Comic books May 1940

Add to cart FR 1.0 $399.95 or Best Offer View scans Near full length spine split with splitting to interior wraps. Centerfold detached. Oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover art by Jon L Blummer. Mystery of Spott Field starring Red, White and Blue, script by Jerry Siegel, art by William Smith; Red's stuck in the hospital so Doris and the boys have to handle a case without him. Mutt and Jeff strips by Al Smith (as Bud Fisher). Believe It or Not by Robert L. Ripley. Is Silas Cross Hop's Guardian? starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L Blummer; Now that Hop is famous Silas Cross tries to assert his guardianship and take control of him. The Great Discovery starring Ben Webster, script and art by Edwin Alger. The Infra Red Destroyers [Part 2]--Adventures in the Unknown, script by Carl H Claudy, art by Stan Aschmeier. The Dude Ranch starring Scribbly, script and art by Sheldon Mayer; Mr. Macklin sends Scribbly to report on a dude ranch. The Miasma of Death! starring Gary Concord, the Ultra Man, script and art by Jon L Blummer. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $860.00 View scans Paper: Brittle Slab: See item notes Very brittle pages. (see images) Label #4099962003

Cover by Grieg Chapian. Stories by Paul Graham, Steven Dahlman, Bob Butts, James P. McGague, George Loomis, John Kolb, Harry Campbell, and Malcolm Kildale. Science fiction stories, adventure tales, and Amazing Mystery Funnies starring such characters as Fantom of the Fair, Kern'l Kilgore, Larry Kane, Steve Raymond, Bill and Davey, Tiger, Jon Linton, and Speed Centaur. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $32.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $21.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Cover by C. L. Hartman. Science fiction stories by Ralphe Milne Farley, Peter Horn, Eando Binder, Edmond Hamilton, Manly Wade Wellman, David Wright O'Brien & W.M. P. McGivern. Illustrations by Julian S. Krupa, Frank R. Paul, Robert Fuqua, Robert Sewell. 7-in. x 10-in., 146 pages, black and white (text with illustrations). Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Fine $17.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $2.50 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $5.20 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart Good $4.20 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.

May 18, 1940. Cover by Rudolph Belarski. Stories include "Blockade" by Robert Carse, "Watered Guns" (part 1) by Walt Coburn, "Where Wild Goats Drink" by Jim Kjelgaard, "Death Under Water" (part 2) by William Du Bois, "Dynamite by Air" by Louis C. Goldsmith, "The Flying Eye" by Robert Arthur, and "Men of Daring" by Stookie Allen. 7-in. x 9.5-in.; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $14.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $18.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 25%.

Add to cart Poor $2.50 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. No Back Cover. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

"Watered Guns" inclusion of the cereal by Walt Coburn.

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May 12-18, 1940. In-house program for films shown at the Bartlett Theatre in Highwood, Illinois. This week included: "Black Friday" with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi; "Zanzibar"; and "Swiss Family Robinson". 3.25" x 5". 4 pages. Single-color printing.

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Ogden Whitney cover. Gardner Fox stories. First appearances of Skyman, The Face, and The Cloak (as Spy-Master). Contains original features, comic strip reprints, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Skyman" art by Ogden Whitney, reprinted in Skyman (1941) #1 and Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) #23; "Joe Palooka" by Ham Fisher; "The Face" art by Mart Bailey, reprinted in Skyman (1941) #1 and What Is...The Face (1986) #1; "Good Deed Dotty" and "Dixie Dugan" by J. P. McEvoy and J. H. Striebel; "Tom Kerry, District Attorney" art by Ken Ernst; "Marvelo, Monarch of Magicians" art by Fred Guardineer; "The Bungle Family" by Harry J. Tuthill; "Offside" by Jo Metzer; "Charlie Chan" by Alfred Andriola; "Jibby Jones" by Vincent "Vin" Sullivan; "Rocky Ryan" art by Ogden Whitney; "Spy-Master" art by Mart Bailey; and "Mortimer the Monk" by Fred Schwab. "Heroes are Born" text story by Terry Keane. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $13.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Digest sized Spanish language translation of Bill Barnes Air Adventures published by Editorial Molino in Argentina.

