International Comics #1

(Spring 1947)

Introducing a New Group of Exciting, Adventuresome Comic Friends! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Manhattan's Files (Table of Contents: 2)

Manhattan's Files / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox ?

Pencils

Howard Purcell (signed as HP (signed on airplane fuselage))

Inks

Howard Purcell (signed as HP (signed on airplane fuselage))

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The rulers of the underworld speak with dread of the secret files...

Genre

crime

Characters

Van Manhattan; Miss Gale; Coombs; Miss Ellen; Johnny Dukes (villain, death)

Synopsis

The fact that Van's evidence put away Public Enemy #1, Johnny Dukes, is of little avail when Dukes escapes from prison and hijacks an airplane that Manhattan is on heading for Seattle.

Indexer Notes

Art revision from Lee Bachelor? to Purcell, other info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-16-09.

[Introducing Igor] (Table of Contents: 3)

Igor the Archer / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Out of the past he comes---

Genre

adventure; historical

Characters

Igor the Archer; Count Rostov; Czar (villain)

Synopsis

Igor is captured by the evil tyrant Czar, who condemns him to the scaffold.

Indexer Notes

Art revision from Kurt Schaffenberger to Moldoff, some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-16-09.

[Introducing Juan Meatbal] (Table of Contents: 4)

Juan Meatbal / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox ?

Pencils

Lee Ames

Inks

Burt Frohman

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Many, many years ago in the leetle town of Sowtuva Boorda...

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Juan Meatbal

Synopsis

When the inhabitants of Sawtuva-Boorda in Mexico learn that there are no fish available for their big Feast of the Fish, Juan steps up and makes a secret pact with a visiting pelican which allows the feast to go on as scheduled.

Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-16-09.

Sound Suspicion (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

"And now, my dear," said Professor Hotchkiss...

Genre

adventure

That's Madelon! (Table of Contents: 6)

Madelon / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox ?

Pencils

Clem Weisbecker

Inks

Clem Weisbecker

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Lights - action - camera!

Genre

adventure

Characters

Madelon Durand; The Great Durand (Madelon's father, death); Mr. Benet; Bobo King of the Apaches (death); von Schlager (villain)

Synopsis

After seeing her father gunned down by the Gestapo, Madelon takes her father's place in the French Underground to battle against the Nazi tyranny. But when the war ends, she decides to use her talents as a photographer and runs down a wanted Nazi felon from the war era.

Keywords

French Resistance; Nazis; photography; war criminals; World War II

Indexer Notes

The last panel of the story is titled "Madelon's Manual: Postive Advice for Better Negatives", and gives readers tips on how to properly focus their cameras during early mornings and later afternoons. Art revision from Sheldon Moldoff? to Phil Bard?, some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-16-09.

Originally credited "Sheldon Moldoff?", but this must be Weisbecker, long faces with angular jaws and chin, and wide open eyes. Compare with his many Shield stories in Pep Comics.

For the Finest in Comic Entertainment (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

The Story of Young George Washington (Table of Contents: 8)

Picture Stories from American History / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

M. C. Gaines; W. W. D. Sones

Pencils

Allen Simon

Inks

Allen Simon

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

George Washington was born in the Virginia Colony on February 22, 1732...

Genre

non-fiction; history

Characters

George Washington

Reprints

• from Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #66 (August-September 1945)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

Now on Sale! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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