Comic books December 1940

Add to cart Fair $10.00 View scans Spine split 90%. Cover Detached.

52 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $7.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 104, Issue 2 - December, 1940. 7" x 10", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $19,500 or Best Offer View scans Restored: A4 Paper: Off white Restoration includes: color touch, tear seals, spine split, reinforced. Label #4246987003 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart Coverless $1,650.00 or Best Offer View scans INCOMPLETE. Missing first wrap and center wrap, portions of other interior pages have been cut out. Facsimile cover is attached to first wrap with tape, and detached from rest of comic. Remaining center wrap is detached and reattached with tape. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Winter 1940. 1st appearance of the Justice Society of America. Full-length story, "The First Meeting of the Justice Society of America" by Gardner Fox with individual episodes featuring the Flash (art by Everett E. Hibbard), the Spectre (art by Bernard Baily), Doctor Fate (art by Howard Sherman), the Hawkman (art by Sheldon Moldoff), the Sandman (art by Creig Flessel), the Hour Man (art by Baily), Green Lantern (art by Martin Nodell), and the Atom (art by Ben Flinton). Red Tornado and Johnny Thunder cameos (art by Sheldon Mayer). Two-page Johnny Thunder text story, "Guarding an Heiress" (art by Mayer). Hibbard cover. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $10,000 View scans Paper: Off white to white Inner well not fully sealed, book appears unaffected and secure. Label #4368455004

Cover art by Sheldon Moldoff. The Long Lost Son starring Green Lantern, script by Bill Finger, art by Martin Nodell [as Mart Dellon]. Crooked lawyer Elias Strake convinces Cub Brenner to pose as the long-lost son of the Blakes in order to steal their fortune; But when Alan Scott hears Strake was involved in the reunion, he investigates as Green Lantern. The Red Tornado to the Rescue, script and art by Sheldon Mayer; The Red Tornado wipes up the Torponi mob, but when the Police Chief takes credit for the the kids rescue, Ma Hunkel decides the Red Tornado should tell him off in no uncertain terms. Mutt and Jeff strips by Al Smith (as Bud Fisher). Believe It or Not by Robert L. Ripley. The Shooting Match starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. The Monsters from the Mine starring The Atom, script by Bill O'Connor, pencils by Ben Flinton, inks by Leonard Sansone. Rescue on Mars: Part 2--Adventures in the Unknown, script by Carl H. Claudy, art by Stan Aschmeier. Little Tom's Trouble starring Ben Webster, script and art by Russell Cole [as Edwin Alger]. The Wire-Cutters starring Red, White and Blue, art by William Smith. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $15.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 10%.

December 1940. Robot cover by Robert Fuqua. Stories by Eando Binder ("Adam Link Fights a War"), Manly Wade Wellman, Ray Cummings, Milton Kaletsky, Wm. P. McGivern, and Donald Bern. Illustrations by R. Newman, Joe Sewell, Julian S. Krupa, Dick Shaw, Guy Gifford, Leo Morey, Frank R. Paul, and Fuqua. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Very Good $3.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $2.50 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $2.50 RESTORATION: Cover trimmed.

December 14, 1940. Stories include "The Little Doll Died" (part 1) by Theodore Roscoe, "He Didn't Want Soup" by Paul Ernst, "Crisis in Calcutta" by L.G. Blochman, "Haymaker" by Carl Rathjen, "Fools Fly High" (part 2) by Louis C. Goldsmith, and "The Shame of Arizona" by W.C. Tuttle, and "Men of Daring" by Stookie Allen. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $2.65 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $12.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

"Dr. Kildare's Crisis" 1/4 a serial by Max Brand, plus "Well of the Moon" a novelette by E. Hoffmann Price.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $12.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $6.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $2.50 View scans Paper: Cream

"Dr. Kildare's Crisis" 2/4 a serial by Max Brand,

December 28, 1940. Stories include "Dr. Kildare's Crisis" (part 2) by Max Brand, "Fools Fly High" (part 4) by Louis C. Goldsmith, "Thunder Hoofs" (part 1) by Bennett Foster, "North of the Law" by Frank Richardson Pierce, "Oomph Cop" by Leslie T. White, "Weeble Coming Round the Mountain" by Foster-Harris, "Hold That Bull" by Charles Tenney Jackson, and "Men of Daring" by Stookie Allen. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Men's interest magazine loaded with black and white images of tasteful vintage pin-up photography. Softcover Magazine, 8.5" x 11", 68 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.

