Comic books June 1940

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Volume 14, Issue 6 - June, 1940. Cover by Julian Krupa. Stories by David Wright O'Brien, Don Wilcox, Festus Pragnell, Ross Rocklynne, Floyd Gale, and Ed Earl Repp. Illustrations by Leo Morey, Krupa, Robert Fuqua, Jay Jackson, and Joe Sewell. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 148 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

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June 1, 1940. Cover by Rudolph Belarski (1st Dr. Kildare cover). Stories include "Dr. Kildare Goes Home" (part 1) by Max Brand (creator of Kildare), "Dry Job" by Carl Rathjen, "The Bosun is a Bandit" by George Masselman, "Apart from Himself" by William Templeton, "No Guns Wanted" by C.K. Shaw, "Death Under Water" (part 4) by William De Bois, and "Men of Daring" by Stookie Allen. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 299, Issue 6 - June 15, 1940. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 300, No. 1 - June 22, 1940. 6.75" x 9.75", 112 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 300, Issue 2 - June 29, 1940. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1, Issue 3 - June, 1940. 6.5" x 9", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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June, 1940. Volume 25, Issue 4. Cover by Hubert Rogers. "The Roads Must Roll" by Robert A. Heinlein and "Final Blackout" part 3/3 by L. Ron Hubbard. Other stories by Douglas Drew, Harl Vincent, and Norman L. Knight. Trimmed pulp, 6.5-in. x 9.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Cover pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson. 2nd appearance of The Joker and Catwoman (called Catwoman for the 1st time) in "The Joker Meets the Cat-Woman," script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); Learning the Joker is hospitalized with wounds, the members of the Crime Syndicate make plans to rescue him to lead their mob again; But the Joker has planned a double-cross and the appearance of the Cat-Woman complicates matters. "Wolf, the Crime Master," script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Bob Kane (signed) and Jerry Robinson (backgrounds); By an unfortunate accident, Adam Lamb becomes a psychological Jekyll and Hyde at midnight each evening, only to revert to his mild-mannered self during the day. "A Very Simple Case" text story by David Tree, art by Raymond Perry. "The Case of the Clubfoot Murders," script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Bob Kane (signed) and Jerry Robinson (backgrounds); The contents of a strange will leave each of the heirs with strange tokens with inscriptions on them, not realizing that, if they are all united, the tokens will reveal the location of a gold mine. "The Case of the Missing Link," script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos; Professor Drake brings back from Africa a "missing link" who he intends to civilize for the benefit of all civilization; Batman and Robin vs. Grimes. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Ogden Whitney cover. Gardner Fox stories. Contains original features, comic strip reprints, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Skyman" art by Ogden Whitney; "Joe Palooka" by Ham Fisher; "The Face" art by Mart Bailey; "The Bungle Family" by Harry J. Tuthill; "Tom Kerry, District Attorney" art by Ken Ernst; "Marvelo, Monarch of Magicians" art by Fred Guardineer; "Good Deed Dotty" and "Dixie Dugan" by J. P. McEvoy and J. H. Striebel; "Rocky Ryan" art by Ogden Whitney; "Jibby Jones" by Vincent "Vin" Sullivan; "Charlie Chan" by Alfred Andriola; and "Spy-Master" art by Mart Bailey. "The Revolt that Failed" text story by Jack Anthony. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Agriculture and farming magazine. Includes articles, fiction, and humor. 11" x 14", 86 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

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Cover art by Alex Schomburg. G-Man Outfit ad. The Jelly of Doom, script by George Kapitan, art by Harry Sahle; The Fiery Mask saves the world from a flesh-eating ooze unleashed by a mad scientist. The Devil-Flower, art by Arnold Hicks; Trojack, Edith and Balu seek out the life juice of the devil-flower to save Jerry's life. Strike Against the Nazis starring K-4 and his Sky Devils. The Origin of Monako starring Monako, Prince of Magic, art by Larry Antonette. Battle of the Robots starring Marvex, art by Hal Sharp. Introducing Little Hercules, script and art by Bud Sagendorf. Meet the Falcon starring The Falcon, art by Maurice Gutwirth. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Origin and 1st appearance of Clayface in the Batman story, plus the Spy, Red Logan, the Crimson Avenger, Speed Saunders Ace Investigator (art by Fred Guardineer), Steve Malone, Cliff Crosby, and Slam Bradley (script by Jerry Siegel, art by Howard Sherman). One-page text story, "Theft at the Fair" by Gardner F. Fox. Full-page ad for Batman # 1. Half-page ad for the Superman radio show. 68 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 33, No. 3 - June 1940. 6.75" x 9.75", 112 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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June 1940. Cover by Emery Clarke. Stories include "The Awful Egg," a book-length novel by "Kenneth Robeson"; "Drums of the Dead" by Kenneth MacNichol; and "No Wings for Murder" by Norman A. Daniels. 6.75-in x 9.25-in; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. 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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"Dr. Destiny, Master of the Dead" by Robert Moore Williams

Volume 2, Issue 6 - June, 1940. Cover by Stockton Mulford. Science Fiction and adventure magazine. Features "The Genius of Lancelot Biggs" by Nelson S. Bond, "Dr. Destiny, Master of the Dead" by Robert Moore Williams, and stories by Maurice Duclos, Ross Rocklynne, and Thornton Ayre. 8-1/2 in. x 11-3/8 in.; black and white; 146 newsprint pages; mostly text with a few illustrations. Cover price $0.20.

