Ace Comics Presents #3

(September 1987)

The Golden Age of Klaus Nordling (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ron Frantz (signed)

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling

Inks:

Klaus Nordling

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Comments about the late Klaus Nordling, along with a Lady Luck logo.

["What's the idea, Bob... Trying to muscle in on my date?"] (Table of Contents)

Bob and Swab / comic story / 5 ? pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling [as Nordling] (signed)

Inks:

Klaus Nordling [as Nordling] (signed)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Bob; Swab; Sigareete

Synopsis:

Bob and Swab accidentally get involved in a cigarette-stealing operation on a tropical island.

Reprints:

• from Hit Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series) # ?

Keywords:

cigarettes; island; Marines; Navy; shore leave

From Ace Comics! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Alex Koda

Inks:

Alex Koda

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Promo for Ace Comics Presents The Art of Lou Fine #4, "now on sale!," with cover depicted.

[Klaus Nordling Letter to Jerry De Fuccio; January 21, 1982] (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Klaus Nordling

Pencils:

Syd Greenberg (photographer)

Inks:

Syd Greenberg (photographer)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Klaus Nordling (photos)

Indexer Notes

Letter from Klaus Nordling, along with photos of Nordling as actor-director of "Tobacco Road" and in a production of "Taming of the Shrew."

["What them circus fellers won't do to attract attention!"] (Table of Contents)

The Barker / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Klaus Nordling ?

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling (signed)

Inks:

Klaus Nordling (signed)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

The Barker

Reprints:

• from The Barker (Quality Comics, 1946 series) #7 (Spring 1948)

[Klaus Nordling Letter to Jerry De Fuccio; March 31, 1982] (Table of Contents)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Klaus Nordling

Pencils:

Mary Anne Cooper (photographer); James F. Dugan (photographer)

Inks:

Mary Anne Cooper (photographer); James F. Dugan (photographer)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Klaus Nordling (photos)

Indexer Notes

Letter from Klaus Nordling and photos from a stage production of "Our Phytrion 29," a publicity photo from 1958, and a publicity photo from the day before his death on November 19, 1986.

Coming in October from Ace Comics (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Ron Frantz

Pencils:

Dick Giordano

Inks:

Vince Alascia

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Nature Boy

Indexer Notes

Promo of Ace Comics Presents #5, with a reprint of the first issue of Charlton's Nature Boy. Cover of reprint is depicted.

["Another shore liberty coming up, Bob, and not a cent..."] (Table of Contents)

Bob and Swab / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling [as Nordling] (signed)

Inks:

Klaus Nordling [as Nordling] (signed)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Bob; Swab; Halfhitch

Synopsis:

Bob and Swab make up phony treasure maps to sell to sailors from "The Stingray" while they're on shore leave.

Reprints:

• from Hit Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series) #60 (September 1949)

Keywords:

beach; Navy; shore leave; treasure maps

Klaus Nordling Non-Comics Art Credits (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Last interior page and inside back cover. General list of Klaus Nordling's educational, instructional, and technical art.

Say Hey... (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Ron Frantz ?

Pencils:

Pat Boyette

Inks:

Pat Boyette

Letters:

Pat Boyette; typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Spencer Spook

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Promo for back issues of Ace Comics.