Prize Comics
#v2#10 (22)
(July 1942)
Prize,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bimonthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-05-13
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Feature Publications Inc.
- Editing
- John Reece ?
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. 3.
[no title indexed]
Yank and Doodle / cover / 1 page
- Characters
- Yank and Doodle [Yank [Dick Walters]; Doodle [Rick Walters]]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- paratroopers; Statue of Liberty
in 
What You Can Do To Win the War
public service announcement / 1 page
- Synopsis
- suggestions for what boys and girls can do to contribute to America's war efforts.
Indexer Notes
black and white, with indicia, on inside front cover.
Circus Chaos
Yank and Doodle / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Paul Norris (signed)
- Pencils
- Paul Norris (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Norris (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Paul Norris (signed)
- Characters
- Yank and Doodle [Yank [Dick Walters]; Doodle [Rick Walters]]
- Synopsis
- Dick and Rick attend a circus with their father, and must intervene as Yank and Doodle to foil a murder attempt by a criminal ring, intent on taking over the circus. The boys' father suspects his sons' secret identities.
[no title indexed]
Dr. Frost / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- An entire city in the deathly grip of a gang of invisible criminals
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Dr. Frost; Professor Gunther (intro); Craig Lehr (villain, intro)
- Synopsis
- A wave of bank robberies has police stumped, as no one has seen the crooks. Dr. Frost stumbles upon Professor Gunther, a scientist who has invented a ray gun which turns people temporarily invisible. He learns that Gunther's assistant Lehr has stolen the gun to turn commit the crimes. Frost must turn invisible himself to catch the villains.
[no title indexed]
Ted O'Neil / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Nazis are up to their tricks again!
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Ted O'Neil
- Synopsis
- The Nazis have kidnapped the Turkish Aga's son, and framed the British for the crime in a bid to win Turkey to the German's side. It's up to British intelligence and the R.A.F. to recover the boy and expose the Nazis.
The Black Owl Outwits The Fox
Black Owl / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Black Owl [Doug Danville]; The Fox (villain, intro); Terry Dane
- Synopsis
- The Fox wages a campaign of espionage and murder. The Black Owl must use his wits to track the Fox down and end his reign of terror. Under the Fox's mask, the Black Owl finds a Japanese spy.
[Three Wishes From Dr. Devil]
Frankenstein / comic story / 8 pages
- Characters
- Frankenstein; Bulldog [Denny Dunsan]; Dr. Devil (villain)
- Synopsis
- After his defeat by the Black Owl, Doctor Devil seeks revenge against humanity, and selects the perfect agent for his scheme, Frankenstein. Dr. Devil grants Frankenstein three wishes. For the first wish, Frankenstein summons Bulldog Denny in order to finish off his nemesis. Frankenstein soon learns that he has been tricked, and turns on Dr. Devil. The story ends with Frankenstein wounded, plunging in the fiery domain of Doctor Devil.
Indexer Notes
Doctor Devil story continues from The Black Owl feature in Prize Comics v#2 #3.
[no title indexed]
The General and the Corporal / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- -and then the Auntie Bear said to the Nephew Bear
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
Green Lama / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Young Will Smith promises to avenge his father's death
- Characters
- Green Lama [Jethro Dumont]
Moonface
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ? [as Crest Wood]
- Pencils
- ? (illustration) [as S. H.]
- Inks
- ? (illustration) [as S. H.]
- Colors
- ? (illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
Indexer Notes
text story with two spot illustrations.
[no title indexed]
Spike Mason / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The S.S. Malibu noses into a port on the Australian coast
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Spike Mason; Ford (Spike's friend)
- Synopsis
- Spike's buddy Ford takes an unauthorized shore leave, and gets lured into a trap, set by a beautiful agent working on the behalf of Japanese spies. The woman regrets her actions, and tips Spike off as to the where-abouts of his friend.
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Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Yank and Doodle -
1.
What You Can Do To Win the War
-
2.
Circus Chaos
Yank and Doodle -
3.
["An entire city in the deathly grip of a gang of invisible criminals"]
Dr. Frost -
4.
["The Nazis are up to their tricks again!"]
Ted O'Neil -
5.
The Black Owl Outwits The Fox
Black Owl -
6.
[Three Wishes From Dr. Devil]
Frankenstein -
7.
["-and then the Auntie Bear said to the Nephew Bear"]
The General and the Corporal -
8.
["Young Will Smith promises to avenge his father's death"]
Green Lama -
9.
Moonface
-
10.
["The S.S. Malibu noses into a port on the Australian coast"]
Spike Mason -
11.
The Adventure With the Loop!
Power Nelson
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Dan Kocher
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony Oliva
- Jim Van Dore
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