Daring Mystery Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 [Variant Cover]

(November 2009)

[Daring Mystery Comics] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Sam Cooper

Inks

Sam Cooper

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

This page contains the indicia and credits for this issue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Phantom Reporter / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script

David Liss (credited)

Pencils

Jason Armstrong (credited)

Inks

Jason Armstrong (credited)

Colors

Val Staples (credited)

Letters

Dave Sharpe (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's a real honor to do this interview, Mr. Jones.

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Phantom Reporter [Dick Jones]; Sam; Edmund Chancellor; Billy Sullivan; Oswald Chancellor; Molly Sullivan; Gianni Big Nose; Silvio Mannino; Angela Mannino; Fiery Mask; Clark Kent

Synopsis

Dick Jones recalls his investigation of the murder of Billy Sullivan and its role in him becoming the Phantom Reporter.

Reprints

• in Timely 70th Anniversary Collection (Marvel, 2009 series) (2009)

Keywords

New York City

Pin-Up by Jason Armstrong and Val Staples (Table of Contents: 3)

Daring Extras / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jason Armstrong (signed as aRMSTRONG)

Inks

Jason Armstrong (signed as aRMSTRONG)

Colors

Val Staples

Letters

typeset

Characters

The Phantom Reporter

Pin-Up Sketches (Table of Contents: 4)

Daring Extras / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jason Armstrong

Letters

typeset

Characters

The Phantom Reporter [Dick Jones]

Character Studies by Jason Armstrong (Table of Contents: 5)

Daring Extras / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Jason Armstrong

Inks

Jason Armstrong

Letters

typeset

Characters

The Phantom Reporter [Dick Jones]

Layouts by Jason Armstrong (Table of Contents: 6)

Daring Extras / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jason Armstrong

Inks

Jason Armstrong

Letters

typeset

Penciled Pages by Jason Armstrong (Table of Contents: 7)

Daring Extras / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jason Armstrong

Letters

typeset

David Liss: Writing the Reporter (Table of Contents: 8)

Daring Extras / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Liss

Pencils

Marcos Martín

Inks

Marcos Martín

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What you hold in your hands is my first effort at writing graphic fiction.

Characters

The Phantom Reporter [Dick Jones]

[Daring Mystery Comics #3 Cover] (Table of Contents: 9)

The Purple Mask / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Alex Schomburg

Inks

Alex Schomburg

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Martin Goodman (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Purple Mask; Nazis

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #3 (April 1940)

[The East Side Murders ["Meet the Phantom Reporter!..."]] (Table of Contents: 10)

The Phantom Reporter / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Erisman (signed as ROE)

Pencils

Sam Cooper (signed)

Inks

Sam Cooper (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Martin Goodman (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In a flat, in an apartment house on the east side of town a little family is at dinner

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Phantom Reporter [Dick Jones] (introduction); A park commissioner; various corrupt officials (villains, introduction for all); Max; other gangsters (villains, introduction, death for all)

Synopsis

Cub reporter Jones is assigned a case in which seven families on the east side of town have been wantonly beaten, resulting in three deaths. He soon discovers, as the Phantom Reporter, that the Park Commissioner, Police Chief and the publisher of several newspapers were behind it all; each having vested interest in the property on the east side, and hoping that the crime wave would get people to vacate their property so they could pick it up cheaply!

Reprints

• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #3 (April 1940)

Keywords

Daily Express