Comic books October 1940

One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by John Celardo. Edited by Malcolm Reiss, Jerry Iger and Will Eisner. Stories and art by Will Eisner, Jerry Iger, Charles Wotjkoski, Charles Sultan, Charles A. Winter, John Celardo, Bob Kane and Bob Powell. An influential anthology starring jungle hero Sheena, featuring early art by legendary comics artists in the Eisner-Iger Shop. The Hawk ventures onto Pirate Island; Inspector Dayton investigates The Case of the Crooked Dagger; A reprint of the Bob Kane Peter Pupp story from issue #3. Peter Pupp; The Hawk; Weird Stories of the Supernatural; Bobby; Uncle Otto; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle; Visitor from Space; ZX-5 Spies In Action; Inspector Dayton; Lightning; Wilton of the West. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. "Lair of the Renegade Killer," script by Red Bradey, art by George Tuska; Kaänga rescues a kidnapping victim from the same slaver who sold Kaänga into captivity many years before. Untitled story, script by Taylor Martin, art by Arthur Peddy; The Panther and Toni fly Toni's stratoplane to Mercury, where the Panther defeats the giant bats that were plaguing the Mercurians. Untitled story, script by Robert Lewis; Hunters, using poison gas and electrified water holes, slaughter the animals in Tabu's jungle; Tabu retaliates by conjuring up the ghosts of the dead animals. "Fight To the Finish," script by Robert Lewis, art by Henry Kiefer; A black panther has been killing Wambi's jungle friends; A jungle council is called and the other animals persuade the panther to live with them in peace and to be a useful jungle citizen. "Jitterbug in the Jungle" text story by Toni Blum (as Toni Boone). Untitled story; Camilla is kidnapped by the Carthonians and Sir Champion quickly constructs a fleet to rescue her; In the course of the rescue, the deposed Carthonian king, Chrisa, is restored to his throne. Untitled story, script by Courtney Thomason; Roy is in command of the earth's space defenses against alien invaders; He discovers that water poisons the invaders and defeats them. Untitled story, script and art by Fletcher Hanks (as Barclay Flagg); A mad scientist creates "flaming claws" with which he attacks the jungle people and animals; Fantomah turns the claws against the scientist, who dies of fright. Untitled story, art by William M. Allison; Mogah the gorillas challenges Simba for the kingship of the jungle, only to be humiliated when a forest fire threatens all the jungle. Untitled story; Terry Thunder, disguised as a muezzin, helps the deposed Anderson recover his throne. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Ruth Plumly Thompson (sometimes credited as Jo King). Stories and art by William Ritt, Clarence Gray, Fran Striker, Brandon Walsh, Nicholas Afonsky, Carl Anderson, Jack Burnley, R. J. Scott, Marge Buell, Eddie Sullivan, Charlie Schmidt, Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Tom Sims, Doc Winner, George McManus, Otto Soglow, Eddie Rickenbacker, Clayton Knight, Romer Grey, Jim Gary, Charles Flanders, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Frank Miller, Don Moore and Alex Raymond. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Mandrake the Magician seeks the Ghost Bear of Glass Mountain; Hall of Fame of the Air profiles Antoine de Saint Exupery, author of The Little Prince. Also features early art by Little Lulu creator Marge Buell. Brick Bradford; The Lone Ranger; Little Annie Rooney; Henry; Sport Features; Scott's Scrapbook; Hall of Fame of the Air; Sentinel Louie; Radio Patrol; Mandrake the Magician; Thimble Theatre; Flash Gordon; Bringing Up Father; The Little King; King of the Royal Mounted; Barney Baxter in the Air; Sappo; Stamps: The Song of Victory; Hall of Fame of the Air; The Wizard of Way-Up. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Classic weekly news/photo magazine. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in., 128 pages, color and B&W. Cover price $0.10.

October 14, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: football flowers; New England Indian Summer; Japanese-Americans; bee hunt; experiments in the kitchen; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 128 pages. Cover price $0.10.

