Comic books July 1940

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $60.00 View scan 2.5" Cumulative spine split. Tape on interior cover, pages, and under staples.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $188.00 or Best Offer View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

The Phantom strips, scripts 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. Seein' Stars strips, art by Feg Murray. 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.

Add to cart Coverless $290.00 View scans COVERLESS. INCOMPLETE. Missing first wrap and centerfold (affects Superman, Three Aces, Tex Thomson and Zatara stories). Unattached black and white photocopies of missing Superman pages included for readability.

Superman, Pep Morgan, Black Pirate (art by Sheldon Moldoff), Three Aces, Tex Thompson (art by Bernard Baily), Clip Carson (art by Moldoff), and Zatara (art by Fred Guardineer). One-page text story by Gardner F. Fox ("G.F. Fox"). Half-page ads for Superman # 5, the Superman radio show, and the Superman of America fan club. Quarter-page ad for Batman # 1. 68 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 4 #3, July 1940 - Story titles like "Stalked for Six Haunted Years" and "I Thought She Was Easy With Men" let you know this magazine's editorial slant. Illustrated with many period photos, some with an added color tint, usually red. 10.5" x 13.13.25", 56 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $23.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Tan to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%.

Science fiction stories byStories by A.R. Steber, Don Wilcox, Thornton Ayre, Malcom Jameson. Illustrations by Leo Morey, Julian S. Krupa, and Robert Fuqua. Cover by Fuqua. 7-in. x 10-ink.; black and white; 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $27.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $7.00 View scans Paper: Off white Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $6.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

July 6, 1940. Cover by Marshall Frantz. Stories include "Rajah Bill" by Louis C. Goldsmith, "Old Chainmouth" by Richard Sale, "Guns on Fire" (part 1) by Jack Byrne, "Miracle on Main Street" by Robert Arthur, "Dead of Night" (part 2) by Kurt Steel, "MY Brother Knows" by Robert Griffith, "The Harp and the Blade" (part 3) by John Myers Myers, 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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Add to cart GD- 1.8 $2.50 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 300, Issue 5 - July 20, 1940. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart Very Good $10.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $7.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $7.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 300, Issue 6 - July 27, 1940. 6.75" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $229.95 or Best Offer View scans Near complete spine split. Cover 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. "Spy-Master" feature becomes "Spy-Chief". 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; "Mike the Mascot" by Fred Schwab; "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; "Mortimer the Monk" by Fred Schwab; "Charlie Chan" by Alfred Andriola; "Off-side!" by Jo Metzer; and "Spy-Chief" art by Mart Bailey. "The Skyman Encounters Kidnappers" text story. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 8, No. 3, Issue 45 - July 1940. 5.25" x 7.5", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $3,995.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white Label #0916815009 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover art by Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson. Batman and Robin story, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson. Spy story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Maurice Kashuba. Red Logan story, art by Ed Winiarski. The Crimson Avenger story, script and art by Jack Lehti. The Railroad Mystery starring Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator, art by Fred Guardineer. Theft at the Fair text story by Gardner F. Fox. Steve Malone, District Attorney story, art by Don Lynch. Cliff Crosby story, script and art by Chad Grothkopf. Slam Bradley story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Howard Sherman. 68 pgs. $0.10. Robin's 1st solo. Cover price $0.10.

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July 1940. Cover by Emery Clarke. Stories include "The Flying Goblin," a book-length novel by "Kenneth Robeson"; "Troller Twins" by Norman A. Daniels; and "The Black Arrow" by George L. Eaton. 6.75-in x 9.25-in; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $9.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

Digest sized Spanish language Doc Savage reprints published by Editorial Molino. Slick covers with newsprint interior.

