Comic books September 1940

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Volume 71, Issue 617 - September, 1940. Humorous captions paired with movie stills and models. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 54 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Will Eisner (credited as Basil Berold) and Klaus Nordling. Art by Lou Fine, Will Eisner and Klaus Nordling. Cover by Edd Ashe. Raised by Tibetan lamas, orphan Gary Preston gained the mystic ability to control fire and temperature, including the power to materialize wherever there is an open flame. The Flame battles the river pirates of Capt. Horace "Black" Flagg; Wing Turner, Air Detective is called in when transport planes go missing; Agent K-5 seeks the financial backers of gun runners in a foreign war. The Blimp and the Blasters; The Truck Hijackers; The Boring Invasion; Captain Flagg's River Pirates; Robbery Under Alaskan Skies; Wing Turner: The Stolen Transport Planes; K-5 Spies At War: The Menace of the Mask; Spark Stevens: The Soda Pop Spies. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Flash stars in "The Giant Animals," written by Gardner Fox, art by Everett E. Hibbard. Also includes: King in "The Witch's Revenge" by Fox and Harry Lampert; Hawkman in "The Creatures from the Canyon" by Fox and Sheldon Moldoff; Johnny Thunder in "Magic's in the Air" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; Cliff Cornwall in "Antarctic Adventure" by Fox and Sheldon Moldoff; "A Case of Hives" Flash picture novelette by Ed Wheelan; and The Whip in "The Orphanage Benefit" by Wentworth and Homer Fleming. Cover art by Hibbard. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 36, Issue 2 - September, 1940. 8" x 11", 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Phantasmo, the Sky Ranger, Pie Gobb, the Black Knight, Rex King of the Deep (art by Al McWilliams), Captain Easy (by Roy Crane), John Carter of Mars, Mr, District Attorney, and Speed Martin. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Charles Flanders, Joe Musial, J. Norman Lynd, Royce Cole, Ralph Carlson, Richard Wormser, Harry Wilson Ramsey, Cesare Zavattini, Federico Pedrocchi, Giovanni Scolari, Lee Falk, and Ray Moore. Cover by Joe Musial. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an early sci-fi comic, combining newspaper strip reprints and some original material. Rebo's plans for world domination fail, thanks to the efforts of scientists Dr. Marcus and Ciro. (Rebo, the Saturnian overlord, later inspired a Disney character of the same name in Italian Disney comics.) Also, the Lone Ranger and Tonto are framed for Big Bart's crimes; Rush Newton battles a T-Rex that has somehow survived to the modern day. The Lone Ranger; Rush Newton; Family Portraits; Trem McRea and the Golden Cinders; In the Sport Spotlight; The Phantom; Saturn Against the Earth; Colossus. Final issue of the series. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

For earlier issues see Ghost Super Detective (1940 Better Publications). Title changes to Green Ghost Detective (1941 Better Publications) with Vol. 2 #2 Cover price $0.10.

"Sartor the Counterfeiter"; Green Mask battles Sartor, who makes his first appearance and then dies. "Milk Shortage Threatens New York"; The Green Mask takes on Gorsky, J. J. Ratfield and the Black Hand. "Steel Mill Explosion"; The Green Mask vs. Von Shlameal and Josef. "The Professor's Blackmail Band"; The Professor is indulging in a vicious blackmail racket upon four big business men he has tricked into a phony trust that has led several of them to commit suicide rather than pay up; When a Herman Bates commits suicide, the Green Mask looks into the matter and ferrets out the rats responsible. "The Camp of the Living Dead" text story by Wing Walters. "Tony Brick, Poison Ring Leader," art by Klaus Nordling; Lt. Drake vs. Tony Brick. "Marooned At the South Pole," art by George Tuska; Zanzibar vs. The Walrus Men. "The Morgue Moider Mystery" starring Hemlock Shomes, script and art by Fred Schwab. "Captured By Sin Lee" starring Captain Savage. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 2 - September 1940. Vintage Men's interest magazine, including pictorials, showgirls, single panel gag comics, and sports articles. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 32 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.

