Comic books March 1940

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $45.00 View scans

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $45.00 View scans

Add to cart Good $30.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 11, Issue 2 - March, 1940. Cover by Alfred Skrenda. Fiction, jokes, articles and more. 6-page article on a Sadie Hawkins Day party with Al Capp in attendance. 8.5" x 11", 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Tulpa of Tsang. Colossus. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Rex Maxon, R. W. Palmer, Hal Forrest, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Bill Conselman, Charlie Plumb, Bernard Dibble, Rudolph Dirks, John Paul Frederics, Paul Berdanier, Becky Sharp, Harry O'Neill, H. E. Homan, Olive Ray Scott, Edward Daniel Kuekes, R. M. Brinkerhoff, Dick Richards, George Lichty, Frank N. Ernest, Frank Owen, and Raeburn Van Buren. Sometimes listed as Comics on Parade Vol. 2 #12. Early in the transformation of comic strips to comic books, United Features Syndicate published Comics on Parade as a showcase for its most popular strips, including Tarzan, Li'l Abner and Nancy. Stranded in the jungle with only his father's animal friends, the Son of Tarzan reverts to his father's primitive ways, in the adaptation of The Son of Tarzan with art by Rex Maxon. Dilbury starts a picket line to protest his wife's behavior, but she's got a picket sign of her own. Alice meets Humpty Dumpty. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Tailspin Tommy; Tailspin Tommy Model Plans; Abbie an' Slats; The Captain and the Kids; Tarzan of the Apes; Wayne Webster: The Silver Streak; How It Began; Twice Told Tales; Broncho Bill; Looy Dot Dope; Dynamite Dunn; How to Make It; Stampin' Around; Nancy; Billy Make Believe; Alice in Wonderland; Knurl the Gnome; The Boomers; Grin and Bear It; Little Mary Mixup; Ella Cinders; Danny Dingle; Li'l Abner. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

March 1940 Volume 2, No. 2 (this title began with Vol. #2, making this the second issue in the title). Timely Detective Magazine. Photo cover by Allan Whitney. True crime articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 66 p, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Volume 108, Issue 3 - March, 1940. Cover by Bradshaw Crandell. Short stories, serials, and features. 8.5" x 11.5", 180 pages, B&W with spot color and full color ads. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $26.00 View scans Spine split 20%. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $22.00 View scans Spine split 10%. Staple rust: Moderate.

Agriculture and farming magazine. Includes articles, fiction, and humor. 11" x 14", 106 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

Stories and art by Roy Crane, Fred Harman, Norman Marsh, Art Krenz, J. R. Williams, Merrill Blosser, Ray Thompson, Charles Coll, Martha Orr, Win Smith, William Ferguson, Gene Ahern, Bill Baltz, Al McWilliams, Al Lewin, Frank V. Martinek, Leon A. Beroth, and Abe Martin. Crackajack Funnies presented original stories and reprints of classic comic strips, including Roy Crane's influential Wash Tubbs & Captain Easy. Flo the cigarette girl is spying on Wash Tubbs for gangster Frankie Slaughter, but when Wash learns this, he plans a switcheroo. Fleeing from enemy agents and local authorities alike, Stratosphere Jim explores his new cave hideout in the mountains, and finds evidence of a lost civilization. Red Ryder and Little Beaver help prospector Zeke stand off Carr and his gunslingers to save his mining claim. Plus a Tarzan adventure. In This Corner; Dan Dunn; Red Ryder; Freckles and His Friends; Myra North, Special Nurse; Hold Everything; Wash Tubbs; Apple Mary; Our Boarding House; Carnival; Clyde Beatty; Bob Strong; Stratosphere Jim; Don Winslow of the Navy; Ed Tracer, G-Man X32; Tarzan; Time Marches Back with Looney Luke; Speed Bolton, Air Ace; Out Our Way; Curious World. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bob Kane. Batman story, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson, inks by Bob Kane. Spy story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Maurice Kashuba. Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise story, art by Sven Elven. The Crimson Avenger story. Murder by Sea text story by John Randall. The Crime Roundup starring Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Fred Guardineer. Steve Malone, District Attorney story, art by Don Lynch. Cliff Crosby story, script and art by Chad Grothkopf. Slam Bradley story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Mart Bailey. 68 pgs. $0.10. Last solo Golden-Age Batman adventure. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 32, Issue 4 - March, 1940. 6.75" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $680.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 22, Issue 4 - March, 1940. 6.75" x 9.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

March 1940. Cover by Emery Clarke. Stories include "The Spotted Men," a book-length novel by "Kenneth Robeson"; "Murder Goes to Sea" by Gary Barton; and "The Fourth Monkey" by Wallace Brooker. 6.75-in x 9.25-in; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Official organ of the International Society of Junior Magicians, containing news and tips. 16 pages on newsprint.

Full-page B&W ad for Snowdrift Shortening. 8.5" x 11.5". 24 pages. Black and white.

Add to cart Very Good $18.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate.

Add to cart Very Good $18.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $21.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $15.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Interior page detached (all pages are present). Front cover detached 50%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 1, Issue 6 - March, 1940. 6.5" x 9", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Victor E. Pazmiño cover. Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Goofie Gags" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "The Gay Thirties" by Hank Barrow; "Roy Powers, Eagle Scout" by Paul Powell; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Skyroads" by Dick Calkins and Russell Keaton; "Hairbreadth Harry" and "High-Gear Homer" by F. O. Alexander; "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier; "Sergeant Stoney Craig" by Frank Rentfrow and Don Dickson; "Big Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Adventures of Patsy" by Mel Graff; "Daredevils of Destiny" by Frank Rentfrow and Don Dickson; "The Frog Pond Ferry" by M. E. Brady; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Seaweed Sam" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Somebody's Stenog" and "The Back-Seat Driver" by A. E. Hayward; "Lightnin' and the Lone Rider" by Jack Kirby (as Lance Kirby) and Frank Robbins; "Above the Crowd" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "Babe Bunting" by Roy L. Williams; "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; "Connie" and "The Wet Blanket" by Frank Godwin; "Life's Like That" by Fred Neher; "Queenie" by S. M. Iger (as Bob Bliss); "Homer Hoopee" by Fred Locher; and "Spunky Dory" by M. E. Brady. "Steve takes a Chance" text story by F. S. Saunders. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $77.00 View scans Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $37.00 View scans Front cover detached 50%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $18.00 View scans Front cover detached 30%.

Vol. 2 # 3; March 1940. This issue featuring "The Little People" by Eando Binder, plus stories by Phil Nowlan, Nelson S. Bond, F.A. Kummer Jr., and Orlin Tremaine. Cover painting by Robert Fuqua. 8-1/2 in. x 11-3/8 in.; black and white; 100 newsprint pages; mostly text with a few illustrations. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $735.00 View scans Conserved Paper: Off white Conservation includes: tear seals to interior & cover, spine split sealed to cover, cover & interior reinforced. CENTERFOLD MARRIED. Label #3969864005

Cover art by Lou Fine. The Giant Robots of Kilgor starring Samson, art by Alex Blum. Invasion of the Three-Armed Men starring Flip Falcon, art by Don Rico. The Legend of the Haunted Well starring Golden Knight, art by Grieg Chapian. The Silent Explosive starring Yank Wilson. Headless Men of the Gold Comet, script and art by Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy]; Space Smith and Dianna are attacked by the Thinker's headless soldiers while they investigate the comet of gold. Untitled Captain Kidd story, art by Bill Bossert. The Mad Giant Experimenter starring Stardust, script and art by Fletcher Hanks. The Problem of Prince Pizga starring Sub Saunders, art by Henry Kiefer. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Lou Fine. "The FBI Agent Killing," script and art by George Brenner; The Clock (Brian O'Brien) battles Carl Adolf Voss. Untitled soap opera-type story starring Jane Arden and Lena Pry, script by Monte Barrett, art by Russell E. Ross. "The Phoney Gold Shipment," script and art by Art Pinajian; Reynolds of the Mounted vs. Lane and Jeff Dixon. 2 pages of Rube Goldberg's Side Show. "Collision at Sea" starring Spin Shaw, Captain "Poison" Atkins, and Ann Atkins, script and art by Bob Powell. Untitled Ned Brant story, script by Bob Zuppke, art by R. W. Depew. "The Fate of the DRAGON" starring Captain Fortune, script and art by Vernon Henkel. "The Bomber Engine Robberies," script by Will Eisner (as William Erwin Maxwell), pencils by Will Eisner and Lou Fine, inks by Lou Fine; Doll Man (Darrel Dane) vs. The Nazis. "The Bridge Blasters," script by William A. Smith, art by William A. Smith (as Will Arthur); Rance Keane vs. Seth Cheatham. Untitled Joe Palooka story, script and art by Ham Fisher. "The Dr. Croft Ruby Mystery: Part 1," script and art by Alfred Andriola; Detective-mystery story with Charlie Chan. Untitled Mickey Finn and Nippie story, script and art by Lank Leonard. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Will Eisner. Untitled story, script by Will Eisner, art by George Tuska (as George Aksut); Shark Brodie battles desperados Boss Bullard and his gang. Untitled story; Saber (Spy Fighter) vs. a gang of traitors in a story set in 1998. "The Life of Tony Galento"; non-fiction story about the famous boxer. Untitled story; Kayo Kirby (Red Kirby) vs. Bendelli, Slam Deman and Bob Benton. "The Graveyard of Forgotten Ships," script and art by Steve Broder; Kinks Mason vs. Amphibians. Fight Tips For Beginners article. Untitled story, script and art by Fletcher Hanks; After stopping a group of thieves, Big Red is made Mr. Farr's partner. Untitled story; Oran of the Jungle vs. The Malengas. Untitled story, script by Herman Bolstein, art by John Celardo; Origin of Rip Regan (the Power-Man); vs. The Skull. Untitled story, script by Klaus Nordling (as Ed Norris), art by Klaus Nordling; Cpl. Strut Warren vs. a mad scientist. Untitled story, pencils by Charles Sultan; Chip Collins vs. The Japanese. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $53.00 View scans Spine split 10%. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $50.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. Soiling. Water damage.

Add to cart Good $48.00 View scans 3/4" Cumulative spine split. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Residue. Scuffing. Soiling. Water damage.

Add to cart Good $48.00 View scans Staple rust. 4" Spine split from base of book. Foxing. Soiling.

Volume 71, Issue 611 - March, 1940. Cover by Enoch Bolles. Humorous captions paired with movie stills and models. 8.5" x 11", 54 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Flash stars in "The Trial of Major Williams," written by Gardner Fox, art by Everett E. Hibbard. Also includes: "The Romance of Cliff Cornwall" by Fox and Sheldon Moldoff; Hawkman in "The Secret of Dick Blendon" by Fox and Dennis Neville; "Johnny vs. Gunpowder Glantz" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; King in "The Terror of the Underworld" by Fox and William A. Smith; "Seventh Story" Flash picture novelette by Ed Wheelan; article on postage stamps; an ad for All-American Comics #12; and Adventure in a Time Warp text story by fox. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $10.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 34, Issue 4 - March, 1940. 8" x 11", 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Donald Duck. Cover by Tom Wood? Stories by Bob Karp. Art by Al Taliaferro. Featuring reprints of over 100 daily Donald Duck strips (King Features Syndicate). 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.