Spyman #1
(September 1966)

Harvey, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1966-06-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Illustrated Humor Inc.
Brand
Harvey Thriller [Inside Large H]
Editing
Leon Harvey (credited); Joe Simon (actual)

Issue Notes

Date stamped of (1966-06-22) inside copy owned by Gene Reed. On-sale date from 1966 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Spyman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Tuska; Jim Steranko (see notes)
Inks
George Tuska; Jim Steranko (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Rosen; Jim Steranko
Genre
superhero; spy

Indexer Notes

Schematic of Spyman's hand by Jim Steranko, from an interview published in Comics Interview.

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[Top Secret] (Table of Contents: 1)

Spyman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jim Steranko ?
Pencils
Jim Steranko
Inks
George Tuska
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Genre
superhero; spy
Characters
Spyman [Johnny Chance] (Intro)

Flash Ferrell Gets the Picture at Goodyear Aerospace (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Goodyear / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Birth of a Hero (Table of Contents: 3)

Spyman / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Jim Steranko
Pencils
George Tuska
Inks
George Tuska ?; Mike Esposito ?; Carl Pfeufer (pages 11-20)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Genre
superhero; spy
Characters
Spyman (Origin); The Whisperer [Diana Ericson] (Villain; Death); Mirage (Villain; Intro)

Indexer Notes

Possible Esposito inks on pages 1-10 per Nick Caputo. Jim Steranko created the concept of Spyman.

Story is in four parts and are titled: The Birth of a Hero (pages 1-5), In Liberty's Stronghold (pages 6-10), At the Mercy of the Whisperer (pages 11-15) and How to Unmask a Villain (pages 16-20).

An Interview with the Jigsaw Man (Table of Contents: 4)

Jigsaw / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Simon ?
Pencils
Tony Tallarico; Bill Draut
Inks
Tony Tallarico; Bill Draut
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino; Joe Rosen; typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Jigsaw

Indexer Notes

Includes the cover of Jigsaw #1.

Eye Spy (Agent #00 1/4) and His Gal Friday... Jane Blond (Operative #38-22-36!) (Table of Contents: 5)

Eye Spy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Wood ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
satire-parody; humor; spy
Characters
Eye Spy (Intro); Jane Blond (Intro)

Indexer Notes

Possible Wood script per Martin O'Hearn. Previous indexer credited Otto Binder.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Spyman
  2. 1. [Top Secret]
    Spyman
  3. 2. Flash Ferrell Gets the Picture at Goodyear Aerospace
    Goodyear
  4. 3. The Birth of a Hero
    Spyman
  5. 4. An Interview with the Jigsaw Man
    Jigsaw
  6. 5. Eye Spy (Agent #00 1/4) and His Gal Friday... Jane Blond (Operative #38-22-36!)
    Eye Spy
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  • Jean-Francois Masse
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Van Dore
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