Comic books October 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. Pete the Tramp strips by Clarence D. Russell. 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. The Battle of the Atlantic text story by E. Franklin Wittmack. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Fred Ray. Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster). Tuerto the Bandit starring Pep Morgan, 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. Jungle Drums starring Congo Bill, art by Fred Ray. 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 Menace of the Invisible Raiders!, script by Alfred Bester, pencils by Jack Burnley, inks by Jack Burnley (signed) and Ray Burnley [backgrounds]; Starman is mystified when he discovers crooks who are invisible in ordinary light, but soon learns of the man behind it: a man who is bitter at the government for rejecting his inviso-solution! The Sky Pirates starring The Shining Knight, script by Henry Lynne Perkins, art by Creig Flessel. Reform School Racket starring The Hourman, art by Bernard Baily. Strange Secret of Greed starring Steve Conrad, Adventurer, art by Cliff Young. The Ten-Dollar Masterpiece starring Paul Kirk, Manhunter, script and art by Ed Moore. The Secret of the Man in Miniature starring The Sandman, art by Paul Norris. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Justice Society of America raise money for war orphans in this book-length adventure, "$1,000,000 for War Orphans." Plot by Gardner Fox and Sheldon Mayer, script by Fox. Art by Everett E. Hibbard plus individual chapters featuring Green Lantern (art by Martin Nodell), the Spectre (art by Bernard Baily), the Atom (art by Ben Flinton), Doctor Fate (art by Stan Aschmeier), Hawkman (art by Sheldon Moldoff), the Sandman (art by Cliff Young), the Hour Man (art by Baily; final issue), and Johnny Thunder (art by Aschmeier). Batman, Superman, and Flash cameos. Doiby Dickles appearance. Two-page Hop Harrigan story, "Secret Airport" (art by Mayer). Hibbard cover. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Mart Nodell. The Adventure of the Underfed Orphans, script by Bill Finger, art by Martin Nodell; A salesman offering tickets to a dance to benefit an orphanage pics the interest of Alan Scott, who, in disguise, investigates charges that the orphanage feeds its charges sub-standard food. Claude starring Scribbly and the Red Tornado, script and art by Sheldon Mayer. The Cantrell Clan starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. Case of the Tainted Meat starring Red, White and Blue, art by Harry Lampert. The Stolen Car Gang starring Sargon the Sorcerer, script by John B. Wentworth, art by Howard Purcell. Mystery of the Medium starring Dr. Mid-Nite, script by Charles Reizenstein, art by Stan Aschmeier. Mutt and Jeff strips by Al Smith (as Bud Fisher). 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Myron Strauss. Stories by John F. Kolb, Martin Filchock, Ray Houlihan, Robert Turner, Harry Francis Campbell, Art Helfant, and Frank Frollo. Super-hero and adventure tales featuring such characters as Amazing-Man, Minimidget, Mighty Man, Hobo Harper, Phil and Bill, The Blue Lady, and Nightshade. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

October 1941. John Carter cover by J. Allen St. John. Stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs (John Carter in "Invisible Men of Mars"), David V. Reed, Thornton Ayre and A.R. Steber, P.F. Costello, John York Cabot, and Festus Pragnell. Illustrations by St. John, Julian S. Krupa, Robert Fuqua, and Joe Sewell. Back cover by Frank R. Paul. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Cover by Paul Gustavson. Untitled story, script and art by Bob Lubbers; The Arrow assists British agent B-12 and Jane, his assistant, in tracking down how vital military information is being sent to Gestapo agent, Lord Hawford. Untitled story, script and art by Dan Gormley; Kelo becomes the King of Balkania after a ruthless dictator murders his father, and that dictator, Carnov, has Kelo in his sights as his next victim. Untitled story, script by Ed Herron, art by Al Plastino; Inspired by a comic book he has read, Jim Travis decides to take up a bizarre mantle and fight crime. Untitled story, art by Harry Francis Campbell (as Harrison Camp); Young Dash Dartwell, a scrub track athlete for Dravrah University, agrees to take Metalo-Tablets, invented by Professor Moss, a bio-chemistry teacher at the college, to see what effects it would have on the human body. "The Case of the Vanishing Thugs," art by Steve Dahlman; Randall saves the life of a reporter who had witnessed a bank robbery, who was then captured by the thugs and finally locked in a room to which they set afire. "He Foils a Plot At the Panama Canal," art by Ralph Fuller; Arriving back from the Panama Canal region, Duke is informed that foreign planes are arriving at a base in the South American city of Andesia, and he is ordered to head for Andesia to look the situation over. Untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; The Arrow happens to be passing Eastern Prison just as a prison break occurs, so he secretly enters and puts an end to the up-rising. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

October, 1941. Volume 28, 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.

