Comic books May 1941

Add to cart Coverless $249.95 or Best Offer View scans Restored (see item notes) INCOMPLETE. Missing cover, first two wraps and additional page (readability only affected for Zatara story). RESTORATION. Staples replaced. Includes attached reproduction cover and some reproduction pages (missing reproduction page 5/6 for Zatara story). Three pages MARRIED. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Classic Robot Cover art by Fred Ray. Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Wayne Boring (page 1) and Joe Shuster (the rest of the issue), inks by Wayne Boring. Pep Morgan story, art by George Papp. Black Pirate story, art by Sheldon Moldoff. Three Aces story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Chad Grothkopf. Mr. America story, script by Ken Fitch, art by Bernard Baily. Clip Carson story, art by George Papp. Zatara story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Joseph Sulman. 68 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $3,299.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white Small Amount of Tape on Cover. Label #1132570010 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover art by Howard Purcell. The Case of the Loan Shark, script by Bill Finger, art by Irwin Hasen [as Mart Dellon]; After Carl Kessor tells him how loan shark Richard Turpin falsified loan documents to keep Kessor paying long after his debt should have been cleared, Alan Scott hatches a plan to expose Turpin; As Green Lantern, he offers himself as Turpin's enforcer, convinces Turpin's men to testify against their boss, then gets Turpin to explain his crimes within earshot of the police. The Crazy Man starring Scribbly and the Red Tornado, script and art by Sheldon Mayer. The Guardian Angel starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer; Hop becomes the Guardian Angel to help Ikky and Prop capture spies outside American territory. The Secret of Mr. Connelly starring The Atom, script by Bill O'Connor, pencils by Ben Flinton, inks by Leonard Sansone. The Waterfront Mystery starring Dr. Mid-Nite, script by Charles Reizenstein, art by Stan Aschmeier. The Ruby of Life starring Sargon the Sorcerer, script by John B. Wentworth, art by Howard Purcell. Koval's Invention starring Red, White and Blue, script by John B. Wentworth, art by Howard Purcell. Mutt and Jeff strips by Al Smith (as Bud Fisher). 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $33.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to off white Staple rust: Slight.

"Adam Link Faces a Revolt" by Eando Binder

Volume 15, Issue 5 - May, 1941. Giant 15th Anniversary Issue (begins giant-size issues with 244 to 276 pages). Cover by J. Allen St. John. Science fiction stories by Eando Binder ("Adam Link Faces a Revolt"), Don Wilcox, Joseph J. Millard and A.R. Steber, John York Cabot, William P. McGivern, P.F. Costello, David Wright O'Brien, Robert Moore Williams, Duncan Farnsworth, and Alexander Blade. Back cover by Frank R. Paul (depicting Martian spaceships invading New York City). 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 244 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fair $2.50 View scans Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.

May, 1941. Short stories, articles, and features. 8.5" x 11.5", 176 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Good $120.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white

Volume 1, Issue 1 - July, 1941. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $23.00 View scans

Add to cart Good $2.50 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $6.50 View scans Spine split 60%.

Vol. 307, No. 4 - May 3, 1941. 8" x 11", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $8.00 View scans Spine split 15%.

Vol. 307, No. 5 - May 10, 1941. 8" x 11", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $22.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

Vol. 307, No. 6 - May 17, 1941. 8" x 11", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $5.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Digest sized Spanish language translation of Bill Barnes Air Adventures published by Editorial Molino in Argentina.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $9.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

"Luck of the Spendrift" serial novel by Max Brand.

Volume 73, Issue 1 - May, 1941. 6.5" x 9.75", 194 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart CBCS 1.5 $12,900 View scans Slight amateur restoration CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: Cream to off white Verified Signatures: Stan Lee (on 18th page) and Joe Simon. From the Personal Collection of Duke Caldwell. Amateur Restoration includes: Extensive color touch on cover, large piece added to cover. Moderate tape on interior. Label #23-46F61B5-007

Add to cart CGC 0.1 $300.00 View scans Paper: Off white 12th Page Only. Label #0294913009 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. "The Return of the Red Skull," script and pencils by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, inks by Simon, Kirby, Al Avison, and Al Gabriele; The Red Skull returns from the dead to wreak horrible vengeance on unsuspecting victims, including a phony Cap and Bucky, the brainchildren of a group of thugs. Sentinels of Liberty ad. "The Hunchback of Hollywood and the Movie Murder," script by Simon and Kirby, pencils by Kirby, inks by Bernie Klein and George Roussos; Death and terror lurk behind the scenes of a Hollywood movie set as Cap and Bucky hunt a hunchback madman, whose bloody hand seeks to stop the grinding cameras from filming the truth for a liberty loving public."Captain America Foils the Traitor's Revenge" text story by Stan Lee, art by Kirby. "The Queer Case of the Murdering Butterfly and the Ancient Mummies," script by Simon and Kirby, pencils by Kirby, inks by Reed Crandall; Laughing at law and order, the Butterfly loots a museum of its priceless treasures until Captain America and Bucky steps in to clip his wings. Human Torch ad. Untitled Tuk the Cave-boy story, script by Simon and Kirby, art by Mac Raboy; Tuk and Tanir help Princess Eve regain her rightful throne in Atlantis. Untitled Hurricane story, script by Simon and Kirby; The use of "infernal death boxes" in causing subway wrecks draws the attention of Hurricane. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $2,650.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #2707830003

