Comic books May 1940

Women's magazine with articles and fiction. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Subtitled "A Monthly Digest of Radio and Allied Maintenance". Cover price $0.25.

Volume 33, Issue 5 - May 1, 1940. 6.5" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 33, Issue 6 - May 15, 1940. 6.5" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage monthly published magazine with a focus on the film industry as a whole. First published in November of 1930, publication continued through the late 1970s. Priding itself as a source for exclusive behind the scenes stories about filmmaking, Silver Screen also contained a fair amount of articles about celebrities, their relationships, the latest in fashion, and film reviews. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Jack Binder. Silver Streak story, script and art by Jack Cole. Bill Wayne story. Lance Hale story with the Lizard Men. Dickie Dean story, script and art by Jack Cole. Ace Powers story with The Panther. Planet Patrol story, script and art by Joe Simon. Range Murder text story by Newton Alfred. Sky Wolf story. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

May 1940. Reprint from Terror Tales v8 #3 Nov 37. Cover by John Drew. Horror/Mystery stories. Full length story by Hugh B. Cave "School Mistress for the Mad", plus Donald Graham "New Brides for the Dying", Russell Gray "The Murder Truck", David Goodis "Fresh Blood for the Diamond", Mindret Lord "Beauty for the Hags of Hell", Richard Ives "The Devil's Playroom", Nathaniel Grew "The House of Pain", and H. H. Van Pelt "The Freak-Maker". 7" x 9 1/2", b&w, 112 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Gus Ricca, Hal Sharp, and Mike Suchorsky. An adventure anthology from Fawcett, featuring such little-known heroes as Jungle King, Hurricane Hansen, and time traveler Mark Swift. Jim Dolan seeks the truth about The Phantom Racketeer Chief. A sheik's ill-advised jungle safari releases murderous djinn, and jungle king Lee Granger must try to put them back in the bottle. Mark Swift and the Time Retarder meet Blackbeard the pirate, and soon wish they hadn't. Diamond Jack; War Bird; Jim Dolan; The Forgotten Gun; Lucky Lawton; Lee Granger, Jungle King; Hurricane Hansen; Mark Swift and the Time Retarder: Among Pirate Perils. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Espionage Starring the Black 'X' story, script and art by Will Eisner; Russia invades Finland and Black X comes to the rescue of the son of the US Commissioner of Finnish Aid who has been kidnapped by the Russians. Chic Carter story, script and art by Vernon Henkel. Clip Chance at Cliffside story, script and art by George Brenner. Tom Manning Mysteriously Disappears starring Flash Fulton, script and art by Paul Gustavson. Hugh Hazzard featuring Bozo the Robot story, script and art by George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]. The Bat Mystery starring Captain Cook of Scotland Yard, art by Stanley Aschmeier. Abdul the Arab story, script and art by Vernon Henkel. Invisible Justice story, script and art by Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon]. Double Or Nothing starring John Law, Scientective, script and art by Harry Francis Campbell. Wings Wendall story, script and art by Vernon Henkel. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bob Powell. Shock Gibson story with Queen Sheba, art by Maurice Scott. Crash, Cork, and the Baron story, script and art by Klaus Nordling (Fred North). Ted Parrish story, script and art by Bob Powell. Copper's Revenge text story by Mack Keever. Biff Bannon story, script and art by Dick Briefer (Rem Brant). Lt. Jim Cannon story, script and art by C. A. Winter (Cort Arthur). Landor, Maker of Monsters story, art by Gregory Torrey. Mars Mason story, script and art by Munson Paddock. Spike Marlin story with Captain Cobra, art by George Tuska (Carl Larson). 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $95.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $95.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Book length crease on front cover. Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $86.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

May 1940. Cover by Howard V. Brown. Stories by Stanley G. Weinbaum, Manly Wade Wellman, Oscar J. Friend, and Raymond Z. Gallun. "Thrills in Science" column by Mort Weisinger. Two-page Thomas Edison bio in comic form. Nine Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 5, Issue 1 - May, 1940. 6.75" x 9.5", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Holman. Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Bill Holman, Zack Mosley, Stanley Link, Oskar Lebeck, Frank Willard, Gus Edson, Walter Berndt, Ed Leffingwell, Martin Branner, Ken Ernst, Ed Moore, Erwin Hess, Dick Fletcher, Al Posen and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. Tarzan-like Magic Morro brings the white hunting party to his mountain retreat, but the angry tribe is in close pursuit. Pat Ryan's dilemma may be resolved by the appearance of Big Stoop. Jim Ellis's brother Bud rescues him from the pirates, but they're trying to outrace a schooner in a rowboat. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie, Dick Tracy, Smokey Stover and The Gumps. Moon Mullins; Dick Tracy; Tiny Tim; Smitty; Magic Morro; The Crusoes; Winnie Winkle; The Gumps; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Jim Ellis; Zipper; Jack Wander, War Correspondent; Terry and the Pirates; Streaky; Elmer; Sweeney & Son; Smokey Stover; Little Joe; Smilin' Jack. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

