Super Mystery Comics (1940) comic books

Add to cart Coverless $150.00 or Best Offer View scan Full length spine split through first wrap. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Bondage cover by Jim Mooney. First appearance and origin of Buckskin Blake. "The Long Arm of the Law Catches a Dangerous Gang Leader..." art by Jack Alderman; "Magno the Magnetic Man" art by Jim Mooney; "Vulcan" art by Jack Binder; "Buckskin Blake, America's Defender of Liberty!!" art by Harry Anderson; "The Black Spider"; "Captain Gallant and His Mini-Sub" art by Jack Alderman; "Peewee Wilson, U.S.A."; and "Sky Smith" art by Maurice Gutwirth. "The Big Reward" in-house comic advertisement for Lightning Comics Vol. 2 (1941), art by Jack Alderman, reprinted in Alter Ego (1999 Magazine) #121. "The Devil's Gunner" text story by Cliff Howe. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $210.00 View scans Soiling, centerfold detached at one staple.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $169.95 or Best Offer View scan INCOMPLETE. First wrap missing, affects art and story. Cover and centerfold detached, edge chipping. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Add to cart PR 0.5 $199.00 or Best Offer View scan INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, affects art and story. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Jim Mooney cover. In order of appearance: "Magno the Magnetic Man, The Clown Comes Back" art by Jim Mooney; "The Black Spider"; "Vulcan"; "Peewee Wilson, U.S.A."; "Sky Smith" art by Maurice Gutwirth; "Buckskin, America's Defender of Liberty!" art by Harry Anderson; and "Captain Gallant and His Mini-Sub" art by Mark Arthur Schneider. "Circus Days" in-house comic advertisement for Lightning Comics Vol. 2 (1941), art by Jim Mooney. "Crossword Crime" text story by Cliff Howe. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $365.00 or Best Offer View scans 4 1/2" cumulative spine split (chew), centerfold detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

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.

Add to cart Coverless $150.00 or Best Offer View scan Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Jim Mooney bondage cover. In order of appearance: "Magno the Magnetic Man" art by Jim Mooney; "Vulcan, 'The Man of a Thousand Faces'" art by Jack Alderman; "The Black Spider"; "Captain Gallant and His Mini-Sub, The Tomb at Tut-An-Haaman!" art by Matt Schneider; "Buckskin, America's Defender of Liberty" art by Harry Sahle; and "Peewee Wilson, U.S.A." art by Don Cameron. "Brother Rattler" text story by Dewey Colvin. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $735.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #3977564015

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $730.00 View scans Centerfold detached. Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheGoodOlDays

Classic Harvey Kurtzman World War II bondage cover features a giant Japanese army robot; this cover is also Harvey Kurtzman's first. In order of appearance: "Bonds for Victory or Bonds for Slavery" art by Louis Ferstadt; "Magno and Davey"; "Mr. Risk, The Race Against Death!" art by Harvey Kurtzman; "Doctor Nemesis" and "The Sword" art by Earl Da Voren; "Buckskin"; "Hap Hazard"; and "Paul Revere, Jr." art by Harvey Kurtzman. "Cold-Country Justice" text story by Brant House, reprinted in Super Mystery Comics Vol. 4 (1944) #5 and in Four Favorites (1941) #18. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $159.00 or Best Offer View scan INCOMPLETE. Small pieces torn from a few interior pages, slightly affects art and story. Full length spine split (glued). Centerfold detached, Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Louis Ferstadt cover. In order of appearance: "Magno and Davey, 'Apprentices for Murder!'" art by Louis Ferstadt; "Mr. Risk" art by Bill Savage; "Hap Hazard"; "The Sword"; and "Paul Revere, Jr.". "Hoosegow Trap" text story by Cliff Howe. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $224.95 or Best Offer View scans Cover detached at one staple, staple rust. Tape over staples on cover. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Louis Ferstadt cover. In order of appearance: "Magno and Davey"; "Mr. Risk, 'Danger That Laughed'"; "Chuck"; "The Sword"; and "Paul Revere, Jr.". "Hell Riders of the Brazos" text story by Cliff Howe, reprinted from Four Favorites (1941) #14 and from Hap Hazard Comics (1944) #1. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $250.00 View scans 3/4" Cumulative spine split.

