Comic books October 1940

Cover by Charles M. Quinlan. Stories and art by Charles M. Quinlan, Worth Carnahan, R. A. Wolfe, Ray Willner, and Max Neill. An early anthology from Worth Carnahan featuring adventure and superheroics. A boy dreams he is Jason of the Argonauts. Given magical powers by a monk in the Far East, Roy becomes the superhero Mister Mist. Newsboy Rusty learns more about his powers as the Little Giant. Sunset Smith; Cowboy Stunts; Phantom Knight; Little Giant; Jerry Bly the Gadget Guy; My Country- Alabama; Devil Dogs in China; Mister Mist; Tales of the Terrible Turk; Teller Twins; Shuteye Dawson; Kip Jaxon. Final issue of the series. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Monthly magazine that featured abridgements of best-selling books. 8.5" x 11", 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Volume 2, Issue 9 - October 1940. Vintage Men's Humor magazine featuring pictorials, Articles on politics, and humor, and single panel gag cartoons. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in, 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

The Sunday Novel was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Inquirer Public Ledger issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. Between 1934 and 1949, they published almost 400 of these novels. Includes interior illustrations. 11" x 15.5". 20 pages. Black and white, and partial color.

Volume 8, Issue 9 - October, 1940. Vintage photo magazine featuring Reader submitted photographs, and pictorials. The unrecovered Loot of Davy Jones' Locker with pictures and illustrations, Star Spangled Banner vs God Bless America. 10-in. x 13 1/2-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Picture Play Magazine, originally titled Picture-Play Weekly was an American weekly published magazine centered around the movie industry during the golden-age of Hollywood. It was one of the earliest published tabloid style magazines that focused on celebrity gossip, but also included behind-the-scenes content, and movie reviews. It was first published on April 10, 1915, and ultimately transitioned from a weekly to a monthly publication before the end of it's production run in late 1941 after merging with Charm Magazine. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - October 1940. Humor magazine featuring political and slice of life anecdotes, jokes, and cartoon gags. Cover by John Laurie. Article written by Bob Hope. 6-in. x 8 1/2-in., 104 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Jim Chambers. Stories and art by G. Ellerbrock, William Kent, Kenneth Kennedy, Bob Jenney, Jim Chambers, Gaylord Du Bois, Jim Miller, Bob Bugg, Hal Bittner, Erwin Hess, Allen L. Kirby, Charles Hedinger, Victor Boni, Tom Hickey, Albert Hartje and Bill Ely. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Invisible superhero The Voice investigates a plot against the US military's new mega-submarine. Captain Tornado and Professor Bordani help the people of Barangees prepare for another attack by the giant flies. After Wally gets a new car for his birthday, Wally and Gramps decide to drive to the 1940 World's Fair in San Francisco. The Voice, the Invisible Detective; Martan the Marvel Man; Captain Tornado; Wally Williams, American Boy; The Masked Pilot; Gang Busters; The Case of the Mysterious Pear; Dr. Hormone; He's My Pal; The Hurricane Kids; Name the Stars!; Pylon Pete; Shark Egan. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 74, Issue 4 - October 1940. Mechanical science and technology magazine. 6.75-in x 9.5-in 252 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 137, Issue 4 - Oct. 1940. Features include "Bombers or Battleships," "More Guns to Defend America" and more. Illustrated with period photos. 6.5" x 9.5", 252 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Vol. 199, No. 5194. October 9, 1940. Punch is a British weekly magazine of humor and satire that ran from 1841-1992. Renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence, and introduced the term ' Cartoon '. 8.75" x 11.25". 36 pages. Black and white.

A magazine for the amateur wireless operators. Cover price $0.25.

Published by Hugo Gernsback, considered the father of science-fiction. This issue is centered around the new medium of television with Gernsback's editorial, "The Television Age". 8.5" x 11.5". 128 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Vol. 50, No. 4. October 1940. True crime stories. 8.5" x 11", 98 pages, B&W with photos. Cover price $0.25.

"The Claws of Satan" a novel by Stuart Towne. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Toni Blum and Will Eisner. Art by Alex Blum, Louis Cazeneuve, Bob Powell and George Tuska. Cover by Ed Ashe. A strongman superhero from Fox Feature, descended from the Biblical Samson and sharing his weakness: having his hair cut. This issue includes reprints from Samson's early appearances in Fantastic Comics #1, 3, and Mystery Men Comics #2 and 6. A mysterious magnetic super-weapon is lifting ocean liners right out of the sea; Wing Turner is shot down while scouting for Nazi U-boats in the North Atlantic. Dynamic cover by Ed Ashe. The Coming of Samson; Wing Turner; Dragor; Samson and the Murder Ring; K-51 Spies At War. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 2, No. 2 - October 1940. Science Fiction and adventure stories pulp magazine. Cover by Frank R. Paul. "The Man Who Sold the Earth" by Thornton Ayre and "Death and the Dictator" by Raymond Z. Gallun, plus stories by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, Bob Olsen, and Wilbur S. Peacock. Illustrations by Lin Streeter, Novick, Charles Biro. 7-in. x 10-in., 130 pages, Text Cover price $0.15.

Volume 23, Issue 137 - October, 1940. Cary Grant and Martha Scott portrait by Earl Christy on cover. Movies covered include "No Time for Comedy" starring James Stewart and Rosalind Russell, "The Howards of Virginia" starring Cary Grant and Martha Scott, "When the Daltons Rode" starring Kay Francis and Randolph Scott, "The Letter" starring Bette Davis and Herbert Marshall, and more. Movie stars in this issue include Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Lucille Ball, Hedy Lamarr, Henry Fonda, Jackie Cooper, more. Plus columns and articles. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Women's magazine with articles and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 35, Issue 3 - October 1, 1940. 6.5" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 35, Issue 4 - October 15, 1940. Cover by Graves Gladney. The Shadow stars in "City of Fear" by Maxwell Grant. Other detective and mystery stories inclued "The Highway Kid" by Grant Lane, and "Codes" by Henry Lysing. 6 3/4" x 9 1/4"; black and white; 114 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 10, No. 12. October 1940. Vintage monthly published magazine with a focus on the film industry as a whole. First published in November of 1930, publication continued through the late 1970s. Priding itself as a source for exclusive behind the scenes stories about filmmaking, Silver Screen also contained a fair amount of articles about celebrities, their relationships, the latest in fashion, and film reviews. 8.5" x 11.25". 98 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.10.