Comic books September 1940
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Published Sep 1940 by Detective Stories Publishing Co..$26.00
View scans- Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
Vol. 4 #5, Sept. 1940 - Story titles like "Whose Skulls Were Found in Death Canyon?" and "The Murder Route to Marriage" let you know this magazine's editorial slant. Illustrated with many period photos, some with an added color tint, usually red. 10.5" x 13.25", 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Sep 1940 by Butterick Publishing Company.$23.00
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- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
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Tags: Air Trails (1932-1955) (part Vol. 14 #6), Pulp AdventurePublished Sep 1940 by Street & Smith.$90.00
View scans- Water damage: Slight.
$22.00
View scans- Staple rust: Slight.
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Air War (1940-1945 Better) Pulp Vol. 1 #1Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Sep 1940 by Better Publications.$150.00
View scans- 2" Cumulative spine split.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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Published Sep 1940 by Experimenter Publications.$41.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$26.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$24.00
View scans- Paper: Cream
- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
September 1940. Front cover by Robert Fuqua. Cool Wolverton-esque back cover by Frank R. Paul. Stories by Robert Moore Williams, Don Wilcox, Ross Rocklynne, Milton Kaletsky, Frederic Arnold Kummer Jr., and Jep Powell. Illustrations by R. Newman, Guy Gilford, Julian S. Krupa, and Fuqua. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Sep 1940 by William T. Dewart.
- Paper: Cream to off white
- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
- Paper: Cream
- Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
September 7, 1940. Stories include "Minions of Mercury" (part 2) by William Gray Beyer, "Buckshot for Henry" (conclusion) by W.C. Tuttle, "Destination Unknown" (part 4) by Richard Sale, "Wings for Yankee Doodle" by Louis C. Goldsmith, "F.O.B. Disaster" by Crawford Sullivan, and "Dynamite Bayou" by J.J. des Ormeaux. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Sep 1940 by William T. Dewart.
- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$7.80
View scans- Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
"Brothers of the Gun" 1/2 a serial by Walt Coburn.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Sep 1940 by William T. Dewart.$16.00
View scans- Paper: Cream
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
- 3" Cumulative spine split.
"Brothers of the Gun" 2/2 a serial by Walt Coburn.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Sep 1940 by William T. Dewart.
- Paper: Cream
- Paper: Cream
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$8.80
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 20%. No Back Cover. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
"Old Uncle Ghost" a short story by Richard Sale, plus "Another Road to Destiny" a short story by E. Hoffmann Price.
Volume 302, Issue 3 - September 28, 1940. 6.75" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Avenger (1939-1942 Street & Smith) Pulp Vol. 2 #6Published Sep 1940 by Street & Smith.$13.00
View scans- Paper: Cream
- Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 50%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Sep 1940 by McCall Company.$50.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
$35.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Foxing. Soiling. Tape on interior of front and back covers.
$39.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Volume 71, Issue 5 - September, 1940. 6.5" x 9.5", 194 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Sep 1940 by Show Magazine.$27.00
View scans- Staple rust. Rust migration. 1/2" Spine split from base of comic. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Foxing. Scuffing. Soiling.
$26.00
View scans- Water damage: Moderate.
September 1940. Men's interest magazine loaded with black and white images of tasteful vintage pin-up photography. Softcover Magazine, 8.5" x 11", 68 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $0.25.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Sep 1940 by Frank A. Munsey.$65.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Sep 1940 by Popular Publications.$2,500.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Water damage: Slight.
$575.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$247.00
View scans- Paper: Cream
- Front cover detached 10%. No Back Cover. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Sep 1940 by Popular Publications.Auction opens July 6
Long running pulp magazine focusing on weird mystery stories. Cover by ?. "Wake for the Living" by Ray Bradbury, plus stories by Francis K. Allan, Arthur Leo Zagat, Joe Kent, Wyatt Blassingame, Lix Agrabee and Charles W. Harbaugh. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in., 98 pages, text, with B&W illustrations Cover price $0.15.
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Published Sep 1940 by Popular Publications.$13.00
View scans- Paper: Cream
- Front cover detached 15%. Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
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Published Sep 1940 by International Society of Junior Magicians.$8.00
View scansOfficial organ of the International Society of Junior Magicians, containing news and tips. 16 pages on newsprint.
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$45.00
View scans- Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
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Published Sep 1940 by Better Publications.$650.00
View scans- Paper: Cream
- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$400.00
View scans- Tears in title area (pencil), chipped bottom edge.