In order of appearance: "Magno and Davey" art by Anthony DiPreta; "Mr. Risk"; "Chuck"; "The Sword, Undersea Domain of Doom!!"; and "Paul Revere, Jr". "Cold Country Justice" text story by Ralph Powers, reprinted from Super Mystery Comics Vol. 3 (1942) #3 and reprinted in Four Favorites (1941) #18. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $149.95 or Best Offer View scan Interior is complete, but brittle at spine. Major spine split through cover and all wraps. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

In order of appearance: "Magno and Davey" art by Rudy Palais; "Mr. Risk"; "Chuck"; and "The Sword, Undersea Domain of Doom!!". "The Frontier Die-Hard" text story by Cliff Howe. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $250.00 or Best Offer View scans 3" spine split from top. Cover detached. Interior tearing. Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Mike'sRack

Rudy Palais cover. In order of appearance: "Magno and Davey" art by Rudy Palais; "Mr. Risk, 'The Riddle of the Swampland Spirit!'" art by George Mabuchi (as George Gregg); "Chuck"; and "The Sword" art by Nina Albright. "Camel Cargo for Powder Horn" text story by Cliff Howe, reprinted in Four Favorites (1941) #25. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $1,130.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4301164001

Classic Rudy Palais cover. In order of appearance: "Magno and Davey" art by Rudy Palais; "Mr. Risk, 'Case of the Whispering Death'" art by Warren Kremer (as 'DOC'), reprinted with CCA alterations as "The Whispering Nemesis" in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #47; "Chuck"; and "The Sword" art by George Mabuchi (as 'Geo Gregg'). "Conquest of the Big Muddy" text story by Cliff Howe, reprinted in Four Favorites (1941) #21. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $300.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #1488622011 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Rudy Palais cover. In order of appearance: "Magno and Davey" art by Rudy Palais; "Chuck"; "Mr. Risk" art by Warren Kremer (as 'DOC'); and "Harry the Hack". "Pay Dirt Paradise" text story by Ralph Powers, reprinted from Four Favorites (1941) #22, and reprinted in Super Mystery Comics Vol. 5 (1945) #5 and in Super Mystery Comics Vol. 6 (1946) #6. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 8.0 $2,695.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: White Label #4312079008 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Bondage cover by Warren Kremer (as 'DOC'). In order of appearance: "Magno and Davey" art by Rudy Palais; "Chuck"; "Mr. Risk" art by Warren Kremer as 'DOC'; and "Harry the Hack". "Pay Dirt Paradise" text story by Ralph Powers, reprinted from Four Favorites (1941) #22 and from Super Mystery Comics Vol. 5 (1945) #4, and reprinted in Super Mystery Comics Vol. 6 (1946) #6. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $150.00 View scans 3.5" Cumulative spine split (partially taped). Cover coming loose at both staples. Oxidation and water spotting. Heavily taped on interior. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Warren Kramer as 'DOC'. In order of appearance: "Magno and Davey, 'Case of the Careening Coupe'" art by Rudy Palais; "Harry the Hack, 'In Right There's Might...'"; "Mr. Risk, 'Riddle of the Revolutionary Portrait'" art by Warren Kramer as 'DOC'; and "Chuck". "Ticket to the Badlands" text story by Cliff Howe. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $135.00 View scans Restored (see item notes) RESTORATION. Color touch and amateur piece fill.

Cover by Warren Kremer (as 'DOC'). In order of appearance: "Bert and Sue, 'Murder Wins the Last Round!'"; "Colonel Blow and His Radio Show"; "UNO, 'Treasure For Conquest!'"; "Harry the Hack" art by Hal Lockwood; "Hap Hazard, 'Can You Bear It?'"; "Bachelor's Diner"; and "Mr. Risk, 'The Horrible Hot Seat!'" art by Al Camy. "Gag-Fest" joke pages. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $100.00 View scans 2" Spine split from bottom. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

In order of appearance: "The Unknown"; "Mack Martin, 'The House With a Thousand Eyes'"; "Bert and Sue, 'Dancing With Death!"; "Hurry-Up Harrigan, 'Case of the Disappearing Debutante!'"; "Who Dun-It? An Inspector Keene Mystery"; and "Mr. Risk, 'Murder for Money'". "Super-Dupers" joke pages. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $139.00 View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $129.00 or Best Offer View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Last 52-page issue. In order of appearance: "The Unknown, 'The House of Death'" art by Sid Greene; "Mack Martin, Private Investigator vs. The Masked Killer!"; "Hurry-Up Harrigan in The Case of the Hopeless Horse"; "Bert and Sue"; "Who Dun-It? An Inspector Keene Mystery: Who Killed Clark Maxim, Don Juan of Connecticut?" reprinted with CCA alterations in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #48; and "Mr. Risk, 'The Serpent of Santa Merito!'". "'The Farmer Takes a Crook'" text story by Matt Winters. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $46.00 View scans Cover detached at one staple and coming loose at the other.

Final issue. In order of appearance: "The Unknown"; "Bert and Sue" art by Frank Giacoia and Bob Lander; "Mr. Risk, 'Rogue's Gallery'" art by Sy Grudko, reprinted with CCA alterations as "Mystery of 17 Rue Rudolf" in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #48; and "Hurry-Up Harrigan" art by Sy Grudko. "The Tunnel" text story by Oscar Ross. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.