Comic books June 1940

Add to cart CGC 8.5 $5,500.00 View scans Paper: Off white Label #3754156001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $3,500.00 View scans Paper: Off white Slab: See item notes Major front/back scratch(es), longer than 1". Top edge label strip problem (old style slabs only). Label #0046313001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

The Wax-Double Killers starring The Hourman, script by Ken Fitch, art by Bernard Baily; A crazed scientist has invented an artificial heart and plastick skin, which he uses to bring wax figures of three criminals to life to rob and kill. The Thought Machine of Fang Gow starring Barry O'Neill, script and art by Ed Winiarski. The Return of Singapore Sal starring Steve Conrad, Adventurer, script and art by Jack Lehti. The Pawn Broker starring The Sandman, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Creig Flessel. The Phony Trucking Business starring Socko Strong, script by Albert Sulman, art by Joseph Sulman. The Nastonian Agent starring the Federal Men, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Chad Grothkopf. At Grips With the Wolf Men starring Cotton Carver, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Jack Lehti. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 8.5 $6,800.00 or Best Offer View scans Moderate professional restoration Paper: Off white to white Slab: Minor side edge crack Professional restoration includes: piece added to back cover, cover reinforced, spine splits sealed, tear seals to back cover, cover cleaned. Label #16-17447E6-008 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Hawkman (script by Gardner Fox, art by Sheldon Moldoff), the Sandman (script by Fox, art by Chad Grothkopf, not Creig Flessel), Gary Concord the Ultra-Man (only appearance; script and art by Jon L. Blummer as "Don Shelby"), the Flash (script by Fox, art by Everett (E.E.) Hibbard), the Spectre (script by Jerry Siegel, art by Bernard Baily), Biff Bronson (script by Albert Sulman, art by Joseph Sulman), the Hour Man (script by Ken Fitch, art by Baily), and Red, White and Blue (script by Siegel, art by William Smith). Two-page text story, "Exile to Jupiter" by Evelyn Gaines. Cover art (composite) by Creig Flessel, Hibbard, Blummer, and Baily. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $32.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $12.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 10%.

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.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $41.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $3.50 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

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

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

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $32.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $29.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $27.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Good $10.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

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

Add to cart Very Good $77.00 View scans Paper: Off white Book is heavily trimmed. Soiling. Foxing. Water damage.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $65.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Partially Trimmed. Large piece of clear tape along bottom of back cover. Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

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

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $249.95 or Best Offer View scans 3" spine split from top of comic. Cover and centerfold detached. Oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

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.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $55.00 View scans 2" Spine split from top. Cover coming loose at both staples. Water damage. Cover and interior oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Al Capp. Stories and art by Rex Maxon, R. W. Palmer, Hal Forrest, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Bill Conselman, Charlie Plumb, Bernard Dibble, Rudolph Dirks, Paul Berdanier, Harry O'Neill, H. E. Homan, R. M. Brinkerhoff, Dick Richards, George Lichty, Frank N. Ernest, Frank Owen, and Raeburn Van Buren. Sometimes listed as Comics on Parade Vol. 3 #3. Early in the transformation of comic strips to comic books, United Features Syndicate published Comics on Parade as a showcase for its most popular strips, including Tarzan, Li'l Abner and Nancy. Korak wins rulership of the apes in trial by combat, but he's not prepared for an encounter with human tribes, in the adaptation of The Son of Tarzan with art by Rex Maxon. Tailspin Tommy is hired to transport a live tiger, and that's just the start of his troubles. Dynamite Dunn faces the boxing twins, Spike Brown and Mike Brown. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Tailspin Tommy; Tailspin Tommy Model Plans; Abbie an' Slats; The Captain and the Kids; Tarzan of the Apes; How It Began; Twice Told Tales; Broncho Bill; Looy Dot Dope; Dynamite Dunn; How to Make It; Stampin' Around; Nancy; Billy Make Believe; The Boomers; Little Mary Mixup; Ella Cinders; Danny Dingle; Li'l Abner. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $31.00 View scans Spine split 10%. Staple rust: Slight.

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

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $23.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $22.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

"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; 96 newsprint pages; mostly text with a few illustrations. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $465.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #1397051014

Cover art by Bob Powell. Untitled story, script by Herman Bolstein, art by John Celardo; Rip Regan the Power-Man vs. Barron Metcalfe. Untitled story, art by George Tuska (as George Aksut); Shark Brodie vs. Krodin and his gang. Untitled Big Red McLane story, script and art by Fletcher Hanks (as Chas. Netcher); Tom Farr is shot and left for dead by Machine-Gun Randall, an employee of Royal River Mills. Untitled story; Oran of the Jungle vs. Black Crow. Keeping Fit article. "The True Life Story of Gene Tunney"; non-fiction story about the famous boxer. Untitled story, art by Steve Broder; Kinks Mason vs. a gang of pirates; intro of Lord Satur; The Queen of an undersea city appears. Untitled story, script by Klaus Nordling (as Ed Norris), art by Klaus Nordling; Cpl. Strut Warren vs. Krux and his spy ring. Untitled story, pencils by Dan Zolnerowich; Kayo Kirby (Red Kirby) vs. Spitelli. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $22.00 View scans	Add to cart Very Good $22.00 View scans 1/2" Spine split from base of comic. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Residue. Scuffing. Soiling. Water spotting.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $22.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Good $21.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. 2 1/2" Cumulative spine split. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Foxing. Residue. Scuffing. Soiling. Chew.
Add to cart Good $22.00 View scans Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.

