Comic books August 1941

Vintage monthly published magazine with a focus on the film industry as a whole. First published in November of 1930, publication continued through the late 1970s. Priding itself as a source for exclusive behind the scenes stories about filmmaking, Silver Screen also contained a fair amount of articles about celebrities, their relationships, the latest in fashion, and film reviews.

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Capt. Battle (by Jack Binder and Carl Formes), Silver Streak in "The Adventure of the Laughing Hyena" (art by Don Rico), Cloud Curtis and His Golden Bullet (by Binder and Formes), Pirate Prince (by Richard Norman), Lance Hale (art by Fred Guardineer), Dickie-Dean the Boy-Inventor (by Dick Hamilton), Thun-Dohr (origin), Presto Martin, Quick-Change Detective in "The Riddle of the Missing Bullet" (by Bob Wood), and the original Daredevil in "The Affair of the Scarlet Skull" (by Rico). Three-page text story, Capt. Battle in "Quick Revenge, or You Can't Do That To My Buddy." Binder cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Gill Fox. The Ray story, art by Lou Fine. Liver-Lip McGaw starring Midnight, script and art by Jack Cole. Wings Wendall story, script and art by Vernon Henkel. Invisible Justice story, script and art by Art Pinajian. The Jester story, art by Paul Gustavson. Espionage Starring Black X story, art by Witmer Williams [as Will Erwin]. Rookie Rankin story, art by Arthur F. Peddy [as Kenneth Julian]. Wun Cloo humor page, script and art by Jack Cole. Wildfire story (origin and 1st appearance), script by Robert Turner, art by Jim Mooney. Purple Trio story, script by S. M. Iger [as S. M. Regi], art by Alex Blum. Bozo the Robot story, script and art by George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Reg Greenwood. Stories and art by Burne Hogarth, Reg Greenwood, Fred Methot, Bernard Dibble, Ernie Bushmiller, Ben Batsford, Rudolph Dirks, Vic Forsythe, Charlie Plumb, Bill Conselman, Harry O'Neill, and Raeburn Van Buren. United's anthology featured reprints of early comic strips, plus an original superhero, Spark Man, whose identity was a secret even from the readers. Reporter Quill Davis investigates the strange new disease that comes from eating drugged food...but is Davis also the superhero Spark Man? Visiting movie star Dickey Gooney takes one look at beautiful Becky and decides to stay in Crabtree Corners. Danny Dingle meets Nellie's wacky Uncle Pecan, who does everything backwards. Plus a Tarzan adventure by Burne Hogarth. Spark Man; Nancy; Captain and the Kids; Ella Cinders; Tarzan; Abbie an Slats; Broncho Bill; Chris Crusty; Frankie Doodle; Dynamite Dunn; Danny Dingle. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 1, No. 1 - August 1941. True Crime Cases. 8.5" x 11.5, 66 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

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Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Lady Luck by Nick Viscardi.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Lady Luck by Nick Viscardi.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Lady Luck by Nick Viscardi.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Lady Luck by Nick Viscardi.

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Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Lady Luck by Nick Viscardi.

Cover by Malcolm Kildale. Stories and art by Sam Glanzman, Peter Emslie, John Giunta and Malcolm Kildale. Harvey's digest-sized first series paved the way for its formidable comics history, and featured early (and now forgotten) superheroes like Fly-Man and the Clown. An 18th-century adventurer visits an island that keeps him alive for 200 years and gives him superpowers, becoming the modern-day hero Spitfire. Boxer Chip Foster is shrunk to fly-size and sets out to get the crooks who killed his inventor father, becoming Fly-Man. A police commissioner dons clownface and floppy shoes to work outside the law as crimefighter The Clown. The Clown was listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. Origin of Spitfire; Crocky Doyle; Origin of the Fly-Man; Origin of the Clown; Buckskin Boys; Gary Morgan; Magician from Bagdad; Rurik the Sea King. 5-in. x 7-in., 100 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 106 #2 - Aug. 1941. Articles and stories about hunting, fishing, wildlife, arms and ammunition and more. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Captain Future story, art by Kin Platt. Mystico story, art by Leonard Sansone. Don Davis story, art by Leonard Sansone. Ace Buckley story, art by Max Plaisted. Biff Powers story. Detective Sgt. Burke story. Roped Rustler text story by Sam Brant. Masked Rider story, art by John Daly. Rescue Mission text story by John Easterly. G-Man Dalton story, art by Leo Morey. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

August 3, 1941. The first page of the comic section of the Sunday Times, "Chicago's Picture Newspaper," features a full-page Superman comic strip (credited to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster). Strip # 92. Superman rescues Lois! (Dan Dunn, Secret Operative 48 on the other side of the page.) 9.25 in. x 14.25 in.; color. Cover price $0.05.

August 10, 1941. The first page of the comic section of the Sunday Times, "Chicago's Picture Newspaper," features a full-page Superman comic strip (credited to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster). Strip # 93. Lois gets kidnapped! (Dan Dunn, Secret Operative 48 on the other side of the page.) 9.25 in. x 14.25 in.; color. Cover price $0.05.

