(December 1941)

Centaur, 1939 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
68
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
Comic Corporation of America
Editing:
?
Format:
Standard Golden Age U.S.; Full Color; Glossy Cover: Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going Series

Issue Notes

data from Jerry Bails index cards & Howard Keltners Golden Age index


["The one and only Amazing Man, aided by Tommy..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Myron Strauss (signed)
Inks:
Myron Strauss (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Amazing Man; Tommy

Indexer Notes

Data from Jerry Bails index cards & Howard Keltner's Golden Age index.


["War Over Europe!"] (Table of Contents)

Aman the Amazing-Man / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Lonergan (signed); Louis Glanzman; Sam Glanzman [as Decker] (signed)
Inks:
Lonergan (signed); Louis Glanzman; Sam Glanzman [as Decker] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Amazing-Man [John Aman]; Tommy
Synopsis:
Aman and Tommy are awarded the Victoria Cross after they stop the enemy from invading England using a cyclotron, powered by radio waves, which allows a tunnel under the sea to be built for that purpose.
Reprinted:
  • in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #83 (2010) [in black and white]

Indexer Notes

Title and art credits from Lou Mougin, June 2009. Revised JVJ. Writer credit changed from Lonergan to ? by Craig Delich 2011-4-16, and listed as artist along with Decker [the Glanzmans]. Lonergan was an artist [pencil and ink] on this strip according to the Who's Who, not a writer.


["Minimidget and Ritty, super-midgets, are only 8 in. tall."] (Table of Contents)

Minimidget / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
John F. Kolb
Inks:
John F. Kolb
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

["With factories working overtime to speed up national defense..."] (Table of Contents)

Mighty Man and Super Ann / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Martin Filchock?
Pencils:
Martin Filchock (signed)
Inks:
Martin Filchock (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Indexer Notes

Title from Lou Mougin, June 2009.


The Amazing Man Keeps a Date With Death (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Robert Turner
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Sequence added per Lou Mougin, June 2009.


["John Harper, ex-millionaire, is now known as Hobo Harper..."] (Table of Contents)

Hobo Harper / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Sam Gilman [as S.G.]
Inks:
Sam Gilman [as S.G.]
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Indexer Notes

Title from Lou Mougin, June 2009.


["Meteor Martin, ace pilot of the Moon Patrol, is on duty in his space-ship..."] (Table of Contents)

Meteor Martin / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Basil Wolverton
Pencils:
Basil Wolverton (signed)
Inks:
Basil Wolverton (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Meteor Martin (introduction)

Indexer Notes

Title, script credit, and character info from Lou Mougin, June 2009.


["A great British battleship, repaired in the {CENSORED} Navy Yard..."] (Table of Contents)

King of Darkness / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Harry Francis Campbell?
Pencils:
Harry Francis Campbell (signed)
Inks:
Harry Francis Campbell (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Indexer Notes

Title and credits from Lou Mougin, June 2009.


["Lucille Martin, an adventurous young novelist has acquired..."] (Table of Contents)

The Blue Lady / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Frank Frollo ?
Pencils:
Frank Frollo [as Frollo] (signed)
Inks:
Frank Frollo [as Frollo] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Blue Lady [Lucille Martin]; Larry (Lucille's fiance); Sing Thang (death); Bin (villain)
Synopsis:
The Blue Lady discovers a way to open the jade idol that had killed her master, noting it had a piece of paper inside giving instructions on how to find a hidden gold shipment from China.
Reprinted:
  • in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #82 (2010) [reprinted in B/W in this format]

Indexer Notes

Title from Lou Mougin, June 2009. Revised JVJ.


"This is the last time I'll ever come on this..." (Table of Contents)

Life at its Worst / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Ray Houlihan?
Pencils:
Ray Houlihan (signed)
Inks:
Ray Houlihan (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

The Shadow Is a Living Thing (Table of Contents)

Nightshade / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Homer Fleming
Inks:
Homer Fleming
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Indexer Notes

Title from Lou Mougin, June 2009.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. ["War Over Europe!"]
    Aman the Amazing-Man
  2. 2. ["Minimidget and Ritty, super-midgets, are only 8 in. tall."]
    Minimidget
  3. 3. ["With factories working overtime to speed up national defense..."]
    Mighty Man and Super Ann
  4. 4. The Amazing Man Keeps a Date With Death
    Aman the Amazing-Man
  5. 5. ["John Harper, ex-millionaire, is now known as Hobo Harper..."]
    Hobo Harper
  6. 6. ["Meteor Martin, ace pilot of the Moon Patrol, is on duty in his space-ship..."]
    Meteor Martin
  7. 7. ["A great British battleship, repaired in the {CENSORED} Navy Yard..."]
    King of Darkness
  8. 8. ["Lucille Martin, an adventurous young novelist has acquired..."]
    The Blue Lady
  9. 9. "This is the last time I'll ever come on this..."
    Life at its Worst
  10. 10. The Shadow Is a Living Thing
    Nightshade
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Craig Delich
  • Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
  • Henry Andrews
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Lee Randall (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mougin
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Peter Croome