(December 1945)
Four Star Publications,
1944 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Four Star Publications
- Brand
-
A Four-Star Publication
- Editing
- ?
The Sky Pirates
Captain Flight / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ? [as Frank Stearns] (signed)
- Pencils
- Alex Blum ? [as Frank Stearns] (signed)
- Inks
- Alex Blum ? [as Frank Stearns] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- aviation; war
- Characters
- Captain Flight; Gwen Donalds (intelligence agent); Sky Pirates
- Synopsis
- Captain Flight's newest assignment is to wipe out a swarm of Japanese sky pirates somewhere on a jungle island.
Indexer Notes
"last appearance, except for next issue's story behind the cover".
Faces have some similarity to the Blum credited Shark Brody story in Fight Comics #38.
Frank Stearns is merely a by-line used on the feature and is not a real person.
[no title indexed]
Secret Agent 2B-3 / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- From the dying embers of the Nazi blood crusade...
- Genre
- spy; war
- Characters
- Agent 2B-3; Admiral Sir James Dunwoodie; Captain Raleigh; Commander Mason (Nazi agent) Hawkins; von Hoff (Nazi)
- Synopsis
- Agent 2B-3 is assigned to stop a plot to blow up the Suez Canal.
Indexer Notes
last appearance
[no title indexed]
Red Rocket / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Rocket ships bearing representatives of all the world's nations...
- Genre
- superhero; science fiction
- Characters
- Red Rocket [Rod Page]
- Synopsis
- Nazania is preparing to invade its neighbour, Slovokia.
- Reprints
in [no title indexed]
Professor McScrewy / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If I had six potatoes for five people, how could I divide them?
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
-
from Scoop Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1941 series) #3 (March 1942)
-
[no title indexed]
Zaan of the Jungle / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Zaan, who won fame in America, as a heavyweight boxer...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Zaan; his father; managers; Murphy (boxer)
- Synopsis
- Crooked boxing managers make tempting offers to get Zaan back in the ring.
- Reprints
- in Vooda (Farrell, 1955 series) #21 (June 1955)
-
Indexer Notes
last appearance
[no title indexed]
Dash Dillies / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Miss Pokerface- take a letter!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Four one-panel gag cartoons.
- Reprints
- from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #19 (September 1940)
-
[no title indexed]
Rock Raymond / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Captain in the Earth's interplanetary traffic system...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Rock Raymond; Queen Merca; King Murda; Arco (lobsterman); Deko (lobsterman)
- Synopsis
- Queen Merca has been kidnapped by strange creatures and Rock Raymond sets out to find her.
Indexer Notes
last appearance
Many of the faces and some movement point to Kiefer as a very probable penciler.
[no title indexed]
Deep-Sea Dawson / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mystery in the government service...
- Genre
- spy
- Characters
- Deep Sea Dawson (agent); Battler (trained seal); Toni Scarbo (villain)
- Synopsis
- Trusted government agents disappear suddenly, no one knows where.
Indexer Notes
last appearance
Homicide Hits the Headlines
Ace Reynolds / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Ace Reynolds (reporter); Lefty McGovern; Willie the Ox; Hilda
- Synopsis
- Ace is after a man first on the F.B.I wanted list, Willie the Ox
Indexer Notes
last appearance
Faces with broad jawbones must be Ricca.
[no title indexed]
Captain Dash / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ? [as Frank Stearns] (byline)
- Pencils
- Alex Blum ? [as Frank Stearns] (byline)
- Inks
- Alex Blum ? [as Frank Stearns] (byline)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In a bungalow in Kabul, Captain Dash is interrupted...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Captain Dash [Captain Flight]; Lord Jordan; Crown Prince Bara
- Synopsis
- Crown Prince Bara has disappeared in India, and the government requests help from Captain Dash to find him.
Indexer Notes
This is a re-lettered Captain Flight story. The last page is not re-lettered and refers to the character as Captain Flight.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Black Cobra -
1.
The Sky Pirates
Captain Flight -
2.
["From the dying embers of the Nazi blood crusade..."]
Secret Agent 2B-3 -
3.
["Rocket ships bearing representatives of all the world's nations..."]
Red Rocket -
4.
["If I had six potatoes for five people, how could I divide them?"]
Professor McScrewy -
5.
["Zaan, who won fame in America, as a heavyweight boxer..."]
Zaan of the Jungle -
6.
["Miss Pokerface- take a letter!"]
Dash Dillies -
7.
Special Delivery Death Warrant
-
8.
["Captain in the Earth's interplanetary traffic system..."]
Rock Raymond -
9.
["Mystery in the government service..."]
Deep-Sea Dawson -
10.
Homicide Hits the Headlines
Ace Reynolds -
11.
["In a bungalow in Kabul, Captain Dash is interrupted..."]
Captain Dash
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
- David Wilt
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