Volume 71, Issue 614 - June, 1940. Painted cover by Enoch Bolles. Humorous captions paired with movie stills and models. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 54 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $11.00 View scans

Add to cart Very Good $6.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $6.00 View scans

Bedsheet Format Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VF- 7.5 $41.00 View scans

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $35.00 View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Issue 2 - June, 1940. Gale's Graphic Models was a short-lived vintage publication meant to be a visual aid for artists interested in the female form. Each page is adorned by a single model in various poses with many different types of lighting and an occasional prop. 6.5" x 10", 40 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS-

Add to cart VF- 7.5 $23.00 View scans

Add to cart Very Good $6.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Issue 2 - Summer, 1940. Very short-lived vintage men's interest magazine that was meant for use by photographers and artists to use as a tool when studying the female form. 6.5" x 9.5", 36 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS-

Add to cart Very Fine $69.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

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

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $95.00 View scan Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

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

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $56.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.

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 Good $40.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $32.00

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.

Add to cart Very Good $4.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.

Volume 24, Issue 2 - June, 1940. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "A New Fair for '40" by Stanley Gerstin, "Cut Yourself a Chord of Cake" by Ken Maloney, "Mars Plays Hide and Seek!" by Herbert Clark, "Mileage is What You Make It" by J.E. Van Sant, and others. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 146 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $19.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Issue #74. June 1940. New films in story form plus the usual movie magazine content. This issue features a "Black Friday" article with photos of Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. Bing Crosby cover. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 90 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.5 $749.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white INCOMPLETE. Coupon out of front cover. Label #1488654020 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart Coverless $175.00 or Best Offer View scans COVERLESS. INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing (affects Chen Chang story). First wrap detached at one staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

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.

Add to cart Very Good $19.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

June 1940. Cover by George Giguere. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $48.00 View scans

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.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $9.00 View scans

Vol. 7 #12 - June 1940. Photographs of Joan Blondell, Rita Hayworth, James Cagney, Ronald Colman and more. Articles include the revival of silent movies in theaters, life at the circus, boxing, homing pigeons in the army. 10-in. x 13 1/4-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $105.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Good $22.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - June, 1940. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $56.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

Volume 1, Issue 2 - June, 1940. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $46.00 View scans Paper: Off white	Add to cart Very Good $24.00 View scans Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.	Add to cart Very Good $24.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white	Add to cart VG 4.0 $20.00 View scans
Add to cart VG 4.0 $26.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Summer 1940 Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $29.00 View scans

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

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 FR 1.0 $24.00 View scan Tape along entire spine. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheGoodOlDays

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $2,500.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white Slab: Significant inner well scuff(s); Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #0149533003 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Wayne Boring. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Paul Cassidy (pages 1-8) and Wayne Boring (pages 9-13) [as Joe Shuster], inks by Paul Cassidy (pages 1-8) and Paul Lauretta (pages 9-13) [as Joe Shuster]; Lois and Clark are very concerned when they see business owners trying to induce children into their stores to play slot machines, placed there by the goons of "Slug" Kelly. Superman's Super Strength: Rules for Summer Living. Supermen of America club info. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Paul Cassidy; Punk politician Alex Evell, because of his growing political power, is out to buy the Planet's competitor, so that he will have a newspaper to back up his political dealings. Power of the Press text story, script by George Shute, art by Bernard Baily. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Joe Shuster, inks by Wayne Boring [as Joe Shuster]; Clark Kent smells a rat when he enters several offices of financial wizards, hoping to find out why they are profiting during a time of extreme depression. Murder In the Wind text story by Jack Wallis. Two half-page ads for All-Star Comics #1 and Batman #1. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Paul Cassidy; Superman investigates why a noted chemist's serum, parabiolene, financed by a noted gangster named Carlin, is being used on noted people, making them virtual slaves to do the bidding of Carlin. Promotional ad for Action Comics. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $5.20 View scans Water damage: Extensive.

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.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $62.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $39.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Good $32.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $39.00 View scans Trimmed TRIMMED. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

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.

Add to cart Very Good $11.00 View scans

Add to cart Very Good $11.00 View scans

Volume 36, Issue 215 - June, 1940. Magazine focusing on relationships, clothing tips, and beauty tips, as well as fiction stories. Cover by Zoe Mozert. 8.5" x 11", 106 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.