Bulletman
#1
(Summer 1941)
Fawcett,
1941 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- On-sale Date
- 1941-05-02
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fawcett Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Fawcett Publication [Triangle]
- Editing
- France Herron ?
Issue Notes
On sale date from the publication date as submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries; Part 1; Group 2; Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Etc., Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Deliveries, Maps; 1941; New Series; Volume 38; Number 5. Copyright number: AA 365832.
[no title indexed]
Bulletman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]
- Reprints
-
in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #80 (2009), #108 (2018)
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[The Black Spider]
Bulletman / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent (Susan's father); Judge Hatpath (introduction, death); The Black Spider [Jules Rey] (villain, French murderer, introduction, death); The Spider's gang [Limpy; Luke; Tiger; Spike; other un-named] (villains, introduction for all); Suzy (villain, Black Spider's pet spider)
- Synopsis
- Sgt. Kent receives a message from the Black Spider to lay off his activities to capture the arch fiend, otherwise Susan Kent will die.
- Keywords
- The Washington Press
[no title indexed]
Amazing Oddities / cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Willy
Indexer Notes
Series of 5 stand alone cartoons featuring amazing oddities concerning gorillas, seals, human skulls, snakes and curari.
[The Deviltry of Dr. Mood]
Bulletman / comic story / 16 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent; Admiral Nelson (introduction, death); Admiral Nelson's wife (introduction); Dr. Mood (villain, Secret Service man, introduction); Mood's gang (villains, introduction for all); The Nazis [Hermann; others un-named) (villains)
- Synopsis
- Bulletan and Bulletgirl investigate the abductions of key U.S. military personnel.
- Keywords
- New York; The Guardian; Washington Press Guardian
The Fighting Scout
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Carl Formes [as Larac Semrof] (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Zed Stephens (expert marksman); Chief Running Bull (villain); Indians (villains, some die)
- Synopsis
- Zed is on his way to Fort Boonton to warn the settlers of redskin savages, but is way-laid, having to fight for his very life before he could warn the settlement.
- Keywords
- Fort Boonton
[The Man Who Learned Bulletman's Secret Identity]
Bulletman / comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent; The Voice [Higgins] (villain, District Attorney candidate, introduction, death); Bull Morello (villain, King of a murder syndicate, introduction); Ratty (villain, introduction, death); The Voice's gang (villains, introduction for all)
- Synopsis
- Ratty discovers the true identity of Bulletman and informs his boss of the news, only to die at the hands of Morello's gangsters.
- Keywords
- Daily News; Philadelphia Press Guardian
Indexer Notes
The splash page figures of Bulletman and Bulletgirl nearly replicate the cover.
Brain Teasers
activity / 1 page
- Genre
- children
Indexer Notes
Series of 6 stand-alone illustrated puzzlers with answers.
[The Man Mountain]
Bulletman / comic story / 17 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent; Slick (circus owner, introduction, death); Slick's partner (introduction, death); Pete (Policeman, death); Jones (Policeman); prison guard (death); "Machine Gun" Kelly (villain, probably not THE Machine Gun Kelly, introduction, death); the Man Mountain (villain, a giant, introduction, death); Louie (villain)
- Synopsis
- Susan and Jim visit a traveling circus' side show and see a giant man, who later becomes the dreaded foe for Bulletman and Bulletgirl!
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Bulletman -
1.
[The Black Spider]
Bulletman -
2.
[no title indexed]
Amazing Oddities -
3.
[The Deviltry of Dr. Mood]
Bulletman -
4.
The Fighting Scout
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5.
[The Man Who Learned Bulletman's Secret Identity]
Bulletman -
6.
Brain Teasers
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7.
[The Man Mountain]
Bulletman -
8.
[no title indexed]
Mechanics Illustrated
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Clint Maxwell
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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