Volume 1, Issue 1 - Fall, 1940. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Tags: Comic Strip ReprintsPublished Sep 1940 by Famous Funnies.$77.00
View scans- 1.75" Cumulative spine split. Spine glued.
$59.00
View scans- 1.5" Spine split from top. 5.5" Internal page spine split from top through most wraps. Tape under staples. Oxidation.
Contains comic strip reprints, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Napoleon" by Clifford McBride; "Goofie Gags" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Spunky Dory" by M. E. Brady; "Roy Powers, Eagle Scout" by Paul Powell; "Buck Rogers" by Philip Francis Nowlan and Rick Yager (as Dick Calkins); "High Lights of History" by J. Carroll Mansfield; "Skyroads" by Dick Calkins and Russell Keaton; "Hairbreadth Harry" and "High-Gear Homer" by F. O. Alexander; "Jitter" by Arthur B. Poinier; "Speed Spaulding" by Edwin Balmer, Philip Wylie, and Marvin Bradley; "Dickie Dare" by Milton Caniff; "Adventures of Patsy" by Mel Graff; "The Gay Thirties" by Hank Barrow; "Big Chief Wahoo" by Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; "The Frog Pond Ferry" by M. E. Brady; "Oaky Doaks" by Ralph Briggs Fuller; "Seaweed Sam" by Victor E. Pazmiño; "Olly of the Movies" by Julian Ollendorff; "Scorchy Smith" by Noel Sickles; "Somebody's Stenog" and "The Back-Seat Driver" by A. E. Hayward; "Lightnin' and the Lone Rider" by Jack Kirby (as Lance Kirby); "Above the Crowd" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen); "Babe Bunting" by Roy L. Williams; "Mescal Ike" by S. L. Huntley and Art Huhta; "Connie" and "The Wet Blanket" by Frank Godwin; "Life's Like That" by Fred Neher; "Butty and Fatty" by M. E. Brady; and "Homer Hoopee" by Fred Locher. "The Belled Buoy" text story by Robert M. Hyatt. Activity pages by A. W. Nugent. 68 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Sep 1940 by Popular Publications.$24.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
$27.00
View scans- Trimmed
- Paper: Cream
- Trimmed. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.
"People of the Golden Atom" book length novel by Ray Cummings
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$120.00
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View scans- Front cover detached 50%. Back cover detached 50%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
Volume 71, Issue 617 - September, 1940. Humorous captions paired with movie stills and models. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 54 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Sep 1940 by Magazine Publishers.$15.00
View scans- Front cover detached 5%.
Volume 36, Issue 2 - September, 1940. 8" x 11", 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Sep 1940 by Fiction House.$54.00
View scans- Paper: Cream
- Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
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- Paper: Brittle
- Front Cover Detached
- Label #3951555002
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
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Cover art by Lou Fine. The Burns Koffin Gang, script by Greg Powers, art by Dan Zolnerowich; Hercules begins demonstrates his car and boat lifting skills bringing the Burns Koffin Gang to justice. Assignment: Spain, art by Courtney Thompson; X-5 vs. The Bothnians. The Photographer's Murder, art by Charles Nicholas (as B. H. Apiary); The Red Bee (Rick Raleigh) vs. Henry Graff and Fred. The Dope Pearls starring The Strange Twins; Rod Strange and Douglas Strange vs. Vera De Vain. Spies In Puerto Rico, script and art by Klaus Nordling; Bob Masters and Swab Decker vs. Luisa and other spies. The Chicago Run starring Casey Jones, art by Munson Paddock. The Cat's Ninth Life text story by Toni Blum (Tony Boon). The Tale of the Ghost Cavaliers starring Old Witch, art by Pierre Winter. Voyage To the Center of the Earth, art by Henry Kiefer; Blaze Barton encounters Beatica (Queen of the Jewelled Caves) and battles The Core-men. Treasure On Koko's Island starring Tommy Tinkle, art by George Tuska. The Savage Land starring Neon the Unknown, script by S. M. Iger (as Tagor Maroy), art by Alex Blum; Neon continues his freelance adventures at the North Pole rescuing a British polar explorer from a strange tropical isle hidden beneath the glaciers. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Hollywood (1928-1943 Fawcett) Magazine Vol. 29 #9$35.00
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Hollywood (1928-1943 Fawcett) Magazine Vol. 30 #9$50.00
View scans- Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
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Published Sep 1940 by MacFadden Publications.$16.00
View scans- Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Sep 1940 by Detective Stories Publishing Co..$14.00
View scans- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Some pages printed in a single color, others in standard black on white. Many period photos also included to illustrate the stories. Large 10.75" x 13.75", 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.
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Liberty (1924-1950 Coloroto/Macfadden) Magazine Vol. 17 #37Published Sep 1940 by McCormick-Patterson.$13.00
View scans- Staple rust: Slight.
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Liberty (1924-1950 Coloroto/Macfadden) Magazine Vol. 17 #39Published Sep 1940 by McCormick-Patterson.$16.00
View scans- Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.
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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Published Sep 1940 by Clair Maxwell.$7.49
September 2, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: the Dionne quintuplets; Henry A. Wallace; U.S. kennels; ferryboat; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 100 pages. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Sep 1940 by Clair Maxwell.$9.00
- Water damage and rusty staples.
September 9, 1940. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: Carol Bruce; the Roosevelt family; Canada; college football; and more. Half-page Cream of Wheat ad with Li'l Abner art by Al Capp. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 136 pages. Cover price $0.10.
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Look (1937-1971 Cowles Media) Magazine Vol. 4 #20Published Sep 1940 by Look, Inc./Cowles Magazines.$75.00
View scans- Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Extensive.
$54.00
View scans- Spine split 10%. Staple rust: Moderate.
Vol. 4 #20, Sept. 24, 1940 - Charles Chaplin writes why he made "The Great Dictator" illustrated with eleven movie stills. Illustrated article on automobile ads from the 1920s. One page article on Lucille Ball with five photographs. Article on the new training and new weapons the US Army has. Article entitled "How Hitler Controls the World" runs four pages. Full page, full color ad for The Thief of Bagdad. 10.5" x 13.5", 68 Pages, B&W with some color ads. Cover price $0.10.
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Tags: Sub-Mariner$3,700.00
View scans- Conserved
- Paper: Off white
- Conservation includes: cover reinforced.
- Label #4342078001
$2,500.00
View scans- Restored: C1
- Paper: Cream to off white
- Restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cover. (Tape on interior cover.)
- Label #4004552001
Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Human Torch untitled story, script and art by Carl Burgos; The Torch takes the law into his own hands, when, against orders, he helps a doctor burn down plague-infected slum housing. Sub-Mariner untitled story, script and art by Bill Everett; Luther Robinson follows Namor back to his Antarctic home and attempts to capture him: dead or alive, but is eventually taken prisoner. He is informed that his girlfriend is also being held to insure he will not try to escape justice. The Masked Raider untitled story, art by Al Anders; A series of robberies confounds the Raider until a dog un-intentionally helps solve the case. Advenures of Ka-Zar the Great untitled story, art by Ben Thompson; When an evil man named Sarput takes possession of a large tract of land in the Belgian Congo jungle, Ka-Zar and Zar do battle with him to prevent the slaughter/capture of many animals, only to be taken prisoner themselves. Terry Vance untitled story, script by Ray Gill, art by Bob Oksner; A group of gamblers injects mercury into the tires of race cars in order to cause accidents and fix races for profit. Murder is an Accident text story, script by Ray Gill (as W. Peters), art by Frank Thomas. The Angel untitled story, art by Paul Gustavson; The Angel is captured by a group of in-human monsters, who take him to their abode, where he meets a beautiful girl dressed in ancient Greek garb, and learns the creatures destroyed her civilization 4000 years ago, and now threaten to do the same in modern times. Electro, the Marvel of the Age untitled story, art by Steve Dahlman; The president of the Drake Lumber Mills, angry because his rival has successfully purchased the rich Burton County forest lands, hires some thugs to set fire to those forests. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Sep 1940 by Better Publications.$115.00
View scans- Paper: Cream
- Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$53.00
View scans- Paper: Cream
- Back cover detached 30%. Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
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Master Detective (1929 MacFadden) Magazine Vol. 23 #1Published Sep 1940 by MacFadden Publications.$27.00
View scansSeptember 1940. Volume 23 No. 1. Painted cover by Victor Tchetchet. True crime articles, stories and photos. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 80 p, B&W. Printed on white paper stock. Cover price $0.15.