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $4,500.00 or Best Offer View scans Moderate professional restoration Paper: Off white to white Professional Restoration Includes: Small Amount of Color Touch on Cover, Tiny Pieces Added to Cover, Cover Reinforced, Small Tear Seals to Back Cover. Label #18-14796C0-001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Charles Quinlan, Ray Willner, Al Ulmer, and Ed Lipowski. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 1 #6; this numbering continues from Crash Comics (1940) #5. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. Raised in the Burmese jungles by tigers, David Merryweather uses his catlike powers to battle criminals as Cat-Man. After her husband is killed by criminals, Linda Masters becomes the first crimefighter called the Black Widow. Believed murdered by gangsters, Jay Garson returns to fight crime as the Ragman. Cat-Man; Blaze Baylor: The Arson Ring; Deacon; Dr. Diamond; Lucky Landers; Private Jones; Hurricane Harrigan; Rag Man; Black Widow; Muddled Mottos; Lance Rand. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $50.00 View scan Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

May, 1941. Photo magazine featuring girls in lingerie and dance outfits. 10-1/4" x 13-1/2", 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $78.00 View scans Paper: Light tan

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $31.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart Poor $6.50 View scans Paper: Cream Back cover detached 90%. No Back Cover. Incomplete, See Notes. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $3.50 View scans Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Front cover missing, back cover attached.

7" x 10"; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $3.50 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream

Volume 13, Issue 4 - May, 1941. 6.5" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $13.00 View scans Spine split 5%.

Agriculture and farming magazine. Includes articles, fiction, and humor. 11" x 14", 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

Add to cart Good $54.00 View scans Spine split 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 145, No. 4 - May 10, 1941. 8.25" x 10.75", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fair $54.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 70%. Water damage: Slight.

Vol. 36, No. 2 - May 1941. 6.75" x 9.75", 112 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $23.00 View scans Paper: Tan to Cream Back cover detached 5%.

May 1941. Cover by Emery Clarke. Stories include "The Pink Lady," a book-length novel by "Kenneth Robeson" and "Nest of the Condor" by Ben Conlon. 6.75-in x 9.25-in.; black and white; 116 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $2.50 View scans

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

Add to cart Very Good $7.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

"Land of the Shadow Dragons" a novel by Eando Binder.

Volume 3, Issue 3 - May 1941. Cover by Robert Fuqua. Science Fiction and Adventures magazine. Features "Moons of Death" by David V. Reed, and "Land of the Shadow Dragons" by Eando Binder. Also features stories by McGivern, Wilcox, and Norman. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 9 1/2-in, 146 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Good $16.00 View scans Paper: Cream Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 2, No. 4 - May 1941. 6.75" x 9.75", 112 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $23.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

10.5" x 13.5", 40 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $11.00 View scans

Vol. 18, No. 8. May 1941. Published for many years in Bandera, Texas. Monthly magazine dedicated to frontier history, with much related directly to Texas. Topics included histories of early settlements, the cattle industry, and border skirmishes, much from first-hand accounts of still living participants. 7.5" x 10.5". 48 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart CBCS 7.5 $630.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #17-4049963-054 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Bill Everett cover. Contains three original features accompanied by comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Hydroman" by Bill Everett; "Flyin' Jenny" by Russell Keaton; "Screen Oddities" by Gordon Fawcett; "The Purple Zombie" by Tarpe Mills; "Sergeant Stoney Craig" by Frank Rentfrow and Don Dickson; "Reg'lar Fellers" by Gene Byrnes; "Dinky Dinkerton" by Art Huhta (as Jim Wallace); "Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire" by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; "Mann of India" by Tarpe Mills; "Bill and Davey" by James P. McCague; "Dare-devils of Destiny" by Frank Rentfrow and Don Dickson; "Gordon Fife and the Boy King" by Bob Moore and Jim Hales; "Amaze A Minute" by Arnold; "Tad of the Tanbark" by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; and "Kitty Moran and her Hound" and "Idioddities" by Jack Romer. "Trouble in Sudbury" text story by E. Albert Willard. Indicia states "Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics". 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $5.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

May 19, 1941. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: floppy hats; Burton K. Wheeler; J.B. Priestley; surf bathing for race horses; incendiary bombs; U.S. uniforms and insignia; Ethel Merman; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 140 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $22.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

May 26, 1941. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: Peggy Lloyd cover, War Taps Brazil's Wild Rubber, Penicillin Medicine, Spring on the Farm in Pennsylvania pictorial, Prince Albert comic strip ad (1/2 page), and more. Art by John T. McCoy Jr. 10 1/2-in. x 13 3/4-in.; 128 pages, PC/BW Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $4,100.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4342625001

