Future World Comics #2

(Fall 1946)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

What in the Future World / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

Possible future inventions.

Keywords

speculation

The Secret Message! (Table of Contents: 2)

Mel Mason / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ruth Thompson (signed)

Inks

Ruth Thompson?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Synopsis

Mel Mason, assistant to chief engineer James Cook, of Borden Electronics, is feverishly working to iron out the details of the new Borden Device to transmit pictures in full color by wire. This work
requires continual telephone contact with their
laboratory at Belmar, fifty miles away. But
in the main plant at Lamar, Mel is in for
trouble that has little to do with electronics"

How Pulse-Time Modulation Works (Table of Contents: 3)

Mel Mason / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ruth Thompson

Inks

Ruth Thompson?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Continues the Mel Mason story with a scientific explaination.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

What in the Future World / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Briefer? (signed R. Johnson)

Inks

Dick Briefer? (signed R. Johnson)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Keywords

speculation

Indexer Notes

Rudolf Johnson was another R. Johnson, but based on the time period and eyebrows, my guess is Dick Briefer who used the pen name as per www.bailsprojects.com

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

It's Patented! / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Larz Bourne?

Pencils

Larz Bourne (signed)

Inks

Larz Bourne (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Larz Bourne?

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Actual items that have been patented.

Indexer Notes

The three pages are scattered through the book.

The Sunken Treasure (Table of Contents: 6)

Jack Boyd / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Seymour Pearlstein (signed)

Inks

Seymour Pearlstein (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Seymour Pearlstein

Genre

adventure

Synopsis

"Jack Boyd, returned from rescuing Mr. Jackson from the South Sea island where he was marooned for 10 years, has been working on his own modification of sonar to make the measureof ocean depths a faster, easier task... He has just left his lab when…"

How Sonar Works (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

non-fiction

It's A Secret!! (Table of Contents: 8)

code breaking / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Alex Toth (illo)

Inks

Alex Toth (illo)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

The Future of PTM Multi-Message Radio (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ruth Thompson (signed)

Inks

Ruth Thompson

Colors

?

Letters

Ruth Thompson?

Genre

non-fiction

Trapped Train Robbers (Table of Contents: 10)

Spark Rogers / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

?

Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Synopsis

S. Parks Rogers, Jr, is known as Sparks. His
two great interests are radio and railroading.

How...Inductive...Radio Works (Table of Contents: 11)

Spark Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ruth Thompson

Inks

Ruth Thompson

Colors

?

Letters

Ruth Thompson?

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Continues from the Spark Rogers story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

The Future of Sonar / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

What in the Future World / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Larz Bourne? (unsigned)

Inks

Larz Bourne? (unsigned)

Colors

?

Letters

Larz Bourne?

Genre

science fiction

Keywords

speculation

Indexer Notes

Art looks similar to It's Patented feature.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

It's Patented! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Art looks imatative of the other It's Patented sequences but not the same. My uneducated guess is that this unsigned sequence (the others were all signed) is by a different artist. This sequence is the only one to include "United States Patents Have Been Granted On The Following Devices..." in bold print.