(November 1939)

Centaur, 1938 Series
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Volume:
2
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
68
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
Centaur Publications Inc.
Editing:
?
Format:
Standard Golden Age U.S.; Full Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; was On-Going Series

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.

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Dean Denton (Table of Contents)

Mystery Of The Missing Submarine / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Harry Francis Campbell
Inks:
Harry Francis Campbell
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

["Down in the big oil fields of Texas..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Indexer Notes

vs. oil field saboteurs


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Indexer Notes

duotone


Detectings (Table of Contents)

filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Indexer Notes

fact pages


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Spy Hunters (Table of Contents)

Capt. Forsyth & Sgt. MacLean / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Are You A Detective? (Table of Contents)

activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Fred Wood (?)
Pencils:
Fred Wood (?)
Inks:
Fred Wood (?)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Indexer Notes

puzzle page


Solve This Crime (Table of Contents)

activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

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

Indexer Notes

puzzle page


Comikrimes (Table of Contents)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Indexer Notes

puzzle page


Coal Mine Tipple Trick, The (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Indexer Notes

duotone


How to Be an Amateur G-Man (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Fred Wood
Pencils:
Fred Wood
Inks:
Fred Wood
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Indexer Notes

fact page


Satan Takes a Holiday (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
detective
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: show reprint note before migration

The Mystery of the Missing Submarine (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Crime Crushers (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Indexer Notes

fact page


["Hey kids look!"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Bill Everett
Pencils:
Bill Everett
Inks:
Bill Everett
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Indexer Notes

inside back-cover: full-page ad for Amazing-Man Comics


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. ["Down in the big oil fields of Texas..."]
    Masked Marvel
  2. 2. [no title indexed]
    Spark O'Leary- Radio Newshawk
  3. 3. [no title indexed]
    Dan Dennis- F.B.I.
  4. 4. Detectings
  5. 5. [no title indexed]
    Dean Masters, D.A.
  6. 6. Inspector Pierce Watches a Dead Double
  7. 7. Spy Hunters
    Capt. Forsyth & Sgt. MacLean
  8. 8. Are You A Detective?
  9. 9. Solve This Crime
  10. 10. Comikrimes
  11. 11. Coal Mine Tipple Trick, The
    Russell Granville
  12. 12. How to Be an Amateur G-Man
  13. 13. Satan Takes a Holiday
    Jeb Tinker
  14. 14. The Mystery of the Missing Submarine
    Dean Denton
  15. 15. Crime Crushers
  16. 16. ["Hey kids look!"]
    Amazing-Man Comics
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Henry Andrews
  • Lou Mougin
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Lee Randall (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mougin
  • Tim Cotrill
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