Shadow Comics #v4#2 [38]
(May 1944)

Street and Smith, 1940 Series
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Volume
4
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Street & Smith Publications Inc.
Editing
William DeGrouchy

The Brain of Nippon (Table of Contents)

Shadow / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Charles Coll
Inks
Charles Coll
Colors
?
Genre
adventure
Characters
The Shadow; The Brain of Nippon
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The Shadow Meets the Brain of Nippon (Table of Contents: 1)

Shadow / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Walter Gibson (Maxwell Grant)
Pencils
Charles Coll (signed)
Inks
Charles Coll
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure
Characters
The Brain of Nippon [Moronaro] (villain, introduction, death); The White Lama (Shadow's mentor, introduction); Margo Lane (guest-star)

The Museum Mystery (Table of Contents: 2)

Shadow / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Walter Gibson
Pencils
Al Bare
Inks
Al Bare
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Commissioner Weston (guest-star); Margo Lane (guest-star)

Indexer Notes

THE SHADOW "The Museum Mystery" was adapted by Walter Gibson from his own 08/02/43 NICK CARTER radioplay "Murder in the Crypt" or "Nick Carter and the Jackal God." (Yes, Walter rewrote Nick Carter and Patsy as Lamont Cranston and Margo.)

40 Cents a Hundred (Table of Contents: 3)

Chick Carter / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Meditz
Inks
John Meditz
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
The Rattler (villain)

Fingerprints (Table of Contents: 4)

Chick Carter's Inner Circle / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Chick Carter

The "Egg"centric Mr. Dumtee (Table of Contents: 5)

Doc Savage / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Bare (signed)
Inks
Al Bare
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Monk (guest-star); Ham (guest-star); Mr. Dumptee (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

The title is as it appears in the comic, but the character's name is Mr. Dumptee in the story

The Comic of the Future! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Presenting Frank Morgan (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
biography

The Shadow Again Meets The Terrible Three (Table of Contents: 8)

Shadow / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Walter Gibson
Pencils
Charles Coll?
Inks
Charles Coll?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Thade (villain); Durrem (villain); Adrem (villain); Margo Lane (guest-star); Commissioner Weston (guest-star)
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Brain of Nippon
    Shadow
  2. 1. The Shadow Meets the Brain of Nippon
    Shadow
  3. 2. The Museum Mystery
    Shadow
  4. 3. 40 Cents a Hundred
    Chick Carter
  5. 4. Fingerprints
    Chick Carter's Inner Circle
  6. 5. The "Egg"centric Mr. Dumtee
    Doc Savage
  7. 6. The Comic of the Future!
  8. 7. Presenting Frank Morgan
  9. 8. The Shadow Again Meets The Terrible Three
    Shadow
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