(December 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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Aman

This Beautiful Desk for Only $1.00 (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Synopsis:
Ad for a desk and a typewriter from Remington.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Also includes indicia.


["A large black car passes him at high speed..."] (Table of Contents)

Aman the Amazing-Man / comic story / 11.66 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
A.L. Kirby (signed)
Pencils:
Sam Decker (signed)
Inks:
Sam Decker (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

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

Boys--Girls! Solve this Puzzle! (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Synopsis:
Ad for Billy Wade Junior Sales Club.

["Another Minimidget and Ritty adventure is about to be unfolded..."] (Table of Contents)

Minimidget / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Minimidget

Indexer Notes

Credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who.


["A new patient to see you, Dr. Hypno - He's a queer looking individual!!"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Doctor Hypno; Miss Curtis; Kursk

Indexer Notes

Dr. Hypno is bound and tortured.


Deep-Sea Gold (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
Adventure

The Hub of Death (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
? [as Duke Carey]
Pencils:
Frank Thomas ?
Inks:
Frank Thomas ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Genre:
superhero

["Here he comes now! Get ready to plug him!"] (Table of Contents)

Mighty Man / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero

["Now he is in the deep African jungle looking for Amelia Reinhardt..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
superhero

Soupramany (Table of Contents)

Album of Famous Animals / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
R. Humphries (signed)
Inks:
R. Humphries (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Fact
Synopsis:
Picture and text of a fisherman elephant.

["Reef Kinkaid, adventurer, rescued Dr. Lang and his daughter Marian..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
Adventure

["But I tell you Avison, the natives think he is some kind of god..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
superhero

Indexer Notes

Page 6 of the story is a full page horizontal splash, unusual for Centaur.


Play Square (Table of Contents)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Stephen M. Elonka
Pencils:
Stephen M. Elonka
Inks:
Stephen M. Elonka
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
Puzzle page.

Mail Coupon Now (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Synopsis:
Ad to win prizes for selling White Cloverline Brand Salve.

Boys! Girls! Have You Seen Our New 1941 Catalog? (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Synopsis:
Ad for novelties from Johnson Smith & Company.

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. This Beautiful Desk for Only $1.00
  2. 2. ["A large black car passes him at high speed..."]
    Aman the Amazing-Man
  3. 3. Boys--Girls! Solve this Puzzle!
  4. 4. ["Another Minimidget and Ritty adventure is about to be unfolded..."]
    Minimidget
  5. 5. ["A new patient to see you, Dr. Hypno - He's a queer looking individual!!"]
    Doctor Hypno
  6. 6. Deep-Sea Gold
    Rocke Wayburn
  7. 7. The Hub of Death
    Amazing-Man
  8. 8. ["Here he comes now! Get ready to plug him!"]
    Mighty Man
  9. 9. ["Now he is in the deep African jungle looking for Amelia Reinhardt..."]
    The Shark
  10. 10. Soupramany
    Album of Famous Animals
  11. 11. ["Reef Kinkaid, adventurer, rescued Dr. Lang and his daughter Marian..."]
    Reef Kinkaid
  12. 12. ["But I tell you Avison, the natives think he is some kind of god..."]
    Iron Skull
  13. 13. Play Square
  14. 14. Mail Coupon Now
  15. 15. Boys! Girls! Have You Seen Our New 1941 Catalog?
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