(April 1943)

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.
Brand:
An MLJ Publication
Editing:
?
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, Senor Banana / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Red Holmdale (signed)
Inks:
Red Holmdale (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Steel Sterling; Senor Banana; Ginger; The Applejacks

The Lost Boy Scout (Table of Contents)

Steel Sterling / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Looney; Charley Lin (boy scout); Chiang Wei Cheng (scientist)
Synopsis:
A Chinese boy is picked up by Police Officer Clancey and he is carrying a vital link necessary for a secret invention worked on by his uncle. Japanese agents are out to get it.

Introducing Senor Banana (Table of Contents)

Senor Banana / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Harry Sahle (signed)
Inks:
Harry Sahle (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Humor
Characters:
Senor Banana; Stencho Odora; Senorita Odora
Synopsis:
In a small village in a South American country, there lives a small man, who loves bananas.

Flight to the East (Table of Contents)

Steel Sterling / text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Grant Bosworth
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Characters:
Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Looney; Mr. Schoenbuckel; Alec Ben Lunar (pilot)

Cooking School (Table of Contents)

Ginger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Harry Sahle (signed)
Inks:
Harry Sahle (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Teen
Characters:
Ginger Snapp; Dotty; Miss Gargle (teacher); Principal Grump
Synopsis:
The class has cooking lessons.

Man-Eating Lion (Table of Contents)

Chimpy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joe Edwards (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Edwards (signed)
Inks:
Joe Edwards (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Chimpy; Genie
Synopsis:
A man-eating lion has escaped from the zoo.

Indexer Notes

Edwards is credited on both script and art on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who


Gags (Table of Contents)

Jest Jokes / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
Humor

Introducing the Applejack Family (Table of Contents)

Applejacks / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Harry Sahle
Inks:
Harry Sahle
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Humor
Characters:
Slappy Applejack; Happy Applejack; Corn-Licker (mule)
Synopsis:
Introducing the Applejacks.
The boys are trying out their applejack on Corn-Licker, the mule.

Woody the Woodpecker (Table of Contents)

Woody the Woodpecker / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
Funny animals
Characters:
Woody; Sleepy
Synopsis:
Woody has a new invention, an airplane.

The School Play (Table of Contents)

Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
Teen
Characters:
Wilbur Wilkin; Eddie; Mrs. Snodgrass
Synopsis:
Wilbur is directing the school play rehearsal.

High jumping Champ (Table of Contents)

World Wonders / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Mary Goss [as Goss] (signed)
Pencils:
Mary Goss [as Goss] (signed)
Inks:
Mary Goss [as Goss] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Mary Goss [as Goss] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:
Fact

Indexer Notes

Mary Goss is credited on script and art on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.


The Web and the Demon (Table of Contents)

Web / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Sam Cooper (signed)
Inks:
Sam Cooper (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Web [John Raymond]; Dr. Simon Marchton; John Pierrepont; Dr. Eric Graham; Jane Graham
Synopsis:
Pierrepont dreams he has killed a man, and next day he can read about it in the paper.

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Lost Boy Scout
    Steel Sterling
  2. 2. Introducing Senor Banana
    Senor Banana
  3. 3. Flight to the East
    Steel Sterling
  4. 4. Cooking School
    Ginger
  5. 5. Man-Eating Lion
    Chimpy
  6. 6. Gags
    Jest Jokes
  7. 7. Introducing the Applejack Family
    Applejacks
  8. 8. Woody the Woodpecker
    Woody the Woodpecker
  9. 9. The School Play
    Wilbur
  10. 10. High jumping Champ
    World Wonders
  11. 11. The Web and the Demon
    Web
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