(Summer 1945)
Marvel,
1941 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1945-07-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Western Fiction Publishing Co. Inc.
- Editing
- Vince Fago (editor)
Issue Notes
The microfiche of this issue, on which an earlier GCD index was apparently based, incorrectly contained a Captain America and Human Torch story from Captain America Comics #40. Dr. Michael J. Vassallo reported to the GCD that the stories were not in the actual issue, though the error continues to make it into print and onto websites online.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1945, New Series, Vol. 40, No. 3, p273.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1945, New Series, Vol. 40, No. 3, p273.
[no title indexed]
Captain America; Namor the Sub-Mariner / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barne]
- Reprints
-
in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 ([November] 2011)
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The Fabulous Racket!
Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Betty Dean; Ed Jordan (death); un-named Sheriff; Jed Norris; Ann Norris; Agatha Whitley (school teacher); Lucy McGee (student); Mr. Vincent (villain, introduction, head of the Chamber of Commerce)
- Synopsis
- Namor substitutes as a speedboat for one of Betty Dean's newspaper friends on a surfboard when suddenly the man's board explodes, killing him. Namor soon realizes that the board has been treated with a chemical which becomes explosive when left in the sun for long periods of time. Namor is on hand when the Sheriff arrests Jed Norris for the murder, but the pleadings of innocence from that man's daughter spurs the Prince to uncover the true crooks, who were running a numbers racket that had been discovered by the newspaperman and for which he was killed.
- Reprints
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 ([November] 2011)
-
Indexer Notes
Partially revised synopsis by Craig Delich 2011-12-26.
Writer ID from Binder records.
Dead Man's Shoes
Captain America / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Bill (night watchman, death); The "Beak" (villain, notorious bank robber)
- Synopsis
- Cap and Bucky come across the scene of a gang striping a dead man of his clothes, and soon learn that the murdered man is a night watchman at the Woolsey Museum, and that the gang was intending to strip the musuem of its art and jewel collections.
- Reprints
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 ([November] 2011)
-
Indexer Notes
Inks credits originally given to Mike Sekowsky in error (per Tony Isabella, 2006-3-30). Corrected story title by Craig Delich 2011-12-26.
Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.
A Prince of a Guy
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Big Bill Raynes; Prince (the dog)
- Synopsis
- Stuck in the middle of nowhere, after his car breaks down, and with a dog he absolutely detests, Bill Raynes attempts to make it through to his destination, Port Chester, anyway, even though it amounts to a week's hike over the foothills.
- Reprints
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 ([November] 2011)
-
Meteor III
Whizzer / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Whizzer [Jack Robinson]; Dr. Throttle (villain, introduction); Flash (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Whizzer is invited to compete in a race with a radium-powered car known as "Meteor III", not knowing that the doctor who initiated the race actually wants to put the Speed King out of the way while he and his partner rob the Drumman Aircraft facility of more radium fuel to power the car.
- Reprints
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 ([November] 2011)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Captain America; Namor the Sub-Mariner -
1.
The Fabulous Racket!
Namor the Sub-Mariner -
2.
Dead Man's Shoes
Captain America -
3.
A Prince of a Guy
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4.
Meteor III
Whizzer -
5.
Timed For Teens
This issue was modified by, among others
- Henry Andrews
- Bill Borre
- Peter Croome
- Steve Dasinger
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Rob Johnson
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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