Add to cart Very Good $21.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $23.00 View scans Spine split 10%. Staple rust: Moderate.

The classic weekly magazine featuring news and fiction. Approximately 10.75-in. x 14-in.; black and white; 74 pages on white paper. Cover price $0.05.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $25.00 View scans Spine split 15%. Staple rust: Slight.

Agriculture and farming magazine. Includes articles, fiction, and humor. 11" x 14", 102 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $1,199.95 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white Tape on Cover and Interior Cover. Label #3996524002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Origin and first appearance of the Black Condor in Man Who Can Fly Like a Bird, script by Will Eisner [as Kenneth Lewis], art by Lou Fine. The Story of Pug Brady, script and art by George E. Brenner; A down and out-of-luck former heavyweight champion boxer and All-American fullback tries to steal Brian's watch. Untitled Jane Arden story, script by Monte Barrett, art by Russell E. Ross. Introducing Rock Braddon featuring Jane Arden, script by Monte Barrett, art by Russell E. Ross. The Sign of the Cricket featuring Alias the Spider, script and art by Paul Gustavson. Too Hot To Hold starring Wizard Wells, script and art by Harry Francis Campbell. Untitled Molly the Model story, script and art by John Devlin. Origin of the Red Torpedo, art by Henry Kiefer [as Drew Allen]. Origin of Madam Fatal, art by Art Pinajian. The 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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

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Vol. 4 - Issue 3. May, 1940. Photography Magazine Features: "I braved the Jungle Terrors for Pictures" by William Cotlow, Exposure Tricks for Sudden Shots, Photographing the Group, Catching Daredevils in Action, Capturing Humor on Film and more! 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $12.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white 2" Spine split from top of book. Foxing. Soiling.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $17.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $11.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $11.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white Front cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

"Three Lines of Old French" a novelette by A. Merritt, plus "Pegasus" a short story by Henry Kuttner.

Volume 2, Issue 2 - May, 1940. 6.75" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $29.00 View scans

Add to cart Very Good $29.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 71, Issue 613 - May, 1940. Enoch Bolles cover. Humorous captions paired with movie stills and models. 8.5" x 11", 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 0.5 $125.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white 6 center wraps missing. Label #4471846001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Rex King of the Deep; John Carter; Capt. Easy

Stories and art by Roy Crane, V. T. Hamlin, John Coleman Burroughs, Gaylord Du Bois, Bob Jenney, Al McWilliams, Walt Spouse, Walker Harman, and Win Smith. The Funnies presented reprints of classic comic strips, including Roy Crane's influential Captain Easy, alongside original material. Appointed to the palace of the Jeddak of Zodanga after rescuing the Jeddak's cousin, John Carter uses the opportunity to track down Dejah Thoris. But believing Carter was dead, she has sworn to marry the son of her captor, in the official comic-strip adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' A Princess of Mars. John Carter art by John Coleman Burroughs, son of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Captain Easy and Wash Tubbs try to make ends meet with a traveling medicine show. John Carter Warlord of Mars; The Sky Ranger; Alley Oop; Bosko; What Would You Do?; Rex, King of the Deep; Oz; Captain Easy; The O'Malley Kids; Whitey Harrison; Mr. District Attorney; Speed Martin. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $105.00 View scans

Gulf Oil Company giveaway comic. 7.5" x 10.5, 4 pages, full color.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $56.00 View scans Spine split 10%. Staple rust: Extensive.

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

Add to cart Fine $48.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

May 25, 1940. Fiction and non-fiction stories with illustrations. Cover by J.F. Kernan. 8.5-in. x 11.5-in.; black and white; 68 pages. Cover price $0.05.

