Comic Cavalcade #3

(Summer 1943)

[The Invisible Invader] (Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

William Moulton Marston [signed as Charles Moulton]

Pencils:

Harry G. Peter [signed as H. G. Peter]

Inks:

Harry G. Peter [signed as H. G. Peter]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy & the Holiday Girls; Eric Lander (villain).

Synopsis:

Steve shows Diana a newspaper announcement concerning the dedication ceremonies of a Global War Heroes monument that Wonder Woman is supposed to speak at. Wonder Woman is about to speak when the monument blows up, but mysteriously, as the debris clears, the monument is still intact, then disappears in a column of black smoke. Wonder Woman finally gets to the bottom of the mystery, when she comes face to face with Eric Lander, an American-born man of German descent, who has invented a silent, self-camouflaging space bomber that he intends to terrorize the U.S. with!

Reprinted:

• In Comic Cavalcade Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Mutt and Jeff / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]

Pencils:

Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]

Inks:

Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher]

Colors:

?

Letters:

Al Smith

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Mutt; Jeff

Synopsis:

In the first cartoon, Mutt attends an auction to bid on an old family heirloom. In the second, Mutt is a lifeguard who saves a beautiful gal, who kisses Mutt in thanks, and he gets a black eye from his wife over it. Later, he saves a rather fat woman and, when she asks his name, gives her Jeff's name instead. Later Jeff shows off the usual lipstick thanks, plus the new car and a a check for $500 for saving her! In the third cartoon, Mutt, his wife and son are out fishing, and she catches a fish that pulls her in the water. Later, the same thing happens to Mutt....then his wife falls into the water, and she says she was looking to see if any fish were in the lake.....junior, seeing this, dives in too! In the fourth cartoon, Jeff is walking along the beach and notices several femail lifeguards, so he jumps in the water and pretends he is drowning. Mutt notices what happens and tries the same thing, only to have his wife jump in and berate him for bothering those poor young things.

Reprinted:

• In Comic Cavalcade Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1.

Indexer Notes

Newspaper reprints. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 8-31-09.

The Guy Who Liked Bananas (Table of Contents)

The King / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Harry Lampert

Inks:

Harry Lampert

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The King [King Standish]; The Witch; Bananas Dawson (villain, I, D); "Big John" (villain).

Synopsis:

Bananas brags to his prisoner, the Witch, and tells her how he got into the rackets, having been born in Satan's Basement on the east side, and spending his days swiping bananas, which then leads him to become a crime boss, thinking up crackerjack crimes that the King finds interesting. Unfortunately, bananas, which he likes so much, leads to his downfall.

Reprinted:

• In Comic Cavalcade Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1.

Master Sgt. Meyer Levin, Bombardier and Hero (Table of Contents)

Meyer Levin / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jon L. Blummer (signed)

Pencils:

Jon L. Blummer (signed)

Inks:

Jon L. Blummer (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jon L. Blummer

Content Information

Genre:

war; fact

Characters:

Master Sergeant Meyer Levin (D); Captain Colin P. Kelly (D); Sergeant William J. Delehanty (D).

Synopsis:

The true story of Meyer Levin, war hero and bombadier, whose parents received the first Hop Harrigan award for flying heroism.

Reprinted:

• In Comic Cavalcade Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1.

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 8-31-09.

A Little Savage Revenge (Table of Contents)

Hop Harrigan / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jon L. Blummer (signed)

Pencils:

Jon L. Blummer (signed)

Inks:

Jon L. Blummer (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jon L. Blummer

Content Information

Genre:

aviation

Characters:

Hop Harrigan; Tank Tinker; the Japanese (villains, some D).

Synopsis:

Hop and Tank are cruising over the South Seas on a scouting mission when they spot a group of Japanese planes below them attacking a peaceful native outrigger canoe. Hop lands and rescues the native, but the Japanese see this and attack Hop's plane. Hop flees, but suddenly loses consciousness and wakes a prisoner of the natives, who are going to kill him and Tank. Suddenly, the Japanese air commander arrives on the scene and demands that Hop & Tank be turned over to him. Quick-thinking Tank turns the natives against the Japanese, who are attacked and beaten. Hop radios his own forces from one of the Zeros and is rescued.

Reprinted:

• In Comic Cavalcade Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1.

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 8-31-09.

One Way Ticket (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Evelyn Gaines (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

mystery; romance

Characters:

Nora (the housekeeper); Mr. Arnold (death); Joe Merwin (villain).

