Green Hornet Comics (1940) comic books

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $695.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4341429014 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Stories and art by Al Bryant, Bob Powell, Art Helfant, Al Zere, A. W. Nugent and Arturo Cazeneuve. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. The Green Hornet discovers the secret of the giant who emerges from a volcano to wreak havoc on the city. Gangsters steal a scientist's "artificial mist" and use it to create a weapon of mass destruction. Stripe-wearing hero Zebra leaps into action when a monkey with a gun goes on a rampage. Bondage cover, possibly the work of Arturo Cazeneuve, references the Hornet's success in radio and movie serials. Green Hornet: The Juggernaut of Destruction!!!; Flossie; Spirit of '76; The Story behind the Cover; Twinkle Twins: Mike the Muscle; Mighty Midgets; Green Hornet Buzzers; Roddy: Victory Garden; Zebra: The Thinking Ape!; Sailors and Soldiers; Getting Maisie Married; The Case of the Blinding Green Fog! 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $499.95 or Best Offer View scans Interior is complete. Full length spine split, chipped corner, cover oxidation, centerfold detached at single center staple. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by Jerry Robinson, Marv Lev, Bob Powell, Art Helfant, and Arturo Cazeneuve. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. Nazi saboteurs enlist American hoboes to target a dam, in GH stories with art by Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson. The Twinkle Twins meet Mike the Muscle's nephew Mikey, a juvenile delinquent in the making, and try to set him straight. The clue to a million-dollar robbery is a crate of oranges, in a story that promotes War Bonds, a WWII fundraising drive. Bondage cover by comics legend Alex Schomburg references the Hornet's success in radio and movie serials. Green Hornet: The Society of the Swastika!; Spirit of 76; Mighty Midgets: Invisible Paint; Youngun and Tagalong; Green Hornet: Dam of Death!; The Story Behind the Cover; Twinkle Twins: The Lad Who was Bad!; Zebra: The Mystery of the Pink Drake Brand; Green Hornet Buzzers. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $215.00 View scans Interior is complete. Full length spine split (taped), heavy tape on interior cover, staples added (not manufacturing). Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by A. W. Nugent, Bob Powell, Art Helfant, and Arturo Cazeneuve. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. One-eyed Nazi agent Dr. Zorano tries to sabotage the US war effort, and when Green Hornet goes after him, he releases dangerous animals from a zoo. Returning to America from a special mission in Africa, Spirit of 76 must keep a boxing kangaroo named Herbert from falling into Axis hands. Green Hornet must stop escaped killer Trouble Thomas from taking revenge on a prosecutor, even if he has to abduct the lawman himself. Green Hornet: The Monster Roars in German; Spirit of 76; Mighty Midgets: In Australia; Green Hornet: The Brute's Revenge; The Story Behind the Cover; Twinkle Twins: Salvage by Slobber; Zebra: Death on Display; Green Hornet Buzzers. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $195.00 View scans INCOMPLETE. Heavy tearing and taping on first several pages (affects art and story). 1" spine split from top of comic. Cover detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by Jerry Robinson, Bob Powell, Art Helfant, and Arturo Cazeneuve. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. Haitian voodoo priestess Mamaloi disguises herself as an American secretary to turn a US defense scientist into a zombie, in a story with art by Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson. The Spirit of 76 learns that the suspiciously Sinatra-esque Hank Wonatra is sharing code messages with enemy agents when he sings. The Twinkle Twins infiltrate a gang of pool sharks by wearing fancy "zoot suits," then a trendy outfit. Green Hornet: The Corpse Who Walked Away; Spirit of 76; Mighty Midgets; Blonde Bomber; Corporal Fooie; The Story Behind the Cover; Twinkle Twins: The Zoot-Suit Sharks; Zebra: Gluttony Must Kill. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $480.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #4026593004

