Comic books September 1940

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $5,250.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4372084022

Stories by George Loomis, Harry Francis Campbell, Ray Gill, Steve Dahlman, Basil Wolverton, Paul J. Lauretta, Ray Burley, and Malcolm Kildale. Science fiction stories, adventure tales, and Amazing Mystery Funnies starring such characters as Fantoman, the Inner Circle, Jon Linton, Larry Kane, Space Patrol, Lieutenant Lank, Super Spy 7B-3X, and Speed Centaur. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $60.00 View scans Paper: Tan to Cream

September 1940. Front cover by Robert Fuqua. Back cover by Frank R. Paul. Stories by Robert Moore Williams, Don Wilcox, Ross Rocklynne, Milton Kaletsky, Frederic Arnold Kummer Jr., and Jep Powell. Illustrations by R. Newman, Guy Gilford, Julian S. Krupa, and Fuqua. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $2.50 3/4" cumulative spines split.

September 7, 1940. Stories include "Minions of Mercury" (part 2) by William Gray Beyer, "Buckshot for Henry" (conclusion) by W.C. Tuttle, "Destination Unknown" (part 4) by Richard Sale, "Wings for Yankee Doodle" by Louis C. Goldsmith, "F.O.B. Disaster" by Crawford Sullivan, and "Dynamite Bayou" by J.J. des Ormeaux. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson. "The Strange Case of the Diabolical Puppet Master," script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); The Caped Crusaders must stop the likes of the Puppet Master, who has set his sights on stealing the Voss Rifle, the Army's newly developed secret gun. "The Ugliest Man in the World," script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); Batman confronts the ugliest man in the world, a man shunned by "normal" people he meets every day. "The Crime School for Boys!!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); Batman has to deal with the threat of a crime school upon the lives of young boys, a school designed how to teach those boys the ways of a criminal. Dinky one-page story by Henry Boltinoff. "A Blow For England" text story by Norman Goss, art by Raymond Perry. "The Batman Vs. the Cat-Woman!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); The Cat returns to plague members of the Diamond Syndicate in order to achieve a beautiful "diamond prize!" The Batman Says text article, Batman and Robin tell readers the negatives of crime and criminals. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $4.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

Volume 71, Issue 5 - September, 1940. 6.5" x 9.5", 194 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $3.00 View scans Spine split 15%. Staple rust: Slight.

Agriculture and farming magazine. Includes articles, fiction, and humor. 11" x 14", 74 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

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Official organ of the International Society of Junior Magicians, containing news and tips. 16 pages on newsprint.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $875.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4629384001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover art by Max Plaisted. Adventure On an Asteroid featuring the Space Rovers, art by Max Plaisted; intro of To Tarjas. In Algeria starring Ted Crane, art by George Mandel; vs. Sgt. Boucher. The Payroll Robberies starring the Mask, art by Raymond Thayer; vs. The Chief. The Tankonaut featuring the Son of the Gods, script and art by George Mandel; vs. Gage (I); guest appearance by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Titano the Gorilla starring Dan Williams, art by Raymond Thayer. The Aircraft Plant Saboteurs starring Sgt. Bill King, art by Leonard Sansone. The Mystery Submarine starring Sphinx; vs. Lupine. Rustling At the Bar C Ranch starring Jim Hatfield. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Goofie Gags" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Spunky Dory" by M. E. Brady; "Roy Powers, Eagle Scout" by Paul Powell; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Skyroads" by Dick Calkins and Russell Keaton; "Hairbreadth Harry" and "High-Gear Homer" by F. O. Alexander; "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier; "Speed Spaulding" by Edwin Balmer, Philip Wylie, and Marvin Bradley; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Adventures of Patsy" by Mel Graff; "The Gay Thirties" by Hank Barrow; "Big Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "The Frog Pond Ferry" by M. E. Brady; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Seaweed Sam" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Somebody's Stenog" and "The Back-Seat Driver" by A. E. Hayward; "Lightnin' and the Lone Rider" by Jack Kirby (as Lance Kirby); "Above the Crowd" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "Babe Bunting" by Roy L. Williams; "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; "Connie" and "The Wet Blanket" by Frank Godwin; "Life's Like That" by Fred Neher; "Butty and Fatty" by M. E. Brady; and "Homer Hoopee" by Fred Locher. "The Belled Buoy" text story by Robert M. Hyatt. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $8.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%.

