Comic books August 1941

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, Tom Sims, Bela Zaboly, George McManus, Otto Soglow, Eddie Rickenbacker, Clayton Knight, Charles Flanders, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Frank Miller, Don Moore and Alex Raymond. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Mutinous sailors arrange a deathtrap for Mandrake the Magician; The Phantom seeks the truth about The Fire Goddess. Brick Bradford; The Lone Ranger; The Phantom; Little Annie Rooney; Henry; Sport Features; Scott's Scrapbook; Hall of Fame of the Air; Sentinel Louie; Radio Patrol; Mandrake the Magician; Thimble Theatre; Flash Gordon; Bringing Up Father; The Little King; Barney Baxter in the Air; Sappo; Stamps: The Dragon of Emperor Fu Hi; There'll be Some Changes; Family Portraits: Ten More Days. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 18, Issue 6 - February 8, 1941. Fiction and non-fiction stories with illustrations. 8.5" x 11.25", 64 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.05.

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August 11, 1941. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. Cover of Rita Hayworth. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 88 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Margery McKay (sometimes credited as G. Whiz). Stories and art by Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Feg Murray, Clayton Knight, H. H. Knerr, Fran Striker, Charles Flanders, Robert Storm, Mel Graff, Thornton W. Burgess, Carl Anderson, Edwina Dumm, Chic Young, Bob Dunn, Frank Miller, Joe Musial, Billy DeBeck, Jimmy Thompson, Eugene L. Pollack, Tom Sims, and Bela Zaboly. Lee Falk's adventurer Mandrake the Magician gets top billing in this anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Dagwood feels chores are best left until after the afternoon nap, but Blondie disagrees; Tippie and Cap Stubbs follows the adventures of a boy and his mischievous dog. Mandrake the Magician; Jan and Aloysius; Seein' Stars; The Romance of Flying; Bunky; Dollar-A-Dither; The Lone Ranger; Secret Agent X-9; Little Nature Stories; Henry; Little Acorns; Popeye; Barney Baxter; Blondie; Indian Lore; Tippie and Cap Stubbs; Dinglehoofer. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Ad for USA Comics and All Winners Comics. Human Torch untitled story, art by Carl Burgos; The small European nation of Alslavia appeals to Torch and Toro for aid against the Nazis; On arrival, they encounter the Nazi invasion wall, a large armored wall mounted on tank treads; After destroying the wall the Torches head out to sea and they spot a Nazi sub, but when they investigate, they determine that there is no one aboard. Sub-Mariner untitled story, script and art by Bill Everett; While passing through a small mid-western town, Namor muses over how to stop the subversive activities of the Nazis, and develops a special miniature field car, somewhat along the lines of one developed by the Army--but with some novel twists--that he uses to battle the Nazis. Ka-Zar untitled story, art by Ben Thompson; Ka-Zar battles the Nazis who are using a chemical spray to kill off the vegetation in the jungle, and who hope, along with the Italians, to establish a post in, and eventually control, Central Africa. Captain America Comics ad. Terry Vance untitled story, script by Ray Gill, art by Bob Oksner; Terry tackles the case of jewel robberies by a person known as the Phantom Robber, and discovers that the thefts occur in towns being visited by the circus. "Tank Production Menaced" starring Patriot, script by Ray Gill, art by Art Gates; The Patriot battles a Nazi saboteur who has the intention of stalling production of a new, streamlined tank. "Dunkirk Incident" text story, script by Stan Lee. The Vision untitled story, script by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, pencils by Kirby, inks by Simon; The Vision embarks on the task of saving the lives of the crew of the U.S.S. Olympus which vanished in Antarctica. Angel untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; The Angel investigates a bizarre case in which a grotesque, wild-eyed man crashes into an operating room and prevents the surgeons from saving the life of a judge. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Charles Sultan. The Unholy Three, art by Charles Sultan; Bulletman and Bulletgirl vs. the Unholy Three and Dr. Twiddley Fairchild. The Bus Explosions, pencils by Ken Battefield; Devil's Dagger vs. Mr. H. The Lifters, art by George Tuska; El Carim vs. The Lifters. The Robot Spy, art by Charles Sultan; Minute-Man vs. Illyria and X-33 (a robot). Rocket-Tank of Gold; Captain Venture and the Planet Princess vs. King Leon. The Return of Hook Harrigan; Companions Three vs. Hook Harrigan and Seena. The Menace of Blackie Moore starring Buck Jones, Frontier Marshall, art by Ralph Carlson; Buck and Mesquite tangles with cattle rustlers and save the life of an innocent man accused of rustling. Mystery At Manor Hotel starring Zoro, The Mystery Man, art by Mac Raboy. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

August 1941. Volume 24 No. 6. Painted cover by Griffith Foxley. True crime articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 80 p, B&W. Printed on white paper stock. Cover price $0.15.

