Comic books 1940 w/ month not specified

Peggy Brown in the Big Haunted House (1940 Whitman BLB) #1491, Vallely

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Written by Thornton W. Burgess and illustrated by Harrison Cady. 7" x 8", 12 pages, PC/PB&W

Picture Show Annual for 1940. Cover of Madeline Carroll and Fred MacMurray. Articles include "Favourite Stars of Yesterday and Today" covering the silent era to 1939, "Characters You Can't Forget," "Favourite Films Screen Again" delving into remakes of earlier classics, "You Always Found 'Em Fighting" about James Cagney, John Wayne, Buster Crabbe and many more, "Series and Sequels," "Personalities in British Pictures," "Is There an Awkward Age," "They Sang Their Way to Fame" and much more. Full-page movie star portraits include Barbara Stanwyck, Ronald Colman, Joan Crawford, Charles Boyer, Laurence Olivier, Rosalind Russell, William Boyd, Jean Arthur, Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, Alice Faye, Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Errol Flynn, Vivian Leigh and many more. Profusely illustrated with tinted photographs. Excellent layout and design. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10 1/2-in., 160 pages, B&W.

Cocomalt edition, 10 pages.

Montgomery Ward store edition

2nd Grosset & Dunlap printing. Does not include dust jacket. Written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. No maps or illustrations. Hardcover, 5-1/4" x 7-1/2", 314 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.75.

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Popeye in a Sock for Susan's Sake (1940 Whitman BLB) #1485, flip pictures

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Yearly Family Album Magazine promoting Chicago based WLS Radio Station. Founded in 1924 by Sears, Roebuck and Company—with the call sign an abbreviation for Sears' "World Largest Store" slogan—WLS spent its early years as the radio outlet of the Prairie Farmer magazine. Embossed cover by Joe Sewell. 8" x 11", 60 pages, B&W.

Radio's Orphan Annie's Secret Society was published by The Wander Co., manufacturers of Ovaltine. This was given away as a promotional item to members of Radio's Orphan Annie's Secret Society. Includes games, stories, and more fun. During the late 1930s and early 1940s, every after-noon at 4:30 you could hear this introduction by broadcaster Pierre Andre blaring from every radio in the neighborhood, "Who's that little chatterbox? The one with the auburn locks? Who can it be? It's Little Orphan Annie." 6" x 9", 12 pages, full color.

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Complete set of four Raggedy Ann and Andy jigsaw puzzles with original illustrated box - 1940. Illustrated by Johnny Gruelle. Box measures 13.5" x 10.5", each puzzle measures 13" x 10", full color.

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Red Death on the Range (1940 Whitman BLB) #1449, Fred Harman (Bronc Peeler). 3.5" x 4.5", 432 pages, B&W.

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Red Ryder the Fighting Westerner (1940 Whitman BLB) #1440, Harman

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Part of the Easy Reader Series.

Handbook with illustrations and descriptions on the use of industrial rope and rigging devices.

Season of 1940. Cover art by Roland Butler. 72 pages, PC/B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Santa Claus Funnies (1940) is a Christmas promotional comic book featuring comic stories and children's activities. Distributed by the W. T. Grant department store chain. 12 pages, full color and partial color, no cover price.

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Secret Agent K-7 (1940 Saalfield BLB) #1191, based on radio show

Shadow and the Living Death (1940 Whitman BLB) #1430, Erwin Hess

The Shadow, the Avenger (series begins), Iron Munro the Astounding Man, Nick Carter Super Sleuth, Frank Merriwell at College, Cap Fury (only appearance), Bill Barnes, Doc Savage, and Mark the Match Boy. Cover price $0.10.

Number B 31, no date, circa 1940s. In the 1930s and 1940s before the advent of the ballpoint pen, fountain pens were the mainstay of the office. Ink blotters were common since these pens tended to have excess ink and needed blotting often. Many American companies, like Blue Coal, used blotters as advertising tools. Blue Coal was the main sponsor of The Shadow radio show, one of the top shows of its era and produced many of their ink blotters featuring the Shadow. The blotter side is a blue material with the advertising side printed in vivid color. Stock is stiff cardstock. 9-in. x 4-in., single sheet, full color.

Number B 44, no date, circa 1940s. In the 1930s and 1940s before the advent of the ballpoint pen, fountain pens were the mainstay of the office. Ink blotters were common since these pens tended to have excess ink and needed blotting often. Many American companies, like Blue Coal, used blotters as advertising tools. Blue Coal was the main sponsor of The Shadow radio show, one of the top shows of its era and produced many of their ink blotters featuring the Shadow. The blotter side is a blue material with the advertising side printed in vivid color. Stock is stiff cardstock. 9-in. x 4-in., single sheet, full color.

Number B 80, no date, circa 1940s. In the 1930s and 1940s before the advent of the ballpoint pen, fountain pens were the mainstay of the office. Ink blotters were common since these pens tended to have excess ink and needed blotting often. Many American companies, like Blue Coal, used blotters as advertising tools. Blue Coal was the main sponsor of The Shadow radio show, one of the top shows of its era and produced many of their ink blotters featuring the Shadow. The blotter side is a blue material with the advertising side printed in vivid color. Stock is stiff cardstock. 6-in. x 3 1/2-in., single sheet, full color.

Number B 82, no date, circa 1940s. In the 1930s and 1940s before the advent of the ballpoint pen, fountain pens were the mainstay of the office. Ink blotters were common since these pens tended to have excess ink and needed blotting often. Many American companies, like Blue Coal, used blotters as advertising tools. Blue Coal was the main sponsor of The Shadow radio show, one of the top shows of its era and produced many of their ink blotters featuring the Shadow. The blotter side is a blue material with the advertising side printed in vivid color. Stock is stiff cardstock. 9-in. x 4-in., single sheet, full color.

1940s advertising Match book for The Shadow Radio Show. No matches. Outside has the original tab of The Shadow which folds down to reveal a Jail cell view with prisoners. Inside has a picture of the crime fighting hero, the Shadow and a skeleton holding a knife with the message: Seasons Greetings A. W. Burgbacher. Distributed by Blue Coal Dealers. 1.5-in. x 4.5-in.

The Shell Zoology of Road Pest (circa 1940) is a promotional comic with art by Ken Giles and published by Shell. Learn about the many road pests that you may encounter, pests such as The Fascinating Flutterbye, The Noisy Gnat, The Highway Hog, and many more. 20 pages, color cover with black and white illustrations in the interior, 7.50-in x 8-in.