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Official organ of the International Society of Junior Magicians, containing news and tips. 16 pages on newsprint. This issue is mislabeled as Volume 8, but 1940 is actually volume 9.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $44.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $44.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 10%.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $30.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $27.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
Add to cart Good $25.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - July, 1940. Virgil Finlay cover and illustrations. 6.75" x 9", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $249.00 or Best Offer View scans CGC Qualified Paper: Off white to white PAGES 9 AND 14 MISSING, AFFECTS STORY. INCOMPLETE. Label #0004220007 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

"El Diablo Blanco," script by William Erwin Maxwell, art by Lou Fine; Doll Man hides himself behind El Diablo Blanco to give the impression that the steed could talk, an act which helps Wampum save his land; The horse was then tamed by Doll Man and used to pursue his enemy right off a cliff! "Sacrifice at Tafu," script and art by Vernon Henkel; Captain Fortune vs. a giant. "Ghost of the Coolnook Church," script by Toni Blum (as Noel Fowler), art by Dan Zolnerowich; Zero, Ghost Detective vs. a ghost. "The Wildman of Wolf's Head Bay," script and art by Art Pinajian; Reynolds of the Mounted vs. Tom Paxton. "Arctic Survival Mission" starring Spin Shaw, script and art by Bob Powell. "The Shakespeare Snatch," script and art by William A. Smith (Will Arthur). "The Black Mask," art by Stan Aschmeier; The Voice begins fielding requests for help and installed a special one-way mirror when he interviewed his clients, speaking to them from the mirror; One of the requests led the Voice to engage the mysterious Black Mask in battle. "The Hearing Eye" starring Capt. Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy, script and art by Harry Campbell. "Mystery in the Mine Shaft" starring Rusty Ryan, script and art by Paul Gustavson. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Coverless $55.00 or Best Offer View scans INCOMPLETE. First three wraps missing, affects art and story. Water damage, tearing, corner folds. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover art by Bob Powell. Untitled story, script by Herman Bolstein, pencils by John Celardo; Rip Regan vs. Moronie. Untitled story, pencils by George Tuska (as George Aksut); Shark Brodie vs. Rocky and his gang. Untitled The Spy Fighter story, art by Leonard Frank. "Luis Angel Firpo, the Wild Bull of the Pampas" non-fiction story about the famous boxer. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Chip Collins vs. Abdulla; Prince Bara intro. Untitled story; Spencer Steel vs. The Berge gang; Spencer Steel, Jr. intro. Keeping Fit article. Untitled story, art by Steve Broder; Kinks Mason vs. a gang of poachers; intro of Battler, Kinks's trained seal. Untitled story, script and art by Fletcher Hanks (as Chas Netcher); Having bought a tract of land in territory controlled by lumber hijackers, Big Red must protect his investment from Sledge Sloan. Untitled Oran of the Jungle story. Untitled story; Cpl. Strut Warren vs. Muipo. Untitled story; Kayo Kirby (Red Kirby) vs. Bull. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $14.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $17.00 View scans Spine split 30%. Water damage: Slight.

Volume 71, Issue 615 - July, 1940. Painted cover by Enoch Bolles. Humorous captions paired with movie stills and models. 8.5" x 11", 54 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $1,499.95 or Best Offer View scans Mold. 1/2" Spine split from top. Centerfold detached at one staple, coming loose at second. Cover loose at one staple. Water damage. Staple rust, rust migration. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Add to cart Coverless $299.95 or Best Offer View scans INCOMPLETE. Cover and two center wraps missing, reproductions attached/bound in for readability. Oxidation and edge wear to interior. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Flash stars in "The Metal Disintegrator," written by Gardner Fox, art by Everett E. Hibbard. Also includes: King in "The Witch and the Lawyer" by Fox and Harry Lampert; Hawkman in "Czar, the Unkillable Man" by Fox and Sheldon Moldoff; Johnny Thunder in "The Mystery Woman" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; Cliff Cornwall in "The Clue Criminal" by Fox and Sheldon Moldoff (pencils) and Leonard Sansone (inks); "Circus Curse" Flash picture novelette by Ed Wheelan; and The Whip in "The San Creso Mine" by Wentworth and Homer Fleming. Cover art by Moldoff. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $62.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 30%.

