Comic books April 1941

Cover art by Joe Musial. The Phantom strips, script by Lee Falk, art by Ray Moore. Just Kids strips by A.D. Carter. Jungle Jim strips, art by Alex Raymond. Collecting Stamps article by Eugene Pollack. The Katzenjammer Kids strips, art by H.H. Knerr. Tim Tyler's Luck strips, art by Lyman Young. Barney Google strips, art by Billy DeBeck. Blondie strips, art by Chic Young. Prince Valiant strips, art by Hal Foster. Tillie the Toiler strips, art by Russ Westover. Curley Harper at Lakespur strips, art by Lyman Young. . Teddy and Sitting Bull strips, art by Joe Musial. Room and Board strips, art by Gene Ahern. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Shuster. Script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Wayne Boring (signed as Joe Shuster). Pep Morgan story, art by George Papp. Black Pirate story, art by Sheldon Moldoff. Three Aces story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Chad Grothkopf. Mr. America story, script by Ken Fitch, art by Bernard Baily. Clip Carson story, art by George Papp. Zatara story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Joseph Sulman. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Burnley. The Amazing Starman, pencils by Jack Burnley, inks by Jack Burnley (signed) and Ray Burnley (backgrounds); Starman is called in to battle the "Secret Brotherhood of the Electron", which is sabotaging America's communication and light system. Lishak the Gladiator starring Mark Lansing, script and art by Howard Purcell. The Ghost Plane starring the Federal Men, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Chad Grothkopf. Treachery Off Singapore starring Steve Conrad Adventurer, script and art by Jack Lehti. The Runaway Dinosaurs starring The Hourman, script by Ken Fitch, art by Bernard Baily. Too Many Suspects starring Paul Kirk, Manhunter, script and art by Ed Moore. Defender of Barlunda starring Cotton Carver, script and art by Jack Lehti. The Menace of the Metal Gun starring The Sandman, art by Creig Flessel. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Howard Purcell. Sabotage at the Steel Mills, script by Bill Finger, art by Martin Nodell [as Mart Dellon]; Irene Miller is assigned to do a story on sabotage at the Sterling Steel Mill; Alan Scott tags along as the Green Lantern and discovers that the man responsible. The Hunt for Earl Evans starring The Atom, script by Bill O'Connor, pencils by Ben Flinton, inks Leonard Sansone; Al and Mary witness some criminals escaping from the Police, and Mary follows them in her own car. Smash the Spy Ring starring Hop Harrigan, script by Jon L. Blummer. How He Began starring Dr. Mid-Nite, script by Charles Reizenstein, art by Stan Aschmeier. Rescue on Mars: Part 6--Adventures in the Unknown, script by Carl H. Claudy, art by Stan Aschmeier. Mystery of the Vanishing Pilots starring Red, White and Blue, script by John B. Wentworth, art by Howard Purcell. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 15, Issue 4 - April, 1941. Cover by J. Allen St. John. Stories by L. Taylor Hansen, A.W. Bernal, Ross Rocklynne, Neil R. Jones, Don Wilcox, and William P. McGivern. Illustrations by J. Allen St. John, Jay Jackson, R. Newman, Guy Gifford, Joe Sewell, Julian S. Krupa, Dick Shaw, and Robert Fuqua. Back cover by Frank R. Paul. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 148 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Fine $26.10 View scans Discounted from $29.00.

Add to cart Good $5.40 View scans Spine split 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight. Discounted from $6.00.

Volume 306, Issue 6 - April 5, 1941. 8" x 10.75", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $6.30 View scans Spine split 40%. Staple rust: Slight. Discounted from $7.00.

Add to cart Poor $2.25 View scans Spine split 90%. Discounted from $2.50.

"Wet Beef from Mexico" conclusion of a serial by Walt Coburn.

April, 1941 - Volume 27, Issue #2.

April, 1941. Volume 27, Issue 2. Cover by Hubert Rogers. Trimmed pulp, 6.5-in. x 9.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Stories and art by Ogden Whitney, Ham Fisher, Fred Guardineer, H. J. Tuthill, Mart Bailey, Creig Flessel, Albert Chartier, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, and Alfred Andriola. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Tom Kerry, District Attorney investigates murder by water-pistol at a Turkish bath, in a story with risque pre-Code art by Fred Guardineer. Rocky Ryan and Doe Ames are hired by an obsessed captain to find the elusive white whale. Radio star Tony Trent dons the horror-mask of The Face to battle Nazi saboteurs. Plus a Hollywood page featuring Western star Tom Mix. Skyman; Joe Palooka; Tom Kerry District Attorney; The Bungle Family; Spy-Chief; Film Flashes; Jibby Jones; Kid Stuff; Charlie Chan; Rocky Ryan; Dixie Dugan; Mike the Mascot; Marvelo; Mortimer the Monk; The Face. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

April, 1941. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $125.00 or Best Offer View scans INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story. Interior tearing. Oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Mike'sRack

Edited by Victor Fox. Cover by Chuck Cuidera. Stories by Charles Nicholas, Dennis Neville, and Henry Kiefer. Tales of daring-do, with such colorful characters as Wing Turner, Dynamite Thor, Sub Saunders, and Blue Beetle, a super-hero who wears a special bulletproof costume and takes "Vitamin 2X" which gives him super-energy. Blue Beetle battles The Eel and The Wart. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by David Adams. Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by Bob Davis, Ray Gill, Alan Mandel, John Daly, Al Anders, Paul Gustavson, Harold DeLay, Jack A. Warren, Henry Kiefer, Malcolm Kildale, Bill O'Connor, Ben Flinton, and Leonard Sansone. Dick Cole faces a rampaging robot, Franklin D. Roosevelt guest-stars. Blue Bolt battles Karlo, Major Metz, and Nazis. Sub-Zero faces vampire rats. White Rider and Super Horse are harassed by the Kalton Gang. Sergeant Spook encounters Daniel Boones ghost, George Washington guest-stars. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $17.10 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Discounted from $19.00.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $16.20 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Discounted from $18.00.

