Comic books October 1940

Stories and art by Roy Crane, Fred Harman, Win Smith, Don Black, Joe Eichberger, Al McWilliams, Bill Connor, William Treadwell, Frank Thomas, Al Lewin, Hal Bittner, Frank V. Martinek, Leon A. Beroth, Al Micale, Bob Bugg and Clyde Lewis. Crackajack Funnies presented original stories and reprints of classic comic strips, including Roy Crane's influential Wash Tubbs & Captain Easy. Nick Terry's fiancée, reporter Belle, learns that he's the Batman-like crimefighter The Owl. Stratosphere Jim takes his experimental Flying Fortress into battle against a Nazi tank squadron. Ellery Queen and his father Richard survive a train wreck, and discover that it was sabotaged by thieves seeking a fortune in diamonds. Plus a Tarzan prose story. Ellery Queen; Bob and Bill; Red Ryder; The Owl; Wash Tubbs; Penguin Pete and His Pal Pudgie; Gabby Scoops; The Crusoes; Stratosphere Jim; Don Winslow of the Navy; Tarzan; Herky; Davey and Dingo. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, and George Roussos. The Land Behind the Light starring Batman, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, and George Roussos. Spy story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Ed Moore. Larry Steele, Private Detective story, art by Ken Ernst. The Crimson Avenger story, script and art by Jack Lehti. Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator story, art by Ed Winiarski (as Fran Miller). Steve Malone, District Attorney story, art by Don Lynch. The Isle of Vampires starring Young America's Hero, Cliff Crosby, script and art by Chad Grothkopf. Slam Bradley story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Howard Sherman. 68 pgs. $0.10. Crimson Avenger new costume. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $12.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 50%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

"The talking clocks" 2/6 serial by Frank Gruber-2/6, plus "Easy to Kill" a novelette by Hugh B. Cave, and "Herbie Rides His Hunch" a novelette by Frederick Brown-n.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $56.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

2nd app. Crimson Mask Cover price $0.10.

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This simply has to be one of the best ever mad doctor covers ever to appear on a pulp!

Volume 16, Issue 2 - October, 1940. Cover by Emery Clarke. Stories include "Devils in the Deep," a book-length novel by "Kenneth Robeson"; "The Crimson Terror" by George L. Eaton; and "The Vengeance of Metisk" by Harold F. Cruickshank. 6.75-in x 9.25-in; black and white; 114 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Digest sized Spanish language Doc Savage reprints published by Editorial Molino. Slick covers with newsprint interior.

Volume 2, Issue 2 - October, 1940. 6.75" x 9.75", 100 pages, B&W. 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.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $41.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

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Published by Frank A. Munsey Cover price $0.15.

Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "The Gay Thirties" by Hank Barrow; "Goofie Gags" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Spunky Dory" by M. E. Brady; "Roy Powers, Eagle Scout" by Paul Powell; "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; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier; "Speed Spaulding" by Edwin Balmer, Philip Wylie, and Marvin Bradley; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Adventures of Patsy" by Mel Graff; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Big Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "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); "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; and "Homer Hoopee" by Fred Locher. "Stop or I'll Fire!" text story by E. Albert Willard. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $40.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $13.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $13.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. No Front Cover. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $13.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $13.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

"Jongor of Lost Land" a novella by Robert Moore Williams, and "The Elixir of Invisibility" short story by Henry Kuttner.

October 1940. Cover by J. Allen St. John. Stories: "Jongor of Lost Land" by Robert Moore Williams, "Oscar, Detective of Mars" by James Norman, "Special Agent To Venus" by Thornton Ayre, "The Uncanny Power of Edwin Cobalt" by Noel Gardner, "The Scientific Miler of Bowler U. by Ivan Sandrof, and "The Elixer of Invisibility" by Henry Kuttner. Illustrations by Robert Fuqua, Julian S. Krupa, Frank R. Paul, Ralph Johnson, R. Newman, Rod Ruth, and Joe Sewell. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 9 1/2-in, 146 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

The Ray That Turned Steel To Dust starring Samson, art by Alex Blum [as Alex Boon]; vs. Prof. Donaldson. In the Days of the Cavemen starring Flip Falcon, art by Orville Wells. The Queen of Soulless Isle starring Golden Knight, art by Grieg Chapian; vs. Sulia. Assignment In Greenland starring Yank Wilson, art by Grant Ferguson; vs. Col. Ock. The Hand of the Fire-God starring Captain Kidd, art by Bill Bossert. Captured On Cato starring Space Smith, script and art by Henry Fletcher [as Hank Christy]. The Skullface Kurd Mob starring Stardust, script and art by Fletcher Hanks [as Fletcher King]. The Last of the Ray-Men starring Sub Saunders, art by Henry Kiefer [as Karl Kief]. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

"The Laughing Puppeteer," script by William Erwin Maxwell, art by Lou Fine; Doll Man must face and defeat the evil puppeteer named Bombasto, who uses shrunken corpses in his work. "The Electric Cage Trap," script and art by William A. Smith (as Will Arthur); Rance Keane vs. a racketeer. "Call of the North," script and art by Art Pinajian; Reynolds of the Mounted vs. Duke Jackson. "Mutiny On the Ghost Galleon," script and art by Toni Blum (as Noel Fowler); Zero, Ghost Detective vs. The ghost crew of the Flying Skull. "The Horse Race To Save Boyville" starring Rusty Ryan, script and art by Paul Gustavson. "Tap Trap" starring Capt. Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy, script and art by Harry Campbell. "Aboard the Ghost Ship," art by Stan Aschmeier; The Voice (Mr. Elixir) vs. Gerald Carder. "Dmitri the Pearl Thief" starring Dusty Dane, script and art by Vernon Henkel. Untitled Mickey Finn story, script and art by Lank Leonard. "The Amazons of Nesbo" starring Samar. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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.

