Comic books August 1940

Add to cart Coverless $359.95 or Best Offer View scans First wrap detached and damaged along spine and edges. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

A Superman adventure leads off this issue, followed by: Pep Morgan story by Gene Baxter --- The Black Pirate by Sheldon Moldoff --- Untitled Three Aces story A Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster. Tex Thompson in "The Return of the Gorrah!" --- An untitled Clip Carson adventure --- Zatara, the Master Magician in "The Vanished Explorer!" Full page ad for Superman #6. Full page ad for Supermen of America club. Inside front cover ad for All Star Comics #1 plus ads for Batman #1, Superman #5 and Detective #41. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $650.00 View scans Interior is complete. Full length spine split (taped). Heavy tape on interior of cover and pages. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover art by Bernard Baily. The Minute Men of America, art by Bernard Baily; The Hourman investigates the suspicious deaths of twelve children who work in a factory owned by a Mr. Tareff. Ad for Mutt & Jeff #2. Fang Gow's Daughter starring Barry O'Neill, script and art by Ed Winiarski. The Plot of Vas Onga starring Mark Lansing, script and art by Howard Purcell. The Coast Line Limited Crackup starring the Federal Men, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Chad Grothkopf. The Women Warriors starring Cotton Carver, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Jack Lehti. Shanghaied starring Steve Conrad Adventurer, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Jack Lehti. The Great I: Part 2 starring Socko Strong, script by Albert Sulman, art by Joseph Sulman. The Loan Sharks starring The Sandman, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Creig Flessel. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $48.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $2.50 View scans Staple rust: Extensive.

10" x 13.5", 68 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $32.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $13.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $18.00 View scans Paper: Off white	Add to cart VG 4.0 $13.00 View scans
Add to cart VG- 3.5 $12.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $8.00 View scan	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $8.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.	Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $2.50 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

"Yaqui Gold" 2/5 serial by E. Hoffmann Price.

Volume 301, Issue 1 - August 3, 1940. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $32.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $18.00 View scans Paper: Off white	Add to cart Good $12.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.	Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $5.50 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 70%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $11.00 View scans Paper: Slightly britle Front cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 301, Issue 2 - August 10, 1940. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $30.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $18.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream	Add to cart Very Good $20.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $8.00 View scan
Add to cart Good $8.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD- 1.8 $7.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 60%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 301, Issue 3 - August 17, 1940. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $19.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $18.00 View scans Paper: Off white	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $17.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $16.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart Fair $2.50 View scans Paper: Cream to off white 1/2 Book length spine split with amateur restoration. Heavy water damage. Soiling. Foxing. Staple rust. Rust migration.

Volume 301, Issue 4 - August 24, 1940. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $26.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.	Add to cart Very Good $18.00 View scans Paper: Off white	Add to cart Very Good $22.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Good $7.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white
Add to cart Good $9.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

August 31, 1940. Stories include "Minions of Mercury" (part 1) by William Gray Beyer, "Forgotten Island" by Allan Vaughan Elston, "Buckshot for Henry" by W.C. Tuttle, "Wilderness Way" by C.F. Kearns, "Fifteen Dollars Every Friday" by Fred Englehardt, "Destination Unknown" (part 3) by Richard Sale, and "Water Flows Downhill" by Jim Kjelgaardn. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 116 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $20.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white	Add to cart Very Good $50.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $19.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.	Add to cart Poor $5.80 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 20%. No Back Cover. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.
Add to cart VG 4.0 $29.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

"Woman Out of Time" a short story by Frank Belknap Long.

Cover by ??. Science fiction stories by Edwin K. Scott, Neil R. Jones, D. D. Sharp, Arthur C. Stangland, R. R. Winterbotham, Frank Belknap Long, Frederic Arnold Kummer Jr. Illustrations by Gabriel, Hannes Bok, Thorp, Eron. 6.75-in. x 9.5-in.; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $200.00 View scans Trimmed Interior is complete. RESTORATION. TRIMMED. Full length spine split (taped). Staples added (not manufacturing). Book removed from bound volume. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Edited by David Adams. Cover by Joe Simon. Stories by Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, Bob Davis, Larry Antonette, Harry Ramsey, Jack A. Warren, Stockbridge Winslow, Harry Ramsey, Paul Gustavson, Henry Kiefer, Malcolm Kildale, Bill O'Connor, Ben Flinton, and Leonard Sansone. Blue Bolt battles Green Sorceress, who reforms. Dick Cole must deal with a stolen formula. Sub-Zero Man battles a deputy fire commissioner and an arson gang. The White Rider and Super Horse encounter a mystery at Russell Ranch. Runaway Ronson undertakes a rescue mission to Hamlin. The Phantom Sub encounters the pirate crew of the Good Samaritan. The Spacehawk ad, art by Basil Wolverton. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $33.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $22.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.

