Comic books May 1940
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Stories and art by Gus Ricca, Hal Sharp, and Mike Suchorsky. An adventure anthology from Fawcett, featuring such little-known heroes as Jungle King, Hurricane Hansen, and time traveler Mark Swift. Jim Dolan seeks the truth about The Phantom Racketeer Chief. A sheik's ill-advised jungle safari releases murderous djinn, and jungle king Lee Granger must try to put them back in the bottle. Mark Swift and the Time Retarder meet Blackbeard the pirate, and soon wish they hadn't. Diamond Jack; War Bird; Jim Dolan; The Forgotten Gun; Lucky Lawton; Lee Granger, Jungle King; Hurricane Hansen; Mark Swift and the Time Retarder: Among Pirate Perils. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Espionage Starring the Black 'X' story, script and art by Will Eisner; Russia invades Finland and Black X comes to the rescue of the son of the US Commissioner of Finnish Aid who has been kidnapped by the Russians. Chic Carter story, script and art by Vernon Henkel. Clip Chance at Cliffside story, script and art by George Brenner. Tom Manning Mysteriously Disappears starring Flash Fulton, script and art by Paul Gustavson. Hugh Hazzard featuring Bozo the Robot story, script and art by George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]. The Bat Mystery starring Captain Cook of Scotland Yard, art by Stanley Aschmeier. Abdul the Arab story, script and art by Vernon Henkel. Invisible Justice story, script and art by Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon]. Double Or Nothing starring John Law, Scientective, script and art by Harry Francis Campbell. Wings Wendall story, script and art by Vernon Henkel. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Published May 1940 by Charlton Publishing.$20.00
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Cover art by Bob Powell. Shock Gibson story with Queen Sheba, art by Maurice Scott. Crash, Cork, and the Baron story, script and art by Klaus Nordling (Fred North). Ted Parrish story, script and art by Bob Powell. Copper's Revenge text story by Mack Keever. Biff Bannon story, script and art by Dick Briefer (Rem Brant). Lt. Jim Cannon story, script and art by C. A. Winter (Cort Arthur). Landor, Maker of Monsters story, art by Gregory Torrey. Mars Mason story, script and art by Munson Paddock. Spike Marlin story with Captain Cobra, art by George Tuska (Carl Larson). 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Vol. 39 #3
Published May 1940 by Sphinx Publishing Corporation.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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Published May 1940 by Culture Publishing.
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Published May 1940 by Culture Publishing.
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Published May 1940 by Culture Publishing.
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$240.00
View scans- Water damage.
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Published May 1940 by Street & Smith.
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Vol. 66 #1
Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished May 1940 by Street & Smith.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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Star Western (1933-1954 Popular) Pulp Vol. 20 #4Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished May 1940 by Popular Publications.
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Issue #142
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Published May 1940 by Better Publications.$175.00
View scans- Trimmed
- Paper: Cream to off white
- Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$160.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Book length crease on front cover. Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$140.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
May 1940. Cover by Howard V. Brown. Stories by Stanley G. Weinbaum, Manly Wade Wellman, Oscar J. Friend, and Raymond Z. Gallun. "Thrills in Science" column by Mort Weisinger. Two-page Thomas Edison bio in comic form. Nine Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.
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Published May 1940 by Popular Publications.
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Volume 5, Issue 1 - May, 1940. 6.75" x 9.5", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Vol. 10 #1
Published May 1940 by Street & Smith.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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Published May 1940 by Street & Smith.$25.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
$31.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
May 1940. Cover by Manuel Isip. Stories: "The Roaring Trumpet" by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt, "Mad Hatter" by Winston K. Marks, "Well of the Angels" by E. Hoffman Price, "The Pipes of Pan" by Lester Del Rey, "Eighty Percent" by Willy Ley, and "The Reign of Wizardry" (Conclusion) by Jack Williamson. Illustrations by Edd Cartier, Don Hewitt, and Manuel Isip, and Charles Schneeman. 6 1/2-in x 9-in, 162 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.
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Ad for Crackajack Funnies with Ellery Queen. Stories by Chester Gould, Zack Mosley, R. S. Callender, Ken Ernst, Martin Branner, Frank Willard, Gus Edson, Walter Berndt, Harold Gray, R. S. Callender, Richard Fletcher, Milt Caniff, and Ed Leffingwell. Strips include Dick Tracy, Tiny Tim, Smilin' Jack, Magic Morro, Winnie Winkle, Moon Mullins, Jack Wander War Correspondent, Little Orphan Annie, Terry and the Pirates, Little Joe, and Harold Teen. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published May 1940 by Popular Publications.$41.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 50%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
May 1950. Volume 1, Issue 2. Cover by Gabriel Mayorga. "Let There Be Light" by Robert Heinlen (as Lyle Monroe), "Juice" by L. Sprague de Camp. Other science fiction stories by Manley Wade Wellman (as Gabriel Barclay), Raymond Z. Gallun, James Blish, Ray Cummings, P. Schuyler Miller, C. M. Kornbluth (as S. D. Gottesman), & Donald A. Wolheim. Interior Illustrations by Hannes Bok. Softcover Pulp, 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; 128 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.
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Published May 1940 by Hugo Gernsback.
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Published May 1940 by Dell Publishing Co..
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Target Comics (1940) Vol. 1 #4Tags: Anthology / CollectionPublished May 1940 by Novelty Press.
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Cover art by Claire Moe. The Gas Mask Disaster starring White Streak, script and art by Carl Burgos. The Counterfeit Lottery Ring starring T-Men, art by Joe Simon. Bomb-Sight Boomerang starring Lucky Byrd, script and art by Harry Campbell. The Garment District Diamond Smugglers starring City Editor, art by Harold Potter. The Music Monster--Fantastic Feature Films, script and art by Tarpe Mills. The Beautiful Baby Contest starring the Hi-Grass Twins, script and art by Jack Cole. The Coming of Cameron starring Bull's-Eye Bill, script and art by Bill Everett. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished May 1940 by Ace Magazines.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished May 1940 by Ace Magazines.
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Terror Tales (1934-1941 Popular) Pulp Vol. 12 #2Tags: Pulp Adventure$475.00
View scans- Tape over several tears in front cover, piece of back cover missing, back cover partially glued to last page.
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Published May 1940 by Theatre Arts, Inc..$12.25
View scans- Water damage: Moderate.
- Spine split 5%. Water damage: Slight.
Theatre Arts is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures, Broadway and Hollywood. 8.5" x 11", 88 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished May 1940 by Standard Publishing.$33.00
View scans- Paper: Cream
- Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.
$62.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 50%. Staple rust: Slight.
"The Terrible Tenderfoot" 3/3 serial by Edgar Rice Burroughs, and "To Save Abe Lincoln" a short story by Manly Wade Wellman.
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Published May 1940 by Better Comics.
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Cover by Alexander Kostuk. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Richard Hughes, Alexander Kostuk, August Froehlich, Leonard Sansone, George Mandel, Ed Wexler, Jackson Cole, Hal Sherman, John Daly, and Ray Gill. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished May 1940 by Standard Publishing.
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Vol. 34 #1
Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished May 1940 by Standard Magazines Inc..This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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Thrilling Mystery (1935-1947 Standard) Pulp Vol. 14 #3Published May 1940 by Better Publications.
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Published May 1940 by Standard Magazines Inc..
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Thrilling Western (1934-1953 Standard) Pulp Vol. 25 #1Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished May 1940 by Standard Publishing.
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Published May 1940 by Beacon Magazines.$22.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- 3" Of weak bindery glue from top of book.
$29.00
View scans- Cover oxidation.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Volume 16, Issue 2 - May, 1940. Cover by Howard V. Brown. Stories by Nelson S. Bond, Henry Kuttner and Arthur K. Barnes, Edmond Hamilton, Eando Binder, Don Tracy, Paul Chadwick, and Bill Brudy. Scientifacts column by Mort Weisinger. Alex Schomburg illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.
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Tags: Comic Strip ReprintsPublished May 1940 by United Features Syndicate.
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Published May 1940 by MLJ Magazines.
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Cover by Edd Ashe. Edited by Abner Sundell. Stories by Will Harr, Edd Ashe, Harry Shorten, Lin Streeter, Joe Blair, Irv Novick, William Wills, Ed Smalle, Mort Meskin, Gerry Thorp, Ed Wexler, and C. A. Winter. Heroic tales of action and adventure—these are Top Notch Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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True (1937-1976 Country/Fawcett/Petersen) Vol. 6 #36Published May 1940 by Petersen Publishing Company.
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$29.00
View scansVolume 36, Issue 214 - May, 1940. Woman's magazine focusing on relationships, clothing tips, and beauty tips, as well as fiction stories. Cover by Zoe Mozert. 8.5" x 11", 108 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Published May 1940 by MacFadden Publications.
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May 1940. Cover art by A. R. McCowen. True crime articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in. 128 pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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Vol. 28 #6
Published May 1940 by MacFadden Publications.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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Vol. 31 #3
True Romances (1923 MacFadden) Vol. 31 #3Published May 1940 by MacFadden Publications.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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Published May 1940 by MacFadden Publications.$10.00
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Published May 1940 by Manvis Publications.
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Volume 3, Issue 4 - May, 1940. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.
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68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #28
Published May 1940 by George Newnes Ltd..This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Issue #28 - May 3, 1940. UK edition. Weekly published during the World War II, profusely illustrated with photographs, maps and drawings. 10 1/4-in. x 13 3/4-in., 16 pages, B&W.
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Published May 1940 by George Newnes Ltd..
- Spine split 15%.
Issue #29 - May 10, 1940. UK edition. Weekly published during the World War II, profusely illustrated with photographs, maps and drawings. 10 1/4-in. x 13 3/4-in., 30 pages, B&W.
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Published May 1940 by George Newnes Ltd..$4.00
View scans- Staple rust: Moderate.
Issue #30 - May 17, 1940. UK edition. Weekly published during the World War II, profusely illustrated with photographs, maps and drawings. 10 1/4-in. x 13 3/4-in., 30 pages, B&W.
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Published May 1940 by George Newnes Ltd..
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Issue #31 - May 24, 1940. UK edition. Weekly published during the World War II, profusely illustrated with photographs, maps and drawings. 10 1/4-in. x 13 3/4-in., 20 pages, B&W.
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Published May 1940 by George Newnes Ltd..$7.00
View scansIssue #32 - May 31, 1940. UK edition. Weekly published during the World War II, profusely illustrated with photographs, maps and drawings. 10 1/4-in. x 13 3/4-in., 20 pages, B&W.
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Published May 1940 by Fox Feature Syndicate.
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Cover by Lou Fine. Edited by Victor Fox. Stories and art by Pierce Rice, Arturo Cazeneuve, Louis Cazeneuve, Don Rico, Fred Schwab, Bert Whitman, Allan Spectre, Arnold Mazos, and Phllips Judge. An anthology of science fiction, horror and adventure comics from Fox. This is as pulpy as it gets. Grant and Glenda are shipwrecked in mine-heavy waters until he calls on the power of Thor; Undersea explorer Typhon and his crew are captured by the hideous mermen; Bird Man battles giant reptiles that threaten the peace of a primitive canyon tribe. Thor; Sorceress of Zoom; Solar Plexis; Blast Bennett; Dr. Mortal; Voodoo Man; The Speaking Rock; Bird Man; Typhon. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.