Liberty Scouts Comics #2

(June 1941)

Are You a Liberty Scout? (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Liberty Scouts / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Lubbers (signed)

Inks

Bob Lubbers (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In secret, using a mysterious weapon...

Characters

Liberty Scouts [Smokey Henry; Skipper Henry; Strut Henry] (introduction, origin); Mr. P. Henry (introduction, the Scouts' father); President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Man of War [Centaur] / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Gustavson (signed); Nils Gustavson (signed)

Pencils

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inks

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Paul Gustavson

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A malicious aggressor, urged on by the mighty Mars, god of war...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Man of War (introduction, origin)

Indexer Notes

It's not clear who did what on this feature. Jerry Bails lists both Paul and Nils as pencil and inks.

All Gustavson credits, as they now appear above, verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Vapo-Man / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sam Gilman (signed as Sam Gilman) (also signed as S.G.)

Inks

Sam Gilman (signed as Sam Gilman) (also signed as S.G.)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here are the results of the last test, Doctor Kreiner

Genre

superhero

Characters

Vapo-Man [Bradford Cole] (introduction, origin)

Indexer Notes

Signed on splash, also as S.G. in the corner of the final panel.

Army Insignia and What They Are (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Illustrated description of various Army insignia.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Steve Crawford, Undercover Man / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Ray Houlihan (signed)

Pencils

Ray Houlihan (signed)

Inks

Ray Houlihan (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Steve Crawford, ace federal man, has been sent to the Foster Aircraft Co....

Characters

Steve Crawford (introduciton)

Indexer Notes

Writing credit suggested by the Who's Who.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

The Fire-Man / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Charles Verral ?

Pencils

Martin Filchock

Inks

Martin Filchock

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Where's the fire?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fire-Man [Jim] (introduction, origin); Nancy (introduction); Nancy's uncle (villain, introduction, a scientist)

Indexer Notes

This is the only one of the four Fire-Man stories not signed by Martin Filchock, who wrote and drew the other three. Jerry Bails' Who's Who also lists Charles Verral as a writer for this feature (but does not list any other artists). Based on Who's Who and Filchock's other work for Centaur, he almost certainly wrote the three he signed, so this is the only plausible Verral-authored story.

Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. agrees that this story was penciled by Filchock, but it's possible that this is a different inker.

Alter Ego #117 (June 2013) states that Filchock did inks as well as pencils, so ? removed.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Lucky Lee / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Wallace Smith (signed)

Inks

Wallace Smith (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Lee Gates was exceedingly superstitious.

Characters

"Lucky" Lee Gates (introduction)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Dopey Danny Day / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lew Glanzman (signed as Lew Glanz)

Inks

Lew Glanzman (signed as Lew Glanz)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Danny Patrick Day, also known as Dopey Day, does not hear...

Genre

adventure; humor

Characters

Dopey Danny Day (introduction); Gus Wilson (introduction)

Highway Robbery (Table of Contents: 10)

Dopey Danny Day / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lew Glanzman

Inks

Lew Glanzman

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Get me the Daily Flash,quick!

Genre

humor

Characters

Dopey Danny Day

Indexer Notes

1-page story separate from the main Dopey Day story.

The Big Reward (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Lightning Comics / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

This Beautiful Desk for Only $1.00 (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter / advertisement / 1 page (report information)