July 1940. Cover by J. W. Scott. Stories by Neil R. Jones, ("Liquid Hell"), John Russell Fearn (-as 'Dennis Clive'), Ross Rocklynne, Duane W. Rimel, Isaac Asimov ("The Magnificent Possession"), and the brothers, Earl & Otto Binder (-as 'John Coleridge'). Illustrations by Lin Streeter, Val Biro, Meskin, and W. R. 7" x 10", black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

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

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $13.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 31, No. 11 - July 1940. 10.25" x 13", 12 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $200.00 View scans INCOMPLETE. Centerfold and majority of back cover missing, interrupts art and story.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $735.00 or Best Offer View scans Restored: C1 Paper: Off white Restoration includes: Piece Re-attached to Cover With Glue. Label #1292412007 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by thegeneral

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $1,390.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white Label #4158737011 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover art by Bob Powell. "Live Sacrifice," script by Red Bradey, art by George Tuska; Kaänga guides an explorer to a lost valley inhabited by descendants of ancient Romans and cannibalistic monkey me. Untitled story, art by Arthur Peddy; The Red Panther restores a deposed chief to his position in his village. Untitled story, script by Ted Carter, art by Bob Powell; Camilla and Caredodo brave the Cave of Sighs, the entrance to the supernatural underworld; Captured by Satan, Camilla carves a crosses that repulses the monster; The Angel of Faith rescues them and rewards Caredodo by transforming him from an ugly hunchback into a tall, handsome knight. Camilla dubs him "Sir Champion" and makes him her prime minister. Untitled story, script by Courtney Thomason, art by Nick Cardy; Joe Manners captures his explorer brother and plans to murder him to secure his inheritance; Roy attempts to rescue the explorer and only succeeds with the assistance of a tribe of giant gorillas. "The Claw of Simba" text story. Untitled story, script and art by Fletcher Hanks (as Barclay Flagg); A group of criminals enslave a village in Fantomah's jungle in order to use them as labor in a diamond mine; Fantomah frees the slaves and takes the four criminals to the Secret Pit of Jungle Horrors. Untitled story, art by William M. Allison; A wounded Simba makes friends with a wounded white girl, lost from her safari; Simba escorts her back to her father where they discover that the father is being tortured by criminals looking for his stash of gold. Untitled story, script by Pierre La Rue, art by Bill Bossert; Gloria is tricked into a treasure hunt by an Arab merchant who then kidnaps her; Terry rescues her and his two men that he ordered to accompany her on her hunt. Untitled story, script by Robert Lewis, art by Charles Sultan; To prevent the destruction of a village, Tabu imprisons a wind spirit. Untitled story, script by Roy L. Smith, pencils by Henry Kiefer; The provincial governor's daughter is kindapped and held for ransom, but she is rescued by Wambi and his jungle friends. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 25 #7 - July 1940. UK magazine featuring articles on engineering feats and vehicles. 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 86 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $4,499.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Light tan to off white Label #4684719001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover art by Joe Simon. "Bomb Kills Hundreds in Midtown," art by Charles Nicholas; The Blue Beetle vs. The Sylvanian Consul Secretary; Beetle defeats 20 mobsters in one fistfight. Untitled story, art by George Tuska; Wing Turner battles Nazis. Untitled story, script and art by Dick Briefer; Rex Dexter vs. The Hunter. Untitled story, art by Walter Frehm; The Green Mask deals with a Federal Reserve robbery. "Demons of Doom" starring Chen Chang, art by Munson Paddock (as Cecilia Munson). "Twentieth Century Death Ray" text story by B. A. Martin. Untitled story, script and art by Klaus Nordling (as F. Klaus); Lt. Drake is assigned the task of capturing the men responsible for smuggling orientals into the United States. "The Strange Case of the Terror Castle Grave Robberies," art by Jim Mooney; The Doc sends some of his hoodlums into a cemetery looking for a disease-free body into which he plans to transplant a brain, thus allowing him to have the power of God to create life. Untitled Hemlock Shomes by Fred Schwab. Untitled D-13 story, script and art by Bob Powell; An attack in the South Atlantic; vs. Nazis. Untitled story, art by George Tuska; Zanzibar vs. The Zombie Master. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $15.00 View scans Paper: Cream

