Great Comics
#1
([1945])
Novack Publishing Co.,
1945 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Novack Publishing Company
- Editing
- ?
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Golden Age US
- Paper Stock
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- one-shot
Issue Notes
Indicia contains no month or year of publication. Original text is blacked out and replaced by "Great Comics is published by the Novack Publishing Company. 45 East 17th Street, New York City.
Original text may say "Knockout by C. L. C., Inc 276 West 43rd Street, NYC, publisher Bernard Bailey (sic)." Compare with Latest Comics #2. Inside material appears to have been prepared for an issue of R. B. Leffingwell's Jeep Comics, as most of the features are the same.
Other versions exist with different overprints. "Jubilee" and "Great Barrel of Fun" have been noted. Still other versions exist with different interiors which have their own GCD records.
Original text may say "Knockout by C. L. C., Inc 276 West 43rd Street, NYC, publisher Bernard Bailey (sic)." Compare with Latest Comics #2. Inside material appears to have been prepared for an issue of R. B. Leffingwell's Jeep Comics, as most of the features are the same.
Other versions exist with different overprints. "Jubilee" and "Great Barrel of Fun" have been noted. Still other versions exist with different interiors which have their own GCD records.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- L. B. Cole (signed)
- Inks
- L. B. Cole (signed)
- Colors
- L. B. Cole (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
The Man In The Gray Coat
The Defenders / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lucy Feller (signed)
- Inks
- Lucy Feller (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Three young men, Guy, Bert and Ronny...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- The Defenders [Guy, Bert, Ronny]; Cyrus King; Mrs. King; Malcolm Brent; Legs Rice (crook)
- Synopsis
- Three young men, all possessed with a keen sense of justice, combine their talents for fighting crime as The Defenders.
- Reprints
The Secret of The Mexican Doll
Captain Power / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Arnold Hicks (signed as A. H.)
- Inks
- Arnold Hicks (signed as A. H.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A twisted labyrinth...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Captain Power; Mitsui
- Synopsis
- A twisted labyrinth of clue and counter-clue that might have never been solved had not Captain Power remembered that orthocrhromatic film is color blind.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Signature is consistent with Hicks’ “A. H.” signature from Classic Comics #31 (October, 1946).
Toto The Boy From Mars
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Fred Morgan (credited)
- Pencils
- Fred Morgan (credited)
- Inks
- Fred Morgan (credited)
- Colors
- Fred Morgan (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On our neighboring planet, Mars...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Toto
- Reprints
Timothy and Kogo Find a Friend
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- George Collis (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Reprints
- in Pop-Pop Comics (R. B. Leffingwell and Co., 1945 series) #1 (c1945)
-
in Terrific Comics (Bell Features, 1946 ? series) #3 (September-October 1946)
-
Bombing Mission Executed
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Gerald Altman (signed as G. Altman)
- Inks
- Gerald Altman (signed as G. Altman)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pilot to crew!
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Captain Jed Allen; Sgt. Brooks; Major Dawes
- Synopsis
- Our fighting men have undergone many thrilling experiences during this war but none can compare with those of Captain Jed Allen whose plane was shot down into the sea by Jap Zeros.
- Reprints
Cookin' with Laughing Gas
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Inez Karma (credited as KARMA)
- Pencils
- Inez Karma (credited as KARMA)
- Inks
- Inez Karma (credited as KARMA)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cookin' with Laughing Gas
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Reprints
- in Pop-Pop Comics (R. B. Leffingwell and Co., 1945 series) #1 (c1945)
- in Terrific Comics (Bell Features, 1946 ? series) #3 (September-October 1946)
- in Danger (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1963 series) #10 (1963)
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Superstitious Al-O-Ysius
comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I close my eyes, and count three...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Superstitious Al-O-Ysius
- Synopsis
- The lucky seventh son of the great goddess Fortuna...His magic powers wax bright beneath the midnight spell of Luna! His mother sent him down to bring good luck to mortal folks!
- Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
The Man In The Gray Coat
The Defenders -
2.
Smile Vents
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3.
The Secret of The Mexican Doll
Captain Power -
4.
Toto The Boy From Mars
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5.
Timothy and Kogo Find a Friend
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6.
Bombing Mission Executed
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7.
Cookin' with Laughing Gas
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8.
Superstitious Al-O-Ysius
This issue was modified by, among others
- Keith Chandler
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Daniel Martinez
- Jim Van Dore
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
- David Wilt
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