The Complete Jack Kirby #[4] - June-August 1947
([October] 2002)

Pure Imagination, 1997 Series
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Volume
4
Price
25.00 USD
Pages
202
On-sale Date
2002-10-16
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Pure Imagination Publishing
Brand
PI
ISBN
1-56685-053-3 Search at WorldCat
Editing
Greg Theakston (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from the ComicList Database © 2002 by Charles LePage with information from Sun Coast Comics.

June-August 1947 (Table of Contents)

My Date / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
romance; teen
Reprints

Foreword (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Greg Theakston
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Stuntman

Indexer Notes

small picture of unused Stuntman page

June 1947: A Hillman Publication (Table of Contents: 2)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Greg Theakston
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Ed Cronin

Indexer Notes

Contains panel from Lockjaw story from Punch and Judy Comics (Hillman, 1944 series) #v2#10.

[Enter: Riot O'Hara] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Flying Fool / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Letters
Howard Ferguson

Genre
aviation
Characters
Link Thorne; Wing Ding; Riot O'Hara
Reprints

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

Lockjaw the Alligator / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Letters
Howard Ferguson

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is a success story!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Lockjaw
Reprints

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

Earl the Rich Rabbit / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby; Joe Simon
Letters
Howard Ferguson

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Jeepers, somehow this electronically heated coat...
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Earl
Reprints

The True Story of Ma Barker (Table of Contents: 6)

Real Clue Crime Stories / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Simon
Inks
Joe Simon
Letters
Howard Ferguson ?

Genre
crime
Characters
Ma Barker
Reprints

Mother of Crime (Table of Contents: 7)

Real Clue Crime Stories / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Letters
Howard Ferguson

Genre
crime
Characters
Ma Barker
Reprints

The Trail of the Gun-Loving Killer (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby (1,2,5,7); Joe Simon
Letters
Howard Ferguson

Genre
crime
Characters
Wilber Underhill
Reprints

Come With Me and Die (Table of Contents: 9)

Inspector Greeno / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Charles Nicholas
Letters
Ben Oda

Genre
crime
Characters
Inspector Greeno
Reprints

The Island Where Women Rule! [Part 2] (Table of Contents: 10)

Boy Explorers / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby
Colors
?
Letters
Howard Ferguson

Genre
adventure
Reprints

July 1947 (Table of Contents: 11)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Greg Theakston
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Louis Cazeneuve
Letters
Howard Ferguson

Genre
non-fiction
Reprints

Dynamite (Table of Contents: 12)

The Flying Fool / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Letters
Howard Ferguson

Genre
aviation
Characters
Link Thorne; Riot O'Hara
Reprints

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

Headline Comics / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Letters
Howard Ferguson

Genre
crime
Reprints

The Masquerade of Eddie the Doll (Table of Contents: 14)

Red-Hot Blaze / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby; Joe Simon
Letters
Howard Ferguson

Genre
crime
Characters
Red-Hot Blaze; Ruth Grayson; Eddie Foley [the Doll]
Reprints

Death Takes A Honeymoon (Table of Contents: 15)

Red-Hot Blaze / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Charles Nicholas; Simon and Kirby Studio
Letters
?

Genre
crime
Characters
Red-Hot Blaze
Reprints

Pay Up Or Die (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby; Joe Simon
Letters
Howard Ferguson

Genre
crime
Reprints

Case of the Forgetful Killer (Table of Contents: 17)

Grant Frazier / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Letters
Howard Ferguson

Genre
crime
Characters
Grant Frazier
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

My Date / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Letters
?

Genre
romance; teen
Reprints

My Date With Swifty Chase (Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Letters
Howard Ferguson
Editing
Ed Cronin

Genre
romance
Characters
Sunny Daye; Swifty Chase; Snubby Skeemer; Humphrey Hogart; Chandra Blake; Miss Eaglesnoot; Bumpy Rhodes; Solid Jackson
Synopsis
Swifty loves Sunny but Sunny dates Snubby and worships Humphrey who wants to marry Chandra but the studio won't let him so he elopes, but Swifty's parents think he and Sunny have eloped-- and then there's an auto race.
Reprints

Dizzy Date (Table of Contents: 20)

Tom, Dick and Harriet / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
Howard Ferguson

Genre
humor; teen
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Lockjaw the Alligator / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
Howard Ferguson

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wanderer's Lust
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Lockjaw; Professor
Reprints

The Mystery Crooner (Table of Contents: 22)

Toby and His Band / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Letters
Howard Ferguson