Volume 71, Issue 4 - August, 1940. 6" x 10", 194 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $17.00 View scans Spine split 20%.

The classic weekly magazine featuring news and fiction. Approximately 10.75-in. x 14-in.; black and white; 56 pages on white paper. Cover price $0.05.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $295.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

1st app. Crimson Mask Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $77.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 23, Issue 4 - August, 1940. 6.75" x 9.5", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $29.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate.

Digest sized Spanish language Doc Savage reprints published by Editorial Molino. Slick covers with newsprint interior.

Add to cart Very Good $59.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $36.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $30.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 40%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Poor $5.50 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. No Back Cover. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

Published by Frank A. Munsey Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $80.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $69.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $77.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $7.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $150.00 or Best Offer View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

"The Golden Princes" by Robert Moore William; "World Without Air" by Henry Kuttner

Volume 2, Issue 7 - August, 1940. Cover by Harold W. McCauley. Science Fiction and adventure magazine. Features "The Golden Princess" by Robert Moore Williams, and "The Strange Voyage of Hector Squinch" by David Wright O'Brien. 6.75" x 9.75", 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Fine $86.00 View scans	Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $59.00 View scans	Add to cart Very Good $30.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Good $29.00 View scans 2" Spine split from top of comic. Corner Damage. Centerfold detached. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Fingerprints. Foxing. Residue. Scuffing. Soiling.
Add to cart Good $29.00 View scans	Add to cart Fair $26.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate.

Issue #616 - August 1940. Humorous captions paired with movie stills and models. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $4.40

1940. Produced by Conoco as a promotional tie-it to the Golden Gate International Exposition. Individualized for the owner, these contained detailed travel maps from your home starting point to the Exposition with your entire route highlighted by hand. This particular one begins in Buffalo, Kansas. Includes a map of the Exposition, hotel and travel information along the route, and points of interest. Held in a red metal comb binding. 12" x 9". 98 pages. Text and images in two-color.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $47.00 View scan 2" Cumulative spine split. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

August, 1940. Health and fitness magazine. Softcover magazine, 8-1/2" x 11-1/2", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $56.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart Very Good $26.00 View scans Spine split 20%. Staple rust: Slight.

Fiction and non-fiction stories with illustrations. 8.5" x 11.25", 64 pages, B&W with spot color. Cover price $0.05.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $7.49

August 12, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: Charles McNary; Wendell Willkie; piano sales; Philadelphia museum sculpture show; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 92 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CBCS 7.5 $10,000 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #16-23F4BA7-001

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. "The Result of the Most Famous Battle in Comic Magazines," script by Bill Everett, Carl Burgos, and John Compton, art by Everett and Burgos; Trapped in a translite tube, only the intervention of Betty Dean saves the Torch and ends the battle between him and Namor. Human Torch untitled story, script and art by Carl Burgos; Torch must battle a gas syndicate who tries to raise the price of gasoline, and bombs any gas station refusing to go along. Sub-Mariner untitled story, script and art by Bill Everett; Because of Namor's seemingly inability to handle the Torch, he is suspended from all active service; Meanwhile, a group of hardened ice field seamen, led by Luther Robinson, seek out the Sub-Mariner to destroy him. The Angel untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; The Angel must cope with weird "devils of the mist," who have been released from the bowels of the earth by a volcano, and who are kidnapping young women top side to sacrifice to that volcano. Electro, the Marvel of the Age untitled story, art by Steve Dahlman; Electro is called into service to battle an evil, now insane, ex-genius of brain surgery, stationed in an old castle somewhere off the coast of Cuba, who has successfully created artifical blood. Tiger Trail text story, script by Beach Allen, art by Ed Robins. The Masked Raider untitled story, art by Al Anders; A criminal who has fatally wounded a tax collector sees the Raider, and works out a scheme to convince the Sheriff that the Raider is the murderer...all as a blind to steal the tax money himself. "The Murder of a Man Without a Will," script by Ray Gill, art by Bob Oksner; While Terry Vance, the Boy of a Hundred Hobbies" works on an experiment, he hears a police call of someone murdered in a penthouse. Advenures of Ka-Zar the Great untitled story, art by Ben Thompson; A wanted criminal captures two Scotland Yard detectives and leaves them for dead, while he attempts to fly out of the jungle to freedom. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $19.00 View scans