Synopsis:

Nora gets an envelope from a stranger containing a ticket to a performance at the Castle Theatre. She gets dressed, says goodnight to her employer, Mr. Arnold, and leaves. A shadowy figure across the street comes to the door, which Arnold opens and he sees a man he knows....a dishonet fire inspector, Joe Merwin, who pulls a gun on Arnold and kills him. Merwin wipes the gun clean, places it in the dead man's hand, believing that Nora would think Arnold had committed suicide. Unfortunately for him, a Policeman throws open the door....Merwin jumps out the window and the Policeman fires at him, hitting him. Merwin fires back, but is finally subdued, and he asks how the Police knew he had committed the crime. The Policeman showed him Nora, whose dress was burnt and singed from a fire at the Castle Theatre, and whom the Police were detailed to bring home. So it was Merwin himself who confessed to the crime.

Reprinted:

• In Comic Cavalcade Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1

The Man Most Like to Succeed (Table of Contents)

Sargon the Sorcerer / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John B. Wentworth

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Sargon [John Sargent]; Al Tyrone (villain); Luke Brown.

Synopsis:

Lawyer Luke Brown, once thought of as a person that was most likely to succeed, now considers himself a failure. He once refused to join the dreaded Tyrone mob, and ever since, Tyrone has frightened off clients left and right. But Sargon helps get Brown appointed as a prosecutor, and now Brown has the chance to nail the Tyrone mob and become the success he wants to be.

Reprinted:

• In Comic Cavalcade Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1.

Indexer Notes

Credits by Craig Delich, updated 8/04.

The Minute Man Answers the Call (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

M.C. Gaines (signed)

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff [signed as Shelly]

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff [signed as Shelly]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Characters:

General George Washington; Lord Cornwallis.

Synopsis:

The story of how the Minuteman....the citizen-soldier, helped win the American Revolution, then whose spirit watched over America's other battles against tyranny, and how that spirit lives on in 1943.

Reprinted:

• From World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #8 (Winter, 1943)
• in Comic Cavalcade Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1.

Indexer Notes

Included in the Junior Justice Society of America membership kit.

The Bushmaster (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Stan Aschmeier [signed as Mart Nodell]

Inks:

Stan Aschmeier [signed as Mart Nodell]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles, Irene Miller; Doctor Davies; John Ames; Bushmaster (villain, I).

Synopsis:

Someone has attempted to break into the reptile house at the city zoo, where very dangerous snakes are kept. John Ames tells Doiby and Irene that this occured due to the actions of the Bushmaster, a Nazi spy who was chased out of South America and is now in town wanting Ame's formula for making balsa wood bullet proof.

Reprinted:

• In Comic Cavalcade Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1.

Indexer Notes

Art credit by Craig Delich and Jerry Bails, updated 8/04. Alan Scott works for Apex Studios in this story.

Balboa (Table of Contents)

Picture Stories from History / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Cameron?

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff [signed as Shelly]

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff [signed as Shelly]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Characters:

Vasco Nunez de Balboa; Ridrigo de Bastidas; Hortado; Encisco (villain); Captain Ojeda.

Synopsis:

The story of Vasco Nunez de Balboa is told, from the time that he was 17 years old in 1492, and until he named the South Sea [Pacific Ocean] and was made Governor of Panama.

Reprinted:

• In Comic Cavalcade Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005).

Last of the Thunderbirds (Table of Contents)

Hop Harrigan / text story / 1.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

aviation

Characters:

Hop Harrigan; Tank Tinker; Charlie Thunderbird (D); Major Sharp; the Japanese (villains, some D).

Synopsis:

Major Sharp chews Hop out for going on a mission with an Apache Indian, Charlie Thunderbird, who is killed in the line of duty, and who displayed great heroism. The Major wants to award Charlie a medal and give it to the next of kin, but Hop replies he had no next of kin. After Hop leaves the office, Major Sharp sadly reaches into his desk drawer and pulls out a picture of Charlie Thunderbird in a silver frame with air wings at the bottom, and inscribed: "Apaches are warriors.....warriors die young.....your loving brother, Charlie T. Sharp!"

Reprinted:

• In Comic Cavalcade Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1.

Indexer Notes

The last part of page two is an ad for Picture Stories From the Bible, Old Testment Edition, #3, with order form.

The Laws of Pumpkin Center (Table of Contents)

The Flash / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox (signed)

Pencils:

Lou Ferstadt [signed as E. E. Hibbard]

Inks:

Lou Ferstadt [signed as E. E. Hibbard]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; the Eel [Eels Madden] (villain, I).

Synopsis:

Eels Madden's gang a small hick town named Pumpkin Center, a town that has some very strange laws. Looking them over, Eel's brain devises a scheme to put those laws to his own advantage. And the Flash and Joan, in town on other business, find it difficult to circumvent the law and bring the Eel to justice!

Reprinted:

• In Comic Cavalcade Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1.

Indexer Notes

Art credit by Craig Delich and Jerry Bails, updated 8/04.