Add to cart Good $4.50 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive. Discounted from $5.00.

Volume 72, Issue 6 - April, 1941. 6.5" x 9.75", 194 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Sam Cooper. Waltz of the Vampire starring Mr. Justice, script by Joe Blair, art by Sam Cooper; a vampire in the power of Nazi spies arrives from South America. Murder By Animals starring the dog Rang-A-Tang, script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle. The Murder of Marion Harper starring Fox, script by Joe Blair, art by Irwin Hasen. The Flying Fortress Mystery: Part 1 starring Steve Stacey, script by H. A. Biern, art by Nick Zuraw. The Execution of Slapsie starring Corporal Collins, art by Charles Biro. The Track Meet starring Ty-Gor, script by Joe Blair, art by Mort Meskin. Prisoner of the Barbarians starring Doc Strong, script by Joe Blair, art by George Mandel. Infiltrating the Italians starring Loop Logan, script by Joe Blair, art by Frank Volp. Allied Against Spain starring Green Falcon, script by Harry Shorten, art by Roland "Ramona" Patenaude. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

"Gestures!" Cover price $0.15.

Little is known about the origins of this book. Potentially early work by Ted Steele. Featuring "Wolf Savage and the Doom Doctor" with 3 other fiction stories. "Beware the Monster" by Frank Ray, "Little Thunder" which is also potentially the work of Ted Steele, and an uncredited story "Secret Agent". Other stories include "Bank Hold Up!" by Gary Flint, "Hawks of War!" by Lloyd Clair. Cartoons by J. Millar Watt, Gene Byrnes, and Fred Neher. 14 pages, B&W, mostly text with illustrations, 8.5" x 11.25". Cover price $0.05.

Hitler cover art by Joe Simon. "The Ageless Orientals That Wouldn't Die!!", script by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, pencils by Kirby, inks by Reed Crandall; Cap and Bucky must battle huge oriental giants that came from Tibet, and the master that controlled them, to prevent widespread carnage and destruction. Sentinels of Liberty ad. "Trapped in the Nazi Stronghold," script by Simon and Kirby, pencils by Simon and Kirby, Inks by Simon; Cap and Bucky cross the ocean to challenge the fury of Nazi guns and dive bombing Stukas, staging a two-man Blitz in the stronghold of Hitler himself, as they effect a daring rescue! "The Wax Statue That Struck Death," script by Simon and Kirby, Pencils by Simon and Kirby, Inks by Simon; As America's greatest statesmen vanish and die, smothered in death masks made of wax, Captain America and Bucky endeavor to bring justice as well as doom to the Wax-Man's gory dungeons. "Short Circuit" text story. "The Valley of the Mist," script by Simon and Kirby, pencils by Al Avison, inks by Al Gabrielle; Tuk the Caveboy and Ranir save King Amir and his people from the hairy ones, and in return, he gives directions to the pair to the famed Atlantis. Untitled story, script by Simon and Kirby, art by Kirby; Hurricane agrees to accompany the Holden expedition into the Matto Grasso, where they will join a Doctor Clay, who is battling a strange body wasting disease that is killing thousands there daily. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $40.50 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight. Discounted from $45.00.

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Spring, 1941. Stories by Edmond Hamilton ("Star Trail to Glory"), Gawain Edwards, Eando Binder, and Will Garth. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 132 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $16.20 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling. Chew. Discounted from $18.00.

Add to cart Good $17.10 View scans Discounted from $19.00.

Vol. 1, No. 9. April 1941. Men's interest magazine loaded with black and white images of tasteful vintage pin-up photography. 8.5" x 11", 68 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fair $5.40 View scans Spine split 70%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight. Discounted from $6.00.

This issue with full-color centerfold of performers from Ziegfeld Follies. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $30.60 View scans Spine split 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate. Discounted from $34.00.

Volume 13, Issue 2 - April, 1941. Fiction, jokes, articles and more. 10.5" x 13.5", 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Comic Book Magazine (1942) is published by the Chicago Tribune. Enjoy such comic strips as Texas Slim and Dirty Dalton, Lew Loyal, Kit Cabot, Spooky, Fighting with Daniel Boone, and many more. Originally came each Sunday with the Chicago Sunday Tribune. 16 pages, full color, 18.50-in X 13.25-in.

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April 27, 1941. Comic supplement included with the Chicago Tribune each sunday. In this issue: Introducing Bush Berry, Also Lew Loyal, Mr. Ex, Streamer Kelly, Texas Slim, Dill and Daffy, Hy Score, Spooky, Rocky, Brenda Starr, and Them Days. Loose folded newsprint pages, 10.75" x 7.75", 24 pages, full color.

Cookoo Nuts, Fun With Popular Sayings Vol. 1 (April, 1941), edited by Hugo Gernsback, the publisher of the world's first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories, in April, 1926. 34 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $31.50 View scans Spine split 20%. Discounted from $35.00.

Agriculture and farming magazine. Includes articles, fiction, and humor. 11" x 14", 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.