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Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $35.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $29.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 71, Number 618 - October, 1940. Pictorial on Paulette Goddard. Photos of Joan Blondell, Joan Crawford, Dolores Del Rio, Lupe Velez, Nanette Fabares, Marlene Dietrich, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers and lots more starlets and models. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 54 pages, sepia tone. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 53, Issue 1 - October, 1940. 6.5" x 9", 164 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Flash stars in "The School Board Problem," written by Gardner Fox, art by Everett E. Hibbard. Also includes: King in "The Green Cap" by Fox and Harry Lampert; Hawkman in "Adventures of the Spanish Blunders" by Fox and Sheldon Moldoff; Johnny Thunder in "The Picnic" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; Cliff Cornwall in "White Renegade" with art by John Ayman; "Two A.M." Flash picture novelette by Ed Wheelan; and The Whip in "The Orphanage Benefit" by Wentworth and Homer Fleming. 64 pgs. Cover art by Hibbard. Cover art by Sheldon Moldoff. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by E. C. Stoner. Stories and art by Roy Crane, Gaylord Du Bois, Bob Jenney, Al McWilliams, Victor Bloom, Bob Hebberd, E. C. Stoner, and John Coleman Burroughs. The Funnies presented reprints of classic comic strips, including Roy Crane's influential Captain Easy, alongside original material. The siege of Helium over, John Carter marries Dejah Thoris at last. But more danger awaits, in the conclusion to the adaptation of the novel A Princess of Mars. John Carter art by John Coleman Burroughs, son of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Mr. District Attorney goes after an espionage ring. In California, Phantasmo and Whizzer visit Whizzer's cousin, who is hearing strange noises coming from underneath his house. Phantasmo's costume is mis-colored on the cover, giving the appearance of nudity. Phantasmo, the Master of the World; John Carter Warlord of Mars; The Sky Ranger; Captain Easy; Rex, King of the Deep; Mr. District Attorney; Lucky Storm; The Black Knight; Speed Martin. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 3 - October 1940. Vintage Men's interest magazine, including pictorials, showgirls, single panel gag comics, and sports articles. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 32 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.

Gulf Oil Company giveaway, regular comic size, full color, 4 pages.

BG painted cover* Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 4 - October, 1940. Vintage supermarket tabloid magazine full of high profile true crime stories of the FBI and the CIA, some with testimonials from those involved in, or close to the cases themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 68 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+. Cover price $0.15.

Bill Everett cover. Contains three original features accompanied by comic strip reprints and activity pages. In order of appearance: "Hydroman" by Bill Everett; "Reg'lar Fellers" by Gene Byrnes; "Flyin' Jenny" by Russell Keaton; "Star Flashes" by Charles Bruno; "The Purple Zombie" by Tarpe Mills; "Sergeant Stoney Craig" by Frank Rentfrow and Don Dickson; "Dinky Dinkerton" by Art Huhta (as Jim Wallace); "Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire" by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; "Slug McFee" by Jack Romer; "Mann of India" by Tarpe Mills; "Bill and Davey" by James P. McCague; "Dare-devils of Destiny" by Frank Rentfrow and Don Dickson; "Gordon Fife and the Boy King" by Bob Moore and Jim Hales; "Movie Hooey" by Jack Romer; "Amaze A Minute" by Arnold; "Tad of the Tanbark" by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; and "Kitty Moran and her Hound" and "Idioddities" by Jack Romer. Indicia states "Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics". 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $380.00 or Best Offer View scans Interior complete. Full length spine split through cover and several wraps. Cover and interior oxidation. Water spotting. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover art by Lou Fine. "The Future Society," art by Charles Nicholas (as B. H. Apiary); The Red Bee (Rick Raleigh) vs. Dr. Marah and Lizak. "The Budapest Crime Syndicate," script by S. M. Iger (as S. M. Regi), art by Alex Blum; Rod Strange and Doug Strange match wits over stolen jewels; This time in Budapest. "The Case of the Crooked Eights," script by Bob Powell (as Stanley Charlot), art by Bob Powell; Betty wins her case via a gun battle in the courtroom. "Assignment: Tradheim," art by Charles Sultan; X-5 vs. Von Setz. "The Modern Art Robbery"; Jack Doe and Jill Doe vs. Squee. "The Overland Bus Mystery," art by Dan Zolnerowich; Hercules vs. William Onslow, Pike and Blacky. "Black Starred Skull" starring The Old Witch, art by John Celardo. "King of the Rockmen"; Blaze Barton vs. the Rockmen (villains) and their King. "Madman's Castle, or, The Living Ghost" text story by Toni Blum (Toni Boone). "Cockroach Detail" starring Bob and Swab, script and art by Klaus Nordling. "The Transatlantic Bridge" starring Neon the Unknown, art by Alex Blum; Neon (Tom Corbet) vs. the Dictator of Kampfland; President Franklin D. Roosevelt appears. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Published by Popular Magazines, Inc. between December 1931 and December 1943, Hooey was a satirical humour magazine that included fake articles, cartoons that depicted social issues of the time and spoof ads in a similar vein as it's successor, Mad Magazine. 8.5" x 11", 32 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

"Dr. Targo's Last Experiment" a short story by Ray Cummings.

Volume 10, Issue 2 - October, 1940. 6.75" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $340.00 View scans Paper: White Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate. Foreign edition: UK.

British Edition. Volume 10, Issue 2 - October, 1940. 6.75" x 9", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.