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$43.00
View scansVol. 21, No. 4. September 1940. Vintage celebrity gossip tabloid with a focus on Hollywood during the golden-age of cinema. 8.5" x 11.5", 90 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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- INCOMPLETE. First four wraps missing. Interrupts art and story.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Cover by Bernard Baily. "The Fur Hi-Jackers," script by Jerry Siegel, art by Bernard Baily; When asked to investigate the theft of furs, in a unresolved hi-jacking racket, Jim (as the Spectre) immediately sees that the truck driver is somehow involved with the thefts, which leads to a number of attempted killings of Detective Corrigan. "The War God's Revenge," script and art by Joe Donohoe; Carey investigates a robbery at the Chinese War Relief bureau. "Gloria Desmond's Quest," art by George Papp; Gloria Desmond searches for her father, lost in Africa before she was born. "Desert Dilemma," art by Ed Winiarski; Captain Desmo rescues two Americans held prisoner by an unscrupulous adventurer searching for a treasure map. "The False Alarms," starring Radio Squad, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Chad Grothkopf. "Jim Dare - Arrested for Sabotage," starring Lt. Bob Neal, script by Robert Hirsch, art by Russ Lehman. "The Hotel Mystery," starring Biff Bronson, script by Albert Sulman, art by Joe Sulman. Untitled Sergeant O'Malley of the Red Coat Patrol story, art by John Lehti. "The Globe Men from Outer Space," script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Howard Sherman; A cruise ship is attacked by aliens from outer space; Dr. Fate discovers the aliens depend on power contained in glass globes that they always carry. 68 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Sep 1940 by MacFadden Publications.$43.00
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Motor (1903 Hearst Publishing) Magazine Vol. 74 #3$29.00
View scansVolume 74, Issue 3 - September, 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", 156 pages, B&W with some color.
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Movie Fun (1940-1942^) Pulp Vol. 1 #1$310.00
View scans- Spine split 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
Movie magazine focusing on photographs. Cover by Peter Driben. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Sep 1940 by Popular Publications.$2.50
View scans- Paper: Cream
- Front and Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.
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Open Road (1919-1954 Open Road Publishing) Vol. 22 #9Published Sep 1940 by Open Road Publishing Company.$24.00
View scansVol. 22, No. 9. September 1940. Boy's magazine that encouraged the outdoor life. Cover by Page Trotter. 8.5" x 11.5". 34 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.10.
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Outdoor Life (1898 Godfrey Hammond) Magazine Vol. 86 #3Published Sep 1940 by Godfrey Hammond.$29.00
View scans- Water damage: Slight.
$14.00
View scansVol. 86, No. 3. September 1940. Cover by Edgar Franklin Wittmack. Two illustrations by B. G. Seielstad. Full-page color ads for Remington Shotgun Shells and Peters Cartridges. 8.5" x 11.5". 96 pages. Cover price $0.15.
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Tags: ArchiePublished Sep 1940 by Archie Publications.$1,900.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
- Label #4365816025
$159.00
View scans- INCOMPLETE. Missing first wrap (affects Shield and Bentley of Scotland Yard stories).
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
The Shield (art by Irv Novick), the Comet (art by Jack Cole), Perry Chase Press Guardian, Fu Chang International Detective, Sergeant Boyle, Lee Sampson Midshipman, the Rocket and the Queen of Diamonds, Kayo Ward, and Bentley of Scotland Yard in "The Case of the Vampire Murders." Novick cover. Cover price $0.10.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Sep 1940 by Standard Publishing.$25.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%.
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Published Sep 1940 by Philadelphia Record.$43.00
View scansSeptember 8, 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 "False Witness" by Irving Stone. 11" x 15.75". 16 pages. Black and white.
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Published Sep 1940 by Fiction House.Auction opens July 6
- Paper: Cream to off white
- Label #4288951001
- Paper: Cream to off white
- 2 center wraps detached.
- Label #1261638022
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
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Cover art by Charles Sultan. Mystery of the Vanishing Men starring The Red Comet, art by Alex Blum. Gale Allen story, art by Bob Powell. Golden Amazons of Venus starring Flint Baker, art by Arthur Peddy. Fero Interplanetary Detective story. The War of the Electronic Universe starring Don Granval, pencils by John Celardo. Cradle of the World text story starring Dexter Ames. Robot Raiders of Mars starring Captain Nelson Cole of the Solar Force, art by Bob Powell. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Sep 1940 by Frank A. Munsey.$24.00
View scans- Trimmed
- Paper: Cream to off white
- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.