Comic books February 1940

Four-page newsprint publication distributed by the Gulf Oil Corporation. February 9, 1940. Wings Winfair (art by Fred Meagher), Joy and Jim, Curly and the Kids, and Gulf Screen Guild Theater (featuring Betty Grable).

Four-page newsprint publication distributed by the Gulf Oil Corporation. February 16, 1940. Wings Winfair (art by Fred Meagher), Joy and Jim, Curly and the Kids, and Gulf Screen Guild Theater.

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.

Volume 10, Issue 2 - February, 1940. Painted cover by Albert Fisher. True crime articles, stories and photos. "Find the Dead Man's Woman", "A Doomed Boy's Confession: They Gave Me Three Life Terms." 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Will Eisner. Edited by Malcolm Reiss, Jerry Iger and Will Eisner. Stories and art by Will Eisner, Lou Fine, Klaus Nordling, and Bob Powell. An influential anthology starring jungle hero Sheena, featuring early art by legendary comics artists in the Eisner-Iger Shop. The Hawk faces a pirate rebellion; Spencer Steel seeks the thugs who are terrorizing voters before a big election; ZX-5 faces a revolt in the north. Peter Pupp; The Hawk; Weird Stories of the Supernatural; Spencer Steel; The Count of Monte Cristo; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle; Ken Hammond; ZX-5 Spies In Action; Inspector Dayton; Wilton of the West. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Will Eisner. "Terror of the Bush." script by Red Bradey, art by Ken Jackson; Ann is kidnapped by the mad scientist, Dr. Wratt, who controls a group of man-apes through hypnotism; Kaänga rescues her and Dr. Wratt is killed by his man-apes during Kaänga and Ann's escape. Untitled story, art by Arthur Peddy; The Red Panther rescues a missionary and his daughter from their captor, the witch doctor Tortug. Untitled story, art by R. L. Golden; The criminal Sanders kills an explorer for his map to the elephants' graveyard; Tabu leads the explorer's son to the graveyard where Tabu extracts revenge against the criminal. Untitled story, art C. A. Winter; Stanley, an ivory hunter, is captured by Camilla's guards; She asks him to join her and command her forces; when he refuses, she threatens to kill him with flexodium rays. Untitled story, art by Rafael Astarita; A group of French Foreign Legionnaires mutinies during an attack by Arabs and Terry must overcome both groups of adversaries. Untitled story, script by Roy L. Smith, art by Henry Kiefer (as Dekerosett); A slaver persuades a village to attack the local British garrison, believing that if the garrison can be destroyed, the slave trade will become easier. "The Revolt of the Black Continent," script by Courtney Thompson; Dawambo unites all the savage tribes of central Africa in revolt against the European powers; John Abbot, a movie producer, takes his star, Joan Sarret, to Africa to shoot footage of the rebellion. Untitled story, art by William Allison; Simba rescues a naturalist and his son from a water buffalo attack. Untitled story, script and art by Fletcher Hanks (as Barclay Flagg); Fantomah stops two ivory hunters from raiding the elephants' graveyard by using their own greed against them. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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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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February 10, 1940. Fiction and non-fiction stories with illustrations. Cover by Victor Tchetchet. 8.5-in. x 11.5-in.; black and white; 60 pages. Cover price $0.05.

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Fiction and non-fiction stories with illustrations. 8.5" x 11.25", 68 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.05.

Febreuary 12, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: orchid valentines; Spain after the war; Justice Frankfurter; bobsledding; Yale School of the Fine Arts; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 96 pages. Cover price $0.10.

February 19, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: Rumania; Gratn Wood art; bowling; debutante Gene Tierney; Mae West and W.C. Fields in "My LIttle Chickadee"; Confucious; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 92 pages. Cover price $0.10.

February 26, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: car-hops; the Thirties photographic essay; Gargantua; Koussevitzky conducts; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 96 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Joe Siegel and Jerry Schuster draw Superman bringing Hitler and Stalin before the League of Nations to stand trial. Rita Hayworth photo cover. This issue features World War II stories and photos before American involvement and articles about the Lindbergh case and Joe Lewis' fights. 10 1/2-in. x 12 1/2-in. 58 Pages B&W with some color ads. Cover price $0.10.

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First Issue - February, 1940. 6.5" x 9.5", 128 pages, text with B&W illustrations. Cover price $0.15.