August 17, 1941. One page of the comic section of the Sunday Times, "Chicago's Picture Newspaper," features a full-page Superman comic strip (credited to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster). Strip # 94. Clark heads off to rescue Lois! (The Captain and the Kids on the other side of the page.) 9.25 in. x 14.25 in.; color. Cover price $0.05.

August 24, 1941. One page of the comic section of the Sunday Times, "Chicago's Picture Newspaper," features a full-page Superman comic strip (credited to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster). Strip # 95. Clark comes to Lois's aid--and gets "captured" himself! (Blondie on the other side of the page.) 9.25 in. x 14.25 in.; color. Cover price $0.05.

August 31, 1941. One page of the comic section of the Sunday Times, "Chicago's Picture Newspaper," features a full-page Superman comic strip (credited to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster). Strip # 96. Superman goes after the kidnappers! (Bringing Up Father on the other side of the page.) 9.25 in. x 14.25 in.; color. Cover price $0.05.

Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Bill Holman, Win Smith, 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. Aboard his experimental underwater vehicle with Connie, Terry and Big Stoop as hostages, Capt. Judas attacks American ships. Magic Morro and Oom discover that the ruler of the mysterious island is actually Professor Van Dyke. After witnessing an assassination, Jack Wander, War Correspondent is targeted for death. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie, Dick Tracy, and Smokey Stover. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Magic Morro; Magic Words: World Series; 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; The O'Malley Kids. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Jim Mooney cover. "Vulcan" depicts The Blitz, followed by Vulcan's torture and humiliation of Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering, and Benito Mussolini. In order of appearance: "Magno the Magnetic Man" art by Jim Mooney; "The Black Spider"; "Vulcan" art by Jack Alderman; "Buckskin, America's Defender of Liberty" art by Harry Anderson; "Captain Gallant and His Mini-Sub" art by Mark Schneider; and "Peewee Wilson, U.S.A." art by Earl Da Voren. "Mother's Little Helpers" in-house comic advertisement for Lightning Comics Vol. 2 (1941), art by Warren Kremer. "Hair-Trigger Headwork" text story by Cliff Howe. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 3, Issue 1 - August, 1941. 6.75" x 9", 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Volume 2, Issue 3 - August, 1941. 6.75" x 9.75", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Long-running men's interest magazine featuring articles, fiction stories, and adult cartoons. 10.5" x 13.5", 68 pages, B&W/Color. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Bob Wood. Episode of the Eight-Ball Game starring Target, script and art by Bob Wood. Concealed in the stratosphere... starring Spacehawk, script and art by Basil Wolverton. 15,000--and Out! starring Lucky Byrd, script and art by Harry Campbell. Only a second to go, my friends, then--- starring Cadet, script by Art Gates, art by George Harrison. Treasure Island [Part 5]--Fantastic Feature Films, art by Harold DeLay. Scene: A small mid-western city... starring Chameleon, script and art by Bob Davis. S-t-r-i-k-e t-o-n-i-g-h-t! starring White Streak, script by Ray Gill, art by Emil Gershwin. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Aug 1941. Western stories by Jackson Cole "Outlaw Valley" (featuring Jim Hatfield, Ranger), James Clyde Harper, and Tom Curry. Also, Famous Texas Rangers, starring Captain Tom Hickman in a two page comic strip. 6 3/4" x 10"; black and white; 114 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Theatre Arts Monthly (August, 1941). TAM is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures. Broadway and Hollywood. Includes: photo of Helen Hayes and Vincent Price from "Victoria Regina"; photo of Sir John Gielgud from "Hamlet"; much more. 8.5-in. x 11-in., printed on a nice heavy stock. Cover price $0.35.

Volume 8, 1st Printing - "Jimmy Dale and the Phantom Clue" by Frank L. Packard. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

Stories by Kin Platt, Max Plaisted, Jackson Cole August Froelich. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! Ad for Captain future, art by Kin Platt. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 20, Issue 3 - August, 1941. Cover by Rudolph Belarski. Stories by Edmond Hamilton, Don Tracy, William Morrison, Manly Wade Wellman, John Broome, and Harry Walton. Six Virgil Finlay illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 132 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Bill Conselman, Charlie Plumb, Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Dick Moores, Fred Methot, Reg Greenwood, Harry O'Neill, Hal Forrest, Bernard Dibble, Raeburn van Buren, John Hix and R. M. Brinkerhoff. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 6 #4. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Caleb falls in love with Nancy after rescuing her from the sea, but Tailspin Tommy contacts agent X-201 to make sure he's not an enemy agent. Li'l Abner believes Daisy Mae is in love with Eric Travers. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; The Mirror Man; The Triple Terror; Jim Hardy; Stamp Tips; Looy Dot Dope; Tailspin Tommy; Iron Vic; Phil Fumble; Fritzi Ritz; Little Mary Mixup. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Camy. Edited by Abner Sundell. Stories by Harry Shorten, Al Camy, Bob Montana, Warren King, Joe Blair, Ed Smalle, Roland "Ramona" Patenaude, and Paul Reinman. Heroic tales of action and adventure—these are Top Notch Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.