(July 1941)

Eastern Color, 1940 Series
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Price
0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
The Eastern Color Printing Company
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Canadian price is listed in the indicia.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Hydroman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Everett ? (see notes); Stephen Douglas ? (see notes)
Inks
Bill Everett ? (see notes); Stephen Douglas ? (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hydroman [Bob Blake]
Reprints
Keywords
patriotic

Indexer Notes

A previously indexer credited Bill Everett, but my feeling (looking at the inks of the man in the canoe, in particular) is that editor Stephen Douglas is doing his masterful imitation of Everett's style, as he did on some subsequent, signed, covers.

Cover Thumbnail for Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics (Eastern Color, 1940 series) #7
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It Keeps Rollin' Along (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

A promotional house advertisement for Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 series) #83 (June 1941).

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

Hydroman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Everett (credited) (signed as Everett)
Inks
Bill Everett (credited) (signed as Everett)
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Everett (credited) (signed as Everett)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why, you--!!!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hydroman [Bob Blake]; Mr. Anders; Hans (villain); Margery Noel (villain)
Synopsis
Having escaped from a glass cage in a foreign freighter's stateroom, Hydroman overpowers one of the guards, contains two others, and forcibly takes Margery from the ship. Arriving on land, Hydroman orders a taxi driver to take them to Bob Blake's apartment, but the cabbie smells a rat and dumps them out at the local Police Precinct.
Reprints
Keywords
patriotic

Indexer Notes

Continued next issue.

Everett signs in the penultimate panel.

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

Star Flashes / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bud Thompson (credited as Charles Bruno)
Pencils
Bud Thompson (credited as Charles Bruno)
Inks
Bud Thompson (credited as Charles Bruno)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Where's my lawyer?
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
George Raft; Wallace Beery; W. C. Fields; Anna May Wong; Ginger Rogers; Robert Montgomery
Reprints
  • from Star Flashes daily panel (Bell Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX

Indexer Notes

Screen Oddities was renamed Star Flashes on 1938-03-22.

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

Flyin' Jenny / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Russell Keaton (signed)
Pencils
Russell Keaton (signed)
Inks
Russell Keaton (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
We have failed, Mr. Blimp!
Genre
adventure; aviation; war
Characters
Flyin' Jenny Dare; J. Oscar Blimp (villain); Lipstone; Buta; Rick; Starr
Reprints
  • from Flyin' Jenny Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 1940-06-23 - 1940-07-14

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

Reg'lar Fellers / comic story / 0.85 page (report information)

Script
Gene Byrnes (credited, signed)
Pencils
Gene Byrnes (credited, signed)
Inks
Gene Byrnes (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I thought maybe I might have put it here!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Pinhead Duffy; Jimmie Dugan
Reprints
  • from Reg'lar Fellers Sunday (Famous Features) 19xx-xx-xx

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

Man O'Metal / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Peter
Inks
Harry Peter ? (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear reader, Heroic Comics presents for your approval...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Man O' Metal [Pat Dempsey] (intro; origin); Marie Latista; General Cabello

Indexer Notes

origin story

A previous indexer credited Peter with inks, but another hand is evident, though inidentified.

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

Tad of the Tanbark / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Moore
Pencils
Carl Pfeufer (signed)
Inks
Carl Pfeufer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Staked out to die at a deserted water-hole...
Genre
adventure; jungle
Characters
Tad; Speed (Tad's father); Almira
Reprints
  • from Tad of the Tanbark Sunday (Watkins Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

This was the topper to the Don Dixon Sunday. It ceased publication on 1941-03-06.

Pfeufer's signature is mostly obliterated in the fianl panel, but a sliver along the top remains for confirmation.

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

Reg'lar Fellers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gene Byrnes (credited)
Pencils
Gene Byrnes (credited)
Inks
Gene Byrnes (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
They never put enough sticker on these false beards!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Pinhead Duffy; Jimmie Dugan; Mrs. Duffy; Mr. Duffy
Reprints
  • from Reg'lar Fellers Sunday (Famous Features) 19xx-xx-xx

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

The Purple Zombie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Tarpé Mills (signed)
Pencils
Tarpé Mills (signed)
Inks
Tarpé Mills (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
To prevent Kim Hale from flying into the death-ray...
Genre
adventure; science fiction
Characters
The Purple Zombie [Zoro]; Kim Hale; Otto von Suda (villain); Chico; Professor Roy Elton
Synopsis
Zoro and Hale's airplane is forced down by Professor Elton, who wants to show them his machine which will allow time travel. The two have a look inside the chamber and when Chico accidentally hits a lever, they disappear.

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

Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Moore
Pencils
Carl Pfeufer (signed)
Inks
Carl Pfeufer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
There! ...That will keep you from getting any more foolish ideas..
Genre
adventure; science fiction
Characters
Don Dixon; Princess Wanda; Dr. Lugoff; Old Dixon (Don's father); 'The Destroyer'
Reprints
  • from Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire Sunday (Watkins Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx - 1938-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The topper to this Sunday page was Tad of the Tanbark.

Panels are extensively reshaped and rearranged.

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Win a magnificent gold-plated sweep-second wrist watch...

