Comic books October 1941

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Agriculture and farming magazine. Includes articles, fiction, and humor. 11" x 14", 94 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $298.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Inner well not fully sealed, book appears unaffected and secure. Label #2013770001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Untitled The Black Condor story, art by Lou Fine; When Senator Wright sided with the Indians on a proposed tax bill, Jaspar Crow objects because he stands to gain from it; A group of Fifth Columnists incite the Indians, who then turn on the tax collectors, forcing the Condor to use his Black Ray to help turn some of the Indians to his side. The Stolen Bombsight starring Tor the Magic Master, art by Fred Guardineer. The Man With The Terrible Machine starring Space Legion, art by Vernon Henkel. Vs. The Black Shark starring Red Torpedo, art by Henry Kiefer. The Monster Men starring Alias The Spider, art by Paul Gustavson. Untitled Spitfire story, art by Al McWilliams. Strips by Rube Goldberg. Old Skipper Bly starring Madam Fatal, art by Art Pinajian. Killer Kale Dies Tonight starring The Clock, script and art by George E. Brenner. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $260.00 or Best Offer View scan Interior is complete. Mold. Full length spine split. Severe staining. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Frank Thomas. Stories and art by Bill Holman, Al McWilliams, Bill Connor, William Treadwell, Bill Ely, Frank Thomas, Gaylord Du Bois, John Hampton, Frank V. Martinek, Leon A. Beroth, Al Micale, Jim Chambers, and Robert Brice. Crackajack Funnies presented reprints of classic comic strips alongside original features like The Owl. The Owl mounts his assault on Ma Madespo's dangerous headquarters, with unwelcome assists from the police and Owl Girl. Clyde and Wig are aided in their escape from the hostile tribe by two prospectors in a seaplane. Stratosphere Jim introduces his new "television gunsight" - complete with a schematic drawing - only to find that spies have stolen it, meaning there's another spy aboard the Flying Fortress. Ellery Queen; Smokey Stover; Bob and Bill; Cyclone; The Owl; Clyde Beatty; The Backward Hero; Gabby Scoops; The Crusoes; Andy Panda; True Spy Stories; Stratosphere Jim; Don Winslow of the Navy. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Written by Charles Biro. Art and cover by Charles Biro. Death Is the Referee; Sue and Jeff take their yacht to an uncharted island in the Pacific Ocean for their honeymoon. Written by Dick Wood. Art by Charles Biro. Pardons For Cash; Racket king Shultz waits for the prison baseball team to take the field, with him keeping score, in order for him to make an ingenious prison break at just the right time. Written by Bob Wood. Art by Bob Wood. The Claw In Captivity!!!; The Claw is captured and brought to New York City in chains, kept in a special holding area at the Central Park Zoo until a massive prison can be built to house him. Written by Charles Biro and Bob Wood. Art by Frank Borth. In Glory Canyon; Pat's old friend, Chester Wood, invites her to come out to his ranch near Glory Canyon, where he is in charge of building the Glory Dam. Written by Dick Wood. Art by George Roussos. Fu Tong; Reading about the loss of a fourteenth Navy pilot, Hugh Goddard realizes that the pilots were better pilots than that, and chooses to investigate. Written by Jerry Robinson. Art by Jerry Robinson. The Submarine Signaller; A rather unique voyage occurs, the ship carrying a diplomat, a condemned criminal, an aspiring playright and a fading movie actress. Ad for Captain Battle Comics #1, art by George Harrison. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 15, Issue 85 - October, 1941. 8.5" x 11", 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Batman and Robin in "The Stone Idol," Spy (by Ed Moore), the Crimson Avenger, Larry Steele Private Detective (by Cliff Young), Speed Saunders Ace Investigator in "The Death From the Honeybee," Cliff Crosby, Steve Malone District Attorney, and Sam Bradley (by Howard Sherman). Half-page ads for Batman # 7, Adventure Comics # 67, and Star Spangled Comics # 1. A full-page ad features World's Finest # 3, Superman # 13, All Star Comics # 7, and All-Flash Quarterly # 2. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 18, Issue 2 - October, 1941. Cover by Emery Clarke. Stories include "Birds of Death," a book-length novel by "Kenneth Robeson"; and "The Blackwater Intrigue" by George L. Eaton. 6.75-in x 9.25-in; black and white; 116 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