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Cover by Bob Kane. "Wanted: Practical Jokers!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); The Joker organizes a new gang by advertising for practical jokers in the newspaper. "Lucky Bump" text story by Eric Carter. "The Trouble Trap!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); Batman must battle a swami who has hypnotized individuals, made records of conversations that he had with them, then later demands blackmail money or the records will be made public. Two-page Chief Hot Foot story by Henry Boltinoff. "The North Woods Mystery," script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); Nora Powell heads with Bruce Wayne to the big woods to help run a logging operation after her Uncle is murdered, but is puzzled when her partner wants her to sell out to their competition. "The People vs. the Batman," script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane (signed), inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); Weasel Venner wants to make sure that a fellow criminal doesn't make public the fact that he is the head racketeer in Gotham City, so he arranges for someone to be set up for the murder of Horatio Delmar: that someone being Bruce Wayne! 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 1, No. 1 - October 1941. Cover and full-color centerfold by Earl Moran. Pin-up and glamour photographs. Centerfold on cardstock. 8 1/4-in. x 11 1/2-in., 48 pages, B&W. MATURE. Cover price $0.25.

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Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Ogden Whitney, Ham Fisher, Ray McGill, 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. Doc Static's cure for Sparky's sudden microscopic shrinking has the side-effect of giving Slap Happy super-powered feet. Marvelo the Magician and his assistant Zee join Commodore Crank's yacht for a Caribbean cruise, but someone doesn't want them on board. Charlie Chan tries to prove Eric innocent of being the deadly Rockingham Bandit before the real Bandit gets to him. Skyman; Sparky Watts; Captain Devildog; Joe Palooka; Spy-Chief; Charlie Chan; Rocky Ryan; Dixie Dugan; Marvelo; The Face; Oliver Drab. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

October, 1941. Cover price $0.15.

