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Comic books May 1940, graded by CGC

  • Item #63245978
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    • Paper: Light tan to off white
    • Label #4107361001

    Cover art by Joe Simon. The Monsters Are Coming starring Samson, art by Alex Blum. Sir Lucifer Attacks starring Flip Falcon, art by Don Rico. The Sport of Bdula Khan starring Golden Knight, art by Grieg Chapian. Case of the Sinking Subs [The Saboteurs], script and art by Fletcher Hanks [as Lance Ferguson]; Yank Wilson stops a spy ring that was responsible for sinking United States submarines. The Vacuumites starring Space Smith, script and art by Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy]. Dr. Martinious, Warlord of Mars starring Stardust, script and art by Fletcher Hanks. The Man Who Hated the World starring Sub Saunders. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #61778709
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    $125.00
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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • 6 center wraps missing.
    • Label #4471846001
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    Rex King of the Deep; John Carter; Capt. Easy

    Stories and art by Roy Crane, V. T. Hamlin, John Coleman Burroughs, Gaylord Du Bois, Bob Jenney, Al McWilliams, Walt Spouse, Walker Harman, and Win Smith. The Funnies presented reprints of classic comic strips, including Roy Crane's influential Captain Easy, alongside original material. Appointed to the palace of the Jeddak of Zodanga after rescuing the Jeddak's cousin, John Carter uses the opportunity to track down Dejah Thoris. But believing Carter was dead, she has sworn to marry the son of her captor, in the official comic-strip adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' A Princess of Mars. John Carter art by John Coleman Burroughs, son of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Captain Easy and Wash Tubbs try to make ends meet with a traveling medicine show. John Carter Warlord of Mars; The Sky Ranger; Alley Oop; Bosko; What Would You Do?; Rex, King of the Deep; Oz; Captain Easy; The O'Malley Kids; Whitey Harrison; Mr. District Attorney; Speed Martin. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #61934993
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    $450.00
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    • Restored: B1
    • Paper: Off white
    • Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover.
    • Label #4419776015
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    Vol. 2, No. 1 - May 1940. Title becomes Marvel Stories (1940-1941 Western Fiction) Pulp with Vol. 2 #2. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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  • Item #63232593
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    • Restored: B1
    • Paper: Off white
    • RESTORATION INCLUDES: small amount of color touch on cover, cover re-glossed. FROM THE COLLECTION OF RUBEN BLADES.
    • Label #4473659010

    Cover art by Claire Moe. The Gas Mask Disaster starring White Streak, script and art by Carl Burgos. The Counterfeit Lottery Ring starring T-Men, art by Joe Simon. Bomb-Sight Boomerang starring Lucky Byrd, script and art by Harry Campbell. The Garment District Diamond Smugglers starring City Editor, art by Harold Potter. The Music Monster--Fantastic Feature Films, script and art by Tarpe Mills. The Beautiful Baby Contest starring the Hi-Grass Twins, script and art by Jack Cole. The Coming of Cameron starring Bull's-Eye Bill, script and art by Bill Everett. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #61600134
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    • Conserved
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Conservation includes: leaf casting to cover and 1st wrap, centerfold reinforced, cover cleaned.
    • Label #4411396001

    Cover by Lou Fine. Edited by Victor Fox. Stories and art by Pierce Rice, Arturo Cazeneuve, Louis Cazeneuve, Don Rico, Fred Schwab, Bert Whitman, Allan Spectre, Arnold Mazos, and Phllips Judge. An anthology of science fiction, horror and adventure comics from Fox. This is as pulpy as it gets. Grant and Glenda are shipwrecked in mine-heavy waters until he calls on the power of Thor; Undersea explorer Typhon and his crew are captured by the hideous mermen; Bird Man battles giant reptiles that threaten the peace of a primitive canyon tribe. Thor; Sorceress of Zoom; Solar Plexis; Blast Bennett; Dr. Mortal; Voodoo Man; The Speaking Rock; Bird Man; Typhon. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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