Comic books August 1940
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Tags: Superman$3,050.00
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- Very small amount of dried glue on spine of cover. Very minor amount of color touch on cover. From the Collection of "Crazy Ed's Comics". Includes paperwork from the Crazy Ed's Comic Collection.
- Label #1210137001
- First wrap detached and damaged along spine and edges.
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A Superman adventure leads off this issue, followed by: Pep Morgan story by Gene Baxter --- The Black Pirate by Sheldon Moldoff --- Untitled Three Aces story A Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster. Tex Thompson in "The Return of the Gorrah!" --- An untitled Clip Carson adventure --- Zatara, the Master Magician in "The Vanished Explorer!" Full page ad for Superman #6. Full page ad for Supermen of America club. Inside front cover ad for All Star Comics #1 plus ads for Batman #1, Superman #5 and Detective #41. 68 Pages, Full Color. $.10 Cover price $0.10.
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$650.00
View scans- Interior is complete. Full length spine split (taped). Heavy tape on interior of cover and pages.
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Cover art by Bernard Baily. The Minute Men of America, art by Bernard Baily; The Hourman investigates the suspicious deaths of twelve children who work in a factory owned by a Mr. Tareff. Ad for Mutt & Jeff #2. Fang Gow's Daughter starring Barry O'Neill, script and art by Ed Winiarski. The Plot of Vas Onga starring Mark Lansing, script and art by Howard Purcell. The Coast Line Limited Crackup starring the Federal Men, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Chad Grothkopf. The Women Warriors starring Cotton Carver, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Jack Lehti. Shanghaied starring Steve Conrad Adventurer, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Jack Lehti. The Great I: Part 2 starring Socko Strong, script by Albert Sulman, art by Joseph Sulman. The Loan Sharks starring The Sandman, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Creig Flessel. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Tags: Air Trails (1932-1955) (part Vol. 14 #5), Pulp AdventurePublished Aug 1940 by Street & Smith.$19.00
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10" x 13.5", 68 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.
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Published Aug 1940 by Experimenter Publications.$27.00
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- Front cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.
Aug 1940. Front cover by Leo Morey & Julian S. Krupa. Back cover by Frank R. Paul. Stories by David Wright O'Brien "Suicide Squadrons of Space", Richard O. Lewis, Ralph Milne Farley, Edmond Hamilton, Malcolm Jameson, Don Wilcox, and Donald Bern. Illustrations by Julian S. Krupa, Will Panak, H. R. Hammond, Dick Shaw, and Joe Sewell. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.
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Published Aug 1940 by William T. Dewart.$11.00
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$2.50
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$2.50
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- Front cover detached 40%. Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.
"Yaqui Gold" 2/5 serial by E. Hoffmann Price.
Volume 301, Issue 1 - August 3, 1940. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Aug 1940 by William T. Dewart.$11.00
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$2.65
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- Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 70%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
Volume 301, Issue 2 - August 10, 1940. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Aug 1940 by William T. Dewart.$10.00
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- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
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$2.50
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- Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.
$2.50
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- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 60%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Volume 301, Issue 3 - August 17, 1940. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Aug 1940 by William T. Dewart.$5.00
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- Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.
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$4.00
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$2.50
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- 1/2 Book length spine split with amateur restoration. Heavy water damage. Soiling. Foxing. Staple rust. Rust migration.
Volume 301, Issue 4 - August 24, 1940. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Aug 1940 by William T. Dewart.$8.00
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$2.50
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$2.65
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August 31, 1940. Stories include "Minions of Mercury" (part 1) by William Gray Beyer, "Forgotten Island" by Allan Vaughan Elston, "Buckshot for Henry" by W.C. Tuttle, "Wilderness Way" by C.F. Kearns, "Fifteen Dollars Every Friday" by Fred Englehardt, "Destination Unknown" (part 3) by Richard Sale, and "Water Flows Downhill" by Jim Kjelgaardn. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 116 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Aug 1940 by Fictioneers, Inc..$18.00
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- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$5.00
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- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
"Woman Out of Time" a short story by Frank Belknap Long.
Vol. 1, No. 4 - August 1940. Cover by ??. Science fiction stories by Edwin K. Scott, Neil R. Jones, D. D. Sharp, Arthur C. Stangland, R. R. Winterbotham, Frank Belknap Long, Frederic Arnold Kummer Jr. Illustrations by Gabriel, Hannes Bok, Thorp, Eron. 6.75-in. x 9.5-in.; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Aug 1940 by Street & Smith.$21.00
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- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 30%.