Add to cart Coverless $129.95 or Best Offer View scan Centerfold detached at one staple. Staple rust, rust migration. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Stories and art by Bob Powell, Art Helfant, A. W. Nugent and Bob Fujitani. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. Green Hornet's old foe Baron Satakai returns from the dead, in a story with art possibly by Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson. The Blonde Bomber discovers that Axis agents disguised as Eskimos are sabotaging the US salmon supply. Circus performers are targeted by the disturbing figure called The Creeper, who slightly resembles the later Steve Ditko character of that name. Green Hornet: Satakais Ghost Craves Blood!; Spirit of 76: The Black Samurai; Blonde Bomber: Fiends of the Blizzard; Mighty Midgets are Taken Prisoner!; The Story Behind the Cover; Green Hornet Twisters; Crackpot Cornelius; Twinkle Twins: Kids for Sale; Zebra: The Creeping Freak. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $49.95 or Best Offer View scan Restored (see item notes) Interior is complete. RESTORATION. Piece-fill, TRIMMED. Full length spine split (heavily taped). Centerfold detached at one staple. Cover and interior oxidation. Tape on interior cover and pages. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Stories and art by Jerry Robinson, Art Helfant, A. W. Nugent and Bob Powell. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. Enemy agents want the new invention called the Audio-Visor (what we would call TV), in a story with art by Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson. The reader is invited to solve a robbery before G-Man Bull does, by examining three clues. Green Hornet battles saboteurs, in a story referencing the soldiers returning from World War II. Green Hornet: The Eye of Satan; Detective You; Spirit of 76: The Night of the Dark Moon; Blonde Bomber: The Murdering Muscleman; Maisie Meets the Prince; The Story Behind the Cover; Green Hornet Buzzers. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $720.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Pedigree: Davis Crippen "D" Copy Davis Crippen "D" Copy. Label #0745245010

Cover by Jerry Robinson. Stories and art by Jerry Robinson, Art Helfant, and Bob Fujitani. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. Green Hornet matches wits with the sinister fortune-teller known as The Mystic, in a story with art by Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson. Zebra seeks a killer (with a pointed tongue, like the Creeper in issue #24) who just can't control his homicidal impulses. A judge seeks the Twinkle Twins' help in combating a gang of child pickpockets. Green Hornet: Seance of Death; Zebra; Mighty Midgets: In Arabia; Twinkle Twins; Getting Maisie Married; The Story Behind the Cover; Green Hornet Buzzers. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $59.95 or Best Offer View scan Interior is complete. Near-complete spine split (taped). Water saturation. Tape on interior cover and pages. Cover oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Al Gabriele. Stories and art by Jerry Robinson, Art Helfant, and Jill Elgin. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. Green Hornet battles saboteurs who are derailing trains, in a story with some nice train art by Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson. The Blonde Bomber discovers an Axis plot to further bomb Pearl Harbor during World War II. Spirit of '76 battles a tiger and Japanese spies in the jungles of Burma. Green Hornet: Revenge Rides the Death-Tracks; Private Pinky; Blonde Bomber: The Helicopter Bandits; The Spirit of '76: The Spy of Burma; Green Hornet Buzzers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Coverless $19.95 or Best Offer View scan INCOMPLETE. Missing first wrap and centerfold with interior tearing, interrupts art and story. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Jerry Robinson. Stories and art by George Roussos, Jerry Robinson, Ernie Schroeder, Art Helfant, and Bob Fujitani. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. Crooks robbing a museum are the first ones enslaved by a revived mummy, in a story with art by Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson. Spirit of '76 seeks a rogue Japanese mini-sub that is sinking Allied vessels thousands of miles from Axis territory. Twinkle Twins encounter Axis spies, a disintegration ray, and a runaway gorilla. Green Hornet: The Mummy Murders!; The Spirit of '76: The Tiger Shark's Lair; Green Hornet: Last Mile Vengeance; Twinkle Twins: Gorilla-Tactics; Zebra: Death Plays the Outfield; Mighty Midgets: Lion Hunters; Flak From a Flying Fortress. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $350.00 View scans Paper: Off white Label #4258899022

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, Allen Saunders, Ken Ernst, Buford Tune and Al Avison. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. The Hornet must clear his name after imitation "Green Hornets" frame him for crimes. The Simon-Kirby superhero Stuntman stumbles across a resort town for crime, where mobsters have team-building workshops. Plus reprints of the classic comic strip Mary Worth, as Mary probes the secrets of Gypsy Monez. Cover by Al Avison owes a debt to Eisner's The Spirit. Green Hornet: The Men Behind the Masks; Mary Worth; Stuntman: Rest Camp for Criminals; Green Hornet: Unknown Terror; Veil of Deception; Dotty Dripple. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.