Comic books January 1941

Cover art by Joe Musial. The Phantom strips, script by Lee Falk, art by Ray Moore. Just Kids strips by A.D. Carter. Jungle Jim strips, art by Alex Raymond. Collecting Stamps article by Eugene Pollack. 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. Pete the Tramp strips, art by Clarence D. Russell. Blondie strips, art by Chic Young. Prince Valiant strips, art by Hal Foster. Tillie the Toiler strips, art by Russ Westover. Curley Harper at Lakespur strips, art by Lyman Young. Teddy and Sitting Bull strips, art by Joe Musial. Room and Board strips, art by Gene Ahern. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Shuster and Leo Nowak. Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Jack Burnley (signed as Joe Shuster). 1st app. Krypto raygun. Pep Morgan story, art by George Papp. The Black Pirate story, art by Sheldon Moldoff. Three Aces story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Chad Grothkopf. Tex Thomson story, script by Ken Fitch, art by Bernard Baily. Clip Carson story, art by George Papp. Zatara story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Joseph Sulman. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $4.00 View scans Paper: Cream Foxing. Soiling. Heavy water damage. Tape on inside front and back covers.

Volume 104, Issue 3 - January, 1941. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Bernard Baily. The Great Train Robbery, script by Ken Fitch, art by Bernard Baily; The Hourman and the Minute Men tackle the strange facts surrounding a $10,000 train robbery, and discover that one of the train clerks in an inside man for gangster, Nick Remos. Legion of the Masked starring Barry O'Neill, script and art by Ed Winiarski. Kosta Strikes starring Mark Lansing, script and art by Howard Purcell. In Emeralda starring Cotton Carver, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Jack Lehti. Manhunt On the Sun Limited starring Paul Kirk, Manhunter, script and art by Ed Moore. Mango's Murder starring Steve Conrad Adventurer, script and art by Jack Lehti. Orchids of Doom starring The Sandman, script by Gardner F. Fox, pencils by Creig Flessel, inks by Chad Grothkopf. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $500.00 or Best Offer View scans 4" cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Cover oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover art by Sheldon Moldoff. Fix the Fight Game, script by Bill Finger, art by Martin Nodell [as Mart Dellon]; After Green Lantern stops two attempts on prize-fighter "Kid" McKay's life, mobsters working for Mark Karaste kidnap Kid's wife Mary to force him to take a dive in the big fight. Search for the Red Tornado, script and art by Sheldon Mayer; Scribbly's newspaper editor, knowing that the Red Tornado operates solely in the neighborhood, assigned Scribbly to try and get a drawing made of the hero so that his paper could get a scoop over the other newspapers in town. Mutt and Jeff strips by Al Smith (as Bud Fisher). Believe It or Not by Robert L. Ripley. Secret on the Mountain starring Hop Harrigan, script and art by Jon L. Blummer. Truckers' War starring The Atom, script and art by Bill O'Connor. Rescue on Mars: Part 3--Adventures in the Unknown, script by Carl H. Claudy, art by Stan Aschmeier. The Gold Mine Stock starring Ben Webster, script and art by Russell Cole (signed as Edwin Alger). The Mining Accidents starring Red, White and Blue, art by William Smith. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $56.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $69.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

January 1941. Cover by J. Allen St. John. Science fiction stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs ("John Carter and the Giant of Mars"), Edmond Hamilton, Don Wilcox, Arthur T. Harris, John York Cabot, and David Wright O'Brien. Illustrations by St. John, Julian S. Krupa, Robert Fuqua, Jay Jackson, Joseph Sewell, and Dick Shaw. 7" x 10".; black and white with color cover; 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $21.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $23.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $9.00 View scans Paper: Cream	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $9.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart GD 2.0 $2.50 3/4" spine split from top.

"Dr. Kildare's Crisis" 3/4 a serial by Max Brand.

January 4, 1941. Stories include "Dr. Kildare's Crisis" (part 3) by Max Brand, "Fools Fly High" (part 5) by Louis C. Goldsmith, "Thunder Hoofs" (part 2) by Bennett Foster, "The Queen's Henchman" by Donald Barr Chidsey, "The Captain, the Parson and the Sea" by Robert Carse, "Hollywood Rib" by Dale Clark, 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 Very Good $5.00 View scans Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $4.80 View scan 3" spine spit from top.