"People of the Golden Atom" book length novel by Ray Cummings

Vol. 1, No. 2 - September 1940. 6.5" x 9.5", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $38,000 or Best Offer View scans Paper: White Pedigree: Edgar Church (Mile High) Edgar Church (Mile High). Label #0010866031 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by StrandEstate

Cover by Paul Gustavson. Stories include The Arrow by Paul Gustavson, The Circus and Sue (uncredited), Mad Ming (uncredited), Kid Kopper (uncredited), Randall Ross Master-Sleuth (uncredited), and Collegiantics College (uncredited). 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $62.00 View scans Water damage: Slight.

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

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

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

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $95.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Vintage supermarket tabloid magazine full of high profile true crime stories of the FBI and the CIA, some with testimonials from those involved in, or close to the cases themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $4,499.95 or Best Offer View scans INCOMPLETE. Last 16 pages missing (entire back half of comic). Only complete "Introducing Toro, the Flaming Torch Kid" and "Sub-Mariner Crashes New York Again!!!" stories present. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. #2 (#1) Introduction and origin of Toro, The Falcon, The Fiery Mask, Mantor The Magician, & Microman (only appearance). Introducing Toro, the Flaming Torch Kid starring the Human Torch, script and art by Carl Burgos; Passing by a traveling circus, Torch spots a young kid on the ground with his body aflame; Landing, and a bit puzzled, he helps the young boy named Toro to be able to flame on at will and fly; Just then, the circus strongman; Samson, buts in and takes on the Torch. Sub-Mariner Crashes New York Again, script and art by Bill Everett. Carl Burgos's Hot Idea [The Story of the Human Torch] text story; fictional story of the Torch's creation w/spot illos. Bill Everett's Hurricane [The Story of the Sub-Mariner]; fictional story of the Sub-Mariner's creation w/spot illos. Extortion for a Bail-Out starring Falcon, art by Paul Reinman. A Wish Come True starring Microman, script by Paul Quinn, art by Harold DeLay. Hidden Treasure Means Death starring Mantor the Magician, art by Al Gabriele. The Strange Case of the Bloodless Corpses starring Fiery Mask, script and art by Joe Simon. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $2.65

September 2, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: the Dionne quintuplets; Henry A. Wallace; U.S. kennels; ferryboat; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 104 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $18.00 View scans Slight to moderate color loss along spine fold. Scuffing with moderate color loss. Moderate waving. Moderate faint staining. Slight corner denting. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $2.65 Water damage and rusty staples.

September 9, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: Carol Bruce; the Roosevelt family; Canada; college football; and more. Half-page Cream of Wheat ad with Li'l Abner art by Al Capp. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 140 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $27.00 View scans Very slight scuffing. Very slight staining. Slight corner creasing. Slight edge denting. Staple rust: Moderate.

September 16, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: flight across America photographic essay; Paris under the Swastika; heart disease; national skeet champion Pat Laursen; Carmen D'Antoniuo; sand art; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in., 100 pages, partial color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $21.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $21.00 View scans Very slight scuffing. Slight edge tears. 2" back cover tear along bottom spine. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $5.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

September 23, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: bombed England; Hyde Park; Bud James; mobile Army hospital; Edna Ferber; Munich art show; New York's fashion shows; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in., 104 pages, partial color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $27.00 View scans Very slight corner creasing. Very slight spine and edge color loss. Very slight scuffing. Slight cover pressure crease. Staple rust: Moderate.

Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in., 108 pages, partial color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $65.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

Vol. 4 #20, Sept. 24, 1940 - Charles Chaplin writes why he made "The Great Dictator" illustrated with eleven movie stills. Illustrated article on automobile ads from the 1920s. One page article on Lucille Ball with five photographs. Article on the new training and new weapons the US Army has. Article entitled "How Hitler Controls the World" runs four pages. Full page, full color ad for The Thief of Bagdad. 10.5" x 13.5", 68 Pages, B&W with some color ads. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $9.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 21, No. 4. September 1940. Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 90 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $4,500.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #3746097008

Cover by Bernard Baily. "The Fur Hi-Jackers," script by Jerry Siegel, art by Bernard Baily; When asked to investigate the theft of furs, in a unresolved hi-jacking racket, Jim (as the Spectre) immediately sees that the truck driver is somehow involved with the thefts, which leads to a number of attempted killings of Detective Corrigan. "The War God's Revenge," script and art by Joe Donohoe; Carey investigates a robbery at the Chinese War Relief bureau. "Gloria Desmond's Quest," art by George Papp; Gloria Desmond searches for her father, lost in Africa before she was born. "Desert Dilemma," art by Ed Winiarski; Captain Desmo rescues two Americans held prisoner by an unscrupulous adventurer searching for a treasure map. "The False Alarms," starring Radio Squad, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Chad Grothkopf. "Jim Dare - Arrested for Sabotage," starring Lt. Bob Neal, script by Robert Hirsch, art by Russ Lehman. "The Hotel Mystery," starring Biff Bronson, script by Albert Sulman, art by Joe Sulman. Untitled Sergeant O'Malley of the Red Coat Patrol story, art by John Lehti. "The Globe Men from Outer Space," script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Howard Sherman; A cruise ship is attacked by aliens from outer space; Dr. Fate discovers the aliens depend on power contained in glass globes that they always carry. 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $23.00 View scans Spine split 20%.

Vol. 22, No. 9. September 1940. Boy's magazine that encouraged the outdoor life. Cover by Page Trotter. 8.5" x 11.5". 34 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.10.

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September 8, 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 "False Witness" by Irving Stone. 11" x 15.75". 16 pages. Black and white.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $2,999.95 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white 2 center wraps detached. Label #1261638022 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Add to cart Coverless $150.00 View scans INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing (affects Don Granval). Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Cover art by Charles Sultan. Mystery of the Vanishing Men starring The Red Comet, art by Alex Blum. Gale Allen story, art by Bob Powell. Golden Amazons of Venus starring Flint Baker, art by Arthur Peddy. Fero Interplanetary Detective story. The War of the Electronic Universe starring Don Granval, pencils by John Celardo. Cradle of the World text story starring Dexter Ames. Robot Raiders of Mars starring Captain Nelson Cole of the Solar Force, art by Bob Powell. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $50.00 View scans Heavy chew. 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, Jim Chambers, Bob Bugg, Hal Bittner, Victor Boni, Tom Hickey, Albert Hartje and Bill Ely. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Mantan uses his alien technology to learn of a Martian plan to poison Earth's air. Captain Tornado and Professor Bordani aid the Barangee city in their battle against the giant flies. The Hurricane Kids and their Stone Age friends have a Goonies-style battle against a gang of pirates. The Voice, the Invisible Detective; Martan the Marvel Man; Captain Tornado; Wally Williams, American Boy; The Masked Pilot; Gang Busters; The Case of the Mysterious Pear; Dr. Hormone; The Hurricane Kids; Death Flies the Diamonds; Did You Know That; Pylon Pete; Shark Egan. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $2.80 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.

