Comic books May 1940
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Vol. 108 #5
Cosmopolitan (1886 Hearst) Vol. 108 #5This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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- Paper: Cream to off white
- Tape on Cover and Interior Cover.
- Label #3996524002
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Origin and first appearance of the Black Condor in Man Who Can Fly Like a Bird, script by Will Eisner [as Kenneth Lewis], art by Lou Fine. The Story of Pug Brady, script and art by George E. Brenner; A down and out-of-luck former heavyweight champion boxer and All-American fullback tries to steal Brian's watch. Untitled Jane Arden story, script by Monte Barrett, art by Russell E. Ross. Introducing Rock Braddon featuring Jane Arden, script by Monte Barrett, art by Russell E. Ross. The Sign of the Cricket featuring Alias the Spider, script and art by Paul Gustavson. Too Hot To Hold starring Wizard Wells, script and art by Harry Francis Campbell. Untitled Molly the Model story, script and art by John Devlin. Origin of the Red Torpedo, art by Henry Kiefer [as Drew Allen]. Origin of Madam Fatal, art by Art Pinajian. The 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published May 1940 by Tem Publishing Co..
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Stories and art by Jack Kirby, Bill Scott, George Storm, Douglas Grant, Robert Turner, Lowry Bishop, Matt Robertson, Rudolf Johnson, Nam Chung Po and Ed Lipowski. The adventures of Strongman and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. Secret yogic teachings give playboy Percy van Norton tremendous strength, invulnerability, and genius intellect, which he uses (along with his boomerang rope) to fight evil as Strongman. The debut of a very early sci-fi series from Jack Kirby, featuring the adventures of the Solar Legion. Bulletproof hero Blue Streak battles the underworld with the help of his Asian chauffeur, Tago. Strongman; Buck Burke; Secret Agent Z-2; Solar Legion; Don Matson: Danger Dive; Blue Streak; The Flying Trio; Jane Drake; Alec: Yang Threatens World; Shangra. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published May 1940 by Crime Detective, Inc..
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May 1940. Volume 2, No. 6. Painted cover by Stockton Mulford. True crime articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 114 p, B&W Cover price $0.25.
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Ashcan. Used to trademark title of Cyclone Comics (1940). Featuring Tornado Tom, King Anthony, The Red Night, Volton, State Trooper, Mister "Q", Ken Cameron, Nick Nelson, and many others. Cover price $0.10.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished May 1940 by Popular Publications.
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Issue #68
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Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Busting a Banker, art by Maurice Gutwirth; A daring bank robbery leads the Purple Mask after the gang responsible and he discovers that the bank's President is involved with the crime. The Zeppelin Attack; K-4 and his assistants are assigned the job of tracking down an enemy zeppelin that is being used to drop mines by parachute over vital installations. On the Trail of Muro starring Monako Prince of Magic, art by Larry Antonette. Mars Attacks--Whirlwind Carter of the Interplanetary Secret Service, script and art by Fletcher Hanks. The Spike Green Case starring Marvex the Super Robot, art by Hal Sharp. The World of Savages starring Breeze Barton, art by Jack Binder. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Tags: Batman
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Cover art by Bob Kane. The Horde of the Green Dragon starring Batman and Robin, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson. Spy story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Maurice Kashuba. Red Logan story, art by Ken Ernst. The Crimson Avenger story, script and art by Jack Lehti. Steve Malone, District Attorney story, art by Don Lynch. Cliff Crosby story, script and art by Chad Grothkopf. White Trap text story by Whitney Ellsworth (as Fredric Wells). Slam Bradley story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Dennis Neville. Ad for Batman #1. 64 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Tags: Pulp Adventure
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Tags: Pulp Adventure
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Tags: Pulp Adventure
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Tags: Pulp Adventure
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished May 1940 by Street & Smith.
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Published May 1940 by Popular Publications.
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Published May 1940 by Popular Publications.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished May 1940 by Popular Publications.
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Published May 1940 by Popular Publications.
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Published May 1940 by Popular Publications.$13.75
View scans- Paper: Cream
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.
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Doc Savage (1933-1949 Street & Smith^) Pulp Vol. 15 #3Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished May 1940 by Street & Smith.
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Published May 1940 by Street & Smith.
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Doc Savage in "The Land of Terror." "Treasure Island" adaptation of the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson (art by Jack Farr?). Norgil the Magician in "Double-Barreled Magic." Cap Fury, Danny Garrett, Mark Mallory at West Point, Captain Death, Sheriff Pete Rice in "Nuggets of Doom" (art by Farr?), the Whisperer, and Billy the Kid. Painted cover. Cover price $0.10.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished May 1940 by Frank A. Munsey.$704.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
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Published May 1940 by Columbia Publications.
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Published May 1940 by International Society of Junior Magicians.$11.00
View scansOfficial organ of the International Society of Junior Magicians, containing news and tips. 16 pages on newsprint.
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Issue #39
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Esquire (1933 Esquire, Inc.) Magazine Vol. 13 #5Published May 1940 by Esquire Magazine.
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Published May 1940 by Ace Magazines.$4.00
- INCOMPLETE. Piece clipped. Does not interrupt art or story.
Vol. 4 - Issue 3. May, 1940. Photography Magazine Features: "I braved the Jungle Terrors for Pictures" by William Cotlow, Exposure Tricks for Sudden Shots, Photographing the Group, Catching Daredevils in Action, Capturing Humor on Film and more! 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.
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Published May 1940 by Nedor/Better Publications.
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Cover art by L. North. The Leopard Men, art by George Mandel; first appearance of Ted Crane; vs. The Leopard Men and Bullard. Marooned On Mercury featuring the Space Rovers, art by Max Plaisted. The Second Theseus featuring the Son of the Gods, script and art by George Mandel. The Knowles Case starring Dan Williams, art by Ray Lowry. On the Western Front starring Sgt. Bill King, art by Leonard Sansone. Mystery of the Lost Mine starring Masked Rider; vs. The Specter [Jim Sanford]. Theft of the Tank Plans starring Sphinx. The Mask Returns, art by Raymond Thayer; vs. Olly Snate and Otto Fox. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished May 1940 by Frank A. Munsey.$30.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- 2" Spine split from top of book. Foxing. Soiling.
$34.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$30.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$25.00
View scans- Trimmed
- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
"Three Lines of Old French" a novelette by A. Merritt, plus "Pegasus" a short story by Henry Kuttner.
Volume 2, Issue 2 - May, 1940. 6.75" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.
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Tags: Comic Strip ReprintsPublished May 1940 by Famous Funnies.$80.00
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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; "Star Flashes" by Charles Bruno; "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; "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Daredevils of Destiny" by Frank Rentfrow and Don Dickson; "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; "Butty and Fatty" by M. E. Brady; and "Homer Hoopee" by Fred Locher. "Pearlers Three" text story by Winfield Kent. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published May 1940 by Ziff Davis.$77.00
View scans- 1" cumulative spine split (taped).
$37.00
View scans- 2" Cumulative spine split (partially glued).
Volume 2, Issue 5 - May 1940. Cover by Stockton Mulford. Science Fiction and adventure magazine. Features "The Whispering Gorilla" by Don Wilcox, "Lanceleot Biggs: Master Navigator" by Nelson S. Bond, and complete stories by Ed Earl Repp, Peter Horn, and Milton Kaletsky. 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.
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Published May 1940 by Fox Feature Syndicate.
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Cover art by Joe Simon. The Monsters Are Coming starring Samson, art by Alex Blum. Sir Lucifer Attacks starring Flip Falcon, art by Don Rico. The Sport of Bdula Khan starring Golden Knight, art by Grieg Chapian. Case of the Sinking Subs [The Saboteurs], script and art by Fletcher Hanks [as Lance Ferguson]; Yank Wilson stops a spy ring that was responsible for sinking United States submarines. The Vacuumites starring Space Smith, script and art by Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy]. Dr. Martinious, Warlord of Mars starring Stardust, script and art by Fletcher Hanks. The Man Who Hated the World starring Sub Saunders. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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- Full length spine split (taped), cover taped to first wrap along spine. Centerfold detached at one staple. Cover oxidation. Tape on interior cover and pages.
Cover art by Lou Fine. "The Sins of Anton Bock," script by Will Eisner (as William Erwin Maxwell), art by Lou Fine; Professor Roberts has perfected a powerful gas; A gas too dangerous to sell or even use, so he decides to destroy it; Before he can do so, he is kidnapped from his lab; Later, Darrel and Martha track his movements to the waterfront, where strange lights of red, blue and green, as well as mysterious noises are coming from; Doll Man steps in. "The Capture of Castle Balomar," script and art by Vernon Henkel; Captain Fortune (Tyrone Fortune) vs. Duke Edward. "The Three-Fingered Ogre," script by Toni Blum, art by Dan Zolnerowich (as Arthur Hamon Doyle); Zero investigates the ghostly return of three brothers, who in their youth had made a pact: if one of them were to die, they must return in the form of an agre, to care for the others. "The Medicine Man's Scheme," script and art by Art Pinajian. "The Snatch of the Plane Plans," script and art by Bob Powell; Spin Shaw vs. G. Roland Lorber. "The Murder of Bus Pritchard" starring Rance Keane, script and art by William A. Smith. "Living Dead Men," script by Harry Campbell, art by Henry Weston Taylor; Blackburn and Jackson fake their own deaths by placing two medical school corpses in a car, setting it on fire, and pushing it over a cliff. "The Insurance Murder Plot" starring Rusty Ryan, script and art by Paul Gustavson. "Origin of the Voice" starring Mr. Elixir, art by Stan Aschmeier. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published May 1940 by Fiction House.
