Comic books August 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", 66 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+. Cover price $0.15.

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August, 1940. Health and fitness magazine. Softcover magazine, 8-1/2" x 11-1/2", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

First appearances of Hydroman (art by Bill Everett), the Purple Zombie (by Tarpe Mills), and Mann of India (by Mills). Newspaper strip reprints: Reg'lar Fellers, Flyin' Jenny, Sergeant Stony Craig, Dinky Dinkerton, Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire, Bill & Davey, Daredevils of Destiny, Gordon Fife and the Boy King, and Tad of the Tanbark. Everett cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Lou Fine. A Town's Ransom, art by Dan Zolnerowich; Hercules battles saboteurs who blow up a school and a dam. Assignment: Ruina starring X-5 Super Agent, script by Will Eisner [as Cary Weyt], art by Charles Sultan. The Baby On the Doorstep; Someone leaves a baby on the Doe's doorstep; Hijinks, including gunplay, ensue. The Phantom Scaffold starring Old Witch, art by Pierre Winter. The Escape of Roderick Strange, script by S. M. Iger [as S. M. Regi], art by Alex Blum; Rod captures Doug and takes his place. The Hospital Grafters, art by Charles Nicholas. Costa Rica Shore Leave starring Bob and Swab, script and art by Klaus Nordling. The Railroad Saboteurs starring Casey Jones, art by Munson Paddock. The Venusian Expedition starring Blaze Barton, art by Henry Kiefer. The Defeat of Radolf, script by S. M. Iger [as Tagor Maroy], art by Alex Blum; Neon heads for Dunland to free the inhabitants of a concentration camp in Dunland from the evil and tyranical rule of a dictator. 68 pgs. $0.10. 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.

UK Edition.

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.

Cover by Bob Powell. Edited by Malcolm Reiss, Jerry Iger and Will Eisner. Stories and art by Will Eisner, Jerry Iger, Dan Zolnerowich, Charles Wotjkoski, Charles Sultan, Bob Kane and Bob Powell. An influential anthology starring jungle hero Sheena, featuring early art by legendary comics artists in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Sheena's old foe Pasha Kamur wants to recapture her for his harem; Hayward and Stewart use their time machine to seek a modern-day woman abducted into the past by an Egyptian pharaoh; A reprint of the Bob Kane Peter Pupp story from issue #2. Peter Pupp; The Hawk; Weird Stories of the Supernatural; Bobby; Uncle Otto; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle; Ken Hammond; ZX-5 Spies In Action; Inspector Dayton; Lightning; Wilton of the West. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bob Powell. "Safari into Shadowland," script by Red Bradey, art by George Tuska; Criminals drive out the workers of a diamond mine and bring in their own natives to work the mine; Kaänga, together with a group of black-maned lions, restores the mine to its rightful owners. Untitled story, script by Taylor Martin, art by Arthur Peddy; After a savage tribe wipes out a group of missionaries, the Panther sees to it that they are punished by a flood that leaves their leader dead. Untitled story, script by Robert Lewis, art by Charles Sultan; A group of scientists are stricken with a plague after they open an ancient Egyptian tomb in the jungle; Tabu goes to a lost ancient Egyptian outpost for a cure. Untitled story, script by Ted Carter, art by Bob Powell; With the aid of a band of gorillas, Camilla and her army repulse an attack by a medieval Asian army. "The Dark Horde" text story by Bob Clark. Untitled story, script by Pierre La Rue, art by Bill Bossert; Yak-ho and his savage tribe attack the peaceful Kadahs; Terry uses a stick of chewing gum as a bribe to stop the attacks, but later must exorcise the evil spirit of the gum with a piece of jewelry. Untitled story, script by Roy L. Smith, art by Henry Kiefer; The Ingas, weakened by disease, are attacked by the Kurgas. Wambi goes to the military outpost to get both military and medical assistance. Untitled story, script by Courtney Thomason, art by Nick Cardy; Roy helps a diamond mine owner find his mine with the aid of the thieves who stole the map to the mine. Untitled story, art by William M. Allison; Simba rescues the pilot of a crashed airplane who is looking for his kidnapped fiancé; With the help of Simba and some apes, he frees the girl and captures the kidnappers. Untitled story, script and art by Fletcher Hanks (as Barclay Flagg); When Mr. X steals a mystical headpiece that causes a boiling mud-pit to overflow into the jungle, he is confronted by Fantomah who transforms him into a mud being and condemns him to live underground forever. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

First appearance Air Man. Also Dean Denton, Scientific Detective in "The Return of the Conqueror," Spark O'Leary, Dean masters D.A., the Masked Marvel, "The Eye Sees," and Dan Dennis F.B.I. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Ruth Plumly Thompson (sometimes credited as Jo King). Stories and art by William Ritt, Clarence Gray, Brandon Walsh, Nicholas Afonsky, Carl Anderson, Jack Burnley, R. J. Scott, Eddie Sullivan, Charlie Schmidt, Lee Falk, Phil Davis, E. C. Segar, George McManus, Otto Soglow, Eddie Rickenbacker, Clayton Knight, Romer Grey, Charles Flanders, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Don Moore and Alex Raymond. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Mandrake the Magician teaches a cruel farmer not to mistreat his animals; A carnival barker convinces Lothar to test his abilities, unaware that Lothar has super-strength. Brick Bradford; The Lone Ranger; Little Annie Rooney; Henry; Sport Features; Scott's Scrapbook; Radio Patrol; Mandrake the Magician; Thimble Theatre; Flash Gordon; Bringing Up Father; The Little King; King of the Royal Mounted. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Fiction and non-fiction stories with illustrations. 8.5" x 11.25", 64 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.05.