Stories by Dick Briefer, Fred Schwab, Adolphe Barreaux and Nathaniel Nitkin. Art by Dick Briefer, Fred Schwab, Adolphe Barreaux, Claire Moe and George Tuska. Cover by Dick Briefer. A collection of Fox Feature's Rex Dexter, the space hero who debuted in Mystery Men comics. A reprint of the origin of Rex Dexter, from Mystery Men #1; A meteor strike creates a strange "Bald Spot" on Earth populated by jellyfish-men, in a bizarre Dick Briefer story; Zanzibar, who looks like Mandrake the Magician in a blue fez, investigates weird crimes with his magical powers. Rex Dexter of Mars; Billy Bounce, the Kid Detective; Rex Dexter Goes Through; Build Rex Dexters Rocket Ship; Patty ODay, Newsreel Reporter; Zanzibar the Magician. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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 PR 0.5 $132.00 or Best Offer View scans Interior is complete, ripped into three sections. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Stories and art by Charles Biro, August Froehlich, Stan Schendel, and Fred Meagher. When movie cowboy Tom Mix's radio show hit it big, sponsor Ralston Purina offered Tom Mix Comics by mail for two boxtops of any Ralston cereal. The art, often uncredited, is exceptionally nice in this series. A mysterious wave of cattle rustling plagues the ranchers of Dobie, and only Tom Mix can find the culprits. The Fumble family deals with a visit from cantankerous, miserly Uncle Amos, in a story with art by comics legend Charles Biro. Tom tries to stop Black Bart's gang from holding up the train at Devil's Pass. Plus activities pages, magic tricks, and a somewhat spurious comics biography of screen legend and real-life cowboy Tom Mix. And a vintage ad for Ralston cereal prizes, including a 48-star American flag and a "pocket size camera." Ghost Canyon; The Fumble Family with Amos Q. Snood; My Favorite Magic Tricks; Sure as Shootin'; Jane's Page; Jane of Dream Castle; Straight Shooters Keep Busy; The Gunsight Holdup. 32 pages, Full Color.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $249.95 or Best Offer View scans INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, affects Shanghai Sheridan, Lariat Law, and Streak Chandler stories. Heavy mildew odor, corner chew. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Edd Ashe. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Cliff Campbell, Al Camy, Harry Shorten, Lin Streeter, Bob Wood, Joe Blair, Irv Novick, Edd Ashe, Ed Smalle, Bernard Klein, and Bob Wood. Heroic tales of action and adventure—these are Top Notch Comics! 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $15.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Water damage: Slight.

Vol. 4, No. 1 - September 1940. 6.75" x 9.75", 164 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $15.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Vol. 4, No. 1 - September 1940. 6.5" x 9.25", 80 pages, B&W.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $86.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $59.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white to white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%.

Volume 35, Issue 5 - September 1940. Edited by Dorothy McIlwraith. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $7.00 View scans

Volume 185, Issue 4 - September 21, 1940. 6.5" x 9", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $8.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Back cover detached 10%.

Vol. 185, No. 5 -September 28, 1940. 6.5" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Auction Item: CGC 5.0 View scans Auction opens October 3 Paper: Off white Label #1476003005

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $10,000 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white Pedigree: Allentown Allentown. Label #0002207001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by StrandEstate

Edited by Malcolm Reiss, Jerry Iger and Will Eisner. Stories and art by Arthur Peddy, Witmer Williams, Charles Sultan, Klaus Nordling, Gene Fawcette, and George Tuska. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Action nurse Jane Martin puts the "combat" in "combat medicine"; The Phantom Falcons - Tom, Akeley, Dale, Jerry, and Parker - fight the Luftwaffe from their underground base in Switzerland; Greasemonkey Griffin is a military air mechanic whose life is a comedy of errors. Skull Squad; Parachute Patrol; Jane Martin; Clipper Kirk; F4 of the Air Intelligence; Suicide Smith; How Uncle Sam Trains His Warbirds; The Phantom Falcons; Wing Tips; The Hardluck Ace; Greasemonkey Griffin; Powder Burns. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.