Vol. 25 #8 - Aug. 1940. UK magazine featuring articles on engineering feats and vehicles. 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 86 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $29.00 View scans

Add to cart Very Good $19.00 View scans

Movie magazine with news, reviews and gossip. Articles on John Barrymore, Joan Fontaine, Charles Boyer, Joel McCrea, Jackie Cooper, Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, Full-page portraits include Claudette Colbert, Errol Flynn, Joan Crawford, Linda Darnell, Greer Garson. Interesting ads include Lil Abner for Cream of Wheat, Claudette Colbert for Lux soap. Movie ads include Pride and Prejudice, Tom Brown's School Days, Maryland, Ghost Breakers. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 90 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $19.00 View scans

Volume 74, Issue 2 - August 1940. 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.

Add to cart Very Good $29.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

10 3 /4-in. x 13 1/2-in., 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $43.00 View scans

August 4, 1940. The Philadelphia Record Book Section was a tabloid-sized weekly supplement of the Philadelphia Record issued with the Sunday edition of the newspaper. This particular issue is "Riders of Buck River" by William MacLeod Raine. 11" x 15.75". 16 pages. Black and white.

Add to cart Very Good $29.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

10-in. x 13 1/2-in., 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $23.00 View scans Staple rust. Soiling.	Add to cart Fine $23.00 View scans	Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $22.00 View scans	Add to cart Very Good $16.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. Color matching to front cover. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Residue. Scuffing. Soiling.
Add to cart Very Good $16.00 View scans	Add to cart Good $15.00 View scans

Volume 5, Issue 7 - August, 1940. Pin-up photos including dancers, starlets, models and strippers. 8.5" x 11.5", 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Good $18.00 View scans Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 10%.

8.5" x 11", 84 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $77.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

Volume 34, Issue 5 - August 1, 1940. 6.5" x 9", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $45.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

"Cheaper Love" a novella by Robert Moore Williams, and "Cannibals' Revolt" a short story by Manly Wade Wellman.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $65.00 View scan Margin piece torn out.

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $39.00 View scan Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheGoodOlDays

Spirit Weekly Newspaper Comic Insert. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 16 pages, full color, all newsprint with no slick cover.

Add to cart Very Good $69.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $62.00 View scans Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $62.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $62.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 4, Issue 1 - August, 1940. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Henry Kuttner and August Derleth, Illustrations by Hannes Bok. 7-in. x 10-in. Softcover Pulp 100 Pages B&W Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $5,400.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Slab: Significant inner well scuff(s) Label #4182195003

Cover pencils by Joe Shuster, inks by Paul Cassidy. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster]; When Lois is found at the scene of the murder of a noted jewel collector, she is arrested for that murder. Supermen of America club info. Too Big For Marbles text story, script by George Shute, art by Don Komisarow. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster]; Brute Bashby and his thugs roll into the town of Gateson with the sole purpose of establishing a protection racket, which means each shop owner must fork over 10% of their profits. Super Strength activity page, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Jack Burnley. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster], inks by Cassidy and Paul Lauretta [both as Joe Shuster]; Relief efforts to help the tornado and earthquake ravaged South American nation of San Caluma head out by boat hit a snag when an aircraft carrying the relief commission officials nearly crashes. The Strangest Case text story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Don Komisarow. Sports Close-Ups! fact page by Jack Burnley. Untitled Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster], inks by Cassidy and Paul Lauretta [both as Joe Shuster]; When a department store collapses and the head of the construction firm that erected it is slain, Clark Kent smells a story in the making. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $37.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $36.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $33.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $25.00 View scans Trimmed TRIMMED. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Aug 1940. Cover by Howard V. Brown. Stories by Eando Binder, Manly Wade Wellman, Ray Cummings, Nelson S. Bond, Henry Kuttner, Gerald Evans, and Oscar J. Friend. Scientifacts column by Mort Weisinger. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $239.00 View scans Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Interior wraps splitting. Brittle. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Edd Ashe. Stories by Edd Ashe, Harry Shorten, Lin Streeter, Joe Blair, Irv Novick, William Wills, Joe Blair, Ed Smalle, Mort Meskin, Gerry Thorpe, 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.