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

January 11, 1941. Stories include "Dr. Kildare's Crisis" (conclusion) by Max Brand, "Fools Fly High" (part 6) by Louis C. Goldsmith, "Thunder Hoofs" (part 3) by Bennett Foster, "Stepson of France" by Robert Carse, "Someone Always Gets Hot" by Judson P. Philips, "Buryin' Pants" by Charles Tenney Jackson, "A Touch of Java" by George Masselman, "The Light in the Window" Jim Kjelgaard, and "Men of Daring" by Stookie Allen. 7-in. x 10-in. (final issue this size); black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $48.00 View scans

Add to cart $30.00 View scans Spine splits top and bottom to the staples, large chunk missing from front cover, soiling, creasing, edge wear, two back cover tears of 1/2" and 1", spine damage, pencil mark on front cover.

Vol. 305 #2 - Jan. 25, 1941. Beginning of Zorro serial. 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

January, 1941. Volume 26, Issue 5. Cover by Hubert Rogers. Trimmed pulp, 6.5-in. x 9.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

continued as: Captain Courageous Comics Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $2,570.00 View scans Restored: C4 Paper: Off white to white Restoration Includes: Color Touch, Pieces Added, Tear Seals, Reinforced. RIGHT EDGE OF CENTERFOLD AND TOP OF COVER TRIMMED. Label #0359998002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart CGC 0.5 $1,895.00 View scans Paper: Off white 2 Center Wraps Missing. Label #4393858002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $2,299.95 or Best Offer View scans INCOMPLETE. Back cover, last page, and piece of Oddities page missing. Does not affect main features. Two center wraps detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson. "The Case of the Joker's Crime Circus!", script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); The Joker organizes a crime circus that performs at the homes of wealthy patrons to size up the joint, then later robs them. "Blackbeard's Crew and the Yacht Society," script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); When an exclusive yacht is taken over by a band of pirates led by the immortal Blackbeard himself, the Batman and Robin come aboard to swab the decks with them. "Public Enemy No. 1," script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); Batman must contend with Jimmy McCoy, a young bully who claws his way up through the ranks until he becomes the overlord of crime, but ends up being deserted by his mob, hunted by the Police and killed in a gutter. "Code of the Glove" text story, script by Clem Gordon, art by Raymond Perry. Two-page Ginger Snap story by Bob Kane (as Lou Reed). "Touchdown for Justice," script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); The Caped Crusader doubles as a star football player, who has been kidnapped in order that his team will lose and criminals will gain big time from the bets they have made. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 2, Issue 3 - January, 1941. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $60.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