October 21, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: sweater season; 1940 elections; plasma donations to Britain; California sculptors; Deanna Durbin; Audubon's animals paintings; Texas ranch photographic essxay; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 132 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Margery McKay (sometimes credited as G. Whiz). Stories and art by Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Feg Murray, H. H. Knerr, Edwina Dumm, Sheldon Stark, Neil O'Keefe, Robert Storm, Austin Briggs, Thornton W. Burgess, Carl Anderson, Chic Young, Bob Dunn, Frank Miller, Joe Musial, Billy DeBeck, Jimmy Thompson, and E.C. Segar. Lee Falk's adventurer Mandrake the Magician gets top billing in this anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Mandrake and Lothar are captured by mountain bandits while traveling in Africa; Little Nature Stories by Thornton W. Burgess. Mandrake the Magician; Jan and Aloysius; Bunky; Tippie and Cap Stubbs; Inspector Wade; Secret Agent X-9; Henry; Little Acorns; Popeye; Barney Baxter; Blondie; Stamp Corner; Dinglehoofer. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Daring Comics promo ad. Human Torch untitled story, script and art by Carl Burgos; Hunted by the police forces he was once a member of, due to his burning down tenements infected with the black plague, the Torch is offered re-instatement by the police commissioner IF he can bring in the mysterious "J.B." Sub-Mariner untitled story, script and art by Bill Everett; When Namor discovers that the airplane, carrying Luther Robinson, Micky and Lynne Harris, has been forced down by the Nazis, he goes to search for them, and saves Harris only, intending to make her his mate! The Angel untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; Following Shirley Smith into an enchanted marsh, the Angel is suddenly down, falling into quicksand; He is saved, however, by a hulking creature that works for a mysterious woman who has murdered the owners of Piedmont mansion and now threatens the Angel and Smith. A Good Impression text story, script by Jack D'Arcy, art by Harry Ramsey. Terry Vance untitled story, script by Ray Gill, art by Bob Oksner; When Terry and his friends arrive at a mysterious house during a rain storm and spot a prowler, little does he know that it will turn into a murder mystery. Electro, the Marvel of the Age untitled story, art by Steve Dahlman; When President Roosevelt hears a radio broadcast from the Shark, threatening to blast every ship off the ocean, he contacts Professor Zog for help. The Masked Raider untitled story; The Raider investigates rumors of gun thefts from Army posts along the Rio Grande. Advenures of Ka-Zar the Great untitled story, art by Ben Thompson; When Ka-Zar's captors inform him that they are going to put him on display in New York City when they arrive, he and Zar jump overboard and make their way to the city zoo, where Ka-Zar plans to release some of Zar's brothers. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Binder. Untitled story, art by Ben Thompson; The Masked Marvel's assistants, ZR and ZL, former detectives of world renown are flying over the Gulf of Mexico. Untitled story, art by Sam Gilman; Squint Almgren, boss of the Coon Lumber Company, has ordered his men to put "Rip Sawyer", boss of the rival company, out of the way. Untitled story, art by Ben Thompson; The Masked Marvel arch enemy of crime with the aid of his three confederates. Untitled story, art by Ben Thompson; The Winthrop Aircraft company has developed a new fighting plane for the US army. "Wings on Wheels," script by Eddy Herron, art by Jack Binder; As in days of old a covered wagon strikes out across the desert. "The Case of the Bolted Door," script and art by Harry Francis Campbell; Dean Denton America's foremost ventriloquist has given up his stage screen and radio career. Untitled Billy Olsen of the Coast Guard story, script and art by R. C. Fuller; Billy's daring and brains helps to save US shipping. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ken Battefield and others. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres. Master Man, a short-lived Superman knockoff, faces The Living Death, in his final adventure before the threat of a lawsuit from DC sent the character to Knockoff Heaven. Meanwhile, the Frontier Marshall (sic) series gains a new protagonist, movie cowboy Buck Jones. Two-fisted American soldier of fortune Rick O'Shay fights for "American interests" in Central Africa. Unusual size of issues #1 - 6 accounts for low availability of some issues. Master Man: The Living Death; White Rajah; Pad Foot's Glory; Devil's Dagger; Shipwreck Roberts; Living Proof; El Carim: The Flaming Circle; Rick O'Shay; Buck Jones, Frontier Marshall. 10 1/2-in. x 14-in.; 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

The Revenge of Mara Myle starring Bulletman, art by Jon Smalle. The Cantrell Gang Strikes, pencils by Ken Battefield; The Cantrell Gang has blown up a safe, and when tracing them, Buck is ambushed and taken to their cabin hold out. Mr. H and the Dope Ring featuring Devil's Dagger, pencils by Ken Battefield. The Menace of the House of Monsters starring El Carim, art by Sven Elven. Captured By the Cavemen starring Mark Swift and the Time Retarder. The Menace of Manfred starring War Bird. The Sea-Devil starring Shipwreck Roberts, art by Mike Suchorsky. The Queen of the Elephants starring Lee Granger, Jungle King. The Curse of Imelda Loree starring Zoro, The Mystery Man, art by Al Duca. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 23. No. 2. October 1940. Cover by Victor Tchetchet. 8.5" x 11.25". 80 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.15.

Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bernard Baily. "The Menace of Xnon," script by Jerry Siegel, art by Bernard Baily; The Spectre is blamed for the disappearance of the Black Chief Limited, and, since he wasn't there at the time, decides to investigate and comes up against Xnon, an adversary as powerful as he. "The Golden Flames," starring Detective Sergeant Carey, script and art by Joe Donohoe. "The Monkey Men," starring Congo Bill, art by George Papp. "Adventure in India," starring Captain Desmo, art by Ed Winiarski. "Phony Cops," starring the Radio Squad, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Chad Grothkopf. "In the War Zone," starring Lt. Bob Neal, script by Robert Hirsch, art by Russ Lehman. "The Menace of Dr. Zibkin," script by Albert Sulman, art by Joe Sulman. Untitled Sergeant O'Malley of the Red Coat Patrol story, art by John Lehti. "The Menace of the Little Men," script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Howard Sherman; The discovery of foot high Gnomes or dwarves spurs Inza to contact Dr. Fate to look into the situation, and finds them attacking New York City! 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Nicholas. Stories by Dick Briefer, Fred Schwab, Paul Ludwig, and Bob Powell. Art by Charles Nicholas, Dick Briefer, Walter Frehm, Fred Schwab, Munson Paddock, and Bob Powell. An anthology of Golden Age adventure comics from Fox Feature, including the original Blue Beetle. A fragment of a destroyed planet crashes to Earth and forms its own mini-planet, complete with alien life, in a Rex Dexter story that features the very creation of the Earth rendered by Dick Briefer; The Blue Beetle tracks rooftop murderers Gimp and Moody, not realizing his girlfriend, reporter Joan Mason, is already on their trail; Wing Turner tracks jewel thieves in his final appearance before moving to The Flame comics. The Murders of Gimp and Moody; The Jewel Robbery; The Jewel Robbery; The Mummy's Curse; Billy Bounce; The Crojax Murders; The Murder of Sir James Boyce; The Strike of the Sinister Skull; The Siberian Sub Base; Ghost Murder At Stock Manor; The Murder of Jonathan Graham; The Bride of Baal. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Lou Fine. Untitled stories starring Uncle Sam (script by Will Eisner), Sally O'Neil Policewoman (script by Toni Blum, art by Chuck Mazoujian), Kid Patrol (art by Charles Nicholas), Prop Powers, Pen Miller (script and art by Klaus Nordling), Wonder Boy (script by Toni Blum, art by John Celardo), Cyclone (art by Henry Kiefer), Kid Dixon (art by George Tuska), and Paul Bunyan (art by John Celardo). Ophar Jewel Stolen starring Merlin, art by Dan Zolnerowich. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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

Brazilian series. Reprints material from a variety of U.S. publications. Reprints Planet Comics (1940 Fiction House) #5. Ads replaced. 2 page story replaced with Pinocchio story. 68 pages, full color, Portuguese language.

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Cover by Charles M. Quinlan. Stories and art by Charles M. Quinlan, Worth Carnahan, R. A. Wolfe, Ray Willner, and Max Neill. An early anthology from Worth Carnahan featuring adventure and superheroics. A boy dreams he is Jason of the Argonauts. Given magical powers by a monk in the Far East, Roy becomes the superhero Mister Mist. Newsboy Rusty learns more about his powers as the Little Giant. Sunset Smith; Cowboy Stunts; Phantom Knight; Little Giant; Jerry Bly the Gadget Guy; My Country- Alabama; Devil Dogs in China; Mister Mist; Tales of the Terrible Turk; Teller Twins; Shuteye Dawson; Kip Jaxon. Final issue of the series. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.