August 1940. Volume 25, Issue 6. Cover by Rogers. Science fiction stories by Lester Del Rey, A. E. Van Vogt, John Berryman, Philip St. John, Clifford D. Simak, Harry Walton, and Norman L. Knight ("Crisis in Utopia" part 2 of 2). Illustrations by Cartier, R. Isip, Koll, Kramer, and Schneeman. Trimmed pulp, 6.5-in. x 9.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Aug 1940 by McCall Company.$10.00
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- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.
Volume 71, Issue 4 - August, 1940. 6" x 10", 194 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Aug 1940 by Fictioneers, Inc..$37.00
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August 1940 - Softcover pulp, 7-in. x 9 3/4-in., 112 pages, black and white (text with illustrations). Cover price $0.10.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Aug 1940 by Street & Smith.$4.00
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- Back cover detached 90%. No Back Cover, Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
Vol. 160, No. 4 - August 1940. 6.5" x 9.25", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Doc Savage (1933-1949 Street & Smith^) Pulp Vol. 15 #6Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Aug 1940 by Street & Smith.$37.00
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- Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.
$24.00
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Published Aug 1940 by International Society of Junior Magicians.$19.00
View scansOfficial organ of the International Society of Junior Magicians, containing news and tips. 16 pages on newsprint.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Aug 1940 by Frank A. Munsey.$23.00
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- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$12.00
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Vol. 2, No. 3 - August 1940. Published by Frank A. Munsey. 6.75" x 9.75", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.
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$1,050 Famous Fantastic Mysteries 1940 August #9, CGC 7.5 Yakima pedigree copy. Finlay Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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Published Aug 1940 by Ziff Davis.$27.00
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- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$23.00
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$25.00
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- Staple rust: Slight.
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"The Golden Princes" by Robert Moore William; "World Without Air" by Henry Kuttner
Volume 2, Issue 7 - August, 1940. Cover by Harold W. McCauley. Science Fiction and adventure magazine. Features "The Golden Princess" by Robert Moore Williams, and "The Strange Voyage of Hector Squinch" by David Wright O'Brien. 6.75" x 9.75", 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.
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$127 Fantastic Adventures Vol 2, No 7, August 1940, The Golden Princess, VG-F Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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$26.00
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$20.00
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$9.00
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Issue #616 - August 1940. Humorous captions paired with movie stills and models. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Aug 1940 by Popular Publications.$130.00
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$150 G-8 AND HIS BATTLE ACES AUGUST 1940 VOL 21 #3 NAZI COVER SCI FI PULP MAGAZINE Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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$2.65
1940. Produced by Conoco as a promotional tie-it to the Golden Gate International Exposition. Individualized for the owner, these contained detailed travel maps from your home starting point to the Exposition with your entire route highlighted by hand. This particular one begins in Buffalo, Kansas. Includes a map of the Exposition, hotel and travel information along the route, and points of interest. Held in a red metal comb binding. 12" x 9". 98 pages. Text and images in two-color.
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Published Aug 1940 by Joe Bonomo.$35.00
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August, 1940. Health and fitness magazine. Softcover magazine, 8-1/2" x 11-1/2", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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$199 Healthkeeping #1 8/1940-1st Issue-Spicy Swimsuit Girls-pulp fiction-FN Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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Published Aug 1940 by Fiction House.
- Some spine split (taped), staple added, heavy water damage, staple rust/migration.
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Cover art by Bob Powell. "Safari into Shadowland," script by Red Bradey, art by George Tuska; Criminals drive out the workers of a diamond mine and bring in their own natives to work the mine; Kaänga, together with a group of black-maned lions, restores the mine to its rightful owners. Untitled story, script by Taylor Martin, art by Arthur Peddy; After a savage tribe wipes out a group of missionaries, the Panther sees to it that they are punished by a flood that leaves their leader dead. Untitled story, script by Robert Lewis, art by Charles Sultan; A group of scientists are stricken with a plague after they open an ancient Egyptian tomb in the jungle; Tabu goes to a lost ancient Egyptian outpost for a cure. Untitled story, script by Ted Carter, art by Bob Powell; With the aid of a band of gorillas, Camilla and her army repulse an attack by a medieval Asian army. "The Dark Horde" text story by Bob Clark. Untitled story, script by Pierre La Rue, art by Bill Bossert; Yak-ho and his savage tribe attack the peaceful Kadahs; Terry uses a stick of chewing gum as a bribe to stop the attacks, but later must exorcise the evil spirit of the gum with a piece of jewelry. Untitled story, script by Roy L. Smith, art by Henry Kiefer; The Ingas, weakened by disease, are attacked by the Kurgas. Wambi goes to the military outpost to get both military and medical assistance. Untitled story, script by Courtney Thomason, art by Nick Cardy; Roy helps a diamond mine owner find his mine with the aid of the thieves who stole the map to the mine. Untitled story, art by William M. Allison; Simba rescues the pilot of a crashed airplane who is looking for his kidnapped fiancé; With the help of Simba and some apes, he frees the girl and captures the kidnappers. Untitled story, script and art by Fletcher Hanks (as Barclay Flagg); When Mr. X steals a mystical headpiece that causes a boiling mud-pit to overflow into the jungle, he is confronted by Fantomah who transforms him into a mud being and condemns him to live underground forever. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Liberty (1924-1950 Coloroto/Macfadden) Magazine Vol. 17 #33Published Aug 1940 by McCormick-Patterson.$18.00
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- Spine split 20%. Staple rust: Slight.
Fiction and non-fiction stories with illustrations. 8.5" x 11.25", 64 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.05.
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Published Aug 1940 by Clair Maxwell.$3.50
August 12, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: Charles McNary; Wendell Willkie; piano sales; Philadelphia museum sculpture show; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 92 pages. Cover price $0.10.
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Lone Eagle (1933-1941 Standard) Pulp Vol. 21 #1Published Aug 1940 by Better Publications.$19.00
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- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
Vol. 21, No. 1 - August 1940. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Tags: Sub-Mariner$8,150.00
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- Label #16-23F4BA7-001
Cover art by Alex Schomburg. "The Result of the Most Famous Battle in Comic Magazines," script by Bill Everett, Carl Burgos, and John Compton, art by Everett and Burgos; Trapped in a translite tube, only the intervention of Betty Dean saves the Torch and ends the battle between him and Namor. Human Torch untitled story, script and art by Carl Burgos; Torch must battle a gas syndicate who tries to raise the price of gasoline, and bombs any gas station refusing to go along. Sub-Mariner untitled story, script and art by Bill Everett; Because of Namor's seemingly inability to handle the Torch, he is suspended from all active service; Meanwhile, a group of hardened ice field seamen, led by Luther Robinson, seek out the Sub-Mariner to destroy him. The Angel untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; The Angel must cope with weird "devils of the mist," who have been released from the bowels of the earth by a volcano, and who are kidnapping young women top side to sacrifice to that volcano. Electro, the Marvel of the Age untitled story, art by Steve Dahlman; Electro is called into service to battle an evil, now insane, ex-genius of brain surgery, stationed in an old castle somewhere off the coast of Cuba, who has successfully created artifical blood. Tiger Trail text story, script by Beach Allen, art by Ed Robins. The Masked Raider untitled story, art by Al Anders; A criminal who has fatally wounded a tax collector sees the Raider, and works out a scheme to convince the Sheriff that the Raider is the murderer...all as a blind to steal the tax money himself. "The Murder of a Man Without a Will," script by Ray Gill, art by Bob Oksner; While Terry Vance, the Boy of a Hundred Hobbies" works on an experiment, he hears a police call of someone murdered in a penthouse. Advenures of Ka-Zar the Great untitled story, art by Ben Thompson; A wanted criminal captures two Scotland Yard detectives and leaves them for dead, while he attempts to fly out of the jungle to freedom. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.
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Meccano Magazine (1916-1963 Meccano Ltd) Vol. 25 #8Published Aug 1940 by Meccano Ltd..
Vol. 25 #8 - Aug. 1940. UK magazine featuring articles on engineering feats and vehicles. 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 86 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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$11.00
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Movie magazine with news, reviews and gossip. Articles on John Barrymore, Joan Fontaine, Charles Boyer, Joel McCrea, Jackie Cooper, Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, Full-page portraits include Claudette Colbert, Errol Flynn, Joan Crawford, Linda Darnell, Greer Garson. Interesting ads include Lil Abner for Cream of Wheat, Claudette Colbert for Lux soap. Movie ads include Pride and Prejudice, Tom Brown's School Days, Maryland, Ghost Breakers. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 90 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Motor (1903 Hearst Publishing) Magazine Vol. 74 #2
Volume 74, Issue 2 - August 1940. Painted cover by Robert Robinson. Vintage auto magazine with articles about (now) classic cars, with lots of photographs and tons of vintage ads, this is a must have for any car enthusiast. Softcover Magazine, 8" x 11", 134 pages, B&W with some color.
