Super-Mystery Comics
#v4#1
(January 1944)
Ace Magazines,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 4
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Periodical House Inc.
- Brand
-
An Ace Magazine
- Editing
- Aaron A. Wyn
Issue Notes
Data for this issue is from Howard Keltner's Golden Age Comic Books Index.
Death Is Never Rationed
Magno the Magnetic Man / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lou Ferstadt (signed as Ferstadt)
- Inks
- Lou Ferstadt (signed as Ferstadt)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Magno; Davey; The Clown (villain)
- Synopsis
- The Clown tries to steal a formula for turning metal into gold.
The Blood Bank Massacres!
Dr. Nemesis / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Dr. Nemesis
- Synopsis
- A Japanese agent infects US soldiers with leprosy.
- Keywords
- Leprosy
Indexer Notes
Final Golden Age appearance. Decades after the character entered the public domain, Marvel Comics created their own version of Dr. Nemesis (now calling himself Dr. Death). He was introduced in INVADERS (Marvel, 1993 series) #1-4. He later returned in UNCANNY X-MEN (Marvel, 1981 series) #504, where he once again used the name Dr. Nemesis.
One indexer lists art credits as Louis Ferstadt.
[no title indexed]
Hap Hazard / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lou Ferstadt (signed as Ferstadt)
- Inks
- L. B. Cole (signed as Cole)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Just as nothing can stop the Army Air Corps...
- Genre
- adventure; humor
- Characters
- Hap Hazard
- Synopsis
- Hap goes on an office picnic, gets sprayed by skunks & finds a couple of German sailors.
[no title indexed]
The Sword / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lou Ferstadt (signed as Ferstadt)
- Inks
- L. B. Cole (signed as Cole)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So what if the plant doesn't work today?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Sword;The Lancer; Merlin; The Goth; The Hun; Fay Morgana
- Synopsis
- The Goth & The Hun join Fay Morgana to stir up prejudice against foreign workers in a war factory.
Indexer Notes
The final panel is taken up by the Statement of Ownership.
The Cougar
Mr. Risk / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Mr. Risk; Abdul; The Cougar (villain)
- Synopsis
- The Cougar (a blackmailer) kills one of a pair of twins to protect his identity.
The Gold-Dust Kid
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Synopsis
- Jack Blood is one day away from inheriting his father’s ranch, what could go wrong?
Indexer Notes
This story is reprinted from the pulp magazine Western Aces (April 1941) credited to Gunnison Steele, a pseudonym used by B W Gardner. The house name Cliff Howe is used here.
Fats to Fry the Axis
Paul Revere Jr. / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lou Ferstadt (signed as Lou)
- Inks
- Lou Ferstadt (signed as Lou)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Paul Revere Jr; Betsy Ross ; Pat Henry
- Synopsis
- German agents try to sabotage the waste fats campaign
Indexer Notes
1st page is signed "Lou"
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
The Sword -
1.
Death Is Never Rationed
Magno the Magnetic Man -
2.
The Blood Bank Massacres!
Dr. Nemesis -
3.
["Just as nothing can stop the Army Air Corps..."]
Hap Hazard -
4.
["So what if the plant doesn't work today?"]
The Sword -
5.
The Cougar
Mr. Risk -
6.
The Gold-Dust Kid
-
7.
Fats to Fry the Axis
Paul Revere Jr.
This issue was modified by, among others
- John Censullo
- Hector G. Dueñas G.
- Gregory Fischer
- steve fry
- Daniel Martinez
- Donald Dale Milne
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Ramon Schenk
- Len Wolinsky
- Tom Zsolt
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