Wonder Comics #2

(June 1939)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Winged Wonders / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Floyd Kelly] (signed)

Pencils:

? [as Floyd Kelly] (signed)

Inks:

? [as Floyd Kelly] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

[The Old Hex House] (Table of Contents)

Yarko the Great / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner

Pencils:

Will Eisner

Inks:

Will Eisner

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Yarko the Great (a magician; introduction); Carol Tate (introduction); Mr. Tate (introduction); Shaddiba (villain; introduction; death); Doga (villain; introduction)

Reprints:

• in Blue Beetle (Fox, 1939 series) #1 ([Winter 1939-40])
• in Continuum (JMF, 2007 series) #2 (No Date [circa 2007 Septembre]), #4bis (No Date [circa mars 2008])

Indexer Notes

partly adapted from a Mr. Mystic story in THE SPIRIT SECTION

Princess Kidnapped (Table of Contents)

Minnie th' Mermaid / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Minnie the Mermaid (introduction; only appearance)

In New York (Table of Contents)

Don Quixote / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Don Quixote (introduction); Sancho Panza (introduction); Butch Spumoni (villain; introduction)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Wonders in the News / filler / 0.6 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

["Boys and Girls"] (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

A note about having received the letters solicited last issue, followed by:
"Sorry there's not enough room in this issue for Wonder Man, but he'll be back with you soon in bigger and better adventures."

Indexer Notes

Fox was being sued by DC over Wonder Man at this point, but apparently still thought they might win.

["Shorty has escaped from the cabin of Tiny, the smuggler..."] (Table of Contents)

Shorty Shortcake / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

S. M. Iger

Pencils:

S. M. Iger [as Jerry Williams] (signed)

Inks:

S. M. Iger [as Jerry Williams] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Shorty Shortcake; Suzy; Skippy; Mr. De Welth; Weems; Tiny (villain); The Chief (villain; introduction)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Wonders That Are True / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

[The Panama Assignment] (Table of Contents)

Patty O'Day / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Adolphe Barreaux?

Pencils:

Adolphe Barreaux [as Barreaux] (signed)

Inks:

Adolphe Barreaux [as Barreaux] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Patty O'Day; Ham

Charlie Siringo (Table of Contents)

Men Who Made the West / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner

Pencils:

Bob Powell?

Inks:

Bob Powell?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Indexer Notes

Illustrated text, lettered like a comic.

[The Pearl Diver Murders] (Table of Contents)

Dr. Fung / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Powell?

Pencils:

Bob Powell [as Arthur Dean] (signed)

Inks:

Bob Powell [as Arthur Dean] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Dr. Fung; Dan Barrister; Frisco (villain; introduction; death); Mike (villain; introduction; death)

The Children's Crusade [Part 1] (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner [as William E. Eisner] (signed)

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Text with illustrations.

The Iron Horse Goes Through (Table of Contents)

Tex Maxon / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner?

Pencils:

Munson Paddock [as Cecilia Munson] (signed)

Inks:

Munson Paddock [as Cecilia Munson] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Tex Maxon [Tex Dawson]; Nick Badger (villain; introduction)

Indexer Notes

formerly Tex Dawson. Signature reads "Story by Cecelia Munson".

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Sport Album / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Chuck Wilson (signed)

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction; sports

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Filmore Dudd / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

S. M. Iger

Pencils:

S. M. Iger (signed)

Inks:

S. M. Iger (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Filmore Dudd

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Movie Memos / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Glenda Carol (signed)

Inks:

Glenda Carol (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

[The Dancing Spy] (Table of Contents)

K-51 Spies At War / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner

Pencils:

Will Eisner [as Willis B. Rensie]

Inks:

Will Eisner [as Willis B. Rensie]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy; war

Characters:

Claire Conos [Z-19] (introduction); Jack Coe (villain; introduction; death)

Synopsis:

K-51 thinks his friend Jack's girl Claire might be a spy, but in truth Jack is the traitor and Claire turns out to be fellow secret agent Z-19.

[The Protection Racketeers] (Table of Contents)

Gang-Buster Robinson / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? [as Harold Vance]

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

crime

Characters:

Gang-Buster Robinson; Tips Craven (villain; introduction; death)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Short Subjects / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Two half-page gag strips: "Monkey Shines" and "Frankfurter Follies of 1939".

["Poland, sounding the note for modern society, has issued a new child welfare series."] (Table of Contents)

Wonder Stamp Club / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (stamp art from several nations)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

One stamp shown (from Denmark) features the Trylon and Perisphere of the New York World's Fair.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Slight Errors / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Four one-panel gags.

[The Panama Plot] (Table of Contents)

Spark Stevens / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Kane

Pencils:

Bob Kane

Inks:

Bob Kane

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Spark Stevens; Leach (villain; introduction); Blinky Craven (villain; introduction; death)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Belly Busters / filler / 0.75 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

S. M. Iger (signed)

Pencils:

S. M. Iger (signed)

Inks:

S. M. Iger (signed)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover, except lower left-hand quarter.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Wonderworld Comics #3 / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Note explaining the title change to "Wonder World Comics" [sic] because of the many new features and to "make our name more complete". States that the comic is on sale the 28th of each month. Inside back cover, lower right-hand corner.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Numerous (about 30) small ads. Back cover.