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

Cover by Charles Sultan. Stories and art by Charles Sultan and others. An early comics anthology published by Harry Chesler, featuring superhero and adventure stories. A soldier who sacrifices himself on the battlefield is resurrected by the otherworldly Father Patriot, and becomes Allied superhero Major Victory. Axis wizard the Yellow Spot kills an American scientist, but not before he can activate his greatest creation, the superhero Dynamic Man. A DA and his younger brother step outside the law to battle crime as Black Cobra and the Cobra Kid. Major Victory; That's Odd!; Dynamic Man; Stamp-O-Grams; Lucky Coyne; One in a Million; Hale the Magician; The Black Cobra; Is It True?; Calling All Cars; Sticklers; K-9; Smoke; Sgt. Bell, R.A.F. Demon. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Zoo Murders starring the Black Terror, script by Richard Hughes, art by Don Gabrielsen; vs. Billings. In India starring Ted Crane, art by George Mandel; vs. Stefan Muhler. The Blackout Frameup starring Sgt. Bill King, art by Maurice Gutwirth; vs. Sonelli, Joe, and Suggs. The Nazi Gold Mine starring Larry North, art by Max Plaisted; vs. the Nazis. The Masked Blackmailer starring the Mask, art by Kin Platt; vs. Al Walsh and Bill the Gun. The Body In the Trunk starring Dan Williams, art by Raymond Thayer. The OGPU Strikes starring the Sphinx, art by C. A. Winter. Framed For Bank Robbery starring Jim Hatfield. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 19, Issue 15 - October 10, 1941. Human interest family centric publication that features short fiction stories, recipes and celebrity gossip. 24 pages, 8.5" x 11.25", B&W Newsprint.

Human interest family centric publication that features short fiction stories, recipes and celebrity gossip. 24 pages, 8.5" x 11.25", B&W Newsprint.

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"The Color Out of Space" a complete novelette by H.P. Lovecraft.

Published by Frank A. Munsey Cover price $0.15.

Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Life's Like That" by Fred Neher; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "Above the Crowd" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "The Gay Thirties" by Hank Barrow; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Frankie Future" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier; "Hairbreadth Harry" by F. O. Alexander; "Connie" by Frank Godwin; "Invisible Scarlet O'Neil" by Russell Stamm; "Skyroads" by Dick Calkins and Russell Keaton; "Babe Bunting" by Roy L. Williams; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Roy Powers, Eagle Scout" by Paul Powell; "Big Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "Somebody's Stenog" and "The Back-Seat Driver" by A. E. Hayward; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; "Seaweed Sam" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Adventures of Patsy" by Mel Graff; and "Speed Spaulding" by Edwin Balmer, Philip Wylie, and Marvin Bradley. "Ghost Light!" text story by E. Albert Willard. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $13.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.

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Add to cart GD 2.0 $10.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Book length crease on front cover. Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 3, Issue 8 - October 1941. Cover by Harold W. McCauley. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Thunder Over Washington" by William P. McGivern, and "The Earthquake Girl" by Joseph J. Millard. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 146 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Cover art by John Devlin. "The Fiends and the Foundry," script by William Erwin Maxwell, art by Reed Crandall; Doll Man investigates suspicious sabotage activities at a wartime aluminum foundry producing aircraft engine blocks. "The Elephant Sacrifice," script by John Charles, art by Max Elkan; A tribe of cannibals use an elephant named Polo to capture Samar. "Diary of the Dead," script by Toni Blum (as Noel Fowler), art by Al Bryant; After visiting his doctor, the physician shows him the still form of a girl, who's malady is considered incurable unless a plant the doctor's father discovered in Guatamala can be obtained to effect a cure. Untitled Mickey Finn story, script and art by Lank Leonard. "Crime At the Clover Club" starring jazz band conductor Swing Sisson, script and art by Phil Martin. "The Purple Monster" starring Reynolds of the Mounted, script and art by Art Pinajian. "Case Without Clues" starring Capt. Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy, script and art by Harry Campbell. "The Phoney Father," script and art by Paul Gustavson; Rusty Ryan vs. Joe and his gang. "Dream of a Countess" starring Dusty Dane, script and art by Vernon Henkel. "The Box B Rustlers" starring The Fargo Kid, art by Alex Koda. "The ZANZIBAR Incident," art by Clark Williams; Spin Shaw vs. The Nazis. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. "Hordes of the Secret Dictator," art by Dan Zolnerowich; Introduction and origin of Super-American; One man against the mad dogs of Europe; Franklin D. Roosevelt appears. Untitled story, art by George Appel; Frosty North vs. reindeer rustlers in Alaska's far-flung wastes. Untitled story, art by Seymour Reit; Strut Warren vs. Kapitan Schnutz Von Bagel. Untitled story; Kayo Kirby vs. Tex Webster. Untitled story; Shark Brodie vs. various Axis spies. Untitled story; Oran of the Jungle vs. Slick Joe Sambo and his syndicate, a cannibal tribe. "The True Life Story of Georges Carpentier"; Non-fiction story about the famous boxer. Untitled story starring Kinks Mason and Battler, his trained seal; vs. the Nazis. Untitled story, art by Leonard Frank; British freighter comes bearing supplies for the army; The Spy Fighter vs. the Nazis. Untitled story; Chip Collins vs. The Nazis. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart Good $45.00 View scans Staple rust. Foxing. Soiling. Interior page detachments.

