Pirates Comics #1

(February-March 1950)

The Sea Witch (Table of Contents)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Mike Suchorsky

Inks:

Mike Suchorsky

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

period

Characters:

Captain Sharpe (pirate); Ketch (pirate); Julian (pirate)

Synopsis:

It was about 1680 when the Spanich Main was the nesting place of the foulest pitates in the western hemisphere, that Captain Sharpe brought in a captured rich prize to the harbour of Tortuga.

Indexer Notes

Based on a true story
Suchorsky is credited to "The Sea Witch" by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and also "Alpha the Slave" and "Frogman" for Hillman, and comparing the art in these stories, this is his work. His fine drawings can be recognized by the faces with many lines, rounded lower lips and ears.

["It was a time when the colorful galleys..."] (Table of Contents)

Alpha the Slave Pirate / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Oleck

Pencils:

Mike Suchorsky

Inks:

Mike Suchorsky

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

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period

Characters:

Alpha (galley slave); Gaius; Tribune Cincanus; Demos (galley slave)

Synopsis:

After a storm wrecks the galley, Alpha and the other slaves fights their way to freedom.

Indexer Notes

Suchorsky is credited to "Alpha the Slave" by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and also "The Sea Witch" and "Frogman" for Hillman, and comparing the art in these stories, this is his work. His fine drawings can be recognized by the faces with many lines, rounded lower lips and ears. Oleck is also credited to this feature by Bails.

Captain Roberts Boy Pirate (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Jon Small (signed)

Inks:

Jon Small

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

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Indexer Notes

Based on a true story.

Long Ben Avery (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Letters:

typeset

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The Viking Terror (Table of Contents)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

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Inks:

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Letters:

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Indexer Notes

Based on a true story.

All-Time Super-Teams (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Floyd Torbert

Pencils:

Floyd Torbert (signed Torb)

Inks:

Floyd Torbert

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

sport; fact

Synopsis:

Original Celtics, Cleveland Barons and Cincinatti Reds are pictured.

["We are back in the time of Coloumbus"] (Table of Contents)

Philip Ashton Boy Pirate Fighter of the Old World / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Allen Ulmer (signed)

Inks:

Allen Ulmer

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

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