Comic books September 1940

Volume 1, Issue 1 - September 1940. Vintage Men's interest magazine, includes articles on sports, fashion, humor, and of course, lots of lovely ladies. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Semi-professional fanzine, published and edited by William L. Hamling. 6" x 9", 36 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $31.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $37.00 View scans Paper: Off white

Sept 1940. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Benson Herbert, Oscar J. Friend, Ray Cummings, and Gerald Bowman. "Thrills in Science" column by Mort Weisinger. Two-page Galileo bio in comic form. One Virgil Finlay illustration. Alex Schomburg illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Strength & Health was one of the earliest magazines devoted to fitness and bodybuilding. Through the early 1960s, it was the most popular weightlifting magazine in the United States. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Dick Fletcher. Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Bill Holman, Zack Mosley, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Gus Edson, Walter Berndt, Ed Leffingwell, Martin Branner, Ken Ernst, Ed Moore, Dick Fletcher, Al Posen and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. After Normandie's testimony, Pat Ryan is acquitted, and Sandhurst tries to take out his frustration on Big Stoop. Magic Morro strikes a deal with female pirate Captain Davy Jones Jr. over the treasure map, in a story featuring some bad-girl art. On the German-French border, Jack Wander, War Correspondent investigates Count de Coussac and the strange coded messages being flashed from his castle. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie, Dick Tracy, and The Gumps. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Magic Morro; All Americans; Winnie Winkle; The Gumps; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Jim Ellis; Jack Wander, War Correspondent; Terry and the Pirates; Sweeney & Son; Smokey Stover; Little Joe; Smilin' Jack. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

September 1940. Volume 1, Issue 4. "Invisible One" by Neil Jones, "The girl in the bottle" by Jack Williamson. Other science fiction stories by Max Sheridan, Helen Weinbaum, Robert Wiley, and Isaac Asimov. Softcover Pulp, 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; 128 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

#3 edition dated September 1940. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $105.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Back cover detached 10%. Staple rust: Moderate.

No. 12 - Autumn 1940. 6.5" x 9", 72 pages, B&W.

Cover art by Alonzo Vincent. The Attack of General Z: Part 2 starring Calling 2-R, script and art by Alonzo Vincent. The Vulture Men From the Void starring Spacehawk, script and art by Basil Wolverton. The Menace of Dr. Death starring White Streak, script and art by Carl Burgos. Port of Missing Ships starring Lucky Byrd, script and art by Harry Campbell. Spies of the Oriental Chop House starring Chameleon, script by Doug Allen, art by Bill Everett. The Wildcat Cub and the Movie Cowboy: Part 1 starring Bull's-Eye Bill, script by B. Holmes, art by L. Kenner. Wedding Present--Fantastic Feature Films, script and art by Tarpe Mills. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Theatre Arts 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. 8.5" x 11", 88 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Cover by Kin Platt. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Richard Hughes, George Mandel, Leonard Sansone, Barry Brandon, Elmer Wexler, Kin Platt, John Daly, and Ray McGill. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $17.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $17.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.

