(March 1942)

Archie, MLJ imprint, 1940 Series
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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; Black Jack / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Irv Novick (signed)
Inks:
Irv Novick (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Steel sterling; Black Jack

Frozen Death (Table of Contents)

Steel Sterling / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joe Blair
Pencils:
Irv Novick (signed)
Inks:
Irv Novick (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Looney
Synopsis:
Steel will try to get some serum through to a colony of white people isolated in a blizard in Alaska.

["Poker Face"] (Table of Contents)

Black Jack / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Al Camy (signed)
Inks:
Al Camy (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Black Jack [Jack Jones]; Poker Face; Dr. Winslow; Butch (convict); Stinky Davis (convict)
Synopsis:
After killing Dr. Winslow, Poker Face disguises himself as the doctor meets Black Jack on the opreation table.

["New Year's Party"] (Table of Contents)

Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joe Blair
Pencils:
Lin Streeter
Inks:
Lin Streeter
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Teen
Characters:
Wilbur Wilkin; Eddie
Synopsis:
Snowball fight and New Year's Party.

"All is quiet off the coast of Iceland..." (Table of Contents)

Captain Valor / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joe Blair
Pencils:
Warren King
Inks:
Warren King
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Captain Valor (Marine); Slim (Marine); Slam (Marine); Sergeant Hogan (Marine); Nazis (villains)
Synopsis:
Man hunt off the coast of Iceland for U-boats.

Indexer Notes

Art similar to signed King story in issue #22.


["Never has Nevada Jones ceased..."] (Table of Contents)

Nevada Jones / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Western
Characters:
Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Bill Craven (outlaw)
Synopsis:
Bill Craven has been dodging Nevada Jones and has come up with an idea to get Nevada.

["After blowing up a giant gun..."] (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 (crewman); Professor Crackpotte; General Von Burp
Synopsis:
Nazi troops are searching for Tim and Tom, and they and their friends escape in a balloon.

"Why have you not brought me any human beings..." (Table of Contents)

Dicky In the Magic Forest / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Lin Streeter
Inks:
Lin Streeter
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Fantasy
Characters:
Dicky; Dicky's Father; Jackie; Freckles; The Painted Minotaur
Synopsis:
The Painted Minotaur wants human sacrifice.

Indexer Notes

Art same as Streeter's signed story in #25.


"On a cargo liner..." (Table of Contents)

Zambini / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Harry Stein (signed)
Pencils:
Jim Phillips (signed)
Inks:
Jim Phillips (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Occult
Characters:
Zambini (magician); Captain
Synopsis:
Zambini is a lone passenger on a cargo liner with a brutal captain.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit revised per Leonard Wolinsky, from splash page signature, 1/19/2007. Previously credited to Harry Shorten.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Frozen Death
    Steel Sterling
  2. 2. ["Poker Face"]
    Black Jack
  3. 3. ["New Year's Party"]
    Wilbur
  4. 4. "All is quiet off the coast of Iceland..."
    Captain Valor
  5. 5. ["Never has Nevada Jones ceased..."]
    Nevada Jones
  6. 6. ["After blowing up a giant gun..."]
    War Eagles
  7. 7. "Why have you not brought me any human beings..."
    Dicky In the Magic Forest
  8. 8. "On a cargo liner..."
    Zambini
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