Auctions: comic books 1940

Comics on Parade (1938) 31 FN 6.0

Cover by Rudolph Dirks. Stories and art by Rudolph Dirks and others. Sometimes listed as Comics on Parade Vol. 3 #7. Comics on Parade focused on a different United Features comic strip in every issue. This issue features the iconic pranksters Hans and Fritz and their hapless victim, the Captain. The Captain thinks he's put one over on the Kids, but it's not the first time. Hawkshaw the Detective spots a telltale clue hiding in plain sight. The Captain and the Kids find themselves captives of the Brain. The Captain and the Kids; Hawkshaw the Detective; Captives of the Brain. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 45 CGC 4.5 Qualified

Paper: Off white

MARRIED CENTERFOLD.

Label #1234369006

1st Joker appearance in Detective Comics in the Batman and Robin story, "The Case of the Laughing Death!" Also in this issue: Spy (by Jerry Siegel and Ed Moore); Larry Steele, Detective; The Crimson Avenger (by Jack Lehti); Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator; Steve Malone, District Attorney; Cliff Crosby in "Murder at the Polo Games"; and Slam Bradley (by Siegel and Howard Sherman). Full-page ad for Batman # 3. Half-page ad for All Star Comics # 2. Cover price $0.10.

Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 2 #4 GD 2.0

3" Spine split from top.

Published by Frank A. Munsey Cover price $0.15.

Fight Comics (1940) 9 FR 1.0 (R)

Trimmed

TRIMMED. Full length spine split with heavy tape on cover and most interior wraps. Cover and interior oxidation.

Cover art by Nick Cardy. "Prey of the War-Eagle"; Chip Collins vs. a Chinese man. Untitled Rip Regan, the Power-Man story. Untitled Shark Brodie story, art by George Tuska (as George Aksut); Prof. Gustoff vs. Basil. "The True Life Story of Fitzsimmons"; non-fiction story about the famous boxer. Untitled story; Spencer Steel takes Nora to the 77 Club; Steel vs. the Jinxes, Joe Stag and his gang. "The Louis-Braddock Fight" one-page nonfiction story. Keeping Fit article. Untitled Kinks Mason story, pencils by Steve Broder. Untitled story, script and art by Fletcher Hanks (as Chas Netcher); Big Red travels to Frisco to search for his one-time fiancé Sally Breen; While there, he is substituted into a boxing match when he breaks the jaw of one of the boxers in a sparring session. Untitled Oran of the Jungle story. Untitled Strut Warren story, script by Klaus Nordling (as Ed North), art by Klaus Nordling. Untitled story starring Kayo Kirby (Red Kirby), John L. Sullivan, Jim Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons, art by Ray Burley. Untitled story, art by Leonard Frank; The Spy Fighter vs. an inventor. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Mystery Men Comics (1939) 17 FR 1.0

Full length spine split (taped). Cover detached. Staples added (not manufacturing). Interior tearing due to oxidation. Staple rust.

Cover by Charles Nicholas. Stories by Dick Briefer, Al Weine and Nathaniel Nitkin. Art by Dick Briefer, Charles Nicholas, Walter Frame, Klaus Nordling, Norton Kingsley, Al Weine, Bob Powell, and George Tuska. An anthology of Golden Age adventure comics from Fox Feature, including the original Blue Beetle. The spaceship is menaced by Cranians, who have hands where their heads should be and two heads where their hands should be, in a Rex Dexter story by Dick Briefer; The Blue Beetle and his girlfriend, reporter Joan Mason, investigate the Muck Gang's spree of waterfront sabotage; Green Mask learns about a plan to hijack a gold shipment. The Muck Gang; The Cranians; New Gang in Town; The Warning; Son the Ace; Foreign Agents; The Naval Secrets; Mrs. Uppersnoots Party; The Port of Rio Grande; The Crooked Politician; Mystery Men Model Page: Aircraft Carrier. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Superman (1939 1st Series) 7 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Multiple pages and piece missing (interrupts text story). Near full length spine split (partially taped). Centerfold detached. Staples added (not manufacturing). Interior pen markings.

1st appearance of Perry White. Cover inks by Wayne Boring. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Joe Shuster and Wayne Boring [as Joe Shuster], inks by Boring [as Shuster]; A clever gangster kills the wife of the prosecuting attorney, leaving evidence behind that her husband actually did it. Supermen of America ad. Fantastic Facts page on Chalchas the Greek. Superman is on the Radio! ad. Rinaldo's Revenge text story by G. B. Armbruster. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Joe Shuster and Wayne Boring [as Joe Shuster], inks by Boring [as Shuster]; The Planet editor sends Clark packing off for Gay City, where the people within the city fall victim to a strange malady that causes them to disintegrate! Superman Radio Program ad. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Wayne Boring [as Joe Shuster]; Believing the public prosecutor to be in league with the underworld, Kent convinces Perry White that the Planet should oppose candidate Red Tyler and back an honest candidate like Bert Runyan. The Black Gang, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Joe Shuster and Wayne Boring [as Shuster]; Superman faces a ruthless gang of men known as the Black Band, who specialize in brutal robberies of night club patrons in Metropolis, including Clark kent and Lois Lane. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Superman Scrap Book SC (1940 Saalfield) 178 GD+ 2.5

1 1/2" cumulative Tear. Residue. Tape on interior of cover. Oxidation.

A vintage scrap book from 1940 for the purpose of collecting stamps. Saddle-stitched, 10 1/2-in. x 12-in., 48 pages.

Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 15 #2 VG/FN 5.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

TRIMMED.

Volume 15, Issue 2 - February, 1940. Cover by Howard V. Brown. Stories by Arthur K. Barnes, Edmond Hamilton, John C. Burroughs and Hulbert Burroughs, Jackson Gregory Jr., Myer Krulfeld, F. Orlin Tremaine, and Clark Ashton Smith. Scientifacts column by Mort Weisinger. Alex Schomburg illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 18 #1 GD/VG 3.0 (R)

Trimmed

TRIMMED. Water damage.

Volume 18, Issue 1 - October, 1940. Stories by Kelvin Kent, Manly Wade Wellman, Arthur K. Barnes, Robert Moore Williams, Frank Johnson, Gordon A. Giles, Edmond Hamilton, and Gerald Evans. Scientifacts column by Mort Weisinger. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 18 #3 GD/VG 3.0

Water damage.

Dec 1940. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Edmond Hamilton, Manly Wade Wellman, G.T. Fleming-Roberts, Sam Merwin Jr., Gordon A. Giles, Kenneth L. Harrison, and Ray Cummings. Scientifacts column by Mort Weisinger. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Wonderworld Comics (1939) 20 FR 1.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Spine rebuild. Cover and interior oxidation. Water damage.

The Kidnappers starring Flame. Zarhov's Monster starring Yarko. The Black Pearl starring Shorty Shortcake. The Bombing Gang starring Patty O'Day. One Minute To Death starring Dr. Fung. Smuggler's Syndicate text story, art by Nathaniel Nitkin (N. N. Nathaniel). Headed For a Noose starring Tex Maxon, art by Munson Paddock (Chuck Munson). Return To the Dark Ages starring Don Quixote and Adolphus Stalini. Shanghaied By Captain Swine starring Spark Stevens. The Jigsaw Puzzle Plot--K-51 Spies At War. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.