Comic books May 1940

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Cover art by Joe Musial. The Phantom strips, script by Lee Falk, art by Ray Moore. Pete the Tramp strips by Clarence D. Russell. Jungle Jim strips, art by Alex Raymond. Katzenjammer Kids strips, art by H.H. Knerr. Barney Google strips, art by Billy DeBeck. Tim Tyler's Luck strips, art by Lyman Young. Just Kids strips by A.D. Carter. Blondie strips, art by Chic Young. Prince Valiant strips, art by Hal Foster. Tillie the Toiler strips, art by Russ Westover. Curley Harper at Lakespur strips, art by Lyman Young. Teddy and Sitting Bull strips, art by Joe Musial. Room and Board strips, art by Gene Ahern. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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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 VG+ 4.5 $22.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Back cover detached 10%.

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May 1940. Volume 25, Issue 3. Illustrations by Gilmore, E. Hatcher, R. Isip, W. Kolliker, F. Kramer, and H. Rogers. Trimmed pulp, 6.5-in. x 9.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

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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.

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.

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Vol. 71, No. 1 - May 1940. 6.5" x 10", 196 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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May 19, 1940. Comic Book Magazine is published by the Chicago Tribune. Enjoy such comic strips as Texas Slim and Dirty Dalton, Lew Loyal, Kit Cabot, Spooky, Fighting with Daniel Boone, and many more. Originally came each Sunday with the Chicago Sunday Tribune. 16 pages, full color, 18.50-in X 13.25-in.

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

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Vol. 160, No. 1 - May 1940. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. 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.

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Cover art by L. North. The Leopard Men, art by George Mandel; first appearance of Ted Crane; vs. The Leopard Men and Bullard. Marooned On Mercury featuring the Space Rovers, art by Max Plaisted. The Second Theseus featuring the Son of the Gods, script and art by George Mandel. The Knowles Case starring Dan Williams, art by Ray Lowry. On the Western Front starring Sgt. Bill King, art by Leonard Sansone. Mystery of the Lost Mine starring Masked Rider; vs. The Specter [Jim Sanford]. Theft of the Tank Plans starring Sphinx. The Mask Returns, art by Raymond Thayer; vs. Olly Snate and Otto Fox. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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

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Cover art by Will Eisner. Untitled story, script by Red Bradey, art by George Tuska; Ann and Cheeba help Kaänga escape after he is captured by Broot; Kaänga then uses the animals of the jungle to chase away Broot's army. Untitled story; After the Red Panther rescues a safari from poisonous ants, the Ant Woman vows revenge on the Panther and the safari leaders. Untitled story; The leopard cultist Zsingos kidnap the children of the Jibus to sacrifice to their gods; The children are rescued by Tabu after he uses his own magic to overcome the magic traps set for him by the Zsingos. Untitled story, script by Tad Carter, pencils by Bob Powell; Camilla thwarts the Viking king Lief Thorgson through superior magic; After Thorgson's death at Camilla's hand, his men agree to follow her. "Death of the Laughing Terror" text story by Lin Davies. Untitled story, pencils by Bill Bossert; The Masked Arrows capture the fort and Terry must get assistance from the local tribes to re-take it. Untitled story, pencils by Henry Kiefer; Wambi and his animal friends rescue a herd of elephants from an ivory hunter and then destroy him and his steamboat with his own dynamite. Untitled story; Roy helps members of the Kubutti escape from slavers. Untitled story, art by William M. Allison; Unscrupulous hunters poison the water hole and take the Masons captive; Simba rescues the Masons, who then detoxify the water hole. Untitled story, script and art by Fletcher Hanks (as Barclay Flagg); Discovering the eggs of giant reptiles on a fallen asteroid, Mundoor raises the reptiles in an attempt to take over the world. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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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 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; 128 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $11.50 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

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Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $4.50 View scans Spine split 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.

May 20, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: Maxime Weygand; Syria; summer styles; snakes; the war; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 124 pages. NOTE: The centerfold "See America by Pullman" ad takes some artistic license, with Houston looking a bit too far inland and north of San Antonio. There are probably other instances to be spotted as well. Cover price $0.10.

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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 $5.00 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 $22.00 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.

