Thomas Bentley Rue Platinum and Golden Age Comic Book and Adventure Strips Collection 2018.001
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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8nc66v5 No online items Guide to the Thomas Bentley Rue Platinum and Golden Age Comic Book and Adventure Strips Collection 2018.001 Ann Galvan Historic Collections, J. Paul Leonard Library 2018 1630 Holloway Ave San Francisco, California 94132-1722 URL: http://library.sfsu.edu/historic-collections asc.2018.001 1 Contributing Institution: Historic Collections, J. Paul Leonard Library Title: Thomas Bentley Rue Platinum and Golden Age Comic Book and Adventure Strips Collection Source: Rue, Thomas Bentley, 1937-2016 Accession number: asc.2018.001 Extent: 18 Cubic Feet (17 boxes, 1 oversize box) Date (inclusive): 1938-1956 Abstract: The Thomas Bentley Rue Platinum and Golden Age Comic Book and Adventure Strips Collection features comics and adventure strips ranging from the 1930s to the 1950s. Language of Material: English Conditions Governing Access Collection is open for research. Preferred Citation [Title], Thomas Bentley Rue Platinum and Golden Age Comic Book and Adventure Strips Archive, Historic Collections, J. Paul Leonard Library. Separated Materials A number of comic book reprints and compilations have been added to the J. Paul Leonard Library's general collection. A collection of Big Little Books are housed in Historic Collections within Special Collections. Immediate Source of Acquisition Gift of Virginia D.H. Rue In Memory of Thomas Bentley Rue, Accession number 2018/001. Conditions Governing Use Copyrighted. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. Processing Information Processed by Ann Galvan in 2018. Arrangement Arranged as received by title. Biography of Thomas Bentley Rue Thomas (Tom) Bentley Rue was born to Loring and Lorene (Land) Rue on March 13, 1937 in Norfolk, Virginia. During World War II Tom’s family moved to Long Beach, California, where his father, a commercial artist, worked for the U. S. Navy creating maps for the war effort. Tom enlisted in the army as soon as he graduated from Maury High School in Norfolk, Virginia in 1956. He served at several U.S. Army posts in the United States and spent over two years in what was then the Panama Canal Zone, serving as a radar operator and technician for the last Anti-Aircraft Battalion in the U. S. Army. Following his discharge from the army in 1959, Tom enrolled at the Norfolk College of William and Mary, now Old Dominion University, where he graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in history. It was there that he met his future wife, Virginia Dare Hardee of Hampton, Virginia. Following her Peace Corps service in Colombia, S.A., they were married in the chapel at Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota. In 1963, Staff Sergeant Rue was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force and served with the Strategic Air Command. During the Viet Nam war, he served in South Korea with the 6246th Air Force Advisory Group and was promoted to Captain. Upon returning to the U.S., he served as a division chief with the U. S. Air Force Office of Special Investigation in New York. He was awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal, the Korean Defense Service Medal, and the National Defense Service Medal. He was a member of the American Legion, the Commemorative Air Force, and a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. In retirement, his interests centered on preserving the historical artifacts of WWII. He was a founding member of the American Air Museum in Britain and a contributing member of the Women’s Air Service Pilots’ Museum in Sweetwater, Texas. Tom and Virginia moved in 1972 to Napa, California, where he worked for several business interests in San Francisco and taught at St. John’s Catholic School in Napa. Thomas Bentley Rue died on November 27, 2016. Scope and Contents asc.2018.001 2 Donated by the collector Thomas Bentley Rue, this collection features comics and adventure strips ranging from the 1930s to the 1950s. Early American comics were collections of re-published newsprint cartoons, and this collection has several prominent Platinum Age (1897-1937) collected titles, including Popular Comics, Tip Top Comics, and Famous Funnies, the latter considered by some historians to be the first true American comic book. Noteworthy strips include Joe Palooka, Smilin’ Jack, Nancy, and Li’l Abner. This