Comic books March 1940

Cover art by Harry Fisk. The Origin of Master Man, art by Newt Alfred; first appearance of Master Man. The Jeweled Crown of Ramistan starring White Rajah. Enter: The Devil's Dagger, pencils by Ken Battefield. The Island of Felicia starring Morton Murch, The Hillbilly Hero, art by Newt Alfred. The Diabolical Dr. Drown starring Shipwreck Roberts, art by Mike Suchorsky. The New Marshal of Big Savage starring Frontier Marshall. Introducing Mr. Clue; a mystery story. Boy Newsreel Reporter starring Streak Sloan, art by Martin Nodel. The Search For Harrington Grey starring El Carim, art by Sven Elven. Showdown With Sidi-Ahmed starring Rick O'Shay. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 23, Issue 5 - March, 1940. Mechanical science and technology magazine. This issue's articles include; "Today's Science is Tomorrow's Magic" by William A. Gluesing, "Hit and Run - But the Law Runs Faster" by R. DeWitt Miller, "Your Job - Photography" by Donald G. Cooley "The Sap that Made Good" by Walter E. Burton, and others. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 146 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.

Hobby magazine for model railroad enthusiasts. 6-in. x 9-in. 34 Pages B&W photos and illustrations. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Ed Kressy and Norman Fallon. Stories and art by Emile C. Schurmacher, Ed Kressy, Norman Fallon and Jack Alderman. The first comic book from publisher Hillman, featuring Sky Wizard, Dash Dixon and other embryonic superheroes. Jungle queen Blanda's love of big-game hunter Greg Martin causes scheming Gala to challenge her for leadership of the tribe, in a story with some slightly risque artwork for the time, by an unknown artist. The true story of two boys who saved a trapped friend after a cave-in. Crime-fighter Rex Gray, known and feared by the underworld as The Scorpion, faces Gus Zenda and his gang in The Case of The Captive Crooner. Sky Wizard; K-7; Dash Dixon: Spies Without Eyes; For Valor: Hero of the Month; Scorpion; Blanda; One Minute To Live; Dusty Doyle; Pinkie Parker: Hot Silk; Boomerang. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 9.0 $14,495 or Best Offer View scans Moderate professional restoration Paper: Off white to white Moderate/Extensive Professional Restoration Includes: Color touch on cover, pieces added to cover, tear seals to cover and interior, cover and centerfold reinforced, cover and interior cleaned, staples cleaned. Gerber 8. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Bernard Baily. "The Spectre Strikes," script by Jerry Siegel, art by Bernard Baily; After murdering Corrigan, Benson and his thugs decide to kill the witness, Clarice, but before they can do this, a wraith-like Corrigan appears before them to exact justice. "Biff's Disguise," starring Biff Bronson, script by Albert Sulman, art by Joe Sulman. "The Mine Sweepers," starring Lt. Bob Neal, script by Robert Hirsch, art by Russ Lehman. "The Rocket Ship," starring King Carter, art by Paul Lauretta. "Submarine Pirates," starring Captain Desmo, art by Ed Winiarski. "Murder in the Ring," starring Detective Sergeant Carey, script and art by Joe Donohoe. "The Search for Half Breed Charlie," starring Sergeant O'Malley of the Red Coat Patrol, art by John Lehti. "The Fall of Billy Evans," starring Bulldog Martin, art by Bart Tumey. 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Issue #71. March 1940. New films in story form plus the usual movie magazine content. Spencer Tracy and Ruth Hussey cover. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Road to Singapore" cover with Hope and Crosby. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 9 #25 - Mar. 30-Apr. 5, 1940. Cover of Deanna Durbin. Picture of the Week features Don Ameche. Can Radio Elect Mrs. Roosevelt President? is lead article complete with a state-by-state breakdown. Can Europe's Bootleg News Poison Us? is second lead article. Big Band and radio news. The Secret Story of Charlie Chaplin's New Movie is two pages. This Week in Hollywood features the horse Seabiscuit, Don Ameche, Joan Blondell, George Raft and others. 1,000,000 BC stars Victor Mature. Joan Crawford in Strange Cargo. Plus extensive radio program listings. 10 3 /4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Nicholas. Stories by Dick Briefer, Fred Schwab, and Arnold Brunnel. Art by Charles Nicholas, George Tuska, Dick Briefer, Walter Frame, Fred Schwab, Munson Paddock, Klaus Nordling, John Lindermayer, Bob Powell, and Arthur Peddy. An anthology of Golden Age adventure comics from Fox Feature, including the original Blue Beetle. Horrific winged monsters attack the people of Earth, and Rex Dexter seems fairly blase about it, in another madcap story by Dick Briefer; Boss X kidnaps the mayor's son after a mysterious explosion, and Blue Beetle must free him; Zanzibar, who is like Mandrake the Magician in a blue fez, investigates reports of a ghost ship. Dynamic Blue Beetle cover with bondage elements by Lou Fine. Explosion Rocks City; The Bank Mob; Tauro the Tyrant; Milk Shortage Threatens New York; Billy Bounce; Satan Steals the Scene; Revolt of the Elementals; The Hawaii Drug Plot; The White Fortress of Angha-Khan; Hemlock Shomes; Wings of War; The Island of Captain Engand; The Ghost Ship. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Introducing Flexo the Rubber Man, script by Will Harr, pencils by Jack Binder, inks by Jack Binder and E.C. Stoner; Brothers Joel and Joshua Williams use their creation Flexo for the first time to thwart a mad scientist who tries to steal radium from a hospital. The Origin of the Blue Blaze, script and art by Harry Douglas; Spencer Keen gains strength and durability after a death-like hibernation caused by a mysterious blue blaze his father had been studying. Journey to Cygni, script by Joe Cal Cagno, art by Fred Schwartz; Zephyr and Corky try again to reach Mars but are forced by a stowaway professor and his daughter to journey to the star Cygni instead. The Green Terror, script by Robert O. Erisman, art by Newt Alfred; The Green Terror, a mysterious organization, is kidnapping young, healthy men and women. Tough Hombre text story by Leo Stalnaker. The Deep Sea Demon, script by Norman Daniels, art by Fred Guardineer; Dave Dean searches for pearls but finds a mysterious demon guarding the waters. The Blooded Ruby of Chung; For a fee of $50,000, Dakor locates a sacred ruby stolen from a banker and returns it to the idol from which it originally came. The Origin of Dynamic Man, art by Daniel Peters; Professor Goettler creates Dynamic Man, a perfect man, but dies of a heart attack as his creation is born. Ad for Marvel Mystery Comics #4 and Daring Mystery Comics #2, art by Alex Schomburg. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Canadian magazine filled with photos and stories about Canadian events, people, and past histories.