May 1950. Volume 1, Issue 2. Cover by Gabriel Mayorga. "Let There Be Light" by Robert Heinlen (as Lyle Monroe), "Juice" by L. Sprague de Camp. Other science fiction stories by Manley Wade Wellman (as Gabriel Barclay), Raymond Z. Gallun, James Blish, Ray Cummings, P. Schuyler Miller, C. M. Kornbluth (as S. D. Gottesman), & Donald A. Wolheim. Interior Illustrations by Hannes Bok. Softcover Pulp, 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; 128 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Claire Moe. The Gas Mask Disaster starring White Streak, script and art by Carl Burgos. The Counterfeit Lottery Ring starring T-Men, art by Joe Simon. Bomb-Sight Boomerang starring Lucky Byrd, script and art by Harry Campbell. The Garment District Diamond Smugglers starring City Editor, art by Harold Potter. The Music Monster--Fantastic Feature Films, script and art by Tarpe Mills. The Beautiful Baby Contest starring the Hi-Grass Twins, script and art by Jack Cole. The Coming of Cameron starring Bull's-Eye Bill, script and art by Bill Everett. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Theatre Arts is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures, Broadway and Hollywood. 8.5" x 11", 88 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart Good $20.00 View scans Paper: Cream Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.

Add to cart Good $37.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 50%. Staple rust: Slight.

"The Terrible Tenderfoot" 3/3 serial by Edgar Rice Burroughs, and "To Save Abe Lincoln" a short story by Manly Wade Wellman.

Cover by Alexander Kostuk. Edited by Ned Pines. Stories by Richard Hughes, Alexander Kostuk, August Froehlich, Leonard Sansone, George Mandel, Ed Wexler, Jackson Cole, Hal Sherman, John Daly, and Ray Gill. Chock full of action and adventure, these are Thrilling Comics! 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 14, No. 3 - May 1940. A pulp magazine full of thrill and horror. 6.5" x 9.5", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 16, Issue 2 - May, 1940. Cover by Howard V. Brown. Stories by Nelson S. Bond, Henry Kuttner and Arthur K. Barnes, Edmond Hamilton, Eando Binder, Don Tracy, Paul Chadwick, and Bill Brudy. Scientifacts column by Mort Weisinger. Alex Schomburg illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Burne Hogarth, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Bill Conselman, Charlie Plumb, Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Dick Moores, Paul Berdanier, Harry O'Neill, Fred Methot, Ed Dodd, J. Carver Pusey, R. M. Brinkerhoff, Robert Dickey, John Hix and Ben Batsford. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 5 #1. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Tarzan helps lion tamer Lenida, visiting Africa with her lions, become the new high priestess of the Al-Alba tribe, in Tarzan Sunday strips with art by Hal Foster. But first Lenida must demonstrate her "powers" over the lions for the skeptical tribespeople. Two-fisted reporter Jim Hardy (getting his first Tip Top cover appearance) gets an unexpected lead on diamond smuggler Captain Joe when he helps a man with a sick baby. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Tarzan of the Apes; Jim Hardy; Bumps; Divot Diggers; Broncho Bill; Stamp Tips; Strange as It Seems; Benny; Frankie Doodle; Bucky and His Pals; Buster Beans; Hawkshaw the Detective; Tip Top Cartoon Club; Phil Fumble; Fritzi Ritz; Joe Jinks; Little Mary Mixup; Ella Cinders; Chris Crusty. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Edd Ashe. Edited by Abner Sundell. Stories by Will Harr, Edd Ashe, Harry Shorten, Lin Streeter, Joe Blair, Irv Novick, William Wills, Ed Smalle, Mort Meskin, Gerry Thorp, Ed Wexler, and C. A. Winter. Heroic tales of action and adventure—these are Top Notch Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 36, Issue 214 - May, 1940. Woman's magazine focusing on relationships, clothing tips, and beauty tips, as well as fiction stories. Cover by Zoe Mozert. 8.5" x 11", 108 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

May 1940. Cover art by A. R. McCowen. True crime articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in. 128 pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.