Shadow Comics #v1#7 [7]

(November 1940)

The Editor's Page (Table of Contents)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

William DeGrouchy ?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Table of Contents with short note from the editor promoting new features.

The Creeping Death (Table of Contents)

The Shadow / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Walter Gibson ?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure

Characters:

The Shadow [Lamont Cranston]; Joe Cardona; Margo Lane; Stanley (cameo); Clifford Forster; Guthrie; Armagnac; Vignetti (villain); Prof. Partridge (villain)

Synopsis:

The Shadow becomes involved in a professor's plot to make imitation gold and coin counterfeit foreign currency.

Indexer Notes

title from cover.

["Like a missile hurled by the hand of a war god..."] (Table of Contents)

The Hooded Wasp / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

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?

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?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Hooded Wasp [Bob] (introduction, origin); Wasplet [Jim Martin] (introduction, origin); Razil (villain)

Synopsis:

Bob (the Hooded Wasp) takes teen Jim Martin with him to Egypt to hunt for a magic scarab.

Indexer Notes

The last panel is a contest to provide a name for Jim Martin's costumed alter ego, who is not named in this story. Prizes of a pocket knife are to be given for the 50 best names.

["What a sucker he'd be for my left hook."] (Table of Contents)

Cappy Can / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Saul Robbins (signed)

Inks:

Saul Robbins (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Saul Robbins ?

Content Information

Genre:

funny animals

Characters:

Cappy Can; Susie "Q"; King Leo; Sir Gay

Synopsis:

Cappy gets the aid of Sir Gay, the Magician, in training for a boxing match with King Leo.

Indexer Notes

First part of a continued story.

["Alias Slippery Jack--"] (Table of Contents)

Nick Carter / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

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?

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?

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?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Nick Carter; Harrison Hilde; Jack Gleason [aka Slippery Jack] (villain); Dick Gray [aka Capt. Gray] (villain); Ivan Novack (villain)

Synopsis:

Nick Carter, chief of the counter-espionage department, must recover plans for a powerful new explosive that were stolen by a ring of three spies.

Bound To Win (Table of Contents)

Stories by Horatio Alger, Jr. / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

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?

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?

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?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Harry Raymond; James Turner; Squire Turner; Evelyn Brown

Synopsis:

When his father is killed by a train while walking home from work, Harry Raymond must find a way to raise money to pay the mortgage due on his mother's house. Harry invents a new explosive, but foreign agents bribe the mortgage holder to delay Harry so they can steal the formula.

Frank Reed's "Marvel" (Table of Contents)

Frank Reed / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

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Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Frank Reed; Barney

Synopsis:

Frank and Barney try to recover stolen radium that was dumped into a muddy river. Frank invents a submarine called the "Marvel," which is loaded with various weapons.

Indexer Notes

First line of caption: "The world has come to recognize young Reed as one of the greatest inventors of all time!"

["Iron Munro, Jupiter-born scientist, and his friend Spencer Carlyle, strike an asteroid in space..."] (Table of Contents)

Iron Munro The Astounding Man / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Theodore Sturgeon

Pencils:

Jack Farr

Inks:

Jack Farr

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Farr ?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Iron Munro; Spencer Carlisle; Anto Raul

Synopsis:

In the far future, Iron Munro and the Magyan space fleet use two moons of Magya as weapons to destroy the devil-planet Teef-El.

Indexer Notes

Last part of a continued story. Script credit from Theodore Sturgeon via Anthony Tollin on the GCD Error List. Art credit from the GCD-Main list (2012-02-01).

Into the Heart of Thunder Island! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Doc Savage; Ajax

Indexer Notes

Promo for the current issue of Doc Savage Comics, with previews of the Doc Savage and Ajax the Sun Man stories.

["Ho! Ho! Ho! D'artagnan, Paris never saw a scarecrow to equal this!"] (Table of Contents)

The Three Musketeers / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

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?

Inks:

?

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?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

period

Characters:

D'Artagnan; Athos; Porthos; Aramis; Milady (villain)

Synopsis:

D'Artagnan, not yet a Musketeer, accompanies the Musketeers to the siege of La Rochelle. He finds himself under fire from assassins hired by Milady.

Indexer Notes

Continued from last issue. Continues in the next issue. Feature is bylined "by Alexander Dumas."

The Hole Card (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Malcolm Rainsford (credited)

Pencils:

Paul Orban [as Orban] (signed)

Inks:

Paul Orban [as Orban] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Steve Carrain; Ed Thompson

Synopsis:

Outlaw Ed Thompson gets in a gunfight when Ed Thompson doesn't back down during a card game.

Indexer Notes

illustrated text story

What's the Whole World Talking About? (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

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?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Promo for Bill Barnes Comics. Line-drawn version of painted cover for Bill Barnes Comics #1 is depicted.

The True Life Story of Our Greatest Baseball Player (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

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?

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?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Lou Gehrig (photo)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Promo for Sport Comics #1, which features a story on the life of baseball player Lou Gehrig. Black and white version of the comics' cover is depicted.

Be Your Own Expert! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

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?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Promo for "Street and Smith's Football Year Book" magazine, on sale August 30.