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Added
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| Sequence Number |
1 |
| Title |
Daring Comics' Free $25 Prize Contest! |
| Unofficial Title? |
No |
| Type |
promo (ad from the publisher) |
| Feature |
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| Genre |
contest |
| Job Number |
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| Script |
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| No Script |
X |
| Pencils |
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| No Pencils |
X |
| Inks |
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| No Inks |
X |
| Colors |
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| No Colors |
X |
| Letters |
most typeset |
| No Letters |
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| Editing |
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| No Editing |
X |
| Page Count |
1 |
| Page Count Uncertain |
No |
| Characters |
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| Synopsis |
The editor of Daring Comics announces a contest offering $25 in cash prizes, asking readers to select their favorite feature in Daring and tell why. 1st place wins $5, 2nd place $2 and 3rd to 20th prize winners get $1 each. Deadline for entries is January 30, 1940. |
| Reprint Notes |
- In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1.
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| Notes |
Found on the inside front cover. Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 8-17-08. |
| Keywords |
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| Original Reprint Notes |
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The migration of the following original reprint notes needs confirmation:
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1
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| Field |
Added
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| Sequence Number |
2 |
| Title |
Voyage To Sunev |
| Unofficial Title? |
Yes |
| Type |
comic story |
| Feature |
Zephyr Jones |
| Genre |
space |
| Job Number |
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| Script |
Joe Cal Cagno (signed) |
| No Script |
|
| Pencils |
Fred Schwab ? [as Fred Schwartz] (signed) |
| No Pencils |
|
| Inks |
Fred Schwab ? [as Fred Schwartz] (signed) |
| No Inks |
|
| Colors |
? |
| No Colors |
|
| Letters |
? |
| No Letters |
|
| Editing |
|
| No Editing |
X |
| Page Count |
14 |
| Page Count Uncertain |
No |
| Characters |
Zephyr Jones (introduction); Corky Grogan (introduction); King Bolo; Princess Tonka; Birdmen of Sunev; Gen. Roudo (villain); The Parrot-Men (villain) |
| Synopsis |
Scientist and inventor, Dr. Morrison Jones, died before his rocketship could be completed so that he could realize his dream of making the first trip to the planet Mars. His son Zephyr, however, vows to live out his father's dream! |
| Reprint Notes |
- In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1.
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| Notes |
Next appears in Mystic Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #1. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-17-08. Jerry Bails's Who's Who and the Lambiek Comiclopedia both list Fred Schwab as the artist although "Fred Schwartz" is not listed among his pen names. |
| Keywords |
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| Original Reprint Notes |
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The migration of the following original reprint notes needs confirmation:
- In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1.
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| Field |
Added
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| Sequence Number |
3 |
| Title |
Origin of the Phantom Bullet |
| Unofficial Title? |
Yes |
| Type |
comic story |
| Feature |
The Phantom Bullet, Scourge of the Underworld |
| Genre |
superhero |
| Job Number |
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| Script |
Joe Simon (signed) |
| No Script |
|
| Pencils |
Joe Simon (signed) |
| No Pencils |
|
| Inks |
Joe Simon (signed) |
| No Inks |
|
| Colors |
? |
| No Colors |
|
| Letters |
? |
| No Letters |
|
| Editing |
|
| No Editing |
X |
| Page Count |
10 |
| Page Count Uncertain |
No |
| Characters |
The Phantom Bullet [Allen Lewis]; Benny the Beggar; Alvarez Monez (villain); Bird-Men (villains) |
| Synopsis |
Reporter Allen Lewis is baffled by the death of a wealthy man who cluitches a feather in his hand, but soon learns of a mysterious race of "bird-men" that seemed to be involved. Given the secret for a gun that shoots ice pellets by a soon-to-be murdered scientist, Lewis adopts a costumed identity to track down the bird-men at any cost. |
| Reprint Notes |
- In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1.
