Comic books July 1940

Vol. 41 #7 - July 1940. Trade journal for department stores of all kinds. Full of ads and ideas for various departments including management, inventory, sales, display and even personnel. Profusely illustrated with photographs of displays, products, storefronts, etc. 9 3/4-in. x 12 3/4-in., 114 pages, B&W.

Sample Issue, only issue in series

Cover art by Max Plaisted. The Lost Valley of Mars featuring the Space Rovers, art by Max Plaisted; intro of Mara; vs. Xark. The Voice From the Flames starring Ted Crane, art by George Mandel. The Phony Mask starring The Mask, art by Raymond Thayer. The Theft of the Tank Plans featuring the Son of the Gods, script and art by George Mandel. The Bootleggers starring Dan Williams, art by Raymond Thayer; vs. Chris Toomey. Untitled Sgt. Bill King story, art by Leonard Sansone. The Firebugs starring The Sphinx. The Corpse In the Cave starring Jim Hatfield. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 17, No. 1. July 5, 1940. 8.5" x 11.5". 20 pages. Black and white.

Vol. 17, No. 2. July 12, 1940. 8.5" x 11.5". 24 pages. Black and white.

Victor E. Pazmiño cover. Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "The Gay Thirties" by Hank Barrow; "Goofie Gags" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Butty and Fatty" by M. E. Brady; "Roy Powers, Eagle Scout" by Paul Powell; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Skyroads" by Dick Calkins and Russell Keaton; "Hairbreadth Harry" and "High-Gear Homer" by F. O. Alexander; "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier; "Speed Spaulding" by Edwin Balmer, Philip Wylie, and Marvin Bradley; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Adventures of Patsy" by Mel Graff; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Big Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Seaweed Sam" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Somebody's Stenog" and "The Back-Seat Driver" by A. E. Hayward; "Lightnin' and the Lone Rider" by Jack Kirby (as Lance Kirby) and Frank Robbins; "Above the Crowd" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "Babe Bunting" by Roy L. Williams; "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; "Connie" and "The Wet Blanket" by Frank Godwin; "Life's Like That" by Fred Neher; "There's A Town" by M. E. Brady; and "Homer Hoopee" by Fred Locher. "Long Live the King" text story by Eva Hanks Lycan. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

The Plot of Prince Diablo starring Samson, art by Alex Blum. A Trip Into the Unknown starring Flip Falcon, art by Don Rico. Duel With Saladin starring Golden Knight, art by Grieg Chapian. The House of Four Elms starring Yank Wilson, art by George Tuska [as Lance Ferguson]. The Space Leeches of Bloodu [Planet Bloodu], script and art by Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy]; Space Smith and Dianna escape imprisonment at the hands of the leech-like inhabitants of the planet Bloodu. The Emerald Men of Asperus starring Stardust, script and art by Fletcher Hanks. The Octopeople of Ectroia starring Sub Saunders, art by Henry Kiefer. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 1, Issue 1 - July, 1940. Virgil Finlay cover and illustrations. 6.75" x 9", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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"El Diablo Blanco," script by William Erwin Maxwell, art by Lou Fine; Doll Man hides himself behind El Diablo Blanco to give the impression that the steed could talk, an act which helps Wampum save his land; The horse was then tamed by Doll Man and used to pursue his enemy right off a cliff! "Sacrifice at Tafu," script and art by Vernon Henkel; Captain Fortune vs. a giant. "Ghost of the Coolnook Church," script by Toni Blum (as Noel Fowler), art by Dan Zolnerowich; Zero, Ghost Detective vs. a ghost. "The Wildman of Wolf's Head Bay," script and art by Art Pinajian; Reynolds of the Mounted vs. Tom Paxton. "Arctic Survival Mission" starring Spin Shaw, script and art by Bob Powell. "The Shakespeare Snatch," script and art by William A. Smith (Will Arthur). "The Black Mask," art by Stan Aschmeier; The Voice begins fielding requests for help and installed a special one-way mirror when he interviewed his clients, speaking to them from the mirror; One of the requests led the Voice to engage the mysterious Black Mask in battle. "The Hearing Eye" starring Capt. Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy, script and art by Harry Campbell. "Mystery in the Mine Shaft" starring Rusty Ryan, script and art by Paul Gustavson. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bob Powell. Untitled story, script by Herman Bolstein, pencils by John Celardo; Rip Regan vs. Moronie. Untitled story, pencils by George Tuska (as George Aksut); Shark Brodie vs. Rocky and his gang. Untitled The Spy Fighter story, art by Leonard Frank. "Luis Angel Firpo, the Wild Bull of the Pampas" non-fiction story about the famous boxer. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Chip Collins vs. Abdulla; Prince Bara intro. Untitled story; Spencer Steel vs. The Berge gang; Spencer Steel, Jr. intro. Keeping Fit article. Untitled story, art by Steve Broder; Kinks Mason vs. a gang of poachers; intro of Battler, Kinks's trained seal. Untitled story, script and art by Fletcher Hanks (as Chas Netcher); Having bought a tract of land in territory controlled by lumber hijackers, Big Red must protect his investment from Sledge Sloan. Untitled Oran of the Jungle story. Untitled story; Cpl. Strut Warren vs. Muipo. Untitled story; Kayo Kirby (Red Kirby) vs. Bull. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 71, Issue 615 - July, 1940. Painted cover by Enoch Bolles. Humorous captions paired with movie stills and models. 8.5" x 11", 54 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Flash stars in "The Metal Disintegrator," written by Gardner Fox, art by Everett E. Hibbard. Also includes: King in "The Witch and the Lawyer" by Fox and Harry Lampert; Hawkman in "Czar, the Unkillable Man" by Fox and Sheldon Moldoff; Johnny Thunder in "The Mystery Woman" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; Cliff Cornwall in "The Clue Criminal" by Fox and Sheldon Moldoff (pencils) and Leonard Sansone (inks); "Circus Curse" Flash picture novelette by Ed Wheelan; and The Whip in "The San Creso Mine" by Wentworth and Homer Fleming. Cover art by Moldoff. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

8.5" x 11.5", 100 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.