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"The Black Jacobins" is a historical account of the Haitian Revolution written by C. L. R. James and first published in 1938. The work examines the 1791 to 1804 revolt of enslaved people against French colonial rule, focusing on the leadership of Toussaint Louverture. It connects the struggle for Ha...

Action Comics debuted in 1938 as a groundbreaking DC Comics anthology. It established Superman, the first modern superhero character, fundamentally shaping comic book storytelling and popular culture. The series introduced iconic elements of the genre including the concept of an empowered individual...

The Transitional Program, officially titled "The Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International," is a political document written by Leon Trotsky in 1938. It was adopted as the founding platform at the conference that established the Fourth International. The pamphlet outlines a...

Mathis der Maler is an opera in seven scenes, with music and libretto by Paul Hindemith, premiered in 1938. Centered on the painter Matthias Grünewald during the German Peasants' War, it examines whether an artist should pursue creative work or participate directly in a society undergoing political...

Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars is a 1938 Universal Pictures science-fiction serial presented in 15 theatrical chapters. It stars Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon, with Jean Rogers as Dale Arden, Frank Shannon as Dr. Zarkov, and Charles Middleton as Ming the Merciless. The second Universal Flash Gordon ser...

Spirou and Fantasio is a Belgian adventure-comedy comic series that began in 1938 with work by the French artist Rob-Vel. Published by Dupuis, it follows the reporter Spirou and his companion Fantasio through investigative, scientific, and fantastical adventures, often accompanied by Spirou's squirr...

Dick Tracy Returns is a 1938 Republic Pictures serial starring Ralph Byrd as Dick Tracy, the detective created by cartoonist Chester Gould. It continues Republic’s serial adaptations of the comic-strip character and was produced in the multi-chapter format used for theatrical adventure releases of t...

The War That Came Early: Hitler’s War is an alternate-history novel by Harry Turtledove, first published in 2009. It begins the timeline later developed as The War That Came Early, in which the Munich settlement fails and a European war starts in 1938 over Czechoslovakia rather than after Germany’s...

The Spider's Web is a 1938 American mystery-action film serial released by Columbia Pictures in 15 chapters. It is based on The Spider, the pulp-fiction crimefighter published by Popular Publications, and stars Warren Hull as the hero, a wealthy man who operates behind a masked identity. The serial'...

The Fighting Devil Dogs is a 1938 American Republic Pictures film serial starring Lee Powell and Herman Brix as United States Marine lieutenants. They oppose a masked criminal known as The Lightning, whose plans involve a powerful electrical weapon and threats to public safety. The serial combines m...

The Battle of the Ebro was a major offensive and campaign of the Spanish Civil War, fought from July to November 1938. Republican forces crossed the Ebro River in an attempt to regain the initiative, but Nationalist forces eventually repelled the attack after months of costly fighting. It was the lo...

Red Barry is a 1938 American crime and adventure serial produced by Universal Pictures. It is based on the newspaper comic strip created by Will Gould and stars Buster Crabbe as the detective Red Barry. The plot follows Barry as he investigates the theft of a foreign treasury bond while confronting...

Raiders of Spanish Peaks is a western novel by Zane Grey, published in 1938. Set near Colorado’s Spanish Peaks and the Sangre de Cristo foothills, it follows a rancher drawn into a prolonged conflict with an outlaw group. The novel uses the western conventions of frontier violence, ranching, pursuit...

Mary Worth is an American newspaper comic strip created in 1938 by writer Allen Saunders. It uses a continuing soap-opera format, following the titular Mary Worth as she becomes involved in the personal troubles of people around her. Its stories focus on relationships, family problems, and social co...