Add to cart Very Good $11.00 View scans Paper: Cream

Volume 1, Issue 3 - July, 1940. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $1,089.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #1301847002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Charles M. Quinlan. Stories and art by Charles M. Quinlan, Karin O'Dowd, Worth Carnahan, Allan Baker, Jon Small, Ray Willner, and George Papp . An early anthology from Worth Carnahan featuring adventure and superheroics. Not to be confused with Okay Comics (1940) from United Features, or a similarly named series Eisner and Iger worked on in the 1930s. Ranger Sunset Smith makes enemies as soon as he rides into town, and Sanchez, Lanky and Nosey are ready to face him in a showdown. Crusader Prince Philip is sent back to Earth to atone for each of his evil deeds in life as the heroic Phantom Knight. Newsboy Rusty agrees to be a test subject for Professor Rednow's super-serum, and soon he is the superhero Little Giant. Plus the story of the Pony Express. Sunset Smith; Cowboy Stunts; Phantom Knight; Little Giant; Jerry Bly; Leatherneck; Not Afraid of Ghosts; Don Ramon of the Rurales; Pal Peyton and his Flying Fortress; Teller Twins; Further Adventures of Ulysses: The Rescue of Antreas; Mysterious India; Curious Stamps from All Over the World; Kip Jaxon of the Varsity; Pony Express; Back Home Again. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $100.00 View scans One page detached. Cover oxidation.

Cover by Rudolph Dirks. Stories and art by Rudolph Dirks. In 1948, when Peanuts didn't exist and Superman was only 10 years old, the pioneering strip Captain and the Kids, aka The Katzenjammer Kids, was celebrating its 50th anniversary. United Features Syndicate celebrates with the debut comic featuring some of the mischievous Kids' misadventures. Mama, the Inspector and most of all the Captain bear the brunt of Hans and Fritz's mean-spirited pranks, but the Kids always get it in the end. The mysterious Old Squib and his cronies believe the Captain has a treasure map tattooed on his back. This begins an epic chase involving the whole family, the Inspector, and rival pirate ships. In the "topper" strip, Hawkshaw the Detective, Hawkshaw solves mysteries in less than a minute. Plus a biography of artist Rudolph Dirks, creator of what would become the longest-running comic strip in history. Tip Top Comics Spinner Game; Presenting Rudolph Dirks; The Captain and the Kids; Hawkshaw the Detective. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart Fair $3.00 View scans Spine split 70%. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 22, No. 7. July 1940. Boy's magazine that encouraged the outdoor life. 8.5" x 11.5". 34 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $2,299.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #1290299005 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $1,995.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white Slab: Chipped/broken bracket Label #4312079007 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $799.95 or Best Offer View scans Minor mold spots. Cover detached at one staple and coming loose at the other, water damage, staple rust/migration. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover art by Irv Novick. Untitled Shield story, script by Harry Shorten, art by Irv Novick. Untitled Comet story, script by Abner Sundell, art by Bob Wood. Untitled Press Guardian story, script by Abner Sundell, art by Mort Meskin. Untitled Fu Chang story, script by Joe Blair, art by Lin Streeter. Untitled Sergeant Boyle story, script by Abner Sundell, art by Charles Biro. Untitled Midshipman story. Untitled Rocket and the Queen of Diamonds story, script by Abner Sundell, art by Lin Streeter. Untitled Kayo Ward story, script and art by Bob Wood. The Case of the Roman god starring Bentley of Scotland Yard, script by Joe Blair, art by Sam Cooper. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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July 28, 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 "Anne Minton's Life" by Myron Brinig. 11" x 15.75". 12 pages. Black and white.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $1,380.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #1173832007

