(December 1944)
Four Star Publications,
1944 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Four-Star Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Four-Star Publication
- Editing
- Bob Farrell (credited as Robert W. Farrell) (publisher)
[no title indexed]
Captain Flight / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Frank Stevens (byline)
- Pencils
- Frank Stevens
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Far above the famous black forests, Captain Flight innocently gets wedged in cross-fire...
- Genre
- aviation; war
- Characters
- Captain Flight; Jerry McGuire (pilot); Parker (pilot); Dale (pilot)
- Synopsis
- Captain Flight has an emergency landing on a hidden runway inside a mountain, hiding a secret plane factory.
Indexer Notes
The stories with the byline Frank Stevens vary in artwork in this comic book, so it has to be several artists at work. Compare artwork with Fiction House Fight #31.
[no title indexed]
Plug McTee / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Fred Schwab (signed)
- Pencils
- Fred Schwab (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Schwab (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Are youse de Plug McTee outfit?
- Genre
- humor; sports
- Characters
- Plug McTee (boxer); Manager
- Synopsis
- McTee's manager gets ten grand for quitting the boxing racket.
- Reprints
-
in The Flame (Farrell, 1954 series) #3 (May 1955)
-
Indexer Notes
Jerry Bails' Who's Who has Fist E. Cuffs as a pen name for Schwab.
[no title indexed]
Secret Agent 2B-3 / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Jordan (signed)
- Inks
- John Jordan (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yes, Sir, I am Jim Carson. What can I do for you?
- Genre
- spy
- Characters
- Secret Agent 2B-3; Jim Carson
- Synopsis
- A man is offering Agent 2B-3 one million dollars for a new fighting aircraft.
The Protection Slip Racket
Red Rocket / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Red Rocket [Rod Page] (first appearance); Punchy; Mrs. Namreh
- Synopsis
- Red finds a glove in the hand of a storekeeper murdered by racketeers.
Indexer Notes
See 2nd Captain Flight story in issue 4.
Cremation
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Cornelius Tanner; Mrs. Cornelius Tanner; Undertaker
- Synopsis
- A wife gets more than she bargained for after attempting to poison her husband and have him cremated.
- Reprints
- in Blue Bolt (Star Publications, 1949 series) #111 (November 1951)
-
Blazing Skies
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Joan Ashley (WAC); Major Clark
- Synopsis
- Japanese air raids on an American held island .
[Wilted Flower]
Bonzo the Great / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- W. C. Shields (byline)
- Pencils
- W. C. Shields (byline)
- Inks
- W. C. Shields (byline)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bonzo
- Synopsis
- Bonzo brings his wilted flower to a man playing the clarinet. Saliva from the clarinet refreshes the flower.
The Case of the Limping Nazi
Grenade / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Bill Boynansky (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Boynansky (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Boynansky (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Grenade [Bruce Corbett] (first appearance; only appearance); Danny Corbett; The Fat-Man (Nazi); Zongo (half man-half beast); Pumpernickle
- Synopsis
- Bruce Corbett's brother is killed by a beast controlled by a Nazi gang.
[no title indexed]
Rock Raymond / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Henry Kiefer (credited as Trace R. Bullet)
- Inks
- Henry Kiefer (credited as Trace R. Bullet)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Send word to the Governor of the sixteenth satelite, that we arrive today!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Rock Raymond; King Satius (Saturnian ruler); Dr. Stelli; King Morono (Plutonian ruler)
- Synopsis
- The king of Saturn has been kidnapped by the Plutonian idiots.
- Reprints
- in Rocketman (Farrell, 1952 series) #1 (June 1952) [feature changed]
-
Indexer Notes
The word "satellite" is spelled incorrectly in the story.
The faces give away Kiefer as the artist.
[no title indexed]
Ferdie and his Friends / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, Blimp, here we are...
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Ferdie; Blimp; Gert
[no title indexed]
Deep-Sea Dawson / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Gordon Fisher (byline, house name)
- Pencils
- Gordon Fisher (house name)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One thousand feet below the heaving sea into the fathomless pit of mystery
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Dawson; Queen of the Weed People
- Synopsis
- A creature with clammy green fingers pulls ships under the sea and Dawson is sent to investigate.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Red Rocket -
1.
["Far above the famous black forests, Captain Flight innocently gets wedged in cross-fire..."]
Captain Flight -
2.
["Are youse de Plug McTee outfit?"]
Plug McTee -
3.
["Yes, Sir, I am Jim Carson. What can I do for you?"]
Secret Agent 2B-3 -
4.
The Protection Slip Racket
Red Rocket -
5.
Cremation
-
6.
Blazing Skies
-
7.
[Wilted Flower]
Bonzo the Great -
8.
The Case of the Limping Nazi
Grenade -
9.
Flight Fun
-
10.
["Send word to the Governor of the sixteenth satelite, that we arrive today!"]
Rock Raymond -
11.
["Well, Blimp, here we are..."]
Ferdie and his Friends -
12.
["One thousand feet below the heaving sea into the fathomless pit of mystery"]
Deep-Sea Dawson
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Jake Mathison
- Ramon Schenk
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