Joker Comics
#1
(April 1942)
Marvel,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bimonthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-01-22
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Complete Photo Story Corp.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2.
[no title indexed]
Snoopy and Dr. Nutzy / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Snoopy, this machine will trap bank robbers...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Dr Nutzy and Snoopy are about to be kicked out their apartment due to being behind in their rent. To raise money, Dr Nutzy tries to sell his invention that detects bank robbers to the local bank.
Indexer Notes
The story is made up of 12 half page strips of 9 panels each. It appears to have been produced for newspaper syndication but I am unsure if it ever appeared in newspapers.
[no title indexed]
Happy the Pessimist / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ed Winiarski (signed as Win)
- Inks
- Ed Winiarski (signed as Win)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The following incidents in this action strip are fictitious...
- Genre
- humor; crime
- Characters
- Happy Mann; Blackie (villain)
- Synopsis
- Happy wins $500 much to his consternation as he assumes it’ll bring him trouble, sure enough, he gets kidnapped.
Indexer Notes
Signature "Win" might stand for Ed Winiarski or Leon Winik.
[no title indexed]
Trinket / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Clyde Yeadon (signed as Clyde Don)
- Pencils
- Clyde Yeadon (signed as Clyde Don)
- Inks
- Clyde Yeadon (signed as Clyde Don)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Ossifer!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Trinket; Policeman
- Synopsis
- Trinket annoys a policeman.
[no title indexed]
Lester and Winnie the Weasel / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Step up, good people, and meet the zoo's most popular attraction: Lester the Lion!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Lester the Lion (introduction); Winnie the Weasel (introduction)
- Synopsis
- After a child throws a book on how to read and write into Lester the Lion’s cage at the zoo, he learns to speak and decides to move into the Waldorf Hotel.
Indexer Notes
Pencils credit from atlastales.com
[no title indexed]
Powerhouse Pepper / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Basil Wolverton
- Pencils
- Basil Wolverton (signed as Basil Wolverton)
- Inks
- Basil Wolverton (signed as Basil Wolverton)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Things are disgustingly quiet in this burg!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Powerhouse Pepper (introduction); Kid Skullcracker; Barnum B. Backbiter
- Synopsis
- After seeing Powerhouse fight, a fight manager asks him to sign up for a boxing match.
- Reprints
in [no title indexed]
Tommy Gunz / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Al Fagaly (signed as Al Fagaly); ?
- Pencils
- Al Fagaly (signed as Al Fagaly)
- Inks
- Al Fagaly (signed as Al Fagaly)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Terror reigns among the men of Whistlepunk logging camp...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Tommy Gunz (introduction)
- Synopsis
- After killing a monster, Tommy asks to travel the world as a reward. So he is signed up to the marines.
- Keywords
- Marines
Indexer Notes
The story is actually 5 single page episodes.
Goon with the Wind
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Mickey Spillane (credited as Spillane)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Joe Gooey
- Synopsis
- Bored with having to write the usual weather reports, Joe the newspaper reporter makes up a report stating that a hurricane is on its way.
[no title indexed]
Alec the Great / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Alec is only a humble street cleaner...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alec the Great (introduction); Colonel Wright; Mr Saxton
- Synopsis
- Alec, a street sweeper, while reading a Captain America comic decides to don a costume and fight crime.
Indexer Notes
Not to be confused with "Alec the Great", the syndicated funny animal strip by Edwina Dumm. Alec next appears in Comedy Comics #10, but his name is changed to Archie and his moniker to Archie the Gruesome. It can be assumed the name was changed due to the existence of the aforementioned Alec the Great syndicated strip.
[no title indexed]
Eustis Hayseed / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Eustis and his newly acquired friend, chief Blackfeet, continue their journey to the big city...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Eustice Hayseed; Chief Blackfeet; Honey Jeeper
- Synopsis
- Eustice goes to the big city and has a number of adventures, meanwhile his gal Honey sets out to find him.
Indexer Notes
A Li’l Abner clone.
The story is actually 5 single page strips.
[no title indexed]
Morty / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mortimer Flapdoodle!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mortimer Flapdoodle; Prof. Glimp
- Synopsis
- Morty hasn’t done his homework.
[no title indexed]
Cannonball Brown / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's spring training time and the "Squirrels" are working out...
- Genre
- humor; sports
- Characters
- Cannonball Brown
- Synopsis
- Cannonball wants to play baseball in the major leagues.
[no title indexed]
Fly Swatter / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Red Holmdale (signed as "Red" Holmdale)
- Inks
- Red Holmdale (signed as "Red" Holmdale)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The soup in this place always need salt...
- Genre
- humor; sports
- Characters
- Fly Swatter
- Synopsis
- Fly accepts a challenge to fight in the ring.
[no title indexed]
Stuporman / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Douglas Grant (signed as Harry/Douglas); Harry Ramsey (signed as Harry/Douglas)
- Inks
- Douglas Grant (signed as Harry/Douglas); Harry Ramsey (signed as Harry/Douglas)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- While eating breakfast, our hero receives a message...
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Stuporman; Count Upp
- Synopsis
- Stuporman heads to Boravia to help rid it of spies.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Haha, hoho. You're killing me!"]
-
1.
["Snoopy, this machine will trap bank robbers..."]
Snoopy and Dr. Nutzy -
2.
["The following incidents in this action strip are fictitious..."]
Happy the Pessimist -
3.
["Hey, Ossifer!"]
Trinket -
4.
["Step up, good people, and meet the zoo's most popular attraction: Lester the Lion!"]
Lester and Winnie the Weasel -
5.
["Things are disgustingly quiet in this burg!"]
Powerhouse Pepper -
6.
["Terror reigns among the men of Whistlepunk logging camp..."]
Tommy Gunz -
7.
Goon with the Wind
-
8.
["Alec is only a humble street cleaner..."]
Alec the Great -
9.
["Eustis and his newly acquired friend, chief Blackfeet, continue their journey to the big city..."]
Eustis Hayseed -
10.
["Mortimer Flapdoodle!"]
Morty -
11.
["It's spring training time and the "Squirrels" are working out..."]
Cannonball Brown -
12.
["The soup in this place always need salt..."]
Fly Swatter -
13.
["While eating breakfast, our hero receives a message..."]
Stuporman
This issue was modified by, among others
- Tillmann Courth
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Tom Zsolt
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