Comic books April 1940

Cover by Ed Kressy and Norman Fallon. Stories and art by Emile C. Schurmacher, Ed Kressy, Norman Fallon and Jack Alderman. An early science fiction comic book from publisher Hillman, featuring Rocket Riley, the Phantom Ranger and other embryonic superheroes. The King of Saturn forces Professor Sterling to build a fleet of rocket ships, and throws Rocket Riley in the dungeon to battle the pythocra. Lt. Jones catches up with the Steel Shark, and learns about his high-tech pirate submarine. Disfigured genius Robert Larson becomes Defender after he creates a face-changing mask to fight crime, similar to the later movie hero Darkman. Rocket Riley: The Runaway Rocket, Part 2; Hurricane Hart: Pearls of Death; Red Roberts; The Phantom Ranger: Within the Law; The Steel Shark; Buzzard Barnes; Defender: The Man with a Thousand Faces; Spike Williamson and His Sky Fighters: Handcuffed to Death. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lou Fine. Stories by Dick Briefer and Bert Whitman. Art by Emil Gershwin, Dick Briefer, George Tuska, and Bert Whitman. An anthology of Golden Age adventure comics featuring sci-fi heroes and some of the very first superheroes. Dynamo encounters The Genius, a criminal mastermind who figures out his weakness, in a story by Dick Briefer; Investigating a lost squadron of military spaceships, Perisphere Payne encounters a strange beam that pulls his ship deep beneath the surface of Mars. Also featuring an ad (from the publisher, Fox comics) for the Comic-Scope, which will project comic strips on the wall for your friends to see. The Eagle: The Pickpocket Peril; Dynamo: The Genius's Anti-Dynamo Device; Cosmic Carson: Prisoner of the Hoof-Men; Perisphere Payne: The Lost Squadron; Build a Tank; Build an Arctic Schooner; Marga the Panther Woman: The Return of Uchunko; The Death of the Sun; Dr. Doom: The Atomic Ray; Navy Jones: The Undersea Gold Thieves. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Women's magazine with articles and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $45.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%.

Volume 33, Issue 3 - April 1, 1940. 6.5" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $24.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Front cover detached 40%. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 33, Issue 4 - April 15, 1940. April 15, 1940. 6.5" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $18.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 60%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

April 25, 1940. 6.75" x 9.75", 178 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Vintage monthly published magazine with a focus on the film industry as a whole. First published in November of 1930, publication continued through the late 1970s. Priding itself as a source for exclusive behind the scenes stories about filmmaking, Silver Screen also contained a fair amount of articles about celebrities, their relationships, the latest in fashion, and film reviews. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Gus Ricca, Hal Sharp, and Mike Suchorsky. An adventure anthology from Fawcett, featuring such little-known heroes as Jungle King, Hurricane Hansen, and time traveler Mark Swift. Jim Dolan investigates a test pilot's death and learns some disturbing facts. Lee Granger, Jungle King, sets out to rescue Margie, kidnapped daughter of a diplomat, in the jungle nation of Sudana. Mark Swift takes the Time Retarder back to the Crusades, just in time to save King Richard the Lionhearted and meet Saladin. Diamond Jack; War Bird; Jim Dolan; Dark Deviltry; Lucky Lawton; Lee Granger, Jungle King; Hurricane Hansen; Mark Swift and the Time Retarder. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Espionage Starring the Black 'X' story, script and art by Will Eisner. Abdul the Arab story, script and art by Vernon Henkel. Flash Fulton story, script and art by Paul Gustavson. Clip Chance at Cliffside story, script and art by George Brenner [as Scot Sheridan]. Wings Wendall story, script and art by Vernon Henkel. Case of the Roving Taxicab starring Captain Cook of Scotland Yard, art by Stanley Aschmeier. The Phantom Fog starring John Law, Scientective, script and art by Harry Francis Campbell. Chic Carter story, script and art by Vernon Henkel. Invisible Justice story, script and art by Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon]. War starring Hugh Hazard and His Iron Man, script and art by George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Coverless $89.00 or Best Offer View scan Small corner piece missing from centerfold, slight interruption of art and story. Centerfold detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover art by Bob Powell. Shock Gibson story with The Hooded Riders, art by Maurice Scott. The Three Aces In Argentina starring Crash, Cork, and the Baron, script and art by Klaus Nordling (Fred North). Ted Parrish story, script and art by Bob Powell. Voodoo Drums text story by Rex Rollins. Guatemala starring Biff Bannon, script and art by Dick Briefer (Rem Brant). Lt. Jim Cannon story, script and art by C. A. Winter. Landor, Maker of Monsters story, art by Gregory Torrey. Mars Mason story, script and art by Munson Paddock (Glenn Rose). Spike Marlin story, art by George Tuska (Carl Larson). 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Poor $30.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 30%. Incomplete, See Notes.

"The Man from Hell" book-length novel by Grant Stockbridge.

April 1940. Sports fiction stories by William R. Cox "Tournament of Blood", Alden H. Norton "Throw the Bum Out!", Roger G. Spellman, Nelson A. Hutto, and Daniel Winters. 7" x 9 1/2"; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fair $15.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Front cover detached 20%.

Vol. 20, No. 3 - April 1940. 7" x 9", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $86.00 View scans Trimmed TRIMMED.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $49.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 10%.

Volume 3, Issue 2 - April, 1940. 6.75" x 9.75", 132 pages, B&W. 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 Bill Holman. Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Bill Holman, Zack Mosley, Stanley Link, Oskar Lebeck, Frank Willard, Gus Edson, Walter Berndt, Ed Leffingwell, Martin Branner, Ken Ernst, Ed Moore, Erwin Hess, Dick Fletcher, Al Posen and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Dick Tracy goes after the faceless killer known as The Blank. To escape Pat Ryan's wrath, Sandhurst has Pat arrested in a foreign city. The seaplane that rescued war correspondent Jack Wander, from the U-boat is shot down over enemy territory. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie, Smokey Stover and The Gumps. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Magic Morro; The Crusoes; Winnie Winkle; The Gumps; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Jim Ellis; Zipper; Jack Wander, War Correspondent; Terry and the Pirates; Streaky; Elmer; Sweeney & Son; Smokey Stover; Little Joe; Smilin' Jack. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $275.00 View scans Front cover coupon cut. Interior oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Cover art by Claire Moe. Reported Seen In Chicago starring White Streak, script and art by Carl Burgos. The Phony Kidnapping of Dawn Parsons starring Bull's-Eye Bill, script and art by Bill Everett. Ghost Ship starring Lucky Byrd, script and art by Harry Campbell. The Inheritance starring the Hi-Grass Twins, script and art by Jack Cole. Return of the Octopus starring T-Men, script by E. F. Webster, art by Joe Simon. Mystery In Hidden Cove starring City Editor, art by Harold Potter. Dance of Death--Fantastic Feature Films, script and art by Tarpe Mills. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 38, No. 2 - April 1940. 6.75" x 9.75", 112 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $2.65 View scans

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $2.50 View scans Water damage: Slight.

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", 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Cover by Alexander Kostuk. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Richard Hughes, Alexander Kostuk, August Froehlich, Hal Sherman, George Mandel, Ed Wexler, Capt. Kerry McRoberts, John Daly, Ray Gill, and Terry Gilkson. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.