February, 1940. Novels: "Honey's Man" by Peggy Gaddis, "No Hats in Paradise" by Florence Stonebraker, and "His Number One Girl" by Cynthia Sutton. Stories: "Town Girl" by Claire Pomeroy, "A Song of Heartbreak" by Phyllis Gordon Demarest, "Half a Honeymoon" by Martha Dorman Arthur, "You Can't Buy Happiness" by Rowena R. Farrar, and "She Could Mary Bill" by Muriel Edgerton. 116 Pages, B&W, 7-in x 9 1/2-in. 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, Edwina Dumm, Sheldon Stark, Neil O'Keefe, Robert Storm, Austin Briggs, Thornton W. Burgess, Carl Anderson, Chic Young, Bob Dunn, Frank Miller, Joe Musial, Billy DeBeck, Jimmy Thompson, Fanny Y. Cory, and E.C. Segar. Lee Falk's adventurer Mandrake the Magician gets top billing in this anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. Mandrake travels to Cockaigne, mythical homeland of his sweetheart Narda; Blondie tries to convince Dagwood to buy a new vacuum cleaner. Mandrake the Magician; News in Sports; Jan and Aloysius; Seein' Stars; The Romance of Flying; Bunky; Tippie and Cap Stubbs; Inspector Wade; Secret Agent X-9; Little Nature Stories; Henry; Little Acorns; Popeye; Barney Baxter; Blondie; Indian Lore; Roger; Stamp Corner; Little Miss Muffet; Dinglehoofer. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Human Torch untitled story, script and art by Carl Burgos; Torch has to deal with the ransom threats by a Dr. Manyac, who plans to use the Green Flames as a tool to exact revenge if his demands are not met. The Angel untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; The Angel ventures into The Devil's Playground, which harbors killers, murderers, and every other imaginable menace to civilization in order to battle a giant who carries out the gruesome activities. Sub-Mariner untitled story, script and art by Bill Everett; Betty, concerned on what effect the Nazi submarine warfare has had on ocean-going travel and commerce, enlists the aid of the Sub-Mariner and his aerial subs to deal with the problem. The Masked Raider untitled story, art by Al Anders; A couple of prospectors discover a large gold deposit on their property, but are threatened by local crooks to give them the location of that claim. Warning Enough text story, script by David G. Cooke, art by Harry Ramsey. Electro, the Marvel of the Age untitled story, art by Steve Dahlman; Professor Zog creates a marvelous robot, all powerful and intelligent, as a means of helping humainity by banishing all crime and evil. Electro's first case is to rescue a kidnapped child actress. Ferret Mystery Detective untitled story, script by Stockbridge Winslow, art by Irwin Hasen; Our hero faces a challenge from the underworld, who doesn't take a liking to his "crime doesn't pay" articles and is out robbing and killing people for jewelry. Advenures of Ka-Zar the Great untitled story, art by Ben Thompson; e Kraft returns to the Belgian Congo, where, years earlier, he had killed Ka-Zar's parents, and when Ka-Zar spots him, he swears revenge. Now De Kraft uses deadly tactics to deal with the natives, who want to desert him because they fear retribution from the "Jungle God." 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 21, Issue 6 - February 1940. Cover by Alexander Redmon. True crime articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 23, Issue 4 - February, 1940. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "How to Bowl" by Joe Falcaro, "Your Job - Radio Servicing" by Donald G. Cooley, "Can This War Be Won?" by Maxwell Hamilton, "Riding the Frozen Freight" by James Montagnes, "Want to Buy a Rattlesnake?" by Harry Pederson, and others. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 146 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ed Kressy. Stories and art by Emile C. Schurmacher, Ed Kressy, Norman Fallon and Jack Alderman. The very first comic book from publisher Hillman, featuring Sky Wizard, Dash Dixon and other embryonic superheroes. Sky Wizard, the world's greatest inventor, creates an enormous flying island, but when his pilot Captain Dare is kidnapped by the Tibetan supervillain the Unholy One, he uses his inventions to gain superhuman strength and set out in pursuit. Experimental "perpetual life rays" give Dash Dixon superpowers, which he uses to fight crime. Steve Oakes becomes the Masked Angel to catch the gangsters who killed his father, and winds up hunted by crooks and cops alike. Sky Wizard; K-7; Dusty Doyle; Dash Dixon: The Triangle Murders; Scorpion; Blanda; Masked Angel; Pinkie Parker: Kid Sherlock. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

First appearance of the Spectre. Cover by Bernard Baily. Untitled Spectre story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Bernard Baily; Jim Corrigan, hard-boiled detective, gets inside information on a job to be pulled by Gat Benson, and, while trying to stop the theft, is captured and murdered; However, a voice from heaven tells Corrigan that his battle against crime is not over, so he is restored to life with amazing powers, which he plans to use against Benson and save the life of Clarice. "The Tuareg Siege," starring Wing Brady, art by Tom Hickey. "The Marching Mechanical Men," script by Albert Sulman, art by Joe Sulman; The Wizard sends mechanical robots to steal all the silver stored at West Point. "The Bank Robbery," script by Jerry Siegel, art by Martin Wheeler. "Return to the Canal Zone," script by Robert Hirsch, art by Russ Lehman. "Peril on the Ice Plains," starring King Carter, art by Paul Lauretta. "The Studio Mystery," starring Detective Sergeant Carey, art by Joe Donohoe. Untitled Sergeant O'Malley of the Red Coat Patrol story, art by John Lehti. "The Invisible Pills," starring Bulldog Martin, art by Bart Tumey; An old friend of his father's bequeaths Biff some invisibility pills. 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.