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Auctions: comic books 1940

  • Item #55263840
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    Ace Comics (1937) 35 VG- 3.5

    Staple rust with migration, water damage.

    Starts Apr 29

    Cover art by Joe Musial. Jungle Jim strips, art by Alex Raymond. Pete the Tramp strips, art by Clarence D. Russell. Katzenjammer Kids strips, art by H.H. Knerr. Just Kids strips by A.D. Carter. Curley Harper at Lakespur strips, art by Lyman Young. Elmer strips, art by Doc Winner. Barney Google strips, art by Billy DeBeck. Tim Tyler's Luck strips, art by Lyman Young. Blondie strips, art by Chic Young. Prince Valiant strips, art by Hal Foster. Tillie the Toiler strips, art by Russ Westover. Krazy Kat strips, art by George Herriman. The Phantom strips, script by Lee Falk, art by Ray Moore. Teddy and Sitting Bull strips, art by Joe Musial. The Pussycat Princess, script by Ed Anthony, art by Ruth Carroll. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #55263841
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    Ace Comics (1937) 41 VG 4.0

    Water damage.

    Starts Apr 29

    Cover art by Joe Musial. The Phantom strips, scripts by Lee Falk, art by Ray Moore. Pete the Tramp strips by Clarence D. Russell. Jungle Jim strips, art by Alex Raymond. Katzenjammer Kids strips, art by H.H. Knerr. Barney Google strips, art by Billy DeBeck. Seein' Stars strips, art by Feg Murray. Tim Tyler's Luck strips, art by Lyman Young. Just Kids strips by A.D. Carter. Blondie strips, art by Chic Young. Prince Valiant strips, art by Hal Foster. Tillie the Toiler strips, art by Russ Westover. Curley Harper at Lakespur strips, art by Lyman Young. Teddy and Sitting Bull strips, art by Joe Musial. Room and Board strips, art by Gene Ahern. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60591405
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    Captain Future (1940-1944 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 GD 2.0

    1" spine split from bottom. Water damage.

    Starts Jul 6

    "Cap Future & Space Emperor" novel by Edmond Hamilton

    Winter, 1940. Cover by George J. Rozen. Stories by Edmond Hamilton ("Captain Future and the Space Emperor"), Eric Frank Russell, Oliver E. Saari, and David H. Keller. Illustrations by H. G. Wesso. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Item #59061912
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    Dime Mystery Magazine (1932-1950 Dime Mystery Book Magazine - Popular) Pulp Vol. 35 #2 VG/FN 5.0

    Starts Jul 6

    Long running pulp magazine focusing on weird mystery stories. Cover by ?. "Wake for the Living" by Ray Bradbury, plus stories by Francis K. Allan, Arthur Leo Zagat, Joe Kent, Wyatt Blassingame, Lix Agrabee and Charles W. Harbaugh. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in., 98 pages, text, with B&W illustrations Cover price $0.15.

  • Item #60743506
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    King of the Royal Mounted Large Feature Comic (1940) 9 GD/VG 3.0

    Cover and centerfold loose at one staple. Cover and interior oxidation. Staple rust.

    Starts Apr 29

    Copyright notice inside book is dated 1937-38, but the comic was actually published in 1940. Reprints Zane Grey's King of the Royal Mounted newspaper comic strips in black-and-white with color covers. 8-3/5-in. x 11-1/4-in. 76 pages counting covers. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #58210585
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    Planet Stories (1939-1955 Fiction House) Pulp Vol. 1 #2 FR 1.0

    7" cumulative spine split, cover tear, edge chipping, chew.

    Starts Jul 6

    Spring 1940. Stories by John Murray Reynolds "Goddess of the Moon", Nelson S. Bond "Dictator of Time", Ray Cummings, Ed Earl Repp, Carl Selwyn, Ross Rocklynne, Alexander M. Phillips, and Ray Cummings -as (Ray King). Illustrations by Leo Morey, Fawcette, and Will Edwards. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.20.

  • Item #56760662
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    Planet Stories (1939-1955 Fiction House) Pulp Vol. 1 #3 VG/FN 5.0

    Starts Jul 6

    Summer 1940. Cover by Stanley Albert Drake. Stories by Ray Cummings "Space-Liner X-87", Ross Rocklynne "The Forbidden Dream", Carl Selwyn "Exiles of the Three Red Moons", John Russell Fearn "The Cosmic Juggernaut", Neil R. Jones "The Dark Swordsmen of Saturn", Sam Carson, Frederick A. Kummer Jr., and Harry Walton. Illustrations by Paul, Will Edwards, Leo Morey, and Eron. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.20.

  • Item #59161094
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    Planet Stories (1939-1955 Fiction House) Pulp Vol. 1 #4 VG 4.0

    Starts Jul 6

    Fall 1940. Cover by Albert Drake. Stories by Ray Cummings "Revolt in the Ice Kingdom", Nelson S. Bond "The Ultimate Salient", Ed Earl Repp, John Russell Fearn as- (Thornton Ayre), Robert Moore Williams, Donald A. Wollheim, Neil R. Jones, and Carl Selwyn. Illustrations by Paul, Rosenthab, D.L., and Leo Morey. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.20.

  • Item #59062166
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    Planet Stories (1939-1955 Fiction House) Pulp Vol. 1 #5 VG/FN 5.0

    Starts Jul 6

    Winter 1940. Stories by Ray Cummings "Phantom of the Seven Stars", Eando (Otto) Binder "One Thousand Miles Below", Nelson S. Bond, John Russell Fearn -as (Thornton Ayre), Leigh Brackett, Nelson S. Bond -as (George Danzell), Ross Rocklynne, and D.L. James. Illustrations by Paul, Rosenthab, Ed Smalle, Lynch, Hannes Bok, and Eron. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.20.

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    Wonderworld Comics (1939) 20 CBCS 2.5

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Cover Reattached With Moderate Amount of Tape on Interior.

    Label #18-2A9764E-073

    Starts Jun 10

    The Kidnappers starring Flame. Zarhov's Monster starring Yarko. The Black Pearl starring Shorty Shortcake. The Bombing Gang starring Patty O'Day. One Minute To Death starring Dr. Fung. Smuggler's Syndicate text story, art by Nathaniel Nitkin (N. N. Nathaniel). Headed For a Noose starring Tex Maxon, art by Munson Paddock (Chuck Munson). Return To the Dark Ages starring Don Quixote and Adolphus Stalini. Shanghaied By Captain Swine starring Spark Stevens. The Jigsaw Puzzle Plot--K-51 Spies At War. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.