(June 1941)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 68
- Indicia frequency:
- Monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- M. L. J. Magazines, Inc.
- Editing:
- Harry Shorten
- Format:
- Standard Golden Age U.S.; Full Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; Was On-Going Series
[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)
Steel Sterling / cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Pencils:
- Charles Biro (signed)
- Inks:
- Charles Biro (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Steel Sterling
[The Puppet Master's Murders] (Table of Contents)
Steel Sterling / comic story / 14 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Blair
- Pencils:
- Charles Biro
- Inks:
- Charles Biro
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Dora Cummings; Looney; V: The Puppet Master (I; Gargulio)
- Synopsis:
- A crazy puppet master murders two men to use in his greatest puppet act ever seen by human eyes.
[The Great Magic Contest] (Table of Contents)
Dicky in the Magic Forest / comic story / 8 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Louis Golden (signed)
- Pencils:
- Louis Golden (signed)
- Inks:
- Louis Golden (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Fantasy
- Characters:
- Dicky Farenwell; Farenwell (Dicky's father); GS: Mr. Sage; V: Mr. Magico (I)
- Synopsis:
- Dick enters the great magic contest to win the golden crown.
[The Oil Derrick Murder] (Table of Contents)
Nevada Jones / comic story / 6 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Frank Volp
- Inks:
- Frank Volp
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Western
- Characters:
- Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); I: Amy, Mr. Goldsmith; V: Sheriff Slagg (I, D)
- Synopsis:
- The banker holds Miss Amy's mortgage, so if any oil production was stopped he could take over, and he is deliberately trying to scare her off her ranch.
Indexer Notes
Faces and very realistic horses identical to Volp's credited Loop Logan story in Blue Ribbon Comics #13, but the inking here seems a bit hastier than in the previous stories.
The Case of the Kill-Crazy Gorilla (Table of Contents)
Red Reagan / comic story / 6 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Blair
- Pencils:
- Sam Cooper (signed)
- Inks:
- Sam Cooper (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Detective
- Characters:
- Red Reagan (Police Detective); Bertie Randolph (assistent); V: Claude Dutton (I); I: Earl Nelson; Paul Anderson (both D); Count D'Andria; Ruth D'Andria
- Synopsis:
- A killer gorilla is on the loose, so everybody is to believe, but it is really a man in disguise.
Indexer Notes
title on pg. 5
[The Hidden Explosive Formula] (Table of Contents)
War Eagles / comic story / 8 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Blair
- Pencils:
- Ed Smalle
- Inks:
- Ed Smalle
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- War; Aviation
- Characters:
- Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); I: Swen Olsen; V: Nazis
- Synopsis:
- The twins are sent on a mission to Norway to retrieve a hidden formula for a new condensed explosion. In Norway they meet agent Swen Olsen.
[Mystery of the Secluded City] (Table of Contents)
Captain Valor / comic story / 8 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Blair (signed)
- Pencils:
- Mort Meskin (signed)
- Inks:
- Mort Meskin (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Adventure; War
- Characters:
- Captain Valor; GS: Angie; Ronnie; Dallas; Big Dip; V: Ab-Ah-Ner (I; named after Abner Sundell)
- Synopsis:
- Far in the interior of China, Captain Valor and his followers are taken to a sqrewy Chinese lord that can't stand any noise.
[The House of the Gilded Lily] (Table of Contents)
Scarlet Avenger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Harry Shorten
- Pencils:
- Carl Hubbell
- Inks:
- Carl Hubbell
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- The Scarlet Avenger [Jim Kendall]; Inez Courtney [Operative No.1]; GS: Ah Ling; V: Kim Lee (I)
- Synopsis:
- A cop is killed in China Town by a dope fiend, and the Scarlet Avenger will get the real killer.
[Mayhem in the Marine Auditorium] (Table of Contents)
Zambini the Miracle Man / comic story / 7 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Blair
- Pencils:
- Lin Streeter
- Inks:
- Lin Streeter
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Occult
- Characters:
- Zambini (magician); I: Teddy Watson; V: Smith (I)
- Synopsis:
- Zambini is visiting a famous Marine Auditorium where denizens of the sea are on display.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
[The Puppet Master's Murders]
Steel Sterling -
2.
[The Great Magic Contest]
Dicky in the Magic Forest -
3.
[The Oil Derrick Murder]
Nevada Jones -
4.
The Case of the Kill-Crazy Gorilla
Red Reagan -
5.
[The Hidden Explosive Formula]
War Eagles -
6.
[Mystery of the Secluded City]
Captain Valor -
7.
[The House of the Gilded Lily]
Scarlet Avenger -
8.
[Mayhem in the Marine Auditorium]
Zambini the Miracle Man
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Steinar Ådland
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Gene Reed
- Lou Mougin
- Gary L. Watson
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