp Magazine)

_Romantic Love Secrets (1938) v2 #5 (Pulp Magazine)
_Romantic Love Secrets (1938) v2 #6 (Pulp Magazine)
_Romantic Love Secrets (1938) v2 #7 (Pulp Magazine)
**numbering continues in Romantic Love (1939) v2 #8

_Six-Gun Western (1937) v1 #2 (Pulp Magazine)
_Six-Gun Western (1937) v1 #3 (Pulp Magazine)
_Six-Gun Western (1937) v1 #4 (Pulp Magazine)

_Sky Devils (1938) v1 #1 (Pulp Magazine)
_Sky Devils (1938) v1 #2 (Pulp Magazine)
_Sky Devils (1938) v1 #3 (Pulp Magazine)

_Sports Action (1937) v1 #2 (Pulp Magazine)
_Sports Action (1937) v1 #3 (Pulp Magazine)
_Sports Action (1937) v1 #4 (Pulp Magazine)
_Sports Action (1937) v1 #5 (Pulp Magazine)

_Star Comics (1937) v1 #9 (Centaur) (Comic Book)
_Star Comics (1937) v1 #10 (Centaur) (Comic Book)
_Star Comics (1937) v1 #11 (Centaur) (Comic Book)
_Star Comics (1937) v1 #12 (Centaur) (Comic Book)
_Star Comics (1937) v1 #13 (Centaur) (Comic Book)
_Star Comics (1937) v1 #14 (Centaur) (Comic Book)
_Star Comics (1937) v1 #15 (Centaur) (Comic Book)
_Star Comics (1937) v1 #16 (Centaur) (Comic Book)

_Star Detective (1937) v2 #3 (Pulp Magazine)
_Star Detective (1937) v2 #4 (Pulp Magazine)
_Star Detective (1937) v2 #5 (Pulp Magazine)

_Star Ranger (1937) v1 #9 (Centaur) (Comic Book)
_Star Ranger (1937) v1 #10 (Centaur) (Comic Book)
_Star Ranger (1937) v1 #11 (Centaur) (Comic Book)
_Star Ranger (1937) v1 #12 (Centaur) (Comic Book)
**numbering continues in Cowboy Comics (1938) v1 #13

_Star Ranger Funnies (1938) v1 #15 (Centaur) (Comic Book)

_Star Sports Magazine (1938) v2 #1 (Pulp Magazine)
_Star Sports Magazine (1938) v2 #2 (Pulp Magazine)
_Star Sports Magazine (1938) v2 #3 (Pulp Magazine)
_Star Sports Magazine (1938) v2 #4 (Pulp Magazine)

_Top-Notch Detective (1938) v1 #5 (Pulp Magazine)
_Top-Notch Detective (1938) v1 #6 (Pulp Magazine)

_Top-Notch Western (1938) v1 #1 (Pulp Magazine)
_Top-Notch Western (1938) v1 #2 (Pulp Magazine)

_Two-Gun Western (1937) v2 #2 (Pulp Magazine)
_Two-Gun Western (1937) v2 #3 (Pulp Magazine)
_Two-Gun Western (1937) v2 #4 (Pulp Magazine)
_Two-Gun Western (1937) v2 #5 (Pulp Magazine)

_Uncle Joe’s Funnies (1938) v1 #1 (Centaur) (Comic Book)

_Western Fiction Magazine (1937) v1 #2A (Pulp Magazine)
_Western Fiction Magazine (1937) v1 #2B (Pulp Magazine)
_Western Fiction Magazine (1937) v1 #3 (Pulp Magazine)
_Western Fiction Magazine (1937) v1 #4 (Pulp Magazine)
**numbering continues in Western Fiction (1939) v2 #5

_Western Novel and Short Stories (1937) v6 #6 (Pulp Magazine)

_Western Novel and Short Stories (1938) v7 #1 (Pulp Magazine)
_Western Novel and Short Stories (1938) v7 #2 (Pulp Magazine)
_Western Novel and Short Stories (1938) v7 #3 (Pulp Magazine)
_Western Novel and Short Stories (1938) v7 #4 (Pulp Magazine)

_Western Short Stories (1937) v1 #6 (Pulp Magazine)

_Western Short Stories (1938) v2 #1 (Pulp Magazine)
_Western Short Stories (1938) v2 #2 (Pulp Magazine)
_Western Short Stories (1938) v2 #3 (Pulp Magazine)