Indexer Notes

Contests 31, 39, 33, 29, and 30.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Daredevils of Destiny / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Frank Rentfrow (credited)
Pencils
Don Dickson (credited, signed)
Inks
Don Dickson (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Courage, fortitude, and fixity of purpose...
Genre
adventure; biography
Characters
Fred Hartman
Synopsis
In the deep winter of 1917, Fred Hartman enters the contest to travel 500 miles from Winnipeg to Minneapolis by dog sled. He faces many perils and hardships along the way, but finally arrives (in final place) at the destination.
Reprints
  • from Daredevils of Destiny Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Mann of India / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tarpé Mills (signed)
Inks
Tarpé Mills (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
She sleeps...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Edyth Walton; Chickering Mann; Dr. Rene Villon (villain); Caliban (villain); Kalla Khan (villain); Indira, Cobra Queen of the Dacoits
Synopsis
Dr. Villon abducts Edyth and Chick follows, falling into a tiger pit. Kalla Khan arrives with a new slave to sell, Indira.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Bill and Davey / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
James McCague (signed)
Pencils
James McCague (signed)
Inks
James McCague (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
So!
Genre
adventure
Characters
Bill; Davey; Margie; Bulldozo (villain)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Daredevils of Destiny / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Frank Rentfrow (credited)
Pencils
Don Dickson (credited)
Inks
Don Dickson (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the annals of the sea...
Genre
adventure; biography
Characters
Commander Edwards; Mdame Grand-Clement; President Calvin Coolidge
Synopsis
Commander Edwards of the U. S. S. Bainbridge rescues 482 souls from a blazing French liner, and receives the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Reprints
  • from Daredevils of Destiny Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Gordon Fife and the Boy King / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Moore
Pencils
Carl Pfeufer
Inks
Carl Pfeufer
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
A moment after the Baron and his captives leave.
Genre
adventure
Characters
Gordon Fife; Baron Mannheim; Colonel Daven; Lorenz
Reprints
  • from Gordon Fife and the Boy King Sunday (Watkins Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx

Contests Prize Winners (Table of Contents: 17)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Contest winners from issue #4.

Depending on Chance (Table of Contents: 18)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
E. Albert Willard (credited)
Pencils
Harry Peter (signed) (2 spot illustrations)
Inks
Harry Peter (signed) (2 spot illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The well-dressed man looked at him intensely...
Genre
war
Characters
Marv Hazard; Robert Stanton

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Amaze? A Minute / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
A large safety net hung below the Zambesi Bridge...
Genre
non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Sgt. Stony Craig and His U. S. Marines / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Rentfrow (credited)
Pencils
Don Dickson (credited, signed)
Inks
Don Dickson (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Captain Sorrow managed to elude his pursuers...
Genre
adventure; military
Characters
Sgt. Stony Craig; Captain Sorrow; Slugger; Margot Black; Yvonne de Spear
Reprints
  • from Sergeant Stony Craig Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Reg'Lar Fellers / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gene Byrnes (signed)
Inks
Gene Byrnes (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

A full-page promotion on the inside back cover for the Reg'lar Fellers movie.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

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

Pencils
Dick Calkins
Inks
Dick Calkins
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction; adventure

Indexer Notes

On the back cover.

A full-page promotional house advertisement for Buck Rogers (Eastern Color, 1940 series) #2.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Hydroman
  2. 1. It Keeps Rollin' Along
    Famous Funnies
  3. 2. ["Why, you--!!!"]
    Hydroman
  4. 3. ["Where's my lawyer?"]
    Star Flashes
  5. 4. ["We have failed, Mr. Blimp!"]
    Flyin' Jenny
  6. 5. ["I thought maybe I might have put it here!"]
    Reg'lar Fellers
  7. 6. ["Dear reader, Heroic Comics presents for your approval..."]
    Man O'Metal
  8. 7. ["Staked out to die at a deserted water-hole..."]
    Tad of the Tanbark
  9. 8. ["They never put enough sticker on these false beards!"]
    Reg'lar Fellers
  10. 9. ["To prevent Kim Hale from flying into the death-ray..."]
    The Purple Zombie
  11. 10. ["There! ...That will keep you from getting any more foolish ideas.."]
    Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire
  12. 11. ["Win a magnificent gold-plated sweep-second wrist watch..."]
  13. 12. ["Courage, fortitude, and fixity of purpose..."]
    Daredevils of Destiny
  14. 13. ["She sleeps..."]
    Mann of India
  15. 14. ["So!"]
    Bill and Davey
  16. 15. ["In the annals of the sea..."]
    Daredevils of Destiny
  17. 16. ["A moment after the Baron and his captives leave."]
    Gordon Fife and the Boy King
  18. 17. Contests Prize Winners
  19. 18. Depending on Chance
  20. 19. ["A large safety net hung below the Zambesi Bridge..."]
    Amaze? A Minute
  21. 20. ["Captain Sorrow managed to elude his pursuers..."]
    Sgt. Stony Craig and His U. S. Marines
  22. 21. [no title indexed]
    Reg'Lar Fellers
  23. 22. [no title indexed]
    Buck Rogers
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