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Cover pencils by Will Eisner. Untitled story, script by Herman Bolstein, art by John Celardo; Rip Regan vs. Prof. Morland and a gorilla. Untitled story, art by George Tuska (as George Aksut); Shark Brodie vs. Kuloff and The Sibonians. Untitled story; Saber (Spy Fighter) vs. The Prussanians. "The True Life Story of John L. Sullivan"; non-fiction story about the famous boxer. Untitled story; Chip Collins vs. a priestess, Wong and other Orientals. Untitled story; Kinks Mason vs. The Link People. Keeping Fit article. Untitled story, script and art by Fletcher Hanks (as Charles Netcher); When Tom Farr's new hire turns out to be a member of a gang out to wreck his business, he must be stopped by Big Red McLane. Untitled story; Oran of the Jungle vs. Goliath and Pete Winch. "In the Virgin Islands," script by Klaus Nordling (as Ed Norris), art by Klaus Nordling. Untitled story, pencils by Dan Zolnerowich; Kayo Kirby vs. Zingo Catrez, Pedro, Gregorio, Alexio and Dominico. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished May 1940 by Fictioneers, Inc..$14.00
View scans- Paper: Light tan to Cream
- Front cover detached 25%. No Back Cover. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
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$115.00
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View scansVolume 71, Issue 613 - May, 1940. Enoch Bolles cover. Humorous captions paired with movie stills and models. 8.5" x 11", 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Vol. 51 #2
Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished May 1940 by Clayton Magazines, Inc..This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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Tags: Flash
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Flash stars in "Menace of the Vandal," written by Gardner Fox, art by Everett E. Hibbard. Also includes: King in "Get the King" by Fox and Harry Lampert; Hawkman in "The Kidnapping of Ione Craig" by Fox and Sheldon Moldoff; Johnny Thunder in "G-Man Johnny" by John B. Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier; Cliff Cornwall in "The Snow King" with art by Sheldon Moldoff; "You Can't Get Away With It" Flash picture novelette by Ed Wheelan; and The Whip in "Judge Frawd's Court" by Wentworth and Homer Fleming. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published May 1940 by Magazine Publishers.$19.00
View scans- Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$13.00
View scans- Paper: Cream
- Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$15.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
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View scans- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
Volume 35, Issue 2 - May, 1940. 8" x 11", 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.
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$175.00
View scans- 2" Cumulative spine split. Staples added (not manufacturing). Staple rust. Tape.
Smilin' Jack. Stories and Art by Zack Mosley. Featuring reprints of Smilin' Jack daily and Sunday strips (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) from 1936-1937. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published May 1940 by MacFadden Publications.$19.00
View scansVol. 4, No. 1. May 1940. True Crime Magazine. Albert Fisher Cover. 8.5" x 11.5". 48 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.10.
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Vol. 17 #8
Published May 1940 by Western Publications Inc..This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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- INCOMPLETE. Several center wraps missing, affects art and story. Cover detached at two staples, heavy lateral spine tears.
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Rex King of the Deep; John Carter; Capt. Easy
68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published May 1940 by Comics Magazine Company.
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Published May 1940 by Popular Publications.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished May 1940 by Standard Publishing.$33.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate.
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Vol. 2 #5
Published May 1940 by Headline Detective Publishing Co..This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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Hollywood (1928-1943 Fawcett) Magazine Vol. 29 #5
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Vol. 29 #5 - May 1940. Movie magazine with news, gossip, reviews and articles. Articles about Shirley Temple, Gene Autry, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour and more. Dr. Cyclops full page ad. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.
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Vol. 9 #5
Published May 1940 by Popular Magazines.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Published by Popular Magazines, Inc. between December 1931 and December 1943, Hooey was a satirical humour magazine that included fake articles, cartoons that depicted social issues of the time and spoof ads in a similar vein as it's successor, Mad Magazine. 8.5" x 11", 32 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.