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8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

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Summer Issue. Humor magazine featuring jokes and cartoons. 8-1/2" x 11-1/2", 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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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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June 17, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: the War; National Guard photographic essay; Joe Louis; cancer; state birds in color; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 104 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 20, No. 3 - June 1940. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Alex Schomburg. "The Human Torch and the Submariner Meet," script and art by Bill Everett; Namor looks for new ways to avenge himself on the mankind that attempted to electrocute him, but the Torch shows up and drives him away for the time-being. Human Torch untitled story, script and art by Carl Burgos; Embittered because the Police Chief believes Torch to be yellow because he failed to bring in the Sub-Mariner, the Torch races off to repair some of the damage Namor caused; He meets up with Betty and together they head for the Empire State Building where the Prince has been spotted. The Angel untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; The Angel rescues a kidnapped girl in a cabin, supposedly held for ransom, and whose father owns the controlling stock in the Meltmore Steel Company. The Masked Raider untitled story, art by Al Anders; The Raider runs into Mexican Pete, who has attempted to trail the thieves who just robbed a local bank and made off with the savings of the small ranchers. Dynamite's Doom text story, script by Jack D'Arcy, art by Sam Gilman. Electro, the Marvel of the Age untitled story, art by Steve Dahlman; Keeping true to his word, "Boss" Sarpo escapes from prison, and with the help of "Scar-Face" Joe and his gang, kidnaps Professor Zog, killing his guards, kidnaps the DA, and uses Electro to begin a series of thefts. Ferret Mystery Detective untitled story, script by Stockbridge Winslow, art by Irwin Hasen; Ferret arrives at his bank to make a deposit just as it is being robbed, but he uses an unusual strategy, with himself as bait, to round up the crooks. Advenures of Ka-Zar the Great untitled story, art by Ben Thompson; Drake kills the man who has inherited a gold mine worth far more than he thought because he refuses to use the local natives as slave laborers. The local tribal chief enlists the aid of Ka-Zar to deal with the problem. Mystery and Daring Comics ad, art by Schomburg. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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Cover by Joe Simon. Stories by Dick Briefer, Fred Schwab, Toni Blum, and Bob Powell. Art by Charles Nicholas, Dick Briefer, Walter Frehm, Fred Schwab, Munson Paddock, Bob Powell, George Tuska, and Jim Mooney. An anthology of Golden Age adventure comics from Fox Feature, including the original Blue Beetle. Rex Dexter battles a robot revolt in a cautionary tale by Dick Briefer; The Green Mask takes on a dope kingpin; Zanzibar, who looks like Mandrake the Magician in a blue fez, investigates murder by poison dart. Cover is by Captain America creator Joe Simon. The Blue Beetle; Wing Turner; Rex Dexter of Mars; The Green Mask; Billy Bounce, the Kid Detective; Hemlock Shomes and Dr. Potsam; Chen Chang: Camera; The Beggar Poison Case; Lt. Drake of the Naval Intelligence; D-13, Secret Agent; The Moth. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart CGC 8.0 $6,750.00 or Best Offer View scans Slight professional restoration Paper: Cream to off white Restoration includes: color touch, pieces added, cleaned, reinforced. Label #0055957014 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Menace of the Star Gazer; A criminal syndicate hires an astronomer to kill the Blue Blaze with a monster created by star rays. The Origin of Hercules, art by Arnold Hicks; Dr. David raises his son apart from the civilized world to be a perfect physical and mental specimen. The Cold-Blooded Iron Duke, pencils by E. C. Stoner; The brothers use Flexo to put a stop to a group of arsonists collecting fire insurance money. Land of the Missing Rockets; The Space Rangers defeat spaceship thieves from the planet Glakor. The Ring of Saboteurs; Excello stops the Russians from blowing up American train tracks and subways. Thieves Retribution text story by S. S. Bedford. The Pool of Nordu; Dakor rescues a white woman from a native tribe that has captured her and drugged her to serve as their goddess. The Haunted Forest, art by Newt Alfred; Zara rescues Commissioner Graves from a python and then helps him shut down a slave trade organization in the jungle, over his objections. The Dreaded Hood, pencils by Gus Ricca; Dynamic Man protects a banker from The Hood, who has killed three bankers already. The Grave Robber, art by Newt Alfred; Dr. Gade busts a group of grave robbers, passing himself off as a ghost several times in the process. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 22, No. 6. June 1940. Boy's magazine that encouraged the outdoor life. Cover by Roland Cosimini. 8.5" x 11.5". 50 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Irv Novick. "The Mosconian Menace" Part 6, script by Harry Shorten, art by Irv Novick; The Mosconians send a submarine to sink a passenger ship that the Shield is on; The Shield travels to Washington DC and puts an end to the Mosconians plan to blow up Congress. "Stinger Lee's Ray of Darkness," script and art by Jack Cole; Comet vs. Stinger Lee. "The Corruption of Senator Palmgreas," script by Abner Sundell, art by Mort Meskin; Press Guardian vs. Sen. Palmgreas and Killer Scaretti. "The Man-Eating Plants of Yen Fat Sing," script by Manly Wade Wellman, art by Lin Streeter; Fu Chang vs. Yen Fat Sing. "The Crackdown of Captain Twerp," script by Abner Sundell, art by Charles Biro; Sergeant Boyle vs. Von Blotz. "The Army-Navy Baseball Game," art by Bob Wood. "Chief of the Ape Men," script by Manly Wade Wellman, art by Lin Streeter. "Ten Straight Knockouts!", script by Harry Shorten, art by Bob Wood; Kayo Ward vs. Killer Slick and Candy Morgan. "The Man-Monster of London," script by Joe Blair, art by Sam Cooper. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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June 16, 1940. The Philadelphia Record Book Section was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Record issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. This particular issue is "Send Another Coffin" by F. G. Presnell. 11" x 15.75". 16 pages. Black and white.

