(September - October 1946)
O. W. Comics Corp.,
1946 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bimonthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- O. W. Comics Corp.
- Editing
- ?
Mad Hatter vs. Humpty Dumpty; Mad Hatter Visits the Golden City of Crime
The Mad Hatter / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Mad Hatter [Grant Richmond]
- Reprints
- in Alter Ego (TwoMorrows, 1999 series) Vol. 3 #6 (Autumn, 2000) [in black and white]
Indexer Notes
In an article by Bill Woolfolk that appeared in in Alter Ego #6, it reprints the color proof to this cover [in black and white], stating first it was drawn by John Giunta [who drew the feature at the same time Mort Leav did], and then a take-off on this cover by done in 1996, stating that both were done by Mort Leav.
The Golden City!
Mad Hatter / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Mad Hatter [Grant Richmond]; Fernand De Leon (flashback, explorer, death); Fuddy (lawyer); Bustle (lawyer); De Leon (descendant of Fernand); Spade Delvane (villain, jewel thief)
- Synopsis
- In 1528, Spanish exporer Fernand De Leon had discovered the fabled City of Gold, built by the Atzecs who had fled from Cortez twenty years before. Now, in 1946, young Grant Richmond suspects that noted jewel thief Spade Delvane is escaping town by air with $50,000 in gold, and when the Mad Hatter follows him, they both wind up in the City of Gold.
- Keywords
- City of Gold
[no title indexed]
The Mad Hatter / comic story / 15 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Master criminal is the man known as Frank Faro!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Mad Hatter [Grant Richmond]; Barbara Blake (reporter); un-named doctor (death); Fuddy (lawyer); Bustle (lawyer); Judge John Hastings (death); Denimore (juror, death); Harley (juror, death); Terese Dagon (juror); The Gargoyle [aka Frank Faro] (villain)
- Synopsis
- The Hatter finally tracks down wanted crininal Frank Faro, who was soon executed in the electric chair. Soon after, a doctor claims the body, takes it to his lab, and removes the brain, placing it in the skull of a gorilla. When the gorilla comes to, he kills the doctor and disguises himself as a human, calling himself the Gargoyle, and vows revenge on the judge, jury and Mad Hatter.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur and Hames Ware, verified by Bill Black. The cover to this story is actually found on the cover of The Mad Hatter #1 (January-February 1946).
[no title indexed]
Hasty and Tardy / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Watcha doin' Tardy?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Hasty (a rabbit); Tardy (a bear)
- Synopsis
- Tardy is putting in a vegetable garden, and the next day, while checking on his carrots, Tardy discovers them all gone. He sets a trap to catch the thief and discovers that Hasty is responsible.
Murder Rides the Trail
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Tommy Mason (horse raiser); Johnny Knight (foreman); Jake Hatton
- Synopsis
- Tommy and Jake's fathers had been unable to make a go of raising horses in the desolate environment they resided in, and now it was a battle between the two to see who would raise horses all these years later.
[no title indexed]
Fuddy and Bustle / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What am I looking for?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Elmer Fuddy (lawyer); Bustle (lawyer); Sweet Tooth Samuels (villain)
- Synopsis
- Elmer, on the lookout for Sweet Tooth Samuels, receives a call from a woman to be on the look out for her husband who lives at 22 Lenox Avenue. As it turns out, the woman is Elmer's wife, who wanted her husband to be home on time for dinner.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur and Hames Ware.
Crime Consultant!
The Mad Hatter / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Mad Hatter (last appearance); Humpty Dumpty (villain); Freddy Gaunt (villain); Sparrow Saunders (villain)
- Synopsis
- The Hatter spots Humpty Dumpty and his men making a fur heist on the waterfront.....later, the villain decides to "go straight" in business selling advice for a price......to criminals! The Mad Hatter is concerned when his lawyer bosses decide to defend one of the felons.
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Table of Contents
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0.
Mad Hatter vs. Humpty Dumpty; Mad Hatter Visits the Golden City of Crime
The Mad Hatter -
1.
[no title indexed]
Animal Fables -
2.
The Golden City!
Mad Hatter -
3.
["Master criminal is the man known as Frank Faro!"]
The Mad Hatter -
4.
["Watcha doin' Tardy?"]
Hasty and Tardy -
5.
Murder Rides the Trail
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6.
["What am I looking for?"]
Fuddy and Bustle -
7.
Crime Consultant!
The Mad Hatter -
8.
Amuse and Amaze Friends with the Library of Fun
Fun Industries -
9.
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