Amazing Man Comics #6

(October 1939)

[The Masked Marvel] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

"Aman" - the Amazing-Man / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Everett (signed)

Pencils

Bill Everett (signed)

Inks

Bill Everett (signed)

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Aman, known to his enemies as 'The Green Mist'...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Amazing-Man [John Aman]; Lucille Peabody (kidnapped girl); Carl Peabody (girl's father, copper magnate); The Great Question (villain); "The Big Boss" (villain, death); Sparks [aka Sparky] (villain, death); Simon Duprey (villain); Norma (villain, death); Barney (villain); Sam (villain, death)

Synopsis

John Aman is taken prisoner by a mysterious "Big Boss" and his gang, who have kidnapped the daughter of a copper magnate for ransom. However, The Great Question turns Aman into the Green Mist and uses him to terrorize the girl's father into paying the ransom, but the good side of Aman wins out and the girl is saved.

Reprints

• in Continuum (JMF, 2007 series) #3 (No Date [circa décembre 2007]) [excerpt]
• in The Bill Everett Archives (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) #1 - Amazing Mysteries (December 2011)

Indexer Notes

Title and character information from Lou Mougin (May, 2009). The splash page is partially a origin re-cap for the character. Aman appears in his villainous "Green Mist" guise in this story.

Next issue blurb signed as "w.b. everett."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Shark / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Lew Glanzman (signed as Lew Glanz)

Pencils

Lew Glanzman (signed as Lew Glanz)

Inks

Lew Glanzman (signed as Lew Glanz)

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Enter! Into the home of the Shark...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Shark "King of all sea-life"

Synopsis

The super-science underwater hero the Shark stops criminals from starting a war in Furvainia.

Keywords

Furvainia; television projector

Indexer Notes

Title and character info from Lou Mougin, May 2009.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Forbidden Island / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Clyde Yeadon (credited as Clyde Don) (signed as Clyde Don)

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Clyde Yeadon (credited as Clyde Don) (signed as Clyde Don)

Inks

Clyde Yeadon (credited as Clyde Don) (signed as Clyde Don)

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Lew--what do you suppose has made me want...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Lew; Bobbie

Synopsis

Lew and Bobbie are briefly stranded on an island and fight a brutish wild man.

Indexer Notes

The artist signs in the final panel.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Iron Skull / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Burgos (credited) (signed as Burgos)

Pencils

Carl Burgos (credited) (signed as Burgos)

Inks

Carl Burgos (credited) (signed as Burgos)

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Hm-m--that undercover agent is exactly one hour late!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Iron Skull; Igor; Decor (villain, dies)

Synopsis

The Iron Skull battles Decor to stop him from using his death ray.

Keywords

acid; death ray

Indexer Notes

Also signed - as 'Burgos' - in the final panel.

Sealed Orders (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Rex Lawrence (credited) (house name)

Pencils

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? (spot illustration)

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? (spot illustration)

Letters

typeset

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What the military dictator didn't know...

Genre

adventure

Characters

General Nero Ling-sa; Lt. Quong

Synopsis

The rebel leader Ling-sa tries to commandeer a plane.

Keywords

Chang-su

Indexer Notes

All information from Lou Mougin, May 2009.

Congo War Drums: Part 2 (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Gustavson

Pencils

Paul Gustavson

Inks

Paul Gustavson

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Letters

Paul Gustavson

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Tracking down the giant war drum beaters...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Sandy Thorne; Labu; The Kilanga; Mike O'Conner

Synopsis

Sandy frees the white people who had been imprisoned by the Kilanga headhunters and learns the white trader Lamont was responsible for arming the Kilanga uprising.

Keywords

Congo; headhunters

Indexer Notes

Data from Jerry Bails index cards and Howard Keltners Golden Age index.

Title and art credit from Lou Mougin, May 2009.

Script and lettering credits courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Minimidget - the Super-Midget / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

John Kolb (signed)

Pencils

John Kolb (signed)

Inks

John Kolb (signed)

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Minimidget, the super-midget, caught in a rat trap...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Minimidget; Ritty; Mrs. Kerry

Synopsis

Minimidget and Ritty are placed in the care of an old lady who they have to protect from a burglar. As a reward they are given a toy plane. Minimidget fights with a bird.

Land Beneath the Sea (Table of Contents: 9)

Chuck Hardy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Thomas (signed)

Pencils

Frank Thomas (signed)

Inks

Frank Thomas (signed)

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Tired and hungry, Chuck and Jerry wander about...

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Chuck Hardy; Jerry Peterson

Synopsis

Chuck and Jerry meet the human rulers of Aquatania and enter their advanced super-city.

Keywords

Aquatania; capsule cars; strangle-plant

The Ivy Menace (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Tarpé Mills ?

Pencils

Tarpé Mills (signed as Tarpé Mills)

Inks

Tarpé Mills (signed as Tarpé Mills)

Colors

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On the outskirts of the town of Hanlon...

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Professor Philip Hampton (dies); the spirit of Death

Synopsis

Hampton's cat spills his new plant growth formula, causing vines of ivy to continue growing until they reduce New Jersey and New York to little more than rubble. The US government bombs the countryside until the ivy is completely destroyed.

Keywords

George Washington Bridge; Hanlon; New Jersey; New York City; Washington D.C.

Indexer Notes

Credits from Lou Mougin, May 2009.

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Mighty Man / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Martin Filchock (signed)

Pencils

Martin Filchock (signed)

Inks

Martin Filchock (signed)

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Discovered in the valley of the giants...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; western-frontier

Characters

Mighty Man; Professor; Sunny; Jane; Pop (villain, dies); Slim; Limpy; Spade; Jim; Sleepy

Synopsis

Mighty Man helps find the person trying to drive Jane off her ranch.

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