Headline Comics #v1#10 (10)
(Mid-Winter 1944)

Prize, 1943 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1944-08-23
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
American Boys' Comics Inc.
Editing
Samuel Bierman

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)

Junior Rangers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Gabriele
Inks
Al Gabriele
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure
Characters
Junior Rangers [Chin Lee; Smokey; Jerry Simms; Roger Ranger]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Underground Empire (Table of Contents: 2)

Junior Rangers / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Henry Kiefer
Inks
Henry Kiefer ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Living for danger is exciting, but it can get pretty tiresome after a while!
Genre
adventure
Characters
Junior Rangers [Chin Lee; Smokey; Jerry Simms; Roger Ranger]; Mr. Raeser; Nazis; Adolf Hitler; Merlin II; Merlin; King Arthur
Keywords
Yellowstone National Park

Cliff Gordon -- Pirate (Table of Contents: 3)

Cliff Gordon / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Gregg ?
Inks
George Gregg ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Out of the sky roars a meteor-like villain!
Genre
adventure
Characters
Cliff Gordon; Mr. Gordon; Mrs. Gordon
Synopsis
A criminal steals Cliff's submoplane and utilizes it in the commitment of crimes.

Go West, Young Man! (Table of Contents: 4)

Tom Morgan / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tom Morgan, the modern American boy, not only goes west...
Genre
science fiction; adventure
Characters
Tom Morgan; Mr. Joseph; Jean; Jean's mother; Red Eagle
Synopsis
Tom travels back in time to 1850 during the land rush in the western United States.
Keywords
time travel

Routine Report (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Crest Wood
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The surfaced submarine rolled gently with the swell of the ocean.
Genre
war
Characters
Hans; Gustav; Erich
Keywords
Flying Dutchman

Crime's 3 Ring Circus (Table of Contents: 6)

Kinker Kinkaid / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Cassone ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Kinker Kincaid was not superstitious...
Characters
Kinker Kinkaid; Smiley; Don; Patches
Keywords
Metropole

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Buck Saunders / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Roland Patenaude
Inks
Roland Patenaude
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's a sad day when anybody turns snob...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Buck Saunders; Don; Mr. McVane

Indexer Notes

Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr credits the pencils and inks to Terry Gilkison.

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Collier's Magazine / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Wonderscope / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Junior Rangers
  2. 1. ["Be the master - not the slave - learn this quick easy way to defend yourself in any situation... anywhere!"]
  3. 2. Underground Empire
    Junior Rangers
  4. 3. Cliff Gordon -- Pirate
    Cliff Gordon
  5. 4. Go West, Young Man!
    Tom Morgan
  6. 5. Routine Report
  7. 6. Crime's 3 Ring Circus
    Kinker Kinkaid
  8. 7. ["It's a sad day when anybody turns snob..."]
    Buck Saunders
  9. 8. ["Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!"]
    Collier's Magazine
  10. 9. ["in 15 minutes - play this clarinet harmonet"]
  11. 10. ["Free! with this amazing offer red and white wig wag signal flags and authentic code instruction"]
    Wonderscope
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky