Comic books February 1940

Voyage To Sunev starring Zephyr Jones, script by Joe Cal Cagno, art by Fred Schwartz; Scientist and inventor, Dr. Morrison Jones, died before his rocketship could be completed so that he could realize his dream of making the first trip to the planet Mars. His son Zephyr, however, vows to live out his father's dream! Origin of the Phantom Bullet; Reporter Allen Lewis is baffled by the death of a wealthy man who cluitches a feather in his hand, but soon learns of a mysterious race of "bird-men" that seemed to be involved. King of the Jungle starring Trojak, the Tiger Man, script and art by Joe Simon [as Gregory Sykes]. Who In Reality Is Mr. "E"?, script by Joe Cal Cagno, art by Al Carreno. Enter the Laughing Mask, script by Will Harr, art by Maurice Gutwirth. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $11,000 View scans Paper: Off white Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case Piece re-attached to front cover with tape. Tape on interior cover. Label #2104264010

Cover art by Bob Kane. Batman story, script by Bill Finger, art by Bob Kane. Spy story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Maurice Kashuba. Claim of Satan starring Buck Marshall, Range Detective, art by Homer Fleming. Steve Malone, District Attorney story, art by Don Lynch. The Spider starring Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Fred Guardineer. Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise story, art by Sven Elven. A Climax in Opera text story, script by Richard Martin, art by Bernard Baily. Bruce Nelson story, script and art by Tom Hickey. Slam Bradley story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Mart Bailey. 64 pgs. $0.10. Origin and 1st appearance of Dr. Hugo Strange. 1st finned gloves worn by Batman. Cover price $0.10.

February 1940. Cover by Emery Clarke. Stories include "The Angry Ghost," a book-length novel by "Kenneth Robeson"; "The Seal of the Salamander" by George L. Eaton; and "The Skipper's Private War" by Wallace Brooker. 6.75-in x 9.25-in.; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Published by Frank A. Munsey Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $26.00 View scans Cover detached and anchored with glue. Staple rust.

Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Goofie Gags" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "The Gay Thirties" by Hank Barrow; "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; "Sergeant Stoney Craig" by Frank Rentfrow and Don Dickson; "Big Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Adventures of Patsy" by Mel Graff; "Daredevils of Destiny" by Frank Rentfrow and Don Dickson; "The Frog Pond Ferry" by M. E. Brady; "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; "Queenie" by S. M. Iger (as Bob Bliss); "Homer Hoopee" by Fred Locher; and "Spunky Dory" by M. E. Brady. "Lights in the Night" text story by H. F. L. Campbell. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $65.00 View scans .5" Spine split from top. Cream pages.

Volume 2, Issue 2 - February 1940. Pulp magazine featuring "New York Fights the Termanites" by Bertrand L. Shurtleff, "The Prince of Mars: Part 1 of 2" by Phil Nowlan, "Lancelot Biggs Cooks a Pirate" by Nelson S. Bond, "Thunor Flees the Devils" by Russell Storm "Mystery of the White Raider" by Thornton Ayre, and "Let War Gods Clash!" by Don Wilcox. Cover painting by Robert Fuqua. 8-1/2 in. x 11-3/8 in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages; mostly text with a few illustrations. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Coverless 0.3 $1,249.00 or Best Offer View scans This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($37.47) will be charged at checkout. It has been graded by MyComicShop's experienced graders. INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, panel torn from first page, affects art and story. First wrap detached.

Cover art by Lou Fine. The Giant Mystery Plane starring Samson, art by Alex Blum. The Power of the Slave-Giant's Goddess starring Flick Falcon, art by Don Rico. The Golden Chalice starring Golden Knight, art by Grieg Chapian. The Spy's Paintings of Peril starring Yank Wilson, script and art by Jack Farr. The Leopard Women of Venus, script and art by Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy]; Diverted from their mission to Mars, Space Smith and Dianna are captured by the robot scientists of Venus who wish to turn Dianna into one of their Leopard Women. The Demon's Endeavor starring Stardust, script and art by Fletcher Hanks. The Treasure of Coralla starring Sub Saunders, art by Henry Kiefer [as Karl Kief]. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Ed Cronin. "The Metropolis Museum Mystery" starring Doll Man (Darrel Dane), script by Will Eisner (as William Erwin Maxwell), pencils by Will Eisner and Lou Fine, inks by Lou fine; Darrel succeeds in developing Professor Roberts formula into pill form; vs. Sidney Ambrose. Untitled Joe Palooka story, script and art by Ham Fisher. Untitled sports story with Ned Brant, script by Bob Zuppke, art by R. W. Depew. "The Kidnapping of Donna Grant: Part 2," script and art by Alfred Andriola; Detective-mystery story starring Charlie Chan. Untitled Dixie Dugan story, script by J. P. McEvoy, art by J. H. Striebel. "The Shooting of Ted Holt," script and art by George Brenner; The Clock (Brian O'Brien) battles The Reaper. Untitled Jane Arden story, script by Monte Barrett, art by Russell E. Ross. "The Flying Death," script and art by Art Pinajian; Reynolds of the Mounted battles Chief Big Eagle. "The Crownsville Train Wreck," script and art by William A. Smith; Rance Keane vs. Gus Dropper. "Whispering Walls" text story by A. L. Allen. Untitled story, script and art by Vernon Henkel; Captain Fortune (Tyrone Fortune) vs. Black Flint. "The Crop-Killing Planes" starring Spin Shaw, script and art by Bob Powell (as Rex Smith). Untitled Mickey Finn story, script and art by Lank Leonard. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Will Eisner. "Renegades' Lair," script by Will Eisner, art by George Tuska (as George Aksut); Shark Brodie meets plenty of trouble on an island and tangles with Skinny and his gang. "The Life Story of Joe Louis"; non-fiction story about the famous boxer. Untitled story, art by Leonard Frank; Saber (Spy Fighter) vs. The Antarcticans. Untitled Kayo Kirby story, art by William Wills. Untitled story, art by Steve Broder; Another ship sinks in Gulf; Kinks Mason vs. The Weed People and their Queen. Untitled story, script and art by Fletcher Hanks; Lumberjack Big Red McLane tangles with The Red River Lumber Co. Untitled story; Oran of the Jungle encounters Jim Murphy and a gang of crooks. Untitled Terry O'Brien Gang Smasher story. "Corporal! Hey....Corporal Warren!", script by Klaus Nordling (as Ed Norris), art by Klaus Nordling; Cpl. Strut Warren vs. The Japanese. Untitled story; Chip Collins vs. Chung Hang. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Flash stars in "The Terror of Goll," written by Gardner Fox, art by Harry Lampert. Also includes "The Panama Canal Scheme" by Fox and Sheldon Moldoff; Hawkman in "The Globe Conquerors" by Fox and Dennis Neville; Johnny Thunder in "Johnny Becomes a Boxer" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; "The Demon Dummy" Flash picture novelette by Ed Wheelan; Warefare in Space text story; article on postage stamps; and an ad for All-American Comics #11. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Bedsheet Format Cover price $0.20.

Four-page newsprint publication distributed by the Gulf Oil Corporation. February 9, 1940. Wings Winfair (art by Fred Meagher), Joy and Jim, Curly and the Kids, and Gulf Screen Guild Theater (featuring Betty Grable).

Four-page newsprint publication distributed by the Gulf Oil Corporation. February 16, 1940. Wings Winfair (art by Fred Meagher), Joy and Jim, Curly and the Kids, and Gulf Screen Guild Theater.

Volume 10 Issue 2 - February 1940. Painted cover by Albert Fisher. True crime articles, stories and photos. "Find the Dead Man's Woman", "A Doomed Boy's Confession: They Gave Me Three Life Terms." 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 66 p, B&W Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Will Eisner. Edited by Malcolm Reiss, Jerry Iger and Will Eisner. Stories and art by Will Eisner, Lou Fine, Klaus Nordling, and Bob Powell. An influential anthology starring jungle hero Sheena, featuring early art by legendary comics artists in the Eisner-Iger Shop. The Hawk faces a pirate rebellion; Spencer Steel seeks the thugs who are terrorizing voters before a big election; ZX-5 faces a revolt in the north. Peter Pupp; The Hawk; Weird Stories of the Supernatural; Spencer Steel; The Count of Monte Cristo; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle; Ken Hammond; ZX-5 Spies In Action; Inspector Dayton; Wilton of the West. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Will Eisner. "Terror of the Bush." script by Red Bradey, art by Ken Jackson; Ann is kidnapped by the mad scientist, Dr. Wratt, who controls a group of man-apes through hypnotism; Kaänga rescues her and Dr. Wratt is killed by his man-apes during Kaänga and Ann's escape. Untitled story, art by Arthur Peddy; The Red Panther rescues a missionary and his daughter from their captor, the witch doctor Tortug. Untitled story, art by R. L. Golden; The criminal Sanders kills an explorer for his map to the elephants' graveyard; Tabu leads the explorer's son to the graveyard where Tabu extracts revenge against the criminal. Untitled story, art C. A. Winter; Stanley, an ivory hunter, is captured by Camilla's guards; She asks him to join her and command her forces; when he refuses, she threatens to kill him with flexodium rays. Untitled story, art by Rafael Astarita; A group of French Foreign Legionnaires mutinies during an attack by Arabs and Terry must overcome both groups of adversaries. Untitled story, script by Roy L. Smith, art by Henry Kiefer (as Dekerosett); A slaver persuades a village to attack the local British garrison, believing that if the garrison can be destroyed, the slave trade will become easier. "The Revolt of the Black Continent," script by Courtney Thompson; Dawambo unites all the savage tribes of central Africa in revolt against the European powers; John Abbot, a movie producer, takes his star, Joan Sarret, to Africa to shoot footage of the rebellion. Untitled story, art by William Allison; Simba rescues a naturalist and his son from a water buffalo attack. Untitled story, script and art by Fletcher Hanks (as Barclay Flagg); Fantomah stops two ivory hunters from raiding the elephants' graveyard by using their own greed against them. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Febreuary 12, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: orchid valentines; Spain after the war; Justice Frankfurter; bobsledding; Yale School of the Fine Arts; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 96 pages. Cover price $0.10.

February 19, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: Rumania; Gratn Wood art; bowling; debutante Gene Tierney; Mae West and W.C. Fields in "My LIttle Chickadee"; Confucious; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 92 pages.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $22.00 View scan Rusty staples and centerfold detached.

February 26, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: car-hops; the Thirties photographic essay; Gargantua; Koussevitzky conducts; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 96 pages. Cover price $0.10.