Wonderworld Comics #18

(October 1940)

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Kooba / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Battle with the Fifth Column] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Flame / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (Basil Berold)

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Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The office of John Markham...

Genre

superhero

Characters

William Hoyt (villain, introduction); Fritz Kessel (villain, introduction); Termania Bund (villain, introduction); Flame; Ronaldson; Diana Markham; Jerry; John Markham

Keywords

Camp Ostwald

[Sacrifice to Ammon-Ra] (Table of Contents: 3)

Yarko / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (Anthony Brooks)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

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Mr. Frank Bronson and his daughter, Elsie, are seeing the pyramids at Gizeh.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Ramma-Tep (villain, introduction); Senussis (villain, introduction); Ammon-Ra (introduction); Frank Bronson; Elsie Bronson; Yarko; Yusuf

Synopsis

Ramma-Tep kidnaps Elsie for a sacrifice and Yarko comes to her aid.

Keywords

Cairo; Ruxor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Shorty Shortcake / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Klaus Nordling ?

Inks

Klaus Nordling ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

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Yes! Mr. Mizzen - we must break up the spy ring in El Snoro!

Genre

humor

Characters

Mr. Mizzen; Shorty Shortcake; Sonja Snoop

[The Bridge Destroyer] (Table of Contents: 5)

Patty O'Day Newsreel Reporter / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Claire S. Moe ? (Vic Todd)

Inks

Claire S. Moe ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Come on, Ham, we're off!

Genre

adventure; spy

Characters

Prof. Grant (villain, introduction, death); Maru (villain, introduction, death); Ham; Patty O'Day; Maru

[The Hamdrayad Cult] (Table of Contents: 6)

Dr. Fung / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

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? (Arthur Dean)

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Dr. Fung and Dan Barrister are at Madras, India.

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Sidhittha Jawnputri (villain, introduction); Dr. Fung; Dan Barrister; Inspector Marlin

Keywords

hamdrayads; India; mongoose; snake cult

Larry From Montana (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Nathaniel Nitkin [as N. N. Nathaniel]

Pencils

?

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Letters

typeset

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Bart walked across the riding grounds of the Police Remount Division.

Genre

drama

Characters

Bart; Larry (horse); Sgt. O'Hara

Synopsis

Bart tries to train a temperamental horse, Larry, for the police department.

Keywords

Ocean Parkway

[Trouble In Chilihua] (Table of Contents: 8)

Tex Maxon / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Munson Paddock (credited as Chuck Munson)

Inks

Munson Paddock (credited as Chuck Munson)

Colors

?

Letters

?

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Tex gets a telegram from Billy Fraser, the only man who knows Phantom Rider's identity.

Feature Logo

Tex Maxon, the Phantom Rider

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Chuck Spreckles (villain, introduction); Tex Maxon [Phantom Rider]; Streak (horse); Sloppy Joe; Sismal Jim

Keywords

Chilihua

[Showdown with Madam Klang] (Table of Contents: 9)

"Spark" Stevens of the Navy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (Nordling)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Aw, you dope!

Feature Logo

Spark Stevens

Genre

adventure; military; war

Characters

Madam Klang (villain, death); Spark Stevens; Chuck; Ling Chee; Lee Chee; Loo Sung

Baseball To-Day (Table of Contents: 10)

Don Quixote in Modern Times / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

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?

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?

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?

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?

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After being caught in that rain I have no suit.

Genre

humor; adventure

Characters

Don Quixote; Sancho

Keywords

baseball

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Fantastic Comics; Samson / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Captured By the Head] (Table of Contents: 12)

K-51 Spies at War / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Chuck Winter ?

Inks

Chuck Winter ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

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K-51 is whisked to a Swiss hideaway of the gang in a speeding car.

Genre

spy; adventure

Characters

The Head (villain, introduction); K-51

Synopsis

K-51 is kidnapped by a foreign syndicate in an attempt to extract the secret of K-51's super vitamins.

Keywords

Switzerland

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advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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The Flame; The Green Mask / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)