Comic books December 1940

Cover art by Joe Musial. The Phantom strips, script by Lee Falk, art by Ray Moore. Jungle Jim strips, art by Alex Raymond. The Katzenjammer Kids strips, art by H.H. Knerr. Barney Google strips, art by Billy DeBeck. Tim Tyler's Luck strips, art by Lyman Young. The Wrath of Montezuma - Part 3 text story by Rutherford G. Montgomery. Blondie strips, art by Chic Young. Prince Valiant strips, art by Hal Foster. Tillie the Toiler strips, art by Russ Westover. Curley Harper strips, art by Lyman Young. Teddy and Sitting Bull strips, art by Joe Musial. Elmer strips, art by Doc Winner. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Shuster and Leo Nowak. Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Jack Burnley (signed as Joe Shuster). Pep Morgan story, art by George Papp. The Black Pirate story, art by Sheldon Moldoff. The Hidden City of Death starring Three Aces, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Chad Grothkopf. Tex Thomson story, art by Bernard Baily. Zatara story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Joseph Sulman. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bernard Baily. The Menace of Dr. Togg, script by Ken Fitch, art by Bernard Baily; Hourman and the Minute Men must face an evil scientist, from his laboratory on Wide Island, who has created weird pets called the Gombezi out of wolves and buzzards that he uses to rob and kill. Fang Gow's Cut-Throats starring Barry O'Neill, script and art by Ed Winiarski. General Kosta's Subterfuge starring Mark Lansing, script and art by Howard Purcell. The Problem of the Phony Newspaperman starring the Federal Men, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Chad Grothkopf. Magna Cum Laude starring Socko Strong, script by Albert Sulman, art by Joseph Sulman. Peril In Africa starring Steve Conrad Adventurer, script and art by Jack Lehti. To Hammer the Earth starring The Sandman, script by Gardner F. Fox, pencils by Creig Flessel, inks by Chad Grothkopf. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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.

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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.

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Cover by Lew Glanzman. Stories by A. L. Kirby, Sam Decker, Charles Verral, John F. Kolb, Frank Thomas, Martin Filchock, Lew Glanzman, Bob Lubbers, Sam Gilman. Super-hero and adventure tales featuring such characters as Amazing-Man, Minimidget, Doctor Hypno, Rocke Wayburn, Mighty Man, The Shark, Reef Kinkaid, and Iron Skull. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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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.

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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.

December 1940. Volume 26, Issue 4. Cover by Hubert Rogers. Science fiction stories by P. Schuyler Miller, D. M. Edwards, Robert Willey, Nelson S. Bond, and A. E. Van Vogt ("Slan" part 4 of 4). Illustrations by Orban and Schneeman. Trimmed pulp, 6.5-in. x 9.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Stories and art by Sam Cooper (credited as Charles Nicholas), Alex Blum and Fletcher Hanks. A collection of superhero comics from Fox Feature Syndicate, featuring the first version of the Blue Beetle. Crime boss Porky Hogg targets the Blue Beetle by dressing his gang in Blue Beetle costumes and framing him for murder; The Flame battles a gang's protection racket; Stardust must protect America when Master-Mind De Structo plans to steal all its oxygen, in a story by the legendary Fletcher Hanks. Blue Beetle: Death To the Blue Beetle; Samson: Nekroff the Dictator; Wing Turner; The Flame: The Crimson Circle; Interlude At Hoalogaland; The Flame: The Sabotage Protection Racket; Stardust: Master-Mind De Structo. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by David Adams. Cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Stories by Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, Al Avison, Al Gabriele, Bob Davis, Bill Everett, Jack A. Warren, Harold DeLay, Malcolm Kildale, Henry Kiefer, Bill O'Connor, Ben Flinton, Leonard Sansone, and Paul Gustavson. Blue Bolt must face the Green Armys blitzkrieg. Dick Cole reacts to the murder of Bret Hart. Sub-Zero battles Rocky Garrett. Sergeant Spook encounters the ghost of Napoleon Bonaparte. The Phantom Sub and the return of Captain Gorling. Runaway Ronson must deal with the robbery of railroad guns. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

The Menace of the Thinking Machines, art by Lou Fine; The Condor must overcome the Chinese Lung Woe, who has created the drilling "spinning death machine" for his Nazi cohort. Vendrome's Electrical Weapon starring Space Legion, script and art by Vernon Henkel. The Secret of the Rex starring Madam Fatal, script and art by Art Pinajian. Allied With the Black Shark starring Red Torpedo, script and art by Henry Kiefer. Untitled Lena Pry story, script by Monte Barret, art by Russell E. Ross. The Boy and the Bank Robbers starring Alias the Spider, script and art by Paul Gustavson. The Saboteurs and the Train Crash starring Lee Preston of the Red Cross, art by Nick Cardy. Stuporman starring The Clock, script and art by George E. Brenner; The Clock must find a way to overcome and defeat a super-strong and impervious pinheaded monster from Mongolia. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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The Adventures of Ellery Queen, Red Ryder, Don Winslow of the navy, Myra North, Stratosphere Jim and his Flying Fortress (art by Al McWilliams), the Crusoes, Bob and Bill the Scout Twins, Dan Dunn, Boots, Wash Tubbs, Gabby Scoops, and the Owl. One-page Tarzan text story. Cover price $0.10.

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. 64 pgs. $0.10. Death of Hugo Strange, first time car called Batmobile. Gotham City 1st mentioned in Detective Comics. Cover price $0.10.