Volume 2, Issue 2 - March 1940. Vintage Men's Humor magazine featuring pictorials, Articles on politics, and humor, and single panel gag cartoons. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in, 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Photo magazine featuring reader requested photographs, and pictorials. 10-in. x 13 1/2-in., 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Picture Play Magazine, originally titled Picture-Play Weekly was an American weekly published magazine centered around the movie industry during the golden-age of Hollywood. It was one of the earliest published tabloid style magazines that focused on celebrity gossip, but also included behind-the-scenes content, and movie reviews. It was first published on April 10, 1915, and ultimately transitioned from a weekly to a monthly publication before the end of it's production run in late 1941 after merging with Charm Magazine. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Will Eisner. Untitled story; Instead of returning to Earth, Mimi sets the controls to alter the course and they land on Pluto, out of fuel; Flint is attacked by weird half-man, half-amphibian creatures and captured. Untitled story, pencils by Alex Blum; Amazonia and her people, the last survivors of a super race that perished during the period of the last ice age, and who live in the far north reaches of the Arctic, are visited by the only survivor of an expedition. Untitled story; While cruising the universe, Red Comet gets a strange message from a ruler on Jupiter, who challenges the entire solar system to battle with his forces. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; While cruising near Mercury, Spurt's Astragraph picks up the images of a young girl being roughly seized by brutal captors, and heads to the planet to investigate. The Lizard-Men of Alpha Astra text story. Untitled story; Sandra and Buzz report to Post 82 on the Moon, and discover that all communication with Post 83 has been cut off, so the pair go and investigate. Untitled story, art by Leonard Frank; The Chief of the Solar Force puts Captain Cole in charge of finding the space pirates that are attacking defenseless space transports. Untitled story, script by Herman Bolstein, art by R. Louis Golden; A strange character approaches Auro's throne and asks him of he intends to wipe out a dragon responsible for the deaths of many of Auro's people. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 26, Issue 3 - March 1940. Magazine for the promotion of private flying and commercial aviation. "What's at the Front?" (photographs of the main combatants in Europe), "The Fighting Chinese" (China's tiny air force versus Japan's) and an article on the venerable PBY Flying Boat. 8 1/2 in. x 11 1/2 in., 74 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Bill Ely. Stories and art by G. Ellerbrock, William Kent, Kenneth Kennedy, J. R. Williams, Bob Jenney, Clyde Lewis, Fred Harman, Al McWilliams, Gene Ahern, Tom Hickey, John Donaldson, Win Smith, Albert Hartje and Bill Ely. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. The Hurricane Kids and their Stone Age friends struggle to survive an earthquake and the eruption of a volcano on their prehistoric island. Captain Tornado, Professor Bordani, and the scientist's beautiful daughter Jane are captured by the subterranean humans of the jungle planet, who live underground to escape the giant insects. The Masked Pilot and Tom try to intercept a hijacked bomber over the jungles of Nicaragua. Martan the Marvel Man; Captain Tornado; Wally Williams, American Boy; The Masked Pilot; Gang Busters; Herky; Ace Brady, Super-Sleuth; The Hurricane Kids; Our Boarding House; Out Our Way; Bronc Peeler; Shark Egan; Penguin Pete and His Pal Pudgie. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Untitled stories starring Power Nelson, Ted O'Neil (script by King), Jupiter (art by Grieg Chapian), Jaxon of the Jungle (art by Tarpe Mills a.k.a. Edgar Allen, Jr.), Secret Agent M-11 (art by H. Cardwell), K the Unknown (script by Robert Turner), Buck Brady (script by Malcolm Kildale, art by William Rowland), and Storm Curtis. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

A magazine for the amateur wireless operators. Cover price $0.25.

Published by Hugo Gernsback, considered the father of science-fiction. This issue is centered around the new medium of television with Gernsback's editorial, "The Television Age". 8.5" x 11.5". 128 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.