Amazing Mystery Funnies #v1#3[a]

(November 1938)

["An armed party under the direction of King Kurt..."] (Table of Contents)

Skyrocket Steele / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bill Everett (signed)

Inks:

Bill Everett (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bill Everett ?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Skyrocket Steele Dodge; Sari Marston; King Kurt; Invex, the Invisible Man (villain, introduction); Vance Roy (villain)

Synopsis:

Steele and King Kurt arrived in the Guard Halls of Mannin, discovering utter destruction and an invisible man who over powers them both. Suddenly, a masked stranger appears, tells both of his captives that he has captured Sari, then fires a self-propelled bomb at the two.

Reprints:

• in The Bill Everett Archives (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) #1 - Amazing Mysteries (2011)
• in Amazing Mysteries: The Bill Everett Archives (Fantagraphics Books, 2012 series) #1

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2012-3-1.

Adventures of A Newsreel Cameraman (Table of Contents)

The Newsreel Man / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Frollo ?

Pencils:

Frank Frollo (signed)

Inks:

Frank Frollo (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Reprints:

• from Funny Picture Stories (Comics Magazine Company, 1936 series) #v1#6 (April 1937)

The Lama of Kadak (Table of Contents)

Joe Brailey [Brailey of the Tropics] / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Victor J. Dowling ?

Pencils:

Victor J. Dowling (signed)

Inks:

Victor J. Dowling (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Reprints:

• from Funny Picture Stories (Comics Magazine Company, 1936 series) #v1#5 (March 1937)

"We find Dirk in his own private den in the castle..." (Table of Contents)

Dirk the Demon / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Everett ?

Pencils:

Bill Everett (signed)

Inks:

Bill Everett (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Dirk the Demon [Dirk Cay] (introduction); Baron Cay (introduction, Dirk's father); Laddie; Teddy; Reggad; un-named old man (gold prospector, death)

Synopsis:

Dirk and his friends steal his father's hydroplane and stumble across a handgun dated 1937. Even more mysterious is the fact that he and his friends discover an air-sealed tight room loaded with gold, guarded by an old prospector, who has been trapped in the room since the 1930's!

Reprints:

• in The Bill Everett Archives (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) #1 - Amazing Mysteries (2011)

Indexer Notes

The strip is fully titled "Dirk the Demon, 24th Century Archaeologist".

How Terry Kilgison Flew Around The World In A Day (Table of Contents)

text story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Terry Gilkison ? [as Lloyd Dyoll]

Pencils:

Terry Gilkison (signed)

Inks:

Terry Gilkison (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Pages 3 and 4 are after sequence 6.

[The Arrival of the Weekly Rocket-Ship Excursion on Mars] (Table of Contents)

2038 A. D. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

A.S. Van Eerde (signed)

Pencils:

A.S. Van Eerde (signed)

Inks:

A.S. Van Eerde (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

A.S. Van Eerde ?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Tracks in the Snow (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Howard L. Hastings ?

Pencils:

Howard L. Hastings (signed)

Inks:

Howard L. Hastings (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Reprints:

• from Western Picture Stories (Comics Magazine Company, 1937 series) #1 (February 1937)

Fishermen's Luck (Table of Contents)

Bob Colby / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Martin Filchock ?

Pencils:

Martin Filchock (signed)

Inks:

Martin Filchock (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Reprints:

• from Funny Picture Stories (Comics Magazine Company, 1936 series) #v1#3 (January 1937)

Man-Hunt (Table of Contents)

'Wild Tex' Martin / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

William E. Eisner (signed)

Inks:

William E. Eisner (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Reprints:

• from Western Picture Stories (Comics Magazine Company, 1937 series) #3 (April 1937)