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Mechanical science and technology magazine. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 164 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Will Eisner. Untitled story, script by Will Eisner and Bob Powell, art by Chuck Cuidera; Warsaw, Poland 1939. The Nazis are massing to rout the Polish Air Force, the only obstacle to their victory over Poland, and are being led by the Nazi commander, Captain von Tepp; However, in his attack, the brother and sister of a lone survivor are killed, and this survivor, later to become The Blackhawk, vows to hunt down von Tepp and make him pay personally for their deaths. Untitled story, art by Bob Powell (as Bud Ernest); The boys lose their contract as test pilots after a crack-up and find themselves being asked to join a group called the Red Dragon Squadron. Untitled story, art by Fred Guardineer; "Wild Bill" Dunn, an American engineer, survives a British scouting expedition in Ethiopia, meets an Australian named Private Jones, and for months they work together to create a war machine from the remains of Fascist equipment that they call the Blue Tracer, and which they hope will provide the capabilities to overcome a local enemy tribe. Untitled story; Three British soldiers, looking for help for their battalion under siege, are saved, ironically, by a Billy goat, and soon find help with a group of French soldiers. Untitled story, script and art by Klaus Nordling; An unlikely duo team up to foil the attempts of a Nazi attache who is interested in obtaining information on a secret U.S. fighter. Untitled story, script by John Stewart, art by William Smith; A group of Nazi spies work their way into the ranks of America's military services, attempting to turn over to the enemy some of the U.S.'s best ships. Untitled story, script and art by Jack Cole; Origin of the Death Patrol. Untitled story, art by Elmer Wexler; The Origin of Miss America. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; The schooner "Albatross" succeeds in capturing the Battleship "Kaiser Adolf," then must take on the Nazis' new battleship, "Kronzprinz Albrecht." 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 25, Issue 2 - August, 1941. 8.5" x 11.5", 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Vol. 22, No. 3. August 1941. 8.5" x 11.5". 82 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 23, Issue 3 - August 1941. Lana Turner photo cover. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 98 Pages B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Howard Sherman. "Wotan and Karkull," script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Howard Sherman; Ken Nelson and Inza investigate the strange "wind that laughs" that apparently killed every member of the ill-fated Arundel Expedition, but it's Dr. Fate who discovers the evil behind it: Wotan and Karkull, who team up to destroy Dr. Fate. "The Chinatown Case," starring Detective Sergeant Carey, script and art by Joe Donohoe; The Captain's daughter has disappeared in Chinatown so Carey and Sleepy go looking for her. "Adventure in Alaska," starring Clip Carson, art by George Papp. "Death Is the Engineer," art by Ed Winiarski; Captain Desmo investigates a murder on a train. "Case of the D.A.'s Daughter," starring the Radio Squad, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Fred Ray. "The Owl-Men," art by Harold Sharp; Lance Larkin finally makes it back to his gold mine in Sumatra, only to find someone's been stealing his gold. Untitled Sergeant O'Malley of the Red Coat Patrol story, art by Jack Lehti. "The Crimson Circle Mystic Society," script by Jerry Siegel, art by Bernard Baily; The Spectre investigates a secret society that seems to be involved in murder and robbery. 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 76, Issue 2 - August 1941. Painted cover by Robert Robinson. Vintage auto magazine with articles about (now) classic cars, with lots of photographs and tons of vintage ads, this is a must have for any car enthusiast. Softcover Magazine, 8" x 11", 134 pages, B&W with some color.

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August, 1941. Ann Rutherford photo cover. Vintage film fan tabloid full of stories about the lives of celebrities, and gossip from the golden-age of Hollywood. 8.5" x 11.5". 6 pages. Sepia-tinted pages with red accents. Cover price $0.10.

August, 1941. Veronica Lake cover. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 16, Issue 88 - August, 1941. 8.5" x 11", 92 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Chuck Cuidera. Stories by Al Weine and Nathaniel Nitkin. Art by Charles Nicholas, Carl Hubbell, and Jack Camden. An anthology of Golden Age adventure comics from Fox Feature, including the original Blue Beetle. Wartime hero Private OHara and comedy relief Mortimer Wicket join the Mystery Men lineup; The Blue Beetle investigates Nazi agents in the US after an FBI agent is murdered and his cop partner Mike is abducted; Zanzibar, who looks like Mandrake the Magician in a blue fez, shows a corrupt business executive the terrible cost of cutting corners on vehicle safety. The Hoops; Subterfuge In San Francisco; The Red Ants of Death; The Masked Murderers; A Case of Soap; Innocent Prisoner; A Lesson From the Dead; Meet Mortimer; Stage Set For Murder. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 26, 1st Printing - "Death in the Chalk Pits" by E.R. Punshon. Softcover, 5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

Introducing the Unknown Solider, Captain Victory, Three Cheers, Typhoon Tyson, and Kay McKay: Air Hostess. Cover price $0.10.

Aug. 1941. Hunting, fishing and outdoors magazine. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 88 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover art by Irv Novick. "The Case of the Side Show Horrors," script by Harry Shorten, art by Irv Novick; Ju Ju finds a corpse in the water when out bathing with Betty and Mamie. Untitled story, art by George Storm; The criminal mastermind, the Jackal, knows the Hangmans after him; So he puts on a Hangman suit himself and starts committing murders in the Hangmans name. Untitled story, script by Harry Shorten, art by Lin Streeter; The Fairy Queen transfers Danny and Kupkake to the hills where it is thought the thieves they search for are hiding. Untitled story, art by Carl Hubbell; A German body is washed up on the beach with papers about a coming U-boat attack on the coastguard. Untitled Fireball story, script by Harry Shorten, art by Paul Reinman; A strangled man is found in a burning house. Untitled story; Madam Satan escapes from the broken spirit bottle. Untitled story, script by Harry Shorten, art by George Storm; Kayo saves a girl from drowning in a water tank. Untitled Bentley of Scotland Yard story, script by Joe Blair, art by Sam Cooper; The curse of the Pharoahs follows the mummy of King Ahm to the home of Sir Hubert Tigh. Shield and Dusty pin-up on back cover. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Gold Seal Novel was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Inquirer issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. Between 1934 and 1949, they published almost 400 of these novels.