Stories and art by George M. Lichtenstein, J. Carver Pusey, Ed Dodd, Amelia Opdyke Jones, and Maurice Ketten. United's anthology series presented a different comic strip in every issue. This issue changes that up, featuring one-panel gags by a variety of early comics artists, including George "Lichty" Lichtenstein of "Grin and Bear It" and pioneering female cartoonist Amelia "Oppy" Opdyke Jones (inventor of the word "litterbug"). Grin and Bear It; Opportunity Knox; Benny; Cat Tales; Back Home Again; The Young Idea; Freddie and Fritz; Home Towners; Can You Beat It! 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bernard Dibble. Stories and art by Bernard Dibble and others. United's anthology series presented a different comic-strip character in every issue. This issue features comedy domestic strip Danny Dingle by Bernard Dibble. Danny and Dilbury try to be chivalrous, but that backfires in a big way. Danny meets Nellie's wacky Uncle Pecan, who does everything backwards. While Danny and his father are in Concarnio, Ma's old suitor Jellicoe returns, now wealthy and wanting a second chance. Danny Dingle; Dub Dabs. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Capp. Stories and art by Al Capp. United's anthology series presented a different comic-strip character in every issue. This issue focuses on the hillbilly antics of Al Capp's Dogpatch, and features the second appearance of Li'l Abner in a comic book. The antics of Dogpatch's cornpone population befuddle Li'l Abner, even while they comment satirically on 1940s American culture. Capp's art style and writing are close to the peak of their precision. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Harry O'Neil. United's anthology series presented a different comic-strip character in every issue. This issue focuses on Western adventure drama Broncho Bill by Harry O'Neil. Baby-faced Broncho Bill faces cattle rustlers, bank robbers and assorted owlhoots in the Old West. Outlaws catch Bill in a precarious position over the Powder River Chasm. Broncho Bill and his sidekick follow a hunch to the identity of the rustler gang's secret leader. The "topper" strip, Bumps, is about a boy growing up in the circus, based on O'Neil's own life. Bumps thinks he and his dad can get vaudeville work with his new hand-walking stunt. Plus a vintage ad for a "Tarzan of the Apes Spinner" (like a pog?): "Be the First in Your Crowd." Creator of Broncho Bill: Harry O'Neill; Broncho Bill; Bumps. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Hal Foster. United's anthology series presented a different comic-strip character in every issue. This issue focuses on the Tarzan strip during the run of Hal Foster, the future artist of the legendary Prince Valiant strip. Reprints Tarzan Sundays #88 (11/6/1932) to #151 (1/28/1934). Tarzan battles the menace of an ancient Egyptian civilization that has somehow survived in the jungle to the present day. Egyptian archers get a bead on the ape man after he takes down an attacking panther. Plus a vintage ad for a "Tarzan of the Apes Spinner" (like a pog?). Creator of Tarzan: Edgar Rice Burroughs; The Menacing Stream. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Charlie Plumb and Bill Conselman. United's anthology series presented a different comic-strip character in every issue. This issue focuses on Depression-era rags-to-riches hero Ella Cinders. Stranded on an island, Ella struggles to make herself known to a native, who turns out to speak perfect English. Ella offers to take over her brother's job at the carnival, but maybe she should have asked what the job was first. Blackie's dropped banana peel leads to a chain-reaction of disasters for Ella. In the "topper" strip, Chris Crusty is a little fuzzy on the nature of "artificial" respiration. Plus biographies and photos of Ella Cinders' writer-artist team, Bill Conselman and Charlie Plumb. And a vintage ad for a "Ella Cinders Spinner" (like a pog?). Bill Conselman and Charlie Plumb Who Bring You Ella Cinders; Ella Cinders; Chris Crusty. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bernard Dibble. United's anthology series presented a different comic-strip character in every issue. This issue focuses on super-powered baseball player Iron Vic. A rare United Features character who originated in comic books (rather than strips), Iron Vic's superpowers were downplayed in favor of sports drama by this point in his series. Iron Vic shows four juvenile delinquents how they can change their lives, both on and off the field. Then he confronts the sinister Dr. Spagna. Plus a biography of artist Bernard Dibble, cartoonist of this and Danny Dingle. Bernard Dibble, Artist, Writer, Baseball Player; Demon of the Diamond; The Kids Idol. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Hal Forrest. Stories and art by Hal Forrest. United's anthology series presented a different comic-strip character in every issue. This issue focuses on aviator hero Tailspin Tommy. The treacherous Cardigan and Betty struggle on his yacht and fall into the ocean, as Tommy races to reach them. Skeets has only one shot to stop the shark that's heading toward Betty. And if he succeeds, they still have to follow the treasure chart and find the treasure before Cardigan does. Plus a biography of Hal Forrest, aviator and cartoonist of Tailspin Tommy. Ace airplane cover by Forrest. Meet Hal Forrest, Air Ace Who Pilots Tailspin Tommy; Demon of the Diamond; The Kids Idol. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Olive Ray Scott and Ed Kuekes. United's anthology series presented a different comic-strip character in every issue. This issue focuses on Alice in Wonderland, the short-lived 1934 strip based on the Lewis Carroll fantasy classic. Writer Olive Ray Scott and artist Ed Kuekes created new adventures in Wonderland for plucky Alice. The footmen let Alice into the Duchess's house, where once again her curiosity gets the better of her. The "topper" strip was Knurl the Gnome. Undine shows Knurl the Gnome the pearls her father got her as a birthday present - but really, she's just showing off. Alice in Wonderland; Knurl the Gnome. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Raeburn Van Buren. Stories and art by Raeburn Van Buren. United's anthology series presented a different comic-strip character in every issue. This issue focuses on comedy-drama Abbie an' Slats: the comic-strip adventures of city boy Slats, his small-town sweetheart Becky, and Becky's reprobate father "Bathless Groggins," with exceptionally nice art by Raeburn Van Buren. This collection starts at the very beginning of the strip, with city boy Slats being adopted by his country aunt Abbie, and meeting the love of his life, small-town girl Becky. Plus a biography of Raeburn Van Buren, creator of Abbie and Slats. Presenting Raeburn Van Buren Who Brings You Abbie an' Slats; Abbie an' Slats. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.