(July 1941)

Centaur, 1941 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
bimonthly
On-sale Date
1941-05-05
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Comic Corporation of America
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Some information from Gary Watson.

On sale date from the publication date as submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalogue of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Volume 36, Number 4. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number 508697.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inks
Paul Gustavson (signed)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Amazing-Man [John Aman]
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

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

Aman, the Amazing-Man / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sam Glanzman ? (signed as SAM DECKER); Lew Glanzman ? (signed as Sam Decker)
Inks
Sam Glanzman ? (signed as SAM DECKER); Lew Glanzman ? (signed as Sam Decker)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In England, where Amazing-Man defeated an enemy invasion...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Amazing-Man [John Aman]; Zona Henderson; the Great Question (villain)

Indexer Notes

This story depicts another attack on Hawaii BEFORE Pearl Harbor.
It is unknown (for this story) if Sam and Lew Glanzman collaborated behind the "Sam Decker" signature, or if it was only one of them this time.

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

Minimidget / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Kolb
Inks
John Kolb
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Minimidget and Ritty visit Darnum and Dailies Circus...
Genre
superhero

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

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

Script
Martin Filchock
Pencils
Martin Filchock
Inks
Martin Filchock
Colors
?
Letters
Martin Filchock ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Mighty Man, with his unusual powers, has skilfully tricked the Witch...
Genre
superhero

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Black Panther / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Gustavson
Pencils
Paul Gustavson
Inks
Paul Gustavson
Colors
?
Letters
Paul Gustavson

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Throught the black, still night, a sinister figure moves slowly...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Black Panther (introduction); Professor Taft; Erick Rogats (villain, death); Argo (villain, death)
Synopsis
An enemy agent kidnaps an emminent scientist who has invented a serum that can petrify any living animal on earth.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Only appearance.

Script and letters credit from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. Terry also confirmed the pencil & ink credits.

Mars in the Death House (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
Duke Carey (credited) (house name)
Pencils
Sam Glanzman (signed as Glanz '41) (illustrations)
Inks
Sam Glanzman (signed as Glanz '41) (illustrations)
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero

Vacation Time (Table of Contents: 7)

Shark / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero

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

Dr. Synthe / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Francis Campbell
Pencils
Taylor
Inks
Taylor
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Speeding through interstellar space...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Dr. Synthe (intro)

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

Reef Kinkaid / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Lubbers
Inks
Bob Lubbers
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What's this! A leak in the wall!

Indexer Notes

last appearance

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
Sam Gilman
Pencils
Sam Gilman
Inks
Sam Gilman
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We have good reason to believe that the Nutley Insane Asylum...
Genre
superhero
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Amazing-Man
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Liberty Scouts
  3. 2. ["In England, where Amazing-Man defeated an enemy invasion..."]
    Aman, the Amazing-Man
  4. 3. ["Minimidget and Ritty visit Darnum and Dailies Circus..."]
    Minimidget
  5. 4. ["The Mighty Man, with his unusual powers, has skilfully tricked the Witch..."]
    Mighty Man
  6. 5. ["Throught the black, still night, a sinister figure moves slowly..."]
    The Black Panther
  7. 6. Mars in the Death House
    Amazing-Man
  8. 7. Vacation Time
    Shark
  9. 8. ["Speeding through interstellar space..."]
    Dr. Synthe
  10. 9. ["What's this! A leak in the wall!"]
    Reef Kinkaid
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
  12. 11. ["We have good reason to believe that the Nutley Insane Asylum..."]
    Iron Skull
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Michael Hoskin
  • James Ludwig
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore