(November 1940)

Centaur, 1939 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD
Pages:
68
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
Comic Corporation of America
Editing:
?
Format:
Standard Golden Age U.S.; Full Color; Glossy Cover: Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going Series

Issue Notes

Data from Jerry Bails index cards & Howard Keltner's Golden Age index.


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Aman the Amazing-Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Lew Glanzman [as Glanz]
Inks:
Lew Glanzman [as Glanz]
Colors:
?
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Genre:
superhero

["Numerous countries have vanished in the past..."] (Table of Contents)

Stamps / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Genre:
Fact

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Page also includes indicia.


Biggest Dime's Worth of Thrills (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Content Information

Synopsis:
Promo for Sure-Fire Comics and Super-Mystery Comics.

Indexer Notes

Also inside front cover.


["Look that girl is fainting!"] (Table of Contents)

Aman the Amazing-Man / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
A. L. Kirby
Pencils:
Louis Glanzman
Inks:
Louis Glanzman
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Amazing-Man [John Aman]

["Come here, Ritty, we have some mail."] (Table of Contents)

Minimidget / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Charles Verral?
Pencils:
John F. Kolb (credited)
Inks:
John F. Kolb (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero

Indexer Notes

Charles Verral has a Minimidget writing credit for 1941 in Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Is there any data to suggest THIS story is by him?


["Arriving at the airplane factory, The Iron Skull..."] (Table of Contents)

Iron Skull / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Sam Gilman?
Pencils:
Sam Gilman (signed)
Inks:
Sam Gilman (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero

Shanghied! (Table of Contents)

Rocke Wayburn / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Adventure

Midnight Deadline (Table of Contents)

Amazing-Man / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Duke Carey (credited)
Pencils:
Sam Glanzman [as Glanz]
Inks:
Sam Glanzman [as Glanz]
Colors:
?
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero

Indexer Notes

Duke Carey is likely a pen-name.


["Wun. Change that radio program!"] (Table of Contents)

Doctor Hypno / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Frank Thomas?
Pencils:
Frank Thomas (signed)
Inks:
Frank Thomas (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero

["Hey old timer! You have a bite!"] (Table of Contents)

Mighty Man / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Martin Filchock?
Pencils:
Martin Filchock (signed)
Inks:
Martin Filchock (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero

["He walks over to a telephone."] (Table of Contents)

The Shark / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Louis Glanzman?
Pencils:
Louis Glanzman [as Lew Glanz]
Inks:
Louis Glanzman [as Lew Glanz]
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero

["We know that this knife was carved from pure gold..."] (Table of Contents)

Reef Kinkaid / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bob Lubbers (signed)
Pencils:
Bob Lubbers (signed)
Inks:
Bob Lubbers (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Adventure

Were You Born in November (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joseph A. Kaliff?
Pencils:
Joseph A. Kaliff (signed)
Inks:
Joseph A. Kaliff (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Fact
Characters:
Marie Antoinette; Daniel Boone; Robert Fulton; Joe Dimaggio; Mark Twain
Synopsis:
Facts about people born in November.

This Beautiful Desk for only $1 (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Content Information

Synopsis:
Ad for a desk and typewriter from Remington.

Boys! Girls! Have You Seen Our New 1945 Catalog? (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Content Information

Synopsis:
Ad for novelties from Johnson Smith & Company.

Indexer Notes

On back cover of comic.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. ["Numerous countries have vanished in the past..."]
    Stamps
  2. 2. Biggest Dime's Worth of Thrills
  3. 3. ["Look that girl is fainting!"]
    Aman the Amazing-Man
  4. 4. ["Come here, Ritty, we have some mail."]
    Minimidget
  5. 5. ["Arriving at the airplane factory, The Iron Skull..."]
    Iron Skull
  6. 6. Shanghied!
    Rocke Wayburn
  7. 7. Midnight Deadline
    Amazing-Man
  8. 8. ["Wun. Change that radio program!"]
    Doctor Hypno
  9. 9. ["Hey old timer! You have a bite!"]
    Mighty Man
  10. 10. ["He walks over to a telephone."]
    The Shark
  11. 11. ["We know that this knife was carved from pure gold..."]
    Reef Kinkaid
  12. 12. Were You Born in November
  13. 13. This Beautiful Desk for only $1
  14. 14. Boys! Girls! Have You Seen Our New 1945 Catalog?
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