(November 1939)

Centaur, 1938 Series
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Volume
2
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1939-09-27
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Centaur Publications Inc.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

November, 1939. Vol. 2, Number 11. KEEN DETECTIVE FUNNIES is published monthly by Centaur Publications, Inc., 420 De Soto Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri. Editorial and executive offices: 220 Fifth Avenue, New Yourk, N. Y. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at St. Louis, Mo. Single copies 10c. Yearly subscription $1.00 in the U.S.A. (other countries $1.50) Copyright 1939 by Centaur Publictions, Inc. Contents must not be reproduced without permission. No actual person is named or delineated in this fiction magazine. Printed in the U.S.A.

On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 4. Second class periodical. Copyright number 433555.

Dean Denton (Table of Contents)

Mystery of the Missing Submarine / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Harry Campbell
Inks
Harry Campbell
Colors
?
Letters
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Masked Marvel / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Ben Thompson
Pencils
Ben Thompson
Inks
Ben Thompson
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Down in the big oil fields of Texas...
Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

vs. oil field saboteurs

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

Spark O'Leary- Radio Newshawk / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Charles Pearson
Pencils
Charles Pearson
Inks
Charles Pearson
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
If anyone wants to know where I am...

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

Dan Dennis- F.B.I. / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Gilman
Pencils
Sam Gilman
Inks
Sam Gilman
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What's that roar?

Indexer Notes

duotone

Detectings (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; crime

Indexer Notes

fact pages

Murder Money (Table of Contents: 5)

Dean Masters, D.A. / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Claire S. Moe
Pencils
Claire S. Moe
Inks
Claire S. Moe
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

duotone

Inspector Pierce Watches a Dead Double (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Gilman
Pencils
Sam Gilman
Inks
Sam Gilman
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Spy Hunters / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Lochlan Field
Pencils
Lochlan Field
Inks
Lochlan Field
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
China--war-torn and fighting for its life...

Are You a Detective? (Table of Contents: 8)

activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Fred Schwab ?
Pencils
Fred Schwab ?
Inks
Fred Schwab ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Puzzle page.

Solve This Crime (Table of Contents: 9)

activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Lew Glanzman
Pencils
Lew Glanzman
Inks
Lew Glanzman
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

puzzle page

Comikrimes (Table of Contents: 10)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Max Neill
Pencils
Max Neill
Inks
Max Neill
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

puzzle page

The Coal Mine Tipple Trick (Table of Contents: 11)

Russell Granville / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

duotone

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

How to Be an Amateur G-Man / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Fred Schwab
Pencils
Fred Schwab
Inks
Fred Schwab
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Fact page.

Satan Takes a Holiday (Table of Contents: 13)

Jeb Tinker / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Arthur Hoffman (signed)
Inks
Arthur Hoffman (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Jeb Tinker; Miss Laru; Sargent Dooley; Rosie; "Satan" (a gangster)
Synopsis
Jeb and Laru get tangled up in a case involving $40,000 in the basement and a gangster who calls himself "Satan".
Reprints

The Mystery of the Missing Submarine (Table of Contents: 14)

Dean Denton / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Harry Campbell
Pencils
Harry Campbell
Inks
Harry Campbell
Colors
?
Letters
?

Crime Crushers (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Terry Gilkison
Pencils
Terry Gilkison
Inks
Terry Gilkison
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; crime

Indexer Notes

fact page

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Amazing-Man Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Dean Denton
    Mystery of the Missing Submarine
  2. 1. ["Down in the big oil fields of Texas..."]
    Masked Marvel
  3. 2. ["If anyone wants to know where I am..."]
    Spark O'Leary- Radio Newshawk
  4. 3. ["What's that roar?"]
    Dan Dennis- F.B.I.
  5. 4. Detectings
  6. 5. Murder Money
    Dean Masters, D.A.
  7. 6. Inspector Pierce Watches a Dead Double
  8. 7. ["China--war-torn and fighting for its life..."]
    Spy Hunters
  9. 8. Are You a Detective?
  10. 9. Solve This Crime
  11. 10. Comikrimes
  12. 11. The Coal Mine Tipple Trick
    Russell Granville
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    How to Be an Amateur G-Man
  14. 13. Satan Takes a Holiday
    Jeb Tinker
  15. 14. The Mystery of the Missing Submarine
    Dean Denton
  16. 15. Crime Crushers
  17. 16. ["Hey kids look!"]
    Amazing-Man Comics
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  • Henry Andrews
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Mark Bowen
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Michael Hoskin
  • James Ludwig
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore