Comic books October 1939

Auction Item: CGC 0.0 View scans Auction opens October 3 Paper: Off white Page 6 Only. Label #4697241005

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $3,400.00 View scans Restored: B5 Paper: Off white Restoration includes: color touch, pieces added, tear seals, spine split sealed, cleaned, interior lightened. Label #4703792003

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $5,995.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white Slab: Chipped/broken bracket Label #2083366001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart CGC 0.0 $1,000.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white Coverless. 1st wrap missing. Pages 2,3 and 5-8 missing. Label #4649144003 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Superman, Pep Morgan, the Adventures of Marco Polo, Tex Thompson (art by Bernard Baily), Chuck Dawson, and Zatara (art by Fred Guardineer). Full-page ads for Superman # 2 and New York World's Fair Comics. Superman cover. 68 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $3,000.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4469665016 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Fred Guardineer. Island Uprising starring The Sandman, script by Larry Dean, art by Bert Christman; The Sandman rescues a girl from natives on an isle in the South Seas, then prevents the massacre of her father and his party. The Return of Fang Gow: Part 1 starring Barry O'Neill, script and art by Ed Winiarski; The Deadly Cough Medicine starring the Federal Men, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Wayne Boring. The Poor Fish starring Professor Doolittle, script and art by Bob Kane. The Flying Dutchman: Part 4 starring Socko Strong, script and art by Joseph Sulman (signed as Koppy). Count Ogrloff's Dangerous Game: Part 1 starring Captain Desmo, script and art by Ed Winiarski. The Devil's Physician--Anchors Aweigh!, script and art by Bart Tumey. The General's Daughter starring Skip Schuyler, script and art by Tom Hickey. The Menace of Chen Fu: Part 3 starring Rusty and His Pals, script and art by Bob Kane. The Revolt of the Pirates starring Cotton Carver, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Ogden Whitney. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Everett.# ## Stories by Bill Everett, Lew Glanzman, Carl Burgos, Paul Gustavson, John F. Kolb, Frank Thomas, Tarpe Mills, and Martin Filchock. Super-hero and adventure tales featuring such characters as Amazing-Man, The Shark, Iron Skull, The Miniature Man, and Mighty Man. Ad for Keen Detective Funnies. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $35.00 View scans Paper: Cream

October 1939. Cover by Robert Fuqua. Stories by Robert Moore Williams, Eando Binder, Lee Laurence, Frederic Arnold Kummer Jr., Nelson S. Bond, and John Beynon. Illustrations by Stanley Kay, Julian S. Krupa, Alec Gorey, Hugo Wolfe, and W.T. Barnes. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Fine $99.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 8 - October, 1939. 7" x 9.75", 68 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $6.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

Agriculture and farming magazine. Includes articles, fiction, and humor. 11" x 14", 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $60.00 View scans large crease front large spine break Staple rust: Slight.

October 1939. Volume 1, No. 11. Painted cover art. True crime articles, stories and photos. 8 with photos. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $21.00 View scans

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

Add to cart $7.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%.

Vol. 33, No. 3 - October 1939. 8.5" x 11.5", 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $43.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Extensive.

Add to cart Good $22.00 View scans Spine split 10%. Staple rust: Extensive.

UK story magazine published by Amalgamated Press between 1907-1939, predominantly featuring the activities of boys at the fictional school St. Jim's. 6.75" x 9.5", 36 pages, B&W

Add to cart Good $22.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Extensive.

UK story magazine published by Amalgamated Press between 1907-1939, predominantly featuring the activities of boys at the fictional school St. Jim's. 6.75" x 9.5", 36 pages, B&W

Add to cart Good $2.65 View scans Spine split 5%. Cover Detached. Staple rust: Extensive.

Add to cart Good $2.65 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Extensive.

UK story magazine published by Amalgamated Press between 1907-1939, predominantly featuring the activities of boys at the fictional school St. Jim's. 6.75" x 9.5", 36 pages, B&W

Add to cart Very Good $9.00 View scans Water damage: Slight.

Vol. 31, No. 2 - October 1939. 10.25" x 13", 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $15.00 View scans Limited ink marking on company. Centerfold detached. Slight spine stress. Slight corner denting. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $8.80 View scans Spine split 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

October 2, 1939. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in., 84 pages, partial color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $24.00 View scans Centerfold detached at 2 of 3 staples. Slight color loss along spine fold. Staple rust: Moderate.

October 9, 1939. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in., 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $33.00 View scans Slight color loss along spine fold. Slight edge color loss. Staple rust: Slight.

October 16, 1939. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in., 112 pages, partial color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN 6.0 $48.00 View scans Very slight corner denting. Very slight scuffing. Staple rust: Slight.

October 23, 1939. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 96 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN 6.0 $48.00 View scans Slight color loss along spine fold. Very slight corner denting. Staple rust: Moderate.

October 30, 1939. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 96 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fair $10.00 View scans Paper: Off white Back cover detached 50%.

Vol. 154, No. 2 - October , 1939. 11" x 13.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $2.65 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $2.65 View scans Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 22, Issue 6 - October, 1939. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "Fireboats to the Rescue!" by John R. Whiting, "Photographing the Earth's Core" by Harry Pederson, "Big City Sign" by Cliff Taylor, and others. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 146 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fair $6.00 View scans Front cover detached 70%. Back cover detached 70%.

Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $16.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

8.5" x 11.5", 56 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $2.65 Cumulative 4" spine split.

Vol. 6 #9 - Oct. 31, 1939. Vintage photo magazine featuring reader-submitted photographs plus pictorials focusing on sports, celebrities, controversies and fashion. 10-in. x 13 1/2-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $150.00 View scans Cover detached at 1 of 3 staples. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Stories and art by Hal Forrest, Jim Gary, J. R. Williams, Bob Jenney, Clyde Lewis, George Scarbo, Fred Harman, Al McWilliams, Tom Hickey, Win Smith and Bill Ely. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. The Masked Pilot investigates a mystery plane spotted flying over California. G-Men Larry Lane and Miss Walker figure out that the murdered gangland figure was really Slim York, but they still have to track down the criminal mastermind, Dr. Toro. Ben Hur attempts to secure the release of his mother and sister from prison, in the final chapter of an adaptation of the novel "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" by Lew Wallace. Hold Everything; The Mystery of Mr. Wong ; Ben Hur; The Masked Pilot; Tex Thorne; The Comic Zoo; Gang Busters; Herky; The Flying Wolf!; Scrapbook Sketches; Life Is Funny That Way; George Clark's Carnival; Little Chief; The Hurricane Kids; Popular Conundrums; Tailspin Tommy; G-Men on the Job; Out Our Way; Bronc Peeler; Shark Egan; Toby; Penguin Pete and His Pal Pudgie: At the World's Fair. 64 pages, Full Color Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $8.00 View scans Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $6.00 View scans Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $5.80 View scans Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Good $5.00 View scans Front cover detached 10%. Staple rust: Slight.

Tips and tricks of making better photographs. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 132 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $11.00 View scans Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $8.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

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

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $23.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 212, No. 17 - October 21, 1939. The classic magazine featuring current event articles, editorials, human interest pieces, humor, illustrations, a letter column, poetry, single-panel gag cartoons, and stories by the leading writers of the time. 10-in. x 13-in.; B&W; 112 pages. Cover price $0.05.

Add to cart Very Good $10.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Subtitled "A Monthly Digest of Radio and Allied Maintenance". Cover price $0.25.

The Human Dynamo starring Shock Gibson, art by Maurice Scott. The Three Aces starring Crash, Cork, and the Baron, script and art by Klaus Nordling (Fred North). An Adventure With a Man-Eating Plant text story by Edward Lambert. The Man of a Thousand Faces starring Ted Parrish, script and art by Bob Powell (Bob Stanley). Spike Marlin story, art by George Tuska (Carl Larson). Smoke Carter story, art by Munson Paddock. Landor, Maker of Monsters, art by Bob Powell. Texas Tyler story. Biff Bannon story, script and art by Dick Briefer (Remington Brant). 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $86.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 50%. Back cover detached 40%. Water damage: Moderate.

Add to cart Fair $48.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 80%. Back cover detached 90%. Back Cover Detached.

Oct 1939. Spider Story by Grant Stockbridge "The Spider and the Eyeless Legion". Other story by Emile C. Tepperman. Illustrations by J. Fleming Gould. 7" x 10", black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $99.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white to white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $37.00 View scans Front cover detached 70%. Back cover detached 90%.

October 1939. "Death is Forbidden" by Don Alviso, "The Cult of the Dead" by Gabriel Wilson and other uncanny stories in this softcover pulp. 7-in. x 10-in. Softcover Pulp. 130 Pages. B&W text and illustrations. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $120.00 View scans Cover detached. Staple rust. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Cover by Chester Gould. Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Chester Gould, Frank King, Harold Gray, Bill Holman, Zack Mosley, Stanley Link, Oskar Lebeck, Frank Willard, Gus Edson, Walter Berndt, Ed Leffingwell, Martin Branner, Loy Byrnes, Al Posen and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Pat, Terry and Connie rescue Sandhurst, but they're not out of danger yet, as the ice sheet they're standing on suddenly breaks off into an iceberg. Skeezix's first appearance in traffic court coincides with his sixteenth birthday. Winnie Winkle applies for a job in the fashion industry, but the men who run things just want to copy her fashion style. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie, Dick Tracy, Smokey Stover and The Gumps. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Gasoline Alley; Winnie Winkle; The Gumps; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Bobby & Chip; Zipper; Twiga's Night Out; Terry and the Pirates; Streaky; Elmer; Sweeney & Son; Smokey Stover; Little Joe; Smilin' Jack. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $2.65 View scans Spine split 25%. Staple rust: Slight.

October 15, 1939. Cover by J. F. Kernan. Tabloid-sized weekly supplement issued with the Sunday edition of several major newspapers. 11" x 16". 24 pages. Black and white.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $50.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Oct 1939. Cover by Howard V. Brown. Stories by John W. Campbell Jr., Sam Merwin Jr., Arthur K. Barnes and Henry Kuttner, Gordon A. Giles, Oscar J. Friend, Charles F. Ksanda, and H.L. Gold. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $90.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight.

Volume 2, Issue 2 - October, 1939. 6.5" x 9", 164 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Very Good $86.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.

October 1939. Cover by Harold DeLay. Edited by Farnsworth Wright. Stories by H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard. Illustrations Joseph Eberle, Hannes Bok, and Virgil Finlay. 6 3/4" x 10"; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $19.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

Volume 177, Issue 4 - October 21, 1939. 6.5" x 9.5", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $1,099.95 or Best Offer View scans Restored (see item notes) RESTORATION. Color touch. 3" cumulative spine split, centerfold detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Add to cart CGC 0.5 $369.00 View scans Paper: Brittle Label #4459045007 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover art by Lou Fine. The Arson Ring of Mr. Crass starring The Flame and J. B. Crass, art by Lou Fine. The Blood Flower starring Yarko the Great; Yarko and Li Wan go to Tibet in search of the Hoshai Plant (a flower with human blood); They are captured by Lailani and her group of vampiresses and Yarko has to pit his power of hypnotism against hers. The Guatemala Gold Mine Caper starring Shorty Shortcake, script and art by S. M. Iger [as Jerry Williams]. The Hawaiian Volcano Eruption starring Patty O'Day, script and art by Claire Moe. The Death of Khan Gen-Kee starring Dr. Fung, script and art by Bob Powell [as Arthur Dean]. Tommy Taylor In Tibet text story, script by S. M. Iger, art by Bob Powell. Indian Drums Throb Along Bar-9 starring Tex Maxon. Takes the Air starring Don Quixote. The Sinking of the S-1—K-51 Spies At War. The Kidnapping of Mary Sloan starring Mob Buster Robinson, art by George Tuska. The Poaching Junks starring Spark Stevens, script and art by Klaus Nordling. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.