Section 1. 8.75" x 11.75", 84 pages, B&W

Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Basil Berold (both pseudonyms), Roland "Ramona" Patenaude and Gene Rider. A collection of superhero comics from Fox Feature Syndicate, featuring the first version of the Blue Beetle. The Blue Beetle investigates a murder seemingly committed by a 30-foot-tall giant; V-Man must protect Father Duroc, creator of the V-Man power, from Nazi assassins; The Flame faces a villain who uses deadly flammable gas, forcing him to fight in his human identity. Blue Beetle: The Giant's Dagger; V-Man: The Meeting That Death Attended; Power Dive; The Flame: The Tomb of the Tortured Death; Blue Beetle: Death At the Ball. Final issue of the series. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Gardner Fox, Ogden Whitney, Ham Fisher, Fred Guardineer, H. J. Tuthill, Mart Bailey, Albert Chartier, A. W. Nugent, Creig Flessel, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, and Alfred Andriola. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. Sailing southward with Doe Ames and her father Professor Ames, Rocky Ryan faces peril in the underground Antarctic city of Pola. Marvelo the Magician seeks The Hidden Treasure of the Haunted House. Radio star Tony Trent must don the horror-mask of The Face to find out who is impersonating Tony Trent. Plus a Hollywood page featuring James Stewart and Helen Vinson. Happy New Year; Skyman; Joe Palooka; Tom Kerry District Attorney; The Bungle Family; Spy-Chief; Film Flashes; Kid Stuff; Oddities from Here 'n' There; Let's Play Games; Charlie Chan; Jibby Jones; Rocky Ryan; Dixie Dugan; Mike the Mascot; Marvelo Monarch of Magicians; Mortimer the Monk; The Face. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Formerly Scienti-Snaps. Edited by Jack champman Miske and Walter E. Marconette. Fiction: "The Thing in the Moonlight" by H.P. Lovecraft, and "The Dwellers in the Mirage" (End) by A. Merritt. Articles: "To Write - Be Wrong!" by John W. Campbell, Jr., "The Open Mind" by E.E. Smith, Ph. D., and "A Brief Autobiography" by Hannes Bok. Columns: "Stardust" by The Star-Treader, "Fantasy Footnotes" by Harry Warner, Jr., "Imagi-Movies" by Forrest J. Ackerman, and "Kaleidoscope" by Walter E. Marconette. Sonnet: On H.P. Lovecrafts "The Festival" by Earl Singleton. Cover art by Hannes Bok. Interior art by Hannes Bok and Walter E. Marconette. 6" x 9", 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Jan-Nov 1941. This Black Book Detective bound volume collects six complete issues (V12-2, V12-3, V13-1, V13-2, V13-3, & V14-1) of the long-running pulp magazine. Due to the binding process, the interior magazines were trimmed, and the top layer of the spines were removed. The grade provided is for the overall condition. For further information on condition, please see our grading notes. Hardbound, 6.75" x 9.75".

"The Black Bat's Dragon Trail" by "G. Wayman Jones"; "Mom Petrelli's Boy" by Gerry Seton; and "Eyes of the Magnate" by William L. Hopson. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

January, 1941. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $200.00 View scans Paper: Slightly britle Label #4202522010

Add to cart Coverless $49.95 or Best Offer View scan INCOMPLETE. Missing first wrap, affects art and story. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Edited by David Adams. Stories by Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, Al Avison, Al Gabriele, Bill Everett, Bob Davis, Jack A. Warren, Paul Gustavson, Harold DeLay, Malcolm Kildale, Henry Kiefer, Bill O'Connor, Ben Flinton, and Leonard Sansone. Blue Bolt must be rescued. Sub-Zero battles Boss Reynolds. Dick Cole faces a prison break. Runaway Ronson battles Thurston. Sergeant Spook encounters the ghosts of John Paul Jones, Adm. Dewey, Sir Francis Drake, and George Washington. The White Rider and Super Horse face three killers. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Ed Smalle. Mr. King's Dope Smuggling Ring starring the dog Rang-A-Tang, script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle. Hercules Routs the Fierce Unconquered Amazons, script by Joe Blair, art by Mort Meskin. Idol of the Crocodile Cult starring Gypsy Johnson, art by John Bulthuis [as Johann Carl Bulthuis]. The Fox Goes To a Night Club, script by Joe Blair, art by Irwin Hasen. After the Fall of France starring Corporal Collins and Nazis, script by Abner Sundell, art by Charles Biro; Collins and Slapsie escape France and go to England. In the American Jungle starring Ty Gor, script by Joe Blair, art by Mort Meskin. The Martian Invasion starring Doc Strong, script by Joe Blair, art by Sam Cooper. Fighting the Fascists starring Loop Logan, script by Joe Blair, art by Frank Volpe. Truce of Treachery starring Green Falcon, script by Harry Shorten, art by Lee Harris. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

"The Substitute Wife!" Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $280.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

Add to cart Very Good $53.00 View scans Paper: Cream

Winter, 1941. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Edmond Hamilton ("Captain Future and the Seven Space Stones"), Gawain Edwards, Frederic Brown, and Harl Vincent. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VF- 7.5 $55.00 View scans

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.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $2.90 INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story. Staple rust with migration. tearing on front cover.

Volume 12, Issue 8 - January 1941. Features creative stories, poems, rebuses, recipes, activities, crafts, science experiments, and health articles for children. 6-in. x 9-in. 52 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.15.