Volume 71, Issue 630 - October, 1941. Enoch Boles cover. 8.5" x 11", 54 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $530.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to off white Slab: See item notes Inner well not fully sealed, book appears unaffected and secure. Label #2709420009

Add to cart VG 4.0 $850.00 or Best Offer View scans Restored (see item notes) RESTORATION. Color touch, tear seals and TRIMMED. Cover glued to first wrap at staples. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Mike'sRack

Stories by Larry Antonette and Ludwig Polanowski. Art by Arthur Cazeneuve and Larry Antonette. Cover by Arthur Cazeneuve. Raised by Tibetan lamas, orphan Gary Preston gained the mystic ability to control fire and temperature, including the power to materialize wherever there is an open flame. The Flame faces the Master of Death and his Black Legion; Voodoo Man kills a government agent and turns him into a classic voodoo-style zombie; The Yank and the Rebel, Civil War soldiers revived after 80 years in suspended animation, become a new patriotic super-team when not feuding with each other. The Black Legion; Fury On the Freighter; The Dust Gas; Steeltown Sabotage; Revolt of the Minerals; Voodoo Man: Havoc In Haiti; Origin of the Yank and the Rebel. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Flash (script by Gardner Fox, art by E.E. Hubbard), Johnny Thunder, Les Sparks Radio Amateur, the King in "The Adventure of the Siamese Twins," the Whip, Minute Movies: "The Maharajah's Necklace," and Hawkman in "The Adventure of the Killer-Gang" (art by Sheldon Moldoff). Full-page ads for All-Flash Quarterly # 2 and All-Star Comics # 7. Full-page combined ad for Star-Spangled Comics # 1, Action Comics # 41, More Fun Comics # 72, Detective Comics # 56, All-American Comics # 31, and Adventure Comics # 67. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $6.00 View scans Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $6.00 View scans Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 39, Issue 3 - October, 1941. 8.5" x 11.5", 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Dan Gormley. Stories and art by Victor Bloom, Maurice Kashuba, Gordon A. J. Peterson, Erwin Hess, E. C. Stoner, and Bob Jenney. The Funnies presented reprints of classic comic strips alongside original material. Phantasmo takes his sidekick Whizzer to the moon, where they encounter the local aliens. Mr. District Attorney goes undercover in a truck hijacking gang. The Sky Ranger battles enemy troops in Alaska, the US territory. Phantasmo, the Master of the World; Captain Midnight; Philo Vance; The Sky Ranger; Rex, King of the Deep; Mr. District Attorney; The Rocket Boys in Space; Navy Bob's Scrap Book; Navy Bob Steele; Did You Know That; The Black Knight; Speed Martin. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $59.00 View scans Paper: Off white Heavy amount of opaque tape on inside front cover. Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $30.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.	Add to cart GD- 1.8 $20.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 40%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.	Add to cart GD- 1.8 $27.00 View scans Paper: Slightly britle Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
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Oct 1941. Previously titled Future Fiction. Cover by Hannes Bok. black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 24, Issue 2 - October, 1941. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Pierce Rice, Walter Frehm and Dan Gormley. Cover by Pierce Rice. Vita-rays transform Michael Shelby into the hero known as the Green Mask. Outlaws threaten Olivia and kid sidekick Domino after an actor is murdered on stage; In an offbeat story, bullied newsboy Timothy Smith enters the Land of Magic, where he battles Fo-Fum the Wicked Giant for 5000 jelly beans and the hand of a princess; Circus acrobat Lee Brothers becomes the superhero Tumbler when gangsters rob a payroll and threaten his friend Sockey. Green Mask; Timothy Smith; Gambling Ship; Oil and Bullets Over the Amazon; Tumbler; The Night Bird. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 2, Issue 4 - October, 1941. 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", 66 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+. Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Reed Crandall. "The Dockside Saboteurs," art by Reed Crandall; Hercules hears of the sinking of an Allied supply vessel and races to the scene to save the ship, then volunteers for guard duty to stop the saboteurs responsible. "The Murder of Moe Jukes," script by Toni Blum (as Stanley Charlot), art by Al Bryant; While meeting a friend at the airport, Betty witnesses the death of a noted racketeer, and, when the smoke clears, a young man holding the gun is nabbed by the Police. "Headbanger" one-page story starring Dan Tootin, art by Jack Cole. "Death of a Director" starring The Strange Twins, script by S. M. Iger, art by Alex Blum; vs. Darleen and an Indian. "Prisoner of the Hunters" starring Lion Boy, art by Henry Kiefer. "The Fake Buoy of Mozambique" starring Bob and Swab, script and art by Klaus Nordling. "Murder in Chinatown," script by Toni Blum (as B. H. Apiary), art by Witmer Williams; Rick is sent on an assignment to Chinatown to investigate the murder of a Chinese, only to find that opium is behind the whole thing. "The Seizure of the PANA," art by Mort Leav; Hell Diver vs. the Japanese. "The Anti-Neon Machine," script by S. M. Iger, art by Alex Blum; Neon must face Scar Lioni, who has created a formidable tractor beam of sorts that Neon could not escape from (unless he turned his body into energy). "Plunder from the Deep" text story by Gene Miller. "U.S. Destroyer Mysteriously Sunk" starring G-5 Super Agent. "The SIROCCO Saboteurs" starring Don Glory, art by Arthur Peddy. 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.

One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.10.