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    Published Sep 1941 by DC.

    Action Comics (1938 DC) 40 CBCS 1.5

    Paper: Off white

    INCOMPLETE. piece missing from 1st 12 pages, slightly affects story.

    Label #23-18DB970-001

    Starts Jul 6

    Cover art by Fred Ray. Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by John Sikela (signed as Joe Shuster). Pep Morgan story, art by George Papp. Black Pirate story, art by Sheldon Moldoff. Three Aces story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Chad Grothkopf. Mr. America story, script by Ken Fitch, art by Bernard Baily. The Adventure of the Prehistoric Valley starring Congo Bill, art by Fred Ray. Preview of Star Spangled Kid, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Hal Sherman (includes photo of Siegel). Zatara story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Joseph Sulman. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60658505
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    All Winners Comics (1941) 1 CGC Coverless

    Paper: Off white to white

    1st 2 Wraps and 3 Center Wraps Missing.

    Label #4250321001

    Starts Jul 6

    Cover art by Alex Schomburg. The Angel and Black Marvel only appearance. Carnival of Fiends, script and art by Carl Burgos; Deep in the heart of Chinatown, a secret Japanese agent, acting on orders from his superiors, menaces the peaceful Chinese population of New York, even planning to hypnotize the Torch and Toro into becoming his agents! The Order of the Hood, script by Stan Lee, art by Al Avison; the Black Marvel is forced to face the threat of a new villain and his massive organization, which threatens to inflict a reign of horror upon the American people. The Case of the Hollow Men starring Captain America, script by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, pencils by Jack Kirby and Al Avison, inks by Joe Simon, Al Gabriele, and Syd Shores. House ad Captain America and Marvel Mystery Comics. The Torpedo Boat Terror starring The Sub-Mariner, script and art by Bill Everett. The Case of the Mad Gargoyle starring The Angel. Promotional ad featuring Cap and Bucky, encouraging readers to join the Sentinels of Liberty. First appearance of All-Winners Squad in text story by Stan Lee. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60776055
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    Tags: Batman
    Published Mar 1941 by DC.

    Batman (1940) 5 GD- 1.8

    5.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover loose at one staple. Water damage. Cover oxidation.

    Starts Jul 6

    Cover by Bob Kane. "The Riddle of the Missing Card!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); With the help of some new partners in crime, the Joker sets up a gambling ship for the rich and wealthy, hoping to get them drunk so that they can be pumped for information about their valuable jewels. True-isms filler page by Henry Boltinoff. "Book of Enchantment," script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); Batman and Robin are sent to Fairyland by an inventor's strange machine that allows people to actually enter into the scenario of a book they are reading in order to try to locate his daughter he had sent there a few days earlier and return her safely. "The Case of the Honest Crook!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); Batman helps out a young convict released from prison who is having trouble getting an honest job to support his new, but sick wife; The Caped Crusaders then vow to help track down the rats who set him up to be arrested. "Crime Does Not Pay," script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); Batman finds it very odd that a bank robber he is fighting with comes to the aid of another until he realizes that they are brothers. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Captain America Comics (1941 Timely) 6 CGC 0.5

    Paper: Cream to off white

    2 Center Wraps Missing. "Jack kirby" Written on 1st Page in Marker.

    Label #4347783001

    Starts Jul 6

    Cover art by Jack Kirby. "Captain America Battles The Camera Fiend and His Darts of Doom," script and pencils by Simon and Kirby, inks by Simon; Cap and Bucky, along with the Sentinels of Liberty face an arch villain who uses his camera that fires poisoned needles at anyone who stands in his way of securing the Crown Jewels arriving in America from England. "Meet the Fang, Arch-Fiend of the Orient," script and pencils by Simon and Kirby, inks by Simon; Cap and Bucky battle against the evil Fang and Baron Nushima, who seek to prevent two emissaries from China from obtaining money loans from the American government. "The Grim Reaper Deals with Crime starring Father Time," script by Stan Lee, pencils by Al Avison, inks by Al Gabriele; Cap and Bucky battle against the evil Fang and Baron Nushima, who seek to prevent two emissaries from China from obtaining money loans from the American government. "The Strange Case of Captain America and The Hangman: Who Killed Doctor Vordoff," script and pencils by Simon and Kirby, inks by Simon; Cap and Bucky battle against the evil Fang and Baron Nushima, who seek to prevent two emissaries from China from obtaining money loans from the American government. "Trap For a Traitor" text story, script by Stan Lee, pencils by Kirby, inks by Simon. Marvel Mystery #23 ad. "The Engine of Destruction," script by Lee; While searching for a story on the outskirts of London, Jerry Hunter runs across a mysterious factory, where a secret weapon is supposedly being produced; Knowing that the owner was a former Fascist, he investigates the place and discovers it to be a Nazi stronghold. Sentinels of Liberty Secret Club News. Untitled Hurricane Master of Speed story, script by Lee, art by Charles Nicholas; Hurricane is traveling the streets of New York seeking lodging for the night, but a small girl warns him not to seek a room at a near-by boarding house since two mysterious murders have occurred there. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60836422
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    Captain Future (1940-1944 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 2 #3 VG 4.0

    1" spine split from bottom. Cover oxidation. Water damage.

    Starts Jul 6

    Spring, 1941. Stories by Edmond Hamilton ("Star Trail to Glory"), Gawain Edwards, Eando Binder, and Will Garth. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 132 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

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    Cosmic Stories (1941 Albing Publications) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 VG 4.0

    2" spine split from top.

    Starts Jul 6
  • Item #60932587
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    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 49 FR 1.0

    Interior complete. Full length spine split. Cover detached at one staple and loose at other. Centerfold detached. Cover taped to first wrap. Cover oxidation.

    Starts Jul 6

    Cover art by Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson. Clayface Walks Again starring Batman and Robin, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, and George Roussos. Spy story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Ed Moore. The Echo starring The Crimson Avenger, script and pencils by Jack Lehti. The Case of the Streamlined Train starring Larry Steele, Private Detective. Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator story, art by Ed Winiarski (as Fran Miller). Smashes the Loan Shark Racket starring Cliff Crosby, script and art by Chad Grothkopf. Letter Perfect text story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Fred Ray. Steve Malone, District Attorney story, art by Don Lynch. The Case of the Frightened Crooner starring Slam Bradley, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Howard Sherman. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #59726807
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    Detective Short Stories (1937-1947 Manvis Publications) Pulp Vol. 3 #4 VG 4.0

    Starts Jul 6

    Short stories by Anthony Boucher and E. Hoffman Price.

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    Marvel Stories (1940-1941 Western Fiction) Pulp Vol. 2 #3 GD/VG 3.0

    2" cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation. Water spotting.

    Starts Jul 6

    Vol 2., No. 3. April 1941. Includes: "The Last Secret Weapon" by Polton Cross (John Russell Fearn); "Girl from Venus" by D. D. Sharp; "The Iron God" by Jack Williamson; "The Thought Machine" and "The World of Tomorrow" by Ray Cummings; and "We - The Other People" by Bruce Manchester. Cover by J. W. Scott. 7" x 9.75". 112 pages. Title changes to Marvel Science Stories (1950-1951 Stadium) Pulp 2nd Series with Vol. 3 #1. Cover price $0.15.

  • Item #59062165
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    Phantom Detective (1933-1953 Standard Magazines) Pulp Vol. 36 #1 VG 4.0

    Cover and interior oxidation.

    Starts Jul 6
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    Planet Stories (1939-1955 Fiction House) Pulp Vol. 1 #8 GD/VG 3.0

    1" spine split from bottom of comic. Water damage.