collection also contains Golden Age comics (1938-1955), with a particular focus on wartime heroes and their combat adventures during World War II, including Boy Commandos, Blackhawk, and Terry and the Pirates. Additional prominent comics during this period are Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, heavily featuring the Donald Duck stories of 1943-1948 written by Carl Barks, and the Four Color series. Other titles of interest include Captain Marvel Adventures (now known as Shazam), Plastic Man, and an original copy of Superman, No. 1, although superhero comics are not majorly represented in this collection. Subjects and Indexing Terms Comic books, strips, etc -- United States. Comic books. Adventure comics. Periodicals. box 1, folder 1, Ace Comics, no. 34: The Katzenjammer Kids, Jungle Jim, Blondie, etc. 1940 January folder 1 box 1, folder 2 Ace Comics, no. 35: The Katzenjammer Kids, Jungle Jim, Tim Tyler's Luck, etc. 1940 February box 1, folder 3 Ace Comics, no. 51: The Katzenjammer Kids, Blondie, Elmer, Tim Tyler's Luck, etc. 1941 June box 1, folder 4 Ace Comics, no. 56: Katzenjammer Kids, Tillie the Toiler, etc. 1941 November box 1, folder 5 Ace Comics, no. 65: The Phantom, Jungle Jim, Blondie, etc. 1942 August box 1, folder 6 Ace Comics, no. 70: The Katzenjammer Kids, Jungle Jim, Prince Valiant, The Phantom, Tim Tyler's Luck, etc. 1943 January box 1, folder 7 Ace Comics, no. 72: The Katzenjammer Kids, The Phantom, Prince Valiant, etc. 1943 March box 1, folder 8 Ace Comics, no. 76: The Katzenjammer Kids, Tim Tyler's Luck, Blondie, etc. 1943 July box 1, folder 9 Ace Comics, no. 81: The Katzenjammer Kids, Blondie, Jungle Jim, etc. 1943 December box 1, folder 10 Ace Comics, no. 82: The Katzenjammer Kids, Jungle Jim, Phantom 1944 January box 1, folder 11 Ace Comics, no. 84: The Katzenjammer Kids, Blondie, Jungle Jim, etc. 1944 March box 1, folder 12 Ace Comics, no. 115: The Katzenjammer Kids, Barney Google, Tillie the Toiler, etc. 1946 October box 1, folder 13 Action Comics, no. 88: Superman 1945 September box 1, folder 14 Al Capp's Dogpatch Comics, no. 2: Li'l Abner 1949 August box 1, folder 15 Al Capp's Dogpatch Comics, no. 3: Li'l Abner 1949 December box 1, folder 16 Al Capp's Shmoo Comics, no. 1: Li'l Abner 1949 July box 1, folder 17 All-American Comics, no. 86: Mutt and Jeff, The Green Lantern, Dr. Mid-Nite, Black Pirate, etc. 1947 June box 1, folder 18 America in Action 1942 box 1, folder 19 Animal Comics, no. 12 1945 December-January box 1, folder 20 Animal Comics, no. 18 1946 December-January box 1, folder 21 Animal Comics, no. 21 1946 June-July box 1, folder 22 Archie, vol. 1, no. 14 1945 May-June box 1, folder 23 Batman, no. 31 1945 October-November box 1, folder 24 Big Chief Wahoo, no. 1 1942 box 1, folder 25 Big Chief Wahoo, no. 2 1942 box 1, folder 26 Big Chief Wahoo, no. 4 1943 box 1, folder 27 Big Chief Wahoo, no. 5 1943 box 1, folder 28 Big Chief Wahoo, no. 6 1943 box 1, folder 29 Big Shot, no. 54 1945 March box 1, folder 30 Blackhawk Comics, no. 38 1951 March box 1, folder 31 Blondie, no. 4, Winter 1947 box 1, folder 32 Blondie, no. 5, Spring 1948 asc.2018.001 3 box 1, folder 33 Blue Bolt, vol 5, no. 5 1945 February box 1, folder 34 Blue Bolt, vol 6, no. 4 1945 October box 1, folder 35 Blue Bolt, vol 6, no. 6 1946 December-January box 1, folder 36 Blue Bolt, vol 8, no. 3 1947 August box 1, folder 37 Boy Commandos, no. 4, Fall 1943 box 1, folder 38 Boy Commandos, no. 5, Winter 1943 box 1, folder 39 Boy Commandos, no. 7, Summer 1944 box 1, folder 40 Boy Commandos, no. 8, Fall 1944 box 1, folder 41 Boy Commandos, no. 9, Winter 1944 box 1, folder 42 Boy Commandos, no. 10, Spring 1945 box 1, folder 43 Boy Commandos, no. 11, Summer 1945 box 1, folder 44 Boy Commandos, no. 12, Fall 1945 box 1, folder 45 Boy Commandos, no. 13, Winter 1945 box 1, folder 46 Boy Commandos, no. 16 1946 July-August box 1, folder 47 Boy Commandos, no. 17 1946 September-October box 1, Boy Commandos, no. 18 (2 copies) 1946 November-December folder 48-49 box 1, folder 50 Boy Commandos, no. 20 1947 March-April box 1, folder 51 Boy Commandos, no. 21 1947 May-June box 1, folder 52 Boy Commandos, no. 22 1947 July-August box 1, folder 53 Boy Commandos, no. 24 1947 November-December box 1, folder 54 Boy Commandos, no. 25 1948 January-February box 1, folder 55 Boy Commandos, no. 26 1948 March-April box 1, folder 56 Boy Commandos, no. 27 1948 May-June box 1, folder 57 Boy Commandos, no. 28 1948 July-August box 1, folder 58 Boy Commandos, no.