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $1,999.95 or Best Offer View scans Restored: C1 Paper: Cream to off white Restoration includes: cover re-attached with glue. Label #4542455005 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Captain America #3 promo ad. Human Torch untitled story, art by Carl Burgos; The Hag's gang uses a blackout to enter the stock exchange to fake a second market crash so that she can buy up stock cheap; They use clothes treated with chemicals to deal with the Torch and gas that makes Torch's and Toro's flames go out; Toro breaks his arm in the fall so Torch takes him to the hospital and the doctor tells him that Toro needs a 'flame transfusion.' Sub-Mariner #1 promo ad. Sub-Mariner untitled story, script and art by Bill Everett; At the urging of Betty, Namor decides for all concerned--Betty, Bob, Lynne, and Luther--to join together as a group and fight side-by-side against the Nazis.. Captain America #2 promo ad. Toro Tells All story, script by Ray Gill. Adventures of Ka-Zar the Great untitled story, art by Ben Thompson; Ka-Zar and Bogat help fight off the Limbos while also saving a man and woman who have landed their aircraft due to an over-heated engine. Terry Vance untitled story, script by Ray Gill, art by Bob Oksner; Mr. Grabbit, mixed up with a gang of racketeers, is convinced by a "gang of ghosts" to break off his relationship with the gang and see to it that a lot next to Terry's school is sold to the city for use as a park. Electro, the Marvel of the Age untitled story, art by Steve Dahlman; Professor Zog responds to the request of an old Oxford school mate to use Electro to help save his life and the life of his daughter from a man who was once forbidden to marry his daughter. The Vision untitled story, script by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, pencils by Kirby, inks by Simon; The Vision rescues a professor from a Nazi executioner's blade. Angel untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; The Angel is trapped in the lair of the Cat's Paw, but one of the gang, whom the Angel once saved, helps him escape so that he can discover why the Cat's Paw is attempting to kill off our nation's leading industrialists. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 26, Issue 1 - May, 1941. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "Spindizzies - 100MPH or Bust!" by John Q. Copeland, "A Ship is Launched" by Lester David, "Paradise for Sunday Drivers" by Bob Ruskauff, "The Following is Transcribed - " by Ronald Banks, "Blasting the Bombers!" by Douglas Rolfe, "America Beats Off an Air Raid!" by Cliff Taylor, "Tune Up Your Car the Modern Way" by Fred C. Russell, and others. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 162 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $13.00 View scans

Vol. 10 #32 - May 17-23, 1941. Subtitled The National Weekly of Personalities and Programs. Marlene Dietrich cover with article. John Barrymore pictorial. Radio program listings for the week. Articles on Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Big Band news. Inside back cover has an ad from NBC showcasing its reporters working in what countries. 10 3 /4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $284.95 or Best Offer View scans INCOMPLETE. Piece torn from first page, slightly affects art and story. Full length spine split. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

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 (art by Rudy Palais), Windy Breeze (script and art by Jack Cole), Kid Dixon (script and art by Klaus Nordling), Jack and Jill (art by Chuck Mazoujian), Wonder Boy, Pen Miller (script and art by Klaus Nordling), Paul Bunyan (art by Reed Crandall), and Merlin (art by Emil Gershwin). Death Rides the Racetrack starring Quicksilver, art by Nick Cardy. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $6.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

Monthly magazine that featured abridgements of best-selling books. 8.5" x 11", 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Add to cart Coverless $299.95 or Best Offer View scans Multiple cover to cover punctures/tears. Unattached low quality reproduction cover included. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by John Celardo. Edited by Malcolm Reiss and Gene Fawcette. Stories and art by Dan Zolnerowich, Pierce Rice, Arturo Cazeneuve, Don Lynch, Don Rico, Al Walker, Al Gabriele, and Nick Cardy. 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. The debut of comedy relief Norge Benson, a space cadet with a knack for getting everything wrong; The debut of the heroic outlaw of the spaceways, The Star Pirate; The Red Comet uses his size-changing powers to battle the armored giants of Saturn. Nicely composed cover by John Celardo. The Red Comet; Gale Allen; Auro Lord of Jupiter; Crash Parker; Spurt Hammond; The Outlaw Amazons of Saturns Twelfth Moon; Slaver of the Space Lanes; The Queen of the Red Degmen; Norge Benson; The Star Pirate; The Two-Faced Monsters of Planetoid Zero. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $18.00 View scans

Add to cart Good $15.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. Spine stress. Spine split from base. Creasing. Denting. Soiling. Water damage.

Volume 5, Issue 10 - May, 1941. Cartoons, gags, screen and radio stars, and tasteful (non-nude) vintage pin-up pictorials. 8" x 11.5", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $115.00 View scans Paper: Tan to Cream Back cover detached 10%.

Volume 37, Issue 5 - May 1, 1941. 6.5" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $105.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $48.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 37, Issue 6 - May 15, 1941. 6.5" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $284.95 or Best Offer View scans Staples added (not manufacturing), centerfold detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Origin of Iron Ghost. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.