Comic books October 1941

Vol. 83 #4 - Oct. 1941. Hunting and fishing magazine. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Irv Novick. Shield story, script by Harry Shorten, art by Irv Novick. Hangman story, script by Joe Blair (as Cliff Campbell), art by George Storm. Danny In Wonderland story, script by Harry Shorten, art by Lin Streeter. Sergeant Boyle story, art by Carl Hubbell. Fireball story, art by Paul Reinman. Madam Satan story, art by Harry Lucey. Kayo Ward story, script by Harry Shorten, art by George Storm. Bentley of Scotland Yard story, script by Joe Blair, art by Mort Meskin. 68 pgs. $0.10. 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.

Cover pencils by Gill Fox, inks by Will Eisner. "Boss Slaine, Traitor," script by S. M. Iger, art by Reed Crandall; The Firebrand (Rod Reilly) vs. Boss Slaine. Rock Gatty's Impossible Killing #711, script and art by George E. Brenner; #711 (Daniel Dyce) vs. Rock Gatty. "The Double Agent" starring Eagle Evans, art by Clark Williams. "The Hand of Biro," script and art by Vernon Henkel; Chic Carter and Gay Nolan are trapped in a private hospital being run by a maniac. "The Pinball Racket," script and art by Jack Cole; Captain Murphey expects Plastic Man to solve at least one case per month or lose his badge, so Plas succeeds in stopping a pinball machine racket started by one Baldy Bushwack. "The Motorcycle Cop Murder" starring Steele Kerrigan, art by Al Bryant. "The Escape of Fatso Dowd" starring The Mouthpiece, script and art by Fred Guardineer. "The Mouthpiece"; Bill Perkins vs. Fatso Dowd. "Pearls of Peril" text story starring Dick Mace, script by Robert M. Hyatt. "Framed For Kidnapping," art by Arthur Peddy; The Phantom Lady rescues her fiancé, Don Borden, from spies trying to get defense secrets from him. "Gangway, Crime!" one-page Burp the Twerp story, script and art by Jack Cole. "The Purple Mist," script and art by Paul Gustavson (as Paul Carrol); Roy is called away from Jean's side to the White House, where the President asks Roy to oversee a new lab; While doing this, Roy happens to see a note mentioning a deadly purple mist; When the Human Bomb flushes out the spy behind the mist, he discovers the man to have a pair of purple glasses... glasses which, when worn, reveal Nazi assassins hiding within the mists. 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Frank King, Zack Mosley, Boody Rogers, Gus Edson, Maurice Kashuba, Bob Jenney, Jim Chambers, E. C. Stoner, Dan Gormley, Victor Boni, Tom Hickey, Albert Hartje and Bill Ely. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Canada accepts the Masked Pilot's offer of his new "super fighter attack plane" for the coming war, but Axis agents want it for themselves. Supermind and Son set a trap for rival mad scientist Sorel, who has stolen the superpower formula, using their "invisible rocket ship." Smilin' Jack is a persona non grata with Dixie and Jill after they learn Cotton's fate. The Gumps; Smilin' Jack; Professor Supermind and Son; The Voice, the Invisible Detective; Martan the Marvel Man; Wally Williams, American Boy; Gasoline Alley; True Spy Stories: Spy Station in Scotland, Treachery of Lieut. Farnsworth; The Masked Pilot; Gang Busters; The Hurricane Kids. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 21, Issue 3 - October, 1941. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 76, Issue 4 - October, 1941. Mechanical science and technology magazine. Cover features a design for an anti-tank unit with a big motor driven gun to fight other enemy tanks. Cover artist uncredited, but the interior illustration of the same subject is signed "Bade". Featured articles in this issue include Machines that Make Machines, Wings over the Antarctic, Science Rides the Rails, and lots more. 6 3/4-in. x 9 1/2-in. 252 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 139, Issue 4 - October 1941. Feature articles include "New Tools for Army Power", "Fighting the Submarine Mine", "Stay Hungry and Live Longer", "Museums For Sale" and more. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 240 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 9, Issue 5 - October, 1941. 6.75" x 9.75", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Jack Binder. Untitled stories starring Black Owl (art by Jack Binder), Dr. Frost (art by Ben Thompson), Ted O'Neil (art by Maurice Gutwirth), Yank and Doodle (art by Paul Norris), Frankenstein (script and art by Dick Briefer), Green Lama (script by Ken Crossen, art by Charles Sultan), Twist Turner, and Power Nelson (art by Paul Norris). $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Edited by De Witt Shank and Gene Fawcette. Stories and art by Joe Doolin, Bob Jenney, and Don Lynch. Sometimes listed as Rangers of Freedom Comics #1 (the title on the cover). Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Teens Biff, Tex and Percy are enlisted by the government to become the "Rangers of Freedom," because only teen minds can resist the mind-controlling villain called the Super-Brain; For their first case, the RoF must resist Super-Brain's demands that they kidnap the President; Jungle Jim-like explorer Rocky Hall joins forces with the wild jungle boy called Gay-Ree. Rangers of Freedom; The Royal Watch; Defense Patrol: Jeep Milarkey: The Anzac Hawks; Rocky Hall, Jungle Stalker; The Sea Squad; Don Stuart of the Far East Rangers. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Reader's Digest Vol. 39 Issue # 234 (1941) is published by The Reader's Digest Association. Articles from Harper's, Time, Look, Life, the New Yorker, Forbes, Redbook, and more. Topics include New Yorker cartoons, divorce in Florida, the Panama Canal problem, F.D.R.'s unofficial cabinet, A philosophy for these times (by Bertrand Russell), and more. 168 pages, mostly text (with a few spot illustrations), 5.5-in x 7.5.

Featuring Red Ryder, King of the Royal Mounted, Hawk of the Highway, Yanks in the RAF, and Captain Easy. Plus a very interesting "Glossary of Common Military Expressions and Slang." 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 20, Issue 12 - January, 1942. 8.5" x 11", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Canadian series. October, 1941. Cover price $0.25.

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October, 1941. Fawcett film magazine incorporating Screen Play and Screen Book. Stories, photo features, and inside reportage on Hollywood. 8.5" x 11", 100 pages, B&W and tinted B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.10.

Women's magazine with articles and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 39, Issue 3 - October 1, 1941. 6.5" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 39, Issue 4 - October 15, 1941. 6.5" x 7.5", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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.

Cover art by Jack Binder. The Mummy Master starring Captain Battle, script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Binder. Captain Battle's Puzzle Page by A. W. Nugent. The Astonishing Tale of the Money-Mad Miser starring Presto Martin, script and art by Bob Wood. A Blitzkrieg Invasion From Asia starring Cloud Curtis, art by Jack Binder. Pirate Prince story, script and art by Dick Briefer. Captain Battle Smashes a Racket, or, The Myth Who Came to Life text story. The Thing That Walks Like a Man starring Silver Streak & Meteor, script and art by Don Rico. Dickie Dean story, script by Dick Wood. The City of the Nameless Terror starring Bingham Boys, script by Richards. The Serpent Strikes starring Daredevil, script and art by Don Rico. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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The Ray story, art by Reed Crandall; The Ray battles fifth columnists who have a mobile atom-smasher. Good Neighborliness featuring Espionage Starring Black X. The Jester, art by Paul Gustavson. Wildfire story, script by Robert Turner, art by Jim Mooney. Purple Trio story. The Ghost of Robin Hood starring Midnight, art by Jack Cole. Wings Wendall story, art by Vernon Henkel. Rookie Rankin story, art credited to Kenneth Julian. Wun Cloo story, art by Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]. Invisible Justice story, art credited to Art Gordon. Bozo the Robot story, art credited to Wayne Reid. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.