Comic books May 1941

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $1,400.00 View scans Paper: Off white The DC Universe Collection. Label #4441052001

Cover art by Jack Burnley. The Diminishing Ray, script by Gardner F. Fox, pencils by Jack Burnley, inks by Jack Burnley and Ray Burnley (backgrounds); Starman must face the peril from a scientist who has invented a diminishing ray, which he promptly uses on the Astral Avenger, Dr. Selby, Doris and Chief Allen. Karakan the Cruel starring Mark Lansing, script and art by Howard Purcell. The Last of the Changs starring Steve Conrad Adventurer, script and art by Jack Lehti. Mystery at Castle Manor starring The Hourman, art by Bernard Baily. Mystery on Vacation starring Paul Kirk, Manhunter, script and art by Ed Moore. Prince of Sarthon starring Cotton Carver, art by Jack Lehti. The Purple Death Ray starring The Sandman, art by Creig Flessel. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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.

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

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $24.00 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 CGC 4.0 $3,600.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #2707830003

Add to cart CBCS 7.0 $5,000.00 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.

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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.

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

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May 4, 1941. Comic supplement included with the Chicago Tribune each Sunday. In this issue: Daniel Boone, Lew Loyal, Mr. Ex, Texas Slim, Hy Score, Spooky, Streamer Kelly, Bush Berry, Dill and Daffy, Bucks McKale, Gertie O'Grady, and Brenda Starr. Loose folded newsprint pages, 10.75" x 7.75", 24 pages, full color.

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May 11, 1941. Comic supplement included with the Chicago Tribune each Sunday. In this issue: Gertie O' Grady, Lew Loyal, Mr. Ex, Texas Slim, Hy Score, Rocky, Them Days, Bucks McKale, Bush Berry, Daniel Boone, Spooky, and Brenda Starr. Loose folded newsprint pages, 10.75" x 7.75", 24 pages, full color.

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May 18, 1941. Comic supplement included with the Chicago Tribune each Sunday. In this issue: Rocky The Stone-Age Kid, Lew Loyal, Mr. Ex, Texas Slim, Spooky, Streamer Kelly, Bush Berry, Daniel Boone, Bucks McKale, Gertie O'Grady, and Brenda Starr. Loose folded newsprint pages, 10.75" x 7.75", 24 pages, full color.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $4.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

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

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

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Volume 146, Issue 1 - May 31, 1941. 8" x 11", 68 pages, B&W. 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.

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"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 GD+ 2.5 $430.00 View scans Two center wraps detached, tear on cover sealed with tape Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

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Flash stars in "Baseball," written by Gardner Fox, art by Harold Wilson Sharp. Also includes: Les Sparks, Radio Amateur in "Adventure of the Emerald Dagger" by Don Cameron; Johnny Thunder in "Johnny Plays Baseball" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; The Whip in "Poor House Problems" by Wentworth and Homer Fleming; King in "Slot Machine Gangster" by Fox and Harry Lampert; Cliff Cornwall in "Assignment in the Caribbean" by Ben Flinton and Leonard Sansone; "Voice from the Dead" Flash picture novelette by Ed Wheelan; and Hawkman in "Murder at the Opera" by Fox and Sheldon Moldoff. Cover art by Moldoff. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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

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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 GD+ 2.5 $32.00 View scans Spine split 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

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Volume 1, Issue 2 - May 1941. Classic Men's humor magazine chock full of jokes, one liners, and single panel gag illustrations. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 36 pages, B&W. NOTE: This magazine was printed with a hole that goes through the entire issue. This is not a defect, it was this Magazine's signature feature. Cover price $0.10.

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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 $13.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 2, #3, May 1941 - Stories titled "So She Took the $60,000..." and "She Stripped to Tease Death" give an idea of the rationale behind this magazine. Some pages printed in a single color, others in standard black on white. Many period photos also included to illustrate the stories. Large 10.75" x 13.75", 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $35.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $14.00 View scans Spine split 30%. Water damage: Slight.

Men's Magazine focusing on Humor, Sports, Politics, News, and Women! 10 1/2-in. x 13-in., 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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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 $50.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

May 24, 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 $5,000.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4342625001

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.

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Volume 75, Issue 5 - May, 1941. Painted cover by Robert Robinson. Vintage auto magazine with articles about (now) classic cars, with lots of photographs and tons of vintage ads, this is a must have for any car enthusiast. Softcover Magazine, 8" x 11", 174 pages, B&W with some color.

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Volume 16, Issue 85 - May, 1941. 8.5" x 11", 92 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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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.

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Volume 9, Issue 10 - May, 1941. Vintage photo magazine featuring Reader submitted photographs, and pictorials focusing on Sports, Celebrities, Controversies, and Fashions of the time. Cannibal Ceremony, Adolf Hitler article & pictorial (one photo of Hitler). 10-in. x 13 1/2-in., 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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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.