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| Notes |
Synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-17-08. |
| Keywords |
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| Original Reprint Notes |
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- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1
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| Reprint Links |
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| Field |
Added
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| Sequence Number |
4 |
| Title |
Origin of Trojak |
| Unofficial Title? |
Yes |
| Type |
comic story |
| Feature |
Trojak, King of the Jungle |
| Genre |
jungle |
| Job Number |
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| Script |
Joe Simon |
| No Script |
|
| Pencils |
Joe Simon [as Gregory Sykes] (signed) |
| No Pencils |
|
| Inks |
Joe Simon [as Gregory Sykes] (signed) |
| No Inks |
|
| Colors |
? |
| No Colors |
|
| Letters |
? |
| No Letters |
|
| Editing |
|
| No Editing |
X |
| Page Count |
10 |
| Page Count Uncertain |
No |
| Characters |
Trojak; Trojak's father; Edith Alton; Balu (the tiger) |
| Synopsis |
Trojak, raised in the jungle by a native tribe after his father was killed by hostiles, is encouraged to find his own people and leave the jungle. However, he discovers that the ways of his people are not to his liking, and returns to the jungle to fight off hostile savages attempting to kill a girl who has be-friended him. |
| Reprint Notes |
- In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1.
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| Notes |
Dr. Michael Vassallo disputes the Larry Antonette art credits and suggests that Joe Simon may be the penciller and inker (Timely-Atlas-Comics@yahoogroups.com), 24 November 2007 --- CONFIRMED in Alter Ego #76, page 9. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-17-08. |
| Keywords |
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| Original Reprint Notes |
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The migration of the following original reprint notes needs confirmation:
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1
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| Reprint Links |
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| Field |
Added
/ Next
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| Sequence Number |
7 |
| Title |
Who In Reality Is Mr. "E"? |
| Unofficial Title? |
No |
| Type |
comic story |
| Feature |
Mr. E |
| Genre |
adventure |
| Job Number |
|
| Script |
Joe Cal Cagno (signed) |
| No Script |
|
| Pencils |
Al Carreno |
| No Pencils |
|
| Inks |
Al Carreno |
| No Inks |
|
| Colors |
? |
| No Colors |
|
| Letters |
? |
| No Letters |
|
| Editing |
|
| No Editing |
X |
| Page Count |
10 |
| Page Count Uncertain |
No |
| Characters |
Mr. E [Victor Jay]; Betty; The Vampire (villain) |
| Synopsis |
Mr. "E", enemy of the underworld, sees the connection in the recent deaths of several "captains of industry", knowing all four were silent partners in the Snead Oil Company, but unaware at the same time that his old enemy, the Vampire, is behind it all. |
| Reprint Notes |
- In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1.
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| Notes |
Only appearance. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-17-08. |
| Keywords |
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| Original Reprint Notes |
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The migration of the following original reprint notes needs confirmation:
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1
- in The Twelve (Marvel, 2008 series) #1/2
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Added
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| Sequence Number |
8 |
| Title |
Enter the Laughing Mask |
| Unofficial Title? |
Yes |
| Type |
comic story |
| Feature |
The Laughing Mask |
| Genre |
superhero |
| Job Number |
|
| Script |
Will Harr (signed) |
| No Script |
|
| Pencils |
Maurice Gutwirth [as M. Gutwirth] (signed) |
| No Pencils |
|
| Inks |
Maurice Gutwirth [as M. Gutwirth] (signed) |
| No Inks |
|
| Colors |
? |
| No Colors |
|
| Letters |
? |
| No Letters |
|
| Editing |
|
| No Editing |
X |
| Page Count |
8 |
| Page Count Uncertain |
No |
| Characters |
The Laughing Mask [Dennis Burton] (becomes The Purple Mask next issue); Lester Deeks (villain); Lester's gang (villains) |
| Synopsis |
Dennis Burton becomes the next member of his family to beconme involved in law enforcement as District Attorney, bent on uncovering the plot behind the recent destruction of passenger trains. |
| Reprint Notes |
- In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1.
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| Notes |
Synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-17-08. |
| Keywords |
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| Original Reprint Notes |
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The migration of the following original reprint notes needs confirmation:
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1
- in The Twelve (Marvel, 2008 series) #0
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| Reprint Links |
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