    Starts Jul 6

    Fall 1941. Cover by Frank R. Paul. Stories by Eando (Otto) Binder "Vassals of the Master-World", Nelson S. Bond, Wilbur S. Peacock, Henry Andrew Ackermann, R.R. Winterbotham, Raymond Z. Gallun, Henry Haase, and Harry Walton. Illustrations by Paul, Don Lynch, Hannes Bok, Hall, Leo Morey, and Angus Dun. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.20.

  • Item #58282248
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    Planet Stories (1939-1955 Fiction House) Pulp Vol. 1 #9 VG/FN 5.0

    Starts Jul 6

    Winter 1941-1942. Cover by Hannes Bok. Stories by Nelson S. Bond "The Lorelei Death", Sam Moskowitz, Alan Connell, Ray Cummings, Basil Wells, James Norman, Henry Haase, Frank Belknap Long, and Robert O. Lewis. Illustrations by Lynch, Leo Morey, Hannes Bok, Stevens, and Paul. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.20.

  • Item #60836430
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    Private Detective Stories (1937-1950 Trojan Publishing) Pulp Vol. 8 #5 VG 4.0

    Cover oxidation.

    Starts Jul 6
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    Thrilling Detective (1939 Atlas Publishing) British Reprint Edition Jan 1941 VG 4.0

    1/2" Spine split from bottom. Cover separating from book. Staple rust/migration.

    Starts Jul 6

    British Edition. January 1941. Stories include: The Next to Die by Gerald Verner, Sign of a Killer by Benton Braden, Packing House Murders by Ted Coughlan, Bouncing Concrete by H.H. Stinson, The King Comes Home by Fredric Brown, and Double Dead by C.S. Montanye. 6 1/2" X 9 1/4". 68 pages. B&W.

  • Item #58532983
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    Uncanny Stories (1941 Manvis Publications) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 GD 2.0

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    Starts Jul 6

    Vol. 1 #1 - April 1941. Novels: "Coming of the Giant Germs" by Ray Cummings, "Beyond Hell" by R. DeWitt Miller. Short stories: "Man From the Wrong Time-Track" by Denis Plimmer, "Speed Will be My Bride" by David H. Keller, "Meet My Brother - Mr. Ghost" by Wayne Overholser. Novelette: "The Earth-Stealers" by Frederic Kummer. 7-in. x 10-in. 118 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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    Weird Comics (1940) 13 CBCS 2.5

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #23-211F269-003

    Starts Jun 10

    Edited by Victor Fox. Stories and art by Louis Cazeneuve, James J. Royal, Bert Whitman, Spencer Allen, and Robert Webb. An anthology of science fiction, horror and adventure comics from Fox. This is as pulpy as it gets. Miss Tilbury, the pretty co-worker who always belittles The Dart's civilian identity, is abducted by the criminals who have taken her cousin Roland; The Beast escapes prison and steals a powerful new gas weapon, and only the Eagle and Buddy can stop him; Marga and Ted seek vanished explorers and find a lost plateau in the jungle, where she kills an attacking panther using just her teeth. Dart; Sorceress of Zoom; Dr. Mortal; Eagle; Buffalo War; Marga the Panther Woman; Dynamo; Blast Bennett. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Wonderworld Comics (1939) 27 CBCS 2.0

    Paper: White

    Label #23-211F269-004

    Starts Jul 6

    The Kidnapping of Dr. Dobbs starring Flame. Blitz and the Saboteur starring Black Lion, art by Chuck Winter. Zino's Bombing Plot starring Yarko the Great. The Framing of Bill Mattson starring Tex Maxon art by Munson Paddock (Chuck Munson). The Framing of Bill Mattson starring Tex Maxon, art by Munson Paddock (Chuck Munson). The Murder of "Lord Cowper" starring Patty O'Day, art by Claire Moe (Vic Todd). Jungle Manhunt text story by Nathaniel Nitkin (N. N. Nathaniel). The Pencil Racket starring Dr. Fung. The Sky Pirate starring Wing Turner. Niki Comso's Train Sabotage Plot--K-51 Spies At War. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.