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Published Aug 1940 by Triangle Publications.$11.00
View scans- Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
10 3 /4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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- INCOMPLETE. First 4 wraps missing. Pieces cut from pages 19-22,27-30 and 47/48. Art and story affected.
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Cover art by Edd Ashe. Untitled story, art by Larry Antonette (as Charles Nicholas); A gang of thieves rob a pawn shop, nearly knocking out Policeman Hannigan, who whistles an SOS, which the Beetle overhears and heads out to capture the crooks. Untitled Wing Turner story, art by Floyd Kelly; The Joe Pennelli Case, Part 1. Untitled story, script and art by Dick Briefer; Rex Dexter vs. Rof and Zard; The destruction of Tarsis. Untitled story; The Green Mask must track down and stop a maniac murderer who is targeting debutants. "The Devil's Vendetta" starring Chen Chang and Hip Sing, art by Munson Paddock (as Cecilia Munson). Untitled story, art by Klaus Nordling (as F. Klaus); Lt. Drake vs. Ivan and other spies. "Death From the Boxing Ring" text story by E. J. Armond. Untitled story, script and art by Bob Powell; D-13 (Richard Anthony) vs. Henrietta Gorin. Untitled story, art by George Tuska; Zanzibar vs. Ching the Pirate. Untitled story, art by Jim Mooney (as Norton Kingsley); The Lynx and Blackie, the Wonder Boy, must battle the Flood Makers Association in order to prevent them from flooding a town and looting the empty homes. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Aug 1940 by Philadelphia Record.$17.00
View scansAugust 4, 1940. The Philadelphia Record Book Section was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Record issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. This particular issue is "Riders of Buck River" by William MacLeod Raine. 11" x 15.75". 16 pages. Black and white.
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Published Aug 1940 by Popular Mechanics Co..$32.00
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Vol. 74 #2 - August 1940. Mechanical science and technology magazine. 6.75-in x 9.5-in., 228 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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Real Screen Fun (1934-1942 Tilsam) Vol. 5 #7$10.00
View scansVolume 5, Issue 7 - August, 1940. Pin-up photos including dancers, starlets, models and strippers. 8.5" x 11.5", 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Aug 1940 by Standard Publishing.$16.00
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- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
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Published Aug 1940 by Fox Feature Syndicate.
- Paper: Off white
- Label #4614071001
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- Paper: Brittle
- Centerfold Detached.
- Label #0333431005
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Stories and art by Bert Whitman and others. An anthology of Golden Age adventure comics featuring sci-fi heroes and some of the very first superheroes. While battling Apollo and The Black Circle, the Eagle trades his wings for a cape (but still gets his flight from a formula); A search for missing rockets leads Perisphere Payne to The Great Master, a disembodied brain, and his army of centaurs, in a story with exceptional art and outlandish imagery; Marga the Panther Woman seeks the reason for Bombo the elephant's savage attacks before the neighboring tribes take action on their own. Classic girl-in-a-tube cover by an unknown artist. The Eagle: The Black Circle; Dynamo; Cosmic Carson; Perisphere Payne; Marga the Panther Woman; Build a Rocket Ship; Explorers In the Spaceways; Scientific Magic; Dr. Doom; Navy Jones. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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$793 Science Comics # 7 Poor [1940] Fox Features Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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Shadow (1931-1949 Street & Smith) Pulp Vol. 34 #5Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Aug 1940 by Street & Smith.$37.00
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- Front cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.
Volume 34, Issue 5 - August 1, 1940. 6.5" x 9", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Shadow (1931-1949 Street & Smith) Pulp Vol. 34 #6Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Aug 1940 by Street & Smith.$37.00
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Volume 34, Issue 6 - August 15, 1940. 6.5" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Aug 1940 by Charlton Publishing.$2.65
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Aug 1940 by Ziff Davis Publishing.$225.00
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"Cheaper Love" a novella by Robert Moore Williams, and "Cannibals' Revolt" a short story by Manly Wade Wellman.
Vol. 1, No. 4 - August, 1940. 6.5" x 9.25", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.
