(April 1946)
Charlton,
1944 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- The Frank Publishing Company
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia states "Yellowjacket Comics, published bi-monthly by THE FRANK PUBLISHING COMPANY. Vol. 1, No. 9, April 1945. Office of publication, 49 Hawkins Street, Derby, Conn." Credits for issue from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. Indexed from a scanned copy.
[no title indexed]
Yellowjacket / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Yellowjacket; Diane Carter
- Reprints
-
in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #71 ([July] 2008)
-
Get Strong! Have Muscles of Steel
advertisement / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Ad for Whitely Gym from Muscle Power Co. in New York.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Also includes indicia.
The Adventure of the Man with the Scar!
Yellowjacket / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Yellowjacket [Vince Harley]; Monte Lewis; Guy Wentworth; Diane Carter
- Synopsis
- Yellowjacket investigates the collapse of an apartment building under construction and finds it's due to a construction company mixing shoddy mortar to collect on insurance.
[no title indexed]
Diana the Huntress / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Burton Geller (signed)
- Pencils
- Burton Geller (signed)
- Inks
- Burton Geller (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Diana the Huntress Battles Gordius the Titan...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Diana the Huntress; Gordius; Zeus; Mercury; Pandora
- Synopsis
- Gordius the Titan steals Pandora's Box to help him destroy the world.
[no title indexed]
King of the Beasts / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When Danny... King of the Beasts... leads a hunting expedition into the gloomy depths...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Danny King; Ed; Kogi
- Synopsis
- Danny heads into the jungle to get some lions for his circus act but finds white men trying to steal rubies instead.
Indexer Notes
Art credit from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Buzzin' of the Bees
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Bees teach the reader about Morse code.
Indexer Notes
Centerspread of issue.
[no title indexed]
Famous Tales of Terror / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- George Mandel (signed as gam)
- Pencils
- Alan Mandel (signed as gam)
- Inks
- Alan Mandel (signed as gam)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Greed and the lust for wealth have destroyed men --
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Old Witch (host)
- Synopsis
- The Old Witch introduces a story about four westerners trying to steal from a temple in Tibet but meeting their dooms.
Indexer Notes
Current best guess is that GAM is George and Alan Mandel.
[no title indexed]
Bee Stings / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Looks like the darn roof is leakin' agin, maw!
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Five gag cartoons.
Hotel Holdup
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- George Hobson
- Reprints
-
in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #62 - in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #136 ([circa 1972 - 1973]), #204 ([circa 1982 - 1983])
-
[no title indexed]
Cap'n Grim / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alan Mandel (signed as AM)
- Inks
- Alan Mandel (signed as AM)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Captain Grim, the harbor pilot, recalls an adventure in which four men lose their lives, and a fortune floats away on the icy waters of the North Pacific!
- Genre
- adventure; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Captain Grim
- Synopsis
- Captain Grim tells the story of when he was younger and four whalers died in the pursuit of ambergris.
Indexer Notes
Art credits suggested by Bails' Who's Who.
[no title indexed]
Filipino Kid / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's another! If we can't get paper for the printing press...
- Genre
- adventure; war
- Characters
- Filipino Kid; Chicago Joe
- Synopsis
- The Filipono Kid and Chicago Joe team up to get some paper off a boat near Manilla.
Indexer Notes
Art id by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Yellowjacket -
1.
Get Strong! Have Muscles of Steel
-
2.
The Adventure of the Man with the Scar!
Yellowjacket -
3.
["Diana the Huntress Battles Gordius the Titan..."]
Diana the Huntress -
4.
["When Danny... King of the Beasts... leads a hunting expedition into the gloomy depths..."]
King of the Beasts -
5.
Buzzin' of the Bees
-
6.
["Greed and the lust for wealth have destroyed men --"]
Famous Tales of Terror -
7.
["Looks like the darn roof is leakin' agin, maw!"]
Bee Stings -
8.
Hotel Holdup
-
9.
["Captain Grim, the harbor pilot, recalls an adventure in which four men lose their lives, and a fortune floats away on the icy waters of the North Pacific!"]
Cap'n Grim -
10.
["Here's another! If we can't get paper for the printing press..."]
Filipino Kid -
11.
Be a Movie Producer! Technicolor Comicscope
-
12.
Ugly Blackheads Out in Seconds
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