Sept 1940. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Arthur J. Burks, Frederic Arnold Kummer Jr., Max C. Sheridan, Kelvin Kent, Malcolm Jameson, Ray Cummings, Edmond Hamilton, and Oscar J. Friend. Scientifacts column by Mort Weisinger. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Rudolph Dirks. Stories and art by Hal Foster, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Bill Conselman, Charlie Plumb, Rudolph Dirks, Dick Moores, Harry O'Neill, Ed Dodd, J. Carver Pusey, Maurice Ketten, Hal Forrest, Raeburn van Buren, R. M. Brinkerhoff, Robert Dickey, John Hix and Ben Batsford. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 5 #5. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Tarzan encounters a long-lost Egyptian empire, in Tarzan Sunday strips with art by Hal Foster. But then he angers the high priest of this strange colony and its pharaoh. There's nothing the Yokums can do to escape once the Pips have attached themselves to the Yokums, in a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Tarzan of the Apes; Jim Hardy; Bumps; Divot Diggers; Broncho Bill; Stamp Tips; Strange as It Seems; Frankie Doodle; Four Aces; How It Began; Phil Fumble; Fritzi Ritz; Twice Told Tales; Joe Jinks; Little Mary Mixup; Abbie an' Slats; Ella Cinders; Chris Crusty. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $89.00 View scans Interior is complete. Full length spine split, centerfold detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $132.00 or Best Offer View scans Interior is complete, ripped into three sections. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Stories and art by Charles Biro, August Froehlich, Stan Schendel, and Fred Meagher. When movie cowboy Tom Mix's radio show hit it big, sponsor Ralston Purina offered Tom Mix Comics by mail for two boxtops of any Ralston cereal. The art, often uncredited, is exceptionally nice in this series. A mysterious wave of cattle rustling plagues the ranchers of Dobie, and only Tom Mix can find the culprits. The Fumble family deals with a visit from cantankerous, miserly Uncle Amos, in a story with art by comics legend Charles Biro. Tom tries to stop Black Bart's gang from holding up the train at Devil's Pass. Plus activities pages, magic tricks, and a somewhat spurious comics biography of screen legend and real-life cowboy Tom Mix. And a vintage ad for Ralston cereal prizes, including a 48-star American flag and a "pocket size camera." Ghost Canyon; The Fumble Family with Amos Q. Snood; My Favorite Magic Tricks; Sure as Shootin'; Jane's Page; Jane of Dream Castle; Straight Shooters Keep Busy; The Gunsight Holdup. 32 pages, Full Color.

Auction Item: FR/GD 1.5 View scans Auction opens January 3 Trimmed TRIMMED. Spine damaged (book removed from a bound volume).

Add to cart PR 0.5 $265.95 or Best Offer View scans INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, affects Shanghai Sheridan, Lariat Law, and Streak Chandler stories. Heavy mildew odor, corner chew. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

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

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $20.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $26.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Water damage: Slight.

Add to cart Fair $10.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 60%.

Vol. 4, No. 1 - September 1940. 6.75" x 9.75", 164 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Issue #46 - Sept. 6, 1940. UK edition. Weekly published during the World War II, profusely illustrated with photographs, maps and drawings. 10 1/4-in. x 13 3/4-in., 16 pages, B&W.

Issue #47 - Sept. 13, 1940. UK edition. Weekly published during the World War II, profusely illustrated with photographs, maps and drawings. 10 1/4-in. x 13 3/4-in., 20 pages, B&W.

Issue #48 - Sept. 20, 1940. UK edition. Weekly published during the World War II, profusely illustrated with photographs, maps and drawings. 10 1/4-in. x 13 3/4-in., 16 pages, B&W.

Issue #49 - Sept. 27, 1940. UK edition. Weekly published during the World War II, profusely illustrated with photographs, maps and drawings. 10 1/4-in. x 13 3/4-in., 16 pages, B&W.

Volume 46, Issue 2 - September 1940. "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.

Edited by Victor Fox. Stories and art by Louis Cazeneuve (as Jerry Abus), Pierce Rice, Don Rico, Bert Whitman, B. A. Martin, Allan Spectre, and Phillips Judge. An anthology of science fiction, horror and adventure comics from Fox. This is as pulpy as it gets. The Dart and Ace learn that the Redshirt gang is planning to kidnap the governor; The ruler of Earth is bitten by a winged snake, and the only cure is the blood of the Unknown Horror, so they call Blast Bennett; Explosives expert Peter Thor becomes immune to demolition, so he decides to fight crime, flying through the air by blowing up sticks of dynamite he keeps in his belt. Dart; Sorceress of Zoom; Solar Plexis; Blast Bennett; Dr. Mortal; Explorers In the Space Ways; Voodoo Man; Typhon; Dynamite Thor. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Auction Item: CGC 7.0 View scans Auction opens January 3 Paper: Off white to white Label #4416090013

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $110.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white to white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%.

Add to cart Good $63.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 10%.

Volume 35, Issue 5 - September 1940. Edited by Dorothy McIlwraith. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.15.