Cover by Bob Powell. Edited by Malcolm Reiss, Jerry Iger and Will Eisner. Stories and art by Alex Blum, Fletcher Hanks, Arthur Peddy, Witmer Williams, 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. Buzz Crandall battles Lepus the Fiend, in a story by legendary oddball cartoonist Fletcher Hanks; Magical space superhero The Red Comet faces the creatures known as The Stickers; Spurt Hammond, the defender of the Planet Venus, repels an invasion by The Rock Men of Jupiter. Early cover by Bob Powell. The Red Comet; Captain Nelson Cole; Auro Lord of Jupiter; The Rockmen of Jupiter; Buzz Crandall of the Space Patrol; Lost World of Time; Fero Interplanetary Detective; The Menace of the Magno-Universe; Crash Barker and the Zoom Sled; Planet Payson; Invasion of the Cyclops-Men of Mars. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $2.50 View scans Paper: White Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 74 #1 - July 1940. Mechanical science and technology magazine. 6.75-in x 9.5-in., 200 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $6.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

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.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $1,149.00 or Best Offer View scans Restored: C3 Paper: Cream to off white Restoration includes: pieces added, glue, tear seals. Label #4665570006 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Joe Simon. Stories by Bert Whitman and others. Art by Emil Gershwin, Harold Weber, Richard Crater, Michael Griffith, Arnold Hardy and Bert Whitman. An anthology of Golden Age adventure comics featuring sci-fi heroes and some of the very first superheroes. The Eagle encounters a mad scientist who is trying to feed pretty girls to his giant amoeba, in a hilarious story prefiguring the sci-fi B-movies of the 1950s; Cosmic Carson travels back in time to ancient Britain and encounters a hostile Roman general; Seagoing hero Navy Jones battles an invasion from the secret race of Shark Men. Also featuring an ad (from the publisher, Fox comics) for the Comic-Scope, which will project comic strips on the wall. The Eagle: The Giant Amoeba; Dynamo: The Lightning Men of Betelguese; Cosmic Carson: Back To Ancient Britain; Perisphere Payne: Peril On Polaris; Marga the Panther Woman: The Plot of Buckler Borgia; Build a Dynamo Special Super Car; The Vicious Bourbo Reptiles; Navy Jones' Undersea Float; Dr. Doom: Dr. Doom's Diabolical Disease; Navy Jones: Menace of the Shark Men; Winners of the Science Comics Contest. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $14.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Summer Edition, 1940 - This magazine is loaded with exclusive celebrity portraits from the golden-age of cinema. 8 1/-in. x 11 1/2-in., 52 pages, printed in a sepia tone throughout. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $650.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white

Vol. 6, No. 3 - July 1940. 6.75" x 9.75", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $21.00 View scans Paper: Off white

Volume 4, Issue 1 - July 1940. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Eando Binder, Fletcher Pratt and Laurence Manning, and Oscar J. Friend. "Thrills in Science" column by Mort Weisinger. Two-page Luther Burbank bio in comic form. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $27.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate.

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

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $25.00 View scans Paper: Off white

July 1940. Cover by Robert C. Sherry. "Day of the Comet" by F. A. Kummera and "The Thought-Woman" by Ray Cummings. Other stories by Harl Vincent, Frederick Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth (as S. D. Gottesman), Harry Walton, John E. Harry, Oliver E. Saari, and Henry Andrew Ackermann. Illustrations by Robert C. Sherry, E. L. Wexler, Eron, Hannes Bok. Softcover Pulp, 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; 128 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $2.50 View scans Water damage: Slight.

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 Good $38.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 17, Issue 1 - July, 1940. Cover by Howard V. Brown (later redone as 1960s #53 issue of "Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen"). Stories by Harry Bates, Alfred Bester, Willard E. Hawkins, David V. Reed, H.L. Gold, Helen Weinbaum, and Raymond Z. Gallun. Scientifacts column by Mort Weisinger. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 136 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $26.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Fair $17.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 70%. Back cover detached 5%.

Vol. 3, No. 5 - July 1940. 6.5" x 9", 162 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.