Star Comics
#v1#16
(December 1938)
Centaur,
1938 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- On-sale Date
- 1938-10-27
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Centaur Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Lloyd Jacquet (editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 419291.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Terry Gilkison (signed)
- Inks
- Terry Gilkison (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My lawn mower you borrowed last summer!
[no title indexed]
Phantom Rider / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Lin Wade top waddy of the 'Lazy Y' Ranch...
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- The Phantom Rider (Intro)
[no title indexed]
Animalife / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say are you trying to make a monkey out'a me?
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Indexer Notes
5 one-panel gag cartoons about animals.
[no title indexed]
Davy Jones / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Our story starts in the middle of the Pacific.
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Art credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who
[no title indexed]
Picture Queries / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What American is privileged to talk over the radio any minute of the day
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Keywords
- Franklin D. Roosevelt; Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands; the Titanic
Indexer Notes
Quiz: 5 illustrated questions (answers printed upside-down at bottom of page).
[no title indexed]
Brad Donovan / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As fall comes again to old Rocky Hills, roommates rejoice in reunion...
- Genre
- adventure
[no title indexed]
It's All In Fun / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Paul Gustavson (signed as Gustavson)
- Pencils
- Paul Gustavson (signed as Gustavson)
- Inks
- Paul Gustavson (signed as Gustavson)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Paul Gustavson (signed as Gustavson)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why does the chief always send me out to break up crap games!?!
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
[no title indexed]
Joe MGee / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm off big houses for life!
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Red tinting only, not full color.
[no title indexed]
Jack Potts / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Zzzz
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Red tinting only.
[no title indexed]
Did You Ever... / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- See a base bawl?
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
4 illustrated sports puns. Signed "Gill Fox + Lorraine Fox." Red tinting only.
[no title indexed]
The Prince / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What price dignity?
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Black and white.
[no title indexed]
Fadeaway Farr / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Binder (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Binder (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If Abe Carton hired Fadeaway, I'll trust him, Betty.
- Genre
- western-frontier
[no title indexed]
Speed Silvers / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Paul Gustavson (credited)
- Pencils
- Paul Gustavson (credited)
- Inks
- Paul Gustavson (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Paul Gustavson (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Turning the thug, which they had captured in the engine of the mysterious train, over to Therber, Mike Muldoon and Speed Silver return home to discuss the reconstruction of the engine.
- Genre
- detective-mystery
Indexer Notes
Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
[no title indexed]
Officers Bloo and Gold / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Quick, boys, there's a stick-up...
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Artwork is vaguely reminiscent of Wolverton (although much simpler), and there are also many text puns and signs, labels, etc. in the art which resemble Wolverton's later style on Powerhouse Pepper, Mystic Moot, etc. Bails indicates Wolverton did work for Centaur around this time.
[no title indexed]
Last Pirate / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- News has just reached me...
- Genre
- adventure
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["My lawn mower you borrowed last summer!"]
-
1.
["Lin Wade top waddy of the 'Lazy Y' Ranch..."]
Phantom Rider -
2.
["Say are you trying to make a monkey out'a me?"]
Animalife -
3.
["Our story starts in the middle of the Pacific."]
Davy Jones -
4.
["What American is privileged to talk over the radio any minute of the day"]
Picture Queries -
5.
["As fall comes again to old Rocky Hills, roommates rejoice in reunion..."]
Brad Donovan -
6.
["Why does the chief always send me out to break up crap games!?!"]
It's All In Fun -
7.
Rider of the Plains
-
8.
["I'm off big houses for life!"]
Joe MGee -
9.
The Killers' Ghost Trap
-
10.
["Zzzz"]
Jack Potts -
11.
["See a base bawl?"]
Did You Ever... -
12.
["What price dignity?"]
The Prince -
13.
["If Abe Carton hired Fadeaway, I'll trust him, Betty."]
Fadeaway Farr -
14.
["Turning the thug, which they had captured in the engine of the mysterious train, over to Therber, Mike Muldoon and Speed Silver return home to discuss the reconstruction of the engine."]
Speed Silvers -
15.
["Quick, boys, there's a stick-up..."]
Officers Bloo and Gold -
16.
["News has just reached me..."]
Last Pirate -
17.
["Stop! Halt! Don'y you do that--quit it!"]
The Story Behind A Stamp
This issue was modified by, among others
- Henry Andrews
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Craig Delich
- Bob Hughes
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- David Wilt
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