Comic books July 1940

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $54.00 View scan 2.5" Cumulative spine split. Tape on interior cover, pages, and under staples.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $155.00 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 $260.00 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.

Add to cart Very Good $17.00 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 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 VG+ 4.5 $60.00 View scans large crease front

Vol. 2, No. 8 - July 1940. 8.5" x 11.5", 114 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.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $1,599.00 View scans Paper: Slightly britle Label #4640594001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

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.

Add to cart VF+ 8.5 $69.00 View scans Paper: Off white

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.

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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.

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Vol. 17, No. 1. July 5, 1940. 8.5" x 11.5". 20 pages. Black and white.

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Vol. 17, No. 2. July 12, 1940. 8.5" x 11.5". 24 pages. Black and white.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $4,500.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4753147002

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $3,500.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white Tape on cover. Label #0345984002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by skypinkblu

The Plot of Prince Diablo starring Samson, art by Alex Blum. A Trip Into the Unknown starring Flip Falcon, art by Don Rico. Duel With Saladin starring Golden Knight, art by Grieg Chapian. The House of Four Elms starring Yank Wilson, art by George Tuska [as Lance Ferguson]. The Space Leeches of Bloodu [Planet Bloodu], script and art by Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy]; Space Smith and Dianna escape imprisonment at the hands of the leech-like inhabitants of the planet Bloodu. The Emerald Men of Asperus starring Stardust, script and art by Fletcher Hanks. The Octopeople of Ectroia starring Sub Saunders, art by Henry Kiefer. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $32.00 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 $32.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 10%.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $22.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $22.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
Add to cart Good $21.00 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 GD- 1.8 $1,299.95 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 $249.95 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 $45.00 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.

Add to cart Very Good $62.00 View scans

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

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $9.00 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 CGC 7.0 $650.00 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 $1,320.00 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.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $27.00 View scans Slight color loss along spine. Slight scuffing. Slight corner denting. Slight edge tears. Staple rust: Moderate.

July 1, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: new houses for 1940; "Cap" Rieber; lion cubs; bathing suits; and more. Dumb Dora comic strip on back cover for Shredded Ralston ad. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 108 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $15.00 View scans Centerfold detached. Slight color loss along spine. Corner creasing. Slight edge color loss. Staple rust: Moderate.

July 8, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 88 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $30.00 View scans Slight color loss along spine. Slight corner denting. Very slight corner creasing. Slight edge color loss. Staple rust: Moderate.

July 15, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 100 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN 6.0 $48.00 View scans Slight color loss along spine. Very slight denting. Very slight corner denting. Very slight edge color loss. Staple rust: Moderate.

July 22, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 84 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $27.00 View scans Slight spine stress. Slight color loss along spine. Slight corner denting. Slight edge color loss. Staple rust: Moderate.

July 29, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 96 pages. 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 $9.00 View scans Paper: Cream

Add to cart Very Good $7.00 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 4.0 $1,200.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4552655020

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Bill Parker, Ed Smalle, Harry Anderson, Rafael Astarita and Sven Elven. Nickel Comics was an experiment by Fawcett - half as thick as their typical comics, costing half as much, and coming out twice as often. Bulletman takes on the Case of the Crooked Contractor. Warlock the Wizard explores the weird Island Empire of John Kell. Captain Venture must rescue the Planet Princess from the Spider People and their King, in a story with some groovy, otherworldly Basil Wolverton-style art by Rafael Astarita. Fun cover with bondage art by Jack Binder. Bulletman; Red Gaucho; Breaking All Records; Jungle Twins; Captain Venture and the Planet Princess; Warlock the Wizard. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.05.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $600.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4552655021

Cover by Jack Binder. Stories and art by Bill Parker, Ed Smalle, Harry Anderson, Rafael Astarita and Sven Elven. Nickel Comics was an experiment by Fawcett - half as thick as their typical comics, costing half as much, and coming out twice as often. The Red Gaucho is framed for criminal acts, and realizes he has a sinister double. Warlock the Wizard discovers Killer Staley hiding out in a tourist trap in Geyser Park. Captain Venture faces the Valhoes to enact the Liberation of Camur, in a story with some groovy, otherworldly Basil Wolverton-style art by Rafael Astarita. Bulletman; Red Gaucho; China Dishes Will Break; Jungle Twins; Captain Venture and the Planet Princess; Warlock the Wizard. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.05.

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 $86.00 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 $2.50 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 $699.95 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 GD- 1.8 $75.00 View scans 3" Cumulative spine split (taped). Cover detached at one staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Cover by Jim Chambers. Stories and art by G. Ellerbrock, William Kent, Kenneth Kennedy, Bob Jenney, Clyde Lewis, Jim Chambers, Victor Boni, Tom Hickey, John Donaldson, Albert Hartje and Bill Ely. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. The Hurricane Twins must rescue Maya from a giant gorilla. While investigating a leak at an aircraft plant, The Masked Pilot and Tom are captured by spies. Gangsters try to get Rocky the Red Bomber to throw a fight. The Voice, the Invisible Detective; Martan the Marvel Man; Captain Tornado; Wally Williams, American Boy; The Masked Pilot; Gang Busters; Herky; Rocky the Red Bomber; The Hurricane Kids; Our Boarding House; Out Our Way; Pylon Pete; Shark Egan. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $4.00 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 $1,000.00 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 $10.00 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 FR 1.0 $80.00 View scans Full length spine split (partially taped). 2" Interior spine split through all wraps due to oxidation.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $65.00 View scans Near-complete spine split (taped). Cover and interior oxidation with chipping. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Cover by Dick Moores. Stories and art by Dick Moores and others. United's anthology series focused its early issues on adventure and melodrama, popular topics for early comic strips. This issue features the classic adventure strip Jim Hardy by Dick Moores. Jim returns to town, only to learn that Henry Cubb, the man who took his newspaper job, has also stolen his girlfriend Nancy. Plus an introduction to the Jim Hardy cast for new readers, and a biography of creator Dick Moores. And a spinner game and clothing patterns as activity pages. Comics on Parade Spinner Game; Let's Meet Jim Hardy Ace Reporter; Jim Hardy; News Notes About Stamps; Sparkler Comics Patterns. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $15.00 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 Very Good $38.00 View scans

Strength & Health was one of the earliest magazines devoted to fitness and bodybuilding. Through the early 1960s, it was the most popular weightlifting magazine in the United States. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $200.00 View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Cover by Ken Ernst. Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Bill Holman, Zack Mosley, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Gus Edson, Walter Berndt, Ed Leffingwell, Martin Branner, Ken Ernst, Ed Moore, Dick Fletcher, Al Posen and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Pat Ryan refuses the opportunity to escape jail, while Sandhurst keeps Normandie a captive in their own house until Pat's trial is over. Jack Wander, War Correspondent escapes from a POW camp in a stolen Axis plane. Smokey Stover's new electric rug beater works a little too well. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie, Dick Tracy, and The Gumps. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Magic Morro; That's What Wins Ball Games; Winnie Winkle; The Gumps; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Jim Ellis; Jack Wander, War Correspondent; Terry and the Pirates; Sweeney & Son; Smokey Stover; Little Joe; Smilin' Jack. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.