Add to cart Very Good $15.00 View scans

Add to cart Very Good $17.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 17, Issue 40 - October 5, 1940. 8.5" x 11.5", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $2.50 Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Back cover missing.

May 13, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: Wendell Wilkie; men of Sweden; shawls; Seabiscuit; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 120 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $700.00 View scans 3" cumulative spine split, corner piece of front cover coming loose.

Add to cart Fair $240.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front and Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $650.00 or Best Offer View scans Restored: B1 Paper: Off white Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover. Label #4419776015 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by thegeneral

Vol. 2, No. 1 - May 1940. Title becomes Marvel Stories (1940-1941 Western Fiction) Pulp with Vol. 2 #2. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $4,200.00 View scans Paper: Off white Slab: See item notes 1 piece of tape on spine. Significant front/back scuff(s). Label #1041586005 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart Coverless $249.95 or Best Offer View scan INCOMPLETE. Pieces of first two wraps missing (detached, split at spine, damaged), affects Sky Wizard and Scorpion stories. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Ed Kressy and Norman Fallon. Stories and art by Emile C. Schurmacher, Ed Kressy, Norman Fallon, Jack Burnley, Hal Sharp, John H. Compton and Jack Alderman. The first comic book from publisher Hillman, featuring Sky Wizard, Dash Dixon and other embryonic superheroes. Adventurer Bullet Bob boards Professor Krug's experimental super-sub and discovers the City of Atlantis concealed in an undersea mountain, where he helps the beautiful Princess Tellura free her people from the city's invisible tyrant. The Sky Wizard battles bank-robbing remote-controlled robots, in a plot similar to a classic Superman cartoon released later that same year. The master of disguise known as the Veiled Prophet investigates Axis powers working against American interests in the Middle East. Sky Wizard; K-7; Dash Dixon; Bullet Bob: The Mystery of Atlantis; Scorpion; Veiled Prophet; Death at Sunset; One Minute To Live; Bill Colt, the Ghost Rider. Final issue of the series. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $26.00 View scans Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 108 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Fine $95.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Issue #73. May 1940. New films in story form plus the usual movie magazine content. This issue with a "Dr. Cyclops" full page ad and article. Dorothy Lamour and Tyrone Power cover. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 90 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $16.00 View scans Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.

10 3 /4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $26.00 View scans Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 20%.

Hunting and fishing magazine. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $23.00 View scans Water damage: Slight.

Volume 7, Issue 10 - May, 1940. Vintage photo magazine featuring Reader submitted photographs, and pictorials focusing on Sports, Celebrities, Controversies, and Fashions of the time. 2 pages of Donald Duck sulking over not appearing in Walt Disney's Pinocchio movie. 10-in. x 13 1/2-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $14.00 View scans Paper: Off white

Volume 136, Issue 5 - May 1940. Features include "Fighting Wars for the Movies," "How Censors Scan the Mail" and more. Illustrated with period photos. 6.5" x 9.5", 240 Pages, B&W and color. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $13.00 View scans Corner Damage. Cover pulling from binding. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling. Water damage.

May 1940. Photographs of various dancers, starlets, models and strippers. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $8.00 View scans

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $8.00 View scans Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 40%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 18, Issue 137 - May, 1940. Zorina and Richard Greene portrait by Earl Christy on cover. Movies covered include "My Favorite Wife" starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant, "I Was and Adventuress" starring Zorina and Richard Greene, "Earthbound" starring Warner Baxter and Andrea Leeds, "Young Tom Edison" starring Mickey Rooney, and more. Plus, columns and articles. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $250.00 View scans Trimmed Interior is complete. Full length spine split with spine damage (book removed from a bound volume). TRIMMED. Staples added (not manufacturing). Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

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.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $95.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $95.00 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.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $86.00 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.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $5.50 View scans Water damage: Moderate.

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.