Stories and art by G. Ellerbrock, William Kent, Kenneth Kennedy, Bob Jenney, Clyde Lewis, Fred Harman, Jim Chambers, Tom Hickey, John Donaldson, Win Smith, William Ferguson¸ Jack Farr, Albert Hartje and Bill Ely. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Tim Brant uses Professor Wilson's invisibility suit to solve a murder, becoming the superhero known as The Voice. The Masked Pilot and Tom take a hunting trip to Alaska, but villain Dulac is still alive, and he wants revenge. Martan aids the military forces of Earth as the Martians attack. The Voice, the Invisible Detective; Martan the Marvel Man; Captain Tornado; Wally Williams, American Boy; The Masked Pilot; Gang Busters; Herky; Ace Brady, Super-Sleuth; The Hurricane Kids; Our Boarding House; Out Our Way; Bronc Peeler; Shark Egan; Penguin Pete and His Pal Pudgie. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 27, Issue 6 - May, 1940. 6.5" x 9", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $50.00 View scans Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

8.5" x 11.25", 92 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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

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Cover art by Jack Binder. Silver Streak story, script and art by Jack Cole. Bill Wayne story. Lance Hale story with the Lizard Men. Dickie Dean story, script and art by Jack Cole. Ace Powers story with The Panther. Planet Patrol story, script and art by Joe Simon. Range Murder text story by Newton Alfred. Sky Wolf story. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $27.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

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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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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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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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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.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $9.30 Interior is complete. Full length spine split with back cover missing.

Stories and art by Burne Hogarth, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Bill Conselman, Charlie Plumb, Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Dick Moores, Paul Berdanier, Harry O'Neill, Fred Methot, Ed Dodd, J. Carver Pusey, R. M. Brinkerhoff, Robert Dickey, John Hix and Ben Batsford. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 5 #1. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Tarzan helps lion tamer Lenida, visiting Africa with her lions, become the new high priestess of the Al-Alba tribe, in Tarzan Sunday strips with art by Hal Foster. But first Lenida must demonstrate her "powers" over the lions for the skeptical tribespeople. Two-fisted reporter Jim Hardy (getting his first Tip Top cover appearance) gets an unexpected lead on diamond smuggler Captain Joe when he helps a man with a sick baby. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Tarzan of the Apes; Jim Hardy; Bumps; Divot Diggers; Broncho Bill; Stamp Tips; Strange as It Seems; Benny; Frankie Doodle; Bucky and His Pals; Buster Beans; Hawkshaw the Detective; Tip Top Cartoon Club; Phil Fumble; Fritzi Ritz; Joe Jinks; Little Mary Mixup; Ella Cinders; Chris Crusty. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $2,250.00 View scans Conserved Paper: Cream to off white Conservation includes: leaf casting to cover and 1st wrap, centerfold reinforced, cover cleaned. Label #4411396001

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.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $16.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 50%.

Vol. 182, No. 4 - May 18, 1940. 6.5" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 182, Issue 5 - May 25, 1940. 6.5" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $375.00 View scans Restored (see item notes) INCOMPLETE. Piece cut from last page (affects art and story). RESTORATION. Color touch, spine and edge rebuild, piece fill, tear seals, cover cleaned, TRIMMED and staples replaced. Mold. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Cover is correctly labeled "Number 4", but indicia says #5. Cover by C. C. Beck. "Beautia for President," script by Bill Parker, art by C. C. Beck; Beautia begins her campaign to be elected President of the United States, and Sivana tells her that once she is elected, he will have every government official murdered, every citizen executed who didn't vote for her, steal all the gold from the U.S. Treasury, and blow up the White House, replacing it with a palace for her. "The Plots of the Braddock Brothers," script by Bill Parker, art by Pete Costanza; Golden Arrow vs. Bronk and Brute Braddock. "The Mask Steals a Submarine" starring Spy Smasher, script by Bill Parker, pencils by C. C. Beck, inks by Pete Costanza. "Big Brother" text story. "Kidnaped [sic] Beauty" starring Dan Dare, script by Bill Parker, pencils by Greg Duncan. "The Coming of Daniel Doom" starring Lance O'Casey, script by Bill Parker. "The Emerald of Rooirand" starring Scoop Smith, script by Bill Parker, art by Greg Duncan. "The Rescue of Boyville" starring Ibis the Invincible, script by Bill Parker, inks by Pete Costanza. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Simon. The Death Ray starring Flame and Olga, art by Charles A. Winter. The Domain of Fu Chu starring Yarko, script by Toni Blum [as Anthony Brooks]. Shorty Shortcake story, script and art by S. M. Iger [as Jerry Williams]. The Abduction of Lupe De Vere starring Patty O'Day and Lupe De Vere. The Wharf Rats of Shanghai starring Dr. Fung, script and art by Bob Powell [as Arthur Dean]. Death Mask text story by William Martin. Slade and Barnes, Bandits starring Tex Maxon, the Phantom Rider, art by Chuck Munson. In Modern Times starring Don Quixote. In Guam starring Spark Stevens, script and art by Klaus Nordling. The Scientist's Haunted House--K-51 Spies At War starring Dr. Hugo Sloan, script by Will Eisner [as Willis B. Rensie], art by Tom Gill. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.