Comic books July 1940

Summer 1940. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Edmond Hamilton ("Captain Future's Challenge"), Raymond Z. Gallun, John Russell Fearn, and David H. Keller. Illustrations by H. W. Wesso. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Joe Simon. Stories and art by Henry Kiefer, Adolphe Barreaux, Robert Turner, Max Neill, Bently Wade, Robert Leslie Bellem, Art Helfant, A. W. Nugent, Worth B. Carnahan, and George Papp. Harvey makes an early entry in the superhero adventure genre with this anthology. Returning to the US with his magic belt that grants superpowers, Duke O'Dowd takes the identity of "The Human Meteor" to fight crime. Neptina, still involved in undersea struggles to regain her throne, swears off hostilities with the surface world. Secret agent Johnny Fox loses his invisibility powers. Champ; Queer Championships; Neptina; Dragon's Teeth; Johnny Fox; Simple Snitz: The Strange Case of the Missing Toys; Robinhood Jones; Duke O'Dowd; Champion Puzzler; Jailbreak; Liberty Lads; Jungleman. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $5.00 View scans Spine split 20%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.

This issue with full-color centerfold with cast image from the 1940 film "Pride and Prejudice". Cover price $0.10.

Volume 11, Issue 4 - July, 1940. Fiction stories by Erskine Caldwell, Duane Decker and Franklin Coen, Illustrations by Nicholas F. Riley, James Wittlig and Jon Holmgren. 8.5" x 11", 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

July 7, 1941. Comic supplement included with the Chicago Tribune each Sunday. In this issue: Brenda Starr, Dill and Daffy, Them Days, Bobby Make-Believe, Spooky, Hy Score, Bucks McKale, Gertie O'Grady, Love Dovey, Texas Slim, and Mort Green and Wife. Loose folded newsprint pages, 10.75" x 7.75", 16 pages, full color.

July 21, 1941. Comic supplement included with the Chicago Tribune each Sunday. In this issue: Gertie O'Grady, Dill and Daffy, Brenda Starr, Them Days, Bobby Make-Believe, Spooky, Hy Score, Bucks McKale, Love Dovey, Texas Slim, and Mort Green and Wife. Loose folded newsprint pages, 10.75" x 7.75", 16 pages, full color.

Cover by Hal Forrest. Stories and art by Rex Maxon, R. W. Palmer, Hal Forrest, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Bill Conselman, Charlie Plumb, Bernard Dibble, Rudolph Dirks, John Paul Berdanier, Harry O'Neill, H. E. Homan, R. M. Brinkerhoff, Dick Richards, George Lichty, Frank N. Ernest, Frank Owen, and Raeburn Van Buren. Sometimes listed as Comics on Parade Vol. 3 #4. Early in the transformation of comic strips to comic books, United Features Syndicate published Comics on Parade as a showcase for its most popular strips, including Tarzan, Li'l Abner and Nancy. Separated from Korak, Meriam is saved by a handsome, mysterious stranger, in the adaptation of The Son of Tarzan with art by Rex Maxon. Trying to put Crabtree Corners behind her, Becky finds herself in the big city. Li'l Abner is tricked into proposing marriage by the crooked Madame Mercedes. Tailspin Tommy; Tailspin Tommy Model Plans; Jasper; Abbie an' Slats; The Captain and the Kids; Tarzan of the Apes; How It Began; Twice Told Tales; Broncho Bill; Looy Dot Dope; Dynamite Dunn; How to Make It; Stampin' Around; Nancy; Billy Make Believe; The Boomers; Little Mary Mixup; Ella Cinders; Danny Dingle; Li'l Abner. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

July 1940 Volume 2, No. 4. Timely Detective Magazine. Photo cover. Girls in Bondage. True crime articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 66 p, B&W Cover price $0.15.

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Vol. 8, No. 3, Issue 45 - July 1940. 5.25" x 7.5", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $7.00 View scans Spine split 10%. Staple rust: Slight.

Agriculture and farming magazine. Includes articles, fiction, and humor. 11" x 14", 78 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.

Cover art by Gill Fox. The Black Condor In America, script by Will Eisner [as Kenneth Lewis], art by Lou Fine; On his first trip to America, the Condor serves as protector to a friend's daughter. Untitled Ned Brant story, script by Bob Zuppke, art by B. W. DePew. Thomas Andrews Kidnapped By the Spider starring Alias the Spider, script and art by Paul Gustavson. Untitled Molly the Model story, script and art by John Devlin. The Pirate Subs starring Red Torpedo, script by Henry Kiefer [as Roy Larkin], art by Kiefer. Gang Czar's Right Hand Man Arrested starring The Clock, script and art by George E. Brenner. The Death-Ray Decoy starring Wizard Wells, script and art by Harry Francis Campbell. Untitled Jane Arden story, script by Monte Barrett, art by Russell E. Ross. The Escape of Lucky Largo featuring the Space Legion, script and art by Vernon Henkel. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Roy Crane, Fred Harman, Norman Marsh, Art Krenz, Bill Ely, J. R. Williams, Merrill Blosser, Ray Thompson, Charles Coll, Martha Orr, Win Smith, Al McWilliams, Al Lewin, Frank V. Martinek, Leon A. Beroth, and Abe Martin. Crackajack Funnies presented original stories and reprints of classic comic strips, including Roy Crane's influential Wash Tubbs & Captain Easy. Red Ryder, Tess and Little Beaver try to stop Morgan from taking Red's land before more violence breaks out. After a fire aboard the Flying Fortress, Stratosphere Jim learns that one of the crew is a saboteur. When a vaudeville performer is murdered, Ellery Queen discovers that everyone on the bill had a reason to kill her. Plus a Tarzan prose story. And a comics version of the 1940 movie One Million B.C. In This Corner; Ellery Queen; Dan Dunn; Red Ryder; The Owl; Wash Tubbs; Apple Mary; Gabby Scoops; The Crusoes; Stratosphere Jim; Don Winslow of the Navy; One Million B.C.; Tarzan; Time Marches Back with Looney Luke; Out Our Way; Curious World. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bert Whitman. Stories and art by Jack Kirby, Robert Turner, Rudolf Johnson, Nam Chung Po and Pagsilang Isip. The adventures of Strongman and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. Strongman tries to prevent a powerful nation from invading a neighboring democracy. The Solar Legion encounters sea monsters and an underwater city in the Martian canals, in an early story by comics legend Jack Kirby. The Flying Trio mounts a desperate attack on the enemy with one of their own captured bombers. Plus a story by pioneering Filipino-American artist Pagsilang Rey Isip. Strongman; Buck Burke; Secret Agent Z-2; Solar Legion; Law of the Wild; Blue Streak; The Flying Trio; Jane Drake; Alec: The Reign of Yang; Shangra. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.