Genre
humor; teen
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Real Clue Crime Stories / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Letters
Howard Ferguson

Genre
crime
Reprints

Gang Doctor (Table of Contents: 24)

Real Clue Crime Stories / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby ?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Simon and Kirby Studio; Simon and Kirby Studio
Letters
Ben Oda
Editing
Ed Cronin

Genre
crime
Reprints

The Terrible "Whyohs" (Table of Contents: 25)

Real Clue Crime Stories / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
Howard Ferguson

Genre
crime
Reprints

Wyatt Earp's Bluff (Table of Contents: 26)

Real Clue Crime Stories / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon; Charles Nicholas
Letters
Howard Ferguson

Genre
crime; western-frontier
Characters
Wyatt Earp
Reprints

The Dummies Died Screaming (Table of Contents: 27)

Gunmaster / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Martin Bursten ?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Letters
Howard Ferguson

Genre
crime
Characters
Gunmaster
Reprints

August 1947 (Table of Contents: 28)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Greg Theakston

Genre
non-fiction

You Can't Beat Cupid! (Table of Contents: 29)

The Flying Fool / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Simon and Kirby Studio
Letters
Ben Oda

Genre
aviation
Characters
Link Thorne; Digger Duncan; Carol Thorne
Reprints

Death Trap Deluxe (Table of Contents: 30)

Vagabond Prince / comic story / ? pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Letters
Howard Ferguson

Genre
adventure
Characters
Vagabond Prince; Chief Justice; The Jester
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

Real Clue Crime Stories / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon ?
Letters
Howard Ferguson ?
Editing
Ed Cronin

Genre
crime
Reprints

Let Me Plan Your Murder (Table of Contents: 32)

Real Clue Crime Stories / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Simon and Kirby Studio
Letters
Howard Ferguson

Genre
crime
Characters
H. H. Holmes
Reprints

Jail Break (Table of Contents: 33)

Real Clue Crime Stories / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Simon and Kirby Studio
Colors
?
Letters
Howard Ferguson

Genre
crime
Reprints

Get Me The Golden Gun (Table of Contents: 34)

Gunmaster / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Simon and Kirby Studio
Letters
Howard Ferguson

Genre
crime
Characters
Gunmaster; Velvet Silver
Reprints

Summation (Table of Contents: 35)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Greg Theakston
Letters
typeset

Genre
biography
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. June-August 1947
    My Date
  2. 1. Foreword
  3. 2. June 1947: A Hillman Publication
  4. 3. [Enter: Riot O'Hara]
    The Flying Fool
  5. 4. ["This is a success story!"]
    Lockjaw the Alligator
  6. 5. ["Jeepers, somehow this electronically heated coat..."]
    Earl the Rich Rabbit
  7. 6. The True Story of Ma Barker
    Real Clue Crime Stories
  8. 7. Mother of Crime
    Real Clue Crime Stories
  9. 8. The Trail of the Gun-Loving Killer
  10. 9. Come With Me and Die
    Inspector Greeno
  11. 10. The Island Where Women Rule! [Part 2]
    Boy Explorers
  12. 11. July 1947
  13. 12. Dynamite
    The Flying Fool
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Headline Comics
  15. 14. The Masquerade of Eddie the Doll
    Red-Hot Blaze
  16. 15. Death Takes A Honeymoon
    Red-Hot Blaze
  17. 16. Pay Up Or Die
  18. 17. Case of the Forgetful Killer
    Grant Frazier
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
    My Date
  20. 19. My Date With Swifty Chase
  21. 20. Dizzy Date
    Tom, Dick and Harriet
  22. 21. ["Wanderer's Lust"]
    Lockjaw the Alligator
  23. 22. The Mystery Crooner
    Toby and His Band
  24. 23. [no title indexed]
    Real Clue Crime Stories
  25. 24. Gang Doctor
    Real Clue Crime Stories
  26. 25. The Terrible "Whyohs"
    Real Clue Crime Stories
  27. 26. Wyatt Earp's Bluff
    Real Clue Crime Stories
  28. 27. The Dummies Died Screaming
    Gunmaster
  29. 28. August 1947
  30. 29. You Can't Beat Cupid!
    The Flying Fool
  31. 30. Death Trap Deluxe
    Vagabond Prince
  32. 31. [no title indexed]
    Real Clue Crime Stories
  33. 32. Let Me Plan Your Murder
    Real Clue Crime Stories
  34. 33. Jail Break
    Real Clue Crime Stories
  35. 34. Get Me The Golden Gun
    Gunmaster
  36. 35. Summation
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