(August 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
Flood! (Table of Contents)
Steel Sterling / comic story / 14 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Blair
- Pencils:
- Irv Novick
- Inks:
- Irv Novick
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Dora Cummings; Kemp (villain, introduction); Zeke Ross (introduction, death)
- Synopsis:
- Weeks of rainfall swell Mid-Western streams to the bursting point.
[Captain Valor Joins the Marines] (Table of Contents)
Captain Valor / comic story / 8 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Blair?
- Pencils:
- Lin Streeter [as Lin] (signed)
- Inks:
- Lin Streeter [as Lin] (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Captain Valor; Mike Ahearn (Marine); Karl; Hugo
- Synopsis:
- Captain Valor rejoins the Marines.
Indexer Notes
Captain Valor joins the Marines (and loses his old supporting cast)
Cow-Critters Ain't Got Wings (Table of Contents)
Nevada Jones / comic story / 8 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Frank Volp
- Inks:
- Frank Volp
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Western
- Characters:
- Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); J. S. Michaels (introduction); Miss Michaels (introduction); Cattle rustlers (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis:
- Rustlers get the stolen cattle through a waterfall and lowered down from a cave on the other side.
Indexer Notes
title from last issue blurb
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 Corpse That Breathed Death] (Table of Contents)
Red Reagan / comic story / 6 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Blair
- Pencils:
- Sam Cooper
- Inks:
- Sam Cooper
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Detective
- Characters:
- Red Reagan (Police Detective); Bertie Randolph (assistent); The Corpse [Dr. Bentley] (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis:
- A cancerous corpse strikes with its icy breath, freezing the blood of doctors at the hospital.
[Sonia the Spy] (Table of Contents)
War Eagles / comic story / 6 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Blair
- Pencils:
- Ed Smalle (signed)
- Inks:
- Ed Smalle (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- War; Aviation
- Characters:
- Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Swen Olsen (gunner); Sonia Von Lickt (villain, introduction); Eric Von Lickt (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis:
- The twins escape from Denmark in a German E-boat, but land in England in a dingy.
[Captured By a Witch] (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; Jackie; A witch (villain, death); Jackie (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis:
- Dicky and Jackie are making a tour upon the witch's flying broom, when the witch catches them and prepares to cook them to eat.
[Death of a Clown] (Table of Contents)
Scarlet Avenger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Harry Shorten (signed)
- Pencils:
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Inks:
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- The Scarlet Avenger [Jim Kendall]; Inez Courtney [Operative No.1]; Pagliacci [Streeber] (introduction, death); Mrs. Streeber (introduction); Brutus (villain, introduction); Sandor (villain, introduction); their partner (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis:
- The circus had something to do with the robberies that are sweeping the country.
Indexer Notes
last appearance
[The Mt. Rushmore Murder] (Table of Contents)
Zambini / comic story / 6 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Blair
- Pencils:
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Inks:
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Occult
- Characters:
- Zambini (magician); Nazi spies (villains); Alan Kent (introduction)
- Synopsis:
- story involves construction of the Mount Rushmore memorial
Indexer Notes
Signature noted by Gary Watson, April 2008.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
Flood!
Steel Sterling -
2.
[Captain Valor Joins the Marines]
Captain Valor -
3.
Cow-Critters Ain't Got Wings
Nevada Jones -
4.
[The Corpse That Breathed Death]
Red Reagan -
5.
[Sonia the Spy]
War Eagles -
6.
[Captured By a Witch]
Dicky in the Magic Forest -
7.
[Death of a Clown]
Scarlet Avenger -
8.
[The Mt. Rushmore Murder]
Zambini
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Katie
- Steinar Ådland
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Gene Reed
- Lou Mougin
- Gary L. Watson
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