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The Bank of Counterfeit Bills; Crofte Trust Bank is passing counterfeit $1 bills. The Crimes of the Falcon; a gang of zombies tries to rob a jewelry store. The Carnival Doll Killing; carnival pickpockets steal rich people's address cards for future use. The Deadly Sanitarium of Dr. Horthe; Dr. Horth uses dead bodies to dictate new wills leaving their estates to him. The Gorilla With a Human Brain starring The Gorilla; mad scientist Brock transfers Castle's brain into a gorilla's body. Castle murders Brock and then goes after his niece. Buttercup Alley starring Davy the Wish Master. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by David Adams. Cover by Bob Davis. Stories by Bob Davis, Malcolm Kildale, Ray Gill, Paul Gustavson, Bill O'Connor, Ben Flinton, Leonard Sansone, Jack A. Warren, Harold DeLay, Henry Kiefer, Alan Mandel, Jack A. Warren, and John Daly. Dick Cole battles Simba Karno, who reforms after this story. Sergeant Spook encounters the ghost of Cyclopes and Hercules. In the Painted Desert starring The Twister. Edison Bell and Jerry win a round trip to the South Seas. The White Rider and Super Horse hurry through the sheer walls of Canyon Diablo. Blue Bolt the American origin retold. Sub-Zero story featuring Freezums intro and origin. Paper-Tube Periscope! activity page. 68 pages, $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 73, Issue 6 - October, 1941. Wrap-around painted cover by Herbert Morton Stoops. 8.5" x 11.5", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Sam Cooper. The Green Ghoul Strikes starring Mr. Justice, script by Joe Blair, art by Sam Cooper. The Murder of Mary Marvin starring the dog Rang-A-Tang, script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle. The Clue of the Broken Bracelet starring Fox, script by Joe Blair, art by Warren King. Encounter With Mohlasos Candhi starring Corporal Collins, art by Carl Hubbell. Reunion With Malma starring Ty-Gor, script by Joe Blair, art by George Storm. Murdered By a Mummy starring Inferno, script by Joe Blair, art by Paul Reinman. Scouting On the Suez: Part 2 starring Loop Logan, script by Joe Blair, art by Frank Volp. Battle With the Black Hand starring Captain Flag, script by Joe Blair, art by Warren King. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Syd Shores. "The Red Skull; An Ear for Music," script and pencils by Joe Simon and Kirby, inks by Simon; Cap has to contend with the return of the Red Skull and figure out why he is using Chopin's "Funeral March" as the means of his diabolical mission of destruction. "Death Loads the Bases," script by Simon and Kirby, pencils by Kirby, inks by Simon; After the mysterious deaths of two baseball players for the Brooklyn Badgers, Captain America agrees to pitch for the team in order to draw the murderer out of hiding. Human Torch ad, art by Alex Schomburg. "A Message from Captain America," script by Stan Lee; Captain America relates brief biographies of the various characters who appear in the pages of his magazine: Betty Ross, Sergeant Duffy, Father Time, Jerry "Headline" Hunter, and Hurricane. "Horror Plays the Scales," script by Simon and Kirby, pencils by Kirby, inks by Simon; Captain America relates brief biographies of the various characters who appear in the pages of his magazine: Betty Ross, Sergeant Duffy, Father Time, Jerry "Headline" Hunter, and Hurricane. Untitled Hurricane, Master of Speed story, art by Charles Nichols; Hurricane helps to fend off a group of protection racket gangsters, and, in the process, picks himself up a new partner in the fight against crime. Untitled Headline Hunter, Foreign Correspondent story, script by Stan Lee; An American man is framed for a murder of a British star, and Hunter discovers that the man's cousin is responsible, hoping to gain wealth from the Nazis and money from his cousin's estate after he is hanged. "Race Against Doom starring Father Time," script by Lee; One of Larry Scott's friends is accused of boarding a ship, shooting its officers and plundering the gold before sinking it, but Father Time smells a rat when he discovers the gold was counterfeit. Sentinels of Liberty Secret Club news and ad. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

October 31, 1940. Classic cover featuring Captain Marvel appearing in in smoke and a flash of light after Billy Batson has shouted "Shazam!" Cover art by C. C. Beck. Sivana's Revenge on the Lieutenant Marvels, art by George Tuska; Billy rescues the Three Lieutenant Marvels from Sivana and his thugs. Code of Glory text story by Dick Raleigh. The Tunnel of Invasion, art by George Tuska; Captain Marvel destroys the invasion tunnel Adolf Hitler is having dug beneath the Atlantic Ocean. The Secret Submarine Base, art by George Tuska; Captain Marvel helps to prevent a submarine base being set up in South America. The Lawless Legion, art by George Tuska; Captain Marvel prevents a gang leader from assassinating the prosecuting attorney. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Men's interest magazine loaded with black and white images of tasteful vintage pin-up photography. Softcover Magazine, 8.5" x 11", 68 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

Vol. 4, No. 4. October 1941. Men's Humor magazine featuring artists of the time such as Sydney Hoff, Ben Roth, Louis Priscilla, Fritz Wilkinson, William von Riegen, and more. Softcover (Square-bound) 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 82 pages, Text (With B&W Illustrations) Cover price $0.25.

Volume 13, Issue 5 - October 1941. Features creative stories, poems, rebuses, recipes, activities, crafts, science experiments, and health articles for children. 6-in. x 9-in. 52 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.15.

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The Three Musketeers (see Classics Illustrated 41, Twenty Years After, for the sequel story). 1st Printing, Classics Comics. (No HRN, 10/41). Cover price $0.10.

The classic weekly magazine featuring news and fiction. Approximately 10.75-in. x 14-in.; black and white; 66 pages on white paper. Cover price $0.05.

Cover by Rudolph Dirks. Stories and art by Rudolph Dirks and others. Sometimes listed as Comics on Parade Vol. 3 #10. 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 encounters a "Wrong Way Corrigan" type of explorer, who speaks backwards and heads north for the South Pole. The Professor has plans to crack Lord Plushbottom's safe, but he didn't reckon on Hawkshaw the Detective. The Captain and the Kids; Hawkshaw the Detective. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.