Vintage supermarket tabloid magazine full of high profile true crime stories of the FBI and the CIA, some with testimonials from those involved in, or close to the cases themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover art by Lou Fine. The Burns Koffin Gang, script by Greg Powers, art by Dan Zolnerowich; Hercules begins demonstrates his car and boat lifting skills bringing the Burns Koffin Gang to justice. Assignment: Spain, art by Courtney Thompson; X-5 vs. The Bothnians. The Photographer's Murder, art by Charles Nicholas (as B. H. Apiary); The Red Bee (Rick Raleigh) vs. Henry Graff and Fred. The Dope Pearls starring The Strange Twins; Rod Strange and Douglas Strange vs. Vera De Vain. Spies In Puerto Rico, script and art by Klaus Nordling; Bob Masters and Swab Decker vs. Luisa and other spies. The Chicago Run starring Casey Jones, art by Munson Paddock. The Cat's Ninth Life text story by Toni Blum (Tony Boon). The Tale of the Ghost Cavaliers starring Old Witch, art by Pierre Winter. Voyage To the Center of the Earth, art by Henry Kiefer; Blaze Barton encounters Beatica (Queen of the Jewelled Caves) and battles The Core-men. Treasure On Koko's Island starring Tommy Tinkle, art by George Tuska. The Savage Land starring Neon the Unknown, script by S. M. Iger (as Tagor Maroy), art by Alex Blum; Neon continues his freelance adventures at the North Pole rescuing a British polar explorer from a strange tropical isle hidden beneath the glaciers. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Published by Popular Magazines, Inc. between December 1931 and December 1943, Hooey was a satirical humour magazine that included fake articles, cartoons that depicted social issues of the time and spoof ads in a similar vein as it's successor, Mad Magazine. 8.5" x 11", 32 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. #2 (#1) Introduction and origin of Toro, The Falcon, The Fiery Mask, Mantor The Magician, & Microman (only appearance). Introducing Toro, the Flaming Torch Kid starring the Human Torch, script and art by Carl Burgos; Passing by a traveling circus, Torch spots a young kid on the ground with his body aflame; Landing, and a bit puzzled, he helps the young boy named Toro to be able to flame on at will and fly; Just then, the circus strongman; Samson, buts in and takes on the Torch. Sub-Mariner Crashes New York Again, script and art by Bill Everett. Carl Burgos's Hot Idea [The Story of the Human Torch] text story; fictional story of the Torch's creation w/spot illos. Bill Everett's Hurricane [The Story of the Sub-Mariner]; fictional story of the Sub-Mariner's creation w/spot illos. Extortion for a Bail-Out starring Falcon, art by Paul Reinman. A Wish Come True starring Microman, script by Paul Quinn, art by Harold DeLay. Hidden Treasure Means Death starring Mantor the Magician, art by Al Gabriele. The Strange Case of the Bloodless Corpses starring Fiery Mask, script and art by Joe Simon. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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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.

Cover by Bob Powell. Edited by Malcolm Reiss, Jerry Iger and Will Eisner. Stories and art by Will Eisner, Jerry Iger, Charles Wotjkoski, Charles Sultan, Nick Cardy, 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. Sheena and Bob are captured by the Leopard Men while trying to quell a native revolt; A modern-day pirate succeeds in capturing a U.S. destroyer, but luckily the superhero Lightning is among the crew; A reprint of the Bob Kane Peter Pupp story from issue #2. Giant gorilla-Sheena cover, likely by Bob Powell. Peter Pupp; The Hawk; Weird Stories of the Supernatural; Bobby; Uncle Otto; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle; Jumbo Laffs; ZX-5 Spies In Action; Inspector Dayton; Lightning; Wilton of the West. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Nick Cardy. "Captive of the Voodoo Master," script by Red Bradey, art by George Tuska; Suffering from amnesia, Kaänga becomes King Tongo's chief warrior and assists in the capture of a group of monks and Ann; Ann's voice restores Kaänga's memory and he frees the captives and ensures Tonga's death at the hands of his pet elephant. Untitled story, script by Taylor Martin, art by Arthur Peddy; A mad scientist develops a process for granting humans super-human strength at the cost of their minds; The Panther forces the scientist to reverse the process. Untitled story, art by Bob Powell; Sir Champions saves the city from a herd of stampeding elephants who had been set on the city by Arab slavers. "Jungle Justice"; Roy Lance puts a stop to the brutal treatment by a jungle rubber company of their native employees. "Burnt Alive" text story, art by George Tuska. Untitled story, script and art by Fletcher Hanks (as Barclay Flagg); Mark Lord captures 50,000 giant royal panthers to use in his plan to destroy civilization by losing them on the streets of New York. Untitled story, art by William M. Allison; Simba assists a pair of missionaries in disposing of a white gang of slavers. Untitled story, script by Pierre La Rue, art by Bill Bossert; Captain Terry Thunder of the Congo Lancers must retake his fort after it is captured by Arabs led by a treacherous soldier. Untitled story, script by Robert Lewis, art by Charles Sultan; Tabu dispatches some unscrupulous diamond miners by hurling them off a cliff to their death. Untitled story, script by Roy L. Smith, art by Henry Kiefer; Zittler, planning on stealing native land, hypnotizes Wambi and passes him off to one group of natives as a god. 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 proves to a farmer that kindness is the real magic; the King of the Royal Mounted encounters the Green Mask. 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 Wizard of Way-Up. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Fiction and non-fiction stories with illustrations. 8.5" x 11.25", 64 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.05.

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September 2, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: the Dionne quintuplets; Henry A. Wallace; U.S. kennels; ferryboat; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 100 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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September 9, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: Carol Bruce; the Roosevelt family; Canada; college football; and more. Half-page Cream of Wheat ad with Li'l Abner art by Al Capp. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 136 pages. Cover price $0.10.

September 16, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: flight across America photographic essay; Paris under the Swastika; heart disease; national skeet champion Pat Laursen; Carmen D'Antoniuo; sand art; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 96 pages. Cover price $0.10.

September 23, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: bombed England; Hyde Park; Bud James; mobile Army hospital; Edna Ferber; Munich art show; New York's fashion shows; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 100 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 4 #20, Sept. 24, 1940 - Charles Chaplin writes why he made "The Great Dictator" illustrated with eleven movie stills. Illustrated article on automobile ads from the 1920s. One page article on Lucille Ball with five photographs. Article on the new training and new weapons the US Army has. Article entitled "How Hitler Controls the World" runs four pages. Full page, full color ad for The Thief of Bagdad. 10.5" x 13.5", 68 Pages, B&W with some color ads. Cover price $0.10.