(Fall 1944)

Marvel, 1941 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1944-08-17
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Western Fiction Publishing Co. Inc.
Editing
Vince Fago (editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Vol. 39, No. 3.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain America; Human Torch; Namor the Sub-Mariner / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alex Schomburg
Inks
Alex Schomburg
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Bucky [James Buchanan Barnes]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; The Japanese (Villains)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
World War II

Indexer Notes

Some info added by Craig Delich 5-24-09.

The Case of the Masked Strangler!!! (Table of Contents: 1)

Human Torch / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Sahle
Inks
Jack Alderman ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Human Torch [Jim Hamond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Eva Barry (Death); Lorraine Barry (Death); The Madame [Bran Carter] (Introduction, Villain, Death)
Synopsis
The Flaming Duo must stop a sinister woman named the Madame, who tries to force factory workers to sabotage the war plants that they work in.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 5-25-09.

The Gardens of Doom (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain America / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Fagaly
Inks
Al Avison
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Dave; Jim (Death); Dr. Botan (Introduction, Villain, Death?)
Synopsis
Cap and Bucky must square off against a crazed scientist who has succeeded in cross breeding plants and humans!
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 5-25-09.

Hoofs of Doom (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure
Characters
Lon Chambers; Berger (Villain, Death); un-named boss (Villain)
Synopsis
A young man buys several carloads of horses from his father, but then has to fight a man named Berger, who has been ordered by his boss to get him a large group of horses....or else!
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Most info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 5-25-09.

Waterfront Terror! (Table of Contents: 4)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Allen Simon
Inks
Allen Simon
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Betty Dean; Martin (Death); Mr. Cornell; Mr. Schlick (Introduction, Villain); Weasel (Villain)
Synopsis
When Namor comes upon a man buying gasoline without the usual ration stamps, he investigates, along with Betty Dean, all the makings of a gasoline racket.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Oddity: Namor locates members of the racket in an old inn called "The Green Lantern"! Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 5-25-09.

Teen-Age Girls!!! Enter the Miss America Magazine Contest!! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Miss America

Indexer Notes

Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 5-25-09.

Photo ad for the Miss America Magazine Contest, offering $1000 in cash prizes to teenage girls who will enter the contest. Readers are instructed to get the November, 1944 issue of Miss America, on sale September 10th, for details.

The Maze of Madness (Table of Contents: 6)

Whizzer / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
?
Inks
Bob Oksner
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Whizzer [Jack Robinson]; Alice Jones; Charles Paine; Dr. Lars Krool (Introduction, Villain, Death)
Synopsis
Whizzer must defeat the evil schemes of Dr. Krool, a scientist who has spent his life studying what it takes to drive animals mad. Now he is looking for a human subject to enter his "super-maze" which will test a man's mind under stress and strain.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencil credit revised from Al Gabriele to ?. Ink credit revised from Al Bellman to Bob Oksner. Notes, some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 5-25-09.

Writer credit from Binder records.

Urgent! Sentinels of Liberty! (Table of Contents: 7)

Captain America / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America; Bucky
Synopsis
A message from Captain America to the Sentinels of Liberty, visually instructing them [with the help of Bucky] on how to package various types of paper products for the paper salvage efforts being undertaken by the government.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 5-25-09.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Captain America; Human Torch; Namor the Sub-Mariner
  2. 1. The Case of the Masked Strangler!!!
    Human Torch
  3. 2. The Gardens of Doom
    Captain America
  4. 3. Hoofs of Doom
  5. 4. Waterfront Terror!
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  6. 5. Teen-Age Girls!!! Enter the Miss America Magazine Contest!!
    Miss America
  7. 6. The Maze of Madness
    Whizzer
  8. 7. Urgent! Sentinels of Liberty!
    Captain America
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mark Q
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore