Comic books January 1941

The Action Trio starring Target, script and art by Bob Wood. The Treachery of Smebar starring Spacehawk, script and art by Basil Wolverton. The White Streak Smashes the Green Tie Society, script and art by Carl Burgos. The Scarlet Squadron starring Lucky Byrd, script and art by Harry Campbell. Christmas At the Target Dude Ranch starring Bull's-Eye Bill, script by B. Holmes, art by L. Kenner. Satan's Colors--Fantastic Feature Films, script and art by Tarpe Mills. The Rescue of Robert Gray starring Chameleon, script by Doug Allen, art by Bob Davis. Showdown With General Z starring Calling 2-R, script and art by Alonzo Vincent. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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January 1941. Theatre Arts Monthly is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures. Broadway and Hollywood. Twelfth Night, Panama Hattie in review. Dancing to Music in hit shows, Fantasia and Fantasound in review. Hitchcock and Capra in action on the set. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W. Printed on a nice heavy stock. Cover price $0.35.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Richard Hughes, Kin Platt, Ed Wexler, George Mandel, Alexander Kostuk, Jackson Cole, Leonard Sansone, and John Daly. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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.

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Volume 19, Issue 1 - January, 1941. Cover by Gabriel Mayorga. Stories by Henry Kuttner, Arthur J. Burks, Raymond Z. Gallun, Alfred Bester, Kelvin Kent, Otis Adelbert Kline, Joseph J. Millard, and Frederick Engelhardt. Scientifacts column by Mort Weisinger. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Burne Hogarth, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Bill Conselman, Charlie Plumb, Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Dick Moores, Fred Methot, Reg Greenwood, Harry O'Neill, Hal Forrest, Bernard Dibble, Raeburn van Buren, R. M. Brinkerhoff, John Hix and Ben Batsford. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 5 #9. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. When Tarzan's human army fails to repel the invaders, he enlists the great apes, in Tarzan Sunday strips with art by Burne Hogarth. Nancy is abducted by the strange forces of "The Great One," and Jim Hardy must find her. Super-powered baseball player Iron Vic faces mobster tactics during exhibition games in the Southern hemisphere. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Tarzan of the Apes; The Mirror Man; The Triple Terror; Jim Hardy; Bumps; Broncho Bill; Stamp Tips; Strange as It Seems; Frankie Doodle; Tailspin Tommy; Iron Vic; Phil Fumble; Fritzi Ritz; Little Mary Mixup; Ella Cinders. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Camy. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Cliff Campbell, Al Camy, Harry Shorten, Harvey Biern, Irv Novick, Nick Zuraw, Bob Wood, Lin Streeter, Ed Smalle, Joe Blair, and Bernard Klein (as Bobby King). Heroic tales of action and adventure—these are Top Notch Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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1941 Tournament of Roses Annual Souvenir Book published by the Pasadena Star-News and Pasadena Post. B&W and color.

8.5" x 11", 128 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

January, 1941. Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Floyd Gottfredson, Ted Thwaites, Ted Osborne, Merrill De Maris, Hubie Karp, Bob Grant, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 1, #4. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured early work by Carl Barks, the legendary Good Duck Artist. In a classic Floyd Gottfredson story from the Mickey Mouse comic strip, Donald and Goofy are convinced the Seven Ghosts are real. But when Mickey follows the secret passage to a coastal cave, he learns the secret of the spirits. In another Gottfredson story, Mickey Mouse travels to Africa in search of buried treasure. Donald disguises himself as a chicken in an attempt to steal eggs. Safety in Numbers; He'll Whistle For His Eats; The Country Cousin; Well! Dog My Cats; Donald Gets the Drift; 'Snow Use; Mickey Mouse: In Search of Jungle Treasure; Shoo, Fly, Don't Bother Me; A Frightful Eyeful; Big-hearted Pluto; Ten Little Country Boys; Golden Eggs; Need More Be Said?; Pluto's Quinpuplets; Rain on the Roof; Yuh Can't Pool Donald; The Seven Ghosts. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Title resumed with the outbeak of World War II.

Volume 46, Issue 6 - January 1941. "A Magazine for Boys and Girls." Stories, poems, and activities designed for kids. 7-in. x 10-in., 36 pages, PC,PB&W Cover price $0.20.

Cover by Edd Ashe. Edited by Victor Fox. Stories and art by Louis Cazeneuve, Joe Simon, Bert Whitman, Nathaniel Nitkin, James T. Royal, and Robert Webb (Harold Weber). 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 when she learns the identity of a crime boss; A mentalist abducts a scientist to steal the secret of his new electric gun from his very mind; Marga guides a medical expedition into the jungle, where they crash-land in a lost valley inhabited by cavemen. Dart; Sorceress of Zoom; Dr. Mortal; Eagle; Election Murder; Marga the Panther Woman; Dynamo; Navy Jones. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 35, Issue 7 - January 1941. Edited by Dorothy McIlwraith. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Vol. 188, No. 1 - January 4, 1941. 6.5" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 188, Issue 2 - January 11, 1941. 6.5" x 9", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 188, No. 3 - January 18, 1941. 6.5" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 188, No. 4 - January 25, 1941. 6.5" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C. C. Beck. "The Engine of Doom," script by Bill Parker, art by C. C. Beck; Billy asks Mr. Morris if he could go to Europe and ride back on a refugee rescue ship as the Gnazis have threatened to torpedo it, endangering the lives of innocent women and children. "Ballots and Blood" starring Golden Arrow, art by Pete Costanza. "Chestful of Danger" starring Lance O'Casey, art by Bob Kingett. "The Mask's Fifth Column," script by Bill Parker; Spy Smasher, Eve and Admiral Corby are all in on the battle against the Mask's Fifth Columnists, many of whom are hiding in a mountain stronghold, awaiting orders from their leader to attack Washington. "The Big Shot" starring Dan Dare, art by Greg Duncan. "Jungle Magic" text story. Untitled Dr. Voodoo story, art by Mac Raboy; Hal and Nikko, while on a hunting trip, discover a diamond mine and diamonds that can be sold and the money used to build a jungle hospital. "The Widow's Wishes" starring Ibis the Invincible, script by Bill Parker, art by Pete Costanza. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 142, Issue 5 (Whole Number 1995) - January 11, 1941. 6.5" x 9", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 143, Issue 1 (Whole Number 1997) - January 25, 1941. 6.5" x 9", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Gene Fawcette. Edited by Malcolm Reiss, Jerry Iger and Will Eisner. Stories and art by Arthur Peddy, Witmer Williams, Henry Kiefer, Klaus Nordling, Gene Fawcette, George Tuska, Leonard Frank, and Alex Blum. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. The Parachute Patrol kids, excluded from the war effort because of their age, follow Nazi spies back to their hidden submarine; While off of combat duty, Suicide Smith trains The Haywire Squadron; A story speculating on the future use of airplane-shaped missiles guided by human pilots. Skull Squad; Parachute Patrol; Jane Martin; Clipper Kirk; F4 of the Air Intelligence; Suicide Smith; The Phantom Falcons; Wing Tips; Yankee Manners; A Bomb With Wings; Powder Burns; No Wings For a Coward; Greasemonkey Griffin. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

The Numbers Racket starring Flame. The Origin of the Black Lion and Cub, art by Charles A. Winter. The Slaves of Fu Chu starring Yarko and Fu Chu. Peril In Pascos starring Tex Maxon, art by Munson Paddock (Chuck Munson). The Star of Budha starring Patty O'Day. Revolution In San Carlin text story by Nathaniel Nitkin (N. N. Nathaniel). Trouble On the Waterfront starring Dr. Fung. Saving the Ambassador starring Spark Stevens. Ontez the Bomber--K-51 Spies At War, art by Charles A. Winter. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

January 1941. "The Detective Novel" by Frank Gruber, "Something To Say" by Aron M. Mathieu, "Poetry That Pays" by Clement Wood, "New York, Kansas City and Indianapolis Markets" by Harriet A. Bradfield, "Author Deserts House" by Norman A. Fox, and "Selling A Column" by William Higgins. 68 Pages, B&W, 6.5" x 9.5". Cover price $0.25.

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Edited by Abner Sundell. Cover art by Charles Biro. "The Murder of John (Steel) Sterling," art by Charles Biro; John Sterling is hit deliberately by a moving truck and killed; At night he digs his way out of his grave. "Into the Magic Forest," script and art by Louis Golden; Dick braves the Magic Forest in search of its priceless possessions. "Murder In the Northwest Logging Camp," art by Frank Volp; Nevada and Joe has arrived at the Great Falls lumber camp to help solve the brutal murders. "Death By Radio," script by Joe Blair, art by Irv Novick; Professor Fischer kills two of his assistants by high velocity radio transmission waves which disintegrates the brain. "Battle In the Mediterranean," script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle, Jr.; On air patrol in the Mediterranian, Tom and Tim sinks an Italian aircraft carrier captured from the French. "The Last Indian Uprising" text story; The uprising of the Ute tribe in 1915. "The Book Bombs," scrip by Abner Sundell, art by Mort Meskin; Valor and his friends are in pursuit of Tania and the Russian Neek-Olaus, who have stolen the treasure of Wang Fu. "The Return of Mr. Nimbus," script by Abner Sundell, art by Mort Meskin; Dr. Nimbus kidnaps Inez to make her tell who the Scarlet Avenger is. "The Priest of the Chin Hills," script by Joe Blair, art by Lin Streeter; A black magician has kidnapped the only living descendant of the ancient rulers of Burma, and unless he is returned, it means revolution. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.