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August 12, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: Charles McNary; Wendell Willkie; piano sales; Philadelphia museum sculpture show; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 92 pages. Cover price $0.10.

August 19, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: Adolf Hitner's Rise to Power; River Rouge photographic essay; osteopathy; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 84 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 161, Issue 5 - August 17, 1940. 6.5" x 9", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Margery McKay (sometimes credited as G. Whiz). Stories and art by Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Feg Murray, H. H. Knerr, Edwina Dumm, Sheldon Stark, Neil O'Keefe, Robert Storm, Austin Briggs, Thornton W. Burgess, Carl Anderson, Chic Young, Bob Dunn, Frank Miller, Joe Musial, Billy DeBeck, Jimmy Thompson, and E.C. Segar. Lee Falk's adventurer Mandrake the Magician gets top billing in this anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Lothar reclaims the throne of his homeland, but he's not sure he wants it; Popeye is brilliant in a fight, but not so good on the social graces. Mandrake the Magician; Jan and Aloysius; Seein' Stars; Bunky; Tippie and Cap Stubbs; Inspector Wade; Secret Agent X-9; Henry; Little Acorns; Popeye; Barney Baxter; Blondie; Indian Lore; Roger; Stamp Corner; Dinglehoofer. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Alex Schomburg. "The Result of the Most Famous Battle in Comic Magazines," script by Bill Everett, Carl Burgos, and John Compton, art by Everett and Burgos; Trapped in a translite tube, only the intervention of Betty Dean saves the Torch and ends the battle between him and Namor. Human Torch untitled story, script and art by Carl Burgos; Torch must battle a gas syndicate who tries to raise the price of gasoline, and bombs any gas station refusing to go along. Sub-Mariner untitled story, script and art by Bill Everett; Because of Namor's seemingly inability to handle the Torch, he is suspended from all active service; Meanwhile, a group of hardened ice field seamen, led by Luther Robinson, seek out the Sub-Mariner to destroy him. The Angel untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; The Angel must cope with weird "devils of the mist," who have been released from the bowels of the earth by a volcano, and who are kidnapping young women top side to sacrifice to that volcano. Electro, the Marvel of the Age untitled story, art by Steve Dahlman; Electro is called into service to battle an evil, now insane, ex-genius of brain surgery, stationed in an old castle somewhere off the coast of Cuba, who has successfully created artifical blood. Tiger Trail text story, script by Beach Allen, art by Ed Robins. The Masked Raider untitled story, art by Al Anders; A criminal who has fatally wounded a tax collector sees the Raider, and works out a scheme to convince the Sheriff that the Raider is the murderer...all as a blind to steal the tax money himself. "The Murder of a Man Without a Will," script by Ray Gill, art by Bob Oksner; While Terry Vance, the Boy of a Hundred Hobbies" works on an experiment, he hears a police call of someone murdered in a penthouse. Advenures of Ka-Zar the Great untitled story, art by Ben Thompson; A wanted criminal captures two Scotland Yard detectives and leaves them for dead, while he attempts to fly out of the jungle to freedom. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ken Battefield and others. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres. Master Man, a short-lived Superman type, surveys the world from his mountaintop fortress, can see any evil activity instantly, and rise to defeat it. The Devil's Dagger, an early superhero inspired by the Green Hornet, is a crusading reporter with a chauffeur sidekick, a masked secret identity, and a cool car, The Speed Ghost. Unusual size of issues #1 - 6 accounts for low availability of some issues. Master Man; White Rajah; Devil's Dagger; Shipwreck Roberts; The Preacher's Reward; Slap-Dippy; El Carim; Rick O'Shay; Frontier Marshall. 10 1/2-in. x 14-in.; 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 25 #8 - Aug. 1940. UK magazine featuring articles on engineering feats and vehicles. 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 86 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Movie magazine with news, reviews and gossip. Articles on John Barrymore, Joan Fontaine, Charles Boyer, Joel McCrea, Jackie Cooper, Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, Full-page portraits include Claudette Colbert, Errol Flynn, Joan Crawford, Linda Darnell, Greer Garson. Interesting ads include Lil Abner for Cream of Wheat, Claudette Colbert for Lux soap. Movie ads include Pride and Prejudice, Tom Brown's School Days, Maryland, Ghost Breakers. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 90 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bernard Baily. All-Star Comics ad. "The Arsonist," script by Jerry Siegel, art by Bernard Baily; The Spectre investigates the kidnapping and attempted murder of a warehouse owner and discovers that Brent's partner has been embezzling funds and is trying to eliminate any possibility the thefts will be discovered. Mutt & Jeff ad. "The Circus Crimes," starring Detective Sergeant Carey, script and art by Joe Donohoe. Untitled story, script by Whitney Ellsworth, art by George Papp; Congo Bill vs. The Skull. Untitled story, art by Ed Winiarski; While on vacation Gabby and Captain Desmo come across an island filled with munitions to be sold to the highest bidder. Superman Is on the Radio! ad. Untitled Radio Squad story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Chad Grothkopf. Untitled Lieut. Bob Neal of Sub. 662 story, script by Robert Hirsch, art by Rusty Lehman; Mr. Rath accuses his wife of stealing, after which she apparently commits suicide. Untitled Biff Bronson story, script by Albert Sulman, art by Joe Sulman; A corrupt private detective tries to frame an ex-con for the second time. "Gunman's Reputation" text story by Gardner F. Fox. Untitled Sergeant O'Malley of the Red Coat Patrol story, art by Jack Lehti. "Theft of the Book of Thoth," script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Howard Sherman. 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.