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Cover by Will Eisner. Edited by Malcolm Reiss, Jerry Iger and Will Eisner. Stories and art by Alex Blum, Bob Powell, Arthur Peddy, Gene Fawcette, Henry C. Kiefer, and Charles M. Quinlan. The first true science fiction comic, Planet Comics featured classic space opera with square-jawed heroes, rockets, rayguns and bug-eyed aliens of every stripe. Don Granval battles monsters on a micro-world; The debut of Crash Barker, who travels the spaceways on his Zoom Sled; Gale Allen and her all-female interstellar fighting force battle pirate prince Blaga Daru. Giant of Jupiter; Gale Allen of the Girl Patrol; The Dinosaur Men of Mercury; Auro Lord of Jupiter; The Destruction of the Atomic Universe; Planet Payson; The Star Pirates; Buzz Crandall of the Space Patrol; The Ray Pirates of Venus; Fero Interplanetary Detective; Crash Barker and the Zoom Sled; Captain Nelson Cole of the Solar Air Force. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Untitled stories starring Power Nelson, Secret Agent M-11 (art by H. Cardwell), Jupiter, Master Magician (art by Grieg Chapian), The Black Owl (pencils by Pete Riss a.k.a. Pete Nebird, inks by Jack Binder), Ted O'Neil, Jaxon of the Jungle (art by Tarpe Mills a.k.a. Edgar Allen, Jr.), Buck Brady (art by William Rowland), and Storm Curtis (script and art by Dick Briefer a.k.a. Richard Norman). $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Published by Hugo Gernsback, considered the father of science-fiction. This issue is centered around the new medium of television with Gernsback's editorial, "The Television Age". 8.5" x 11.5". 128 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 2, Issue 1 - June 1940. Science Fiction and adventure stories pulp magazine. Cover by Frank R. Paul. "The Voice Commands" by Dennis Clive, and stories by Nelson S. Bond, Paul Edmonds, and John Coleridge. 7-in. x 10-in., 130 pages, Text Cover price $0.15.

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No. 1 - Summer 1940. 6.5" x 9.5", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Issue #133 - June, 1940. Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor on cover. Movies covered include "Edison the Man" starring Spencer Tracy, "Sailor's Lady" starring Nancy Kelly and Jon Hall, "Waterloo Bridge" starring Robert Taylor and Vivian Leigh, "An Angel from Texas" starring Eddie Albert, Wayne Morris and Rosemary Lane, and more. Plus, columns and articles. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 90 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $56.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 34, Issue 2 - June 15, 1940. 6.5" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Thrill at the smashing origins of the Shield, that G-Man Extraordinary, by Irving Novick, and the Wizard, the Man with the Super-Brain, by Ed Ashe Jr.! The Shield was one of the first super-heroes with an American flag-themed costume, beating Captain America by 14 months. Novick cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $77.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Front cover detached 15%.

No. 11 - Summer 1940. 6.5" x 9", 72 pages, B&W.

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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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June 1940. Cover by Howard V. Brown. Stories by Jack Williamson, "Dr. Cyclops" -- adapted from movie script by Henry Kuttner, Frank Belknap Long Jr., Edmond Hamilton, Myer Krulfeld, Nelson S. Bond, and Kelvin Kent. Scientifacts column by Mort Weisinger. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.