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$5,000.00
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- Label #1293309004
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Special Edition Comics #1, published in 1940 by Fawcett Publications, was the only issue of the title. It appeared on the newsstands several months before Captain Marvel Adventures #1, and at the same time Whiz #8 was released. Note the costume of Captain Marvel shown on the cover. In this early version, he has a buckle on his sash with the initial M, does not have a buttoned shirt flap, and his arm bands are a bit different. Cover art by C. C. Beck. Untitled story, script by Bill Parker, art by C. C. Beck; Billy is stunned, like the rest of the crowd, when the challenger in the heavy weight boxing match knocks out the champion with one punch; Trying to get an interview, Billy learns the truth behind what happened and is captured by a giant ape who is actually Dr. Allirog, who works for Slaughter Slade. "The Haunted House," script by Bill Parker, pencils, pencils by C. C. Beck, inks by C. C. Beck and Pete Costanza (backgrounds); In 1890, a recluse millionaire, with his dying breath, informs his servant that no one is to enter this house after his death; Anyone doing so will fall under the dying man's curse that will follow them to their grave. "Gamblers of Death," script by Bill Parker, pencils by C. C. Beck, inks by Pete Costanza; Risking death, Billy investigates a phantom gambling ring which uses men's lives as chips in a fantastic game of murder for money. "Sivana the Weather Wizard," script by Bill Parker, art by C. C. Beck; Billy seeks to learn why there has been ten times as much damage by tornado, earthquake, hail storms, and floods than the previous. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Aug 1940 by Sphinx Publishing Corporation.
- Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
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Published Aug 1940 by Culture Publishing.$350.00
View scans- Paper: Brittle
- Front cover detached 70%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate.
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$99 Spicy Detective v.13 #4, Aug 1940, PR Ward Girl Running from Whip Cover! Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic (1940-1952) Aug 11 1940Published Aug 1940 by Promotional.$48.00
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$29.00
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Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover.
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Published Aug 1940 by Popular Publications.$54.00
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Published Aug 1940 by Arrow Publications.$12.00
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Aug 1940 by Better Publications.$29.00
View scans- Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$26.00
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- Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
$29.00
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Volume 4, Issue 1 - August, 1940. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Henry Kuttner and August Derleth, Illustrations by Hannes Bok. 7-in. x 10-in. Softcover Pulp 100 Pages B&W Cover price $0.10.
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Tags: Superman$3,399.00
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- Very Minor Amount of Glue on Cover. The DC Universe Collection.
- Label #4485144006
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- Trimmed
- All three edges TRIMMED, spine severely damaged (book removed from a bound volume).
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- Trimmed
- INCOMPLETE. Missing 3 pages (all Superman stories complete). All three edges TRIMMED, spine severely damaged (book removed from a bound volume). Married pages suspected. Unattached low quality reproduction cover included.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Other items consigned by humble cow
- INCOMPLETE. Missing first three wraps and one more page, affects "Lois Lane, Murderer" and "The Construction Scam". Centerfold detached.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Other items consigned by humble cow
Cover pencils by Joe Shuster, inks by Paul Cassidy. Features the 1st splash page in a superman comic. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster]; When Lois is found at the scene of the murder of a noted jewel collector, she is arrested for that murder. Supermen of America club info. Too Big For Marbles text story, script by George Shute, art by Don Komisarow. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster]; Brute Bashby and his thugs roll into the town of Gateson with the sole purpose of establishing a protection racket, which means each shop owner must fork over 10% of their profits. Super Strength activity page, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Jack Burnley. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster], inks by Cassidy and Paul Lauretta [both as Joe Shuster]; Relief efforts to help the tornado and earthquake ravaged South American nation of San Caluma head out by boat hit a snag when an aircraft carrying the relief commission officials nearly crashes. The Strangest Case text story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Don Komisarow. Sports Close-Ups! fact page by Jack Burnley. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster], inks by Cassidy and Paul Lauretta [both as Joe Shuster]; When a department store collapses and the head of the construction firm that erected it is slain, Clark Kent smells a story in the making. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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$2,420 DC - SUPERMAN (1939-86; 2006-11) #6 - Grade 4.0 - Comic Book Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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Published Aug 1940 by Better Comics.$2,000.00
View scans- Paper: Off white to white
- Label #4501730008
Cover by Kin Platt. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Richard Hughes, George Mandel, Leonard Sansone, Elmer Wexler, Tom Gunn, John Daly, and Ray McGill. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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$7,196 Thrilling Comics #7 CGC App 7.0 F/VF GORGEOUS Eye Appeal VERY RARE ICONIC COVER! Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.





















































































