Minute Man #1

(1941)

["Bigger and Better!"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:

various

Inks:

various

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Lance O'Casey; Golden Arrow [Roger Parsons]; Doctor Voodoo [Hal Carey]; Ibis; Taia; Dan Dare; Captain Venture; El Carim; Zoro; Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Buck Jones; Devil's Dagger [Ken Wyman]; Companions 3 [Don; Nifty; Spike]

Synopsis:

Illustrated promotional house ad for Whiz and Master Comics, featuring illustrations of all the characters appearing in both magazines.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #86

Indexer Notes

Found on the inside front cover. Sequence added by Craig Delich 2012-1-1.

[The Redemption of Major Von Hartz] (Table of Contents)

Minute Man / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder ?

Pencils:

Charles Sultan

Inks:

Charles Sultan

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Army General Milton; Major Hart [a.k.a. Major von Hartz]; Major Hart's father; Nazi foreign agents (villains)

Synopsis:

Major Hart wants to put his past behind him, that of a spy working for Nazi Germany, but foreign agents try to persude him by kidnapping his father and forcing him to do anything he can to embarrass America's Army, first by betraying Fort Stonewall. Minute Man tells the Major to go along with their plans while he attempts to rescue the soldier's father.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #86

Indexer Notes

Art and writer credits by Bill Black and Craig Delich 2012-1-1.

No Rest For Minute Man (Table of Contents)

Minute Man / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder ?

Pencils:

Charles Sultan

Inks:

Charles Sultan

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Gloria (Shuker's secretary); Shuker (villain, crooked political boss); Nazi agents (villains, some die)

Synopsis:

Minute Man saves the life of a young lad from Nazi agents while aboard a train, and hears from that lad that a crooked political boss named Shuker is involved with those same agents, who plan to use devious means for him to be elected Governor of the state, then dictator. What Shuker doesn't know is those same agents plan to control the government themselves and use Shuker only as a figure head.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #86

Indexer Notes

Writer and artist credits from Bill Black and Craig Delich 2012-1-1.

Triumph of Time (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry de la Ree (signed)

Pencils:

? (spot illustration)

Inks:

? (spot illustration)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

crime

Characters:

Danny O'Grady (rookie Policeman); Professor Ekstrom; Red Kozlik (villain, death)

Synopsis:

Following Public Enemy Number Three Red Kozlik to Ekstrom Laboratories, New York rookie Policeman O'Grady comes face to face to Ekstrom, being held at gun point by the nefarious criminal, who insists that the professor use his newly invented time machine to send him back to August 18, 1921. The professor does, but Kozlik discovers that fate has a way of settling old scores.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #86

[Illyria, Queen of Spies] (Table of Contents)

Minute Man / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder ?

Pencils:

Charles Sultan

Inks:

Charles Sultan

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Minute Man [Jack Weston]; General Milton; Lady Illyria (villain, introduction, Queen of Foreign Spies)

Synopsis:

Jack Weston is sent to Barracoon, an island in the Gulf of Mexico that the U.S. government has just purchased for use as a naval base. However, Minute Man must content with Illyria and her agents, who plan to stop this effort by stirring up the ancient voodoo deviltry that this island is noted for.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #86

Indexer Notes

Writer and artist credits by Bill Black and Craig Delich 2012-1-1.

["The Big Parade......"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:

various

Inks:

various

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Captain Venture; Zoro; El Carim; Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Buck Jones; Companions 3 [Don; Nifty; Spike]

Synopsis:

Illustrated promotional house ad, with characters featured, for Master Comics.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #86

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Craig Delich 2012-1-1.

[The Servants of Korozan] (Table of Contents)

Minute Man / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder ?

Pencils:

Charles Sultan

Inks:

Charles Sultan

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Semator Barr; Judy Barr (daughter of Senator Barr); Korozan (villain, introduction, death); Japanese agents (villains)

Synopsis:

Jack Weston is arrested for the disappearance of Senator Barr's daughter, who was actually kidnapped by Japanese foreign agents who want her famous father to quit his insistemce that America build up stronger defenses.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #86

Indexer Notes

Writer and artist credits by Bill Black and Craig Delich 2012-1-1.

["Coming Your Way Soon!"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:

various

Inks:

various

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] Billy Batson; Nazi soldier; Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]

Synopsis:

Illustrated promotional house ad for the latest three issues of: Captain Marvel Adventures #3 (on sale about April 23rd, 1941), Spy Smasher #1 (on sale about June 13, 1941), and Minute Man #? (on sale about May 14, 1941).

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #86

Indexer Notes

Found on the inside back cover. Sequence added by Craig Delich 2012-1-1.