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The classic weekly magazine featuring news and fiction. Approximately 10.75-in. x 14-in.; black and white; 54 pages on white paper. Cover price $0.05.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $49.00 View scans Paper: Light tan Water damage: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $36.00 View scans Paper: Light tan

Robert Moore Williams, Manly Wade Wellman, Eando Binder, Clark Ashton Smith, P. Schuyler Miller.

December 1940. Cover by Leo Morey. Science Fiction stories by Moore Williams, Miles Breuer, Wade Wellman, And many more. 7" x 10"; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart CGC 1.0 $3,950.00 View scans CGC Signature Series Paper: Brittle Signed on 1st page by Jerry Robinson on 11/01/2009. From the Collection of Jerry Robinson. (Cover detached) Label #0168463005

Add to cart CGC 1.0 $2,200.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #0297651002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover art by Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, and George Roussos. Batman and Hugo Strange story, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, and George Roussos. Spy story, art by Ed Moore. The Case of the Circus Killer starring Larry Steele, Private Detective, art by Irwin Hasen. The Crimson Avenger story, script and art by Jack Lehti. Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator story, art by Ed Winiarski (as Fran Miller). Bargain Deaths starring Steve Malone, District Attorney, art by Don Lynch. Cliff Crosby story, script and art by Chad Grothkopf. Slam Bradley story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Howard Sherman. 68 pgs. $0.10. Death of Hugo Strange, first time car called Batmobile. Gotham City 1st mentioned in Detective Comics. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $30.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 16, Issue 4 - December, 1940. Cover by Emery Clarke. Stories include "The Men Vanished," a book-length novel by "Kenneth Robeson"; "Himalayan Gold" by Milton Lowe; and "A Green Idol of Death" by George Allan Moffatt. 6.75-in x 9.25-in; black and white; 116 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Human interest family centric publication that features short fiction stories, recipes and celebrity gossip. 24 pages, 8.5" x 11.25", B&W Newsprint.

Add to cart Fine $70.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Human interest family centric publication that features short fiction stories, recipes and celebrity gossip. 20 pages, 8.5" x 11.25", B&W Newsprint.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $32.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight.

Add to cart Fair $7.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 70%. Water damage: Slight.

"The Other Man's Blood" by Ray Cummings, a complete novelette.

Volume 2, Issue 5 - December, 1940. Cover by Frank R. Paul. "The Sun-Makers" by Will McMorrow, "The Other Man's Blood" by Ray Cummings, and "The Sleep of Ages" by Stuart Martin. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 116 pages, black and white (text with illustrations). Published by Frank A. Munsey Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $12.00 View scans

Volume 71, Issue 620 - December, 1940. Humorous and suggestive captions accompany movie stills and posed photographs of Film Fun models. 8.5" x 11.25", 54 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.8 $665.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Cover detached. Small piece of tape on cover. Label #0248055002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $379.95 or Best Offer View scans Restored (see item notes) INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing (affects King story). RESTORATION. Staples replaced and centerfold TRIMMED. 8" Cumulative spine split (partially taped). Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Flash stars in "Trouble in Kurtavia," written by Gardner Fox, art by Everett E. Hibbard. Also includes: "Les Sparks, Radio Amateur" by Don Cameron; Johnny Thunder in "Johnny's Date" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; The Whip in "Trapped" by Wentworth and Homer Fleming; King in "The Witch and The Emeralds" by Fox and Harry Lampert; Cliff Cornwall in "Encounter with the Wolf" with art by John Ayman; Hawkman in "The Heart Patient" by Fox and Sheldon Moldoff; and "Manhattan Madman" by Ed Wheelan. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $13.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 32, No. 4 - December 1940. 10.25" x 13", 8 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $5,995.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: White Label #2020018003 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Ad for Captain America Comics #1. Toro's Parents-----Alive? [Part 1] starring the Human Torch, script by Carl Burgos, pencils by Carl Burgos, inks by Harry Sahle (finished art probably); The head of a large spy ring reads about the Torch and Toro in the newspaper, and decides on a plan to eliminate the Torch; He heads out to the circus with his men and attempts to convince Toro that his parents are still alive. Ad for Marvel Comics #16. Toro's Parents-----Alive? [Part 2]. Hot and Wet text story starring Human Torch and Sub-Mariner. Sentinels of Liberty ad; readers are told to look for the next issue of Captain America to learn how they can become one of Captain America's Sentinels. Namor to the Rescue starring Sub-Mariner, script and art by Bill Everett. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $1,199.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white Label #4549769006 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Edited by Malcolm Reiss, Jerry Iger and Will Eisner. Stories and art by Will Eisner, Jerry Iger, Charles Wotjkoski, Charles Sultan, Art Saaf, Bob Kane and Bob Powell. An influential anthology starring jungle hero Sheena, featuring early art by legendary comics artists in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Sheena battles the Super-Ape, a giant gorilla; Stuart Taylor ventures into the distant past to rescue Dr. Hayward and Laura from Queen Starina and her wizard; A reprint of the Bob Kane Peter Pupp story from issue #5. Another giant-gorilla cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Peter Pupp; The Hawk; Weird Stories of the Supernatural; Bobby; Uncle Otto; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle; The 13th Notch; Pee Wee; Tom Dick and Harry; ZX-5 Spies In Action; Inspector Dayton; Lightning; Wilton of the West. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $85.00 View scans 2" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple. Chew.

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Ruth Plumly Thompson (sometimes credited as Jo King). Stories and art by William Ritt, Clarence Gray, Fran Striker, Brandon Walsh, Nicholas Afonsky, Carl Anderson, Jack Burnley, R. J. Scott, Eddie Sullivan, Charlie Schmidt, Lee Falk, Phil Davis, E. C. Segar, George McManus, Otto Soglow, Eddie Rickenbacker, Clayton Knight, Romer Grey, Jim Gary, Charles Flanders, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Don Moore and Alex Raymond. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Through a telescope, Mandrake the Magician sees something strange approaching mountain climber Marsha Dale - could it be the Ghost Bear of Glass Mountain? Brick Bradford; The Lone Ranger; Little Annie Rooney; Henry; Sport Features; Scott's Scrapbook; Radio Patrol; Mandrake the Magician; Thimble Theatre; Flash Gordon; Bringing Up Father; The Little King; King of the Royal Mounted. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $9.00 View scans Staple rust.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $7.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $6.00 View scans Staple rust: Extensive.

Fu Man Chu & the Panama Canal, a multi-chapter story. This is part 4. Don't know how many parts total there are, but more than 4--this isn't the end.

Cover by J. F. Kernan. 8.5" x 11.5", 60 pages, B&W Cover price $0.05.

Add to cart Very Good $26.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $8.00

December 9, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: Ginger Rogers; Christmas toys photographic essay; Premiere Konoye of Japan; skiing exercises; American painting at the carnegie Institute; antique jewelry; Christmas ornaments; Laurence Olivier; war surgery; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 136 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $2.65

December 16, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: European children refugees; basketball; Boston congressman George Holden Tinkham; Elsa Maxwell; nightgowns; Christmas cards; California showgirl; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 116 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $2.65

December 23, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: Christmas party; Lana Turner; Army morale; skater Erna Andersen; Cunningham's Comet; 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 72 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $10.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $9.50 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.

Vol. 21, No. 3 - December 1940. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $3,499.95 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4542458001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Ad for Human Torch #2, art by Schomburg. Human Torch untitled story, script and art by Carl Burgos; The Torch has a real dilemma: he has to track down members of the Fire Cult who have committed a murder, but the man murdered was intending to destroy the world. Sub-Mariner untitled story, script and art by Bill Everett; After Namor successfully routs invading Nazi paratroopers on an island Dorma and he arrived on for a rest, questioning of the Nazi Lieutenant reveals that the Axis Powers have built a secret submarine base on a little known island 20 miles from the coast of Florida; So Dorma and he head for that base to tackle the Nazi horde. The Angel untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; The Angel investigates a mine operator that has a lot of equipment for handling radium on his hands, equipment that is being used to create synthetic diamonds. Redskins Bite Cinders text story, script by Andrew McWhiney, art by Harry Ramsey. The Vision untitled story, script by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, art by Kirby; The Vision must battle two werewolves, one in reality Gordon Sanders, a member of the ill-fated Medwick Expedition that discovered a lost Tibetan city called the City of Demons, where he was bitten by such a creature. Terry Vance untitled story, script by Ray Gill, art by Bob Oksner; Deadline takes Terry along when he is scheduled to interview actress Diana Dunn, but a staged "movie scene" turns out to be a real kidnapping of the actress. Electro, the Marvel of the Age untitled story, art by Steve Dahlman; The destruction of the Fairbanks Iron Works leads Electro into the bowels of the earth to confront the Onees, who take control of the robot and force Professor Zog to come to his rescue. Advenures of Ka-Zar the Great untitled story, art by Ben Thompson; Ka-Zar succeeds in getting Zar out of the zoo he is imprisoned in, and hides out on a British boat heading toward Africa. Unfortunately, the boat is torpedoed by an enemy submarine. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $17.00 View scans

Volume 25, Issue 2 - December, 1940. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "Bowling Tips From Champions" by Neil C. King, "Riding the Radio Beam" by John L. Scherer, "There's Real Money in a Model Railroad!" by R. DeWitt Miller, "Stock Car Rides Race With Death!" by John R. Whiting, "He Unlocked the Door to Success" by Bob Ruskauff, "Coming - The Frameless Automobile" by Israel Klein, and others. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 146 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $65.00 View scans Foreign edition: UK.

December 14, 1940. Weekly magazine published every Friday in London. Features comic strips, text stories, jokes, articles, and activities. 10 3/4-in. x 15-in., 8 pages, PC/BW.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $57.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Foreign edition: UK.

December 28, 1940. Weekly magazine published every Friday in London. Features comic strips, text stories, jokes, articles, and activities. 10 3/4-in. x 15-in., 8 pages, PC/BW.

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Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $405.00 View scans 7" cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached at one staple. Cover oxidation.

Add to cart Coverless $30.00 View scan INCOMPLETE. First wrap, centerfold, and pieces missing (affects Blue Beetle, Chen Chang, Zanzibar and text stories). Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheInnerGeek

Cover by Charles Nicholas. Stories by Dick Briefer, Al Weine and Nathaniel Nitkin. Art by Dick Briefer, Charles Nicholas, Walter Frame, Klaus Nordling, Norton Kingsley, Al Weine, Bob Powell, and George Tuska. An anthology of Golden Age adventure comics from Fox Feature, including the original Blue Beetle. The spaceship is menaced by Cranians, who have hands where their heads should be and two heads where their hands should be, in a Rex Dexter story by Dick Briefer; The Blue Beetle and his girlfriend, reporter Joan Mason, investigate the Muck Gang's spree of waterfront sabotage; Green Mask learns about a plan to hijack a gold shipment. The Muck Gang; The Cranians; New Gang in Town; The Warning; Son the Ace; Foreign Agents; The Naval Secrets; Mrs. Uppersnoots Party; The Port of Rio Grande; The Crooked Politician; Mystery Men Model Page: Aircraft Carrier. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Coverless $59.00 or Best Offer View scan INCOMPLTE- missing first wrap and centerfold, pieces cut out of first two stories. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

The Shield (art by Irv Novick), the Comet, Perry Chase Press Guardian, Fu Chang International Detective, Sergeant Boyle, Lee Sampson Midshipman, the Rocket and the Queen of Diamonds, Kayo Ward, and Bentley of Scotland Yard in "The Case of the Tarantula Terror." Novick cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 199, No. 5203. December 4, 1940. Punch is a British weekly magazine of humor and satire that ran from 1841-1992. Renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence, and introduced the term ' Cartoon '. 8.75" x 11.25". 44 pages. Black and white.

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Published by Hugo Gernsback, considered the father of science-fiction. This issue is centered around the new medium of television with Gernsback's editorial, "The Television Age". 8.5" x 11.5". 128 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $349.95 or Best Offer View scans Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover. Ellen spanking by Spirit on cover, as well as inside. Will Eisner art on the first 3 pages, J. Cole art through the rest.